In Sundance-wowing documentary All Light, Everywhere, the biases and dangers involved with surveillance and body cams are investigated
In the summer of 2019, Theo Anthony had a strange couple of weeks. ThenPresident Donald Trump provoked a spat with Baltimore-born congressman Elijah Cummings by calling his city a “disgusting, rat-and-rodent-infested mess”, which led to Anthony’s 2017 documentary Rat Film getting “algorithmically thrown into the mix”, as the director puts it. Viewers of the quasi-experimental examination of how the city’s redistricting affects and oppresses its people understand that Anthony primarily takes the constantly shuffled-around rats as a metaphor for the local government’s callous treatment of its least powerful citizens. Nonetheless, it was adopted as a Republican talking point from bots to influencers to a tweet from Donald Trump Jr, and rebranded as an indictment of Democratic leadership’s filthy, vermin-infested failure.
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In the summer of 2019, Theo Anthony had a strange couple of weeks. ThenPresident Donald Trump provoked a spat with Baltimore-born congressman Elijah Cummings by calling his city a “disgusting, rat-and-rodent-infested mess”, which led to Anthony’s 2017 documentary Rat Film getting “algorithmically thrown into the mix”, as the director puts it. Viewers of the quasi-experimental examination of how the city’s redistricting affects and oppresses its people understand that Anthony primarily takes the constantly shuffled-around rats as a metaphor for the local government’s callous treatment of its least powerful citizens. Nonetheless, it was adopted as a Republican talking point from bots to influencers to a tweet from Donald Trump Jr, and rebranded as an indictment of Democratic leadership’s filthy, vermin-infested failure.
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- 6/3/2021
- by Charles Bramesco
- The Guardian - Film News
Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land,” the documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble” and the ESPN docuseries on Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan “The Last Dance” have won NAACP Image Awards for 2021, the organization announced Monday.
The NAACP is rolling out its winners for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards this week, revealing a slate of winners across various categories each night leading up until the televised awards show on Saturday, March 27.
This first crop of winners was announced in a virtual experience that is airing each night this week through the NAACP Image Awards website, and Monday recognized the best work by Black artists in literature and documentaries.
Obama’s book “A Promised Land” won Outstanding Literary Work in the Nonfiction category, and Dawn Porter’s documentary film “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” about the Georgia representative’s career-long fight for civil rights, won as the best documentary film. “The Last Dance...
The NAACP is rolling out its winners for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards this week, revealing a slate of winners across various categories each night leading up until the televised awards show on Saturday, March 27.
This first crop of winners was announced in a virtual experience that is airing each night this week through the NAACP Image Awards website, and Monday recognized the best work by Black artists in literature and documentaries.
Obama’s book “A Promised Land” won Outstanding Literary Work in the Nonfiction category, and Dawn Porter’s documentary film “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” about the Georgia representative’s career-long fight for civil rights, won as the best documentary film. “The Last Dance...
- 3/23/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
In making “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” director Dawn Porter naturally strove to highlight the congressman’s countless accomplishments, but also wanted to show a different side to him — the reserved joyousness that few people got to see.
“I think people were always surprised that the Congressman was very quiet in person,” Porter tells Variety. “He was very funny and charming, but not a person who was seeking the limelight all the time. I wanted to fill in that other piece of his personality.”
Beyond Lewis’ 33 years as a U.S. representative and almost six decades as a civil rights leader — he organized the 1963 March on Washington as well as the 1965 Selma march, and continued advocating for all forms of equality in Congress — Porter says she got to know him as a lover of art and music who sometimes broke out into dance.
This is evident in the documentary’s inclusion...
“I think people were always surprised that the Congressman was very quiet in person,” Porter tells Variety. “He was very funny and charming, but not a person who was seeking the limelight all the time. I wanted to fill in that other piece of his personality.”
Beyond Lewis’ 33 years as a U.S. representative and almost six decades as a civil rights leader — he organized the 1963 March on Washington as well as the 1965 Selma march, and continued advocating for all forms of equality in Congress — Porter says she got to know him as a lover of art and music who sometimes broke out into dance.
This is evident in the documentary’s inclusion...
- 9/29/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
NBC News apologized to actor Kevin Hart Tuesday night after a story about world-record sprinter Usain Bolt testing positive for the coronavirus featured a photo of the comedian on some social media platforms.
“Very sorry about that @KevinHart4real - bad technical glitch in how photos show up on Facebook,” tweeted the NBC News public relations account after Hart called the mistake “disrespectful on so many levels.”
In a correction on the article about Bolt’s diagnosis itself, the news outlet expanded: “A previous version of this article included an incorrect photo on some platforms due to a technical problem. The photo depicted actor Kevin Hart. It has been replaced with a photo of Usain Bolt.”
Also Read: CBS News 'Deeply' Regrets Mixing Up Congressmen Elijah Cummings and John Lewis
Hart wrote on social media about the mix-up of the two Black stars, captioning an Instagram post, “No comment” next...
“Very sorry about that @KevinHart4real - bad technical glitch in how photos show up on Facebook,” tweeted the NBC News public relations account after Hart called the mistake “disrespectful on so many levels.”
In a correction on the article about Bolt’s diagnosis itself, the news outlet expanded: “A previous version of this article included an incorrect photo on some platforms due to a technical problem. The photo depicted actor Kevin Hart. It has been replaced with a photo of Usain Bolt.”
Also Read: CBS News 'Deeply' Regrets Mixing Up Congressmen Elijah Cummings and John Lewis
Hart wrote on social media about the mix-up of the two Black stars, captioning an Instagram post, “No comment” next...
- 8/26/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
President Donald Trump has criticized Bill Maher in the wake of HBO’s Real Time host delivering a mock eulogy for the sitting Potus.
“He’s totally Shot, looks terrible, exhausted, gaunt, and weak,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday, five days after the Real Time installment aired. “If there was ever a good reason for no shutdown, check out this jerk. He never had much going for him, but whatever he did have is missing in action!”
