Sunday, December 17, 2017 4:06:54 AM
[no, umm, 'presidential' Weakly Address on December 1, 2017]
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GOP Quietly Moves to Open Arctic Refuge to Oil & Gas Drilling While Earth Undergoes 6th Extinction
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by Democracy Now! [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw / https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow , https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow/videos ]
As the GOP tax bill heads to a potential vote today, a little known provision tucked into the Republican tax bill would open one of the world’s last pristine wildernesses—the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—to oil and fracked gas drilling. The amendment was added during negotiations to win votes for the larger tax bill. The Arctic Refuge is rich in biodiversity and home to caribou, polar bears and musk oxen. It has also been home to indigenous people for thousands of years. We speak with activist and photographer Subhankar Banerjee, Lannan Chair and professor of art and ecology at the University of New Mexico.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/1/gop_quietly_moves_to_open_arctic [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q55qx1xMK0 [with comments]
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Statement from the Press Secretary on the Kate Steinle Case
Immigration
December 1, 2017
Yesterday’s verdict in San Francisco underscores the danger to public safety when our Nation fails to enforce its laws. Kate Steinle was killed by an illegal immigrant and convicted felon who had been deported from the United States five times. He, and countless other criminal illegal immigrants like him, should never be allowed to threaten our citizens.
It’s more important now than ever for Congress to secure our borders and provide the resources, including more ICE officers, needed to deport criminal illegal aliens and to finally stop sanctuary city policies that cause needless loss of innocent life. Politicians who fail to address these needs share responsibility for preventable crimes committed against innocent Americans.
Had San Francisco enforced our Nation’s immigration laws, the Steinle family would be celebrating this holiday with all of their loved ones.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-kate-steinle-case/
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Full Show - FOIA Revelation: FBI’s Cover-Up Of Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting - 12/01/2017
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by Ron Gibson [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYv-5LsUyc_P8KMo7YGPFPA / https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF , https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF/videos ]
Full Broadcast 1Dec17 Real News with David Knight
GUESTS:
• William Binney — What he told CIA Director Pompeo about “Russian Hack” & his message to the American people on the dangers of “The New Praetorian Guard” of the surveillance state turning inward & turning political.
TOPICS:
• The outrage over the jury’s verdict of NOT GUILTY in the Kate Steinle murder case
• Deficit Chicken Hawk, Bob Corker, and the phony deficit “projection”
• Psychological projections of Hollywood’s dark, “soulless” “baby eaters”
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoHLcS3Pyx8 [with comments] [the edited official Alex Jones/Real News with David Knight upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHred1oo9W4 (title and text adapted from; with comments)]
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Kyle Embraces His Inner Millennial | South Park
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by Comedy Central UK [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsv4YOF2RBYh0NQ1vuHQ-hg / https://www.youtube.com/user/ComedyCentralUK , https://www.youtube.com/user/ComedyCentralUK/videos , https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLHHcQWkLnppgAhRVVjMYv82JcEW6-nGR ]
A military alert sweeps across South Park as the President tries to force Kyle to shut down 'Millenials Against Canada".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqk5bbb_vFY [with comments]
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Full Show - Mueller Aims To Destroy America With Flynn Charge - 12/01/2017
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]
Friday, Dec. 1st 2017: Flynn Indicted on Perjury Charges - Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has been charged with “willfully and knowingly” lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia’s ambassador. Alex Jones, Owen Shroyer, and Roger Stone break down what exactly is going on behind the scenes between the FBI, Flynn, and President Trump. The Kate Steinle murder trial ended when a California jury found seven-time felon and five-time deported illegal alien Jose Garcia Zarate not guilty. Also, Republicans are still trying to get the new tax bill passed as today's vote has been delayed. James O'Keefe of Project Veritas joins to discuss the Washington Post's embarrassing appearance on his hidden camera video series, and Mike Cernovich brings home the fourth and final hour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhruX44tAbs [with comments] [also, edited, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izh2j2xFEIY (additional text adapted from; with comments)] [a must-watch]
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Alex Jones Can’t Stop Facepalming | Alex Jones Master Class Part 1
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by VICE News [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZaT_X_mc0BI-djXOlfhqWQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/vicenews , https://www.youtube.com/user/vicenews/videos ]
Today, we examine “the Alex Jones facepalm.” Patrick Stewart, bow before your new master.
For anyone unfamiliar with the radio personality and Infowars founder, Jones has claimed that 9/11 and the Sandy Hook massacre were inside jobs, that Obama wore a secret Muslim ring, and that juice boxes turn children into homosexuals. He also happens to have the ear of the president of the United States of America
In this series, however, we won’t be examining any of Jones’s political beliefs; rather we’ll look at the gravelly voiced Texan’s other most notable quality: his flair for theatrical presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqSzar6fPIc [with comments]
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Alex Jones Wants You To Know He’s Sorry For His Outbursts | Alex Jones Master Class Part 2
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by VICE News
Welcome to the second installment of our Alex Jones master class. Today, we show you Alex Jones' superhuman self-control.
For anyone unfamiliar with the radio personality and Infowars founder, Jones has claimed that 9/11 and the Sandy Hook massacre were inside jobs, Obama wore a secret Muslim ring, and juice boxes turn children gay. He also happens to have the ear of the President of the United States of America.
In this series, however, we will not be examining any of Jones’s political beliefs, rather we are going to look at the gravelly-voiced Texan’s other most notable quality: his flair for theatrical presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75rRs6fraUI [with comments]
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Alex Jones Is The Master Of Impersonations | Alex Jones Master Class Part 3
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by VICE News
In addition to bringing attention to the so-called “Globalists,” a vague and shadowy cabal Jones believes is planning to annihilate humanity, he embraces his role as an entertainer with a finely tuned comic sensibility. Perhaps his favorite satiric tool is as old as the art form itself –the impression.
In his impressions, Jones takes on an eclectic group of public figures, including Bernie Sanders, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Maddow, and William F. Buckley. While many a stand-up has made a career out of impressions, Jones takes a different tactic, often impersonating the “spirit” of his targets instead of their actual mannerisms.
But don’t worry if you have trouble figuring out who’s being mocked, Jones always lets his audience know who he’s impersonating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDA5IVCLyQk [with comments]
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Alex Jones Can't Stop Screaming | Alex Jones Master Class Part 4
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by VICE News
Sometimes words are simply too constricting of a medium for Alex Jones's fury, so in the fourth and final installment of the Alex Jones master class we compile his screams in a semi-comprehensive way.
For anyone unfamiliar with the far-right radio personality and Infowars founder, Jones has claimed that Sept. 11 and the Sandy Hook massacre were inside jobs, that Obama wore a secret Muslim ring, and that juice boxes turn children into homosexuals. He also happens to have the ear of the president of the United States of America. In this series, however, we won’t be examining Jones’ political beliefs. Rather, we’ll be looking at the gravel-voiced Texan’s other most notable quality: his flair for theatrics.
Jones’s on-air persona owes more to Howard Beale, the fictional character from “Network” than most pundits or journalists. In the 1976 satire, Peter Finch plays Beale, a failing news anchor whose ratings get a much-needed boost after suffering an on-air nervous breakdown. In the film’s most enduring moment Beale fumes: “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BEUykdqTq0 [with comments]
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Full Show - Michael Flynn Is Being Railroad By The Deep State - 12/01/2017
Published on Dec 4, 2017 by War Room [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg/videos ]
On today’s Friday December 1st edition of The War Room. Rob Dew and Owen Shroyer discuss the real reason for the attack on Gen Michael Flynn. Roger Stone provides breaking analysis and interviews vaccine investigator Lori Gregory of The Mom Street Journal. Finally LeeAnn McAdoo discuss the slavery problem that has filled the chaos vacuum in Libya.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTeYut5kh80 [with comments] [also, edited, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dTwQuD6WKs (with comments)]
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The Mike Flynn “Lock Her Up” Yule Log: The Daily Show
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]
Curl up and enjoy the Mike Flynn “Lock Her Up” Yule Log, just in time for the holiday season!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h32IIbvH8A [with comments]
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Flynn Flips: Lied on Russia outreach, Russia coordination, U.N. plot
The Beat With Ari Melber
12/1/17
Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI in Mueller’s Russia investigation and signs a cooperation agreement to help Mueller solve crimes. Ari Melber on the core four facts Flynn admitted. Duration: 12:49
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/flynn-flips-lied-on-russia-outreach-russia-coordination-u-n-plot-1108008003790
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New Mueller Document: Flynn Did Not Act Alone
The Beat With Ari Melber
12/1/17
Flynn’s guilty plea reveals he did not act alone and agrees to cooperate with Mueller turning over “all evidence of crimes.” What happens next with a White House staff “blindsided” and on edge? Duration: 5:59
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/new-mueller-document-flynn-did-not-act-alone-1108013123520
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The explosive video that shows how Flynn flipped
The Beat With Ari Melber
12/1/17
MSNBC Chief Legal correspondent Ari Melber breaks down the key moments that led to Michael Flynn flipping, and shows their new significance, through the lens of Mueller’s newly released plea documents Duration: 10:01
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/the-explosive-video-that-shows-how-flynn-flipped-1108012099812
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Trump on Flynn's plea: He “turned on me”
The Beat With Ari Melber
12/1/17
A new report from “The Daily Beast” reveals Trump was privately concerned for weeks Mueller flipped Michael Flynn in the Russia investigation as we learn Trump was pressuring Senators to end their probe. Duration: 3:06
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/trump-on-flynn-s-plea-he-turned-on-me-1108010051851
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Trump at "Watergate moment" - Sen. Richard Blumenthal
All In with Chris Hayes
12/1/17
Trump and others are now at a "Watergate moment," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. "What did he know and when did he know it?" Duration: 6:07
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-at-watergate-moment-sen-richard-blumenthal-1108055619958 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e9jsT9KBR8 [with comments]
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The original Michael Flynn lies
All In with Chris Hayes
12/1/17
At the very heart of today's Michael Flynn news are the repeated lies or false statements made by members of the Trump administration. Duration: 3:18
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-original-michael-flynn-lies-1108049475943 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ItWwqwIVs [with comments]
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Why did Trump ignore repeated warnings Flynn was compromised?
