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Racist, Sexist, Anti-Gay: Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton Unloads On Trump Racist, Sexist, Anti-Gay: Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton Unloads On Trump
Racist, Sexist, Anti-Gay: Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton Unloads On Trump Hillary Clinton unloaded on President Donald Trump, charging her former presidential rival with being racist, sexist and anti-gay rights. 'He has been racist, he's been sexist, he's been Islamophobic, he has been anti-LGBTQ, I mean, there's a long list,' Clinton told the Atlantic Events Festival last week. She also said there's "a lot to be concerned about" over Trump's Supreme Court appointee Brett Kavanaugh. The former presidential candidate and Secretary of State from Chappaqua cited Trump's behavior in the wake of Charlottesville, Virginia, riots in 2017, which were provoked …

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by Jon Craig
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Westchester HS Grad Ocasio-Cortez Bans Press From Town Hall Forum Westchester HS Grad Ocasio-Cortez Bans Press From Town Hall Forum
Westchester HS Grad Ocasio-Cortez Bans Press From Town Hall Forum Does the young Democratic Socialist upstart, upsetter from Westchester and the Bronx support a Free Press, or not?  The 28-year-old Congressional candidate banned the news media from a Town Hall meeting after news reporters "mobbed her" during an earlier New York event, according to this report in the Queens Chronicle.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Monday, Aug. 13 that stops on her listening tour throughout the district, like the one held a day earlier in Corona, are “intended for lively, compassionate discourse with a diversity of viewpoints.” The Democratic candidate and…

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by Jon Craig
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Lowey, Maloney Co-Sponsor Resolution To Censure Trump Over Alleged Comments Lowey, Maloney Co-Sponsor Resolution To Censure Trump Over Alleged Comments
Lowey, Maloney Co-Sponsor Resolution To Censure Trump Over Alleged Comments Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Cold Spring) are taking action following comments President Donald Trump reportedly made about Haitians and Africans.The two are co-sponsoring a resolution to censure President Donald Trump after he called African countries "s-holes" during a Jan. 11 meeting on immigration policy.  Nearly 150 Democrats have co-sponsored the legislation. On Twitter, Trump denied making the comments while other reports say he might have said "s-house" countries. He also reportedly asked why we need more Haitians and that we shoul…

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by Sam Barron
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Trump Appointee From Greenwich Resigns Over Offensive Remarks Trump Appointee From Greenwich Resigns Over Offensive Remarks
Trump Appointee From Greenwich Resigns Over Offensive Remarks GREENWICH, Conn. -- An appointee in the Trump administration has resigned after a CNN report detailed a number of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments he made in radio interviews in 2013. Carl Higbie, a former Navy SEAL and media personality, had been appointed chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service in 2017 after serving as a surrogate for President Donald Trump in the 2016 campaign, CNN reported. His duties under the role were to direct public image and messaging for the organization, which manages volunteer services like AmeriCorps. …

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