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Obama Slowly Creeps Back Into the Political Spotlight
Post Date: 2017-05-13 07:27:43 by HomerBohn
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Former president Barack Obama is slowly finding his way back into the political spotlight after taking a couple of months off to gallivant around with his liberal billionaire friends. After maintaining radio silence for the first leg of the Trump presidency, Obama has been back out on the speaking circuit…and attracting some unexpected criticism from his fellow Democrats. Part of that criticism has come from Obama’s much-publicized speaking fees; he’s accepted a couple of $400,000 gigs from Wall Street banks, much to the chagrin of people who still labored under the illusion that he was a “man of the people.” For those high-priced appearances, Obama has been chided ...
Ted Cruz may be the only man who can save the GOP health bill
Post Date: 2017-05-12 23:44:41 by Hondo68
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Senator Ted Cruz isn't well-liked, but he may hold the key to fixing and passing the AHCA.Cruz is pushing a simpler, and probably more workable Obamacare replacement plan.Only Cruz has the ability to bring wary GOP Senators together.Getty ImagesSen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, May 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Senator Ted Cruz has spent much of his tenure in Washington angering Democrats, Republicans, and the Trump team to boot. It often seems like he may be the most hated man in American politics. But now, he just might be the most needed. This is all because the GOP Obamacare replacement bill is on life support on arrival in the U.S. Senate. As it stands now, ...
The way Trump sould keep treating the press and his other enemies
Post Date: 2017-05-12 16:21:49 by no gnu taxes
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It doesn't matter what Trump does; these jackasses will never warm up to him. Just treat them like the garbage they are.
GOP Loves Obamacare
Post Date: 2017-05-12 16:12:39 by Hondo68
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The House of Representatives Endorses Obamacare Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives crafted a partisan compromise bill that endorsed and reinforced the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. This was done notwithstanding claims to the contrary by President Donald Trump and the House Republican leadership, who want us to believe that this bill, if it becomes law, will effectively repeal and replace Obamacare. Obamacare is a stool with four problematic legs. The constitutional leg is the premise that the federal government has the lawful power to regulate the delivery of health care. The legal leg is the premise that the federal government is obliged to provide health insurance to ...
Here’s a Timeline of Trump’s Statements on Comey
Post Date: 2017-05-12 15:20:44 by Deckard
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Trump Went From Praising Comey to Firing Him in Less Than Seven Months A little less than a month ago, President Donald Trump said he has "confidence" in then-FBI Director James Comey. Then on Tuesday afternoon, the president abruptly announced he was firing Comey. On Wednesday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump had actually been considering letting Comey go since Election Day. While Trump had sometimes criticized Comey during the campaign — especially after Comey announced in July that Hillary Clinton wouldn't face charges related to her use of a private email server as secretary of state — Trump also gave him ...
Trump weighs plan to send thousands more US troops to Afghanistan
Post Date: 2017-05-12 15:06:45 by Deckard
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President Trump is receiving a proposal from top advisers to send thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and loosen the rules of engagement, all part of an effort to assist Afghan allies and put renewed pressure on the Taliban. The plan on the table would send an additional 3,000-5,000 troops to the country. In a significant shift, it also reportedly would give the Pentagon – as opposed to the White House – the authority to set troop numbers. A senior White House official told Fox News that the "Afghanistan review is done and President Trump will be briefed on it soon." There currently are 8,400 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, down from a ...
FBI raids office of Republican campaign consultant in Annapolis
Post Date: 2017-05-12 14:57:18 by Willie Green
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The FBI raided a Republican campaign consultant's Annapolis office Thursday, leading Maryland Republican lawmakers to say they won't work with the firm.Kelley Rogers, president of Strategic Campaign Group, said a half-dozen FBI agents arrived at his Main Street office at about 8:30 a.m. with a warrant to search and seize records. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed the agency conducted "law enforcement activity" along Main Street in Annapolis but would not be more specific.Agents on the scene, dressed in plainclothes, confirmed they were with the FBI but referred all other questions to a spokeswoman. They left the building shortly after 4 p.m., carrying files and a computer with ...
Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Blames DNC Head Perez for Losing Omaha Mayoral Race
Post Date: 2017-05-12 13:34:46 by Tooconservative
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The chairwoman of the Nebraska Democratic Party is blaming the leader of the Democratic National Committee for her party's recent election loss in the Omaha mayoral race. On Tuesday, Democrats were unsuccessful in their efforts to unseat Jean Strothert, the Republican mayor of Omaha, Nebraska. Democratic candidate Heath Mello lost to Strothert, receiving only 46 percent of the vote compared to the incumbent's 53 percent. The race received national attention when DNC chairman Tom Perez and former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) visited Omaha during their "unity tour." Sanders endorsed Mello and told a crowd of thousands, "Are you ...
FBI Gives Hollywood Hacking Victims Surprising Advice: "Pay the Ransom"
Post Date: 2017-05-12 13:29:08 by cranky
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Netflix isn't alone: Agencies and others are balancing demands for money against the fears of stolen data ending up online. Phones are the lifeblood of a talent agency like UTA, but on April 11, its IT department discovered an intruder lurking in the voicemail system and computer network and quickly decided to shut them down, sending agents to conduct business on their iPads. Soon thereafter a demand from a hacker arrived: Pay a ransom or watch the agency's most confidential data get posted online. It turns out UTA was lucky — an outside cybersecurity firm was brought in and, after conducting a forensic analysis, determined that nothing valuable had been pilfered. But the ...
Carrying a Gun Does Not Justify Detention, Indiana Supreme Court Says
Post Date: 2017-05-12 12:48:13 by Deckard
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Since possessing a firearm in public may be perfectly legal, more is required for a police stop.In a victory for Second and Fourth amendment rights, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled this week that public possession of a handgun is not enough, by itself, to justify stopping and questioning someone. That conclusion is consistent with what the U.S. Supreme Court has said about the "reasonable suspicion" that police need to detain people. The case, Pinner v. Indiana, began with a call to Indianapolis police by a taxi driver who reported that "a black male wearing a blue jacket," accompanied by a "black female with blonde hair," had dropped a gun as he was getting ...
FBI Releases 'Study' Of Law Enforcement's Persecution Complex
Post Date: 2017-05-12 11:36:23 by Deckard
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from the less-work,-more-griping dept In what may be an attempt to bolster now ex-FBI director James Comey's oft-derided "Ferguson Effect" claims, the FBI has released a "study" that gathers facts feelings from law enforcement officers around the US and attempts to build a narrative somewhere between "life is unfair" and "there's a War on Cops." It's not a study. It's an opinion poll with the word "study" appended to it. In short, the Ferguson Effect theory is this: cops are afraid to do their jobs because they're undergoing intense scrutiny in the wake of controversial shootings. It's bullshit, but there are ...
Massachusetts State Police Promise Higher Standard For No-Knock Warrants; Immediately Break It
Post Date: 2017-05-12 11:29:53 by Deckard
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from the promising-change,-delivering-soundbites dept No-knock warrants may have served a purpose when they first became a thing. It's not as though law enforcement's fear of evidence disappearing or a violent reaction to warrant service is completely unjustified. But no-knock warrants are being deployed extremely frequently, becoming the preferred method of warrant service any time drug sales are involved. The warrant requests are supposed to be subjected to a higher standard of review, but it's devolved to the point where officers are requesting no-knock warrants simply because the residence they're searching has locking doors and working toilets. Now, cops and citizens ...
Latest Attack On A Free Press: Reporter Arrested For Asking Questions To Trump Administration Officials
Post Date: 2017-05-12 11:28:16 by Deckard
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from the um-what? deptAnother day, another attack on a free press. The latest: a long-time reporter, Daniel Heyman, of the Public News Service in West Virginia was arrested for asking questions of Trump administration officials. Heyman yelled some questions to Health & Human Services Director Tom Price along with White House senior advisor Kellyanne Conway: Daniel Ralph Heyman, 54, with the Public News Service of West Virginia, was freed on $5,000 bond Tuesday night on a charge of "willful disruption of government processes," according to a criminal complaint. “The above defendant was aggressively breaching the secret service agents to the point where the agents were ...
Opinion-shaping polling is as American as apple pie - illegal immigration ... Opinion-gauging polling --- not so much.
