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<p>Here&#8217;s one thing we can all say for certain regarding the latest twist of the Hillary Clinton email scandal: James Comey, who was once regarded as the Eliot Ness of law enforcement, a modern day straight-shooter impenetrable to political pressure, will instead leave the office of FBI chief as something closer to Inspector Clouseau.</p> <p>Don&#8217;t take my word for it; that&#8217;s the assessment of just about every law enforcement official, both former and present, I spoke to in the hours following his bizarre decision on Friday to reopen the case on the legality of Hillary Clinton&#8217;s email server, just days before the Nov 8 presidential election.</p> <p>It was bizarre, these people tell me, because the whole sordid Hillary Clinton email saga should never have gotten this far; Comey launched an investigation that developed far more evidence than anyone in law enforcement ever believed existed that Hillary Clinton broke the laws involving the receipt of sensitive government documents over an easily hacked private email server while she was President Obama&#8217;s secretary of state.</p> <p>My sources in law enforcement were pretty convinced Comey would do the right thing and recommend charges to the Obama Justice Department, despite its political consequence, because the evidence was there and Comey was supposed to be so non political. He was a Republican appointed by Democrat Barack Obama to run a quasi independent investigative arm of the DOJ because he had a fierce independent streak.</p> <p>He famously brought white-collar cases during the pro-business Bush Administration as the US Attorney for the Southern District. Later in a senior position in the Bush DOJ, he refused to approve aspects of the government's domestic surveillance program.</p> <p>But there appears to be limits to Comey's independence, these same people now concede. In July, Comey came up with an odd excuse for not recommending criminal charges against Clinton: He couldn&#8217;t develop enough evidence that Clinton intended to break the law under the standard of &#8220;gross negligence.&#8221;</p> <p>It was such an odd set rationale that Comey laid out for not bringing that case that most people listening to him at first thought he was laying out his reasoning to bring charges, as he explained one reckless move after another from Clinton in establishing the private server and private emails for handing all her government business.</p> <p>Indeed he initially laid out such a convincingly damning case against Clinton that markets began to crash for much of Comey&#8217;s tortured remarks as investors initially came to the conclusion that Hillary Clinton would be indicted and someone as crazy as Donald Trump could become president.</p> <p>That didn&#8217;t happen, of course, as Comey would explain -- and the markets that day recovered as he announced how Hillary Clinton may have done something criminal even if she never intended to do it and as a result he was giving her pass. Note to reader: Markets will take criminal over crazy any day of the week.</p> <p>But that wasn't the sentiment inside the FBI, where according to my law enforcement sources, a near mutiny broke out among career agents who believe there was plenty of evidence pointing to Clinton's gross negligence that Comey initially said never existed, and that their boss caved to political pressure from the Obama DOJ.</p> <p>Recall, Attorney General Loretta Lynch just had a private meeting with former president and possible first husband Bill Clinton just days before Comey handed in his verdict, which added to the fetid smell of the FBI chief's decision. Then there was the evidence: Remember, Clinton has never given much of a rationale for using only a private email account via her own server to send and receive state department related emails other than its convenience, which should never outweigh national security. Meanwhile, career agents argued her intent was inherent in simple creation of the private email server and exclusive use of a private email is supposed to be verboten under various laws including the Espionage Act.</p> <p>Her supporters point out that others like Bush Administration Secretary of State Colin Powell used a private email account, but that omits the fact that Powell&#8217;s email was from a computer he kept at the state department and he used it before the document laws were beefed up post 9-11.</p> <p>He also didn&#8217;t go through the process of creating his own easily hacked private server. Another difference: Clinton used her private account exclusively, and Powell didn&#8217;t. That&#8217;s probably because Powell didn&#8217;t have a reason to have a private server that he could control and erase its contents; He didn&#8217;t have a private charity that would do business with the federal government and would become a private enrichment vehicle, as Hillary and her former-president husband Bill have in the form of the Clinton Foundation.</p> <p>Now we have Comey possibly looking to make amends with his troops, possibly looking to cover his rear end, definitely looking incompetent, because of all people Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former Congressman, and soon-to-be ex husband of Hillary Clinton confident, Huma Abedin.</p> <p>FBI agents, investigating Weiner&#8217;s alleged depravity with an underage girl, stumbled across some more Hillary-related emails from Abedin, and as we learned Friday an investigation that was "closed" is now suddenly open.</p> <p>I say closed in quotes to underscore the murkiness of FBI investigative procedures. Cases are rarely officially closed and even when they are the bureau will leave the door open that additional information would re-ignite their efforts. If you think this story could get any more surreal consider the following: law enforcement sources tell Fox Business that Weiner could soon cooperate with the Feds, and that can&#8217;t be good news for his wife or her boss.</p> <p>(an attorney for Anthony Weiner tells Fox News there is no cooperation agreement in place)</p> <p>Weiner, I am told, was miffed at the Clinton&#8217;s for keeping him away from the campaign before his latest sexting episode. Now facing a possible prison term for alleged dealings with an underage girl he has even more incentive to cooperate against his soon-to-be ex-wife and the Clintons.</p> <p>I can't tell you whether the new emails will reach Comey's standard for gross negligence, but that's really besides the point. The country could have been spared this spectacle if he had just done the right thing in July and recommended a charge against Clinton. Then the Democrats could have regrouped and given the nomination to Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden or someone who doesn't stand a chance of being indicted or impeached if elected.</p> <p>Yes if Hillary Clinton manages to win, she will be a sitting duck for every GOP investigative committee, particularly as the odds grow the Republicans will now keep the House and possibly the Senate. If you thought the last eight years were contentious, you ain't seen nothing yet.</p> <p>Thank you, James Comey.</p>

Why FBI's James Comey 'Reopened' Clinton Email Probe Days Before the Election

http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2016/10/30/why-fbis-james-comey-reopened-clinton-email-probe-days-before-election.html

2016-10-31

<p>Former FBI Assistant Director James Kallstrom weighs in on significance behind the FBI reopening the case against Hillary Clinton.</p> <p>The FBI announced Friday afternoon it will reopen its investigation of Hillary Clinton&#8217;s use of a private e-mail server during her tenure as Secretary of State.</p> <p>The decision comes as the FBI said it is reviewing new information related to the original case.</p> <p>James Kallstrom, former FBI assistant director, discussed the news on the FOX Business Network.</p> <p>&#8220;These guys that run the FBI now came to the conclusion that they look like absolute fools and that they&#8217;ve done a horrible job, they&#8217;ve thrown the agents under the bus, they discredited the FBI&#8217;s reputation,&#8221; he told Neil Cavuto. &#8220;And I can tell the people listening to you, it&#8217;s not the FBI agents, believe me. It&#8217;s two or three people at the top of the FBI.&#8221;</p> <p>Kallstrom believes the government agency shouldn&#8217;t have started an investigation in the first place if it didn&#8217;t meet certain guidelines.</p> <p>&#8220;If they were not ever going to impanel a grand jury, that means you really don&#8217;t conduct a criminal investigation. You don&#8217;t have subpoena power, you don&#8217;t have warrants. That was apparently apparent early on in this investigation. I would&#8217;ve liked to have seen somebody with the integrity not to just conduct an investigation that doesn&#8217;t meet any of the criteria of how the FBI operates,&#8221; he stated.</p> <p>He added: &#8220;I suspect that they never had a really bonafide investigation because the Justice Department wouldn&#8217;t let them do it.</p>

Fmr. FBI Asst. Director: Comey's Professional, Ethical Experience is at Risk

http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2016/10/28/fmr-fbi-asst-director-comeys-professional-ethical-experience-is-at-risk.html

2016-10-28

<p>Ia bertujuan meningkatkan tentangannya terhadap pengiktirafan Baitulmaqdis sebagai ibu negara Israel oleh Donald Trump.</p> <p>ISTANBUL: Presiden Turki, Recep Tayyip Erdogan menyatakan kesediaan Turki membuka kedutaannya di Baitumaqdis Timur dalam usaha meningkatkan tentangan terhadap pengiktirafan kota itu sebagai ibu negara Israel oleh Presiden Donald Trump.</p> <p>Erdogan sebelum ini mengetuai kecaman umat Islam terhadap langkah AS itu dengan mengadakan sidang kemuncak bersama pemimpin Pertubuhan Kerjasama Islam (OIC) minggu lalu di Istanbul, yang menggesa dunia mengiktiraf Baitulmaqdis sebagai ibu negara Palestin.</p> <p>Baitulmaqdis Timur dikuasai Israel selepas dirampas dalam perang 1967, tindakan yang tidak pernah diiktiraf oleh masyarakat antarabangsa.</p> <p>&#8220;Kerana ia diduduki, kita tidak boleh ke sana dan membuka kedutaan,&#8221; kata Erdogan dalam ucapan kepada partinya di kota Karaman.</p> <p>&#8220;Tetapi, Insya Allah hari tersebut hampir tiba dan &#8230; kita akan secara rasminya membuka kedutaan kita di sana,&#8221; katanya tanpa memberikan tarikh yang tepat.</p> <p>Turki kini mempunyai konsulat umum di Baitulmadis. Ankara turut mempunyai hubungan diplomatik penuh dengan Israel, dan seperti negara lain, kedutaannya berada di Tel Aviv.</p> <p>Erdogan yang membantah keputusan Trump termasuk memindahkan kedutaan Amerika Syarikat (AS) ke Baitulmaqdis berkata ia sejajar &#8220;logik dan pemahaman zionis dan evangelis.&#8221;</p> <p>Beliau berkata orang Yahudi tidak mempunyai hak untuk &#8220;merampas&#8221; Baitulmaqdis yang merupakan &#8220;ibu negara umat Islam&#8221;.</p> <p>&#8220;Sila berhenti di mana anda berada dan jangan cuba melakukan operasi zionis,&#8221; katanya. &#8220;Jika anda cuba, anda harus membayarnya dengan harga yang mahal.&#8221;</p> <p>Erdogan memuji hasil sidang OIC pada 13 Disember lalu yang katanya menunjukkan &#8220;dunia memilih untuk bersatu&#8221;.</p> <p>Bagaimanapun sekutu AS iaitu Arab Saudi dan Emiriyah Arab Bersatu hanya menghantar pegawai rendah, bukan pegawainya menghadiri sidang tersebut.</p> <p>Erdogan memberi amaran kepada umat Islam dalam ucapannya agar menentang &#8220;perang saudara&#8221; di mana pertempuran antara satu sama lain &#8220;hanya membantu negara pengganas seperti Israel&#8221;.</p> <p>Israel bertindak balas dengan kenyataan Erdogan beberapa hari kemudian.</p> <p>Perdana Menteri Israel Benjamin Netanyahu berkata beliau &#8220;tidak terkesan&#8221; dengan kenyataan tersebut.</p> <p>Ketika dihubungi AFP, jurucakap kementerian luar Israel enggan memberi komen mengenai kenyataan terkini Erdogan.</p> <p>Bantahan berlaku hampir setiap hari di Turki terhadap langkah Trump. Di kebanyakan bandar di tenggara Diyarbakir, Kurdish, beribu-ribu orang mengibar bendera Palestin dan melaungkan slogan seperti &#8220;pembunuhan beramai-ramai tidak akan berhenti jika semua umat Islam tidak bersatu.&#8221;</p> <p>Dalam ucapan berasingan, Perdana Menteri Binali Yildirim berkata &#8220;mulai sekarang kita mengisytiharkan Timur Baitulmuqaddis yang diduduki sebagai ibu negara Palestin&#8221;, sambil menambah Turki ingin melihat penyelesaian untuk Baitulmaqdis yang akan memuaskan hati kedua-dua belah pihak dalam konflik itu.</p> <p>Jurucakap Erdogan, Ibrahim Kalin &#8211; penasihat dasar luar negeri utama presiden &#8211; menulis dalam akhbar bahawa langkah Trump mewakili &#8220;campuran bertoksin populisme dan unilateralisme&#8221;.</p> <p>Menerusi Daily Sabah pula, beliau menulis salah satu akibat positif ialah isu rakyat Palestin sekali lagi menjadi pusat perdebatan global.</p> <p>&#8220;Momentum baharu ini harus digunakan untuk mencari keamanan yang adil dan berkekalan,&#8221; kata Kalin.</p> <p>Tahun lepas, Turki dan Israel mengakhiri perselisihan yang dicetuskan Israel pada 2010 yang menyebabkan 10 aktivis Turki mati selain ketegangan diplomatik.</p> <p>Kedua-dua pihak sejak itu meningkatkan kerjasama, terutamanya melalui pelan saluran paip gas yang diketuai menantu Erdogan dan Menteri Tenaga, Berat Albayrak.</p> <p>Tetapi Erdogan yang menganggap dirinya sebagai &#8220;Wira Palestin&#8221; membuat serangan lisan terhadap dasar Israel.</p> <p>OIC akan mengadakan mesyuarat tergempar di Turki pada 13 Disember ini bagi menyelaraskan respons terhadap keputusan Washington.</p> <p>Trump mungkin sedang mewujudkan satu platform untuk meminta konsesi daripada Israel nanti.</p>

Erdogan: Turki akan buka kedutaan di Baitulmaqdis Timur

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/2017/12/18/erdogan-turki-akan-buka-kedutaan-di-baitulmaqdis-timur/

2017-12-18

<p>WASHINGTON (FOX 26) - The White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump pledged to donate $1 million in personal funds to Harvey relief efforts.</p> <p><a type="internal">Trump visited</a> Corpus Christi, Texas, and Austin on Tuesday for briefings on Harvey's devastation. He praised first responders, telling everyone who has been affected by the storm that "we are here with you today, we are with you tomorrow and we will be with you every single day after to restore, recover and rebuild."</p> <q> <p>First responders have been doing heroic work. Their courage &amp;amp; devotion has saved countless lives &#8211; they represent the very best of America! <a href="https://t.co/I0gvCQLTKO" type="external">pic.twitter.com/I0gvCQLTKO</a></p>&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/903059975437733888" type="external">August 31, 2017</a> </q> <p>On Wednesday, Trump tweeted that on his Tuesday trip to Texas he had witnessed "first hand the horror &amp;amp; devastation" wrought by Harvey. He wrote that after seeing the widespread damage, "my heart goes out even more so to the great people of Texas!"</p> <p>Aides say Trump plans to return to Texas on Saturday to survey damage and meet with people displaced by the storm.</p> <p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>

White House says President Trump will donate $1 million to Harvey relief

http://www.fox26houston.com/news/harvey-coverage/277795802-story

2017-08-31

<p>Don't freak out the next time you see <a type="internal">President Barack Obama</a> sans <a type="internal">wedding ring</a>&#8212;he and <a type="internal">Michelle</a> are still #goals. In fact, the reason why Obama often goes ringless has us loving the First Couple&#8212;who recently celebrated their <a type="internal">24th wedding anniversary</a> on October 3&#8212;all the more. Prepare to melt...</p> <p>It appears that President Obama keeps his left-hand naked because he wants to keep his most precious valuable safe, and doesn't want to risk anything happening to his wedding band. A video recently surfaced on the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/11/watch-president-obama-protects-wedding-ring-as-he-shakes-hands-with-public/" type="external">Washington Post</a> of President Obama discreetly slipping off his wedding ring and placing it in his pocket as he approached a small crowd to shake hands&#8212;seemingly indicating that he wants to keep it close and out of any potential harm's way. (Like snatchers or who-knows-what-else. People be crazy.) Even with all of the Secret Service agents surrounding him, Obama still takes the utmost precautions with his beloved wedding ring. How's that for a sweet husband?</p> <p>However, if Obama were to lose his wedding ring&#8212;say it slips out of his pocket&#8212;he could always call <a type="internal">the Ring Finders</a>.</p>

The Sweet Reason Why Barack Obama Doesn't Wear His Wedding Ring

http://www.glamour.com/story/barack-obama-wedding-ring

2016-10-13

<p>"I can't believe that I'm saying that a candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women."</p> <p>And so First Lady <a type="internal">Michelle Obama</a> captured the sentiments of a majority of Americans during an emotional stump speech for Hillary Clinton on Thursday afternoon that lambasted Republican nominee Donald Trump's repeated demeaning and derogatory treatment of women.</p> <p>Speaking before a crowd in Manchester, New Hampshire, Mrs. Obama stated that the leaked Access Hollywood video of Trump <a type="internal">bragging</a> about groping, kissing, and trying to have sex with women has "shaken [her] to [her] core."</p> <p>"It would be dishonest and disingenuous to move on to the next thing like this was all just a bad dream," the first lady said. "We can't sweep this under the rug as another sad footnote in a disturbing election season. This was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior."</p> <p>Refusing to call Trump by name&#8212;only referring to him as Hillary Clinton's "opponent"&#8212;Mrs. Obama denounced the Republican candidate's defense of his past remarks as simple "locker room talk" while explaining how personal these comments felt to her&#8212;and for all women.</p> <p>For Trump, the 2005 Access Hollywood appearance was not an isolated incident. He has gone on record numerous times to comment on women in, typically, one of two ways: As objects of his own sexual gratification or as threats that should be wholly diminished for their intellect, ambition, or appearance. Though Trump has repeatedly claimed the "locker room talk" defense since the tape leaked last Friday, numerous women have since <a type="internal">come forward</a> to report their own sexual assaults at the hands of Donald Trump&#8212;meaning that this wasn't just talk, it was predatory action.</p> <p>Like millions of Americans, Mrs. Obama, felt shock and outrage over Trump's behavior, and could not believe that there are still people in this country who view women with such little regard, let alone the fact that one of them is trying to become the next president of the United States.</p> <p>"This is not normal. This not politics as usual. This is disgraceful," Mrs. Obama said. "It doesn't matter what party you belong to&#8212;Democrat, Republican, Independent&#8212;no woman deserves to be treated this way."</p> <p>Asserting that Trump is in no way qualified for the executive branch or be a role model for children who look up to the president, the first lady then praised Hillary Clinton for her longstanding commitment to public service (even saying that she has more experience than both "Barack or Bill"), before declaring that the former secretary of state would be the only candidate who could unite the country and guide the American public with strength and compassion.</p> <p>Making a call to undecided voters, Mrs. Obama urged them not to cast a protest vote or sit the election out entirely, saying that doing so would only help clear a path for Trump to the White House. She referenced the 2012 election, in which President Obama won New Hampshire by 4,000 votes. Though that figure might have seemed like a definitive win for the incumbent president, it broke down to a total of just 66 votes per precinct&#8212;or, dozens of votes that could make or break a candidate's victory.</p> <p>She additionally cited the power of women voters in this election, and the influence they can have in choosing the next president. A recent report from Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight election forecast suggested that if only women voted, Hillary Clinton <a href="https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/785972385836961792" type="external">would win</a> by an overwhelming majority (which, horrifyingly, prompted a <a type="internal">#Repealthe19th</a> social media campaign among Trump supporters). Mrs. Obama invited all women to take this power seriously and use it to elect a candidate who has not only been a pillar of support for women, but would teach America's children that any kind of degrading, hateful rhetoric is wholly unacceptable.</p> <p>"We, as women, have all the power we need to determine the outcome of this election," Mrs. Obama said. "We have the knowledge, we have a voice, we have a vote. And on November 8, we as women, we as Americans, we as decent human beings, can declare that enough is enough and we do not tolerate this kind of behavior."</p>

Michelle Obama Expressed the Horror We're All Feeling About Donald Trump's Treatment of Women

http://www.glamour.com/story/michelle-obama-expressed-the-horror-were-all-feeling-about-donald-trumps-treatment-of-women

2016-10-13

<p>Remember back in August of 2015, when Donald Trump's women problem was contained to calling Rosie O'Donnell a "pig" at the first Republican debate and saying <a type="internal">Megyn Kelly</a> had "blood coming out of her wherever" for asking legitimate questions about his sexist treatment of women? Fast forward to present day (or, more accurately, last night), and we now have former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (and current Trump surrogate) literally daring Kelly to call Bill Clinton a "sexual predator" on live television after trying to denounce the coverage of Trump's numerous sexual misconduct allegations as unfair and biased. Thank goodness there are only 13 more days till the election because, honestly, how much more of this can the American people take?</p> <p>What began as a conversation between the Fox News anchor and former speaker of the house about <a type="internal">Donald Trump</a>'s dwindling poll numbers soon turned into a hostile exchange about sexism, media bias, and the election. Recent reports, including one conducted by Fox News, show Clinton's numbers growing in several key states, making Trump's chances of becoming president all the more slim. Gingrich quickly interjected that all these polls are biased&#8212;"Fox News? I don't think so," Kelly countered&#8212;before he launched into an attack on the media as a whole for focusing on the Access Hollywood tape and the numerous women who have come forward to corroborate the things Trump articulated on the leaked footage, rather than the leaked transcripts of Hillary Clinton's Wall Street speeches or her plans to allow "600 million people" to migrate to the country.</p> <p>"The three major networks spent 23 minutes attacking Donald Trump [after the third presidential debate] and 57 seconds on Hillary Clinton's secret speeches," Gingrich said. "You don't think this is a scale of bias worthy of Pravada and Izvestia?"</p> <p>(Quick history aside: Pravada and Izvestia were two newspapers published in Soviet Russia.)</p> <p>Kelly articulated that "if Trump is a sexual predator"&#8212;which Gingrich quickly denied&#8212;and was revealed to have a lengthy history of sexual misconduct, Americans&#8212;especially American women&#8212;have the right to know this about a presidential nominee and the media should be required to cover it. Or so she tried to articulate before Gingrich once again interrupted her for using "inflammatory" language "that is not true."</p> <p>"You are fascinated by sex and you don't care about public policy," said a man who spent his tenure as speaker of the house obstructing the president and twenty-plus years dwelling on Bill Clinton's sexual history.</p> <p>"Me? Really?" Kelly countered, before Gingrich doubled down, saying, "That's what I get out of watching you tonight."</p> <p>Kelly responded to this, saying, "You know, Mr. Speaker, I'm not fascinated by sex, but I am fascinated by the protection of women and understanding what we're getting in the Oval Office and I think the American voters would like to know."</p> <p>"Therefore we're going to send Bill Clinton back to the East Wing because, after all, you're worried about sexual predators?" Gingrich interjected.</p> <p>"Listen, it's not about me. It's about the women and men of America. The poll numbers show us that the women of America, in particular, are very concerned about these allegations, and, in large part, believe they are a real issue and don't want to dismiss the women."</p> <p>Kelly barely made her point before Gingrich once again interrupted, saying, "You want a comment on whether the Clinton ticket has a relationship to a sexual predator?"</p> <p>"We, on The Kelly File, have covered that story as well," she countered.</p> <p>"I want to hear you use the words 'Bill Clinton, sexual predator.' I dare you. Say 'Bill Clinton, sexual predator," Gingrich said, smirking all the while. Kelly, as expected, kept her cool, explained that she had, in fact, covered Clinton's past behavior on her show, before making the most sound counter-argument to Gingrich's challenge.</p> <p>"He's not on the ticket,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;The polls also show the American public is less interested in the deeds of Hillary Clinton&#8217;s husband than they are in the deeds of the man who asks us to make him president, Donald Trump.&#8221;</p> <p>As the segment drew to an end, Kelly bid farewell to her contentious guest, saying, "We&#8217;re going to have to leave it at that and you can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, Mr. Speaker. Thanks for being here.&#8221;</p> <p>To which Gingrich replied, "And you too."</p> <p>Watch the full segment below.</p>

Newt Gingrich Lost His Mind During an Argument With Megyn Kelly

http://www.glamour.com/story/newt-gingrich-lost-his-mind-during-an-argument-with-megyn-kelly

2016-10-26

<p>Occasionally, the news suggests glimmers of Hope:</p> <p>CO-OPTATION SAVES THE NATION- {rhyme}</p> <p>Our nation&#8217;s Trump-era history</p> <p>get reversed in this yuugely-odd mystery: -</p> <p>- The Donald the Dems have co-opted!!</p> <p>Their policies Trump has adopted!!</p> <p>The Opposition has clout</p> <p>to drag America out</p> <p>of the stupid Repug-dug ditch.</p> <p>Huzzah for The Donald&#8217;s switch.</p> <p>=========</p> <p><a type="internal">Show All Comments</a></p> <a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/" type="external" /> <a type="internal" /> <a type="internal" />

More From Tom Toles

http://www.gocomics.com/tomtoles/2017/09/08

2017-09-08

<p>In Arizona, there is a special election to replace Rep. Trent Franks, who resigned earlier this year. Making special appearances to help the Democrat in that race are the kids from Parkland, Florida.</p> <p>These are the kids the left-wing media has promoted because of their demands for gun control, since the mass shooting in Parkland that killed 17.</p> <p>The left&#8217;s obsession with gun control is nothing new. The left embraced the creation of the Brady Center to Prevent Handgun Violence after its creation in the 1980s. Other left-wing attempts to repeal and block the Second Amendment rights of Americans go further back.</p> <p>As a policy idea, gun control has been a disaster. Ignoring the fact that it is one of the preferred tools of tyrants, gun control simply does not work. Britain essentially banned firearms after the 1996 Dunblane massacre.</p> <p>While Britain, for more than 20 years, has had the kind of gun control American liberals can only dream of, the results have not been good. Crime in London is out of control. In gun-free London, a number of people have been shot to death in the last three months. Only a year ago, the BBC reported that gun crime had risen by 42 percent. How could that be? The left promises us that if we only ban guns, crime will go away.</p> <p>In the absence of guns, many criminals in the U.K. have turned to knives. And guess what? The politicians in Britain are now pushing knife control.</p> <p>The issue for Americans is not simply the removal of the right to bear arms. It is a fundamental intrusion on one of the most basic liberties someone may have.</p> <p>Freedom.</p> <p>Thomas Jefferson wrote in the draft of the Virginia Constitution, &#8220;No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.&#8221;</p> <p>The keywords in Jefferson&#8217;s draft were &#8220;free man.&#8221;</p> <p>One of the fundamental rights that any free man or woman has is the right to self-defense. Free people can defend themselves. Slaves cannot.</p> <p>The left ignores the fact that when guns are used in this nation, they are overwhelmingly used for self-defense. But it is this fundamental right of self-defense that the left challenges and would see destroyed in America.</p> <p>In the last 20 years in America, an alarming change has taken place in schools. Before this time, if two children became involved in a fight at school, the school would try to determine who started the fight and punish that child.</p> <p>No longer.</p> <p>Now, both children (or more) are punished. It does not matter if one child was trying to defend himself against a bully. It doesn&#8217;t matter if someone else started the fight, the mere act of self-defense becomes a punishable offense.</p> <p>The left has this obsession with people and the nation being defenseless. They want to strip away the rights of citizens to use weapons to defend themselves. They do not like the idea of something like missile defense to protect this nation against an attack.</p> <p>The left loves to preach to us. They tell real Americans that it is necessary to strip away our rights to make us safe. In 1783, William Pitt spoke in the House of Commons and said, &#8220;Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.&#8221;</p> <p>That perfectly sums up the left. Their goal is tyranny and their objective is to reduce every American to the status of a slave.</p> <p>&#8226; Judson Phillips is founder of the Tea Party Nation.</p> <p>&#169; Copyright (c) 2018 News World Communications, Inc.</p> <p>&#8212;-</p> <p>This content is published through a licensing agreement with <a href="http://acquiremedia.com" type="external">Acquire Media</a> using its NewsEdge technology.</p>

Gun control would make Americans slaves

http://www.gopusa.com/gun-control-would-make-americans-slaves/

2018-04-24

<p>It&#8217;s suddenly big news that there are perverts in Hollywood. The really big news is that former President Barack Hussein Obama&#8217;s communist and terrorist-support network remains a state secret. Attorney General Jeff Sessions won&#8217;t touch it.</p> <p>Until we come to grips with Obama, our first Marxist president with radical Muslim sympathies, we are adrift as a nation. He ran for office as a <a href="https://www.salon.com/2008/01/21/obama_31/" type="external">&#8220;committed Christian,&#8221;</a> a monumental deception to conceal his record of service to the communist cause, Muslim background, and grooming by suspected Soviet espionage agent Frank Marshall Davis.</p> <p>As the world marks the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian revolution, America should take note of our own communist revolution &#8211; the eight years of the Obama presidency and his leadership of the global anti-Trump &#8220;resistance.&#8221;</p> <p>A <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2017/10/sebastian-gorka-identifies-top-3-threats-to-america/" type="external">WND story</a> says former Trump White House aide Sebastian Gorka believes radical Islamic jihadists, China and radical leftists pose the greatest threats to U.S. national security, but that &#8220;they will be defeated by President Trump and his supporters who are restoring America&#8217;s global dominance and reclaiming the country&#8217;s culture.&#8221;</p> <p>Based on the record so far, this is as likely as Hollywood coming completely clean about Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s perversities.</p> <p>Russia is not even on the list of Gorka&#8217;s top three threats! Yet Russia is behind the Jihadists, is in an alliance with Red China, and still backs the radical leftists.</p> <p>Gorka tells WND, &#8220;The immediate term threat is the Shia-jihadis &#8211; this is Iran, this is the Republican Guard, Hezbollah. If they get nuclear weapons, that&#8217;s a game changer and that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s so important the president decertified the Iran deal.&#8221;</p> <p>Yet, Iran&#8217;s nuclear weapons program is made possible by Russia. Why no mention of that? And why didn&#8217;t Trump cancel the Iran deal as he promised to do?</p> <p>In the first place, Obama should have been impeached. Under United Nations auspices, he ordered the bombing of Libya, in order to depose a ruler, Gadhafi, who had given up his weapons of mass destruction and was fighting al Qaeda. The massacre of Americans in Benghazi by Jihadists resulted from this illegal and unconstitutional war. All of this benefited the Muslim Brotherhood. Indeed, Obama issued a secret 2011 Presidential Study Directive-11, or PSD-11, supporting this radical Islamist group throughout the Middle East.</p> <p>National security reporter Bill Gertz <a href="http://freebeacon.com/national-security/clinton-backed-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-regime/" type="external">said</a>, &#8220;The directive, according to officials familiar with its contents, outlined how the administration would seek to support the Muslim Brotherhood around the world despite the Islamist supremacist organization providing the ideological underpinning for jihadist terrorism for both al Qaeda and its successor, the Islamic State.&#8221;</p> <p>PSD-11, which is still secret, should be released by the Trump Administration and declared exhibit number one in a criminal investigation of Barack Hussein Obama.</p> <p>Trump was supposed to turn things around. In Afghanistan, Gorka tells WND that Trump&#8217;s speech sending more American soldiers to their deaths in an endless conflict didn&#8217;t use the words &#8220;radical Islamic terrorism.&#8221; He was upset about that omission. But Trump also <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/08/21/remarks-president-trump-strategy-afghanistan-and-south-asia" type="external">didn&#8217;t mention</a> Russia&#8217;s role in <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/04/24/russia-is-sending-weapons-to-taliban-top-u-s-general-confirms/?utm_term=.1d5628456887" type="external">sending arms</a> to a Taliban faction killing our troops.</p> <p>This is what we called the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Red-Jihad-Moscows-Solution-America/dp/1523956097" type="external">Red Jihad</a>, a book quoting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that Soviet/Russian support for international terrorism made radical Islam into the threat it is today. He explains that, &#8220;without the support offered by the Soviet bloc and the Arab world, international terrorism would revert to its earlier, localized manifestations before the 1960s and would hardly dominate the global scene.&#8221;</p> <p>If you want to defeat radical Islam, engineer regime change in Russia, which is still the global center of revolutionary violence against America.</p> <p>Domestically, Sebastian Gorka mentions in the WND interview the influence of Obama associates Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn in academia, but ignores how their communist terrorist networks spawned the Obama candidacy and presidency. These networks, nurtured even today by Bill Ayers in his new book, Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto, are promising an uprising of some sort on November 4. The <a href="https://refusefascism.org/2017/07/24/why-we-have-taken-up-the-fight-to-build-refuse-fascism-and-to-drive-out-the-trumppence-fascist-regime/" type="external">Refuse Fascism</a> group, which is behind the November 4 protests, is a front of the Revolutionary Communist Party and its founder, former Ayers and Dohrn associate Bob Avakian.</p> <p>As we document in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Comrade-Obama-Unmasked-Marxist-White/dp/1548403008" type="external">Comrade Obama Unmasked</a>, Obama supported America&#8217;s enemies at every opportunity, including the communist regime in Cuba, the communists running South Africa, and even the FARC narco-terrorists in Colombia.</p> <p>But he stands out during his eight years in office as the real Russian agent, who was passive when Russia invaded Ukraine and Syria, gave Russia a nuclear weapons advantage over the U.S., and awarded the Russians special trading privileges. Working with Russia, he conceived the Iran nuclear deal.</p> <p>However, on his way out the door, in a classic Marxist dialectical maneuver, his CIA director John Brennan launched an investigation of President Trump as a Russia agent. It was a stroke of genius that put Trump on the defensive, gave the liberal news media months of joy, and resulted in multiple Russia-gate investigations, including by a former FBI director determined to get Trump.</p> <p>On the 100th anniversary of the Virgin Mary Fatima revelations about Russia&#8217;s threat to world peace, we also learn from Dr. Paul Kengor&#8217;s new book that the Soviets were behind the May 13, 1981, attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II. The book, A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century, says Reagan&#8217;s CIA director Bill Casey confirmed the Soviet role, in the face of official CIA resistance to the finding.</p> <p>Until the reality of Obama&#8217;s communist support is examined and the secret role of Russia in global conflict exposed, the former president and America&#8217;s enemies will have the upper hand.</p> <p>But Gorka and Trump seem clueless. &#8220;China has the most leverage to deal with North Korea,&#8221; Gorka told WND. &#8220;And the fact that the president and Ambassador Haley at the U.N. have managed to convince China that even if you&#8217;re in a competition with us, you will not profit by having a nuclear war on your border and they joined us with Russia &#8211; it&#8217;s a big deal &#8211; in the tightest sanctions package against North Korea in history, that tells you how big a problem North Korea is. China may be our long term enemy, but they don&#8217;t a war in their back doorstep either.&#8221;</p> <p>Does he really think another in an endless series of U.N. resolutions will make any difference? The U.N. is another communist front, designed by a Russian agent working in our State Department by the name of Alger Hiss. Have we forgotten?</p> <p>Working through the U.N. is a dangerous dead end.</p> <p>Our book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sword-Revolution-Communist-Apocalypse/dp/1515257606" type="external">The Sword of Revolution</a> conclusively demonstrates that the &#8220;Sino-Soviet split&#8221; was a fraud. What&#8217;s more, the &#8220;collapse&#8221; of Red Russia was itself a fraud, too. Together, China and Russia, combined with Obama&#8217;s inaction during his two terms, have made a nuclear North Korea a reality.</p> <p>What&#8217;s more, China is still communist. An article in China Daily, entitled, <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-09/30/content_32668217.htm" type="external">&#8220;Adapting Marxism called crucial,&#8221;</a> explains how Marxism is guiding the country&#8217;s future. Here&#8217;s a quote:</p> <p>President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China [CPC] Central Committee&#8230; said that as a party upholding Marxism, the CPC should make sure its theories keep up with the times. Drifting away from or betraying Marxism will lead to the Party&#8217;s losing its soul and direction as it moves forward, Xi added. Marxism is unsurpassed in achieving great heights and having a huge influence, he said.</p> <p>The reliance on China to deal with its nuclear client, North Korea, is another dead end.</p> <p>The key failure involves the inability or unwillingness to investigate Obama&#8217;s global network and what his anti-American policies were designed to do.</p> <p>In terms of the threat within, consider that the FBI website still features wanted posters of two fugitives: <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/dt/donna-joan-borup" type="external">Donna Borup</a> and <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/dt/elizabeth-anna-duke" type="external">Elizabeth Anna Duke</a>, both members of the May 19th Communist Organization.</p> <p>Filmmaker Joel Gilbert, a speaker at our upcoming <a href="http://americasurvival.org/2017/08/the-real-russia-gate-conspiracy-of-barack-hussein-obama.html#axzz4vbzbnC9e" type="external">November 10 National conference on Obamunism</a>, has <a href="http://www.obamasrealfather.com/directors-q-and-a/page2.php" type="external">cited evidence</a> that Obama was a member or supporter of the May 19th Communist Organization, an above ground support group for the Weather Underground based in New York City from 1978-1985.</p> <p>He notes that the May 19 Communist Organization was described by Obama pal and former communist terrorist Bill Ayers as providing &#8220;a sea for the guerillas to swim in.&#8221;</p> <p>Some May 19 members committed acts of violence and terrorism, such as the 1981 Nanuet Brinks robbery and murders, the bombing of South African offices in 1981, and the U.S. Capital bombing in 1983, notes Gilbert. He adds, &#8220;I spoke with a former FBI informant who told me the May 19th Communist Organization had a weapons training camp in the Catskill Mountains, run by former Black Panthers. In addition, some May 19 members were sent to Cuba for several weeks each year with the Venceremos Brigades, a continuation of the SDS/Weather Underground program begun in the sixties, for explosives training from Cuban intelligence, DGI.&#8221;</p> <p>Here&#8217;s the big revelation: &#8220;A former May 19 member I spoke with identified Obama as participating in their public protests and meetings. In his &#8216;Dreams&#8217; book, Obama mentions transferring to Columbia to pursue his interest in activism and recounts attendance at some events similar to those sponsored by May 19.&#8221;</p> <p>This might help explain why Borup and Duke are still on the loose. And why Obama never demanded the extradition of Black Liberation Army cop-killer <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/joanne-deborah-chesimard" type="external">Assata Shakur</a> and FALN bomb-maker <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/dt/william-guillermo-morales" type="external">William Morales</a> from Cuba.</p> <p>In addition to the focus on Obama, our November 10 conference will expose the Red Pope, Francis, who was Obama&#8217;s collaborator after a George Soros-engineered coup forced Pope Benedict to resign. The old joke, &#8220;Is the Pope Catholic?,&#8221; is not funny anymore. This pope is not Catholic; he&#8217;s a communist.</p> <p>*Cliff Kincaid has written two books on Obama, two on the United Nations, and many on media bias. His public policy group America&#8217;s Survival, Inc., has produced several films and videos on America&#8217;s first Marxist president and was instrumental in disclosing Obama&#8217;s communist connections in Chicago and Hawaii before he was elected. Cliff can be reached at <a href="mailto:Kincaid@comcast.net" type="external">Kincaid@comcast.net</a></p> View View View

