ProPublica Expertly Claps Back At Sean Spicer For Calling It A ‘Left-Wing Blog’
“Since we’re actually in the biz of facts, we figured we’d respond w/ a few.”
04/03/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/propublica-sean-spicer-left-wing-blog_us_58e2cbe5e4b03a26a36557fc [with embedded video]

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UN Ambassador Nikki Haley Calls Assad A ‘War Criminal,’ But She May Still Work With Him
She said earlier the U.S. was no longer focused on “getting Assad out.”
04/04/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nikki-hayley-bashar-assad-syria_us_58e33defe4b03a26a3657ce2 [with embedded video]

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Sessions orders Justice Department to review all police reform agreements

April 3, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with troubled police forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure that these pacts do not work against the Trump administration’s goals of promoting officer safety and morale while fighting violent crime.
In a two-page memo [ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3535148-Consentdecreebaltimore.html ] released Monday, Sessions said agreements reached previously between the department’s civil rights division and local police departments — a key legacy of the Obama administration — will be subject to review by his two top deputies, throwing into question whether all of the agreements will stay in place.
The memo was released not long before the department’s civil rights lawyers asked a federal judge to postpone until at least the end of June a hearing on a sweeping police reform agreement, known as a consent decree, with the Baltimore Police Department that was announced just days before President Trump took office.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-orders-justice-department-to-review-all-police-reform-agreements/2017/04/03/ba934058-18bd-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]


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Sweeping Federal Review Could Affect Consent Decrees Nationwide

APRIL 3, 2017
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a sweeping review of federal agreements with dozens of law enforcement agencies, an examination that reflects President Trump’s emphasis on law and order and could lead to a retreat on consent decrees with troubled police departments nationwide.
In a memorandum dated March 31 and made public Monday, the attorney general directed his staff to look at whether law enforcement programs adhere to principles of the Trump administration, including one declaring that “the individual misdeeds of bad actors should not impugn” the work police officers perform “in keeping American communities safe.”
As part of its shift in emphasis, the Justice Department went to court on Monday to seek a 90-day delay in a consent decree to overhaul Baltimore’s embattled Police Department. That request came just days before a hearing, scheduled for Thursday in United States District Court in Baltimore, to solicit public comment on the agreement, which was reached in principle by the city and the Justice Department in the waning days of the Obama administration.
Mayor Catherine E. Pugh said late Monday that the city would “strongly oppose any delay in moving forward.” Supporters of police reform called on Judge James K. Bredar, who is overseeing the negotiations between Baltimore and the Justice Department, to deny the request, arguing that Mr. Sessions was interfering with the will of the city.
“This has all been negotiated by the affected parties,” said Ray Kelly, president of the No Boundaries Coalition, a citizen advocacy group. Referring to Mr. Sessions, he said, “Now we have an outside entity telling us what’s best for our citizens and our community when he has no experience, no knowledge.”
Baltimore is one of nearly two dozen cities — including Ferguson, Mo., Cleveland and Seattle — that were the subject of aggressive efforts by the Obama administration to improve relations between the police and the communities they serve. That effort produced so-called consent decrees with 14 departments.
[...]
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/us/justice-department-jeff-sessions-baltimore-police.html


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Rick Scott Removes Prosecutor From Murder Cases After She Refused To Seek Death Penalty

Florida Gov. Rick Scott removed a prosecutor from 21 murder cases because she has said she would not seek the death penalty during her tenure.
Aramis Ayala has said she refused to consider capital punishment during her tenure because of “legal chaos” surrounding Florida’s death penalty system.
04/03/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rick-scott-removes-prosecutor-death-penalty_us_58e2dd8ce4b0f4a923b14909
original: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-prosecutor-idUSKBN1752GZ


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Relatives of U.S. prisoners in Egypt chide Trump

President Donald Trump greets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as he arrives at the White House on April 3.
Despite families' request, president does not mention human rights in remarks about Sisi's visit.
04/03/17
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/trump-egypt-human-rights-236842 [with comments]


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Sisi-Trump Meeting Shows Mutual Contempt for Rights

Then-presidential nominee Donald Trump meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on September 19, 2016 in Manhattan, New York.
Visit Comes at Nadir for Basic Freedoms in Egypt
April 2, 2017
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/04/02/sisi-trump-meeting-shows-mutual-contempt-rights


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El-Sisi's Trump Triumph Contrasts With Fight to Spur Economy
March PMI shows private sector hard-pressed by added costs
Businesses passing costs to consumers in impoverished nation
April 4, 2017 Updated April 4, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-04/el-sisi-s-trump-triumph-contrasts-struggle-to-spur-egypt-economy [with embedded video]


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Trump Donates Salary To National Parks Even As He Tries To Cut Interior Department

White House press secretary Sean Spicer holds up a check during the daily briefing at the White House on Monday with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, left, and Harpers Ferry park superintendent Tyrone Brandyburg.
April 4, 2017
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/04/522518472/trump-donates-salary-to-national-parks-even-as-he-tries-to-cut-interior-departme

Gas Attack Is Said to Kill Dozens in Syria

The body of a child after a reported gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria, on Tuesday.

Victims of the suspected gas attack on Tuesday.

Victims receiving treatment at a makeshift hospital.
APRIL 4, 2017
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A toxic gas attack killed dozens of people in northern Syria on Tuesday morning, including women and children, and sickened scores more, according to medics, rescuers and witnesses in the rebel-held province of Idlib, who said the gas had been delivered by a government airstrike.
A few hours later, according to several witnesses, another airstrike hit one of the clinics treating victims, who had been farmed out to smaller hospitals and maternity wards because the area’s largest hospital had been severely damaged by an airstrike two days earlier.
The European Union and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey condemned the attack and blamed the Syrian government. France called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
Numerous photographs and videos posted online by activists and residents showed children and older adults gasping and struggling to breathe, or lying motionless in the mud as rescue workers ripped off victims’ clothes and hosed them down. The bodies of least 10 children lay lined up on the ground or under a quilt.
While chlorine attacks have become almost routine in northern Syria, this one was different, medical workers and witnesses said. Chlorine attacks usually kill just a few people, often those trapped in an enclosed space, and the gas dissipates quickly.
This time, people collapsed outdoors, in much larger numbers. The symptoms were also different: They included the pinpoint pupils of victims that characterize nerve agents and other banned toxins. One doctor posted a video of a patient’s eye, showing the pupil reduced to a dot. Several people were sickened simply by coming into contact with the victims.
The attack appeared to be the largest and most toxic chemical attack in Syria since August 2013, when more than 1,000 people were killed in the Damascus suburbs by the banned toxin sarin. Under threat of United States retaliation, the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/bashar_al_assad/index.html ], agreed to a Russian-American deal to eliminate his country’s chemical weapons program, which until that time it had denied having, and to join an international treaty banning chemical weapons.
But the international monitoring body, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, has found that the Syrian government used chlorine gas as a weapon in 2014 and 2015, violating the treaty. Rebel fighters, doctors and antigovernment activists say there have been numerous other chlorine attacks, including at least two in the past week, in one case killing a doctor as he worked.
The government denies that it has used chemical weapons, arguing that insurgents and Islamic State fighters use toxins to frame the government or that the attacks are staged.
A pro-government journalist, Hussein Mortada, posted on his Facebook account that, according to a military source, the Syrian Army had bombed a Qaeda facility containing chemical weapons, causing the deaths. He mocked the victims and suggested that opposition groups had poisoned their own children, saying that the images of rows of youngsters being laid out in shrouds were coming to resemble “a Turkish soap opera.”
A chemical weapons attack, if carried out by the government, would be a brazen statement of impunity, coming during a major international meeting in Brussels that is debating whether the European Union and others will contribute billions of dollars for reconstructing Syria if it is presided over by a government run by Mr. Assad.
Fadi Halisso, a Syrian former priest who runs Basmeh and Zeitooneh, a humanitarian organization that aids Syrian and Palestinian [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/p/palestinians/index.html ] refugees said the attack was a direct insult to the European Union. “Assad is telling them you will pay and I will continue killing,” he added from Brussels, where he was attending the meeting. “You can do nothing.”
There had already been debate about whether Europe and the West would be willing or able to insist on a significant political transition, or at least power sharing, as a condition for supplying reconstruction funds.
Last Friday, Trump administration officials made official the direction that American policy has been tilting since President Barack Obama’s later years in office: Ousting Assad is no longer a priority, and Washington’s main goal is to fight the Islamic State.
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Syria gas attack: Number of dead in Khan Shaykhun rises to 58, according to activist group
April 4, 2017
At least 58 are dead after a suspected chemical attack in the northern Syrian town of Khan Shaykhun, the Associated Press [ http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-04-04-06-52-45 ] reports. Local activists described the attack as the worst since the 2013 toxic gas attack in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, which killed hundreds. 
The number of dead comes from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [ http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=64063 ], which also said that 11 of the 58 dead were children. Activists believe the airstrike was carried out either by the Syrian government or Russian warplanes, according to the AP,
The White Helmets, a volunteer civil defense organization, posted pictures [

