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| 03-19-18 08:29pm - 2470 days | #251 | |
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Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Fake news: or politics as usual: -------- -------- Cambridge Analytica Boss Said He Could Use Sex Workers To Entrap Politicians, Secret Footage Reveals HuffPost UK Chris York,HuffPost UK 8 hours ago Senior executives at Cambridge Analytica have been caught on camera claiming they could bribe politicians, entrap them with sex workers, or use ex-spies to dig dirt on political opponents and then post any damaging material online. Three members of the London-based data firm were covertly recorded by journalists for the UK’s Channel 4 News at a series of meetings at London hotels over four months, between November 2017 and January 2018. The company’s Chief Executive, Alexander Nix, was filmed bragging of his firm’s secret influence in elections around the world, sometimes by operating through a web of shadowy front companies, or by using sub-contractors The company is at the centre of explosive claims that it harvested the data of up to 50 million Facebook profiles, information which was allegedly used during the 2016 US presidential election, in contravention of Facebook policy. In one exchange, when asked about digging up material on political opponents, Nix said the firm could “send some girls around to the candidate’s house”, adding that Ukrainian girls “are very beautiful, I find that works very well”. In another exchange he said: “We’ll offer a large amount of money to the candidate, to finance his campaign in exchange for land for instance, we’ll have the whole thing recorded, we’ll blank out the face of our guy and we post it on the Internet.” On Sunday the firm was reported to be “scrambling” to stop the broadcast using legal means, but on Monday Channel 4 News sources confirmed the broadcast would go ahead as planned. [READ MORE: Explained: What is Cambridge Analytica – and what is it accused of doing?] Mark Turnbull, the managing director of influence-based of CA Political Global, Cambridge Analytica’s political division, was also caught on film along with its chief data officer, Dr Alex Tayler. On Monday, a Cambridge Analytica spokesman told Channel 4 News: “We entirely refute any allegation that Cambridge Analytica or any of its affiliates use entrapment, bribes, or so-called ‘honey-traps’ for any purpose whatsoever…” They said: “Cambridge Analytica does not use untrue material for any purpose.” They insisted that opposition research and intelligence gathering, the use of subcontractors, working discreetly with clients and the use of encrypted communications are all common practice and legitimate. | |
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| 03-18-18 07:38pm - 2471 days | #242 | |
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Trump (or his lawyers) sues Stormy Daniels for $20 million for violating the non-disclosure agreement she signed (but Trump himself did not sign). Will Trump be forced to state under oath, in court, that he had an affair with Stormy Daniels? Or can he take the Fifth Amendment, and say nothing? The Fifth Amendment says you can refuse to answer questions that might incriminate yourself. But how would admitting that Trump had an affair with Stormy Daniels be an admission of a criminal act? I doubt that it would be an admission of a criminal act. So Trump could not refuse to answer the question: did he have a sexual relationship with Stormy Daniels? Or could Trump claim executive privilege: That he is the President of the US. It seems a stretch that executive privilege would cover any affair Trump had with Stormy, which happened before he became President. So if Trump is forced into court, which should be legal, since he (or his lawyers) are suing Stormy, he might be forced to admit he had an affair with Stormy. And there might be a bunch of related issues: about the money for the non-disclosure agreement, etc., that could be illegal. But knowing the way Trump has lied in the past, he might just lie and deny the affair. What would be the best defense Trump could use to avoid admitting to the affair? Enguiring minds want to know. | |
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| 03-18-18 02:57pm - 2471 days | #241 | |
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Trump needs to clean house. Fire all the people under him who do not have absolute candor and honesty in all things. That's the standard by which McCabe was fired. That needs to be applied to Trump, himself, and the people he appointed and hired. (Of course, since Trump admitted or boasted that he lied to Trudeau, Trump himself will fall on the sword to protect the United States by resigning before he is impeached.) ---- ---- Exclusive: Sources contradict Sessions' testimony he opposed Russia outreach Reuters By Karen Freifeld, Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball,Reuters 1 hour 54 minutes ago By Karen Freifeld, Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony that he opposed a proposal for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians has been contradicted by three people who told Reuters they have spoken about the matter to investigators with Special Counsel Robert Mueller or congressional committees. Sessions testified before Congress in November 2017 that he "pushed back" against the proposal made by former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos at a March 31, 2016 campaign meeting. Then a senator from Alabama, Sessions chaired the meeting as head of the Trump campaign's foreign policy team. "Yes, I pushed back," Sessions told the House Judiciary Committee on Nov. 14, when asked whether he shut down Papadopoulos' proposed outreach to Russia. Sessions has since also been interviewed by Mueller. Three people who attended the March campaign meeting told Reuters they gave their version of events to FBI agents or congressional investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 election. Although the accounts they provided to Reuters differed in certain respects, all three, who declined to be identified, said Sessions had expressed no objections to Papadopoulos' idea. One person said Sessions was courteous to Papadopoulos and said something to the effect of "okay, interesting." The other two recalled a similar response. "It was almost like, 'Well, thank you and let's move on to the next person,'" one said. However, another meeting attendee, J.D. Gordon, who was the Trump campaign's director of national security, told media outlets including Reuters in November that Sessions strongly opposed Papadopoulos' proposal and said no one should speak of it again. In response to a request for comment, Gordon said on Saturday that he stood by his statement. Sessions, through Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores, declined to comment beyond his prior testimony. The special counsel's office also declined to comment. Spokeswomen for the Democrats and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee did not comment. Reuters was unable to determine whether Mueller is probing discrepancies in accounts of the March 2016 meeting. The three accounts, which have not been reported, raise new questions about Sessions' testimony regarding contacts with Russia during the campaign. Sessions previously failed to disclose to Congress meetings he had with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, and testified in October that he was not aware of any campaign representatives communicating with Russians. Some Democrats have seized on discrepancies in Sessions' testimony to suggest the attorney general may have committed perjury. A criminal charge would require showing Sessions intended to deceive. Sessions told the House Judiciary Committee that he had always told the truth and testified to the best of his recollection. Legal experts expressed mixed views about the significance of the contradictions cited by the three sources. Sessions could argue he misremembered events or perceived his response in a different way, making any contradictions unintentional, some experts said. Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, said Sessions' words might be too vague to form the basis of a perjury case because there could be different interpretations of what he meant. "If you're talking about false statements, prosecutors look for something that is concrete and clear," he said. Other legal experts said, however, that repeated misstatements by Sessions could enable prosecutors to build a perjury case against him. "Proving there was intent to lie is a heavy burden for the prosecution. But now you have multiple places where Sessions has arguably made false statements," said Bennett Gershman, a Pace University law professor. The March 2016 campaign meeting in Washington was memorialized in a photo Trump posted on Instagram of roughly a dozen men sitting around a table, including Trump, Sessions and Papadopoulos. Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty in October to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his Russia contacts, is now cooperating with Mueller. According to court documents released after his guilty plea, Papadopoulos said at the campaign meeting that he had connections who could help arrange a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Papadopoulos continued to pursue Russian contacts after the March 2016 meeting and communicated with some campaign officials about his efforts, according to the court documents. Trump has said that he does not remember much of what happened at the "very unimportant" campaign meeting. Trump has said he did not meet Putin before becoming president. Moscow has denied meddling in the election and Trump has denied his campaign colluded with Russia. (Reporting by Karen Freifeld, Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball; Additional reporting by Jonathan Landay in Washington and Jan Wolfe in New York; Editing by Anthony Lin, Noeleen Walder and Jeffrey Benkoe) | |
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| 03-18-18 02:46pm - 2471 days | #240 | |
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Business Jared Kushner’s Company Filed False NYC Paperwork About its Buildings and Pushed Out Tenants, AP Report Alleges Newsweek T.marcin,Newsweek 6 hours ago Before he was a top adviser in Donald Trump's White House, Jared Kushner's real estate company filed false paperwork in New York City claiming it had zero rent-regulated tenants in buildings that in fact had many, which led to the company being able to sell the properties quickly for millions in profit, reported the Associated Press Sunday. In one case, Kushner's company sold three buildings in Astoria—a neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City—for $60 million just two years after it had bought the properties for much less. The incidents occurred while Kushner was the CEO of the Kushner Cos., but the paperwork did not have his signature, the AP reported, while noting it does show the business had questionable ethics. A watchdog group called the Housing Rights Initiative, which shared paperwork it compiled with the AP, found that Kushner's company filed at least 80 false construction permit applications from 2013-16 that claimed there were no rent-regulated tenants when that wasn't the case. In the case of the buildings in Astoria, for instance, there were 94 rent-regulated units, according to the AP. The Kushner Cos. told the AP in its exclusive report that it would not deny tenants their due-process rights while also saying such documents are outsourced to a third party and reviewed by independent counsel. "It's bare-faced greed," Aaron Carr, founder of Housing Rights Initiative, told the AP. "The fact that the company was falsifying all these applications with the government shows a sordid attempt to avert accountability and get a rapid return on its investment." Kushner, the son-in-law of President Trump, has had an especially embattled tenure in the White House. His security clearance was downgraded last month and he was unable to ever obtain a full security clearance, in part, because he was a central figure in the investigation headed up by special counsel Robert Mueller, CNN reported. Most recently, a report this month from NBC News alleged that Qatari officials had damaging information about the United Arab Emirates' influence on Kushner but chose not to hand it over to Mueller in fear of hurting the nation's relationship with the White House. Both Kushner and Ivanka Trump, his wife, were even the subject of firing rumors this month despite being related to the president. This article was first written by Newsweek | |
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| 03-18-18 11:35am - 2471 days | #11 | |
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If that was an original quote, you should consider becoming a writer/author/whatever. Funniest thing I've read all week. And maybe the truest. | |
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| 03-18-18 11:16am - 2471 days | #238 | |
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Supposedly, Gina Haspel ordered the destruction of some CIA torture tapes. Supposedly, this was a lawful order, because she was following the orders of her boss. The CIA investigated the destruction of the tapes, but filed no charges. Except: how many times do police departments investigate complaints about their own policemen for violence, abuse, shootings that end in the death of unarmed suspects, and no charges are filed? Talk about a one-sided view. The CIA is going to arrest a senior officer for destroying evidence that CIA did a possibly illegal act? Or an act that will create major criticism about the CIA? Of course, the CIA will admit it broke the law. It happens every day. Just look at Trump, who has stated repeatedly, that Comey (FBI) and McCabe (FBI) are liars and incompetents. The news will set you free. Especially the "real" news that Trump tweets. Let Gina Haspel have Donald Trump seized by black operatives and taken to Guantanamo Bay where she can torture the truth out of Trump about the Stormy Daniels affair and Trump's knowledge (the real knowledge, that only torture can reveal) about Trump's collusion with Russia and his illegal attempts to hide the truth from the Mueller investigation. The truth will set you free, Mr. Trump! | |
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| 03-18-18 10:46am - 2471 days | #8 | |
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I don't think that Cage and De Niro deliberately choose to make bad movies. Most times, you can't tell from a script, or even from the actors involved, and the director, how a movie will turn out. But Cage needs to make a lot of money, so he probably takes most movie offers (he got into a financial bind after spending untold millions of dollars on everything and anything--plus back taxes). De Niro is probably one of the wealthiest actors living: he's supposed to be worth over $100 million. But he wants to keep acting. It's a shame that Cage and De Niro are in so many bad movies. But they want to stay active making movies, and it's hard as heck to predict which movies will be great or commercially successful. Just my opinion, of course. | |
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| 03-17-18 09:27pm - 2472 days | #228 | |
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 Gina Haspel for head of the CIA.If she was chosen by Trump, she has to be an excellent choice. The fact that she ran a CIA black site, where detainees in foreign countries were tortured, just shows her determination to fight evil people like Trump wants to do. Love her smile. Could she be Trump's next wife, after he blows off his current?  Edited on Mar 17, 2018, 09:30pm | |
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| 03-17-18 08:01pm - 2472 days | #226 | |
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Politics Mike Huckabee Celebrates Firing Of Former FBI Deputy Director By Making Dead Dog Joke HuffPost Sebastian Murdock,HuffPost 6 hours ago Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) loves a good joke. Too bad he has never told one. On Saturday, Huckabee tweeted his delight at the news that Andrew McCabe, former deputy director of the FBI and 21-year veteran of the agency, had been fired the night before. McCabe would have been able to retire Sunday. “Breaking Wind from CNN!” he wrote. “Andy McCabe offered deal for lying to FBI and won’t get pension but will get passage in overhead bin on United flight to Oakland to work for scofflaw mayor.” Huckabee was referring to a dog that died this week after it was put in the overhead bin of a United Airlines flight. David Huckabee, the former governor’s son, killed a dog while working as a counselor at a Boy Scouts camp in 1998. Funny stuff, right? President Donald Trump also tweeted about McCabe’s firing on Saturday, and insisted once again that there had been no collusion between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russian operatives. While at the FBI, McCabe apparently wrote detailed memos about his interactions with Trump. He has since given those memos to special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating the relationship between the Trump campaign and Russia. So perhaps the real joke is on the president. This article originally appeared on HuffPost. | |
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| 03-17-18 07:19pm - 2472 days | #225 | |
