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Saturday, November 12, 2016
Pat Boone: Donald Trump's win is a slap in the face for Hollywood
Every rich and famous megastar from Katy Perry to Lady Gaga to Justin Timberlake (still waiting for them to leave the country)backed Hillary Clinton in a big way, but it didn’t help her secure a spot in the White House. Meanwhile, the vast majority of Hollywood’s elite shunned Donald Trump. Celebs even teamed up to produce several star-studded viral videos dedicated to taking Trump down.
Singer and Trump supporter Pat Boone thinks the Republican’s presidential win is a slap in the face for Hollywood's top stars.
“Donald Trump's unprecedented, emphatic win is a tremendous rebuke, a humongous... slap to the pompous, pampered Hollywood super-rich, supercilious, super brainwashed, over privileged crowd,” he told FOX411.
And Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said Trump’s defeat of Clinton proved that Hollywood has no real influence over politics.
“Hollywood celebrities cannot change votes,” he said. “At best they can motivate lazy partisans, such as some millennials, who find lots of reasons why they don't have time to vote. And they raise money and attract the TV cameras.”
After being blacklisted from Hollywood for supporting Trump, Antonio Sabato Jr. told FOX411 this election season was not about the Hollywood celebrities campaigning.
“This election was about the United States of America; this election was about the people of this country and they came from all kinds of races and backgrounds and they stood together and they voted for the right man,” he said. “The celebrity aspect of it didn't work, the people spoke and they voted.”
Variety Senior Editor Ted Johnson said it's possible Clinton's celebrity endorsements hurt her image.
“...Overall, I wonder if the sheer number of celebrities on the trail only added to the perception that Clinton was part of the elite, as much as this vote was a backlash against it,” he said. “Even though Trump himself is a celebrity... he was still running against the media mainstream.”
Boone said Hollywood "threw everything they had" at Trump and it made no difference.
Johnson said voters don't like to be told which candidate to choose.
“I don't think this was a rejection of Hollywood values.... as much as it was rejecting the idea of a celebrity, newspaper editorial, political surrogate or other figure 'knowing better' and telling voters what to do.
Trump Optimism Propels Dow to Best Week in Five Years
A whipsaw week powered by election uncertainty for markets ended on a high note as the Dow notched a fresh record high and the best five-day period since 2011.
By the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 37 points or 0.20% to 18845, and leaping more than 5% for the week. The broader S&P 500 finished down by three points, but not before tacking on weekly gains of 3.79%.
Weighing on momentum was a drop in energy shares, which sank 2% during the trading day as oil prices fell more than 3% in reaction to data from OPEC showing output reached another record. The figures fueled worries about the viability of a potential plan to limit production aimed at easing global oversupply.
Performance on the tech-heavy Nasdaq reversed from the prior session in which shares saw significant declines as traders worried how Trump’s plans for stricter immigration controls and more American nationalism would dent the nation’s globalized technology firms. The Nasdaq capped the session up 28 points or 0.54%, gaining 3.78% for the week.
The market’s election momentum helped the major averages substantially advance their gains year to date: The Dow has risen 8% since the start of 2016, while the S&P has added 5.6% and the Nasdaq is up 4%. Meanwhile, financials also got a big boost from the post-election momentum. The sector jumped more than 11% for the week after headlines hit the tape about Trump’s preliminary plans to dismantle Dodd-Frank legislation enacted in the aftermath of the financial crisis, which was viewed as a positive for banks and other Wall Street financial institutions.
“For the moment, investors appear to see the prospects of tax reform and fiscal stimulus as the most important result of Mr. Trump’s victory. Much is still unknown, however, and the initial reactions could evolve as the new administration’s policy proposals and appointments take shape,” the note said.
Still, the outcome has resulted in a dive into risk assets, which has buoyed stock prices and sent traditionally safe-have assets like gold, sharply lower. The Election-Day results also sparked a steep selloff in government debt, which sent Treasury yields higher.
