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| 12-13-19 10:05am - 1837 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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I saw a Madonna music video years ago. Where it was revealed that Danny Aiello was Madonna's real father. Madonna played around a lot. And that probably contributed to Aiello's early death. RIP, Danny. You were in some good movies. --------------- --------------- Variety.com December 13, 2019 7:56AM PT Danny Aiello, ‘Do the Right Thing’ and ‘Moonstruck’ Actor, Dies at 86 By Variety Staff Danny Aiello, a character actor best known for his work in such films as “Do the Right Thing” and “Moonstruck,” died on Thursday night in New Jersey. He was 86. Aiello’s literary agent Jennifer De Chiara confirmed his death to Variety. “It is with profound sorrow to report that Danny Aiello, beloved husband, father, grandfather, actor and musician passed away last night after a brief illness,” his family said in a statement. “The family asks for privacy at this time. Service arrangements will be announced at a later date.” Aiello worked steadily in films starting in the mid-1970s, often playing cops, mobsters and other New York tough guys. He earned a supporting actor Oscar nomination for his role as a pizza parlor owner caught up in racial tensions and a changing neighborhood in Brooklyn in Spike Lee’s 1989 hit “Do the Right Thing.” He earned praise for his work in 1987’s “Moonstruck,” playing the charisma-challenged boyfriend that Cher’s character dumps for his younger brother, portrayed by Nicolas Cage. The 1981 Paul Newman-starrer “Fort Apache, the Bronx” marked a breakout supporting role for Aiello. He hit his stride in the late 1980s and ’90s, racking up more than two dozen film credits. In television, he starred as a cop-turned-detective in the CBS drama “Dellaventura” during the 1997-98 season. He also toplined the hit 1997 mobster drama miniseries “The Last Don,” based on a book by “The Godfather” author Mario Puzo. Earlier, he was a series regular playing a police lieutenant on the ABC cop show “Lady Blue,” which aired during the 1985-86 season. Aiello’s notable film roles also include 1984’s “Once Upon a Time in America,” 1985’s “Purple Rose of Cairo,” 1987’s “Radio Days,” 1990’s “Jacob’s Ladder,” 1994’s “Ready to Wear” and 1996’s “2 Days in the Valley.” His more recent roles include 2014’s “Reach Me” and 2006’s “Brooklyn Rush.” Most of these were supporting turns, but Aiello did play the lead role of Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassin, in 1992’s “Ruby.” In addition to his acting credits, Aiello was a talented singer who released several big-band albums. One of his more notable appearances bridged the worlds of music and acting. He portrayed Madonna’s father in the music video for “Papa Don’t Preach.” | |
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| 12-11-19 07:03pm - 1839 days | #1511 | |
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Real news: Break out the Presidential pardons. An ally of Trump has been arrested for allegedly stalking an ex-girlfriend. If the woman used to be a girlfriend of the guy, he has the moral and natural right to keep track of her whereabouts. He's only trying to protect her from danger. And it doesn't matter what the woman says: just because she says something, does not mean it's true. Republicans are the only people on God's earth who speak the truth. Democrats are known to be liars. Dems are known to be scum. God praise Donald Trump, God's voice on earth. ------------ ------------ GOP candidate challenging Maxine Waters arrested for allegedly stalking ex-girlfriend HuffPost US Marina Fang Dec 11th 2019 2:45PM Omar Navarro, a Republican who has run several long-shot campaigns against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and has support from allies of President Donald Trump, was arrested early Sunday for allegedly stalking his ex-girlfriend and violating a restraining order. San Francisco police arrested Navarro after his ex-girlfriend, DeAnna Lorraine Tesoriero, reported he had been threatening her that night, according to the Daily Beast, which was the first to report on the arrest. Navarro challenged Waters in 2016 and 2018, and he is again running in 2020. Several othernews outlets later confirmed the arrest, which included charges of stalking, extortion and criminal threats. Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment from HuffPost. Tesoriero, a conservative commentator who is in the GOP primary in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s California district, told the Daily Beast she saw Navarro wandering around near her apartment Saturday night. She then received a text message from an unknown number that read: “Bitch, I came to see you.” “Men in this country get treated unjustly, too, you have to acknowledge that,” Navarro told the Daily Beast in response to his arrest. “Just because a woman says something doesn’t mean it’s true.” Navarro appears to have a history of threatening and stalking women. In August, a judge granted Tesoriero’s request for a five-year restraining order against Navarro, citing his pattern of “harassing and stalking” her, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Tesoriero said that after they broke up, Navarro had subjected her to “endless threats” through text messages and in person. “I have not had any sleep. I’ve lost 8 pounds,” she said in court. “I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t feeling scared.” Navarro pleaded guilty in 2016 for placing an illegal tracking device on his estranged wife’s car. The judge sentenced him to a day in jail and 18 months probation. Navarro has touted support from Trump allies and right-wing figures, including InfoWars founder Alex Jones, former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone, and former national security adviser Michael Flynn. In 2017, he hosted a fundraiser at one of Trump’s golf clubs in southern California. Need help? In the U.S., call 1-866-331-9474 or text “loveis” to 22522 for the National Dating Abuse Helpline. Need help? In the U.S., call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) for the National Domestic Violence Hotline. This article originally appeared on HuffPost. | |
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| 12-09-19 03:01pm - 1841 days | #1510 | |
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Real news: Trump explains that Obama, the fake president of the US, had Trump investigated while Trump was a political candidate. This was not only immoral, but unethical. A black man having a God-fearing white man investigated? Shame on Obama. Obama will carry that shame to his grave. And Trump will pray to God for God's forgiveness to Obama, a black man who was born outside of the US and was never a true president. ------- ------- Trump: IG report documents 'attempted overthrow' of government NBC News Shannon Pettypiece Dec 9th 2019 3:59PM WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that a new Justice Department report that found a solid legal basis for the original FBI investigation of his 2016 campaign had actually documented an "attempted overthrow" of the government that was "far worse than I ever thought possible." "We're lucky we caught 'em," he said at the White House, following the release of the long-awaited report by the Justice Department's watchdog that rebutted his regular depiction of a politically biased plot against him. The report by the Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded that the FBI and the Justice Department launched their investigation into the 2016 campaign not for political reasons, but due to evidence the Russian government was using go-betweens to reach out to the Trump campaign as part of its efforts to influence the election. The finding undercut repeated claims by Trump has his allies that the Russia investigation was a politically-motivated "witch hunt" designed to prevent him from becoming president and that his campaign was spied on by the Obama administration. Trump sought to shift focus to the report's finding that the FBI mishandled parts of its application to monitor a former Trump campaign aide as it probed possible Russian interference in the 2016 election, rather than focusing on the conclusion that the overall investigation was justified and not politically motivated. Just months into his presidency. Trump claimed that President Barack Obama had his phones lines tapped in Trump Tower, a claim he said earlier this year "turned out to be true," despite no evidence of any such action. Today's report said that was not the case. Before the report was released, Trump had looked to promote it over the impeachment hearings taking place the same day. "I.G. report out tomorrow. That will be the big story!" he tweeted Sunday. Trump has also been seeking to shift the focus to another report being carried out by U.S. Attorney John H. Durham, who was appointed by the attorney general to look into the origins of the investigation. In an unusual move for an investigator who has yet to conclude his work, Durham said in a Monday statement that he had "advised the Inspector General that we do not agree with some of the report’s conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened.” | |
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| 12-09-19 03:51am - 1842 days | #1509 | |
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Fake news: Russia banned from Olympics for 4 years over doping scandal. President Trump says it's all a witch-hunt and a misunderstanding. Says he will issue a presidential pardon, and will allow Russia to enter the Olympics, where he will meet and greet his best buddy Putin. "No one is going to bully my bestie," Trump tweets to the United Nations. "I stand firm with our allies." "Enemies, beware of the power of the Shadow Government!!!!!" ----- ----- Reuters Russia banned from Olympics for four years over doping scandal: TASS 57 mins ago MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia was banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports for four years on Monday after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory data, a WADA spokesman said. WADA's executive committee took the decision after it concluded that Moscow had tampered with laboratory data by planting fake evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats. The WADA committee's decision to punish Russia with a ban was unanimous, the spokesman said. Russia, which has tried to showcase itself as a global sports power, has been embroiled in doping scandals since a 2015 report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found evidence of mass doping in Russian athletics. Its doping woes have grown since, with many of its athletes sidelined from the past two Olympics and the country stripped of its flag altogether at last year's Pyeongchang Winter Games as punishment for state-sponsored doping cover-ups at the 2014 Sochi Games. Monday's sanctions had been recommended by WADA's compliance review committee in response to the doctored laboratory data provided by Moscow earlier this year. One of the conditions for the reinstatement of Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA, which was suspended in 2015 in the wake of the athletics doping scandal but reinstated last year, had been that Moscow provide an authentic copy of the laboratory data. The sanctions effectively strip the agency of its accreditation. Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov last month attributed the discrepancies in the laboratory data to technical issues. The punishment, however, leaves the door open for clean Russian athletes to compete at major international sporting events without their flag or anthem for four years, as was the case during the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. Some Russian officials, meanwhile, have branded the call for sanctions unfair and likened it to broader Western attempts to hold back the country. If RUSADA appeals the sanctions endorsed by WADA's executive committee, the case will be referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), WADA has said. (Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber Editing by Andrew Osborn) | |
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| 12-09-19 01:20am - 1842 days | #1508 | |
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Real News: A Republican congressman is speaking the truth: Trump never asked the Ukraine about Biden. Trump has never met Biden, does not even know who that guy is. Why would Trump ask the Ukraine about someone Trump has never met, does not know? Republicans rally to Trump's defense, saying the Dems are full of hooey. Not only is Trump innocent, but many Republicans are now stating it was the Ukraine and not Russia that interferred in the US election. Can we stop wasting money and stop investigating Trump? Let's focus on making America great again. We have our leader, duly elected. Stand behind our glorious leader. And if Trump did ask the Ukraine to investigate Biden, that was perfectly legal. It's okay to have someone investigated. Trump has been investigated many times. And he has been found to be innocent. So there... ------- ------- Politics Rep. Mark Meadows Denies Trump Asked Ukraine About Biden: ‘He Didn’t Do That’ [The Daily Beast] The Daily Beast•December 8, 2019 Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) denied on Sunday morning that President Donald Trump ever asked the Ukrainian president to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, contradicting President Donald Trump’s own words. During an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, host Dana Bash immediately noted that the central charge of the impeachment inquiry against Trump is that “the president asked a leader of a foreign country to investigate his political rival.” “So, one simple question to start, is that appropriate?” Bashed wondered aloud. “Well, one, he didn't do that,” the North Carolina lawmaker replied. “I don't agree with your premise. He talked about investigations. If you look at the—the transcript, I think he said, will you do us a favor, based on the United States going through a lot, talking about 2016 elections.” Bash, however, reminded Meadows that per the rough transcript of the now-infamous July 25 phone between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump specifically mentioned Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, saying “a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great.” “He did ask,” Bash added. “You admit that, right?” Meadows answered the CNN host with a question of his own, asking her if she was “suggesting that someone who runs for president shouldn’t be investigated,” adding that the Democrats “have been investigating President Trump before he was elected.” “I mean, listen, it’s appropriate to make sure that nothing was done wrong in Ukraine,” the congressman continued. “And, indeed, that’s what he was talking about.” Later in the segment, after Meadows continued to insist this was really about rooting out Hunter Biden’s corrupt activities in Ukraine, Bash pressed him on Republicans’ lack of interest in that issue when they controlled Congress. “Well, one, I didn't—I didn't know about it at the particular time,” Meadows answered. “And when—when you look at things, as things come up, you would.” “But it was public information,” Bash countered. Following the interview and after he received some ridicule over his denial of Trump’s actual words, Meadows took to Twitter to push back and defend the president. “Questions like this make the false assumption that @realDonaldTrump had political motives. That’s not accurate. It’s not supported by the evidence,” he tweeted. “This was about making sure we weren’t sending taxpayer funded aid to a corrupt nation. Exactly what POTUS promised to do.” Read more at The Daily Beast. | |
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| 12-08-19 02:02pm - 1842 days | #1507 | |