Civilian areas in Khan Shaykhun were targeted with poisonous gases this morning. Initial rprts of 50 killed incl wmn & chldrn, 300+ injured. pic.twitter.com/ZQ6MAgsqNO

— The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDef) April 4, 2017

] to their Twitter account of people being rushed to hospitals for treatment after the attack. 
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https://mic.com/articles/173031/syria-gas-attack-number-of-dead-in-khan-shaykhun-rises-to-58-according-to-activist-group


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McCain rips Trump administration over Syria policy
McCain said the commander in chief needs to speak out against Assad
"It is another disgraceful chapter in American history," Sen. John McCain said
Updated April 4, 2017
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/politics/john-mccain-syria-trump-cnntv/ [with embedded video]


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Israel's history of protecting al-Assad
April 4, 2017
http://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2017/04/04/israels-history-of-protecting-al-assad.html [with comments]


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Chechen Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says

By ANDREW E. KRAMER
APRIL 1, 2017

MOSCOW — First, two television reporters vanished. Then a waiter went missing. Over the past week, men ranging in age from 16 to 50 have disappeared from the streets of Chechnya [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/russiaandtheformersovietunion/chechnya/index.html ].

On Saturday, a leading Russian opposition newspaper confirmed a story already circulating among human rights activists: The Chechen authorities were arresting and killing gay men.

While abuses by security services in the region, where Russia [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/russiaandtheformersovietunion/index.html ] fought a two-decade war against Islamic insurgents, have long been a stain on President Vladimir V. Putin [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/vladimir_v_putin/index.html ]’s human rights record, gay people had not previously been targeted on a wide scale.

The men were detained “in connection with their nontraditional sexual orientation, or suspicion of such,” the newspaper, Novaya Gazeta [ https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2017/04/01/71983-ubiystvo-chesti ], reported, citing Russian federal law enforcement officials, who blamed the local authorities.

By Saturday, the paper reported, and an analyst of the region with her own sources confirmed, that more than 100 gay men had been detained. The newspaper had the names of three murder victims, and suspected many others had died in extrajudicial killings.

A spokesman for Chechnya’s leader, Ramzan Kadyrov [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/ramzan_a_kadyrov/index.html ], denied the report in a statement to Interfax on Saturday, calling the article “absolute lies and disinformation.”

“You cannot arrest or repress people who just don’t exist in the republic,” the spokesman, Alvi Karimov, told the news agency.

“If such people existed in Chechnya, law enforcement would not have to worry about them, as their own relatives would have sent them to where they could never return,” Mr. Karimov said.

The sweep, like so much else in Russian politics today, was entangled in the country’s troubled politics of street activism.

It began, Novaya Gazeta reported, after a Moscow-based gay rights group, GayRussia.ru [ http://gayrussia.ru/ ] , applied for permits to stage gay pride parades in four cities in Russia’s predominantly Muslim North Caucasus region, of which Chechnya is a part.

The group had not focused on the Muslim areas. It had been applying for permits for gay parades in provincial cities around Russia, and collecting the inevitable denials, in order to build a case about gay rights and freedom of assembly with the European Court of Human Rights, in Strasbourg, France. It had applied to more than 90 municipal governments. Nikolai Alekseev, a gay rights activist coordinating this effort, told Novaya Gazeta he had chosen this tactic rather than staging risky, unsanctioned gay parades.

The group had not applied for a permit in Chechnya, but in another Muslim region in southern Russia, Kabardino-Balkaria. The mere application there — denied, as usual — had prompted an anti-gay counterdemonstration.

In the restive Muslim regions, Mr. Putin has empowered local leaders to press agendas of traditional Muslim values, to co-opt an Islamist underground. The gay pride parade applications became a galvanizing issue.

“In Chechnya, the command was given for a ‘prophylactic sweep’ and it went as far as real murders,” Novaya Gazeta reported.

According to the report, the authorities set to finding and arresting closeted gay men, partly by posing as men looking for dates on social networking sites.

“Of course, none of these people in any way demonstrated their sexual orientation publicly — in the Caucasus, this is equal to a death sentence,” the newspaper wrote of those detained in the sweep.

“I got numerous, numerous signals,” about the sweep of gay men, said Ekaterina L. Sokiryanskaya,, Russia project coordinator for the International Crisis Group, and an authority on the North Caucasus. “It came from too many sources not to be true.”

Gay men have begun deleting online accounts, or fleeing the region. One user of Vkontakte, a Russian social networking site, wrote that a 16-year-old boy had been detained in a village in Chechnya. He returned days later, according to the post, “all beaten, just a sack with bones.”

The newspaper published contact information to aid men wanting to leave Chechnya for relatively more tolerant parts of Russia. But reaching communities of closeted gay men in the remote mountain region poses challenges.

“Even delivering the information is very difficult,” Ms. Sokiryanskaya, who is familiar with the aid effort, said. “They are just small islands, isolated.”

© 2017 The New York Times Company

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A Former Trump Adviser Met With A Russian Spy

Carter Page told BuzzFeed News that he had been in contact with at least one Russian spy working undercover out of Moscow’s UN office in 2013.
April 3, 2017
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alimwatkins/a-former-trump-adviser-met-with-a-russian-spy [with embedded document, and comments]

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This is what President Trump considers ‘amazing reporting’

April 3, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/03/this-is-what-president-trump-considers-amazing-reporting/ [with embedded videos, and comments]

These stunning timelapse photos may just convince you about climate change

Trift Glacier in the Swiss Alps in 2006.

Trift Glacier on Aug. 20, 2015.
April 3, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/03/you-cant-deny-climate-change-once-you-see-these-images/ [with embedded videos, and comments]
the study (full text): http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/science/G293A/article.htm

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BullNBear52 -- just taking the other view on that point, as thus stated, doesn't make him an idiot

as has been observed, it is difficult not to conclude that the real reason our Grand Imperious Twit Trump skipped the first pitch is because he knew damned well he'd have been massively booed

for me, the far more significant part is Trump's embracing and exchanging blow jobs with el-Sisi, another of his role models and brothers-in-spirit, itself -- (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=130139364 and preceding (and any future following)

Why Dana Schutz Painted Emmett Till

Schutz's "Open Casket," based on a photograph

of Emmett Till, is in the Whitney Biennial.
The artist has spent her career using abstract and figurative images to tell enigmatic stories. But a recent work has made her into an incendiary figure.
April 10, 2017 Issue
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/10/why-dana-schutz-painted-emmett-till / http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/10/why-dana-schutz-painted-emmett-till?mbid=gnep&intcid=gnep&google_editors_picks=true

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JimLur -- revealing yet another lie (that he'd let the White House press corps select to which charity he'd contribute his salary) on top of his previous lie (that he wouldn't take the salary)

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Trump Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants — Without Ever Telling Us
Previously unreported changes to President Trump’s trust stipulate that it “shall distribute net income or principal to Donald J. Trump at his request.”
April 3, 2017
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pull-money-his-businesses-whenever-he-wants-without-telling-us

Trump’s Changing Trust, Annotated
April 3, 2017
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/trump-trust

The Trump Administration
ProPublica’s ongoing coverage of the 45th President.
https://www.propublica.org/trump-administration

