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Brendan O'Connor · 07/18/16 07:32PMBilled as Boss of Thousands, RNC Speaker Who Sells Alex Jones His Crazy Pills Does Not Actually Employ Anyone
Brendan O'Connor · 07/18/16 06:14PMCLEVELAND — On Wednesday, small-business owner Michelle Van Etten will address the Republican National Convention on the subject of Making America First Again. According to the convention schedule, Van Etten employs more than 100,000 people. Actually, the Guardian reports, she doesn’t employ anyone.
The GOP Would Like Everyone to Know That It's Fine, Everything Is Fine
Alex Pareene · 07/18/16 03:54PMCLEVELAND — In 2012, the non-TV press at least had a halfway decent view of the stage. The press stand seats here in Quicken Loan Arenas are effectively behind the podium, which will eventually have the unintended effect of making it clear to the media when any speaker goes off-prompter (not that anyone scheduled to speak this week is known for that, or anything).
Meet the Man Whose Dog Is Filming the RNC
Brendan O'Connor · 07/18/16 03:25PMCLEVELAND — In the public square on Monday, as religious fundamentalists condemned sodomy to anyone who would listen, William Hale made sure his dog, wearing a vest laden with GoPro video cameras, was staying hydrated. “A lot of people ask if the dog is a boy or a girl,” he told Gawker. “I try to be gender neutral. It’s just ‘Liberty.’”
The Main Republican Convention Stage Apparently Smells Like Rotten Bananas and Mildew
Jordan Sargent · 07/18/16 02:15PMThere is a foul odor emanating from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, and folks—it isn’t the party platform. This morning, just before the start of the convention, a police officer conversed with a dispatcher about the distinct smell of “rotten bananas and mildew” wafting out of the arena’s banjo-shaped stage. That back-and-forth, broadcast via police scanner, is captured above.
White Nationalists at the RNC Don't Think Trump Goes Far Enough
Brendan O'Connor · 07/18/16 01:15PMCLEVELAND — Outside the Republican National Convention on Monday, Gawker ran into Matthew Heimbach, a podcast host for The Daily Stormer, who is encouraging delegates to write in the late George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, for president. Donald Trump, Heimbach said, doesn’t go far enough. “He needs to become an ethno-nationalist. He needs to understand that a people is the basis of a nation,” he said. “Specifically, white people.”
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Ashley Feinberg · 07/18/16 08:30AM112 Days and Wake Up
J.K. Trotter · 07/18/16 08:20AMThe Republican National Convention Can't Pay Its Bills
Brendan O'Connor · 07/15/16 08:50AMLeaked RNC Speaker List Includes Tim Tebow, Peter Thiel and Donald Trump's Kids
Hudson Hongo · 07/13/16 11:42PMLate Wednesday night, The New York Times published a tentative schedule for speakers at next week’s Republican National Convention that included former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, UFC President Dana White, Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, Donald Trump’s wife Melania and all of his adult children.
Hacked File: DNC Wants to Bring $15,000 in Gag Gifts to GOP Convention
Hudson Hongo · 07/07/16 12:30AMCleveland Courts Are Getting Ready for a Whole Lot of Arrests at the RNC This Month
Andy Cush · 07/06/16 09:15AMCleveland is likely to see plenty of clashes between protesters and police during the Republican National Convention later this month. The local court seems to think so too, and will be extending its hours to a nearly around-the-clock schedule in order to process the hordes of people who will surely be coming through.
Trump Scraps "Pretty Cool" Idea to Fly Into Last Night of Republican National Convention on a Helicopter
Brendan O'Connor · 07/01/16 09:30AMAfter promising that the 2016 Republican National Convention wouldn’t be “boring,” Donald Trump has begun lowering expectations for the event, even declining an invitation (from whom is unclear) to speak at all three nights of the convention. “I don’t want people to think I’m grandstanding—which I’m not,” he told the New York Times. “But it would get high ratings,” he added.
Report: Trump Camp Invites Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson to GOP Convention
Hudson Hongo · 06/28/16 08:10PMThe Republican National Convention Is Going to Be Such a Mess
Brendan O'Connor · 06/27/16 08:47AMThe Republican National Convention in Cleveland next month is shaping up to be a complete disaster, with hundreds of delegates in revolt and many prominent members of the GOP forgoing the event entirely. In fact, so few people want to speak that Donald Trump said earlier this month he is considering instituting a “Winners’ Night,” for sports stars.
Hillary Clinton Wants You to Remember the Spirit of 9/12 and Forget What Happened Next
Brendan O'Connor · 06/13/16 04:20PMOn Monday, in a 20 minute speech, delivered from a Cleveland stage devoid of campaign paraphernalia, Hillary Clinton reminded Americans that, fundamentally, the world is divided into people whose lives matter and people whose lives don’t matter, and that on some level the only real difference between any two politicians is the question of where they draw the line.
Cleveland Is Making Room for 200 “Fresh Arrests” at the Republican National Convention
Ashley Feinberg · 05/27/16 02:59PMUse the Tamir Rice Money to Teach Kids Not to Get Killed by Us, Cleveland Police Union Says
Tom Scocca · 04/25/16 05:08PMThe president of the Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association, Steve Loomis, released a statement today saying that the family of Tamir Rice should spend part of their $6 million wrongful-death settlement to “educate the youth of Cleveland in the dangers associated with the mishandling of both real and facsimile firearms.”