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Real + Fake News: A terror attack killed 3 US sailors. That is true. But the fake news is that Trump, the most heroic president we've ever had, has volunteered to stand guard over all US soldiers. Trump has previously said that in a school shooting, he would have taken down the shooter, even if Trump was unarmed. So this is just another example of how our president, the most heroic president we've ever had, is going to keep our soldiers safe: he will guard them personally. Go, Trump, you got draft deferments during the Vietnam War. But now that you are president, you have found the strength and courage to fight any and all terrorists, and take them down. --------- --------- Pentagon to vet screening for foreign officers training Yahoo News Kadia Tubman Dec 8th 2019 3:22PM In the aftermath of a suspected terror attack at the Navy base in Pensacola, Florida, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Sunday said the Pentagon will review the vetting process for an exchange program for foreign nationals while defending the programs as “very important to our national security.” “More than 5,000 foreign nationals are in Pentagon training programs,” Chris Wallace asked Esper on "Fox News Sunday. "Are you going to review that entire program and are you going to try to find some better way to vet — I understand hindsight's 20/20 — some better way to vet people, foreigners who come into this country for this kind of training for any links to extremism?” Esper said one of the first things he did after the shooting, which killed three sailors and injured eight others on Friday, was “immediately make sure we put out an advisory to all of our bases, installations, and facilities.” The shooter, who was also killed, was identified as a Saudi officer who was training at the base. Secondly, Esper said he asked for “a review of what our screening procedures are with regard to foreign nationals coming to the United States.” “My understanding is currently, of course, they're reviewed by Department of State,” he said. “They're reviewed by Department of Homeland Security, and they're reviewed by us and I want to make sure that those procedures are full and sufficient.” But Esper defended the exchange program, which has trained foreign military personnel for decades. “These types of programs, exchanges are very important to our national security,” he said. “We have something that our potential adversaries such as Russia and China don't have, which is an elaborate system of alliances and partnerships and the ability to bring foreign students here to train with us, to understand American culture is very important to us in building those long-term relationships that keep us safer.” “So what you seem to be saying is, yes, if we need to vet better, we're going to do it, but we're not going to throw out those programs,” Wallace pressed. “That's right,” replied Esper. The shooter, 21-year-old Saudi military officer Mohammed Alshamrani, legally purchased the gun used in the attack, which the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism. The Navy has identified the victims of the classroom shooting as Mohammed Sameh Haitham, 19, from Florida; Cameron Scott Walters, 21, from Georgia; and Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, from Alabama. Esper confirmed that the victims were Americans but could not confirm if Americans were specifically targeted. He said friends of the shooter were detained and was told one or two of them filmed the shooting. “What's unclear is, were they filming it before it began or was it something where they picked up their phones and filmed it once they saw it unfolding?” Esper said. “That may be a distinction with or without a difference. But again, that's why I think we need to let the investigation play out.” “But I mean, that would not be a normal response to film one of your colleagues who's shooting Americans,” Wallace said. “I don't know. I'm not trying to pass a judgment on this at this point in time,” Esper responded. “Today, people pull out their phones and film everything and anything that happens.” | |
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| 12-08-19 11:16am - 1842 days | #1506 | |
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This is not acceptable. SNL spoofs Nancy Pelosi who is praying for Donald Trump. Everyone deserves our prayers. Even Donald Trump. Let us bow our heads, and pray for the president. May he rot in hell. | |
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| 12-08-19 05:14am - 1842 days | #1505 | |
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Fake news: No wonder Trump is having affairs with different women. His wife sleeps in her own room. So if Trump is not getting any nookie from his wife, she is driving him into the arms of other women. And these other women are sometimes trying to make a profit from the president. Horrors. That a man and wife can sleep in separate bedrooms. ---------- ---------- Melania Trump sleeps in her own room away from the president, new book says Gabrielle Sorto, AOL.com Dec 3rd 2019 1:00PM Long-standing rumors surrounding first lady Melania Trump and President Trump's living arrangements were reaffirmed in a new book. The first lady not only sleeps in a separate room from the president, but her room is on a completely different floor of the White House, CNN correspondent Kate Bennett's book Free, Melania: The Unauthorized Biography says. The first lady's private room is on the third floor in a two-room space. The second space in the room is used as a "glam room" and a private gym with a Pilates machine. The president sleeps in the master bedroom on the second level of the White House residence. The Trumps aren't the first presidential couple to have separate bedrooms. President John F. Kennedy had a separate bedroom from his wife, Jacqueline. The Kennedys however, were still very different than the Trumps, first lady expert Kate Andersen Brower told PEOPLE. "Even when the Kennedys stayed in separate bedrooms, there were great stories about Jackie Kennedy running into her husband’s bedroom or him back to her bedroom," she told the outlet in 2018. . Free, Melania: The Unauthorized Biography $27.99 Buy it The president and first lady are no strangers to breaking tradition. The couple's living arrangement first raised questions right after Trump's inauguration when Melania chose not to immediately move into the White House. The first lady stayed behind in New York until June 2017 while their son, Barron, finished the school year. You can purchase the reporter's book here. | |
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| 12-07-19 07:02am - 1843 days | #1504 | |
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Fake news: California congressman announces he will resign from Congress after he pleads guilty in corruption case. But this man is a Republican. And a supporter of Trump. And a veteran. So, Trump has looked long and hard at his case, and come to a momentous conclusion: The Dems, scum-suckers from Hell, are dragging down the Republican party. Smearing my loyal friends. I will issue a presidential pardon, for this brave soul. And he can stay in Congress, and fight to protect me from the scummy Dems. God is just. I, Donald Trump, am God's right hand. -------- -------- California congressman Duncan Hunter announces resignation after corruption plea Thomson Reuters By Dan Whitcomb and Jill Serjeant Dec 6th 2019 7:05PM Dec 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter will resign from Congress following his guilty plea to a federal charge of conspiring to misuse campaign funds, he said on Friday. Hunter's announcement that he would step down came days after the leading California lawmaker, a former U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, entered his guilty plea in federal court in San Diego. "Shortly after the Holidays I will resign from Congress," Hunter, 42, said in a written statement released by his communications director. "It has been an honor to serve the people of California's 50th District, and I greatly appreciate the trust they have put in me over these last 11 years," Hunter, a Republican, said in the statement. Hunter faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison, but his attorney has said prosecutors have agreed to recommend significantly less time. The Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives on Thursday told Hunter he should not vote on any matter before Congress while still in office and could face disciplinary action if he ignored that warning. "This provision of House Rules was promulgated to preserve public confidence in the legislative process when a sitting member of Congress has been convicted of a serious crime," the committee said in a letter to Hunter. The lawmaker and his wife, Margaret, were indicted in 2018 on charges of misappropriating $250,000 in campaign donations to pay for personal expenses, including their children's private school, lavish travel, expensive meals, groceries and clothing. Hunter, an early supporter of President Donald Trump, had originally pleaded not guilty in the case and insisted he was the victim of a politically motivated prosecution. He changed his plea to guilty on Tuesday, saying he wanted to spare his family the stress of a trial. Sentencing has been set for March 17 in the high-profile case. Margaret Hunter pleaded guilty in June to conspiring to misuse campaign funds, and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the case. She has yet to be sentenced. The corruption scandal has been seen as giving a boost to Democrats' bid to seize California's traditionally Republican 50th Congressional District. Hunter's 2018 Democratic challenger, former Obama administration aide Ammar Campa-Najjar, was defeated in last year's race despite the incumbent's indictment. But the guilty plea could play more to Democrats' favor in 2020, where the party already holds a heavy majority of California's 53 U.S. House of Representatives seats. (Reporting by Makini Brice in Washington and Jill Serjeant, Steve Gorman and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles Editing by Chris Reese, Bill Berkrot and Richard Chang) | |
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| 12-07-19 05:00am - 1843 days | #1503 | |
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Fake News: The White House tells Democrats it will not participate in Trump impeachment hearing. The Dems have wasted too much time and money. The Dems, stunned by the lack of respect from our glorious president, orders his arrest for trial for treason against the United States. Lynch mobs form outside the White House, chanting, "Lock him up, the fucker!" This is not right. The president must be respected. Even if he is a cunt-fooking hound. ------- ------- White House tells Democrats it will not participate in Trump impeachment hearing Thomson Reuters By Steve Holland and David Morgan Dec 6th 2019 7:56PM WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it would refuse to take part in hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives set for next week that will consider what articles of impeachment to bring against President Donald Trump. In a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, White House counsel Pat Cipollone called the Democrats' impeachment inquiry "completely baseless" and said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had ordered Democrats to proceed with articles of impeachment "before your committee has heard a single shred of evidence." "We don't see any reason to participate because the process is unfair," said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity. "We haven't been given any fair opportunity to participate. The speaker has already announced the predetermined result and they will not give us the ability to call any witnesses." Nadler rejected that criticism and expressed disappointment, saying in a statement: "The American people deserve answers from President Trump." Pelosi on Thursday asked the Judiciary Committee to draw up articles of impeachment - formal charges - against the Republican president. The committee could draft and recommend the articles by next Thursday and the full Democratic-led House could vote on them by Christmas, imperiling Trump's presidency as his 2020 re-election campaign looms. Pelosi in September launched the impeachment inquiry into Trump's request that Ukraine investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading contender for the Democratic nomination to face the president in the 2020 U.S. election. "House Democrats have wasted enough of America's time with this charade," Cipollone's letter said. "You should end this inquiry now and not waste even more time with additional hearings." He quoted Trump as saying, "If you are going to impeach me, do it now, fast, so we can have a fair trial in the Senate, and so that our country can get back to business." Trump has made clear his lawyers will present a defense in the Republican-controlled Senate, where he believes he will receive fair treatment. Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee, who had also faced a Friday deadline to identify witnesses they want to call before the panel, submitted a list of eight, including Biden's son, Hunter, the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint sparked the impeachment inquiry and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who led the Ukraine probe. House Republicans had already sought testimony before the Intelligence Committee from three people on the list - the whistleblower, Hunter Biden and Biden's former business associate Devon Archer. But they were turned down by Schiff and will likely receive the same response from Nadler, a Democrat. Though Nadler did not immediately respond to the Republican witness requests, he said of Trump's refusal to participate: "Having declined this opportunity, he cannot claim that the process is unfair. The President’s failure will not prevent us from carrying out our solemn constitutional duty.” TRUMP MEETS FRIDAY DEADLINE Nadler had given Trump until 5 p.m. (2200 GMT) on Friday to decide whether he or his legal counsel would participate in upcoming committee proceedings. Trump, who denied any wrongdoing, thus far has refused to cooperate with the inquiry and ordered current and former administration officials not to testify or provide documents. Nadler has scheduled a committee hearing for Monday. His committee is responsible for drafting articles of impeachment and would have to approve them before sending them to the full House for a vote. Passage of formal charges would lead to a trial in the Republican-led Senate on whether to remove Trump from office. Senate Republicans have given little indication they would support Trump's removal. Pelosi accused Trump of abusing his power by asking a foreign government to interfere in an American election for his own political benefit at the expense of U.S. national security. The articles of impeachment could include abuse of power, bribery, obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice. Republicans accuse Democrats of conducting a politically motivated witch hunt aimed at ousting Trump using an unfair impeachment process. The probe is focusing on a July 25 telephone call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to open an investigation into Biden and his son Hunter, and into a discredited theory promoted by Trump and his allies that Ukraine, not Russia, meddled in the 2016 U.S. election. Hunter Biden joined the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma while his father was vice president. Trump has accused the Bidens of corruption. They have denied wrongdoing and the allegations have not been substantiated. Democrats also have accused Trump of abusing his power by withholding $391 million in congressionally approved security aid to Ukraine - a vulnerable U.S. ally facing Russian aggression - and holding back a coveted White House meeting with Zelenskiy as leverage to pressure Kiev into investigating the Bidens. Trump is the fourth U.S. president to face impeachment proceedings. None were removed from office, although Richard Nixon resigned as he faced almost certain impeachment in 1974 over the Watergate scandal. (Reporting by Steve Holland, Susan Cornwell and David Morgan, Additional reporting by Doina Chicu and Patricia Zengerle; Writing by Will Dunham, Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick; Editing by Jonathan Oatis, Bill Berkrot and Cynthia Osterman) | |
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| 12-06-19 05:32am - 1844 days | #1502 | |
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REAL NEWS: Donald's Trump's women? ------ ------ Karen McDougal sues Fox News for defamation over alleged Trump affair NBC News Corky Siemaszko Dec 6th 2019 7:51AM Former Playboy model Karen McDougal sued Fox News on Thursday claiming that host Tucker Carlson defamed her on his show by falsely claiming that she tried to blackmail Donald Trump about the affair she says they had before he was elected president. McDougal said she is seeking damages from Fox for harming her reputation and said the cable channel is responsible for the comments made last year by Carlson, who is not named as a defendant in this suit. “Carlson’s statements were intentionally false and made with reckless disregard for the truth,” McDougal’s lawyer stated in her suit filed in the Supreme Court of the state of New York. “McDougal never approached Trump and threatened to ruin his career or humiliate his family if he did not give her money.” In response to a request for comment, Fox News released this statement: “Fox News will vigorously defend Tucker Carlson against these meritless claims.” There was no immediate response from the White House to the lawsuit, but the White House and a lawyer for Trump have previously denied he had a relationship with McDougal. Slideshow preview image 7 PHOTOS What Stormy Daniels has said about her affair with Trump See Gallery Carlson claimed on his Fox News show in December 2018 that McDougal and adult actress Stormy Daniels "approached Donald Trump and threatened to ruin his career and humiliate his family if he doesn’t give them money.” Daniels has also claimed she had an affair with Trump, a claim the president has also denied. “Now that sounds like a classic case of extortion,” Carlson said on the show, the lawsuit states. “Yet for whatever reason, Trump caves to it and he directs Michael Cohen to pay the ransom. Now, more than two years later, Trump is a felon for doing this. It doesn’t seem to make any sense.” Monique El-Faizy, co-author of the new book “All the President’s Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator,” said that “in allegedly defaming McDougal, Carlson took a page out the Trump playbook, who is facing his own defamation lawsuit.” AdChoices “If you can’t address the accusations say, because they are true, try to discredit the person making them,” said El-Faizy, whose book with Barry Levine chronicles the claims of 26 women who have accused Trump of unwanted sexual contact. Trump has denied the claims. Trump was sued for defamation by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused him of unwanted sexual advances, three days before his inauguration. In November, a judge denied the president's request to dismiss the case. El-Faizy also said this isn’t the first time Carlson has gone after a Trump accuser. On June 25, 2019, Carlson was dismissive of columnist E. Jean Carroll after she accused Trump of sexually assaulting her 20 years ago in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room, calling her charges “absurd.” Trump denied Carroll’s allegations. “These aren’t serious statements from a rape victim,” he said. “They are wacky soundbites from someone trying to sell a book.” McDougal says she met Trump in 2006 at the Playboy Mansion and embarked on a 10-month affair. “It was a romantic relationship,” her lawyer, Peter Stris, told NBC News in March 2018. Five months later, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to a host of crimes and admitted paying hush money to McDougal and Daniels “at the direction of a candidate,” meaning Trump, to keep them quiet ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Cohen told the court that he and an executive from a media company, at the direction of a federal candidate, arranged to keep McDougal’s affairs from the public with a payment of $150,000. McDougal and her lawyers have said that the National Enquirer, run by Trump associate David Pecker, paid her $150,000 in August 2016 as part of a "catch-and-kill" strategy to keep the story from circulating publicly. AMI admitted to the payoff and entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the government. | |