Open a Criminal Investigation of Barack Hussein Obama

http://www.gopusa.com/open-a-criminal-investigation-of-barack-hussein-obama/

2017-10-17

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GQ Daily | 《口袋妖怪》的真人版电影，讲的是侦探皮卡丘的故事

http://www.gq.com.cn/fun/news_103ga81d40ef5fe5.html

2016-07-22

<p>Drew Magary wants a word with anyone who's about to be on the wrong side of history.</p> <p>Earlier this week, the Washington Post&#8217;s <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-used-258000-from-his-charity-to-settle-legal-problems/2016/09/20/adc88f9c-7d11-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html?postshare=2581474381978129&amp;tid=ss_tw" type="external">David Fahrenthold</a> uncovered yet another Donald Trump scam job, in which he used over $250,000 in charitable donations to help pay off his legal bills. And, because this is Trump, that sordid (and almost certainly illegal) bit of money laundering is just ONE despicable detail of the story. There are many more, including Trump&#8217;s club trying to welch on a $1 million hole-in-one payout (out of all of Trump&#8217;s bad qualities, his <a href="https://twitter.com/sopandeb/status/778356550746243072" type="external">steadfast refusal to pay people what he owes them</a>, while bragging about it, is the most enraging), along with the old bit about Trump blithely ignoring local ordinances so he could put a big, dipshit flagpole up at <a type="internal">the Mar-A-Lago club</a>, with his lawyers stating&#8212;with a straight face&#8212;that a smaller flag &#8220;would fail to appropriately express the magnitude of Donald J. Trump&#8217;s . . . patriotism&#8221; (NOTE: Until recently, Trump didn&#8217;t know what the stripes on the flag <a href="http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/remember-when-donald-trump-didnt-know-why-there-were-13-1786393523" type="external">symbolized</a>).</p> <p>None of this is surprising, of course. Trump is a liar and a crook, and he commits abominable acts at such a frenetic pace that they get lost in the fury surrounding whatever horrible thing he does next. Keith Olbermann needed over <a href="http://video.gq.com/series/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann" type="external">17 minutes</a> on this site just to list a fraction of the atrocities Trump has staged during election season, and he&#8217;s gonna need 17 more minutes to cover what happens between now and Election Day. Remember when Trump said he would get rid of food regulations? That was Thursday.</p> <p>Regardless, in the end, people are still gonna vote for this man. Maybe not enough to get him elected, but still: it&#8217;ll be in the tens of millions. (Note to the people causing the polls to fluctuate: What the fuck is wrong with you? I gotta meet the five percent of people who saw Hillary come down with pneumonia and were like, &#8220;Forget her, gimme the dictator with dryer lint hair.&#8221;) Nothing that Trump says, no damning piece of Trump reportage, and certainly no opinion piece like this one will stop his voters from pulling the lever. Nor will anything stop Trump from being the officious, braindead goon that he is. He will never answer for his crimes, and there&#8217;s a frighteningly large portion of the electorate that will always love him for that.</p> <p>And so I&#8217;d just like to say to that portion of the electorate: Fuck you. No, seriously. Go fuck yourselves. I&#8217;m not gonna waste any more time trying to convince you that you&#8217;re about to do something you&#8217;ll regret forever. I&#8217;m not gonna show you old clips of Trump saying rotten things. I&#8217;m not gonna try to ANNIHILATE Trump by showing you records of his hypocrisy and greed. I&#8217;m not gonna link to a John Oliver clip and be like, &#8220;THIS. So much this.&#8221; Nothing&#8217;s gonna take down Trump at this point, so I&#8217;m not gonna bother. No no, this post is for ME. I am preaching to the sad little choir in my soul here.</p> <p>Because while Trump is a miserable bastard, YOU are the people who have handed him the bullhorn. YOU are the people willing to embarrass this nation and put it on the brink of <a type="internal">economic ruin</a> all because you wanna throw an electoral <a type="internal">hissy fit</a>. YOU are the people who want to revolutionize the way America does business by voting for its worst businessman, a disgusting neon pig who only makes money when he causes problems for other people instead of solving them. YOU are the thin-skinned yokels who clutch your bandoliers whenever someone hurls the mildest of slurs at you (&#8220;deplorables&#8221;), while cheering Trump on as he leaves a bonfire of truly hateful invective everywhere he goes. YOU are the people willing to overlook the fact that Trump is an unqualified, ignorant sociopath because DURRRR HILLARY IS BAD TOO DURRRR.</p> WATCH <a href="https://video.gq.com/watch/chris-hemsworth-goes-undercover-on-twitter-youtube-and-quora#intcid=recommendations_cne-interlude-gq-popular_50294356-ebd7-4763-a48f-558eb0bec1fb_cral-top1-2" type="external">Chris Hemsworth Goes Undercover on Twitter, YouTube, and Quora</a> <p>To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href="http://videojs.com/html5-video-support/" type="external">supports HTML5 video</a></p> WATCH Chris Hemsworth Goes Undercover on Twitter, YouTube, and Quora Share Tweet Email More... EMBED URL&amp;lt;script async src="//player-backend.cnevids.com/script/video/5b7490bd8c1abc4fee00001d.js?iu=/3379/conde.gq/partner"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt; VIDEO URLhttp://video.gq.com/watch/chris-hemsworth-goes-undercover-on-twitter-youtube-and-quora Our bad! It looks like we're experiencing playback issues. This live video has ended. It will be available to watch shortly. <a href="" type="external">See what else is new</a> Loaded: 0%Progress: 0% MuteVolume 0% Back Caption Options Close Settings Language English Font Size Small Medium Large Position Auto Bottom Top Sample Caption Text0:000:000:00 <p>You know what? No, she&#8217;s not. She&#8217;s fine. I lived through one Clinton, and I can live through another. My reasons for hating Trump are better than your reasons for hating Hillary. Show me all the arguments against her you like. You guys don&#8217;t give a shit about facts and research when it comes to Trump, so I&#8217;m not gonna give a shit about whatever clumsy meme you cook up to explain why she did Benghazi. Nope. Sorry. Fuck your arguments, and fuck you. Trump has shown no respect for anyone, so I don&#8217;t see why you deserve any either. Whatever mildly frustrating centrist liberal bureaucracy that Hillary presides over will be fine compared to the spray tan mushroom cloud that would arise all because YOU thought Trump was such a brave, un-PC dickhead to everyone within shouting distance.</p> <p>Trump is human waste. He is the worst of America stuffed into a nacho cheese casing, and he is emblematic of the kind of arrogant, flag-waving, trashy, racist moron that the rest of us have to DRAG kicking and screaming into the 21st century: Cliven Bundy, Sean Hannity, Kim Davis, and on and on and on. Trump voters are the people who have spent the past decade or so voting insipid obstructionists into office, sending death threats to anyone who even mentions the idea of gun control, demanding 100% tax cuts on millions of dollars they can only daydream about making, and getting suckered in by any Oil Party candidate waving a NO GAYS flag. Fuck them. These are needy hillbilly loons who are just as starved for attention as Trump himself. And voting for Trump is their way of emulating him, of saying FUCK YOU to everyone else as a mission statement, with no regard for the fallout.</p> TRENDING THIS VERY SECOND <a type="internal" /> travel-and-eats <a type="internal">Where to Eat and Drink in Houston, the New Capital of Southern Cool</a> <a type="internal" /> culture <a type="internal">Serena Williams' Catsuit Is Banned from All Future French Opens</a> <a type="internal" /> news-and-politics <a type="internal">No One Knows Why This QAnon Conspiracy Theorist Was in the Oval Office with Trump</a> <p>The old saw is that people get the politicians they deserve, and I&#8217;ll be crestfallen if Trump wins and proves this to be true once more. If you vote for him, you&#8217;re not making America great again. You are killing it. You are telling the world that America isn&#8217;t worth it. You are telling the world that all of our big talk about freedom and unity and ideals is just a load of shit, and that you would prefer a smoldering dystopia where freedom is just a flimsy cover for evildoing, led by a man who believes that strength is measured only in killing people. You are handing the most important job on Earth to Napoleon from Animal Farm. And you are revealing your breathtaking ignorance to everyone except for yourself. I can&#8217;t believe you can&#8217;t see this. I want you to see this. I wanna shine a big fucking light in your face and scream at you that Trump isn&#8217;t even qualified to be human, much less President. How are you gonna change the system if you elect some corrupt idiot who has no clue how to DO IT, huh? Can&#8217;t you see this? Haven&#8217;t you heard this asshole talk? THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?</p> <p>But I already know that&#8217;s a futile effort. So fuck you, and fuck the GOP leaders who are too chickenshit to stand up to you. I&#8217;m not gonna wish deportation or imprisonment or some kind of fantastical hyperbolic death upon you. I&#8217;m not gonna ask for a wall to be built on the Mason-Dixon line. No no, I think you people deserve the EXACT same fate as Trump himself, and that is to lose, badly. That&#8217;s what should happen to you. You and your hamburger puppet leader deserve to live the rest of your days arm-in-arm in disgrace, branded as losers for eternity. Because that&#8217;s what you are.</p> <p>Drew Magary is a GQ correspondent and author, most recently of " <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hike-Novel-Drew-Magary/dp/0399563857" type="external">The Hike</a>."</p> Up Next: Is This the Last of Trump, or a Preview of His Presidency?

If You Vote For Trump, Then Screw You

http://www.gq.com/story/a-word-for-donald-trump-voters

2016-09-21

<p>&#169; 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP</p> <p>A chat with the host of the trashiest talk show in television history about Trump, Hillary, and the State of the Union.</p> <p>You can see it, almost: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sitting just a few steps from each other onstage, going at each other&#8217;s throats.</p> <p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country,&#8221; Clinton levels.</p> <p>Trump cuts in with a threat: &#8220;Because you&#8217;d be in jail.&#8221;</p> <p>The audience goes wild, collectively gasping, then cheering, either for their audacious, say-it-like-it-is savior, or because they&#8217;re just thrilled with the entertainment. Maybe a chair gets thrown.</p> <p>It&#8217;s not hard for Jerry Springer to picture some of the crazier moments from the 2016 presidential election on the set of his eponymous talk show. After all, the Jerry Springer Show traffics in drama and dysfunction, and that ugly scene&#8212;minus the chair throwing&#8212;played out live at the second presidential debate last week, one of the most brutal in recent history. &#8220;I've never had a guest on my show who I thought should be president,&#8221; says Springer, laughing. &#8220;Ever. Except the guy who married his horse.&#8221;</p> <p>Faced with the prospect of a Trump presidency, Springer, a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati who once ran for governor of Ohio, has thrown his hat back in the political ring to make the case for Clinton. Last month, he tweeted his assessment of the options facing the American people: &#8220;Hillary Clinton belongs in the White House. Donald Trump belongs on my show.&#8221;</p> <p>We&#8217;ll let him explain.</p> <p>GQ: The second debate was one of the most savage&#8212;and personal&#8212;we&#8217;ve ever seen. How much did it remind you of your show?</p> <p>Jerry Springer: I mean, good God. Other than his money, how in the world is he different than people that are on my show? And that's not trying to be cute. That's the truth. I mean, I think about the issues of the people that come on our show, the language they use, the relationship dysfunctions. You know, other than your net worth, what is the difference, and why do people wind up calling people on my show trash? I've always said that wealthy people haven't cornered the market on propriety or morality or decency. We keep thinking, just because people are poor and maybe didn't go to college or something that all of the sudden they're trash, and then we see this running for president? The behavior's the same.</p> <p>After the first debate, you tweeted that Trump belongs on your show. In the style of segments like &#8220;My Girlfriend is a Man&#8221; and &#8220;I Married a Horse,&#8221; what would you call the episode starring him?</p> <p>[laughs] Great question. Oh gosh, I&#8217;ve gotta think&#8230;"I&#8217;ll Beat That Blank To The White House."</p> <p>A hallmark of your show is when people start throwing chairs at each other. Be honest: Do you ever feel like thwacking Trump with a folding chair?</p> <p>[laughs] Well, I&#8217;m nonviolent. I think he wouldn&#8217;t come on my show&#8212;nothing to do with chairs&#8212;he wouldn&#8217;t come on my show because he wouldn't want his hair pulled. You know, they're always pulling off the wig? That's why he wouldn't come on the show.</p> <p>There&#8217;s been speculation that Trump is planning a new media empire to capitalize on his momentum after the election. Are you worried he&#8217;s going to take your job?</p> <q> <p>"I'm sorry. I've ruined the culture."</p> </q> TRENDING THIS VERY SECOND <a type="internal" /> travel-and-eats <a type="internal">Where to Eat and Drink in Houston, the New Capital of Southern Cool</a> <a type="internal" /> culture <a type="internal">Serena Williams' Catsuit Is Banned from All Future French Opens</a> <a type="internal" /> news-and-politics <a type="internal">No One Knows Why This QAnon Conspiracy Theorist Was in the Oval Office with Trump</a> <p>Well he&#8217;s far better on television than I am, so I'm not worried, because I'm 73 years old. [phone rings in the background] Some other person calling for money. [laughs] It's funny because, on a side note, and then I'll answer your question, once you're identified as being a Democrat and Hillary supporter, etc., then every Democrat running in the country starts calling you for money.</p> WATCH <a href="https://video.gq.com/watch/chris-hemsworth-goes-undercover-on-twitter-youtube-and-quora#intcid=recommendations_cne-interlude-gq-popular_6ca7233c-d0e6-4268-8038-aa8b9173aa66_cral-top1-1" type="external">Chris Hemsworth Goes Undercover on Twitter, YouTube, and Quora</a> <p>To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href="http://videojs.com/html5-video-support/" type="external">supports HTML5 video</a></p> WATCH Chris Hemsworth Goes Undercover on Twitter, YouTube, and Quora Share Tweet Email More... EMBED URL&amp;lt;script async src="//player-backend.cnevids.com/script/video/5b7490bd8c1abc4fee00001d.js?iu=/3379/conde.gq/partner"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt; VIDEO URLhttp://video.gq.com/watch/chris-hemsworth-goes-undercover-on-twitter-youtube-and-quora Our bad! It looks like we're experiencing playback issues. This live video has ended. It will be available to watch shortly. <a href="" type="external">See what else is new</a> Loaded: 0%Progress: 0% MuteVolume 0% Back Caption Options Close Settings Language English Font Size Small Medium Large Position Auto Bottom Top Sample Caption Text0:000:000:00 <p>The problem with him doing my show is you've got to be able to tell the difference between a host and the guests. So they would have to run a graphic, they would have to keep saying, "He's the host, he's the host, he's the host." But other than that, yeah, he's phenomenal on television.</p> <p>You&#8217;re an ardent Hillary Clinton supporter. Aside from &#8220;she&#8217;s not a demagogue,&#8221; what&#8217;s your case for her?</p> <p>Certainly in my lifetime, there&#8217;s never been a human being more prepared, and more knowledgeable and more balanced to be president of the United States who hasn't already been one. In other words, when you run for reelection for president, you already know all of the world issues. But for someone who hasn't yet been president, I don't think there's another human being that could sit down with her and would know as much about what's going on in the world, has thought more about all these issues for her whole lifetime, than she has. She really is the most qualified person ever to run for president who hasn't been president before.</p> <p>And there's no particular benefit for me other than I love my country. I mean, I'm not looking for a political job. I'm literally just a citizen. And I do take it seriously. I'm [from] an immigrant family. So I take the State of Liberty very seriously. I mean, my family was lost in the Holocaust. We believe in the State of Liberty. This was the place we were going to come. And then you have someone running for president who is opposed to the idea [of] America? Religious, ethnic and all that kind of freedom? And wants to replace the State of Liberty with a wall? So I compare that to the qualifications of a Hillary.</p> <p>You&#8217;ve talked about how the election is personal for you. How does it hit home?</p> <p>Someone comes to me and says, "Well, if you knew Trump, he isn&#8217;t personally bigoted." It doesn't matter&#8212;that's irrelevant. He&#8217;s smart enough to know that he is giving cover, he is giving voice to a very ugly notion that you will be judged in this country based on where you're from and what your religion is, what your ethnicity is, and in some instances, even what your color is. And gender. And your disabilities, if you have any. Well, we all have some disabilities. But it&#8217;s, like, oh my god, this is so un-American. It's, like, a cruel irony to say we're going to make America great again. Hey! First understand what America is. That is personal.</p> <p>You&#8217;re the former mayor of Cincinnati. What have you learned about politics in the two decades you&#8217;ve been doing your show that you didn't know during your political career?</p> <p>I always knew we were all alike and the only thing that separated us [is] some of us were luckier in the gene pool of parents, and some of us had more money, and stuff like that. And I saw that in politics, and I see it in the people on my show. ... 99 percent of what we are, we had nothing to do with. Not one person you will ever meet had anything to do with the decision to be born, to whom you'd be born, what kind of health, what kind of brain, what era, what country. None of this stuff. The last one percent of what we become is maybe due to our own efforts. But even that is based on what we were born with. If you understand that, then you will never ever judge people based on what they are. You will only judge people based on what they do.</p> <p>I guess I kind of knew that all along, and every job I&#8217;ve ever had just confirmed what I've always believed, is that human beings are alike. Some are just luckier.</p> <p>Your show is in its 26th season&#8212;</p> <p>I apologize. [laughs] I'm sorry. I've ruined the culture. I'm so sorry. Oh, please, Rebecca, forgive me.</p> <p>I forgive you! What&#8217;s one moment from this election that would have been way better on your stage?</p> <p>Well, any of the debates, clearly. And obviously the video. I mean, really. You can&#8217;t even make a parody of it anymore. I can't&#8212;it's almost, they&#8217;re throwing softballs at me. It's, like, "Hey! Here's a show topic, here's a show topic." I mean, I could have done a whole season of shows just on this campaign.</p> <p>But again, it&#8217;s one thing to have a television [show] about that, which is the purpose of the show, to have it about dysfunctional behavior, and another thing to say, "Gee, why doesn't the person on this show run for president?" What? Who thought that was a good idea?</p> <p>You&#8217;ve said Trump&#8217;s blurring of politics and entertainment helped propel him to the GOP nomination. Are shows like yours to blame for Trump&#8217;s rise?</p> <p>No, no one show. Lots of people watch the show and behave properly.</p>

Even Jerry Springer Thinks This Election Is Too Much

http://www.gq.com/story/jerry-springer-trump-election-interview

2016-10-15

<p>November 8th may just be the start.</p> <p>By now, you know that walking Illinois-Nazi-rally Donald Trump is finished. His polls are shit. His reputation is somehow worse than it was when he started running for office. His spokespeople are imbeciles. His ground game is <a href="https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/786904136696467456" type="external">nonexistent</a>. He has a record of scandal and disgrace that will NEVER be matched by anyone ever again. (I feel like I&#8217;m watching Cy Young pitch when he opens his mouth.) He&#8217;s gonna get trounced.</p> <p>And I wish the prospect of a Trump defeat offered us all some measure of relief. I wish I could point at November 8th on the calendar and tell you, definitively, that this living nightmare will finally be fucking over. But I can&#8217;t. I know that isn&#8217;t true at all. I know that November 8th is only the beginning of our miseries, because one of the most depressing things about this election season&#8212;which has already put America on the brink of suicide&#8212;is the fact that it isn&#8217;t gonna end on Election Day.</p> <p>We know Trump will lose, and we also now know that Trump and his acolytes have <a type="internal">NO plans to lose graciously</a>. Trump isn&#8217;t gonna concede, and he isn&#8217;t gonna go away, not when he&#8217;s already achieved the wet dream of seeing his every word move mountains. He will do his best to undermine the election results, and stoke violence, and gin up perpetual outrage against the media, and he will appear on your television screen every hour on the hour&#8212;summoned like a fucking genie&#8212;to rail against the legitimacy of a Hillary Clinton presidency.</p> <p>And he&#8217;ll have <a type="internal">the unofficial support of his estranged party</a> when he does. As much as the GOP establishment wants to treat Trump like a fart in an elevator, come November 8th they will share the exact same goal, and utilize the same truther news outlets to achieve it. It&#8217;s been discouraging to watch the GOP stymie Obama at every turn for the last eight years (with Obama, at times, being far too deferential to them), and it&#8217;s not like they&#8217;re gonna magically grow a heart once Hillary Clinton takes office. I promise you that dipshits like Mitch McConnell will declare it their mission to thwart Clinton, and then sit on their dicks for the duration of her stay in the White House.</p> <p>That&#8217;s how the GOP works. They deserve to go down with Trump and yet, somehow, they&#8217;ll <a type="internal">survive all this</a>, without being forced to learn a thing. Even if they lose control of Congress, they&#8217;ll find a way to regenerate and then fuck everyone. Everything Trump does in practice, they do in policy. And they&#8217;ll have the support of both their donors AND the pig voters they have nurtured for years (who have been granted more anthropological empathy than virtually any other segment of society), the ones who flocked to Trump this year but will gladly stick by the Republican party because they&#8217;ve been conditioned for the past three decades to cry out "BITCH!" any time anyone says the name Hillary out loud. These people are in each other&#8217;s thrall forevermore.</p> <p>Wait! It gets worse! Not only will Republicans re-litigate this election into eternity, but they will have the firm backing of cable news when they do it. This election is an industry now, and cable news has figured out how to frack it for maximum resources. CNN has finally hit upon a thriving business model by having insane people lose their shit on panel shows. Shitbag insiders like <a href="https://twitter.com/ErikWemple/status/786748166121095168" type="external">Mark Halperin</a> have mastered horse-trading access to Trump for &#8220;fairness&#8221;. MSNBC has paraded out a conga line of bozos like Chuck Todd (wistfully referring to Trump spokespuppet Kellyanne Conway: &#8220;She&#8217;s just a very good person&#8221;) and Chris Matthews and <a type="internal">Joe Scarborough</a> who are jussssst cynically balanced enough for the network to say, &#8220;We&#8217;re liberal but we&#8217;re not TOO liberal, you guys!&#8221; Like the GOP itself, these networks are TERRIFIED of alienating Trump&#8217;s base of <a type="internal">racist hicks and their QVC housewives</a>, so they bend over backward to accommodate them even as these loons scrawl <a href="http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/10/13/donald-trump-rally-swastika-media-sign-acosta-tsr-sot.cnn" type="external">swastikas</a> on the press table.</p> WATCH <a href="https://video.gq.com/watch/chris-hemsworth-wears-clothes-just-as-well-as-you-think-he-would-2018-08-16#intcid=recommendations_cne-interlude-gq-popular_71355687-2b2c-4c71-abbd-604b8481ed6e_cral-top1-1" type="external">Chris Hemsworth Wears Clothes Just as Well as You Think He Would</a> <p>To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href="http://videojs.com/html5-video-support/" type="external">supports HTML5 video</a></p> WATCH Chris Hemsworth Wears Clothes Just as Well as You Think He Would Share Tweet Email More... EMBED URL&amp;lt;script async src="//player-backend.cnevids.com/script/video/5b75a3928c1abc794b000008.js?iu=/3379/conde.gq/partner"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt; VIDEO URLhttp://video.gq.com/watch/chris-hemsworth-wears-clothes-just-as-well-as-you-think-he-would-2018-08-16 Our bad! It looks like we're experiencing playback issues. This live video has ended. It will be available to watch shortly. <a href="" type="external">See what else is new</a> Loaded: 0%Progress: 0% MuteVolume 0% Back Caption Options Close Settings Language English Font Size Small Medium Large Position Auto Bottom Top Sample Caption Text0:000:000:00 <p>That&#8217;s why this election will be a never-ending hostage standoff. This is how a boob like Paul Ryan&#8212;he&#8217;s so emotionally torn here, you guys!&#8212;somehow engenders more sympathy from certain people than Trump&#8217;s victims do. No one ever gets written off for good the way they ought to be. During the second debate, Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/785449458720993280" type="external">lied nearly every minute</a>, threatened to jail his opponent, defended talking about grabbing women by the pussy by saying it was locker room talk, <a type="internal">humped his chair</a>, invited Bill Clinton&#8217;s accusers to the debate and planned to have them angrily confront him on camera, frequently pointed at Hillary Clinton like he wanted to stab her with his Tiny Tim finger, admitted once more to <a type="internal">not paying his taxes</a>, and generally made the whole world uncomfortable. And yet there was Matthews afterward, crowing, &#8220;This one had a far less clear outcome!&#8221; He really said that. Christ.</p> <p>I haven&#8217;t even gotten to the alt-right sites yet&#8230; sites that would likely benefit more from Trump losing than from him winning. Alex Jones will get to rip his shirt off nightly, to the delight of both the uneducated and Irony Twitter. Brietbart will continue to be its own political fiefdom. Fox News will eagerly patch up the schism between Trumpites and normal conservatives in order to sell you more fallout tents and safe deposit boxes. As <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-republican-party-created-donald-trump-conspiracy-theories?utm_content=buffer9d4bd&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer" type="external">President Obama</a> said yesterday, these sites are the byproducts of years and years of GOP handiwork. Debunking them is a full-time job. They won&#8217;t vanish in a single night. Pepe the Frog isn&#8217;t going away. The second Trump loses, he&#8217;s gonna appear on your Facebook Uncle&#8217;s shoulder and whisper &#8220;BURN IT ALL.&#8221;</p> <p>We will never be free of this election, not when there&#8217;s profit to be had from it, both financially and ideologically. The madness of 2016 will bleed into 2020, and then into 2024, and on and on with no rest. I hate admitting this. I genuinely believe that people are good, for the most part. But I&#8217;ve seen too much now. In a sane universe, the number of Trump supporters is zero. The fact that he has any support at all&#8212;much less from millions of people&#8212;suggests a brokenness in America that will take a long, long time to fix, if it ever gets fixed at all.</p> <p>Drew Magary is a GQ correspondent and author, most recently of " <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hike-Novel-Drew-Magary/dp/0399563857" type="external">The Hike</a>."</p> Find your happy place with advice from <a type="internal">the world's happiest man:</a>

The 2016 Election Will Never End

http://www.gq.com/story/the-2016-election-will-never-end

2016-10-14

<p><a type="internal">Donald Trump</a>, Republican nominee for president, does not believe in the United States Constitution.</p> <p>That&#8217;s a strong statement, but it&#8217;s increasingly clear that it&#8217;s true. Trump wants to be president of a country whose fundamental organizing document he almost completely disagrees with. Even if he has read the Constitution &#8211; which is a serious question, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/khizr-khan-trump-naturalization-test_us_57b22b09e4b0863b0284510f" type="external">as raised by Khizr and Ghazala Khan during the DNC</a> &#8211; Trump doesn&#8217;t believe in its core principles and values. You know, the principles and values that make America great.</p> <p>This disdain was on full display Monday. When talking about the recent bombings in New York and New Jersey, <a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/09/19/494633030/trump-calls-it-sad-that-n-y-bombing-suspect-gets-medical-care-lawyer" type="external">Trump lamented the fact</a> that the Constitution would require suspected bomber Ahmad Khan Rahami to be treated fairly. &#8220;He will be represented by an outstanding lawyer. His case will go through the various court systems for years and in the end, people will forget and his punishment will not be what it once would have been. What a sad situation,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We must have speedy but fair trials and we must deliver a just and very harsh punishment to these people.&#8221; Trump also decried that Rahami would be given &#8220;amazing hospitalization&#8221; and &#8220;a fully modern and updated hospital room.&#8221;</p> <p>Putting aside Trump&#8217;s inaccurate assessment of the <a href="https://www.schr.org/our-work/prisons-jails/healthcare" type="external">quality of medical care prisoners receive</a> and the <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/public-defenders-gideon-supreme-court-charts" type="external">woefully underfunded public defender system</a> in the U.S., Trump is attacking some of the bedrock principles of American justice. Ever since <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_gideon.html" type="external">Gideon v. Wainwright</a>, the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution has been understood to require that everyone charged with serious offenses in this country receive defense counsel.</p> <p>This protection for criminal defendants is cause for celebration, not castigation. Speaking about this right in glowing terms, <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/372/335" type="external">the Supreme Court has said</a> it is &#8220;necessary to insure fundamental human rights of life and liberty&#8221; and called this a &#8220;noble ideal&#8221; without which there can be no fair trial.</p> <p>Similarly, the Eighth Amendment prohibits &#8220;cruel and unusual punishment.&#8221; We already know from <a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/30104/trump-torture/" type="external">Trump&#8217;s advocating extreme forms of torture</a> that he is no fan of this part of the Constitution, but his comments Monday make that even clearer. Prisoners&#8217; serious medical needs cannot be ignored; doing so would be &#8220;cruel and unusual.&#8221; <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/429/97" type="external">The Supreme Court has explained</a> that &#8220;infliction of such unnecessary suffering is inconsistent with contemporary standards of decency&#8221; and outlined the basic principle that &#8220;the public be required to care for the prisoner, who cannot, by reason of the deprivation of his liberty, care for himself.&#8221;</p> <a type="internal" /> <p>Just this weekend, he once again showed that he couldn&#8217;t care less about the First Amendment. After The New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/nyregion/donald-trump-tax-breaks-real-estate.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=nyregion&amp;region=rank&amp;module=package&amp;version=highlights&amp;contentPlacement=2&amp;pgtype=sectionfront" type="external">published a story</a> finding that Trump relied on $885 million in tax breaks to build his real estate empire in New York City, <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/296485-trump-threatens-to-sue-new-york-times" type="external">Trump tweeted</a>, &#8220;My lawyers want to sue the failing @nytimes so badly for irresponsible intent. I said no (for now), but they are watching. Really disgusting.&#8221;</p> <p>Of course, as any middle school student will tell you, the First Amendment protects the freedom of the press. Part of that protection is that no public figure <a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/supreme-court-landmarks/new-york-times-v-sullivan-podcast" type="external">can sue as a result of a bad story</a> without proving malice, meaning that the journalists knew the story was false or demonstrated complete disregard for whether it was true. This standard is crucial in protecting the press from being attacked by people who don&#8217;t like unflattering coverage. Without this principle, the press would be too scared to write pieces critical of the powerful, and the First Amendment would be virtually meaningless.</p> <p>It&#8217;s been clear from other contexts, though, that &#8220; <a href="https://action.aclu.org/sites/default/files/pages/trumpmemos.pdf" type="external">virtually meaningless</a>&#8221; is how Trump views the First Amendment as a whole. Among other things, he has called for violence against individuals expressing their opinions and advocated for a religious test for those entering the country. These positions fly in the face of the First Amendment&#8217;s protection of free expression and freedom of religion, as well as its guarantee against an established state religion.</p> <p>Trump is no fan of the rest of the Constitution either. His recently announced maternity leave plan <a type="internal">includes no coverage for fathers</a>, which shows his lack of concern for the 14th Amendment&#8217;s Equal Protection Clause; his insistence that <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/03/30/trump_some_form_of_punishment_for_women_if_abortion_becomes_illegal.html" type="external">women and doctors should be punished for abortion</a> shows that he doesn&#8217;t believe in a constitutional right to privacy under the Due Process Clause; <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/dec/17/rand-paul/rand-pauls-right-geneva-conventions-bar-donald-tru/" type="external">he has promised to violate treaties</a>, which are constitutionally recognized sources of law; he <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/02/donald-trump-libel-laws-219866" type="external">doesn&#8217;t understand the difference</a> between state and federal authority, the basic principle of federalism which underlies the Constitution; nor does he <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/435296/donald-trump-constitution-end-separation-powers" type="external">care about separation of powers</a>, the founding constitutional idea that the president, Congress and the courts have different responsibilities in order to prevent tyranny.</p> <p>In other words, other than his repeated invocation of the Second Amendment, including his <a type="internal">not-so-oblique references</a> to one of his supporters shooting Hillary Clinton (something that <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/16/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-guns-secret-service/" type="external">came up again this weekend</a>), Trump has shown that he disagrees not just with one or two isolated parts of the Constitution &#8211; which would be within <a type="internal">normal democratic bounds</a>, and is countenanced by the Constitution&#8217;s <a href="http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution/article-v.html" type="external">amendment process</a> &#8211; but rather with the very fabric of the document.</p> <p>This is highly unusual in American politics, where most debate occurs against the backdrop of accepted constitutional principles. Trump doesn&#8217;t appear to accept those principles at all, and instead seems to want to be president of a country with a foreign understanding of government and its relationship to the people.</p> <p>If Trump were elected, he would have to swear the same allegiance to the Constitution that every president has before him: &#8220;I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.&#8221;</p> <p>Based on how he has campaigned over the past year, if he were to utter those last 10 words, he would be lying &#8211; <a href="http://www.attn.com/stories/10483/chart-compares-presidential-candidates-honesty" type="external">as has become par for the course</a> with Donald Trump.</p>

Donald Trump Doesn't Believe in the Constitution

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/donald-trump-doesnt-believe-in-the-constitution-w441344

2016-09-21

<p>Mr Sanders challenged Mrs Clinton in the Democratic primary campaign, gaining massive support from disenchanted Democrats who were not willing to support Mrs Clinton.</p> <p>Speaking to <a type="internal">BBC</a> Radio 4, Mr Sanders, a senator from Vermont, was asked whether he would have fared better against President-elect Trump than Mrs Clinton.</p> <p>&#8220;There are polls out that suggest that but the answer is you don&#8217;t know, you really don&#8217;t know,&#8221; he told the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj9z" type="external">Today</a> programme.</p> <p>&#8220;I would have loved to have had the opportunity. I think it is possible [that he could have won].</p> Bernie Sanders says he could have done better then Hillary Clinton <p>&#8220;Hindsight is 20/20. I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</p> <p>Pressed again on whether he would have proved a tougher challenge for Mr Trump, Mr Sanders continued to dodge the question.</p> <p>He repeated: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</p> <p>The 75-year-old then said it was important to note <a type="internal">Hillary Clinton</a> actually won the popular vote ahead of Mr Trump.</p> <p>While more people voted for the former Secretary of State, Mr Trump triumphed in the all-important electoral college, winning 290 electoral votes to Mrs Clinton&#8217;s 232.</p> <p>In his new book, &#8216;Our Revolution&#8217;, Mr Sanders has called for a fundamental reassessment of the Democratic Party &#8211; which he believes has lost sight of its basic principles.</p> Donald Trump as he makes his acceptance speech in New York following his victory to become he 45th president of the United States. <p>Speaking to NPR Mr Sanders said: &#8220;I think it&#8217;s time for a fundamental reassessment and I think what that reassessment has got to entail is to understand that we cannot have a party that will win if we continue to become dependent on big money interests and campaign fundraisers all over this country.&#8221;</p> <p>Discussing the shift of voters from Barack Obama to <a type="internal">Donald Trump</a> , Mr Sanders added: &#8220;I think a lot of people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, voted for Barack Obama in 2012, and who like Barack Obama, said &#8216;You know what, I am going to go for Trump because he has been clear about feeling the pain of working families.&#8221;</p> <p>Speaking to donors in a conference call following her defeat, Mrs Clinton said FBI Director James Comey had played a crucial role in her defeat.</p> <p>She said the FBI&#8217;s investigations into emails linked to her had halted momentum she had built up following numerous sexual assault allegations which had been levelled against Mr Trump.</p> <p>Mrs Clinton also claimed the investigations &#8220;fired up&#8221; Trump supporters.</p>

It's possible' Bernie Sanders says he could have beaten Donald Trump

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/732373/Bernie-Sanders-Donald-Trump-Hillary-Clinton-election

2016-11-15

<p>PUYALLUP, Wash. - A man who police say is connected to nearly a dozen robberies was shot by an officer after a chase Wednesday morning. The suspect is expected to survive after undergoing CPR at the scene.</p> <p>The officer responded to the Denny's restaurant near South Hill Mall for reports of an armed robber threatening employees and customers. The officer began chasing a pickup truck that was speeding away.</p> <p>The driver lost control and crashed into a concrete overpass pillar nearby, police say. That's when the passenger pointed a gun at the driver, prompting the officer to fire a shot, injuring the gunman. The suspect was given CPR until medics could arrive and transport him to the hospital.</p> <p>Police say the suspect, a 37-year-old convicted felon, is tied to at least ten other robberies in the Pierce County area.</p> <p>The driver, a 39-year-old who is also a convicted felon, was arrested and booked into the Pierce County Jail,</p> <p>The officer is now on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure after an officer fires their gun.</p>

Armed serial robber shot by police after Puyallup chase

http://www.king5.com/news/crime/police-shoot-armed-serial-robber-after-pursuit-in-puyallup/338161549

