Friday, January 26, 2018 5:03:10 AM
David Cay Johnston: Trump is Determined to Provoke War to Draw Focus from Racist & Erratic Behavior
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Democracy Now! [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw / https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow , https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow/videos ]
The New York Times reports that the Pentagon is proposing widening the permissible use of nuclear weapons to include responding to cyberattacks and other non-nuclear attacks to U.S. infrastructure. The Pentagon has already outlined this expanded nuclear strategy in a draft document sent to President Trump for approval. It comes amid a series of moves by the Pentagon and President Trump that have escalated the threat of nuclear war. The Wall Street Journal reports the Pentagon is planning to develop two new sea-based nuclear weapons. The New York Times also reports the Pentagon is conducting a series of war games to prepare for a potential war with North Korea. We speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston [ https://www.dcreport.org/ ], who has been covering Donald Trump for nearly 30 years. His latest book is just out, titled “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America [ https://www.amazon.com/Even-Worse-Than-Think-Administration/dp/1501174169 ].”
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/18/david_cay_johnston_trump_is_determined [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW4kUCGK1Xk [with comments]
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“It’s Even Worse Than You Think”: David Cay Johnston on Trump’s First Year in Office
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Democracy Now!
Uninformed. That was the word White House Chief of Staff John Kelly used to describe his boss, President Trump, on Thursday. According to The Washington Post, Kelly told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that some of Trump’s hardline immigration policies—including his call to build a wall along the entire southern border— were “uninformed.” Kelly said, “Certain things are said during the campaign that are uninformed.” Well, today we spend the hour looking at Trump’s first year in office with David Cay Johnston, a journalist who has been covering Donald Trump since 1988. He is out this week with a new book titled “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/18/its_even_worse_than_you_think [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJaTSZnTFcs [with comments]
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Trump Biographer: Trump is the “Most Racist” President in at Least 100 Years
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Democracy Now!
On Capitol Hill, Democrats are preparing a bill that would formally censure Donald Trump over racist comments in which the president reportedly called African nations, El Salvador and Haiti “shithole countries.” The effort is being led by New York Congressmember Jerrold Nadler and Representative Cedric Richmond, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. It comes as several Democratic lawmakers have announced they will skip the State of the Union address on January 30 over Trump’s racist remarks. Among them are Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Frederica Wilson of Florida, Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Maxine Waters of California and John Lewis of Georgia. We speak to David Cay Johnston, author of “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/18/trump_biographer_trump_is_the_most [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbxg7JT26po [with comments]
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How Trump’s Deregulatory Push Is Harming Workers, Muzzling EPA Scientists and Unleashing Pollution
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Democracy Now!
As President Trump’s own chief of staff, John Kelly, calls his boss “uninformed,” we will look at how Trump is transforming the nation by slashing taxes on the rich, gutting the nation’s regulatory system and muzzling climate scientists. We speak to David Cay Johnston, author of “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/18/how_trumps_deregulatory_push_is_harming [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMui5iF1sHc [with comments]
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Trump Biographer on the President’s Cognitive Decline & Whether He Will Be Impeached
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Democracy Now!
White House doctor Ronny Jackson said Tuesday President Trump is in good health and displayed a normal score on a cognitive exam, amid mounting questions about President Trump’s mental health. But on Wednesday, medical experts said that the results from Trump’s recent physical exam show the president has high levels of cholesterol and is at serious risk of a heart attack. We speak to journalist David Cay Johnston about the possibility of impeachment or the invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/18/trump_biographer_on_the_presidents_cognitive [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEzs1ZobHOo [with comments]
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Full Show - Dreamers-Not Just Illegal, But Criminal At A Higher Rate Than General Population - 01/18/2018
Published on Jan 19, 2018 by Real News with David Knight [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1L9FOMSaPgMyoLSnps47g , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1L9FOMSaPgMyoLSnps47g/videos ]
Full Broadcast 18Jan18 Real News with David Knight
With a crime rate twice that of Americans & legal immigrants and an incarceration rate 4X’s that of the rest of Arizona, Democrat politicians will shut down govt to make them citizens. Stacy Washington & Michael Snyder joins David to talk DACA & Michael Snyder is running to be the Congressman to end the fed and abolish the IRS. And, what happens when the IoT doesn’t just spy on us but becomes weapons of terror in the hands of hackers?
