Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Trump’s Pittsburgh Speech Was a Paying Gig for the Audience Advertisement Supported by ByMaggie Haberman Aug 17, 2019 Thousands of union workers at a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant being built outside Pittsburgh were given the choice of attending a speech by President Trump on Tuesday or staying away — and losing some of their pay for the week. “Your attendance is not mandatory,” one of the construction site’s contractors wrote in rules for the speech that were shared with its employees, according to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which first reported on the matter. But the rules said that only those who arrived at 7 a.m., had their work IDs scanned and then stood waiting for the president for several hours would get paid for the time. “NO SCAN, NO PAY,” a … [Read more...] about Trump’s Pittsburgh Speech Was a Paying Gig for the Audience
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Trump’s Pittsburgh Speech Was a Paying Gig for Audience
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Trump’s Pittsburgh Speech Was a Paying Gig for Audience Advertisement Supported by ByMaggie Haberman Aug 17, 2019 Thousands of union workers at a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant being built outside Pittsburgh were given the choice of attending a speech by President Trump on Tuesday or staying away — and losing some of their pay for the week. “Your attendance is not mandatory,” one of the construction site’s contractors wrote in rules for the speech that were shared with its employees, according to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which first reported on the matter. But the rules said that only those who arrived at 7 a.m., had their work IDs scanned and then stood waiting for the president for several hours would get paid for the time. “NO SCAN, NO PAY,” a … [Read more...] about Trump’s Pittsburgh Speech Was a Paying Gig for Audience
Letters: Veterans Day, Robert Mueller, immigrants, Marshall Glickman, Pittsburgh shooting, Dallas Cowboys
Commemorate veterans' sacrifices Veterans Day is certainly one to celebrate and embrace. These brave men and women have served our country and provided us with the possibility to live freely, speak freely, engage in commerce and in self-determination. They fought for this right and need to be recognized and appreciated. What is also noteworthy, as opposed to Memorial Day, these heroes are alive and can tell their stories and give us a sense of the sacrifices made. Many of these men will say they were just doing their job. I say thank you, soldiers, and God bless you. God blessed America with your service.James Hairston, DallasProtect America from TrumpI compose this letter from City Hall in Dallas. At this moment, thousands of Americans like me are gathering. We have come out in force to urge our elected officials (especially Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) to exert every power and authority they have to … [Read more...] about Letters: Veterans Day, Robert Mueller, immigrants, Marshall Glickman, Pittsburgh shooting, Dallas Cowboys
Trump blames mental illness in California bar massacres
Krysta Fauria and Jonathan J. Cooper Associated Press Published 1:07 PM EST Nov 9, 2018 Thousand Oaks, Calif. – As investigators worked to figure out why an ex-Marine slaughtered 12 people at a country music bar, President Donald Trump on Friday blamed mental illness, describing the gunman as “a very sick puppy” who had “a lot of problems.” Investigators have not commented on a motive for the rampage or whether mental illness played a role. But neighbors reported hearing frequent loud fights between Ian David Long and his mother, one of them so extreme they called police in April, and authorities at the time worried that the 28-year-old Afghanistan war veteran might have post-traumatic stress disorder. They did not seek to have him committed, however. On Wednesday night, the former machine gunner, dressed all in black with his hood pulled up, opened fire with a handgun at the Borderline Bar & Grill during college night, then apparently killed … [Read more...] about Trump blames mental illness in California bar massacres
Caroline Glick: J Street, NIF Accused Trump of Antisemitism While Boosting Antisemitic Terrorists
It has been unsettling these past two weeks watching American Jewish leftist activists and organizations accuse President Donald Trump of responsibility for the antisemitic massacre of 11 elderly Jews at prayer at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27. The problem is not simply that the likes of J Street and the New Israel Fund fail to provide any proof of their allegations. And it is worse than the fact that in accusing the president of responsibility for the most lethal antisemitic attack on U.S. soil in history, they seek to politicize Judaism and transform it into a political position.The truly unsettling aspect of some of these groups’ slanders of President Trump is that they themselves work to legitimize and advance the fortunes of antisemitic terrorists who murder Jews. J Street, for instance has been a leading voice accusing Trump of responsibility for the massacre in Pittsburgh. Two days after the attack, J Street, which bills itself as “pro-Israel … [Read more...] about Caroline Glick: J Street, NIF Accused Trump of Antisemitism While Boosting Antisemitic Terrorists