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The course fees for UK students in 2022 to 2023 are £9,250.
Astra SCITT Primary (2QXL)
PGCE with QTS full time
- Financial support
- Student finance if you're eligible
- Qualification
PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) will allow you to teach in state schools in England and may allow you to teach in other parts of the UK.
It may also allow you to teach overseas, though you should always check what qualifications are needed in the country you'd like to teach in.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Course length
- 1 year
- Date you can apply from
- 12 October 2021
- Date course starts
- September 2022
- Website
- http://astra-alliance.com
Courses are currently closed but you can still start or continue an application anyway.
You'll be able to:
- find courses starting in the 2023 to 2024 academic year from 9am on 4 October 2022
- submit your application from 9am on 11 October 2022
- Course summary
- School placements
- Entry requirements
- About the training provider
- Fees and financial support
- Interview process
- International candidates
- Training with disabilities and other needs
- Contact this training provider
- Support and advice
Course summary
Astra primary trainees are prepared to teach across Key Stages 1 and 2, with a main placement in one Key Stage, and a second, shorter, placement in the other Key Stage. Our professional studies programme focuses on ensuring that trainees are equipped to teach the full primary curriculum, along with the understanding essential principles in child learning.
The Astra approach has at its core the principle of developing trainees as reflective professionals who have strong practical classroom skills and excellent subject knowledge. Trainees learn how to use current theory to inform their classroom practice and attention is paid to ensuring that trainees have a detailed understanding of primary education, as well as outstanding skills in learning to plan and teach lessons which are creative and engaging.
Astra trainees spend four days per week in their placement schools (minimum of 120 days across the year). All training and assessment will lead to the award of Qualified Teacher Status by the DfE. Additionally, the optional PGCE qualification includes 60 credits at Masters level which is the equivalent to one third of an MA.
Your curriculum will follow the core content framework, with final assessment against the Teachers' Standard, based on evidence of your teaching, wider contribution to school life and the ability to reflect on and evaluate these experiences. Progress is monitored through weekly reflections on progress, objective setting, regular lesson observations and two QTS assignments. Trainees pursuing the PGCE will also write two assignments designed to deepen reflections on school experience in the light of educational research.
Weekly QTS Professional Studies will develop understanding of education essential for entrants to the teaching profession, providing consideration to whole-school issues, such as behaviour management, special educational needs and educational theories that contextualise the teaching of your subject.
For primary trainees, subject and / or phase-specific studies will enable you to develop your understanding of the teaching of your chosen age range. This includes consideration of aspects such as the nature of the subject / phase in the context of the whole primary school experience, the use and application of the National Curriculum, what is taught, how it is taught, how it is assessed, providing for young people with different backgrounds and abilities and using ICT effectively to facilitate learning.
Fee-funded trainees are always supernumerary and the work in school will take a variety of forms including observing experienced teachers and team teaching.
School placements
We endeavour to match the right trainee to the right partner school for their main placement based on their initial preference, geography / distance from home, and areas of specific interest. This course is offered at the locations shown on our website https://www.astra-alliance.com/402/scitt-and-school-direct-itt-places-2021-22 You will be given the opportunity to express your placement school preference if your application is shortlisted. We aim for all trainees to experience two placements, although the main placement will be where the trainee is primarily based. Trainees will also be expected to attend an induction day with their main placement school ahead of the September course start.
QTS studies take place with the SCITT every Wednesday, with the other four days per week being spent in school (approximately 120 days across the year). If doing the PGCE, these sessions (approx 6 taught sessions) will be spread across the year. Bursary-led / unsalaried trainee timetable allocations is approximately 30% in the first term, rising to a maximum allocation of 75% in the final placement out of the four days in school.
Astra has over 50 partners signed up to the SCITT Partnership Agreement which demands that each school supplies dedicated and high quality one-to-one Mentor support and in-school Professional Studies to complement the core QTS programme offered by the SCITT each week. Trainees will also be expected to attend events such as parents' evening and contribute to report writing during the year. While there is no guarantee of permanent employment with placement schools, a considerable number of our trainees do go on to secure employment within our partnership.
Entry requirements
Qualifications needed
An undergraduate degree, or equivalent.
Grade 4 (C) or above in English, maths and science, or equivalent qualification.
We will not consider candidates with pending GCSEs.
We'll consider candidates who need to take a GCSE equivalency test in English, maths or science.
Candidates should use a third party provider for equivalency tests.
Personal qualities
Candidates should have the potential to become outstanding teachers, demonstrated by strong subject knowledge; ability to communicate with enthusiasm about learning; ability to reflect on experiences of working with young people, and knowledge of the curriculum and educational issues.
Other requirements include being ambitious to teach at a good or outstanding level; highly motivated (with the ability to also motivate students); high professional standards; a willingness to play a part in the wider school life; commitment to professional development, and strong communication skills.
Further experience of working with children, for example helping with a youth/sports club is desirable.
Other requirements
The potential to write at Masters level is a requirement for PGCE candidates. Candidates will be required to have an Enhanced DBS check, and health clearance.
Hard copy evidence of all required academic qualifications will need to be provided before an unconditional offer can be made.
Fees and financial support
About the training provider
At Astra, we see you as an individual and as a leader of the future. Our SCITT is a diverse and supportive network of over 50 schools, founded on the principles of 'Excellence; Collaboration; Innovation; Support' and offering a talented and dedicated team of staff as well as a professional working environment and forward-looking technology systems. We are rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted (2018) in all categories for ITE and offer School Direct QTS salaried, bursary-led/unsalaried QTS or QTS & PGCE full and part time programmes in a wide range of subjects and phases.
From the very beginning of your training year, you will be treated as a member of staff in your placement school, attending staff meetings, parents' evenings and development days.
Your main placement school will be in one of our networks across Buckinghamshire or Hertfordshire. See our website, www.astra-alliance.com, for a list of our schools.
Professional studies training will take place every Wednesday and will be hosted either online or at local venues, including partnership schools. For unsalaried trainees doing the PGCE, six taught sessions take place across the year.
During your training, you will be assigned an in-school Mentor and an ITT Coordinator. Secondary trainees will also have a Subject Tutor. These colleagues, alongside a designated university tutor (for PGCE trainees), will monitor your progress and support you on your learning journey, framed around the government's Core Content Framework. All Astra staff are experienced teachers and are required to undertake regular and rigorous training.
Interview process
There are three Teaching School Hubs operating on behalf of the Astra SCITT for both primary and secondary recruitment across our network of over 50 schools: Astra SCITT/Astra Amersham Hub - Amersham and surrounding area Astra Aylesbury Hub - Aylesbury / surrounding area Astra Marlow Hub - Marlow / Maidenhead Candidates should apply via DfE Apply to their preferred Astra SCITT Hub, which will then coordinate the recruitment process. If your application is shortlisted, candidates will be invited for a first stage interview at one of our Hub locations.
The application and interview process for each hub is identical and is quality assured by the leadership team at the Astra SCITT. It will take one of the following formats:
- Stage 1 will be conducted remotely and consist of a panel interview, delivery of a short presentation, and some written tasks. If successful at this stage, you will be invited to attend a Stage 2 interview, which will, where possible involve a visit to your potential main placement school to be observed leading a teaching activity with a small group of students; you will be told in advance about the content of the lesson you will need to plan, and the age group you will be teaching.
- Stages 1 and 2 will both be conducted remotely, with you being asked to 'teach' part of a lesson to the interview panel following the main panel interview
International candidates
You'll need the right to study in the UK. You already have this if, for example, you:
- are an Irish citizen
- have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (you may still be able to apply)
- have indefinite leave to remain in the UK
If you do not already have the right to study in the UK, you may need to apply for a visa. The main visa for fee-paying courses (those that you have to pay for) is the Student visa.
To apply for a Student visa, you'll need to be sponsored by your training provider.
Sponsorship is not available for this course.
If you need a visa, filter your course search to find courses with visa sponsorship.
Alternatively, check if you're eligible for a different type of visa, such as a Graduate or Family visa, that allows you to train to be a teacher without being sponsored.
Find out more about training to teach in England.
International qualifications
If your qualifications come from a non-UK institution, we may want to see a 'statement of comparability' from UK ENIC. This will show us how they compare to UK qualifications.