Post Date: 2017-05-12 11:26:54 by BorisY
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POLL: Americans Hit Record Liberal Views On Moral Issues Like Birth Control, Porn And Homosexuality By: Amanda Prestigiacomo May 11, 2017 New Gallup polling shows record high numbers of Americans holding liberal views on issues concerning morality, such as birth control, pornography and homosexuality. "Americans continue to express an increasingly liberal outlook on what is morally acceptable, as their views on 10 of 19 moral issues that Gallup measures are the most left-leaning or permissive they have been to date," says Gallup. "The percentages of U.S. adults who believe birth control, divorce, sex between unmarried people, gay or lesbian ...
Trump Wants Steam, Dammit, Not This Newfangled Digital Stuff
Post Date: 2017-05-12 10:32:15 by Willie Green
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Trump is insisting that the service return to installing steam catapults in place of the state-of-the-art Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) that were developed for the Gerald R. Ford-class super carriers. Trump, in an interview with Time magazine published today, said he received a negative report about EMALS during his trip to the Gerald Ford (CVN-78) on March 2. Trump said: “It sounded bad to me”. “Digital. They have digital“. Trump then claimed only Albert Einstein could figure out how to use digital technology to replace the steam-powered launch system for the next generation of Ford-class carriers. And I said, and now they want to buy more aircraft ...
America is 'showing the telltale signs of a failing state'
Post Date: 2017-05-12 09:57:26 by Willie Green
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We have the tin-pot leader whose vanity knows no bounds. We have the rapacious family feathering their nests without regard for the law or common decency. We have utter disregard for values at home and abroad, the disdain for democracy, the hunger for constraining a free press, the admiration for thugs and strongmen worldwide. We have all the makings of a banana republic. But worse, we are showing the telltale signs of a failing state. Our government has ceased to function. Party politics and gross self-interest has rendered the majority party oblivious to its responsibilities to its constituents and the Constitution of the United States. On a daily basis, Republicans watch their ...
Trump's Comey firing sets off new round of leaks
Post Date: 2017-05-12 09:37:34 by cranky
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President Trump is besieged by internal leaks as he tries to weather the fallout from his firing of FBI director James Comey. Media reports about the run-up to Trump’s decision paint him as isolated and consumed by anger and paranoia, prompting questions from Trump allies about whose interests these government officials had in mind when they spoke to the press. The behind-the-scenes stories have often undermined the White House’s public reasoning for firing Comey, causing further political trouble for the administration and exacerbating growing divisions between Trump and his law enforcement agencies. And Trump’s abrupt firing of Comey appears to have stirred opposition ...
Repeal and Repent! Jerry Brown Demands Republican ‘Penance’ on Obamacare
Post Date: 2017-05-12 09:12:37 by cranky
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California Governor Jerry Brown warned Thursday that the Republican members of the state’s congressional delegation would have to perform “penance” for having voted for the American Health Care Act in the U.S. House. Last week’s vote on the bill was the first step towards repealing (most of) Obamacare and replacing it with a more market-oriented health insurance system that would, supporter say, lower premiums and create better competition. Every one of California’s 14 Republicans voted for the bill, which now proceeds to the Senate. (Both of Califorina’s U.S. Senators are Democrats.) Governor Brown and the rest of California’s statewide leadership, all ...
Poll: Republicans Approve of Trump’s Immigration Actions While Overall Support Declines
Post Date: 2017-05-12 08:42:53 by cranky
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A Quinnipiac University National Poll released Wednesday finds overall support for President Donald Trump’s immigration actions declining, except amongst Republicans. Overall, 35 percent approve of Trump’s immigration moves, while 62 percent disapprove. But 78 percent of Republicans approve, and only 19 percent disapprove. Half of white voters without college degrees approve, while 47 percent disapprove. Among independent voters, 30 percent approve and 66 percent disapprove. Younger voters are especially opposed to Trump’s immigration moves: 75 percent disapprove, while 21 percent approve. Trump’s moves on immigration have been met with rising disapproval overall, ...
