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This afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and other top Democrats head to Berryville, VA, to roll out an economic package that they’re calling "A Better Deal." As leaders of the party unveil their economic plan before the predominantly white, northern Virginia town, the party is sending a message about where their focus will be as they look to 2020. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) joined colleagues to write about it in a piece for CNN. In the Beltway, WH Advisor and First Son-In-Law Jared Kushner is telling his side of the story. His position is essentially this: “Don Jr. and them wanted me to come to this meeting. I said cool. Got there. It was whack. I bounced.” But there’s more to this story. Read his full remarks here. News from the Hill continues. For some reason, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is going ahead with a push to begin debate on the GOP's healthcare plan. Why, senator? Republican leaders will fall short of the 50 votes needed to move forward. And what’s the endgame here? And what’s the deal with recess? This is the last week Congress is scheduled to be in session. Hence, lawmakers are likely to leave for the August recess without passing a budget, spending bills, an infrastructure package, a bill to lift the debt ceiling, or tax reform. Will they stay or will they go? Oh ... and it seems like we’ve inspired MSNBC’s Ari Melber, who is launching a show called The Beat. Game on, Ari. We officially have beef. **entire Beat team looking at you while we collectively crack our knuckles** Here's what the REAL Beat has up this Monday:- NAACP names a new interim president and CEO.
- House Republicans of color pull ahead in fundraising -- even in cases without a viable opponent.
- Somali immigrant could make history in Boston.
- Obama once verbally sparred with the new WH Comms Director.
- Hey, Michelle Obama! Hey, Beyoncé! Bye Felicia!
- Did the Senate Intel Committee Chair officially clear Susan Rice?
- Dems don't want Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC) to retire.
- Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown says she’s no felon.
- Civil rights groups train on recording police encounters.
- Jobs, jobs, jobs!
- Spelman College rolls out LGBTQ scholarships.
- BET leaves DC and lays off 55.
- Dems reintroduce bicameral legislation to include LGBTQ data in 2020 Census.
- Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) inspires a march at Comic-Con.
- Auntie Maxine 2020?
- Some Latinos unhappy with NCLR to UnidosUS name change.
- Congressman Mark Takano (D-CA) says immigrant veterans deserve a chance at citizenship.
- If you thought immigration courts were already strained, read on for more bad news.
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Music producer 9th Wonder on a panel at the March on Washington Film Festival’s Hip Hop event on Friday evening. | |  |
Congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) speaking at the Multicultural Media Telecom and International Council Conference last week. | |
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NAACP Names Derrick Johnson Interim President and CEO
On Saturday, the NAACP named Derrick Johnson as interim president and CEO, effective immediately. The unanimous decision was made by the executive committee of the board of directors during the association’s 108th annual convention in Baltimore. NAACP Board Chair Leon Russell “Derrick’s longtime service with the Association will allow him to take decisive action to deal with daily challenges. He will also serve as the primary spokesman for the NAACP. I have every confidence in Derrick and will support him in this new endeavor every step of the way.” Johnson is a native of Detroit and later moved to Mississippi where he attended Tougaloo College in Jackson. He then continued on to Houston to receive his JD from the South Texas College of Law. In later years, Mr. Johnson furthered his training through fellowships with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He now serves as an adjunct professor at Tougaloo and as an annual guest lecture at Harvard Law School, lending his expertise to Professor Lani Guinier’s course on social movements. “It is truly an honor and a privilege to be named the interim president and CEO of an organization that I’ve served for decades,” said Johnson. “There’s a lot of work that needs to be done and we won’t waste any time getting to it.” Johnson will serve as interim president and CEO until a new president is named. He formerly served as vice chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors as well as state president for the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP. More about him here.
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Rice Cleared By Senate Intel Chair?
After a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing late last week, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), the committee’s chair, told CNN that the whole idea that former national security advisor Susan Rice was at fault for revealing the identity of Americans involved in intelligence operations was made up by Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) -- his House-side counterpart. “The unmasking thing was all created by Devin Nunes, and I'll wait to go through our full evaluation to see if there was anything improper that happened,” he said. After a shady, middle-of-the-night meeting to view intel documents at the White House, Nunes said Rice had improperly requested the identities of Americans incidentally surveilled. Sounds like Burr just debunked that theory. Susan Rice met with Senate Intel staff on Friday. More here.