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_I_55KK_CU [with comments] [also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdKPhOmaUEY (with comments)]
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White Noise Sleep Machine: How Racists Sleep At Night
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Funny Or Die [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzS3-65Y91JhOxFiM7j6grg / https://www.youtube.com/user/FunnyorDie , https://www.youtube.com/user/FunnyorDie/videos ]
Is the thought of equality keeping you up at night? Rest easy again with the all new Aryan 2 White Noise Sleep Machine.
Get yours today at aryan2.com
http://aryan2.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xciM8b3yKYg [with comments]
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WATCH: President Trump speaks on military, government shutdown ahead of Pentagon meeting
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by PBS NewsHour [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ZFN9Tx6xh-skXCuRHCDpQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/PBSNewsHour , https://www.youtube.com/user/PBSNewsHour/videos ]
Remarks by President Trump Before Meetings at the Pentagon
The Pentagon
Washington, D.C.
January 18, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-meetings-pentagon/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOQOYUZkJaA [comments disabled] [official White House upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ohl_z_246w (with comments)]
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WATCH: Reps. Richmond and Nadler to introduce censure resolution against President Trump
Streamed live on Jan 18, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond and Rep. Jerome Nadler, ranking member of House Judiciary Committee, introduce censure resolution following President Trump's vulgar comments on immigration reform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPNDJ9Ivmpg [comments disabled]
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Full Show - Bombshell News: FBI Opens 3 Criminal Investigations Into Clinton Crimes - 01/18/2018
Published on Jan 18, 2018 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 ]
Thursday, Jan. 18th 2018[, with an appearance by Mike Adams]: Trump Eclipses Obama - Jobless claims are at their lowest since 1973 as Trump removes the shackles former President Obama placed on the economy. Alex Jones breaks down the three new investigations opened by the FBI looking into the crimes surrounding Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Michael Snyder joins us in studio to talk about his Congressional run and his years of experience in the infowar. Also, Dr. Edward Group reveals the latest in health discoveries that'll help you and your family, especially during the cold season. Anthony Cumia hosts the fourth and final hour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztq1Bt2sEI [with comments] [also, edited, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQZZ4pOlno8 (additional text adapted from; with comments)]
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How faster computers gave us Meltdown and Spectre
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Vox [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA / https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom , https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom/videos ]
These industry-breaking computer security exploits affect nearly every computer ever built.
In the pursuit of faster computers, Intel and other computer processor manufacturers started implementing a design feature known as “speculative execution.” That enables a computer to make necessary calculations before the user needs them. The problem? That feature now has the potential to be exploited to reveal sensitive data. And to make matters worse, these flawed computer chips have been around since 1995…
Read more about Meltdown and Spectre on Vox.com:
https://www.vox.com/business-and-finance/2018/1/4/16850004/meltdown-spectre-intel-security-flaw-update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1BRw32nMqg [with comments]
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Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah en route Pittsburgh, PA
Aboard Air Force One
En Route Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 18, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/press-gaggle-by-principal-deputy-press-secretary-raj-shah-en-route-pittsburgh-pa01182018/ [official transcript]
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WATCH: House Speaker Paul Ryan holds weekly news briefing
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan holds his weekly news briefing at the Capitol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9Z2Yc6wpE [comments disabled]
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WATCH: Rep. Nancy Pelosi holds weekly news briefing
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news briefing at the Capitol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRvOpOBrxvQ [comments disabled]
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President Trump Takes a Tour of H&K Equipment Company
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by The White House [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxRlFDqcWM4y7FfpiAN3KQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse , https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse/videos ]
Coraopolis, PA
Remarks by President Trump on Tour of H&K Equipment Company | Coraopolis, PA
H&K Equipment
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
January 18, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-tour-hk-equipment-company-coraopolis-pa/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGZS5kLHrM4 [with comments]
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President Trump Gives Remarks at H&K Equipment Company
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by The White House
Coraopolis, PA
Remarks by President Trump at H&K Equipment Company | Coraopolis, PA
H&K Equipment
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
January 18, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-hk-equipment-company-coraopolis-pa/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X376OZJzhlk [with comments]
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Full Show - Secret Group Of Patriots Initiated The New American Revolution - 01/18/2018
Published on Jan 19, 2018 by War Room [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg/videos ]
The deep state is in panic as investigators are set to release key information on the investigation into Hillary Clinton and other investigations into Fusion GPS and the Obama Department of Justice. We break down how we go to this point, as well as what to expect in the future. We also cover the importance of the 2018 midterm elections and your personal health.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNXg03AIsUY [with comments] [also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4qEjaGaX9o (with comments)]
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Vice President Pence Delivers Remarks at a Reception for the Annual March for Life Event
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by The White House
Remarks by Vice President Mike Pence at a Reception Honoring March for Life Participants
Indian Treaty Room
January 18, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-vice-president-mike-pence-reception-honoring-march-life-participants/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEXGPijBWA [with comments]
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Trump told Bannon not to talk in Russia probe, new report
The Beat with Ari Melber
1/18/18
Trump’s lawyer says he is “very eager” to talk to Mueller as a new report by Foreign Policy says Trump directly ordered Steve Bannon to limit his testimony in the Russia investigation.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/trump-told-bannon-not-to-talk-in-russia-probe-new-report-1140289091723
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Russians may have used the NRA to funnel money to Trump
The Beat with Ari Melber
1/18/18
The FBI is investigating whether Russian money went to the NRA to help Trump, according to McClatchy. The reporter who broke the story joins Ari Melber.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/russians-may-have-used-the-nra-to-funnel-money-to-trump-1140293187615
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Watch former Paul Manafort employee explain the reason he could go to jail
The Beat with Ari Melber
1/18/18
Paul Manafort’s former employee, Riva Levinson, tells Ari Melber Manafort “always lacked a moral compass” and left her “traumatized, depressed, almost in mourning.”