2016-10-19

<p>Shelly Yost is a cashier at Kroger. One day, she noticed an older woman making a bizarre purchase. The woman was buying $2,000 worth of iTunes gift cards. Something seemed off.</p> <p>Yost asked the woman why she was buying so many gift cards. The elderly woman said her granddaughter was in jail with a broken nose and that she needed to buy the gift cards to bail her out. The <a type="internal">story was a red flag</a>.</p> <p>The cashier had heard this one before. The woman was in a panic. She was terrified for her granddaughter&#8217;s well-being.</p> <p>&#8220;I want to let you know your granddaughter is OK. This is a scam that we know happens,&#8221; Yost told her, but the woman refused to believe it. &#8220;I asked her if she would please wait, and let me call the Sylvania police, so they could tell her that they would never accept gift cards as payment for somebody in jail. I didn&#8217;t want her to go somewhere else.&#8221;</p> <p>Yost stalled the frightened woman for as long as she could while she quickly slipped away to call the police. Yost also noticed the woman had a keychain from an assisted living facility and called them.</p> <p>The police arrived and talked the woman down. The assisted living facility was grateful.</p> <p>&#8220;The next day, they showed up, and they were the most genuine people,&#8221; said Yost. &#8220;They hugged me so tight and thanked me over and over. And they handed me a card, which I took and said &#8216;Thank you&#8217;. When I opened it later, there was super-nice gift in there.&#8221;</p> <p>Please SHARE if you think Yost went above and beyond what any cashier would normally do!</p> <p>Due to restrictions, this video cannot be viewed in your region.</p>

Cashier Notices Panicky Woman Is Making A Strange Purchase, Then Realizes She’s Being Scammed

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<p>Hurricane Matthew could have catastrophic impacts and concerns are growing about people that have decided to stay in areas under mandatory evacuations.</p> <p>The Weather Channel caught wind of all of the people saying the storm was &#8220;just hype&#8221; and released this warning.</p> <p>If you &#8211; or anyone you know &#8211; lives in Florida or in the path of Hurricane Matthew it&#8217;s important that you see this.</p> <p>According to Senior Hurricane Expert, Bryan Norcross, this storm is like nothing we&#8217;ve seen before.</p> <p>Governor Rick Scott of Florida told 1.5 million people living in evacuation zones: &#8220;You need to leave. Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate.&#8221;</p> <p>Hurricane Matthew is a Category 4 storm and has already been blamed for the deaths of over 280 people in Haiti.</p> <p>Please SHARE this important message with your friends and family!</p> <p>Due to restrictions, this video cannot be viewed in your region.</p>

The Weather Channel Just Made Urgent Warning To Anyone In The Path Of Hurricane Matthew

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<p>Luis Ruiz is a fifth-degree black belt in karate and a martial arts instructor. His stepson, Antonio Pina, happens to be a third-degree black belt. Perhaps it was that the two men knew they could handle themselves that they fearlessly engaged with an attacker.</p> <p>One night, they were walking to their home in Brooklyn, NY. Ruiz heard a piercing scream. When they looked around, they noticed a woman being brutally beaten by a man.</p> <p>&#8220;We notice that he&#8217;s grabbing her and slamming her on the ground,&#8221; Ruiz <a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/10/19/father-stepson-help-woman-in-bushwick/" type="external">told CBS.</a></p> <p>The father told his son to call for help. Ruiz quickly approached the criminal.</p> <p>&#8220;So I say &#8216;hey, is everything OK, are you guys OK?&#8217; The guy gets up like nothing, turns to his right and walks away like he wasn&#8217;t doing anything wrong,&#8221; he said.</p> <p>Ruiz then comforted the woman, whose face, he says, was swollen beyond recognition and bloodied. The father and son were able to identify the attacker as Todd Deas. Police say he had 19 prior arrests, including rape and sexual abuse, and had recently been released on parole.</p> <p>Had they not been there, who knows what would have happened.</p> <p>&#8220;Hero is a big word. I&#8217;d rather think we just did the right thing, and that everyone in the neighborhood and in the world would do the right thing,&#8221; Ruiz said.</p> <p>Please SHARE if you think what Ruiz and his son did was very brave!</p> <p>Due to restrictions, this video cannot be viewed in your region.</p>

Martial Artist Dad Hears Piercing Scream, Then He Sees Woman Being Attacked And Rushes To Her

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<p>Writing in the Yorkshire Post, Sir Bernard Ingham warned <a type="internal">Donald Trump</a> that Russian President <a type="internal">Vladimir Putin</a> would not be &#8220;contained by sweet talk&#8221;.</p> <p>He also told the President-elect he was &#8220;America&#8217;s people&#8217;s idea of the best of a bad job&#8221;.</p> Donald Trump was asked to show some humility by Sir Bernard Ingham The president-elect has a chance to bring about world peace <p>Sir Bernard, who was the former Prime Minister&#8217;s press secretary from 1979 to 1990 warned Mr Trump could not succeed by ignoring US debt and hoping to &#8220;bomb Islamic terrorism out of existence&#8221;.</p> <p>He wrote: &#8220;You need to convince people that what is good for Americans would be good for them, too.</p> Sir Ingham was an aide to PM Thatcher <p>&#8220;You will only do that if America becomes happier with itself.</p> <p>&#8220;You will be considered a great president if, at the end of your first term, the world is more stable and prosperous than you found it on taking the oath.&#8221;</p>

Donald Trump urged by Margaret Thatcher aide to ‘show humility’

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/731655/Donald-Trump-Margaret-Thatcher-aide-humility

2016-11-13

<p>President-elect Mr <a type="internal">Trump</a> outlined his tough stance to root out the millions who are in the country illegally, particularly criminals.</p> <p>Mr Trump said that once the border was &#8220;secure&#8221;, immigration officials would take a decision over what action to take with remaining migrants.</p> <p>But he also said <a type="internal">deportations would take place &#8220;immediately&#8221; after he entered the White House</a>.</p> <a type="internal" /> <p>He said: &#8220;What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, where a lot of these people, probably two million, it could be even three million, we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate.</p> <p>&#8220;But we&#8217;re getting them out of our country, they&#8217;re here illegally.&#8221; He said a &#8220;determination&#8221; would be made about remaining illegal immigrants.</p> <p>He said: &#8220;After the border is secure and after everything gets normalised, we&#8217;re going to make a determination on the people that they&#8217;re talking about who are terrific people, they&#8217;re terrific people but we are gonna make a determination at that.</p> <p>&#8220;But before we make that determination&#8230; it&#8217;s very important, we are going to secure our border.&#8221;</p> 'I fully support and agree with Trump&#8217;s stance', says Paul Nuttall Ukip MEP <p>Last night, <a type="internal">Ukip</a> MEP Gerard Batten called on Britain to take tougher action on illegal immigrants and said it would be easier to do so after having left the <a type="internal">European Union</a>.</p> <p>He said: &#8220;Donald Trump is absolutely right. By their very nature, illegal immigrants are in the country illegally. &#8220;Why wouldn&#8217;t you deport them? We should do the same.</p> <p>&#8220;People who come here illegally should be sent back home and those who have committed crimes expressly so. &#8220;Donald Trump isn&#8217;t constrained by the Human Rights Act and the European Court of Human Rights so he can get rid of them. When we leave the EU we can do that too. We have something like a million illegal immigrants here.&#8221;</p> <p>Paul Nuttall, also a Ukip MEP, said: &#8220;I fully support and agree with Trump&#8217;s stance&#8230; and I wish Britain was better at deporting foreign criminals.</p> <p>&#8220;Not only are they in the country illegally, they have broken their obligation to live by the rules of the host country.</p> <p>&#8220;Why should we spend our hard-earned money, that could otherwise be spent on the NHS or education, on keeping people that shouldn&#8217;t even be in the country in our prisons? They should be sent back.&#8221;</p> <p>Tue, December 13, 2016</p> Donald John Trump is an American businessman and politician who is President-elect of the United States as well as chairman and president of The Trump Organization Theresa May suggested she might further streamline visa application processes for Indians <p>Conservative MP Peter Bone said: &#8220;What Donald Trump is tapping into is the deep frustration that people here have, that people come here illegally, commit crime and then can&#8217;t be deported because of their human rights.</p> <p>&#8220;We also need to be robust in returning illegal immigrants. &#8220;One of the frustrating things is that when someone comes here and they break the law we seem to be powerless to deport them.</p> <p>&#8220;We should not be worried about their human rights. Britons are fed up with people abusing the system.&#8221;</p> <p>In June, the Commons&#8217; Home Affairs Committee called for urgent action to &#8220;significantly&#8221; reduce the number of foreign offenders, estimated to number 13,000.</p> <p>Last week, <a type="internal">during an official visit to India,</a> Prime Minister <a type="internal">Theresa May</a> suggested she might further streamline visa application processes for Indians if Delhi made it easier for Britain to deport Indian citizens who had over-stayed.</p> <p>At the weekend, during his first recorded TV interview after being elected on Tuesday, Mr Trump was asked whether a wall with Mexico would be built and said: &#8220;Yes,&#8221; but he appeared to backtrack suggesting it would be partly &#8220;some fencing&#8221;.</p> <p>Mr Trump said: &#8220;For certain areas&#8230; a wall is more appropriate&#8230; I&#8217;m very good at this, it&#8217;s called construction.&#8221;</p> Crowds march in New York in protest of new Republican president-elect Donald Trump <p>Following Mr Trump&#8217;s win, Mexico has reiterated that it would not fund any wall.</p> <p>A wave of protests continued yesterday afternoon in New York and Oakland in California as demonstrators took to the streets for the fifth consecutive day.</p> <p><a type="internal">Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets</a> since the results from Tuesday showed Mr Trump had secured enough votes in the 538-person electoral college to clinch the presidency.</p> <p>In the main. the protests have been peaceful and have decried Mr Trump for his campaign promises to clamp down on immigration and register Muslims along with claims the former reality TV star had sexually abused women.</p> <p>So far, arrests have been in the dozens and a number of police have been injured. Slogans including &#8220;not my President&#8221; and &#8220;love trumps hate&#8221; were chanted by campaigners on the march in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and elsewhere.</p> <p>Protesters say Mr Trump threatens their civil and human rights.</p> A protestor in New York holds a sign which reads, 'Trump is not my President' <p>The protests come as it emerged that <a type="internal">Hillary Clinton</a> could receive two million more votes than Mr Trump when the final tally is made.</p> <p>The latest findings show Democrat Mrs Clinton has received 400,000 more votes than the President-elect &#8211; 60.4 million compared with 60 million.</p> <p>Millions of votes are yet to be counted in the pro-Democrat state of California and experts believe Mrs Clinton&#8217;s win of the popular vote could be extended to two million.</p> <p>Campaigners are fighting for reform as they suggest the US electoral college system is outdated.</p> <p>The result is similar to the situation which arose in the 2000 election when Al Gore lost having defeated George W Bush in the popular vote.</p>

UK urged to follow Donald Trump's vow to DEPORT illegal immigrants

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/731911/UK-Donald-Trump-deport-illegal-immigrants-urged-to-follow

2016-11-13

<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s first week</p> <p>The Republican billionaire made a victory speech in New York yesterday, just after Hillary Clinton conceded defeat to him by phone.</p> <p>Mr Trump promised to put America first, saying: &#8220;I will be President for all Americans and this is so important for me.&#8221;</p> <p>He later tweeted: &#8220;The forgotten man and woman will never be forgotten again. We will all come together as never before.&#8221;</p> <p>The real estate developer is due to meet outgoing President Barack Obama at the White House today to discuss the transfer of power.</p> <p>Despite their differences, Mr Obama said: "We are now all rooting for his success in leading and uniting the country."</p> <p>Mr Trump, who has never governed before, is also starting putting together a top team to run his administration.</p> <p>Hillary Clinton gave an emotional speech yesterday, saying: "This is painful and will be for a long time."</p> <p>Donald Trump&#8217;s first months</p> <p>Over the next two months, Mr Trump will get ready to take power before he enters the White House on January 20.</p> <p>His victory will be confirmed though an Electoral College vote and he will official announced as the next President on January 6.</p> <p>Mr Trump will also work to repair relations with the Republican Party, which has retaken control of the Senate and House of Representatives.</p> <p>House speaker Paul Ryan said: &#8220;We are eager to work hand-in-hand with the new administration to advance an agenda to improve the lives of the American people."</p> <p>One of his first battles with Congress is likely to be over his controversial plans to build a vast wall along the border with Mexico.</p> How the US election process works <p>Donald Trump&#8217;s first 100 days</p> <p>Once in the White House, Mr Trump will immediately set about undoing as much of Mr Obama&#8217;s legacy as possible.</p> <p>He has proposed bringing Congress back for a special session to repeal Obamacare - the outgoing President&#8217;s landmark health reforms.</p> <p>In his first 24 hours as President, Mr Trump has pledged to suspend immigration from &#8220;terror-prone&#8221; regions of the world.</p> <p>He also says he will begin removing more than two million illegal immigrants from America and introduce &#8220;extreme vetting&#8221;.</p> <p>Wed, November 9, 2016</p> After Donald Trump won the US election he made this statement &#8220;We will get along with all the nations that get along with us." we look at how Europe reacted to the shock victory of Trump After Donald Trump won the US election he made this statement &#8220;We will get along with all the nations that get along with us." we look at how Europe reacted to Trump's triumph <p>Other immediate actions include tax cuts, appoint a new Justice to the Supreme Court and axing funding for UN climate change projects.</p> <p>He will also announce the US&#8217;s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and start reviewing all of America&#8217;s trade deals.</p> <p>The new President has vowed to rip up trade deals that do not serve America's interests. He has attacked the US free trade deal with Mexico and Canada.</p> <p>Mr Trump will also start to develop relationships with world leaders and looks set to have good relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.</p>

President Trump’s first 100 days: What will Donald Trump do now?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/730538/President-Donald-Trump-first-100-days-what-will-Republican-do-now-US-election-2016

2017-01-19

<p>The PSNI has urged people living in Dungiven to be vigilant as a device "may have been left in the area".</p> <p>The warning was issued by the PSNI on Thursday afternoon.</p> <p>Inspector Johnny Hunter said: &#8220;It follows information that a device may have been left in the area. Police are carrying out a number of enquiries and would ask anyone who finds anything suspicious to report it to police immediately.&#8221;</p> <p>More to follow.</p>

Police issue suspicious device warning to people living in Dungiven

http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/crime/police-issue-suspicious-device-warning-to-people-living-in-dungiven-1-8194084

2017-10-12

<p>Britain has to tell the EU that it wants to go by invoking Article 50 of the EU rulebook for the first time in history.</p> <p>Article 50, which is set out in the Lisbon Treaty, is the legal mechanism for the withdrawal of a member state from the EU.</p> <p>The use of Article 50 will start the timer on a two-year process of exit talks over Britain&#8217;s political divorce from the 28-member bloc.</p> <p>At the end of the two-year period, Britain will be expelled from the EU unless member states unanimously decide to extend the deadline.</p> When will Article 50 be triggered? <p>The new Prime Minister Theresa May has said that she will trigger Article 50 before the end of March 2017.</p> <p>But the process could be delayed because the Government is being forced to get approval from Parliament in order to do so.</p> <p>The Supreme Court has held up a High Court decision that the use Article 50 needs to be agreed by Parliament to the delight of EU voters.</p> <p>Pro-EU will be given a fresh opportunity to try and block Brexit by voicing their concerns in the House of Commons and Lords.</p> <p>There are fears that Brexit could be delayed until after the German election in autumn 2017 or even postponed indefinitely.</p> When must Article 50 be used by? <p>There is no timescale for how soon after a referendum Article 50 must be invoked.</p> <p>But the British Government is under pressure to start the process as soon as possible in order to put an end to the uncertainty that has engulfed Europe.</p> <p>The European Council has said: &#8220;We now expect the United Kingdom Government to give effect to this decision of the British people as soon as possible, however painful that process may be.</p> <p>&#8220;Any delay would unnecessarily prolong uncertainty.</p> <p>&#8220;We have rules to deal with this in an orderly way. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union sets out the procedure to be followed if a member state decides to leave.&#8221;</p> <p>Fri, June 24, 2016</p> After yesterday's referendum, here is a look at what will happen immediately following the historic vote for Britain to leave the EU. Brexit: What to expect next Is the EU referendum legally binding? <p>The EU referendum result is not legally binding so in theory Parliament could ignore the will of the people by deciding to stay in the EU.</p> <p>This is because Parliament is sovereign and the EU vote was an &#8220;advisory referendum&#8221;, as opposed to a &#8220;binary&#8221; referendum which has a fixed outcome.</p> <p>Therefore the EU referendum legislation does not force the Government to automatically take Britain out of the EU.</p> <p>But the political reality is that Theresa May's Government has no choice but to follow through on the electorate&#8217;s wishes.</p> <p>Politicians have repeatedly stressed that there was &#8220;no going back&#8221; if the British people voted to back Brexit in the referendum.</p>

What is Article 50? Government LOSES Supreme Court battle over triggering Article 50

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/683178/Brexit-is-EU-referendum-legally-binding-what-Article-50-legal-process-Britain-leave

2016-01-25

<p>The article was inaccurate in that it claimed that the German children in question had been forced to carry out work for migrants. The Kiel Ministry of Education confirmed that the school had come up with the idea because some migrant children sat in the class. It said that the students themselves thought of the project.</p>

Correction - 25 November 2015

http://www.express.co.uk/news/clarifications-corrections/622158/Correction-25-November-2015

2015-11-25

<p>Ever since last week&#8217;s High Court judgment threw a spanner in the works of the Government&#8217;s plan to use the Royal Prerogative to trigger Article 50 there have been all sorts of rumours and suggestions as to how the Government is going to deliver Brexit.</p> <p>Theresa May has already said she will appeal to the Supreme Court. Brexit Secretary David Davis confirmed this in the Commons on Monday.</p> <p>Another suggestion is to bring forward a Bill that specifically rejects the High Court&#8217;s ruling and hands the Government the power to act alone. Or there&#8217;s the idea of a simple one-line Bill to trigger Article 50 itself.</p> <p>And those are just the more obvious ideas. There seem to be as many different theories and suggestions as there are EU members.</p> <a type="internal" /> <a type="internal" /> <q> <p>The moment we trigger Article 50 the clock starts ticking and we know we will leave the EU 24 months later, deal or no deal. Brexit will mean Brexit</p> </q> <p>Things would be so much better if, as in the joke, we didn&#8217;t have to start from here. Or, to put it another way, if Mrs May had done what her predecessor had suggested should happen.</p> <p>Because for all his faults David Cameron got one thing bang on. Back in February, when he was setting out to MPs the details of the pathetic &#8220;deal&#8221; he had negotiated with the EU, Mr Cameron made clear what he thought would and should happen if we voted for Brexit: &#8220;If the British people vote to leave there is only one way to bring that about, namely to trigger Article 50 of the treaties and begin the process of exit and the British people would rightly expect that to start straightaway.&#8221;</p> <p>The referendum took place in June. Theresa May&#8217;s plan is to trigger Article 50 by the end of March next year. Even if she sticks to that timetable that will have been a nine-month wait.</p> <p>By no stretch of the imagination can that be described as triggering Article 50 &#8220;straightaway&#8221;.</p> Mr Davis confirmed that Mrs May has already said she will appeal to the Supreme Court <p>But Mr Cameron was clearly right that the British people would expect the process to have started straightaway.</p> <p>With hindsight it is surely now clear to everyone who isn&#8217;t plotting to stop Brexit &#8211; and was clear after the referendum to many of us &#8211; that Mrs May should have done what Mr Cameron said would happen and triggered Article 50 as soon as she entered Downing Street.</p> <p>Indeed he might even have done so himself. Imagine how different things would now be. Instead of politics being consumed with questions of procedure and timing &#8211; almost all of which are fig leaves pushed by Remainers who don&#8217;t want us to leave &#8211; and instead of the Remainers being handed ever more time to plot how they can frustrate the will of the British people, the path would have been set and the referendum result honoured. Straightaway.</p> <p>The moment we trigger Article 50 the clock starts ticking and we know we will leave the EU 24 months later, deal or no deal. Brexit will mean Brexit. Unless there is a unanimous decision by the rest of the EU to change that timetable nothing can alter that. So that&#8217;s what should have happened.</p> <p>But the fact that it didn&#8217;t doesn&#8217;t mean there aren&#8217;t important lessons for the future as to what should now happen and how we can avoid a further mess. Mrs May repeated after the High Court ruling that she still plans to trigger Article 50 by the end of March.</p> <p>The crucial word here is &#8220;by&#8221;. That doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean waiting until March. It means making sure it&#8217;s done by March, which could mean acting now. And there are compelling reasons why she should put a stop to the uncertainty and trigger Article 50 now.</p> <p>Most obviously it would destroy the Remainers&#8217; attempts to keep us in. They are playing for time. They have been doing that since the vote and will continue doing so for as long as they can. Their hope is that the longer they delay Article 50 being triggered, the more they can make a case that the referendum result is no longer valid.</p> <p>Make no mistake about this: they will do whatever they can to stop Article 50 coming into force. That&#8217;s just one reason why appealing to the Supreme Court carries a huge risk: that the Government might lose.</p> <p>The Remainers who brought the case are using the language of parliamentary scrutiny because it sounds appropriate and modest. But their goal isn&#8217;t scrutiny: it&#8217;s destruction. They want to destroy the referendum result. And handing them any victory, especially from the Supreme Court, is unnecessary and unwise.</p> <p>Wed, September 14, 2016</p> Britain has voted to leave the EU. So who's next? We look at which European countries want to hold their own EU referendum. Frexit, Nexit or Auxit? Who will be next to leave the EU <p>On Monday the Brexit Secretary confirmed in the Commons that the Government could introduce a one-line Bill triggering Article 50 now, bypassing any Supreme Court decision.</p> <p>The Remainers would then be put on the spot and their plots exposed. Voting against triggering Article 50 would reveal their real agenda of ignoring the referendum result. They would doubtless seek to amend the Bill and use every parliamentary device at their disposal. But their motives would be obvious and the wiser among them would surely realise the huge risk they were running with democracy itself.</p> <p>They would in reality have no choice but to accept the result of the referendum and implement Article 50 &#8211; or risk sticking two fingers up to the very idea of a sovereign people.</p> <p>And even the Remainers, surely, are not that wilful.</p>

The Prime Minister should not wait to trigger Article 50, writes Stephen Pollard

http://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/730342/prime-minister-theresa-may-article-50-trigger-date

2016-11-09

<p>Few words could be more apposite to the tactics of the Remainers. On Thursday morning, after the High Court ruled that the Government cannot use the Royal Prerogative to trigger Article 50, Gina Miller &#8211; the woman behind the case &#8211; stood outside the Royal Courts of Justice and tried to prove Abraham Lincoln wrong.</p> <p>With a straight face she said that the case had nothing to do with the <a type="internal">EU</a>. &#8220;This is about process, not politics.&#8221; And she&#8217;s not alone.</p> <p>Almost to a man and woman the Remainers have told us that all they have been trying to do is right a wrong.</p> The High Court ruled that the Government cannot use the Royal Prerogative to trigger Article 50 <p>That it&#8217;s a simple matter of democracy and parliamentary sovereignty being re-established and the fact they are all Remainers is irrelevant.</p> <p>They really do think you can fool all of the people all of the time. Because in the real world the case was brought by people who had only one motive: to screw up this first stage of <a type="internal">Brexit</a>.</p> <p>It had almost nothing to do with process and everything to do with politics. And it&#8217;s not going to stop here. There is almost nothing the Remainers won&#8217;t do to try to keep us in.</p> <p>If that means showing contempt towards the result of the referendum &#8211; well, they won&#8217;t bat an eyelid.</p> <p>The entire history of the EU shows that whenever a referendum goes against them the Eurofanatics ignore it and demand another one.</p> Gina Miller said that the case had nothing to do with the EU <p>Which is of course exactly what some &#8211; such as Owen Smith, the Labour MP who was beaten out of sight by Jeremy Corbyn this summer &#8211; are now saying, arguing that any deal done by the Government should be subject to another referendum.</p> <p>For others there&#8217;s no need even to hold a second referendum. They want simply to ignore the referendum and let Parliament put the kybosh on Brexit.</p> <p>Most won&#8217;t admit to this because they know that it&#8217;s toxic. But some, such as Labour MP David Lammy, are open about their contempt for the electorate.</p> <p>Mr Lammy said that when Parliament decides on Article 50: &#8220;I will be voting in what I believe to be the interests of the country &#8211; which I think all MPs will take on board &#8211; and will absolutely not be voting to trigger Article 50.&#8221;</p> <p>This is the crux of the matter because the real issue isn&#8217;t whether or not Parliament should have a vote. The real issue is how Parliament will vote.</p> <p>Be clear about what many of the Remainer MPs want: to stop Brexit. And remember that a clear majority of MPs backed Remain in June.</p> <p>They speak about parliamentary sovereignty (which, incidentally, can only be reestablished if we leave the EU). But that&#8217;s a fig leaf. What they are really concerned with is finding whatever ways they can to stop Brexit.</p> <p>Let me tell you what is coming next. When MPs have to vote on triggering Article 50 they will come up with some entirely spurious but supposedly democratic reason why they have to vote No.</p> Labour MP David Lammy said he 'will absolutely not be voting to trigger Article 50' <p>It&#8217;s got nothing to do with not honouring the referendum result, they&#8217;ll tell us. How could you even think that?! No, it&#8217;s because&#8230; blah blah blah. On and on it will go.</p> <p>Every time the issue is discussed they will come up with supposedly plausible reasons to do with democracy and fairness that mean they have no choice, they&#8217;ll say, but to vote No.</p> <p>In reality they will have only one motive: stopping Brexit. Their hope and plan is that the longer any decisions are delayed the more chance there is of a change of mood.</p> <p>And they will do their damnedest to create that change of mood. So in parallel they will use their powers to try to ensure we have the worst possible deal so that they can re-argue the referendum debate when the deal is done.</p> <p>We are seeing this already with Hilary Benn, the Remainer chair of the new House of Commons select committee on Brexit, demanding that the Government reveals its negotiation stance &#8211; and so hand a huge advantage to Brussels.</p> <p>But they are playing with fire. The will of the people has been clearly expressed. The referendum was unambiguous. There is no wriggle room. Brexit must mean Brexit.</p> <p>If it doesn&#8217;t &#8211; if Remain MPs use their powers to frustrate the will of the people &#8211; then they will provoke one of the greatest constitutional crises since the Civil War.</p> Brexit committee chairman Hilary Benn <p>Thu, March 2, 2017</p> Gina Miller is leading the challenge that has blocked Theresa May triggering Article 50 without the consent of Parliament Gina Miller has won the case to block Theresa May from Article 50 <p>Parliament will be defying the people over the result of a referendum that Parliament itself called. But the constitutional crisis may be the least of it.</p> <p>It is a truism of modern politics that voters are disengaged &#8211; that their faith in the political class and political institutions is collapsing.</p> <p>In the US that is reflected in Donald Trump&#8217;s ascendancy. In France, Marine Le Pen owes her rise to a similar trend. We have a proud tradition that has always pushed extremists and rabble-rousers to the edges.</p> <p>If, however, our politicians were to show that they do not merely fail to connect with voters but are actively contemptuous of them, it is difficult to see how we could avoid disaster.</p> <p>To say there would be anger would barely come close. Not only would our political system be on the point of collapse there would be riots.</p> <p>And it would be a political crisis entirely of the Remainers&#8217; making. These are worrying times.</p> <p>It is not just Brexit that is imperilled by their behaviour. It is our entire political system.</p>

We face political crisis ENTIRELY of the Remainers' making, says Stephen Pollard

http://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/729034/Brexit-article-50-remain-EU-Gina-Miller-MPs-think-they-can-keep-us-in-Stephen-Pollard

2016-11-05

<p>This question is entirely rhetorical because the BBC and its crew of analysts and right-on comedians have told us already: America will be engulfed by a tidal wave of sexism, racism and xenophobia; the dollar will collapse and with it the global economy; by the end of his first week Trump will be so drunk with power that he&#8217;ll make a clumsy pass at some White House intern, miss and accidentally press the red button which triggers a nuclear war&#8230;</p> <p>Call me an optimistic fool but I don&#8217;t believe any of this nonsense.</p> <p>Not only do I think that a Donald Trump presidency would be far less disastrous than a Hillary Clinton one but I&#8217;d even suggest &#8211; albeit cautiously &#8211; that the world might become a better, safer, more prosperous place.</p> The world could be safer if Donald Trump wins against Hillary Cliton <p>Let me stress that Donald Trump is by no means my dream candidate for the post of the next leader of the free world.</p> <p>I perfectly well accept that he is a vulgar, rude, bullying, ignorant, sexist chancer who entered the presidential race on a whim and may end up getting the job only by default. But Donald Trump has at least two massive qualities in his favour.</p> <p>The first is that he is not Hillary, a corrupt, ailing serial fibber with a dubious track record (from the Whitewater financial scandal to Benghazi, where her negligence may have resulted in the murder of the US ambassador) and a snooty contempt for the law demonstrated most by the FBI investigation into her hidden emails.</p> <p>And the second is that he is not a paid up member of the Washington DC establishment. Trump, not unlike Nigel Farage, is the voice of the ordinary bloke or woman who has had just about enough of the remote, spoilt, anti-democratic political elite.</p> <p>Yes, America is a very different place from Britain but there are definitely echoes in the US presidential campaign of the tensions which led so many of us to vote for Brexit.</p> <p>While America&#8217;s rich have got richer, living standards for its working folk have remained stagnant for decades. This is at least in part because of a cosy stitch-up between the governing elite &#8211; lawyers, corporations, politicians and the overmighty US central bank the Federal Reserve &#8211; which has entrenched its own power by making it almost impossible for those lower down to climb the ladder.</p> <p>Adding to these financial pressures are the frustrations caused by mass illegal immigration and also by the liberal elite&#8217;s obsession with political correctness, which has led to a woefully bad state education system, an increase in Islamist terrorism and a burning sense of injustice, especially among blue-collar Americans that they can&#8217;t speak their minds and that their country is no longer their own.</p> Mrs Clinton is a corrupt, ailing serial fibber with a dubious track record <p>Trump&#8217;s proposed solutions &#8211; build a wall on the Mexican border to stop immigration, ban Muslims(!), protect American jobs with tariff barriers on imports, hammer the Federal Reserve, stop wasting gazillions of dollars pretending to &#8220;combat&#8221; climate change &#8211; may be impetuous and in some cases extreme.</p> <p>But the point is here at last is a politician bold enough to address the real and pressing problems that most of his contemporaries have preferred to brush under the carpet. While Obama has fiddled during his eight years as president the world has burned: the Middle East crisis has worsened; terrorism has proliferated; Russia and China have flexed their muscles; the eurozone has stagnated; the refugee problem has got out of control; and almost nothing has been done to address the underlying economic problems that led to the 2008 crash.</p> <p>If Hillary gets in, it will be more of the same. Trump on the other hand is a radical who might actually press the reset button.</p> <p>Tue, November 8, 2016</p> The top photos following the campaign journey of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the US Elections 2016 US Elections 2016 in pictures <p>Take Russia: for the Washington establishment it&#8217;s the world&#8217;s biggest geopolitical threat with Putin being painted as the new Stalin. But Trump just isn&#8217;t interested in prolonging the Cold War, let alone provoking a Third World War. He sees Putin as a flawed man with whom he can nonetheless do business.</p> <p>This will appal those who just want to focus on Putin&#8217;s human rights record but may come as a relief to those who would prefer to have Russia as an awkward ally rather than as a belligerent, chippy basket case on Europe&#8217;s doorstep.</p> Donald Trump giving the thumbs up Trump is the voice of the everyday folk in America <p>Let&#8217;s hope this strategy works because one of the bigger worries about Trump is his view on Nato: he has even suggested &#8211; against Nato policy &#8211; that if one of its member states were attacked, America wouldn&#8217;t necessarily go to its defence. This is one of those areas where you have to hope that the wiser counsels of his advisers will prevail.</p> <p>That said, it would be no bad thing if Trump&#8217;s remarks about Nato members failing to pull their weight were to concentrate the minds of European governments, ours included, on the woeful neglect of our defence budgets. No one is pretending that Trump is the dream presidential candidate but then we&#8217;ve just had eight years of the &#8220;dream&#8221; one &#8211; or so the slavish liberal media kept telling us &#8211; and he was useless.</p> <p>Maybe the time has come for someone who really does want to make America great again. And if we&#8217;re lucky perhaps a little bit of that optimism will rub off on the rest of us too.</p>

Victory for Trump would create a SAFER, MORE PROSPEROUS world, writes James Delingpole

http://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/727824/Future-world-Donald-Trump-US-president-race-win-Hillary-Clinton

2016-11-02

<p>Their ideological vanities are under threat as never before. The chronic weakness of their regime has been further exposed by the triumph of a US presidential candidate who does not share their devotion to open borders, the destruction of national identities and the march of globalisation.</p> <p>What makes Trump&#8217;s victory all the more chilling for EU leaders is that he looks certain to be a strong ally of Britain as we regain our independence. Ever since the referendum, the Brussels elite has comforted itself with the illusion that Britain outside the <a type="internal">EU</a> will be left hopelessly isolated.</p> <p>The Eurocrats and their Remain cheerleaders in Britain were only too thrilled when President <a type="internal">Obama</a> arrogantly warned that, in the event of Brexit, we would have to &#8220;get to the back of the queue&#8221; for any future trade deal with the US.</p> Donald Trump's victory has shaken up the world <p>But the arrival of <a type="internal">Donald Trump</a> has transformed the landscape. He is far closer to Britain than to Brussels. It is the EU that will have to get to the back of the queue. Tellingly, the first European politician that Trump has met since his election was Nigel Farage, the EU&#8217;s nemesis.</p> <p>The deepening sense of alarm in Brussels was reflected in the decision by the EU&#8217;s foreign affairs chief, Italian socialist Federica Mogherini, to summon all the foreign ministers of the member states to a special dinner last night to discuss the implications of Trump&#8217;s election.</p> <p>As one European diplomat admitted at the weekend: &#8220;We would never have held a similar dinner if Hillary Clinton had been elected. It shows how much we are panicking.&#8221;</p> <p>Sensibly our own Foreign Secretary <a type="internal">Boris Johnson</a> refused to attend this self-indulgent feast of grief. With his gift for the original phrase, he urged EU bosses stop wallowing in their &#8220;collective whinge-o-rama&#8221; and come to terms with the democratic verdict of the American people.</p> EU leaders are too deep in their dogma to properly respond to Trump's presidency <p>Yet, in truth, the EU politicians are so manically attached to their federalist dogma that they would not dream of adopting a pragmatic, flexible response to Trump.</p> <p>On the contrary, they will just use Trump&#8217;s success to push for more central power, more integration, more unity. &#8220;The EU should treat his election as a wake-up call to take charge of our own destiny,&#8221; says Guy Verhofstadt, the Belgian federalist fanatic. The EU will this week discuss plans to impose a European defence strategy, complete with its own EU army and military headquarters.</p> <p>It is precisely that kind of federalist megalomania which shows why Brussels is such a threat to the stability and peace of Europe, a far greater menace than Trump ever could be. Ever since Trump first became a contender for the US presidency there has been a fashionable narrative which paints him as a dangerous, ignorant clown who could blow up the western world with his reckless inexperience.</p> <p>But the real risks actually come from smug globalisers such as <a type="internal">Hillary Clinton</a> and the EU federalists with their contempt for national sovereignty at home and abroad.</p> The president-elect has a chance of establishing peace with Russia <p>It was the EU, filled with an imperialist ambition to expand its territory, that provoked an incendiary confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, whereas Trump wants co-operation with Putin.</p> <p>Similarly, the western policy of trying to bring down President Assad of <a type="internal">Syria</a> with the help of Islamic extremist rebels has only prolonged the civil war there. It will be no surprise if the war ends once Trump takes office, enabling Putin and Assad to crush the rebels.</p> <p>In the wake of Trump&#8217;s victory the head of Nato Jens Stoltenberg said that &#8220;we face the greatest challenges to our security in a generation&#8221;. But why is that? It is because the pathetic, supine ruling classes of Europe have allowed our enemies to flourish in our midst. They are destroying our civilisation from within.</p> <p>Through their fixation with free movement they have promoted the import of Islamic extremism and terrorism on an epic scale, while their ruthlessly imposed doctrine of cultural diversity has meant continual appeasement of Muslim militancy. Trump wants to challenge the jihadists: figures such as Mogherini, a Communist in her youth, just want to surrender to them. &#8220;Islam is a victim&#8221; and &#8220;belongs in Europe&#8221;, she proclaims.</p> The EU brought chaos upon Europe, not Donald Trump <p>EU policy, not Trump, has brought squalor, social breakdown, organised misogyny and financial chaos to Europe.</p> <p>The filthy migrant squatter camps in France and the predatory sex attacks in <a type="internal">Germany</a> are the twin symbols of the nightmare that Brussels has inflicted on the continent.</p> <p>By condemning patriotism, undermining solidarity and slashing military spending, Europe&#8217;s politicians have left the member states defenceless. And can the same rulers hector Trump about American isolationism when they refused to take any serious responsibility for the strength of their countries&#8217; own armed forces?</p> <p>Trump has a mandate from the American people. Unelected and unaccountable, EU President Jean-Claude Juncker and his crew have no such democratic legitimacy. Juncker sneered last week that &#8220;we need to teach the President-elect what Europe is and how it works&#8221;. But it doesn&#8217;t work. The entire EU project has been a catastrophic failure.</p>

EU is much more dangerous than Donald Trump, says Leo McKinstry

http://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/leo-mckinstry/731965/EU-more-dangerous-Donald-Trump-says-Leo-McKinstry