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Congressmen Will Hurd (R-TX) and Henry Cuéllar (D-TX) in San Antonio on Friday discussing the modernization of NAFTA during a panel hosted by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the Free Trade Alliance. | |  |
Congressman Jimmy Gómez (D-CA) back in his home district on Sunday at the Audubon Center’s Bird Watch walk at Debs Park. | |
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Grijalva and Baldwin Bring Back LGBTQ Data Inclusion Act
Last week Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) reintroduced the LGBT Data Inclusion Act, a bill that would mandate the inclusion of questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on federal surveys, most notably the decennial Census. “The LGBT Data Inclusion Act will ensure that a marginalized population, the LGBT community, is taken into account for the everyday policy decisions our nation’s lawmakers take," Congressman Grijalva said in a statement. “As it stands, lawmakers are blindfolded when it comes to allocating funds to address the LGBT community’s employment, housing, and health disparities. There is a common sense solution to this issue and it allows all of us to better understand our constituents.” Read the full statement here.
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Tim Scott Reintroduces Legislation Named for Walter Scott
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), joined by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), is reintroducing a bill named after Walter Scott, a Black man who was shot in the back and killed by a city police officer while running from a traffic stop in 2015 in North Charleston, SC. The Walter Scott Notification Act would require states that receive federal funds for their law enforcement program to properly document all details for shootings in which an officer kills a person. If they don't follow the requirements, they could lose up to ten percent in federal grant funds. “When it comes to tracking police shootings, we need a data system built for the 21st century,” Scott said. “I introduced this legislation with my good friend, Senator Grassley, in hopes of capturing more details and facts so that we can better address the issues that lead to officer-related shooting deaths. I believe this can help us keep both our officers and our communities safer.” Scott became one of many names added to the list of high-profile police shootings of unarmed Black men. More here.
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The CHLI Future Leaders Conference last week highlighted the importance of higher education for a growing Hispanic population. | |  |
NM congressional candidate Deb Haaland with a supporter rallying for healthcare. | |
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Obama Once Shut Down New WH Comms Director
When newly named WH Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci was a hedge fund manager, he got to ask then-President Barack Obama a question at a CNBC town hall in 2010. That year, as the nation was digging its way out of the 2008 financial collapse, Scaramucci asked if President Obama planned to “stop whacking at the Wall Street piñata.” Well ... keeping it real was wrong for Scaramucci. “I have been amused over the last couple years, this sense of somehow me beating up on Wall Street,” Obama said. “I think most folks on Main Street feel they got beat up on.” The line was met with applause. In the four-minute response to Scaramucci’s question, Obama discussed the need to nurture a “vibrant” financial sector, but to do so in a “responsible way” -- and took aim at critics who compared his “practical” financial reform efforts to Adolf Hitler storming Poland. “Me saying, ‘Maybe you should be taxed more like your secretary,’ when you’re pulling home a billion dollars or a hundred million dollars a year I don’t think is me being extremist or me being anti-business,” Obama said. See the full response here.
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Michelle Obama and Bey Say Bye Felicia
On Friday, the BeyHive released private footage of former First Lady Michelle Obama that was reportedly taken at Beyoncé's private birthday party last year. A Beyoncé fan account posted two videos that were apparently leaked from the cellphone of someone close to the singer. One of the videos shows Beyoncé's daughter with husband JAY-Z dancing, while the other video shows Beyoncé, her sister Solange, and the former first lady saying "Bye Felicia!" to the camera. More here.
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Cummings and Conyers Stonewalled
Congressmen Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and John Conyers (D-MI), the top Democrats on the House Oversight and Judiciary committees, penned an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun on Friday accusing their Republican colleagues of abdicating their congressional oversight duties. The duo argued that the failure of congressional Republicans to sufficiently keep tabs on the actions and authority of Donald Trump represents a clear and present danger to the country. “In the absence of any meaningful investigation by House Republicans, Democratic members have sent requests for information on our own," they wrote. "Our efforts have been met with months of stonewalling ... We will continue to press for answers because the information we seek goes to the central question of the Trump presidency: Is the administration acting in the public interest, or merely to benefit the private interests of President Trump?” Read the entire piece here.