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| 12-06-19 05:27am - 1844 days | #1501 | |
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REAL NEWS: Nancy Pelosit prays for Donald Trump. But she also wants him impeached. ----- ----- Nancy Pelosi takes Donald Trump's insult, fires it right back at him HuffPost US Lee Moran Dec 6th 2019 5:36AM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday night hit back at Donald Trump’s claim on Twitter that she’d “had a nervous fit” reportedly after she rebuked a journalist for asking if she “hated” the president. Pelosi, who earlier in the day called on House Democratic leaders to begin drafting articles of impeachment against Trump, told a televised CNN town hall hosted by Jake Tapper that “the president is a master of projecting.” “When he calls somebody else nervous, he’s the nervous one,” she said. Pelosi also rejected Trump’s belief that she didn’t actually pray for him, despite what she had earlier stated. “When he suspects that somebody is not praying, he’s probably not praying,” she said. “But I do pray for him because he is the president of the United States and I pray that God will open his heart to meeting the needs of people in our country.” Pelosi said she also prayed for Trump’s health, safety and family. “It doesn’t bother me what he thinks about that,” she concluded. “All the more reason to pray for him.” This article originally appeared on HuffPost. | |
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| 12-05-19 03:21pm - 1845 days | #1500 | |
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FAKE NEWS: ALL THE NEWS THAT'S HIDDEN FROM UNCONNECTED SLUBS. Joe Biden is coming on strong. Tells a guy the man is a damn liar. Next thing you know, Biden will challenge President Trump to a knock-down brawl: the winner will take the presidency in 2020. Go, Dems. You might not make America great again, but you are starting to eat red meat. Side note: Trump is uncovering traitorous action on the part of Canadians. Can he bar Canadians from entering the USA? Can he send selected Canadians to the hoosegow, for crimes committed against the United States? I hear Trump has ordered the FBI and the CIA (close friends of his in the shadow government) to investigate rearadmiral, a suspected Porn User who has close ties to the dark side of Mafia businesses. Unless rearadmiral starts paying protection money, it seems clear rearadmiral will be making a visit to the clink. ------ ------ 'You're a damn liar': Biden shows his tough side in Iowa Yahoo News David Knowles Dec 5th 2019 4:06PM Joe Biden came out swinging on the campaign trail this week, calling out a hostile questioner as a “damn liar” and rolling out a campaign ad meant to hit Donald Trump where it hurts him most — his ego. After enduring criticism about his measured response to Republican charges that he was implicated in a corrupt scheme to promote his son Hunter’s business interests in Ukraine, Biden confronted a voter in Iowa who parroted that claim. “You’re a damn liar, man,” Biden snapped at an attendee at a rally in New Hampton who accused him of landing his son a seat on the board of the energy company, Burisma Holdings, to profit from his position in the Obama administration. “That’s not true and no one has ever said that.” Biden, who has kept his lead in polls of the Democratic presidential field since he entered the race in April, nevertheless has struggled with how to respond to Trump’s attacks. Republicans in Congress have called for Biden’s son, and even Biden himself, to be called as witnesses in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, which is focused on White House efforts to coerce Ukraine to investigate the former vice president. In early October, Biden told an audience that he didn’t want to be “sucked into the trap of the stuff that Trump was laying.” On Thursday, however, he tried to confront the accusations about his son’s former position on Burisma’s board while simultaneously making an affirmative case for his candidacy. Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden faces off with a local resident challenging him about his son Hunter Biden's involvement with Ukraine. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton “Look, the reason I’m running is I’ve been around a long time and I know more than most people know and I can get things done,” Biden told the man who had brought up his son. “That’s why I’m running. And you want to check my shape on, let’s do pushups together, let’s run, let’s do whatever you what to do. Let’s take an IQ test. No. 2: No one has said my son has done anything wrong and I did not on any occasion, and no one has ever said it—” “I didn’t say you were doing anything wrong,” the voter interrupted. “You said I set up my son to work on an oil company. Isn’t that what you said? Get your words straight, Jack.” “That’s what I hear on MSNBC,” the man replied. “You don’t hear that on MSNBC,” Biden fired back. On Wednesday, Biden’s campaign showed it was capable of the kind of rapid response that will be necessary to beat Trump in 2020, cutting an ad that utilized footage from just hours earlier of European heads of state laughing about the president’s behavior at the NATO summit in London. Trump abruptly canceled a planned news conference and departed the summit after the video of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain’s Princess Anne gossiping about Trump went viral. Before leaving London, Trump lashed out at Trudeau as “two-faced,” and later portrayed the summit as a success. The Biden campaign ad portrayed the summit as an example of Trump diminishing America’s “standing in the world.” “The world sees Trump for what he is — insincere, ill-informed, corrupt, dangerously incompetent and incapable, in my view, of world leadership,” Biden says during the spot. “And if we give Donald Trump four more years we’ll have a great deal of difficulty of ever being able to recover America’s standing in the world, and our capacity to bring nations together.” Notably, the ad steers clear of the topic of impeachment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she was asking her colleagues to draw up articles of impeachment against Trump over his pursuit of a Ukrainian investigation into Biden. “The facts are uncontested,” Pelosi said. “The president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our national security by withholding military aid and a crucial Oval Office meeting in exchange for an announcement of an investigation into his political rival.” | |
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| 12-05-19 01:17pm - 1845 days | #12 | |
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Size does matter. So does quality. So does price. Those are the main determinants for value. But there are other important factors as well: ease of navigation, download speeds, limits on streaming or downloads, etc. etc. Which makes the value of a site very subjective, in my opinion. Different people place different weights on each of these factors. Normally. But some review sites can have multiple reviewers, and they can all come up with the same score for a site. Which seems suspicious to me. We aren't clones. So how can multiple reviewers arrive at the same score? Are the reviewers clones? Or robots? | |
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| 12-02-19 09:50am - 1848 days | #1499 | |
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, one of the most important and powerful men in the United States, blasts Congress for trying to impede the work of our glorious Leader For Life, President of the United States of Trumperland. Congress is full of scummy Democrats who are trying to bring Trump down. We must fight the sinful Dems from Hell. Republicans, stand proud. Fight for Trump. The most heroic, God-fearing President the US has ever known. --------- --------- Pompeo: Impeachment work should pause while Trump is abroad The Associated Press Dec 2nd 2019 10:39AM WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted the House on Monday for scheduling impeachment hearings while President Donald Trump is abroad. Pompeo said it’s “very unfortunate” for the House Judiciary Committee to hold its hearing Wednesday at the same time that Trump is representing the U.S. at this week’s NATO summit in London. Pompeo told “Fox & Friends” that there is a long tradition of supporting a president when he is traveling overseas and shouldn’t be distracted by problems at home while discussing international issues with allies. "I regret that they've chosen to hold these hearings at the same time that the president and our entire national security team will be traveling to Europe, to London, to work on these important matters," Pompeo said. "It's very unfortunate." Separately, Pompeo declined to say whether he planned to step down as secretary of state to run for a Senate seat from Kansas. | |
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| 11-30-19 04:33pm - 1850 days | #1498 | |
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Fake news: Donald Trump is interviewing Brazil's president for the job of White House Press Secretary. Trump is a man who admired bold-faced liars. Brazil's president is almost as good a liar as Donald Trump. So Brazil's president would make a fine White House Press Secretary. ------ ------ Brazil's president accuses actor DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires Thomson Reuters By Marcelo Teixeira and Eduardo Simões Nov 30th 2019 11:36AM SAO PAULO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern. Bolsonaro appeared to be commenting on social media postings claiming that the environmental organization the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) had paid for images taken by volunteer firefighters that it then supposedly used to solicit donations, including a $500,000 contribution from DiCaprio. The WWF has denied receiving a donation from DiCaprio or obtaining photos from the firefighters. "This Leonardo DiCaprio is a cool guy, right? Giving money to torch the Amazon," Bolsonaro said on Friday during brief remarks in front of the presidential residence. DiCaprio denied having donated to the WWF. In a statement, the actor lauded "the people of Brazil working to save their natural and cultural heritage." But, he said, "While worthy of support, we did not fund the organizations targeted." DiCaprio has been an outspoken advocate on behalf of combating climate change, speaking frequently about environmental issues including the Amazon forest fires. His Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which is focused on projects that "protect vulnerable wildlife from extinction," is part of the Earth Alliance. Four members of the nongovernmental organization Alter do Chão Fire Brigade were arrested on Tuesday with police accusing them of purposefully setting fires in order to document them and drum up more donations. They were released on Thursday on a judge's order. Politicians and other NGOs fiercely criticized the arrest, saying it was part of a concerted attempt by Bolsonaro's government to harass environmental groups. Scientists and activists blame land speculators, farmers and ranchers for setting the fires to clear land for agricultural use, saying that deforesters are being emboldened by Bolsonaro's rhetoric of promoting development and farming over preservation. The Amazon rainforest is considered a bulwark against global climate change. Bolsonaro has repeatedly lashed out at various factions in casting blame for the forest fires. In a Facebook live post on Aug. 21, he said, "Everything indicates" that NGOs were going to the Amazon to "set fire" to the forest. When asked then if he had evidence to back up his claims, Bolsonaro said he had "no written plan," adding, "that's not how it's done." One day later he admitted that farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze, but roughly a month later he attacked the "lying media" for saying that the rainforest was being devastated by the fires. Bolsonaro talked about DiCaprio on Thursday during a live webcast. The president said the WWF paid the firefighting NGO to take pictures of forest fires in the Amazon. "So what did the NGO do? What is the easiest thing? Set fire to the forest. Take pictures, make a video," the president said. "(WWF) makes a campaign against Brazil, it contacts Leonardo DiCaprio, he donates $500,000." "A part of that went to the people that were setting fires. Leonardo DiCaprio, you are contributing to the fire in the Amazon, that won't do," Bolsonaro said. (Reporting by Eduardo Simões and Marcelo Teixeira Editing by Jake Spring and Leslie Adler) | |
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| 11-27-19 08:22pm - 1853 days | #1497 | |
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Trump tweets photo of his head on shirtless Rocky Balboa's body Gabrielle Sorto, AOL.com Nov 27th 2019 2:30PM President Trump's latest tweet is sparking confusion, criticism and a whole lot of jokes. The president posted a Photoshopped photo of his head on Sylvester Stallone's body from the classic film "Rocky" with no caption, context or follow-up explanation. The tweet came out as the president was reportedly playing golf at his Florida Club while on Thanksgiving vacation at Mar-a-Lago, according to the New York Post. The Washington Examiner speculated the post could be in reference to his Tuesday "Keep America Great" rally, where Trump told supporters that doctors told him to "show us that gorgeous chest" during his latest visit to Walter Reed hospital. "We want to see it," he claimed doctors said. "We've never seen a chest quite like it." The president faced a wave of responses on Twitter. Some people made jokes, comparing the photo to online dating when people look nothing like their photo in real life. But most people didn't know how to respond to the doctored image. One person on Twitter called it "both sad and funny on a whole new level." Katie Couric even responded saying, "I have no words." Neither Trump nor the White House has given any explanation as to why he tweeted the photo or what it all means. | |
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| 11-26-19 04:27pm - 1854 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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I haven't been following Katie Holmes very much since she was divorced from Tom Cruise. Is she pregnant again? Or are these stretch marks from her first child, that she had with Tom years ago? Enquiring minds want to know: Can we post Katie with her stretch marks at the PU site? ------------ ------------ Aol.com Editors Nov 26th 2019 4:49PM Katie Holmes is celebrating her spread in Vogue Australia by sharing new, behind-the-scene shots of her photoshoot last week. The unedited snapshots depict the 40-year-old actress posing in just a bra, blazer and trousers while proudly showing off her stretch marks on her stomach. It's a move that's been hailed by Holmes' Instagram followers as both brave and bold for the star's choice to forgo Photoshopping the lines. "It is wonderful to be working today with such amazing women!" Holmes captions the two-photograph post, much to the applause of her 2 million Instagram followers. Her "pregnancy warrior marks" are visible in the second photo. "Love how beautiful and natural you are with your body. You aren’t afraid to show your body exactly how it is," wrote one fan. Said another, "So bold!! I love that you’re slightly showing the pregnancy warrior marks. You go girl!!!!" The mom-of-one most recently earned a place on our street style radar after photos emerged of her hailing a taxi in late August wearing one of fall's biggest trends, a cashmere bralette and cardigan set by Khaite. The look caused such a frenzy that the barley set promptly sold out, but it's back in stock, along with other colors, on the designer's website. | |
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| 11-26-19 04:18pm - 1854 days | #1496 | |
