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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Chris Hayes Says the Silver Lining in Trump's Attacks on American Institutions Is That They Have ‘No Choice but to Fight Back'
Chris Hayes opened Tuesday's episode of his MSNBC show with a bleak look Donald Trump's latest attacks on 'our American birthright of a free and open society,' including against independent universities, real science and the free press. But despite grim recent events, Hayes argued that there is a 'real silver lining' — that these institutions are being forced to fight him. Hayes began by talking about Trump's escalating war on Harvard university, which as Hayes explained, is a campaign to 'put Harvard University, nation's oldest college, out of business.' This most recently includes Trump's order to cancel all federal contracts with the university, an unprecedented move that was preceded by the equally unprecedented order to cease all foreign student admissions. 'They want to rewrite the school's curriculum in a way that is favorable and deferential to Trump and his worldview. Donald Trump wants the most powerful, legendary institution higher education in this country, arguably in the world, to bend the knee to his whims and become a kind of controlled asset of MAGA. That is the goal here,' Hayes said. Hayes noted Trump's attacks on other universities, his administration's increasingly clear opposition to vaccinations, and his attacks on media — which included a shout-out to the fiery speech '60 Minutes' reporter Scott Pelley gave last week to graduating seniors at Wake Forest University. 'Pelly, to his great credit, is not cowed, and it's true that many aren't. Not every outlet is capitulated to Trump,' Hayes said, adding a little later, 'and we're seeing this type of resistance everywhere, sometimes in sort of unexpected areas. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, I think he's a pretty conservative guy, as far as I can know. He's a guy who was initially elevated to the job of Federal Reserve Chair by a guy named Donald Trump in his first term, is fighting the President's pressure campaign to remove him from his position, calling on the next generation to preserve our democratic institutions again in another weekend commencement speech at Princeton University.' 'Here's the single most important thing for everyone to understand about this ongoing, existential battle to preserve our American birthright of a free and open society,' Hayes continued. 'All these institutions and the people that power them, and the vast sources of independent knowledge, production and authority contained within them, that form what is the kind of civil society of America altogether are more powerful than this one petty, addled man, and Donald Trump knows it, and that's why he wants to end them.' 'And the real silver lining here, and there is one, is that Trump's attacks are so reckless and so baseless and transparent, they have left our independent institutions with no choice but to fight back. Good. We need them.' Watch the whole commentary below: The post Chris Hayes Says the Silver Lining in Trump's Attacks on American Institutions Is That They Have 'No Choice but to Fight Back' | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Daily Mail
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Trump calls for investigation into Harris over celebrity endorsements
Donald Trump kicked off Monday morning by turning his attacks towards former 2024 rival Kamala Harris just hours after Joe Biden's devastating cancer diagnosis was made public. The president is demanding a 'major investigation' into Harris after she dolled out massive amounts of campaign cash for major celebrity appearances from the likes of single-name icons Beyonce and Oprah. Trump claims that Harris' lofty spending for performances at her events equates to using donations to pay for endorsements, which is illegal. Still, the slew of celebrity appearances and mini concerts, including from Bruce Springsteen and Bono, did not help Harris get any closer to getting promoted to the Oval Office. The post on Monday came after just hours former President Biden's office announced that he was diagnosed with an 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer. Trump posted on Sunday to his Truth Social well wishes for Biden's recovery. 'Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis,' the president wrote. 'We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery.' But the next morning Trump was back to his usual social media antics and turned his attacks to Biden's former No. 2. 'How much did Kamala Harris pay Bruce Springsteen for his poor performance during her campaign for president?' he questioned in his Truth Social post. 'Why did he accept that money if he is such a fan of hers? Isn't that a major and illegal campaign contribution?' 'What about Beyonce?' the president continued. 'And how much went to Oprah, and Bono??' He insisted: 'I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter. Candidates aren't allowed to pay for endorsements, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment.' Trump often had celebrities who supported him appear or perform at his campaign rallies. This included Kid Rock, Jason Aldean, Billy Ray Cyrus and God Bless the USA singer Lee Greenwood. He even had the Village People perform their hit song Y.M.C.A. at his inaugural rally. His post, however, suggests that Trump did not pay for these performances – at least not from his campaign funds. Trump said on Truth Social that Harris was desperate to get these 'expensive' and 'unpatriotic' performers to come to her events to 'artificially build up her sparse crowds.' 'This was just a corrupt and unlawful way to capitalize on a broken system,' Trump concluded.
Daily Mail
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Trump turns ire on Kamala Harris after Biden cancer news with Beyoncé, Oprah warning for 'illegal' donations
Donald Trump kicked off Monday morning by turning his attacks towards former 2024 rival Kamala Harris just hours after Joe Biden 's devastating cancer diagnosis was made public. The president is demanding a 'major investigation' into Harris after she dolled out massive amounts of campaign cash for major celebrity appearances from the likes of single-name icons Beyonce and Oprah. Trump claims that Harris' lofty spending for performances at her events equates to using donations to pay for endorsements, which is illegal. Still, the slew of celebrity appearances and mini concerts, including from Bruce Springsteen and Bono, did not help Harris get any closer to getting promoted to the Oval Office. The post on Monday came after just hours former President Biden's office announced that he was diagnosed with an 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer. He claimed that his 2024 rival illegally paid celebrities to endorse her and pointed to the performances and appearances at her event by big names like Beyonce, Oprah, Bruce Springsteen and Bono Trump posted on Sunday to his Truth Social well wishes for Biden's recovery. 'Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis,' the president wrote. 'We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery.' But the next morning Trump was back to his usual social media antics and turned his attacks to Biden's former No. 2. 'How much did Kamala Harris pay Bruce Springsteen for his poor performance during her campaign for president?' he questioned in his Truth Social post. 'Why did he accept that money if he is such a fan of hers? Isn't that a major and illegal campaign contribution?' 'What about Beyonce?' the president continued. 'And how much went to Oprah, and Bono??' He insisted: 'I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter. Candidates aren't allowed to pay for endorsements, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment.' Trump often had celebrities who supported him appear or perform at his campaign rallies. This included Kid Rock, Jason Aldean, Billy Ray Cyrus and God Bless the USA singer Lee Greenwood. He even had the Village People perform their hit song Y.M.C.A. at his inaugural rally. His post, however, suggests that Trump did not pay for these performances – at least not from his campaign funds. Trump said on Truth Social that Harris was desperate to get these 'expensive' and 'unpatriotic' performers to come to her events to 'artificially build up her sparse crowds.' 'This was just a corrupt and unlawful way to capitalize on a broken system,' Trump concluded.
Times
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Joe and Jill Biden interview: I'm not surprised Kamala lost
Joe Biden has said that he 'wasn't surprised' that Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election in his first broadcast interview in America since leaving office. The former president also insisted that he could have beaten Trump, despite the disastrous debate performance that wrecked his campaign and prompted him to quit the race in July. Speaking to ABC's The View, Biden, 82, said that he was 'disappointed but not surprised' by Harris's defeat after Trump took what he called 'the sexist route' against Harris. 'I've never seen quite [as] successful and … consistent [a] campaign, undercutting the notion that a woman couldn't lead the country — and a woman of mixed race,' Biden said of Trump's attacks on Harris, who was the first black woman
