The following article by Sophie Tatum was posted on the CNN website February 16, 2017:
The organizers of the Women’s March on Washington have set the date for their general strike, dubbed “A Day Without A Woman,” for March 8, which is International Women’s Day.
Continue reading “Women’s March organizers announce date for general strike”
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The following article by Ezekiel Kweku was posted on the MTV website February 13, 2017:
The left’s opposition to the Trump agenda suffered its first serious post-election losses this week, with Betsy DeVos and Jeff Sessions both confirmed to Trump’s Cabinet. While these weren’t the first nominees confirmed over the opposition, they were the first whom Democrats had fully united against. The Democratic base flooded the phone lines of their representatives, showed up en masse at town halls and senatorial offices, tweeted and organized and marched. Democratic congresspeople listened and delivered tough questions in confirmation hearings and (with one exception) held the line. They even flipped two Republican congressmen, convincing them that voting against DeVos was either wise or politically expedient. Continue reading “Beyond Despair: Finding the Will to Fight Donald Trump”
The following article by Haley Hanson was posted on the Star Tribune website February 9, 2017:
A University of Minnesota student’s Facebook post showing anti-Semitic graffiti he said he found in his dorm room is drawing outraged responses Thursday.
According to U student Avi Shaver, someone drew a swastika and a concentration camp on the white board located inside his room. The board also had “Nazis rule” scrawled across it. Continue reading “Nazi graffiti in University of Minnesota dorm draws outrage”
The following article by Kristen Leigh Palmer was posted on the Star Tribune website February 4, 2017:
Cargill Inc., the Minnesota-based company at the center of the global food chain, is stepping out of its usual low-key profile to fight attacks on trade and immigration.
“We have to turn the tide on some of the current themes that we are seeing,” Chief Executive David MacLennan said in a speech in St. Paul on Friday. “Geopolitics are shifting and we are standing at the crossroads of some really important issues for business and for society.”
The Wayzata-based company is the nation’s biggest food processor, shipper and trader, touching every step of the food chain, from seeds and feeds used by farmers to the processing and delivery of food to restaurants and grocery stores. Continue reading “Cargill, dependent on trade and immigration, criticizes Trump’s trade stances”
We’re hearing from our DFL Representatives and Senators who voted on the bills giving insurance premium relief. They fought hard to help Minnesotans dealing with premium surges now, and not a year from now. Continue reading “Insurance Relief Package Vote”
The following article by Gabby Landsverk was posted on the Sun-Sailor website January 12, 2017:
Clergy members and faith leaders from across the metro area have come together in penning a letter to Hopkins-based Medica, expressing concern for the corporation’s withdrawal from the state’s prepaid medical assistance program and the potential impact the withdrawal could have on low-income enrollees.
The Thursday morning organized protest, at the company’s building at 401 Carlson Parkway, was part of the efforts of Isaiah, a group dedicated to helping Minnesota’s faith leaders work for racial and economic equality. Continue reading “Metro area clergy unite against Medica withdrawal, demand public health care solution”
The following article by Jesse Johnson was posted on the Japan Times website January 8, 2017:
The joke appears to be on Donald Trump.
Actor Mark Hamill, known not only for his role as Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” films, but also as the video game and cartoon voice of the Joker, tweeted an audio clip Sunday of the U.S. president-elect’s New Years tweet reimagined in the voice of Batman’s arch nemesis.
“Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don’t know what to do. Love!” Trump wrote in a tweet on Dec. 31.
In a tweet saying “The Trumpster quote #1 #ANewJeersToast,” the audio clip by Hamill, a vocal critic of Trump, applies the Joker’s signature maniacal laugh and ends with the Clown Prince of Crime’s guttural cackling.
The idea to mime Trump in the Joker’s voice was apparently given to Hamill by comedy writer Matt Oswalt, brother of comedian Patton Oswalt, in a tweet earlier Sunday.
“BILLION DOLLAR IDEA: an App that you can feed every Trump tweet into that plays it back in @HamillHimself Joker voice. You’re welcome,” Matt Oswalt tweeted.
Matt Oswalt had tweeted minutes after Trump’s New Year’s Eve post that the president-elect’s words sounded “like something the Joker would say right before releasing a swarm of killer bees into Gotham,” the fictional turf of Batman and his enemies.
As of Sunday afternoon, Hamill’s Joker tweet had been retweeted more than 11,000 times.
After seeing the Hamill’s audio clip Sunday, Oswalt was ecstatic.
“Today I won the internet — great job, @HamillHimself,” he wrote on Twitter.