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/exclusive-watch-manafort-s-former-aide-say-why-he-s-legal-trouble-1140291139975 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDyI1OMrGb8 [with comments]
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GOP uses sick kids' health care as bargaining chip
All In with Chris Hayes
1/18/18
Even for Paul Ryan, this is pretty shameless.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-uses-sick-kids-health-care-as-bargaining-chip-1140356163708
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Senate 101: Chris Hayes & Bernie Sanders blow up GOP CHIP Lie
All In with Chris Hayes
1/18/18
Bernie Sanders says that if Mitch McConnell had brought CHIP up for a vote three months ago, he would have gotten 90 votes on the floor.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/senate-101-chris-hayes-bernie-sanders-blow-up-gop-chip-lie-1140326979857 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiKL4RdG2mw [with comments]
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Did Russia funnel money through NRA to help elect Trump?
All In with Chris Hayes
1/18/18
It sounds like something out of a liberal conspiracy theory: Vladimir Putin takes advantage of dark money loopholes under the infamous Citizens United ruling to move huge amounts of money through the National Rifle Association...which uses that money to help elect Donald Trump President of the United States.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/did-russia-funnel-money-through-nra-to-help-elect-trump-1140344899867
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Hungarian police have active warrant for Gorka's arrest
All In with Chris Hayes
1/18/18
If Sebastian Gorka never had a security clearance in his nebulous role as advisor to President Trump, we think we may have learned why.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hungarian-police-have-active-warrant-for-gorka-s-arrest-1140337731697 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8EhJH8view [with comments]
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Chris Hayes asks Rand Paul: Does Trump understand FISA?
All In with Chris Hayes
1/18/18
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky had argued for changes to FISA, citing concerns with Americans' privacy.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-asks-rand-paul-does-trump-understand-fisa-1140351555794
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Fusion GPS testimony shows potential crimes
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Rachel Maddow reads some of the highlights of the newly released transcript of the House Intelligence Committee testimony of Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fusion-gps-transcript-outlines-potential-trump-money-laundering-1140404803703 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDrNi4ghF2Y [with comments]
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Russian money ties to NRA under FBI scrutiny
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Greg Gordon, investigative reporter for McClatchy DC, talks with Rachel Maddow about news that the FBI is looking into whether Russian money was funneled to the Trump campaign through the NRA.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-money-ties-to-nra-under-fbi-scrutiny-1140425283667
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GOP risks one-party control shutdown
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Rachel Maddow reports on the struggle Senate Republicans are having avoiding a government shutdown and the historic nature of such a shutdown when Republicans control both cambers of Congress and the White House.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-risk-historic-one-party-control-shutdown-1140449347687
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Delaware takes role in Trump scandal
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Rachel Maddow shows how the laws in Delaware make it a popular place to headquarter a business in name only for purposes of secrecy.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/delaware-takes-role-in-trump-scandal-1140455491736
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Trump lawyer used shell to pay porn star: WSJ
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Michael Rothfeld, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen used a private company to pay $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-lawyer-used-shell-company-to-pay-porn-star-wsj-1140420675612
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Shutdown looming, Trump plans Mar-a-lago trip
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Rachel Maddow notes that while Senate Republicans struggle to avoid a government shutdown without guidance from the White House, Donald Trump plans to leave Friday afternoon for his Florida resort.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/shutdown-looming-trump-plans-mar-a-lago-trip-1140445251821
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Lawrence: Shutdown looms because Trump failed on wall
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/18/18
Lawrence O'Donnell explains: Donald Trump is going to shut down the American government because the Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto shut him down and refused to pay for the wall with Mexico.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-shutdown-looms-because-trump-failed-on-wall-1140428355609 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-C3VbOWBkw [with comments]
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Ex-Senate aide: Shutdown 'manufactured' by GOP
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/18/18
Adam Jentleson, former aide to Sen. Harry Reid, explains why Republicans and Mitch McConnell have "manufactured" the threat of a shutdown in the hopes of political gain. Sam Stein and Daniel Dale also join Lawrence O'Donnell.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/ex-senate-aide-shutdown-manufactured-by-republicans-1140425283912
