Freedom of Speech (or freedom of anything for Americans) isn't Trump's thing. So, Internet Archive (since the 1st Amendment is obviously in jeapordy for the first time in my lifetime is moving to Canada to protect their database from Trump.
They like many of us are worried about Trump ending our democracy starting with Freedom of Speech.
1 day ago ...Internet Archive putting database in Canada to keep it from Trump ... “For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and ...
The
Internet Archive, a nonprofit that saves copies of old web pages, is
creating a backup of its database in Canada, in response to the election
of Donald Trump.
“On November 9th in America, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change,” the organization wrote in a blogpost explaining the move. “It was a firm reminder that institutions like ours, built for the long-term, need to design for change.”
The
Internet Archive is responsible for services like the Wayback Machine, a
tool that allows users to access cached versions of websites long after
they are pulled from the internet, and Open Library, which offers free
access to millions of e-books.
The move will cost millions, according to the Internet Archive, which is soliciting donations.
In
their post, the Internet Archive justified its decision to backup its
data in Canada, claiming that Trump could threaten an open internet.
“For
us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and
perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face
greater restrictions.”
During his campaign, Trump sparked fear among free speech advocates with threats to close up “certain areas” of the internet in an effort to prevent terrorists from communicating or recruiting online.
“Somebody
will [say] 'Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' These are foolish
people. We have a lot of foolish people," Trump said last December.
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Charter School of Sacramento, Calif., has won the $100,000 prize
offered by the Center for Education Reform to tell comedian John Oliver
to back off the abusive rhetoric about charter schools. Back in August,
Oliver went on a rant about charter ...
Last
Week Tonight with John Oliver talks Trump, Trump University, Trump
steaks, and how many lawsuits Trump actually has against all of his
businesses.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: America’s Cirque De Dismay
Last
Week Tonight with John Oliver talks Trump, Trump University, Trump
steaks, and how many lawsuits Trump actually has against all of his
businesses.
I have a feeling that the 2016 Election will
literally take over news outlets and late show segments until 2020, also
known as the year we can finally vote Trump out of office. John Oliver
has had plenty to say about this election but is adding a little bit
more.
He refers to the election as “America’s f*cktastic cirque de dismay,” and to be honest, I’m not disagreeing with him. He continues, “the big news this week surrounded Donald Trump- a punch line which is quickly becoming a nightmare.” Couldn’t agree more, Oliver.
Check out the full segment here:
John
Oliver is known to have a strong opinion. He’s been known to ruffle
some feathers. Hell, he’s even gotten on my nerves from time to time.
But the one thing we can always agree on, is his thoughts toward Donald
Trump.
He kicks off his Trump segment with bringing up the fact
that Donald Trump’s businesses have had 3,500 lawsuits against them. Did
you hear that correctly? 3,500. He then continues to talk about how
controversial he is when it comes to people of different backgrounds,
races, and religions. Nothing new there. But then he starts on Trump
University…
Oliver shows a clip of a New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, being interviewed on CNN. “It was a classic bait and switch scheme. It was a scam. Starting with the fact that it wasn’t a university.” That’s right. It’s not even a university. “Which is enough to make you wonder- what the f*ck is in trump steaks!?” And it only gets worse from there…
Will
TV show hosts ever stop their Trump talk? No. Probably not. Not until
Trump is out of the oval office (which he probably won’t even be working
out of, seeing he doesn’t want to live in the White House…). Four more
years guys. The countdown continues.
It goes like this. Carrier is a subsidiary of a much larger company. The larger company has most of it's business with the Pentagon. If they shipped 1400 jobs to Mexico the larger company would go bust. Therefore, leaving 1400 jobs in Carrier in Indiana was only logical. However, Trump is already doing what he said he would "prevent American companies from shipping jobs overseas". By Blackmailing the larger company they were forced to keep the Carrier jobs in Indiana.
I think we will see this type of situation over and over from Trump and Pence to keep jobs here in the U.S.
Indiana officials agreed to give United Technologies Corp.
$7 million worth of tax breaks over 10 years to encourage the company’s
Carrier Corp. unit to keep about 1,000 jobs in the state, according to
people familiar with the matter.
The heating and air conditioning company will invest about
$16 million to keep its operations in the state, including a furnace
plant in Indianapolis that it had previously planned to close and shift
the work to Mexico, the people said.
Carrier has
previously said it expected to save about $65 million a year by shutting
the plant and moving its operations to Monterrey.
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence were expected to announced the deal with Carrier in Indiana on Thursday.
The
deal would cover 800 Carrier workers from the Indianapolis furnace
plant and an additional 300 research and headquarters positions that
weren’t slated to go to Mexico, according to another person briefed on
the deal.
The company still plans to move 600 jobs from
the Carrier plant to Mexico. It also will proceed with plans to close a
second plant in Huntington, Ind., that makes electronic controls, moving
700 other jobs to Mexico.
Mr. Trump has played up the
partial rescue as a sign he can deliver on campaign promises. Through
the presidential primary and general election, the Republican
businessman had made an example of Carrier, at one point threatening to
put a 35% tariff on Carrier imports unless it reversed its decision to
move the jobs to Mexico.
“This is a big win for the incoming administration but an even bigger win for the people of Indiana,” transition spokesman Jason Miller said Thursday. The transition team has declined to provide details about the cost of keeping those jobs in the state.
Mr.
Trump also will host an evening rally at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati,
a Republican stronghold. Ohio was one of six states the Republican
captured after being won twice by Democratic President Barack Obama. That is the start of a broader “thank you” tour that is expected to include stops in Florida and across the Midwest.
Sen. Bernie Sanders,
who during his presidential campaign had also attacked Carrier and
other firms shifting work abroad, criticized the deal on Thursday,
saying Mr. Trump failed to make good on his campaign pledge to save all
of the jobs from moving to Mexico.
The deal also creates
a bad precedent, Mr. Sanders contended, writing that Mr. Trump “has
signaled to every corporation in America that they can threaten to
offshore jobs in exchange for business-friendly tax benefits and
incentives.”
The deal that emerged from weeks of
negotiations between United Technologies brass and officials in the
Trump camp led by Mr. Pence, the Indiana governor, is a relatively
standard package of state incentives, according to people familiar with
the agreement.
On Wednesday, Carrier said “incentives offered by the state were an important consideration,” without providing further details.
“This
agreement in no way diminishes our belief in the benefits of free trade
and that the forces of globalization will continue to require solutions
for the long-term competitiveness of the U.S. and of American workers
moving forward,” the company said.
In addition to
Carrier, United Technologies makes Pratt & Whitney jet engines and
Otis elevators. It employs about 200,000 people, about one third of them
in the U.S.
Representatives of the incoming
administration also discussed the Farmington, Conn., company’s wishes
regarding federal regulations and their desires for an overhaul of
corporate tax laws, according to one of the people.
For
Mr. Trump, the trips to Indiana and Ohio meant there were no announced
meetings on Thursday with prospective cabinet members. Those meetings
will resume on Friday in New York, where Mr. Trump is scheduled to visit
with Sen. David Perdue (R., Ga.), retired Adm. Jay Cohen, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D., N.D.).