Tulsi Gabbard Denies New Report Of Trump’s Role In Her Syria Trip

The congresswoman had previously met with Trump to discuss Syria policy and the Assad regime.
04/03/2017 Updated April 3, 2017
WASHINGTON - Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/tulsi-gabbard ] (D-Hawaii) did not communicate an offer for dialogue from President Donald Trump [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/donald-trump ] to Syrian strongman Bashar Assad during her trip to Syria [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tulsi-gabbard-met-with-assad_us_58891f5ce4b0737fd5cb6d29 ] in January, she told The Huffington Post on Monday.
Gabbard’s controversial visit with Assad has gained renewed attention after the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar [ http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/275193 ], which is considered close to the Syrian leader, ran a story allegedly featuring details of the meeting.
The report quoted Gabbard as telling Assad, “This is a question to you coming from President Trump which he asked me to convey to you. So let me repeat the question: If President Trump contacted you, would you answer the call?” according to a translation [

A quick translation of the encounter between @TulsiGabbard and Bashar al-Assad in the @AlakhbarNews story today: https://t.co/YvAYlKMw30 pic.twitter.com/aUyqStG9Z6

— Elias Muhanna (@QifaNabki) April 3, 2017

] by Brown University professor Elias Muhanna.
Asked by HuffPost if the Al-Akhbar report was accurate, Gabbard emailed, “No.”
Emily Latimer, a spokeswoman for Gabbard, elaborated later in an email.
“The exchange described in this story never happened,” Latimer wrote. “There was no message or question from Trump because as the congresswoman has previously stated, the Trump Administration was not aware or involved in her trip in any way, and she did not relay any communications from the Trump administration. The claims in this article suggesting otherwise are false.”
Gabbard met with Trump soon after his election, becoming the first congressional Democrat to do so. Like Trump, she has rejected intervention abroad, advocated slowing down [ http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/gabbard-supports-gop-bill-syrian-refugees ] the process of accepting refugees and accepted the term “Islamic extremism.” 
Some in Trump’s movement, like White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon [ http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/307106-bannon-set-up-trump-gabbard-meeting ], believe that successfully courting Gabbard is a way to unite their faction of the Republican Party with more left-wing Democrats. Gabbard was a loud supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and she is among a group of frustrated Democrats who believe the party establishment is wrong on trade, foreign affairs and other issues.
In Gabbard’s view, the conflict in Syria and the rise of groups like the self-described Islamic State are products of U.S. regime change efforts rather than organic resistance to Assad’s repressive rule and Assad’s own policies [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bashar-assad-paris-attacks_us_56474d97e4b0603773493ee4 ]. She has supported Russia’s intervention [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russias-propaganda-about-fighting-terror-just-suffered-a-big-blow_us_57364919e4b077d4d6f32cbd ] to shore up Assad and has opposed congressional criticism of his regime. 
“If Assad is removed and overthrown, ISIS, al Qaeda, al Nusra [now Jabhat Fateh al Sham], these Islamic extremist groups will walk straight in and take over all of Syria ... they will be even stronger,” Gabbard told CNN [ http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/politics/tulsi-gabbard-syria-paris-keep-assad/ ] in 2015.
Trump has made similar arguments, saying [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-assad-iran-and-russia-are-the-only-partners-i-see-in-syria_us_57fb0087e4b0e655eab57d13 ] he sees Assad, Russia and Iran as viable partners for the U.S. in the fight against ISIS. The Syrian regime has praised [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/assad-support-trump-muslim-ban_us_589db093e4b03df370d56906 ] Trump and indicated that it is open to cooperation.
After news of her trip to Syria broke, Gabbard faced heavy criticism [ https://www.facebook.com/RepKinzinger/videos/vb.187811174579106/1618908081469401 ] and questions about who funded her visit. The Atlantic revealed [ https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/01/the-organization-that-sent-tulsi-gabbard-to-syria/514763/ ] that two Ohio businessmen allegedly close to Assad and a pro-Assad, anti-Semitic party in Syria funded the trip. Gabbard eventually said [ http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/politics/tulsi-gabbard-syria/ ] she would pay for the visit out of her own pocket.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tulsi-gabbard-denies-trump-syria_us_58e28430e4b0f4a923b0beab [with embedded video]

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We now have a better idea who's behind 'unmasking' Trump officials' contact with foreign agents — and why

Susan Rice, a national security adviser to President Barack Obama.
Apr. 3, 2017
http://www.businessinsider.com/susan-rice-trump-unmask-intelligence-wiretap-2017-4


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The White House is trying to distract from Trump's wiretap claims with a dubious new talking point

Mar. 31, 2017
http://www.businessinsider.com/evelyn-farkas-trump-wiretap-obama-white-house-2017-3


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Donald Trump Trusts ‘Fox & Friends’ Over His Own Intelligence Community
This should come as a surprise to no one.
04/03/2017 Updated April 3, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fox-and-friends_us_58e22eb3e4b0ba3595964399 [with embedded video]


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'Donald Trump' Gets a Comedy Central Series

The President Show will star the impersonator Anthony Atamanuik, and will allow you to chuckle as you question the nature of reality.
Apr 3, 2017
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/04/donald-trump-impression-gets-a-comedy-central-show/521718/ [with comments], http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsGawGjQIpY [embedded; with comments]

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Trump Shifts Course on Egypt, Praising Its Authoritarian Leader
APRIL 3, 2017
WASHINGTON — Ever since he seized power in a military takeover [ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/world/middleeast/egypt.html ] nearly four years ago, Egypt [ https://www.nytimes.com/topic/destination/egypt ]’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been barred from the White House. But President Trump [ https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/donald-trump ] made clear on Monday that the period of ostracism was over as he hosted Mr. Sisi and pledged unstinting support for the autocratic ruler.
“We agree on so many things,” Mr. Trump said as he sat beside Mr. Sisi in the Oval Office. “I just want to let everybody know in case there was any doubt that we are very much behind President el-Sisi. He’s done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. We are very much behind Egypt [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/egypt/index.html ] and the people of Egypt. The United States has, believe me, backing, and we have strong backing.”
In that one moment, Mr. Trump underscored a fundamental shift in American foreign policy since he took office. While his predecessors considered authoritarians like Mr. Sisi to be distasteful and at times shied away from them, Mr. Trump signaled that he sees international relations through a transactional lens. If Egypt can be a partner in the battle against international terrorism, then in Mr. Trump’s calculation, that is more important to the United States than concerns over its brutal suppression of domestic dissent.
Nothing could have made Mr. Sisi happier. He arrived from Cairo with a list of financial, security and political requests, but effectively he got what he really wanted in the six minutes that news media photographers were permitted in the Oval Office to record the visit that President Barack Obama [ https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/barack-obama ] had denied him. The picture of the general-turned-president in the White House, hosted by an American leader lavishing praise on him, was the seal of approval he had long craved, the validation of a strongman on the world’s most prominent stage.
That big hug was just what Mr. Sisi’s government sought, said Eric Trager, a scholar on Egypt at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “It wants to see the White House legitimate it, and set it on a new course.”
The scene provided a powerful counterpoint to Mr. Sisi’s many critics, in Egypt and abroad, for whom he is known as the leader of the military takeover that removed an elected president, oversaw a vicious security operation in which hundreds of protesters were gunned down in the streets of Cairo and has cemented his authority by filling prisons with his opponents while strangling the free press.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/world/middleeast/-egypt-sisi-trump-white-house.html [with embedded video]


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In a Shift, Trump Will Move Egypt’s Rights Record to the Sidelines

Supporters of Mohammad Morsi protested in Cairo in 2013 after he was forced out in a military takeover led by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
MARCH 31, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/world/middleeast/in-major-shift-trump-taking-egypts-human-rights-issues-private.html


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[Black] Florida woman, son shot to death hours after police tell her to ‘stop calling 911’