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Rachel Maddow looks at the warnings Donald Trump received about Mike Flynn and the inexplicable way Trump held Flynn in favor even after he left office. Duration: 19:36
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-did-trump-ignore-repeated-warnings-that-flynn-was-compromised-1108062275821 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM4PmePyKoA [with comments]
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Exclusive: Pence has not been contacted by Mueller investigation
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Rachel Maddow reports exclusively that Mike Pence has not spoken with the Robert Mueller investigation and has not been asked to, and has not been asked to produce any documents for the investigation. Duration: 1:00
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/exclusive-pence-has-not-been-contacted-by-mueller-investigation-1108065347976
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Flynn charge gives insight on Mueller investigation's progress
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Paul Fishman, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about what the Mike Flynn guilty plea tells us about the Robert Mueller investigation, and Sally Yates' warning to the Trump administration that Flynn had been compromised. Duration: 7:46
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/flynn-charge-gives-insight-on-mueller-investigation-s-progress-1108098115581
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Flynn prosecution still possible despite plea agreement
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Paul Fishman, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about Mike Flynn's legal situation in light of his guilty plea and whether his deal makes it more likely that other people in Donald Trump's circle will look for deals as well. Duration: 3:59
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/flynn-prosecution-still-possible-despite-plea-agreement-1108104259781
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GOP poised to raise middle class taxes to benefit corporations
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Rachel Maddow reports on the slapdash tax bill that Republicans unveiled at the last minute before a vote and intend to pass despite deep unpopularity and cost to middle class Americans in favor of extremely rich people. Duration: 3:21
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-poised-to-raise-middle-class-taxes-to-benefit-corporations-1108121667587
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Flynn guilty plea marks historic turn for U.S. presidency
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Rachel Maddow about the historic nature of Mike Flynn's guilty plea, and the parallels with John Dean as someone who flipped to work with investigators. Duration: 3:55
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/flynn-guilty-plea-marks-historic-turn-for-u-s-presidency-1108109891943
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Mike Flynn case allows peek at Robert Mueller legal team
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Rachel Maddow looks at what was reported about the reputations of Zainab Ahmad and Brandon Van Grack before we saw their names at the bottom of Mike Flynn's prosecuting papers. Duration: 1:49
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mike-flynn-case-allows-peek-at-robert-mueller-legal-team-1108102723790
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Lawrence: Flynn guilty plea means walls are closing in on Trump
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
12/1/17
Robert Mueller's investigation is now just one person away from the president after Michael Flynn's guilty plea, Lawrence O'Donnell says. Because Flynn has already told his story to the special counsel to get a deal, even pardoning Flynn can't save Trump now. Duration: 13:00
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-flynn-guilty-plea-means-walls-are-closing-in-on-trump-1108101187858 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etg_LotCV0c [with comments]
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How will Michael Flynn's guilty plea affect the Trump family?
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
12/1/17
Robert Mueller is one step closer to Trump's inner circle after Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in the Russia probe. So who in Trump’s world has the most to worry about with Michael Flynn’s testimony? Lawrence O’Donnell discusses with David Frum, Barbara McQuade, & Ken Dilanian. Duration: 8:19
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/how-will-michael-flynn-s-guilty-plea-affect-the-trump-family-1108106307784 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_9WSfyZDBs [with comments]
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Trump White House was 'blindsided' by Flynn guilty plea
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
12/2/17
What will a guilty plea from Mike Flynn mean for Trump and his inner circle inside the White House? Our panel of reporters and legal experts breaks it all down. Duration: 7:40
©2017 NBCNews.com
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-white-house-was-blindsided-by-flynn-guilty-plea-1108125763587 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76DmMbNhH-M [with comments]
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Trump lawyers did not know Flynn guilty plea was coming
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
12/2/17
Given that Trump's legal team reportedly had no idea the Flynn guilty plea was coming, how will the Trump White House plan for Mueller's next move. Our panel reacts. Duration: 6:47
©2017 NBCNews.com
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-lawyers-did-not-know-flynn-guilty-plea-was-coming-1108124227918
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From decorated officer to felon: Who is Mike Flynn?
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
12/2/17
Before joining the Trump campaign, Michael Flynn and a long and decorated military career. Gen. Barry McCaffrey - who knows Flynn - and former U.S. Ambassador Mike McFaul join to discuss. Duration: 6:24
©2017 NBCNews.com
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/from-decorated-officer-to-felon-who-is-mike-flynn-1108126275916 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szFRytOIHMg [with comments]
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Trump Has A Lot To Be Worried About Now That Flynn Is Talking (HBO)
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by VICE News
Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn just became the fourth — and potentially the most important — person charged in Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation into whether the Trump administration colluded with Russia during and after the election.
Back in February 2016, Flynn, a retired three-star general, was one of the first high-level people to join Trump’s campaign, later making him a senior member of the transition team. And just 10 days after the election, Trump had already named Flynn as national security adviser, a role that would give him nearly unfettered access to White House secrets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnOf8ZhIH7I [with comments]
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CNN Is Skipping The White House Christmas Party
Published on Dec 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig/videos ]
The President's favorite 'Fake News' network isn't going to let Trump catch them under the mistletoe.
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF5hAYo2p4U [with comments]
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Is It Okay To Say The 'D' Word About Trump Yet?
Published on Dec 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Despite his affinity for sitting, some are questioning whether or not the President is off his rocker.
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqjCxNnrhss [with comments]
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Trump's Anti-Muslim Propaganda Snuff Film Tweet Party
Published on Dec 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May wasn't pleased with Trump after he retweeted an anti-Muslim fringe group three times.
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-v6HDIdC94 [with comments]
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Trump Said There's Nothing Like 'First Rate P****'
Published on Dec 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
A golf magazine proved that the President has a history of dropping the p-bomb outside of 'Access Hollywood' busses.
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfG81LiwYHs [with comments]
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Lewis Black Has The Ultimate 'Trickle Down' Analogy
Published on Dec 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The authority on anger Lewis Black rants about Trump's bill and sexual harassment news amid his Joke's On US Tour.
[originally aired December 1, 2017 (U.S. central time)]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V-g7YPVlmU [with comments]
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"Day 316" Donald Trump Zionist Regime, " Familia Flynn Flips"
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by Bravo Alternative Media [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVV0_xnA_z-ALo6kZJz2WXA , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVV0_xnA_z-ALo6kZJz2WXA/videos ]
"Familia Flynn Flips" on "Day 316" of the Donald Trump Zionist Regime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0_lXG3Ykvk [with comments]
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stashed December 1, 2017:
Russian Trolls Linked Clinton To ‘Satanic Ritual’ In Fake News Campaign Push: Report - Alex Jones (who continues furiously pushing it)
The lies went into overdrive to influence the election, NBC News says.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russian-trolls-fake-news-hillary-clinton_us_5a20c8afe4b03c44072c6b86
citing:
Russian trolls pushed graphic, racist tweets to American voters
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/russian-trolls-pushed-graphic-racist-tweets-american-voters-n823001
How Those Anti-Muslim Videos Probably Got Into Trump’s Twitter Feed
And the deeply troubling, bot-fueled surge of anti-Muslim activity on Twitter over the last year, as revealed by a new report.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-anti-muslim-retweets-ann-coulter-pamela-geller_us_5a202d14e4b037b8ea206c34
citing:
Bots, fake news and the anti-Muslim message on social media
http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/bots-fake-news-anti-muslim-message-social-media/
These Are The Facebook Ads Trump Only Wants His Loyal Supporters To See
“Fake news” media, liberal obstructionists and the San Francisco 49ers are all targets of his fundraising fury.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-facebook-ads_us_5a205d86e4b03350e0b5362b
Donald Trump Makes Fun Of Asian Leaders Who Hosted Him ( https://youtu.be/F-L3uLGjcP4 - from 11-29-17 lying about tax plan speech)
The president did his own imitation as he promoted GOP tax legislation.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-mocks-asian-leaders_us_5a202618e4b0a8581e68b677
Trump slams 'disgraceful' Kate Steinle verdict
A jury acquitted Garcia Zarate of murder and involuntary manslaughter charges
Trump often cited Steinle's death as a warning against so-called sanctuary cities
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/politics/kate-steinle-verdict-reactions/index.html
DOJ weighing federal charges in Kate Steinle murder case, after not guilty verdict
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/01/doj-weighing-federal-charges-in-kate-steinle-murder-case-after-not-guilty-verdict.html
Kate Steinle case: Trump in Twitter fury as jury acquits illegal immigrant charged in San Francisco killing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/01/kate-steinle-case-trump-infuriated-as-jury-acquits-illegal-immigrant-charged-in-san-francisco-killing/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dbmm_NRMMcGmyuMTP16lIoaM9WPJM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Senate Weighs Changes to Tax Bill on the Same Day They Could Vote
The Senate will convene at 10 a.m. Friday to continue the debate on taxes, ahead of a possible final vote later in the day.
Republicans seemed to be inching toward victory on Thursday and picked up the support of Senator John McCain of Arizona.
But they faced a setback late in the day when they were left scrambling to find hundreds of billions of dollars in extra revenue to satisfy concerns about the bill’s deficit effects.
Lawmakers are now mulling options that would result in a tax increase down the road, including a possible increase in the corporate tax rate and the revival of the alternative minimum tax on wealthy individuals and some companies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/senate-tax-bill-debate-vote.html
Contradicted by deficit study, Republican tax plan in disarray
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/contradicted-by-deficit-study-republican-tax-plan-in-disarray/2017/11/30/15fda054-d5fc-11e7-95bf-df7c19270879_story.html
The Republican Tax Plan Is A Christmas Gift To Big Business And The Rich
GOP lawmakers are planning an historic transfer of wealth that favors the privileged and squeezes the less-advantaged.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-republican-tax-plan-is-a-christmas-gift-to-big-business-and-the-rich_us_5a209cdee4b03350e0b58a47
How The Federal Reserve Could Rain On Trump’s Tax Cut Parade
Even if the tax cuts boost growth, the central bank could slam the brakes.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-federal-reserve-offset-tax-cuts_us_5a2076cae4b03350e0b55f99
Republicans Rewrite Portions Of Tax Bill Hours Before Vote
Problems with a tax increase “trigger” cause an eleventh-hour scramble.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-rewrite-tax-bill_us_5a20b157e4b03c44072c65ed
Trump, Taxes And Moral Turpitude
Elect a clown, expect a circus.