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Takano Advocates Second Chance for Military
On Thursday, Congressman Mark Takano (D-CA) introduced legislation to have the Department of Homeland Security consider a veteran’s moral character and honorable service above a criminal conviction when reviewing naturalization applications. Honorably discharged veterans who are noncitizens of the U.S. are deemed lawful permanent residents and granted authorization to live in the country. Under the current law, if they are convicted of crimes, they are deported after they serve their sentences. Advocates estimate that 3,000 veterans have been deported under this rule, though an accurate number is difficult to know because the DHS doesn’t track it. “America is a country that believes in second chances, and few deserve a second chance as much as these veterans,” Takano said in a statement. “Treating people who risked their lives for freedom so callously violates the respect and gratitude we owe to all who have served.” The bill, the Second Chance for Service Act, would apply to honorably discharged veterans and excludes veterans convicted of aggravated felonies, such as murder, rape, sexual abuse of a minor, child pornography, human trafficking, and treason. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is still awaiting answers from DHS on the same issue. More here.
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Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) on Sunday talking to campaign staff and volunteers in NM. | |  |
Former AG Eric Holder last week interviewing March on Washington Film Festival honoree Judge Damon Keith at the Supreme Court. | |
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Love Beats Opponent in Fundraising
The Black Democrat challenging Congresswoman Mia Love (R-UT) has some work to do on fundraising. Darlene McDonald pulled in $31,800 in donations, including an $8,000 loan and another $4,480 donation to her own campaign. McDonald has a long way to go if she wants to unseat Love, who pulled in more than $432,000 in the just completed filing period. Love tallied $432,649 in donations in the last quarter, bringing her year-to-date donations to more $763,385. Love also spent massive amounts of cash in the last quarter as well. Her operating expenditures were $408,912, which is nearly as much as she took in donations. Love's campaign manager, Dave Hansen, explains that the big spending is mostly due to fundraising costs. Love's campaign spent about $266,000 on direct mail. More here.
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Carlos Curbelo Raising $7,800/Day
A typical House member in a competitive race raised roughly $27,000 per week. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) is raising $54,000 per week, or nearly $7,800 per day. According to second quarter financial disclosure reports released earlier this month, Curbelo is sitting on $1.1 million. Curbelo represents a district which Hillary Clinton carried by more than 15%, landing his squarely in the crosshairs of the DCCC. So far, no serious candidate has stepped up to challenge Curbelo. But with a blue-leaning district and an impressive amount of money in the bank, it sets the stage for an intense battleground should a worthy opponent step up to the plate. More here.
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Somali Born Candidate Could Make History in Boston
Somali-born Deeqo Jibril could make history as the first Muslim elected to the Boston City Council. A single mother of four, she went from temp agency to temp agency looking for jobs to make ends meet. She started working for the health department in Boston and worked in affordable housing. By helping other families, she says she found tools and resources to help her own family. Now the founder of an African mall that is home to six local businesses in the Roxbury area, she is also an activist in her community, working to ensure other refugees and immigrants have opportunities.“How many other women are going through [that] do not have the experiences or the training that I have?” said Jibril, who became a U.S. citizen in 2008. Learn more about her here from NBCBLK.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) having fun with the Stephanie Miller Show in Seattle on Sunday. | |  |
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) at the Future Leaders Conference 2017 last week snapping a pic with a student leader. | |
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Dems Don’t Want to See Clyburn Retire
Speculation continues to circulate around the retirement of Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC) who turned 77 on Friday. Clyburn was first elected to the House in 1992 representing the state's majority Black 6th District. Since 2007 he’s been the third-most-senior House Democrat and highest-ranking African American. If and when Clyburn retires, the Post and Courier reports that SC Dems will lose their bridge to the national party, someone whose institutional knowledge, far-reaching connections and deep war chest have helped the weakened party survive many of the challenges that go along with being “blue” in a “red” state. “It would be a huge hit,” said Jaime Harrison, the former state Democratic Party chairman who worked for Clyburn on Capitol Hill for years and is now a DNC associate chairman. “And I don’t think everyone understands and appreciates that.” CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond (D-LA), who considers Clyburn a mentor, contends the Assistant Leader is still battling racism. “When in this country has a Black man ever gotten their rightful credit for impacting the country?” Richmond said. "He has changed the mindset that African Americans would get elected to Congress because they were the worker bees, and they worked hard in their communities, but they weren’t necessarily thought leaders. (Clyburn) gets credit for being a thought leader. His position allows him that.” More here.