LGBT Activists Convince GOP to Crush Trump’s Christian Nominee for Army Secretary
Post Date: 2017-05-12 07:50:00 by HomerBohn
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LGBT radical activists run the nation. And when it demanded the crushing of Donald Trump’s Christian Army secretary nominee, the conservative GOP submitted to it. So as people continue complaining that Trump isn’t conservative enough, everyone else should continue not caring. After all, conservatism is nothing but progressivism. As soon as Trump nominated Mark Green to be the next U.S. Army secretary, homosexual activists coordinated a nonstop attack on him with the full cooperation of the media. The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other usual suspects were in on the attack. The Hill may have led this particular influence operation. I noticed it published a minimum of ...
Police Dept Wanted a Cop to Kill a Suicidal Dad, He Chose Not To, So They Fired Him
Post Date: 2017-05-12 06:55:58 by Deckard
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Weirton, WV — Former Weirton police officer Stephen Mader is suing the city after he was fired for not killing a suicidal man who needed help. As we reported last year, on May 6, 2016, Mader responded to a domestic call about a suicidal person. When he arrived on the scene, Mader confronted 23-year-old Ronald D. Williams who was armed and mentally distraught. Madar said that he began talking to the young man in his “calm voice.” “I told him, ‘Put down the gun,’ and he’s like, ‘Just shoot me.’ And I told him, ‘I’m not going to shoot you brother.’ Then he starts flicking his wrist to get me to react to it. “I ...
Good Cop Exposes ‘1 Ticket Per Hour’ Quota Scam After Being Fired for Refusing to Enforce It
Post Date: 2017-05-12 06:50:47 by Deckard
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For years now, The Free Thought Project has reported on police departments all throughout the country of instituting a mandatory quota system for traffic tickets and criminal violations among other things. Now one fired police officer is echoing our reports. Dibble Oklahoma reserve police officer Richard Searcy says he was fired for not writing enough tickets. He posted to his Facebook of his devotion to his job, and knowledge of his profession; For the town of dibble citizens. I have been a police officer for 12 years i know my job. Complaining about his department’s one contact per hour mandatory quota (contact meaning ticket or otherwise warning to the public); I also ...
Measuring What We Can’t Do (The Danger of Low Speed Limits)
Post Date: 2017-05-12 06:38:56 by Deckard
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Almost every new car I test drive – even the humblest hybrid – has a speedometer that reads to at least 120 mph. 140 is common; 160 not unusual. Some cars have speedometers that read to 180 or even 200 MPH And some of those are capable of pegging them. Few ever do. It would be interesting to know how many cars are ever driven faster than 100 MPH. And also how many ever see 130 – even briefly. My bet is maybe one out of ten and then only for a brief moment of furtive lawlessness. First, of course, it is extraordinarily dangerous to drive that fast. Not the speed, per se. In a modern car, 100 MPH is safer than 70 was in a 1960s-era car. Whether the measure is braking ...
Declassified CIA Documents Show Agency’s Control Over Mainstream Media & Academia
Post Date: 2017-05-12 06:17:13 by Deckard
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A declassified document from the CIA archives in the form of a letter from a CIA task force addressed to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency details the close relationship that exists between the CIA and mainstream media and academia. The document states that the CIA task force “now has relationships with reporters from every major wire service, newspaper, news weekly, and television network in the nation,” and that “this has helped us turn some ‘intelligence failure’ stories into ‘intelligence success” stories,’ and has contributed to the accuracy of countless others.” Furthermore, it explains how the agency has ...
PresidenT Donald Trump Thinks ... CNN's Don Lemon is "perhaps The dumbesT person in broadcasTing" --- Time reporTs.
Post Date: 2017-05-11 23:52:58 by BorisY
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Trump: CNN's Don Lemon Is 'Perhaps the Dumbest Person in Broadcasting' By Cathy Burke 11 May 2017 President Donald Trump thinks CNN's Don Lemon is "perhaps the dumbest person in broadcasting," Time reports. During a wide-ranging interview with Time Monday night and posted Thursday, the president also lashed out at CNN's Chris Cuomo – saying he looked like a "chained lunatic" – CBS's "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert – whom Trump discounted as a "no-talent guy" who talks "filthy" – and MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough, whom Trump thinks has ...
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