2016-11-14

<p>Through their bullying demands for submission to their dogma they are destroying the very liberties on which our democratic society is based.</p> <p>A disturbing example of this trend can be seen in the case of <a type="internal">British gymnast Louis Smith, who was punished this week</a> by officialdom for showing insufficient reverence towards Islam.</p> <p>The action against him by his professional body British Gymnastics arose after a video emerged of Smith and fellow gymnast Luke Carson joking about the religion at a private wedding in a Northamptonshire hotel.</p> <p>In the footage which caused the furore Carson mimicked the Islamic prayer practice and shouted &#8220;Allah Akbar&#8221;, while Smith laughed at his antics.</p> <p>For this behaviour Smith has been turned into a pariah. He has received death threats from jihadists and vilification from the media.</p> <p>On Tuesday a disciplinary panel at British Gymnastics suspended him from competition for two months and warned him that the reprimand will stay on his record for two years.</p> <p>Smith committed no legal offence.</p> Louis Smith holds his Member of the British Empire (MBE) medal in 2012 <p>He did not physically hurt anyone but in today&#8217;s Britain he is guilty of a thought crime by daring to indulge in religious satire.</p> <p>It is like a modern version of the Cromwellian regime that existed in the 17th century with its determination to crack down on any signs of heresy, only now the faith held to be sacred and inviolable is not Protestantism but Islam.</p> <p>In this new climate of creeping totalitarianism any mockery of the Muslim faith, even in private, will not be tolerated.</p> <p>The anachronistic law against blasphemy was meant to have been swept away in 2008 but the offence has returned with a vengeance due to the accelerating Islamification of Britain.</p> <p>Louis Smith has effectively been treated as a blasphemer against Islam and is now forced to undergo public penitence for his sins.</p> <p>He was hauled up in front of ITV&#8217;s Loose Women, who had decided to appoint themselves as the guardians of the new official orthodoxy.</p> <p>One panellist, TV presenter June Sarpong, was ferocious in her condemnation, accusing Smith of racism, xenophobia and prejudice.</p> <p>But this goes to the heart of the problem with this case. His critics pretend that any kind of criticism of Islam is a form of racism or bigotry.</p> Ola Jordan and Louis Smith on Strictly Come Dancing <p>In the same vein Muslim leaders constantly talk of &#8220;Islamophobia&#8221; if any of their religious sensitivities are challenged.</p> <p>But Islam is not a race, it is a belief system, and like all faiths it should be open to questioning, censure or humour.</p> <p>The idea that any religion, especially one as controversial as Islam, should be above debate is repugnant. Religious freedom is one of the cornerstones of our civilisation.</p> <p>The alternatives are absolutist theocracy and violent sectarianism, precisely the characteristics of too many Muslim societies in the Middle East and Asia.</p> <p>In the wake of the Louis Smith incident the Muslim Council of Britain predictably bleated about &#8220;Islamophobia&#8221;, arguing that British society must &#8220;realise the need for people to follow their faith with dignity&#8221;.</p> <p>The council should also recognise the need to abide by the values of our country, one of which is open discourse free from clerical tyranny.</p> <p>It is disgraceful that British Gymnastics, like so many other craven public authorities, is eager to do the work of the zealots.</p> <p>By punishing Smith they are effectively endorsing the hardliners. The chief executive Jennie Allen said that competitors such as Smith and Carson should &#8220;use their profile to have a positive impact on sport and communities&#8221;.</p> Louis Smith in training <p>The implication is that athletes must suspend their own opinions and instead act as evangelists for the ruling doctrine of political correctness.</p> <p>Equally offensive are the grotesque double standards.</p> <p>British Gymnastics and the media would have never worked themselves up into such a froth of phoney indignation if Smith had mocked Catholic prayer rituals.</p> <p>In fact Christianity is subject to constant attacks and satire without any demands for disciplinary action.</p> <p>Joking about the Christian faith has long been a key ingredient of British comedy from Dave Allen to Father Ted.</p> <p>Nor does the state show much respect for Christian sensibilities, as highlighted by the case where a firm of devout bakers in Belfast was fined for refusing to make a cake with a political slogan in favour of gay marriage.</p> <p>The reason for this hypocrisy is simple: Islamic grievances and demands for special treatment come cloaked with the menace of violence. &#8220;Our religion will not be mocked&#8221; is a threat, not a plea.</p> <p>Tue, July 31, 2012</p> All the best pictures of British artistic gymnast Louis Smith Louis Smith with his silver medal <p>The intimidation is real, as shown by the relentless catalogue of global slaughter against those deemed to have offended Islam.</p> <p>But instead of defending our freedoms, Western rulers wallow in desperate appeasement dressed up as tolerance.</p> <p>The determination to punish Louis Smith is the flipside of officialdom&#8217;s impulse to surrender, as shown in the growing acceptance of sharia courts.</p> <p>As for Smith himself, he has embarked on a tour of abject repentance, visiting a number of mosques where he claims to have discovered &#8220;the true meaning behind the religion of peace&#8221;.</p> <p>In those words there is a chilling echo of the end of George Orwell&#8217;s novel 1984: &#8220;He had learnt to love Big Brother.&#8221;</p>

Punished for not showing enough respect to Islam says Leo McKinstry

http://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/leo-mckinstry/728279/Louis-Smith-Islam-Olympic-gymnast-apology-punished-leo-mckinstry

2016-11-03

<p>The Hollywood actress previously said Trump becoming president would be "the end of the world".</p> <p>Now she has vented her anger over the result of the US Election in a column for Broadly.</p> <p>"Is this the stark reality?," asked Lawrence. "It doesn't matter how hard you work or how qualified you are, at the end of the day, if you're not a man? Is that what we just learned?</p> <p>Clearly furious with the result, the Hunger Games star added: "The country was founded on immigration and today the only people that feel safe, that their rights are recognised and respected are white men."</p> The Hunger Games star urged caution against rioting in the streets <p>She urged caution against "rioting the streets" but those angry by the result should think about the next steps "because we cannot change the past".</p> <p>"Do not let this defeat you - let this enrage you! Let this be the fire you didn&#8217;t have before,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;If you are an immigrant, if you are a person of colour, if you are LGBTQ+, if you are a woman &#8211; don&#8217;t be afraid, be loud!"</p> <p>But the 26-year-old came unstuck when giving advice to women.</p> <p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re a woman and you&#8217;re worried that no matter how hard you work or how much you learn, there will always be a glass ceiling, then I don&#8217;t really know what to say," she said.</p> Jennifer Lawrence is a big Hollywood star has urged her fans to not be afraid <p>Wed, November 9, 2016</p> Following Trumps shock victory we look at celebrity Twitter reactions Celebrities take to Twitter on election night Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States <p>"I don&#8217;t know what I would tell my daughter if I were you. Except to have hope. To work for the future."</p> <p>Lawrence insisted the result should not make anyone feel defeated but to continue having hope.</p> <p>&#8220;We&#8217;re all allowed to be sad that the present isn&#8217;t what we thought it was. But we mustn&#8217;t be defeated. We will keep educating ourselves and working twice as hard as the man next to us because we know now that it is not fair.&#8221;</p> <p>Other stars such as <a type="internal">Lady Gaga</a> and <a type="internal">Katy Perry have also showed their outrage</a> at <a type="internal">Trump being elected the 45th President of the United States.</a></p>

Jennifer Lawrence pens inspiring letter on Donald Trump victory: 'Let it enrage you'

http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/731355/Jennifer-Lawrence-letter-on-Donald-Trump-victory-let-it-enrage-you

2016-11-11

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The Great Divider

http://www.endofthenet.org/archives/23921

2017-03-02

<p>Once this Harvey Weinstein debacle is completely finished, Hollywood will be a haven of racial, gender and financial equality.</p> <p>Ha, ha &#8212; right.</p> <p>The ongoing saga of Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s downfall continues with news about the former mogul possibly being stripped of his Oscar. As police in New York and London investigate the many complaints against him of sexual assault, rumours persist that Weinstein will be booted from the Producers Guild of America.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the name of The Weinstein Company will be changed and Weinstein&#8217;s name will be taken off future projects.</p> <p>Even the man&#8217;s political contributions are being returned or handed over to women&#8217;s charities.</p> <p>Other industry bigwigs and political leaders are being pilloried for not condemning Weinstein fast enough.</p> <p>His wife has left, his adult daughter feared he was suicidal, and people are lining up to savage the guy.</p> <p>Soon, he&#8217;ll be drawn and quartered in a public place, no doubt.</p> <p>On the business side, it&#8217;s been reported that The Weinstein Company is a shambles, with agents and talent trying to get themselves and their projects away from the bad smell, and upcoming films such as The Current War and The Upside in release limbo. The Financial Times says that Goldman Sachs is &#8220;exploring options&#8221; for its small stake in The Weinstein Company &#8212; and really, people, if the Goldman Sachs is taking the moral high ground, consider yourself toast.</p> <p>So why &#8212; just out of interest &#8212; is a 30-year problem coming to light now?</p> <p>Did we reach a tipping point? Was Mr. Weinstein&#8217;s career in decline? Is there a power struggle nobody knows about in the offices of the company?</p> <p>Have we reached some sort of landmark in the ongoing saga of sexual impropriety and the war between men and women?</p> <p>Doubtful.</p> <p>Still, it&#8217;s interesting that several formerly untouchable guys have been taken down recently, including Bill Cosby, Bill O&#8217;Reilly, Roger Ailes and Donald Trump, that last dude being just a bit tougher to get rid of than the others.</p> <p>Why is the Weinstein case different?</p> <p>It&#8217;s not as if Harvey Weinstein varies much from all the other handsy creeps in his business &#8212; oohhh, the names we&#8217;d insert here &#8212; and casting couch stories have plagued the industry since Florence Lawrence first fluttered her eyelashes circa 1906.</p> <p>Some of the more interesting fallout from the Weinstein case involves the support weasels &#8212; every Weinstein staffer who knew things were rotten is under a cloud, and so is every agent, manager, casting agent, publicist or assistant who knowingly sent some poor girl to talk to Weinstein in a hotel room.</p> <p>And how about the lawyers who handled the hush money all those years?</p> <p>Be interesting to see who gets tackled next.</p> <p>Since Weinstein is no doubt just a difference in degree, not in kind, it&#8217;s tough to say if this uproar will change anything on a permanent basis in his industry.</p> <p>Still, it would be interesting to know why Hollywood is such a sleazy place.</p> <p>The movie industry really is a cesspool of sexual harassment and bullying; hard to know how so many people go to work every day in such an atmosphere of fear and loathing.</p> <p>Many an analyst has decreed that vast amounts of money and power will do it every time, and maybe that&#8217;s true &#8212; look at Dominique Strauss-Kahn, or Silvio Berlusconi, or even l&#8217;il old home-grown Jian Ghomeshi.</p> <p>People will risk a lot to get anywhere near rich and famous, and an industry that allows ordinary people &#8212; capable of memorizing dialogue and playing make-believe &#8212; to be treated like gods is an industry in which every sort of predatory behaviour will no doubt thrive.</p> <p>How to explain the sexually predatory behaviour of men in every other industry is a bit more of a mystery.</p> <p>Play Video</p> <p>Play</p> <p>Loaded: 0%</p> <p>Progress: 0%</p> <p>Remaining Time -0:00</p> <p>This is a modal window.</p> <p>Foreground --- White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan --- Opaque Semi-Opaque</p> <p>Background --- White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan --- Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent</p> <p>Window --- White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan --- Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent</p> <p>Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400%</p> <p>Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow</p> <p>Font Family Default Monospace Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Sans-Serif Casual Script Small Caps</p> <p>Defaults Done</p> <p>Riley Fleming and Wes Heffernan have been going back and forth all year, so why wouldn&#8217;t you expect them to do the same thing in the PGA of Alberta Championship? &#8220;We&#8217;ve been so close, it&#8217;s&#8230;</p>

Why is Hollywood such a sleazy place?

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2017/10/14/beauty-and-the-beast

2017-10-14

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COPS PUSH BIBI INDICTMENTS

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<a href="" type="external">Source: giphy</a> <p>By <a type="internal">Tom.</a></p> <p>During the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi on Friday, former President Barack Obama threw some expert-level shade President Donald Trump's way. As the world knows, Trump can't tear himself away from Twitter. He seems to thrive on approval, especially on social media.</p> So imagine how it burns that Obama has twice as many followers as Trump. In a conversation with journalist Karan Thapar, Obama said: <q> And look, I've got 100 million Twitter followers. I mean, I actually have more than other people who use it more often. </q>

Barack Obama May Have Just Taken A Swing At President Trump Where He'll Really Feel It

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2017-11-28

<p>A Connecticut woman bought a desk from Staples, but after a few years grew tired of it. She decided to sell it to Noah Muroff and his wife for about $150 on Craigslist. There was nothing peculiar about the transaction at all.</p> <p>Muroff and his wife had difficulty fitting the desk into the room. They decided to take it apart to fit it in. After Noah removed the filing cabinets, he noticed a plastic bag poking out.</p> <p>First, he saw a $100 bill. Then he saw that inside there were stacks of them. He and his wife counted the money. There was a whopping $98,000.</p> <p>&#8220;If we didn&#8217;t take those drawers out, we never would have found it,&#8221; Muroff said.</p> <p>But he knew immediately that he couldn&#8217;t keep the money. He called the woman he bought it from. It turned out she hid her inheritance in the desk and couldn&#8217;t remember where she put it. When Muroff called her, she was speechless.</p> <p>&#8220;She was so shocked and touched that anyone would call,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She said, &#8216;You could have kept the money and nobody would have ever known.'&#8221;</p> <p>Muroff, who is a rabbi, and his wife believe honesty is the most important thing.</p> <p>&#8220;We both agreed that this is not our money,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If God wants us to have $98,000, he&#8217;ll make sure to give it to us in some other way.&#8221;</p> <p>The woman was so grateful, she summed up how she felt in a thank-you card.</p> <p>&#8220;I do not think there are too many people in this world that would have done what you did by calling me. I do like to believe that there are still good people left in this crazy world we live in. You certainly are one of them,&#8221; the woman wrote. &#8220;I cannot thank you enough for your honesty and integrity.&#8221;</p> <p>Please SHARE this story if you&#8217;re glad Noah Muroff did the right thing for the woman!</p> <p>Due to restrictions, this video cannot be viewed in your region.</p>

Dad Buys Used Desk For $150 On Craigslist, Then He Finds A Hidden Bag Filled With Money Inside

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<p>Officers from the BFE, Germany&#8217;s special police unit, modelled their elaborate gear at a special press conference in the city.</p> <p>Haenel assault rifles, heavy-duty ballistic protection helmets and body armour are items amongst the long-list of equipment that at least 70 police officers received to use in the event of a terrorist attack.</p> <p>According to the German news website <a href="http://ndr.de/" type="external">NDR.de</a>, the decision to equip the police force with the expensive heavy-duty equipment was due to the ongoing threat posed by Islamic State.</p> <p>The Survivor 1 armoured personal carrier, which will be used for anti-terror police operations, can deal with chemical, nuclear and biological warfare agents in order to protect officers inside the vehicle from exposure.</p> <p>Mon, July 25, 2016</p> Ansbach explosion: Syrian asylum seeker killed by own bomb at German bar Police secure an area after an explosion in Ansbach, near Nuremberg <p>The heavy-duty SK4 rated protection gear can even stop a round fired from an AK-47 rifle.</p> <p>Germany splashed the cash on the Hamburg&#8217;s police unit a few weeks after ISIS claimed responsibility for the stabbing of two people in Hamburg on October 16.</p> <p>A few days later, German police officers were called to raid refugee centres and homes in Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia to find suspects who were involved in organised criminal actives such as bodily harm, blackmail, illegal restraint and harassment.</p> The heavy-duty SK4 rated protection gear can even stop a round fired from an AK-47 rifle <p>Germany splashed the cash on the Hamburg&#8217;s police unit a few weeks after ISIS claimed responsibility for the stabbing of two people in Hamburg on October 16.</p> The armour can deal with chemical, nuclear and biological warfare agents <p>A few days later, German police officers were called to raid refugee centres and homes in Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia to find suspects who were involved in organised criminal actives such as bodily harm, blackmail, illegal restraint and harassment.</p> Only 70 police officers from Hamburg will have access to the new equipment

German police unveil new anti-terrorist gear in the wake of deadly Islamist attacks

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2016-11-15

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Bill called the birth of Chelsea &#8220;the miracle of a new beginning&#8221;. &#8220;My daughter had the best mother in the whole world&#8221;, said Bill.</p> ADVERTISEMENT <p><a href="https://try.mackweldon.com/7-reasons-why-guys-are-switching-to-mack-weldon?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_campaign=7rAXO&amp;utm_content=likesharetweet-likesharetweet&amp;utm_term=1107868" type="external">Here&#8217;s Why Guys Are Obsessed With This Underwear&#8230;</a></p> <p><a href="http://gundrymd.com/cmd.php?ad=822792&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Doctor Says Don't Cover Up Your Dark Spots - (Try This Instead)</a></p> <p><a href="http://livecellresearch.com/cmd.php?ad=878125&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Feeling Old? Do This Once A Day And Watch What Happens</a></p> <p>Just like any other child, Chelsea loved the slumber parties, family vacations, and had a passion for ballet and volleyball. Despite Hillary&#8217;s incredibly successful career as a politician, she always prioritized her family &#8211; something Bill always loved.</p> ADVERTISEMENT <p><a href="http://gundrymd.com/cmd.php?ad=822792&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Doctor Says Don't Cover Up Your Dark Spots - (Try This Instead)</a></p> <p><a href="https://try.mackweldon.com/7-reasons-why-guys-are-switching-to-mack-weldon?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_campaign=7rAXO&amp;utm_content=likesharetweet-likesharetweet&amp;utm_term=1107868" type="external">Here&#8217;s Why Guys Are Obsessed With This Underwear&#8230;</a></p> <p><a href="http://livecellresearch.com/cmd.php?ad=878125&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Feeling Old? Do This Once A Day And Watch What Happens</a></p> <p>Throughout the rest of the 80&#8217;s, Bill and Hillary just tried to make things work, both as politicians and as a family. In 1983, Hillary pursued attempting to change the education standards after a court claimed their schools were the worst in America. 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All because of how hard Hillary worked at developing different standards.</p> ADVERTISEMENT <p><a href="http://gundrymd.com/cmd.php?ad=822792&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Doctor Says Don't Cover Up Your Dark Spots - (Try This Instead)</a></p> <p><a href="https://try.mackweldon.com/7-reasons-why-guys-are-switching-to-mack-weldon?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_campaign=7rAXO&amp;utm_content=likesharetweet-likesharetweet&amp;utm_term=1107868" type="external">Here&#8217;s Why Guys Are Obsessed With This Underwear&#8230;</a></p> <p><a href="http://activly.com/30-surprising-things-brady-bunch-producers-hid-from-fans/?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_campaign=11-activly-seriesstar-1&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=Why+Is+This+Never+Mentioned+About+The+Brady+Bunch%3F+https%3A%2F%2Fprezna.com%2Fget%2F_d_nzC-8148775862835656666.jpg&amp;utm_term=likesharetweet-likesharetweet" type="external">Why Is This Never Mentioned About The Brady Bunch?</a></p> <p>In the early years, where Bill was averse to conflict, Hillary was blunt and straightforward. Even after rumors spread of Bill&#8217;s infidelity, Hillary claimed, &#8220;he&#8217;s still the most interesting, energizing, and fully alive person I&#8217;ve ever met&#8221;.</p> ADVERTISEMENT <p><a href="http://gundrymd.com/cmd.php?ad=822792&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Doctor Says Don't Cover Up Your Dark Spots - (Try This Instead)</a></p> <p><a href="https://try.mackweldon.com/7-reasons-why-guys-are-switching-to-mack-weldon?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_campaign=7rAXO&amp;utm_content=likesharetweet-likesharetweet&amp;utm_term=1107868" type="external">Here&#8217;s Why Guys Are Obsessed With This Underwear&#8230;</a></p> <p><a href="http://livecellresearch.com/cmd.php?ad=878125&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Top Doctor: "The Ultimate Health Habit You Need in Your 50s"</a></p> <p>After the couple got married, Hillary refused to change her name to Clinton, claiming it would take away her individuality and not let her keep her personal life and Bill&#8217;s professional life separate. She gave in after Bill&#8217;s opponent in the Democratic primary made a massive issue out of Hillary&#8217;s feminist nature.</p> ADVERTISEMENT <p><a href="http://gundrymd.com/cmd.php?ad=822792&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Doctor Says Don't Cover Up Your Dark Spots - (Try This Instead)</a></p> <p><a href="https://try.mackweldon.com/7-reasons-why-guys-are-switching-to-mack-weldon?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_campaign=7rAXO&amp;utm_content=likesharetweet-likesharetweet&amp;utm_term=1107868" type="external">Here&#8217;s Why Guys Are Obsessed With This Underwear&#8230;</a></p> <p><a href="https://prominencetreatment.com/10-signs-you-might-be-addicted-to-alcohol/?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=likesharetweet-likesharetweet&amp;utm_content=Learn+10+Signs+of+Alcoholism+To+Help+You+Identify+An+Alcoholic" type="external">Learn 10 Signs of Alcoholism To Help You Identify An Alcoholic</a></p> <p>Just because Bill Clinton run for office doesn&#8217;t mean he didn&#8217;t enjoy an occasional laugh throughout the campaign. Here are the Clintons and Bill&#8217;s running mate Al Gore in the back of the campaign bus in 1992.</p> ADVERTISEMENT <p><a href="http://gundrymd.com/cmd.php?ad=822792&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Doctor Says Don't Cover Up Your Dark Spots - (Try This Instead)</a></p> <p><a href="https://try.mackweldon.com/7-reasons-why-guys-are-switching-to-mack-weldon?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_campaign=7rAXO&amp;utm_content=likesharetweet-likesharetweet&amp;utm_term=1107868" type="external">Here&#8217;s Why Guys Are Obsessed With This Underwear&#8230;</a></p> <p><a href="http://activly.com/30-surprising-things-brady-bunch-producers-hid-from-fans/?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_campaign=11-activly-seriesstar-1&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=Why+Is+This+Never+Mentioned+About+The+Brady+Bunch%3F+https%3A%2F%2Fprezna.com%2Fget%2F_d_nzC-8148775862835656666.jpg&amp;utm_term=likesharetweet-likesharetweet" type="external">Why Is This Never Mentioned About The Brady Bunch?</a></p> <p>Hillary Clinton appears to be the kind of woman who doesn&#8217;t let circumstances stand in the way to her achievements, and this photograph perfectly portrays her true colors. Young, fierce, and intelligent &#8211; that&#8217;s who you are, Hillary.</p> ADVERTISEMENT <p><a href="http://gundrymd.com/cmd.php?ad=822792&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Doctor Says Don't Cover Up Your Dark Spots - (Try This Instead)</a></p> <p><a href="https://try.mackweldon.com/7-reasons-why-guys-are-switching-to-mack-weldon?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_campaign=7rAXO&amp;utm_content=likesharetweet-likesharetweet&amp;utm_term=1107868" type="external">Here&#8217;s Why Guys Are Obsessed With This Underwear&#8230;</a></p> <p><a href="http://livecellresearch.com/cmd.php?ad=878125&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Feeling Old? Do This Once A Day And Watch What Happens</a></p> <p>Even after becoming president, Bill never took his eyes off of his First Lady. Here they are at a &#8217;50s theme party celebrating Hillary&#8217;s 47th birthday in the East Room of the White House.</p> ADVERTISEMENT <p><a href="https://try.mackweldon.com/7-reasons-why-guys-are-switching-to-mack-weldon?utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_campaign=7rAXO&amp;utm_content=likesharetweet-likesharetweet&amp;utm_term=1107868" type="external">Here&#8217;s Why Guys Are Obsessed With This Underwear&#8230;</a></p> <p><a href="http://gundrymd.com/cmd.php?ad=822792&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Doctor Says Don't Cover Up Your Dark Spots - (Try This Instead)</a></p> <p><a href="http://livecellresearch.com/cmd.php?ad=878125&amp;utm_source=taboola&amp;utm_medium=referral" type="external">Top Doctor: "The Ultimate Health Habit You Need in Your 50s"</a></p> <p>After becoming president, Bill felt like it was only natural to make Hillary in charge of the health care task force. 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The Truth Story Behind The Clintons Relationship: Revealed

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2016-10-26

<p>The level of doublethink involved in being a contemporary member of the GOP is astounding. Former Presidential candidate and current Donald Trump sycophant Mike Huckabee can barely even remember basic facts, like whether or not Trump has ever <a href="http://www.liberalamerica.life/2016/07/22/10-must-know-facts-sexual-assault-accusations-donald-trump-video/" type="external">admitted</a> to committing sexual assault.</p> <p>The things Republicans have to tell themselves and the public in order to continue pushing their agenda take some serious mental gymnastics. We have Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway <a href="http://www.liberalamerica.life/2017/05/10/alternative-facts-conway-crashes-and-burns-during-cnn-interview-video/" type="external">coining</a> the term &#8220;alternative facts.&#8221;</p> <p>Former Press Secretary Sean Spicer became a laughing stock for his <a href="http://www.liberalamerica.life/2017/01/22/sean-big-baby-spicer-whines-unfair-coverage-first-press-conference-video/" type="external">outrageous</a> defenses of President Donald Trump&#8217;s statements and behavior.</p> <p>And the person who took Spicer&#8217;s Job, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, has continued that trend. For example, she <a href="http://www.liberalamerica.life/2017/09/15/jemele-hill-uses-her-strong-black-womanhood-to-destroy-white-house-bullies/" type="external">suggested</a> that ESPN analyst Jemele Hill be fired for bullying President Trump on Twitter, despite the fact that the President regularly uses his own Twitter account to shout down opponents and turn his followers against others.</p> <p>However, Sarah&#8217;s father Mike Huckabee may take the cake with his comments on Fox &amp;amp; Friends this morning. Conservatives have loved speaking about disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and his donations to Democratic causes and candidates, and Trump&#8217;s favorite morning team and Huckabee decided to tie it back to Hillary Clinton yet again.</p> <p>Host Abby Huntsman started things off by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlNohP7u0IM" type="external">addressing</a> Huckabee:</p> <p>&#8220;There was also an uncomfortable moment when she talked about President Trump, how he admitted to being sexual assaulter. She was asked about the Weinstein situation and she mentioned how her husband &#8211; Bill Clinton &#8211; what he did was in the past. Anyone watching that, I think, was a little squirmy in their seat. She even looks squirmy, talking about it. Has President Trump ever admitted to being a sexual assaulter?&#8221;</p> <p>Anyone with a halfway functioning brain would of course recall the infamous Access Hollywood tape where Trump <a href="http://www.liberalamerica.life/2016/10/07/you-can-grab-them-by-the-py-wapo-unearths-most-horrific-trump-recording-yet-video/" type="external">bragged</a> about grabbing women &#8220;by the pussy&#8221; because he was famous. Huckabee, apparently, lacks that halfway functioning brain, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlNohP7u0IM" type="external">responding</a>:</p> <p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t recall that that has ever happened.&#8221;</p> <p>He then proceeds to turn the discussion back to Bill Clinton, who, if you recall, was President twenty years ago. Fairly selective memory there, Mike.</p> <p>So keep playing in your big boy trucks, Donald, and know that your sycophants are doing everything in their power to rewrite history. Watch the ridiculous exchange below:</p> <p>Featured image via Flickr user <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/6874170455" type="external">Gage Skidmore</a> / <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" type="external">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>.</p>

WATCH: Mike Huckabee ‘Can’t Recall’ If Donald Trump Has Admitted To Sexually Assaulting Women

http://www.liberalamerica.org/2017/10/15/watch-mike-huckabee-cant-recall-donald-trump-admitted-sexually-assaulting-women/

2017-09-28

<p>Trump or Clinton? No -- not for president. We're talking about Halloween. Both candidates are pretty popular among trick or treaters this year.</p> <p>Display and Costume in Seattle sold out of Donald Trump masks a few days ago. They only have a few Hillary Clinton masks left.</p> <p>KING 5&#8217;s Ted Land visited the packed store on Sunday as last-minute shoppers looked for political costumes.</p>

Trump and Clinton Halloween masks sell fast

http://www.king5.com/news/local/trump-and-clinton-halloween-masks-sell-fast/344402917

2016-10-31

<p>In June 2008, when she conceded the Democratic presidential race to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton famously noted that "we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time."</p> <p>More than eight years later, she will literally be standing underneath one as the final votes are counted on Nov. 8.</p> <p>On Wednesday, the Clinton campaign announced her election night party would be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.</p> <p>The building has a literal glass ceiling. Let&#8217;s hope the campaign has insurance for it if she wins.</p> <q> <p>Reminder: The Javits Center, where Hillary Clinton is holding her election night party, has a literal glass ceiling <a href="https://t.co/RvGLDx9cAc" type="external">pic.twitter.com/RvGLDx9cAc</a></p>&#8212; Elliot Smilowitz (@SmiloTweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/SmiloTweets/status/791354961087037440" type="external">October 26, 2016</a> </q> <p>The Javits Center, which opened in 1986, is the busiest convention center in the country <a href="http://www.javitscenter.com/about/overview/about-javits-center/" type="external">and contains a massive 840,000 square feet of exhibition space</a>. The center just finished a $460 million renovation.</p> <p>The election event will be for supporters and volunteers.</p>

Clinton to spend election night under a glass ceiling

http://www.king5.com/news/politics/national/clinton-to-spend-election-night-under-a-glass-ceiling/343117445

2016-10-27

<p>FBI Director James Comey caused a major shakeup in the presidential election with his letter Friday revealing a review of newly-discovered emails related to the FBI previously-closed investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private server.</p> <p>Here is a rundown of what we know (and what we don't) so far:</p> <p>What emails were discovered?</p> <p>Many things remain vague and unknown about the newly uncovered emails. What we do know is that the FBI believes they are "pertinent" to its investigation into Clinton's use of a private server during her tenure as secretary of State. According to an official close to the investigation, there are thousands of new emails under review. What we don't know is whether they contain any classified material or could have any bearing on the previous investigation.</p> <p>Could the emails lead to criminal charges against Clinton?</p> <p>That is impossible to know at this point. In a speech Friday, Clinton said she is "confident" that the new developments won't change the FBI's recommendation not to prosecute her for improperly handling classified materials. Although Comey could not put a timetable on how long it will take to review the new material, a source tells USA TODAY that is unlikely it will be completed before Election Day.</p> <p>What is the connection to Anthony Weiner?</p> <p>The emails were discovered as part of an investigation into former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, who is suspected of having sexually charged communications with a 15-year-old girl. Investigators came across the emails while looking into devices used by Weiner. Weiner is married to &#8212; and currently separated from &#8212; longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin who had access to the same device or devices.</p> <p>Why did Comey make the review public?</p> <p>In his letter to lawmakers, informing them of the latest developments, Comey said he thought it was important to update them "in light of my previous testimony," which said the investigation had been concluded.</p> <p>Did Attorney General Loretta Lynch approve of Comey's letter to lawmakers?</p> <p>No. Lynch objected to Comey's decision to notify Congress that the FBI was reviewing newly discovered email, an official familiar with the matter told USA TODAY. Lynch based her objection on a long-held Justice Department policy that federal authorities should not take any action that may interfere with an election.</p> <p>Did Lynch try to stop Comey?</p> <p>Yes. Lynch shared her objections just hours before Comey sent the letter, according to USA TODAY's source. The FBI director weighed the attorney general's advice during a spirited discussion of the matter Thursday and early Friday, but in the end, Comey felt compelled to act.</p> <p>When is the election?</p> <p>Tuesday, November 8.</p>

The Hillary Clinton emails: What we know, and what we don't

http://www.king5.com/news/politics/national/the-hillary-clinton-emails-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/344218820

2016-10-29

<p>Don&#8217;t be surprised if you hear President Obama making robocalls to your home on behalf of local candidates this election season. The President has endorsed three Washington state legislative candidates, in an effort to help Democrats make gains down ballot.</p> <p>The candidates include Lisa Wellman, who is challenging Republican Steve Litzow for his senate seat in the 41st legislative district that includes Mercer Island and Bellevue.</p> <p>Wellman, a first time candidate, took the lead in the August primary by under 500 votes.</p> <p>Democratic challengers in both state house races in legislative district 30 also received endorsements. Kristine Reeves is challenging Republican Teri Hickel elected to position two during a special election last year. Mike Pellicciotti is challenging Republican incumbent Linda Kochmar.</p> <p>Both Reeves and Pellicciotti held slight leads in their respective races.</p> <p>With two weeks until Election Day, President Obama recorded audio for the candidates to be used in robocalls or radio and digital ads.</p> <p>An ad for Governor Inslee featuring the President also began airing this week. Mr. Obama fundraised for Inslee in Seattle earlier this year.</p> <p>Mailers, social media posts and TV ads are also part of the strategy to take back seats in state legislatures nationwide during what Democrats hope could be a <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-presidential-debates/will-2016-be-another-wave-election-n668796" type="external">wave election year</a>.</p> <p>Related: <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/obama-endorsements-down-ballot-230194" type="external">Obama endorses down the ballot</a></p> <p>&#8220;Democrats are hoping their momentum that they currently have not only helps them in the presidential race, but helps in senate, house and state legislature races,&#8221; said NBC Senior Political Editor Mark Murray. &#8220;You don&#8217;t get these political environments every single year&#8212;you want to be able to seize at political winds when they&#8217;re at your back.&#8221;</p> <p>The Washington State Republican Party says not so fast.</p> <p>&#8220;The voters of our state can make our own decisions, without any advice from President Obama,&#8221; said Chairman Susan Hutchison.</p> <p>&#8220;Steve Litzow and Teri Hickel should be honored that the State Democrats are so worried about the weakness of their own candidates that they've called on President Obama to help,&#8221; Hutchison wrote in a statement to KING 5. &#8220;Barack Obama doesn't even know the candidates he's endorsed. If he did, he would know they are not qualified for their positions, and even the Seattle Times endorsed their Republican incumbents.&#8221;</p> <p>The Times endorsed Litzow and Hickel, but endorsed Democrat Mike Pellicciotti in his race.</p> <p>Currently, Republicans control the State Senate 26 to 23. Democrats control the House of Representatives 50 to 48.</p>

President Obama endorses in local state legislative races

http://www.king5.com/news/politics/president-obama-endorses-in-local-state-legislative-races/341023189

2016-10-25

<p>The King County executive shared strong words as conservative, pro-Trump group known as &#8220;Patriot Prayer&#8221; descended on downtown Seattle in the wake of violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.</p> <p>Demonstrators billed its &#8220;freedom rally" supported freedom and free speech. Executive Dow Constantine <a href="http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/constantine/news/release/2017/August/13-fascists-rally-westlake.aspx" type="external">issued this statement</a> as the demonstration was underway Sunday afternoon:</p> <p>&#8220;To the white supremacists and fascists who gathered today at Westlake Center under the false pretense of patriotism the day after the violence that a similar group sparked in Charlottesville, I have a message to share on behalf of the people of King County.&#8221;</p> <p>&#8220;We fought a Civil War against slavery, and you lost. We fought a World War against fascism, and you lost. Today, we stand united against the hateful rhetoric you have brought to our community. And you will lose again.&#8221;</p> <p><a type="internal">&amp;gt;&amp;gt; See photos from the demonstration here</a></p> <p>Other Washington state leaders, including Sen. Patty Murray, condemned the actions and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pattymurray/posts/10155672914578872" type="external">made a call for people to "stand up and fight back."</a></p> Who is Patriot Prayer? <p>Portland-based Patriot Prayer&#8217;s Facebook event on its rally didn&#8217;t give clear reasons on why people were demonstrating. But the event page listed a variety of items the group claimed it was worried about &#8211; including <a type="internal">sexual allegations against the Seattle mayor</a> and what the group called &#8220;communist ideologies.&#8221;</p> <p>Leader Joey Gibson started the rally with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer asking for peace on the West Coast.</p> <p>Speakers in the rally called the Charlottesville incident an act of terrorism, said that white supremacists were not welcome at their event, and asked anyone who attended for racist reasons to leave.</p> <p>Gibson, <a type="internal">who hosted a Patriot Prayer event earlier in the summer at The Evergreen State College</a>, spoke to KIRO Radio on Monday and further spoke on his group's message. He said that he was not at Westlake Park to preach hate.</p> <p>&#8220;I have no idea what the hell they&#8217;re thinking about [this weekend] with the torches, David Duke and [Richard] Spencer, but I do not stand with that. The whole thing. I don&#8217;t understand what the hell happened yesterday. But they did it on purpose to tear apart this country,&#8221; <a href="http://mynorthwest.com/717917/planned-marches-in-seattle-take-on-different-tone-after-virginia-rally-2/" type="external">Gibson told KIRO Radio.</a></p> Activists counterprotest 'freedom rally' <p>The &#8220;freedom rally" message was met by boos in the crowd as counterprotesters with the &#8220;solidarity met by hate&#8221; demonstration converged.</p> <p>"We don't want fascism in America," said counter-protester Mave Bowman, who lives in Los Angeles. "We don't tolerate violence like what happened [this weekend] so this is our way of saying no to like the Trump regime."</p> <p>Counterprotesters marched from Denny Park through downtown Seattle to Westlake Park, but many of those protesters were prevented from reaching the "freedom rally" location.</p> <p>But some counter-protesters made it.</p> <p>A barricade separated the groups of protesters in downtown Seattle. Police officers stood by dressed in black, riot gear. Police said they used pepper spray and blast balls to disperse crowds after fireworks were thrown at officers.</p> <p>Three people were arrested: a 40-year-old man for obstruction, a 37-year-old man for assault and a 25-year old man for assault.</p> <p>Council member Mike O'Brien expressed frustration over the crowd being kept away from Westlake Park.</p> <p>"Why weren't the demonstrators not allowed to get to Westlake Park?" O'Brien said. "I don't know what the call was. I'm not in a position to second-guess that at the moment."</p> Demonstrations respond nationwide in wake of Charlottesville <p>Seattle was just one of the cities in the United States on Sunday that had protesters decrying hate and racism. In Charlottesville over the weekend, neo-Nazis, skinheads, Ku Klux Klan members and other white nationalists gathered to "take America back" and oppose plans to remove a Confederate statue in the Virginia college town, and hundreds of other people came to protest the rally.</p> <p>The groups clashed in street brawls, with hundreds of people throwing punches, hurling water bottles and beating each other with sticks and shields.</p> <p>Eventually, a car rammed into a peaceful crowd of anti-white-nationalist protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. A Virginia State Police helicopter deployed in a large-scale response to the violence then crashed into the woods outside of town. Both troopers on board died.</p> <p>President Donald Trump condemned what he called an "egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides," a statement that Democrats and some of the president's fellow Republicans saw as equivocating about who was to blame. The White House later added that the condemnation "includes white Supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi and all extremist groups."</p> <p>Some of the white nationalists at Saturday's rally cited Trump's victory, after a campaign of racially charged rhetoric, as validation for their beliefs. Some of the people protesting Sunday also point to the president and his campaign, saying they gave license to racist hatred that built into what happened in Charlottesville.</p> <p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p> <p>&#169; 2018 Cox Media Group.</p>