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John Lewis’ Graphic Novel Inspires March at Comic-Con
Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) led a march through Comic-Con on Saturday. About 1,000 people joined the civil rights leader on a march through the crowded San Diego Convention Center over the weekend, following a panel discussion about his trilogy of graphic novels, March. The series tells the story of Lewis' childhood and how he became an activist for civil rights. It details the movement's non-violent protests, from sit-ins at lunch counters in the South and the bus boycott in the mid-1950s to the marches in Selma and DC. The AP reports that during the march at Comic-Con, some chanted "No justice, no peace" as the group wound its way past costumed characters and mystified conventioneers. More here.
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NYT Profiles Bozoma Saint John
The NYT profiles Uber’s Bozoma Saint John, who became the first chief brand officer at Uber in May. Reporter Sheila Marikar explores what convinced Arianna Huffington, a high-profile member of Uber’s board, that Ms. Saint John was the right person to shepherd Uber out of its recent thicket of legal and ethical scandals. It’s a fascinating read that celebrates Saint John’s unfiltered individualism which she splashes across social media. She also addresses the assumptions of some that it was overly calculating of Uber, which has been accused of fostering a hostile work environment for women and for lacking diversity, to hire an African American single mother to make over its public image. She doesn’t care. “To me, there’s no sense of tokenism because I know I can do the job — I’m qualified to do the job, I can do a great job,” she said in the article. “Being present as a Black woman — just present — is enough to help exact some of the change that is needed and some that we’re looking for.” More here.
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MSNBC anchor Richard Lui at the SDG Business Forum last week. | |  |
Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) at the WCPISTEAM Fair on Saturday, encouraging young women to enter careers in STEM. | |
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Maxine Waters NH Appearance Fuels Speculation
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) showed up at a local Democratic Party function in New Hampshire over the weekend, and everyone was all atwitter with speculation of a 2020 presidential run -- something the congresswoman brushes off ... or does she? “I’m not running for anything but my own seat. I don’t have any presidential aspirations,” she said while attending the Strafford County Democratic Party’s annual picnic in New Durham, NH. “(But) If the millennials want me to do it, I’d do it, though,” she said. The longtime congresswoman from Los Angeles has become a favorite of the younger crowd on social media with her sharp criticisms of the president going viral, earning her the nickname “Auntie Maxine.” More here.
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Some Latino Leaders Not Happy with UnidosUS
NBC Latino reports that Latino leaders have had mixed reactions to the former National Council of La Raza's name change to UnidosUS. In an informal online survey by the National Institute for Latino Policy, or NILP, 55 percent of respondents of Mexican descent opposed the change, while participants of other backgrounds were more likely to support it: 56% of Puerto Rican respondents and 72% of other Latinos backed the change. “It is clear from these findings that the NCLR (UnidosUS) needs to pay special attention to the needs of their Mexican-American/Chicano base when making changes. This means that it also needs to maintain a delicate balancing act when reaching out to non-Mexican-American Latinos groups, it also seeks to serve and represent," said NILP Founder and President Angelo Falcón. "This is an ongoing tension that they will need to address regardless of the name change." More here.
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Corrine Brown Talks Appeal in First TV Interview
Two months ago, a federal jury convicted former Congresswoman Corrine Brown on 18 charges of public corruption. In two weeks, Brown will have another day in court as she argues for an acquittal and a new trial. Last week, Brown sat down for her first televised interview since her conviction. In an interview with First Coast News she says, "In the courtroom it was David versus Goliath." Never a loss for words, she said she was the target of federal prosecutors because 'she is outspoken, she is Black and she has a backbone.' "The attack that goes on with Black officials in this community and in this state is unacceptable," she said. She says she is optimistic about her appeal and that she's pleased with how things are turning around."I have devoted 34 years of my life to serving this community and on my tombstone, it will not say felon, I mean that," she said. Watch the interview here.
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The ED of NCAI Jackie Pata with activist Samantha Eldridge at Utah’s Native American Summit on Friday. | |  |
Former Senator Harris Wofford with The Beat's Tiffany D. Cross on Friday evening discussing Slightly Mad, a new film about Wofford's seminal roles in the civil rights movement, the Senate, academia, and the Peace Corps. | |
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Spelman College Announces LGBTQ Scholarships
Last week, Spelman College officials announced that they have created scholarships for two self-identified LGBTQ students, as well as a companion lecture series to explore contemporary issues of race, gender, and sexuality. School officials say the Levi Watkins Jr. Scholars Program is a wake-up call in addition to a well-deserved accolade. It "will call attention to the importance of making visible the courageous and significant work of LGBTQ scholar activists within and beyond the academy, especially at HBCUs,” Spelman professor Beverly Guy-Sheftall said. The students will be awarded renewable $25,000 scholarships. The first recipients will be named this fall. Check out more here from Blavity.