By Barbara Boxer
Former U.S. Senator; Founder, PAC for a Change
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-taxes-and-moral-turpitude_us_5a207c9de4b03350e0b56b4d
Senate Republicans Don’t Care If Their Tax Bill Is Unpopular
The polls are wrong, the opposition is distorting the truth, and tax cuts are “generally unpopular.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-tax-bill-unpopular_us_5a20968de4b03350e0b58941
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dL-Lv8Uf2a8LspMNOtwwtUZsxAioM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Tillerson Faces ‘Death Blow’ After Repeated Clashes With Trump
White House gives tepid defense after talk he’ll be ousted
Tillerson-White House communications broke down over summer
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-01/tillerson-faces-death-blow-after-repeated-clashes-with-trump
Meet the Iran hawk who could be Trump's next secretary of State
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362673-meet-the-iran-hawk-who-could-be-trumps-next-secretary-of-state
Tillerson doesn't deserve this
Miller and Sokolsky: Being well-liked and respected by the president is the number one rule to being a successful secretary of state
CIA Director Mike Pompeo seems to have Secretary Rex Tillerson beat on that one, write Miller and Sokolsky
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/opinions/tillerson-pompeo-cotton-trump-miller-sokolsky-opinion/index.html
State Dept. Warned That Trump’s Anti-Muslim Tweets Could Endanger Embassies: Report
The president was trying to “elevate the conversation” about terrorism, according to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/state-department-donald-trump-embassies_us_5a204d88e4b037b8ea20b0d1
Cotton, Pompeo And Trump Are A Recipe For War With Iran
Pompeo and Cotton are close ideological allies on foreign policy and can do untold damage to U.S. national security.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cotton-pompeo-and-trump-are-a-recipe-for-war-with-iran_us_5a205ccfe4b03350e0b534aa
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dfA76dcRm2SmbtM42-7kKwbxWIxBM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
The worst Roy Moore take ever has arrived
The worst Roy Moore take has arrived. It is headlined, “Why Alabamians Should Vote for Roy Moore.” It is subheadlined — yes, really, this is what it is subheadlined — “I have a 14-year-old daughter. If I caught Roy Moore doing what was alleged, for starters I would kick him where it counts. That said, I don’t think it’s wrong to vote for Moore.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/11/30/the-worst-roy-moore-take-ever-has-arrived/
Exploring the radical roots of Roy Moore’s theocratic Christianity
Former judge is aligned with Christian Reconstruction, a radical ideology that wants to end secular government - i.e., CHRISTO-FASCIST
https://www.salon.com/2017/12/01/exploring-the-radical-roots-of-roy-moores-theocratic-christianity/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dOcCKQx1D9PtauMa0IaCG9Eg9KdXM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
‘Celebrating Merry Christmas again’: Trump opens new front in the culture wars
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/celebrating-merry-christmas-again-trump-opens-new-front-in-the-culture-wars/2017/11/30/e28a40e0-d5ee-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html
A List Of Everything Donald Trump Has Ruined This Year, From Retweets To The Solar Eclipse
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-grinch-cnn-ruins-holidays-725932
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dNO_iQPdMOjgbWMeWYTEWGMZTRuTM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Paul Manafort reaches bail deal with Mueller probe prosecutors for judge’s approval
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/paul-manafort-announces-proposed-bail-deal-with-mueller-probe-prosecutors-for-judges-ok/2017/11/30/7c0deede-d607-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/drL7h7oAlDfvADM7itdkdw-opjNnM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
[Black] Ten-year-old girl hanged herself after fight video with bully emerged on social media: parents
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ten-year-old-girl-hanged-bullying-parents-article-1.3669514
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dux2MyhVnlqi0mMVyGCDc2KpXy9WM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Tesla just switched on the world's biggest lithium-ion battery in Australia
Elon Musk's Tesla Inc has switched on the world's biggest lithium ion battery in South Australia.
Musk promised to build it in 100 days or give it free.
The battery is designed to shore up the regions grid network, which suffers from frequent blackouts.
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-tesla-switches-on-giant-battery-to-shore-up-australias-grid-2017-12
Australia Powers Up the World’s Biggest Battery — Courtesy of Elon Musk
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/world/australia/elon-musk-south-australia-battery.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dubQNSw3cwlF78MbZSFfPR9N7YroM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
EWW! White House Has A Problem With Cockroaches, Ants And Mice
There was a situation in the Situation Room and unwelcome diners in a mess hall.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-bugs-mice_us_5a20d02be4b03c44072c6d8b
A Mysterious Company Bought LA Weekly And Just Gutted Its Staff
Staffers and journalism advocates are demanding transparency from the site’s new owner.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/la-weekly-mystery-owner-layoffs_us_5a205f2de4b03c44072c0943
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Old Words About Trump Come Back To Bite Him In The Butt
“What a difference a year makes.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-trump-kook_us_5a20bf36e4b03c44072c68d5
Trump Set To Gut 2 Protected Utah Monuments On Monday
Bears Ears National Monument would lose its name, be cut by 85 percent and be split into two smaller sites, documents show.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-national-monuments-utah-announcement_us_5a205e3ee4b0a02abe8fa2a7
Trump Excludes LGBTQ People From World AIDS Day Proclamation
The president’s tribute to those living with HIV felt lacking at best.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-world-aids-day_us_5a2073ace4b0a02abe8fc6b3
Did A Viral Study ‘Prove’ Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats? Not Quite.
“We cannot (and do not) make any claims about how intelligent they are.”
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All that said, while this study suggests dogs might be more intelligent, research from 2014 indicates that when it comes to humans, cat lovers may be smarter than their dog-loving counterparts.
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cats-dogs-smarter-study_us_5a2064f6e4b03350e0b542d0
Donald Trump Is Literally A Talking Head In This ‘Once In A Lifetime’ Mashup
“Am I right? Am I wrong?”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-talking-heads-parody_us_5a210b5ee4b03350e0b5ac6f
Jimmy Kimmel Accepts ‘Tough Guy’ Roy Moore’s Challenge To A Fight
The Republican Senate candidate and former judge invited Kimmel down to Alabama to meet “man to man.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jimmy-kimmel-roy-moore_us_5a211a2ee4b03350e0b5b2e6
Roy Moore Tries, Fails To Heckle Jimmy Kimmel
The comedian replied with a zinger of his own.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roy-moore-jimmy-kimmel-heckle_us_5a206063e4b03350e0b53b50
Stephen Colbert Burns Donald Trump Jr. With One Simple Question
OUCH!
The president’s son wrote:
Hypothetical question? Can my 2 year old get in trouble 4 sexual harassment for asking his teacher to come to his place naked after school?
That led CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert to fire back on Thursday with a question of his own that quickly went viral:
Non-hypothetical question: are you insane?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-jr-are-you-insane_us_5a20f52ee4b03350e0b5a2a5
Photo-Editing War Breaks Out Over Kim Jong Un Missile Test Picture
Starring President Donald Trump, of course.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kim-jong-un-monitor-edited-photographs_us_5a210624e4b03c44072c76de
Vice Media Fires 3 Employees Amid Sexual Harassment Complaints
The company previously suspended Jason Mojica, the head of its documentary film division.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vice-fires-three-employees-sexual-harassment_us_5a20d2bde4b03c44072c6ea8
Down On His Luck California Man Sells Old Blanket For $1.5 million
A California man down on his luck got a change of fortune after a [Native American - Navajo] blanket he inherited from his grandmother sold for nearly $1.5 million at an auction.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/down-on-his-luck-california-man-sells-old-blanket-for-15-million_us_5a206558e4b0a02abe8faef5
'Rope. Tree. Journalist': Walmart yanks lynching T-shirt made by controversy-steeped Teespring
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/11/30/walmart-com-yanks-t-shirt-lynching-journalists-made-controversy-steeped-teespring/910197001/
Walmart stops selling controversial shirt that encourages lynching journalists
Wal-Mart removed a shirt that reads "Rope. Tree. Journalist. SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED." from its website.
The shirt was offered through third-party seller Teespring, which removed the shirt from its site for a second time after first doing so in 2016.
A Reuters photograph of a Trump supporter wearing the shirt before the 2016 presidential election made it the subject of controversy.
http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-stops-selling-shirt-that-encourages-lynching-journalists-2017-12
The Man Behind ‘Journalist, Rope, Tree’
We tracked down the guy selling shirts advocating for the lynching of journalists.
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And he had a message for the media, as well. Rattling a list of grievances allegedly perpetuated by journalists (reporting on Ken Bone and Joe the Plumber, and publishing the addresses of gun permit holders among them), Misha concluded reporters should, “be grateful that the print on that T-shirt, then as now, is mere hyperbole. Because you deserve far, far worse at this point in history. And if you don’t back off, we predict that you may just one day get it.”
11.08.16
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-man-behind-journalist-rope-tree
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dRNuNkMz-ZPNhxMIp5opi4W7l6K8M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Charlottesville response to white supremacist rally sharply criticized in new report
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/charlottesville-response-to-white-supremacist-rally-sharply-criticized-in-new-report/2017/12/01/9c59fe98-d6a3-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dQ1nKPudCQ4ctIM9zbSd0wuryDGzM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/michael-flynn-guilty-russia-investigation.html
Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the FBI
The former national-security adviser is the fourth Trump-campaign official to be charged in Robert Mueller’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/michael-flynn-is-charged-with-lying-to-the-fbi/547244/
Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI
The charges bring the criminal case into the Trump White House and raise questions about who else in the administration Mueller could be eyeing.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/muellers-office-announces-flynn-will-plead-guilty-274349
Trump’s Russian winter grows colder with Flynn plea deal
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/362759-trumps-russian-winter-grows-colder-with-flynn-plea-deal
How the Flynn Charges Box In Trump
Keeping the focus on advisers' Russia contacts helps Mueller keep his job.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-01/how-the-flynn-charges-box-in-trump
If Flynn Is Small Fry, Who’s the Bigger Fish in Mueller’s Net?
The former national-security adviser’s guilty plea suggests he is now cooperating with the special counsel’s investigation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/flynn-plea/547241/
Timeline: What Flynn copped to — and what he didn’t
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/12/01/timeline-what-flynn-copped-to-and-what-he-didnt/
Michael Flynn's guilty plea is an absolutely massive problem for Donald Trump
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/mike-flynn-indictment-analysis/index.html
What Did Michael Flynn Lie About? Everything to Know About the Biggest Robert Mueller Charge Yet
http://www.newsweek.com/michael-flynn-charged-special-counsel-russia-investigation-728304
The Latest: Flynn says Trump transition team directed him
As part of a plea deal, former national security adviser Michael Flynn has admitted that a senior member of the Trump transition team directed him to make contact with Russian officials in December 2016.
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https://www.apnews.com/99bb8f75c5514af8b7e5ec77ea4f6f68/The-Latest:-Flynn-says-Trump-transition-team-directed-him
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dKpQKuONAapmp9MVHT2_f6r5Qa5JM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump Is Cracking Up
By Michelle Goldberg [ https://www.nytimes.com/column/michelle-goldberg ]
Paul Joseph Watson is an editor and staff writer for Infowars, the website published by archconspiracist Alex Jones. Stories on the site claim that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax and the “deep state” orchestrated August’s racist mayhem in Charlottesville, Va. On Wednesday, when Donald Trump retweeted anti-Muslim videos from the British fascist organization Britain First, Watson thought Trump had gone too far. He tweeted: “Yeah, someone might want to tell whoever is running Trump’s Twitter account this morning that retweeting Britain First is not great optics.”
By the end of the day, Trump had been condemned by Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain, to which he responded by going after a different Theresa May on Twitter, dragging an obscure woman who at the time had six followers into the limelight. In another tweet, he insinuated that the TV host Joe Scarborough killed an intern in 2001, when he was a congressman. This came after news reports informed us that Trump is still a birther and that he no longer admits that the voice on the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape is his own. He seems to be cracking up.
There is a debate over whether Trump is unaware of reality or merely indifferent to it. He might be delusional, or he might simply be asserting the power to blithely override truth, which is the ultimate privilege of a despot. But reports from the administration all suggest an increasingly unhinged and chaotic president. Trump’s aides are trying to spin his behavior, which they clearly expect to get worse, as a sign of heightened confidence. “Officials tell us Trump seems more self-assured, more prone to confidently indulging wild conspiracies and fantasies, more quick-triggered to fight than he was during the Wild West of the first 100 days in office,” Mike Allen reports on Axios.
This should be seen as an emergency situation. But now that Republicans are about to get their tax cuts, they appear to have decided that it doesn’t matter whether the president is sane. “One senator who listened as the president revived his doubts about Mr. Obama’s birth certificate chuckled on Tuesday as he recalled the conversation,” Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin reported in The New York Times this week. In Politico, the conservative Rich Lowry made the argument that beneath the tempestuous surface, the Trump presidency is going relatively well, installing right-wing judges and rolling back regulations instituted by Barack Obama. On CNN, Senator Lindsey Graham chided the press for treating Trump like “some kind of kook not fit to be president,” which is some serious gaslighting from a man who previously called Trump “crazy,” a “kook” and “unfit for office.”