You can call Get Into Teaching on 0800 389 2500 for:
- guidance on the UK equivalents of your qualifications
- a free statement of comparability once you've submitted your application (if we ask you for this)
Training with disabilities and other needs
Astra trainees will be assessed through our Occupational Health service before starting the course in order to ensure they meet the "Fitness to Teach" requirements. This is also to help us identify any additional needs which will require support during the programme. We are experienced in making necessary adjustments to help facilitate trainees with disabilities and other conditions, including dyslexia (eg making training slides available in advance where possible), physical, hearing and visual impairments (eg providing handouts on specific coloured paper; supporting the use of specific software); and mental health conditions, to ensure they are not disadvantaged in any way. If a preferred main location was not fully accessible for a trainee, we would find an alternative wherever possible. Astra gives all trainees full access to an Employee Assistance Programme which can provide access to counselling and other support and advice where appropriate.
Contact this training provider
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- Telephone
- 01494 787573
- Website
- http://astra-alliance.com
- Address
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Chesham Rd
Support and advice
For support and advice, you can speak to a teacher training adviser for free. They're all experienced teachers who can help you to prepare your application, book school experience, and access exclusive teaching events.
You can also call Get Into Teaching free of charge on 0800 389 2500, or chat online Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm (except public holidays).
Find out about the different ways to train if you do not have a degree, or are already an experienced teacher.
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Courses are currently closed but you can still start or continue an application anyway.
You'll be able to:
- find courses starting in the 2023 to 2024 academic year from 9am on 4 October 2022
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Yesterday we were browsing through YouTube as one does, and stumbled across this new-to-us YouTuber, Cips Clips.
The video was addressed to Brian Harvey, who as many will know has been very active on YouTube lately. We cited him the other day in our discussion of Bill Maloney, Chris Fay, and Andrew Ash, the vulnerable individual who they coerced into making false claims about Leon Brittan's alleged birthmark.
The video makes some very valid points about the inadvisability of reaching out to the "truther industrial complex" (great name!) when one is in a state of emotional distress, as Brian seems to be. It's human nature to want to connect with others for support, validation, and a sense of community, but some of those whose stories Brian seems to be accepting are not likely to do him any good, and could very well lead him down the garden path.
We were pleased the other day to note that despite all her obvious attempts to court (one might almost say "groom") him, Brian stated very clearly that Angela should do one. Thanks to the Office Tapir for putting together this concise collection, which sums up Brian's points rather nicely: Google Drive Angela/Brian Harvey.
But despite his rejection of Angela and her attempted wiles, it was a bit alarming to note that Brian was giving credence to certain troofers, to whom we wouldn't give the time of day.
In a post on his eponymous blog last week, Outlaw Jimmy said,
A figure like Mr Harvey is always going to attract attention. Whatever he does out of the ordinary, is going to be reported upon by the mass media, and also, he is, and has, already attracted some really interesting characters, shall we say, who have been commenting on his behalf recently.
And it's to some of those, I will now turn.
As I said earlier, regular readers of the Outlaw, and those who have been around for a while will be only too aware of the histories of some of these characters, and I was taken aback somewhat, when Mr Harvey, along with some of his more vocal supporters, have promoted some of these characters, as 'people who should be taken seriously!'
In particular, Jimmy drew attention to Charles Seven, the oddly named hoaxer who we thought had been consigned to the dustbin of troofer history. Or perhaps that's just wishful thinking on our part.
Jimmy cites a 2013 article by Deborah Williams of the Kent Freedom Movement, pointing out the great gaping holes in her story, and we'll just add that at one time, Ms Seven was being hoiked about the countryside by none other than Belinda McKenzie, who was plugging her deranged story for all it was worth.
Aside from the fact that Ms Seven's story was either the product of a very damaged mind or a deliberate hoax intended to earn her a bit of dosh—neither of which is especially reassuring—we'd like to reiterate the point that Cips Clips makes in his video: anyone who turns to the troofer community for assistance will find themselves inundated with a whole new world of crazy.
People like Charles Seven gather entourages around them—"yes-people" whose job seems to be to coddle and humour them in whatever wacky nonsense they spout from one day to the next. And when they fall out with one another, as they inevitably do, the accusations and counter-accusations make one's head spin.
In Outlaw Jimmy's blogpost he quotes Deborah, who in turn quotes a letter she received from a TV producer who described it all very well:
[Seven] relies on the fact that people want to believe her. Her over-inflated sense of her own talent is simply bewildering, and she tells a story so bizarre, that sympathetic people who may have been genuinely wronged, give her the benefit of the doubt.
She needs to release her evidence without redacting the bits she does not want to read, and those that she tells, should at least do a cursory check of what they are hearing.
I strongly suspect that Ms Charles Seven has a history of mental illness that she does not share, which is why I believe that there is little point in trying to seek legal redress.
She claims to have had her bank account frozen by me, whilst holding out a begging bowl to the conspiracy theory community.
Her funds are not frozen – she is broke!
The thing with 'Seven Gate' and conspiracy theory generally ,is that if you are debunked, you can simply claim that the de-bunker is a part of the plot against you.
You can claim that someone you once met is 'Satanic' and has killed 57 people, simply because your audience may not be aware of who I really am.
Any holes in your theory are put down to psychological tactics being used against you by the other side.
If you lose, just blame corrupt officials and claim a moral victory.
It boils down to this – did I, seven television companies, Richard Branson, The Queen, Dame Helen Alexander, four independent legal firms, the Courts Service, and 600 staff in the NTL building blow 57 people to bits – simply to stop Charles Seven from earning the royalties from Strictly Come Dancing?
There are conspiracies, and there is scamming – you decide for yourself!
As Cips Clips says, the "truther industrial complex" is not your friend. They are a pack of savage feral rats, feeding upon people's fears and worries, and they won't hesitate to turn on anyone who crosses them.
We hope that Brian will get the help he really needs, but we'd urge his real friends to steer him away—far away—from the world of conspiranoids. They can only do him harm.

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Ok before you guys read , let me tell you One thing I am not dieing or anything :), I am just accident prone i think so the last few days with the usual upheaves of day to day life, I have been thinking ( Yes here we are again , me Thinking I know , I know these both (me and thinking) Dont go together at all ), but still for the sake of it lets say .. I have been thinking .. What if we knew or I know I am gonna die say in a months time or two weeks time ..
Would we get a chance to do what we would want to, So if you have a list of things that I would love to do one last time, will the angel or devil who has come all the way to take me give me enough time .. If there is god is he listening to what Iam typing here .. is he thinking hmmmm
"Isko Ek mahina de dete hain , jo karna hai kar le "
But then the question comes how will i know if this is it .. 30 days left . Anyhow what will I have in my Bucket list .. The first one would be
1. Walk with the Lions (yes weird thought, But I am in awe of this beast, its beauty, If man had not been cruel we would have these beautiful animals in abundance, Not that the lifestyle of this animal helps, but we humans have made it worse )
2. I want to meet all my friends, Each and everyone of the beautiful people who have been in my life one way or the other. Right from the time I went to my first class in the KG or LKG ( it was called) to the Post Graduation, then at work , Blog, Orkut etc etc, It would be such a blast to meet them all, some faces have faded away but they are all here still in my heart – head, Imagine the excitement , the laughters , the tears all those emotions in one big room, Some would only know of a person Bikram (hopefully 🙂 ) meeting me for the first time, Some wont know me But I would know them , For some I would have faded off..
3. I want to meet all those people whom I have hurt someway or the other and say Sorry to them, Say Thank you to all those who have somehow managed to make me what I am today.
4. Go to the gym for a week or two and have a SIX pack… instead of the ONE PACK I got now.. Oh cum on, girls love it .. ha ha ha .. have a stroll on a beach without my Tee.. ha ha ha ha ( I am thinking like salman khan now )
5. Visit My village.
6. If I could reverse the time 3 years back, meet my Dad and say sorry to him for all the times I have hurt him.
7. Fly a jet.
8. Swim in the two rivers that run along the boundary of our village , back home .. along with the rest of the guys , whom i have not met for 20 odd years.. Meet the Men at that times with whom i loved visiting the town, to show off that I had grown ups as friends, Village where the young men were all MAMA's ( the village to which my mum belonged) and CHACHA's (village to which my dad belonged) . I dont know where have they all settled since most left the village to settle in cities.
9. Am I becoming greedy now .. 🙂
I was hoping to make it to 10 but I have run out of thoughts .. and maybe Time too , I am sure there would not be this much time to do all the above, After doing all above would love to just fade away from everyones memory whishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh zaaaaaaaappppppppppppp GONE!!!!!!
This article has turned out to be a bit of senty thing, which i did not want .. Anyway Anyone reading lets hear your bucket list.. say if you know you got 30 days left…
PS:- I took out the previous article cause my friends found it rude and I did not want to upset anyone , it was to be humour but i guess my humour not good he he he Will put something else later .. thank you everyone


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Cut greenhouse gas emissions and both global temperatures and sea levels will stop increasing. Right?