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrong on Russia collusion question Associated Press CALVIN WOODWARD,Associated Press 5 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — In a series of blistering tweets Saturday, President Donald Trump falsely asserted that the House Intelligence Committee has concluded there was no collusion between his presidential campaign and Russia. Trump in his tweets lashed out at his perceived foes tied to the Russia investigation and exulted in the firing of FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, once a leader of the bureau's investigation into Hillary Clinton's email practices. The FBI's decision not to pursue criminal charges against Clinton infuriated Trump at the time, and still does. TRUMP: "As the House Intelligence Committee has concluded, there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump Campaign. As many are now finding out, however, there was tremendous leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels of the FBI, Justice & State." — tweet. THE FACTS: He's wrong. That conclusion came from Republicans on the committee; it was not a committee finding. Democrats on the committee sharply dispute the Republican conclusions and will issue their own. Whatever the findings of the committee, special counsel Robert Mueller is leading the key investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and Russian contacts with the Trump campaign. The probe has produced a number of charges and convictions, none to date alleging criminal collusion. But Mueller continues to explore whether collusion occurred and whether Trump or others may have obstructed justice. Trump did not specify what he meant in accusing the agencies of corruption. McCabe was fired in advance of an inspector general's report that's expected to conclude he was not forthcoming about matters related to the FBI investigation of Clinton's emails. ___ TRUMP: "The Fake News is beside themselves that McCabe was caught, called out and fired. How many hundreds of thousands of dollars was given to wife's campaign by Crooked H friend, Terry M, who was also under investigation? How many lies? How many leaks? Comey knew it all, and much more!" — tweet. THE FACTS: Some context is missing here. This is true: McCabe's wife, Jill McCabe, ran as a Democrat for the Virginia state Senate in 2015, and the political action committee of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe gave her campaign $500,000 during her race. McAuliffe is a longtime associate of Hillary Clinton, branded "Crooked H" by Trump. Jill McCabe lost the race. Trump's complaint, as he spelled it out in the past, is that Clinton-linked money went to "the wife of the FBI agent who was in charge of her investigation." But that timeline is wrong. Andrew McCabe was elevated to deputy FBI director and didn't become involved in the Clinton email probe until after his wife's bid for office was over. The FBI said McCabe's promotion and supervisory position in the email investigation happened three months after the campaign. The bureau also said in a statement at the time that McCabe sought guidance from agency ethics officers and recused himself from "all FBI investigative matters involving Virginia politics" throughout his wife's campaign. ___ Find AP Fact Checks at http://apne.ws/2kbx8bd Follow @APFactCheck on Twitter: https://twitter.com/APFactCheck EDITOR'S NOTE _ A look at the veracity of claims by political figures | |
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| 03-17-18 01:20pm - 2472 days | #14 | |
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I went to school at an earlier age than Loki. And the rules and titles were different. I just assumed that there was a vice principal. I know there was a principal. But the other vice principals, we never had any of those. We did have guidance counselors, to explain our choices in what classes we wanted to take, and talk about careers and college choices after graduation. In my day, it was (trying to remember the term, but don't recall exactly) college prep courses, or else vocational prep courses (that was not the exact terminology, but the basic idea--you were either taking high school to go to college, or not). Similar to honors courses, or non-honors courses. Today, kids in high school can actually take college courses while in high school, and it's not unusual for them to get college credits while in high school. We had nothing like that while I was in high school. But that was almost 60 years ago. I agree the newspaper article is not specific enough to know what the details of the suspended student's actions were. If the student was ordered to leave the classroom, and disobeyed, then he should have been suspended. But if he was locked inside the classroom, and could not leave the classroom until it was unlocked, that would make a dangerous situation if a fire or emergency happened and he was trapped inside a room. In my day (ancient history), at my school, there was not a lot of unruly behavior. Kids mainly did what they were told. My class (student grade) had about 300 students in high school. One girl had dyed hair. One out of maybe 150 girls. None of the boys dyed their hair. Today, both boys and girls dye their hair. And they seem to wear just about anything they want. We did not have any school uniforms, and the dress code was fairly open. I don't remember even thinking there was a dress code. Because that kind of stuff came in years later. Unless you went to a local catholic school, where the students wore catholic school uniforms. When I say we didn't have school uniforms, I'm leaving out that if you were in the school band, you wore the band uniform that the school supplied (except you had to buy your own white buck shoes-it was a marching band that played at football games.) But you only wore the uniform at football games or if there was a parade you played in. And the instrument you played was supplied by the school. Today, if you're in a school band, many schools require you to buy your own instrument. Times change. Rules change. School uniforms at my school: I also left out the athletic uniforms: football, basketball, gymnastics, etc. Edited on Mar 17, 2018, 01:36pm | |
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| 03-17-18 12:45pm - 2472 days | #42 | |
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Unless you have some complicated system setup that is very advanced, the setup on a new computer is fast and easy. Just plug in the wires where you're supposed to (follow the diagram supplied), and it should not take more than 30 minutes. Complete. That does not include transferring your old files to the new PC. There are programs to do that, or you can buy some cheap cables to do it faster. Or whatever. But maybe you can post a question on this thread, or a new one, on the best, easiest, fastest way to transfer files from an old PC to a new one. But I imagine that most of your files are on separate hard drives, so that's just a matter of plugging them in to the new PC. The only problems with Windows 10 are the constant updates. I don't remember any of the previous windows that needed so many updates all the time. Anyway, don't sweat it, keep it simple. And enjoy your new toy. It should last for years, and should give you lots of joy. Great images for videos and photos, fast and simple programs that run easily. | |
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| 03-17-18 01:08am - 2473 days | #224 | |
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Article continued: “I’d always imagined this was the point where I could kind of go out proud of things I’ve done and the sacrifices I’ve made and ways I’ve tried to protect this country,” McCabe said. “To think that my reputation has now been, or will be, eroded by this — it’s just, it’s mind-boggling. It’s been devastating.” What he wonders about now is the chain of events that began after he testified behind closed doors before the House Intelligence Committee on Dec. 19. “Within hours,” as McCabe put it, leaks to the press revealed that he had told lawmakers he could corroborate Comey’s recounting of conversations with Trump before the president fired his FBI director. And soon after that, as McCabe tells it, he heard that the Justice Department inspector general would expedite the portion of its long-planned report on the Clinton investigation that related to him. “FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits,” Trump tweeted on Dec. 23. “90 days to go?!!!” “I don’t know if anyone from the White House or within the Department influenced the IG,” McCabe said. “It’s a striking coincidence. One that can’t be seen outside the context of the president’s own public communications.” The inspector general’s report has yet to be released, but McCabe was feeling its black mark on his future even before his firing. When it finally does come out, he predicted, it will attempt to bolster the claim by Trump allies that previous FBI leadership “was corrupt, was politically biased, politically motivated.” “[For] some people, like the president and others who are intent on undermining me for the reasons I’ve stated, it will be very satisfying,” McCabe said. “I think most people will be like, ‘Really?’” | |
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| 03-17-18 01:01am - 2473 days | #223 | |
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Trump: Master of the smear campaign. ------- ------- Politics McCabe says his Russia probe work sparked smear campaign before firing The former FBI deputy director also calls his ordeal 'personally devastating.' By ELANA SCHOR 03/16/2018 10:13 PM EDT The dismissal from his decades-long home at the department marks an ignominious end to a once-storied career for Andrew McCabe. The president has targeted him in highly personal terms. Conservatives have slammed him as tainted with bias. And on Friday night, the Department of Justice fired Andrew McCabe a little more than 24 hours before his scheduled retirement. The dismissal from his decades-long home at the department marks an ignominious end to a once-storied career for McCabe, who stepped aside as FBI deputy director in January. That departure came ahead of an inspector general’s inquiry that’s expected to criticize his handling of an October 2016 media report on his wife’s failed run for the Virginia State Senate and his handling of investigations into Hillary Clinton. But McCabe sees bigger forces at work in the Justice Department inspector general’s inquiry — which he views as part of a broader campaign to impugn him for his role in handling the FBI’s Russia investigation and his ties to special counsel Robert Mueller. “Look, it’s personally devastating. It’s so tough on my family,” he told POLITICO during a wide-ranging interview conducted earlier this month, before his firing. “But at some point, this has to be seen in the larger context,” said McCabe, 49, who says he has voted for every Republican presidential nominee until he sat out the 2016 contest entirely. “And I firmly believe that this is an ongoing effort to undermine my credibility because of the work that I did on the Russia case, because of the investigations that I oversaw and impacted that target this administration.” “They have every reason to believe that I could end up being a significant witness in whatever the special counsel comes up with, and so they are trying to create this counter-narrative that I am not someone who can be believed or trusted,” McCabe added. “And as someone who has been believed and trusted by really good people for 21 years, it’s just infuriating to me.” Sign up here for POLITICO Huddle While McCabe has been accused of a lack of candor during the inspector general’s review, it is still unclear exactly what led the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility to recommend his firing. During an hourlong conversation, McCabe declined to comment or elaborate on the accusations against him. He also declined to allege any direct undue influence by President Donald Trump or Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the investigation into Russian electoral meddling, which is now helmed by Mueller. But he recalled making what he described as significant moves to bolster the investigation during the tumultuous six weeks between Sessions’ recusal and the May 2017 appointment of Mueller, a former FBI chief who helped McCabe rise through the Justice Department ranks. McCabe said that when he was tapped as acting FBI director after Trump fired James Comey on May 9, 2017, he also learned that “I might not be in the position for a long time.” “I literally walked into the building every day expecting that I would be removed from my position before the end of the day,” he added. “And if that happened, I didn’t want anyone to be able to just walk away from the work that we had done” on the Russia investigation. One step McCabe said he took then: pressing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for a special counsel. Another step: briefing congressional leaders in both parties, who get highly classified briefings as the so-called Gang of Eight, about what he was doing. The Justice Department’s inspector general was already conducting a sweeping inquiry into the FBI’s decision-making process in closing its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server, then disclosing the discovery of new Clinton emails in a message to Congress in late October 2016. That inquiry includes a deeper look at the propriety of McCabe’s pre-election actions, and is the biggest of several unanswered questions raised by critics who say his bias should have disqualified him from playing such a central role in politically volatile investigations. In addition to the Justice Department’s inspector general, McCabe faces an Office of Special Counsel review into whether he violated a law prohibiting government officials from engaging in campaign activity. Among the issues under the inspector general’s purview was whether McCabe himself “should have been recused from participating in certain matters.” Fuel for that political conflagration, which ultimately snuffed out McCabe’s career and now threatens his full pension, stems from Wall Street Journal reports in October 2016 that raised questions about $467,500 in contributions that his wife’s state Senate campaign received in 2015 from the political action committee of then-Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a close Clinton ally. Republicans have cited the six-figure donation as proof of a pro-Clinton bias by McCabe and the FBI more broadly. “That’s a lot of money for one state Senate seat,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said last year during an FBI oversight hearing, warning that “a cloud of doubt hangs over the FBI’s objectivity.” But McCabe’s most powerful foe may reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. “How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?” the president tweeted in December. (Trump’s $700,000 number rounds up after adding more than $200,000 that Jill McCabe received from Virginia’s state Democratic Party.) Some in the GOP got more alarmed when McCabe showed up in politically charged text messages between FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok and bureau attorney Lisa Page, who began a romantic affair before the election and while both were working on issues that included the Russia and Clinton investigations. Mueller later fired Strzok from his team after learning of the texts and another Justice Department inspector general inquiry into them. In one text message to Page, Strzok says that “I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy’s office — that there’s no way [Trump] gets elected — but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk.” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was among those seeing further proof of McCabe’s entanglement in pro-Clinton bias. “That sounds very worrisome to the American people that high-ranking FBI agents were actually conspiring to try to prevent Donald Trump from becoming president,” Paul told MSNBC in January. But when it came to his wife’s campaign, McCabe went into painstaking detail trying to dispel the notion of impropriety that Trump has burnished into Washington’s consciousness. Jill McCabe had voted for Republicans and Democrats, as her husband tells it, before getting approached about a state Senate bid after giving a quote to The Washington Post for a story about McAuliffe’s tour of the pediatric emergency room she helped run. McCabe told a Post reporter that day in 2014 that the Democratic governor’s pitch to expand Medicaid under Obamacare “has to be part of the solution.” After his wife decided to run, according to McCabe, he “immediately got counsel from my attorneys, ethics professionals at the bureau,” to determine how to construct a firewall between his FBI work and her campaign. “I’ve never met Hillary Clinton,” he said. “My wife has never met Hillary Clinton. Neither of us have ever met any Clinton, for that matter. She was supported by the governor of our state, who happened to be the leader of the Democratic Party in that state.” But when a Wall Street Journal reporter called in late October 2016 — nearly a year after Jill McCabe’s election loss — to ask about the propriety of his supervising the Clinton email investigation given his wife’s campaign donations, the deputy director authorized the FBI’s then-chief public affairs official to engage with the reporter. Such a practice, empowering the sharing of background information that can’t be directly cited, is relatively routine at federal agencies when reporters dig into complex stories. McCabe said he was “one of only three people in the FBI” empowered to approve the sharing of information with the press. When the reporter called the FBI again, asking about allegations circulating around the bureau that McCabe had bowed to Justice Department pressure to wind down a probe of the Clinton Foundation, McCabe said he again authorized the disclosure of more details in order to reorient the story in what he believed was a more accurate direction. The prospect that the Journal reporter “would put this incorrect narrative into his story, I thought, would be very damaging,” McCabe said. He acknowledged the obvious — “It would be damaging to me personally” — adding that “the more important factor is that it would be damaging to the FBI.” That decision to share information about an open investigation, and McCabe’s later handling of inspector general inquiries concerning his actions, forms the bulk of the critical report that propelled his firing on Friday. McCabe had long planned to retire on his 50th birthday, which is Sunday. | |