The message here is clear: Republicans aren’t going to defy their mad king over anything as mushy and amorphous as democratic norms, rationality or national honor. Indeed, whether Trump is mentally ill or simply unbound, his provocations can serve a purpose for the Republican Party, numbing the country to a tide of less flamboyant outrages. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, for example, appears to have flat-out lied when he said that his agency’s comprehensive analysis shows the Republican tax bill paying for itself through economic growth; according to The Times, no such analysis exists. This should be a scandal, but when an administration lies all the time, it makes a lie like this less shocking.
Less than a month ago Thomas Wright, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, warned that it was a mistake to infer that what we’ve seen so far of the Trump administration will be “as bad as it gets.” As time goes on, he wrote, “Trump will find people who will empower him, instead of trying to contain him. Some of these will be junior officials who gain experience. Others may be opportunists who see a chance to gain high office by pledging to be more of a loyalist than the current cabinet.”
One such figure, Wright wrote, might be Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, who has previously said that cabinet members who won’t unreservedly enact the president’s vision should resign. On Thursday, The Times reported that Cotton, who like the president is a defender of waterboarding, could be on his way to head the C.I.A. He would replace Mike Pompeo, who is himself expected to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
These moves would put the country closer to war with Iran, a course Cotton almost appears to welcome. In an October speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, he said: “If we are forced to take action, the United States has the ability to totally destroy Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. And if they choose to rebuild it, we could destroy it again, until they get the picture.”
Meanwhile, Trump has put us on a track toward armed conflict with North Korea; on Thursday he resumed tweeting insults about that country’s thin-skinned leader, writing, “The Chinese Envoy, who just returned from North Korea, seems to have had no impact on Little Rocket Man.”
If you think 2017 was bad, imagine an America without allies fighting another two-front war, this one involving nuclear weapons, under the leadership of the most hated president in modern history, while a torture apologist runs the C.I.A. The world right now is a powder keg. Trump, an untethered maniac, sits atop it, flicking a lighter that Republicans in Congress could take away, but won’t. If everything goes up in flames, we can’t say we weren’t warned.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/opinion/trump-is-cracking-up.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d92ERxJBfFldgLM_e6fX8LrnDk84M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Lawmaker behind secret $84K sexual harassment settlement unmasked - Fat Fuck Farenthold http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=109273920
Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) used taxpayer funds to end a dispute with his communications director in 2014.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/blake-farenthold-taxpayer-funds-sexual-harassment-274458
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dAoh6nctQUUziiMrps_NHr9xYQuVM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Democrats Warn Against White House Interference in Russia Inquiry
Minority leaders stressed that investigations into potential Trump-Russia ties must continue unimpeded.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/flynn-guilty-plea-congress-democrats/547289/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dgNpXLqlHzL-yjMqgBrQFViL_67XM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Obama issues a warning in India: ‘Think before you tweet’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/01/obama-issues-a-warning-in-india-think-before-you-tweet/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dfz9U00aY1K25WMZhRrx9dV3-4F6M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
As the U.S. mulls recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, here’s what some Palestinians and Israelis think
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/01/as-the-u-s-mulls-recognizing-jerusalem-as-israels-capital-heres-what-some-palestinians-and-israelis-think/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dXL0hjkhu68PeHMArM0QgZIL2gfUM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Gay GOP group urges 'good Christians' to oppose Moore
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/362798-gay-gop-group-urges-good-christians-to-oppose-moore
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dBdZp7mlIM1Y2pMMvRvphHit3v7SM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Martin Shkreli could be forced to give up exclusive Wu-Tang Clan album, Picasso after criminal conviction
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/01/martin-shkreli-could-be-forced-to-give-up-exclusive-wu-tang-clan-album-picasso-after-criminal-conviction/
The Government Wants To Seize Martin Shkreli's One-Of-A-Kind Wu-Tang Album
Shkreli said he paid $2 million for the sole existing copy of the album.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/the-governments-wants-to-seize-martin-shkrelis-one-of-a
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dbJ6WmWyGfnzofM38MbBfhWTXNxYM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Gowdy, Benghazi panel settled wrongful firing suit with $150,000 in public funds
As chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) used $150,000 in taxpayer dollars to settle with a former aide who alleged he was fired in part because he was not willing to focus his investigative work on Hillary Clinton.
The Post confirmed the confidential settlement reached between Gowdy and the Benghazi panel and Bradley Podliska after it appeared in a list of settlements released Friday by the congressional Office of Compliance. Gowdy is now the chairman of the House Oversight Committee.
In a list provided to the House Committee on Administration, the OOC disclosed it oversaw one $150,000 settlement involving a claim of veteran status discrimination and retaliation in the last five years. Podliska, in addition to claiming he was fired for his refusal to focus on Clinton, alleged retaliation by his supervisors because he took leave to fulfill his obligations as an Air Force reservist. His December 2016 settlement, which covered the veterans status and retaliation claims, was reported by The Washington Post at the time without the settlement amount.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gowdy-benghazi-panel-settled-wrongful-firing-suit-with-150000-in-public-funds/2017/12/01/d7c49dac-d6db-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html
Gowdy fired Air Force reservist who wouldn’t attack Hillary — costing taxpayers $150k
House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy fired an Air Force reservist working on the Benghazi Committee who refused to go after Hillary Clinton — leading to a wrongful termination suit and sticking taxpayers with the $150,000 bill.
https://shareblue.com/gowdy-fired-air-force-reservist-who-wouldnt-attack-hillary-costing-taxpayers-150k/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dfLh8Q-l2rUFETMvsBKuw1oHQfklM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Barack Obama Interview (Exclusive) | HT Leadership Summit 2017 | CNN-News18 - in India
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Barack Obama Appears To Zing Donald Trump With Twitter Followers Boast
“I actually have more than other people who use it more often.”
Former President Barack Obama appeared to throw subtle shade at President Donald Trump for having fewer Twitter followers than himself during a forum in India on Friday. In a conversation with journalist Karan Thapar at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi, Obama boasted on stage about having “100 million Twitter followers”. “I actually have more than other people who use it more often.” (For the record, Obama has 97.4 million followers. Trump has 43.8 million.) Obama later issued this advice for people using social media: “Don’t say the first thing that pops into your head, just have a little bit of an edit function, that’s wise for life generally. You see people getting in all kinds of trouble because they sent out some tweet and then they’re trying to erase it afterwards but somebody’s screenshot it and they’re getting embarrassed.” “Think before you speak, think before you tweet, same principle,” he added. The full interview is [above], with Obama’s Twitter comments at the 34:30 mark
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barack-obama-donald-trump-india-twitter_us_5a2258a6e4b0a02abe9157d6 (included/blurbed at http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=136594254 )
In Bangladesh, Pope Francis Gets Closer to Saying ‘Rohingya’
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/world/asia/pope-francis-bangladesh-rohingya.html
Pope Francis: 'The Presence Of God Is Also Called Rohingya'
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/01/567729324/pope-francis-the-presence-of-god-is-also-called-rohingya
Why pope didn’t use the R-word in Myanmar
Few world leaders have advocated more for the rights of migrants and refugees, regardless of their faith
http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/why-pope-didn-t-use-the-r-word-in-myanmar-1.2133541
Pope says ‘Rohingya’ for first time in emotional encounter with refugees
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-says-rohingya-first-time-emotional-encounter-refugees-n825566
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d0aCMQhYWlave3Mze5pU04LKxLBJM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Most American Kids Today Will Be Obese by Age 35
http://fortune.com/2017/12/01/american-obesity-children-study/
study http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1703860
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d5zgEkSuzcTi5oMPVWqybTBcVJSjM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Supermoons and Other Moons That Are Super in Their Own Ways
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/science/supermoon.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dqQOLUKyqVcLbuM2OprcbFn51HlLM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
FDA Approves First-Of-A-Kind Test for Cancer Gene Profiling
U.S. officials have approved a first-of-a-kind test that looks for mutations in hundreds of cancer genes at once using a single tumor sample.
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2017-12-01/fda-approves-first-of-a-kind-test-for-cancer-gene-profiling
FDA approves FoundationOne CDx to detect cancer biomarkers
https://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/lung-cancer/news/online/%7B0edc9a0d-7f33-4d5c-a62c-b181db32b016%7D/fda-approves-foundationone-cdx-to-detect-cancer-biomarkers
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d1ncT0JtqxhiYVM6iEfFvga9ur7RM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
U.S. Archaeological Sites Threatened by Sea Level Rise
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6131-171130-sea-level-rise
Rising seas threaten 13,000 US historical sites
https://www.enca.com/technology/rising-seas-threaten-13000-us-historical-sites
Florida Will Lose 6,000 Historic Sites to Sea-Level Rise by 2100, Scientists Warn
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/sea-level-rise-to-destroy-6000-florida-historic-sites-by-2100-9872871
Rising Seas Could Submerge the Oldest English Settlement in the Americas
https://www.livescience.com/61063-rising-seas-may-destroy-archeological-sites.html
study http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0188142
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dwWrLUsA_VvSccMSSmSw-JSnEelfM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Fossilised eggs shed light on reign of pterosaurs
The largest clutch of pterosaurs eggs ever discovered suggests that the extinct flying reptiles may have gathered together in vast colonies to lay their eggs.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42177532
study http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6367/1197
earlier study:
The first pterosaur 3-D egg: Implications for Pterodaustro guinazui nesting strategies, an Albian filter feeder pterosaur from central Argentina
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987114000887
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dzXVGEk9dbTWpjMtwK1Fl8b5ea4aM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Giant black hole pair photobombs Andromeda Galaxy
http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/11/30/giant-black-hole-pair-photobombs-andromeda-galaxy/
study http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aa9329
Andromeda Galaxy Has Been Photobombed by Two Incredibly Massive Black Holes
200 million times the mass of the Sun.
https://sciencealert.com/supermassive-binary-black-holes-2-6-billion-light-years-away-andromeda
Two Giant Black Holes Caught Being Unbelievably Rude in New Image
https://www.inverse.com/article/38918-supermassive-black-hole-pair-surprise-discovery
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d9OC3Ub7TNyfKxM5G_vYvT4PKDD1M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Voyager 1 Fires Dormant Thrusters for the First Time in 37 Years
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/12/voyager-1
original http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/12/01/voyager-1-thrusters/#.WiH6q2c8C5M
After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters
This week, the scientists and engineers on the Voyager team did something very special.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/after-37-years-voyager-has-fired-up-its-trajectory-thrusters/
NASA fires up Voyager's backup thrusters for the first time in 37 YEARS in bid to extend the life of the only human-made object in interstellar space
NASA launched the Voyager 1 spacecraft on September 5 1977, and the Voyager 2 on August 20 1977
The Voyagers have set several records, including Voyager 1 being the only craft to fly by all four outer planets
Voyager team is now able to use a set of four backup thrusters, dormant since 1980
Test results traveled through space, taking 19 hours and 35 minutes to reach an antenna in California
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5137755/NASA-fires-Voyager-thrusters-dormant-37-years.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dvHObo0qr-o6XdMkuxOZB3RkKxRdM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
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GOP Quietly Moves to Open Arctic Refuge to Oil & Gas Drilling While Earth Undergoes 6th Extinction
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by Democracy Now! [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw / https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow , https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow/videos ]
As the GOP tax bill heads to a potential vote today, a little known provision tucked into the Republican tax bill would open one of the world’s last pristine wildernesses—the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—to oil and fracked gas drilling. The amendment was added during negotiations to win votes for the larger tax bill. The Arctic Refuge is rich in biodiversity and home to caribou, polar bears and musk oxen. It has also been home to indigenous people for thousands of years. We speak with activist and photographer Subhankar Banerjee, Lannan Chair and professor of art and ecology at the University of New Mexico.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/1/gop_quietly_moves_to_open_arctic [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q55qx1xMK0 [with comments]
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Statement from the Press Secretary on the Kate Steinle Case
Immigration
December 1, 2017
Yesterday’s verdict in San Francisco underscores the danger to public safety when our Nation fails to enforce its laws. Kate Steinle was killed by an illegal immigrant and convicted felon who had been deported from the United States five times. He, and countless other criminal illegal immigrants like him, should never be allowed to threaten our citizens.