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Trump jokes about the impeachment process. This is a solemn occasion. The life of a turkey is at stake. Yet Trump makes jokes while deciding whether to have a pet turkey put to death. Trump used to have a heart of gold, but since he became president, he has turned cynical and bitter. Both Butter and his alternate "Bread" escaped the fate of becoming the main course of a Thanksgiving feast and were sent to a special reserve in Virginia. It's time to replace Trump with a man who cares about the people of the United States. One who will not separate children from their parents. ------ ------ Trump jokes about impeachment probe at annual turkey pardon Thomson Reuters By Lisa Lambert Nov 26th 2019 6:08PM WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday used the high power of his office to pardon "Butter," a 47 pound (21 kg) turkey, during a U.S. tradition at the White House where he also cracked jokes about Democrats' investigation into whether he should be impeached. Both Butter and his alternate "Bread" escaped the fate of becoming the main course of a Thanksgiving feast and were sent to a special reserve in Virginia. Standing at a podium in the Rose Garden, Trump said the birds had been raised to remain calm under "any condition." "Which will be very important because they've already received subpoenas to appear in Adam Schiff's basement on Thursday," he joked, referring to the House of Representatives intelligence committee chairman who has led the inquiry into whether Trump should be impeached for pressing Ukraine to investigate a political rival of his. "It seems the Democrats are accusing me of being too soft on turkey. But Bread and Butter, I should note, that, unlike previous witnesses, you and I have actually met." While other presidents occasionally gave turkeys commutations starting with Abraham Lincoln, another Republican president, George H. W. Bush, was the first to make sparing one an official act, according to the non-profit Constitution Center. Trump's predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama, is credited with starting the tradition of cracking "dad jokes" at the pardon. The threat of impeachment may be looming larger each day, with Democrats expected to release a crucial report after Thanksgiving, but it did not stop the White House from reveling this week in the somewhat goofy pardoning tradition. It posted videos of the turkeys checking into a special suite at the Willard Hotel, where political leaders have stayed in the past, and baseball card-like statistics on both Bread and Butter. The National Turkey Federation introduced the birds in a press conference on Tuesday. In true Washington fashion, polling decided which turkey would receive the official pardon, with Americans sharing their preference for Butter on Twitter. According to the White House, Butter enjoys listening to bagpipes and has a gobble style that is "rowdy." Bread prefers Bluegrass music and wants to master aerial yoga. (Reporting by Lisa Lambert Editing by Alistair Bell) | |
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| 11-25-19 10:02pm - 1855 days | #2 | |
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Rabbits Reviews current discounts. One of the discounts is $7.99 for 1 month of Adult Time. Since I am a current member of Adult Time, when I click on the offer, I open a member's page of Adult Time. So I can't tell what the details of the $7.99 offer includes. But if you aren't a current member of Adult Time, $7.99 seems like a cheap price to give you 30 days access to what I think is a great site. To see if you think it's worth joining for a longer term. I don't know if the offer includes downloading. But you can check with the Adult Time support, if you are unable to see the details of what the 30 day membership includes. Disclaimer: I'm not an employee of Adult Time or any porn site. Adult Time is also offering a $5.00/month membership that is streaming only. I've seen that offer numerous times lately. If downloading is not important to you. | |
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| 11-25-19 09:51pm - 1855 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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https://www.rabbitsreviews.com/Default.a...Monthly-Theme-Header Rabbits Reviews is running special discounts on over 100 porn sites. Rabbits Reviews is associated with the PU site. (I don't know what to call the relationship between the two sites, just like I don't know what to call the relationship to The Best Porn site, which is also related to PU and Rabbits Reviews.) Some of the discounts are definitely worth looking at. Over 100 discounts, for some very good sites. | |
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| 11-25-19 03:42am - 1856 days | #15 | |
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Great minds think alike. Since tangub expressed my post earlier than I did, and in a more succinct form, you are free to ignore my post. Or to delete it. Whatever.  | |
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| 11-25-19 02:59am - 1856 days | #14 | |
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I normally write my reviews using Notepad (or some other word processing program). Then I cut and paste the review into the PU form. Since the PU form has line and letter limitations for each section, I sometimes have to make some edits to the review. But I've lost too many reviews over the years, when I tried writing the review directly, using the PU form. Because the PU page closed, for one reason or another. And re-writing the lost review is time-consuming, so you don't put the same effort into the re-write. Lost reviews happen to other PU members, and at least some have posted they use a word processing program to write their reviews, and then cut and paste the review into the PU form. Because the word-processing review will not crash, unlike the PU site. Theory: the word processing program could crash, but far less frequently than the PU site. | |
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| 11-24-19 12:02pm - 1856 days | #1494 | |
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President Trump fights for justice. He demands that the whistleblower appear before the FBI and answer questions. And if the whistleblower is a spy or a traitor, then the whistleblower should be put to death. Traitors and spies deserve the death penalty. Justice must be served. Trump is God's servant on earth. Trump is the voice of God. Amen. ------------ ------------ Schiff on why Democrats didn’t call the Ukraine whistleblower to testify Yahoo News Kadia Tubman Nov 24th 2019 12:34PM Despite two weeks of extraordinary impeachment hearings, which amassed a dozen witnesses and over 30 hours of testimony, there was one person the public and Democratic-led House of Representatives did not get to hear from: the still-anonymous whistleblower who triggered the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday told NBC “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd the committee wanted to call for the whistleblower’s testimony but declined to do so for a pair of reasons. “You did pledge that the intelligence committee would hear from the whistleblower in some form or another,” Todd said. “Are you going to fulfill that pledge?” “We had a deep interest in having the whistleblower testify until two things happened,” Schiff said. “One, we were able to prove everything in the whistleblower complaint with witnesses that had firsthand information; and second, the president and his allies effectively put that whistleblower’s life in danger.” He continued: “The president said the whistleblower and others should be treated as a traitor or a spy and we ought to use the penalty we used to use for traitors and spies and that’s the death penalty." “So here’s the thing, Chuck, we don’t need the whistleblower secondhand evidence anymore,” Schiff added. “It would only serve to endanger this person and to gratify the president’s desire for retribution and that is not a good enough reason to bring in the whistleblower.” Trump, at the conclusion of the televised impeachment hearings, continued his calls for the whistleblower’s identity to be revealed as he lashed out at the inquiry in an interview with FOX & Friends last Friday. “The bottom line is all of those witnesses, they're all shifty Schiff, don't forget. There was no due process. You can't have lawyers. We couldn't have any witnesses. We want to call the whistleblower,” Trump said, before adding, “I want a trial” in the Senate if the House votes to impeach him. Meanwhile, the FBI recently sought to question the whistleblower, as Yahoo News first reported last week. No interview has been scheduled. The inquiry, which followed the whistleblower’s complaint over President Trump’s July 25 Ukraine call, is centered on the president’s efforts, conveyed through his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, to coerce the government of Ukraine to announce investigations that he thought would help his 2020 campaign, including of his potential opponent Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Part of the pressure on Ukraine involved the temporary withholding of military aid. While the public hearings have ended and Schiff on CNN's "State of the Union said “the evidence that's been produced overwhelmingly shows serious misconduct by the president,” the Democratic lawmaker doesn’t “foreclose the possibility of more depositions, more hearings.” “We are in the process of getting more documents all the time. So that investigative work is being done," he told host Jake Tapper. "What we're not going to do is wait months and months while the administration plays a game of rope-a-dope in an effort to try to stall. We're not willing to go down that road. And what's more, the evidence is already overwhelming.” Schiff spoke about another potential witness, John Bolton, the president’s former national security adviser, who reemerged on Twitter last week amid the hearings and had refused to testify before Congress, but, as the Democratic leader acknowledged, would more likely testify before a Republican-majority Senate. “We have certainly been in touch with his lawyer. And what we have been informed by his lawyer -- because we invited him to come in, and he did not choose to come in and testify, notwithstanding the fact that his deputy Fiona Hill and his other deputy, Colonel Vindman, and Tim Morrison and others in the National Security Council have shown the courage to come in -- is, if we subpoena him, they will sue us in court,” Schiff told Tapper. “Now, he will have to explain one day if he maintains that position, why he wanted to wait to put it in a book, instead of telling the American people what he knew when it really mattered to the country,” he added. Schiff, nodding to the possibility of upcoming investigations, told Todd “there are still other witnesses, other documents we would like to obtain" before articles of impeachment would be moved from the House likely before the year’s end. When asked by Todd whether he would testify if called by the Senate in an impeachment trial in the event that the House impeaches Trump, Schiff said, “If the Senate wants to call me as a witness then they pretty much made the decision not to take this process seriously.” “I’m not a fact witness,” he added. _____ | |
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| 11-24-19 10:38am - 1856 days | #9 | |
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"The Collector, if you watch David Lynch's Dune movie, try to get a copy with the extended intro about the Butlerian Jihad and the defeat of the machines. It's about half an hour of exposition about the Dune universe and well worth watching." I saw the 1984 Dune movie in the theaters. I also own a streaming version of that movie from Amazon. But I don't remember ever seeing an extended version of Dune with the extended intro about the Butlerian Jihad and the defeat of the machine. And I don't know how you would be able to buy a version of the 1984 Dune movie with that extended intro. The seller would have to explicitly state the version contains the extended intro. And most descriptions for Dune don't. Maybe Loki could help about finding the version of Dune you are looking for. Where to find it, how to identify it. You could send Loki a private email. The PU site is supposed to have a system where you can send private emails to its members. There were changes/edits made to the 1984 film that was released, and David Lynch didn't like the changes. He didn't have final cut control, and he dis-avowed the film. The film does make some changes from the novel, but that is to be expected: the novel was very long, with massive details that could not be filmed in a single movie. But I enjoyed the movie when it came out, and still think it holds up as a very good science fiction movie. That's just my opinion. The 1984 film bombed when it was released, and David Lynch has stated the released version was not what he wanted. He even had his name removed from the film in some versions, using a pseudonym for the director. Whatever. I'm not a geek. I just enjoyed the film. Far more than I enjoyed Star Wars, which I thought was boring. Different strokes for different folks. (I started reading SF in my pre-teens, and read it extensively for over 20 years. So I came across Dune in the 1960s, and thought it was a great novel. And didn't understand why the Dune movie was such a flop. But the 1984 Dune movie has become a cult classic, for what that's worth. Vertigo (the Alfred Hitchcock movie) was a flop when it was released, and is now considered one of the great crime movies of all time. | |
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| 11-23-19 06:56pm - 1857 days | #6 | |
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There are multiple versions of the 1984 movie Dune (by David Lynch). You can buy a DVD version on Amazon or other sites. Or you can buy a streaming version of the 1984 movie at Amazon or other sites. Ebay also sells DVDs of the 1984 Dune movie, and sometimes offers different versions of that film. There are also other films/movies/whatever on the Dune series: Children of Dune was a TV miniseries, that's on DVD. I've also read there is going to be a re-boot of Dune as a movie, coming out late 2020. I actually own the Amazon streaming version of Dune (1984). Streaming versions are easier to keep track of, and don't need a DVD player. Some of my computer DVD players have stopped working, so it's nice to have a streaming version. (As long as your internet connection doesn't go on the fritz.) | |
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| 11-23-19 02:18am - 1858 days | #1493 | |
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Joe Biden is disappointed and angered by Lindsey Graham's investigation. But Graham is a politician who must follow the law and his ethics. Joe Biden must confess if he did illegal acts. However, Biden is also a professional politician, and he is willing to work with Republicans and Democrats. America, land of the free. ----------- ----------- Joe Biden is 'disappointed and angered' by Lindsey Graham's investigation HuffPost US David Moye Nov 22nd 2019 9:35PM Two words described Joe Biden’s reaction to the news that old friend Lindsey Graham had launched an investigation of him and of his son Hunter’s work in Ukraine: “disappointed” and “angered.” Graham’s investigation indulges an unsubstantiated right-wing theory that Biden pushed Ukraine to fire a prosecutor in order to shield Hunter, who was serving on the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukranian natural gas company, at the time. Biden told CNN’s Don Lemon that he believed Graham was being coerced into doing the investigation. They have Graham “under their thumb right now,” Biden said. “They know he knows if he comes out against [Donald] Trump, he’s got a real tough road for reelection.” Biden didn’t mince words about how being investigated by a friend who once called him “as good a man as God ever created” made him feel. “Number one. I am disappointed, and, quite frankly I’m angered by the fact that he knows me,” Biden said. “He knows my son. He knows there’s nothing to this. Trump is now essentially holding power over him that even the Ukrainians wouldn’t yield to.” Biden predicts things aren’t going to end well for Graham. “Lindsey is about to go down in a way I think he’s going to regret his whole life,” Biden said, before addressing his old friend from the Senate personally. “Lindsey, I’m just embarrassed by what you’re doing ― for you! I mean, my lord,” Biden said. You can see the exchange below. CNN analyst Gloria Borger speculated at the end of the clip that Biden feels especially “betrayed” by Graham since one of his campaign arguments is that he will be able to work with Republicans. | |
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| 11-23-19 01:40am - 1858 days | #2 | |
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Only a single viewer clicked on this thread. Does that mean that Star Wars is losing its popularity, at least among PU members? Star War movies are still among the biggest blockbusters. But I'm guessing that many or most PU members don't go to the movies very often. High ticket prices, disappointing movies, are probably the reasons for low PU member attendance at the movies. As well as the choice to see movies at home through cable or or other steaming choices. | |
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| 11-22-19 04:00pm - 1858 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Flash news: The Rey story is coming to an end. Make sure you have the money to buy a ticket to watch this world-shattering event to know how the future is unfolding. This film is probably even more important than the rise of Adult Time, the force changing the world of internet porn. I've seen photos of Daisy Ridley, the actress who plays Rey, and she is gorgeous beyond belief. One glance from her amazing eyes would destroy any dark force forever. Praise be to the force. Edit: I only saw the first Star Wars movie, where I had to stand in line for hours to go inside the theater. I thought 2001: A Space Odyssey was a much better film. But Star Wars launched a billion dollar empire of films, books, toys, etc. While 2001 had minimal impact, evidently. I also enjoyed the original Dune movie by David Lynch. I read the Dune novel back in the 1960s, and was a fan of the book series. Although after Frank Herbert died, I didn't enjoy the Dune books his son took over. | |
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| 11-21-19 07:20am - 1859 days | #1492 | |