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John Kelly's hard lesson on Trump's belief on evolution
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/18/18
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly says the president's view on a border wall has evolved. But according to reports, Trump was livid by the description. Is Kelly's future in the admin. in danger? Adam Jentleson & Francesca Chambers join Lawrence O’Donnell.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/john-kelly-s-hard-lesson-on-trump-s-belief-on-evolution-1140430915506 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq7R9phl-zY [with comments]
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Russia dossier testimony details possible money laundering
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
In testimony just released by the House Intelligence Committee, Glenn Simpson, co-founder of the research firm behind the Trump-Russia dossier, details possible money laundering & collusion between Russia & Trump world. Our panel discusses.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/russia-dossier-testimony-details-possible-money-laundering-1140465731524 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3BUa6ZeKCQ [with comments]
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Russia testimony: It appears Russia infiltrated the NRA
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of the research firm behind the Trump-Russia dossier, said in testimony just released by the House Intelligence Committee it seems the NRA was infiltrated by Moscow.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/russia-testimony-it-appears-russia-infiltrated-the-nra-1140464195742 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVcSK7ehSt4 [with comments]
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Trump is 'eager' to talk to Special Counsel Mueller
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
Trump attorney Ty Cobb says that his client is 'eager' to talk to Russia Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Our expert panel gives their take.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-is-eager-to-talk-to-special-counsel-mueller-1140466755734
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House Intelligence Cmte. delays Hope Hicks testimony
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
The House panel has delayed its testimony with longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks, reportedly to try to resolve issues involving executive privilege & testimony. Our panel reacts.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/house-intelligence-cmte-delays-hope-hicks-testimony-1140469827624
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Senate must now act to avoid a government shutdown
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
The House passed a bill to fund the government for several weeks, but it's unclear if the Senate will following their lead before a deadline at midnight Friday night. Our panel reacts.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/senate-must-now-act-to-avoid-a-government-shutdown-1140467267805
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WSJ: Trump lawyer used fake company to pay off porn star
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, before the 2016 campaign, Trump attorney Michael Cohen set up a private company to pay $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels not to discuss an alleged affair with Trump.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/wsj-trump-lawyer-used-fake-company-to-pay-off-porn-star-1140471363685
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House unveils bill overhauling sexual harassment policy
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
Rep. Jackie Speier, who's pushed for reforms to how Congress deals with allegations of sexual harassment, joins to discuss a new bill aimed at changing policy for lawmakers.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/house-unveils-bill-overhauling-sexual-harassment-policy-1140471875565
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So Stupid It's Not Funny: Trump's Crackdown on Legal Immigration: The Daily Show
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]
As Congress works to pass immigration reform, the Trump administration tries to curb legal pathways to citizenship like the visa lottery and chain migration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsC-7QwRjU [with comments]
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Glitz, Glamour and Lies: The Fake News Awards Red Carpet - The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Comedy Central [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUsN5ZwHx2kILm84-jPDeXw / https://www.youtube.com/user/comedycentral , https://www.youtube.com/user/comedycentral/videos , https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7nPL1U-R5r5XD8saDuOBVj1z69Y_4iK ]
Citizen Journalists Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson take their red carpet inside The Washington Post to interview some of the reporters who are up for Trump's Fake News Awards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsRgOAm20ng [with comments]
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Critiquing the Artwork of Guantanamo Prisoners - The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Comedy Central
Citizen Journalist Niccole Thurman enlists the help of famed art critic Jerry Saltz to get to the bottom of an exhibit showcasing the works of Guantanamo Bay detainees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN2Joeys1gA [with comments]
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The Stormy-Trump Porno That No One's Been Waiting For
Published on Jan 19, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig/videos ]
Only the Late Show, for some weird reason, had access to the cameras corroborate porn star Stormy Daniels' story.