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“He’s totally Shot, looks terrible, exhausted, gaunt, and weak,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday, five days after the Real Time installment aired. “If there was ever a good reason for no shutdown, check out this jerk. He never had much going for him, but whatever he did have is missing in action!”
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- 8/12/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
So far three Republicans have made complete fools of themselves following the death of civil rights hero John Lewis on Friday.
On Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis mishandled the somber occasion by callously brushing off a reporter’s question about Lewis’ passing during a coronavirus press conference. Senator Marco Rubio, also from Florida, and Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan completely botched their tributes to Lewis by sharing a photo of themselves with the late congressman Elijah Cummings.
A sad display on a sad day by all. Rubio actually doubled down on...
On Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis mishandled the somber occasion by callously brushing off a reporter’s question about Lewis’ passing during a coronavirus press conference. Senator Marco Rubio, also from Florida, and Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan completely botched their tributes to Lewis by sharing a photo of themselves with the late congressman Elijah Cummings.
A sad display on a sad day by all. Rubio actually doubled down on...
- 7/18/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Marco Rubio mistook a photo of Rep. Elijah Cummings for Rep. John Lewis, and tweeted out a salute on Saturday using it.
Cummings died in October of last year, while Lewis passed on Friday.
“It was an honor to know & be blessed with the opportunity to serve in Congress with JohnLewis a genuine & historic American hero. May the Lord grant him eternal peace,” Rubio, R-Fla., wrote on Twitter, attaching a picture of himself in a conversation with Cummings.
Rubio also made the Cummings picture his profile photo for a brief time. He then deleted the original tweet and photo and apologized.
Earlier today I tweeted an incorrect photo
John Lewis was a genuine American hero
I was honored to appear together in Miami 3 years ago at an event captured in video below
My God grant him eternal resthttps://t.co/aEm4MxKxBP pic.twitter.com/0UpWSG3vNQ
— Marco Rubio...
Cummings died in October of last year, while Lewis passed on Friday.
“It was an honor to know & be blessed with the opportunity to serve in Congress with JohnLewis a genuine & historic American hero. May the Lord grant him eternal peace,” Rubio, R-Fla., wrote on Twitter, attaching a picture of himself in a conversation with Cummings.
Rubio also made the Cummings picture his profile photo for a brief time. He then deleted the original tweet and photo and apologized.
Earlier today I tweeted an incorrect photo
John Lewis was a genuine American hero
I was honored to appear together in Miami 3 years ago at an event captured in video below
My God grant him eternal resthttps://t.co/aEm4MxKxBP pic.twitter.com/0UpWSG3vNQ
— Marco Rubio...
- 7/18/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
If it seems impossible to stay positive at this moment in history, look to the enduring spirit of John Lewis. The Georgia congressman, who has encountered all forms of adversity in his 80 years of life, has remained a smiling and resilient example of optimism in the face of hardship. It’s an enviable attribute that’s hard to miss in John Lewis: Good Trouble, Dawn Porter’s new documentary about the longtime civil rights activist and politician. In the midst of a global pandemic, and in the wake of America’s renewed and sustained reckoning with racial justice, what might otherwise be considered a hagiographic survey—similar in vein to the recent Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary, Rbg— has now taken on the added gravitas of current events and stark need for leadership.
Throughout this eight-decade portrait, little attention is spent on the current White House administration and its principal figure in the Oval Office.
Throughout this eight-decade portrait, little attention is spent on the current White House administration and its principal figure in the Oval Office.
- 7/3/2020
- by Jake Kring-Schreifels
- The Film Stage
The last of Ayanna Pressley’s hair fell out in the middle of December, on the day before the Massachusetts Congresswoman and the rest of the House voted on President Trump’s articles of impeachment. Losing her crown of Senegalese twists — the hairstyle that Pressley, 46, had been wearing as her signature style since winning the 7th Congressional District seat two years ago — was traumatic for several reasons. The day her hair finished falling out, due to an alopecia diagnosis she’d gotten just weeks before, was also the anniversary of her mother’s death.
- 7/2/2020
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
“John Lewis: Good Trouble,” a documentary about the civil rights crusader who became a 17-term Democratic congressman from Georgia, is a movie that could scarcely be any timelier.
And it’s also, strangely enough, a movie that feels outside of the current time.
How timely? Well, a couple of weeks before the premiere of the film, director Ava DuVernay and many others endorsed a proposal to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for Lewis, who suffered a fractured skull when he was beaten on that bridge during Martin Luther King’s 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. “It’s past due,” tweeted DuVernay of naming the bridge for Lewis rather than Pettus, a senior officer in the Confederate army who later became a grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
And the petition about the bridge is just one of many ways in which “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” which...
And it’s also, strangely enough, a movie that feels outside of the current time.
How timely? Well, a couple of weeks before the premiere of the film, director Ava DuVernay and many others endorsed a proposal to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for Lewis, who suffered a fractured skull when he was beaten on that bridge during Martin Luther King’s 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. “It’s past due,” tweeted DuVernay of naming the bridge for Lewis rather than Pettus, a senior officer in the Confederate army who later became a grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
And the petition about the bridge is just one of many ways in which “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” which...
- 6/29/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
With an overdue reckoning on racism happening nationwide thanks to the renewed #BlackLivesMatter movement, it’s hard to imagine someone whose legacy would warrant a more urgent cinematic tribute than John Lewis, a true American civil rights icon. Currently serving his 17th term as a member of Congress, the 80-year-old U.S. Representative has always been at the forefront in the struggle for racial justice, from being one of the original 1960 “Freedom Riders” who protested against transportation segregation, to fighting against the suppression of black voters since the early ’60s. So who believes in the necessity of making good trouble as an instigator of societal change.
