Latino Trump supporter told ‘Get out of my country’
Maximino Cisneros,
Contributor
August 30, 2017
Filed under Features, Politics, Showcase
Mario Britt is a 21-year-old Latino from Castro Valley and a self-proclaimed conservative supporter of President Donald Trump. He attends Merced Community College and is serving his third year as a specialist in the National Guard. He has never been physically attacked for his support of Trump, but hi...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 30, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? President Donald Trump visited Texas on Tuesday to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. Early Tuesday morning, Trump and the first lady Melania visited Corpus Christi and Austin to talk to officials and crews on the ground. Since Friday, the Category 4 Hurric...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
August 23, 2017
Filed under Politics, Showcase
On Monday, President Donald Trump delivered an urgent presidential address to the nation from Fort Myer military base in Arlington, Va., where he outlined a new strategy for the United States’ relationship with Afghanistan and South Asia. According to Trump, after months of meetings that...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 16, 2017
Filed under Politics, Showcase
What Happened? President Donald Trump spoke on Monday about the “Unite the Right” and counter-protest rallies that clashed on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia leading to three deaths and 34 injuries. Trump was criticized by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angel...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer’s updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 10, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? On Friday, President Donald Trump announced his backing of a proposed bill that would be “merit-based” in order to determine who is allowed to immigrate to the United States legally. The US Senate bill, Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act (RAISE ...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 2, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? On Monday President Donald Trump fired Anthony Scaramucci from his position as the White House communications director. On Friday, Scaramucci publically scolded members of the president’s senior staff in a message filled with profanity asking them to stop “leaking info...
Some local Muslims fearful under Trump administration
Maximino Cisneros,
Contributor
August 2, 2017
Filed under Features, Politics, Showcase
On July 18, the United States Supreme court upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban with minimal revisions on which foreigners would be allowed to enter the United States. The revisions include allowing foreigners into the U.S. who have clear ties to organizations and individuals in the country. ...
Protests erupt in SF over proposed transgender military ban
Daniel McGuire,
Contributor
July 31, 2017
Filed under Metro, Politics, Showcase
On July 26, 2017, hours after President Donald Trump tweeted his plan to ban transgender people to serve in any military, a protest was organized by members of the LGBTQI community in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. At the protest’s scheduled 6 p.m. start time, there were about 200 people in ...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
July 26, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? Senior Adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee (SIC) on Monday about the potential collusion between Trump and Russia. The investigation, initiated by the FBI and SIC in May, is centered around...
Rough road ahead for journalists in Trump era
Daniel McGuire,
Contributor
July 19, 2017
Filed under Politics, Showcase
Since his January 2017 Presidential Inauguration, Donald Trump has verbally attacked the press. His attacks have focused on corporate media companies such as CNN, ABC, NBC News, CBS, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, which he pejoratively brands “fake news” or “fake media.” On July 2,...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
July 19, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? President Donald Trump met privately with Russian leader Vladimir Putin a second time on July 7 at the G20 Summit, an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies, in Hamburg, Germany. Hours into the annual summit, Trump made his w...
Donald Trump should unfollow Twitter
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
June 28, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase
Social media is a blessing and a curse. Sure, it’s great to stay in touch with family and friends, but it can also be an overload of information. Personally, I don’t need an update of your life every minute of the day, but it does help people be transparent, somewhat. The President of t...
