Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
R.E.M. share ‘We Are Hope Despite The Times’ compilation to mark National Voter Registration Day
nme.comR.E.M. have shared ‘We Are Hope Despite The Times’, a digital compilation of songs to mark National Voter Registration Day.The compilation features 18 hand-picked R.E.M tracks by the band from their career-spanning discography, highlighting themes of activism and social responsibility.
The songs include ‘World Leader Pretend’, ‘Fall On Me’, ‘Welcome To The Occupation’, ‘Drive’, ‘Finest Work Song’, ’Turn You Inside-Out’, ‘Pop Song ’89’, ‘Stand’ and ‘Its the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)’.Its title ‘We Are Hope Despite The Times’ is derived from the band’s song ‘These Days’ from their 1986 LP ‘Lifes Rich Pageant’ which includes the lyric: “We are young despite the years / We are concern, we are hope despite the times.” The compilation aims to encourage fans to stay informed and to vote during this election season.R.E.M are urging their fans to visit vote.gov or headcount.org in order to register to vote or update their voting information.A post shared by R.E.M. (@rem)1. ‘Turn You Inside-Out’2. ‘Pop Song ’89’3. ‘These Days’4. ‘I Believe’5. ‘Fall on Me’6. ‘Welcome to the Occupation’7. ‘World Leader Pretend’8. ‘Drive’9. ‘Begin The Begin’10. ‘Finest Worksong’11. ‘Exhuming McCarthy’12. ‘Just a Touch’13. ‘Cuyahoga’14. ‘Disturbance At The Heron House’15. ‘Swan Swan H’16. ‘Ignoreland’17. ‘Stand’18. ‘Its the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)’The band have always been vocal about the importance of participating in elections.
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