Steve Bannon

Donald Trump’s Nationalist Speech Was Pure Steve Bannon

... He took aim at “crime and gangs and drugs,” promising to end this scourge. The economic recovery of the past eight years went unacknowledged. He mentioned “welfare” as if it was an entitlement, something it hasn’t been since the 1990 s. Try Newsweek for only $1.25 per week. Trump made “America First” the center of his address. The tacit message to the ex-presidents gathered on the west side of the Capitol, and to all of the politicians there, Republicans as much as Democrats, was that they had not put the nation first in the formation of its trade, immigration and defense policies. “From this day forward, it’s only going to be America first,” Trump said. Related Stories. Trump’s Inauguration and the Era of Fear. There were feints at healing—a mention of the Obamas helping with the transition but none of the Clintons who were seated nearby—and there were welcome denunciations of prejudice. But American allies were probably not left reassured. He vowed to “reinforce old alliances,” but the reference to developing “new ones” might have struck many in Eastern Europe as a tip of the hat to Russia. Trump’s address may have dispensed with ...

Bannon Threatened Elementary School Officials, Records Attest

... for Bannon has denied that he made these remarks. The White House press office did not respond to an effort to obtain comment for this story. Bannon, a proponent of the “alt-right” movement that includes avowed white supremacists, served as executive chair of Breitbart News from 2012 until last August, when he was tapped as CEO of Trump’s presidential campaign. During his tenure, the website ran articles calling conservative commentator Bill Kristol a “renegade Jew” and Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum “a Polish, Jewish, American elitist scorned.”. The letter from Mecham of the Odyssey school stated that Bannon accepted his invitation to visit the school but was unpersuaded, reiterating that he would not pay for tuition and would sue Mecham and the school if the twins were enrolled. “He left in a very angry mood, threatening me once again with a suit, as he strongly placed the brochure and school materials back in my hands.”. The next day, Mecham wrote, “I received a letter from Mr. Bannon’s lawyer, Lance Spiegel, saying Bannon’s consent is necessary and that he does not agree to the proposed enrollment of the ...

Steve Bannon Is Not Ideological

... ideological. We've changed our commenting system to Disqus. Instructions for signing up and claiming your comment history are located here. Updated rules for commenting are here. ABOUT THE VIDEOS. In addition to reviewing print and online media, Media Matters monitors at least 150 hours of television and radio each week. This section features highlights (or low-lights) from our monitoring efforts, other noteworthy clips as well as original videos. FOLLOW US ›. Google Takes Step In Tackling Fake News, But There's Clearly More To Do. On January 25, Google announced that it had banned “nearly 200 publishers” from its advertising network for violating its “misrepresentative content policy.” Yet numerous notable violators of the policy that Media Matters already reported to Google remain a part of ...

Trump Adviser Stephen Bannon Is Registered To Vote In Two States

... administration policies, Mr Trump has circulated the lie through Twitter and via his Press Secretary that millions of people voted illegally. The White House has not provided any evidence for their claim – as it has been exhaustively debunked by state election commissions. But the minority President points to 'illegal votes' that resulted in his loss in the popular vote by nearly three million. "I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal, and. even those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time," he wrote. "Depending on results, we will strengthen up voting procedures.". Donald Trump claims Hillary Clinton is 'protected by a rigged system'. The controversial laws Donald Trump has already passed. 1/10 Trump and abortion. Protesters flood Independence Avenue during the Women's March. Getty Images. 2/10 Trump and abortion. US President Donald Trump signs an executive order as Chief of Staff Reince Priebus looks on in the Oval Office of the ...

Steve Bannon Hires Breitbart Writer Julia Hahn, One Of Paul Ryan’s Fiercest Critics, As A White House Aide

... strategist, has accused Ryan of fleeing “grieving moms trying to show him photos of their children killed by his open borders agenda” and claimed that he was secretly leading a “months-long campaign to elect Hillary Clinton,” according to The Washington Post on Monday. “She’ll be Bannon’s Bannon and make Bannon look moderate,” said conservative writer and editor at large of the Weekly Standard William Kristol when talking to The Post. “Her tendency is to fight and fight, often to the extreme.”. The Post also claims that “a number of House Republicans” confided to the newspaper that they believe Bannon’s hiring of Hahn is a sign that he could go on the attack against them if they defy Trump’s will. “This is obviously a provocative act and clearly an intentional act,” said Peter Wehner, an official who has worked for three Republican presidents and is a personal friend of Ryan’s. “Bannon is willing to napalm the bridges with congressional Republicans.” He also added that many Republican congressmen are making the mistake of believing that “Bannon and Trump aren’t taken seriously even though Bannon and Trump are operating in a serious way and ...