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| 03-16-18 11:06pm - 2473 days | #222 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Read Andrew McCabe's Response To Being Fired Two Days Before His Retirement HuffPost Eline Gordts,HuffPost 3 hours ago Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Friday evening that he had fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, two days before McCabe’s retirement. Sessions said he made the decision after the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General and the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility reviewed McCabe’s conduct during the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton. McCabe responded in a lengthy statement, decrying his firing as an attempt “to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally.” Read his full statement below: I have been an FBI Special Agent for over 21 years. I spent half of that time investigating Russian Organized Crime as a street agent and Supervisor in New York City. I have spent the second half of my career focusing on national security issues and protecting this country from terrorism. I served in some of the most challenging, demanding investigative and leadership roles in the FBI. And I was privileged to serve as Deputy Director during a particularly tough time. For the last year and a half, my family and I have been the targets of an unrelenting assault on our reputation and my service to this country. Articles too numerous to count have leveled every sort of false, defamatory and degrading allegation against us. The President’s tweets have amplified and exacerbated it all. He called for my firing. He called for me to be stripped of my pension after more than 20 years of service. And all along we have said nothing, never wanting to distract from the mission of the FBI by addressing the lies told and repeated about us. No more. The investigation by the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has to be understood in the context of the attacks on my credibility. The investigation flows from my attempt to explain the FBI’s involvement and my supervision of investigations involving Hillary Clinton. I was being portrayed in the media over and over as a political partisan, accused of closing down investigations under political pressure. The FBI was portrayed as caving under that pressure, and making decisions for political rather than law enforcement purposes. Nothing was further from the truth. In fact, this entire investigation stems from my efforts, fully authorized under FBI rules, to set the record straight on behalf of the Bureau, and to make clear that we were continuing an investigation that people in DOJ opposed. The OIG investigation has focused on information I chose to share with a reporter through my public affairs officer and a legal counselor. As Deputy Director, I was one of only a few people who had the authority to do that. It was not a secret, it took place over several days, and others, including the Director, were aware of the interaction with the reporter. It was the type of exchange with the media that the Deputy Director oversees several times per week. In fact, it was the same type of work that I continued to do under Director Wray, at his request. The investigation subsequently focused on who I talked to, when I talked to them, and so forth. During these inquiries, I answered questions truthfully and as accurately as I could amidst the chaos that surrounded me. And when I thought my answers were misunderstood, I contacted investigators to correct them. But looking at that in isolation completely misses the big picture. The big picture is a tale of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized, public servants are attacked, and people who are supposed to cherish and protect our institutions become instruments for damaging those institutions and people. Here is the reality: I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey. The release of this report was accelerated only after my testimony to the House Intelligence Committee revealed that I would corroborate former Director Comey’s accounts of his discussions with the President. The OIG’s focus on me and this report became a part of an unprecedented effort by the Administration, driven by the President himself, to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn. The accelerated release of the report, and the punitive actions taken in response, make sense only when viewed through this lens. Thursday’s comments from the White House are just the latest example of this. This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally. It is part of this Administration’s ongoing war on the FBI and the efforts of the Special Counsel investigation, which continue to this day. Their persistence in this campaign only highlights the importance of the Special Counsel’s work. I have always prided myself on serving my country with distinction and integrity, and I always encouraged those around me to do the same. Just ask them. To have my career end in this way, and to be accused of lacking candor when at worst I was distracted in the midst of chaotic events, is incredibly disappointing and unfair. But it will not erase the important work I was privileged to be a part of, the results of which will in the end be revealed for the country to see. I have unfailing faith in the men and women of the FBI and I am confident that their efforts to seek justice will not be deterred. This article originally appeared on HuffPost. | |
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| 03-16-18 11:00pm - 2473 days | #221 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Tomorrow (Mar 17, 201 is St. Patrick's Day.Let's celebrate by making America clean again by putting Trump in jail, for lies and brags and slander (which he does again and again, but defending it as political talk, which apparently frees him from telling the truth). Happy St. Patrick's Day, to PU staff and members and visitors. | |
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| 03-16-18 10:17pm - 2473 days | #220 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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I hope that Stormy Daniels is able to subpoena Trump and Sessions and get them on the witness stand under oath. Then Robert Mueller can have a chance of putting both these assholes on perjury charges. How can you sue Stormy Daniels for violations of a non-disclosure agreement (that might not be legally valid) without admitting to the details of an affair? Also, Trump's lawyer said he was never paid by Trump or a Trump-related business for the $130,000. Trump's lawyer said the money came from the lawyer. And he was never re-imbursed. Can they put Trump's lawyer on the stand, under oath, and have him state the same? And then put him in jail for perjury, since there appears to be evidence that Trump (through his businesses) did give the lawyer the $130,000. Is this affair just a bunch of smoke about Trump's bullying ways? Or can Trump be brought down, for stupidity in aggressively trying to silence Stormy Daniels? Along with any obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation? ------ ------ Trump lawyer seeks $20 million damages from Stormy Daniels -filing Reuters Reuters 3 hours ago (Recasts with court filing) By Makini Brice WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - A law firm representing U.S. President Donald Trump and the corporation that paid porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 in what she called hush money over an alleged affair with Trump said in a court filing that it was seeking at least $20 million in damages for multiple violations of a nondisclosure agreement. In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California made public on Friday, the Blakely Law Group also asked for a lawsuit by Daniels that seeks to nullify the agreement to be moved to a federal district court from a county court. Brent Blakely, who filed the action on behalf of Essential Consultants LLC and Trump, did not reply to a request for comment. Under the nondisclosure agreement, Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, could be subjected to a $1 million penalty each time the deal was broken. Daniels has alleged that she had an affair with Trump that began in 2006 and lasted several months. Michael Cohen, a private lawyer for Trump, has said he paid Daniels $130,000 of his own money during the 2016 presidential election campaign. Cohen has not explained why he made the payment and has not said if Trump was aware of it. Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents Daniels, said on Friday, "This is simply more of the same bullying tactics from the president and Mr. Cohen. They are now attempting to remove this case in order to increase their chances that the matter will ultimately be decided in private arbitration, behind closed doors, outside of public view and scrutiny. "To put it simply - they want to hide the truth from the American people. We will oppose this effort at every turn." Avenatti has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles claiming Trump never signed the nondisclosure agreement, rendering it null and void. "The fact that a sitting president is pursuing over $20 million in bogus 'damages' against a private citizen, who is only trying to tell the public what really happened, is truly remarkable," Avenatti said. In a letter to Cohen on Monday, Daniels offered to return the $130,000 to an account designated by Trump so she could be released from the agreement, which she signed in October 2016. Cohen ignored the offer. Earlier on Friday, Avenatti told MSNBC and CNN that Daniels had been physically threatened and warned to remain silent about her relationship with Trump. Avenatti would not provide details about the threat. He said Clifford would elaborate on it during a CBS "60 Minutes" interview due to be broadcast on March 25. He told Reuters on Friday that six women had been in touch with his law firm to describe relationships with Trump, and that two had signed nondisclosure agreements. (Reporting by Makini Brice Additional reporting by Justin Mitchell and Karen Freifeld Editing by Toni Reinhold ) The Dagger The Dagger Kevin Kaduk,The Dagger 41 minutes ago | |
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| 03-16-18 09:43pm - 2473 days | #10 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Loki, I went to public schools when I was young. In Los Angeles county. My experiences were completely different from yours. In junior high school, and high school, we normally moved between different classrooms, for each subject. The teachers for each subject were different (chemistry, physics, English, whatever subject they taught). So as students, we moved from one classroom to a different classroom, depending on what subject we were going to be taught. Not all students took the same classes all the time. The teachers also moved between classrooms. So you could move to a classroom, and sometimes the teacher would already be present. Or if the teacher was not present, you waited for the teacher to appear. If you were excused to go to the bathroom, or to see a nurse for some health problem, the teacher gave verbal permission. No written note was required. Maybe the laws are different in different times, or different geographical areas. Your experience in high school was completely different from mine. I do not recall ever having an administrator show up to supervise a class if a teacher was late to enter the classroom. Never. Not in junior high, not in high school. If a teacher failed to show up, a different teacher (substitute, or regular) would take his place. I don't think I was ever sent to the principal's office. I think there was a principal, and a vice principal. Maybe you would see one of them at a school meeting (I forgot the term you use for a special meeting of all the students to attend some kind of school meeting). And I suppose the principal and vice-principal had each had a secretary. But other than that, I can't recall any other administrators at the school, on the junior or high school level. Did you go to a private school for high school, where the rules were very strict? Or maybe the rules changed a lot. I'm over 20+ years older than you, so that might explain why our experience in high school is so different. | |
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| 03-16-18 08:32pm - 2473 days | #8 | |
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I do not agree. You get a note or permission to leave a class to go to the bathroom. Are you being supervised? Is a guard or police officer sent with you while you are away from the classroom? I am not aware of any school that will send a guard to supervise you if you leave the classroom to go to the bathroom, or to see a nurse. This idea of supervision at all times is baloney. I think the kid had the right to stay in the classroom, without a teacher being there. Do they lock all classrooms so students can not enter the room, until the teacher gets inside the room? Not unless you're in a prison or jail or psych ward. Years ago, we when I was in junior high and high school, students entered the room where the classes would be held, and if the teacher was not there, we waited for the teacher to show up. This idea that a teacher has to be present at all times for supervision is a standard that is not real. It is not followed 100%. I'm not a lawyer. But my guess is that as long as you are on school grounds, you are, in theory, under the supervision of the administration (principal, teachers, whatever). So, unless the principal wrote a legal note telling the student he was not being supervised, I believe the student was under the supervision of the school staff, as long as the student was in the classroom. Does the principal have the right to suspend students? Yes, it's part of his job. But you can be sued, if you are doing the job wrong. So, I think the student has a case to be made, that the principal was wrong to suspend the student. If the principal or the teacher ordered the student to leave the classroom, then the student was disobeying a direct order. That was not mentioned in the newspaper article. But if the teacher left the student in the classroom, without giving the student a direct order to leave, then the staff (principal, teacher) were being overly harsh, since they did not give a direct order that was disobeyed. To go one step further: the teacher locked the student in the classroom. The classroom was empty except for the student. That could be the basis for a suit against the teacher and the school, for locking a student in an empty room What if there was a fire? Who would have the responsibility if the student died in a fire at the school, because the door was locked? (I'm assuming the door was locked, and the student was locked inside.) | |
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| 03-16-18 04:46pm - 2473 days | #219 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Trump admitted to lying when he spoke with Canada's Prime Minister. It was not said as a shame-faced confession. Instead, it was a brag about way Trump is able to impress people with his bold style. ------ ------ Politics Seth Meyers: Donald Trump Just Spoke ‘The Truest Thing’ He's Ever Said HuffPost Lee Moran,HuffPost 13 hours ago Seth Meyers revealed an element of truth to one of President Donald Trump’s lies on Thursday’s broadcast of “Late Night.” Earlier this week, Trump openly admitted to “outright lying to Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, about the U.S.’s trade relationship with Canada,” said Meyers. “I had no idea. I just said, ‘You’re wrong.’ You know why? Because we’re so stupid,” Trump said at a Missouri fundraising event on Wednesday. Trump later walked back his story, but Meyers concluded that “in fairness, ‘I lie because I’m stupid’ is the truest thing Trump has ever said.” Meyers also likened the White House’s high turnover of staff to “that crappy restaurant you worked at in college.” “You’d like take two days off, and when you came back there were four trainees and a new manager and now there’s moussaka on the menu and you thought, ‘Oh, this place isn’t going to make it,’” joked Meyers. This article originally appeared on HuffPost. | |
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| 03-16-18 04:34pm - 2473 days | #5 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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A student was suspended for staying in class during National Walkout Day. Maybe he should get a lawyer and sue the school for millions of dollars for the emotional damage done to him. Did the school have the legal right to suspend a student for staying in class? Were the student's civil liberties violated by the school, or whatever legal nonsense you might cite, as a reason to sue the school for damages? The school, as well as the Shoemakers, have received death threats and hate messages. So, the student seems to have a case, for suing the school, because the school was at least partially responsible for creating a situation where the student has received death threats, as well as the stigma of being suspended from school. My take: you have all kinds of people in the US. You want to stomp on a kid, who chooses to stay in a classroom, while other students walk out? ------- ------- http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/16/ohi...nal-walkout-day.html EDUCATION 6 hours ago Ohio student suspended for staying in class during National Walkout Day Caleb Parke By Caleb Parke | Fox News Jacob Shoemaker, an Ohio high school senior, was suspended for staying in the classroom during the National Walkout Day. Jacob Shoemaker, an Ohio high school senior, was suspended for staying in the classroom during the National Walkout Day. (Carrie Carlyle) An Ohio high school student said he tried to stay apolitical during the National Walkout Day over gun violence but was suspended for his choice to remain in a classroom instead of joining protests or the alternative, going to study hall. Jacob Shoemaker, a senior at Hilliard Davidson High School, said he didn’t want to take sides in the gun-control debate consuming the country. If he went outside for the walkout, he said, he would be supporting gun control. If he stayed in the common area of the school, he said, he would be seen as supporting gun violence and disrespecting the 17 lives lost in the Parkland, Fla. High school shooting the month before. Jacob had met with the school’s principal on Tuesday, a day before the rally, for about an hour to find out what exactly the walkout was supporting. But he said the principal reportedly told him it was for the “students to express themselves.” This left Jacob wondering if it was a memorial for the lives lost or a show of support for gun control. He decided, instead, to stay in class for about 20 minutes doing homework after his teacher and fellow classmates left and locked the door. When they returned, he was slapped with a suspension. Jacob’s father, Scott Shoemaker, said his son was just trying to stay neutral – and did nothing wrong. “Politics [doesn’t] belong in the school,” he said. “Students shouldn’t be pressured into taking a side.” The story went viral after Jacob sent a photo of his out-of-school suspension citation to one of his friends, who posted it on social media. The school, as well as the Shoemakers, have received death threats and hate messages. Thousands of students walk out for gun control and to honor Parkland victims. Julie Gunlock makes her case. Video Scott Shoemaker said his son was just trying to be introspective – and he wasn’t acting out. “He didn’t do anything to deserve this,” he said. “He didn’t ask for this.” The district says it's responsible for students' safety and they can't be unsupervised. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Caleb Parke is an associate editor for FoxNews.com. You can follow him on Twitter @calebparke Edited on Mar 16, 2018, 04:48pm | |