Latina Herring, 35, and her 8-year-old son were shot and killed on Monday, March 27 in Sanford, Florida. Her boyfriend is facing first-degree murder charges in both of their deaths.
Apr 03, 2017 Updated: Apr 03, 2017
SANFORD, Fl. – Less than four hours before a Florida woman and her son were murdered, police told her to “stop calling 911” and accused her of “making false allegations,” according to newly released body camera footage.
Allen Cashe,31, is accused of going on a shooting rampage, killing his girlfriend Latina Herring and her 8-year-old son Branden Christian. According to a police report, he also attempted to kill her 7-year-old son, her father and two bystanders.
It all started on March 27 around 3:20 a.m. when police were called to a store parking lot, where Herring and Cashe were arguing over a set of keys.
“Man, you got my keys,” Herring is heard yelling in the video.
“I’m not trying to play games,” said Cashe. “You have an attitude coming home from the club drunk.”
Twenty minutes later police were called again, to Herring’s home. Officers on scene dismissed Herring’s concerns and told her to “stop calling 911,” according to video released by the Sanford Police Department.
“She’s making false accusations,” an officer said. “It’s the second time she’s done it.”
An officer then tells Herring, “We’re going to handle it. Just stop calling 911 and making accusations that you don’t know about.”
Police, in the video, said the couple was just arguing and it was not physical. They called it a “civil matter.”
[...]
About three hours later at 6:30 a.m., Cashe is accused of taking his AK-47, forcing his way back into her home and firing shots.
The four shooting survivors remain in the hospital.
Cashe is charged with two counts of first-degree murder.  He is being held at the Seminole County Jail without bond.
http://www.cbs46.com/story/35054439/florida-woman-son-shot-to-death-hours-after-police-tell-her-to-stop-calling-911 [with embedded video]


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Police tell Florida woman to 'stop calling 911' hours before her death
April 3, 2017 Updated April 3, 2017
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/03/police-tell-fla-woman-stop-calling-911-hours-before-her-death/99971836/ [with comments]


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Trump’s closest aides hail from ranks of financial elite

White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon listens during an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office on March 31, 2017.
April 1, 2017
New documents released Friday night by the White House revealed hard numbers showing how President Trump, who campaigned as a champion of the working class, has surrounded himself with a circle of wealthy advisers.
[...]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/stephen-bannon-earned-nearly-1-million-last-year-more-than-half-from-mercer-entities/2017/03/31/f8464ede-166c-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]

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Swalwell: Innocent people don't ask for immunity

All In with Chris Hayes
3/30/17

Rep. Eric Swalwell, Democratic congressman from California, comments on the news that former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn will testify in front of Congress in exchange for immunity. Duration: 4:06

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/swalwell-innocent-people-don-t-ask-for-immunity-910678595548


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Sen. Merkley: Dems will filibuster Gorsuch

All In with Chris Hayes
3/30/17

Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon tells Chris Hayes Democrats will succeed in filibustering the President's nominee to the Supreme Court. Duration: 4:29

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-merkley-dems-will-filibuster-gorsuch-910676547879


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WATCH LIVE NOW! Plan To Assassinate Trump Leaked

Streamed live on Mar 30, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]

[with Roger Stone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvvDXwttt2E [the festivities commence (following the intro, a worthy self-parody, beginning at c. the 8:55 mark) at c. the 15:40 mark (mic off for the first little bit); with comments]


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Alex Jones in 1999: Putin is a Terrorist Demon, Wants to Nuke the USA


Published on Mar 30, 2017 by Reich-Wing Watch [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNWJOeBOBSF1pm9tjGnKhg / http://www.youtube.com/user/Vote3rdParty , http://www.youtube.com/user/Vote3rdParty/videos ]

Why did Alex Jones suddenly change his mind on Putin? How does someone go from being a KGB communist terrorist demon to someone he idolizes?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Np05QoXw4 [with comments]


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Alex Jones is a Fascist Fraud


Published on Apr 1, 2017 by Reich-Wing Watch

I'm discovering more and more contradictions from Alex Jones while researching for the new documentary, The Alex Jones Deception (title pending).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nN4BYnrnVw [with comments]


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Flynn testimony offer jolts Trump Russia case

The Rachel Maddow Show
3/30/17

Shane Harris, senior writer for The Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about breaking news that disgraced Donald Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has offered to testify in the Russia investigation in exchange for immunity. Duration: 15:48

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/flynn-testimony-offer-jolts-trump-russia-investigation-910703683582


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White House role in leaks raises suspicion


The Rachel Maddow Show
3/30/17

Rachel Maddow looks at new reporting that the source of intelligence given to Rep. Devin Nunes was the was the White House, leading to the question, why was the White House looking at that intelligence in the first place? Duration: 5:48

Is the Trump White House Spying on the FBI?

March 30, 2017
https://tcf.org/content/commentary/trump-white-house-spying-fbi/

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-house-role-in-leaks-raises-suspicion-910833731701 [the above YouTube of the segment for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWNMOGUqq6U (no comments yet)]


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Would Flynn testimony implicate 'higher ups?'


The Rachel Maddow Show
3/30/17

Congressman Jim Himes, member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about what it would mean to grant immunity the Mike Flynn in exchange for testimony and what considerations would go into granting such immunity. Duration: 7:20

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/case-against-higher-ups-considered-in-flynn-immunity-request-910712387846 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hyMZkwaFIA [with comments]


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Immunity in presidential scandals has complicated history


The Rachel Maddow Show
3/30/17

Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Rachel Maddow about the historical precedent for immunity granted in a presidential scandal. Duration: 4:21

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/immunity-in-presidential-scandals-has-complicated-history-910830659795 [the above YouTube of the segment for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ_Ztq5GPoA (no comments yet)]


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Trump actions boosted Russian effectiveness


The Rachel Maddow Show
3/30/17

Rachel Maddow shares video of testimony by Clinton Watts, former FBI special agent, at today's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in which Watts explains how Russian fake news operations were made more effective because Donald Trump cited those stories. Duration: 1:36

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-actions-boosted-russian-effectiveness-disrupting-campaign-910828611517 [the above YouTube of the segment for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-jWh_xLXkA (no comments yet)]


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Trump scandals risk inuring Americans to government corruption


The Rachel Maddow Show
3/30/17

Rachel Maddow reviews a list of less reported but no less outrageous current Trump administration scandals and notes that beyond the big Trump Russia scandal, Americans have to retain their ability to be shocked by corruption if the U.S. is to remain a leading liberal democracy. Duration: 9:16

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-scandals-risk-inuring-americans-to-government-corruption-910757443621 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH9jJnnHNwg [with comments]


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Bombshell report: Michael Flynn will testify... for immunity


The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
3/30/17

Michael Flynn is reportedly willing to be interviewed by Congress after being fired by Donald Trump. Plus, new reports about who provided classified info to House Intel Chairman Devin Nunes. Malcolm Nance, Nayyera Haq, and Kathleen Clarke join Joy Reid. Duration: 14:02

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/bombshell-report-michael-flynn-will-testify-for-immunity-910783555847 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TxWg0Llhds [with comments]


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Reports: Michael Flynn offering Russia testimony for immunity

The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/30/17

MSNBC's Brian Williams discusses with his panel the breaking news that fmr. Trump National Security Adviser is reportedly offering his testimony to Russia for immunity With Jeremy Bash, Julie Pace, & Robert Costa. Duration: 11:28

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/reports-michael-flynn-offering-russia-testimony-for-immunity-910803523706


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Flynn's lawyer: 'General Flynn certainly has a story to tell'

The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/30/17

MSNBC'S Brian Williams shares the statement from Michael Flynn's attorney responding to reports Flynn is offering his testimony on Russia for immunity and discusses with his panel. Duration: 4:03

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/flynn-s-lawyer-general-flynn-certainly-has-a-story-to-tell-910812227568


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Reports: White House officials helped Rep. Nunes get intelligence


The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/30/17

MSNBC's Brian Williams discusses the other major story of the day - reports GOP House Intel. Chairman Nunes had a White House assist when viewing intelligence he later shared with Pres. Trump. Duration: 6:27

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/reports-white-house-officials-helped-rep-nunes-get-intelligence-910815811929 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTxqBdvvsZM [with comments]


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Jeremy Bash: If White House is a runaway train, brakes are out