Not exactly. Everyone might want to reconsider ocean-front property, according to a group of researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research. In a paper recently published in Nature Climate Change, the team presents results from simulations showing that, while reducing emissions can stabilize global temperatures, sea levels will continue to rise for centuries.
Sea levels rising with increasing temperature makes sense. But why would this continue if the surface stops getting hotter? Well, the answer is a bit complicated, and there are multiple factors. According to the authors, the biggest contribution is actually from thermal expansion of sea water. Warm water at the surface slowly mixes downward, causing more water to heat up. It then takes a while for oceans to fully equilibrate to atmospheric conditions. As the temperature continues to rise, sea water expands—causing the sea level to rise. This continues even when the surface temperature stops increasing or begins to drop.
In order to get an idea of how much the sea levels might rise, the researchers took the well-known Community Climate System Model and analyzed a few climate change mitigation scenarios. This model predicts climate change and its effects by simulating the atmosphere and ocean as well as land and sea ice. The scenarios range from doing nearly nothing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions—which would result in warming of nearly five degrees C by the end of the century—to actually pulling enough carbon dioxide out of the air (negative net emissions) to begin cooling the planet by the end of the century. In between, the less-aggressive scenario has us stabilizing around three degrees C above pre-industrial levels by 2200.
According to the simulation results, even in the best-case scenario, sea levels will still be rising for another three hundred years.
Melting ice sheets and glaciers would also contribute to the sea level rise, but this is trickier to predict. In particular, we don't really know the physics of ice-sheet stability, although some empirical models exist. The authors used one of these, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s fourth assessment report (AR4), to estimate this contribution.
Taking contributions from glaciers and ice sheets into account (which the authors admit is highly uncertain) nearly doubles the predicted sea level rise in each scenario. Due to the uncertainties in these calculations, the actual numbers aren't necessarily good quantitative predictions. However, limiting considerations to thermal expansion just gives a low estimate, since ice would definitely contribute to rising sea levels.
If we don't do anything to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the sea level could rise nearly two and a half meters at minimum by 2300. In the worst case, that could be more than ten meters.
In the best case scenario, where we invest heavily in renewables, nuclear power, and carbon capture and storage by 2070, we might still have to deal with a sea level nearly a meter higher than it is now. Due to uncertainties in the contribution from glaciers and ice sheets, this could be closer to three meters.
If the oceans are going to rise no matter what we do, why bother doing anything? For one thing, a rise of one meter is much better than ten meters. In addition, if we can aggressively cut carbon dioxide emissions, the sea level rise will happen slower—giving us more time to adapt.
Nature Climate Change, 2012. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1529 (About DOIs)


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Human Rights Campaign's ex-president sues over termination, alleges racial discrimination
Alphonso David alleges he was terminated unfitly
Alphonso David, the former president of the Human Rights Campaign terminated by the board after he was ensnared in the Gov. Andrew Cuomo scandal, sued the nation's leading LGBTQ group on Thursday, arguing he was fired as a result of racial discrimination "amid a deserved reputation for unequal treatment of its non-white employees" and was explicitly told he was paid less because he's Black.
David, speaking with the Washington Blade on Thursday during a phone interview, said he came to the decision to file the lawsuit after practicing civil rights law for 20 years and "never thought that I would be a plaintiff."
"But I'm in this chair, I was put in this position," David said. "And as a civil rights lawyer, I couldn't look the other way. It would be anathema to who I am and it would undermine my integrity and purpose for the work that I do. And so I have to go through and make a very, very difficult personal decision to file this lawsuit."
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, accuses the Human Rights Campaign of violating new state and federal laws for terminating David, who was the organization's first person of color and Black person to helm the LGBTQ group in its 40-year history. The lawsuit also contends the Human Rights Campaign contravened equal pay law in New York by paying David less than his predecessor, Chad Griffin.
After a public dispute with the board in September amid an independent investigation of his role in the Cuomo affair, the Human Rights Campaign boards unceremoniously fired David and shortly afterward announced a still ongoing search for a new president. David was named nearly a dozen times in the damning report by New York Attorney General Letitia James, suggesting David assisted in efforts by Cuomo's staff to discredit a woman alleging sexual misconduct in Cuomo's office. David has consistently denied wrongdoing.
But the lawsuit is broader than the termination and describes an environment at the Human Rights Campaign, which has faced criticism over the years for being geared toward white gay men, as a workplace where "non-white staffers were marginalized, tokenized, and denied advancement to high-level positions." After a speech David gave on issues of race and indifference in the context of HRC's mission, the lawsuit claims a board member complained about him referring too much to being Black, but faced no penalty from the organization.
Specifically named in the report is Chris Speron, Senior Vice President of Development, who expressed concern about "alienating" white donors and specifically "white gay men" after David issued a statement on the importance of Black Lives Matter after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. The lawsuit claims Speron pushed David to "stop mentioning in his public statements and remove from his bio the fact that he was HRC's first Black President in its history." Speron also was critical of hiring a Black-owned consulting firm and "criticized a Black staff member for attending a meeting with the consulting firm without a white person present," the lawsuit claims. Speron couldn't immediately be reached for comment to respond to the allegations.
In terms of equal pay, the lawsuit says HRC's co-chairs informed David he was underpaid compared to his predecessor because he's Black. But the lawsuit also acknowledges in 2021, just before news broke about the Cuomo report, the Human Rights Campaign in recognition of David's work renewed his contract for five additional years and gave him a 30 percent raise.
David, speaking with the Blade, said he was in "shock" upon experiencing these alleged incidents of racism, maintaining he had kept quiet at the time out of concern for the greater good of the aims of the Human Rights Campaign.
Asked whether as president he considered implementing racial sensitivity trainings for his subordinates, David said "yes," but added many trainings aren't effective and said the power in organizations like the Human Rights Campaign is often spread out.
"There are people within the organization that have a fair amount of board support because they bring in the money because they are responsible for overseeing the money," David added.
Joni Madison, interim president of the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement after the lawsuit was filed the organization is "disappointed that Alphonso David has chosen to take retaliatory action against the Human Rights Campaign for his termination which resulted from his own actions."
"Mr. David's complaint is riddled with untruths," Madison said. "We are confident through the legal process that it will be apparent that Mr. David's termination was based on clear violations of his contract and HRC's mission, and as president of HRC, he was treated fairly and equally."
Madison adds the individuals accused of racism in the lawsuit "are people of color and champions of racial equity and inclusion who provided support and guidance as Mr. David led the organization," without naming any specific individual. The boards for the Human Rights Campaign and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation who made the decision to terminate David, were comprised of seven independent directors, five of whom were Black.
The racist environment, the lawsuit says, culminated for David in September 2021 amid an independent investigation of his role in the Cuomo affair conducted by the law firm Sidley Austin LLP at the behest of the organization. According to the lawsuit, the board co-chairs contacted David late at night before Labor Day weekend to tell him to resign by 8 a.m. the next morning or be terminated for cause. When David asked whether the Sidley Austin investigation had made any findings against him, or if a report would be issued explaining what he was accused of doing wrong, the board co-chairs refused to say, the lawsuit says.
As is publicly known, David declined to resign and took to Twitter to complain about the board, which subsequently issued a statement disputing his claims. He was then fired "for cause" under his contract.
The termination, the lawsuit says, signified differential treatment of David because he is Black, taking note the Human Rights Campaign under his predecessor had "endured repeated, serious, scandals — many of which involved HRC's mistreatment of Black and other marginalized individuals," but Chad Griffin was never terminated "for cause."
Both the Human Rights Campaign Foundation board and the Human Rights Campaign board voted to terminate David. A source familiar with the vote said no one voted "no" in either case. The campaign board vote was unanimous and there were two abstentions in the foundation board vote, the source said.
The source familiar with the vote said David never told the Human Rights Campaign he was helping Cuomo during his time as HRC president nor did he disclose he was talking to the New York attorney general. The first board members heard about it was when it hit the press, the source said.
Meanwhile, the lawsuit says David "performed extremely well as HRC president, by any measure," navigating the organization through the coronavirus epidemic and boosting fundraising by 60 percent. (The Blade has not yet verified this claim.) It should be noted the Human Rights Campaign cited coronavirus as the reason it laid off 22 employees, as reported at the time by the Blade.
David, asked by the Blade how he sees the alleged racist culture at Human Rights Campaign infused in his termination, said "Black and Brown people are treated differently and have been for years in this organization," citing a "Pipeline Report" leaked to the press in 2015 documenting an environment in which employees of color were unable to thrive.