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| 03-16-18 04:14pm - 2473 days | #4 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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https://www.dailywire.com/news/28317/bom...500000-ryan-saavedra Regarding the gun system check: This is a case of brown-nosing. Acting FBI deputy director (under Trump, who hates Obama) criticizes Obama for the Department of Justice ruling that forced the deletion of 500,000 fugitives from a national database. I don't understand the reasoning behind the forced deletion, because Federal agents seem to cover criminals inside any state, or suspected criminals in any state. With or without warrants. (ICE grabs and detains people it suspects of being illegal immigrants.) But why blame Obama? Because it happened in his administration? Using the same reasoning, Trump is guilty of murder for the 17 killed in mass shooting at high school in Parkland, Florida recently. It happened while Trump was president. Put Trump in jail now, before more innocent people are killed in high schools. Also, put Trump in jail, for any people in cars who are killed by people throwing rocks, because Trump is responsible for all the people in the US. Did Obama personally review and authorize the deletion of the criminal records from the database? Did Trump personally authorize the shooter to commit mass murder at the Florida high school? Just because Trump hates Obama, doesn't mean Obama should be blamed for stupid decisions made by the Justice Department. Except Trump has a super-brain: He loves all humanity, even the humans from shit-hole countries, and from rapist Mexico, which he wants to spend countless billions of dollars to build a wall to protect us from Mexico. With a super-brain, you can profess love for Obama, while hating him. Maybe it's just words that Trump loves all of humanity. Trump loves himself. Is that the reason he is the greatest President we've ever had? | |
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| 03-16-18 02:27pm - 2473 days | #2 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Separate from the 21-year-old killer: It seems there is a new sport: throwing rocks and boulders from overpasses onto the freeway. I've read a few news reports where people (mainly teens) have dropped rocks onto freeways or highways, killing people in cars below. This is the latest example of this sport: A 30-35 pound boulder was thrown or dropped over the top of a protective fence on an overpass onto the freeway, crashing through the windshield of passing car. A passenger in the car died from injuries. His wife, child and mother-in-law were unhurt. But any of them could have been hurt or killed from the boulder hitting the car. ----- ----- http://ktla.com/2018/03/15/person-of-int...assenger-in-vehicle/ Passenger Dies After Boulder Intentionally Thrown Onto 134 Freeway Strikes Car His Wife Was Driving: CHP Posted 10:31 AM, March 15, 2018, by Tracy Bloom and Mary Beth McDade, Updated at 11:03PM, March 15, 2018 A 23-year-old man who had just learned his wife was pregnant died after a boulder "intentionally" thrown from a 134 Freeway overpass slammed into his family's car as they were driving through Pasadena, authorities said Thursday as they sought help finding the perpetrator. The boulder went through the passenger-side windshield, killing the father-to-be who was sitting in the front seat. (Credit: KTLA) The incident occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday, as the family was in their 2017 Toyota Corolla headed westbound on the 134 under the Orange Grove Boulevard overpass, according to the California Highway Patrol. The victim's 21-year-old wife was behind the wheel when a 30- to 35-pound boulder suddenly crashed into the car's windshield and shattered the glass. It hit the driver's husband, who was sitting beside her in the front passenger seat, CHP said. The young woman's mother and a 4-year-old daughter were also in the vehicle at the time, but apparently escaped unharmed. The woman immediately drove to the nearest hospital, Glendale Adventist Medical Center, to get medical help for the wounded man. Emergency room personnel did what they could to save him, but the victim succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. The victim's father, Francisco Lopez, identified his son as 23-year-old Christopher Lopez. Investigators believe the massive rock that killed Lopez was purposely hurled onto the roadway, CHP officials said at a Thursday afternoon news conference held in front of the CHP's Altadena Station. “This was an intentional act," CHP Lt. Chuck Geletko said. “Any prudent person would know that a boulder that size would seriously harm someone driving on the freeway below.” At the news conference, authorities and the victim's family members made impassioned pleas to the public for help tracking down whoever was responsible. Guadalupe Gutierrez, the victim's wife, recounted through sobs how she and her husband had recently found out that she was pregnant. “Now he’s gone,” Gutierrez said, her voice shaking. “We’re asking for your help. If anybody saw anything, please help us find whoever did this to him. He didn’t deserve this. My daughter didn’t deserve this.” CHP investigators said they have gathered evidence, including checking the boulder for any possible DNA evidence, but are looking for witnesses to come forward. “This was an innocent family, driving home," Geletko said. "We need help from the public to find the person who committed this atrocious act and prevent this from happening to another family." An earlier CHP write-up of the incident indicated an unknown person was wanted for 187 PC, a reference to the California Penal Code section for murder. Anyone who witnessed suspicious behavior in the vicinity of Orange Grove and the 134 around the time the boulder was tossed off the overpass is urged to call CHP's Altadena Station at 626-296-8100 or 323-259-3200 afterhours. Correction: An earlier version of this article spelled the CHP lieutenant's last name incorrectly. The story has been updated. | |
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| 03-16-18 01:50pm - 2473 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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We're supposed to believe in the law. To serve and protect us. Right. Here's a case of a 20-year-old guy, Nehemiah Griego. At 15, he shot and killed his mother, father, brother, and 2 younger sisters. 2 years ago, a judge ruled that the man (a teen at the time of the ruling) was amenable to treatment and should be released when he turns 21. He is now 21, and a different judge ruled that the man should stay in jail until the state decides what to do (keep him in jail, or release him). Personally, I would not feel safe if this guy was released and moved next to me. He shot his parents, his brother and 2 sisters, in cold blood (while insane or in a rage over life or suicidal or whatever) over a several-hour time frame (killing the mother first, then the brother, then the 2 baby sisters, then having to wait several hours before the father came home, and shooting the father multiple times). And this guy, now 21, 5 years after the killings, is ready to be set free? Enquiring minds want to know: If they release this guy, will they also be issuing life insurance policies to anyone he murders in the next few years? ---------- ---------- Nehemiah Griego to be detained at MDC, judge rules J.R. Oppenheim and Kasia Gregorczyk March 16, 2018 05:44 AM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A 20-year-old man who killed five members of his family as a teenager will be remanded to the Bernalillo County jail, a Children's Court judge ruled on Thursday. Nehemiah Griego will be housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center as he awaits a potentially new amenability hearing. In January 2013, Griego killed his parents and three siblings. He was 15 at the time. Griego has been in Children Youth and Families Department custody ever since. Two years ago, a judge determined Griego was amenable to treatment and should be released on his 21st birthday. He was due to be released on March 20 when he turns 21 years old, but the New Mexico Court of Appeals overturned that ruling and sent the case back to Children's Court. Griego's defense argued he should stay in the juvenile detention center pending the next step in his case while the state said Griego should be treated as an adult. "A person 18 years of age or older shall not be detained in a juvenile detention facility," prosecutor James Grayson told the court. "And so based on that provision, your honor, the detention facility would not accept him because he is over the age of 18." "Those protections would be administrative seg [sic], so that's what they would do to keep him safe from the other inmates," defense attorney Steven Taylor said. "Interestingly, I mean it says to protect his civil rights. But in effect, it would jeopardize his civil rights if he were kept in administrative seg [sic] for his safety. Quite a conundrum." In his ruling, Judge Michael Martinez determined the appellate court's decision essentially hit the reset button on Griego's amenability and, hypothetically, he was never charged as a juvenile. As it stands today, that makes Griego an adult in the eyes of the court. Therefore, Griego does not have to wait until he turns 21 to be detained. He will be transported to MDC under instructions that his safety is a top priority. New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas praised Thursday's ruling. "I am pleased that the Children’s Court judge recognized the effect of the Court of Appeals Opinion and remanded Nehemiah Griego to jail consistent with the appellate positions of the Office of the Attorney General," he said. Griego's defense has 30 days to ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider. That clock started March 9 when the appellate court sent the case back to Children's Court. While Griego is in jail, his attorney always has the ability to file a motion to review his conditions of release. AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Google BookmarkShare to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to PrintShare to More Credits J.R. Oppenheim and Kasia Gregorczyk Updated: March 16, 2018 05:44 AM Created: March 15, 2018 04:42 PM Copyright 2018 KOB-TV LLC, a Hubbard Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved | |
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| 03-15-18 06:59am - 2475 days | #214 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Great analysis. At least I can understand it. And believe it. I kept telling myself, why would people vote for him? Unless they were blind. But now I can accept that he won the election, and that it was not a miracle beyond comprehension. Sincerely, thank you. | |
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| 03-14-18 12:04pm - 2475 days | #212 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Trump suggests arming teachers to make schools a safer place. However, there are arguments that arming teachers might not make schools a safer place. For example, here is a news report of a teacher who accidentally fired a gun in a school and harmed 3 students: The teacher is a reserve police officer, and he was teaching the students gun safety. So I assume he has been taught gun safety (and would be considered a gun safety expert, since he is a resever police officer). ------------- ------------- California teacher injures three pupils by accidentally firing gun in classroom The Independent Harriet Agerholm,The Independent 5 hours ago A teacher in California has reportedly accidentally fired a gun in a classroom, injuring three children. Police were called to Seaside High School on Tuesday after Dennis Alexander, who was leading a class on gun safety, fired a semi-automatic weapon at the ceiling, local press reported. The incident comes amid fierce debate about gun regulation following a shooting at a Florida High School in which 17 people were killed. Survivors of the massacre have pressed for stricter gun control measures, but Donald Trump has suggested arming teachers. At Seaside High School, one 17-year-old student was hit in the neck by debris falling from the ceiling or by bullet fragments, Seaside Police Chief Abdul Pridgen said. None of the students were seriously injured and lessons resumed after the incident, according to police. Seaside High School in California: Google Mr Alexander is also a councilman and reserve police officer – a typically unpaid, part-time role – for the Sand City Police Department. An investigation into the event has opened and the force is considering whether a crime was committed. “We’re looking into any violation of city ordinance or the penal code and we’ll determine whether or not there are any applicable charges,” Mr Pridgen told the Monterey County Herald. Guns are banned on school premises, but there are exceptions for member of law enforcement, Mr Pridgen said. The father of the 17-year-old boy who was injured told KSBW Mr Alexander was planning to use the gun to demonstrate of how to disarm someone. He had just told pupils he wanted to make sure the weapon was not loaded when he inadvertently fired it. “It’s the craziest thing. It could have been very bad,” he said. The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District sent an email to the parents saying: “Upon learning of the incident, our human resources department, school site administration and the Seaside Police Department immediately began investigating the incident, including interviewing students in the class.” Mr Alexander has been suspended while officials investigate, the letter said. After Mr Trump indicated he would legislate to introduce arming teachers, his administration has left the issue of arming teachers up to states and local communities. The President also backed away from raising the age limit to buy assault-style weapons, saying there was “not much political support” for the policy. The NRA, which spent more than $11m (£7.91m) supporting Mr Trump during the 2016 election, announced it was suing the state of Florida last week over a new gun law signed by Republican Governor Rick Scott, banning the purchase of firearms by anyone under the age of 21, claiming it was unconstitutional. The law also allows the arming and training of school staff and introduced a three-day waiting period on all gun sales and a ban on bump stocks, a device that enables semi-automatic rifles to fire hundreds of rounds a minute. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for former student, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, who has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder over the shooting. | |
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| 03-14-18 10:21am - 2475 days | #211 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Fake news. Mea culpa. I vowed to stay away from this thread. I broke my vow. Reading about Trump and his administration, makes me wonder: how did Trump ever get elected, after smearing so many people with lies and insults? And he continues to smear people. And he treats them with no respect, even the people who work for him. So, even though we are supposed to respect our leaders, they are supposed to earn our respect. I have no respect for Trump, I consider him a bully, a braggart, a liar, a man who breaks the law and considers himself above the law. Instead of making America great again, he is making America a divided country, enciting hatred of races, immigrants, the poor, the dis-advantaged. Edited on Mar 14, 2018, 10:26am | |
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| 03-14-18 10:14am - 2475 days | #36 | |
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Please remember the English rules of sportsmanship. PU is a friendly place. We can disagree, but doing it in a friendly way makes this a nicer place to visit (and learn about different things-porn and other topics.) Peace. (an angel with wings, except when I emote about Trump) | |