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4YMCCBkORM [with comments]
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The Fake News Awards Were Worth The Wait (Fake News)
Published on Jan 19, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Stephen recaps the only award show that doesn't have awards. Or a show.
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyMBXDH4F5Q [with comments]
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General Kelly: Trump's Wall Promises Were 'Not Fully Informed'
Published on Jan 19, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
White House Chief of Staff General John Kelly fired up his president with comments about the impossibility of following through on Trump's campaign promises.
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opmDMIg4Lvs [with comments]
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Trump, Stormy Daniels and a Possible Government Shutdown: A Closer Look
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Late Night with Seth Meyers [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTyTA7-g9nopHeHbeuvpRA / https://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth , https://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth/videos ]
Seth takes a closer look at how Republicans still face the looming possibility of a government shutdown because President Trump rejected a bipartisan deal to solve an immigration impasse he created.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b6IQQMRYCA [with comments]
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Daily News Section for CTM Episode 868
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by John B. Wells The ONLY Official CTM Channel [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuHJMn2CfyxMPGPzFww_3bA / https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnBWellsCTM , https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnBWellsCTM/videos ]
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
News Section for Caravan to Midnight full long-form interview
Episode 868 - Mike Kerr & Francis Richard Connelly
In this edition, Mike Kerr of Hear The Watchmen comes aboard to talk about the upcoming March conference, and the special deals for Caravaners who wish to attend.
Then, Francis Richard Connelly joins John B. to talk about his suppressed film, censorship and the state of the world as seen through the lens of a screenplay writing, Squash playing, documentary-producing Briton.
Full interview - https://www.caravantomidnight.com/Episode/EpisodesDetails?Id=20865
Former Host of Coast To Coast AM John B Wells is now in control on Caravan To Midnight & Ark Midnight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_S76h9mihk [with comments]
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stashed January 18, 2018:
Trump tweets create confusion on GOP plan to avert shutdown; Ryan tries to calm Republicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-upends-gop-strategy-to-avoid-shutdown-with-call-to-settle-childhood-insurance-impasse/2018/01/18/be61af62-fc56-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html
Trump Upsets Republican Strategy to Avoid Shutdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/us/politics/trump-upsets-republican-strategy-to-avoid-shutdown.html
Trump baffles GOP with tweet scrambling shutdown talks
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369545-trump-baffles-gop-with-tweet-scrambling-shutdown-talks
Trump, Once Again, Blows Up Congressional Negotiations Hours Before a Critical Deadline
‘Frankly nobody knows what the heck he is arguing for,’ a GOP aide says. If they can't figure it out, the federal government may shut down.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-once-again-blows-up-congressional-negotiations-hours-before-a-critical-deadline
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dsSEtTKrLgUy36MvmJiSp9zuVz6BM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump children's health insurance tweet contradicts, confounds
"CHIP should be part of a long-term solution, not a 30 Day, or short term, extension," Trump tweeted
That is the opposite to what his administration said on Wednesday
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/trump-chip-funding-republicans/index.html
Trump tweets CHIP should not be in short-term funding bill
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369497-trump-tweets-chip-should-not-be-in-short-term-funding-bill
Children’s health insurance has become a political hostage
The real reason CHIP is still unfunded, four months later.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/18/16901526/congress-chip-crisis
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/diIxZGKvV_zCFcMjaSuqDzW0vjNIM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump pushes back on chief of staff claims that border wall pledges ‘uninformed’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pushes-back-on-chief-of-staff-claims-that-border-wall-pledges-uninformed/2018/01/18/78960980-fc68-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html
Trump Was Not ‘Fully Informed’ in Campaign Vows on Wall, Chief of Staff Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/us/politics/chief-of-staff-kelly-trump-not-fully-informed.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dNh8HQqaR86JkbMOCuQOKeu-Jb3KM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
New HHS civil rights division charged with protecting health-care workers with moral objections
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/01/18/new-hhs-civil-rights-division-charged-with-protecting-health-workers-with-moral-objections/
HHS Announces New Conscience and Religious Freedom Division
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2018/01/18/hhs-ocr-announces-new-conscience-and-religious-freedom-division.html
Trump Backs Health-Care Workers Who Object to Providing Abortions
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a new office devoted to conscience objections and religious freedom on Thursday—an answer to long-standing objections from the right.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/conscience-objections/550775/
Trump to overhaul HHS office, shield health workers with moral objections
