A belligerent man in a Trump hat was kicked off a flight as a crowd chanted: ‘Lock him up!’ 

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It looked like a weird parody of a Donald Trump campaign rally. “Obviously, the hat provoked some of the stuff,” a passenger recalled.

…Gredoña thinks the chanting started after the man taunted the crowd: “So I succeeded in making you guys waste three-and-a-half hours.”

People then shouted words unprintable.

And one shouted: “Lock him up!”

Then another, and another. “Lock him up, lock him up” — until a Chinese airport terminal sounded much like a latter-day Trump rally, when he and his crowds threatened his presidential campaign opponent, Hillary Clinton, with prison.

…“I was one of those chanters,” Zimmerman said. “I didn’t start it. But oh my God, it was so funny, I couldn’t help myself.”

A belligerent man in a Trump hat was kicked off a flight as a crowd chanted: ‘Lock him up!’ – The Washington Post

Hilarious. How did I miss this story?

His parents said he just needed to sleep. A SWAT team came instead. (Spoiler: he ends up dead.)

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His parents said he just needed to sleep. A SWAT team came instead.

Sigh…
A tragedy that could have been avoided.
Another case of cops refusing to let things like compassion, human decency, and being charged with protecting -a.k.a. not harming – the citizenry get in the way of needlessly putting another living, breathing human being’s live in danger.
It would have been easier on everyone if the first cop on the scene had just walked upstairs and shot the guy in the head.
Typical, typical, typical.
Sighhhh…..

Delta Air Lines kicked Ann Coulter out of her pre-booked, extra legroom seat — and Twitter had an absolute field day 

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: Delta Air Lines kicked Ann Coulter out of her pre-booked, extra legroom seat — and Twitter had an absolute field day | Rare

good times, good times!

DeVos Sympathizes with the Accused and Not the Victims in Campus Rape Policies 

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Ms. Jackson represented sexual assault victims as a private lawyer before joining the Education Department. She is best known for her involvement in attacks against Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign, when she elevated women who had accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault or harassment, while denouncing women who accused Mr. Trump of such behavior.

…Catherine E. Lhamon, who led the Education Department’s civil rights office from August 2013 through December 2016, called Ms. Jackson’s claims that investigators were told to fish for violations “patently, demonstrably untrue.” For the department to distinguish between violent and nonviolent assaults in investigations, she added, “portrays a profound misunderstanding of Title IX.”
Ms. Lhamon said investigations under her tenure turned up “jaw-dropping degrees of noncompliance” with sexual assault law.

Well, duh! She works for the pussy grabbing cheeto, of course she is ont he side of rapists and not victims.

White House releases sensitive personal information of voters worried about their sensitive personal information 

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The White House on Thursday made public a trove of emails it received from voters offering comment on its Election Integrity Commission. The commission drew widespread criticism when it emerged into public view by asking for personal information, including addresses, partial social security numbers and party affiliation, on every voter in the country.
It further outraged voters by planning to post that information publicly.

…Unfortunately for these voters and others who wrote in, the Trump administration did not redact any of their personal information from the emails before releasing them to the public. In some cases, the emails contain not only names, but email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers and places of employment of people worried about such information being made available to the public.

…The White House does not appear to have issued any such public guidelines or warnings before many of the emails were sent.

White House releases sensitive personal information of voters worried about their sensitive personal information – The Washington Post

Like so many things about this WH, if it wasn’t real it would be hilarious.

Trump lawyer writes critic: ‘Watch your back. . . . I already know where you live’ 

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Marc E. Kasowitz, President Donald Trump’s longtime attorney representing him in the Russia investigations, reportedly sent angry, threatening and profane emails to a random stranger who criticized him this week, cursing at the man and telling him, “I already know where you live, I’m on you.”

Trump lawyer writes critic: ‘Watch your back. . . . I already know where you live’ | Miami Herald

What thaaaaa?

Ryan: House will modernize dress code

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Some female Capitol Hill journalists have recently been barred from entering the Speaker’s lobby, the private hallway connected to the House chamber, because they were wearing sleeveless dresses or open-toed shoes. That sparked complaints from reporters about selective enforcement of the dress code, which only calls for professional attire.

Ryan’s announcement came a day after Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) ridiculed the dress code during a speech on the House floor, saying she was dressed professionally, “which happens to be a sleeveless dress and open-toes shoes.”

