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Until Facebook comes to grip with this problem, its attempts to fix fake news will likely have minimal impact.
Both messages were elliptical, relying on innuendo and allusion. One was delivered in a seemingly stream-of-consciousness appeal, the other in its online equivalent: a tweet.
The insinuation, in both cases, was that Jews use money to pull strings and sway politics.
The contrasting responses to the opinions, offered by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in December 2015 and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) this week, speak to concerns about double standards and to the different ways in which the two parties police their own members.
“People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones,” Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) said in a CNN appearance Monday night.
Earlier in the day, Trump and other GOP leaders had eagerly joined the political pile-on besetting Omar, a freshman Democrat who is one of the first two Muslim women in Congress, after she appeared to draw on an anti-Semitic trope about the currency of Jewish clout in political life.
“I think she should be ashamed of herself,” Trump told reporters Monday evening aboard Air Force One.
For the president, that wasn’t enough.
But Trump, as a presidential candidate in December 2015, said much the same about what Jewish donors supposedly expect in return for their money.
Speaking at a presidential forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, he told members of the lobbying group, which describes itself as the “unique bridge between the Jewish community and Republican decision-makers,” that he wasn’t seeking their money because he didn’t want to be beholden to them.
“You’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money,” he said bluntly. Drawing a contrast to former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who raked in vast sums of money, Trump said, “That’s why you don’t want to give me money, okay? But that’s okay. You want to control your own politician.” He said he understood their perspective because he, too, was once a donor, a point suggesting that he didn’t view quid pro quo as an expectation unique to Jewish groups.
Still, the remarks drew criticism from some observers for perpetuating stereotypes about Jews, not just as political puppet masters but also as ruthless negotiators. “Is there anybody that doesn’t renegotiate deals in this room?” Trump asked earlier in the speech, adding, “Perhaps more than any room I’ve ever spoken to, maybe more. It’s okay. I’ve been called on that a couple of times, too.” The aside drew laughs and applause in the room.
Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary under George W. Bush and an RJC board member, was less enthused about Trump’s pitch.
Trump to the Republican Jewish Coalition: "You're not going to support me because I don't want your money." What the hell does that mean?
The Anti-Defamation League, which censured Omar on Monday, defended the GOP front-runner after the 2015 appearance.
Trump appears never to have publicly clarified his intent. Instead, he went on as president to make statements that seemed to find little fault with anti-Semitic bigotry and, at times, to use language that actually upheld it.
After a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in the summer of 2017, the president said that there were “very fine people” marching among the neo-Nazis shouting “Jews will not replace us.” He has deployed the pejorative term “globalist,” used as an anti-Jewish slur in far-right circles, to describe those who dissent from his nationalist worldview. He specifically applied it to one of his most prominent Jewish advisers, former National Economic Council director Gary Cohn. And his participation in the vilification of George Soros, a liberal financier and 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, signals how decisively the conspiracy theory, which smacks of anti-Jewish fearmongering given archetypical expression by “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” has moved from the far-right fringes to the mainstream of the GOP. Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) is a believer in the Soros claims. So is Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R).
In a since-deleted tweet that was posted before the November midterm election, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), then-House majority leader, accused Soros, who had just been targeted by a homemade explosive, of seeking to “BUY this election!” Also in on the plot, he wrote, were former New York mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Tom Steyer, a California billionaire. The two men are Jewish and of Jewish heritage, respectively.
It was McCarthy who called on Democratic leaders last week to sanction Omar and her Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), who is also Muslim, for conduct he described as “unacceptable in this country,” especially given “what this country went through in World War II.” Without explaining why, he judged their remarks to be worse than racist statements made by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). Both women have been critical of the Israeli government and have periodically apologized for their use of language that some found prejudicial against Jews.
Earlier this month, McCarthy had promised to take action against the Democratic lawmakers if their party’s leadership did not. That vow is what first elicited Omar’s pronouncement about the financial interests fortifying the hard line in support of Israel.
Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.), who had been among the first in his caucus to criticize Omar, calling her words “deeply hurtful to Jews, including myself,” said Monday that he accepted her apology.
“I take her at her word,” he said.
His words left room for interpretation about whether his charge of hypocrisy lay with the Republican Party or with the media.
Iran's nuclear chief said Wednesday Tehran has built an advanced factory to make centrifuge rotors that enhance uranium enrichment capacity.
As the U.S. president mulls the fate of a deal that curbed Iran's nuclear ambitions, the OPEC member's president said Monday the program is accelerating.
The price for oil is well above the point where Iran can break even and production could flirt with 5 million barrels per day in three years, data show.
Iran's president ordered his country's Atomic Energy Organization to develop nuclear-powered ships in response to an alleged U.S. violation of the nuclear deal.
Leaders in the United States, the European Union and Iran began making arrangements to put the tenets of the Iran nuclear deal into motion.
Iran successfully tested its first long-range precision-guided ballistic missile possibly outlawed by the nuclear deal agreed to in July.
The U.S. dollar and Iranian hopes for a "new day" amid ongoing nuclear negotiations sent Brent crude oil prices on a wild ride early in the trading day Friday.
