a radical shift with the arrival of Donald Trump in Washington; the businessman, now president-elect, has often spoken about government as a bumbling failure and an impediment to success.
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Is government a 'force for good,' or does it 'really suck'? Education Dept. is at a piv... - 0 views
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“Government can be a tremendous force for good,” King said in an interview at his office recently.
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“Government really sucks,” DeVos, Trump’s nominee for education secretary, said last year at the South by Southwest educational technology conference in Austin. “And it doesn’t matter which party is in power.”
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For Trump, Three Decades of Chasing Deals in Russia - The New York Times - 0 views
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Mr. Trump repeatedly sought business in Russia as far back as 1987, when he traveled there to explore building a hotel.
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“TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next.”
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At a news conference, Mr. Trump announces plans to invest $250 million in Russia and to put his name on two luxury residential buildings, a Trump International and a Trump Tower, in Moscow. Neither building was constructed.
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America will soon be ruled by a minority - The Washington Post - 0 views
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Starting next month, the United States will have a minority government.
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this is a problem that can no longer be politely ignored
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Because the system currently benefits Republicans and hurts Democrats, any talk about its injustices will be dismissed as partisan pleading by those who benefit from it
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Trump's campaign style lost in translation for diplomacy - CNNPolitics.com - 0 views
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Trump flew in the face of four decades of international protocol and precedent Friday when he became the first President or President-elect known to speak directly to the leader of Taiwan since the US established formal relations with Beijing in 1979
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the world is watching nervously to see how Trump adapts.
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The conversation with President Tsai Ing-wen caused a diplomatic crisis with Beijing, sent shock waves through the foreign policy establishment in Washington
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Iran's President Says Donald Trump Can't Tear Up Nuclear Pact - The New York Times - 0 views
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Iran’s president said on Tuesday that he simply would not allow President-elect Donald J. Trump to tear up last year’s nuclear agreement and warned of unspecified consequences if he did.
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During the campaign, Mr. Trump called the nuclear agreement “a bad deal” that he promised to “tear up.”
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As Mr. Rouhani posed the question, the audience began chanting, “Death to America.”
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Shinzo Abe to Become First Japanese Leader to Visit Pearl Harbor - The New York Times - 0 views
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that he would visit Pearl Harbor, becoming the first sitting Japanese leader to go to the site of Japan’s attack 75 years ago
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By visiting Pearl Harbor, Mr. Abe will in effect be reciprocating a historic trip Mr. Obama made in May to Hiroshima
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“We must never repeat the horror of war,” Mr. Abe said on Monday. “I want to express that determination as we look to the future, and at the same time send a message about the value of U.S.-Japanese reconciliation.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story
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South Korean Protesters Ask Their President to Leave - The Atlantic - 0 views
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demanding the ouster of President Park Geun-hye
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This weekend’s crowd was estimated to be as large as 1.3 million protesters
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Park now has the worst-ever polling figures for the country's presidency, and opposition groups are working to have her impeached
What will Trump's presidency mean for fight against ISIS? - CBS News - 0 views
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President-elect Donald Trump will soon inherit America’s wars against ISIS.
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Mr. Trump’s stated solution to ISIS is: “Bomb the hell out of them.”
President Obama assures Europe that the U.S. will stick with NATO - 0 views
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President Obama says that the U.S. will stay with NATO and the European Union's tough stance against Russia- reported from Berlin
Tim Kaine: 'This isn't a time to give up' - CNNPolitics.com - 0 views
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"This isn't a time to give up."
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"We need to do all the good we can and serve one another. That is what I'm about. And it's why, in the Senate, I'm committed to working with both parties and President-elect Trump to find the common ground to move our country forward,"
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Tim Kaine, Virginia Senator, takes his thought to social media to express the importance of unity during this time.
Jews and Synagogues Host Trump Prayer Services - The Atlantic - 1 views
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it underscored the ways in which Trump’s election has evoked the persistent Jewish nightmare: That America will become like Germany in 1938.
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In Philadelphia, at least three synagogues held prayer services on Wednesday; congregations in a number of other cities, including Durham, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., held similar events.
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“No matter who we voted for and how we are feeling this morning, we all know that we and our country are in desperate need of healing,”
How Trump's victory is causing Europe to rethink its security - The Washington Post - 0 views
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Donald Trump is raising fears of a historic recalibration between the United States and its allies in Europe, threatening to upend the allegiances that became the cornerstone of post-World War II peace
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A big question now is whether Trump’s America could awaken the sleeping giant of German might
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“Europe will have to be prepared to take better precautions itself,” German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen told public television
Female Clinton Supporters Are Left Feeling Gutted - 0 views
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Women react to Clinton's loss in the presidency
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