It’s more important now than ever for Congress to secure our borders and provide the resources, including more ICE officers, needed to deport criminal illegal aliens and to finally stop sanctuary city policies that cause needless loss of innocent life. Politicians who fail to address these needs share responsibility for preventable crimes committed against innocent Americans.
Had San Francisco enforced our Nation’s immigration laws, the Steinle family would be celebrating this holiday with all of their loved ones.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-kate-steinle-case/
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Full Show - FOIA Revelation: FBI’s Cover-Up Of Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting - 12/01/2017
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by Ron Gibson [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYv-5LsUyc_P8KMo7YGPFPA / https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF , https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF/videos ]
Full Broadcast 1Dec17 Real News with David Knight
GUESTS:
• William Binney — What he told CIA Director Pompeo about “Russian Hack” & his message to the American people on the dangers of “The New Praetorian Guard” of the surveillance state turning inward & turning political.
TOPICS:
• The outrage over the jury’s verdict of NOT GUILTY in the Kate Steinle murder case
• Deficit Chicken Hawk, Bob Corker, and the phony deficit “projection”
• Psychological projections of Hollywood’s dark, “soulless” “baby eaters”
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoHLcS3Pyx8 [with comments] [the edited official Alex Jones/Real News with David Knight upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHred1oo9W4 (title and text adapted from; with comments)]
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Kyle Embraces His Inner Millennial | South Park
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by Comedy Central UK [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsv4YOF2RBYh0NQ1vuHQ-hg / https://www.youtube.com/user/ComedyCentralUK , https://www.youtube.com/user/ComedyCentralUK/videos , https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLHHcQWkLnppgAhRVVjMYv82JcEW6-nGR ]
A military alert sweeps across South Park as the President tries to force Kyle to shut down 'Millenials Against Canada".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqk5bbb_vFY [with comments]
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Full Show - Mueller Aims To Destroy America With Flynn Charge - 12/01/2017
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]
Friday, Dec. 1st 2017: Flynn Indicted on Perjury Charges - Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has been charged with “willfully and knowingly” lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia’s ambassador. Alex Jones, Owen Shroyer, and Roger Stone break down what exactly is going on behind the scenes between the FBI, Flynn, and President Trump. The Kate Steinle murder trial ended when a California jury found seven-time felon and five-time deported illegal alien Jose Garcia Zarate not guilty. Also, Republicans are still trying to get the new tax bill passed as today's vote has been delayed. James O'Keefe of Project Veritas joins to discuss the Washington Post's embarrassing appearance on his hidden camera video series, and Mike Cernovich brings home the fourth and final hour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhruX44tAbs [with comments] [also, edited, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izh2j2xFEIY (additional text adapted from; with comments)] [a must-watch]
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Alex Jones Can’t Stop Facepalming | Alex Jones Master Class Part 1
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by VICE News [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZaT_X_mc0BI-djXOlfhqWQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/vicenews , https://www.youtube.com/user/vicenews/videos ]
Today, we examine “the Alex Jones facepalm.” Patrick Stewart, bow before your new master.
For anyone unfamiliar with the radio personality and Infowars founder, Jones has claimed that 9/11 and the Sandy Hook massacre were inside jobs, that Obama wore a secret Muslim ring, and that juice boxes turn children into homosexuals. He also happens to have the ear of the president of the United States of America
In this series, however, we won’t be examining any of Jones’s political beliefs; rather we’ll look at the gravelly voiced Texan’s other most notable quality: his flair for theatrical presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqSzar6fPIc [with comments]
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Alex Jones Wants You To Know He’s Sorry For His Outbursts | Alex Jones Master Class Part 2
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by VICE News
Welcome to the second installment of our Alex Jones master class. Today, we show you Alex Jones' superhuman self-control.
For anyone unfamiliar with the radio personality and Infowars founder, Jones has claimed that 9/11 and the Sandy Hook massacre were inside jobs, Obama wore a secret Muslim ring, and juice boxes turn children gay. He also happens to have the ear of the President of the United States of America.
In this series, however, we will not be examining any of Jones’s political beliefs, rather we are going to look at the gravelly-voiced Texan’s other most notable quality: his flair for theatrical presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75rRs6fraUI [with comments]
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Alex Jones Is The Master Of Impersonations | Alex Jones Master Class Part 3
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by VICE News
In addition to bringing attention to the so-called “Globalists,” a vague and shadowy cabal Jones believes is planning to annihilate humanity, he embraces his role as an entertainer with a finely tuned comic sensibility. Perhaps his favorite satiric tool is as old as the art form itself –the impression.
In his impressions, Jones takes on an eclectic group of public figures, including Bernie Sanders, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Maddow, and William F. Buckley. While many a stand-up has made a career out of impressions, Jones takes a different tactic, often impersonating the “spirit” of his targets instead of their actual mannerisms.
But don’t worry if you have trouble figuring out who’s being mocked, Jones always lets his audience know who he’s impersonating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDA5IVCLyQk [with comments]
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Alex Jones Can't Stop Screaming | Alex Jones Master Class Part 4
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by VICE News
Sometimes words are simply too constricting of a medium for Alex Jones's fury, so in the fourth and final installment of the Alex Jones master class we compile his screams in a semi-comprehensive way.
For anyone unfamiliar with the far-right radio personality and Infowars founder, Jones has claimed that Sept. 11 and the Sandy Hook massacre were inside jobs, that Obama wore a secret Muslim ring, and that juice boxes turn children into homosexuals. He also happens to have the ear of the president of the United States of America. In this series, however, we won’t be examining Jones’ political beliefs. Rather, we’ll be looking at the gravel-voiced Texan’s other most notable quality: his flair for theatrics.
Jones’s on-air persona owes more to Howard Beale, the fictional character from “Network” than most pundits or journalists. In the 1976 satire, Peter Finch plays Beale, a failing news anchor whose ratings get a much-needed boost after suffering an on-air nervous breakdown. In the film’s most enduring moment Beale fumes: “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BEUykdqTq0 [with comments]
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Full Show - Michael Flynn Is Being Railroad By The Deep State - 12/01/2017
Published on Dec 4, 2017 by War Room [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg/videos ]
On today’s Friday December 1st edition of The War Room. Rob Dew and Owen Shroyer discuss the real reason for the attack on Gen Michael Flynn. Roger Stone provides breaking analysis and interviews vaccine investigator Lori Gregory of The Mom Street Journal. Finally LeeAnn McAdoo discuss the slavery problem that has filled the chaos vacuum in Libya.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTeYut5kh80 [with comments] [also, edited, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dTwQuD6WKs (with comments)]
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The Mike Flynn “Lock Her Up” Yule Log: The Daily Show
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]
Curl up and enjoy the Mike Flynn “Lock Her Up” Yule Log, just in time for the holiday season!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h32IIbvH8A [with comments]
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Flynn Flips: Lied on Russia outreach, Russia coordination, U.N. plot
The Beat With Ari Melber
12/1/17
Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI in Mueller’s Russia investigation and signs a cooperation agreement to help Mueller solve crimes. Ari Melber on the core four facts Flynn admitted. Duration: 12:49
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/flynn-flips-lied-on-russia-outreach-russia-coordination-u-n-plot-1108008003790
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New Mueller Document: Flynn Did Not Act Alone
The Beat With Ari Melber
12/1/17
Flynn’s guilty plea reveals he did not act alone and agrees to cooperate with Mueller turning over “all evidence of crimes.” What happens next with a White House staff “blindsided” and on edge? Duration: 5:59
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/new-mueller-document-flynn-did-not-act-alone-1108013123520
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The explosive video that shows how Flynn flipped
The Beat With Ari Melber
12/1/17
MSNBC Chief Legal correspondent Ari Melber breaks down the key moments that led to Michael Flynn flipping, and shows their new significance, through the lens of Mueller’s newly released plea documents Duration: 10:01
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/the-explosive-video-that-shows-how-flynn-flipped-1108012099812
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Trump on Flynn's plea: He “turned on me”
The Beat With Ari Melber
12/1/17
A new report from “The Daily Beast” reveals Trump was privately concerned for weeks Mueller flipped Michael Flynn in the Russia investigation as we learn Trump was pressuring Senators to end their probe. Duration: 3:06
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/trump-on-flynn-s-plea-he-turned-on-me-1108010051851
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Trump at "Watergate moment" - Sen. Richard Blumenthal
All In with Chris Hayes
12/1/17
Trump and others are now at a "Watergate moment," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. "What did he know and when did he know it?" Duration: 6:07
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-at-watergate-moment-sen-richard-blumenthal-1108055619958 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e9jsT9KBR8 [with comments]
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The original Michael Flynn lies
All In with Chris Hayes
12/1/17
At the very heart of today's Michael Flynn news are the repeated lies or false statements made by members of the Trump administration. Duration: 3:18
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-original-michael-flynn-lies-1108049475943 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ItWwqwIVs [with comments]
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Why did Trump ignore repeated warnings Flynn was compromised?
