Social media and these platforms its the disgraceful thing. That was from july at the White House Social Media summit, that is our topic this week on the communicators. Conservatives and social media, and whether they are censored. Starting as to discuss this issue are to my conservatives, Patrick Hedger and robert bluey. You at that social media summit. What are your impressions . Guest it was quite an event. I probably will never take anything quite like it as this president is know to put on events like this. Whats a combination of both a celebration of social media and the success that he and others have had taking a message directly to the American People that it also was an opportunity for him to highlight some of the areas he feels hes being suppressed in his reach. Other conservatives stood up and spoke about their own examples of bias from the social Media Companies. Its a combination of those two types of things and, of course, as the present is known to do it went on for qui
Wouldnt it be nice if the spandrel tv would letth me interview him for their purposes and guess what . They did. Here he is. Welcome to new york city. Arent you from new york . Originally. Fifty or 60 years ago. Thats originally. You have a new book out, so many books. A lot of people think of you mostly as a political conservative but in your book, radical son, where you talk about your life story you reveal a side of yourself that i, as a writer, would call a good writer. You are not just someone with great ideas but right well and in this book and probably not the first one to call it in elegiac. It has a beautiful tone to it, ruminations on mortality in faith and that is the title but when you decided to write this book let me ask you a simple question but why did you decide to write this book . A lot of people who read your book radical son maybe would assume that your story. That was the story of my political transformation, as it were from a leftist and someone who described as
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Immigration services and donald trump has delivered on his promise to the American People to enforce longstanding immigration law. As part ofs homeland has issued a rule that encourages and insurers Self Reliance and selfsufficiency for those seeking to come to where to stay in the United States. Help them of immigrant success as they seek opportunity here. History,t our selfreliance has been a core principle in america. The virtues of perseverance, hard work, selfsufficiency laid the foundation of our nation will step it defined generations of immigrants seeking opportunity in the United States. Our current law which is generations old, recognizes that some new arrivals to our country need the help of their family and community. It requires some of those who seek to live and remain in the United States have a sponsor who will be financial rate responsible for them. Family, my my own time grandfather played this role, sponsoring two of his cousins to come to america. Once they arrived,
Governor pete wilson served as one of the four eulogists at president nixons funeral. Wilson is a marine, u. S. Marine and a graduate of Yale University and Berkeley College of law. He first became acquainted with Richard Nixon while work object 1962 Gubernatorial Campaign as an advance man. Fwas nixon who urge and inspired the wilson to service. Before serve as senator as governor he was a california state assemblyman and then mayor of san diego. He was mayor of san diego for 12 years. 3 of those years overlap with the nixon presidency. He transformed the city in part by working with president nixon to bring millions of federal tax dollars back to state and local government, bricking decisionmaking power closer tote people. This is truly a testament to democracy in america. Governor wilson will be in conversation with dr. Frank gannon. In 1971, gannon served as i white house fellow in the Nixon Administration and went ton serve in the domestic counsel and in the White House Press offi