As nuclear negotiations enter the home stretch, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said Iran's oil production is close to a historic high.
Iran said Wednesday it has negotiated a preliminary deal for Russia's Rosatom nuclear power company to provide it with two more nuclear power generating units.
A day after a deal with the IAEA, Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's nuclear negotiator, said his country hasn't lost the right to enrich uranium to 20 percent purity.
The IAEA said the $8.1 million needed to enforce an agreement with Iran will double the size of the inspection team used to monitor nuclear research activity.
The director of Iran's nuclear energy organization said uranium centrifuges would keep spinning toward enrichment but for levels less than 20 percent purity.
Iran's deputy foreign minister said Tuesday meetings with the International Atomic Energy Agency have been delayed more than two weeks to Feb. 8.
Iran's top nuclear administrator said Friday he was interested in further cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Ali Akbar Salehi, one of Iran's top nuclear officials, said Thursday there was no basis to claims that Iran's nuclear activities had slowed down.
Washington, DC – Curiosity’s arrival at the Red Planet is anticipated in August 2012 at Gale crater. During the two-year prime mission, the rover will investigate whether a selected area of Mars offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life and for preserving evidence about life if it existed.
Mars Science Laboratory is the fourth space mission launching this year managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. The first three are Aquarius, launched June 10th to study ocean salinity; Juno, launched August 5th to study the origins and interior of Jupiter; and the twin GRAIL orbiters, which departed for the moon on September 10th.
McCain has been defending her father from Trump all week.
“I don’t expect decency and compassion from the Trump family,” she continued.
Following the president’s criticisms of the deceased Arizona Republican, Meghan McCain’s younger sister, Bridget, who tends to live a private life, spoke out in defense of her father.
“Everyone doesn’t have to agree with my dad or like him, but I do ask you to be decent and respectful,” she wrote in a tweet, which McCain read on the show.
“Unfortunately, you could not be counted on to be courteous, as you are a child in the most important role the world knows,” Bridget continued.
On Wednesday’s episode of “The View,” McCain urged viewers not to feel sorry for her and her family.
“We are blessed. We are a family of privilege. Feel bad for people out there who are being bullied that don’t have support,” she added.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With new health insurance markets launching next week, the Obama administration is unveiling premiums and plan choices for 36 states where the federal government is taking the lead to cover uninsured residents.
Before tax credits that work like an upfront discount for most consumers, sticker-price premiums for a mid-range benchmark plan will average $328 a month nationally for an individual, comparable to payments for a new car.
A report by her department estimated that about 95 percent of consumers will have two or more insurers to choose from. And the administration says premiums will generally be lower than what congressional budget experts estimated when the legislation was being debated. About one-fourth of the insurers participating are new to the individual coverage market, a sign that could be good for competition.
"This book presents an elegant and accessible treatment of the broad range of rapidly expanding topics currently being studied by microeconometricians. Thoughtful, intuitive, and careful in laying out central concepts of sophisticated econometric methodologies, it is not only an excellent textbook for students, but also an invaluable reference text for practitioners and researchers."
"I wish "Microeconometrics" was available when I was a student! Here, in one place -- and in clear and readable prose -- you can find all of the tools that are necessary to do cutting-edge applied economic analysis, and with many helpful examples."
"Cameron and Trivedi have written a remarkably thorough and up-to-date treatment of microeconometric methods. This is not a superficial cookbook; the early chapters carefully lay the theoretical foundations on which the authors build their discussion of methods for discrete and limited dependent variables and for analysis of longitudinal data. A distinctive feature of the book is its attention to cutting-edge topics like semiparametric regression, bootstrap methods, simulation-based estimation, and empirical likelihood estimation. A highly valuable book."
"The empirical analysis of micro data is more widespread than ever before. The book by Cameron and Trivedi contains a superb treatment of all the methods that economists like to apply to such data. What is more, it fully integrates a number of exciting new methods that have become applicable due to recent advances in computer technology. The text is in perfect balance between econometric theory and empirical intuition, and it contains many insightful examples."
He is joining the party as an ordinary card-carrying member and holds no position in the DA party.
Herman Mashaba is stepping down as chairman of the Free Market Foundation (FMF) to join the Democratic Alliance, he announced on Tuesday.
“It is with regret that I must stand down from leading the FMF, but it is important that this proud organisation remains politically impartial in its vital work,” Mashaba said in a statement.
He was joining the party as an ordinary card-carrying member.
Mashaba said he decided to join and give his support and commitment to the DA, as he believed the party delivered better in the Western Cape than other parties delivered in the rest of the country.
The decision to join the party was made before discussions took place in the political process and was not influenced by discussions with individuals in the political process, said Mashaba.
He said he wanted his move to the party to inspire people to take an active interest in the future of the country.
Your Sept. 28 news article about the encouraging cultural progress in downtown Brooklyn understates the potential of the arts there by not mentioning the roles that nearby campuses play as providers of audiences, performers and artists.
Long Island University, along with other nearby educational institutions, is a member of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Local Development Corporation, and thus part of the proposed cultural corridor.
The Brooklyn campus's recent renaissance, paralleling that of much of the surrounding downtown area, is a model of the ways the borough could put its special, pluralistic stamp on culture by drawing insight and strength from diversity.