In a way, America has galvanized behind Lewis’ viewpoint in the last few weeks, taking it to heart and to the streets by protesting and demanding justice in the wake of the brutal killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
In a way, America has galvanized behind Lewis’ viewpoint in the last few weeks, taking it to heart and to the streets by protesting and demanding justice in the wake of the brutal killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
- 6/29/2020
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
If America had its own path to sainthood, John Lewis would have made it there long ago. The 80-year-old Civil Rights icon and congressman has navigated decisive American moments with superhuman finesse, making him a natural cinematic character. Dawn Porter’s absorbing documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble” doesn’t try any fancy trickery to energize that saga, instead deriving its appeal from the sheer resilience of the change agent at its center. As with 2018’s Ruth Bader Ginsberg documentary “Rgb,” Porter offers a closeup look at a historic figure somehow still in the game decades down the line, and seemingly too good for this world. “As long as I have breath in my body,” Lewis says to the camera, “I’ll do what I can.”
At a more stable moment for American society, “Good Trouble” might not register as much more than a hagiographic celebration. Yet context is everything: Premiering in Tulsa,...
At a more stable moment for American society, “Good Trouble” might not register as much more than a hagiographic celebration. Yet context is everything: Premiering in Tulsa,...
- 6/19/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Thompson on Hollywood
If America had its own path to sainthood, John Lewis would have made it there long ago. The 80-year-old Civil Rights icon and congressman has navigated decisive American moments with superhuman finesse, making him a natural cinematic character. Dawn Porter’s absorbing documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble” doesn’t try any fancy trickery to energize that saga, instead deriving its appeal from the sheer resilience of the change agent at its center. As with 2018’s Ruth Bader Ginsberg documentary “Rgb,” Porter offers a closeup look at a historic figure somehow still in the game decades down the line, and seemingly too good for this world. “As long as I have breath in my body,” Lewis says to the camera, “I’ll do what I can.”
At a more stable moment for American society, “Good Trouble” might not register as much more than a hagiographic celebration. Yet context is everything: Premiering in Tulsa,...
At a more stable moment for American society, “Good Trouble” might not register as much more than a hagiographic celebration. Yet context is everything: Premiering in Tulsa,...
- 6/19/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Former NFL star and veteran sports analyst Emmanuel Acho knows all too well the challenges that African Americans face in fighting racial injustice and inequality in the United States. Getting all Americans on board with understanding the issues and pushing for substantive change continues to be a struggle.
“I grew up in white culture. I went to an all-white private school in Dallas, Texas, and I’m first-generation American, I’m Nigerian American,” Acho told TheWrap editor in chief Sharon Waxman Tuesday during a webinar titled “Allies Unite: Fixing a Broken System and Using Your Platform for Change.”
“I don’t deal with the same hurt and pain in my heart due to years upon years of slavery, but nonetheless I’m clothed in a 6’2” 240-pound black frame and so when I step outside I’m still perceived as a threat and so I realized there’s a disconnect,” said Acho,...
“I grew up in white culture. I went to an all-white private school in Dallas, Texas, and I’m first-generation American, I’m Nigerian American,” Acho told TheWrap editor in chief Sharon Waxman Tuesday during a webinar titled “Allies Unite: Fixing a Broken System and Using Your Platform for Change.”
“I don’t deal with the same hurt and pain in my heart due to years upon years of slavery, but nonetheless I’m clothed in a 6’2” 240-pound black frame and so when I step outside I’m still perceived as a threat and so I realized there’s a disconnect,” said Acho,...
- 6/10/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
John Lewis has become one of the most recognizable faces in the United States’ civil rights movement, and Dawn Porter’s latest documentary will examine the life and career of the longtime congressman.
Porter’s upcoming “John Lewis: Good Trouble” features a wide variety of interviews and archival footage that will outline the accomplishments of Lewis’ political career as well as his championing of social justice, and its new trailer promises plenty of uplifting and inspirational messages from the 80-year-old civil rights leader.
Here’s the film’s synopsis, per distributor Magnolia Pictures:
Using interviews and rare archival footage, “John Lewis: Good Trouble” chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, Porter explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Porter’s upcoming “John Lewis: Good Trouble” features a wide variety of interviews and archival footage that will outline the accomplishments of Lewis’ political career as well as his championing of social justice, and its new trailer promises plenty of uplifting and inspirational messages from the 80-year-old civil rights leader.
Here’s the film’s synopsis, per distributor Magnolia Pictures:
Using interviews and rare archival footage, “John Lewis: Good Trouble” chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, Porter explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- 5/11/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
At 8 a.m. on a frigid January morning, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, 49-year-old widow of the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, was standing on a busy street corner in Baltimore, enthusiastically waving at passing cars next to a campaign sign with her name on it. She’d been doing this every morning and evening at rush hour — rain, snow, or shine — before and after a full day of knocking on doors and talking to voters. There were no fewer than 32 people in the special election to succeed her legendary husband in Congress,...
- 3/3/2020
- by Laura Bassett
- Rollingstone.com
During a Monday conversation on “Morning Joe” with former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci and other market experts, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough complained that Republican officials are inconsistent with concerns about national finances.
“You know,” Scarborough said, “it used to be that I could get Republicans on this show to also talk about massive spending … again ginning up the economy, overheating the economy, the $23 trillion national debt.
“Republicans, they only seem to care about deficits or debts when Democrats are in the White House, but man, we’re looking at bigger spending and more fiscal recklessness than ever before this year,” he added.
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Libertarian party chairman Nicholas Sarwark agreed, saying, “Absolutely. You can hear it in that jobs report. You can see the seeds of the destruction.”
Scarborough has hit the...
“You know,” Scarborough said, “it used to be that I could get Republicans on this show to also talk about massive spending … again ginning up the economy, overheating the economy, the $23 trillion national debt.
“Republicans, they only seem to care about deficits or debts when Democrats are in the White House, but man, we’re looking at bigger spending and more fiscal recklessness than ever before this year,” he added.
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Libertarian party chairman Nicholas Sarwark agreed, saying, “Absolutely. You can hear it in that jobs report. You can see the seeds of the destruction.”