"And so, the fact that I'm being treated differently now, in the fact that a different standard is being applied to me is just simply consistent with what they've always done," David said. "You know, we go back to the Pipeline Report: Imagine if I was leading the organization at the time, and there was a report that was issued, that said that anti-Semitic remarks were being made within the organization, and that women were being discriminated against within the organization or some other marginalized group and that one of the senior vice presidents used a derogatory remark. Do you think I would still be at the organization or would they have fired me?"
David concluded: "There's a different standard and a double standard that they've applied for decades, and I've just now been one casualty — another in a long series of casualties based on their systemic bias and discrimination."
Among the requests in the prayer for relief in the complaint is a declaration the Human Rights Campaign's actions violated the law; restoration of David to his position as president; an award of the compensation he would have received were he still on the job as well as punitive damages. Asked by the Blade whether any settlement talks have taken place, David said that wasn't the case and pointed out the lawsuit was recently filed.
Legal experts who spoke to the Blade have doubted the validity of a review by Sidley Austin on the basis it was among the legal firms agreeing in 2019 to help with the Human Rights Campaign entering into litigation to advance LGBTQ rights, an agreement David spearheaded upon taking the helm of the organization.
David, in response to a question from the Blade, said the independent investigation into his role in the Cuomo affair "is a sham and I believe it was a sham," citing the lack of transparency of findings.
"One of the first instances that caused me concern," David said, "is I suggested to the organization that we conduct an independent review, and they came back to me and said, 'Here's our press release history,' and the press release never mentioned that I actually suggested that they do this review. And when I challenged them on that, they told me that they thought it would be better for the press to review a complaint or receive a statement that showed that they were bringing this investigation as opposed to I'm recommending and push back even more. And then they said 'Well, we will put in the statement that you are cooperating.' So from the very beginning, they were not honest about what they were actually doing."
Representing David in the lawsuit is the Chicago-based employment law firm Stowell & Friedman, Ltd. and and Chicago-based attorney Matt Singer. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Eric Vitaliano, a George W. Bush appointee, an informed source familiar with the case said.
The lawsuit was filed in New York as opposed to D.C. because David is a New York resident and much of the discriminatory behavior took place in New York, the source said. The pay disparity alleged in the lawsuit is expressed in percentages as oppose to hard numbers pursuant to rules for the judiciary in New York, the source added.
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Kelley Robinson, a Black, queer woman, named president of Human Rights Campaign
Progressive activist a veteran of Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Kelley Robinson, a Black, queer woman and veteran of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, is to become the next president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's leading LGBTQ group announced on Tuesday.
Robinson is set to become the ninth president of the Human Rights Campaign after having served as executive director of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and more than 12 years of experience as a leader in the progressive movement. She'll be the first Black, queer woman to serve in that role.
"I'm honored and ready to lead HRC — and our more than three million member-advocates — as we continue working to achieve equality and liberation for all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people," Robinson said. "This is a pivotal moment in our movement for equality for LGBTQ+ people. We, particularly our trans and BIPOC communities, are quite literally in the fight for our lives and facing unprecedented threats that seek to destroy us."
The next Human Rights Campaign president is named as Democrats are performing well in polls in the mid-term elections after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving an opening for the LGBTQ group to play a key role amid fears LGBTQ rights are next on the chopping block.
"The overturning of Roe v. Wade reminds us we are just one Supreme Court decision away from losing fundamental freedoms including the freedom to marry, voting rights, and privacy," Robinson said. "We are facing a generational opportunity to rise to these challenges and create real, sustainable change. I believe that working together this change is possible right now. This next chapter of the Human Rights Campaign is about getting to freedom and liberation without any exceptions — and today I am making a promise and commitment to carry this work forward."
The Human Rights Campaign announces its next president after a nearly year-long search process after the board of directors terminated its former president Alphonso David when he was ensnared in the sexual misconduct scandal that led former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign. David has denied wrongdoing and filed a lawsuit against the LGBTQ group alleging racial discrimination.
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Former Ambassador Daniel Baer explains it all on Ukraine crisis
Expert downplays strategic thinking behind Putin's move
Daniel Baer, who worked on LGBTQ human rights and transatlantic issues as one of several openly gay U.S. ambassadors during the Obama administration, answered questions from the Washington Blade on Ukraine as the international crisis continues to unfold.
Topics during the interview, which took place weeks ago on Jan. 27, included Putin's motivation for Russian incursions, the risk of outright war, predictions for Russia after Putin and how the crisis would affect LGBTQ people in Ukraine.
Baer was deputy assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and U.S. ambassador to the Organization of Security & Cooperation in Europe.
The full interview follows:
Washington Blade: What's your level of engagement with this affair? Are you doing any consulting work? Is the administration reaching out to you at all?
Daniel Baer: I actually think the White House is doing a pretty good job of recognizing that they need to not only have press conferences, but also talk to other people who are trying to figure out how to be constructive critics, idea generators from the outside.
Blade: OK, so you're being solicited and engaging on this issue. My next question for you is why do you think Putin is doing this at this time?
Baer: So, I guess taking a step back from the whole thing, one of the things about a problem like this is that everybody is searching for the right answer assuming that there is a like comfortable or compelling or intellectually accurate answer, and I actually think we're just in a really hard moment.
I don't know why he's doing it now. And in fact, I think that one of the puzzles that we haven't solved yet is that all the things that he says are the reasons that he's doing it — that he feels encirclement by NATO, … or that the situation in Ukraine is untenable — none of those things have changed. Setting aside the fact that they're spurious, it's not like there's been some new move in the last 12 months that has precipitated [a reaction] on any of those fronts that you can say, "Oh, well, he's responding to the recent meeting where Ukraine was offered membership in NATO, or he's responding to a change in government in Ukraine that it's clearly anti-Russia, or any other move that we've done." The explanation just doesn't hold water, and so I think we need to look for alternative ones.
The best I can come up with is actually just a broad — it doesn't actually explain this particular moment, but I think you could look at the timing of his life. He has, I don't know, 10 years left. And during those 10 years, it's unlikely that Russia is going to grow more powerful; it's much more likely that it's going to become at least relatively and probably nominally less powerful. And so, if you're unhappy with the status quo, and you feel like you're a declining power, and you don't have endless time, there's no time like the present. And you'll make up whatever reasons you need to in order to justify it.
I also think there's a tendency on our part to attribute far more "strategery" to Putin than there necessarily is. I mean, he's a bully and a thug. I think the whole Putin's playing chess and we're playing checkers is actually completely inverted. We're in our own heads that there's some kind of nuanced position that would mollify him. He's just a gangster and he's taking a punch because he has one. And I don't think it gets much more complicated than that. And so, I guess the answer to why he's doing this now, because the international conditions are such that he feels like the United States is focused domestically, the Ukrainians are not moving forward with succeeding to build — they're kind of in stasis on building a European state— and he has, you know, he has the space to take a punch, so he's contemplating doing it, or he's already decided to do it. And he's just extracting as much as possible before he takes it.
Blade: That leads me to my next question: What is your judgement of the risk of out and out war?
Baer: I don't know because I have two hypotheses that cut both ways. One is that I think Putin is vastly underestimating the degree of resistance. On the other hand, I think that nothing short of domination is satisfactory. And so, I don't know. I guess I think there's a 90 percent chance that he does something, and I think there's a 75 percent chance that what he does is not an all out invasion or ground invasion, at least not at first, but rather something that is aimed at confusing us. So some sort of hybrid or staged or false flag kind of attack in tandem with a political coup in Kiev, where he works to install a more Russia-loyal leader.
The thing with the ground invasion is that Russian soldiers' moms are one of the only, like, powerful political forces in civil society in Russia. I just don't see any way that a ground invasion doesn't involve massive Russian casualties, even if they will be dominant. The people who are going to impose the consequences on him will be the Ukrainians, not the rest of us, and he should not invade, and if he does, we should, frankly, work hard to make it as painful and difficult for him as possible.
Blade: What will that look like?
Baer: I think we should at that point continue — we shouldn't pause, we should continue to send the defensive equipment and backfill as much as possible their ability from an equipment basis to resist.
Blade: So if we were to look at a model for past U.S. engagements. I'm thinking Greece under President Truman, which was so successful that nobody really knows about it, I don't think. Is there any model we should be looking toward, or not looking toward?