The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/30/17

MSNBC's Brian Williams asks former CIA Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash to give some perspective on news that Michael Flynn is reportedly looking to trade Russia testimony for legal immunity. Duration: 0:49

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/jeremy-bash-if-white-house-is-a-runaway-train-the-breaks-are-out-910831171505 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY8gDFqLwLU [with comments]


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Naming names, Trump takes on members of his own party


The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/30/17

Armed with 140 characters, Pres. Trump sent out a tweetstorm targeting members of the House Freedom Caucus. Will they fall in line or will the strategy backfire? MSNBC's Brian Williams has more. Duration: 9:01

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/naming-names-trump-takes-on-members-of-his-own-party-910824003947 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBZA2QGywcM [with comments]


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So Much News, So Little Time - Nepotism, Impeachment & the Freedom Caucus: The Daily Show


Published on Mar 30, 2017 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]

First Daughter Ivanka Trump gets a White House job, recently impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye is arrested, and Donald Trump fights with his fellow Republicans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oyLA2X3sd4 [with comments]


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C-SPAN Can't Tell Which Russian Investigation Is Which


Published on Mar 31, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig/videos ]

With all of the probes into the Trump administration's ties to Russia, C-SPAN is struggling to keep their daily itineraries in order.

[originally aired March 30, 2017]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehiEtcF9JWA [with comments]


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Mike Pence: Wine, Dine And Reset Gender Norms To '69


Published on Mar 31, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen takes a big, juicy bite into the news that Mike Pence refuses to dine alone with women who aren't his wife.

[originally aired March 30, 2017]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2gOxCC7eY [with comments]


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The Late Show's Presidential Leak-crets, Vol. 3


Published on Mar 31, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen's White House insider has the latest scoop on Devin Nunes, Paul Ryan and Trump's marriage.

[originally aired March 30, 2017]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb72yb4hwJM [with comments]


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Trump/Nunes Story Gets Weirder, GOP Lets Companies Sell Your Internet Data: A Closer Look


Published on Mar 30, 2017 by Late Night with Seth Meyers [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTyTA7-g9nopHeHbeuvpRA / http://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth , http://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth/videos ]

Seth takes a closer look at Trump's record low approval rating and the GOP's plan to allow Internet companies to sell people's Internet data.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzbdcM0fbuc with comments]


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Hillary Clinton Honors Women Leaders At Georgetown University | TIME


Streamed live on Mar 31, 2017 by TIME [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Su5vZCXWRag13H53zWVwA / http://www.youtube.com/user/TimeMagazine , http://www.youtube.com/user/TimeMagazine/videos ]

Hillary Clinton is back in D.C. Friday to honor women at a Georgetown University ceremony.

Read Hillary Clinton's Georgetown Speech on Women's Role in Peace and Politics
Mar 31, 2017
http://time.com/4721094/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tOjHdbYtqw [with comments]


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Full Show - Legendary Alex Jones Broadcast: You Don’t Want To Miss This One - 03/31/2017


Published on Mar 31, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel

Friday, March 31st 2017[, with an appearance by Jerome Corsi]: Defense Secretary James Mattis said "North Korea must be stopped," at a press conference in London. WikiLeaks reveals how a CIA computer code disguises hack attacks to appear Chinese or Russian in origin. Navy Seal veteran Craig Sawyer will join the broadcast to discuss his non-profit organization dedicated to exposing pedophiles. We'll cover the state of America's relationship with Russia and Mike Flynn's offer to testify over alleged Russian connections.

Bestiality crimes targeted by new state laws, FBI reporting
Apr. 1, 2017
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Eight states - Hawaii, Kentucky, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming - and the District of Columbia still lack anti-bestiality laws. ...
[...]
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/0cded3d5bb3d4a56b8ad1c24a218acae/bestiality-crimes-targeted-new-state-laws-fbi-reporting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZO2BV6fmuo [with comments]


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Holocaust Survivor Slams ICE Official: "History is Not on Your Side!"


Published on Mar 30, 2017 by Reich-Wing Watch

An 87-year-old Holocaust survivor named Bernard Marks took to the mic to warn Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Thomas Homan and Sheriff Scott Jones that "history was not on [their] side."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol54WfFqosE [with comments] [and see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=130086544 and preceding (and any future following)]


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Flynn Immunity Request 'A Grave and Momentous Step'

All In with Chris Hayes
3/31/17

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said it was too soon to consider the ousted national security adviser's request for immunity in exchange for testimony. Duration: 5:22

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/flynn-immunity-request-a-grave-and-momentous-step-911585859718


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Chicago: A City in Trauma

All In with Chris Hayes
3/31/17

Donald Trump has made Chicago his punching bag but the reality is far more complicated. All In travels back to Chicago for this in depth report on the gun violence and trauma in that city. Duration: 12:42

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/chicago-a-city-in-trauma-911598147675


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White House meddling threatens Trump Russia probe integrity

The Rachel Maddow Show
3/31/17

Ned Price, former senior director of the National Security Council, talks with Rachel Maddow about concerns that the Donald Trump administration is actively working to interrupt or pervert the investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia in the 2016 election. Duration: 15:00

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-house-meddling-threatens-trump-russia-probe-integrity-911645763872


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Clearer picture of Russian 'active measures' takes shape

The Rachel Maddow Show
3/31/17

Rachel Maddow looks at recent testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on the tactic used by Russia to interfere in the U.S. election process. Duration: 13:41

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clearer-picture-of-russian-active-measures-takes-shape-911671875862


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Trump campaign rhetoric aligned with Russian propaganda


The Rachel Maddow Show
3/31/17

Clinton Watts, former FBI special agent, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Donald Trump's parroting of Russian fake news and propaganda aided the Russian effort to interfere in the U.S. election. Duration: 6:18

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-campaign-rhetoric-aligned-with-russian-propaganda-911659587810 [the above YouTube of this segment for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOw8gYuukQI (with comments)]


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FBI's Trump investigation proceeds despite political headwind


The Rachel Maddow Show
3/31/17

Clinton Watts, former FBI special agent and counterintelligence expert, talks with Rachel Maddow about his confidence in the various investigative bodies probing the links between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia. Duration: 2:38

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fbi-s-trump-investigation-proceeds-despite-political-headwind-911664707763 [the above YouTube, which begins with the segment just above and continues with this segment, for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDDhwb7DA-I (no comments yet), another at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PelAXg_1_Ao (no comments yet)]]


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Intel Committees reject Flynn immunity request

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
3/31/17

The Senate and House Intel Committees rejected Flynn's request for immunity in exchange for testifying. Plus, Rep. Adam Schiff intimates that Chairman Devin Nunes overreacted to classified docs he saw at the W.H. Michael Isikoff, David Corn & Tim Mak join Joy Reid. Duration: 12:45

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/intel-committees-reject-flynn-immunity-request-911647299635


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Trump's most damaging tweet


The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
3/31/17

Watch how Donald Trump's early-morning tweet about Pres. Obama tapping his "wires" has evolved into a scandal that's consumed the Trump White House, the House Intelligence Committee and even Speaker Paul Ryan. Joy Reid discusses with Nick Kristof and Rick Wilson. Duration: 8:09

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/trump-s-most-damaging-tweet-911636547851 [the above YouTube of the segment for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-VAkPiUyyg (with comment)]


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The joke's on Trump


The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
3/31/17

Joy Reid shows how Donald Trump is a "duffer." Plus, late night hosts pulled no punches with their Donald Trump punchlines. Duration: 3:17

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/the-joke-s-on-trump-911645763928 [the above YouTube of the segment for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9riqLKrd50 (no comments yet)]


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Monologue: The New Cold War


Published on Mar 31, 2017 by Real Time with Bill Maher [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6kyFxaMqGtpE3pQTflK8A / http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime , http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime/videos ]

Bill reacts to the latest series of Trump dumpster fires in his Real Time monologue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZHuwA-VkYg [with comments]


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Roger Stone: Trump's Albino Assassin


Published on Mar 31, 2017 by Real Time with Bill Maher

Longtime Trump advisor and author Roger Stone joins Bill to discuss accusations of collusion between Trump associates and Russia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dag6L7tnCEo [with comments]


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New Rule: Trump's Enablers


Published on Mar 31, 2017 by Real Time with Bill Maher

In his editorial New Rule, Bill Maher calls out the cronies who get up every day and try to make Donald Trump's ludicrous and dangerous pronouncements sound normal and sane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVavyvMoe8o [with comments]


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Overtime: Leakers, Pence, Privacy, Obamacare


Published on Mar 31, 2017 by Real Time with Bill Maher

Bill and his guests - Roger Stone, Neera Tanden, Gen. Michael Hayden, Rick Santorum, and Jose Antonio Vargas - answer viewer questions after the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMb7He9_geE [with comments]


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President 'Misunderestimated' Vs. President 'Weird S***


Published on Apr 1, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Donald Trump's inauguration gave George W. Bush the Heebie W. Jeebies.