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Stop the press!!! Trump says he will release a financial statement before the 2020 election. (Unless he changes his mind, of course.) (Or, he could make the release a 1-page document of his charitable donations, that were funded by public donations.) Trump, the man of a thousand lies. Making America free, white, and great again. And Trump will sue to make himself whole again, if any graft is uncovered. Trump, the man with a teflon skin. (Or, maybe it's a teflon brain. Ha-ha. Joke.) -------- -------- Trump says he will release 'financial statement' before 2020 election Thomson Reuters Nov 21st 2019 9:04AM WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, facing lawsuits and political demands to release his U.S. tax returns and other financial information, said on Thursday he will release a statement on his finances before the presidential election, and asserted that it was his call on providing the information. "I’m clean, and when I release my financial statement (my decision) sometime prior to election, it will only show one thing - that I am much richer than people even thought - And that is a good thing," Trump said in a post on Twitter, providing no details on his claims of wealth. Trump also said Special Counsel Robert Mueller's two-year investigation into Russian interference in elections, which most recently led to the criminal conviction of Trump's former adviser Roger Stone, showed that his finances were in order. Mueller "went over all of my financials, & my taxes, and found nothing. Now the Witch Hunt continues with local New York Democrat prosecutors going over every financial deal I have ever done. This has never happened to President before. What they are doing is not legal," Trump wrote. Trump, an international hotelier and former reality TV star, is the first major-party presidential candidate since Gerald Ford in 1976 not to release his tax returns. Last week a federal judge dismissed New York's attorney general and state tax commissioner as defendants in Trump's lawsuit seeking to block a congressional committee from obtaining his New York state tax returns. New York passed a law earlier this year that would allow the committee to access Trump's state tax returns. Meanwhile an appeals court in New York has ruled that Trump’s longtime accounting firm must hand over eight years of his tax returns to New York prosecutors. (Reporting by Lisa Lambert; Additional reporting by Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Toby Chopra) | |
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| 11-21-19 02:33am - 1860 days | #1491 | |
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HuffPost Eric Trump Burned For Using Impeachment Hearing To Sell Trump Wine POLITICS 11/20/2019 07:10 pm ET Eric Trump Burned For Using Impeachment Hearing To Sell Trump Wine One Twitter user said the wine “pairs well with bribery.” Eric Trump wasn’t exactly drunk with power during Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s testimony on Wednesday ― but he definitely thought about getting drunk. While Sondland was directly implicating President Donald Trump in a Ukraine shakedown, the president’s second-born son was figuring out how to make a buck off the whole impeachment situation. His solution was to push Trump wines. As you might expect, many Twitter users called out the dubious marketing stunt and Eric himself. Some people immediately thought of appropriate pairings. Some suggested a different spirit might be in order. Others were confused by the Trump wine tweet. And others just assumed Trump’s second son made a spelling error. One person wasn’t going to buy until they got a full accounting of the wine’s flavor profile. | |
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| 11-21-19 01:42am - 1860 days | #8 | |
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I haven't complained in any emails about the inactive link, but my post was more in the line of joke. But still, it was nice that Freddie gave her email address. Perhaps I should send an email, to test it? If my email is returned with an error message, that would be evidence that Freddie is a figment of someone's imagination, or someone in hiding. | |
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| 11-20-19 08:14am - 1860 days | #5 | |
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Freddie, the email link (to send you an email) in your staff profile page does not work. Click on the link that states "E-mail FreddieAdmin" and it brings up a page that states: This User is Invalid. You've reached a user that is invalid or no longer exists. If this resulted from a live link, please report this to us (with details). ------ Does this mean the Freddie we've known to come and love is a figment of our imagination? Is our imagination sweeter than reality? Enquiring minds went to know: How to email Freddie? Does Freddie exist in the real world? Please respond ASAP, before our dreams are turned into nightmares. | |
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| 11-19-19 04:24am - 1862 days | #1490 | |
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Trump is his own man. He makes his own decisions. Trump changes US policy toward Israel, that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are now legal. A win for hard-line Israel parties, a loss for Palestinians. ----------- ----------- Trump just upended 40 years of U.S. policy toward Israel and may have shattered any hope of peace in the Middle East Business Insider John Haltiwanger Nov 19th 2019 5:41AM Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced the U.S. will break from decades of policy and will no longer view Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as "inconsistent with international law." This marks a stark departure from the policies of previous administrations and a 1978 State Department legal opinion issued under the administration of former President Jimmy Carter. Israeli settlements are among the most heated topics in foreign affairs and this move could derail any hope of peace and a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. Palestinian leaders decried the announcement as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Trump ally who is fighting for his political survival, expressed gratitude. The Trump administration on Monday announced a major shift in U.S. policy toward Israel that could make it virtually impossible to advance peace efforts in the Middle East. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will no longer view Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as "inconsistent with international law." This effectively means the US will no longer adhere to a 1978 State Department legal opinion issued under the administration of former President Jimmy Carter, which determined the settlements violated international law. "Calling the establishment of civilian settlements inconsistent with international law has not advanced the cause of peace," Pompeo said on Monday. "The hard truth is that there will never be a judicial resolution to the conflict, and arguments about who is right and who is wrong as a matter of international law will not bring peace." In late 2016, the Obama administration declined to veto a landmark resolution in the UN Security Council that demanded a halt to all Israeli settlement in the occupied territories. The U.S. abstained from a vote on the resolution, which described the settlements as a "flagrant violation" of international law, and it passed 14-0. Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which conducts peace talks behalf of Palestinians, in a statement on Monday slammed the Trump administration over this announcement. "Once again, with this announcement, the Trump administration is demonstrating the extent to which it's threatening the international system with its unceasing attempts to replace international law with the 'law of the jungle,'" Erekat said. "Henceforth, the international community must take all necessary measures to respond and deter this irresponsible U.S. behavior, which poses a threat to global stability, security, and peace. " Israeli settlements are among the most divisive topics in conversations on the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. The settlements have long been considered illegal by the international community and are widely seen as one of the key obstacles to a two-state solution, which has consistently been the goal of the US government. Trump continues to hand gifts to Netanyahu at the expense of regional stability Monday's announcement is part of a series of decisions the Trump administration has taken that represent a stark turn away from years of U.S. policy toward Israel, such as President Donald Trump's decision earlier this year to recognize Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights. This new decision could further undermine Palestine's efforts to achieve statehood. By continuously taking stances that are in line with more extreme elements of Israeli politics, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has increasingly embraced, the Trump administration has decreased the likelihood of a deal between Israel and the Palestinians. The Israeli government's spending on West Bank settlements has skyrocketed since Trump was elected, according according to official data analyzed by the Associated Press. And the Trump administration's latest move could be viewed as a greenlight to expand settlements, which could exacerbate tensions and lead to more violence. Netanyahu, a Trump ally, in recent months has vowed to annex all Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where roughly 400,000 Israeli settlers and 2.8 million Palestinians live. In an August speech, the Israeli leader said: "With God's help we will extend Jewish sovereignty to all the settlements as part of the (biblical) land of Israel, as part of the state of Israel." At the time, Nabil Abu Rdainah, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Netanyahu's remarks were a "continuation of attempts to create an unacceptable fait accompli that will not lead to any peace, security or stability." Netanyahu, whose political career is in jeopardy after he failed to form a coalition following recent elections, on Monday celebrated the Trump administration's decision. The Israeli prime minister in a statement said the US has "adopted an important policy that rights a historical wrong" and "reflects an historical truth." "The Jewish people are not foreign colonialists in Judea and Samaria," Netanyahu said. "In fact, we are called Jews because we are the people of Judea." Netanyahu added: "Israel is deeply grateful to President Trump, Secretary Pompeo and the entire US administration for their steadfast position supporting truth and justice, and calls upon all responsible countries who hope to advance peace to adopt a similar position." More from Business Insider: Trump reportedly shelved a ban on flavored e-cigarettes to avoid angering voters Rudy Giuliani said he has 'insurance' if Trump tries to throw him under the bus in the impeachment process Trump just petitioned the Supreme Court to shield his tax returns from federal prosecutors, in a test of separation-of-powers | |
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| 11-18-19 06:57pm - 1862 days | #1489 | |
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This is wrong. A senior Trump administration official resigned her job at the State Department after it was revealed she had made false claims about her charity work. Why is it wrong? Because Trump has lied repeatedly, about almost everything. Trump has lied about his charities. So if one of his officials lies, she (or he) is just following in Trump's footsteps. And if you follow in Trump's footsteps, you should be able to get away with anything. So, don't resign. Instead, tell the public "This is a witch hunt. The media is biased. I'm innocent." And ask for a raise on your current job. Maybe Mina Chang could be promoted to serve as Donald Trump's spokesperson, since she and Trump seem to share a lot in common (they are both liars). ----- ----- Follow President Donald Trump as he shapes America’s future Senior Trump admin official Mina Chang resigns after NBC News report NBC News Dan De Luce, Laura Strickler and Ari Sen Nov 18th 2019 7:26PM WASHINGTON — Senior Trump administration official Mina Chang resigned from her job at the State Department two and a half hours after NBC News went to her spokesperson to ask about newly discovered false claims she had made about her charity work. NBC News had previously reported that Chang, the deputy assistant secretary in the State Department's Bureau of Conflict and Stability Operations, had embellished her resume with misleading claims about her educational achievements and the scope of her non-profit's work — even posting a fake cover of Time magazine with her face on it. "It is essential that my resignation be seen as a protest and not as surrender because I will not surrender my commitment to serve, my fidelity to the truth, or my love of country," Chang wrote in her resignation letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. "Indeed, I intend to fight for those things as a citizen in the days and years to come." Chang said she had been "unfairly maligned, unprotected by my superiors, and exposed to a media with an insatiable desire for gossip and scandal, genuine or otherwise." NBC News had reported that Chang, who assumed her post in April, invented a role on a UN panel, claimed she had addressed both the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and implied she had testified before Congress. She was being considered for an even bigger government job, one with a budget of more than $1 billion, until Congress started asking questions about her resume. The newly discovered false claims include misrepresenting a trip to Afghanistan as a humanitarian mission, listing an academic who says he never worked for her nonprofit as an employee, claiming a nonexistent degree from the University of Hawaii, inflating an award and claiming to be a UNESCO "ambassador." Chang had portrayed a 2015 trip to Afghanistan as a humanitarian mission for her non-profit, but a defense contractor footed the bill and no aid was delivered, according to documents from the company and a former employee. Mina Chang and unnamed others in Afghanistan in a photo from the Facebook page of Automotive Management Services (AMS), a defense contractor operating in Afghanistan. After the Afghanistan trip, Chang posted photos of herself meeting a group of Afghan women in a room. In a video posted on her charity's website, she refers to the photo and says the Afghan women are "in hiding" at a secret location. "This is in Afghanistan, I am sitting with women in our program, they are living in hiding. I can only say they are right outside of the Kabul area," Chang said in an interview posted on her non-profit's website. But the women were not part of any program run by her charity, Linking the World. They were wives of local employees of the defense contractor that paid for her trip, Automotive Management Services, and they were not in hiding, said a former employee. "They were photo-ops," the former employee said of Chang's trip to Afghanistan, and another to Iraq. Company documents obtained by NBC News show Chang was asked to help the firm manage an association of Afghan wives, whose spouses worked for the company. The plan would free up AMS to "focus on our commercial prospects," according to a document outlining the project. AMS, which helped Afghan security forces maintain a fleet of armored vehicles, paid for Chang's airfare and accommodation, according to documents and the former employees. On her charity's website, Chang posted photos from the Afghan trip, without indicating that the defense contractor bankrolled the visit and that her NGO conducted no aid work during the trip. The data scientist In promotional material for her non-profit, Linking the World, under the heading "Who We Are," the group lists a "chief data scientist," Michele Leonard, an adjunct professor at New York University and Columbia University. But Leonard told NBC News that "I was never an employee of this organization." He said he had never seen the document touting his expertise. In response, Ian Dailey, Linking the World’s chief of staff, told NBC News in an email, "Linking the World is a volunteer-based organization, so no persons addressed on our site were employees. At the time, Mr. Leonard was employed by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), and I was personally working with him on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two organizations, to share data, skills and analyzes (sic). However, Mr. Leonard left USIP before that MOU was completed." Michele Leonard - from Dailey did not respond to a request for comment about the AMS sponsorship of Chang's trip to Afghanistan. In numerous bios, including one when she was a fellow at the New America think tank in Washington, Chang said she had served as a "cross cultural ambassador" for the U.N.'s cultural agency, UNESCO. But Chang does not appear on a list of ambassadors for UNESCO. Spokesman Roni Amelan said the organization does not have a "cross-cultural ambassador" category. Chang has cited winning a "CBS Humanitarian of the Year Women That Soar" award in 2012. In fact, it was a local award in Dallas and the event was broadcast by a local CBS affiliate. "It's not a CBS award. It aired on a CBS station," said Lori Conrad, market communications director for the CBS Corporation. A spokesperson for the Women That Soar event did not respond to a request for comment but Mina Chang's bio has been removed from the organization's website. Facebook banner picture for defense contractor Automotive Management Services(AMS) featuring Mina Chang. In a profile published in 2012 with a Dallas publication, DFWChild, Chang is described as having earned a degree in international development from the University of Hawaii. A University of Hawaii spokesperson says they do not have a Mina Chang of her age in their records, and that the university does not offer a "degree in international development." The magazine on Monday published an editor's note, saying the article was based on false information from Chang. "As other falsehoods and misleading statements come to light, we've made the decision to preserve the text as it was originally published in May 2012. We stand by our reporting at the time, and we want this article to serve as a snapshot of the narrative Ms. Chang promoted then." | |