Baer: No, I guess. I'm not sure there's any good historical model because obviously, any of them you can pick apart. I do think that one thing that has gotten lost in a lot of the analysis — and this goes back to Putin being a gangster thug, and not being such a genius — is there's a moral difference between us. The reason why Putin gets to control the dialogue is because he's willing to do things that we aren't willing to do — as gangsters are, as hostage-takers are — and so yes, they get to set the terms of what we discussed, because we're not holding hostages. We're trying to get hostages released. And the hostage-taker has an upper hand and asymmetry because they are willing to do something that is wrong.
We shouldn't lose the kind of moral difference there. Nor should we lose sight of the fact that Ukraine is being menaced. And I'm not saying it's our obligation [to intervene militarily], certainly not our obligation. They aren't a treaty ally. We have neither a political obligation nor a moral one to necessarily risk our own lives, our own soldiers in defense of Ukraine. But if Ukraine wants to defend themselves, there's a strong moral case to be made that anything, short of risking our own lives, is something that is morally good. We generally believe that self-defense from lethal threat is a reasonable moral cause and assisting others in defending themselves is too — I think there's a lot of back and forth that get glossed over whether that's a provocation or whatever, and I want to say to people stand back, look at this: we've got one party that is attacking another. And the question is, does the other have a right to defend itself? Yes. And if they have a right to defend themselves, and they also have a right to have whatever assistance people will offer them in defending themselves.
That doesn't mean that they get to demand that we show up and fight in the trenches with them, of course, and I don't think there's any serious people who are recommending that but it's a good thing to help them. It's not like a technical thing. It's a good thing to help
Blade: Getting into that moral background, one thing I want to ask you was about the significance of what would happen in this concept of democracy versus autocracy. First of all, how much is Ukraine a functional democracy, in the sense that if we're defending Ukraine, we are defending a democracy, and what signal do you think it would send if that Ukrainian government fell to Russian autocracy?
Baer: I think the institutions of government that the Ukrainian people have are not worthy of the Ukrainian people's own demonstrated commitment …
They are not worthy of the Ukrainian people's own demonstrated commitment to the idea of democratic institutions. So the answer is today's Ukrainian government is a mixed bag and it's very hard to build, on the rot of a Russian fiefdom, a functioning democracy, so I think it's a mixed bag. I don't want to sound like I'm minimizing [the changes], or that they've completely bungled an easy project. It was always going to be a hard project, and it was never going to be linear.
But I think that what we've seen from the Ukrainian people — by which I mean not Ukrainian people, but people of Ukraine — is that there is a broad part of society that a) does not want to live under a Russian thumb and b) sees its future in kind of European style democracy. And so I think that if there was, there's no question that the Russian attack would be in part about subjugating the people of Ukraine and forcing them to live under some sort of new Russian satellite. And I think that there's little space for serious argument that that's something that the people of the country wish to have.
Blade: But I'm just kind of getting at — you're kind of minimizing that this is a strategic move by Putin, but if he were to successfully dominant Ukraine it becomes a Russian satellite isn't that saying like, "Well, ha ha West, you thought the Cold War was over and there's going to be just be a unipolar world in the future but no, we're gonna we have this we're back and we're gonna create a multipolar world for the future."
Baer: Yeah, I mean, my answer to the Russians who always raise the multipolar world to me is, "Fine, it's going to be a multipolar world. What makes you think that Russia is one of the poles?" Poles by definition draw people to them, they are compelling and a pole attracts, magnetically or otherwise, and there is nothing attractive about the model that Russia is pursuing. And if the only way that you can be a pole is by subjugating, to force your neighbors, you are proving that you are not one.
I think the benefits for Russia are far smaller than Putin thinks and I think the consequences for the rest of the world of allowing a violation of international order to go forward are much larger than many people recognize.
Blade: But that was their approach when they were the Soviet Union. They were subjugating the Eastern Bloc through Russian force. They did have, in theory, the concept of their worldview of you know, of socialism, or whatever you want to put it charitably, was going to be the right way to go. Is there really that much of a difference?
Baer: Yeah, however disingenuous it was, they did have an ideology . So you're right, that was a key distinction. The other thing is that the Soviet Union in relative size — its economy and population etc. — was much larger than Russia is today. And Russia is shrinking, and its economy is less diverse than the Communist one was. I think it's a delusion to think that they're going to kind of rebuild an empire, even if yes, because of their willingness to do awful things, they could potentially for a time politically control through violence, their neighbors. I just don't — in a multipolar world, I don't see Russia being one of the poles, at least not on its current path.
Blade: How would you evaluate the U.S. diplomatic approach to this issue?
Baer: There's been very clear over-the-top effort to include the Europeans at every step — meetings with them before each meeting and after each meeting, to force conversations into fora that are more inclusive and stuff like that. And I think that Secretary Blinken is rightly recognizing the need to kind of play a role of kind of keeping everybody on the side while we test whether diplomacy whether there's anything to do, whether there's any promise with diplomacy.
I think there's kind of, sometimes kind of, two camps in U.S. foreign policy circles. One is like: We should give the Russians what they want because it just doesn't matter that much. War is much worse than anything that we would give them. And another is that we can't give them an inch and we have to punch them in the face whenever we can. And I think both of those are kind of knee-jerk positions that have become a bit religious for people and neither of them is paying attention to the practical challenge that's in front of the administration, which is like this guy's threatening to invade and we need to identify whether there's any opportunity for a functional off ramp, and that doesn't mean we do that in a vacuum and ignore the long-term consequences, but our problem is not a religious one, it's a practical one. And I think they're doing a pretty good job of threading the needle on that and being not too far forward and not too far back.
Blade: Do you see any significant daylight between the United States and Europe?
Baer: No, I mean, no more than the minimum that is possible. There's a lot of talk about Germany these days. Look, I think some of the things they say are not particularly helpful, but I don't actually think that in the long run, if Putin invaded, I don't think that they would hold up sanctions or anything like that. So I think they're on our side, even if they're talking out of both sides, in some cases.
Blade: I am wise to the fact that this is a nuclear power. It might be a little old school, but could escalation get that far?
Baer: There can't be war. There can't be war between NATO and Russia. It should be avoided. Obviously, there can be, but it should be avoided.
Blade: How committed do you think President Biden is to protecting Ukraine?
Baer: Reasonably so. I think he's enough of an old school trans-Atlantist that he understands that this isn't just about Ukraine.
Blade: I was wondering because he had those comments from his press conference about "minor incursion" and I'm just wondering if you're reading anything into that or not.
Baer: No, I think that was that was a — I think broadly speaking, everything he says is in line with the kind of view that you would expect. And of course, one sentence can catch [attention]. That wasn't what he meant. What he meant was that he didn't want to draw a "red line" that would prejudge policy in response to something short of the most extreme scenario.
I think it is a good caution to not obsess over a single sentence and to look at the broad considered policy statements.
Blade: What do you think if you were looking for developments, like what would you be looking out for is significant in terms of where we are going to be going in the near future? This is one thing to keep an eye out for but is there anything else that you are kind of looking out for in terms of the near future?
Baer: I guess I would look out for whether or not the United States joins meetings of the so-called Normandy Format, which is the France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia grouping, which has so far been unsuccessful, but I think can only be successful as the United States joins it, but the Russians, I think have misgivings with the idea of our joining it.
Blade: I'm not at all familiar with that. What makes this forum particularly so —
Baer: So it was started in the summer in like June of 2015, on the margins of some meeting between Merkel and Hollande. The French and the Germans are very committed to the idea that they might be able to mediate peace between Ukraine and Russia. It was supposed to implement the Minsk Agreement, and it just hasn't been productive so far. I don't think that the Russians will do anything — I don't think the Ukrainians feel comfortable negotiating anything without the Americans at the table. And I don't think the Russians feel like anything is guaranteed without the Americans at the table. So I just, I'm fine with France and Germany taking the lead, but I think the U.S. has to be there.
And there was a meeting of this group in Paris yesterday, and which the U.S. was supportive of, and so I'm watching to see whether or not the United States gets added in some ad hoc way, whether there are future meetings. I guess the reason I would watch it, if the U.S. were to join future meetings that would signal to me that it's actually there's some diplomacy happening there.
That's meant to be focusing mainly on the existing Russian invasion, the occupation of the Donbas, so that's not about the threat of the new invasion, but it would be interesting to me if there was forward movement on other parts of Ukraine. The announcement of the American ambassador is one. I think that last week movement of troops into Belarus was a game changer for the U.S., because there are all kinds of new implications if you're using a third country as your launchpad for war, and so it complicates things and it also looks more serious if you're starting to deploy to third countries and stuff like that. So I think that was that last week, you noticed a difference in the U.S. tone and tenor in response to that.
