Adam Ciminello
Entrepreneurship, Social Justice, and the idea of Bono never performing again are all things that excite me.
And yes, my grandma is cooler than yours.
Say hi sometime on twitter @Aciminello
Adam Ciminello
July 6, 2016
#BlackLivesMatter
On Race and White America’s sickening obsession with dehumanizing the dead. “He’s got a gun!” a Baton Rouge officer says, prompting his partner into an all-too-familiar position. “You f*****g move, I swear to God,” says the second officer. It’s been less than twenty-four hours since 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a …
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Adam Ciminello
June 15, 2016
LGBTQ
She previously led charge against gay marriage in Florida and now claims she’s an “ally.” The aftermath of the Orlando Terror Attack, which left 49 dead and wounded 53 at Pulse Nightclub, has left the country reeling, searching for answers in a time of senseless tragedy. In particular, it has …
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Adam Ciminello
June 15, 2016
Gun Violence
Bill O’Reilly now joining growing chorus of conservatives demanding common sense change. Doth your eyes deceive you, dear reader? Did a second Fox News host just call for common sense gun regulation reforming how disturbingly easy it is to buy high powered semi-automatic rifles? No, no they don’t, and yes, …
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Adam Ciminello
June 10, 2016
Elections 2016
Confessions from a political junkie equally ambivalent to both candidates. At the moment I was typing this yesterday, Bernie Sanders was meeting with President Obama, effectively plotting out an exit strategy which deservedly ends on HIS terms while simultaneously NOT damaging party unity or disenfranchising his energetic base, nearly all of …
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Adam Ciminello
June 8, 2016
Elections 2016
Jeffrey Lord, CNN’s favorite Trump defender and “colorblind” ideologue, says Trump has never said anything racist. You have to give Donald Trump a small measure of credit: No matter what he says, no matter the reaches of its vulgarity, he has found a small army of opportunistic attack dogs …
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Adam Ciminello
June 7, 2016
Elections 2016
“You can easily argue that the president of the United States is a racist with his policies and his rhetoric” During a conference call Monday, Donald Trump allegedly encouraged his campaign staff and surrogates to continue their aggressive insistence that Judge Gonzalo Curiel – the federal judge overseeing the …
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Adam Ciminello
June 7, 2016
Crimes Against Children
Civil Rights Data Collection released grim findings Tuesday morning showing a clear racial gap in how disciplinary measures are enforced in public schools nationwide. New findings from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) shows that the America’s public schools suspended significantly fewer students in 2014 than they did in 2012, however …
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Adam Ciminello
June 6, 2016
Elections 2016
“Take that order and throw it the hell out,” Trump bellows in response to campaign memo asking surrogates to stop talking about the lawsuit Donald Trump is continuing to maintain his attacks on Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge overseeing one of two Trump University lawsuits pending against the GOP …
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Adam Ciminello
June 6, 2016
Elections 2016
“Before you dismiss me as just another ‘Mexican,’ let me point out that my great-great grandfather came to this country in 1857, well before your own grandfather.” A U.S. Congressman from Texas of Mexican-American descent has penned a mercilessly unapologetic response to Donald Trump‘s overt racism toward Latinos this morning …
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Adam Ciminello
June 2, 2016
Crimes Against Women
Women respond to the recent recommendation from the Council of Islamic Ideology to the Pakistani government that husbands should be allowed to ‘lightly beat’ their wives. Following an absurd law proposed to the Pakistani Government by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) that men should be able to “lightly …
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Adam Ciminello
June 1, 2016
Elections 2016
Seeking to stop the bleeding, sketchy video of happy Trump University customers is released. Donald Trump is reeling after a federal judge in California ordered internal Trump University documents and sales “playbooks” to be released over the weekend, as part of an ongoing investigation related to multiple class action …
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Adam Ciminello
June 1, 2016
#BlackLivesMatter
“This is the south darling, find another place to rest your n***er head.” Airbnb, the popular lodging website that allows users to rent out available space in their domain and subsequently find similar rentals on the consumer side, is coming under fire after a racist host in North Carolina …
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Adam Ciminello
May 26, 2016
LGBTQ
“You’re just a bigot lady, I think you are an ignorant bigot.” In the wake of yesterday’s news that eleven states would be suing the Obama administration following it’s directive ordering public schools to allow transgender students access to restrooms corresponding with their gender identity, it is refreshing to …
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Adam Ciminello
May 25, 2016
LGBTQ
Texas becomes second state to sue Federal Government over “bathroom bill.” Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will file a lawsuit against the Obama administration on behalf of nearly a dozen states following its directive ordering public schools to allow transgender students access to restrooms corresponding with their gender identity. Arizona. …
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Adam Ciminello
May 25, 2016
Elections 2016
Previously (falsely) claimed that he had personally contributed $1 million to the January fundraiser for veterans. In January, Donald Trump decided to skip a Fox News debate following a declaration from the news network that it would not ask Meghan Kelly to recuse herself as the event’s moderator, a …
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