[originally aired March 31, 2017]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdPo607_wb0 [with comments]


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Viral Video 'Hi Stranger' Gets The Cartoon Donald Trump Treatment


Published on Apr 1, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen and Jon react to the most disturbing thing online right now and, for once, it isn't a @realDonaldTrump tweet.

[originally aired March 31, 2017]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBO85ms_ZXU [with comments] [and see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=130087045 (includes the other official upload of this segment and the original "Hi Stranger" YouTube) and preceding (and any future following)]


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This Week in God, 4.1.17


An electronic benefit card for Georgia's food stamp program sits on the counter of Shinholster Grocery & Meat in Irwinton, Ga., Nov. 21, 2013.
Bryan Meltz/The New York Times/Redux

By Steve Benen
04/01/17 08:20 AM

First up from the God Machine this week is a congressional Republican relying on Scripture – or at least trying to – in order to push a conservative line on food stamps. The Washington Post reported [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/31/gop-lawmaker-the-bible-says-the-unemployed-shall-not-eat/ ] on Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Tex.) pushing work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by quoting the New Testament.

The biblical passage, 2 Thessalonians 3-10, was a rebuttal to one of the hearing’s expert witnesses, a representative of the Jewish anti-hunger group MAZON. (He referenced Leviticus.) It is also a familiar refrain to anyone who has watched past debates about SNAP.

House Republicans have historically cited the verse – “if a man will not work, he shall not eat” – as justification for cutting some adults’ SNAP benefits. Arrington referenced the verse in a discussion about increasing the work requirements for unemployed adults on the food stamp program.

There are two key problems with the argument: one substantive, the other theological.

First, to suggest struggling Americans who rely on food assistance are lazy freeloaders, unwilling to work, is at odds with the evidence. The Post noted data [ https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/snap/ABAWD-Info13.pdf ] from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which found that “nearly two-thirds of SNAP recipients are children, seniors and people with disabilities,” the vast majority of the remaining third have jobs. In fact, 86% of Americans who receive SNAP benefits work 30 or more hours per week. The rest include, among others, teenagers aging out of the foster care system, the homeless, and recently released convicts.

The article added, many of the adults on SNAP “want to work,” but “effectively can’t.”

As for the New Testament, context matters. Religion Dispatches had a report [ http://religiondispatches.org/gop-lawmaker-botches-bible-to-punish-poor/ ] a few years ago, explaining that the scriptural passage in question refers to a group of people who believed the Second Coming was imminent. They stopped working, not because they were indolent, but because they were waiting for the literal apocalypse.

The Religion Dispatches piece warned against depriving poor families of food today based on “a verse written for a specific time, a specific place, and specific situation in Thessalonica thousands of years ago.”

That sounds like good advice.

Also from the God Machine this week:

* Bad news [ http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/montana-docese-backruptcy-sex-abuse-claims ] for another Catholic archdiocese: “A Montana Roman Catholic diocese will file for bankruptcy protection as part of a settlement with 72 people who filed sex abuse claims, church officials said Friday. The Diocese of Great Falls-Billings said it expected to make the Chapter 11 reorganization filing later in the day and the diocese and its insurance carriers would contribute to a fund to compensate victims and set aside additional money for those who have not yet come forward.”

* This report [ http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-may-allow-church-form-own-police-force-n735811 ] out of Alabama sounds like a bad idea: “You can call it a God Squad. An Alabama megachurch is seeking to establish its own police department – and a bill that would green light the force is already moving through the state senate.”

* So disappointing [ http://au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/anti-sharia-bills-another-harmful-consequence-of-anti-muslim-sentiment ]: “More than a dozen bills based on anti-Muslim animus have been introduced in the states this year. At least three of these anti-Sharia bills – in Montana, Arkansas and North Dakota – could be signed into law soon.”

* And the estimable Sarah Posner wrote a very good piece [ https://newrepublic.com/article/140961/amazing-disgrace-donald-trump-hijacked-religious-right ] for The New Republic explaining how Donald Trump, “a thrice-married, biblically illiterate sexual predator,” managed to “hijack” the religious right movement.

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/week-god-4117 [with comments]


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LIVE: Police/Military Involved in U.S. Pedophile Roundup Speak Out


Streamed live on Apr 1, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=606T-rqodzw [with comments]


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Judge to Trump: No protection for speech inciting violence


In this March 1, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Louisville, Ky. On Friday, March 31, 2017, a federal judge rejected Trump’s free speech defense against a lawsuit accusing him of inciting violence against protesters during his campaign.
(AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

By The Associated Press
Apr. 1, 2017 8:00 PM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected President Donald Trump's free speech defense against a lawsuit accusing him of inciting violence against protesters at a campaign rally.

Trump's lawyers sought to dismiss the lawsuit by three protesters who say they were roughed up by his supporters at a March 1, 2016 rally in Louisville, Kentucky. They argued that Trump didn't intend for his supporters to use force.

Two women and a man say they were shoved and punched by audience members at Trump's command. Much of it was captured on video and widely broadcast during the campaign, showing Trump pointing at the protesters and repeating "get them out."

Judge David J. Hale in Louisville ruled Friday that the suit against Trump, his campaign and three of his supporters can proceed. Hale found ample facts supporting allegations that the protesters' injuries were a "direct and proximate result" of Trump's actions, and noted that the Supreme Court has ruled out constitutional protections for speech that incites violence.

"It is plausible that Trump's direction to 'get 'em out of here' advocated the use of force," the judge wrote. "It was an order, an instruction, a command."

Plaintiffs Kashiya Nwanguma, Molly Shah and Henry Brousseau allege that they were physically attacked by several members of the audience, including Matthew Heimbach, Alvin Bamberger and an unnamed defendant they have yet to be able to identify.

Bamberger later apologized to the Korean War Veterans Association, whose uniform he wore at the rally. He wrote that he "physically pushed a young woman down the aisle toward the exit" after "Trump kept saying 'get them out, get them out," according to the lawsuit.

Heimbach, for his part, sought to dismiss the lawsuit's discussion of his association with a white nationalist group and of statements he made about how Trump could advance the group's interests. The judge declined, saying such information could be important context when determining punitive damages.

The judge also declined to remove allegations that Nwanguma, an African-American, was the victim of racial, ethnic and sexist slurs from the crowd at the rally. This context may support the plaintiffs' claims of negligence and incitement by Trump and his campaign, the judge said.

"While the words themselves are repulsive, they are relevant to show the atmosphere in which the alleged events occurred," Hale wrote.

Lawyers for Trump and his campaign also argued that they cannot be held liable because they had no duty to the plaintiffs, who assumed the risk of injury when they decided to protest at the rally. The judge countered that under the law, every person has a duty to every other person to use care to prevent foreseeable injury.

"In sum, the Court finds that Plaintiffs have adequately alleged that their harm was foreseeable and that the Trump Defendants had a duty to prevent it," the judge ruled, referring the case to a federal magistrate, Judge H. Brent Brennenstuhl, to handle preliminary litigation, discovery and settlement efforts.