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| 11-18-19 05:01pm - 1862 days | #1488 | |
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Rats deserting a sinking ship. Except Trump will not sink. He wants to take down anyone and everyone around him. Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, is changing his story about Donald Trump. Trump is acting pro-actively, saying he is hardly aware of Sonddland, and that Sondland has little weight. Therefore, anything Sondland says has little weight. (Trump is a serial liar. Or he is deluded. Anyone who criticizes Trump is an idiot or a traitor.) ---------- ---------- Gordon Sondland, key figure in Trump impeachment inquiry, set to testify this week Yahoo News David Knowles Nov 18th 2019 6:05PM As the public hearing phase of the impeachment inquiry of President Trump enters its second week, the House Intelligence Committee is set to hear testimony from eight witnesses. While each of the members of the administration are expected to shed light on Trump’s efforts to procure a Ukrainian investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, none is more anticipated than Gordon Sondland. Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, has emerged as a central figure in what Democrats allege is a bribery and extortion scheme in which the Trump administration conditioned the release of nearly $400 million in U.S. military aid and a meeting with the presidenton a public announcement that Kyiv was investigating Biden and his son Hunter. A key Republican talking point used to defend Trump has been that none of the witnesses to publicly testify had direct interactions with the president regarding the Biden investigations. That is true, although those who might have firsthand knowledge — acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and lawyer Rudy Giuliani — have either been blocked from testifying by the White House or refused to appear. But Sondland did have direct conversations with Trump about his demands on Ukraine, although his account has changed since his original testimony. In his Oct. 17 deposition, Sondland first told House investigators that he was not aware the White House had linked release of aid to Ukraineto investigations of the Bidens. But after the release of testimony by other witnesses that supported the scenario Democrats describe, Sondland revised his testimony on Nov. 5. “I presumed that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anticorruption statement,” Sondland said in his written addendum. Sondland also described telling an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the “resumption of U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anticorruption statement that we have been discussing for many weeks.” Other witnesses have added more detail about Sondland’s direct dealings with Trump. David Holmes, a U.S. Embassy official in Kyiv who is set to testify Thursday, said in his closed-door deposition on Friday that he overheard Sondland and Trump on a cellphone call discussing the plan to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens. Holmes recounted hearing Trump ask Sondland, “So, he’s going to do the investigation?” Sondland responded that Zelensky “loves your ass” and would do “anything you ask him to.” After the call ended, Holmes then asked Sondland about what he had overheard, in particular whether it was true that Trump did not “give a s*** about Ukraine,” undercutting the president’s contention that he was concerned about corruption in the former Soviet nation. “Ambassador Sondland agreed that the president did not give a s*** about Ukraine,” Holmes’s opening statement to lawmakers read. Sondland went on to say that Trump cared only about the “big stuff that benefits the president like the Biden investigation that Mr. Giuliani was pushing.” Gone rogue? If Sondland confirms Holmes’s account, contradicting Trump’s repeated assertions that he had nothing to do with demanding a quid pro quo from Ukraine,House Republicans are expected to attempt to minimize Sondland’s position in the administration. Indeed, Trump himself has already previewed this alibi, telling White House reporters earlier this month, “I hardly knew the gentleman.” That would seem unlikely, given that Sondland, a businessman with no diplomatic experience, was appointed ambassador after making a million-dollar donation to the Trump inaugural fund — and that he could call the White House on his phone from a restaurant in Kyiv and get put through to the president. Typically, the U.S. ambassador to the EU works out of Brussels, and the job does not concern matters related to Ukraine, a non-EU state. Democrats are expected to ask Sondland how he became Trump’s point person in the Ukraine matter. Emails obtained by the Wall Street Journal show that Sondland also kept several Trump administration officials in the loop about his efforts to pressure Ukraine to announce an investigation of Biden. And Sondland can hardly be portrayed as the “Never Trumper” that the president has labeled all those who have testified in the impeachment inquiry so far. Less than a week after Sondland gave his sworn deposition to House investigators, the discrepancies with what others had told the Intelligence Committee had become apparent. Prior to Sondland’s amending his testimony, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., who sits on the committee, told MSNBC that the ambassador was at risk of perjury charges. Some legal analysts have posited that rather than attempt to explain why he amended his deposition testimony, Sondland may invoke his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination. Preet Bharara, who was fired by Trump in a 2017 purge of 46 U.S. attorneys, noted that Trump’s longtime personal adviser Roger Stone was convicted last week of lying to Congress. In an email to Yahoo News, Sondland’s attorney Robert Luskin said his client planned to show up on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning. “Ambassador Sondland expects to testify as scheduled Wednesday,” Luskin said. “Beyond that, no comment.” | |
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| 11-17-19 08:08pm - 1863 days | #1487 | |
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Donald Trump is the most honest and fearless president the US has ever had. In spite of attacks by scummy Democrats and other lower-class dirt-bags, Trump has kept his cool and kept his honor bright. But now it's time for Trump to unleash his presidential powers to cleanse our government of criminals and women of ill repute to make America great again. Vote for Trump, the leader of a free, white America. And give Trump the power to throw these scum in jail. Trump needs the support of the American people. And if Trump is not re-elected president in 2020, then Trump should be made the head of the FBI, where he can root out corruption in the US government. -------- -------- Trump accuses Pence aide of 'presidential attack' HuffPost US Amy Russo Nov 17th 2019 7:38PM President Donald Trump lashed out on Sunday against Jennifer Williams, a foreign policy aide to Vice President Mike Pence who has become the latest impeachment inquiry witness to be targeted by the president’s ire. “Tell Jennifer Williams, whoever that is, to read BOTH transcripts of the presidential calls, & see the just released ststement (sic) from Ukraine,” he tweeted. “Then she should meet with the other Never Trumpers, who I don’t know & mostly never even heard of, & work out a better presidential attack!” Offering a non-defensive response to Trump’s tweet, Pence’s spokesperson told CNN, “Jennifer is a State Department employee.” On Saturday, House lawmakers released a transcript of Williams’ testimony on Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which is at the heart of impeachment proceedings. A rough transcript of the call shows Trump sought Zelensky’s help with a corruption probe of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, based on unsubstantiated allegations. Earlier this month, Williams told Intelligence Committee members that the conversation on which she listened in, “struck me as unusual and inappropriate.” She described the discussion as “more political in nature” than Trump’s communications with other foreign leaders, noting that he was concerned with his “personal political agenda.” The call, which occurred while American military aid was being withheld from Ukraine, has raised questions over whether Trump was attempting to broker a quid pro quo while soliciting interference in the 2020 election to handicap his Democratic rival. Trump has already bashed other impeachment witnesses, including former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch who hadn’t even left Friday’s hearing before he assailed her decades-long career online. In a tweet, Trump claimed that “everywhere” she “went turned bad.” Yovanovitch, responding in real time, called the rebuke “intimidating.” Speaking to reporters, Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) characterized Trump’s remarks as “witness intimidation.” | |
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| 11-17-19 10:29am - 1863 days | #1486 | |
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President Trump's new best buddy. Is North Korea's leader the new best buddy of President Trump? Even more than Russia's Putin? Kim Jong-un calls for Joe Biden to be beaten to death with a stick. What can Putin do to make Trump like him just as well? Send secret assassins to kill Joe Biden and his family, so Trump can have a better chance for re-election in 2020? That would really make Trump's day. -------- -------- Rolling Stone Politics News November 17, 2019 12:36PM ET Trump Replies ‘See You Soon’ After Kim Jong-un Calls for Biden to Be ‘Beaten to Death With a Stick’ Trump seems to respect the violence Un brings, even against his own people By Peter Wade On Sunday, President Donald Trump took a quick Twitter break from trying to intimidate those who’ve testified during the impeachment inquiry to once again say friendly things to his favorite pen pal, North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-un. Only this time, it was in response to Un calling for the death of Joe Biden. The president spotted a tweet from an anchor of the lesser-known Trump propaganda “news” network, One America News, who linked to an article that quoted Un’s own mouthpiece, North Korean’s state news agency KCNA. The tweet called Joe Biden a “rabid dog” and said he should be “beaten to death with a stick.” But Trump ignored the threat and cheerily replied, “See you soon!” “Mr. Chairman, Joe Biden may be Sleepy and Very Slow, but he is not a “rabid dog.” He is actually somewhat better than that, but I am the only one who can get you where you have to be. You should act quickly, get the deal done. See you soon!” the president tweeted. The article that Trump shared by quote tweeting the cable news host also goes after Biden’s health, saying he’s in “the final stage of dementia.” The article also said that the “time has come for him to depart his life.” Trump has embraced North Korea’s ruthless leader after attacking him early in his presidency, publicly calling Un “little rocket man,” which led to a name calling back-and-forth. But that animosity has now ceased. Trump seems to respect the violence Un brings, even against his own people. Back in June, the president brought along Fox News’ Tucker Carlson to a meeting with Un in North Korea, leaving behind his then national security advisor John Bolton. While with the president, Carlson said during a morning phone interview on Fox News, “You know you’ve got to be honest about what it means to lead a country; it means killing people.” | |
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| 11-16-19 07:51am - 1864 days | #1485 | |
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President Donald Trump, the most heroic president we've ever had, understands first-hand the hazards of military war. He's studied in his mind military matters. Unfortunately, he got exemptions from military service, because of academic issues and a bone-spur problem. But as Commander in Chief, Trump is an expert on the military. This is why he issued pardons in military justice cases. ------- ------- Trump intervenes in military justice cases, grants pardons The Associated Press DARLENE SUPERVILLE Nov 16th 2019 8:09AM WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned a former U.S. Army commando set to stand trial next year in the killing of a suspected Afghan bomb-maker and a former Army lieutenant convicted of murder for ordering his men to fire upon three Afghans, killing two, the White House announced late Friday. The commander in chief also ordered a promotion for a decorated Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State captive in Iraq. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a written statement that the president is responsible for ensuring the law is enforced and that “mercy is granted,” when appropriate. “For more than 200 years, presidents have used their authority to offer second chances to deserving individuals, including those in uniform who have served our country,” she said. “These actions are in keeping with this long history.” Trump said earlier this year that he was considering issuing the pardons. “Some of these soldiers are people that have fought hard and long,” he said in May. “You know, we teach them how to be great fighters, and then when they fight sometimes they get really treated very unfairly.” At the time, Trump acknowledged opposition to the possible pardons by some veterans and other groups and said he could make a decision after trials had been held. One of the pardons went to Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, a former Green Beret accused of killing a suspected bomb-maker during a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan. Golsteyn was leading a team of Army Special Forces at the time and believed that the man was responsible for an explosion that killed two U.S. Marines. He has argued that the Afghan was a legal target because of his behavior at the time of the shooting. The second pardon went to 1st Lt. Clint Lorance, who had been convicted of murder for ordering his soldiers to fire upon three unarmed Afghan men in July 2012, killing two. Lorance has served more than six years of a 19-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Trump also ordered a promotion for Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Edward Gallagher, the Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State captive in Iraq in 2017. Gallagher was in line for a promotion before he was prosecuted, but he lost that and was reduced in rank after the conviction. Last month Adm. Mike Gilday, the U.S. chief of naval operations, denied a request for clemency for Gallagher and upheld a military jury's sentence that reduced his rank by one step. One of Gallagher’s lawyers, Timothy Parlatore, said then that ruling would cost Gallagher up to $200,000 in retirement funds because of his loss of rank from a chief petty officer to a 1st class petty officer. Gallagher ultimately was acquitted of the most serious charges against him. Grisham said the reinstatement of the promotion was “justified,” given Gallagher’s service. “There are no words to adequately express how grateful my family and I are to our President - Donald J. Trump - for his intervention and decision,” Gallagher said in a statement on Instagram. “I truly believe that we are blessed as a nation to have a Commander-in-Chief that stands up for our warfighters, and cares about how they and their families are treated.” Parlatore said Friday that his client had received a telephone call from Trump and Vice President Mike Pence informing him of the news. Golsteyn’s trial by court-martial initially had been scheduled for December but was postponed until Feb. 19 to give attorneys more time to prepare. In a statement Friday, Golsteyn said his family is “profoundly grateful” for Trump’s pardon. “We have lived in constant fear of this runaway prosecution. Thanks to President Trump, we now have a chance to rebuild our family and lives. With time, I hope to regain my immense pride in having served in our military,” Golsteyn said. His defense attorney, Phillip Stackhouse, said he was “confident we would have prevailed in trial, but this action by the President expedited justice in this case.” Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project, said the actions amounted to an “utterly shameful use of presidential powers.” “Trump has sent a clear message of disrespect for law, morality, the military justice system, and those in the military who abide by the laws of war,” Shamsi said in a statement. Defense officials, including Defense Secretary Mark Esper met with Trump and provided him information on the cases. Asked last week if he supported the exoneration of Gallagher, Golsteyn and Lorance, Esper told reporters that he had a “robust discussion” with the president about the issue and offered his advice and recommendations. He declined to provide more details, but said, “I do have full confidence in the military justice system and we’ll let things play out as they play out.” ___ Associated Press writer Lolita C. Baldor contributed to this report. | |