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Rachel Maddow looks at the warnings Donald Trump received about Mike Flynn and the inexplicable way Trump held Flynn in favor even after he left office. Duration: 19:36
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-did-trump-ignore-repeated-warnings-that-flynn-was-compromised-1108062275821 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM4PmePyKoA [with comments]
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Exclusive: Pence has not been contacted by Mueller investigation
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Rachel Maddow reports exclusively that Mike Pence has not spoken with the Robert Mueller investigation and has not been asked to, and has not been asked to produce any documents for the investigation. Duration: 1:00
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/exclusive-pence-has-not-been-contacted-by-mueller-investigation-1108065347976
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Flynn charge gives insight on Mueller investigation's progress
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Paul Fishman, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about what the Mike Flynn guilty plea tells us about the Robert Mueller investigation, and Sally Yates' warning to the Trump administration that Flynn had been compromised. Duration: 7:46
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/flynn-charge-gives-insight-on-mueller-investigation-s-progress-1108098115581
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Flynn prosecution still possible despite plea agreement
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Paul Fishman, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about Mike Flynn's legal situation in light of his guilty plea and whether his deal makes it more likely that other people in Donald Trump's circle will look for deals as well. Duration: 3:59
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/flynn-prosecution-still-possible-despite-plea-agreement-1108104259781
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GOP poised to raise middle class taxes to benefit corporations
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Rachel Maddow reports on the slapdash tax bill that Republicans unveiled at the last minute before a vote and intend to pass despite deep unpopularity and cost to middle class Americans in favor of extremely rich people. Duration: 3:21
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-poised-to-raise-middle-class-taxes-to-benefit-corporations-1108121667587
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Flynn guilty plea marks historic turn for U.S. presidency
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Rachel Maddow about the historic nature of Mike Flynn's guilty plea, and the parallels with John Dean as someone who flipped to work with investigators. Duration: 3:55
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/flynn-guilty-plea-marks-historic-turn-for-u-s-presidency-1108109891943
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Mike Flynn case allows peek at Robert Mueller legal team
The Rachel Maddow Show
12/1/17
Rachel Maddow looks at what was reported about the reputations of Zainab Ahmad and Brandon Van Grack before we saw their names at the bottom of Mike Flynn's prosecuting papers. Duration: 1:49
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mike-flynn-case-allows-peek-at-robert-mueller-legal-team-1108102723790
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Lawrence: Flynn guilty plea means walls are closing in on Trump
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
12/1/17
Robert Mueller's investigation is now just one person away from the president after Michael Flynn's guilty plea, Lawrence O'Donnell says. Because Flynn has already told his story to the special counsel to get a deal, even pardoning Flynn can't save Trump now. Duration: 13:00
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-flynn-guilty-plea-means-walls-are-closing-in-on-trump-1108101187858 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etg_LotCV0c [with comments]
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How will Michael Flynn's guilty plea affect the Trump family?
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
12/1/17
Robert Mueller is one step closer to Trump's inner circle after Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in the Russia probe. So who in Trump’s world has the most to worry about with Michael Flynn’s testimony? Lawrence O’Donnell discusses with David Frum, Barbara McQuade, & Ken Dilanian. Duration: 8:19
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/how-will-michael-flynn-s-guilty-plea-affect-the-trump-family-1108106307784 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_9WSfyZDBs [with comments]
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Trump White House was 'blindsided' by Flynn guilty plea
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
12/2/17
What will a guilty plea from Mike Flynn mean for Trump and his inner circle inside the White House? Our panel of reporters and legal experts breaks it all down. Duration: 7:40
©2017 NBCNews.com
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-white-house-was-blindsided-by-flynn-guilty-plea-1108125763587 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76DmMbNhH-M [with comments]
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Trump lawyers did not know Flynn guilty plea was coming
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
12/2/17
Given that Trump's legal team reportedly had no idea the Flynn guilty plea was coming, how will the Trump White House plan for Mueller's next move. Our panel reacts. Duration: 6:47
©2017 NBCNews.com
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-lawyers-did-not-know-flynn-guilty-plea-was-coming-1108124227918
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From decorated officer to felon: Who is Mike Flynn?
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
12/2/17
Before joining the Trump campaign, Michael Flynn and a long and decorated military career. Gen. Barry McCaffrey - who knows Flynn - and former U.S. Ambassador Mike McFaul join to discuss. Duration: 6:24
©2017 NBCNews.com
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/from-decorated-officer-to-felon-who-is-mike-flynn-1108126275916 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szFRytOIHMg [with comments]
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Trump Has A Lot To Be Worried About Now That Flynn Is Talking (HBO)
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by VICE News
Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn just became the fourth — and potentially the most important — person charged in Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation into whether the Trump administration colluded with Russia during and after the election.
Back in February 2016, Flynn, a retired three-star general, was one of the first high-level people to join Trump’s campaign, later making him a senior member of the transition team. And just 10 days after the election, Trump had already named Flynn as national security adviser, a role that would give him nearly unfettered access to White House secrets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnOf8ZhIH7I [with comments]
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CNN Is Skipping The White House Christmas Party
Published on Dec 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig/videos ]
The President's favorite 'Fake News' network isn't going to let Trump catch them under the mistletoe.
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF5hAYo2p4U [with comments]
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Is It Okay To Say The 'D' Word About Trump Yet?
Published on Dec 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Despite his affinity for sitting, some are questioning whether or not the President is off his rocker.
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqjCxNnrhss [with comments]
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Trump's Anti-Muslim Propaganda Snuff Film Tweet Party
Published on Dec 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May wasn't pleased with Trump after he retweeted an anti-Muslim fringe group three times.
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-v6HDIdC94 [with comments]
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Trump Said There's Nothing Like 'First Rate P****'
Published on Dec 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
A golf magazine proved that the President has a history of dropping the p-bomb outside of 'Access Hollywood' busses.
[originally aired December 1, 2017]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfG81LiwYHs [with comments]
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Lewis Black Has The Ultimate 'Trickle Down' Analogy
Published on Dec 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The authority on anger Lewis Black rants about Trump's bill and sexual harassment news amid his Joke's On US Tour.
[originally aired December 1, 2017 (U.S. central time)]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V-g7YPVlmU [with comments]
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"Day 316" Donald Trump Zionist Regime, " Familia Flynn Flips"
Published on Dec 1, 2017 by Bravo Alternative Media [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVV0_xnA_z-ALo6kZJz2WXA , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVV0_xnA_z-ALo6kZJz2WXA/videos ]
"Familia Flynn Flips" on "Day 316" of the Donald Trump Zionist Regime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0_lXG3Ykvk [with comments]
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stashed December 1, 2017:
Russian Trolls Linked Clinton To ‘Satanic Ritual’ In Fake News Campaign Push: Report - Alex Jones (who continues furiously pushing it)
The lies went into overdrive to influence the election, NBC News says.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russian-trolls-fake-news-hillary-clinton_us_5a20c8afe4b03c44072c6b86
citing:
Russian trolls pushed graphic, racist tweets to American voters
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/russian-trolls-pushed-graphic-racist-tweets-american-voters-n823001
How Those Anti-Muslim Videos Probably Got Into Trump’s Twitter Feed
And the deeply troubling, bot-fueled surge of anti-Muslim activity on Twitter over the last year, as revealed by a new report.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-anti-muslim-retweets-ann-coulter-pamela-geller_us_5a202d14e4b037b8ea206c34
citing:
Bots, fake news and the anti-Muslim message on social media
http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/bots-fake-news-anti-muslim-message-social-media/
These Are The Facebook Ads Trump Only Wants His Loyal Supporters To See
“Fake news” media, liberal obstructionists and the San Francisco 49ers are all targets of his fundraising fury.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-facebook-ads_us_5a205d86e4b03350e0b5362b
Donald Trump Makes Fun Of Asian Leaders Who Hosted Him ( https://youtu.be/F-L3uLGjcP4 - from 11-29-17 lying about tax plan speech)
The president did his own imitation as he promoted GOP tax legislation.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-mocks-asian-leaders_us_5a202618e4b0a8581e68b677
Trump slams 'disgraceful' Kate Steinle verdict
A jury acquitted Garcia Zarate of murder and involuntary manslaughter charges
Trump often cited Steinle's death as a warning against so-called sanctuary cities
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/politics/kate-steinle-verdict-reactions/index.html
DOJ weighing federal charges in Kate Steinle murder case, after not guilty verdict
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/01/doj-weighing-federal-charges-in-kate-steinle-murder-case-after-not-guilty-verdict.html
Kate Steinle case: Trump in Twitter fury as jury acquits illegal immigrant charged in San Francisco killing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/01/kate-steinle-case-trump-infuriated-as-jury-acquits-illegal-immigrant-charged-in-san-francisco-killing/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dbmm_NRMMcGmyuMTP16lIoaM9WPJM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Senate Weighs Changes to Tax Bill on the Same Day They Could Vote
The Senate will convene at 10 a.m. Friday to continue the debate on taxes, ahead of a possible final vote later in the day.
Republicans seemed to be inching toward victory on Thursday and picked up the support of Senator John McCain of Arizona.
But they faced a setback late in the day when they were left scrambling to find hundreds of billions of dollars in extra revenue to satisfy concerns about the bill’s deficit effects.
Lawmakers are now mulling options that would result in a tax increase down the road, including a possible increase in the corporate tax rate and the revival of the alternative minimum tax on wealthy individuals and some companies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/senate-tax-bill-debate-vote.html
Contradicted by deficit study, Republican tax plan in disarray
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/contradicted-by-deficit-study-republican-tax-plan-in-disarray/2017/11/30/15fda054-d5fc-11e7-95bf-df7c19270879_story.html
The Republican Tax Plan Is A Christmas Gift To Big Business And The Rich
GOP lawmakers are planning an historic transfer of wealth that favors the privileged and squeezes the less-advantaged.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-republican-tax-plan-is-a-christmas-gift-to-big-business-and-the-rich_us_5a209cdee4b03350e0b58a47
How The Federal Reserve Could Rain On Trump’s Tax Cut Parade
Even if the tax cuts boost growth, the central bank could slam the brakes.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-federal-reserve-offset-tax-cuts_us_5a2076cae4b03350e0b55f99
Republicans Rewrite Portions Of Tax Bill Hours Before Vote
Problems with a tax increase “trigger” cause an eleventh-hour scramble.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-rewrite-tax-bill_us_5a20b157e4b03c44072c65ed
Trump, Taxes And Moral Turpitude
Elect a clown, expect a circus.
By Barbara Boxer
Former U.S. Senator; Founder, PAC for a Change
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-taxes-and-moral-turpitude_us_5a207c9de4b03350e0b56b4d
Senate Republicans Don’t Care If Their Tax Bill Is Unpopular
The polls are wrong, the opposition is distorting the truth, and tax cuts are “generally unpopular.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-tax-bill-unpopular_us_5a20968de4b03350e0b58941
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dL-Lv8Uf2a8LspMNOtwwtUZsxAioM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Tillerson Faces ‘Death Blow’ After Repeated Clashes With Trump
White House gives tepid defense after talk he’ll be ousted
Tillerson-White House communications broke down over summer
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-01/tillerson-faces-death-blow-after-repeated-clashes-with-trump
Meet the Iran hawk who could be Trump's next secretary of State
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362673-meet-the-iran-hawk-who-could-be-trumps-next-secretary-of-state
Tillerson doesn't deserve this
Miller and Sokolsky: Being well-liked and respected by the president is the number one rule to being a successful secretary of state
CIA Director Mike Pompeo seems to have Secretary Rex Tillerson beat on that one, write Miller and Sokolsky
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/opinions/tillerson-pompeo-cotton-trump-miller-sokolsky-opinion/index.html
State Dept. Warned That Trump’s Anti-Muslim Tweets Could Endanger Embassies: Report
The president was trying to “elevate the conversation” about terrorism, according to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/state-department-donald-trump-embassies_us_5a204d88e4b037b8ea20b0d1
Cotton, Pompeo And Trump Are A Recipe For War With Iran
Pompeo and Cotton are close ideological allies on foreign policy and can do untold damage to U.S. national security.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cotton-pompeo-and-trump-are-a-recipe-for-war-with-iran_us_5a205ccfe4b03350e0b534aa
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dfA76dcRm2SmbtM42-7kKwbxWIxBM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
The worst Roy Moore take ever has arrived
The worst Roy Moore take has arrived. It is headlined, “Why Alabamians Should Vote for Roy Moore.” It is subheadlined — yes, really, this is what it is subheadlined — “I have a 14-year-old daughter. If I caught Roy Moore doing what was alleged, for starters I would kick him where it counts. That said, I don’t think it’s wrong to vote for Moore.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/11/30/the-worst-roy-moore-take-ever-has-arrived/
Exploring the radical roots of Roy Moore’s theocratic Christianity
Former judge is aligned with Christian Reconstruction, a radical ideology that wants to end secular government - i.e., CHRISTO-FASCIST
https://www.salon.com/2017/12/01/exploring-the-radical-roots-of-roy-moores-theocratic-christianity/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dOcCKQx1D9PtauMa0IaCG9Eg9KdXM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
‘Celebrating Merry Christmas again’: Trump opens new front in the culture wars
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/celebrating-merry-christmas-again-trump-opens-new-front-in-the-culture-wars/2017/11/30/e28a40e0-d5ee-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html
A List Of Everything Donald Trump Has Ruined This Year, From Retweets To The Solar Eclipse
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-grinch-cnn-ruins-holidays-725932
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dNO_iQPdMOjgbWMeWYTEWGMZTRuTM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Paul Manafort reaches bail deal with Mueller probe prosecutors for judge’s approval
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/paul-manafort-announces-proposed-bail-deal-with-mueller-probe-prosecutors-for-judges-ok/2017/11/30/7c0deede-d607-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/drL7h7oAlDfvADM7itdkdw-opjNnM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
[Black] Ten-year-old girl hanged herself after fight video with bully emerged on social media: parents
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ten-year-old-girl-hanged-bullying-parents-article-1.3669514
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dux2MyhVnlqi0mMVyGCDc2KpXy9WM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Tesla just switched on the world's biggest lithium-ion battery in Australia
Elon Musk's Tesla Inc has switched on the world's biggest lithium ion battery in South Australia.