King Co. executive to white supremacists: ‘We stand united against hateful rhetoric'

http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/king-co-executive-to-white-supremacists-we-stand-united-against-hateful-rhetoric/591230821

2017-08-14

<p>SEATTLE - The Las Vegas Metro Police Department (NVMPD) released new body camera video on Friday from its investigation into the encounter with officers and Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett.</p> <p><a type="internal">Bennett in early September accused Las Vegas police</a> of racially motivated excessive force, saying he was threatened at gunpoint and handcuffed following a report of gunshots at an after-hours club at a casino hotel.</p> <a type="internal" /> Michael Bennett calls police confrontation a 'traumatic experience' <a type="internal" /> Michael Bennett promises to donate $25K to Harvey victims <p>Bennett, who has recently remained seated during the national anthem prior to football games, posted a statement to Twitter detailing his side of the story.</p> <p><a href="https://FRAME-BY-FRAME: Officers and Michael Bennett interaction while he was in back of a police car" type="external">&amp;gt;&amp;gt; See photos here frame-by-frame from when Michael Bennett was put in the back of a police car</a></p> <p>The NVMPD first gave a news conference in early September about the accusations, saying there was no evidence Bennett was detained because of his race. On Friday, the sheriff reported no evidence of excessive force, and he showed the controversial interaction between Bennett and officers.</p> <p>According to the department, officers were investigating an active shooter call &#8212; which turned out to be false &#8212; and Bennett running quickly prompted a chase.</p> <p>The chase ended with the controversial encounter. Scroll down below to read expanded sections on what happened.</p> <p>Related coverage</p> The events leading up to the encounter <p>The Las Vegas Police Department has shared body camera video during a news conference of the scene that unfolded outside and inside the casino-hotel, The Cromwell and Drai Nightclub, leading up to the incident with Bennett on August 27.</p> <p>The video shows officers responding to an active shooter call, which turned out to be false. According to police, a stanchion was knocked over during a fight, which prompted reports of a shooting.</p> <p>As officers investigated, patrons panicked as they tried to leave the building. Video shows people screaming and scrambling to get out of the casino and others trying to hide.</p> <p>See video of when chaos unfolded, and scroll down to keep reading.</p> <p>In the body camera video, officers can be heard telling people to leave casino. Thousands of people were in the area at the time of the active shooter call, according to police.</p> <p>Bennett was crouched down as officers approached, and then he quickly ran, and jumped over a ledge onto busy Flamingo Boulevard. This led officers to chase him and order him to the ground, police said.</p> <p>Watch the video of his interaction with officers while in the back of a police car below. Scroll down to read Bennett's letter.</p> <p>After digging into 861 tapes, police released new body camera video on Friday that showed officers putting Bennett in the back of the police car. Bennett is panicked, asking what he did wrong, and pleading to be let go.</p> <p>Sheriff Joe Lombardo said the video shows some claims that Bennett made were not true, such as a gun being held to his head. Lombardo said that while officers had a gun in hand while putting Bennett in cuffs, it was not directed at his head.</p> <p>As for the claims officers said they would, "blow his ******* head off," Lombardo reports his department found no evidence of that.</p> What Bennett says in his letter <p>Bennett wrote in his letter that he was visiting Las Vegas to watch the Mayweather-McGregor fight, and he was on the way to his hotel when he was detained.</p> <p>According to Bennett's statement, police ordered him to the ground at gunpoint, jammed a knee into his back and handcuffed him so tight that his fingers went numb.</p> <p>According to Bennett, one officer placed a gun near his head and warned him if he moved his would "blow his ******* head off."</p> <p>In his letter, Bennett called it an excessive use of force, simply because he was a "black man in the wrong place at the wrong time." Read his full letter below, and scroll down to watch video of part of the encounter.</p> <p>A brief video obtained by TMZ Sports surfaced just hours after the letter. It showed part of the encounter between police and Bennett, where he lay on the ground as an officer puts him in handcuffs.</p> <p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t doing nothing, man,&#8221; Bennett is heard saying in the video. &#8220;They told us to get out and everybody ran.&#8221;</p> Bennett's attorney on the encounter <p>Bennett's attorney, John Burris in Oakland, California, said he believed the TMZ 30-second video clip showed some of how his client was treated.</p> <p>"We think there was an unlawful detention and the use of excessive force, with a gun put to his head," Burris told The Associated Press. "He was just in the crowd. He doesn't drink or do drugs. He wasn't in a fight. He wasn't resisting. He did nothing more or less than anyone in the crowd."</p> <p>Burris said Bennett waited to make public his account of the incident until after Burris contacted Las Vegas police last week by letter and email, seeking police records of Bennett's detention.</p> What NVMPD say about 'bias-based policing' <p>In addition to explaining the events leading up to the encounter, police commented on social media commentary that the detention was motivated by race.</p> <q> <p>&#8220;Many of the folks ... have called this an incident of biased-based policing &#8230; police officers focused solely on the race of an individual &#8230; I can tell you as I stand here today I see no evidence of that,&#8221; said NVMPD Undersheriff Kevin McMahill.</p> <p>"In fact as you may have noticed, while officers were searching the casino they were able to evacuate many patrons of all races. It&#8217;s also important for me to note to you both of the officers involved in this incident in question are of Hispanic origin," McMahill said.</p> </q> <p>McMahill invited Bennett and his legal team to make a formal statement to the officers. According to McHill, after his detention, Bennett told officers that he understood the events that led to the incident. He did mention to police that he had an issue with the officer who held a gun to his head.</p> <p>In their second news conference, Lombardo commended the officers for following their training, and he called them heroic for running into a possible active shooter situation.</p> <p>One of the officers involved in the incident did not have his body camera activated.</p> About Bennett as an advocate <p>Bennett is one of the 200 NFL players who didn&#8217;t participate in the national anthem over the weekend in the wake of President Donald Trump suggesting the NFL bar players from kneeling in protest.</p> <p>The entire Seahawks team also didn&#8217;t participate during the anthem and sat out in the lockerroom before their game against the Tennessee Titans.</p> <p>Over the last year, Bennett has been a leader of the national anthem protests started by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Before President Trump&#8217;s comments on the NFL, Bennett gave this reason for his protesting:</p> <p>&#8220;I have always held the strong conviction that protesting or standing up for justice is just simply the right thing to do. This fact is unequivocally, without question, why before every game, I sit during the national anthem &#8211; because equality doesn&#8217;t live in this country, and no matter how much money you make, what job title you have or have much you give, when you are seen as a &#8216;n*****,' you will be treated that way."</p> <p>Pete Carroll supports his players and Bennett. At a news conference on Monday, Carroll told reporters he understands why people are upset with the protests, but he hopes that they listen.</p> <p>"It is not about denigration of the flag or our country," Carroll said. "We all can learn what we want to learn out of this, but I hope we learn about empathy."</p> <p>&#169; 2018 Cox Media Group.</p>

New body cam video shows Las Vegas police encounter with Michael Bennett

http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/new-body-cam-video-shows-las-vegas-police-encounter-with-michael-bennett/616839927

2017-09-29

<p>SEATTLE - Seattle police say they arrested three men as hundreds of demonstrators and counter-protesters converged downtown Seattle one day after violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.</p> <p>The rally organized by the conservative pro-Trump group known as Patriot Prayer &#8212; and a counter protest aimed at standing against hate &#8212; were planned for Sunday.</p> <p>A barricade separated the groups of protesters in downtown Seattle. Police officers stood by dressed in black, riot gear. Police said they used pepper spray and blast balls to disperse crowds after fireworks were thrown at officers.</p> <p>Those arrested were a 40-year-old man for obstruction, a 37-year-old man for assault and a 25-year old-man for assault.</p> "Solidarity met by hate" protesters <p>It all began peacefully enough as hundreds of activists stepped off from Denny Park just before 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon.</p> <p>Counter protesters included members of the Veterans for Peace, Socialist Party, Washington Federation of State Workers and other groups.</p> <p>Counter-protesters marched from Denny Park through downtown Seattle to Westlake Park, but many of those protesters were prevented from reaching the &#8220;freedom rally.&#8221;</p> <p>But some counter-protesters did make it.</p> <p>During the rally, some of the demonstrators began trying to run past Seattle police. When that didn't work, they tried taunting the officers with silly string. As the crowd surged toward police, they were doused with pepper spray.</p> <p>Council member Mike O'Brien expressed frustration over the crowd being kept away from Westlake Park.</p> <p>"Why weren't the demonstrators not allowed to get to Westlake Park?" O'Brien said. "I don't know what the call was. I'm not in a position to second guess that at the moment." He added he would like to find out why police prohibited the crowd from reaching Westlake Park.</p> <p>Many marchers said they were there to simply take a stand, especially after what happened in Charlottesville.</p> <p>"They are missing out on the love that exists here on the other side," said Rev. Priscilla Paris Austin, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in South Lake Union. "If they can push themselves through to see past their fear, they can find the love that exists here for them as well."</p> 'Patriot Prayer' demonstrators <p>The pro-Trump group "Patriot Prayer" gathered for a rally in Westlake Park that it billed as in support of freedom and free speech.</p> <p>On its Facebook page, the Patriot Prayer groups posted:</p> <p>&#8220;Seattle is running our state with a pedophile as a mayor. The West Coast has slowly been infected with communist ideologies throughout our entire culture. It is a belief that the individual is weak and that we are all victims. This is the lie of the century. No matter who you are, we are all amazing people with the ability to do anything that we put our minds to. These liberal strongholds run off of hatred and negativity. Patriot Prayer will bring in a positive message to Seattle that the people are starving for..&#8221;</p> <p>Patriot Prayer&#8217;s first speaker stated a message from the organizers; that the incident in Charlottesville was an act of terrorism and should be denounced, and that white supremacists were not welcome at their event. He called for peace and love and said anyone who attended for racist reasons should leave. He then said that Seattle and America&#8217;s values are inclusive values. His message was met by boos by some in the crowd.</p> Time-stamped updates as events happened Sunday <p>The latest on the "Freedom Rally" put on by 'The Patriot Prayer', a conservative group, and the "Solidarity Against Hate" counter-protest in Seattle. All times local.</p> <p><a type="internal">Click here to see photos of today's rally and counter-protest.</a></p> <p>[4:57]</p> <q> <p>The scheduled event at Westlake Park has concluded. Police will remain in the area for the time being.</p> &#8212; Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/896883307442388993" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q> <p>[4:45]</p> <p>Seattle Police have made an arrest at 5th and Pine.</p> <q> <p>Police have made an arrest at 5th and Pine. More details to follow.</p> &#8212; Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/896880324604383232" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q> <p>[3:54]</p> <p>An update from the Seattle Police Department:</p> <q> <p>Police continue to maintain a presence at a separate event at Westlake Park.</p> &#8212; Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/896867226917011456" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q> <p>[3:47]</p> <p>Demonstrators are marching back to Denny Park, according to the Seattle Police Department.</p> <q> <p>Demonstrators are marching back to Denny Park. Some in the crowd are throwing items at the officers who are providing traffic control.</p> &#8212; Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/896865697942323200" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q> <p>[3:03]</p> <p>The Seattle Police Department has issued a Dispersal Order at 2nd and Pine. Police also have confiscated weapons, and have made arrests. The number of arrests is unknown at this point.</p> <q> <p>Dispersal order issued at 2 &amp;amp; Pine. Please leave/avoid the area. Police confiscated these weapons &amp;amp; have made arrests. <a href="https://t.co/AzxscIg1tQ" type="external">pic.twitter.com/AzxscIg1tQ</a></p> &#8212; Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/896854487226122240" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q> <p>[2:00]</p> <p>The "Solidarity against hate group has marched from Denny Park to Westlake Park where the conservative "Freedom Rally" group is located.</p> <p>[1:00]</p> <p>One of two groups that planned to march in downtown Seattle Sunday has said the group will not march, but gather in light of the violence that erupted at a Charlottesville, Va., rally Saturday.</p> <p>The Patriot Prayer, a conservative, pro-Trump group, will gather at 2 p.m. at Westlake Park.</p> <p>Opponents, which include members of the Veterans for Peace, Socialist Party, Washington Federation of State Workers and other groups, had planned to march after the Patriot Prayer group originally announced it would march in Seattle on August 13. They will gather at Denny Park at 1 p.m.</p> <p>The Patriot Prayer group had touted the event as a &#8220;Freedom Rally&#8221;; opponents of their messaging say the group is homophobic, racist and bigoted.</p> <p>The group has been criticized for inciting violence at recent gatherings in Portland and Vancouver, B.C. <a href="http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jul/02/joey-gibson-aims-to-liberate-conservatives-via-his-patriot-prayer-group/" type="external">The Columbian newspaper recently did a profile on the group's lead, Joey Gibson</a>.</p> <p>&#169; 2018 Cox Media Group.</p>

Real Time Updates: "Freedom Rally" met by "Solidarity Against Hate" counter-protest in Seattle

http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/real-time-updates-freedom-rally-met-by-counter-protest-in-seattle/590508325

2017-08-14

<p>It seems that <a href="http://rare.us/people/the-audio-tapes-on-which-corey-feldman-named-alleged-sexual-predators-in-hollywood-have-been-found/" type="external">Corey Feldman</a> was telling the truth about those 1993 tapes on which he named names of alleged sexual predators in Hollywood.</p> <p>In October, the former child actor claimed that he once told the Santa Barbara County Sheriff&#8217;s Office about all of the alleged sexual predators in Hollywood during an interview related to the investigation of molestation <a href="http://rare.us/people/the-audio-tapes-on-which-corey-feldman-named-alleged-sexual-predators-in-hollywood-have-been-found/" type="external">accusations against Michael Jackson</a>. The Sheriff&#8217;s Office previously said it didn&#8217;t have the records Feldman had referred to.</p> <p>On Wednesday, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/12/06/corey-feldmans-1993-audio-files-naming-alleged-sexual-predators-found-by-santa-barbara-county-sheriffs-office.html" type="external">Fox News</a> reported that it received confirmation from the Santa Barbara County sheriff that they did in fact have the tapes that Feldman was referring to.</p> <p>The publication received confirmation in an emailed statement:</p> <q> <p>&#8220;Following the recent inquiries into the Sheriff&#8217;s Office interview of Mr. Feldman in 1993, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff&#8217;s Office conducted an additional review for any stored items remaining from the Michael Jackson investigation. In a container which included the original reports from the investigation, the Sheriff&#8217;s Office located some detective working copies of audio recordings made during the investigation. A copy of Mr. Feldman&#8217;s interview was located. The recording is being turned over to the Los Angeles Police Department. Due to the fact that this case involves the alleged sexual abuse of a child, we are unable to comment further and any documentation or evidence related to this case is exempt from release&#8221;</p> </q> <p><a href="http://rare.us/people/corey-feldman-vows-to-expose-every-single-name-of-his-alleged-abusers-in-hollywood/" type="external">Feldman appeared on &#8220;Today&#8221; in October</a> and told &#8212; ironically enough &#8212; Matt Lauer that he was crowd-sourcing $10 million for a documentary he claims will expose the truth about sex abuse in Hollywood.</p> <p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve told the police &#8230; They&#8217;re on record. They have all of this information. But they were scanning Michael Jackson. All they cared about was trying to find something on Michael Jackson. Michael was innocent &#8230; I told them, &#8216;He was not that guy,'&#8221; Feldman <a href="http://rare.us/people/the-audio-tapes-on-which-corey-feldman-named-alleged-sexual-predators-in-hollywood-have-been-found/" type="external">said at the time</a>.</p> <p>Trending headlines</p> <p><a href="https://kironewsapp.com/" type="external">DOWNLOAD OUR FREE NEWS APP</a></p> <p>&#169; 2018 Cox Media Group.</p>

Corey Feldman's 1993 tapes about sexual abuse have been found

http://www.kiro7.com/news/trending-now/feldmans-1993-tapes-about-sexual-abuse-have-been-found/660240643

2017-12-07

<p>Original report: Web hosting company GoDaddy is booting the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, over an inflammatory post about the woman killed in the deadly car attack on people protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/daily-stormer-being-dumped-by-godaddy-apparently-seized-by-anonymous/" type="external">According to CBS News</a>, GoDaddy announced the move after receiving complaints about an article on the site that made derogatory comments about Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer's appearance and views.</p> <p>"We informed The Daily Stormer that they have 24 hours to move the domain to another provider, as they have violated our terms of service," GoDaddy <a href="https://twitter.com/GoDaddy/status/896935462622957573" type="external">tweeted from its verified account</a>.</p> <q> <p>We informed The Daily Stormer that they have 24 hours to move the domain to another provider, as they have violated our terms of service.</p> &#8212; GoDaddy (@GoDaddy) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoDaddy/status/896935462622957573" type="external">August 14, 2017</a> </q> <p>Hours later, a post appeared on the Daily Stormer claiming that hacking group Anonymous had taken control of the site and would shut it down within 24 hours.</p> <p>"THIS SITE IS NOW UNDER THE CONTROL OF ANONYMOUS," the post read. "WE HAVE TAKEN THIS SITE IN THE NAME OF HEATHER HEYER A VICTIM OF WHITE SUPREMACIST TERRORISM."</p> <p>Anonymous tweeted that it had "no confirmation" that its hackers were involved and <a href="https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/896987338781237248" type="external">suggested that the Daily Stormer was behind the stunt</a>.</p> <q> <p>We have no confirmation that "Anonymous" is involved yet. Looks more like a DS stunt. Wonder if they are having issues finding a new host. <a href="https://t.co/ikXXRBfC5p" type="external">https://t.co/ikXXRBfC5p</a></p> &#8212; Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/896987338781237248" type="external">August 14, 2017</a> </q> <p>Anonymous <a href="https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/897016766924181504" type="external">later added</a>, "To be clear, we're saying they weren't hacked. This is DS lying in an attempt to play victim to their audience later."</p> <q> <p>To be clear, we're saying they weren't hacked. This is DS lying in an attempt to play victim to their audience later.</p> &#8212; Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/897016766924181504" type="external">August 14, 2017</a> </q> <p>&#169; 2018 Cox Media Group.</p>

Neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer booted by GoDaddy, possibly hacked

http://www.kiro7.com/news/trending-now/neonazi-website-daily-stormer-booted-by-godaddy-possibly-hacked/591083597

2017-08-14

<p>According to the mayor of the Cadiz town Rota, on Spain's southernmost coast, the authorities have found 12 of the migrants after they fled on foot and are looking for 30 others.</p> <p>It has been reported in the Spanish media that all of the asylum seekers are men and the missing <a type="internal">migrants</a> fled by running into nearby fields when they arrived.</p> Around 30 migrants are on the run <p>Wed, February 15, 2017</p> Migrants clash with each other in over crowded camps across Europe. Moroccan Police look at immigrants trying to jump the six-meter-high fence in Ceuta, Spanish enclave on the north of Africa, 09 December 2016. <p>The 12 migrants who have been found are from the sub-Sahara and Morocco and they arrived on the beach known as Juan and Juana.</p> <p>A crane has moved the dinghy from the beach where the migrants managed to paddle their craft ashore despite strong winds in the area.</p> <p>In October, dozens of migrants protested about the living conditions in a Spanish detention centre.</p> Thousands of migrants have come to Spain from Africa <p>The protesters held up banners demanding freedom and dignity.</p> <p>After thousands of migrants from Africa crossed over to Spain in 2014 and 2015, the country&#8217;s authorities stepped up security and passed a law enabling its border police to refuse migrants the opportunity to apply for asylum.</p> <p>The European Union (EU) is now desperately attempting to cut the number of African migrants making their way to Europe.</p> <p>Thousands of migrants have targeted Spain as a route into the EU and the UK.</p> <p>Migrants have particularly targeted the Spanish colonies of Ceuta and Melilla in Morocco.</p>

Police hunt for migrants on the run in Spain after dinghy found abandoned on beach

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/732305/Spanish-police-hunt-migrants-dinghy-abandoned

2016-11-14

<p>Mrs Clinton had courted the so-called <a type="internal">alien</a> disclosure community for the past year after it emerged she and campaign manger John Podesta were keen to release any top-secret files held by the US Government about the subject of aliens and UFOs.</p> <p>Their pledge was closely followed by the Paradigm Research Group, a campaign organisation set up by Steve Bassett, the only registered lobbyist on the UFO issue in the US.</p> <p>Mr Bassett has been calling for an end to an alleged "truth embargo" that he and other <a type="internal">UFO</a> enthusiasts believe was put in place by global government to hide the truth about aliens visiting earth from the public since the infamous 1947 Roswell UFO incident in New Mexico.</p> <p>But, now Mr Bassett is hoping <a type="internal">Hillary Clinton</a> and Mr Podesta can still influence incumbent President Barack Obama to disclose the files and reveal the truth before he leaves office in Janaury.</p> <a type="internal" /> <p>A statement on the PRG website says: "There are 70 days left to persuade Secretary Clinton, John Podesta and President Obama to engage the media on the extraterrestrial issue leading to a White House/Pentagon rapprochement and Disclosure under President Obama."</p> <p>In January, Mrs Clinton said she also wanted to open up on what is happening at the mysterious Area 51 military base in Nevada, where UFO conspiracists believe evidence of alien technology is hidden away.</p> <p>Clinton claimed she would &#8220;get to the bottom&#8221; once and for all of questions and controversy over what the US Government does or does not know about the mysterious subject.</p> <p>Responding to questions about UFOs from a reporter during an election interview in New Hampshire, she said: &#8220;Yes, I am going to get to the bottom of it.&#8221;</p> <p>Clinton even admitted that she realises Earth may have actually been visited by extraterrestrials.</p> <p>Clinton and husband former president Bill Clinton have allegedly tried to force disclosure of UFO files before, but even when the latter was in the White House it did not fully happen.</p> <p>Bill Clinton met billionaire Laurance Rockefeller at his ranch in Wyoming in 1995 where they held discussions on the &#8220;Rockefeller Initiative&#8221; to secure release of all previously classified UFO files.</p> <p>In 2007, Mrs Clinton acknowledged that among the top freedom of information (FOI) requests her husband received as president were requests related to UFO and alien disclosure.</p> ISS Nasa live cam cuts after 'suddenly locking on to mystery glowing UFO' <p>She added in the new interview: "I think we may have been visited already. We don&#8217;t know for sure.&#8221;</p> <p>In 2014 her Mr Podesta said his biggest regret during his time as top adviser to President Obama was not securing release of classified UFO files.</p> <p>Other alien hunters are now banking on President elect Donald Truth to unlock the files.</p> <p>UFO blogger Scott C waring said: "Will Trump reveal UFO info to the public, or will he skirt this issue?"</p>

Will truth over alien UFOs stay buried now Hillary Clinton failed to make the White House?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/731345/Aliens-UFOs-Hillary-Clinton-not-make-White-House

2016-11-11

<p>Americans now know that the eye of the powerful hurricane will either just miss Florida&#8217;s coast or perhaps hit the shore this week.</p> <p>But there are also fears that the hurricane could go out to sean and loop round return to the battered state early next week as well.</p> <a type="internal" /> <p>The National Hurricane Center&#8217;s latest forecast shows that the hurricane is likely to hit or brush Florida then to go back out to sea.</p> <p>It is not yet known when the hurricane will leave the coast at Florida or further north in Georgia or the Carolinas.</p> <p>Some models are now showing that Hurricane could go out to sea and then do a u-turn and head back to Florida for second time.</p> <p>This would be a devastating double blow for the state where thousands of Americans have been told to evacuate the coast before it is &#8220;too late&#8221;.</p> This is the latest map from the National Hurricane Centre <p>The Met Office storm tracker yesterday showed the hurricane was going to make a clear loop back in the direction of Florida</p> <p>But the latest map has been updated and shows the hurricane heading further out into the ocean towards Bermuda.</p> <p>The Met Office said: &#8220;There is high uncertainty in the movement of Matthew early next week.</p> <p>&#8220;It may stay out at sea and slowly weaken, but there is a possibility that it will make a clockwise loop and head towards Florida or the Bahamas again.&#8221;</p> This is the map from the Met Office storm tracker on Wednesday October 5 This is the updated map from the Met Office storm tracker on Thursday October 6 <p>Met Office tropical prediction scientist Julian Heming said there is a &#8220;huge amount of uncertainty&#8221; about what Matthew does next.</p> <p>He said that some of the models yesterday showed that the Matthew could drift off out to sea and then &#8220;lift off&#8221; the northeast.</p> <p>Other models showed that the hurricane could go off the coast but then loop round to the south, possibly back to the Bahamas and Florida.</p> <p>But Mr Heming said its was &#8220;far from clear&#8221; what was going to happen that far in advance because hurricanes often change course.</p> <p>Large swathes of this section of the East Coast are being evacuated and under states of emergency as the hurricane approaches.</p> <p>Tue, October 4, 2016</p> At least 108 people have been killed by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti and the Dominican Republic as the United States braces itself for the worst storm in a decade. Tropical Storm Matthew, which has since gained hurricane strength, is seen in an image captured by NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite. <p>A Hurricane Warning is in effect for North of Golden Beach to Fernandina Beach and Lake Okeechobee.</p> <p>In addition, a Hurricane Watch alert warns that hurricane conditions are possible in north of Fernandina Beach along the coast in Georgia to Edisto Beach in South Carolina.</p> <p>There is also a Tropical Storm Warning in effect for Florida Bay, Chokoloskee to Golden Beach and Florida Keys from Seven Mile Bridge eastward.</p> <p>The NHC said hurricane conditions are due to hit Florida by late today and will spread northward Thursday night and Friday.</p> <p>It said that hurricane conditions are also possible in Georgia and South Carolina by late Friday.</p>

Could Hurricane Matthew loop around and hit Florida for a SECOND time?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/718238/Hurricane-Matthew-where-go-loop-u-turn-hit-Florida-Bahamas-second-time-latest-forecasts

2016-10-06

<p>The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said the hurricane is bringing &#8220;devastating&#8221; storm surge, extreme winds and heavy rains&#8221; to extensive parts of Florida.</p> <p>&#8220;Extremely dangerous hurricane Matthew heading for Florida,&#8221; the NHC warned last night.</p> <p>&#8220;If you are one of ~1.5 million people in Florida under evacuation instructions, leave those storm surge areas and mobile homes now!&#8221;</p> <p>The latest map, from the NHC, shows that the eye of the hurricane is travelling along the coast of Florida towards Georgia and the Carolinas.</p> <p>It is not yet known if the hurricane will go back out to sea after passing Florida but before reaching the other states further north.</p> <p>The governors of Florida, Goergia the Carolinas have declared a state of emergency amid fears that the storm could wreak havoc on today.</p> The NHC said that the hurricane is due to track run parallel along the coast of Florida and Georgia all the way to South Carolina. <p>It added that just a &#8220;small deviation&#8221; off track could bring the major onshore with terrible consequences.</p> <p>A Hurricane Warning is in effect along the East Coast from Florida to South Carolina. A Hurricane Watch alert is also affecting parts of North Carolina.</p> <p>It added: &#8220;Although strong winds and heavy rain are being experienced, the eye and thus the strongest winds are currently remaining just offshore.</p> <p>&#8220;Hurricane force winds are very close to the coast of Florida and the outer eyewall of Matthew is touching Cape Canaveral. A wind gust of 107 mph was recently recorded.&#8221;</p> <p>&#8220;When a hurricane is forecast to track roughly parallel to a coastline - as Matthew is forecast to go from Florida through South Carolina - it becomes very difficult to estimate the impacts this far in advance,&#8221; the NHC added.</p> This map shows the possible path of the hurricane <p>The Met Office said: "It is likely the eye of Hurricane Matthew will pass very close to the entire eastern coastline of the US state on Friday.</p> <p>"Over the weekend it is expected that Matthew will weaken and turn north and northeast and affect the coastal areas of Georgia and the Carolinas.</p> <p>"However, this is the point at which uncertainty grows in forecasts.</p> <p>"It is looking increasingly likely that later in the weekend Matthew will turn out to sea, but the timing of this cannot be stated with certainty.</p> <p>"Thus it is unclear how far north along the US coast will see impacts from Matthew."</p> <p>Met Office tropical prediction scientist Julian Heming explained that there are differences between the models that track the &#8220;very oblique&#8221; path of the hurricane towards the US.</p> Will Hurricane Matthew hit the Carolinas? <p>A full evacuation has been announced in South Carolina after Hurricane Matthew tore its way through the Caribbean.</p> <p>A state of emergency has been declared across the whole state of South Carolina and 1.1million people are set to be evacuated across the state.</p> <p>South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley urged communities along to coast to evacuate at least 100 miles away and fill their cars full of gas before they set off on their journeys.</p> <p>A NHC spokesman said the eye of the hurricane looks "like it's going to impact the Carolinas" at the end of the week or over the weekend.</p> <p>North Carolina&#8217;s Governor Pat McCrory has declared a state of emergency in 66 counties in central and eastern North Carolina. Parts of North Carolina have been evacuated.</p> <p>Mr McCrory also called on farmers to harvest their crops as soon as possible to prevent devastating flood damage if the hurricane hits.</p> <p>&#8220;We want to have everything in place early prior to the potential of an earthquake hitting North Carolina,&#8221; he said.</p> <p>&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping this is a false alarm but we can&#8217;t gamble - we won&#8217;t gamble - with people&#8217;s lives.&#8221;</p> Met Office Will Hurricane Matthew hit Georgia? <p>Large swathes of Georgia have been evacuated and there is a state of emergency in place.</p> <p>But Georgia might be spared if the eye of the hurricane goes back out to sea before reaching the state.</p> <p>Mr Heming warned that the hurricane was approaching the US at an oblique angle which means that "small shifts can make a big difference".</p> <p>Even if the eye of the hurricane does not hit Georgia, there will be strong winds, rain, rip currents and dangerous conditions at sea.</p> <p>Matthew has been downgraded from category four to category three but it remains extremely powerful.</p> <p>Tue, October 4, 2016</p> At least 108 people have been killed by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti and the Dominican Republic as the United States braces itself for the worst storm in a decade. Tropical Storm Matthew, which has since gained hurricane strength, is seen in an image captured by NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite.

Will Hurricane Matthew hit the US? Latest forecast for Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia, more

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2016-10-07

<p>While President Donald Trump is attempting to fulfill his campaign promise to reduce illegal immigration, some young adults who were raised in America are fearing deportation.</p> <p>Among those who could be deported is Jesus Contreras, a 23-year-old paramedic who worked six-straight days last week, rescuing fellow Houston-area residents from the flooding left behind from Hurricane Harvey.</p> <p>Contreras told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/first-harvey-now-daca-peril-houston-area-dreamers-face-another-n798256" type="external">NBC News</a> last week that his family came to the United States when he was age 6. His family wanted to escape what he described as a "violent situation" in his hometown of Nuevo Laredo.</p> <p>After six exhausting days of saving lives, Contreras learned on Friday that Trump was considering ending DACA. DACA protects a group of 800,000 American residents from deportation. Those 800,000 young undocumented immigrants were those who entered the United States as a child and have been in the United States since 2007.</p> <p>Those who qualify under DACA are given two-year work permits, which allows them to stay in the United States with some legal status.</p> <p>"We just got hit by a hurricane here &#8212; and now we're getting hit by another storm, an even bigger one," Contreras told NBC News on Friday.</p> <p>The threat of getting deported made it more challenging for first responders during Harvey, Contreras told the Houston <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Fearing-deportation-immigrant-flood-victims-make-12171150.php" type="external">Chronicle</a>.</p> <p>"People were scared that boats from U.S. immigration services were out there," Contreras told the Chronicle. "People weren't sure if they were trying to round up people from the water and take them straight to the immigration center."</p> <p>On Tuesday, Trump is expected to announce that DACA will come to an end in six months. The six months give a deeply divided Republican-held Congress an opportunity to do something it has struggled to do: Immigration reform.</p> <p>While Trump was on the campaign trail, he promised to end DACA. But since being elected, Trump said that those under DACA "shouldn't worry."</p> <p>In the meantime, people like Contreras continue to go to work not knowing how many days they have left in America.</p> <p>"These are families just like anybody else," Contreras told NBC News. "We're as American as can be."</p> <p>Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.</p> <p><a href="javascript:print()" type="external">Print this article</a> <a type="internal">Back to Top</a></p>

EMT who performed rescues during Harvey among those who could be deported

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2017-09-04

<p>Actor Terry Crews has taken to social media to share his experience with sexual assault in Hollywood.</p> <p>The 49-year-old Brooklyn Nine-Nine star told his story as more allegations about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein were made public.</p> <p>Crews alleges that another 'Hollywood honcho' touched him inappropriately in 2016.</p> <p>In a Twitter thread tonight, he wrote: "This whole thing with Harvey Weinstein is giving me PTSD. Why? Because this kind of thing happened to ME. My wife [and] I were at a Hollywood function last year [and] a high level Hollywood executive came over 2 me and groped my privates.</p> <p>"Jumping back I said What are you doing?! My wife saw everything [and] we looked at him like he was crazy. He just grinned like a jerk.</p> <p>"I was going to kick his ass right then - but I thought twice about how the whole thing would appear. '240 lbs. Black man stomps out Hollywood Honcho' would be the headline the next day.</p> <p>"Only I probably wouldn't have been able to read it because I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL. So we left."</p> <p>Crews added that he told everyone he knew and worked with about what happened to him. And that the executive called him the next day to apologise, but never explained his reason for the assault.</p> <p>He said he never took it further, as we would be "ostracized, [which is] par for the course when the predator has power and influence. Who's going to believe you?"</p> <p>Credit: PA Images</p> <p>"Hollywood is not the only business where this happens, and to the casualties of this behavior- you are not alone," Crews added.</p> <p>"Hopefully, me coming forward with my story will deter a predator and encourage someone who feels hopeless."</p> <p>It comes after a number of high-profile women in Hollywood went public with claims of inappropriate behavior by film producer Weinstein, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Mira Sorvino, Asia Argento, and Rosanna Arquette.</p> <p>As we have <a href="http://www.theladbible.com/now/interesting-men-bravely-speak-out-about-their-experiences-of-being-sexually-abused-20170211?c=1507670981903" type="external">previously noted at LADbible</a>, figures released previously by the <a href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/" type="external">Ministry of Justice</a>, showed that more than one in 10 victims of rape or attempted rape in the UK are male.</p> <p>A report published in 2015, <a href="http://glaconservatives.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Silent-Suffering.pdf" type="external">titled 'Silent Suffering: Supporting The Male Survivors Of Sexual Assault'</a>, revealed that as few as 3.9% of male victims of rape and sexual assault report the crime to police.</p> <p>Featured Image Credit: PA Images</p>

Terry Crews Shares Story Of How He Was Sexually Assaulted By Hollywood Executive

http://www.ladbible.com/news/film-and-tv-news-terry-crews-shares-story-of-how-he-was-sexually-assaulted-in-hollywood-20171010

2017-10-10

<p>Do Not Resist is an order to the viewer: Watch. Videos in newsfeeds depicting the murder of black men by police open automatically without warning on our screens all the time, forcing another wave of trauma for some black folks and other people of color. This film changes the perspective, offering on-the-ground footage of protests, police-academy training and interviews with people involved in both. Why does our society so often discount the stories of black people who face danger from the police? The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has just passed a ruling declaring that it is reasonable for black men to flee police officers, so great is the risk. In this new and vital documentary, Craig Atkinson interrogates what is happening in American police departments and why cops' presence on the streets looks more and more like war.</p> <p>There's no need for commentary in the film when footage from protests in Ferguson, Missouri, immediately following Michael Brown's death at the hands of a police officer shows squads of cops in riot gear, holsters on their hips, facing down young black men wearing shirts reading "STOP KILLING US." Why do police act this way? What is the culture creating this? At local and national levels, Atkinson investigates. His visit to a police academy, where officers in training are told that the riskiness of their day jobs guarantees great sex back home, illuminates the objectification, detachment and selfish brutality of American police culture &#8212; and why it might be so seductive. Atkinson focuses on the growing resistance to it; we must, too.</p> <p>Director:Craig Atkinson Writer:Craig Atkinson</p>