Scarborough has hit the...
- 1/13/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
As 2019 wound down, well-known press figures sounded alarms about the “erosion of truth.” MSNBC’s Chuck Todd spoke to our own Peter Wade about the “epidemic” of “disinformation.” Washington Post editor Marty Baron and New York Times editor Dean Baquet joined Todd on Meet The Press to talk about how the Internet and Donald Trump and Russia are all combining to create an era in which “crazy conspiracy theories” and “absolute falsehoods and lies” can proliferate.
This isn’t a new idea. Since 2016 especially, a wide array of American politicians...
This isn’t a new idea. Since 2016 especially, a wide array of American politicians...
- 1/2/2020
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News on Monday confused CNN anchor Chris Cuomo for his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a photo mix-up during primetime.
Mark Steyn, filling in for Tucker Carlson, was criticizing the governor for taking “the same point of view” as New York City mayor Bill de Blasio on whether Trump emboldens “violent forces.” But the broadcast displayed a photo of his brother, Chris Cuomo, instead.
A representative for Fox News did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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The governor, Steyn said, has “spent his tenure in office demonizing pro-lifers and supporters of the Second Amendment,” and is now saying Trump has “fomented” hatred. The version that aired showed a photo of Chris Cuomo during the segment. The version later uploaded online correctly showed Andrew Cuomo.
Chris Cuomo also came under...
Mark Steyn, filling in for Tucker Carlson, was criticizing the governor for taking “the same point of view” as New York City mayor Bill de Blasio on whether Trump emboldens “violent forces.” But the broadcast displayed a photo of his brother, Chris Cuomo, instead.
A representative for Fox News did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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The governor, Steyn said, has “spent his tenure in office demonizing pro-lifers and supporters of the Second Amendment,” and is now saying Trump has “fomented” hatred. The version that aired showed a photo of Chris Cuomo during the segment. The version later uploaded online correctly showed Andrew Cuomo.
Chris Cuomo also came under...
- 12/31/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
CBS News apologized Monday night for mistakenly showing viewers a photograph of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) during a segment on Rep. John Lewis’ recent cancer diagnosis.
“Tonight on the 6:30 p.m. Et broadcast of the CBS Evening News, one photograph was misidentified as Congressman John Lewis. We have replaced the photo in all broadcasts and platforms. We deeply regret the error,” tweeted the CBS Evening News account after the program.
Replies to the apology used words like “unacceptable” to describe the mistake. One asked, “Seriously?”
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Cummings, who was chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee as well as a Democratic target of President Donald Trump’s tweeted ire this summer, died in October at age 68. A 23-year veteran of the House of Representatives, he emerged as a key player...
“Tonight on the 6:30 p.m. Et broadcast of the CBS Evening News, one photograph was misidentified as Congressman John Lewis. We have replaced the photo in all broadcasts and platforms. We deeply regret the error,” tweeted the CBS Evening News account after the program.
Replies to the apology used words like “unacceptable” to describe the mistake. One asked, “Seriously?”
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Cummings, who was chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee as well as a Democratic target of President Donald Trump’s tweeted ire this summer, died in October at age 68. A 23-year veteran of the House of Representatives, he emerged as a key player...
- 12/31/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Sean Hannity might not be employed by the White House as an adviser to President Donald Trump, but he might as well be, considering the undue influence the Fox News channel host has over our president. A new, extensive report from Media Matters for America, a nonprofit, left-leaning news-media watchdog group, illustrates exactly how the “feedback loop” between Fox and Trump works.
According to Media Matters’ Matthew Gertz — who documented each time the president’s tweets were inspired by Fox News hosts — the conservative news channel prompted more than 600 tweets from Trump this past year,...
According to Media Matters’ Matthew Gertz — who documented each time the president’s tweets were inspired by Fox News hosts — the conservative news channel prompted more than 600 tweets from Trump this past year,...
- 12/19/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Evans, the legendary Hollywood producer of “Chinatown” and many more and the head of Paramount Pictures between 1967 and 1974, has died. He was 89.
An individual from Evans’ camp confirmed the news to TheWrap. He died on Saturday.
While at Paramount, Evans led a string of box office hits and critically acclaimed smashes that helped turn a struggling studio around, putting out classics such as the first two “The Godfather” films, “Harold and Maude,” “Serpico,” “Chinatown,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Great Gatsby,” “True Grit,” “The Conversation” among many more.
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In 1974, Evans stepped down from the head of the studio to serve as an independent producer, including a hot streak that included “Marathon Man,” “Black Sunday,” “Players” and “Urban Cowboy.” He later produced the “Chinatown” sequel, “The Two Jakes,” “Silver” and “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”
Born in New York City,...
An individual from Evans’ camp confirmed the news to TheWrap. He died on Saturday.
While at Paramount, Evans led a string of box office hits and critically acclaimed smashes that helped turn a struggling studio around, putting out classics such as the first two “The Godfather” films, “Harold and Maude,” “Serpico,” “Chinatown,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Great Gatsby,” “True Grit,” “The Conversation” among many more.
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In 1974, Evans stepped down from the head of the studio to serve as an independent producer, including a hot streak that included “Marathon Man,” “Black Sunday,” “Players” and “Urban Cowboy.” He later produced the “Chinatown” sequel, “The Two Jakes,” “Silver” and “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”
Born in New York City,...
- 10/28/2019
- by Brian Welk and Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Even with the deaths of our elders today and the 400th anniversary of chattel slavery, we are often reminded that this terrible American past is within the reach of our oral, recorded history. Elijah Cummings, who died Thursday at 68, was the grandson of sharecroppers, the black tenant farmers who rented land from white owners after the Civil War.
Cummings once recounted to 60 Minutes that, when he was sworn into Congress in 1996 following a special election in Maryland’s 7th District, his father teared up. A typical, uplifting American story would...
Cummings once recounted to 60 Minutes that, when he was sworn into Congress in 1996 following a special election in Maryland’s 7th District, his father teared up. A typical, uplifting American story would...