While the bond market was closed on Friday in observance of the Veteran’s Day holiday, four trading days this week was enough to send the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield to its biggest one-week gain in three years as it rose to 2.118%. The yields, which move inversely to prices, on other long-term bonds, also moved higher with the two-year yield reaching 0.906% and the 30-year climbing to 2.928%.
The shift in bond prices, which Goldman’s economists say is the “most impressive” change in post-election trade, is suggestive that investors expect fiscal stimulus enacted by President-elect Trump would help boost inflation -- a move that would send bond yields even lower.
Chelsea Clinton reportedly being groomed for congressional run
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| Oh no not another one? |
The New York Post reported that Clinton, 36, is being eyed to take Rep. Nita Lowey's place when the 79-year-old incumbent decides to leave the House of Representatives.
Lowey represents New York's 17th District, which covers part of Westchester County, including Bill and Hillary Clinton's hometown of Chappaqua. The Post reported that the Clintons have purchased the home next door to theirs, in which they plan to install Chelsea, her husband and their two children.
Chelsea Clinton currently lives, and is registered to vote, in Manhattan. She introduced Hillary Clinton when her mother accepted the Democratic nomination for president at this summer's national convention in Philadelphia.
"Chelsea would be the next extension of the Clinton brand," the Post quoted a source as saying. "While politics isn’t the life Hillary wanted for Chelsea, she chose to go on the campaign trail for her mother and has turned out to be very poised, articulate and comfortable with the visibility."
Chelsea herself has not ruled out seeking public office, telling Buzzfeed in 2014 that "I find it pretty discouraging that almost none of my friends think about running for public office as an option."
One person shot during anti-Trump protest in Portland. 76% of Portland Oregon Voted for Hillary Clinton.
A man suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Portland, Ore. early Saturday when he was shot while taking part in a protest against President-elect Donald Trump.
The shooting took place at around 1 a.m. local time as protesters were walking across the Morrison Bridge toward downtown Portland.
Cameron Whitten told the Oregonian newspaper that a car with multiple occupants was crossing the bridge in the opposite direction of the protesters. He said several people got out of the car, drove a short distance, stopped, then got out again. At that point, Whitten said, one of the people fired a shot into the air, then shot one of the protesters in the leg.
Another witness told KPTV the car's driver said "If you don't get off the bridge, I'm going to kill you," then fired five shots.
Police cleared the bridge of protesters and sought out witnesses for interviews. Organizers told those who were still marching to go home.
In a statement, authorities described the suspect as a black man in his late teens, standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall with a thin build and wearing a hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.
Earlier in the night, police used tear gas and flash-bang grenades to try to disperse the crowd after hundreds of people marched through the city, disrupting traffic and spray-painting graffiti. Authorities said "burning projectiles" were thrown at police and vandalism and assault had taken place during the rally, which organizers had billed as peaceful earlier in the day.
Portland Police Bureau spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson told KOIN that Friday night's demonstrators were "much more aggressive and confrontational with police" than the previous evening.
The protests appear to have attracted a sizable contingent of anarchists with the goal of vandalizing and destroying property.
More anti-Trump demonstrations are planned through the weekend in the city, and Simpson told KOIN that "perhaps another day would be better."
“The city is fatigued and whatever message you’re trying to convey will be lost," he said, adding that there were "groups out to hijack a (peaceful) protest into mayhem."
Protests against the election result are planned in a number of cities Saturday, including New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Law enforcement officials have described the demonstrations as largely peaceful, but the gatherings have been overshadowed by sporadic episodes of vandalism, violence and street-blocking.Vote by county
| 76% of Portland Oregon Voted for Hillary Clinton. |
Tensions at DNC could preview bitter leadership fight
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| DNC boss implicated again in media collusion with Clinton |
With the party relegated to the Washington wilderness, tempers reportedly flared on Thursday at DNC officials' first meeting since the election. Interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile, whom WikiLeaks-released emails reveal had been privately aiding Hillary Clinton since the primaries, apparently was confronted by one DNC staffer.
