And so it begins….
I wonder how many Trump administration officials will have to face charges before one of them sings like the proverbial canary.
Category: Domestic Affairs,
Up to 1,000 Democratic candidates are about to make the 2018 congressional primaries completely insane
The 2018 midterms are still 561 days away, but an unprecedented early surge of Democrats have already declared their candidacies for the House of Representatives, setting up what will likely be one of the longest and most crowded series of House Democratic primary campaigns in memory.
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What Does Mike Pence Think Happens At Restaurants?
It describes a world in which women are not individual human beings—witness these men who cannot even imagine a reason why any man might choose to share a meal with a woman he doesn’t intend to fuck—but generic objects of sexual temptation at which men have only very limited power to resist flinging their genitals. It weaponizes women—most especially young, unmarried women—against themselves: I can’t be alone with you, even over some friggin’ nachos, or your presence might cause me to fuck you. Indeed there could be no other reason for us to sit down to a meal together. This is the sort of thing that is being referenced when people use the term “rape culture.”
What Does Mike Pence Think Happens At Restaurants?
Weaponizes women and infantilizes men. Insulting all ’round.
Jeff Sessions is quietly preparing to double down on mass incarceration
While still short on specific policy changes, Sessions has made it clear that he plans to crack down on drugs and immigration while resuscitating the harsh sentencing laws that have given the United States the world’s highest incarceration rate.
Jeff Sessions is quietly preparing to double down on mass incarceration – VICE News
Sigh…
Sessions Ushers In A New Kind Of Federalism
We are witnessing the spread of a progressive form of federalism under a GOP-led government.
Has Jeff Sessions Ushered In A New Kind Of Federalism? | The Huffington Post
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Trump’s White House on defensive over transparency
The White House was forced Monday to defend its controversial positions to keep its visitor logs secret and …Trump’s tax returns private.
…The administration tries to shift the issue back to Barack Obama.
…The decision not to voluntarily release the logs means Americans won’t see who visits the president until at least five years after he leaves office, and it prompted quick pushback from open-government advocates. But after Trump won the presidency without releasing tax returns, as major candidates have done for decades, the White House appears to be attempting to wait out the critics who want more insight into Trump’s finances and schedule.
…“It’s the same thing that was discussed during the campaign trail. The president is under audit,” Spicer told reporters. “It’s a routine one. It continues. And I think that the American public know clearly where he stands.”
…As USA Today reported last week, the president and vice president’s tax returns are automatically audited every year. The IRS has said an audit does not bar a taxpayer from choosing to release his or her tax returns.
…the White House often does not confirm details such as whether Trump is playing golf when he travels to the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Trump’s White House on defensive over transparency – POLITICO
Spicer, he’s not entitled to anything in terms of private, personal time. If he doesn’t like how his job works, then he shouldn’t have asked for it.
Guess Who Came to Dinner With Flynn and Putin
NBC News reviewed video and photos from a 2015 Moscow gala that Mike Flynn was paid $45,000 to attend to see who else was in the room.
…U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, the only American besides Flynn at the head table.
Stein’s 2016 campaign was heavily promoted by RT.
“And my own connection to RT, you know ironically, it takes a Russian television station to actually be open to independent candidates in this country and that is a shame. A shameful commentary on our own media,” she told NBC’s Alex Seitz-Wald.
(Stein did well enough to help Russia achieve its aims. Her vote totals in the crucial states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan were all greater than Clinton’s margin of defeat, and arguably denied Clinton an Electoral College victory.)
Guess Who Came to Dinner With Flynn and Putin – NBC News
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Top National Security Official Leaving Justice Department in Middle of Trump-Russia Investigation
Mary McCord, who was leading the Justice Department’s investigation into whether Trump’s campaign had ties to Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, is leaving her position next month.
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U.S. officials re-examining intel leak cases
Prosecutors are assessing whether charges should be filed related to the spreading of stolen U.S. information by WikiLeaks, sources said
U.S. officials re-examining intel leak cases – CBS News
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Mike Pence Is A Fucking Joke
Supposedly, Pence wasn’t meant to go outside during his visit to the DMZ, but this man LIVES FOR THE FUCKING DANGER, and for easily manipulated photo ops.
With the same kind of steely eye that Sarah Palin gave Russia from her skinnin’ porch, Pence bravely stared down a country where people have to eat bark soup and declared YOU SHALL NOT PASS.
Dude, you’re fucking afraid to eat dinner with a woman.
Simpy, pathetic loser.
Russians used ‘Bernie Bros’ as ‘unwitting agents’ in disinformation campaign: Senate Intel witness
Dr. Thomas Rid of Kings College London’s Department of War Studies explained that polarization makes societies vulnerable to manipulation by disinformation campaigns.
Russia, Rid explained, according to CBS News, likes to use “unwitting agents” to carry out its work. WikiLeaks, Twitter and “overeager journalists” all contributed to Russia’s efforts to destabilize the U.S. by disrupting its 2016 election.
“They were trying to ..drive a wedge within the Democratic Party between the Clinton group and the Sanders group… …And then in our nation between Republicans and Democrats.”
Supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) reported earlier this month that during the 2016 election, their social media feeds and pro-Sanders Facebook groups were inundated with what they now believe were Russian bots spewing anti-Hillary memes including fake news stories about Clinton.
Russians used ‘Bernie Bros’ as ‘unwitting agents’ in disinformation campaign: Senate Intel witness
Not shocking exactly.
Miami lawmaker resigns over racial slur scandal
Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles resigned from the Florida Legislature on Friday, consumed by a scandal that erupted three days earlier over a diatribe of insults the Miami Republican unleashed against two lawmakers at a Tallahassee bar.
