What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
High-level advisers close to then-presidential nominee Donald Trump were in constant communication during the campaign with Russians known to US intelligence, multiple current and former intelligence, law enforcement and administration officials tell CNN.
Trump aides were in constant touch with senior Russian officials during campaign – CNNPolitics.com
Holy moly, mother of Zarathustra…
The president was briefed about Mr Flynn’s Russia calls by the Justice Department but saw no violation.
Trump knew of Flynn Russia phone call issues weeks ago – BBC News
See no evil?
The consensus came at a tense moment when Republicans were already finding it difficult to defend Trump.
hmmm
Flynn is the third Trump associate to resign because of the revelation of close connections to the Russian state: Paul Manafort and Carter Page preceded him. Will more follow?
The question here is not about the Logan Act: “Did Flynn conduct U.S. foreign policy in a too hasty way, without waiting for his formal swearing in?”
The question is whether a senior American official was compromised by his relationship with a foreign government. And, even more troublingly: Are there others? And even more urgently: How high up the chain of command does Russia’s influence go?
Mike Flynn, the Logan Act, and Russia’s Influence on the United States – The Atlantic
hmmm
U.S. authorities have arrested an immigrant from Mexico who was brought to the United States illegally as a child and later given a work permit during the Obama administration in what could be the first detention of its kind under President Donald Trump.Daniel Ramirez Medina, a 23-year-old with no criminal record, was taken into custody last week at his father’s home in Seattle by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
…Ramirez, now in custody in Tacoma, Washington, was granted temporary permission to live and work legally in the United States under a program called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, established in 2012 by Democratic President Obama, according to a court filing.
Exclusive: U.S. arrests Mexican immigrant in Seattle covered by Obama program | Reuters
Because racism. (Duh!)
…And the little fact that the only actual laws this administration respects are the fantasy ones in their own tiny little minds.
Voting was underway in the election for governor of the Indonesian capital after a divisive campaign in which the monumental problems facing Jakarta took a backseat to religious intolerance and racial bigotry.
Indonesian capital votes in test for moderate values | Miami Herald
hmmm
Tareck el-Aissami slams US “imperialist aggression” after he is accused of trafficking drugs.
Venezuela deputy president defies US over drug sanction – BBC News
hmmmm
Young children could face adult charges and even the death penalty.
Proposal to Cut Filipino Age of Responsibility from 15 to 9 Under Fire
WTF?!
While the West Wing might be busy revoking many of former President Barack Obama’s policies, the East Wing is extending at least one significant legacy from the former presidency – the White House Kitchen Garden. After touring the Morikami Museum and its six Japanese-inspired gardens in Delray Beach with Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister, Melania Trump on Saturday signaled that she will continue and preserve both the Kitchen Garden and the Rose Garden in the Oval Office.
Melania Trump says she will make Michelle Obama’s White House garden her own
Oh, she won’t the Rose Garden? How f’ing big of her.
Nearly four years after religious riots in Uttar Pradesh, seven women continue to wait for justice.
No justice in sight for India’s riot rape survivors – BBC News
Sigh….
GOP chairman: Oversight won’t investigate Flynn | TheHill
Treason, pure and simple.
Watching Conway do backflips to avoid answering simple questions is fascinating and occasionally entertaining, but it doesn’t provide viewers with useful information about what the Trump administration is doing or intends to do. And it should raise questions about what the purpose of interviewing an administration official actually is. Check out the video …to see why interviewing Conway can be a fool’s errand.
Kellyanne Conway’s interview tricks, explained – Vox
hmmmm
The Trump administration was reportedly told ‘weeks ago’ its security adviser may be compromised.
White House ‘was warned over Michael Flynn’s Russia contact’ – BBC News
Treasonous morons.
Pakistani soldiers, Indian troops and one suspected rebel killed in separate incidents in disputed region.
Seven killed in separate Kashmir clashes
hmmm
“We’ve always had people jumping the borders, for, I don’t know, 30, 40, 50 years. Back then, it was people running away from something – usually the law,” says town official Greg Janzen.
But in recent years it has been mostly asylum seekers, hailing mainly from Somalia but also Ghana, Djibouti, and Ethiopia, who are finding their way across. Community workers say most have been denied refugee status in the US.
Many have been met with generosity.
….Mohammed says he once viewed the US as a beacon for human rights and a place that welcomed newcomers but “when we came, we didn’t see that”.
Crossing the border: US migrants seek refugee status in Canada – BBC News
Sigh….
A four-year jail term for corruption ends Sasikala’s bid to become Tamil Nadu’s chief minister.
Sasikala: Conviction ends Jayalalitha aide’s chief minister bid – BBC News
hmmmm
Police sources said a few ministers and MLAs numbering around 20 were reluctant to move out and threatened that they will stage a dharna if they were forcibly sent out of the resort. Pro-Sasikala ministers and legislators repeatedly told journalists that they had been staying together voluntarily.
hmmm
Chief Minister VK Sasikala sentenced to four-year jail term for corruption that prevents her from taking up her post.
Tamil Nadu’s VK Sasikala jailed for graft
hmmmm
Police said he died after a woman came from behind and covered his face with a liquid.
Kim Jong Un’s half-brother apparently assassinated in Malaysian airport
What the???
Surreal….
Forbidden love: Valentine’s Day banned for some in Asia
Clearly Trump is not the only leader with a pathetic lack of priorities.
Somebody needs to design a Trump Pinocchio meme.
This man’s pants might literally be on fire.
Pathetic.
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