So things like that. But in general, like what I would do and I don't think people always catch this is because there's a boiling frog aspect to it. There are statements coming out from the White House or State Department. Almost every day on stuff related to this and like last week, there was a noticeable change in the tenor as the U.S. became less, I think more pessimistic about the prospects of diplomacy and those I don't have anything better to look for in those statements as tea leaves, in terms of what the U.S. assessment is of the prospects of the escalation are, so it's bad.
Blade: Right. That's very sobering.
There's a lot of talk, and I've just been seeing some like about in terms of, there's like comparisons to Afghanistan and making sure that all Americans are able to get out of Ukraine. Is that comparing apples to oranges?
Baer: Yes.
Blade: And could you unpack that a little bit? I mean, I can kind of guess the reasons why. How is that apples to oranges?
Blade: Well, the level of development in Ukraine in terms of infrastructure and transport and stuff like that is not comparable to Afghanistan. I think it would be– if there were a Russian invasion–you would definitely want to, obviously, for safety reasons, it's not safe to be in a war zone, so you would want people to be able to evacuate and you'd have to plan for that.
A major concern [in Afghanistan] was also that there were tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of locals who had worked for the Americans. The Americans that are in Ukraine are not a departing occupying power. There's just not the same footprint there — the Americans are in Ukraine or there as business people or young [people working on] democracy assistance or whatever. And it's just it's a different context.
Blade: Why do you think the Russians put up with Putin? I mean, this is a country that was a world power and I would think has some economic potential just given its sheer size, first of all, and they do have oil to offer people. So why aren't the Russians like angry at him for obstructing their participation in the global order as opposed to just putting up with him for years and years and years.
Baer: Successful instrumentalisation of cynicism. The lack of a belief in an alternative will keep you from fighting for it.
Blade: That's pretty succinct.
Baer: I mean, I don't think there's any question that the people of Russia could be better off or different in terms of kitchen table issues, and ease of navigating the world, prospects for their future for their children's future. The amount of money that Putin has invested into military modernization that Russia can ill afford, while he's cut pensions and social services and health care. It's just it's objectively true that the average Russian person would be better served by a different leader. But he's done a very good job of effectively selling off the country for profit and persuading people through repression and propaganda that there is no alternative.
Blade: And Putin won't be around forever. Once he finally goes, is an alternative going to emerge, or will it be the next guy in Putin's mold?
Baer: I think it's far from clear that what comes after Putin isn't worse and bloody. Regimes like this don't reliably have stable transitions.
Blade: Wow, okay.
Baer: Yeah, we shouldn't… we should be careful about wishing… wishing for his demise.
Blade: That's good to know. It's kind of a frightful note for me to end my questions. But actually before I sign off, there's one more thing too because I do kind of want to talk about the intersection about your old job in democracy and human rights and then a Venn diagram of that with your experience in Eastern Europe in particular. Do you have a sense of what's at stake for LGBTQ people in Ukraine or if they're in more danger right now than they would be otherwise?
Baer: That's a good question. I mean, my knee jerk reaction is yes. That — as mixed of a picture as Ukraine has been in the last seven years, or eight years — there have been meaningful steps forward, and certainly, in terms of visibility.
I guess, in the sense that Ukraine is better than Russia today, if you're gay, if Russia is going to occupy or control Ukraine we can expect that it will get worse because it will become more like Russia.
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Trump ribbed Pence for thinking 'it's a crime to be gay,' new book says
Former president openly wanted gay Fox News analyst for Supreme Court
Donald Trump, in the days before he took office after the 2016 election, openly contemplated naming an openly gay Fox News contributor to the U.S. Supreme Court amid concerns from social conservatives about his potential choices and ribbed former Vice President Mike Pence for thinking "it's a crime to be gay," according to the new book "Insurgency" detailing the former president's path to the White House.
The key moment between Trump, Judge Andrew Napolitano and Pence took place during the transition period after the 2016 election when Trump invited the other two for a meeting at Trump Tower. That's when Trump reportedly took the jab at Pence.
"During their meeting, for part of which Mike Pence was present, Trump ribbed Pence for his anti-gay rights views," the book says. "Addressing Napolitano, Trump gestured toward the archconservative vice-president-elect and said, 'You'd better be careful because this guy thinks it's a crime to be gay. Right, Mike?' When Pence didn't answer, Trump repeated himself, 'Right, Mike?' Pence remained silent."
The potential choice of Andrew Napolitano, who was fired last year from Fox News amid recently dropped allegations of sexual harassment from male co-workers, as well as other TV personalities Trump floated for the Supreme Court, as detailed in the book, were among the many reasons conservatives feared he wouldn't be reliable upon taking the presidency. Ironically, Trump would have been responsible for making a historic choice for diversity if he chose a gay man like Napolitano for the Supreme Court, beating President Biden to the punch as the nation awaits his selection of the first-ever Black woman for the bench.
The new book — fully titled "Insurgency: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted" and written by New York Times political reporter Jeremy Peters, who is also gay — identifies Trump's potential picks for the judiciary as a source of significant concern for conservatives as the "Never Trump" movement was beginning to form and expectations were the next president would be able to name as many as four choices for the Supreme Court. Among the wide ranges of possible choices he floated during the campaign were often "not lawyers or judges he admired for their legal philosophies or interpretations of the Constitution," but personalities he saw on TV.
Among this group of TV personalities, the books says, were people like Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, whom Trump "regularly watched and occasionally planned his flight schedule around, directing his personal pilot to adjust the route accordingly so the satellite signal wouldn't fade." Trump told friends Pirro "would make a fine justice," the books says.
Trump potentially making good of his talk about naming Napolitano as one of his choices for the Supreme Court "would have been doubly unacceptable to many on the religious right," the book says. Napolitano, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge, was friendly with Maryanne Trump Barry, Trump's sister and a federal judge with a reputation for liberal views, such as a ruling in favor of partial-birth abortion, and is also gay, both of which are identified in the book as potential concerns by the religious right.
Napolitano and Trump were close, the book claims. Napolitano, as the book describes, had a habit of telling a story to friends about Trump confiding to him the future president's knowledge of the law was based on Napolitano's TV appearances. Trump told Napolitano: "Everything I know about the Constitution I learned from you on Fox & Friends," the book says.
The book says the meeting with Trump, Pence and Napolitano when the former president took a jab at Pence in and of itself suggested Trump "was indeed serious about giving the judge some kind of position in the government." Napolitano, known for making outlandish claims as a Fox News contributor —such as the British government wiretapped Trump Tower — never took a post in the Trump administration.
The new book isn't the only record of Trump ribbing Pence for his anti-LGBTQ reputation. A New Yorker profile in 2017 depicted a similar infamous meeting with Trump and Pence in which the former president joked about his No. 2's conservative views. Per the New Yorker article: "When the conversation turned to gay rights, Trump motioned toward Pence and joked, 'Don't ask that guy— he wants to hang them all!'"The incident described in "Insurgency" was similar to the meeting detailed in the New Yorker profile.
Trump ended up making a list of names he pledged he'd limit himself to in the event he was in the position to make a selection to the Supreme Court and made good on that promise based on his selection. By the end of his presidency, Trump made three picks to the bench who were each confirmed by the U.S. Senate: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
But Trump limiting his options to the list of potential plans was not a fool proof plan for conservatives. To the surprise of many, Gorsuch ended up in 2020 writing the majority opinion in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, a major LGBTQ rights decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which determined anti-LGBTQ discrimination is a form of sex discrimination and illegal under federal civil rights law.
The Washington Blade has placed a request in with Trump's office seeking comment on the meeting with Pence and Napolitano as described in "Insurgency." Napolitano couldn't be reached for comment.
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Gang-rape, killing of Indian woman sets off debate about need for country to change
NEW DELHI - India's army and navy cancelled New Year's celebrations on Monday out of respect for a New Delhi student whose gang-rape and murder has set off an impassioned debate about what the nation needs to do to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.
Protesters and politicians have called for tougher rape laws, major police reforms and a transformation in the way the country treats its women.
"To change a society as conservative, traditional and patriarchal as ours, we will have a long haul," said Ranjana Kumari, director of the Center for Social Research. "It will take some time, but certainly there is a beginning."
The country remained in mourning Monday, two days after the 23-year-old physiotherapy student died from her internal wounds in the Singapore hospital where she had been sent for emergency treatment. Six men have been arrested and charged with murder in the Dec. 16 attack on a New Delhi bus. They face the death penalty if convicted, police said.