© 2017 Associated Press

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6b54b2ed05a246f3a20b499aaf77edb8/judge-denies-trumps-free-speech-defense-protester-case


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Matt Drudge Breaks Silence In Support Of Trump: 4/2/17 Full Show


Published on Apr 2, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel

Sunday, April 2nd 2017: Drudge Gives Rare Interview - President Trump is in a crisis “on many fronts” mainly due to establishment Republicans in Congress, media pioneer Matt Drudge said on the Savage Nation. "I suspect there is a sabotage," he told radio host Michael Savage on Friday. Former Navy SEAL Craig Sawyer also provides key updates on the law enforcement raids against pedophile rings across the world and how he's moving forward with his documentary series on the subject, especially after he was blocked from seeking donations on a crowdfunding site.

Gay Men Are Being Rounded Up And Killed In Chechnya: Report
A Chechen spokesman denied the report, saying, “You cannot arrest or repress people who just don’t exist.”

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic and a vocal supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is seen being sworn into office in 2016 after being re-elected for a third term. Kadyrov has denied that there are any gay people in Chechnya.

Chechnya’s leader claims there are no gay people in the Russian region. A gay rights activist is seen being detained by police during an LGBT community rally in Moscow in 2015.
04/02/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chechen-gays-arrested-killed-reports-say_us_58e12a65e4b0b3918c843db6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkYTKsNJILo [with comments]


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The Savage Nation March 31,2017 Podcast - Michael Savage Nation 3/31/17 Full Show


Published on Mar 31, 2017 by The Savage Nation Podcast - Michael Savage [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYvSNzbaopqnNfI5eFRwX2g , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYvSNzbaopqnNfI5eFRwX2g/videos ]

On his birthday broadcast, Savage is joined by Matt Drudge as the two media giants offer up their opinions on Trump's America. Michael then reveals his mission for the years ahead.

[for the moment at least at] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNiMvZyxwes [with comments] [another for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVGeg12HfCE (with comments)]


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Marijuana: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)


Published on Apr 2, 2017 by LastWeekTonight [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XTzVzaHQEd30rQbuvCtTQ / http://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight , http://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight/videos ]

Under federal law, even legal marijuana is illegal. John Oliver explains why conflicting drug laws pose serious problems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcR_Wg42dv8 [with comments]


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Dream -- looks like they already got to you



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Comey: DNC denied FBI's requests for access to hacked servers

01/10/17
The FBI requested direct access to the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) hacked computer servers but was denied, Director James Comey told lawmakers on Tuesday.
The bureau made “multiple requests at different levels,” according to Comey, but ultimately struck an agreement with the DNC that a “highly respected private company” would get access and share what it found with investigators.
“We’d always prefer to have access hands-on ourselves if that’s possible,” Comey said.
[...]
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/313555-comey-fbi-did-request-access-to-hacked-dnc-servers [with comments]

JimLur -- and you one just for Russian propaganda

your finds would show up in Grand Imperious Twit Trump's tweets in no time

Countmein -- that supercell tornado, and others with that ongoing stream of at least relatively discrete storms ahead of the line of storms coming in from farther west, have been to the east of there

thanks to more of a gustnado rotation which might at least briefly been strong and touched down which, as is characteristic in these types of conditions, developed in a kink in that line of storms, which has by now pretty well advanced through Natchitoches, there was a very nearby tonado warning ( http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KSHV/1704022005.wfus54.html )

another confirmed supercell tornado, with a significant debris ball, right now moving directly into (apparently the west side of) Jena (where that earlier big one went by just to the west of Jena) -- per The Weather Channel, tornado emergency just declared for Jena:

 045    
 WFUS54 KSHV 022102   
 TORSHV   
 LAC021-059-022145-   
 /O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0048.170402T2102Z-170402T2145Z/   
    
 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED   
 TORNADO WARNING   
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA   
 402 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2017   
    
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A   
    
 * TORNADO WARNING FOR...   
   SOUTHERN CALDWELL PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...   
   NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...   
    
 * UNTIL 445 PM CDT   
        
 * AT 401 PM CDT, A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED   
   NEAR MIDWAY, OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINEVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST   
   AT 40 MPH.   
    
   THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!    
    
   HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.    
    
   SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.    
    
   IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS    
            MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE    
            HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES,    
            BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE    
            DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.    
    
 * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...   
   JENA AROUND 410 PM CDT.    
   MIDWAY AROUND 415 PM CDT.    
    
 OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NEBO.   
    
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...   
    
 TO REPEAT, A LARGE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY   
 TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE, TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO   
 A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY   
 BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN   
 A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT   
 YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. 
    
 LAT...LON 3172 9201 3166 9204 3155 9215 3160 9228   
       3193 9212 3192 9201   
 TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 209DEG 35KT 3160 9219

http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KSHV/1704022102.wfus54.html

TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR ALEXANDRIA

 777    
 WFUS54 KLCH 021900   
 TORLCH   
 LAC079-021945-   
 /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0030.170402T1900Z-170402T1945Z/   
    
 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED   
 TORNADO WARNING   
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA   
 200 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2017 
    
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A   
    
 * TORNADO WARNING FOR...   
   CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...   
    
 * UNTIL 245 PM CDT   
        
 * AT 159 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS   
   OBSERVED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25   
   MPH.   
    
   TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR ALEXANDRIA. THIS IS A    
   PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!    
    
   HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.    
    
   SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.    
    
   IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS    
            MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE    
            HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES,    
            BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE    
            DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.    
    
 * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...   
   ALEXANDRIA AROUND 220 PM CDT.    
   PINEVILLE AROUND 235 PM CDT.    
   TIOGA, PARADISE, KINGSVILLE, TIMBER TRAILS AND LIBUSE AROUND 240    
   PM CDT.    
    
 OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE   
 WOODWORTH.   
    
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...   
    
 TO REPEAT, A LARGE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY   
 TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE, TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE   
 TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID   
 WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME, A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS.. MOVE TO THE   
 CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. 
    
 LAT...LON 3134 9229 3113 9252 3115 9257 3141 9252   
       3142 9248   
 TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 203DEG 20KT 3117 9252    
    
 TORNADO...OBSERVED   
 TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC   
 HAIL...1.00IN   
 

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Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 110

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    URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED 
    Tornado Watch Number 110 
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 
    135 PM CDT Sun Apr 2 2017 
  
    The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a 
  
    * Tornado Watch for portions of  
      Central and Northern Louisiana 
      West-central Mississippi 
      East Texas 
  
    * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until 
      900 PM CDT. 
  
    ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... 
  
    * Primary threats include... 
      Numerous tornadoes and several intense tornadoes expected 
      Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3 
        inches in diameter likely 
      Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely 
  
    SUMMARY...A dangerous combination of parameters suggests that 
    tornadoes will occur over parts of east TX, northern and central LA, 
    and eastern MS this afternoon and evening.  Strong tornadoes are a 
    concern. 
  
    The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles 
    north and south of a line from 85 miles west of Fort Polk LA to 65 
    miles northeast of Natchez MS. For a complete depiction of the watch 
    see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 
  
    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 
  
    REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for 
    tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch 
    area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for 
    threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements 
    and possible warnings. 
  
    && 
  
    OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 109... 
  
    AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail 
    surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind 
    gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean 
    storm motion vector 23035. 
  
    ...Hart

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    ZCZC SPCPWOSPC ALL 
    WOUS40 KWNS 021637 
    ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-TXZ000-030200- 
  
    PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK   
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
    1137 AM CDT SUN APR 02 2017 
  
    ...Outbreak of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms expected over 
    parts of the lower Mississippi Valley this afternoon and tonight... 
  
    * LOCATIONS... 
      Northern Louisiana 
      East Texas 
      Central and southern Mississippi 
      Extreme southern Arkansas 
  
    * HAZARDS... 
      Numerous tornadoes, several intense and long track 
      Widespread damaging winds, some hurricane force 
      Scattered large hail, some baseball size 
  
    * SUMMARY... 
      Widespread severe thunderstorms capable of significant 
      tornadoes, severe wind, and severe hail will spread across 
      portions of east Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley through 
      tonight. The greatest risk for tornadoes will exist from 
      portions of far east Texas eastward across northern Louisiana 
      this afternoon and evening and then into central and southern 
      Mississippi tonight. 
  