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| 11-15-19 02:13pm - 1865 days | #1484 | |
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President Trump attacks Democrats and others who are trying to impeach him. Says he is above the law. God Himself appointed Trump to be President of the United States. The Democrats are scum sent by Satan to destroy Trump's fight to make America great again. Vote for Trump, who will make America free, white and the land of the free. ------ ------ Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testifies to influence from 'foreign corrupt interests' Yahoo News Jon Ward Nov 15th 2019 1:21PM A former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testified Friday in the second public impeachment hearing, amid real-time attacks by President Trump himself, that she was the victim of a dishonest smear campaign in which one of the president’s personal lawyers worked with corrupt Ukrainian officials to remove her from her position earlier this year. “Ukrainians who preferred to play by the old, corrupt rules sought to remove me. What continues to amaze me is that they found Americans willing to partner with them, and working together, they apparently succeeded in orchestrating the removal of a U.S. ambassador,” said Marie Yovanovitch, who served as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2016 until her abrupt removal in late April. “How could our system fail like this? How is it that foreign corrupt interests could manipulate our government?” Yovanovitch asked the members of the House Intelligence Committee. The public hearings are part of an investigation led by Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., into whether the full House should vote on articles of impeachment and recommend to the Senate that it hold a trial to determine whether the president is guilty of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,” as outlined in Article 2, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution. The Yovanovitch story is important, Schiff said, because she was an obstacle to efforts by Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani to set up an “irregular channel” of diplomacy that could pressure the Ukrainians to announce they were investigating former Vice President Joe Biden, a rival to Trump for the presidency, and his son Hunter Biden, who was on the board of a Ukrainian energy company. “The president’s scheme might have worked but for the man who succeeded Yovanovitch,” Schiff said, referring to Bill Taylor, who replaced Yovanovitch in June as acting ambassador to Ukraine. Taylor testified Wednesday, in the first public hearing, that he was alarmed as he came to understand how this “irregular channel” — involving Giuliani and several others — was undermining U.S. national security by weakening U.S. support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. Taylor also called the withholding of nearly $400 million in military assistance to Ukraine until it announced an investigation of the Bidens “crazy” and “wrong.” As Yovanovitch spoke to the committee, the president attacked her through his Twitter account, writing, “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad.” “It is a U.S. President’s absolute right to appoint ambassadors,” Trump added. He also said in a subsequent tweet that U.S. foreign policy is “very strong and powerful … much different than proceeding administrations.” Yovanovitch, however, said that due to Trump’s actions, “our Ukraine policy has been thrown into disarray, and shady interests the world over have learned how little it takes to remove an American ambassador who does not give them what they want.” Daniel Goldman, the Intelligence Committee attorney asking questions on behalf of Democrats, asked Yovanovitch about the effect on her of the president’s statement in July to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Yovanovitch would “go through some things.” That July statement, Yovanovitch said, “sounded like a threat.” “I didn’t know what to think, but I was very concerned,” she said. “It didn’t sound good.” Schiff then read Trump’s tweet to Yovanovitch, a 33-year veteran of the U.S. diplomatic corps, about 90 minutes into the hearing. “Now the president in real time is attacking you,” Schiff said. “Where I’ve served over the years, I and others have demonstrably made things better for the U.S. as well as for the countries that I’ve served in,” she said. Schiff asked her what kind of impact the president’s tweet might have on others who consider whether to publicly testify against any kind of wrongdoing in the Trump administration. “It’s very intimidating,” Yovanovitch said. Schiff referred to the president’s communication as “witness intimidation.” “Some of us here take witness intimidation very, very seriously,” Schiff told Yovanovitch. Schiff, during a break in the hearing, told CNN that “we saw today witness intimidation in real time by the president of the United States.” Fallout from Trump’s tweet was immediate and negative from Republicans, even from a member of the Intelligence Committee. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican who has drawn attention for her combative presence in the hearings so far, criticized the president. “I disagree with the tweet,” she told CNN’s Haley Byrd. “I think Ambassador Yovanovitch is a public servant.” And Ken Starr, the former independent investigator who led the Republican impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998, said on Fox News that the president’s tweets were “quite injurious” and showed “extraordinarily poor judgment.” “The president frequently says, ‘I follow my instincts.’ Sometimes we have to control our instincts,” Starr said. Republicans did not ask a question of Yovanovitch until more than two hours after the hearing had begun, a function of the rules agreed to by the full House in a party-line vote on Oct. 31. But the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes of California, attacked Schiff and the Democrats’ process in his opening statement, rather than going after Yovanovitch. Nunes called the entire investigation and inquiry “an excuse for Democrats to fulfill their Watergate fantasies.” _____ | |
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| 11-14-19 12:42pm - 1866 days | #1483 | |
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Being nice to one of Trump's greatest allies, Russia. ------ ------ The US Navy canceled a routine Black Sea patrol after Trump complained that it was hostile to Russia Ellen Ioanes Business Insider November 13, 2019 President Donald Trump called his then-national security adviser John Bolton to complain about a routine US Navy transit in the Black Sea after seeing a CNN report that framed the operation as a counter to Russia. An aide to a top Ukraine envoy testified about this to House investigators looking into the Ukraine scandal. The White House ordered the Navy to cancel the freedom-of-navigation patrol, though one eventually took place in February. The freedom-of-navigation operation came in the wake of an incident in which Russia attacked Ukrainian vessels and detained members of the Ukrainian military in the Kerch Strait, a body of water connecting the Black Sea to the Azov Sea. Christopher Anderson, an aide to former Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, testified that the White House canceled a Navy freedom-of-navigation operation in the Black Sea after President Donald Trump complained to then-national security adviser John Bolton about a CNN report that framed the operation as a counter to Russia, Politico reported. According to Anderson's testimony, the news report in question came from CNN and characterized the operation as antagonistic toward Russia. Anderson testified that Trump called Bolton at home to complain about the article, and the operation was later canceled at the behest of the White House, Anderson said. "In January, there was an effort to get a routine freedom-of-navigation operation into the Black Sea," Anderson testified. "There was a freedom-of-navigation operation for the Navy. So we — we, the US government — notified the Turkish government that there was this intent." While Anderson in his testimony placed the report in January, details from his testimony match a story from early December, which had the headline "US makes preparations to sail warship into the Black Sea amid Russia-Ukraine tensions." Anderson said the White House asked the Navy to cancel the freedom-of-navigation operation because the report portrayed the operation as a move to counter Russia, which has increased its naval presence there since annexing Crimea in 2014. In November 2018, its forces attacked Ukrainian assets transiting the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black Sea with the Azov Sea. Russia seized three Ukrainian ships and held 24 Ukrainian service members captive. | |
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| 11-14-19 12:09pm - 1866 days | #2 | |
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Adult Time has a massive catalog of videos. Over 50,000 videos, most of them high quality. Covering a wide variety of niches. Pure Taboo is one of my favorite channels in Adult Time. Lets Doe It has high quality videos, mainly European models. Their White Boxxx channel is one of the best glamcore channels I've seen, where they make the models look absolutely gorgeous. The Teen Fidelity, Porn Fidelity sites (join one, get the other site for free) has some really strong hardcore videos that have great technical values. I wouldn't call Pure Taboo or Teen Fidelity fun, but they are strong, vivid hardcore porn. Can be very intense. | |
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| 11-14-19 02:04am - 1867 days | #1482 | |
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President Trump is a man with a heart of gold. Not only did he pay Stormy Daniels for sex (allegedly), but now he is suing her to pay for his lawyer bills. The office of the President is too important for Trump to fight with a porn star. Trump should be impeached for immoral conduct, and put in prison, where he would be better able to defend himself against a porn star. As president, he does not have the time to fight the porn star properly. Power to the people!!! --------- --------- Porn actress fights Trump request for settlement dollars The Associated Press Nov 13th 2019 9:32PM COLUMBUS, Ohio — Attorneys for porn star Stormy Daniels are challenging a request by President Donald Trump’s lawyers to stake claim to a settlement between Daniels and Ohio's capital city. A federal judge last year said Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, must pay Trump nearly $293,000 for his attorneys' fees and another $1,000 in sanctions after her defamation suit against him was dismissed. Earlier this year, the city of Columbus reached a $450,000 settlement with Daniels over the porn actress' arrest at a strip club in 2018. Trump's lawyers noted in a filing to the court involved in the Columbus judgment last week that Clifford owes him $293,052. Daniels’ attorneys said in a Wednesday filing that Clifford has an active appeal in her defamation suit and Trump’s request should be deemed “null and void.” | |
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| 11-14-19 01:50am - 1867 days | #1481 | |
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Truths about Trump (updated): The “billionaire” who hides his tax returns. The “genius” who hides his college grades. The “businessman” who bankrupted 3 casinos and lost over $1B in 10 years. The “playboy” who pays for sex. The “Christian” who doesn’t go to church. The “philanthropist” who defrauds charity. The “patriot” who dodged the draft (aka MBS - Mr. Bone Spurs). The "educator" who rips off his students. The "leader" who acts like a fascist dictator, and goes down on Putin. The “innocent man” who refuses to testify. The "swamp drainer" who fills gov't posts with swamp creatures. The "American values POTUS" who has no American values. The "anti-socialist" who practices corporate socialism. The "corruption fighter" who steals US citizens' tax money for his business. The "deal maker" who bribes foreign leaders for personal gain - with your $. ----------- ----------- Trump impeachment hearing, Day 1: The battle lines are drawn Yahoo News Alexander Nazaryan Nov 13th 2019 9:10PM WASHINGTON — For hours they fought, Democrats and Republicans waging furious battle over what President Trump called his “perfect phone call” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During the first day of open impeachment hearings, Democrats repeatedly cast that call — and other actions by Trump and his associates, in particular his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani — as a blatant instance of corruption. The proceedings, said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., “will affect not only the future of this presidency, but the future of the presidency itself.” His counterpart, ranking member Devin Nunes, R-Calif., was just as grave, calling the two witnesses — Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and State Department official George Kent — actors in a “low-rent Ukrainian sequel” to the two-year investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 election, or as Nunes called it, the “Russian hoax.” Taylor and Kent testified for more than five hours, with no respite but a single five-minute break. The impeachment hearing — the first on Capitol Hill since 1998, when Bill Clinton was the subject of an inquiry into his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky — was carried live on television stations and on some social media networks. The halls of the Longworth House Office Building were crowded with journalists, congressional staffers and members of the public, including drag queen Pissi Myles, who won a day that otherwise seemed to have few victors. That is because, for all the accusation and recrimination surrounding Trump’s conduct, it is unclear how much has changed now that impeachment has entered its public phase. More witnesses will testify later this week, as well as next week, ahead of an expected vote on articles of impeachment sometime before December’s holiday break. Most of those witnesses have already given closed-door testimony. That testimony, much of which was made public last week, has been widely seen as damaging to Trump, with career diplomats repeatedly asserting they believed the president would not grant Zelensky an Oval Office meeting or, more substantively, release $400 million in aid until the new Ukrainian leader announced investigations into alleged electoral interference by Ukraine in the 2016 election and into Hunter Biden’s seat on the board of Burisma, an energy company with a history of corruption. The most substantive revelation to emerge from Wednesday’s testimony appeared to be that Trump called Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, to ask about “the investigations” into Biden and the 2016 election. That call took place the day after Trump spoke on the phone with Zelensky, seeming to suggest that the U.S.-Ukraine relationship was contingent on an announcement of such investigations being launched. An intelligence official later filed a whistleblower complaint over that phone call, which would eventually lead to the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry. Sondland’s seeming eagerness to work with Trump was already known. And after Taylor offered the new detail in his opening statement, there was little else that was new in the hours that followed. But this was not because either Taylor or Kent was reticent; to the contrary, they had given meticulous testimony to congressional investigators only days before. There was simply not much more to say, given how forthcoming they had already been. That’s not to say that the proceedings lacked drama or surprise, despite attempts by White House communications director Stephanie Grisham, the president’s son Eric and others to cast the hearing as “boring.” Daniel Goldman, lead counsel for the committee’s Democrats, questioned the witnesses with a prosecutor’s focus, attempting to fashion from the complex affair a narrative of foreign policy used to achieve political ends. Goldman’s counterpart on the Republican side, Steve Castor, cross-examined Taylor and Kent but came across as meandering. It fell instead to Trump allies like Nunes and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to offer the kinds of made-for-television moments Trump prefers. Nunes, Jordan and others — including, somewhat surprisingly, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who was previously seen by some as not entirely in the pro-Trump camp — criticized the proceedings as rigged by Schiff to yield the expected outcome of a House vote in favor of impeachment. They also suggested that the whistleblower was a partisan operative who had extensive interactions with Schiff before filing his complaint. (Schiff energetically denied this charge.) Republicans also pointed out that the aid to Ukraine was ultimately released, and that the Trump administration has provided more support — including lethal aid — than President Barack Obama ever did. They also cast Trump's desire to have Zelensky investigate Biden as part of a broader push by both Washington and Kyiv to root out corruption in the Eastern European country. In the end, Wednesday’s hearing was likely only to harden opinions instead of changing them. Trump’s detractors will continue to see the Ukraine affair as evidence of the ineradicable corruption of his administration. The president’s supporters, meanwhile, are bound to treat impeachment as part of the enduring project to undo the results of the 2016 election. Perhaps the most insightful moment of the day came from Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., who offered to reporters that “everybody has their interpretation of what truth is.” _____ | |