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| 03-14-18 09:58am - 2475 days | #210 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Fake news: CNN (a news agency) reports that Ben Carson, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, lied when he stated he had no involvement in the purchase of a $31,000 dining room set. The truth will set you free. But finding the truth in the Trump administration is a difficult task. Because the Trump administration officials are most often the source of fake news. (They lie a lot. And believe people will accept their lies.) Washington emails show that Carson was definitely involved. ------ ------ https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/politics/...CNN+-+Most+Recent%29 First on CNN: Emails show Ben, Candy Carson selected $31,000 dining set Rene Marsh-Profile-Image Gregory Wallace Profile By Rene Marsh and Gregory Wallace, CNN Updated 6:35 AM ET, Wed March 14, 2018 Complaint filed over Carson's office expenses Washington (CNN)Newly released emails cast doubt on claims by Secretary Ben Carson and his spokesman that he had little or no involvement in the purchase of a $31,000 furniture set for his Department of Housing and Urban Development dining room. White House scolds Cabinet officials after embarrassing ethics reports Emails show Carson and his wife selected the furniture themselves. An August email from a career administration staffer, with the subject line "Secretary's dining room set needed," to Carson's assistant refers to "printouts of the furniture the Secretary and Mrs. Carson picked out." The documents were released following a Freedom of Information Act request from American Oversight, a liberal watchdog group led by former Obama administration officials, and offer a snapshot into how the agency acquired the furniture. HUD spokesman Raffi Williams initially denied the Carsons had any involvement in the dining set selection. "Mrs. Carson and the secretary had no awareness that the table was being purchased," he told CNN last month. A HUD spokesman went further at the time, blaming the purchase on an unnamed career staffer. "The secretary did not order a new table. The table was ordered by the career staffers in charge of the building," he said. A few days later, Carson personally addressed the issue, telling CNN in a statement that he was "surprised" by the more than $31,000 price tag and was having the order canceled. The company confirmed a few days after CNN reported the purchase that the agency officially canceled the order on March 1. "I briefly looked at catalogs for dining furniture and was shocked by the cost of the furniture," Carson wrote. "My wife also looked at catalogs and wanted to be sure that the color of the chair fabric of any set that was chosen matched the rest of the decour (sic)." Confronted Tuesday with the discrepancy between his past comments and the internal emails, Williams offered only this explanation: "When presented with options by professional staff, Mrs. Carson participated in the selection of specific styles." The newly released emails show discussions about the dining set going back to last May, when two Carson aides asked for repairs to the chairs of the existing furniture. "Could you all get the dining room chairs tighten up?" one of the aides wrote. "Most of them are loose and wiggling." Another called the chairs "fairly precarious" and wrote that she wanted to "avoid someone having an accident (and embarrassment!) should the chair collapse beneath them." About a week later, HUD received an estimate for $1,100 to repair the chairs, documents obtained by CNN show. One Newport Dining Table Top (96-144") in Medium Mahogany. The cost of this table is $3,113.00. Carson referenced this concern in his statement released earlier this month. The furniture, he said, was "characterized as unsafe" and was "beyond repair and needed to be replaced." Several months after considering repairs to the dining set in early August, HUD's scheduling office reached out to Candy Carson, the secretary's wife. "Hi Mrs. Carson!" the scheduler wrote. "There is a designer who will be in town next week on the 15th-17th to look at possibly redecorating the Secretary's office and bringing in new furniture. Are you available on any of those dates and would you like to come in and have input on the redecorating?" The scheduler noted an urgency to making a decision on the furniture: "We must have the order for new furniture in before the 21st in order to use the money allocated for this fiscal year." The emails do not include a response from Candy Carson, but in his statement to CNN earlier this month, Secretary Carson also acknowledged there was a deadline to make a decision on the furniture purchase. Carson said he and his wife "were told there was a $25,000 budget that had to be used by a certain time or it would be lost." A quote for the dining room furniture, released as part of the FOIA, came in at $24,666, just under budget. The career administration staffer sent the quote to Carson's office, specifically Carson's chief of staff and his executive assistant, casting further doubt on the agency's assertion that the purchase was made entirely by career staff. One breakfront from the James River Collection in Medium Mahogany finish. The cost of this item is $7,091. "Below is the price quote for all of the dining room furniture. I think this is a very reasonable price and the funds are available," the career official wrote. "We also have a justification for the cost (as you know, the furniture hasn't been changed since 198 so this should not be a problem," she added.In one email chain, the interior designer offered HUD officials links to two different bar carts and a bar cabinet that did not end up being part of the final purchase. An email shows the serving cart options came at the request of "leadership," but it doesn't specify who specifically made the request. Four months later, receipts show HUD moved forward with the purchase. The final bill came to nearly $7,000 more than the August quote, due to delivery and installation charges, as well as a small price increase for the upholstered chairs. The newly released emails contradict the expansive denials by a HUD spokesman when CNN first reported this story. The spokesman repeatedly told CNN at the time the Carsons were not involved in the purchase of the pricey dining set. One Hickory Chair Jefferson Sideboard from the Alexa Hampton Collection in Medium Mahogany finish. The base cost $5,279 and the wood top cost $1,209. In total, this piece cost $6,488. "New tables, chairs, in that room whatsoever -- zero awareness of this purchase being made," the spokesman said. "Neither one of them knew this purchase was being made. The secretary knew that the table and chairs were old because somebody fell out of a chair once. That's literally it. So they had nothing to do with the purchase, nothing to do with anything around that." The spokesman, who asked that his name not be used, even denied that Candy Carson had any interest in redecorating the suite. "I don't think it even crossed her mind, this separate room," he said. Revelations of the inconsistencies come just weeks after Secretary Carson used a biblical reference -- Psalms 91 -- in his defense: "Under his wings you will find refuge." | |
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| 03-14-18 08:44am - 2476 days | #209 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Fake news: Trump declares the US needs a Space Force. Decides that Ivanka Trump, First Daughter of the United States, will be the Commander in Chief. She will be the leader who will defend America against any aggression in Outer Space. ----- ----- Science Trump's Call For A 'Space Force' Makes Him The Laughingstock Of The Galaxy HuffPost Ed Mazza,HuffPost 11 hours ago President Donald Trump thinks the United States should launch a "Space Force," President Donald Trump thinks the United States should launch a “Space Force,” a branch of the military devoted to wars in space. “Space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air and sea,” Trump said on Tuesday at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. “We may even have a Space Force, develop another one, Space Force. We have the Air Force, we’ll have the Space Force.” At first, Trump said he wasn’t serious about the notion. “Then I said, ‘What a great idea!’ Maybe we’ll have to do that,’” Trump said. “So think of that: Space Force, because we are spending a lot and we have a lot of private money coming in, tremendous.” He also described the U.S. military as “vital to ensuring America continues to lead the way into the stars.” For the moment, however, his idea for a Space Force led to much laughter on Twitter: This article originally appeared on HuffPost. Comment Guidelines President Trump says hints at creation of a 'Space Force' Trump tells military members at Miramar Air Station in San Diego, California that space is a war-fighting domain. Newsweek What Is a Space Force? How a Trump Joke Became ‘a Great Idea’ Newsweek Shane Croucher,Newsweek 7 hours ago President Donald Trump said he wants to create an army capable of fighting wars in space in what began as a joke but he later said was “a great idea.” “My new national strategy for space recognizes that space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air, and sea,” Trump told a crowd of Marines at the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego, California. “We may even have a Space Force, develop another one, Space Force. We have the Air Force. We'll have the Space Force. We have the army, the navy. I was saying it the other day because we're doing a tremendous amount of work in space. I said maybe we need a new force, we'll call it the Space Force. And I was not really serious. Then I said 'what a great idea, maybe we'll have to do that'.” Trending: Trump Cleans House: VA Secretary David Shulkin May Be Next in Firing Line Donald Trump Space Force U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, U.S. March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque As the audience of Marines laughed and cheered, he added: “That could happen. That could be the big breaking story. Oh that fake news.” Trump continued: "So think of that: Space Force. Because we're spending a lot, and we have a lot of private money coming in, tremendous. “From the very beginning, most of our astronauts have been soldiers and sailors, airmen, coastguardsmen, and Marines. And our service members will be vital to ensuring America continues to lead the way into the stars. We're going to lead the way in space. “We're way, way behind. And we're catching up fast. So fast that nobody even believes it.” Trump appeared to be echoing a warning made by General John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, in a statement to the House Committee on Armed Services on March 7. Don't miss: Stephen Hawking Once Gave England's Soccer Team a Pre-World Cup Formula For Winning “Today, deterrence is more than just our nuclear capabilities,” Hyten said. “Deterrence requires integrated planning for all capabilities, across all domains. This enables the synchronized operation and decisive response to adversary aggression anytime, anywhere. “We must make this concept operational for all domain warfighting throughout the DoD. We must normalize space and cyberspace as warfighting domains. “There is no war in space, just as there is no war in cyberspace. There is only war, and war can extend into any domain.” The notion of a future where rival states fight in space is not a new one. Space is already used by states for military purposes, such as satellites for surveillance, and it was a focus of weapons research during the Cold War. Back in 2015, the Department of Defense unveiled a new Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center (JICSpOC) "in conjunction with U.S. Strategic Command, Air Force Space Command, and the intelligence community". "The center will have the capability to develop, test, validate and integrate new space system tactics, techniques and procedures in support of both DoD and Intelligence Community space operations," the DoD said in a release. Most popular: Nursing Student Haley Anderson Murder Update: Ex-Boyfriend Arrested in Nicaragua "Ultimately, the output of the JICSpOC will enhance U.S. space operations, contribute to operational command and control within the DoD, and improve the nation's ability to protect and defend critical national space infrastructure in an increasingly contested space environment." JICSpOC was renamed in 2017 as the National Space Defense Center. Trump is not the first person to come up with the concept of a U.S. Space Force. Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican in Alabama and former chairman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, floated the idea of a Space Force in 2017. “We have to acknowledge that the national security space structure is broken,” he said in a speech at the 33rd Space Symposium, reported Space News. “It’s very hard for a government bureaucracy to fix itself, and that’s exactly why congressional oversight exists. It’s the job of the Armed Services Committee to recognize when the bureaucracy is broken and to see that it’s fixed.” Rogers concluded: "My vision of the future is a separate Space Force within the Department of Defense." In January 2018, Russia accused the U.S. of trying to "militarize" space. This article was first written by Newsweek | |
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| 03-13-18 09:13pm - 2476 days | #4 | |
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Both are good action movies. If Cage is put into the right movie, good plot, good writing, then he can be fine. It's just that he enjoys going way off the top too much and doesn't select his roles carefully. But it's hard as heck to predict, from a script, whether a movie will be commercially successful. | |
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| 03-13-18 01:22pm - 2476 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Nicolas Cage is Superman in the ‘Teen Titans GO!’ Movie Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 by Chris Evangelista Teen Titans GO! to the Movies, a new animated film featuring everyone’s favorite teen superheroes engaging in some fart jokes, won’t just feature the Teen Titans – adult superheroes will be popping up in the movie as well. And best of all: Nicolas Cage will play Superman. Cage and two others have joined the Teen Titans movie cast. Nicolas Cage will finally have a chance to play the Man of Steel. Cage almost took on the role of Superman for director Tim Burton in the Kevin Smith-scripted Superman Lives, but production troubles prevented the film from ever getting off the ground. Now, more than 20 years later, Cage will play Superman in the animated film Teen Titans GO! to the Movies. USA Today reports Cage has joined the cast, along with singer/songwriter Halsey, who will be voicing Wonder Woman, and rapper Lil Yachty will voice Green Lantern. While the film primarily focuses on the young members of the Teen Titans – Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven and Starfire – some adult heroes will pop up as well. DC’s live-action movies have succumbed to doom and gloom lately, but Teen Titans Go to the Movies might reverse all that. The candy-colored animated flick is geared toward a younger audience, and looks to make light of all the cinematic superhero darkness we’ve come to expect. As an official Old Person, I’m not very familiar with Halsey and Lil Yachty, but I’m sure youngsters out there will embrace this casting whole-heartedly. Adding Cage to the cast as Superman, however, is a masterstroke. My interest in this project has increased considerably based on his casting alone. Cage came very close to playing the part on screen before, going so far as to try out different Superman costumes. For more on Cage’s past attempts to play Superman, seek out the documentary The Death of Superman Lives, which is where the above image of Cage in costume comes from. “Every superhero in the DC Universe has an impact on the fans, so we felt a great responsibility to find a voice for each character that would not only suit the role, but the playful tone of the Titans, and we’re thrilled with our cameo cast,” executive producer Sam Register told USA Today. Other Teen Titans Go to the Movies cast members include Greg Cipes as Beast Boy, Scott Menville as Robin, Khary Payton as Cyborg, Tara Strong as Raven, Hynden Walch as Starfire, Will Arnett as Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke, Kristen Bell as Jade Wilson, and James Corden as everyone’s favorite character, Balloon Man. Teen Titans Go to the Movies opens August 3, 2018. You can check out the film’s trailer below. Teen Titans Go To the Movies Trailer “Teen Titans GO! to the Movies” finds our egocentric, wildly satirical Super Heroes in their first feature film extravaganza—a fresh, gleefully clever, kid-appropriately crass and tongue-in-cheek play on the superhero genre, complete with musical numbers. It seems to the Teens that all the major superheroes out there are starring in their own movies—everyone but the Teen Titans, that is! But de facto leader Robin is determined to remedy the situation, and be seen as a star instead of a sidekick. If only they could get the hottest Hollywood film director to notice them. With a few madcap ideas and a song in their heart, the Teen Titans head to Tinsel Town, certain to pull off their dream. But when the group is radically misdirected by a seriously super villain and his maniacal plan to take over the Earth, things really go awry. The team finds their friendship and their fighting spirit failing, putting the very fate of the Teen Titans themselves on the line! | |
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| 03-13-18 09:11am - 2477 days | #208 | |
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Sean Spicer admits the truth: Rex Tillerson, the outgoing Secretary of State, has severed our nation well. (Spicer also describes himself as a "horrable speller" in his Twitter bio.) Jon Levine | Last Updated: March 13, 2018 @ 8:38 AM Sean Spicer Fox News Sean Spicer did his best to tweet out some praise for outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday, but in the process accidentally dropped an embarrassing typo — saying Tillerson has “severed our nation well.” “Secretary Tillerson is a true patriot that has severed our nation well,” said Spicer. “Thank you for serving. Mike Pompeo will be an outstanding Secretary of State – the Senate should act swiftly to confirm him” | |
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| 03-08-18 12:30pm - 2481 days | #195 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Good suggestion. I should stay away from this thread. Thanks for the input. | |
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| 03-08-18 10:32am - 2481 days | #193 | |
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I just realized: If Trump is forced to resign, that leaves Mike Pence as President. Would we be any better off? Can we impeach both Trump and Pence at the same time? Trump, for hypocrisy. Pence, for sanctimonious bullshit. Pence, President of the US? God, forbid. | |
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| 03-07-18 11:06pm - 2482 days | #192 | |