Musk promised to build it in 100 days or give it free.
The battery is designed to shore up the regions grid network, which suffers from frequent blackouts.
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-tesla-switches-on-giant-battery-to-shore-up-australias-grid-2017-12
Australia Powers Up the World’s Biggest Battery — Courtesy of Elon Musk
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/world/australia/elon-musk-south-australia-battery.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dubQNSw3cwlF78MbZSFfPR9N7YroM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
EWW! White House Has A Problem With Cockroaches, Ants And Mice
There was a situation in the Situation Room and unwelcome diners in a mess hall.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-bugs-mice_us_5a20d02be4b03c44072c6d8b
A Mysterious Company Bought LA Weekly And Just Gutted Its Staff
Staffers and journalism advocates are demanding transparency from the site’s new owner.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/la-weekly-mystery-owner-layoffs_us_5a205f2de4b03c44072c0943
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Old Words About Trump Come Back To Bite Him In The Butt
“What a difference a year makes.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-trump-kook_us_5a20bf36e4b03c44072c68d5
Trump Set To Gut 2 Protected Utah Monuments On Monday
Bears Ears National Monument would lose its name, be cut by 85 percent and be split into two smaller sites, documents show.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-national-monuments-utah-announcement_us_5a205e3ee4b0a02abe8fa2a7
Trump Excludes LGBTQ People From World AIDS Day Proclamation
The president’s tribute to those living with HIV felt lacking at best.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-world-aids-day_us_5a2073ace4b0a02abe8fc6b3
Did A Viral Study ‘Prove’ Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats? Not Quite.
“We cannot (and do not) make any claims about how intelligent they are.”
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All that said, while this study suggests dogs might be more intelligent, research from 2014 indicates that when it comes to humans, cat lovers may be smarter than their dog-loving counterparts.
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cats-dogs-smarter-study_us_5a2064f6e4b03350e0b542d0
Donald Trump Is Literally A Talking Head In This ‘Once In A Lifetime’ Mashup
( https://youtu.be/nSuregWhlWk )
“Am I right? Am I wrong?”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-talking-heads-parody_us_5a210b5ee4b03350e0b5ac6f
Jimmy Kimmel Accepts ‘Tough Guy’ Roy Moore’s Challenge To A Fight
( https://youtu.be/8kFnLQySIzU )
The Republican Senate candidate and former judge invited Kimmel down to Alabama to meet “man to man.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jimmy-kimmel-roy-moore_us_5a211a2ee4b03350e0b5b2e6
Roy Moore Tries, Fails To Heckle Jimmy Kimmel
The comedian replied with a zinger of his own.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roy-moore-jimmy-kimmel-heckle_us_5a206063e4b03350e0b53b50
Stephen Colbert Burns Donald Trump Jr. With One Simple Question
OUCH!
The president’s son wrote:
Hypothetical question? Can my 2 year old get in trouble 4 sexual harassment for asking his teacher to come to his place naked after school?
That led CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert to fire back on Thursday with a question of his own that quickly went viral:
Non-hypothetical question: are you insane?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-jr-are-you-insane_us_5a20f52ee4b03350e0b5a2a5
Photo-Editing War Breaks Out Over Kim Jong Un Missile Test Picture
Starring President Donald Trump, of course.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kim-jong-un-monitor-edited-photographs_us_5a210624e4b03c44072c76de
Vice Media Fires 3 Employees Amid Sexual Harassment Complaints
The company previously suspended Jason Mojica, the head of its documentary film division.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vice-fires-three-employees-sexual-harassment_us_5a20d2bde4b03c44072c6ea8
Down On His Luck California Man Sells Old Blanket For $1.5 million
A California man down on his luck got a change of fortune after a [Native American - Navajo] blanket he inherited from his grandmother sold for nearly $1.5 million at an auction.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/down-on-his-luck-california-man-sells-old-blanket-for-15-million_us_5a206558e4b0a02abe8faef5
'Rope. Tree. Journalist': Walmart yanks lynching T-shirt made by controversy-steeped Teespring
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/11/30/walmart-com-yanks-t-shirt-lynching-journalists-made-controversy-steeped-teespring/910197001/
Walmart stops selling controversial shirt that encourages lynching journalists
Wal-Mart removed a shirt that reads "Rope. Tree. Journalist. SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED." from its website.
The shirt was offered through third-party seller Teespring, which removed the shirt from its site for a second time after first doing so in 2016.
A Reuters photograph of a Trump supporter wearing the shirt before the 2016 presidential election made it the subject of controversy.
http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-stops-selling-shirt-that-encourages-lynching-journalists-2017-12
The Man Behind ‘Journalist, Rope, Tree’
We tracked down the guy selling shirts advocating for the lynching of journalists.
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And he had a message for the media, as well. Rattling a list of grievances allegedly perpetuated by journalists (reporting on Ken Bone and Joe the Plumber, and publishing the addresses of gun permit holders among them), Misha concluded reporters should, “be grateful that the print on that T-shirt, then as now, is mere hyperbole. Because you deserve far, far worse at this point in history. And if you don’t back off, we predict that you may just one day get it.”
11.08.16
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-man-behind-journalist-rope-tree
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dRNuNkMz-ZPNhxMIp5opi4W7l6K8M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Charlottesville response to white supremacist rally sharply criticized in new report
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/charlottesville-response-to-white-supremacist-rally-sharply-criticized-in-new-report/2017/12/01/9c59fe98-d6a3-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dQ1nKPudCQ4ctIM9zbSd0wuryDGzM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/michael-flynn-guilty-russia-investigation.html
Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the FBI
The former national-security adviser is the fourth Trump-campaign official to be charged in Robert Mueller’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/michael-flynn-is-charged-with-lying-to-the-fbi/547244/
Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI
The charges bring the criminal case into the Trump White House and raise questions about who else in the administration Mueller could be eyeing.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/muellers-office-announces-flynn-will-plead-guilty-274349
Trump’s Russian winter grows colder with Flynn plea deal
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/362759-trumps-russian-winter-grows-colder-with-flynn-plea-deal
How the Flynn Charges Box In Trump
Keeping the focus on advisers' Russia contacts helps Mueller keep his job.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-01/how-the-flynn-charges-box-in-trump
If Flynn Is Small Fry, Who’s the Bigger Fish in Mueller’s Net?
The former national-security adviser’s guilty plea suggests he is now cooperating with the special counsel’s investigation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/flynn-plea/547241/
Timeline: What Flynn copped to — and what he didn’t
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/12/01/timeline-what-flynn-copped-to-and-what-he-didnt/
Michael Flynn's guilty plea is an absolutely massive problem for Donald Trump
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/mike-flynn-indictment-analysis/index.html
What Did Michael Flynn Lie About? Everything to Know About the Biggest Robert Mueller Charge Yet
http://www.newsweek.com/michael-flynn-charged-special-counsel-russia-investigation-728304
The Latest: Flynn says Trump transition team directed him
As part of a plea deal, former national security adviser Michael Flynn has admitted that a senior member of the Trump transition team directed him to make contact with Russian officials in December 2016.
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https://www.apnews.com/99bb8f75c5514af8b7e5ec77ea4f6f68/The-Latest:-Flynn-says-Trump-transition-team-directed-him
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dKpQKuONAapmp9MVHT2_f6r5Qa5JM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump Is Cracking Up
By Michelle Goldberg [ https://www.nytimes.com/column/michelle-goldberg ]
Paul Joseph Watson is an editor and staff writer for Infowars, the website published by archconspiracist Alex Jones. Stories on the site claim that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax and the “deep state” orchestrated August’s racist mayhem in Charlottesville, Va. On Wednesday, when Donald Trump retweeted anti-Muslim videos from the British fascist organization Britain First, Watson thought Trump had gone too far. He tweeted: “Yeah, someone might want to tell whoever is running Trump’s Twitter account this morning that retweeting Britain First is not great optics.”
By the end of the day, Trump had been condemned by Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain, to which he responded by going after a different Theresa May on Twitter, dragging an obscure woman who at the time had six followers into the limelight. In another tweet, he insinuated that the TV host Joe Scarborough killed an intern in 2001, when he was a congressman. This came after news reports informed us that Trump is still a birther and that he no longer admits that the voice on the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape is his own. He seems to be cracking up.
There is a debate over whether Trump is unaware of reality or merely indifferent to it. He might be delusional, or he might simply be asserting the power to blithely override truth, which is the ultimate privilege of a despot. But reports from the administration all suggest an increasingly unhinged and chaotic president. Trump’s aides are trying to spin his behavior, which they clearly expect to get worse, as a sign of heightened confidence. “Officials tell us Trump seems more self-assured, more prone to confidently indulging wild conspiracies and fantasies, more quick-triggered to fight than he was during the Wild West of the first 100 days in office,” Mike Allen reports on Axios.
This should be seen as an emergency situation. But now that Republicans are about to get their tax cuts, they appear to have decided that it doesn’t matter whether the president is sane. “One senator who listened as the president revived his doubts about Mr. Obama’s birth certificate chuckled on Tuesday as he recalled the conversation,” Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin reported in The New York Times this week. In Politico, the conservative Rich Lowry made the argument that beneath the tempestuous surface, the Trump presidency is going relatively well, installing right-wing judges and rolling back regulations instituted by Barack Obama. On CNN, Senator Lindsey Graham chided the press for treating Trump like “some kind of kook not fit to be president,” which is some serious gaslighting from a man who previously called Trump “crazy,” a “kook” and “unfit for office.”