The army and navy cancelled their New Year's celebrations, as did Sonia Gandhi, head of the ruling Congress party. Hotels and clubs across the capital also said they would forego their usual parties.
"She has become the daughter of the entire nation," said Sushma Swaraj, a leader of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party.
Hundreds of mourners continued their daily protests near Parliament demanding swift government action.
"So much needs to be done to end the oppression of women," said Murarinath Kushwaha, a man whose two friends were on a hunger strike to draw attention to the issue.
Some commentators compared the rape victim, whose name has not been released by police, to Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor whose self-immolation set off the Arab Spring. There was hope her tragedy could mark a turning point for gender rights in a country where women often refuse to leave their homes at night out of fear and where sex-selective abortions and even female infanticide have wildly skewed the gender ratio.
"It cannot be business as usual anymore," the Hindustan Times newspaper wrote in an editorial.
Politicians from across the spectrum called for a special session of Parliament to pass new laws to increase punishments for rapists — including possible chemical castration — and to set up fast-track courts to deal with rape cases within 90 days.
The government has proposed creating a public database of convicted rapists to shame them, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up two committees to look into what lapses led to the rape and to propose changes in the law.
The Delhi government on Monday inaugurated a new helpline — 181 — for women, though it wasn't working because of glitches.
Responding to complaints that police refuse to file cases of abuse or harassment brought by women, the city force has appointed an officer to meet with women's groups monthly and crack down on the problem, New Delhi Lt. Gov. Tejendra Khanna said.
"We have mandated that any time any lady visits a police station with a complaint, it has to be recorded on the spot," he said.
Kumari said the Delhi police commissioner sent her a message Monday asking her group to restart police sensitivity training that it had suspended due to lack of funds.
There have also been proposals to install a quota to ensure one-third of Delhi's police are women.
There also have been signs of a change in the public debate about crimes against women.
Other rapes suddenly have become front-page news in Indian newspapers, and politicians are being heavily criticized for any remarks considered misogynistic or unsympathetic to women.
A state legislator from Rajasthan was ridiculed Monday across TV news channels after suggesting that one way to stop rapes would be to change girls' school uniforms to pants instead of skirts.
"How can he tell us to change our clothes?" said Gureet Kaur, a student protester in the Rajasthani town of Alwar. "Why can't girls live freely?"
Some activists have accused politicians of being so cossetted in their security bubbles that they have no idea of the daily travails people are suffering.
Kumari said the country was failing in its basic responsibility to protect its citizens. But she was heartened to see so many young men at the protests along with women.
"I have never heard so many people who felt so deep down hurt," she said. "It will definitely have some impact."
Associated Press reporters Archana Thiyagarajan and Ashok Sharma contributed to this report.
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A work stoppage; the concerted refusal of employees to perform work that their employer has assigned to them in order to force the employer to grant certain demanded concessions, such as increased wages or improved employment conditions.
A work stoppage is generally the last step in a labor-management dispute over wages and working conditions. Because employees are not paid when they go on strike and employers lose productivity, both sides usually seek to avoid it. When negotiations have reached an impasse, however, a strike may be the only bargaining tool left for employees.
Employees can strike for economic reasons, for improvement of their working conditions, or for the mutual aid and protection of employees in another union. In addition, even if they do not have a union, employees can properly agree to stop working as a group; in that case they are entitled to all the protections that organized strikers are afforded.
labor unions do not have the right to use a strike to interfere with management prerogatives or with policies that the employer is entitled to make that do not directly concern the employment relationship. A strike must be conducted in an orderly manner and cannot be used as a shield for violence or crime. Intimidation and coercion during the course of a strike are unlawful.
Federal Labor Law
The development of labor unions in the nineteenth century was met by employer hostility. The concept of Collective Bargaining between employer and employee was viewed as antithetical to the right of individual workers and their employers to negotiate wages and working conditions—a concept known as liberty of contract. When unions did strike, they were left to deal with management without legal protections. Employers fired strikers and obtained injunctions from courts that ordered unions to end the strike or risk Contempt of court.
The unequal bargaining power of unions was remedied in the 1930s with the passage of two important federal labor laws. In 1932, Congress passed the Norris-Laguardia Act (29 U.S.C.A. §§ 101 et seq.), which severely limited the power of federal courts to issue injunctions in labor disputes. The act imposed strict procedural limitations and safeguards to prevent abuses by the courts. The National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) of 1935 (29 U.S.C.A. §§ 151 et seq.) clearly established the right of employees to form, join, or aid labor unions. The act authorized collective bargaining by unions and gave employees the right to participate in "concerted actions" to bargain collectively. The major concerted action was the right to strike.
Federal labor laws require a 60-day waiting period before workers can strike to force termination or modification of an existing collective bargaining agreement. The terms of the agreement remain in full force and effect during this period, and any employee who strikes can be fired. The 60-day "cooling-off period" begins when the union serves notice on the employer or when the existing contract ends. This provision does not affect the right of employees to strike in protest of some Unfair Labor Practice of their employer. It does help to prevent premature strikes, however.
Strikes can be divided into two basic types: economic and unfair labor practice. An economic strike seeks to obtain some type of economic benefit for the workers, such as improved wages and hours, or to force recognition of their union. An unfair labor practice strike is called to protest some act of the employer that the employees regard as unfair.
A Lexicon of Labor Strikes
Over the years different types of labor strikes have acquired distinctive labels. The following are the most common types of strikes, some of which are illegal:
- Wildcat strike A strike that is not authorized by the union that represents the employees. Although not illegal under law, wildcat strikes ordinarily constitute a violation of an existing collective bargaining agreement.
- Walkout An unannounced refusal to perform work. A walkout may be spontaneous or planned in advance and kept secret. If the employees' conduct is an irresponsible or indefensible method of accomplishing their goals, a walkout is illegal. In other situations courts may rule that the employees have a good reason to strike.
- Slowdown An intermittent work stoppage by employees who remain on the job. Slowdowns are illegal because they give the employees an unfair bargaining advantage by making it impossible for the employer to plan for production by the workforce. An employer may discharge an employee for a work slowdown.
- Sitdown strike A strike in which employees stop working and refuse to leave the employer's premises. Sitdown strikes helped unions organize workers in the automobile industry in the 1930s but are now rare. They are illegal under most circumstances.
- Whipsaw strike A work stoppage against a single member of a bargaining unit composed of several employers. Whipsaw strikes are legal and are used by unions to bring added pressure against the employer who experiences not only the strike but also competition from the employers who have not been struck. Employers may respond by locking out employees of all facilities that belong to members of the bargaining unit. Whipsaw strikes have commonly been used in the automobile industry.
- Sympathy strike A work stoppage designed to provide Aid and Comfort to a related union engaged in an employment dispute. Although sympathy strikes are not illegal, unions can relinquish the right to use this tactic in a Collective Bargaining agreement.
- Jurisdictional strike A strike that arises from a dispute over which Labor Union is entitled to represent the employees. Jurisdictional strikes are unlawful under federal labor laws because the argument is between unions and not between a union and the employer.
When employees strike, the employer may continue operating the business and can hire replacement workers. Upon settlement of an unfair labor practice strike, the strikers must be reinstated as soon as they offer unconditionally to return to work, even if the replacement workers must be fired.
In economic strikes, however, the employer is not required to take back the strikers immediately upon the settlement of the dispute. Economic strikers are still categorized as employees and are entitled to reinstatement in the event vacancies occur, but the employer does not have to reinstate any worker who has found substantially equivalent work elsewhere or who has given the employer a legitimate and substantial reason for not reinstating that worker. The hiring of permanent replacement workers has become an important management weapon against economic strikes, giving the employer the ability to hire a nonunion workforce and to threaten the local union with destruction. U.S. labor unions have been unsuccessful in persuading Congress to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide immediate job reinstatement to economic strikers.
An employee has no right to be paid while on strike, nor does the employee have a right to claim Unemployment Compensation benefits, unless state law provides the benefit. Employees who refuse to cross a picket line on principle are treated in the same way as strikers, but those who are kept from their jobs through fear of violence are entitled to collect unemployment compensation.
Employees forfeit their right to maintain the employment relationship if their strike is illegal. For example, public employees are generally forbidden to strike. If they do, they risk dismissal. In 1981, President ronald reagan responded to an illegal strike by federal air traffic controllers by dismissing more than ten thousand employees.
Ordinarily, however, a strike is legal if employees are using it to exert economic pressure upon their employer in order to improve the conditions of their employment. A strike is unlawful if it is directed at someone other than the employer or if it is used for some other purpose. Federal law prohibits most boycotts or picketing directed at a party not involved in the primary dispute. These tactics are known as secondary boycotts or secondary picketing, and they are strictly limited so that businesses that are innocent bystanders will not become victims in a labor dispute that they cannot resolve.
