https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw Made with wonder en-us 2017-11-08 15:00:08 UTC 2025-11-26 18:36:17 UTC hello@padlet.com mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204846220 - Democrats rebounding after Trumps victory. They are ecstatic about things finally being on their side. Gillespie wanted to distance himself from trump, but still follow what trump had in mind as president. ]]> 2017-11-08 15:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204846220 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204850205 - Despite largely keeping Trump at arm's length a fact the President noted in a "don't blame me" tweet shortly after the race was called Tuesday night Gillespie watched as anti-Trump sentiment in key regions of the commonwealth doomed his chances of pulling off an upset victory. The across the board losses in VA, not to mention other Rep. defeats on Island, NJ, ME, NH and WA State among others suggest that Trump isn't only a drag on his party in general elections but also a massive turnout motivator for the Democratic base.]]> 2017-11-08 15:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204850205 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204853170 - While a senior White House official insisted earlier this week that Trump would make no trade offs on his trade agenda in order to elicit more support from China in pressuring North Korea, Trump himself has signaled a willingness to make concessions on trade in exchange for stepped up pressure on Pyongyang from Beijing.]]> 2017-11-08 15:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204853170 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204854583 In key areas of Virginia Republicanism, the suburbs of Richmond and the exurbs of Washington, DC. Republican Ed Gillespie ran far behind recent past GOP gubernatorial nominees and behind Trump himself. Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe won Loudoun county by 5 points in his 2013 victory,about 4,000 votes.]]> 2017-11-08 15:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204854583 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204860272 A year into Trump’s presidency, Tues.’s elections offer the nation a window into how voters view his job performance so far and how effectively Democrats have corrected the problems that plagued them in 2016 and mobilized a base desperate for victories. CNN will broadcast a projected winner only after an extensive review of data from a number of sources. "Party change" denotes a race where the 2017 projected winner is from a different party than the previous winner or incumbent.]]> 2017-11-08 15:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204860272 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204861249 Coming midway through the US President's tour through 5 Asian capitals, his diplomacy in China acts as the fulcrum of a strategy for Asia that hinges upon Xi's cooperation on security and economic issues, which Trump has framed as essential to both American and Chinese success. It was a stance shaped partly by Bannon, his onetime chief White House strategist and still an informal adviser who has pressed Trump to adopt a far tougher stance in countering China's trade practices.]]> 2017-11-08 15:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204861249 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204862914 Two openly transgender candidates won races as well as the first Sikh mayor in New Jersey and first African-American mayors in major cities. Garrison, elected in MA, was the first openly transgender person to serve in a state legislature, but didn't campaign as an openly transgender person during her race in 1992. Jenny Durkan is projected to win the mayoral race, which would make her the first lesbian mayor in Seattle, reported the Seattle Times.]]> 2017-11-08 15:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204862914 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204865377 Syrian officials announced their intention to ratify the accord at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday. President Donald Trump announced in June that the US would withdraw from the climate accord, a process that will be complete in 2020. Trump isn't invited "for the time being" to the climate change summit being hosted in Dec. in Paris, the Elysee Palace press office told CNN on Tuesday.]]> 2017-11-08 15:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204865377 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204867311 Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a frequent contributor to CNN Opinion and a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University who writes about authoritarianism and propaganda. It's easy to miss a key factor in how authoritarianism takes hold: how a leader's comments, little by little, can instill a new vision of what's possible and acceptable.]]> 2017-11-08 15:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204867311 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204868377 It isn't that I approve of Trump's words, but as a sworn defender of the First Amendment, I am honor-bound to defend his right to say them -- if he might have a tense relationship with the First Amendment. If you think maybe Trump's free-speech rights should be laid at the altar of your politics, you need to reconsider.]]> 2017-11-08 15:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204868377 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204869510 The fourth American hero to make the ultimate sacrifice that day was US Army Maj. I received the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama on Nov. 12, 2015. What made the ceremony so special was that my fellow Afghanistan veterans and -- most importantly -- the families of my fallen military brothers were able to join us at the White House.]]> 2017-11-08 15:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204869510 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204870972 The trouble keeps stacking up for President Donald Trump: No major legislative success on Capitol Hill, pointed criticism from fellow GOP lawmakers and previous Republican presidents blasting his approach to government and a special counsel probe that recently ensnared 3 campaign advisers and a Democratic sweep of the Nov. 7 gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia.]]> 2017-11-08 15:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204870972 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204876648 Republican Beth Grossman, who had won the endorsement of the Philadelphia Inquirer, conceded the race Tues. night. Krasner, who according to his website has represented Black Lives Matter and DACA "Dreamers," among others, has campaigned on changing the "culture" of the district attorney's office, "from a culture of seeking victory for prosecutors to a culture of seeking justice for victims."]]> 2017-11-08 15:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204876648 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204878030 The filing marks the first time the Trump administration has gone to the Supreme Court on an abortion-related case, and the briefs outline in dramatic fashion the government's take on the events that lead to the teen "identified as Jane Doe or J.D." ACLU Legal Director David Cole said the Justice Department is solely to blame for any issues over timing.]]> 2017-11-08 15:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204878030 mreuter18 https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204879536 "We're working closely with officials in Virginia and New Jersey and other states and will have cybersecurity advisers embedded with state officials and with direct lines to DHS' National Cybersecurity Communications Integration Center throughout the day today," spokesman Scott McConnell told CNN in an email.]]> 2017-11-08 15:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mreuter18/teqa9xvcjlcw/wish/204879536