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After Losing Support, Trump's Business and Manufacturing Councils Are Shutting Down (theverge.com)
Over a dozen anonymous readers share a similar report: Two White House advisory councils that once included tech leaders like Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick have dissolved, after several members resigned over President Donald Trump's weak condemnation of white supremacists. A member of the Strategic and Policy Forum told CNBC that it wanted to make a "more significant impact" by disbanding the entire group: "It makes a central point that it's not going to go forward. It's done." Soon after, Trump took credit for shutting down both that group and a separate Manufacturing Council, "rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople." The councils' members came from a range of industries, including several major Silicon Valley companies. Besides Musk and Kalanick, executives from Intel, IBM, and Dell had joined. It's been controversial from the start -- Musk and Kalanick both left months ago -- but a major exodus started this week, after Trump issued a vague statement blaming "many sides" for violence at a white supremacist rally that left one woman dead. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigned on Monday, saying that politics had "sidelined the important mission of rebuilding America's manufacturing base." Axios has more details.
There is plenty of feminism wishing "death to all men" or wishing them in concentration camps.
Look in the mirror, you anti-american fuckwad! I have nothing to do with any of that bullshit. But to insinuate my leanings for calling out the double-standard is bullshit, and i"m call you out on it.
Life is not for the lazy.
BLM protests the brutal tactics used by Police departments in impoverished black neighborhoods and especially the killing of unarmed black people by police authorities. Some of these incidents have been committed by black police officers and some of these departments are headed by black captains. The movement is not directed at any particular race even thou it may seem that way since the black community is underrepresented in the countries police forces. Now I am sure you can find some BLM supporter that made some racist statement but that doesn't speak for the movement in large
1. No she lost. Vote total is irrelevant. It's SUPPOSED to be that way. We are NOT a democracy. Why you libs insist on ignoring this is beyond me (well we do know). Also, you would campaign WAY different if you were going for total votes for electorates. Regardless, it simply is meaningless. Always has been. Always will. There were a set of rules. You don't get to say 'really, we won, because we are going to ignore the rules'. Well you can say it all you want. The rest of us will just giggle.
You've shown your ignorance facts by leading with that silly comment so I'm just going to ignore the rest of it.
And remember this always: Trump won. Hillary lost. Supreme Court secured. That's really all that matters.
You could could pay people to walk down the street carrying anything you want shouting 'Heil Musk', that will not make Musk a Nazi sympathizer.
First time people are paid to scream 'Heil Trump' Everyone starts calling him Hitler, and the dumbest ones believe it.
Antifa is a terrorist organization and the 'left' is pathetically obvious in their tactics.
I am sick of the division the media ( entertainment industry ) are fostering, and we as American's are tolerating.
Everyone grow the fuck up and knock it off already.
~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.
The Electoral College operates the exact same way the Congress does. It prevents the bigger states from being big bullies and pushing everyone around. Otherwise, the smaller states would have no interest in being part of the Union.
If you are butt hurt about the Electoral College then you should be equally butt hurt about the Congress. They are both designed the same way for the same reason.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Of course. They don't buy into your party line. Therefore they are Nazis. Forget any sort of nuance. Forget that there's a diverse range of actual bigots. They're all just Nazis.
No. It's just convenient. You don't actually have to acknowledge who they are or what they say. You can just screech Juden at them put a yellow star on their jacket and shove them into the ghetto.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Based on my 4 decades experience in big business these CEOs who joined the Business and Manufacturing Council did so to further their own interests by either creating or influencing the presidential industry and commerce policies. When they discovered that these councils were not convened for them and their own interests, and it wasn't an opportunity to solidify their place in the market they just bailed. If they were on the council for the betterment of American industry, business, the American people, employees, working conditions or any other non-self-serving interest they'd still be there - of course! Speaks for itself. When the going gets tough the self-serving bail. This is what integrity and leadership look like. Not perfection - that's not part of the presidential job description. Leadership and integrity of purpose - those are part of the job description.