- 10/18/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Cable news hosts from across the political spectrum mourned the death of Maryland Democrat Elijah Cummings on Thursday.
The congressman was particularly close with MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, officiating their wedding at the Library of Congress in November 2018.
"We are heartbroken," Brzezinski wrote on Twitter. "Still processing this loss. @RepCummings was a patriot. He embodied grace, love, decency, compassion ..everything good."
"Elijah was a good man, a great leader, and a dear friend," Scarborough wrote. "We worked closely together in Congress and I was honored that he married Mika ...
The congressman was particularly close with MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, officiating their wedding at the Library of Congress in November 2018.
"We are heartbroken," Brzezinski wrote on Twitter. "Still processing this loss. @RepCummings was a patriot. He embodied grace, love, decency, compassion ..everything good."
"Elijah was a good man, a great leader, and a dear friend," Scarborough wrote. "We worked closely together in Congress and I was honored that he married Mika ...
- 10/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The death of Rep. Elijiah Cummings (D-Md.), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, led coverage on the morning shows today, including a personal reflection by Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski: Cummings was the celebrant at Scarborough and Brzezinski’s wedding last year.
Cummings, 68, died early this morning after “complications from longstanding health challenges.”
“We are personally heartbroken this morning,” Brzezinski said on the show as she and Scarborough paid tribute to Cummings.
“We were honored that Elijiah agreed to marry Mika and me last year,” Scarborough said. “It seemed just perfect. He was just perfect. It was so great to have him, our dear friend there. We were even more grateful for the public service that he so selflessly committed his life to, every day of his life.
“He will now be mourned and his remarkable life will be celebrated and his work, his work,...
Cummings, 68, died early this morning after “complications from longstanding health challenges.”
“We are personally heartbroken this morning,” Brzezinski said on the show as she and Scarborough paid tribute to Cummings.
“We were honored that Elijiah agreed to marry Mika and me last year,” Scarborough said. “It seemed just perfect. He was just perfect. It was so great to have him, our dear friend there. We were even more grateful for the public service that he so selflessly committed his life to, every day of his life.
“He will now be mourned and his remarkable life will be celebrated and his work, his work,...
- 10/17/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight Committee and longtime congressman from Baltimore, died early Thursday morning of health complications, his office confirmed. He was 68.
Cummings, who had represented Maryland’s 7th District in Congress since 1996, was one of the most powerful members of the House of Representatives, chairing the Oversight Committee that had been investigating President Donald Trump regarding a number of issues.
But his health had deteriorated in the weeks prior to his death. He was often seen with a breathing tube on the House floor, took frequent trips to the hospital,...
Cummings, who had represented Maryland’s 7th District in Congress since 1996, was one of the most powerful members of the House of Representatives, chairing the Oversight Committee that had been investigating President Donald Trump regarding a number of issues.
But his health had deteriorated in the weeks prior to his death. He was often seen with a breathing tube on the House floor, took frequent trips to the hospital,...
- 10/17/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The trio of committees leading the House’s impeachment inquiry has unleashed a torrent of requests for documents and depositions from a cast of characters in the poorly scripted political thriller in which we are living. Among them are a pair of shady Soviet-born South Florida businessmen, several frustrated career civil servants, and the once beloved ex-mayor of New York City. Here’s who has been called, how they’ve responded and why:
State Department Inspector General Steve Linick
Met with investigators and provided records on October 2
Linick turned over...
State Department Inspector General Steve Linick
Met with investigators and provided records on October 2
Linick turned over...
- 10/8/2019
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
The chairmen of the House committees on Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, and Oversight are seeking a lengthy list of documents from Vice President Mike Pence in connection with the House’s impeachment inquiry of President Trump.
Reps. Eliot Engel, Adam Schiff and Elijah Cummings officially requested from Pence on Friday “all documents and communications” — notes, memos, transcripts, briefs — referring to or relating to President Trumps’s April and July phone calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Recently, public reports have raised questions about any role you may have playerd in conveying...
Reps. Eliot Engel, Adam Schiff and Elijah Cummings officially requested from Pence on Friday “all documents and communications” — notes, memos, transcripts, briefs — referring to or relating to President Trumps’s April and July phone calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Recently, public reports have raised questions about any role you may have playerd in conveying...
- 10/4/2019
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
When it comes to denouncing the practice of enriching the children of elected officials, Donald Trump is casting stones from inside a glass house. As Trump rails each day against the business deals that Hunter Biden allegedly benefitted from as son of the vice president, he is counting on America to forget that his daughter Ivanka, a senior adviser in his administration, is profiting from the Trump International Hotel — a den of open influence-peddling in Washington — or that his sons are the top executives of the Trump Organization, the profits...
- 10/3/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Rudy Giuliani has consulted with Paul Manafort “several times” in recent months as he quests to smear Joe Biden and boost a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine and Democrats — not Russia — were the ones who did the real malfeasance ahead of the 2016 election, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
This isn’t exactly a great look for Trump’s personal lawyer-turned-global conspiracy theory propagator, as Manafort is currently in prison for a smorgasbord of financial crimes, many related to his dealings in Ukraine. So why exactly was Rudy seeking guidance...
This isn’t exactly a great look for Trump’s personal lawyer-turned-global conspiracy theory propagator, as Manafort is currently in prison for a smorgasbord of financial crimes, many related to his dealings in Ukraine. So why exactly was Rudy seeking guidance...
- 10/3/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participated in President Trump’s July 25th phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Pompeo’s involvement was not known until the Journal reported it on Monday, and the revelation indicates the State Department may have been involved in Trump’s efforts to solicit election interference from Ukraine.
The whistleblower who alerted the intelligence community’s inspector general to the nature of the call — during which Trump pushed Zelensky to investigate a debunked conspiracy theory about 2016 election interference,...
Pompeo’s involvement was not known until the Journal reported it on Monday, and the revelation indicates the State Department may have been involved in Trump’s efforts to solicit election interference from Ukraine.