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Trump is a President with a big heart. That's why his Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, visted the high school where 17 people were murdered. One student tweeted that it was a publicity stunt, where Betsy DeVos did not speak with students, or allow them to speak with her. Instead, DeVos toured the school, so she could say what a great heart she has, to honor the murdered people. ---- ---- Florida students say Betsy DeVos wouldn't speak with them during visit The Guardian Richard Luscombe in Miami,The Guardian 5 hours ago Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school clashed with Betsy DeVos on Wednesday after the US education secretary toured the campus where 17 people were shot dead last month. According to at least two teenagers who were present when DeVos arrived for her morning visit, no students were allowed to ask her questions. One claimed DeVos refused to meet or even speak with them. “You came to our school just for the publicity and avoided our questions for the 90 minutes you were actually here,” Aly Sheehy, a 12th-grade student and survivor of the shooting, said in a tweet. “How about you actually do your job?” Another student, Carly Novell, the editor of the school’s newspaper Eagle Eye, said she was allowed to photograph DeVos, but not accompany her on the campus tour. “One student from each publication (TV prod/newspaper/yearbook) was able to see her and take pictures of her, no one followed her. We are part of school publication and it’s our job to report on a public figure visiting the school,” Novell said in one tweet. “I thought she would at least give us her ‘thoughts and prayers,’ but she refused to even meet/speak with students. I don’t understand the point of her being here.” DeVos’s visit to the Parkland school was closed to the press, and came on the first full day of lessons for students since the 14 February massacre that claimed the lives of three teachers and 14 of their classmates. It also came on the day that Florida’s Republican controlled legislature was set to approve a package of gun law reforms that would raise the age at which weapons can be purchased to 21, and outlaw the sale of so-called bump stocks, which convert semi-automatic weapons to the firepower of an automatic. However, a ban on assault weapons such as the AR-15 used by the Parkland shooter, one of the main demands of the #neveragain movement set up by Stoneman Douglas students in the aftermath of the massacre, was missing from the proposed legislation. And the legislation would allow certain school personnel, including librarians, administrators and other support staff, to be armed, following Donald Trump’s repeated calls for some teachers to carry guns. A final vote in Florida’s House of Representatives was expected later on Wednesday. DeVos spoke briefly with reporters after what she said was “a very sobering and very inspiring visit” and contradicted the students’ account of the meeting. “There were a number of student newspaper reporters who walked around with me and they are obviously very interested in seeing what adults are going to do about this whole situation,” she said. “I give a lot of credit to the students here who have found their voices and encouraged them to continue to speak out about finding these solutions and having adults pay attention. They have a lot of very important and worthwhile things to say.” DeVos also addressed the controversial issue of arming teachers, a measure opposed by the Florida governor Rick Scott. As a concession by state lawmakers to Scott’s stance, the legislation likely to land on his desk for approval later today or on Thursday does not put guns in the hands of teachers whose sole responsibilities lie in the classroom, but permits those who have non-teaching roles to carry a concealed weapon. It also leaves the final decision of allowing armed staff up to the school board in each of Florida’s 67 counties. “To say ‘arming teachers’ is an oversimplification and a mischaracterisation, really,” DeVos said. “The concept is for those schools and those communities that opt to do this, as they have in Texas, as they have in Polk county and other places around the country, to have people who are expert in being able to defend and having lots and lots of training in order to do so. “That’s a model that can be adopted and should be an option, but certainly not one that needs to be required and mandated.” DeVos was referring to a “sentinel” programme set up in Florida’s Polk county by Sheriff Grady Judd, in which volunteers in private educational establishments can carry weapons after extensive training. The families of the Parkland victims wrote a joint letter to Florida’s lawmakers on Tuesday urging them to pass the $400m legislation, which also includes money for more armed school resource officers and improved mental health services. “You must act to prevent mass murder from ever occurring again at any school,” they wrote in a letter signed by at least one relative from all 17 families. “This issue cannot wait. The moment to pass this bill is now. We must be the last families to suffer the loss of a loved one due to a mass shooting at a school.” Prosecutors announced on Wednesday that Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old former Stoneman Douglas student, had been indicted on 34 charges related to the shooting, 17 each of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Cruz, who is being held in solitary confinement in the Broward county jail, had already been charged with murder but today’s formal grand jury indictments allow state attorneys to progress the case against him and potentially seek the death penalty. Cruz’s public defender has said Cruz will plead guilty and avoid a trial if prosecutors take the death penalty off the table, an offer to which they have yet to respond. The Associated Press contributed to this report 'You came to our school just for the publicity' Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are calling out Education Secretary Betsy DeVos after she toured the campus where 17 people were shot dead last month. | |
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| 03-07-18 05:02pm - 2482 days | #191 | |
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Trump lawyer tries to silence porn star Stormy Daniels about Trump affair. We live in the land of free speech. If Stormy tells lies, Trump is free to sue her in court for slander. (But Trump loves to slander anybody and everybody. So maybe he will love a good fight with an attractive blonde lady.) Go, President Trump, the man who made grabbing females by the crotch a national sport. ------ ------ News U.S. news EXCLUSIVE News Mar 7 2018, 5:43 pm ET Trump lawyer Michael Cohen tries to silence adult-film star Stormy Daniels by Sarah Fitzpatrick President Donald Trump's lawyer is trying to silence adult-film star Stormy Daniels, obtaining a secret restraining order in a private arbitration proceeding and warning that she will face penalties if she publicly discusses a relationship with the president, NBC News has learned. The new pressure on Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, comes a day after she filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles court alleging that a nondisclosure agreement she made to keep quiet about an "intimate" relationship with Trump is invalid because he never signed it. [Porn star Stormy Daniels sues President Trump] Porn star Stormy Daniels sues President Trump 2:47 Tuesday's lawsuit says that Trump attorney Michael Cohen — who brokered the agreement with Clifford during the presidential campaign — attempted to "intimidate" Clifford and "shut her up" by initiating what it calls a "bogus arbitration proceeding" against her in Los Angeles on Feb. 27. On that day, Cohen obtained a temporary restraining order against Clifford from the private arbitrator, a retired judge, which bars her from disclosing "confidential information" related to the nondisclosure agreement signed in October 2016, according to a copy of the order obtained by NBC News. Read the temporary restraining order against Stormy Daniels On Feb. 28, Cohen emailed the restraining order to Clifford's former attorney, Keith Davidson. "The document itself is to remain confidential and not to be disclosed to anyone as per the terms of the judge's order," the email, obtained by NBC News, said. Reached for comment late Wednesday afternoon, Clifford's current attorney, Michael Avenatti, said Cohen, through his own attorney, Lawrence Rosen, has made further attempts to enforce the order and caution Clifford that she is subject to damages if she talks about Trump. "Earlier today, Mr. Cohen through his attorney, Mr. Rosen, further threatened my client in an effort to prevent her from telling the truth about what really happened," Avenatti said. "We do not take kindly to these threats, nor we will be intimidated." [Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen says he used his own funds to pay Stormy Daniels] Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen says he used his own funds to pay Stormy Daniels 1:53 Cohen and Rosen did not immediately respond to requests for comment from NBC News. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a press briefing Wednesday that Trump denies "all of these allegations" — that he had an affair with Clifford more than a decade ago or that he knew Cohen had paid her $130,000. "I have had conversations with the president about this and as I outlined earlier, this case had already been won in arbitration," Sanders said. It's unclear what Sanders was referring to; Trump is not listed as a party on the restraining order issued by the arbitration judge. Asked about that comment, Avenatti quipped, "Yeah, and he won the popular vote, too." Analysis: Stormy Daniels isn't suing Donald Trump for cash “President Trump hasn’t won anything relating to Ms. Clifford," he added. "First of all, it does not appear as if he was even a party to the arbitration Ms. Sanders is referring to. How can you win something you’re not even a part of? Secondly, claiming that Mr. Trump ‘won’ at arbitration when there has been no hearing, no notice to Ms. Clifford, no opportunity given to her to respond, and no decision on the merits, is completely bogus." Earlier on Wednesday, Avenatti told "Today" that Clifford's lawsuit, if successful, would allow his client to "tell her story." "She believes it's important that the public learn the truth about what happened," he said. "I think it's time for her to tell her story and for the public to decide who is telling the truth." The suit asks a California court to affirm that the agreement Clifford signed is invalid. The "hush agreement," as it's called in the suit, refers to Clifford as Peggy Peterson and another individual as David Dennison. In one of the documents, the true identity of Dennison is blacked out, but Avenatti said the individual is Trump. Clifford signed both the agreement and a side letter agreement using her professional name on Oct. 28, 2016, just days before the 2016 presidential election. Cohen signed the document the same day. Both agreements were appended to the lawsuit as Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2. Each document includes a blank where "DD" is supposed to sign, but neither blank is signed. Clifford and Trump had an intimate relationship that lasted from the summer of 2006 "well into the year 2007," and meetings in Lake Tahoe and at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the lawsuit alleges. In the past, Cohen has said the president denies there was ever a relationship. The lawsuit says that Cohen — who says he used his personal funds to facilitate a payment to Clifford — has been trying to scare the actress into not talking. "To be clear, the attempts to intimidate Ms. Clifford into silence and 'shut her up' in order to 'protect Mr. Trump' continue unabated," says the suit. "On or about February 27, 2018, Mr. Trump's attorney Mr. Cohen surreptitiously initiated a bogus arbitration proceeding against Ms. Clifford in Los Angeles." The nondisclosure agreement said any further dispute would be resolved by binding arbitration "to the greatest extent permitted by law." If the agreement is void because Trump didn't sign it, as Clifford argues, the arbitration clause would also be unenforceable. Sarah Fitzpatrick | |
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| 03-07-18 11:57am - 2482 days | #190 | |
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Trump turns a blind eye when Kellyanne Conway breaks the law. Of course, he's the President, and feels he's above the law. ------- ------- Ethics experts say Trump should fire Kellyanne Conway after she crossed an ethical 'red line' Business Insider Eliza Relman Mar 7th 2018 10:39AM The US Office of Special Counsel determined that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway violated federal ethics laws twice when she advocated for and against Senate candidates. Ethics experts say those findings, along with a previous ethics violation, warrant Conway's firing. But, in an unprecedented move, the White House has denied that Conway engaged in any political advocacy. The US Office of Special Counsel determined that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway violated federal ethics laws twice when she advocated for and against Senate candidates during television interviews last year — violations that ethics experts say warrant Conway's firing. Special counsel Henry Kerner, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, argued that Conway repeatedly violated the 1939 Hatch Act, which prevents government employees from using their position to advance or promote any political party or candidate, even after receiving "significant training" on the law. Kerner wrote in his letter to Trump that Conway made "intentional partisan jabs" at Doug Jones, then the Democratic candidate for Senate in Alabama, which were intended to "persuade voters not to support him in the Alabama special election." In a "Fox & Friends" interview on November 20, during which she was introduced as "counselor to the president," Conway advocated against Jones, who she called a "doctrinaire liberal." "Doug Jones in Alabama?" Conway said. "Folks, don't be fooled. He'll be a vote against tax cuts. He's weak on crime, weak on borders. He's strong on raising your taxes. He's terrible for property owners." "So, vote Roy Moore?" "Fox & Friends" host Brian Kilmeade asked, referring to the controversial Republican candidate, who was — and still is — facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. "I'm telling you that we want the votes in the Senate to get this tax bill through," Conway responded, adding, "I just want everybody to know Doug Jones, nobody ever says his name and they pretend that he's some kind of conservative Democrat in Alabama and he's not." In the second interview on CNN on December 6, Conway made similar comments, even after receiving public criticism for her previous statements on Fox News. Kerner said that Conway, who has remained silent on the charges, had been informed of the Hatch Act's prohibitions before she "chose during both interviews to repeatedly identify reasons why voters should support one candidate over another in the Alabama special election." It's up to Trump whether Conway will face any discipline The special counsel turned its investigative report on Conway's violations over to the president, who will decide whether and what kind of disciplinary action should be taken. But in a statement, the White House defended Conway's comments. "Kellyanne Conway did not advocate for or against the election of any particular candidate," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement. "She simply expressed the President's obvious position that he have people in the House and Senate who support his agenda." Richard Painter, who served as the White House chief ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, said it is unprecedented — at least in the last few decades — for a White House to deny the findings of the independent ethics office. "It's very disturbing that the White House chief of staff is going to let White House lawyers say the Hatch Act means something entirely different than what the agency charged with enforcing the Hatch Act says it means," Painter told Business Insider. "That's just flat-out wrong." Walter Shaub, the former head of the Office of Government Ethics under Presidents Barack Obama and Trump, argued that the violations were indisputable. "Only in a world of alternative facts could Conway's televised words amount to anything other than advocacy against Jones," he wrote in a November Washington Post op-ed. "The case against Conway is airtight." The Campaign Legal Center, which Shaub now leads, filed a complaint against Conway. This is not the first time Conway has violated federal ethics laws. In February 2017, she encouraged Fox News viewers to "go buy Ivanka's stuff," saying she was "going to give a free commercial here." The Office of Government Ethics recommended the White House investigate and potentially bring disciplinary action against Conway for touting Trump's daughter's business, but Conway never received any disciplinary action. "This is the third strike," Painter said, calling them "slam dunk violations." "She's trained as a lawyer and she obviously can't follow the rules," he said. "And if she can't follow the rules, she doesn't belong in the White House." Norm Eisen, who served as the top ethics official for former President Barack Obama, tweeted on Tuesday that the president's dismissal of Conway's latest violations would constitute crossing an ethical "redline." "Make no mistake about it, if Trump does not fire Kellyanne Conway after THREE Hatch Act violations another redline will be crossed," Eisen said. "He will be saying breaking the law does not matter--I will pardon away any sins." Kathleen Clark, an ethics law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, said that Conway's silence on the issue is troubling. "It makes one question whether she even understands her responsibilities as a public official," Clark told Business Insider. Conway is not the first administration official to be found in violation of the Hatch Act. In early June, the Office of Special Counsel issued a warning to White House social media director Dan Scavino for having in April advocated on Twitter the electoral defeat of Republican Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan. Allan Smith contributed to this report. | |
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| 03-07-18 11:40am - 2482 days | #189 | |
