Donald Trump confirmed the meeting with Reince Priebus on his Twitter account Thursday afternoon.
Month: March 2016
Gene Simmons: ‘Perhaps 100 Million People’ Secretly Support Donald Trump’s Proposed Wall
Rock legend Gene Simmons says that tens of millions of Americans—perhaps as many as 100 million people—secretly support GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall on the country’s southern border. During a brief interview with Rolling Stone that was published on Wednesday Mar. 30, the Kiss frontman opened up about Trump, who he hailed as “the truest political animal I’ve ever seen onstage.” “He has no speechwriters, no editing, no nothing. He’s actually on tape going ‘motherf—ker.’ You cannot turn away,” Simmons, 66, told the publication. The Israeli-born rocker and entrepreneur, who clarified he does not necessarily support Trump’s White House bid, said the billionaire real estate developer “has said some very vile, unkind things,” but praised him for speaking “off the cuff.” “And he’ll double down. If you ask him about building a wall he’ll say, ‘F—k you, I’m going to make it 10 feet higher, just because you asked me’ … He’s not there to be your friend,” said Simmons. He added: The middle, the centrists, they can say, ‘What do you think of this?’ because everybody is sick and tired of being politically correct. Secretly, tens of millions, perhaps 100 million people may actually have some positive
World’s Largest Renewable Energy Firm May Go Bankrupt
SunEdison, the world’s largest renewable energies firm, saw its stock plummet 40 percent on Tuesday over concerns that the firm may go bankrupt. Although the company’s share price hit a high of $30 in July, the stock has fluctuated since, settling on a price of $0.59 at noon on Tuesday. SunEdison, which has accumulated $11 billion in debt acquiring renewable energies projects, is recovering from from the massive drop their stock price took on Tuesday. SunEdison shares plummet 40 percent after bankruptcy concerns surfacehttps://t.co/i337x7fv2x pic.twitter.com/PdQZj0ijf7 — Bloomberg Markets (@markets) March 29, 2016 SunEdison’s business structure involves the development of newly acquired projects until they mature enough for ownership transfer to one of two separate, publicly owned companies, called yieldcos, which SunEdison also controls. The company uses two internal financing entities that have raised $2.5 billion dollars to finance project acquisitions, which are developed until they are profitable enough for transfer to the yieldcos. An industry insider claimed that SunEdison’s structure “is way too complicated.” Suggesting that the structure could potentially hurt the company, he claimed that “it’s a great company with great assets. It’s the finance department that’s the problem…They over-engineered it to death.” SunEdison “just thought they were smarter than everyone else,” said
No Plans for Killer US Military Robots… Yet
Washington (AFP) – Robotic systems and unmanned vehicles are playing an ever-growing role in the US military — but don’t expect to see Terminator-style droids striding across the battlefield just yet.
President Obama: "How We Can Make Our Vision of a World Without Nuclear Weapons a Reality"
This week President Obama is welcoming more than 50 world leaders to Washington D.C for the fourth Nuclear Security Summit. In a Washington Post op-ed, he shared his vision for a future free from the nuclear threat. You can read the full op-ed here.
Here are a few highlights:
“Of all the threats to global security and peace, the most dangerous is the proliferation and potential use of nuclear weapons. That’s why, seven years ago in Prague, I committed the United States to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and to seeking a world without them. This vision builds on the policies of presidents before me, Democrat and Republican, including Ronald Reagan, who said “we seek the total elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth.”
On the collective progress we’ve made to address the nuclear threat:
“We’re strengthening the global regime — including the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty — that prevents the spread of nuclear weapons. We’ve succeeded in uniting the international community against the spread of nuclear weapons, notably in Iran. A nuclear-armed Iran would have constituted an unacceptable threat to our national security and that of our allies and partners.”
On securing access to peaceful nuclear energy:
“We’re pursuing a new framework for civil nuclear cooperation so countries that meet their responsibilities can have access to peaceful nuclear energy. The international fuel bank that I called for seven years ago is now being built in Kazakhstan. With it, countries will be able to realize the energy they seek without enriching uranium, which could be at risk of diversion or theft.”
On addressing North Korea’s continued provacations regarding nuclear weapons:
“The international community must remain united in the face of North Korea’s continued provocations, including its recent nuclear test and missile launches. The additional sanctions recently imposed on Pyongyang by the United Nations Security Council show that violations have consequences. The United States will continue working with allies and partners for the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner.”
On achieving a world without nuclear weapons:
“Achieving the security and peace of a world without nuclear weapons will not happen quickly, perhaps not in my lifetime. But we have begun. As the only nation ever to use nuclear weapons, the United States has a moral obligation to continue to lead the way in eliminating them. Still, no one nation can realize this vision alone. It must be the work of the world. We’re clear-eyed about the high hurdles ahead, but I believe that we must never resign ourselves to the fatalism that the spread of nuclear weapons is inevitable. Even as we deal with the realities of the world as it is, we must continue to strive for our vision of the world as it ought to be.”
Learn more about the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit here.
Simone Leiro is an intern in the Office of Digital Strategy.
Foreign Policy: Meet the Andrew Breitbart of Brazil
At a rally against the Brazilian government on Rio’s Copacabana beach on March 13, Rodrigo Constantino, a 39-year-old right-wing blogger and libertarian think tank director, stood atop a truck draped with a banner emblazoned with the words “Free Brazil Movement,” an anti-Dilma Rousseff group founded after her re-election as president in 2014.
Louisiana Prison Investigating How Rapper C-Murder Made Album from Jail
Since 2009, Louisiana-based rapper C-Murder–Corey Miller–has been serving a mandatory life sentence for the 2002 beating and fatal shooting of 16-year-old Steve Thomas. Now, authorities at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, LA, are investig…
Five U.S. Women’s Soccer Teammates File Discrimination Suit Against U.S. Soccer
Five members of the World Cup and Olympic champion U.S. women’s soccer team have filed a wage discrimination lawsuit against team officials, according to court documents.
Debra Messing Explodes on Susan Sarandon for Suggesting Trump Is Better Than Hillary
Actress Debra Messing unloaded on fellow actress Susan Sarandon this week after Sarandon said in an interview that she wouldn’t necessarily vote for Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton if her chief rival Bernie Sanders does not win the nomination. In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Monday, Sarandon said that she is going to “see what happens” if Sanders falls to Clinton in the primary, indicating she may not vote for Clinton in the general election. “You know, some people feel that Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately,” Sarandon told Hayes. “If he gets in then things will really explode. Some people feel that.” Sarandon’s comments apparently angered Messing, a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter who took issue with Sarandon’s seeming semi-endorsement of Trump over Clinton (an endorsement that Sarandon later clarified and withdrew by saying she would “never” vote for Trump.) The two actresses sent some messages back and forth on Twitter, but according to Us, the feud escalated when Messing retweeted someone who’d written: “@DebraMessing = national treasure. @SusanSarandon = national embarrassment.” Messing later deleted the retweet but drew return fire from Sarandon, who tweeted:”now RT-ing personal attacks. Cool.” .@DebraMessing now RT-ing personal attacks. Cool. https://t.co/ajOo2NcCur —
Cornyn: No Border Wall Needed Between Texas and Mexico
Texas’ senior U.S. Senator says that building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is not the solution to border security. John Cornyn said during a tour of the border on Tuesday, “It’s more than just physical obstacles.”