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BET Exits and Lays Off 55
Black Entertainment Television's exit from DC to transition headquarters to NY is resulting in the layoffs of 55 employees. According to a spokesperson, BET retained a real estate brokerage to explore options including selling the large property. The move comes after the network canceled its BET Honors awards program, which was held in DC. CEO Debra Lee put her Massachusetts Avenue Heights neighborhood home on the market in December. It remains listed for $11.5 million -- if there are any takers out there reading The Beat this AM. The effective layoff date for the impacted employees will be September 7th. More here.
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Angela Rye last week with several of the Oscar Academy’s inaugural class of 200 young people trying to make it in the entertainment industry. | |  |
Tavis Smiley with Tony Bennett at the Hollywood Bowl last week. | |
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Immigration Crackdown Straining Courts
NBC News reports that Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on illegal immigration has resulted in temporary reassignments of about one-third of the nation’s immigration judges, a move judges and activists say is only further backlogging already jammed immigration courts. Dozens of immigration judges have been sent for weeks-long assignments closer to the U.S. border with Mexico following Trump’s executive order aimed at increasing border security. Judges have also been assigned to detention centers around the country or made to hear cases via teleconferencing. More here.
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Civil Rights Groups Train How to Record Police Encounters
The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council and other civil rights groups officially announced a plan to train a legion of volunteers on how to record police encounters in minority neighborhoods in hopes that the fear of being videotaped will deter misconduct, such as shootings of unarmed men and women. The program, which is being supported by groups including the NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the National Newspaper Publishers Association, U.S. Black Chambers of Commerce, and the National Congress of Black Women, is named after Feidin Santana, who in 2015 recorded the fatal police shooting of Walter Scott in South Carolina. Also participating are the Black College Communication Association and the International Black Broadcasters Association. More here.
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Spencer Overton at the Supreme Court with fellow former clerk Charles Houston last week honoring Judge Damon Keith, a March on Washington Film Festival honoree. | |  |
Katrina Pierson and friends at her 11th Annual 30th Birthday Gathering on Friday. | |
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Black Home Ownership Plunges
A decade after the housing crash destroyed the American Dream for millions of homeowners, the Chicago Tribune reports that Black homeownership rates have dropped to levels not seen since the 1960s, stifling African Americans' efforts to build wealth. Home buying has picked up among whites, Asians and Hispanics since the crash. However, among African American ownership has fallen as nationally, only 42.2% of Blacks owned homes in 2016. Comparatively, it was 71.9% of whites, according to a new report by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. Harvard researchers attribute much of the plunge in African American homeownership to predatory lending practices that saddled buyers in poor minority neighborhoods with more debt than they could afford. Credit scores damaged by foreclosures and short sales kept people from bargain-hunting in the wake of the housing crash, even though prices were low, according to Urban Institute research. Even people with good credit struggled to get mortgages as lenders focused on borrowers with pristine credit, the Urban Institute has found. More here.
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Members of the Tri-Caucus meeting last week to discuss ways to protect communities of color. | |  |
Mark Trahant getting ready to speak to Native Voice One affiliates last week. | |
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Mexican Politicians Score Points Back Home By Attacking Trump
From former Mexican President Vicente Fox’s viral videos to Mexican Congressman Braulio Guerra, a high-ranking official with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), suing him at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for “seeking to destroy the planet,” a growing number of Mexican politicians have taken to attacking Donald Trump in an attempt to boost their own profiles back home. Presidential front-runner Andrés Manuel López Obrador sued Trump at the United Nations for alleged human rights violations as a result of Trump’s immigration policies. “There's just no doubt that in the context of Mexican presidential elections next year, that when the U.S. president says things like, ‘Mexico will pay for the wall,’ that candidates will respond,” said Christopher Wilson, Deputy Director of the Woodrow Wilson Institute’s Mexico Center. “The candidate that responds with less vehemence will be losing out.” Check out The Hill’s analysis here.