The whistleblower who alerted the intelligence community’s inspector general to the nature of the call — during which Trump pushed Zelensky to investigate a debunked conspiracy theory about 2016 election interference,...
- 9/30/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
According to a Friday report by Politico, an Air National Guard crew running supplies from the Us to Kuwait was rerouted to stay at Trump’s Turnberry golf club and resort in Scotland. President Donald Trump’s golf courses in Ireland and Scotland have been losing money, and it appears Trump has been using government funds to prop up these properties by forcing military members and government officials to stay at his properties. This is highly unusual for the members of the military, who typically stay and refuel at military bases.
- 9/7/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump is on the warpath against “racist” and “dangerous” Hollywood again today, but Tinseltown thinks this is just the latest straw dog in the incumbent’s re-election efforts to ignite his base on the back of an upcoming thriller flick.
“Pardon my French, but this guy is all bullshit all the time,” a top producer with deep political associations told Deadline on Friday after the former Celebrity Apprentice frontman lambasted Tinseltown first on the White House South Lawn and then on social media. “A couple of weeks ago it was Congresswoman Omar and the Squad Trump was assailing, then it was Baltimore and Elijah Cummings, then it was video games and now it’s Hollywood,” the industry heavyweight added. “Is it any coincidence that he has a fundraiser today? This is more base baiting.”
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“Pardon my French, but this guy is all bullshit all the time,” a top producer with deep political associations told Deadline on Friday after the former Celebrity Apprentice frontman lambasted Tinseltown first on the White House South Lawn and then on social media. “A couple of weeks ago it was Congresswoman Omar and the Squad Trump was assailing, then it was Baltimore and Elijah Cummings, then it was video games and now it’s Hollywood,” the industry heavyweight added. “Is it any coincidence that he has a fundraiser today? This is more base baiting.”
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- 8/9/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
President Trump on Friday morning gloated that the Baltimore home of House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) had been burglarized. Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who in December stepped down as Trump’s U.N. ambassador, did not approve. “This is so unnecessary,” she tweeted, along with a rolling-eyes emoiji.
This is so unnecessary.
This is so unnecessary.
- 8/2/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The Baltimore home of House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) was robbed early Saturday morning, a police report released Thursday revealed. On Friday morning, President Trump mocked Cummings over the incident.
“Really bad news!” the president tweeted sarcastically. “The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!”
Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2019
Hours after the robbery took place last Saturday, Trump lashed out at Cummings on Twitter, writing that his district in Baltimore is a “disgusting,...
“Really bad news!” the president tweeted sarcastically. “The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!”
Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2019
Hours after the robbery took place last Saturday, Trump lashed out at Cummings on Twitter, writing that his district in Baltimore is a “disgusting,...
- 8/2/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump teased the crowd several times at his rally tonight at Us Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio, his first mass gathering since the infamous “send her back” rally in North Carolina in July. But he didn’t leave any openings for a repeat of the controversial chant.
Trump made his familiar promise that America would never be a socialist country, but avoided mentions of The Squad and Rep. Ilhan Omar, who was the focus of the “send her back” chants.
Instead, Trump meandered through a laundry list that focused on Ohio economics, sanctuary cities, and his recent passion, the state of Us inner cities, a particular flash point after his attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings over the state of his Baltimore district.
The President spent most of his early speech on his Democratic rivals, noting that this week’s debates, “Spent more time attacking Barack Obama than they spent attacking me.
Trump made his familiar promise that America would never be a socialist country, but avoided mentions of The Squad and Rep. Ilhan Omar, who was the focus of the “send her back” chants.
Instead, Trump meandered through a laundry list that focused on Ohio economics, sanctuary cities, and his recent passion, the state of Us inner cities, a particular flash point after his attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings over the state of his Baltimore district.
The President spent most of his early speech on his Democratic rivals, noting that this week’s debates, “Spent more time attacking Barack Obama than they spent attacking me.
- 8/2/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump’s inauguration chairman, Tom Barrack, lobbied the new administration to share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia while, at the same time, making plans to team up with the Saudis to buy a company that would benefit from the policy change, according to documents obtained by a House committee.
During the campaign, Barrack advised Trump on the Middle East, where he has long-standing business relationships. As Trump clinched the Republican nomination in 2016, Barrack shared a draft of a policy speech with a businessman from the United Arab Emirates,...
During the campaign, Barrack advised Trump on the Middle East, where he has long-standing business relationships. As Trump clinched the Republican nomination in 2016, Barrack shared a draft of a policy speech with a businessman from the United Arab Emirates,...
- 8/1/2019
- by Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump sat down with C-span for a wide-ranging interview that touched on everything from accusations that he’s a racist to his disdain for certain media outlets.
After being asked about his near non-stop tweeting, Trump said he uses the platform to communicate directly with the public and to respond to the “dishonest” news media.
“If I got fair coverage, I wouldn’t even have to tweet,” he told C-span host Steve Scully. “It’s my only form of defense.”
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Trump criticized CNN, then ripped NBC, which aired The Apprentice.
“CNN is 100 percent negative,” he said. “NBC is negative. I made a lot of money for NBC with The Apprentice. It was a tremendous success at a time when they didn’t have any successes. But they forgot about that very quickly. And they wanted to extend me. … I wanted to run for president. I think I’ve done a great job.
After being asked about his near non-stop tweeting, Trump said he uses the platform to communicate directly with the public and to respond to the “dishonest” news media.
“If I got fair coverage, I wouldn’t even have to tweet,” he told C-span host Steve Scully. “It’s my only form of defense.”
[Watch the video above]
Trump criticized CNN, then ripped NBC, which aired The Apprentice.
“CNN is 100 percent negative,” he said. “NBC is negative. I made a lot of money for NBC with The Apprentice. It was a tremendous success at a time when they didn’t have any successes. But they forgot about that very quickly. And they wanted to extend me. … I wanted to run for president. I think I’ve done a great job.
