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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Trump goes after Obama’s legacy
A year before he was sworn in as president, Donald Trump vowed that he would go after what he called President Barack Obama’s executive orders. Or, as he crudely put it, his “illegal and overreaching...
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Women turn out in force to oppose Donald Trump
LOS ANGELES — One day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as the nation’s 45th president, more than five million women worldwide marched in solidarity over rights they fear may be lost under the new...
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Black leaders can learn from Standing Rock protests
Listening to all the black chatter about the post-Obama era, all the indignation, the whining and the lamenting about Donald Trump, makes me think about the Standing Rock protest and standoff in North...
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Trump’s Russian ties need investigating
Foreign powers also will not be idle spectators. They will interpose, the confusion will increase, and dissolution of the union ensue. – Alexander Hamilton, 1787 The first few days of Donald Trump’s...
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Will the president try to protect consumers?
As a progressive who worked hard to help get Hillary Clinton elected, it is challenging for me to accept Donald Trump as president. But he won. At least for now, I have to make the best of a bad...
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Trump fits in well with the traditions of the founding fathers
Maybe I should watch more CNN or MSNBC to be convinced, since most black people seemingly regard Donald Trump as some sort of abrupt political mutation who violates America’s traditions. What I see in...
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Sessions is bad for civil rights
Donald Trump’s first three weeks in office have left Americans reeling from what Republican speechwriter Peggy Noonan called his “cloud of crazy.” His cabinet nominees seem intentionally perverse: an...
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Trump is using alternative facts on voter fraud and crime
There are two subjects in particular that the Donald Trump administration lies about the most: crime and voting. During a recent interview on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” President Trump’s...
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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: How Democrats can win in the Trump era
The Democratic National Committee was, by any standard, a wreck and a ruin during the 2016 presidential campaign. It got pounded for misstep after misstep that included: poor, and disconnected...
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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Trump aims to destroy Obama’s legacy
At a candidates forum in early 2015, then presidential candidate Donald Trump, without a blink, said, “I don’t know if he loves America.” The “he” Trump referred to was, of course, then President...
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Foreboding Shelby ruling replaces hope of Selma
In “A Tale of Two Cities,” Charles Dickens contrasted the plight of the poor in France with the lavish wealth of the aristocracy, the city of need with the city of greed. That harsh exploitation...
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STREET BEAT: ‘What do you think about Trump’s revised travel ban?’
Compiled by Billie Jordan in the mid-Wilshire District. RONNIE G.Beverly Park“You mean you want to know how I feel about terrorists coming into the country? I want the terrorists to stay out. And...
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Trump succeeds in systematic assault on civil rights
The reviews of Donald Trump’s first 100 days have generally focused on his failures, flip-flops and follies. We’ve heard a lot about what he’s failed to achieve, but far too little about what he is...
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The Republican Health Care Plan: Death by tax cuts
Donald Trump hosted a celebration in the White House Rose Garden for House Republicans after they passed their party’s health care plan by the thinnest of margins. They were celebrating what Trump...
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Trump’s foreign policy is putting America at risk
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised that “we’re going to start winning again.” In office, he has defined winning largely in military terms. His budget decimates the State Department...
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Trump: a dangerous and clueless buffoon
During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump once promised that he would be “so presidential that it will be boring.” If only. Instead, he has managed to irk even his Republican allies by wallowing in the...
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Missing and reflecting on the Obama years
The only time I can remember time moving as slowly as it has during the past six months was when I was 8 and had to wait an entire year between Christmases. True or not, it feels like the Trump...
View ArticleWesson calls for municipal bank to serve pot industry
LOS ANGELES — City Council President Herb Wesson outlined his legislative priorities July 25, which include creating a municipal bank that could serve the marijuana industry. Wesson’s speech to the...
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Under the big top with the Trump circus
The latest political circus is indeed the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Come one, come all! See the trained elephants, dancing, marching in perfect order, and balancing on relatively tiny stools, staying...
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Trump sets his sights on killing affirmative action
Campaigning for the presidency, Donald Trump argued that blacks and other people of color should vote for him. Given their current conditions, he argued, “What the hell do you have to lose?” Since...
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