Miami lawmaker resigns over racial slur scandal
Justice served.
Surgeon General removed from post by Trump administration, replaced by deputy
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy was removed from his post by the Trump administration and has been replaced temporarily by his deputy.
The statement continued, “Dr. Murthy has been relieved of his duties as Surgeon General and will continue to serve as a member of the Commissioned Corps. Secretary [Tom] Price thanks him for his dedicated service to the nation.”
Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, a nurse who served as Murthy’s deputy, will serve as the acting Surgeon General, according to the statement.
Surgeon General removed from post by Trump administration, replaced by deputy – ABC News
Probably refused to tell the public to drink snake oil.
Rick Perry wants to know if solar is eroding the electricity supply
On Friday, the former fossil-fuel favoring governor ordered a study to see whether solar and wind development is making the electricity grid less stable.
whaaa the faaaa? Does Perry actually comprehend anything about how the world around works?
House intel panel invites former acting AG Sally Yates to testify
The House Intelligence Committee on Thursday asked several senior Obama administration officials, including former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, to testify publicly in the panel’s probe into Russian interference in the U.S. election.
The committee has also invited FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers to return before the committee to testify in a closed setting.
House intel panel invites former acting AG Sally Yates to testify | TheHill
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Shaheen: Money to Fight Opioid Epidemic Coming to N.H.
Money that Congress approved last year to help states combat the opioid epidemic is headed to New Hampshire.
Shaheen has been urging President Donald Trump’s administration to revise the formula used to allocate the funding so it prioritizes states like New Hampshire that are hardest hit by the crisis. She says she’s pleased officials have indicated that they will review the formula ahead of distribution next year.
Shaheen: Money to Fight Opioid Epidemic Coming to N.H. | New Hampshire Public Radio
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Trump lawyer: ‘No right’ to protest at rallies
President Donald Trump’s lawyers argued in a Thursday court filing that protesters “have no right” to “express dissenting views” at his campaign rallies because such protests infringed on his First Amendment rights.
Trump lawyer: ‘No right’ to protest at rallies – POLITICO
That’s not really how the 1st amendment works there, Donner….
Multiple people arrested at Flint water town hall meeting
Officers stopped men wearing hats from entering the church sanctuary unless they removed them, and men who would not remove their hats were asked to leave. The issue led to arguments between members of the public and police.
They also escorted people out who used profanity inside the church.
“There’s a couple people that’s arrested,” Johnson said. “There’s a couple people cussing in the church, disorderly conduct.”
Multiple people arrested at Flint water town hall meeting | MLive.com
What the faahhhhk were the doing holding it in a church, making me take off their hats, and arresting people for swearing anyways???
White House commits hilariously teling typo on its Snapchat account
An unfortunate and ironic typo from the White House Snapchat account had social media buzzing Monday afternoon.President Trump and First Lady Melania welcomed families to the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll.During the event, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos met with participants. The Snapchat account titled her “Secretary of Educatuon.”
White House Snapchat account makes unfortunate typo | WGN-TV
lololololol
Bitcoin MSB Exemption Goes to New Hampshire Governor for Approval
Senators in New Hampshire have passed a bill that would exempt digital currency traders from money transmission regulations.
Bitcoin MSB Exemption Goes to New Hampshire Governor for Approval – CoinDesk
Roll out the red carpet for the psycho Free-Staters, why doncha?
On weed, homeland security chief and attorney general could hardly be further apart
“Marijuana is not a factor in the drug war,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly said Sunday.
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The destruction of Hillary Clinton: sexism, Sanders, and the millennial feminists
Appearances to the contrary, Sanders was not a union organizer, but rather a longtime member of the Senate. And if Clinton had more support from the Democratic party, that was due in large part to the relationships she had cultivated over the years, working with others – something Sanders was not particularly good at. Nonetheless, for weeks during the early months of the primary, I listened to 19-year-olds and media pundits alike lavish praise on Bernie Sanders for his bold, revolutionary message, and scorn Hillary for being a part of the establishment.
He was seen as authentic in his progressivism while she was pushed to the left by political expediency – as though a lifetime of fighting for equality and children’s rights meant nothing. He was the champion of the working class (conveniently ignoring that black and white women were members, and that their issues were also working class issues), but her longstanding commitments to universal health care, child care, paid sick leave, racial justice, the repeal of the Hyde amendment, and narrowing the wage gap between working men and women apparently evaporated because she’d accepted well-paid invitations to speak at Goldman Sachs.
Later, the news media even let Sanders get away with describing Planned Parenthood and NARAL as “establishment” when he didn’t get their endorsement. They made little of it when he described abortion as a social issue (as though loss of control over one’s reproductive life has no impact on one’s economic survival). They accepted, without question, his descriptions of himself as an activist for feminist causes, when all he had done was vote the right way in the Senate. They posted pictures of him being arrested at a protest against the University of Chicago’s real estate investments, while making no mention of the work Hillary had done, when she was the same age, investigating racist housing practices with Marian Wright Edelman. Clinton’s emails and her “trust problems” were the only stories about her they were interested in reporting.
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Man tipped for US ambassador role in NZ a former nude model who supports waterboarding
The man tipped to be President Donald Trump’s US ambassador to New Zealand is a former naked centrefold and supports the use of waterboarding.
Man tipped for US ambassador role in NZ a former nude model who supports waterboarding
Bu-bye, Baker!
Coal company plans huge solar farm on strip mine
An eastern Kentucky coal mining company on Tuesday announced its plans to build what could become the state’s largest solar farm on a reclaimed mountaintop strip mine
Coal company plans huge solar farm on strip mine
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