Do Not Resist (NR)

http://www.laweekly.com/movies/do-not-resist-7275769

2016-09-30

<p>Souvenirs from this week's Republican National Convention in Cleveland took no prisoners. From Trump bumper stickers that call Clinton the B-word (wow) to a poster depicting Clinton in dominatrix gear (double wow) to Trump- and Clinton-themed condoms (triple wow), the swag was as surreal and distasteful as this historic election has been &#8212; and that's saying something. Photos by Steve Truesdell.</p>

Trump Condoms, Anyone? The Outrageous Swag of the Republican Convention

http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/trump-condoms-anyone-the-outrageous-swag-of-the-republican-convention-7169586

2016-07-22

<p>Las Vegas police confirmed the man they believe to be responsible for killing more than 58 people is Stephen Paddock. Here's what we know about him.</p> <p>- Stephen Paddock is a 64-year-old white male.</p> <p>- Paddock was not known to the federal authorities, but was known to local law enforcement.</p> This is the first unconfirmed picture of Stephen Paddock. <p>- He lived in Mesquite, Nevada with Marilou Danley on Babbling Brook Ct. Police are searching his house.</p> <q> <p>NBC reporting <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasVegas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#LasVegas</a> shooter as Stephen C Paddock who looks to be living at this address with Marilou Danley who Police are searching for <a href="https://t.co/Ib1FQMhDBC" type="external">pic.twitter.com/Ib1FQMhDBC</a></p>&#8212; Vincent McAviney (@Vinny_LBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/Vinny_LBC/status/914797007021146112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q> <p>- Police said that Ms Danley was seen sitting with the suspected shooter in a car before the incident and they are searching for her. She is described as an Asian female who is 4'11".</p> <p>- He was found on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Casino. Police said he had numerous weapons with him.</p> <p>- Police believe he killed himself in a hotel room before they found him.</p> <q> <p>Marilou Danley who <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasVegas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#LasVegas</a> police are searching for in connection to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mandalaybay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#mandalaybay</a> shooting has previously been to events at hotel: <a href="https://t.co/djBDEmHKU0" type="external">pic.twitter.com/djBDEmHKU0</a></p>&#8212; Vincent McAviney (@Vinny_LBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/Vinny_LBC/status/914779203106738176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q> <p>- Police believe this was a "lone wolf" attack and he was the only shooter.</p> <p>Over 58 people died and more than 500 were injured after a gunman opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival which was taking place across the road from Mandalay Bay on the famous Las Vegas Strip.</p> <p>This makes it the biggest mass shooting in US history.</p>

Stephen Paddock: What We Know About The Las Vegas Shooter

http://www.lbc.co.uk/news/stephen-paddock-what-we-know-las-vegas-shooter/

2017-11-15

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<p>In his election campaign, Mr Trump was clear about his desire to build a "great great" wall along the border of the US and Mexico which he believes will bring an end to illegal immigration from South and Central America.</p> <p><a type="internal">LBC</a> presenter Ian Collins received a call from Mexican Josephine, who explained why she could not wait for work to begin on the wall.</p> <p>Josephine believes people from her native country are victimised because the Mexican government does not do enough for their people and have no authority when it comes to handling crime, especially in relation to drugs.</p> <p>She said: &#8220;We get the blame for all these criminals.</p> A Mexican caller is excited for Donald Trump to build a wall along the American and Mexican border <a type="internal" /> <p>&#8220;The Mexican government has turned a blind eye and the war has been lost with the drugs.</p> <p>&#8220;Many areas of Mexico have become worse than Chicago.</p> <p>&#8220;People are shooting themselves... they look after their family and they have machine guns and they drive around in trucks.&#8221;</p> <p>Collins then asked: &#8220;So you&#8217;re saying <a type="internal">Donald Trump</a> wasn&#8217;t being a racist then? I don&#8217;t want to put words in your mouth I just want to be clear.&#8221;</p> <p>Tue, December 13, 2016</p> Donald John Trump is an American businessman and politician who is President-elect of the United States as well as chairman and president of The Trump Organization <p>&#8220;No, no, no,&#8221; Josephine replied.</p> <p>Since becoming President-elect has reiterated his intention to crack down on immigration.</p> <p>Speaking to CBS in his first major interview since being elected Mr Trump said: &#8220;What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, where a lot of these people, probably two million &#8211; it could be even three million &#8211; we are getting them out of the country or we are going to incarcerate.&#8221;</p> <p>Collins, attempting to understand why the Mexican woman was so pleased about Mr Trump&#8217;s election success, said: &#8220;Was he saying something that lots of people think but are too scared to say?&#8221;</p> <p>Josephine said: &#8220;Yes, and another thing is that I love the people that are here that I know, I know many people that are Asians, that are Arabs, good speaking English people, but there are very few.</p> <p>&#8220;The most people in the area don&#8217;t want to mix, and they are very hostile.</p> <p>&#8220;Everything has been twisted. I have scrutinised everything in this campaign and newspapers said today he is getting rid of three million migrants.</p> <p>&#8220;But they missed a word. Trump said &#8216;illegal criminals&#8217;.&#8221;</p>

Delighted' MEXICAN woman can't wait for Donald Trump's 'great wall' to be built

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/732432/Mexico-America-USA-Donald-Trump-woman-delighted-wall-being-built

2016-11-15

<p>Donald Trump rose to power by telling disaffected white people that the past represents the right and natural order.</p> <p>Joe Raedle/Getty</p> <p>The rise of President-elect Donald J. Trump is a triumph for white supremacy and misogyny that too many of us believed was impossible in the United States in 2016. Trump&#8217;s promise to &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; is a call to return us to a past in which white men of all classes could expect the government to protect their economic and social dominance relative to racial minorities and women.</p> <p>It&#8217;s a harkening back to the &#8220;greatness&#8221; of a time when programs like the New Deal and the G.I. Bill created a path to a middle-class life through government benefits that were <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/" type="external">systematically denied to black people</a>. When you didn&#8217;t have to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-governments-racial-bias-case-against-donald-trumps-company-and-how-he-fought-it/2016/01/23/fb90163e-bfbe-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html" type="external">let black people live in your white apartment buildings</a>. When it was difficult <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march" type="external">or dangerous</a> for a person of color to participate in the political process by voting. When <a type="internal">only white men were judges</a>. When black men accused of sexual assault <a type="internal">were presumed guilty and faced execution</a>, but powerful white men were free to <a type="internal">treat women&#8217;s bodies as their property</a> without facing legal consequences or even outrage. When men were men, and women knew their value depended on their <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/09/29/how_donald_trump_measures_a_woman_s_worth.html" type="external">attractiveness</a> and <a href="http://fortune.com/2016/04/24/trump-act-like-wife/" type="external">subservience</a> to those men. When a high school diploma entitled a white man to a good job without competition from people of color, women or <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/manufacturing-jobs-are-never-coming-back/" type="external">robots</a>.</p> <p>Trump rose to power by telling disaffected white people that the past represents the right and natural order, and he can bring it back. He made no secret of who he would take our country back from: minorities, women, immigrants, Muslims, Jews. And despite his open disdain for the rule of law, he often justified his mission by invoking the language the reactionary right has long used to describe their quest to turn back time: &#8220;restoring the Constitution.&#8221;</p> <p>It is imperative that we stop letting the right own the Constitution. Given that we&#8217;re about to have a president with dictatorial aspirations, and both houses of Congress controlled by the Republican Party <a type="internal">from which he sprang</a>, the public needs more than ever to understand and demand our constitutional protections. We must be a meaningful check on how much damage these people can do.</p> <p>But for that to happen, liberals are going to have to stop letting the right&#8217;s claims to constitutional authority for their preferred social order go unanswered. Too often, liberals and progressives treat the Constitution as an obsolete document written by white men who enslaved black people and treated women as property that has little relevance to our modern battles. In doing so, we&#8217;ve ceded the ground to white men longing for the good ol&#8217; days.</p> <a type="internal" /> Michael Cohen, Lanny Davis and the Russian Mafia <p>Yes, the Constitution was written by white guys who got a lot very wrong, and it would indeed be a bankrupt document if it were frozen in time. But while the Founders lacked the empathy or courage to recognize that &#8220;We the People&#8221; includes people of all colors, religions and genders, they enshrined revolutionary principles of what liberty entails and left room for us to interpret and amend the document to be more in keeping with those principles.</p> <p>Liberals must articulate a vision of the Constitution, because what Americans understand the Constitution to say <a href="http://msmagazine.com/blog/2016/03/02/abortion-is-a-constitutional-right-we-need-to-stop-talking-like-it-isnt/" type="external">acts as a constraint</a> on what politicians and courts can do. Historically, we&#8217;ve made major strides by getting our fellow citizens to accept evolved interpretations of the Constitution&#8217;s text &#8211; for example, by arguing that segregation violates the right to equal protection of the law, and that forcing a person to carry a pregnancy to term against her will violates her 14th Amendment right to liberty.</p> <p>The shocking election of <a type="internal">Donald Trump</a> tells us we haven&#8217;t made nearly as much progress as we thought toward convincing our fellow citizens that all people are created equal and protected by the Constitution. It&#8217;s a moment to remember that in the not-so-distant past a suffragette demanding the full rights of citizenship could be <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/07/17/sylvia_pankhurst_the_suffragette_s_first_person_account_of_force_feeding.html" type="external">imprisoned and force-fed</a>, and even more recently black people doing the same were <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/peopleevents/e_lynch.html" type="external">beaten and lynched</a>. In hindsight, it was somewhat naive to think the country had changed so much and so quickly that it would resoundingly reject Trump&#8217;s misogyny, racism and xenophobia.</p> <p>Right now, in the days and weeks and months after Trump&#8217;s upset victory, we must articulate a vision of the Constitution to combat the idea that our changed country is a deviation from it. It is deeply unsettling to a large segment of Americans that they can suffer in economic malaise while a black man occupies the highest office, as the country becomes less white and Christian, and as women assume new roles. We need to be clear that there is no going back to when things were &#8220;great&#8221; just for white men &#8211; the changes we&#8217;ve seen are the inevitable result of moving closer to the equality the Constitution requires.</p> <p>We&#8217;re here, we&#8217;re queer, we&#8217;re female, we&#8217;re black, we&#8217;re brown, we&#8217;re Jewish and we&#8217;re Muslim. As dire as things feel today, Trump, his supporters and the Republicans who bred them will eventually have to get used to it. We must explain to change-resistant white people that an altered country is the inevitable result of adhering to the founding document they claim to revere.</p> <p>But the more concrete and immediate reason we have to start talking about the Constitution is that many of the things Trump wants to do are not only terrible policy, but flagrantly unconstitutional. We just elected a man who has proposed torturing people, making religious discrimination official policy, banning abortion and &#8220;loosening up&#8221; the First Amendment, along with a Congress full of Republicans who have proven incapable of standing up to him. We cannot let shock and fear and defeatism paralyze us. When Trump proposes something that is off-the-table constitutionally, We the People must tell him early and often and loudly that we&#8217;re not going to take it.</p> <p>Donald Trump becomes president-elect of the United States. Watch here.</p>

Let's Talk About the Constitution – After Trump's Win, We're Going to Need It

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/lets-talk-about-the-constitution-under-trump-we-need-it-w449527

2016-11-09

<p><a type="internal">Jimmy Kimmel</a> addressed crestfallen Clinton supporters on Wednesday night in the hopes of helping them cope with Trump&#8217;s election victory. &#8220;A lot of voters woke up this morning happy that <a type="internal">Donald Trump</a> had won the election, but the other half of them, especially here in California, were very upset,&#8221; Kimmel noted. &#8220;People were shocked, despondent, some were even crying.&#8221; As a result, the late-night host decided to walk his viewers through the five stages of grief.</p> <p>The first stage in the process is denial, which Kimmel summarized as &#8220;no, the host of Celebrity Apprentice can&#8217;t possibly be our president, CNN must have the math wrong.&#8221; After that comes the anger stage: &#8220;Who do I blame for this?&#8221; Kimmel wondered. &#8220;Bernie? The FBI? Gary Johnson? Jill Stein?&#8221; &#8220;How is it possible that half the country is too busy to even vote?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They all managed to play Pok&#233;mon Go.&#8221;</p> <p>After getting that out of his system, Kimmel moved on to the third stage: bargaining. &#8220;Maybe this needed to happen to wake up everyone up,&#8221; he reasoned. &#8220;Maybe this is a good thing. Maybe he&#8217;ll only build the wall waist high, to keep short people out.&#8221; This rationalization period was quickly followed by depression, &#8220;where you get a spoon and you just eat peanut butter out of the jar.&#8221;</p> <p>Finally, many jars of peanut butter later, Kimmel suggested that tearful voters will eventually reach acceptance &#8211; possibly with the aid of some narcotics. &#8220;No matter how you feel about it, Donald Trump is the president of the United States of America,&#8221; Kimmel said. &#8220;So thank god we legalized marijuana yesterday.&#8221;</p> <p>California passed Proposition 64, a law legalizing recreational marijuana. Watch here.</p>

Watch Jimmy Kimmel Help Voters Process Donald Trump's Victory

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/watch-jimmy-kimmel-help-voters-process-donald-trumps-victory-w449656

2016-11-10

<p>Let&#8217;s face facts: Our president holds racist views.</p> <p>Opinion</p> <p>Donald Trump&#8217;s words hit the headlines again with reports, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html?utm_term=.4d101b61d534" type="external">first in The Washington Post</a>, that he railed Thursday against immigrants from &#8220;shithole&#8221; countries, such as Haiti, El Salvador and in Africa, and called for taking more people from Norway, which is nearly 90 percent white.</p> <p>But those who have been paying attention already suspected the darkness in Trump&#8217;s heart.</p> Today's top news by email <p>The local news you need to start your day</p> <p>Recaptcha requires verification.</p> <p>protected by reCAPTCHA</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/" type="external">Privacy</a> - <a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/" type="external">Terms</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/" type="external">Privacy</a> - <a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/" type="external">Terms</a></p> <p>It should have been obvious from the despicable things he said <a type="internal">about Mexican immigrants</a>.</p> <p>It should have been clear from his <a type="internal">anti-Muslim rants</a>.</p> <p>It seeped through in his reaction to the deadly march in Charlottesville, Va., <a type="internal">putting white supremacists on the same level as civil rights demonstrators</a>.</p> <p>And now it&#8217;s emerging again in the debate over <a type="internal">Dreamers</a> and <a type="internal">Salvadorans who have been protected from deportation</a>. Trump says he wants an $18 billion wall on the border with Mexico, and an end to the visa lottery and &#8220;chain migration.&#8221;</p> <p><a type="internal">His entire immigration policy seems to have the goal</a>of reducing immigration from non-white countries and somehow boosting immigration from Europe. Trump says he wants to put America First in all matters. But this isn&#8217;t the America that many of us cherish &#8211; the nation of immigrants, of the Statue of Liberty.</p> <p>Advocacy groups for immigrants condemned what Trump reportedly said, and <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/house/368806-house-democrats-plan-measure-to-censure-trump-over-shithole-countries-remarks" type="external">Democrats plan to introduce a censure resolution</a>next week. Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, tweeted that the president&#8217;s comments &#8220;are further proof that his Make America Great Again agenda is really a Make America White Again agenda.&#8221;</p> <p>The <a type="internal">White House issued a statement</a>that didn&#8217;t deny his slur, but defended his stand on immigration. Early Friday, Trump, who never apologizes for anything, <a type="internal">offered a denial in a series of tweets</a>, though it&#8217;s difficult to take him at his word given his track record of lies.</p> <p>&#8220;The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used,&#8221; the president tweeted. &#8220;What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made &#8211; a big setback for DACA!&#8221;</p> <p>Later Friday, Trump signed the proclamation for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Reading prepared remarks, he called the civil rights icon a &#8220;great American hero&#8221; who preached racial equality. He refused to answer questions about the uproar, including whether he was racist. To say the scene was jarring doesn&#8217;t begin to capture how bizarre it was.</p> <p>This is beyond the <a type="internal">daily drama and craziness coming out of this White House</a>, and is already hurting the nation&#8217;s standing around the globe. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said Trump&#8217;s &#8220;vile comments&#8221; only &#8220;make the jobs of Americans stationed all over the world harder &#8211; soldiers, diplomats and businesses.&#8221;</p> <p>&#8220;We all need to stop pretending that there are no consequences when the most powerful person in the world espouses racist views and gives a wink and a nod to the darkest elements in our society,&#8221; Feinstein said in perhaps her toughest statement yet on Trump. &#8220;If the president can&#8217;t control himself and lead this country with the authority, dignity and leadership it requires, then he shouldn&#8217;t be the president. There&#8217;s no room for racism in the Oval Office.&#8221;</p> Related stories from Sacramento Bee <p><a type="internal" /></p> <a type="internal" /> <a type="internal" /> <p /> <a type="internal">Trump denies 'shithole' comment but Illinois senator confirms the remarks</a> <p><a type="internal" /></p> <a type="internal" /> <a type="internal" /> <p /> <a type="internal">Trump denies &#8216;shithole countries&#8217; comment and says Haiti slurs were &#8216;made up by Dems&#8217;</a> <p><a type="internal" /></p> <a type="internal" /> <a type="internal" /> <p /> <a type="internal">Trump asks why US should accept immigrants from &#8216;s---hole countries&#8217;, sources say</a> <p>Yet the sad truth is that all of this may actually solidify Trump&#8217;s support among some in his base &#8211; the one-third of Americans who apparently will stand by him no matter what he does or says, no matter how outrageous or unfair or damaging.</p> <p>For me, however, the conclusion is inescapable. He&#8217;s a stain on the presidency. <a type="internal">He&#8217;s a demagogue</a>. And he very well could be a full-on racist.</p> <p>It&#8217;s terrible. But it would be even worse if we ignore it.</p> <p><a type="internal">Sign up</a></p> <a type="internal">Get on The Take. Read the influential voices on California and national politics and issues. Sign up here.</a> <p /> <p>Foon Rhee: <a href="" type="external">916-321-1913</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/foonrhee" type="external">@foonrhee</a></p>

President Trump shows his true colors | The Sacramento Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/foon-rhee/article194275789.html

2018-01-12

<p>Despite the fact that the Las Vegas shooter would have passed any an all background checks, some on the left still think background checks will somehow solve all of our ills in this country. They&#8217;re absolutely convinced that universal background checks will miraculously keep guns out of the hands of not just criminals, but also the man who may someday open fire on an unsuspecting crowd enjoying some music.</p> <p>However, what they think will happen and what actually occurs <a href="http://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/353893-background-checks-do-not-diminish-crime-rates-but-can-increase-them" type="external">tends to be rather dissimilar</a>.</p> <q> <p>But such expanded background checks wouldn&#8217;t have stopped any of these attacks. Since 2000, all of our mass shooters obtained their weapons without using private transfers. Attacks such as the San Bernardino massacre in California and the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon occurred in states that already have universal background checks. Indeed, mass public shootings have recently occurred in France, Belgium, Norway, Germany and other European countries where these background checks also exist.</p> <p>This hole in their argument is so glaring that even some of the media have noticed it. Last year, ABC News&#8217;s Jon Karl <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=58143&amp;utm_source=cliplist20160620&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=cliplist&amp;utm_content=story58143" type="external">asked</a> Sen. <a href="http://thehill.com/people/christopher-murphy" type="external">Chris Murphy</a> (D-Conn.), &#8220;Why are we focusing on things that have nothing to do with the massacres that we are responding to?&#8221; Murphy responded, &#8220;We can&#8217;t get into the trap in which we are forced to defend our proposals simply because it didn&#8217;t stop the last tragedy.&#8221; But obviously Karl&#8217;s question wasn&#8217;t just limited to the most recent attack.</p> <p>Research looking at U.S. data has consistently found no evidence that any type of background checks reduce rates of violent crime. Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s groups are the source of contrary claims, but they fail to analyze the national data in an academic manner. They compare states with background checks next to those without them. They do not compare states before and after background checks are imposed.</p> </q> <p>The fact is that criminals have a pipeline for inexpensive black market guns that require no background checks either, as was <a type="internal">illustrated by CBS in their report on Chicago gun crime</a>. They&#8217;re not looking for private sellers who want the best dollar they can get from a prospective buyer. They want a gun, they want it cheap, and they want it now.</p> <p>Let&#8217;s also face the fact that criminals are, by definition, lawbreakers. They&#8217;re not concerned with whatever laws you pass because they&#8217;re already breaking so many, they figure, &#8220;What&#8217;s one more?&#8221;</p> <p>Despite claims by the leftists on social media, no one supports another massacre. No one at all.</p> <p>However, it doesn&#8217;t make any sense to make proposals that do nothing except inconvenience and burden law-abiding gun buyers who want to follow the law. While I may disagree with Sen. Feinstein&#8217;s bump-fire stock ban proposal, at least that makes some sense in light of what we know from Las Vegas. Universal background checks? Nope. No sense at all.</p> <p>Of course, why should anyone be surprised? These are the same people who still think banning guns will somehow ban violence in general while doing nothing about the underlying causes.</p> <p>Right now, things are no different except they&#8217;re also trying to ban things that have no bearing on what happened, just because they figure the public will back it at the moment.</p> <p>And I&#8217;ve had people wonder why I call these people ghouls.</p>

What Do Background Checks Do To Crime Rates? Not What Some Think

https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2017/10/05/background-checks-crime-rates-not-think/

2017-10-05

<p>When the discussion of gun control rears its ugly head, some well-meaning proponent of &#8220;common sense gun measures&#8221; invariably tells us that no one wants to take our guns. They swear that they only want the &#8220;bad&#8221; guns. Maybe they&#8217;ll say, &#8220;No one needs an assault rifle&#8221; but if you mention bans on bolt action guns or handguns, they start backing up with their hands in supplication. &#8220;No, no, no, no. No one wants to do anything about those,&#8221; he&#8217;ll say.</p> <p>That means he&#8217;s <a href="https://crooked.com/article/bring-gun-fight/" type="external">either wrong or lying</a>.</p> <q> <p>Democratic politicians have been brainwashed by political hacks like me to begin all of their statements about guns by declaring support for the Second Amendment and a deep affinity for the cultures of hunters and sportsmen&#8212;even if they themselves have never fired weapons. We call them &#8220;gun safety&#8221; proposals instead of &#8220;gun control&#8221; measures because pollsters and consultants divined that &#8220;gun safety&#8221; would be less alarming to gun voters, and that gun voters were to be coddled at all cost.</p> <p>The Democratic gun control strategy fails because it is defined by this poverty of ambition&#8212;the determination never to look beyond fear of political repercussions. Universal background checks and a ban on high-capacity magazines are good ideas and we should seize the opportunity to enact them if it presents itself. But they won&#8217;t come anywhere close to making gun violence in America a tolerable problem. We are nibbling around the edges instead of proposing bold, meaningful solutions such as:</p> A national gun registry, so law-enforcement officials can know when someone is compiling an arsenal. The government can track purchases of allergy medicines that can be used to make methamphetamine, and fertilizers that can be used to make bombs, like the one used in Oklahoma City in 1994, but not deadly assault weapons. That&#8217;s absurd. Tracking and limiting purchases of ammunition. Requiring that guns use smart-gun technology, which would dramatically reduce accidental deaths, particularly among children, who, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/child-dies-every-day-gun-accidents-u-s/" type="external">according to a 2016 study</a>, are dying accidental deaths at the hands of guns at the rate of one every other day. A national gun buyback program similar to the one Australia instituted after a mass shooting that killed 35 people. That incident was in 1996. There hasn&#8217;t been another one since, <p>These proposals are essentially omitted from the national conversation largely because Democrats are scared that the NRA will spin them disingenuously to inflame gun owners. Again, Democrats presume their hand is the weaker of the two. Last week, Republicans rejoiced, and some Democrats winced privately, when Nancy Pelosi <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?435202-1/house-minority-leader-pelosi-briefs-reporters" type="external">said</a> she hoped regulation of bump stocks&#8212;the device the Las Vegas shooter used to make his weapon more deadly&#8212;would be a &#8220;slippery slope&#8221; to further regulation. Democrats were concerned that Pelosi had handed the NRA a political cudgel the group would brandish against every one of them. But Pelosi was right, and I would like to see more Democrats find her courage, because the alternative is to surrender our ideals, and the moral high ground, for no discernible upside.</p> </q> <p>Written by former Obama staffer Dan Pfeiffer who seems absolutely in love with gun control. After all, he calls for a national gun buyback program similar to Australia&#8217;s but fails to inform his readers that the buyback was simply a more palatable gun confiscation program masquerading as choice.</p> <p>Then again, this is the guy who says this, followed by claiming, &#8220;Republicans currently control every branch of government and the NRA is still <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/nra-ad-the-violence-of-lies/2017/06/30/295dde84-5d93-11e7-aa69-3964a7d55207_video.html?utm_term=.4ee3dfeae927" type="external">producing agitprop</a> aimed at convincing gun owners that liberal Democrats and radical leftists are going to come after their guns.&#8221; He says this without a hint of irony at the fact that he is telling Democrats to come after our guns.</p> <p>The entire post is nothing more than a paper dedicated to trying to convince Democrats that the answer to guns is to move even more to the left on guns, to stop pretending that they don&#8217;t want all the guns, yet he has the nerve to blame the NRA for producing videos? It should be noted that the video he chose is the one where Dana Loesch calls out the leftist media for lying. It actually doesn&#8217;t say a thing about how Democrats want all the guns.</p> <p>Not that it matters to someone like Pfeiffer.</p> <p>All that matters is that Democrats aren&#8217;t being honest about coming after all of our guns. He&#8217;s annoyed they won&#8217;t be honest, but I&#8217;m going to let Dan know something. We already know they want them all, and that&#8217;s why no one is backing down. Especially since none of his proposals would have stopped Las Vegas.</p>

Anti-Gun Crusader Admits What We Already Knew

https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2017/10/12/anti-gun-crusader-admits-already-knew/

2017-10-12

<p>The German public have, as predicted, kept ahold of nurse. But it is the breakthrough of the AfD into the German Parliament that is causing headlines around the world. Of course the four-year old party&#8217;s electoral success is also unsurprising. In elections last September the AfD were elected to representative roles in most of the country&#8217;s regional assemblies and beat Merkel&#8217;s party into third place in her own constituency.</p> <p>Nevertheless, yesterday&#8217;s electoral breakthrough is stunning and the success of this four-year-old party is among other things now causing a predictable rash of 1930s analogies. In a media landscape where very few papers can afford any foreign coverage at all, and a social media landscape which blows around slightly sourced stories with a further splash of personal self-aggrandisement, understanding a phenomenon like the AfD is harder than it should be.</p> <p>Many Europeans find themselves caught. Firstly by the fact that the mainstream political class has done something mad in recent years. As I recently <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strange-Death-Europe-Immigration-Identity/dp/1472942248/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506348394&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=douglas+murray%27s+the+strange+death+of+europe" type="external">explained</a> at book-length, it is inevitable that things will get complicated when the people in charge of Europe make decisions as appalling as those Angela Merkel made in 2015. What she occasioned in unilaterally opening the continent&#8217;s doors to the world may have been humanitarian and may have had some good intentions. But it was also reckless, short-sighted and will cause severe issues for German society for generations to come. Most of that impact &#8211; including the daily reports of crime and sexual assault &#8211; never make it further than the German-language press, and often not even there.</p> <p>What are the public to do when their leaders and media behave like this? One idea is that the public shouldn&#8217;t have any choice and should be forced to keep voting for the same old parties anyway. This obviously suits the incumbents, and is best achieved by depicting any and all parties concerned about immigration &#8211; including the mass immigration which people across the political spectrum now say they acknowledge to have been an unrepeatable disaster &#8211; as Nazis, fascists and racists. The incumbent politicians and parties acknowledge they have made mistakes, promise not to repeat those mistakes but insist that anyone wishing to make them pay any political price must recognise that they are voting for a Fourth Reich. It&#8217;s a clever, cynical ploy, employed by politicians and much of the media across Germany even more than the UK.</p> <p>Their problem is that at some point the public recognise the ploy. And in particular a moment arrives when the spell-words used by the political mainstream begin to fail. Already terms like &#8216;racist&#8217;, &#8216;Nazi&#8217;, &#8216;far-right&#8217; have been worn down almost everywhere in Europe. The few people who <a type="internal">continue to claim</a> that the public&#8217;s concerns are all racist are themselves the ones who now look ridiculous. All they do is ensure that the public care less and less about the words they are called. This has a follow-on problem which is especially worth pondering in Germany.</p> <p>For if the media and political class call everybody a racist and a Nazi for years, and the public can see that these people often called racists and Nazis (Ukip in Britain, for instance) are &#8211; whatever else you might think of them &#8211; clearly not Nazis or racists, then you set up another problem down the road. Anyone who has heard a hundred different people being called Nazis who they knew not to be Nazis is unlikely to have their anti-Nazi antennae intact when the accusation is made for the hundred and first time. This is among the problems that Merkel and co have now set up. The AfD&#8217;s platform and pronouncements require close and unbiased attention. This should include having their words and actions reported accurately.</p> <p>To her credit, Merkel &#8211; the great absorber of political difference &#8211; has said that she will work to bring back the people who voted AfD this weekend. This suggests that she might &#8211; just might &#8211; take what is essentially the second broad option for Europe&#8217;s political mainstream. That is to stop pretending that anything from a quarter to three-quarters of the general public across Europe are Nazi, fascist, racists who need to be reprogrammed, fought, denounced or ignored. Instead it is to recognise that the concerns of the public are concerns that should be addressed and remedied by the political mainstream. Which isn&#8217;t, surely, such a radical idea.</p> <p>We&#8217;ll see which path Germany now goes down. More than Germany&#8217;s politics will depend on it.</p>

A beginner’s guide to the AfD

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/09/a-beginners-guide-to-the-afd/

2017-09-25

<p>Donald Trump fully embraced his inner neocon before the United Nations today. He lashed out at North Korea, indicating that he was ready to &#8216;totally destroy&#8217; it. He upbraided Iran as a corrupt and malignant regime that had taken America and its allies to the cleaners with the nuclear deal&#8212;&#8217;One of the worst and most one-sided transactions.&#8217; And for good measure, he scoffed at various socialist regimes around the globe. The only term missing in his dyspeptic assessment of the carnage around the world was &#8216;axis of evil,&#8217; the phrase that George W. Bush made famous when he decried Iran, North Korea and Iraq after the 9/11 attacks.</p> <p>The language he deployed was seldom less than apocalyptic. Like Bush, he embraced the tone of moral superiority: &#8216;If the righteous many do not confront the wicked few, then evil will triumph.&#8217; When it was not chiliastic, Trump indulged in snark, referring to &#8216;Rocket Man&#8217; as being on a &#8216;suicide mission.&#8217;</p> <p>There can be no doubting that the regimes Trump referred to are as nasty as they come. But enmeshing America in an Asian land war would surpass any of the follies that it has experienced in the Middle East. Russia and China can only hope that Washington becomes stuck in another unwinnable war. What served America well during the cold war wasn&#8217;t overt confrontation such as in Vietnam, but the strategy of containment.</p> <p>Certainly Trump&#8217;s speech fitted with the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09/18/trump-says-he-wants-a-massive-military-parade-down-pennsylvania-avenue-on-july-4/?hpid=hp_local-news_trumpfourth-reg-" type="external">desire</a> he is now expressing to stage a massive military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue on 4 July to match, or even surpass, the festivities surrounding the Bastille Day parade that left him agog this past July in Paris, where he was the guest of Emmanuel Macron. One problem is that the avenue isn&#8217;t actually strong enough to withstand the weight of tanks rolling over it. Never mind. For Trump, these are mere details. He has apparently become enamoured by a vision of a militarised America that can set wrong aright abroad, whenever and wherever it pleases. His bellicosity is discordant, however, with the more isolationist America First doctrines that he brayed about during the presidential campaign. America First has been converted into a bellicose unilateralism. If anything, it sounds like neocon 2.0.</p> <p>It was notable that during his speech at the UN, Trump veered from claiming, on the one hand, that it was imperative to respect the national sovereignty of individual nations to alleging, on the other, that there is no burking the necessity of taking out regimes that he, and he alone, deems inimical to American interests and values. What about the country that meddled with the 2016 American elections, thereby violating the precious sovereignty Trump dwelled upon? There was nary a word about Russia.</p> <p>The most that can be hoped for with Trump&#8217;s speech is that it was simply more rodomontade. The danger, as so often with the old boy, isn&#8217;t if he&#8217;s insincere. It&#8217;s if he really means what he said.</p>

Donald Trump discovers his inner neocon

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/09/donald-trump-finally-embraces-his-inner-neocon/

2017-09-19

<p>Remember when we told you how an <a type="internal">injured officer sued the Black Lives Matter movement</a> and DeRay McKesson after getting shot by Gavin Long in the infamous July 17, 2016 attack in Dallas?</p> <p>The cop, who only goes by John Doe Smith, was shot in the head and through the intestine during the attack that claimed two police lives and wounded several others. He blamed Black Lives Matter for their presence on the scene &#8220;inciting violence&#8221; to cause Gavin to snipe the cops, and sought damages to the tune of $75,000 for his surgery bills.</p> <p>The thing is&#8230; <a type="internal">Black Lives Matter is a movement</a>, not a specified group of people or a business. So there&#8217;s really no one in particular to sue.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2017/09/28/black-lives-matter-off-hook-cop-lawsuit-injury/" type="external">TMZ</a>, the judge ultimately dismissed the case due to the fact that BLM is a social movement, and McKesson as an individual was only using his first amendment right by appearing at the protest &#8212; not inciting anyone to commit any acts of violence.</p> <p>It&#8217;s truly unfortunate what happened to his officer, but you can&#8217;t blame the peaceful protestors on the scene exercising their rights for the reckless actions of one disturbed individual.</p> <p>WENN/Getty</p>

Judge Tosses Out Injured Cop’s Case Against DeRay McKesson And Black Lives Matter

https://bossip.com/1589320/judge-tosses-out-injured-cops-case-against-deray-mckesson-and-black-lives-matter/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bossiprss+%28Bossip.com%29

2017-09-29

<a type="internal" /> <p>Image via Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images</p> FBI Labels &#8220;Black Identity Extremists&#8221; As Threat To Police <p>This is how it starts. Everyone needs to pay attention because one day we might look back at this moment as a pivotal moment when the federal government reinvigorated a campaign against <a type="internal">Black protesters</a> and <a type="internal">activists</a>.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/06/the-fbi-has-identified-a-new-domestic-terrorist-threat-and-its-black-identity-extremists/" type="external">ForeignPolicy</a>, the FBI&#8217;s counterterrorism unit is warning that &#8220;black identity extremists&#8221; are a major threat to law enforcement officers. They even have a cute acronym for &#8220;these types&#8221; of people, BIE.</p> <p>Peep the langage used here:</p> <q> <p>&#8220;The FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist (BIE) perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence,&#8221;</p> </q> <p>&#8220;Perceptions&#8221;. PERCEPTIONS. &#8220;Perceptions of police brutality against African Americans&#8221;&#8230;ain&#8217;t no &#8220;perceptions&#8221;, b!tc#! We KNOW the police whoop our azzes just for living.</p> <p>Our collective response to the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson is the catalyst for the Black boogie men who are taking aim at cops if you let them tell it:</p> <q> <p>&#8220;The FBI assesses it is very likely incidents of alleged police abuse against African Americans since then have continued to feed the resurgence in ideologically motivated, violent criminal activity within the BIE movement,&#8221;</p> </q> <p>Again, &#8220;alleged&#8221;. Pay. Attention. The feds are labeling Black folks who are angry at systemic racism as domestic terrorists. Something that the President didn&#8217;t do when addressing the tiki-torchers in Charlottesville.</p> <p>You know what America does when they perceive a group of people to be terrorists&#8230;at least when they&#8217;re Black or brown.</p> <p>Guess they don&#8217;t see neo-Nazis and alt-right azzholes in that same light. Imagine that.</p>

Pay Attention! FBI Says “Black Identity Extremists” Pose Growing Threat To Cops

https://bossip.com/1591159/pay-attention-fbi-says-black-identity-extremists-pose-growing-threat-to-cops-43081/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bossiprss+%28Bossip.com%29

2017-10-07

<p>Poland&#8217;s President Andrzej Duda says CNN is lying.</p> <p>He&#8217;s joining President Trump in his fight against FAKE NEWS!</p> <p>Contrary to what CNN has been pushing all day, he and his wife did shake hands with President Trump and the First Lady.</p> <p>The anti-Trump media has been pushing a fake news story along with edited video all day.</p> <p>The claim was that the first lady of Poland snubbed President Trump when he tried to shake her hand. The truth has been uncovered in the unedited footage.</p> <p>PLEASE SHARE THIS TO EXPOSE CNN ONCE AGAIN!</p> <p>Watch:</p> <q> <p>The Polish First Lady was looking at Melania &amp;amp; didn't see Trump's hand. Liberals are cutting the clip &amp;amp; saying "she denied his handshake"&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/NhK03ejcnB" type="external">pic.twitter.com/NhK03ejcnB</a></p> </q>

Breaking! Poland’s President just went after CNN. They are Done!

https://conservativepost.com/breaking-polands-president-just-went-after-cnn-they-are-done/

2017-07-06

<a type="internal" /> <p>In the space of a day, R. Kelly&#8216;s name has catapulted back into the headlines after a <a type="internal">shocking expos&#233;</a> alleged that he is leading a secret &#8220;sex cult&#8221; and is holding women against their will.</p> <p>Since the story hit the wire, the singer has, via his publicist, <a type="internal">denied the claims</a> and alluded to taking legal action.</p> <p>However, it&#8217;s quickly becoming clear that the drama isn&#8217;t going anywhere.</p> <p>The family of alleged hostage Jocelyn Savage held a press conference claiming that Kelly has brainwashed the 21 year old. So much so that she effectively has Stockholm Syndrome:</p> <p>In a twist, Jocelyn sat down with TMZ to refute the claims of her family, insisting that she has been receiving their messages but has willingly cut off communication with them. She wouldn&#8217;t, however, reveal what her current living arrangement is nor which city she resides in:</p> <p>Sigh.</p> <p>Keep it locked on That Grape Juice for the latest.</p> Your thoughts?