The writer is provost of Long Island University's Brooklyn campus.
Jeff Klein is out as the state Senate Democrats' top political strategist after a bruising election cycle that left the party facing a possible Republican majority.
Democrats are making Queens Sen. Mike Gianaris the new head of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee instead, the Daily News has learned.
"Mike Gianaris is a dynamic fund-raiser and effective leader who will work with our members to win more Democratic seats," said Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson.
"With his energy and expertise, Senate Democrats are gearing up for a successful election cycle."
Sampson called Klein "instrumental in key victories this year."
But as Sampson applauds Klein, whose district spans parts of the Bronx and Westchester, there is more going on behind the scenes - as usual.
Insiders readily admit Klein had it tough this cycle, what with anti-incumbent sentiment sweeping the nation and the state. It's also not uncommon for leadership of the DSCC to change hands between election seasons.
One top Democrat specifically says Klein could've better managed the Dems' resources.
Klein signed off on too much money to back Democratic hopefuls like Susan Savage and Joanne Yepsen in races where polling suggested near-certain defeat, the insider griped.
"We spent a million on those two races, and they both got killed," the source said. Klein could not be reached.
That money, insiders say, could've gone instead to put boots on the ground in races like that of Long Island's Craig Johnson, whose next court date in his struggle to keep Republican Jack Martins out of his seat is today.
Gianaris steered clear of talking about the rumblings that the replacement of Klein, who's still deputy leader of the conference, had to do with any designs he might have had on Sampson's leadership post.
He also insisted there was "no merit" to any suggestion that Sampson, who's made a few not-too-laudatory headlines of his own, might fear being toppled.
"We have a lot of work to do," said Gianaris, who moved up from the Assembly to the Queens Senate seat vacated by George Onorato.
"The Democrats around the country had a difficult year last year," Gianaris said.
"The state Senate came out of it in a lot better shape than some of the other Democratic institutions in New York and around the country," he said in praise of Klein.
And he has a vow: "Even if we end up in the minority, we will not be in the minority for very long."
Through the special elections that tend to crop up each year, Gianaris said: "I have a prediction Democrats will be in the majority before the end of 2011."
At PAX Prime 2011 this past weekend, Sucker Punch unveiled Witness the Resurrection, a special sneak preview trailer that sets up inFamous 2: Festival of Blood's plot using the "infamous" comic book style of animation. We're pretty sure you're asking yourself, "How the heck did New Marais turn into a haven for vampires?" Well, in case Zeke's story about "fangers," or the use of Cole's blood didn't give away the plot, it looks as though our electrified hero will be taking on a swarm of vampires that would even make Sookie Stackhouse weep.
After Cole MacGrath is captured and bitten by the True Blood clan, the bloodsuckers begin to attack the city of New Marais. With a bunch of vamps seeking to take over the town and feed on anyone in their way, it doesn't help that their revived leader is now a nightstalking Conduit himself. Now, as a creature of the shadows, it's up to Cole to hunt down and kill the lead vampire, in order to both save New Marais and himself.
Can he do it all in one night? We shall see as inFamous 2: Festival of Blood DLC will be made available to PS3 owners on October, just in time for Halloween.
Investors will have to grapple with two sets of rules for how banks recognize losses on loans after the world's two main accounting regulators failed to agree a common approach.
At the height of the financial crisis in 2009, the Group of 20 industrial and industrializing nations asked the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to align their rules to make cross-border comparisons between companies easier.
They specifically requested new rules to force banks to acknowledge impaired loans much sooner, which might allow them to address problems in good time and prevent a repeat of taxpayer bailouts.
IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst said on Monday the board's new impairment rule would be published in early March but alignment with the U.S. equivalent was highly unlikely.
"It's still a long shot. We are taking a different course," Hoogervorst told a meeting of the board's advisory council, and ruling out a shift by the IASB to the U.S. model.
FASB wants all expected losses on a loan to be recognized up front while the IASB, whose rules are used in over 100 countries, thinks there should be an actual deterioration in a loan, such as late payment, before losses have to be recorded.
"The outside world, especially the regulatory community, is growing increasingly restless. I understand that and we are going to finish, whatever it takes," Hoogervorst, a former Dutch finance minister and markets regulator, said.
"We cannot wait for a magic moment of convergence to come. If we can't get a joint solution, then so be it."
In a public consultation of its proposals, the IASB will ask whether a planned January 2015 start date for its new rule is still practical.
IASB officials also said requiring banks to make disclosures to bridge the gap between two different sets of rules could be costly.
The IASB will also publish in June draft revisions to its insurance contracts accounting rule but seek feedback on only a handful of elements, raising concerns in the industry.
"We believe there are still a lot of important issues. It's very difficult to have a clear view of how the model proposed will work," Jacques Le Douit of the European Insurance and Reinsurance Federation told the meeting.
The changes proposed could introduce volatility into financial statements, added Jerry de St. Paer from the Group of North American Insurance Enterprises.
Hoogervorst said the sector had already won several concessions and, despite a decade of deliberation, there was still no accounting rule to show where insurers stood.