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Aug 24th 2017 10:12PM

White House chief of staff John Kelly is looking to bring change to the Trump administration.

According the multiple published reports Kelly is making sure he sees anything headed toward the presidents desk.

The common procedure is part of the White Houses efforts to regulate the administrations decisions and limit Trumps public and social media outbursts. He sent out two memos to staffon Mondaydetailing his plans, how we wants information to get to the president and how Mr. Trump will respond.

He has made one thing clear --he will not seek to directly control the behavior of the president.

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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with John Kelly after he was sworn in as White House Chief of Staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after John Kelly was sworn in as White House Chief of Staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after John Kelly was sworn in as White House Chief of Staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

John Kelly sits after he was sworn in as White House Chief of Staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

U.S. President Donald Trump sits after John Kelly was sworn in as White House Chief of Staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly sits during his first meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump's cabinet at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

John Kelly sits after he was sworn in as White House Chief of Staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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The memos have brought some comfort to those in the West Wing according to the New York Times.

But despite Kellys effort, the White House still remains under fire.

The president has faced a lot of criticism for his comments on the rallies in Charlottesville, Virgina, blaming both sides for the violence.

He also attacked the media along with his critiques on TwitterThursdaystating, The Fake News is now complaining about my different types of back to back speeches. Well, there was Afghanistan (somber), the big Rally...(enthusiastic, dynamic and fun) and the American Legion - V.A. (respectful and strong). Too bad the Dems have no one who can change tones!

The White House had tried several times in the past to minimize Trumps social media rants.

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Nearly two weeks have passed since white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring 19 others. And for some Americans, if President Donald Trump could just get his apology right or if social justice activists would stop stirring things up then things could get back to normal. Never mind that in America, normal day-to-day racism means people of color are denied job interviews because they have ethnic-sounding names, their children are funneled into the school-to-prison pipeline, and theyre stopped and frisked by law enforcement.

That horrific weekend of violence and hate in Charlottesville has also catalyzed a nationwide drive to remove monuments to the Confederacyand spurred thousands of people to protest in Boston and elsewhere against white supremacy. Whats happening in the country calls to mind the tagline of Black Lives Matter: This isNot a Moment, but aMovement.

That so many Americans are clamoring for racial and social justice makes Patrisse Cullors, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter, feel hopeful. Even with white nationalism rising up, Im a part of a growing movement that just keeps getting bigger by the day, where people are saying, We dont agree with this. This is not of our values. These are not American values, Cullors says.

Cullors, who lives in Los Angeles, co-founded Black Lives Matterin 2013 with fellow activists Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin. Together theyve grown the organization into a network of roughly 40 chapters across the United States and internationally. All three of us are trained organizers, Cullors says. We didnt come into creating Black Lives Matter as novices.

A common misconception is that Black Lives Matter is only a trendy hashtagor that it only fights police brutality or vigilante violence against black people. But were a group thats looking at the totality of anti-black racism and its effects on communities of color, Cullors says.

Countering white vigilantism and white terrorism is of particular concern.

As weve seen in Charlottesville and the counter protests in Boston, Black Lives Matter is trying to redefine how this country talks about safety and whos actually safe,Cullors says. Similar to how the full name of the 1963 March on Washington is the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and how Martin Luther KingJr. advocated for striking sanitation workers group in Memphis the day before he was assassinated in 1968, Black Lives Matter is giving a signal boost to grassroots efforts tied to economic prosperity and justice.

That looks like the work that weve done around bailing out black moms on Mothers Day. That looks like the work that weve done fighting for justice for parents and siblings whove had their loved ones killed by police and law enforcement, Cullors says. And it looks like the work that weve done to ensure black people have employment the work that weve done to work with the Fight for $15 folk across the country.

For that work, Cullors and other members of Black Lives Matter have been been demonized as the black equivalent of white supremacists. Last week Dan Bishop, a Republican state senator for North Carolina tweeted that Nazis and Black Lives Matter are both violent, racist movements.