R. Kelly Scandal: Alleged “Hostage” Speaks After Family Hold Press Conference

http://thatgrapejuice.net/2017/07/kelly-scandal-alleged-hostage-speaks-family-hold-press-conference/

2017-07-18

<p>Are you tired of Liberals and lawmakers trying to undermine our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms? Then do something about it!</p> <p>We must get ahead of this storm because it is bearing down on us in full force!</p> <p>They preach that we need more and more gun control every single time there is some sort of mass shooting, even though the mass shootings are nearly always a crazed Democrat. The gun used by Stephen Paddock in the Las Vegas massacre on Sunday was already an illegal gun! Further more going to show that gun control does not work.</p> <p>Criminals DO NOT OBEY THE LAW! They will still have guns, even if they are illegal.</p> <q> <p>As Sean Davis explains at the Federalist <a href="http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/02/actual-federal-laws-regulating-machine-guns-u-s/" type="external">automatic weapons (or machine guns) are already banned</a> or almost unattainable under existing federal law.</p> <p>Secondly, the concert was a <a href="http://rt91harvest.com/info/" type="external">&#8220;gun free zone.&#8221;</a> All guns were already banned there.</p> <p>Thirdly, Paddock would have had to have done a lot of work beforehand to prepare for this unspeakable act. There is nothing that Congress could do to stop someone as committed as Paddock was.</p> <p>Finally, Ben Shapiro of the Daily Wire explains that <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/21794/no-isnt-time-talk-gun-control-here-are-3-reasons-ben-shapiro" type="external">making policy on the heels of a terrible event</a> is usually a bad idea.</p> <p>Gun control laws remove guns from law abiding citizens, so that they can no longer defend themselves, and emboldens criminals, who won&#8217;t follow the laws anyway.</p> </q> <p>In other words, without guns, we are sitting ducks! Taking rights away from law-abiding citizens is not the solution!</p> <p>If you agree, and want to have your voice heard, <a href="https://constitution.com/stop-pushing-gun-control/#sign" type="external">sign the petition to Congress</a>! We WILL stand for what we believe in!</p> <p>MOLON LABE!</p> 60 Celebrities Who Are Mega Trump Supporters - #20 Is Unbelievable! <p>The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com</p>

Sick of Congress Trying to Undermine the 2nd Amendment? Sign the Petition!

https://eaglerising.com/47645/sick-of-congress-trying-to-undermine-the-2nd-amendment-sign-the-petition/

2017-10-03

<a type="internal">Share</a> <p>She&#8217;s young, attractive, articulate, conservative, and black!</p> <p>Candace Owens is surely the worst nightmare of the hard-Left wing of the Democrat party. For decades, those folks have taken the black vote for granted. Now blacks are waking up, and that could spell doom for Democrats &#8212; hence their &#8220;interest&#8221; in Latino-Americans, especially illegal immigrants.</p> <p>In the 2-minute video above, hear Candace&#8217;s advice and warning for Latinos &#8212; namely, don&#8217;t be scammed by Democrats the way that America&#8217;s blacks have been.</p> <p>Check out her longer speech too (below) given to the Conservative College Student Action Summit in January, 2018. She explains clearly how Democrats are eyeing illegal immigrants as the most promising new voting livestock for their Big-Government-Dependency Plantation.</p> <p>Owens&#8217; message isn&#8217;t new, but her youth and style makes her among the best to reach America&#8217;s young people, no matter what identity group the Democrats assign them to. Thomas Sowell is fantastic, but he cannot reach young people the way Owens can.</p> <p>Via <a href="http://westernfreepress.com/candace-owens-lefts-greatest-nightmare/" type="external">WFP</a></p>

Meet The LEFTS’ WORST NIGHTMARE! Democrats Don’t Want Minorities Watching Her Videos!

https://en-volve.com/2018/05/01/meet-the-lefts-worst-nightmare-democrats-dont-want-minorities-watching-her-videos/

2018-04-28

<p>President Trump&#8217;s approval ratings continue to lag behind those of past presidents at the same point in their first terms. In the video above, see why his approval rating is lower than even President Ford&#8217;s.</p>

Trump Again Has The Lowest Approval Rating In Modern Times

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-again-has-the-lowest-approval-rating-in-modern-times/

2017-10-13

<p>The Veterans Recognition Foundation built Veterans Park in Longview, Texas to serve as a thank you for the work of veterans in all branches of the military and as a reminder of their sacrifice. Unfortunately, something happened earlier this week in the park that has deeply upset many veterans and visitors.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.news-journal.com/news/2017/may/02/veterans-plaza-statue-destroyed-teague-park-longvi/" type="external">Longview News-Journal</a> reports that the statue of the Unknown Solider has been destroyed. Air Force veteran David Applewhite posted a photo to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/posts/?q=David%20Applewhite" type="external">Facebook</a> saying, &#8220;One of the statues guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument has been pushed over by vandals at the Veterans Plaza in Longview! Was not young children who did this!&#8221;</p> <p>Unfortunately, there doesn&#8217;t seem to be any news on who could have ruined the statue, nor if this was definitely an act of vandalism. Some are speculating that it could have been the result of a structural failure in a weak part of the sculpture.</p> <p>Several Longview residents are expressing their anger on social media, calling for all kinds of punishments for the vandals. Others are just hoping to see the statue repaired as quickly as possible. The Veterans Plaza website has a &#8220; <a href="http://www.vetplaza.org" type="external">support</a>&#8221; page where they accept donations to rebuild what was lost.</p>

Statue of the Unknown Soldier Possibly Pushed Down in Park in Longview

http://texashillcountry.com/statue-unknown-soldier-pushed/

2017-05-04

<a href="https://foto.gettyimages.com/?et=bIJA-aiHRrFq64icjsm9fw&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fgoodmenproject.com%2Ffeatured-content%2Fidentity-in-a-fog-lbkr%2F&amp;embedLink=EmbedSingleImage_thumbnail" type="external" /> <p>&#8212; As a survivor of childhood sexual trauma, there are many misconceptions I live with on a daily basis. My pain is treated as fodder for jokes and people with backgrounds like mine are assumed to be abusers-in-the-making. Both of these are very real issues, but today I want to talk about a third issue that many people don&#8217;t even realize about sexual abuse victims: the effect that the abuse has had in obscuring our own understanding of our sexual and gender identities. It&#8217;s impossible for some of us to even understand what an innate gender or sexual identity would even feel like. Our entire perception of our &#8220;true&#8221; gender and orientation is mutilated by our experiences.</p> <p>It&#8217;s a well-established fact that child abuse does not cause homosexuality or gender fluidity, nor does gender fluidity or homosexuality cause people to become child abusers. This is an important truth that needs to be continually disseminated as too many people still think there is a causal link in one direction or both.</p> <p>It is unfortunate, however, that the well-intentioned desire to keep the LGBT community from being maligned has resulted in the experiences of many CSA victims being silenced because it confuses the narrative. It is a testimony that is actually quite simple: for many victims of CSA, especially repeated CSA, nothing about their identity can be fully separated from the early trauma. That includes sexual orientation and gender identity. Which means that many CSA survivors will tell you that they cannot say with a straight face that their perception of their gender identity or sexual orientation was not shunted down a different road by their experiences.</p> It is a testimony that is actually quite simple: for many victims of CSA, especially repeated CSA, nothing about their identity can be fully separated from the early trauma. <p>This requires a steady mind and a grasp of nuance to understand what is being said. Obviously not all, or even the majority if, gay CSA victims attribute their orientation to their abuse. Nor do, or should, gender fluid victims give credit to abusers when it comes to discovering their true self. What it does mean, however, is that men who do say their identity was affected by their trauma should not be dismissed out of hand. In abusive situations, coercion is often mixed with reward (such as emotional attention) and being forced to do something can still lead to physical arousal. Such experiences can rewire the brain into seeking out similar situations as an adult for complex psychological reasons other than because of natural inclination.</p> <p>Among male victims, the term &#8220;SSA&#8221; (same-sex attraction) continues to be a meaningful term. This is a term that in other circles has become appropriately abandoned, given the connection and connotations it has with fundamentalist conversion therapies. On its face, the term is benign and non-judgmental. In usage, however, it is a denial of orientation as an innate and non-changing element. That aspect of it, which when applied to homosexuals en masse is insulting and invalidating, is ironically exactly why some CSA survivors willingly apply it to themselves. Because they are not convinced that their sexual attraction to men was not the result of early trauma. In fact, they feel as if recognizing that attraction and their true orientation are at odds is actually a more authentic description of themselves.</p> <p>I&#8217;ve seen the term &#8220;abuse reactive&#8221; to label the difference between people who are able to know themselves apart from the abuse and people for whom the self before the trauma is a black hole difficult or even impossible to ever fully explore. One of the confusing aspects to this is that throughout history and even to this day, boys who showed effeminate characteristics were and are more likely to be denied a proper support system. They are more likely to be bullied and socially isolated and seen as unsatisfactory by both peers and adults. This puts them at a greater risk of abuse. No child is immune from the risk of being preyed upon, but many predators look for the outcast unlikely to be listened to or believed and desperate for ANY adult attention. Therefore, because of society&#8217;s prejudice, LGBT youth are often at greater risk of being sexually exploited.</p> <p>Drawn to signs of non-heteronormative behavior or not, a predator may very well strike before the boy himself understands his own orientation and gender. Across his entire lifespan, a male is most in danger of being sexually assaulted between the ages of 4 and 13. Think about what you didn&#8217;t know about yourself at age 7.</p> <p>The risk here is that conversation like this only gives fire to the bigots who want to say that there is something &#8220;wrong&#8221; with everyone who identifies as LGBT. That would be the wrong takeaway. The correct lesson is to believe individuals. For those who say &#8220;I was always this way,&#8221; believe them. For those who say &#8220;I can&#8217;t tell you for sure&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m pretty sure my SSA was caused by my abuse,&#8221; believe them too. Don&#8217;t silence their voice because some people might misinterpret it. Don&#8217;t assume you know their true selves better than they do. &#8212; More on this subject by Dr. Joe Kort:</p> <p>Sexual abuse disorients you; it does not orient you.</p> <p>__</p> <p>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/638971397" type="external">Getty Images</a></p>

Identity in a Fog: Gender Identity After Sexual Abuse

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/identity-in-a-fog-lbkr/

2017-08-21

<a href="https://foto.gettyimages.com/news/?et=csjkFDtMRolCV9ZXihBUFQ&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fgoodmenproject.com%2Ffeatured-content%2Ftrump-obama-great-again-gltt%2F&amp;embedLink=EmbedSingleImage_thumbnail" type="external" /> <p>This post is the opinion of the the author and does not necessarily represent The Good Men Project.</p> <p>Today Trump has pulled the old bait &amp;amp; switch on a group of Americans called &#8220;Dreamers&#8221;. The harpooning of DACA targets people who are by all accounts as American as apple pie: the children of immigrants. They take nothing away from anybody. They cost nothing and do nothing but contribute to our nation&#8217;s greatness. They are fundamentally what America is all about, really. This decision illuminates the fundamental character of this administration: cruel and mean. No longer can there be any denying what Trump&#8217;s agenda is. His tenure has but one goal: to eradicate everything and anything associated with Barack Obama. He hasn&#8217;t even tried to hide it.</p> <p>I&#8217;d previously written that Trump is the Middle Finger President. His one obvious competency is his capacity to give the middle finger to anyone that doesn&#8217;t kiss his butt. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Trump is the middle finger himself. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/who-are-donald-trumps-supporters-really/471714/" type="external">He represents a minority of Americans:</a> mostly uneducated, working class/poor whites who feel angry and left behind. They are resentful of the gains that blacks, people of color, and immigrants have made. The majority of them are economically insecure and bent on finding someone to blame because they don&#8217;t have the mettle to examine themselves. White supremacy suits them just fine. Among the educated Trump supporters, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2550377/The-average-age-Fox-Viewers-68-majority-politically-conservative-white.html" type="external">most of them are elderly, in retirement, who have too much time to sit and get hypnotized by Fox News.</a> They parrot spitting Obama&#8217;s name like a foreign four letter word.</p> <p>Enough has unfolded in the past 9 months to clarify exactly what Trump&#8217;s presidency is about, and it&#8217;s clear that it&#8217;s about anything but serving America. At this point, he&#8217;s alienated a good percentage of his own party. No need to regurgitate the stream of officials he&#8217;s fired or who&#8217;ve walked away from his administration. No need to replay senior members of his own party denouncing his behavior. It&#8217;s become glaringly obvious: this guy is about one thing, and that is being the stand-in for a basket of American&#8217;s once labeled &#8220;deplorables&#8221;. While this sounds like a petty insult, the polls have been consistent: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-race/exclusive-trump-supporters-more-likely-to-view-blacks-negatively-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN0ZE2SW" type="external">approximately 1/3rd of Americans have deplorable views about black people, people of color, LGBT, and immigrants.</a> They are overwhelmingly white, and while they are not all Trump supporters, ALL Trump supporters are in this demographic. This is his base. Trump has responded by making every single decision he can to appease and please them. Nothing offended them worse than Barack Obama in the White House. As such, he&#8217;s dedicated his entire term to doing nothing other than wiping Obama&#8217;s name from the annals of American history. The only problem (for him) is, he&#8217;s actually done the reverse.</p> <p>Initially, it appeared that approximately 45% of the country was in his camp. This was alarming and deeply distressing for those who held President Obama as a champion of the environment, of civil rights reforms, and the people. President Obama&#8217;s grace and personal skills helped pave the way for a global relationship with the rest of the world. That made many of us feel safer. In just 9 months, Trump has managed to alienate our closest allies, and wall the USA off from much of the world. We look in the mirror and find ourselves facing a toddler-like madman lobbing hydrogen bombs at us. Kim Jong Un is the perfect shadow reflection for Trump who claims to be the &#8220;great negotiator&#8221; who&#8217;s going to make &#8220;great deals&#8221; all over the world. So far, he&#8217;s been successful at one thing: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-administration-cancels-hundreds-of-obama-era-regulations/2017/07/20/55f501cc-6d68-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?utm_term=.c49092273580" type="external">rolling back approximately 800 of Obama deals, mostly concerning the environment, civil rights, and immigration</a>.</p> <p>Look forward: 100 years from now, historians will look back to this era as the turning of the tide in American culture and politics. Trump&#8217;s name will forever be etched in the books as the provocative agitator who turned America on its head. For all his publicity stunts and lust for fame, he probably didn&#8217;t think it would go this way. Because of his monumental effort to white-out Obama&#8217;s name from history, it will forever be impossible to mention Trump without talking about Barack Obama. History will show that trump would never have been possible if not for President Obama. Van Jones called it &#8220;white lash&#8221;. It&#8217;s a rebound reaction from a white demographic entirely uncomfortable with the idea of a progressive black man in the White House. To make matters worse, Obama&#8217;s a far more dignified, intelligent, and graceful man than most of us can ever hope to be. Who else could have enraged white supremacists this much? And who other than Trump could have emboldened them enough to take their hoods off and show their faces, marching while shouting racists chants with such shameless bravado?</p> <p>There are no more sacred cows. When he cut funding to Meals on Wheels, most of us thought, huh? What&#8217;s wrong with you? Then it was school lunches for children, which prompted Michelle Obama to twist up her face (very un-Beyonce like) and say, &#8220;what&#8217;s wrong with you?&#8221; Now comes DACA and the whole world screws up its face and shouts, &#8220;WTF is wrong with you???&#8221;</p> <p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s wrong with him: there is a tiny fragment of our society that applauds this sort of attitude, and he is a slave to applause. Speaking of slaves, these are the same people who, <a href="http://time.com/4236640/donald-trump-racist-supporters/" type="external">when polled said they thought slaves should never have been freed</a>. The same people when <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/08/trump_s_bigoted_base_by_the_numbers.html" type="external">polled</a> said they thought white supremacists and Neo Nazis were being marginalized more than people of color. The same people who think <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/US/gop-voters-media-white-supremacists/2017/08/30/id/810796/" type="external">the media is a bigger threat to democracy</a> than white supremacists. These are the people Trump is playing to. As such, whenever he&#8217;s under fire &#8211; which is often &#8211; he goes on the campaign trail and holds a MAGA rally, where he (in the words of John McCain) &#8220;fires up the crazies&#8221;. This is the demographic who hold his base intact, and according to polls <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/08/trump_s_bigoted_base_by_the_numbers.html" type="external">should he alienate them, his approval ratings dip into the single digits.</a></p> <p>Trump and his tiny base have one agenda: to wipe Obama&#8217;s name from the books. Unfortunately for him, in the years to come, his name will stand in the shadow of Obama as historians will establish comparisons that will have Trump turning in his gold plated grave. Thanks to Trump, by comparison, President Obama will be seen as a great visionary of supernatural eloquence and character. Trump&#8217;s legacy will be pitifully tarnished as the president who did nothing but roll back Obama&#8217;s reforms. He will be forever known as the president who stood for nothing more than giving a middle finger to President Obama. All to appease a racist, small minded base standing on their last quivering leg. They&#8217;ve found their hero, the archetypal symbol of white supremacy in Donald Trump.</p> <p>In 100 years, when history looks back, it will be Donald Trump&#8217;s anti-legacy that will give torque to Obama&#8217;s legacy. No matter how many Obama regulations and laws Trump rolls back, whether it be the Paris Accord or Cuba or DACA, history will cast a glorious light on Obama. Much of this will we can owe to the spotlight Trump gave him. We will recognize that this dark era is the result of a progressive black man and his family coming to power, agitating the shadow of racism and white supremacy in America. Because of him, the rising up of this ugly shadow that we now see so clearly is firmly in our collective cross hairs. In 100 years, we will give thanks for Donald J. Trump for making the target so big and easy to hit. We&#8217;ll be grateful for how simple he made it for us to see our disease. We will thank him for ushering in a new dream because we were finally able to cut the illness out and begin our healing. Thanks to Donald Trump, we&#8217;ll be able to see Barack Obama for the great man that he was, and we&#8217;ll build a monument to him upon the failures of Trump and his ilk.</p> <p>I bet Trump didn&#8217;t see that coming.</p> <a type="internal" /> The Secret Plan To Destroy Trump's Administration <a type="internal" />

How Trump Accidentally Made Obama Great Again

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/trump-obama-great-again-gltt/

2017-09-07

<p>The boogie man is real. He is not a monster with long fangs, sharp claws, red eyes, and a tail who lives in your closet and comes out when the bedroom light is off. He is, in fact, a man of different ages, height, weight, and skin complexion. He is the Black man. Throughout our time in America, the Black man has been demonized as this being who is a destructive, carnivorous, raping, and murderous beast who is a danger to every human on this planet. This belief has been the motivation for many acts of violence towards the Black man: beatings, stabbings, lynching, as well as legislation such as the Black Codes and the 1994 Crime Bill. The thought of the African-American man being an out-of-control criminal and sexual predator has marred him in society by white men, white women, and even his own community. Dr. Tommy J. Curry, professor of philosophy at Texas A&amp;amp;M University, hopes to fight the perception of the Black boogie man with his new book, The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemma of Black Manhood.</p> <p>The Man-Not was written to show the Black man as something other than a caricature of violence: as a full-bodied person. Can people who have been studied and labeled as irredeemable and misogynist by white and Black feminist groups be viewed as men who are capable of vulnerability? Can a being that has not only historically been the target of violent racist attacks by white men and women be victims of sexual violence from said people as well?</p> <p>I became aware of Dr. Curry by listening to an interview he gave on the podcast, &#8220;The Context of White Supremacy&#8221;, a show dedicated to discussing racism with other non-white people. What struck me was not how well researched Curry&#8217;s theories on white supremacy were. Although his thoughts were grounded in facts, I was taken aback by how fearless he was in addressing racism, not only to the academia or &#8220;academy&#8221; as he likes to call it, but in everyday life. Dr. Curry&#8217;s explanation of how white people cannot be ignorant about racism was mind altering. Instead of blaming it on no contact or lack of socialization, Curry pushes back and lays the responsibility on white culture itself, &#8220;We know that white people have done the same type of behaviors. They have discriminated against Black people; they&#8217;ve called Black people niggers and God knows what other names. They always vitiated, secluded, and segregated Blackness. To repeat those things doesn&#8217;t seem to be the work of ignorance, in fact, it seems to be the repetition of historical knowledge of about how to treat Black folk. So when we see the same thing, ignorance seems to be the unrealistic apologetic.&#8221; To this day it is the most valuable theory on race that I have heard in the past five years.</p> <p>The main part of The Man-Not is broken down into five chapters. In &#8220;On Mimesis and Men&#8221;, Dr. Curry reveals the justification of enslaving and controlling the Black man and the origin of the &#8220;Black Beast&#8221; narrative. In &#8220;Lost In a Kiss?&#8221;, Dr. Curry discusses Eldridge Cleaver&#8217;s lost manuscript The Book of Lives, Cleaver&#8217;s thoughts on the sexualization of Black men in prison, and how the mere existence of Black life provokes an attack by white racists. &#8220;The Political Economy of Niggerdom&#8221; is a look into the negative perception of Black men held by many in the academy and other PWI&#8217;s (Predominately White Institutions). Dr. Curry highlights that many of the current theories being taught in colleges about African-American males are inaccurate and based on racist thought. &#8220;Eschatological Dilemmas&#8221; talks about the often victimized Black male through sexualized violence, and why they are not afforded the ability to be seen as victims. Finally, &#8220;In the Fiat of Dreams&#8221; illustrates how not only the death of Black men and boys is de-centered, but it is thought of as deserving.</p> <p>Each chapter in The Man-Not presents a case of the African-American men and boys being in constant danger for existing. On the state of the Black man, Dr. Curry comments, &#8220;To be a Black male is to live in constant fear of being accused of some offense against another.</p> <p>Black men live in a world where any accusation against them is thought to be evidence of their guilt. Imagine a world in which any individual who can be thought of as a victim of a Black male has the power to define him as a criminal. This is the world many Black males find themselves imprisoned within, too often defined by the accusations of others against them rather than their actual character.&#8221; This is a part of the everyday existence of being Black. Your word means very little. If someone accuses you of a crime, the thought is that you are guilty of said crime. If you look like a criminal, chances are you are one. I thought about Michael Bennett, the Seattle Seahawks football player who was held at gunpoint by police for &#8220;looking like a suspect.&#8221; The benefit of the doubt is never given to us.</p> <p>I was very interested in reading &#8220;Lost In a Kiss?&#8221;, the section of the book that highlights Cleaver&#8217;s lost manuscript, The Book of Lives. I had read Cleaver&#8217;s raw Soul on Ice when I was young and had been fascinated by his view on white supremacy. It wasn&#8217;t the bourgeois look into racism that many of his contemporaries had, but a gritty, gutter, street-level take on racist whites and the system they preside over. The Book of Lives, an unpublished writing of Cleaver&#8217;s, spoke about homosexuality in prison and how, in Dr. Curry&#8217;s words, &#8220;prisons are hedonistic warehouses.&#8221; This ties into the theme of The Man-Not: the specific societal and historic vulnerability of Black men and the white supremacist order, making the Black male disposable.</p> <p>&#8220;Lost in a Kiss?&#8221; also talks about the irrational fear that whites possess towards Black people and the violence that Blackness attracts. Dr. Curry quotes Frantz Fanon, author of the classic book The Wretched of The Earth on this issue: &#8220;The Negro is phobogenic, meaning that the Negro triggers a pre-rational fear in the mind of the white. This fear objectifies the Negro, over-determining his being as the phantasm of the white mind. The objectified Black is endowed with evil intentions and with all the attributes of a malefic power.&#8221; After I read this, I thought of the unarmed Black men that were gunned down by police &#8211; from the adult Mike Brown, Walter Scott, down to the young Tamir Rice. Black men of all ages and sizes inspire fear.</p> <p>The most impactful chapter of The Man-Not is &#8220;Eschatological Dilemmas: Anti-Black Male Death, Rape, and the Inability to Perceive Black Males Sexual Vulnerability&#8221;. Dr. Curry perfectly illustrates that throughout his time in America, the Negro has never been seen as a victim of sexual violence. Through his raging appetite to rape women and elongated member, the Black man cannot be raped. &#8220;The hyper-masculine stereotypes of Black males make it almost unfathomable for many onlookers to see Black men and boys as victims of women&#8217;s violence or rage,&#8221; Dr. Curry says. Chapter 4 also analyzes the sexualized pressure that led to many Black men being killed in the late 1800&#8217;s. Because he was a Black man and could rape, the white woman was in potential danger and these men had to be lynched. &#8220;He has to be controlled. He has to be locked away&#8230;&#8221; This way of thinking has not only been used throughout the years to falsely convict Black men of raping and sexually assaulting white women, but has forever stamped the Black man as hypersexual in his own community. While The Man-Not spends much of its time combating the negative stereotypes that reduce the Black man to a caricature, it also muses about life as a Black child seeing the violence that is directed at him because he is male. Dr. Curry writes, &#8220;Imagine what it means to see this life from the eyes of a Black boy, anxious and afraid of a youthful death &#8211; doubtful that he could live long enough to be a Black man?&#8221; This is something that every Black man living in America realizes: that he could be a victim of police terrorism, state-sanctioned murder, or even killed at the hands of a white vigilante who believes his or her life is in danger. I have written about this extensively, knowing that our life is perilous.</p> <p>In the land rife with anti-Black male sentiment, The Man-Not presents the case for why Black men have not only been historically a target of every type of violent attack and stereotype, but that because of their Black maleness, this eliminates any supposed privilege they would share with white men. Dr. Curry describes a world where even though Black men have the lowest employment, the lowest life expectancy, and the highest percentage of people who are incarcerated in the United States in numbers that far exceed those at the height of South African Apartheid, there is a supposed inherent advantage to being Black and male. African-American men constitute the lowest numbers of being students and instructors in college. They are also killed by police at a larger percentage than any other living group. With all this being said, they are to have male privilege and are subjects of discourse taught in universities that African-American men are pathologically oppressive and violent. This special type of vitriol is called &#8220;Black Misandry&#8221; a term Dr. Curry and his colleagues have popularized when discussing the anti-Black male thought. The Man-Not destroys this train of thought with facts and that is what makes it such a powerful book.</p> <p>The Man-Not is an important work that is essential in the day and age of disposable blog entries that ride on incorrect tropes about Black men. This is factual work backed up by data that can be proven, and that is what is missing in conversations about race. The Man-Not is a very dense book. There is a lot to digest here, but a book about racism and white supremacy should not be a quick read. This is a triumph in Black studies and about how the African-American man and boy is written. I felt pride and satisfaction reading this book. A Black man writing a book to humanize Black men and boys: it couldn&#8217;t have come at a better time for me and everyone else. &#8212;</p> Thinning Hair? Apply This On Your Hair and Watch What Happens What&#8217;s your take on what you just read? Comment below or write a response and submit to us your own point of view or reaction here at the red box, below, which links to our submissions portal. <a href="https://goodmenproject.submittable.com/submit/" type="external" /> <p>&#9674;&#9830;&#9674;</p> <p><a href="https://goodmenproject.leadpages.co/writers-prompt-sign-up/" type="external">Sign up for our Writing Prompts email to receive writing inspiration in your inbox twice per week.</a></p> If you believe in the work we are doing here at The Good Men Project, please join us as a Premium Member, today. <p>All Premium Members get to view The Good Men Project with NO ADS.</p> <p>A $50 annual membership gives you an all-access pass. You can be a part of every call, group, class, and community. A $25 annual membership gives you access to one class, one Social Interest group, and our online communities. A $12 annual membership gives you access to our Friday calls with the publisher, our online community.</p> Subscription Amount Annual Platinum $50.00 Total Today $50.00 Total Recurring Per Year $50.00/Year <p>Need more info? <a type="internal">A complete list of benefits is here</a>.</p> <p>Photo: <a href="https://pixabay.com/en/wooden-wood-room-people-man-guy-2562234/" type="external">Pixabay</a></p>

Black Like He And I: The Man-Not And The Fight To Humanize Black Men And Boys

https://goodmenproject.com/social-justice-2/black-like-he-and-i-the-man-not-and-the-fight-to-humanize-black-men-and-boys-cmtt/

2018-04-26

<p>that's hot</p> <p>I mean, it worked in Brazil, where Gisele B&#252;ndchen &#8212; supermodel, World Wildlife Federation representative, and <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2017/04/21/did-brady-skip-white-house-urging-his-wife/l8z4iJRO7TfNb8eAIuXtcJ/story.html" type="external">behind-the-scenes shaper of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady&#8217;s political consciousness</a> &#8212; tweeted at Brazilian President Michel Temer:</p> <q> <p>It's our job to protect our Mother Earth. <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelTemer" type="external">@MichelTemer</a>, please say NO to reducing protection in the Amazon! <a href="https://t.co/KkKF4MrhGg" type="external">https://t.co/KkKF4MrhGg</a></p> </q> <p>B&#252;ndchen&#8217;s tweet concerns legislation that would have removed protection from some parts of the Amazon rainforest. Temer&#8217;s administration has been remarkably anti-conservation, <a href="https://news.vice.com/story/brazil-is-handing-over-the-amazon-rainforest-to-mining-companies-and-big-agriculture" type="external">threatening indigenous lands</a> in favor of new agricultural, mineral extraction, and hydroelectric developments.</p> <p>And lo! Temer responded:</p> <p>That means, &#8220;I vetoed those bills, because you are extremely beautiful.&#8221; NO! It just means, &#8220;I vetoed those bills.&#8221;</p> <p>This seems like a good approach to try in America. Can someone please text Kendall Jenner to ask if she feels like doing <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/04/pepsi-ad-internet-response/" type="external">something substantive</a> for the greater good? The EPA is <a type="internal">really hot right now</a>.</p>

An idea: Get a supermodel to tweet some climate policy at Trump.

https://grist.org/briefly/an-idea-get-a-supermodel-to-tweet-some-climate-policy-at-trump/

2017-06-13

<p><a type="internal">Barack Obama</a>, 56, and wife <a type="internal">Michelle Obama</a>, 53, finally released an official statement on Oct. 10, about the <a type="internal">Harvey Weinstein</a> sexual harassment accusations and it&#8217;s not pretty, according to media outlets such as <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/10/president-obama-michelle-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-disgusted-statement/" type="external">TMZ</a>. &#8220;Michelle and I have been disgusted by the recent reports about Harvey Weinstein,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;Any man who demeans and degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held accountable, regardless of wealth or status.&#8221; The former U.S. president and first lady&#8217;s daughter <a type="internal">Malia Obama</a>, 19, <a type="internal">interned at Harvey&#8217;s company, The Weinstein Company</a>, before attending Harvard University and Harvey even donated $680, 000 for Barack&#8217;s 2012 re-election campaign.</p> <p>&#8220;We should celebrate the courage of women who have come forward to tell these painful stories,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;And we all need to build a culture &#8211; including by empowering our girls and teaching our boys decency and respect &#8211; so we can make such behavior less prevalent in the future.&#8221; Barack and Michelle&#8217;s statement comes just hours after a video message from the Republican National Committee, first reported by <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4968010/Pay-Weinstein-s-dirty-dollars-Republicans-tell-Obama.html" type="external">Daily Mail,</a> condemned him for his silence in the case.</p> <p>Harvey has been accused of sexually harassing multiple women <a type="internal">including many actresses he&#8217;s worked with</a>such as <a type="internal">A</a> <a type="internal">shley Judd</a>, 49. The film producer continues to make headlines from the unfortunate situation with the most recent one involving an <a type="internal">announcement that his wife, Georgina Chapman, 41, is leaving him</a>. It&#8217;s been five days since the first allegations surfaced and since then, more and more women are coming forward with their own shocking stories. Harvey&#8217;s made various iconic films over the years, including Pulp Fiction, The Crying Game, and Shakespeare in Love.</p> <p>HollywoodLifers, what do you think about the Obamas&#8217; opinion on the Harvey Weinstein scandal? Tell us your thoughts here.</p>

Barack & Michelle Obama ‘Disgusted’ By Harvey Weinstein Sexual Harassment Scandal

https://hollywoodlife.com/2017/10/10/barack-obama-disgusted-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-malia-internship/

2017-10-11

<p>Corey Taylor doesn&#8217;t like Donald Trump. In fact, that&#8217;s probably something of an understatement, the President being dubbed &#8216;the Cheeto&#8217; throughout America 51. But on the other hand, Corey doesn&#8217;t like the two-party system of American politics at all, which he makes abundantly clear at the beginning of his fourth book. One thing The Great Big Mouth loves, however, is his country &#8211; the United States Of America. In his typical stream-of-consciousness style, often flailing wildly off-topic, the Slipknot frontman airs his gripes with all the political bullshittery that has gone down on his home turf recently. While his previous books have taken aim at the unending list of humanity&#8217;s traits that annoy Corey, this is a takedown of modern-day politics and (of course) the Trump administration from a man who admits he feels no kinship to either big party, but has a wealth of knowledge on American politics and a comical yet vicious tongue to match. Using his band life and turbulent childhood as reference points throughout, Corey shares his liberal views on everything from Black Lives Matter to Reaganomics, with cursing and caps lock firmly in place, forever reminding the reader that he&#8217;s an asshole (his words!). And while not everyone will agree with the points made on these pages, this asshole knows his shit.</p>

Corey Taylor - America 51 review

http://teamrock.com/review/2017-07-19/corey-taylor-america-51-review

2017-07-19

<p>Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has spoken about the recent violence in Charlottesville.</p> <p>Last weekend saw violent clashes <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-40917417/how-charlottesville-became-a-flashpoint" type="external">between white supremacists and those opposing them</a> in the city, which resulted in the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer.</p> <p>She was killed when a car ploughed through a crowd of counter-protestors who had gathered to oppose a &#8216;Unite The Right&#8217; rally in the city. Another 19 people were injured at the scene.</p> <p>Reacting to the news at last weekend&#8217;s Bloodstock festival, Mustaine tells Metal Hammer&#8217;s online editor Luke Morton: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know much about what happened &#8211; all I know is what they showed on TV and I didn&#8217;t get a chance to really see it.</p> <p>&#8220;I do know that the same way there were bad guys that went to the liberal protests and started fights, there was a guy in the liberal side hit a guy on the right side in the head with a bicycle lock. He wasn&#8217;t part of the people that were protesting, he just went there to be an agent provocateur.</p> <p>&#8220;If the guys on the right can go and mess with the guys on the left, the guys on the left can go and mess with the guys on the right. You don&#8217;t really know why people do this and why they have so much hate in their heart.</p> <p>He adds: &#8220;The thought of me getting behind the wheel of a car and running somebody down is just incomprehensible. I don&#8217;t have any capacity to think with that much hate.&#8221;</p> <p>Later, when Mustaine saw the full news report, he reached out to Luke on Twitter, saying: &#8220;I saw the story you asked about in Virginia. It was awful and breaks my heart to see how some people have devolved back into animals.&#8221;</p> <p>Earlier this week, <a href="https://www.loudersound.com/news/anti-flag-respond-to-charlottesville-violence-with-racists-video" type="external">Anti-Flag released a lyric video for their track Racist in direct response to the events in Charlottesville</a>, while Papa Roach delivered a message saying <a href="https://www.loudersound.com/news/papa-roach-reject-war-and-hate-in-american-dreams-video" type="external">no to war and hate in their new video for American Dreams</a>.</p>

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine condemns Charlottesville violence

http://teamrock.com/news/2017-08-17/megadeths-dave-mustaine-condemns-charlottesville-violence

2017-08-17

<p>Earlier this morning, President Trump took to Twitter to announce his decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.</p> <q> <p>After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow&#8230;&#8230;</p> <p>&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890193981585444864" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q> <q> <p>&#8230;.Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming&#8230;..</p> <p>&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890196164313833472" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q> <q> <p>&#8230;.victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you</p> <p>&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890197095151546369" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q> <p>&#8220;After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,&#8221; Trump announced via Twitter. &#8220;Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you.&#8221;</p> <p>The announcement drew swift responses on the social media platform.</p> <p>&#8220;No American, no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity, should be prohibited from honor + privilege of serving our nation #LGBT,&#8221; tweeted Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).</p> <p>&#8220;Pleased to hear that @realDonaldTrump shares my readiness and cost concerns, &amp;amp; will be changing this costly and damaging policy #readiness,&#8221; tweeted Rep. Vicky Jo Hartzler (R-MO).</p> <q> <p>Just spoke to a Trump administration official about the transgender military decision. Here's what they said&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/eOWdvlxTfd" type="external">pic.twitter.com/eOWdvlxTfd</a></p> <p>&#8212; Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/890202683721863168" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q> <p>Trump&#8217;s decision will roll back military policy after the Obama administration lifted the ban last year, allowing transgender soldiers to openly serve in the United States Military.</p> <p>The Department of Defense <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/821675/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-announces-policy-for-transgender-service-members/" type="external">policy</a> drew sharp criticism, as it supported service members looking to change their gender, making them eligible to receive coverage for &#8220;medically necessary care and treatment.&#8221;</p> <p>&#8220;This is the right thing to do for our people and for the force,&#8221; former Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in announcing the policy. &#8220;We&#8217;re talking about talented Americans who are serving with distinction or who want the opportunity to serve. We can&#8217;t allow barriers unrelated to a person&#8217;s qualifications prevent us from recruiting and retaining those who can best accomplish the mission.&#8221;</p> <p>It is not yet clear what effect this decision will have on the roughly 250 transgender individuals currently serving openly in the armed forces.</p> <p>SOUND OFF: Do you support Trump&#8217;s decision to ban transgender citizens from serving in our armed forces?</p>

