{"id":9367,"date":"2018-01-31T17:51:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T12:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pahichan.com\/?p=9367"},"modified":"2018-01-31T17:51:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T12:06:19","slug":"human-rights-experts-take-on-trump-tonight-in-weho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/human-rights-experts-take-on-trump-tonight-in-weho\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights experts take on Trump tonight in WeHo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kathmandu (Pahichan) January 31 – When top notch journalists like Tom Brokaw compare what\u2019s happening with the Trump administration now to the Watergate scandal that threatened American democracy and forced the resignation of President Richard Nixon\u2014you know the reality of the past year has moved beyond rubbernecking Trump\u2019s crazily-produced reality TV show presidency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe White House is trying to create an alternative reality,\u201d Brokaw, a former NBC anchor and Watergate reporter, said on MSNBC.<\/p>\n

Indeed, on the one year anniversary of the Trump presidency, the Washington Post fact-checkers\u00a0noted that Trump<\/a>\u00a0\u201cmade 2,140 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker\u2019s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president. That\u2019s an average of nearly 5.9 claims a day.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the truth, as reported by human rights and civil libertarian activists on the ground? Five smart experts will discuss what has happened over the past year tonight from 7:00p-10:00p at the West Hollywood City Council Chambers at the West Hollywood Library, 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. The discussion, moderated by West Hollywood Mayor John Heilman, is especially pertinent as Trump tests fact-checkers again in his State of the Union address.<\/p>\n

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Among the experts tonight is Salam Al-Marayati<\/a>, the nationally recognized president and co-founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. Remember, Trump incorrectly conflates the Muslim faith with terrorism and cynically used the attack on the gay Pulse nightclub in Orlando by an ISIS sympathizer to try to win over LGBT voters. The attacks also ignore the fact that LGBT people are Muslim believers, as well.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Also on the panel is Maria Sj\u00f6din,\u00a0Deputy Executive Director of OutRight Action International<\/a>, which was formerly known as the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. The international LGBT organization works with other groups to hold leaders accountable for their human rights policies and actions and builds bridges between local community groups with larger organizations. Maria is also an expert in leadership training for LGBT activists.<\/p>\n

Angelinos know Sue Dunlap, the out\u00a0President and CEO of Planned Parenthood\/Los Angeles<\/a>. The organization provides healthcare and reproductive rights care to women, including trans women, as well as STD and HIV testing, education and referrals. During the height of the AIDS crisis, members of ACT UP helped Planned Parenthood and other women\u2019s reproductive rights groups in clinic defense and battling against common opponents such as anti-LGBT\/anti-abortion Operation Rescue. Pro-Choice women and ACT UP both fought against government control over an individual\u2019s body. Reproductive rights are still at risk, as demonstrated by an anti-abortion bill blocked in the\u00a0Senate Monday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kathmandu (Pahichan) January 31 – When top notch journalists like Tom Brokaw compare what\u2019s happening with the Trump administration now to the Watergate scandal that threatened American democracy and forced the resignation of President Richard Nixon\u2014you know the reality of the past year has moved beyond rubbernecking Trump\u2019s crazily-produced reality TV show presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe White House is trying to create an alternative reality,\u201d Brokaw, a former NBC anchor and Watergate reporter, said on MSNBC.
\nIndeed, on the one year anniversary of the Trump presidency, the Washington Post fact-checkers\u00a0noted that Trump\u00a0\u201cmade 2,140 false …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,621,490,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-rights","category-news","category-slider","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9369,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367\/revisions\/9369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}