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Trump Approval Rating At All Time Low
Education Secretary Blocked From Entering School; Visits Howard University
President Trump on Sat- urday hit a new low in his job approval rating, according to Gallup.
Only 40 percent of Ameri- cans approve of the job the president is doing and 55 per- cent disapprove, according to the Gallup poll, which tracks daily the percentage of Amer- icans who approve of disap- prove of the job Trump is doing as president.
The results are based on a three-day rolling average.
The daily results are based on interviews with about 1,500 adults. The margin of error is 3 percent. President Trump on Saturday hit a new low in his job approval rating, according to Gallup.
Only 40 percent of Ameri- cans approve of the job the president is doing and 55 per- cent disapprove, according to the Gallup poll, which tracks daily the percentage of Amer- icans who approve of disap-
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
prove of the job Trump is doing as president.
The results are based on a three-day rolling average.
The daily results are based on interviews with about 1,500 adults. The margin of error is 3 percent.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was greeted with pro- testers when she tried to enter a Washington middle school on Friday morning.
A video from the scene shows DeVos walking away from one entrance of Jeffer- son Middle School after being physically blocked from the entrance. One protester stood in front of the stairway en- trance in the school, and DeVos walked back to her vehicle.
Keep giving money to sena- tors and buying your way to the position,” one man hold- ing a Black Lives Matter sign says to her, “I hope you’re proud of yourself."
“Go back,” the protestor yells and she enters the car. “Shame! Shame! Shame!”
DeVos was reportedly able to eventually enter the school for an event that included D.C. schools chancellor.
Crowds of protesters gath- ered ahead of DeVos’s visit to the school, according to re- ports. Her visit, her first as secretary of Education to a public K-12 school, was re- portedly organized by the Washington teachers union, which did not support her nomination.
Parents and teachers gath-
Newly appointed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was greeted by protesters when she tried to enter a public school.
Sec. Betsy DeVos visited Howard University.
20,000 March In Mexico To Protest President Trump
ered holding signs opposing the controversial Education secretary.
“Betsy DeVos does not play well with others — should be held back,” one sign read.
“Public schools support our kids and their American Dreams,” read another.
DeVos Goes To Howard University
DeVos visited Howard University on Thursday to meet with university leaders just after being sworn in as education secretary. It was her first visit as secretary.
White Bandanas Are Fashion World’s Protest Against Trump
About 20,000 people staged a march through Mex- ico's capital Sunday demand- ing respect for their country and its migrants in the face of perceived hostility from the administration of U.S. Pres- ident Donald Trump.
Many marchers carried Mexican flags and dressed in white as a sign of unity and to signal the non-political na-
ture of the march. One of the banners read: "Gracias, Trump, for unifying Mex- ico!”
The marchers protested Trump's plans for a border wall and increased deporta- tions of migrants. Trump has also pressured U.S. cor- porations to provide jobs in the United States, not Mex- ico.
The folks at industry news site Business of Fashion de- cided to rally against the cur- rent political climate by launching the #tiedtogether movement for Fashion Month. BoF’s founder and Editor-in-Chief, Imran Amed, explained the site’s resistance in a statement: In light of the current uncer- tainties and turmoil around the world, The Business of Fashion invites the fashion industry to stand together and make a clear statement of solidarity, unity and inclu- siveness.
Those who join the #tied- together movement are showing their support by wearing white bandanas. De- signers Prabal Gurung,
Fashion designers had their models wear white bandanas during their show.
Tommy Hilfiger, Thakoon, Phillip Lim, and Diane von Furstenberg will be wearing the bandanas during Fashion Week.
“Wear a white bandana as a sign to the world that you be- lieve in the common bonds of
humankind — regardless of race, sexuality, gender or reli- gion,” Amed wrote on his site.
Hilfiger put white ban- danas all of the models at his TommyLand show on last Wednesday.
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