Tiffany Trump, Steve Bannon, Steven Mnuchin All Registered To Vote In Two States

... registered in both Pennsylvania and New York. Guess it’s better than forgetting to register at all. Important to note: Being registered in two states, despite whatever the president tweets, isn’t illegal. It’s actually incredibly understandable and fairly commonplace. Millions of people are registered to vote in two states, either because it can be difficult to purge your old voter record (as Bannon insists was the case for him) or because you’re a college student attending school away from home (Tiffany went to school in Pittsburgh). There’s only an issue if you actually vote in both places, and there’s no evidence this occurs anywhere approaching a scale large enough to sway a presidential election, especially the most recent one, in which Hillary Clinton won by nearly three million votes. ...

Trump's Chief Strategist Fashions Himself An Evil Nerd

... referred to himself at one point as “Darth Vader. He said, with ironic relish, that Mr. Trump was elected by a surge of support from the working class hobbits and deplorables.”. Bannon has done this before. In November, he told The Hollywood Reporter that “darkness is good” before listing some of his role models. “Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power.”. It’s also not the first time he’s trotted out the “hobbits and deplorables” line. He used it while speaking to Breitbart News Daily last month. Or whatever the dystopian American version of Isengard is. So, yeah, Bannon likes himself some geeky properties. But Star Wars and Lord of the Rings are hardly deep cuts. It’s not like he’s showing off any real geek credentials. Also, he seems to be seriously misreading both Star Wars and LOTR. The Hobbits of Middle Earth are simple folk, yes, but the bravest among them rise up and manage to defeat an evil force against all odds, saving the world. And Darth Vader, a mutilated momma’s boy with anger issues, ends up sacrificing himself in order to defeat his villainous boss, the most powerful person in the galaxy. All we’re saying is ...

The Media Is The 'opposition Party

... processing your email signup. Please try again later. Thank you for signing up for Washington Examiner News Alerts. You should receive your first alert soon. "That's why you have no power," Bannon added. "You were humiliated.". Bannon, who is the former head of Breitbart News, a decidely pro-Trump media organization, made the remarks only days after Trump took over the presidency and in the midst of a continued back-and-forth with members of the media. Trump and high-level White House staffers attacked the media over the weekend and earlier this week over percieved slights after several reports pointed out how Trump drew a smaller crowd at last Friday's inauguration on the National Mall than former President Obama in both 2009 and 2013 and Saturday's Women's March on Washington. "The elite media got it dead wrong, 100 percent dead wrong," Bannon said of the November election, calling it "a humiliating defeat that they will never wash away, that will always be there.". Bannon also tore ...

Who Is Steve Bannon

... an outcome that would never have resulted in an open, free market. By the way, this is the form of corrupt corporatism that Bannon suggests Pope Francis is personally familiar with from his Latin American background, and of which the Pope has in mind when he criticizes capitalism in general. Then Bannon critiques “objectivist” capitalism, which treats people as if they were only economic commodities. Fascinatingly, he draws the explicit parallel of this atheistic view of the human person with the same view found in the godless materialism of Marxism. And then, finally, he arrives at “enlightened” capitalism, that version which has as its moral underpinning the Judeo-Christian culture, where there is a moral responsibility to use the wealth one has for the common good, where the Almighty on Judgment Day will call us each to account for the fortune with which He has prospered us individually. I might add, that my reading of the totality of Steve's line of thought is that the onus is really on the individual to comport himself righteously, driven by his faith and a well-formed conscience, and that he’s not really looking to the state to force people to behave in a way it ...

Steve Bannon Wants To Turn The Press Into The New Hillary

... would reinstate black sites and torture. “The break-neck pace of Trump’s executive actions might please his supporters, but critics are questioning whether the documents are being rushed through without the necessary review from agency experts and lawmakers who will bear the burden of actually carrying them out. For example, there are legal questions on how the country can force companies building pipelines to use materials manufactured domestically, which might not be available or which could violate trade treaty obligations. There’s also the question of whether the federal government take billions from cities who don’t comply with immigration actions — legal experts said it was unclear.”. Trump and his closest advisers have almost no experience in government, executive actions are very new to them, and they seem not to be asking for help. That sums up Trump’s first week in office: a mix of frantic activity and ineptitude. You Tube. Donald Trump is his very own North Korean anchorwoman. Dictators have traditionally relied on state media to cast even their ...

Trump’s Ex-breitbart Advisor Bannon Is Drafting Executive Orders

... unusual, that’s reckless.”. A draft order that could potentially revive banned torture techniques reportedly “blindsided” Defense Secretary James Mattis and CIA Director Mike Pompeo, whose agencies would be expected to carry out those orders. Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, on Wednesday denied the draft order on torture and so-called “black sites” had come from the White House. “It is not a White House document,” Spicer said. “I have no idea where it came from.”. GOP lawmakers complained they weren’t sure whether some of Trump’s executive orders, including his action to start the repeal of Obamacare, might conflict with existing laws because they hadn’t reviewed them. Others have pointed out that Trump’s executive order on immigration includes only vague language on where funding would come from and does not ...