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/conscience-abortion-transgender-patients-health-care-289542
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dMZhqND9AHkV6qMgxXxoCEQ9c2maM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
America Quietly Starts Nation-Building in Parts of Syria
The U.S. has escalated its presence in the country, and has signaled no timetable for when it will end.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/nation-building-syria-rex-tillerson-speech/550796/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dpmAdew5uIjOXRMBC2bioBJow684M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
North Korea Using Winter Olympics To Fuel Online 'Reunification' Propaganda
http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-using-winter-olympics-fuel-online-propaganda-784503
Korea's Olympic Compromise Is Fool's Gold
Marching together in the games will give both sides a tactical victory, but little will actually change.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-18/korea-s-olympic-compromise-is-fool-s-gold
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/djfDlhcj5sykTpML1s13FCFLRRnFM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Obama planning to campaign and fundraise for Dems in 2018: report
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369503-obama-planning-to-campaign-and-fundraise-for-dems-in-2018-report
Trump Has Not Spoken to Obama Since He Took Office. Here's Why That's Weird
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-not-spoken-obama-he-took-office-heres-why-thats-weird-784320
Trump's first year: The report card
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/opinions/trump-report-card-opinion-zelizer/index.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dWeQ8y9ENwa91jM13j_uFL-QkQ4eM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
'Trump Big Lie Award,' a response to 'Fake News Awards' - these further to https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=137771071
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/369517-trump-big-lie-award-a-response-to-fake-news-awards
In a time of ‘Fake News Awards,’ here are 11 real, imprisoned journalists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/18/in-a-time-of-fake-news-awards-here-are-11-real-imprisoned-journalists/
Reporters Without Borders Says Trump ‘Poses Major Threat To U.S. Democracy’
The president’s “Fake News Awards” add to an anti-media campaign “unworthy of the country that adopted the First Amendment.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reporters-without-borders-trump_us_5a6037dbe4b046f0811cee1a
Trump's Fake News Awards were just another front in his fraudulent war on truth
The president's list of supposedly bad reporting is more fake than any of the "fake news" cited in it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-fake-news-awards-were-just-another-front-his-ncna838691
Trump Dished Out Fake News Awards. Twitter Dished Them Right Back At Him.
That didn’t get the reaction he was hoping for.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fake-news_us_5a6007afe4b0ccf9f12157de
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dSlw6B1xMfhdSAMK9nl_LQnRTc_NM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Mulvaney requests no funding for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/18/mulvaney-funding-consumer-bureau-cordray-345495
Trump's consumer protection bureau has an odd budget request: Zero
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting director, Mick Mulvaney, told Fed officials that the bureau needs no additional funds to operate for the coming quarter.
The CFPB began fiscal 2018 with a balance of $177.1 million but only requires $145 million to operate each quarter, he said in a letter to Fed officials.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/18/trumps-consumer-protection-bureau-has-an-odd-budget-request-zero.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dor1gpSiLrDlGqMJ4gyA27UOQhCVM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Apple and Google Are Rerouting Their Employee Buses as Attacks Resume
Around four years ago, people started attacking the shuttle buses that took Google employees to and from work, as a way of protesting the tech-company-driven gentrification taking place around San Francisco. Well, it seems to be happening again.
This time it’s not just Google (googl, -0.64%)—it’s Apple’s charter buses too. At least five of the iPhone-maker’s shuttles have recently had their windows smashed while in transit. According to an email sent to Apple staff, the first attack took place last Friday, followed by four more on Tuesday.
It’s suspected that someone is shooting out the windows using pellet guns, or perhaps throwing rocks. ...
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http://fortune.com/2018/01/18/apple-google-bus-attacks/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dt1JXWGNHbITvyMyNOIbcO2yoZJjM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
The World Has Officially Lost Confidence In U.S. Leadership Under Trump
Even George W. Bush was more popular.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/global-leadership-us-trump_us_5a607778e4b062a7df0b25da
Dreamers Live A Nightmare While Congress Runs Down The Clock
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-escalante-dreamers-daca_us_5a5fd1c1e4b054e351771546
Senate Democrats Failed Dreamers In December. They Might Do It Again. (as if this all is their fault - what bullshit - . . .)
Many Democrats want protections for undocumented immigrants to be part of a must-pass government funding bill. But will enough of them hold firm?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-daca-shutdown_us_5a5fc823e4b0ccf9f1213cb9
Black, Asian, And Latinx Activists Protest Trump’s ‘Shithole’ Comments
“We must come together and stand with all of our communities, for none of us are free until all of us are free.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/protesters-trump-shithole-countries_us_5a5f8b9be4b054e35176a8fc
My Thoughts About The Women’s March, One Year Later
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/womens-march-reflections_us_5a4fd28ee4b01e1a4b14f6bf
Trump Is Scrambling To Avoid A Special Election Defeat In This Rust Belt District - HOUSTON, Pa.