But white supremacists, not Black Lives Matter, are the focus of a statement released Wednesday by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

There should be no place in the world for racist white supremacist ideas or any similar ideologies that reject the core human rights principles of human dignity and equality, the committee said.

And the committee demanded action, too: We call on the US Government to investigate thoroughly the phenomenon of racial discrimination targeting, in particular, people of African descent, ethnic or ethno-religious minorities, and migrants, said chairpersonAnastasia Crickley.

That kind of investigation seems unlikely under the Trump administration and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who Coretta Scott King called out in a 1986 letter for using the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters. But Cullors says theres still plenty that the average American can do in their local communities.

One, having conversations with other white people. Interrupting the jokes, the racist jokes, the homophobic and transphobic jokes, Cullors says. I think its believing when people of color say that the system is set up to destroy us. I think its getting involved ... in the activism and saying that youre not going to uphold this racist system anymore and committing themselves to an alternative to the life you were given, which is privilege.

Part of getting involved might also mean joining Black Lives Matter. Cullors says people can look on the website and see if theres a chapter in their city; its always being updated with new ones. She also suggests reaching out through the groups social media channels. Together, Cullors says, we can build a new system based in justice and equality.

Right now, We live in a system with old values. We saw that in Charlottesville, we saw it in Boston, where there are these values where white people are superior to everybody else, Cullors says. So this is an opportunity to create something new.

Top image courtesy Patrisse Cullors. Share image by Gerry Lauzon/Flickr.

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Civil rights attorney Daryl Parks filed a formal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Thursday on behalf of three black women who say that their Cleveland neighborhoods dont have access to the same broadband services as the surrounding suburbs.

The complaint cites a March report from the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) and Connect Your Community (CYC), which showed stark disparities in the internet transmission technologies deployed in different areas in and around Cleveland.

The report concluded that AT&T has systematically discriminated against lower-income Cleveland neighborhoods in its deployment of home Internet and video technologies over the past decade a practice that NDIA and CYC refer to as digital redlining.

AT&T denied the allegations, saying that any disparity in internet speeds is the result of the companys financial considerations and not discrimination.

We do not redline, Joan Marsh, AT&Ts chief regulatory and external affairs officer, said in a statement to The Hill. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is unparalleled. Our investment decisions are based on the cost of deployment and demand for our services and are of course fully compliant with the requirements of the Communications Act. We will vigorously defend the complaint filed today.

According to the complaint, a July meeting between Parks and AT&T executives ended in a flat denial by AT&T that it is redlining. Parks also said that the company is unwilling to engage in mediation and that the two sides were unable to reach a settlement.

Parks is known for having represented Trayvon Martins family after the black 17-year-old was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in 2012.

Parkss three clients alleged that they experience extremely low download speeds despite paying for premium broadband access. One of the women, Joanne Elkins, said that she had spent $1,500 on a security system for her home only to find out that it was rendered useless by the slow internet service.

Parks wrote that AT&T has violated the Communications Act by failing to serve the low-income, communities of color in Cleveland and that the FCC should impose fines on the telecommunications giant.

A spokeswoman for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai declined to comment, citing a policy of not weighing in on pending adjudications.

The complaint also asks that AT&T disclose details about its marketing towards communities of color, demographics about its customers and information on its internet deployment operations.

This story was updated at 1:47 p.m.

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Theres a new social networking platform for professionals, and its taking a really cool and unique approach. Connecting with others in your career field is vital, but so many of the existing platforms for that are full of spammers, scammers, and just riffraff in general. Silo, new to the game, looks to be changing the rules of social networking. Those rules insist on spam-free and ad-free social networking.

A social networking app with a clean interface and no ads is precisely what professionals want and need

Thats what Facebook and LinkedIn alike have become to me, distractions. There are so many advertisements, fake accounts, and spammers on both of them. Its often challenging to separate the wheat from the chaff. Ive all but given up, in some ways, of doing any serious networking with my peers. That applies to both of them, Facebook and LinkedIn alike.