“You are part of the problem. You and your friends will die of old age and I’m going to die from climate change,” the staffer told Brazile, according to The Huffington Post. He reportedly asked why they should trust her to lead, saying, "You backed a flawed candidate."
Brazile has not publicly announced any intention to seek the full-time position, saying only it's the responsibility of the interim chair to "complete the work of this cycle."
Perhaps indicating she plans to step back, Brazile tweeted that the "next Chair" must earn support and confidence and teased that she'd “make several important and vital announcements” next week.
Already, several Democratic figures -- some controversial in their own right -- have put their names in the running for chairman. With no obvious heir to the leadership role inhabited by President Obama, the race for the DNC top slot is shaping up to be a battle within the left wing of the party.
Former presidential candidate and ex-Maryland governor Martin O’Malley said Friday he is taking “a hard look” at running because the party needs to “articulate a bold progressive vision.”
He joins another former presidential candidate, one-time Vermont governor and former DNC boss Howard Dean, who announced after the election he'll run for his old job.
Expected to jump in soon is Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison. Fox News has confirmed he plans to announce his bid for DNC chairman on Monday -- and the congressman already is being backed by high-powered support.
"We need a Democratic National Committee led by a progressive who understands the dire need to listen to working families, not the political establishment or the billionaire class. That is why I support Keith Ellison to be the next Chair of the Democratic National Committee, and why I hope you'll join me in advocating for him to lead the DNC,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who lost the hard-fought Democratic primaries to Clinton and continues to enjoy widespread support among voters, said in a statement.
Another popular figure on the left, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, tipped her hat toward Ellison.
"I really, really like Keith," Warren told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. "I think he's terrific and I think he would make a terrific DNC chair."
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is in line to be Senate Minority Leader, also reportedly backed the first Muslim to be elected to Congress.
The election of any of these candidates to helm the DNC would signal the party plans to double down on the liberal vision espoused by Sanders during the primaries -- and adopted to a degree by Clinton during the general election.
Ellison, who co-sponsored a bill to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney, could be a controversial choice.
Shortly after his election in 2007, he compared President George W. Bush to Hitler and has been linked to the radical Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Brazile, meanwhile, is slated to remain as interim chair until March 2017. However, a MoveOn.org campaign has been launched to hold the leadership vote earlier.
Brazile was the DNC’s vice chair for civic engagement and voter participation and a paid CNN contributor before she was tapped on July 24 to replace Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The Florida congresswoman resigned after WikiLeaks exposed her apparent bias in favor of Hillary Clinton.
Brazile was no less a controversial figure.
In the final weeks of the campaign, Wikileaks released a series of emails that showed Al Gore’s former campaign manager allegedly provided the Clinton campaign with questions in advance of primary debates and town halls with Sanders.
Trump now has access to nation's most valuable intelligence
President-elect Donald Trump will now have access to the most authoritative and highly classified intelligence produced by the U.S. government, Fox News has learned.
Two intelligence sources confirmed that the President’s Daily Brief, or PDB, is now available to Trump – after the White House, before Tuesday’s election, had directed that the winner have full access to the material, to ensure a smooth transition.
The sources told Fox News they do not anticipate the briefings will begin until next week at the earliest.
The PDB is like a highly classified newspaper for the president, and now the president-elect. It is significantly different than the information provided in briefings for candidates; those briefings act as primers to help bring candidates up to speed on topics like China, Iran and the Islamic State.
Candidates have been free to request additional briefs on topics of personal interest, and those supplemental briefings were made available to the other candidate.
The PDB is a focused intelligence product, and has a very high threshold for intelligence to be included.
Fox News has also learned that, because the briefing itself must be done in a secure facility, the White House has a dedicated transition space nearby that can be used by the president-elect to receive the PDB.
If Trump were to receive the brief in New York City, the president-elect would need to travel to a secure federal facility, such as the FBI office.
While Trump prepares to be read in on top U.S. intelligence, he and his transition team are busy assembling potential candidates for key roles in the Trump administration. He tweeted Friday that he had a “busy day” planned in New York and would soon “be making some very important decisions on the people who will be running our government.”
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