The message here is clear: Republicans aren’t going to defy their mad king over anything as mushy and amorphous as democratic norms, rationality or national honor. Indeed, whether Trump is mentally ill or simply unbound, his provocations can serve a purpose for the Republican Party, numbing the country to a tide of less flamboyant outrages. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, for example, appears to have flat-out lied when he said that his agency’s comprehensive analysis shows the Republican tax bill paying for itself through economic growth; according to The Times, no such analysis exists. This should be a scandal, but when an administration lies all the time, it makes a lie like this less shocking.
Less than a month ago Thomas Wright, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, warned that it was a mistake to infer that what we’ve seen so far of the Trump administration will be “as bad as it gets.” As time goes on, he wrote, “Trump will find people who will empower him, instead of trying to contain him. Some of these will be junior officials who gain experience. Others may be opportunists who see a chance to gain high office by pledging to be more of a loyalist than the current cabinet.”
One such figure, Wright wrote, might be Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, who has previously said that cabinet members who won’t unreservedly enact the president’s vision should resign. On Thursday, The Times reported that Cotton, who like the president is a defender of waterboarding, could be on his way to head the C.I.A. He would replace Mike Pompeo, who is himself expected to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
These moves would put the country closer to war with Iran, a course Cotton almost appears to welcome. In an October speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, he said: “If we are forced to take action, the United States has the ability to totally destroy Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. And if they choose to rebuild it, we could destroy it again, until they get the picture.”
Meanwhile, Trump has put us on a track toward armed conflict with North Korea; on Thursday he resumed tweeting insults about that country’s thin-skinned leader, writing, “The Chinese Envoy, who just returned from North Korea, seems to have had no impact on Little Rocket Man.”
If you think 2017 was bad, imagine an America without allies fighting another two-front war, this one involving nuclear weapons, under the leadership of the most hated president in modern history, while a torture apologist runs the C.I.A. The world right now is a powder keg. Trump, an untethered maniac, sits atop it, flicking a lighter that Republicans in Congress could take away, but won’t. If everything goes up in flames, we can’t say we weren’t warned.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/opinion/trump-is-cracking-up.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d92ERxJBfFldgLM_e6fX8LrnDk84M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Lawmaker behind secret $84K sexual harassment settlement unmasked - Fat Fuck Farenthold http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=109273920
Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) used taxpayer funds to end a dispute with his communications director in 2014.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/blake-farenthold-taxpayer-funds-sexual-harassment-274458
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dAoh6nctQUUziiMrps_NHr9xYQuVM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Democrats Warn Against White House Interference in Russia Inquiry
Minority leaders stressed that investigations into potential Trump-Russia ties must continue unimpeded.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/flynn-guilty-plea-congress-democrats/547289/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dgNpXLqlHzL-yjMqgBrQFViL_67XM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Obama issues a warning in India: ‘Think before you tweet’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/01/obama-issues-a-warning-in-india-think-before-you-tweet/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dfz9U00aY1K25WMZhRrx9dV3-4F6M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
As the U.S. mulls recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, here’s what some Palestinians and Israelis think
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/01/as-the-u-s-mulls-recognizing-jerusalem-as-israels-capital-heres-what-some-palestinians-and-israelis-think/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dXL0hjkhu68PeHMArM0QgZIL2gfUM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Gay GOP group urges 'good Christians' to oppose Moore
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/362798-gay-gop-group-urges-good-christians-to-oppose-moore
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dBdZp7mlIM1Y2pMMvRvphHit3v7SM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Martin Shkreli could be forced to give up exclusive Wu-Tang Clan album, Picasso after criminal conviction
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/01/martin-shkreli-could-be-forced-to-give-up-exclusive-wu-tang-clan-album-picasso-after-criminal-conviction/
The Government Wants To Seize Martin Shkreli's One-Of-A-Kind Wu-Tang Album
Shkreli said he paid $2 million for the sole existing copy of the album.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/the-governments-wants-to-seize-martin-shkrelis-one-of-a
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dbJ6WmWyGfnzofM38MbBfhWTXNxYM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Gowdy, Benghazi panel settled wrongful firing suit with $150,000 in public funds
As chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) used $150,000 in taxpayer dollars to settle with a former aide who alleged he was fired in part because he was not willing to focus his investigative work on Hillary Clinton.
The Post confirmed the confidential settlement reached between Gowdy and the Benghazi panel and Bradley Podliska after it appeared in a list of settlements released Friday by the congressional Office of Compliance. Gowdy is now the chairman of the House Oversight Committee.
In a list provided to the House Committee on Administration, the OOC disclosed it oversaw one $150,000 settlement involving a claim of veteran status discrimination and retaliation in the last five years. Podliska, in addition to claiming he was fired for his refusal to focus on Clinton, alleged retaliation by his supervisors because he took leave to fulfill his obligations as an Air Force reservist. His December 2016 settlement, which covered the veterans status and retaliation claims, was reported by The Washington Post at the time without the settlement amount.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gowdy-benghazi-panel-settled-wrongful-firing-suit-with-150000-in-public-funds/2017/12/01/d7c49dac-d6db-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html
Gowdy fired Air Force reservist who wouldn’t attack Hillary — costing taxpayers $150k
House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy fired an Air Force reservist working on the Benghazi Committee who refused to go after Hillary Clinton — leading to a wrongful termination suit and sticking taxpayers with the $150,000 bill.
https://shareblue.com/gowdy-fired-air-force-reservist-who-wouldnt-attack-hillary-costing-taxpayers-150k/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dfLh8Q-l2rUFETMvsBKuw1oHQfklM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Barack Obama Interview (Exclusive) | HT Leadership Summit 2017 | CNN-News18 - in India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oz1LNuoqi0
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Barack Obama Appears To Zing Donald Trump With Twitter Followers Boast
“I actually have more than other people who use it more often.”
Former President Barack Obama appeared to throw subtle shade at President Donald Trump for having fewer Twitter followers than himself during a forum in India on Friday. In a conversation with journalist Karan Thapar at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi, Obama boasted on stage about having “100 million Twitter followers”. “I actually have more than other people who use it more often.” (For the record, Obama has 97.4 million followers. Trump has 43.8 million.) Obama later issued this advice for people using social media: “Don’t say the first thing that pops into your head, just have a little bit of an edit function, that’s wise for life generally. You see people getting in all kinds of trouble because they sent out some tweet and then they’re trying to erase it afterwards but somebody’s screenshot it and they’re getting embarrassed.” “Think before you speak, think before you tweet, same principle,” he added. The full interview is [above], with Obama’s Twitter comments at the 34:30 mark
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barack-obama-donald-trump-india-twitter_us_5a2258a6e4b0a02abe9157d6 (included/blurbed at http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=136594254 )
In Bangladesh, Pope Francis Gets Closer to Saying ‘Rohingya’
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/world/asia/pope-francis-bangladesh-rohingya.html
Pope Francis: 'The Presence Of God Is Also Called Rohingya'
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/01/567729324/pope-francis-the-presence-of-god-is-also-called-rohingya
Why pope didn’t use the R-word in Myanmar
Few world leaders have advocated more for the rights of migrants and refugees, regardless of their faith
http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/why-pope-didn-t-use-the-r-word-in-myanmar-1.2133541
Pope says ‘Rohingya’ for first time in emotional encounter with refugees
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-says-rohingya-first-time-emotional-encounter-refugees-n825566
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d0aCMQhYWlave3Mze5pU04LKxLBJM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Most American Kids Today Will Be Obese by Age 35
http://fortune.com/2017/12/01/american-obesity-children-study/
study http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1703860
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d5zgEkSuzcTi5oMPVWqybTBcVJSjM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Supermoons and Other Moons That Are Super in Their Own Ways
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/science/supermoon.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dqQOLUKyqVcLbuM2OprcbFn51HlLM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
FDA Approves First-Of-A-Kind Test for Cancer Gene Profiling
U.S. officials have approved a first-of-a-kind test that looks for mutations in hundreds of cancer genes at once using a single tumor sample.
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2017-12-01/fda-approves-first-of-a-kind-test-for-cancer-gene-profiling
FDA approves FoundationOne CDx to detect cancer biomarkers
https://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/lung-cancer/news/online/%7B0edc9a0d-7f33-4d5c-a62c-b181db32b016%7D/fda-approves-foundationone-cdx-to-detect-cancer-biomarkers
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d1ncT0JtqxhiYVM6iEfFvga9ur7RM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
U.S. Archaeological Sites Threatened by Sea Level Rise
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6131-171130-sea-level-rise
Rising seas threaten 13,000 US historical sites
https://www.enca.com/technology/rising-seas-threaten-13000-us-historical-sites
Florida Will Lose 6,000 Historic Sites to Sea-Level Rise by 2100, Scientists Warn
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/sea-level-rise-to-destroy-6000-florida-historic-sites-by-2100-9872871
Rising Seas Could Submerge the Oldest English Settlement in the Americas
https://www.livescience.com/61063-rising-seas-may-destroy-archeological-sites.html
study http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0188142
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dwWrLUsA_VvSccMSSmSw-JSnEelfM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Fossilised eggs shed light on reign of pterosaurs
The largest clutch of pterosaurs eggs ever discovered suggests that the extinct flying reptiles may have gathered together in vast colonies to lay their eggs.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42177532
study http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6367/1197
earlier study:
The first pterosaur 3-D egg: Implications for Pterodaustro guinazui nesting strategies, an Albian filter feeder pterosaur from central Argentina
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987114000887
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dzXVGEk9dbTWpjMtwK1Fl8b5ea4aM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Giant black hole pair photobombs Andromeda Galaxy
( https://youtu.be/L640y7kYP9g )
http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/11/30/giant-black-hole-pair-photobombs-andromeda-galaxy/
study http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aa9329
Andromeda Galaxy Has Been Photobombed by Two Incredibly Massive Black Holes
200 million times the mass of the Sun.
https://sciencealert.com/supermassive-binary-black-holes-2-6-billion-light-years-away-andromeda
Two Giant Black Holes Caught Being Unbelievably Rude in New Image
https://www.inverse.com/article/38918-supermassive-black-hole-pair-surprise-discovery
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d9OC3Ub7TNyfKxM5G_vYvT4PKDD1M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Voyager 1 Fires Dormant Thrusters for the First Time in 37 Years
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/12/voyager-1
original http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/12/01/voyager-1-thrusters/#.WiH6q2c8C5M
After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters
This week, the scientists and engineers on the Voyager team did something very special.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/after-37-years-voyager-has-fired-up-its-trajectory-thrusters/
NASA fires up Voyager's backup thrusters for the first time in 37 YEARS in bid to extend the life of the only human-made object in interstellar space
NASA launched the Voyager 1 spacecraft on September 5 1977, and the Voyager 2 on August 20 1977
The Voyagers have set several records, including Voyager 1 being the only craft to fly by all four outer planets
Voyager team is now able to use a set of four backup thrusters, dormant since 1980
Test results traveled through space, taking 19 hours and 35 minutes to reach an antenna in California
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5137755/NASA-fires-Voyager-thrusters-dormant-37-years.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dvHObo0qr-o6XdMkuxOZB3RkKxRdM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
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