Unlawful Tactics
Picketing can be regulated by statute because of the potential for violence inherent in this activity. Mass picketing is unlawful under federal law because large unruly crowds could be used for the purpose of intimidation. Employees are entitled to picket in small numbers outside the employer's facilities, but they cannot block entrances or demonstrate in front of an employer's home. Picketing is lawful when it is used to inform the public, the employer, or other workers about the dispute. However, it cannot be used to threaten people or to provoke violence.
A strike is generally lawful if it is peaceful. A strike is never a legal excuse for violence, and acts of physical violence and damage to property will be viewed as criminal acts. Employers who use violence against strikers are subject to the same penalties.
A union or an employer can be fined or adjudged guilty of an unfair labor practice and ordered to cease and desist when violent actions occur. An Injunction from a state court can stop the strike or picketing. Because no labor disputes can proceed without minor problems, an isolated minor incident, such as name-calling or a shove, does not end the right to strike.
Union Members
Labor unions can fine or expel members who cross picket lines, fail to honor a lawful strike, or indulge in violence during a strike. In addition, they can discipline members for conduct antagonistic to the union, such as spying for the employer or participating in an unauthorized strike. A union member is entitled to a written notice of specific charges against him and a full and fair hearing before he can be expelled.
Strikes are ordinarily settled by negotiation between the employer and the employees or the union that represents them. An employer who does not want to engage in negotiations can cease operations entirely. However, an employer cannot avoid bargaining by relocating or by assigning the same work to another plant owned by the company. If the employer and employees bargain in Good Faith, they generally settle their differences and sign a collective bargaining agreement.
Further readings
Smith, Robert Michael, and Scott Molloy. 2003. From Blackjacks to Briefcases: A History of Commercialized Strike-breaking and Unionbusting in the United States. Athens: Ohio Univ. Press.
Zinn, Howard. 2002. Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Lost Century. Boston: Beacon Press.
1) v. to remove a statement from the record of the court proceedings by order of the judge due to impropriety of a question, answer, or comment to which there has been an objection. Often after a judge has stricken some comment or testimony (an answer made before an objection has stopped the witness) he/she admonishes (warns) the jury not to consider the stricken language, but the jury has a hard time forgetting since "a bell once rung cannot be unrung." 2) to order that language in a pleading (a complaint or an answer, for example) shall be removed or no longer be of any effect, usually after a motion by the opposing party and argument, on the basis the language (which may be an entire cause of action) is not proper pleading, does not state a cause of action (a valid claim under the law), or is not in proper form. 3) n. the organized refusal of workers to remain on the job, usually accompanied by demands for a union contract, higher wages, better conditions, or other employee desires, often with a picket line to give voice to workers' demands and to encourage or intimidate other workers and customers from entering the business, factory, or store.


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What if you and some friends were shooting hoops and Kobe Bryant stopped by and asked to play? That was the analogy one runner used when Valmir Nunes showed up at the Green Lakes Endurance Runs 100 km event held in Fayetteville, NY on July 24. Nunes, a native of Brazil, is one of the top ranked racers in the world in the 100 km distance and the winner of the 2007 Badwater Ultramarathon. The hot and humid conditions did not prevent Nunes from setting a blistering pace in the 100 km event, eclipsing the old course record by over an hour and 52 minutes. Nunes used the event as a training run for his upcoming participation in the Spartathon in Greece.
This was the 3rd year for the Central New York event. It included 100 km and 50 km races. The races were held at Green Lakes State Park on the same 12.5 km loop course used last year. The course starts along the eastern shore of two beautiful blue-green glacially formed lakes then ascends through an old growth forest by way of two challenging steep trail sections. On topping the second hill, the trail follows the perimeter of a large savannah that local runners call the Serengeti. This section affords runners some beautiful views of the surrounding countryside. The trail reenters the old growth forest and descends steeply back to the lakes, following the western shore to finish the loop. The racers completed four or eight loops for the 50 km or 100 km distances, respectively.
In addition to Nunes performance, several other records were broken. Elizabeth Carrion set a new womens record in the 100 km with her 11:17:17 finish time. In the 50 km event, Yassine Diboun took 1st place setting a new course record of 4:04:39, shaving nearly 12 minutes off the record set last year. In addition to the standard overall and age group awards, race director Todd Baum awards three inspiration awards recognizing special performance. Ed Housel was the winner of the Fastest Last Lap (50 km event), clocking his final 12.5 km in 1:05:02. His effort catapulted him from 4th place to 2nd. Elizabeth Carrion won the Even Pace (100 km) award with only a 14:30 difference in time between her fastest lap (2nd) and slowest lap (8th). Her even pacing was a major factor in her record setting performance. Maurice Lee III won the Courage of Trying (100 km) award for his determination to finish the event despite being the last runner under the 87.5 km 12 hour cutoff time. His positive upbeat attitude throughout the event was an inspiration to all.
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When Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka of Japan visits Oak Ridge on Friday and Saturday, he will talk about and hear innovative ideas on how to achieve peace through service.
On Friday, Thom Mason, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will give Tanaka a tour of ORNL. At 3 p.m., the RI president will tour the Secret City Commemorative Walk built by the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge. City Manager Mark Watson, who is president-elect of this Rotary club, will present a gift to Tanaka, who will make some remarks.
At 3:45 p.m. Tanaka will then visit the International Friendship Bell, where he will be welcomed by Oak Ridger Jack Bailey, district governor of RI District 6780, which encompasses 65 clubs in East Tennessee. Shigeko Uppuluri will present a history of the bell and give a bell replica to Tanaka, who will make remarks and ring the bell.
Shortly after 4 p.m. Bailey, Tanaka, and City Councilman Chuck Hope will wield shovels to initiate a planting of a tree in A. K. Bissell Park.
On Saturday, at 9 a.m. in Pollard Technology Conference Center at Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Fred Heitman will welcome special guests. Heitman, chair of the Peace Forum organizing committee, will also introduce Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan, also a Rotarian, and District Governor Bailey, who will introduce Tanaka.
At 9:35 a.m., RI President Tanaka will speak on "Peace through Service," his motto for his one-year term. Then the Oak Ridge High School Interact Club will make a presentation.
After a break Jim Roberto, interim deputy director for science and technology and associate director for science and technology partnerships at ORNL, will facilitate a panel discussion on "Peace through Science and Technology."
Tanaka and the other attendees will hear four panelists from ORNL: Budhendra Bhaduri, leader of the Geographic Information Science and Technology group; Gene Ice, director of the Materials Science and Technology Division; Alan Icenhour, director of the Global Nuclear Security Technology Division, and Rekha Pillai, manager of ORNL's International Science and Technology Program.
They will talk about ways that science and technology can ease threats to peace, such as natural disasters, climate change, shortages of food and water and inadequate access to energy, education and health care.
Attendees will eat lunch at tables with facilitated discussions on topics such as peace through religion, lack of harmony in the home, campus violence, the social justice battle, conflict in the workplace, the media's role in conflict, bullying, and the American political divide.
After lunch, Karen Wentz, past district governor of RI District 6780 and a mentor to Rotary World Peace Fellows, will facilitate the Panel on Human Understanding.
The panel consists of Dick Bowers, former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, who will speak on "Global Perspectives: Good Neighbors are Peaceful Neighbors"; Jake Morrill, minister of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, who will speak on "Playing Your Way through a Multicultural World"; Will Hodge, an associate professor in the University of Alabama's Department of Consumer Sciences, who will speak on "Civility in the Workplace"; and Allison Kwesell, a Rotary World Peace Fellow at the International Christian University in Tokyo and a documentary photojournalist, who will talk about the role of photojournalism in peace in a video she sent from Japan.
Wentz and Alan Johnston will summarize the Peace Forum and lunchtime roundtable discussions to give the audience take-away messages that could inspire action.
"Our vision is to work toward creating a world that chooses communication, collaboration, and cooperation over conflict," Heitman said.
The registration fee is $60, which includes a box lunch and drink. Non-Rotarians, as well as Rotarians, are welcome to attend.
RI is an international organization of 1.2 million members of 34,000 nonprofit service clubs in more than 200 nations and territories. District 6780 includes three clubs in Oak Ridge.
For more information, contact Fred Heitman at [email protected]. To register for the conference, visit the website http://www.rotaryor.org/peaceforum.html or call Jennifer Pettyjohn at (865) 483-8431.


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