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Creating a better America for all. Ben Carson removes anti-discrimination language from HUD Mission Statement. Trump wants fairness for all Americans. (Except possibly gay, trans, and other queer groups.) Carson doesn't want these poor people getting Federal aid to feel too comfortable, because then they won't want to go to work to live a better life. That must be why his staff ordered a non-legal $31,000 dining room set for his office. Obviously, Carson knew nothing about this non-legal expense, because he would not want to be too comfortable in his own office. ------ ------ Ben Carson Removes Anti-Discrimination Language From HUD Mission Statement HuffPost Amanda Terkel,HuffPost 14 hours ago Ben Carson Removes Anti-Discrimination Language From HUD Mission Statement WASHINGTON ― Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is changing the mission statement of his agency, removing promises of inclusive and discrimination-free communities. In a March 5 memo addressed to HUD political staff, Amy Thompson, the department’s assistant secretary for public affairs, explained that the statement is being updated “in an effort to align HUD’s mission with the Secretary’s priorities and that of the Administration.” The new mission statement reads: HUD’s mission is to ensure Americans have access to fair, affordable housing and opportunities to achieve self-sufficiency, thereby strengthening our communities and nation. “An organization’s mission is never static,” Thompson wrote in the memo, which was shared with HuffPost by a HUD employee. “A mission statement describes an organization’s purpose, what it intends to do, and whom it intends to serve. Most importantly, an organization’s activities must be embodied in its mission.” She said the mission statement had been developed with input from both Carson and his deputy. It’s not clear whether the new language is final. Thompson asked the political staff to send along any “comments or suggestions.” The Carson mission statement is quite different from the current one, which is still up on HUD’s website. That one promises “strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all.” It also says these communities will be “free from discrimination”: HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes; utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination, and transform the way HUD does business. HUD spokesman Raffi Williams said officials were considering “modest changes” to the mission statement, as has been done in previous administrations, to “make it a more clear and concise expression of the historic work this agency performs on behalf of the American people.” “You can be sure of one thing—any mission statement for this Department will embody the principle of fairness as a central element of everything that we do. HUD has been, is now, and will always be committed to ensuring inclusive housing, free from discrimination for all Americans,” Williams added. HUD is not the only federal agency changing its mission under President Donald Trump. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director recently informed employees that it was removing the phrase “America’s promise as a nation of immigrants” from its mission statement. Are you at a federal agency that is changing its mission statement as well? Email us at scoops@huffpost.com. Under President Barack Obama, HUD made advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights a priority. Shaun Donovan, who served as Obama’s first HUD secretary, was the first sitting Cabinet official in history to publicly support marriage equality. The agency worked to prohibit discrimination by HUD-funded housing authorities, recognized state and local laws that are more LGBTQ-friendly than federal ones and raised awareness of resources available to the LGBTQ community. Carson has a long history of making comments opposing equal rights for the LGBTQ community. New York Magazine recently reported that under Carson, HUD has pulled projects meant to help the LGBTQ community, which included online training materials for homeless shelters to ensure equal access for transgender people. “Self-sufficiency” has been a major focus of Carson’s. Last year, he said he didn’t want low-income Americans receiving federal assistance to feel too “comfortable” in their housing because it might make them say, “I’ll just stay here. They will take care of me.” In December, he announced a new initiative that would put “EnVision Centers” near federal housing developments to help train people in character and leadership, educational advancement, economic empowerment, and health and wellness. Carson recently came under scrutiny for the revelation that his office was set to be redecorated with a $31,000 dining room set. The secretary has claimed he knew nothing about the order. This story has been updated with comment from HUD. This article originally appeared on HuffPost. | |
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| 03-06-18 10:24pm - 2483 days | #188 | |
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Trump is a giant who focuses on the important matters in life. As President, he finds time to tweet about the low ratings of this year's Oscars, as well as to moan about the lack of star power of the current crop of Hollywood actors. But Jimmy Kimmel wants to remind viewers that President Trump's ratings are in the basement, as well. ---- ---- Jimmy Kimmel reminds Donald Trump of his own low ratings after Oscars tweet Billboard Natalie Maher Mar 6th 2018 5:32PM Donald Trump took to Twitter (naturally) to make fun of the historically low viewership for Sunday's Oscars, and host Jimmy Kimmel replied, reminding the president of some of his own low ratings. The 90th annual Academy Awards drew an all-time low 26.5 million viewers this year, a 19 percent drop from last year. Trump -- who has an aversion to Hollywood and its "elitism," despite rubbing elbows with the entertainment industry for the past three decades -- tweeted his take on the matter: "Lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY. Problem is, we don’t have Stars anymore - except your President (just kidding, of course)!" Kimmel swiftly replied with an allusion to Trump's own rating issues, mimicking the president's laissez faire use of the caps lock: "Thanks, lowest rated President in HISTORY." According to FiveThirtyEight, President Trump's current approval rating sits at 40.4 percent, with 54.3 percent of Americans polled disapproving of the job he's doing. The late-night host mainly stuck to Hollywood's own diversity issues during his opening monologue at the ceremony, though he did save time for a few Trump jabs, including his assumed dislike for immigrant actress Lupita Nyong’o and his probable misunderstanding of the racially based horror-comedy Get Out. Last year, the president called Meryl Streep one of the "most over-rated actresses in Hollywood" after her pointed and politically charged Oscars speech. | |
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| 03-06-18 09:30pm - 2483 days | #187 | |
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I believe Trump has the right to a private life. But enquiring minds also have the right to know about Trump, since he has criticized ex-President Clinton for his affair with Monica Lewinsky. And Trump has criticized President Obama for playing golf while President. Even though Trump, while President, spends far more time than Obama ever did, on the golf course. Is Trump king of the double standard? Or just a hypocrite who loves to slander people? ---------- ---------- Trump Brushed Off Stormy Daniels' Questions About Wife Melania: 'Oh, Don't Worry About Her' If Donald Trump had wife Melania on his mind when he had an alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels, he didn’t show it. According to the full transcript of In Touch magazine’s shelved 2011 interview with Daniels, released last month, Trump brought up his wife only briefly during his first alleged tryst with Daniels in July 2006. After Daniels poked fun of the then-Apprentice star’s infamous hairstyle, he shared, “Yeah, yeah, my wife even did my son [Barron]’s hair like that, as a joke.” Daniels, whose given name is Stephanie Clifford, said, “I was like, ‘Yes, speaking of your wife…’ ” “I mentioned her. I was like, ‘Yeah, what about your wife?’ He goes, ‘Oh, don’t worry about her,’ ” Daniels recalled. “Quickly, quickly changed the subject.” And that, according to Daniels, was all Trump said about his wife, who at the time had given birth to their son, Barron (now 11), just four months earlier. The transcript published last month comes one week after the Wall Street Journal reported that a lawyer for Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to Daniels a month before the 2016 election so she’d keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter. The White House, Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen, and Daniels herself all denied at the time that she was paid off for her silence or that she and Trump ever had a sexual relationship. However, Cohen later confirmed to The New York Times on Tuesday that he paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to Daniels, born Stephanie Clifford, in 2016. Cohen, who worked as a counsel to the Trump Organization for more than a decade, also clarified that he has not been compensated by Trump. “Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly. The payment to Ms. Clifford was lawful, and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone,” Cohen said in a statement. In a statement released last month by Cohen on her behalf, Daniels said allegations that she had a sexual or romantic affair with Trump were “completely false.” But In Touch said that in 2011, Daniels took and passed a polygraph test confirming her account, which was also corroborated to the magazine at the time by Daniels’ close friend Randy Spears and ex-husband Mike Moz. Daniels’ friend, adult film star Alana Evans, also corroborated reports of the relationship in an interview with NBC’s Megyn Kelly Today on Tuesday. In the In Touch interview, which marks the first time Daniels herself has confirmed the alleged affair, Daniels said Trump did not give her the impression that his wife knew he was allegedly unfaithful to her and was okay with it. Though she said her conscience didn’t bother her at the time of the affair, Daniels said in 2011 — after recently having a baby herself — that she felt Trump was wrong to allegedly cheat on his wife, especially given the recent timing of his son’s birth. “Now that I have a baby that’s the same age that his was at the time, I’m like, “Wow, what a d—,” Daniels told In Touch, adding, “Yeah, I feel bad.” Asked if she had a message for Trump or his wife, Daniels replied, “I don’t know. Karma will always bite you in the a–.” | |
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| 03-06-18 09:08pm - 2483 days | #186 | |
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Porn stars have legal rights. That means she can sue Donald Trump for efforts to silence her. Let's give Stormy a chance to speak up in public, and to make money off her stories, the same rights that Donald Trump enjoys when he speaks in public. Can we get a photo op of Stormy and Trump kissing and making up, because Trump has claimed he loves all people? (But apparently Trump does not want to acknowledge loving Stormy while he was married to his latest wife.) ----- ----- Stormy Daniels sues Donald Trump over efforts to 'silence' her Tim Kenneally Tim Kenneally 2 hours 53 minutes ago Porn star Stormy Daniels, who reportedly had an affair with Donald Trump before he ascended to the U.S. presidency, filed a lawsuit against Trump on Tuesday, saying that Trump and his attorney Michael Cohen “aggressively sought to silence” her when she planned to make her story public in late 2016. According to the suit, Daniels was presented with a “Hush Agreement” referring to Daniels — whose real name is Stephanie Clifford — as “Peggy Peterson” or “PP” and Trump as “David Dennison” or “DD.” “Importantly, the Hush Agreement imposed various conditions and obligations not only on Ms. Clifford, but also on Mr. Trump. The agreement also required the signature of all parties in the agreement, including that of Mr. Trump,” the suit reads. “Moreover, as is customary, it was widely understood at all times that unless all of the parties signed the documents as required, the Hush Agreement, together with all of its terms and conditions, was null and void.” Also Read: Trump's Lawyer Complained He Was Never Reimbursed for Stormy Daniels Payment (Report) However, the suit says, days before the election, Daniels and Cohen signed the agreement, Trump didn’t. “On information and belief, despite having detailed knowledge of the Hush Agreement and its terms, including the proposed payment of monies to Ms. Clifford … Mr. Trump purposely did not sign the agreement so he could later, if need be, publicly disavow any knowledge of the Hush Agreement and Ms. Clifford,” the suit states. TheWrap has reached out to the White House for comment on the lawsuit. Also Read: Jenna Jameson Weighs in on Stormy Daniels, Shares Her Own Trump Story The suit says that, despite the lack of Trump’s signature, $130,000 was wired to Daniels. Cohen has acknowledged the payment, but maintained that it was made from his personal funds, and that the Trump campaign and the Trump Organization were not parties to the transaction. The suit contends that efforts to silence Daniels have continued unabated, and that in February of this year Cohen “surreptitiously initiated a bogus arbitration proceeding against Ms. Clifford in Los Angeles. Remarkably, he did so without even providing Ms. Clifford with notice of the proceeding and basic due process.” “Put simply, considerable steps have been taken by Mr. Cohen in the last week to silence Ms. Clifford through the use of an improper and procedurally defective arbitration proceeding hidden from public view,” the suit reads. “The extent of Mr. Trump’s involvement in these efforts is presently unknown, but it strains credibility to conclude that Mr. Cohen is acting on his own accord without the express approval and knowledge of his client Mr. Trump.” Daniels is seeking a court declaration that the agreements “do not exist, because, among other things,Mr. Trump never signed the documents.” Barring that, Daniels is seeking a declaration that the agreements “are invalid, unenforceable, and/or void.” Related stories from TheWrap: Trump's Lawyer Complained He Was Never Reimbursed for Stormy Daniels Payment (Report) Chelsea Handler Sends Valentine's Day Wishes to Donald Trump — and Stormy Daniels Stormy Daniels 'Is Going to Tell Her Story' About Trump, Her Manager Says | |
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| 03-06-18 09:21am - 2483 days | #185 | |
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The truth comes out: Democrats are the ones who commit most mass shootings. (Because Republicans are God-fearing people who honor the Lord and love all people, even the ones from shithole countries.) Republicans are the good people. Democrats are evil scum. Fake news is Satan's tool, used to blind idiots to God's truth: Republicans are the Chosen People, who spread God's holy word. Jesus, I wish I could be a Republican, so God can wash away all my sins and make me wealthy! ------- ------- 'It's Fake News!': Congresswoman Who Said Most Mass Shooters Are Democrats Cuts Off Interview HuffPost Igor Bobic,HuffPost 18 hours ago Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) walked away from a television interview on Monday after she was asked about her claim that Democrats are more prone to be mass shooters. The first-term congresswoman made the comment last month in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting after she criticized the government for failing to act on several tips that might have prevented the deaths of 17 students and adults. “It’s interesting that so many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats. But the media doesn’t talk about that either,” Tenney said during a radio interview. The fact-checking site Snopes found that a popular list circulating among conservatives purporting to show that mass shooters are more likely to be Democrats was riddled with faulty, inaccurate and unsubstantiated claims. The list was first shared online in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, according to the website. In a video of the TV interview that was posted to YouTube on Monday, Tenney maintained she was merely correcting the record after many “vicious” statements the media and Democrats have made about legal gun owners. “I’m telling the truth,” Tenney insisted. “It isn’t just Republicans who commit all these terrible crimes. ... All I’m saying is everybody is guilty equally.” Asked again about her comments, Tenney ended the interview and walked away. “It is fake news! I answered your question every which way, it is fake news,” she said. “Bye. Done. It’s ridiculous.” This article originally appeared on HuffPost. | |
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| 03-05-18 08:44pm - 2484 days | #184 | |
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Trump, the greatest president the US has ever experienced, is a genius in capitalism. He has ordered replicas of the Presidential seal for use at Trump golf courses. The next step would be to offer tea and lemonade to be served at the White House, with donations accepted in the name of the Trump charities that will fund his family's post-presidential activities. ---------- ---------- Report: Presidential seal replicas ordered for use at Trump golf courses may violate federal law Devil Ball Golf Jason Owens,Devil Ball Golf 5 hours ago The Trump Organization has ordered replicas of the U.S. presidential seal for use as tee markers at Trump International golf courses, ProPublica reports. The 12-inch replicas of the seal were created by Eagle Sign and Design, a sign-making company based in New Albany, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, according to the report. ProPublica saw a copy of the order for the seals with the customer stated as “Trump International.” The problem with the tee markers is that they stand in violation of federal law prohibiting use of official badges outside of their intended capacity, an infraction that can carry a six-month prison sentence. Per U.S. Code: Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 33, Section 713: Whoever manufactures, sells, or possesses any badge, identification card, or other insignia, of the design prescribed by the head of any department or agency of the United States for use by any officer or employee thereof, or any colorable imitation thereof, or photographs, prints, or in any other manner makes or executes any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any such badge, identification card, or other insignia, or any colorable imitation thereof, except as authorized under regulations made pursuant to law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Neither the White House or the Trump Organization responded to ProPublica’s request for comment, while the Department of Justice declined to comment on knowledge of the presidential seal being used outside of its official capacity. Joseph Bates, owner of Eagle Sign and Design, confirmed that his company had made the tee-box markers, but declined with ProPublica and the Louisville Courier-Journal to name who ordered the product. “Apparently when you do something that is related to Trump it means you’ll get a lot of questions,” Bates told the Courier-Journal. “We just did what our customer wanted.” The company’s Facebook page posted an image of the seal in February with the headline “Trump International Golf Course.” That photo was removed Monday after the publication of the ProPublica story. The apparent planned use of the seal at Donald Trump’s private golf courses touches on an ongoing concern of conflict of interest with Trump using his office for personal gain. Trump has eschewed presidential protocol of divesting private interests while in office. His continued ties to his properties, golf courses and merchandising deals in and outside of the U.S. are unprecedented for a sitting president and present a myriad of ethical questions. | |
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| 03-05-18 08:22pm - 2484 days | #183 | |