- 7/31/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Mika Brzezinski opened a segment of her MSNBC program today by calling out its hatewatcher-in-chief, then speaking directly to him.
“President Trump apparently is watching Morning Joe again,” she said. “And Donald, you really oughta find something else to do in the morning. It’s just not healthy.”
Hosting the show solo sans regular partner Joe Scarborough, Brzezinski then addressed this presidential order that had been decreed minutes earlier:
Wow! Morning Joe & Psycho ratings have really crashed. Very small audience. People are tired of hearing Fake News delivered with an anger that is not to be believed. Sad, when the show was sane, they helped get me elected. Thanks! Was on all the time. Lost all of its juice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2019
“Don’t worry, Donald, I’m not angry,” the host said in an exasperated voice. “I’m sad and disgusted when pathetic politicians don’t stand up to your racism.
“President Trump apparently is watching Morning Joe again,” she said. “And Donald, you really oughta find something else to do in the morning. It’s just not healthy.”
Hosting the show solo sans regular partner Joe Scarborough, Brzezinski then addressed this presidential order that had been decreed minutes earlier:
Wow! Morning Joe & Psycho ratings have really crashed. Very small audience. People are tired of hearing Fake News delivered with an anger that is not to be believed. Sad, when the show was sane, they helped get me elected. Thanks! Was on all the time. Lost all of its juice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2019
“Don’t worry, Donald, I’m not angry,” the host said in an exasperated voice. “I’m sad and disgusted when pathetic politicians don’t stand up to your racism.
- 7/30/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
In calling for an investigation into Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Tuesday, President Trump made it four straight days of bashing the House Oversight Committee chairman. Driving the president’s vitriol is, among other things, the fact that Cummings’ committee is investigating potential misconduct by Trump and his administration. It’s understandable that the president is worried. Emails and texts uncovered by the committee revealed that Trump’s campaign let United Arab Emirates officials edit an “America First” energy speech Trump delivered as a candidate in the 2016 election. It doesn’t end there,...
- 7/30/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Stephen Colbert called out President Donald Trump for his latest racist rant after he went after Maryland’s 7th District, which includes most of Baltimore, and its long-time representative, Elijah Cummings, who criticized the conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border.
During his monologue on The Late Show Monday, Colbert reintroduced a segment called “Is Donald Trump Racist?,” adding the subtitle “Episode three million.” After detailing Trump’s tweets against Cummings, where the president called him a “brutal bully,” and his district “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and a “very dangerous & filthy place,...
During his monologue on The Late Show Monday, Colbert reintroduced a segment called “Is Donald Trump Racist?,” adding the subtitle “Episode three million.” After detailing Trump’s tweets against Cummings, where the president called him a “brutal bully,” and his district “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and a “very dangerous & filthy place,...
- 7/30/2019
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
I often learn about President Trump doing or saying something bigoted before I’ve had a chance shake the cobwebs loose, as my father’s expression goes. Thanks to my phone alerts and my cursed curiosity about the news, I have to swallow some newly reported cruelty before I have brushed my teeth or have had a glass of water. What is old is often still old, often a regurgitated version of some former divisive strategy Trump has employed as far back as his old housing discrimination and Central Park Five ad days.
- 7/30/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump’s seemingly endless attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings made their way onto the late night shows.
During Monday night’s monologue, Late Show host Stephen Colbert presented “episode three — million” of his segment “Is Donald Trump a Racist?”
“Previously on, ‘Is Donald Trump racist?’ Yes!” Colbert said to laughter. “But some people still aren’t convinced. Not even after his Twitter attack on chairman of the House Oversight Committee and the man watching his white co-workers explain Get Out to him, Elijah Cummings.”
For those not keeping score, Trump bashed the Maryland Congressman and described the city of Baltimore — which Cummings represents — as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” Saturday on Twitter.
Since then, the president has faced a barrage of criticism and been branded a “racist” by many Democrats, social media users, and earlier today the Rev. Al Sharpton, who called Trump a “bigot” at a news conference in Baltimore.
During Monday night’s monologue, Late Show host Stephen Colbert presented “episode three — million” of his segment “Is Donald Trump a Racist?”
“Previously on, ‘Is Donald Trump racist?’ Yes!” Colbert said to laughter. “But some people still aren’t convinced. Not even after his Twitter attack on chairman of the House Oversight Committee and the man watching his white co-workers explain Get Out to him, Elijah Cummings.”
For those not keeping score, Trump bashed the Maryland Congressman and described the city of Baltimore — which Cummings represents — as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” Saturday on Twitter.
Since then, the president has faced a barrage of criticism and been branded a “racist” by many Democrats, social media users, and earlier today the Rev. Al Sharpton, who called Trump a “bigot” at a news conference in Baltimore.
- 7/30/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
President Trump has been calling a lot of people racist lately. Most of these people, as it so happens, are people of color. This is not a coincidence.
Trump’s latest target is Reverend Al Sharpton, who is in Baltimore on Monday following the president’s tweets that the congressional district of House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) is a “rat and rodent infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.”
Sharpton, Trump wrote in a string of tweets on Monday, is a “conman” who “Hates Whites & Cops!
Trump’s latest target is Reverend Al Sharpton, who is in Baltimore on Monday following the president’s tweets that the congressional district of House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) is a “rat and rodent infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.”
Sharpton, Trump wrote in a string of tweets on Monday, is a “conman” who “Hates Whites & Cops!
- 7/29/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
“Morning Joe” joined the chorus of support for Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings on Monday, calling on Republicans to defend their colleague after President Trump attacked him and his district of Baltimore in a series of tweets.
In a 10-minute segment captioned, “What Donald Trump could learn from Elijah Cummings,” co-host Joe Scarborough labeled the president’s tweet spree a “clumsy attempt to stir racial divisions and appeal to his most bigoted supporters” and urged Republicans to stand up to him.
