Emmett Till’s accuser admits: It was all a lie 

A white woman who accused Emmett Till of verbally and physically accosting her in Mississippi in 1955 – inflaming tensions around the murder that helped spark the civil-rights movement —  has admitted she lied, according to a new book.

Till, who was 14 at the time of his brutal death, had allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant, a 21-year-old white woman, while at a country store in Money, Mississipppi. 

During the trial, Bryant testified that Till had also made physical and verbal advances toward her, a sensational claim that worsened tensions over the case. …Bryant admits that never happened.

“That part’s not true,” she told writer Timothy Tyson.

Emmett Till’s accuser admits: It was all a lie | New York Post

Aghhhhhhhhhhhh!

Boston area academics facing bans on entering US 

An Iranian scientist who was bound for Boston Saturday to begin working at a Harvard Medical School laboratory searching for cures to tuberculosis, Type 1 diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis is among the people from predominantly Muslim countries who have been barred entry to the United States.

Boston area academics facing bans on entering US – The Boston Globe

Mother of all that is holy…..

Albright: I’m ‘ready to register as Muslim’ 

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Wednesday she is prepared to “register as Muslim” in solidarity amid reports that President Trump plans to take executive action affecting immigrants to the U.S. 

“I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian & found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity,” Albright tweeted.
Albright: I’m ‘ready to register as Muslim’ | TheHill

Amen, sister. Amen.

‘This was the worst call by far’: Trump badgered, bragged and abruptly ended phone call with Australian leader 

Even in conversations marred by hostile exchanges, Trump manages to work in references to his election accomplishments. U.S. officials said that he used his calls with Turnbull and Peña Nieto to mention his election win or the size of the crowd at his inauguration.

One official said that it may be Trump’s way of “speaking about the mandate he has and why he has the backing for decisions he makes.” But Trump is also notoriously thin-skinned and has used platforms including social-media accounts, meetings with lawmakers and even a speech at CIA headquarters to depict his victory as an achievement of historic proportions, rather than a narrow outcome in which his opponent, Hillary Clinton, won the popular vote.

The friction with Turnbull reflected Trump’s anger over being bound by an agreement reached by the Obama administration to accept refugees from Australian detention sites even while Trump was issuing an executive order suspending such arrivals from elsewhere in the world.

Trump’s position appears to reflect the transactional view he takes of relationships, even when it comes to diplomatic ties with long-standing allies. Australian troops have fought alongside U.S. forces for decades, and the country maintains close cooperation with Washington on trade and economic issues.

‘This was the worst call by far’: Trump badgered, bragged and abruptly ended phone call with Australian leader – The Washington Post

What childish loser with no idea of the rules or even the setting for the games he plays. #hugeloser

Spicer Has His Own Awkward And Confusing Frederick Douglass Moment

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that President Donald Trump “wants to highlight the contributions” Frederick Douglass has made to the country, without giving any indication of what those contributions were.

In a listening session Monday morning to mark Black History Month, Trump described Douglass as someone who “has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more.” A reporter asked Spicer at the daily briefing what exactly Trump was referring to by way of Douglass’ contributions.”

I think he wants to highlight the contributions that he has made,” Spicer responded. “And I think through a lot of the actions and statements that he’s going to make, I think the contributions of Frederick Douglass will become more and more.”

Spicer Has His Own Awkward And Confusing Frederick Douglass Moment (VIDEO)

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Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination 

A leaked copy of a draft executive order titled “Establishing a Government-Wide Initiative to Respect Religious Freedom,” obtained by The Investigative Fund and The Nation, reveals sweeping plans by the Trump administration to legalize discrimination.

Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination | The Nation

Unamerican motherf*cker!
sigh….

One Hot Mess: Frederick Douglass Opens Twitter Account from Beyond the Grave to Troll President Trump

@realFrederickDouglass: Appreciate @realDonaldTrump congrats on AMAZING job I did to secretly educate myself and other slaves while still living under slavery in Maryland. My work is finally being recognized!

@realFrederickDouglass: @realDonaldTrump, your FAKE NATIONAL SECURITY immigrant BAN goes against everything I stood for (when I was alive 122 yrs ago). A horrible mess!

@realFrederickDouglass: My abolitionist paper, The North Star, has much better coverage of me than the failing New York Times has of @realDonaldTrump! 

@realFrederickDouglass: @realDonaldTrump pretended to know who I was when he obviously has no fucking idea. VERY DISHONEST!

One Hot Mess: Frederick Douglass Opens Twitter Account from Beyond the Grave to Troll President Trump

<snicker>

Senator Maggie Hassan’s Statement on President Trump’s Anti-American Immigration Ban 

Source: Senator Maggie Hassan’s Statement on President Trump’s Anti-American Immigration Ban | Senator Hassan

What a horrid, horrid woman.

Either she still supports the ban and won’t say so because it is politically inexpedient to do so or she never supported it in the first place but was fine with playing a racist on TV if it served her political ambitions.

Either way she is a spineless, unreliable liar with no moral compass.

Hassan Flip Flops on Refugee Suspension Order

A Democratic senator who banned Syrian refugees as governor called Donald Trump’s executive order bigoted.

Hassan Flip Flops on Refugee Suspension Order

Trumps’ executive order IS bigoted.
…And so is Maggie Hassan.
If she believed in the ban while campaigning and changed her mind now because it is political expedient to do so that also makes her spineless, hypocritical, dishonest and unreliable.

If she didn’t believe in the ban but supported it while campaigning that makes her an even bigger hypocrite.

Either way, the junior Senator from NH is 100% and total scum. Pure and simple. Here’s hoping she chokes on her racism (or her willingness to play a racist on TV when it suits her ambitions) every single day of the next six years and then is immediately put out to pasture where her shallow, lying, flip-flopping, backwards ass belongs.

Green card holders included in Trump ban: Homeland Security

People holding so-called green cards, making them legal permanent U.S. residents, are included in President Donald Trump’s executive action temporarily barring people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, a Department of Homeland security spokeswoman said on Saturday.

Green card holders included in Trump ban: Homeland Security

Oy…..