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We need to send the US Armed Forces into Panama to show them who's the boss. A local Panamanian judge and local Panamanian police removed Trump's name from signs outside his family's luxury hotel in Panama on Monday, March 5, 2018. The hotel's majority owner, Orestes Fintiklis, is based in Miami. He needs to be investigated by the CIA, the FBI, and local law enforcement officials in the Miami area, for terrorist activities, as well as disrespect of a sitting US President. ===== ===== Judge, police help oust Trump Hotels from Panama property Associated Press JEFF HORWITZ, MARK STEVENSON and JUAN ZAMORANO,Associated Press 2 hours 53 minutes ago PANAMA CITY (AP) — Workers pried President Donald Trump's name from signs outside his family company's luxury hotel in Panama on Monday, as Trump's executives were ousted from their management offices in a business dispute under orders from Panamanian officials. Trump's security guards also left. The end to a 12-day standoff over control of the property came early in the day when a Panamanian judicial official and police officers backed the hotel's majority owner, Orestes Fintiklis, as he took possession of the offices. The Trump-affiliated management and security officials then left the 70-story, waterfront high-rise. "This was purely a commercial dispute that just spun out of control," said Fintiklis, a Miami-based private equity investor and head of the hotel owners' association. "And today this dispute has been settled by the authorities and the judges of this country." The Trump Organization's lawyers, however, said Panamanian courts had in fact made no determination on the underlying dispute — a management contract held by the Trump group that it claims is still valid — and had only appointed an interim management until an international arbitration panel rules on the issue. "Trump Hotels is totally convinced it will not only prevail, but that it should also be paid damages, costs and other charges related to today's actions," the lawyers said in a statement. The Trump Organization didn't say who the new management was or why the Trump name was removed from the hotel. The Panamanian Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A Panamanian judicial official told The Associated Press a statement would come later in the day. The Trump Hotel's website had ceased offering direct bookings at the hotel by early Monday afternoon. "We apologize," the site said. "There are no available rooms for your requested stay." The hotel owners tried to fire Trump's company last year, but the Trump Organization disputed the termination as legally invalid. As part of his fire sale purchase of 202 of the hotel's 369 units, Fintiklis signed a February 2017 agreement not to challenge Trump's management contract — a deal the Trump Organization considers binding. Fintiklis quickly changed course after the deal closed in August, arguing that alleged mismanagement by Trump's staff and the deterioration of the Trump brand rendered keeping the property in Trump hands impossible. In late December, Trump's management team ran off a team of Marriott hotel executives visiting the property at Fintiklis' invitation. "Our investment has no future so long as the hotel is managed by an incompetent operator whose brand has been tarnished beyond repair," Orestes wrote to his fellow hotel owners in a January email obtained by the AP. The most recent and intense feuding began Feb. 22, when Fintiklis came to the property with termination notices for Trump's management team. Trump hotel officials turned away Fintiklis and his entourage, refusing to let him check into any of his private equity fund's 202 hotel rooms. A legal complaint filed by Fintiklis said that, late that same evening, he and others in his party witnessed Trump's management team destroying hotel documents, which Trump officials have denied. For more than a week, Trump's hotel business staved off efforts by Fintiklis and his allies to gain control of the property, with rival security teams skirmishing over physical control of key infrastructure. That included the administrative offices and the hotel's closed caption security system, which was housed in the condo association within the same building. Grainy footage of the encounter obtained by the AP shows Trump security officials shoving a representative of the condo owners' association and a brawl in a stairwell between opposing security guards. Initially invited by Trump's managers, the Panamanian police repeatedly visited the hotel to keep the peace. At least one Trump security official was taken off the property in handcuffs, though a police source told the AP he was not arrested. Trump officials denounced Fintiklis' efforts to take control of the property as "thug-like, mob-style tactics" and pledged in a February statement they would not give in to "bullying and the use of force." Until litigation and arbitration involving the property was concluded, Trump officials said, they had no intention of leaving. While Trump staffed up with additional security — stationing guards at the hotel's administrative offices for more than one week — the fight for physical control of the hotel ended quietly with the intervention by Panamanian authorities. Trump security officials exited the property on their own accord, leaving the hotel's administrative office vacant. The whereabouts of the Trump hotel management team could not be immediately determined, but Fintiklis declared the fight over. "Today Panama has made us proud," Fintiklis said, adding that he intended to apply for Panamanian citizenship. Though Fintiklis has generally declined to comment on the dispute, he appeared to gloat Monday. Sitting at the piano in the hotel's lobby, surrounded by reporters and news cameras, he played "Accordeon," a Greek song celebrating that country's fight to overthrow a fascist regime. Within two hours, a man using a hammer and a crowbar began stripping Trump signage from a stone plaque in front of the building. | |
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| 03-05-18 08:48am - 2484 days | #182 | |
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President Trump boasts that he's a great golfer. But Kim Jong Il (North Korea leader who Trump calls rocket man) is even better: Kim Jong Il made 11 holes-in-one. He also bowled a perfect 300 game the first time he ever bowled. So even though North Korea might be small, if Trump and Kim ever got into a fight, Kim would crush Trump with his mighty words. Trump, beware, you have an opponent who is fierce and strong and will stomp your ass!!! === === Kim Jong Il Made 11 Holes-In-One: North Korea’s Most Insane Claims About Its Leaders March 05, 2018 In North Korea, the government publicizes outlandish claims about its leaders, making them seem god-like and almost inhuman. With little to no contact with the outside world, North Korean citizens have no way of disproving the insane claims, which range from being incredibly good at sports to not using the bathroom. Keep reading to find out all the crazy things North Korean leaders have claimed to do. Kim Jong Il was really good at sports North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il meets with Korean People's Army personel He bowled a perfect score on his first try. | AFP/Getty Images According to Ranker’s article on North Korean propaganda, the North Korean government claims that Kim Jong Il bowled a perfect 300. Supposedly, Kim bowled the perfect game at a bowling alley donated by a Korean businesswoman in 1994. This was the first time the North Korean leader had bowled, according to The Washington Post. Kim also broke a world-record score on a North Korean golf course. According to Ranker, the government claims he got 11 holes-in-one and didn’t score more than a birdie on any other holes. Page 1 of 7 Next | |
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| 03-04-18 11:53pm - 2485 days | #181 | |
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President Trump fights to save businesses money by scrapping Obama-era rules governing coal ash disposal. This is clearly a win-win situation for people living near coal-fired plants, who will now have a higher chance in the lottery for "learning disabilities, birth defects, asthma, and cancer". ==== ==== U.S. Trump Administration Aims to Gut Clean Water Standards to Help Out Coal Power Plants Newsweek Carlos Ballesteros,Newsweek 9 hours ago The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday it will scrap Obama-era rules governing coal ash disposal. The changes would provide companies with annual compliance cost savings of up to $100 million, but environmentalists warn that doing away with the regulations risks poisoning clean drinking water for millions of Americans and pollute already-endangered ecosystems. The changes would extend how long the over 400 coal-fired power plants across the country can maintain unlined coal ash ponds and allow states to determine how frequently they would test disposal sites for groundwater contamination. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt championed the rule changes as a way of promoting federalism. Trending: Trump Administration Aims to Gut Clean Water Standards to Help Out Coal Power Plants “Today’s coal ash proposal embodies EPA’s commitment to our state partners by providing them with the ability to incorporate flexibilities into their coal ash permit programs based on the needs of their states,” Pruitt said in a statement announcing the changes. Pruitt went on to boast that the proposed changes "would save the regulated community between $31 million and $100 million per year." But as pointed out by Alexander C. Kaufman and Chris D’Angelo of the HuffPost, Pruitt's announcement failed to mention the risks coal ash poses to human health and the environment. Don't miss: Obama Warning on Russia Meddling Was 'Watered Down' By Mitch McConnell, Former Aide Claims “This is the second biggest toxic pollution threat in our country, and we need to clean it up—not make things easier for polluters,” Earthjustice attorney Lisa Evans said in a statement. “People living near more than a thousand toxic coal ash sites are at risk. They face contaminated drinking water, toxic dust in the air, and serious health threats just because the EPA is choosing to side with polluters over the public.” GettyImages-691271708 President Donald Trump listens while EPA chief Scott Pruitt speaks after announcing the US will withdraw from the Paris accord in the Rose Garden of the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. On Thursday, Pruitt announced the watchdog agency would loosen its clean water standards for coal ash disposal. Getty Images According to the EPA, coal-fired power plants in the United States produce around 140 million tons of coal ash per year. The waste is usually started in wet ponds, almost half of which operate without liners and other safeguards meant to prevent chemicals from seeping into groundwater. Multiple scientific studies have demonstrated that coal ash—which contains carcinogenic substances like arsenic, lead, and selenium—has a demonstrable adverse effect on surrounding communities and the environment. An EPA study from 2010 showed that "people living within one mile of unlined coal ash ponds can have a 1 in 50 risk of cancer—more than 2,000 times higher than what the EPA considers acceptable," as cited by Sierra Club. The study also shows that living within a mile of a wet coal ash storage pond is as hazardous as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. Particularly at risk are the over 1.5 million children who live near coal ash disposal sites across the country, as coal ash has been shown to increase the risk of children developing learning disabilities, birth defects, asthma, and cancer. Many industry trade groups have come out in support of the changes, celebrating Pruitt's role in lessening the federal government's role in overseeing coal-fired power plants. “The proposed rule will provide states and the industry with greater certainty as they work to close ash basins safely and responsibly and continue to manage other ash management facilities such as landfills,” Quin Shea, the vice president for environment at the industry trade group Edison Electric Institute, told The Washington Post in a statement. Frank Holleman, a senior lawyer at the Southern Environmental Law Center, countered by highlighting the dangers posed by coal ash and decried the administration's efforts to protect Americans from carcinogen. “Coal ash is polluting rivers, lakes and wells across America, but President Trump’s EPA is trying to weaken the standards that are supposed to protect Americans from this toxic threat,” Holleman said in a statement. “These proposals will weaken rules that protect our groundwater from arsenic and mercury and continue to extend the use of unlined, leaking coal ash pits next to our waterways. America’s families and clean water deserve better.” The EPA said it will accept public comment on the proposed changes for 45 days. It then “plans to move quickly to take final action after the close of the comment period.” | |
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| 03-04-18 01:37am - 2486 days | #180 | |
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Devin Nunes Calls Colbert's Jokes About Him A 'Danger' In This Country HuffPost Mary Papenfuss,HuffPost 5 hours ago Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said Saturday that Stephen Colbert’s jokes about him are a “danger” in this country. Colbert traveled to the Capitol on Friday’s episode of “The Late Show” in a spoof mission to tease information out of congressmen about possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. Colbert was armed with his own memo stating: “Devon Nunes is a [redacted].” Colbert managed to crack a smile from stone-faced Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) when he asked him if he was “jealous” that Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) gets to work with Nunes. “This is the danger that we have in this country,” Nunes said when Fox News’ Neil Cavuto asked how he felt about the jokes. “The left controls not only the universities in this country, but they also control Hollywood in this country, and the mainstream media, so conservatives in this country are under attack ... they attack people who are trying to get to the truth,” the head of the House Intelligence Committee added. | |
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| 03-03-18 07:49pm - 2486 days | #179 | |
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Not only will Trump make America great again, but there's a possibility that he could serve as President for Life. That's all that's needed for America to become the Supreme Power of the Free World (and maybe God's chosen representative on Earth). ========= ========= Trump says maybe US will have a president for life someday Associated Press Associated Press 54 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he thinks it's great that China's president now holds that office for life and muses that maybe the U.S. will do the same someday. Trump's remarks were met with laughter and applause during a luncheon for Republican donors Saturday at his South Florida estate. CNN said it obtained a recording of the remarks. Chinese President Xi Jinping recently consolidated power. Trump told the gathering: "He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great." Trump added, "I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot someday." Trump criticized his Democratic presidential opponent Hillary Clinton, repeated his view about "a rigged system," and called the Iraq invasion "the single worst decision ever made." He referred to former President George W. Bush as "another real genius." | |
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| 03-01-18 03:40pm - 2488 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Trump's friend, Russian overlord Putin, releases video of nuclear missile destroying Florida. Just another joke by these two jokers, who love to brag about how strong and invincible they are: But if Putin actually destroys Florida, home of Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, will the two remain friends? Or will there be a fight club video, where the two friendlies come out slugging? ------ ------ https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-releas...orida-150307267.html World Russia releases chill video of Florida getting nuked, taunts Elon Musk Marcus Gilmer,Mashable 8 hours ago There's nothing to see here, folks, just Russian overlord Vladimir Putin showing off an "invincible" nuclear missile destroying Florida. Oh, and the editor of one of Russia's most notorious media outlets is using it to mock Elon Musk. Just another day in 2018. Taking his role of real-life Bond villain to new heights, Putin used his annual state-of-the-nation speech to the Russian Federal Assembly on Thursday to brag about the country's new nuclear weapons he claimed could hit any point on the globe and would render any defense "useless." Seriously, look at this thing. It's like something out of a comic book (assuming it exists). And taking that supervillain analogy one-step further, Putin's speech was full of bombast. Per NBC News' translation: That's frightening enough as it is but as Gizmodo notes, the video showing off this new super-weapon uses a not-so-innocuous target on which to rain down its radioactive terror: the state of Florida. Yep, that's the central portion of the state, including Tampa Bay, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, and (of course) Palm Beach, home of Trump's Mar-a-Lago club. Putin is out here dropping casual threats of nuclear armageddon on the part of the country where Trump likes to go golf and solicit gun control advice from country club members. This can't be good for the pair's complex bromance. If this seems familiar, it's pretty similar to the same stunt that North Korea pulled almost two years ago when it shared a propaganda video that included the nuclear obliteration of Washington, D.C. Cool. As if that's not enough, Margarita Simonovna Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of RT, the controversial Moscow-based news outlet that draws some funding from the Russian government, decided to celebrate Russia's new nuclear might by mocking Elon Musk. Because threatening to obliterate the home of Mickey Mouse wasn't enough, Russia's out here insulting America's high-tech entrepreneurs? What did Elon ever do to you, RT? Nothing to see here. Everything is fine. Though, if reality TV star Donald Trump can be president, than an action-hero showdown between Musk and Putin isn't really that far off, right? Edited by Staff on Apr 03, 2018, 07:59am | |
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