Showing posts with label Baldwin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baldwin. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Collins and Baldwin: It's time for the Senate to codify marriage equality

The big picture: The Respect for Marriage Act is part of Democrats' response to conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' signaling that rulings on marriage equality, LGBTQ+ rights and contraception could also be reconsidered after Roe v. Wade was overturned...


Sunday, June 21, 2020

‘It Is Not For Us To Cool It:’ What James Baldwin’s Work Reveals About This Moment (The 1A)

Esquire spoke to writer James Baldwin in 1968, in the wake of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. Here’s some of what he said.
What causes the eruptions, the riots, the revolts- whatever you want to call them- is the despair of being in a static position, absolutely static, of watching your father, your brother, your uncle, or your cousin- no matter how old the black cat is or how young- who has no future. And when the summer comes, both fathers and sons are in the streets- they can’t stay in the houses. I was born in those houses and I know. And it’s not their fault.
When the interviewer pressed him on what the federal government could do to help, here’s how he responded.
But they show no sign whatsoever of understanding what the root of the problem really is, what the dangers really are. They have made no attempt, whatever, any of them, as far as I know, really to explain to the American people that the black cat in the streets wants to protect his house, his wife and children. And if he is going to be able to do this he has to be given his autonomy, his own schools, a revision of the police force in a very radical way. It means, in short, that if the American Negro, the American black man, is going to become a free person in this country, the people of this country have to give up something. If they don’t give it up, it will be taken from them.
It’s one of many interviews the writer and public intellectual gave throughout his life. But many are turning to his work to understand our contemporary moment, as the country once again struggles with how to address pervasive racism.

We reflect on Baldwin’s legacy and hear from you about the impact of his work.
Interview:
https://the1a.org/segments/it-is-not-for-us-to-cool-it-what-james-baldwins-work-reveals-about-this-moment/

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Alec Baldwin blames Trump supporters for 'near moral collapse of this country' | TheHill

Alec Baldwin, a longtime critic of President Trump whose impression of Trump on "Saturday Night Live" has earned him an Emmy, lashed out at the president's supporters this week, accusing them of causing the "near moral collapse of this country." In a series of tweets posted from the Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation's Twitter account, Baldwin directed a tirade at Trump voters for a supposed "desecration" of American ideals......
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/478246-alec-baldwin-blames-trump-supporters-for-near-moral-collapse-of

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

RWW News: Chuck Baldwin Says Gun Reform 'Is An Attack From Hell Itself'

Chuck Baldwin defends his assertion that it is a biblical requirement for every Christian to own an assault rifle, saying that gun reform efforts are an attack on God's law straight "from hell itself."...
https://youtu.be/e2mP1VXn5J4

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Ex-CIA Boss Brennan Rattled About National Security After Trump's Alec Baldwin Tweet - HuffPost

Former CIA Director John Brennan expressed "deep worry and concern" Friday about leadership and the nation's safety in the wake of Donald Trump's ugly Twitter attack against Alec Baldwin over the actor's portrayal of the president on "Saturday Night Live." ...
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cia-john-brennan-security-concerns-trump-baldwin_us_5a99d0c7e4b089ec353a44e8?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

Friday, August 25, 2017

Predicting Trump Won’t Last Full Term, Alec Baldwin Speaks Out

Earlier this week, we sat down with award-winning actor Alec Baldwin, the acclaimed Donald Trump impersonator on Saturday Night Live. Baldwin’s performances have been seen by millions—including President Trump himself. Baldwin is currently preparing for another run of Trump impersonations on the upcoming season of Saturday Night Live....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rNP1uwCcHI&feature=youtu.be

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump tightrope: Brilliantly impersonating a president who’s already impersonating a president (Salon)

When you inaugurate a new president in this country, you inaugurate a new era of impersonations of that president. At least that has been true in our in our nation since the Kennedy era, when comedians first started the habit of emulating and embellishing the personality traits of presidents to great comedic effect. After the Watergate scandal, comedian David Frye mocked Richard Nixon's paranoia and insecurity. And who could forget Chevy Chase's bumbling, clumsy Gerald Ford? ...
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/21/alec-baldwins-donald-trump-tightrope-brilliantly-impersonating-a-president-whos-already-impersonating-a-president/

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Alec Baldwin: Organize film screening house party.

Alec Baldwin : You should organize the Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA film screening house party. Why? 1.) Because it's easy 2.) Because it's good. 3.) Because it can save lives...

 







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