Trump Announces Ban on Transgender People Serving in the Military

https://bearingarms.com/jenn-j/2017/07/26/trump-announces-ban-transgender-military/

2017-07-26

<p>Quick: what is the appropriate response to the stabbing death of a human?</p> <p>And let's just never mind the fact that the stabbing was <a href="http://www.theroot.com/alt-reich-nation-member-charged-with-murder-in-stabbing-1795420915" type="external">completely random and unprovoked</a>. Or that the victim just happened to be days away from graduating from Bowie State University and had recently been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was preparing to move to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for training in defending the country against chemical attacks.</p> <p>What is important here, since it seems to be the only thing that is ever important in these situations, is that the victim - Richard Collins III, 23 - was Black. His murderer, Christopher Urbanski, 22, who saw fit to plunge a knife into Collins's chest for reasons <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/us/black-student-stabbed-maryland.html?_r=0" type="external">no one apparently knows</a> but the FBI is investigating as a "possible" (possible!!!) hate crime, is white.</p> <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/05/richard-collins-iii-alt-reich-facebook-photos-sean-urbanski-university-of-maryland-stabbing-victim-hate-crime/" type="external" /> Save <p>Yes, "possible." As a matter of fact, Urbanski, who was charged with assault and first- and second-degree murder and is being held without bail, is a member of the white supremacist Facebook group Alt-Reich: Nation, according to <a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/NATL-DCFamily-Identifies-Bowie-State-Univ-Student-Stabbed-Killed-at-UMd-423505764.html" type="external">NBC 4 Washington</a>. So yes, it is fair to say that it is certainly "possible" this was a hate crime.</p> <p>Ah, but the story doesn't end there, because why would it.</p> <p>After Collins died, a civilian employee of the Anne Arundel County Police Department in Maryland <a href="http://www.theroot.com/radical-extremist-discovered-working-in-police-departme-1795481640" type="external">took to social media to praise the act</a>.</p> <p>Welby Burgone, a police-academy recruit and obvious national treasure in Trump's America, worked in the Anne Arundel County Police Department&#8217;s communications department as a civilian employee. He was also a classmate and presumable "boy" of Urbanski's. When one Matt Worth posted on Twitter: "Fuck Yeah Sean!!!! That&#8217;s what happens when n***as try and get frosty with an OG. Talk shit, stabbed, lol."</p> <p>To which Burgone replied with a meme that he apparently found funny, even though it objectively isn't funny under ANY circumstances, and certainly not when it refers to the slaying of a fellow human being.</p> <a href="http://www.theroot.com/radical-extremist-discovered-working-in-police-departme-1795481640" type="external" /> Save <p>Thankfully, because sometimes the world isn't a completely awful place, the Anne Arundel Police Department also didn't find it funny and immediately suspended Burgone, issuing the following <a href="http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ph-ac-cn-police-post-0523-20170522-story.html" type="external">statement</a>:</p> <p>"The actions of this employee are a betrayal of the values of the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Any employee who espouses or supports hateful or racist ideology will be held accountable and we will not allow the public&#8217;s trust in their police department to be eroded."</p> <p>This person is, however, still alive and freely roaming the streets being a good ol' 'Murican and contributing to the "dialogue" on his possible pro-hate crime radical extremist white supremacist group, and will go on to find employment elsewhere and ban together with like-minded fragile white men and possibly even reproduce and indoctrinate his progeny into his viciously racist ideology, all the while hiding behind his God and guns, so, awesome.</p> <p>Honestly it's hard to say what the most disturbing part of this story even is.</p>

This Police Department Found Out Employees Were Radical Racists After Someone Aired Them Out On Facebook

https://news.dailytoast.com/blogs/police-department-employed-radical-extremists

2017-06-29

<p>It&#8217;s not often that a suspect&#8217;s attorney calls the police officer who arrested him a &#8220;true hero;&#8221; but in John Picerno&#8217;s eyes, that exactly what Overland Park Police Sergeant Scott Ferguson is.</p> <p>Back in April, Ferguson was on night patrol when he spotted a vehicle driving along the wrong side of road with no headlights on.</p> <p>He pulled the car over, but the driver quickly took off again&#8230;only to crash into a fire hydrant.</p> <p>Dash cam footage from Ferguson&#8217;s patrol car then shows the drunk driver exiting his vehicle. He stood there hunched over with his hands behind his back, until Ferguson began approaching. That&#8217;s when the driver pulled out a pistol.</p> <p>Rather than brandishing his own weapon, Ferguson wrestled the gun out of the driver&#8217;s hands &#8211; and the driver to the ground where he was finally handcuffed.</p> <p>At his hearing in August, the suspect pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery on a law enforcement officer, as well as driving under the influence. After serving 170 days of his sentence, he was placed on probation.</p> <p>But according to Picerno, his lawyer, he should just be thankful he&#8217;s alive.</p> <p>&#8220;He is very lucky and both he and his family are very grateful for the officer, Sgt. Scott Ferguson, who exercised extreme discretion during the incident,&#8221; Picerno said according to the <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article178277166.html" type="external">Kansas City Star</a>.</p> <p>He added that Ferguson likely would&#8217;ve been justified in firing his weapon in that situation.</p> <p>&#8220;No one is tougher on law enforcement than me,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I have to say Sgt. Ferguson is a true hero in my book. He is an example of what good policing looks like.&#8221;</p> <p>We couldn&#8217;t agree more. You can watch the dash cam video <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article178277166.html" type="external">here</a>.</p>

Here’s What Happened When a Drunk Driver Pulled a Gun on a Police Officer

https://bearingarms.com/erika-h/2017/10/11/171158/

2017-10-11

<p>John Legend has added his voice against those speaking out against disgraced Hollywood producer <a type="internal">Harvey Weinstein</a>, who has been accused of sexual harassment, assault and rape by multiple women in Hollywood. He was recently fired from the Weinstein Company but has reportedly vowed to continue making movies. <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2017/10/18/john-legend-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-allegations-hollywood/" type="external">TMZ</a> spoke with Legend and asked for his thoughts on the matter.</p> <p>He said: &#8220;I think he did some despicable things and he is rightfully being shamed for it. He shouldn&#8217;t be working in Hollywood if he&#8217;s abusing his position that way. I think it&#8217;s good we&#8217;re bringing light to this issue and hopefully more women will be able to tell their stories. Men need to listen and change their behavior.&#8220;</p>

John Legend Says Harvey Weinstein Shouldn’t Work In Hollywood

https://411mania.com/music/john-legend-says-harvey-weinstein-shouldnt-work-hollywood/

2017-10-18

<p>A convoy used by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has become a death trap for fighters with the radical Islamic terrorist group. American planes have carried out a number of air strikes on ISIS forces while largely avoiding civilian casualties.</p> <p>According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/world/middleeast/isis-syria-convoy.html" type="external">multiple reports</a> and <a href="https://www.stripes.com/news/us-warplanes-pick-off-isis-fighters-drawn-to-stranded-convoy-like-moths-to-the-flame-1.486506#.WbLJL5OGOV4" type="external">Pentagon spokesmen</a>, the convoy consisted of 17 buses that were departing an ISIS-held enclave after striking a deal with the radical Islamic terrorist group Hezbollah and the Syrian army. However, the United States scrambled assets to attack the convoy, and cratered the road ahead of the busses.</p> A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve April 5, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/Released) <p>While six of the vehicles turned back towards the city of Palmyra, the other 11 have been stranded for at least 10 days. Since then, they have become almost irresistible bait for the terrorist group. Over 85 terrorists have been hit by coalition air strikes since the convoy was stranded. This has saved the United States and the rest of the anti-ISIS coalition the time and effort of hunting them down.</p> <p>The U.S.-lead anti-ISIS coalition has allowed deliveries of food and water to the convoy, to which ISIS fighters have been drawn to "[l]ike moths to the flame," according to comments by DOD spokesman Ryan Dillon, an Army colonel.</p> ISIS militants loaded into buses who fled Lebanon in a peace deal with Hezbollah. (Screengrab from YouTube UNB News) <p>"We were able to exploit it and take advantage," he said, noting that over 40 vehicles, from technicals to a tank, have been hit trying to aid the convoy. "We were able to continue to just observe and pick them off one at a time," Col. Dillon added.</p> <p>The experienced ISIS troops have also apparently grown frustrated during the siege. During one of the deliveries, an internal squabble broke out.</p> A line of ISIS soldiers. <p>"You could clearly tell they were going to fisticuffs," Dillon said. There was no word on whether the internal fighting among the ISIS terrorists saved the coalition additional trouble.</p>

US aircraft are picking off ISIS militants in stranded desert convoy 'one by one'

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2017-09-08

<p>One lucky person is about to be a few hundred million dollars richer.</p> <p>A massive $447.8 million jackpot is up for grabs for the lucky person who picked the winning numbers.</p> <p>The winning numbers are:</p> <p>20, 26, 32, 38, 58 and Powerball number: 3.</p> <p>The single winning Powerball ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Sun City, California.</p> <p>California Lottery officials said Sunday morning that the winning ticket was sold at Marietta Liquor &amp;amp; Deli in southern California's Riverside County, about 80 miles south of Los Angeles. Officials say the earliest the ticket could be redeemed is 8 a.m. Monday morning. The winner has one year to claim the prize.</p> <p>The retailer where the winning ticket was sold will receive a $1 million "retailer bonus."</p> <p>The estimated prize is based on a winner choosing an annuity, which pays off over 29 years. The cash prize would be $273.1 million. Both prize amounts would be before taxes are deducted.</p> <p>Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.</p> <p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>

Check your tickets! Winning Powerball numbers are in

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2017-06-11

<p>&#8212; George and Amal Clooney <a href="http://rare.us/rare-people/george-and-amal-clooney-made-a-huge-donation-in-the-wake-of-charlottesville-violence/" type="external">have donated $1 million</a> to Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit that strives to put an end to domestic hate groups and extremists, in response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month.</p> <p>&#8220;What happened in Charlottesville, and what is happening in communities across our country, demands our collective engagement to stand up to hate,&#8221; the actor and humanitarian lawyer said in a joint statement.</p> <p><a type="internal">&amp;gt;&amp;gt; Related: More than 900 active hate groups in the U.S., report says</a></p> <p>On Aug. 12, a rally in Charlottesville turned violent when a group of white nationalists clashed with counterprotesters. <a href="http://rare.us/rare-news/across-the-u-s-a/you-just-magnified-her-heather-heyers-parents-remember-her-fearlessness-at-her-memorial-service/" type="external">One woman was killed</a> when a car plowed into the crowd at the rally.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests-clooney-idUSKCN1B223I" type="external">Reuters</a>, the donation comes from the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which the couple created in 2016 to promote justice worldwide in courtrooms and classrooms.</p> <p>Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen released a statement thanking the Clooneys for &#8220;standing with (the organization) at this critical moment in our country&#8217;s fight against hate.&#8221;</p> Trending - Most Read Stories

Amal, George Clooney donate $1 million to anti-hate group after Charlottesville violence

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2017-08-23

<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation concerning possible bank fraud, according to <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-and-jane-sanders-under-fbi-investigation-for-bank-fraud-hire-lawyers/" type="external">CBS News</a> and <a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/22/bernie-sanders-jane-sanders-lawyer-bank-fraud-investigation-burlington-college-215297" type="external">Politico Magazine</a>.</p> <p>The investigation centers on a loan that Jane Sanders secured to expand Burlington College when she was its president.</p> <p>Jane Sanders allegedly distorted school donor levels in a 2010 loan application for $10 million from People's United Bank to buy 33 acres of land for the school, which shut down in 2016.</p> <p>Bernie Sanders told the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/06/25/sanders-responds-to-ongoing-probe-into-wifes-2010-bank-loan/?utm_term=.b0cefeaa6c5b" type="external">Washington Post</a> that the investigation would clear his wife of any wrongdoing.</p> <p>Rich Cassidy has reportedly been hired to represent Bernie Sanders, while high-profile Washington defense attorney Larry Robbins is reportedly representing Jane Sanders.</p>

Report: Bernie and Jane Sanders hire lawyers amid FBI probe

http://www.wmur.com/article/report-bernie-and-jane-sanders-hire-lawyers-amid-fbi-probe/10220793

2017-06-26

<p>WASHINGTON, DC &#8212;</p> <p>As South Florida begins the long process of rebuilding after Hurricane Irma, the Federal Emergency Management Agency added Broward, Martin, Palm Beach &amp;amp; St. Lucie Counties to the list of counties eligible for Individual Assistance.</p> <p>While President Trump&#8217;s September 10 Major Disaster Declaration included all 67 Florida counties on the list for Public Assistance, only nine counties were eligible for federal assistance to individuals and households.</p> <p>Video: <a type="internal">Time-lapse of Hurricane Irma</a></p> <p>FEMA&#8217;s new declaration comes after the Members of Congress sent a letter to the White House and urged FEMA these counties be included for Individual Assistance.</p> <p>Residents in the above counties are encouraged to see what benefits are applicable to them and apply at www.disasterassistance.gov.</p>

Palm Beach, Broward Counties added to FEMA Individual Assistance

http://www.wpbf.com/article/palm-beach-broward-counties-added-to-fema-individual-assistance/12225138

2017-09-13

<p>The Columbia University Law School professor and confidant of former FBI Director James Comey refuted a charge by President Donald Trump and his advocates in the media Monday: that Comey shared classified information with journalists.</p> <p>Daniel Richman, with whom Comey shared at least one memo -- the contents of which Richman shared with New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt -- said President Trump was simply wrong.</p> <p>"No memo was given to me that was marked 'classified,'" Daniel Richman told CNN. "No memo was passed on to the Times."</p> <p>Richman did share the contents of one memo, he said, but "the substance of the memo passed on to the Times was not marked classified and to my knowledge remains unclassified."</p> <p>During Senate testimony in June, in which he said he gave memos to someone he described as a Columbia University professor, Comey said he specifically wrote the memos to avoid including classified information.</p> <p>"My thinking was, if I write it in such a way that I don't include anything that would trigger a classification, that'll make it easier for us to discuss, within the FBI and the government, and to -- to hold on to it in a way that makes it accessible to us," Comey told senators.</p> <p>On Sunday, writing in The Hill, John Solomon reported that, "More than half of the memos former FBI Director James Comey wrote as personal recollections of his conversations with President Trump about the Russia investigation have been determined to contain classified information, according to interviews with officials familiar with the documents."</p> <p>CNN has not independently verified The Hill's report.</p> <p>The Hill's reporting raised "the possibility," Solomon reported, that "Comey broke his own agency's rules and ignored the same security protocol" that Comey criticized Hillary Clinton for disregarding.</p> <p>Solomon did not report that the possible breaking of FBI rules was determined to have happened, nor did he report that this would be a violation of the law. Yet that is how President Trump depicted it in a tweet Monday morning: "James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!"</p> <p>One of the issues at play may have to do with whether any contents of the Comey memos have since been upgraded to classified, although that has not been definitively reported by CNN.</p> <p>The-CNN-Wire &#8482; &amp;amp; &#169; 2017 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.</p>

Comey Lawyer: No memos given to me were marked classified

http://www.wptv.com/news/national/comey-lawyer-no-memos-given-to-me-were-marked-classified

2017-07-10

<p>Unable to play video. HTML5 is not supported!</p> <p>After the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over a Confederate monument, internet companies are making it difficult for white supremacist groups to organize online.</p> <p>Neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer was booted from web host GoDaddy after the rally. <a href="https://twitter.com/GoDaddy/status/896935462622957573" type="external">GoDaddy tweeted</a> the site violated its terms of service.</p> <p>The Daily Stormer then tried to move <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-cancels-domain-registration-for-daily-stormer-2017-8" type="external">to Google</a> and then a <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/17/technology/business/daily-stormer-russia-domain-blocked/index.html" type="external">Russian domain</a>, but both hosts rejected the site.</p> <p>Twitter and LinkedIn also canceled Daily Stormer-related accounts, and YouTube has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/17/apple-denounces-neo-nazis-as-spotify-bans-white-power-tracks" type="external">cracked down</a> on accounts associated with alt-right figures.</p> <p>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/phoenix-s-mayor-asks-trump-to-delay-rally-in-the-city/" type="external">Phoenix's Mayor Wants President Trump To Delay A Rally In The City</a></p> <p>White supremacists aren't being allowed to express themselves <a href="http://mashable.com/2017/08/16/spotify-removes-white-supremacy-hate-music/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#sS8hVN0UjiqF" type="external">through song</a>, either. Spotify is purging white supremacist music from its archives. And Pandora said it's making sure there's nothing like that on its service.</p> <p>This was a trend before the "Unite the Right" rally even started. Airbnb <a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/airbnb-deactivates-accounts-of-suspected-alt-right-users/" type="external">deleted accounts</a> of users it suspected were trying to book rooms in Charlottesville before the event.</p> <p>White supremacists aren't just being blocked from posting on the internet. They're also being blocked from profiting from it.</p> <p>Crowd-funding sites like Patreon and GoFundMe <a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/alt-right-flocks-to-crowdfunding-platform-hatreon/" type="external">blocked the accounts</a> of alt-right figures and groups, forcing some to use a knockoff called Hatreon.</p> <p>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com" type="external">Newsy.com</a></p>

Internet Companies Are Teaming Up To Block White Nationalists

http://www.wptv.com/newsy/internet-companies-are-teaming-up-to-block-white-nationalists

2017-08-17

<p>An online fundraiser for the family of Heather Heyer, who was killed in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday when a car plowed through a group of counterprotesters, <a href="http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2017/08/13/fundraiser-for-family-of-charlottesville-victim-heather-heyer-nets-42k/" type="external">has raised nearly $225,000</a> -- exceeding by more than four times its original goal.</p> <p>Donations continue to pour into <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/our-sisters-keeper-heatherheyer" type="external">the GoFundMe account</a>.</p> <p>TRENDING NOW:</p> <p>&#8220;Heather Heyer was murdered while protesting against hate,&#8221; the GoFundMe account creator, Felicia Venita Correa, wrote in the account&#8217;s page description. &#8220;We are raising money to give to her family for anything that they may need. The family is aware of this and is in complete charge of when and where the funds will be released. She is a Greene County native and graduated from William Monroe High School. Her mother (whom I will not name until she is ready) said &#8220;She died doing what was right. My heart is broken, but I am forever proud of her. She will truly be missed.&#8221;</p> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=788927697803705&amp;set=a.150388931657588&amp;type=3" type="external" /> <p>The banner image on Heyer&#8217;s Facebook page spoke of civic engagement:</p> <p>President Donald Trump addressed Heyer&#8217;s death via Twitter without naming her, writing: &#8220;Condolences to the family of the young woman killed today, and best regards to all of those injured, in Charlottesville, Virginia. So sad!&#8221;</p> <p>First person piece: &#8216; <a href="http://www.myajc.com/news/local/this-not-charlottesville/0V7Un6QSTUUY7CLoZFLccJ/" type="external">This is not my Charlottesville&#8217;</a></p> <p>Authorities arrested James Alex Fields, 20, of Ohio, and <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/national/driver-car-that-plowed-into-crowd-protesting-white-nationalists-identified/ERteAyGOI0wQwXlm1dmxKP/" type="external">charged him with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of failing to stop at an accident that resulted in a death.</a></p> <p><a href="https://apnews.com/12de1cb47897443384cc36d8621c3cf7" type="external">The Associated Press reported</a> three other arrests stemming from Saturday&#8217;s chaos in Charlottesville, where people protesting the removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee clashed with counterprotesters. Troy Dunigan, 21, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was charged with disorderly conduct; Jacob L. Smith, 21, of Louisa, Virginia, was charged with assault and battery; and James M. O&#8217;Brien, 44, of Gainesville, Florida, was charged with carrying a concealed handgun.</p> <q> <p>JUST IN: Booking photo of James Alex Fields, Jr. <a href="https://twitter.com/NBC29" type="external">@NBC29</a> <a href="https://t.co/9nxtsvqNmt" type="external">pic.twitter.com/9nxtsvqNmt</a></p> &#8212; Henry Graff (@HenryGraff) <a href="https://twitter.com/HenryGraff/status/896541167084548096" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q> <p>In a statement on Saturday, Trump blamed &#8220;many sides&#8221; for inciting the violence -- an equivocation that&#8217;s drawn criticism from across the political spectrum. Here are comments from Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who was once Trump&#8217;s rival for the presidential nomination, and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder:</p> <q> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" type="external">@realDonaldTrump</a>, thanks, at long last, for condemning hate in speech and action. Our work here is just beginning. Yours is too.</p> &#8212; Mike Signer (@MikeSigner) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeSigner/status/896422677648474113" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q> <q> <p>Very important for the nation to hear <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS" type="external">@potus</a> describe events in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charlottesville?src=hash" type="external">#Charlottesville</a> for what they are, a terror attack by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/whitesupremacists?src=hash" type="external">#whitesupremacists</a></p> &#8212; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/896483980857532416" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q> <q> <p>If ISIS rammed a car into a crowd this would be labeled quickly &amp;amp; logically. Charlottesville - call it what it is, domestic terrorism.</p> &#8212; Eric Holder (@EricHolder) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricHolder/status/896564288604839937" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q> <p>&#8220;We agreed that the hate and the division must stop, and must stop right now,&#8221; Trump said during remarks issued from his New Jersey resort. &#8220;We have to come together as Americans with love for our nation and true affection for each other,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. It&#8217;s been going on for a long time in our country. Not Donald Trump. Not Barack Obama. It&#8217;s been going on for a long, long time.&#8221;</p> <p>He also called for a swift return of law and order. Here are some excerpts from the statement, posted on Trump&#8217;s Twitter feed:</p> <q> <p>We must remember this truth: No matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are ALL AMERICANS FIRST. <a href="https://t.co/FesMiQSKKn" type="external">pic.twitter.com/FesMiQSKKn</a></p> &#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/896481262776360960" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q> <q> <p>What is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charlottesville?src=hash" type="external">#Charlottesville</a> <a href="https://t.co/DB22fgnu6L" type="external">pic.twitter.com/DB22fgnu6L</a></p> &#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/896467135391596544" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q> <a type="internal">Scott Olson/Getty Images</a> <p>&#169; 2018 Cox Media Group.</p>

Fundraiser for counterprotester killed at Charlottesville rally nets $225,000

http://www.wpxi.com/news/national/fundraiser-for-counterprotester-killed-at-charlottesville-rally-nets-225000/591793649

2017-08-14

<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTHR) - Indiana lawmakers in Washington are joining the chorus against white supremacist groups.</p> <p>Rep. Andr&#233; Carson (D-Ind.) is co-sponsoring legislation with more than 30 members of Congress that calls for President Donald Trump "to strongly condemn white nationalists, the Ku Klux Klan, and other hate groups that make up the 'alt-right'." The lawmakers are also demanding the president fire officials in the Trump administration who support white supremacists, specifically naming Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka.</p> <q> <p>BREAKING: I've introduced a resolution with 31 co-sponsors demanding Trump fire any staff who've endorsed or supported white supremacists. <a href="https://t.co/2WuGMqhQPa" type="external">pic.twitter.com/2WuGMqhQPa</a></p>&#8212; Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/897508813695107072" type="external">August 15, 2017</a> </q> <p>"The President of the United States and his advisors should serve as an example to the rest of the country," Rep. Carson said. "As the country unites against this violent and hateful movement, people who fail to stand up to white nationalism and neo-Nazism should not be in a position of power."</p> <p>The legislation, outlined in a release from Carson's office, also calls for Trump to "use all available resources" to address the growth of hate groups in the country and to "unite all Americans against hate."</p> <p>Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) took to Twitter Tuesday evening to denouce the groups:</p>

Lawmakers call for firing of Trump administration officials who support white supremacy

http://www.wthr.com/article/lawmakers-call-for-firing-of-trump-administration-officials-who-support-white-supremacy

2017-08-15

<p>INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Former Colts head coach Tony Dungy announced on Twitter Thursday morning that he's donating money to help a city near Tampa Bay remove a Confederate statue.</p> <p>Dungy tweeted a picture of the front page of the Tampa Bay Times saying Hillsborough would need $140,000 in private funds in the next 30 days to move the statue. He said he and his wife "are in for $5K" and then challenged Tampa's sports teams to pitch in as well.</p> <p>Since Charlottesville, there has been <a type="internal">a surge in efforts</a> to move or outright destroy statues of Confederate war leaders from Gainesville, Florida to Baltimore, Maryland.</p> <p>There has also been a renewal of efforts to protect the monuments. President Donald Trump tweeted that it's "Sad to see the history and culture of our great country <a type="internal">being ripped apart</a>" with the removal of such statues around the country. Maine's Republican governor Paul LePage went so far as to say removing Confederate statues is <a type="internal">"just like"</a> removing a monument to victims of the 9/11 attacks.</p>

Tony Dungy donates to help remove Confederate statue in Tampa Bay area

http://www.wthr.com/article/tony-dungy-donates-to-help-remove-confederate-statue-in-tampa-bay-area

2017-08-17

<p>NEW YORK (WTHR) - Jimmy Fallon passed on the usual jokes to share his thoughts on the weekend protests in Virginia.</p> <p>"What happened this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia was just disgusting," Fallon said.</p> <p>He said he watched the protests and became "sick to my stomach." He added that he was concerned about the effect the news would have on his young daughters.</p> <p>"They're two years old and four years old, they don't know what hate is. They go to the playground, they have friends of all races and backgrounds, they just play, they laugh and they have fun," Fallon said.</p> <p>He said children need parents and teachers who they can look up to for guidance, as well as "leaders that appeal to the best of us."</p> <p>The "Tonight Show" host called out President Donald Trump, saying it was "shameful" that the president took two days "to clearly denounce racists and white supremacists," adding that Trump likely did so only after public pressure.</p> <p>"It's important for everyone, especially white people in this country, to speak out against this. Ignoring it is just as bad as supporting it," he said.</p> <p>Fallon paid tribute to 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who died when she was struck by a car during a counter-protest in Charlottesville.</p> <p>"I can't look at my beautiful, growing, curious daughters and say nothing when this kind of thing is happening," Fallon said.</p> <p>You can watch Fallon's entire speech in the video player above.</p> <p>The "Tonight Show" airs weeknights at 11:35 on Channel 13.</p>

WATCH: Jimmy Fallon passes on monologue to reflect on Charlottesville protests

http://www.wthr.com/article/watch-jimmy-fallon-passes-on-monologue-to-reflect-on-charlottesville-protests

2017-08-14

<p>LAS VEGAS &#8212;</p> <p>Warning: Videos that appear in this article may include graphic content</p> <p>Despite rumors, Las Vegas authorities still believe only man was responsible for killing at least 59 people and injuring 527 after he opened fire on an outdoor concert late Sunday. It is now the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.</p> <p>Around 10 p.m. local time, a gunman opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival from inside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street.</p> <p>SWAT teams quickly surrounded the concert and the casino, and officers used explosives to get into the hotel room where the suspect was inside, authorities said. The gunman, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was found dead. Police believe he killed himself prior to their entry.</p> <p>Overall 23 guns, including a number of long rifles, were found in his room, Las Vegas Police Undersheriff Kevin McMahill told CNN.</p> <p>Paddock is from Mesquite, Nev., about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says Paddock first checked into the hotel on Sept. 28.</p> <p>Authorities obtained a search warrant for the home of Stephen Paddock in Mesquite, Nevada.</p> <p>Authorities stormed the house, which is in an upscale neighborhood, on Monday afternoon. They closed a two-block stretch around the house in a neighborhood that has a community clubhouse with a tennis court and a billiard room.</p> <p>Las Vegas police say they found 19 firearms in the house.</p> <p>Three SWAT team trucks and a bomb squad truck accompanied police.</p> <p><a href="https://www.lvmpd.com/en-us/Press%20Releases/PO%20236%2010-02-17.pdf" type="external">Authorities are asking that anyone</a> with possible photos or video from the incident call 1-800-225-5324.</p> <p>Police say they located 62-year-old Marilou Danley, who was initially wanted as a person of interest in this incident. Danley, who was out of the country at the time, is not believed to have been involved in the shooting.</p> <p>Paddock's brother Eric told reporters that Danley is his brother's girlfriend.</p> <p>There was no immediate word on the motive for the bloodbath. Lombardo said authorities believe it was a &#8220;lone wolf&#8221; attack.</p> <p>Without providing evidence, the Islamic State claimed the attack, saying the shooter converted to Islam months ago. FBI officials later disputed this report, saying that there is no known link between the suspect and any international terror group.</p> <p>Mesquite police also searched the suspected gunman's home. At a press conference, authorities say they seized in excess of 18 additional firearms, in additional to some explosives and several thousand rounds of ammo. Another residence in Northern Nevada is about to be searched by SWAT teams, police said.</p> <p>Eric Paddock, who lives in Florida, told the Orlando Sentinel: &#8220;We are completely dumbfounded. We can&#8217;t understand what happened.&#8221;</p> <p>Eric Paddock told WESH that "it's like an asteroid has hit the family," and that the family has "no reason, rhyme, rationale" for the attack. They say he had no criminal past and no group affiliation. The Paddock family says the alleged shooter was a multi-millionaire real estate investor.</p> <p>Eric shared an image of himself with Stephen, pictured below, from 15 years ago.</p> <p>Two Las Vegas police officers are being treated at a local hospital for injuries they sustained during the shooting, Lombardo said. In addition, the sheriff stated that there were off duty officers attending the concert who died, including a LVMPD officer.</p> <p>Country music star Jason Aldean was performing at the end of the three-day festival when the gunman opened fire.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/LukeBroadlick/status/914757815926792192" type="external">Video</a> of the shooting then showed Aldean stopping and the crowd getting quiet as if they were unsure of what had just happened. The gunman paused and then fired another volley of muzzle flashes from the gold glass casino as more victims fell to the ground while others fled in panic.</p> <p>(Warning: Viewers may find the video below upsetting.)</p> <p>Terrifying video from the scene shows people panicking at the <a href="https://twitter.com/davidsakach/status/914730995147870208" type="external">sound of rapid gunfire</a> and screaming as they <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvEsknBxYX/" type="external">scrambled to escape</a>.</p> <p>Some hid behind concession stands, while others crawled under parked cars.</p> <p>As the 22,000 fans in the crowd began to flee, witnesses reported seeing flashes of light coming from the Mandalay Bay tower high above.</p> <p>A witness, only identified as Christine, describes the horrifying moment:</p> <p>"We saw Jason run off stage, and people all over on the floor the grassy area in front of the stage, someone falling, someone screaming and running," she said. "The shots just kept coming, and so we were going down and when we got down, there was a man that was shot right there, he was all bloody and unconscious."</p> <p>Monique Dumas said that everyone instantly crouched when they heard the shots.</p> <p>"It seemed there was a pause in the gunfire and the people in the yellow shirts were telling the people to 'go, go, go, go' ... the gunfire never ended, it seemed like it went on and on and on," she said.</p> <p>A nurse who was off-duty witnessed the scene described it.</p> <p>Storme Warren described watching the chaos erupt once people began to run for their lives, saying: "We stepped over the bodies, we saw the people, we saw the heart-wrenching sadness from relatives grabbing hold of their loved ones."</p> <p>Flights in and out of Las Vegas' McCarran Airport were also held because of the situation.</p> <p>Aldean took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvRZnogBrI/?hl=en&amp;taken-by=jasonaldean" type="external">social media</a> to say he and his crew are safe, adding: "Tonight has been beyond horrific."</p> <p>President Donald Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914810093874671617" type="external">tweeted</a>: "My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!"</p> <p>Later in the day Monday, President Trump called the shooting "an act of pure evil," and praised first responders. He said he will travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday.</p> <p>The Mayor of Las Vegas Carolyn Goodman <a href="https://twitter.com/mayoroflasvegas/status/914747671528615936" type="external">tweeted</a>: "Pray for Las Vegas. Thank you to all our first responders out there now."</p> <p>"While the sun is shining in Las Vegas, it is a very dark and black day," Goodman said at a Monday press conference. The mayor also confirmed that a city hall employee was among the dead.</p> <p>A prayer vigil is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. local time in front of Las Vegas City Hall.</p> <p>Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval <a href="https://twitter.com/GovSandoval/status/914783843806199809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.dataminr.com%2Fapp%2Fdashboard.html" type="external">tweeted</a>, calling the attack a "heinous act of violence."</p> <p>Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchinson told reports that all victims who had been transported to University Medical Center of Southern Nevada survived the injuries sustained in the shooting. "If you were alive and went into UMC hospital last night, you are still alive," said Hutchison.</p> <p>UMC is the only Level I trauma center in the state of Nevada.</p> <p>MGM Resorts, the owners of the Mandalay Bay Casino, <a href="https://twitter.com/MGMResortsIntl/status/914785615417241600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.dataminr.com%2Fapp%2Fdashboard.html" type="external">tweeted</a>: "Our thoughts &amp;amp; prayers are with the victims of last night's tragic events. We&#8217;re grateful for the immediate actions of our first responders."</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/safetycheck/the-violent-incident-in-las-vegas-nevada-oct01-2017/" type="external">Facebook has set up a crisis response page</a> to help people establish whether their loved ones are safe.</p> <p>One distraught witness told reporters "this kind of stuff cannot happen in America."</p> <p>"We need to come together and fight for America, because this is our country, this is our nation, this is our people, we need to stand together to fight this thing out," he said.</p> <p>49 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June 2016.</p> <p>Orlando Police Chief John Mina <a href="https://twitter.com/OrlandoPolice/status/914818432788508673/photo/1" type="external">tweeted</a> condolences for all those affected by the mass shooting in Las Vegas, saying in part: "This community, and the men and women of OPD, know all too well the anguish that is gripping the residents, visitors and law enforcement community in Las Vegas."</p> <p>The U.S. Homeland Security Department says there is no &#8220;specific credible threat&#8221; involving other public venues in the U.S.</p>

Beyond horrific': Deadliest mass shooting in modern US history

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2017-10-03

<p>(AP) - A Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on girls in a Muslim sect will be released from jail as she awaits trial.</p> <p>A judge on Tuesday was persuaded to grant bond to Dr. Jumana Nagarwala after supporters pledged to pay more than $4 million if she flees the country. Federal Judge Bernard Friedman called it a "very comprehensive package."</p> <p>In February, Nagarwala allegedly performed the procedure on two 7-year-old girls at a clinic in Livonia. According to court documents, they were brought there by their mothers.</p> <p>in the criminal affidavit, the 7-year-old girl was told she was brought to Detroit for a "special girls trip."</p> <p>The child victim also stated that she said she had to go to the doctor "to get the germs out." Upon a medical exam on April 11, a doctor determined that the child's genitals had been altered or removed. The child identified Dr. Nagarwala as the doctor who performed the procedure.</p> <p>The affidavit also alleges that there are Michigan victims as well.</p> <p>&#8220;According to the complaint, despite her oath to care for her patients, Dr. Nagarwala is alleged to have performed horrifying acts of brutality on the most vulnerable victims,&#8221; said Acting Assistant Attorney General Blanco. &#8220;The Department of Justice is committed to stopping female genital mutilation in this country, and will use the full power of the law to ensure that no girls suffer such physical and emotional abuse.&#8221;</p> <p>Some of the girls were brought from out of state for the illegal procedure. FGM is considered the complete removal or partial removal of the clitoris, known as a clitoridectomy. It is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of women and girls.</p> <p>Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.</p> <p><a href="javascript:print()" type="external">Print this article</a> <a type="internal">Back to Top</a></p>

Detroit doctor charged for female genital mutilation to be released on $4.5M bond

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2017-09-19

<p>GREENVILLE, S.C. &#8212;</p> <p>Two people are dead after an officer-involved shooting Friday afternoon on White Horse Road, according to the Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis.</p> <p>The sheriff&#8217;s office got a call that a man with a gun was chasing a woman near McAfee Funeral Home, according to Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis.</p> <p>Deputies responded to a call that came in just after 4 p.m. according to dispatch.</p> <p>The shooting happened near the McAfee Funeral Home on White Horse Road, dispatch said.</p> <p>As the woman ran across White Horse Road, the man shot her, according to Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans.</p> <p>He said when deputies confronted the man, the man fired at deputies. The coroner said the deputies returned fire killing him.</p> <p>The woman was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead just before 5:30 p.m., said Evans.</p> <p>Saturday afternoon the Greenville County coroner's office identified the woman as Candy Rosario, 25, of Greenville.</p> <p>Witnesses on scene said a deputy confronted the man and ordered him to put down his gun and the deputy was forced to discharge their weapon after the man did not put the gun down.</p> <p>Witnesses on scene said about 10 to 15 shots were fired.</p> <p>On Sunday, the Greenville County coroner identified the man as Ramiro Bravo Ramirez, 34, of Greenville.</p> <p>The coroner said autopsy results on Ramirez are still pending.</p> <p>Dispatchers said White Horse Road reopened around 6 a.m. on Saturday.</p> <p>All of the deputies are fine and the investigation has been turned over to SLED, Lewis said.</p> <p>Following standard procedure, the deputy is placed on administrative leave while the investigation is pending.</p> <p>We will continue to update this story as we get new information.</p>

Two dead after shooting on White Horse Road, sheriff says

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2017-07-16