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| FOMO Today, 12P: Border advocates and community leaders hold a press call to discuss funding for the Defense Department that includes a proposal to add $1.6 billion for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Participants include Congressman Rubén Gallego (D-AZ). Dial-in: 866-952-8559; Passcode: border wall.
Today - 26th: The NAACP holds its 108th annual convention in Baltimore, MD. Click here for more information and to register.
Tuesday, July 25th, 5P: Voto Latino hosts a #WeAreAllCalifornians reception, promoting California's leadership to protect healthcare access for all. 122 Cannon HOB. Click here to RSVP.
Tuesday, July 25th, 5:30P: The Raben Group hosts an evening of conversation with Paul Butler, author of Chokehold: Policing Black Men, and James Forman, author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. 1341 G Street, N.W. Click here to register.
Wednesday, July 26th - 29th: The National Urban League holds its annual convention in St. Louis, MO. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, July 26th - Friday, July 28th: ColorComm, Women of Color in Communications, holds its 2017 conference in Miami, FL, featuring keynote speaker Whoopi Goldberg. Click here to register.
Thursday, July 27th, 10A: Green 2.0, in cooperation with the United for Climate and Environmental Justice Congressional Taskforce, hosts a panel discussion on the need for diversity in the mainstream environmental movement. Featured speakers include Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). Click here to RSVP.
Thursday, July 27th, 5P: Bridge PAC sponsors a reception honoring Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC). Diageo House, 310 6th Street, S.E. RSVP to Randy Broz or Ashley Helsing at 202.403.0606 or via email: randy@abcconsultingdc.com Saturday, July 29th, 10A: Voter Latino sponsors a Power Summit Pop-Up, a one-day event of high-impact learning and conversations that provide tools to mobilize for change. Click here to register.
Friday, August 4th, 5:30P: Black 44 sponsors a happy hour to celebrate former President Barack Obama's birthday. Invite only.
Saturday, August 5th, 3P: The Congressional Hispanic Staff Association hosts a tailgate before the DC United v. Toronto FC game. For more info, email James Hauser at: iph86@georgetown.edu
Wednesday, August 9th - 13th: The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) holds its annual convention and career fair in New Orleans. Click here for more information and to register. Thursday, August 10th - 13th: The Congressional Black Caucus Political Education & Leadership Institute sponsors the 2017 Mississippi Policy Conference in Tunica, MS. Click here for more information and to register. Monday, August 14th, 4P: The Center for American Progress sponsors a panel discussion, "The Power of Black Media and Journalists During the Trump Administration." Click here to RSVP. Wednesday, August 16th - 17th: The annual U.S.-Mexico Border Summit. El Paso, TX & Cuidad Juárez, Chihuahua. Featured guests include keynote speaker Ana Navarro, Republican strategist and CNN analyst. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, August 16th - 20th: The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance holds its 14th biennial convention in Anaheim, CA. Click here for more information.
Friday, August 18th: The deadline to apply for the Poynter Institute and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2017 Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media, to be held Dec. 3rd - 8th in St. Petersburg, FL. The tuition-free program trains journalists of color to work in digital media. Click here for more information and to apply.
Friday, August 18th - 20th: A weekend on Martha's Vineyard with Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and special guests Congressmen James Clyburn (D-SC), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), and Richard Neal (D-MA), and Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE). For more information and to RSVP, contact Mariko Bennett: mariko@cocobproductions.com or call 301.741.3443.
Monday, August 28th, 9A: The 2017 Black Political Power Summit, to illustrate the possibilities, challenges and plans to capitalize on both the historic political opportunities and dire economic and civil rights challenges the Black community faces during the 2018 and 2020 political cycles. Hosted by The Collective. For more information, contact Quentin James: quentin@collectivepac.org
Thursday, September 7th - 9th: The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), the Native American Journalists Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) sponsor the Excellence in Journalism 2017 conference in Anaheim, CA. Click here for more details and to register.
Sunday, September 10th: Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park. MN about her years in the White House. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Monday, September 11th - 13th: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute annual Hispanic Heritage Month conference and awards gala. Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, November 29th, 8P: Join Congressman André Carson (D-IN) for JAY-Z's 4:44 Tour. The Verizon Center, 601 F Street, N.W. For more information or to RSVP, contact Courtney Hodges or Randy Broz at: 202.403.0606 or email: Courtney@ABConsultingDC.com
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