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| 11-11-19 05:59pm - 1869 days | #53 | |
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It would be nice if the PU staff wrote an explanation of what some of these terms mean, and how they differ from each other. What is a channel? What is a site? Can a channel be called a site? Or vice versa? PU and TBP (The Best Porn) call or list some channels as sites. That's because they would need to re-write or add site code to show the difference. Apparently re-writing or adding site code can be a massive or hazardous task. The same problem with third party channel. The implication by a PU staff member was that third party channels are not as good as "regular" sites. Which can be misleading, I think. LetsDoeIt calls its sites channels. But I don't think those channels exist outside of the LetsDoeIt network. Yet they are called sites at PU and TBP. Adult Time says it has channels. Not sites. Many of these channels can have stand-alone sites, so you can say (though I don't know if this is technically correct) that the Adult Time channels are clones of the original sites. Some PU members, and also the PU staff, have mentioned or complained that some of the Adult Time channels are limited (reduced) versions of the original sites. But even though the PU staff asked for input about reviews and other issues, the PU staff has not responded fully about issues with channels, third party channels (which they should explain what the heck a third party channel is), and other issues. Also, I suggested a while back that as part of the review process, the outline of what a review should contain should be shown in the review form, to remind or tell members what a review should contain. I feel that the PU staff is stretched too thin, and don't have the time to address a lot of issues or suggestions that are brought up in the forums. | |
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| 11-10-19 11:24pm - 1870 days | #1480 | |
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The Democrats are stupid. They say that Trump withheld aid to Ukraine in exchange for political favors. But Trump says that was perfectly all right. He was doing that to help the nation. If elected, Trump will make America great again. If a Democrat is elected, America will become a slum, with lots of brown people innudating our great country. Also, Trump revealed that George Washington, our first president, had two desks: one for US business, one for personal business. Washington was trying to make money on the side, just like Trump. No problemo. Vote white. Vote for Trump, the hero of the underclass. ------ ------ Ukraine Aid Was Released After Federal Lawyers Said Trump Freeze Was Illegal: Report HuffPost US Politics Mary Papenfuss Nov 10th 2019 11:33AM It wasn’t Donald Trump who released the promised military aid to Ukraine, but the State Department, after lawyers determined that the White House freeze on the funds was illegal, several sources have told Bloomberg. Trump has claimed he released the aid on September 11. But five sources told Bloomberg that $141 million of the money was actually authorized to be released several days earlier after lawyers determined that the White House Office of Management and Budget and, therefore, the president, had no legal standing to block the funds. The decision was outlined in a classified memo to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to Bloomberg. The information severely undercuts Trump’s insistence that there was no quid pro quo for military aid when he pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a July phone call to launch an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. Trump has pointed to the fact that he released the aid before a probe was begun. But Bloomberg now reports that Trump was no longer in control of disbursement when the money was released. Officials have testified before House lawmakers that the aid — amounting to a total of some $400 million — was linked to Zelensky bowing to Trump’s demands. The New York Times has reported that Zelensky had already scheduled an interview on CNN in September to announce the launch of the investigation — even though he was opposed to it — in order to obtain the much needed funding. When the money was released, Zelensky quickly dropped the CNN appearance and did not begin a probe, according to the Times. The OMB — headed by Mick Mulvaney, who is also the acting White House chief of staff — continues to argue that distribution of the funds, which had been approved by Congress, was up to the agency. “At no point was this pause inappropriate, let alone illegal,” OMB spokeswoman Rachel Semmel told Bloomberg Saturday. Officials supporting Ukraine feared that if the money was not disbursed by September 30, the end of the fiscal year, it would likely no longer be available. Trump has claimed he was the one who decided to release the money after a plea from Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor testified that it was the legal offices at the both the State and Defense departments that decided they were “going to move forward with this assistance — OMB notwithstanding.” “I don’t know if they’ve ever done that before,” Taylor said. “This was a big decision for them.” Mulvaney has emerged in testimony as a key player in Trump’s strategy to involve Ukraine in American politics by pressing the nation to launch an investigation into the president’s rival, which would likely impact the 2020 election. Last month Mulvaney said at a press conference that the military aid was part of a quid pro quo for Ukraine’s investigation, and that such negotiations are done all the time. “Get over it,” he told reporters. But such foreign policy negotiations are supposed to benefit the nation — and not to mobilize a foreign power to help a president win an American election. | |
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| 11-07-19 04:11pm - 1873 days | #1479 | |
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Trump wanted the Ukraine to investigate Biden and Clinton. Trump knew the US government was hopelessly corrupt. That it could not impartially investigate Biden and Clinton. So he asked for help to investigate. Which was perfectly OK. It was like hiring a maid to clean your house. The US is President Trump's house, and he is proud of it. He only wanted to clean the place up a little. To prove that Clinton and Biden were criminals. ------- ------- Trump's Ukraine request: 'Investigations, Biden and Clinton' Yahoo News David Knowles Nov 7th 2019 5:26PM In testimony released Thursday by House Democrats, a high-ranking State Department official said he understood President Trump’s bottom-line demand of Ukraine was for a statement that included three key words: “investigations, Biden and Clinton.” “Clinton” was a reference to the conspiracy theory promoted by Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani about foreign efforts to sway the 2016 election. The official, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent, was relaying what he was told by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. The ambassador said the president “wanted nothing less than President Zelensky to go to microphone and say ‘investigations, Biden, and Clinton.’” House Democrats made Kent’s testimony public on Thursday. In the transcript, Kent expanded about the messaging that Trump sought Sondland to convey to Ukrainian officials. “This was the Gordon Sondland messaging of what the Ukrainians need to say in shorthand, 2016. And in shorthand it was suggested that the Ukrainians needed — Zelensky needed to go to a microphone and basically there needed to be three words in the message, and that was the shorthand.” Kent was then asked, “Clinton was shorthand for 2016?” “2016, yes,” Kent answered. Kent testified that he created memos of the conversations he had witnessed relating to a quid pro quo sought by the White House — the restoration of military aid and better U.S. relations in exchange for an investigation, or the public announcement of an investigation, that Trump believed would help his reelection campaign. “I wrote a note to the file saying that I had concerns that there was an effort to initiate politically motivated prosecutions that were injurious to the rule of law, both in Ukraine and the U.S.,” Kent told House members. Kent also described the role that Giuliani played in attempting to secure an investigation in Kiev into Biden and Clinton, which entailed a campaign to oust U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who Giuliani considered an impediment. Giuliani “had been carrying on a campaign for several months full of lies,” Kent testified, adding that the president’s lawyer’s “assertions and allegations against former Ambassador Yovanovitch were without basis, untrue, period.” As an example, Kent recounted an assertion that Yovanovitch was connected to liberal philanthropist George Soros, a claim he called “fake news.’ Other lies, according to Kent, stemmed from an untruthful news article published in The Hill and written by John Solomon that was critical of Yovanovitch, which Kent descried as “entirely made up in full cloth." While the bulk of Kent’s testimony was damaging to Trump, who faces the prospect of impeachment over his attempts to procure a foreign investigation of his political rivals, Kent also was critical of Joe Biden’s son Hunter, whose business dealings in Ukraine was one of the predicates of the investigation Trump sought. “I raised my concerns” about Hunter Biden being “on the board of a company owned by somebody that the U.S. Government had spent money trying to get tens of millions of dollars back and that could create the perception of a conflict of interest,” Kent testified. | |
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| 11-03-19 03:42am - 1878 days | #1478 | |
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The stable genius, our commander in chief, is going to personally stand on top of the wall he is building, to fend off any Mexicans or other people of ill repute, who are trying to invade our glorious country. PS: the wall Trump is building seems to have some problems. Not only is there not enough money to build the wall. But also the wall is being damaged by smugglers who are using saws and power tools to cut large holes in the wall. Billions for defense. Not one cent for appeasement. A waste of billions of dollars? Not Trump's problem: Even though the design of the wall was approved under the Trump administration, Trump blames Obama, that evil-looking black man, for the poor design of the wall. And also blames Clinton, or anyone else who came before Trump took office to make America great again. ------------ ------------ Smugglers are reportedly cutting holes in Trump’s newly constructed border wall with saws and power tools Business Insider Ellen Cranley Nov 2nd 2019 8:39PM Smuggling gangs in Mexico are reportedly using power tools to cut large holes in walls at the southern US-Mexico border, according to a new report from The Washington Post. The steel-and-concrete portions of the walls, which President Donald Trump has touted as the solution to the flow of undocumented immigrants coming across the US-Mexico border, can be sawed apart with at least one commercially available cordless tool that retails for less than $100, according to the Post, which cites US border officials with knowledge of the damage. In addition to cutting through the walls, officials told the Post that smugglers have also repeatedly scaled and climbed over the walls with makeshift ladders, particularly in areas near San Diego. The report comes as the first and most detailed description of such breaches and says that the lack of government reporting means it is unclear how many times they have occurred. US Customs and Border Protection reportedly declined to provide further information about the number of wall breaches to the Post and had not yet fulfilled a Freedom of Information Act request seeking such data at the time of the report. One factor of deterrent is electronic sensors that are yet to be added but could sense where and when the wall was damaged, triggering repairs. However, one former border chief said smugglers would likely eventually find a way around those as well. The wall has been a costly and politically tense issue between lawmakers and Trump, after the president previously enacted what became the longest shutdown in government history when he did not relent in debates with lawmakers through December 2018 on his request for $5 billion to be allocated for the wall. Despite the president's repeated pushes for the wall, environmental and immigration experts have expressed doubts about its possible effects on nearby areas and its overall efficacy. CBP officials were vocal during Trump's weighing of different designs that a solid concrete wall wouldn't be beneficial to agents who ideally would be able to see through to the other side. According to the Post's report, smugglers are exploiting the "bollard" style design that the administration eventually settled on, which has been described as part of a "border wall system" as agents insisted a wall alone couldn't safeguard the border. NBC News reported in January 2019 that a test of a steel bollard wall in Trump's chosen design by the Department of Homeland Security showed the wall could be sawed through. Photos of the breaches were not included in a redacted version of an internal February 2018 US Customs and Border Protection report that mentioned the faults, NBC reported, and Trump denied the validity of the photos, saying it was "a wall designed by previous administrations," though the one in question was made under his administration. | |
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| 10-31-19 01:30pm - 1880 days | #1477 | |
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The end of political freedom in the US. 2 Democrats vote against impeaching Trump. There are men in Congress who hold their honor above the need for money. Not just Republicans, but a few Democrats are willing to vote with their hearts and their honor. God bless Donald Trump, the finest, most honorable president the US has ever had. ------- 2 Democrats buck Pelosi and vote against resolution formalizing Trump impeachment inquiry Yahoo News Christopher Wilson Oct 31st 2019 1:29PM Reps. Collin Peterson of Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey’s 2nd were the only two Democrats to vote against Thursday’s resolution that formalizes the next steps in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Not a single Republican voted to pass the measure, although Rep. Justin Amash, a member of the GOP until he reclassified as an independent in July, voted yes. The resolution passed by a vote of 232-196. Peterson’s district along the western edge of Minnesota went to Trump in the 2016 presidential election by 31 points and is considered a 2020 toss-up by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. Peterson was first elected to Congress in 1990 and is current chair of the House Agriculture Committee. He drew scrutiny last year when he was one of five Democrats who voted against ending the United States’ support of Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. When asked about the vote, Peterson told a reporter, “I don’t know a damn thing about it.” "If anyone thinks a partisan impeachment process would constrain President Trump, they are fooling themselves," Peterson said in a statement last month. "Without significant bipartisan support, impeachment proceedings will be a lengthy and divisive action with no resolution." Following the vote, Peterson issued a statement where he said moving forward with impeachment was a mistake without the support of Senate Republicans. Peterson has not yet committed to running for reelection, but the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that his longtime allies expect him to seek a 16th term. He won by just 4 percent last year, down from a 26 percent margin of victory in 2012. The Trump campaign has been outspoken in its belief that Trump can win Minnesota, where he lost by just 1.5 points in 2016. However, a recent poll showed him losing there to four different Democratic options by at least nine points. Van Drew is a freshman, a former New Jersey state senator who was elected to represent the southern part of the Garden State last year. Trump won the 2nd District by five points in 2016, one point below his margin of victory in the 3rd District of Rep. Andy Kim, who voted yes on the resolution. “All that’s swirling around us now is impeachment,” said Van Drew in a Fox News interview last month. “We talk about it day and night; it’s what’s on the news, and frankly I think it’s fine if they still want to continue to have the type of investigations they did to see if something new turns up. There is nothing that’s turned up that truly is impeachable.” In September, Trump thanked Van Drew via Twitter for his skepticism regarding impeachment. After Thursday’s vote, Van Drew issued a statement in which he said, "However, now that a vote has taken place and we are moving forward, I will be making a judgment call based on all the evidence presented by these investigations." Along with Peterson and Van Drew, Democratic Reps. Jared Golden of Maine, Joe Cunningham of South Carolina, Kendra Horn of Oklahoma, Ron Kind of Wisconsin and Anthony Brindisi of New York all voiced skepticism about supporting an impeachment inquiry, but all ended up voting yes. | |
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No one here but us Porn Users members who like to lurk. Ha-ha  . | |
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