Democrat Conor Lamb is hoping for victory in a union-heavy district that Trump won by 20 points.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conor-lamb-trump-special-election_us_5a5fd334e4b046f0811cd495
Senate Advances Judicial Pick Hostile To Voting Rights For Black People
Thomas Farr, Trump’s nominee to a federal court seat, defended North Carolina’s voter suppression law and racially discriminatory gerrymandering.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/thomas-farr-trump-judicial-nominee_us_5a5fa192e4b046f0811c7fe9
H&M Hires Global Diversity Leader In Response To ‘Monkey Hoodie’ Backlash
The company didn’t disclose what the role’s responsibilities would be.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hm-hires-global-leader-for-diversity-in-response-to-monkey-hoodie-backlash_us_5a60bea7e4b01b82649d4b57
Women Are Leading The Charge For Racial Justice In Legal Weed
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/women-racial-justice-legal-marijuana_us_5a5df6d5e4b04f3c55a5db01
Why Trump’s Heart Report Isn’t A Clear-Cut Diagnosis - Gupta v. Jackson
Which doctor is right? It depends.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-heart-disease-question_us_5a5fcab7e4b0ccf9f1213f5b
'The Magic School Bus’ Flies Inside Trump’s Body To Confirm ‘Excellent’ Health
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/magic-school-bus-trump-health_us_5a60bb7ae4b01f3bca590627
In An Age Of Wicked Problems, Beware Of Simple Solutions
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-cottom-wicked-problems_us_5a54c562e4b003133ecc52d6
Watch As A Drone Saves Two Teen Swimmers From Heavy Surf In Australia
“Never before has a drone fitted with a flotation device been used to rescue swimmers like this.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/watch-as-a-drone-saves-two-teen-swimmers-from-heavy-surf_us_5a60be9ee4b062a7df0ba47b
FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump
WASHINGTON - The FBI is investigating whether a top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump win the presidency, two sources familiar with the matter have told McClatchy.
FBI counterintelligence investigators have focused on the activities of Alexander Torshin, the deputy governor of Russia’s central bank who is known for his close relationships with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and the NRA, the sources said.
It is illegal to use foreign money to influence federal elections.
It’s unclear how long the Torshin inquiry has been ongoing, but the news comes as Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s sweeping investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including whether the Kremlin colluded with Trump’s campaign, has been heating up.
All of the sources spoke on condition of anonymity because Mueller’s investigation is confidential and mostly involves classified information.
A spokesman for Mueller’s office declined comment.
Disclosure of the Torshin investigation signals a new dimension in the 18-month-old FBI probe of Russia’s interference. McClatchy reported a year ago that a multi-agency U.S. law enforcement and counterintelligence investigation into Russia’s intervention, begun even before the start of the 2016 general election campaign, initially included a focus on whether the Kremlin secretly helped fund efforts to boost Trump, but little has been said about that possibility in recent months.
The extent to which the FBI has evidence of money flowing from Torshin to the NRA, or of the NRA’s participation in the transfer of funds, could not be learned.
However, the NRA reported spending a record $55 million on the 2016 elections, including $30 million to support Trump – triple what the group devoted to backing Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential race. Most of that was money was spent by an arm of the NRA that is not required to disclose its donors.
Two people with close connections to the powerful gun lobby said its total election spending actually approached or exceeded $70 million. The reporting gap could be explained by the fact that independent groups are not required to reveal how much they spend on Internet ads or field operations, including get-out-the-vote efforts.
During the campaign, Trump was an outspoken advocate of the Second Amendment right to bear arms, at one point drawing a hail of criticism by suggesting that, if Clinton were elected, gun rights advocates could stop her from winning confirmation of liberal Supreme Court justices who support gun control laws.
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks,” Trump said at a rally in August 2016. “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.”
Spanish authorities tag Torshin for money laundering
Torshin, a leading figure in Putin’s party, has been implicated in money laundering by judicial authorities in Spain, as Bloomberg News first revealed in 2016. Spanish investigators alleged in an almost 500-page internal report that Torshin, who was then a senator, capitalized on his government role to assist mobsters laundering funds through Spanish properties and banks, Bloomberg reported
A summary obtained by McClatchy of the still-secret report links Torshin to Russian money laundering and describes him as a godfather in a major Russian criminal organization called Taganskaya.