Where others, like CNN’s Victor Blackwell or the Baltimore Sun editorial board, defended Baltimore as a whole in the wake of Trump’s attack, Scarborough highlighted Cummings’ contributions to his district, citing “empowering minority-owned businesses, working with faith-based leaders, inner-city educators, and helping seniors in need.”
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In between describing instances of Cummings’ good works in his district,...
In a 10-minute segment captioned, “What Donald Trump could learn from Elijah Cummings,” co-host Joe Scarborough labeled the president’s tweet spree a “clumsy attempt to stir racial divisions and appeal to his most bigoted supporters” and urged Republicans to stand up to him.
Where others, like CNN’s Victor Blackwell or the Baltimore Sun editorial board, defended Baltimore as a whole in the wake of Trump’s attack, Scarborough highlighted Cummings’ contributions to his district, citing “empowering minority-owned businesses, working with faith-based leaders, inner-city educators, and helping seniors in need.”
Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Unearths Footage of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Partying in 1992 (Video)
In between describing instances of Cummings’ good works in his district,...
- 7/29/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
President Donald Trump added the Rev. Al Sharpton to his Baltimore tirades after the MSNBC personality said Trump is singing a “different tune” as president than he did as a New York businessman.
The president called Baltimore, which is in Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district, “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and said that “no human being would want to live there.” He went on to call Cummings, who is African-American, a “racist.”
Sharpton, who appeared on MSNBC on Sunday and again on Morning Joe on Monday to hit back at Trump, tweeted a photo of himself standing with Trump, James Brown and Jesse Jackson. He said Trump in the 2006 photo was telling Sharpton “why he respects my work. Different tune now.”
Trump then hit back at Sharpton, a fellow New York figure whose renown began in the 1980s, and reprised his Baltimore jeremiad.
“Baltimore, under the leadership of Elijah Cummings,...
The president called Baltimore, which is in Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district, “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and said that “no human being would want to live there.” He went on to call Cummings, who is African-American, a “racist.”
Sharpton, who appeared on MSNBC on Sunday and again on Morning Joe on Monday to hit back at Trump, tweeted a photo of himself standing with Trump, James Brown and Jesse Jackson. He said Trump in the 2006 photo was telling Sharpton “why he respects my work. Different tune now.”
Trump then hit back at Sharpton, a fellow New York figure whose renown began in the 1980s, and reprised his Baltimore jeremiad.
“Baltimore, under the leadership of Elijah Cummings,...
- 7/29/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
On CNN’s State of the Union, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-mi) spoke with host Jake Tapper about her reaction to the president’s racist tweets about Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-md) and his Baltimore district, which Trump described as “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.”
“I don’t want to project, but he very easily could have said those same things about Detroit, it seems to me,” Tapper prompted.
Tlaib responded: “He continues to say things about American cities all across this country… Our president has a hate agenda. He...
“I don’t want to project, but he very easily could have said those same things about Detroit, it seems to me,” Tapper prompted.
Tlaib responded: “He continues to say things about American cities all across this country… Our president has a hate agenda. He...
- 7/28/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
As with practically every Sunday morning, following a multitude of hateful and racist statements, the president of the United States sent out one of his surrogates to lie to the American people and tell them that either they can’t comprehend correctly what the president meant or that the “fake news” media is misconstruing his most recent comments.
So, as the president continued Sunday where he left on Saturday, attacking Rep. Elijah Cummings and complaining about being labeled a racist by Democrats, hate enabler and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney...
So, as the president continued Sunday where he left on Saturday, attacking Rep. Elijah Cummings and complaining about being labeled a racist by Democrats, hate enabler and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney...
- 7/28/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Baltimore Sun’s editorial board has responded to President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on the city. In an editorial published late on Saturday, the media outlet’s editorial board blasted Trump in an opinion piece titled “Better to have a few rats than to be one.”
President Trump took issue on Twitter over the past few days with Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, and said that instead of the Rep’s focus on the southern border, he should concentrate on fixing the “disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess” that Baltimore has become, nothing “no human being would want to live there.”
The Sun editorial condemened the “dishonest'” president and said he’s just as responsible for Baltimore’s faults as Cummings is.
“If there are problems here, rodents included, they are as much his responsibility as anyone’s, perhaps more because he holds the most powerful office in the land,...
President Trump took issue on Twitter over the past few days with Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, and said that instead of the Rep’s focus on the southern border, he should concentrate on fixing the “disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess” that Baltimore has become, nothing “no human being would want to live there.”
The Sun editorial condemened the “dishonest'” president and said he’s just as responsible for Baltimore’s faults as Cummings is.
“If there are problems here, rodents included, they are as much his responsibility as anyone’s, perhaps more because he holds the most powerful office in the land,...
- 7/28/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump, perhaps tired of The Squad, has found a new face of the Democratic party to demonize – Rep. Elijah Cummings.
The Commander-in-Tweet spent a good portion of his early tweetstorm today taking on the Baltimore district representative, picking up on his tweets from yesterday on the same topic. It was an attack that caused a CNN anchor from that district to break into tears on television. ‘
Artfully, Trump likened the problems in Cummings’s district to those in Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, where homeless issues have transformed that city. It was all tied into Trump’s main point: “The Dems should stop wasting time on the Witch Hunt Hoax and start focusing on our Country!”
We’ll update as more comments roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
….be leaving office on August 15th. I would like to thank Dan for his great service to our Country. The...
The Commander-in-Tweet spent a good portion of his early tweetstorm today taking on the Baltimore district representative, picking up on his tweets from yesterday on the same topic. It was an attack that caused a CNN anchor from that district to break into tears on television. ‘
Artfully, Trump likened the problems in Cummings’s district to those in Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, where homeless issues have transformed that city. It was all tied into Trump’s main point: “The Dems should stop wasting time on the Witch Hunt Hoax and start focusing on our Country!”
We’ll update as more comments roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
….be leaving office on August 15th. I would like to thank Dan for his great service to our Country. The...
- 7/28/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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