    Preparedness actions... 
  
    Review your severe weather safety procedures for the possibility 
    of dangerous weather today. Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio,  
    weather.gov, or other media for watches and warnings. A tornado 
    watch means that conditions are favorable for tornadoes to form 
    during the next several hours. If a tornado warning is issued for 
    your area, move to a place of safety, ideally in a basement or 
    interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. 
  
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    ..Dial.. 04/02/2017 
  
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The West Wing- Bible Lesson

Uploaded on Oct 23, 2007 by BravadoVideos [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk8UDNr--9MLIIEYgNVyLVw / http://www.youtube.com/user/BravadoVideos , http://www.youtube.com/user/BravadoVideos/videos ]

The President speaking about his views of the Bible on the hit TV show "The West Wing".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1-ip47WYWc [with comments]

Third tornado confirmed in storms that walloped North Texas
Updated March 30, 2017
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2017/03/28/storms-threaten-dallas-fort-worth-1-2-punch-afternoon-overnight [with embedded videos, and comments]

Timothy Snyder On Tyranny | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Published on Mar 27, 2017 by Real Time with Bill Maher [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6kyFxaMqGtpE3pQTflK8A / http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime , http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime/videos ]

Yale professor and historian Timothy Snyder joins Bill to discuss his latest book, “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” Original air date: March 24, 2017.

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President’s Growing Trade Gap: Gulf Between Talk and Action

President Trump, with Vice President Mike Pence, said Friday that his tough talk on trade was “probably one of the main reasons I’m here.”
MARCH 31, 2017
WASHINGTON — Increasingly, when it comes to foreign trade, the Trump administration is talking loudly and brandishing a small stick.
The widening gap between President Trump’s bellicose talk and the modest actions of his administration [ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/business/economy/trump-trade-policy.html ] was again on display Friday afternoon as he presided at the ceremonial signing of two executive orders [ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/executive-orders ]. They would, he said, “set the stage for a great revival of American manufacturing.”
“Under my administration, the theft of American prosperity will end,” he said.
But the new orders, authorizing a large research study and strengthened enforcement of an existing law, are unlikely to effect a major change in the nation’s fortunes. Instead, the ceremony highlighted an emerging pattern on trade.
Mr. Trump blasted the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a “potential disaster” and made a great show of removing the United States from the ratification process. On Friday, one of Mr. Trump’s top advisers on trade said the Trump administration planned to use the scorned agreement as a “starting point” for its own deals.
Mr. Trump described the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada as history’s worst trade deal, and vowed to overhaul or replace it. The White House is now planning to seek relatively modest changes in the agreement, according to a draft document provided to key members of Congress [ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/business/nafta-trade-deal-trump.html ].
Mr. Trump also chided China on Twitter ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida next week, declaring that the United States “can no longer have massive trade deficits.” But the Trump administration has not articulated specific plans to shrink that deficit; the Treasury Department has not moved to keep Mr. Trump’s promise of declaring China a currency manipulator.
The gap reflects the difficulty of keeping some of Mr. Trump’s specific promises. There is, for example, no evidence that China is manipulating its currency. The Trump administration also is under considerable pressure from congressional Republicans and industry groups to avoid costly economic disruptions.
But the gap also exposes a basic divide on trade policy within the Trump administration.
But the gap also exposes a basic divide on trade policy within the Trump administration.
One group, largely campaign veterans like the economist Peter Navarro, still favors the kind of dramatic measures Mr. Trump promised on the campaign trail. This view resonates deeply with the president, who noted on Friday that tough talk about trade is “probably one of the main reasons I’m here.”
Another group, which includes many of the economic advisers Mr. Trump has added since the election, like Gary D. Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, are convinced that measured actions on trade will produce better results.
And so far, that second group appears to be winning most of the internal skirmishes.
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Devin Nunes Was Supposed To Probe Collusion. Instead He’s Committing It.

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) briefs reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2017.
The House Intelligence Committee chief is openly cooperating with the White House on an investigation involving Trump’s campaign.
03/31/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-nunes-collusion_us_58dec7e3e4b0ba35959506ab?9z [with embedded videos]

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BullNBear52 -- lol (eom)

JimLur -- that's it, you're done for the day

no more posts from you today (or tonight)

The latest attempt to validate Trump’s wiretapping claim? An Obama official who left in 2015.

Evelyn Farkas on “Morning Joe” on March 2.

March 31, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/31/the-latest-attempt-to-validate-trumps-wiretapping-claim-an-obama-official-who-left-in-2015/ [with (separate) embedded video, and comments], http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gapRNpEjXUo [embedded; with comments]


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Russia Wins When Sean Spicer Repeats Wiretapping Claims, Evelyn Farkas Says
The former Obama official fired back Friday after Spicer claimed again that she’d uncovered evidence of Barack Obama spying on Donald Trump.
03/31/2017 Updated March 31, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-russia-sean-spicer_us_58de9f81e4b0ba359594b5a4 [with embedded video]


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Did Evelyn Farkas Just Leak Information Confirming President Obama Spied on President Trump?
Evelyn Farkas' 2 March 2017 MSNBC interview was decoupled from its context involving a 1 March 2017 article about efforts to preserve Obama-era intelligence.
Mar 30th, 2017
http://www.snopes.com/2017/03/30/evelyn-farkas-leak/


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JimLur -- that's it, rub more all over yourself

it would take literally days to now go find and archive with links even any good portion of the vast amount of directly and definitively responsive content which has been posted/linked here (including one bit earlier this very day [ https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=130086544 ]) -- go find the rest for yourself

JimLur -- I've made my view of Gorsuch clear

one way of putting it would be that I view him as, to borrow a usage and coin a term to demonstrate fully my level of regard and respect for him and others like him, a cuckservative conservacuck -- by which I mean, at root just another Christo-fascist traitor to our secular Constitution and law -- as Scalia was, as certainly Thomas and Alito if perhaps not also Roberts are

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JimLur -- well, you certainly were bound and determined to cover yourself in that particular pile of glory

Late Show Wins The 'Hi Stranger' Challenge

Published on Mar 31, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig/videos ]

They said it couldn't be done, but Stephen and the Late Show squad found a way to make a cartoon even creepier than the viral hit 'Hi Stranger.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoYd9W-BFNM [with comments]


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Hi Stranger (Original) - KIRSTEN LEPORE


Published on Mar 20, 2017 by kirstenlepore [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF9LcCkPbnCxiTQhbKa-xvw / http://www.youtube.com/user/kirstenlepore , http://www.youtube.com/user/kirstenlepore/videos ]

Written, Directed, and Animated by Kirsten Lepore
Voice by Garrett Davis
Final sound mix by David Kamp
Thanks to:
Dan Kwan
Kent Osborne
Late Night Work Club

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHH2DFDcpH8 [with (nearly 5,000) comments]


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Brothers recount Indian mob attacks leaving Africans fearful

In this Friday, March 31, 2017 photo, Nigerian student Endurance Amalawa, 21, sits on a couch inside his apartment in Greater Noida, India. Endurance's body was dotted with medical staples, on his temple, his cheek and both arms, after dozens of screaming men attacked him with bricks, sticks and belts. The violence started March 24 when a teenage boy disappeared in Greater Noida, outside New Delhi, and angry relatives claimed he'd been killed by his Nigerian neighbors. The African Students' Association in India asked Africans across the capital to remain alert and especially warned those living in Greater Noida from stepping out at all.
April 1, 2017
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3d5291b19848428ea39e31b836596ba5/brothers-recount-indian-mob-attacks-leaving-africans


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Immigration Agents Won’t Stop Making Arrests In Courts, Trump Officials Tell Judge
They urged California’s chief justice in a letter to ask her state to drop its policies instead.
03/31/2017 Updated March 31, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-california-courthouses-ice_us_58de77ace4b0ba3595947656 [with embedded video]


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Missouri GOP Wants To Keep Voter ID Policy But Not Pay To Tell People About It
“This is the whole playbook of voter suppression.”
03/31/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/missouri-voter-id_us_58deaccae4b0b3918c834456 [with embedded video]


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