Category: Domestic Affairs,

This is Psychological Warfare 

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Trump’s Laugh Track is Tricking America

But Trump’s seemingly warm reception might have been manufactured, according to The Washington Post’s lead fact-checker, Glenn Kessler. “The pool reports indicate the cheering and clapping was not from the CIA staffers but people who accompanied Trump,” Kessler tweeted.

Brennan also deplored the rally-style event, according to his former deputy chief of staff Nick Shapiro. Brennan “is deeply saddened and angered at Donald Trump’s despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA’s Memorial Wall of Agency heroes,” Shapiro said in a statement provided to Newsweek. “Trump should be ashamed of himself.”

This is Psychological Warfare – Medium

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CBS Confirms Reports that Donald Trump Brought A Cheering Section With Him to CIA Visit

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CBS News confirmed reports that President Donald Trump brought a studio audience to his visit with the CIA on Saturday. The news agency reports that an official said the visit left a wake of “unease,” “made relations with the intelligence community worse,” and was “uncomfortable.”

CBS Confirms Reports that Donald Trump Brought A Cheering Section With Him to CIA Visit

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Women’s March Highlights as Huge Crowds Protest Trump: ‘We’re Not Going Away’

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Attendance in New York City was more than 400,000, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office. The St. Paul police issued an official crowd count of 50,000 to 60,000 people. Attendance in Boston was 175,000, according to Nicole Caravella, a spokeswoman for Mayor Martin J. Walsh. The Atlanta Police Department estimated about 60,000 people attended a rally there. The Department of Public Safety in Phoenix estimated that some 20,000 marched, while in Key West, Fla., a town of 25,000, police said more than 2,000 people marched.

Organizers in Chicago estimated the crowd there at 250,000, the Chicago Tribune said.

…The Associated Press reported that the District of Columbia’s homeland security director, Christopher Geldart, said it was safe to say the crowd at the march there was more than the 500,000 that organizers told city officials to expect. [emphasis: mine]

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Trump inauguration protest damages parts of downtown Washington

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Earlier in the day, as guests were going in to the ceremony, lines for ticket-holders entering two gates stretched for blocks at one point as protesters clogged entrances.

…At one checkpoint, protesters wore orange jumpsuits with black hoods over their faces to represent prisoners in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay. Eleanor Goldfield, who helped organize the Disrupt J20 protest, said protesters wanted to show Mr. Trump and his “misguided, misinformed or just plain dangerous” supporters that they won’t be silent.

…Outside the International Spy Museum, protesters in Russian hats ridiculed Trump’s praise of President Vladimir Putin, marching with signs calling Mr. Trump “Putin’s Puppet” and “Kremlin employee of the month.”

In New York, Democratic Councilman Jumaane Williams and other protesters were arrested outside Trump Tower in Manhattan after sitting on Fifth Avenue. Other demonstrators chanted loudly but the event remained peaceful.

…The demonstrations won’t end when Mr. Trump takes up residence in the White House. A massive Women’s March on Washington is planned for Saturday. Christopher Geldart, the District of Columbia’s homeland security director, has said 1,800 buses have registered to park in the city Saturday, which could mean nearly 100,000 people coming in just by bus.

Trump inauguration protest damages parts of downtown Washington – CBS News

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Rick Perry regrets push to eliminate Energy Department 

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Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who was nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Energy, said Thursday that he regrets his previous calls to shutter the agency…

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Rick Perry regrets push to eliminate Energy Department – CBS News

Oh yeah, and he now thinks Climate change is a real thing. Heaven help us…

Trump’s treasury nominee tries to answer for foreclosure practices, ties to offshore entities 

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Mnuchin, a veteran Wall Street investor, has also come under fire for his 2009 purchase of failed subprime mortgage lender IndyMac from the federal government. Mnuchin renamed the bank OneWest and ran it for six years.

Mnuchin purchased OneWest for $1.6 billion and sold the bank to CIT Group in 2015 for $3.4 billion.

He also faced scrutiny of his complex business interests. According to the memo from Democratic staff, Mnuchin initially failed to disclose his homes in New York City, Southampton, N.Y., and Los Angeles, as well as $15 million in real estate holdings in Mexico. Also missing was $906,556 worth of artwork held by his children.

On Thursday, Wyden accused Mnuchin of using loopholes in international tax law to shield millions of dollars from taxation. “I’m very troubled about this question of how you’re going to un-rig the system if you’ve got a record of taking advantage of tax shelters,” Wyden said.


Trump’s treasury nominee defends foreclosure practices, ties to offshore entities – The Washington Post

Oy….

Ricky Williams was stopped by Tyler police while in town for awards banquet

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Ricky Williams was a first-round pick in the 1999 NFL draft. Former Texas running back and Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams was searched by Tyler (Texas) police in the parking lot of his hotel after he went for a walk in the city on Jan. 11. 

Ricky Williams was stopped by Tyler police while in town for awards banquet

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…and fuck that bullshit noise about the tape measure!

Malia Obama went on secret trip to South America 

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Mamani told the New York Times he had no idea who Malia was during the mountain excursion, instead thinking it was one of the other hikers who prompted the security — which came at the behest of President Obama, who called Bolivian President Evo Morales to request the extra personnel.“

There was a blond girl and we assumed she was the important one,” Mamani said.

Malia Obama went on secret trip to South America | New York Post

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After Facebook rants, Corpus Christi mayor resigns 37 days into term 

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…Questions raised by local media after his campaign literature included on his educational resume a bachelor’s degree in engineering, though he refused to say where he earned it. Hours before resigning, he admitted in an interview with KIII-TV3 that he did not possess the engineering degree, though he possessed separate bachelor’s and master’s degrees and was employed as an electrical engineer at Sikorski Aeronautics for nine years.

McQueen repeatedly referred to himself during his campaign as an “aerospace engineer.”

Questions were also raised about McQueen’s hand-picked chief of staff, Shari Douglas, who also served as McQueen’s campaign treasurer. Public records show McQueen and Douglas list the same address as their home residence, but McQueen refused to answer questions about the nature of their relationship while naming her to a $60,000-per-year job as his top adviser.

After Facebook rants, Corpus Christi mayor resigns 37 days into term – UPI.com

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