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Putin offers political asylum to Comey
Putin offers political asylum to Comey | TheHill
Jeezus Christ… Now he’s trolling Trump, and the Cheeto-in-Chief still has no idea of how much he’s been outplayed. Loser!
Trump Wedding Planner Appointed to Oversee HUD in NY, NJ
An employee of the Trump organization and wedding planner for Eric Trump’s wedding, may head the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s office for New York and New Jersey.
: Trump Wedding Planner Appointed to Oversee HUD in NY, NJ | NBC New York
As if there aren’t enough shallow, incompetent, morons in way over their heads and completely out of their element in this administration.
Philando Castile shooting: 18 arrested as thousands protest verdict
Protests large and small were mounted Friday night after a jury found a police officer not guilty in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile.
Philando Castile shooting: 18 arrested as thousands protest verdict – CNN.com
the only people the police protect are themselves and the courts have their backs.
Bigoted Homophobe Steve Scalise’s Life Was Saved by a Queer Black Woman
Steve Scalise, the House Majority Whip who was shot by a gunman who attacked a congressional baseball practice on Wednesday, has kept company with racists.
: Bigoted Homophobe Steve Scalise’s Life Was Saved by a Queer Black Woman
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How Jeanne Shaheen moved off the sidelines
When I passed through the New Hampshire Institute of Politics during the 2016 presidential campaign, I paused to look at the amazing photographs of many would-be presidents who have come through the Granite State over the decades. But it was a young campaign aide off to the side who drew my attention.
How Jeanne Shaheen moved off the sidelines – CNNPolitics.com
And now -for contrast- an article about a politicians who good at their job and gets things done.
Syria conflict: Russia issues warning after US coalition downs jet
The coalition said it had shot down the Syrian Su-22 after it bombed US-backed fighters in Raqqa province on Sunday.
Moscow says it will track US-led coalition aircraft as targets, and halts a communications system …aimed at preventing air incidents.
Syria conflict: Russia issues warning after US coalition downs jet – BBC News
Jeezus Christ… Russia and the US unofficially – officially now in a proxy war with each other Syria? Man is this WH ever weak and incompetent! Just on the losing side of everything.
House hearing on gun legislation canceled after shooting
A congressional hearing scheduled for Wednesday morning to debate gun legislation has been canceled until further notice in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice.
House hearing on gun legislation canceled after shooting – CNNPolitics.com
[emphasis: mine]
This 3,000-Year-Old Copper Mask Is Rewriting South American History
A square-shaped copper mask pulled from a tomb in the southern Andes is resetting our notions of where and when sophisticated metallurgy first appeared in pre-Hispanic South America.
This 3,000-Year-Old Copper Mask Is Rewriting South American History
wild!
Donald Trump sued over business benefits
Lawsuit alleges president is ‘flagrantly violating the constitution’ as his businesses frequently used by officials.
Donald Trump sued over business benefits | Trump News | Al Jazeera
hmmmm
France’s Emmanuel Macron: Birth of the anti-Trump?
Is the new French president the man the world’s liberals have been waiting for?
France’s Emmanuel Macron: Birth of the anti-Trump? – BBC News
hmmm
Landslides And Floods Kill Scores Of People In Bangladesh And India
Heavy rains have overwhelmed the border region in recent days, setting a deadly amount of mud and water in motion and claiming at least 140 victims, according to disaster management officials.
Landslides And Floods Kill Scores Of People In Bangladesh And India : The Two-Way : NPR
Jeezus
What Sessions did (and didn’t) tell us
The attorney general answered some questions but not others, at a Senate hearing.
…Mr Sessions is far from the first politician to seek refuge in a fuzzy memory under sharp questioning. Definitive statements proven inaccurate under oath are more prone to accusations of perjury.
…When it came time to discuss his conversations with the president, Mr Sessions demurred, noting that he wanted to give Mr Trump the opportunity to review the question before sharing his thoughts. It was as if the attorney general was trying to pre-emptively invoke executive privilege – the right of a president to candid counsel from his advisers – without using those magic words.
What Sessions did (and didn’t) tell us – BBC News
hmmm
Niger army rescues 92 migrants in Sahara Desert
Troops in northern Niger have rescued 92 migrants who were on the brink of death in the Sahara Desert, an army statement has said.
Traffickers abandoned the group, which included women and children, without water and food, it added.
…Niger serves as a transit point for West Africans hoping to reach Europe to start a better life.
Every year, tens of thousands of migrants cross the Sahara to reach Libya. From the Libyan coast they board rickety boats to ferry them to Europe.
Many drown in the Mediterranean but, perhaps, less well known, are the dangers they face while crossing the Sahara.
Niger army rescues 92 migrants in Sahara Desert – BBC News
sigh…
Raqqa battle: ‘Staggering’ civilian toll in strikes on IS
Hundreds of civilians are reported to have been killed since March, as coalition warplanes support an offensive by a Kurdish-led alliance.
…Up to 4,000 militants are believed to be holed up inside Raqqa, including foreign fighters and various senior figures.
It is unclear how many civilians are trapped there with them, but UN officials estimated that there are between 50,000 and 100,000.
Raqqa battle: ‘Staggering’ civilian toll in strikes on IS – BBC News
Sigh….
Shooting at UPS building in SF leaves multiple victims wounded
Several people were injured when an active shooter let loose a barrage of gunfire Wednesday morning at the UPS building in the Potrero Hill area of San Francisco, prompting a massive police response and a shelter-in-place warning for the surrounding area, officials and witnesses said.
Multiple victims were being treated at San Francisco General Hospital, the extent of their injuries unknown, according to hospital spokesman Brent Andrew.
Shooting at UPS building in SF leaves multiple victims wounded – SFGate
sigh…
Michigan health chief charged with involuntary manslaughter in Flint water probe
Nick Lyon is accused of failing to alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area
Michigan health chief charged with involuntary manslaughter in Flint water probe – CBS News
charges aren’t a conviction but they are start.
Gunman dead after shooting congressmen at Virginia baseball field
The top Republican in the House of Representatives, Speaker Paul Ryan, was applauded on the chamber floor as he said: “We are united… an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.”
Gunman dead after attacking congressmen at Virginia baseball field – BBC News
….Unless that attack is on a black church or children’s school. In that case, an attack on one of us is no big deal. It’s business as usual and the NRA crying out that they are the real victim of this crime and the entire GOP climbing right on board with them.
Jeff Sessions personally asked Congress to let him prosecute medical marijuana providers – The Washington Post
Sessions is asking congressional leaders to undo federal medical marijuana protections that have been in place since 2014.
…The protections, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, prohibit the Justice Department from using federal funds to prevent certain states “from implementing their own State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession or cultivation of medical marijuana.”
…Sessions’s citing of a “historic drug epidemic” to justify a crackdown on medical marijuana is at odds with what researchers know about current drug use and abuse in the United States.
…Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R.-Calif.) said that “Mr. Sessions stands athwart an overwhelming majority of Americans and even, sadly, against veterans and other suffering Americans who we now know conclusively are helped dramatically by medical marijuana.”
Trump WH has no use for reality, the plough ahead no matter how bone-headed and wrong-headed the scheme.
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