Ill be honest. Id despaired of ever finding a social media outlet to network with my colleagues without being inundated with ads. There are advertisements for just about everything under the sun. After all, I fully recognize that it costs money to run such a platform. There are costs for development, hosting the website, and then the profit question. How can a social networking platform reduce the interference from spam and scams?

That question leads to what I think is the coolest feature of Silo. The community grows organically, and tries to maintain that type of growth without letting in those who would just destroy the virtual environment with their scams, trolling, and spammy comments.

To accomplish this, Silo utilizes a screening mechanism to keep the quality of people getting in as high as possible. When you sign up for Silo, the platform evaluates what contacts you have who are already registered on the service. Whether those contacts are from LinkedIn or Facebook, Silo evaluates whether or not you can be trusted on the site.

If someone signs up without enough contacts, or with no contacts at all, their application is manually screened before theyre granted access to the platform. That way, the folks behind the Silo community can make sure advertisers, spammers, and scammers dont infiltrate the discussions and detract from the value of the social platform.

Currently, Silo is 100 percent free to use. As long as you dont violate the terms of service for the platform, you can read and post to your hearts content. Theres absolutely no cost, either direct or indirect. It really is ad-free social networking. Eventually, though, Silo will be looking to turn a profit, so there may be some concern about the service turning to advertisements like many of its predecessors.

To avoid that outcome, Silo CEO and founder Moshik Raccah says the platform will revolve around two business models. One will involve recruiting, like someone posting that they are seeking to hire a product manager. The second will deal with connecting people with service and product providers, like when a person is looking for an app growth expert.

This is the kind of business model I can get behind. Rather than relying upon advertising revenue, the platform gets sponsorship from individuals and companies. These are folks looking to recruit or engage with a specific type of company, product, service, or person. The communities within Silo can thrive, people can post and connect, and all can be done without the intrusion of advertisements for the 1TB Minecraft Xbox bundle or AT&Ts internet for business plans.

If you want to check out Silo for yourself, simply download the iPhone or Mac app from their respective App Stores.

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A second Big Pharma player has reached into the retail ranks to find someone to take the top digital job for the company.

Novartis today said that it is bringing on Bertrand Bodson, currently chief digital and marketing officer for Argos, the online and catalogoperation that grocery retailer Sainsbury acquired last year. His hire comes just weeks after GlaxoSmithKline announced it had hired a formerWalmart executive for top IT position.

Bodson, who starts Jan. 1 and will report to Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez, is taking on a new role at the company, chief digital officer. His charge is to help the drugmaker do better with data, from R&Dthrough interactions with doctors and patients, and make the companys business operations more efficient.

"Bertrand has a proven track record of creating and implementing successful digital strategies across global companies, and leading cultural change in order to make this happen at scale," Jimenez said in a statement. "This is not just about digital helping the business. Bertrand will help us transform our business model using digital technologies."

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The Belgian citizen and Harvard MBA comes with some street cred in digital, having co-founded Bragster, a video-sharing website where users dare each other to perform stunts or tasks. It was acquired in 2010 by Guinness World Records. Bodson started his career in 1998 at Boston Consulting Group and has held positions at Amazon and EMI Music.

With cell phones, social networking and big data creating so-called digital disruptions in a number of industries, Big Pharma is tryingto catch up to retailing and other industries that have been tapping that potential. Companies are doing more with digital in clinical trials and creating apps for tracking a variety of health conditions.

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Novartis is already trying on some new digital technologies, having started Vivinda TV, a virtual conference platform that delivers on-demand medical content for healthcare providers.

Some newer biotechs can form with digital wired into their DNA, but the big players are looking for experts to help them integrate it faster and effectively.

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Last month, GSK CEO Emma Walmsley, who comes from a consumer health background, named former Walmart Stores executive Karenann Terrell to the new senior position of chief digital and technology officer to help the company harness data and digital to push forward. Terrell, who left Walmart in March, has also done stints at Baxter International and DaimlerChrysler.

Like other drugmakers, GSK is experimenting with new digital approaches. It recently worked out a deal with Chinas e-commerce giant Alibaba to push vaccinations in China.

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