“We also don’t need to bar otherwise accepted contemporary business attire, so look for a change on that soon.”

Ryan: House will modernize dress code | TheHill

 

hmmm

Congresswoman urges colleagues to “bare arms” for “Sleeveless Friday” 

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This comes a day after Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he is looking to modernize the dress code in the House, which was inspired by a viral CBS News story …about several female reporters who were kicked out of the Speaker’s lobby recently because they were wearing sleeveless dresses and their shoulders weren’t covered. While the supposed policy is not new, it’s been inconsistently enforced and has not been precisely outlined in the rulebooks.

The only existing House rule says that men are required to wear a coat and tie and women are supposed to wear “appropriate attire.” 

Congresswoman urges colleagues to “bare arms” for “Sleeveless Friday” in the House – CBS News

hmmm

Putin Preferred Clinton? Let’s Test Trump’s Theory 

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Putin doesn’t care whether the U.S. standing army exceeds half a million or not, or whether the U.S. Navy has more ships. Even during the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was a much bigger country than today’s Russia, it couldn’t outspend the U.S. on defense. Today, the U.S. military vastly outnumbers the Russian one, and once other North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries are added in, Russia is dwarfed, frankly.

…Trump is doing roughly what Clinton intended to do to defeat Islamic State. He intensified the U.S. air campaign and stepped up support for rebels opposing Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. …Clinton, who established herself as a Syria hawk, likely would have acted along the same lines. 

…The biggest question is whether Putin prefers the chaos, unpredictability and amateurishness of Trump’s administration or the predictable, unimaginative formulas and cliches Clinton offered during her campaign and probably would have stuck to as president. 

…At some point, even laughing at the panic of U.S. political elites, as Putin’s circle has been doing for months, can get pointlessly repetitive. If Putin is learning anything from the chain of events following Trump’s election, it’s probably a deepening conviction that he can’t get any traction with the U.S. because its institutions are inherently hostile toward someone like him.

Putin Preferred Clinton? Let’s Test Trump’s Theory – Bloomberg

hmmmm

Fact-Check: Lewandowski wrongly says Trump in Florida day of Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer

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Lewandowski said “Donald Trump was doing a rally in the state of Florida” the day his son and others met with a Russian lawyer in New York.

That’s wrong. The Florida rally was two days later on June 11.

Trump was in New York on June 9 and spoke at a fundraiser before returning to Trump Tower.

Lewandowski wrongly says Trump in Florida day of Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer | PunditFact

hmmmm

Fear and Loathing in the Trump White House

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[Gowdy] went on to lament that people close to Trump have had “amnesia” about their dealings with people connected to Russia, and, to the evident surprise of the show’s host, Martha MacCallum, he added, “This drip, drip, drip is undermining the credibility of this Administration.”

…Obviously, it would be embarrassing for Trump if his longtime counsel, who has represented him for years on tricky issues including Trump University, were to bolt for the hills, forcing him to hire somebody else. But that isn’t the only big change that could be in the works. Also on Wednesday, the Washington Post reported that Kushner, Ivanka Trump, and the First Lady, Melania Trump, “have been privately pressing the president to shake up his team—most specifically by replacing Reince Priebus as the White House chief of staff.”

Fear and Loathing in the Trump White House | The New Yorker

hmmm

No need for a full border wall, Trump says 

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Trump, who made the building of a wall along the border with Mexico a central promise of his campaign, [went back on his] pledge Thursday.

“You don’t need 2,000 miles of wall because you have a lot of natural barriers,” Trump said to reporters on Air Force One during his flight to Paris.

“You have mountains. You have some rivers that are violent and vicious. You have some areas that are so far away that you don’t really have people crossing. So you don’t need that.”

“You’ll need anywhere from 700 to 900 miles,” he said.

About 600 miles of the southern border already are protected by walls, fences or other barriers. 

No need for a full border wall, Trump says – LA Times

No shit, asshat.

All Roads Now Lead to Kushner 

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In other words, informed of a secret Kremlin effort to use highly sensitive information about a former secretary of state (presumably obtained by espionage, for how else?) to manipulate an American election, Trump Jr. signaled, “We’re in!”

“This was an attempt at collusion,” noted Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. It may or may not have amounted to a felony, for soliciting a foreigner to contribute something “of value” in connection with an American election. The Predict-It betting website now lists gambling odds about whether Trump Jr. will be indicted.

…One next step is clear: Take away Jared Kushner’s security clearance immediately.