Investigators for three congressional committees probing Russia’s 2016 operations also have shown interest in Torshin, a lifetime NRA member who has attended several of its annual conventions. At the group’s meeting in Kentucky in May 2016, Torshin spoke to Donald Trump Jr. during a gala event at the group’s national gathering in Kentucky in May 2016, when his father won an earlier-than-usual NRA presidential endorsement.
An FBI spokesman declined to comment on the investigation.
The NRA did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Torshin could not be reached for comment, and emails to the Russian central bank seeking comment from Torshin and the bank elicited no response.
Mueller’s investigation has been edging closer to Trump’s inner circle. This week, The New York Times reported that Mueller had negotiated an agreement under which Steve Bannon, who was recently ousted from his post as a senior White House adviser, would fully respond to questions about the Trump campaign. Bannon headed the campaign over its final weeks.
Since taking over the investigation last May, Mueller has secured guilty pleas from two former Trump aides, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and former campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, both of whom agreed to cooperate with prosecutors; and criminal charges against two other top campaign figures, former campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates.
Paul Manafort joined the Trump campaign in March 2016. By October 2017, he had been indicted on 12 counts including conspiracy against the U.S. by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Here's what happened in between.
$30 million
The amount of money the National Rifle Association spent backing Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign – triple what the group spent on Republican Mitt Romney four years earlier.
A year ago, three U.S. intelligence agencies signed off on a joint assessment that was the basis for the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and other sanctions against the Kremlin. The intelligence agencies concluded that what began as a sophisticated Russian operation to undermine Americans’ faith in democracy morphed into a drive to help Trump win.
Torshin is among a phalanx of Putin proxies to draw the close attention of U.S. investigators, who also have tracked the activities of several Russian billionaires and pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs that have come in contact with Trump or his surrogates.
Torshin was a senior member of the Russian Senate and in recent years helped set up a Moscow gun rights group called Right to Bear Arms. He not only spoke with Trump Jr. at the NRA convention, but he also tried unsuccessfully to broker a meeting between Putin and the presidential candidate in 2016, according to the Times. He further sought to meet privately with the candidate himself near the 2016 NRA convention.
Torshin’s ties with the NRA have flourished in recent years. In late 2015, he hosted two dinners for a high-level NRA delegation during its week-long visit to Moscow that included meetings with influential Russian government and business figures.
In their internal report, Spanish prosecutors revealed a web of covert financial and money-laundering dealings between Torshin and Alexander Romanov, a Russian who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges in 2016 and was sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
The prosecutors’ evidence included 33 audio recordings of phone conversations from mid-2012 to mid-2013 between Torshin and Romanov, who allegedly laundered funds to buy a hotel on the ritzy island of Mallorca. Torshin had an 80 percent stake in the venture, the Spanish report said.
In the phone conversations, Romanov referred to Torshin as the “godfather” or “boss.” Torshin has denied any links to organized crime and said his dealings with Romanov were purely “social.”
The Madrid-based newspaper El Pais last year reported that Spanish police were on the verge of arresting Torshin in the summer of 2013, when he had planned to attend a birthday party for Romanov, but a Russian prosecutor tipped the banker to plans to nab him if he set foot in Spain, and Torshin canceled his trip.
Congress looking at Torshin, too
The House and Senate Intelligence Committees and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee also have taken an interest in Torshin as part of their parallel inquiries into Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections.
In questioning Donald Trump Jr. at a closed-door hearing in mid-December, investigators for the Senate Intelligence Committee asked about his encounter with Torshin at the NRA convention, according to a source familiar with the hearing.
Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for Trump Jr., said his client and Torshin talked only briefly when they were introduced during a meal.
“It was all gun-related small talk,” Futerfas told McClatchy.
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent letters in November to two senior Trump foreign policy aides, J.D. Gordon and Sam Clovis, seeking copies of any communications they had with or related to Torshin; the NRA; veteran conservative operative Paul Erickson; Maria Butina, a Torshin protege who ran the Russian pro-gun group he helped launch, and others linked to Torshin.
Erickson has raised funds for the NRA and is a friend of Butina’s. Shortly before the NRA’s May 2016 convention, he emailed Trump campaign aide Rick Dearborn about the possibility of setting up a meeting between Putin and Trump during the campaign, according to the Times.
Erickson’s email to Dearborn bore the subject line “Kremlin Connection.” In it, Erickson solicited advice from Dearborn and his boss, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, a top foreign policy adviser to Trump’s campaign, about the best way to connect Putin and Trump.
Both Dearborn and Butina, who has been enrolled as a graduate student at American University since mid 2016, have been asked to appear before the Judiciary Committee, but so far Erickson has not, sources familiar with the matter said.
Bridges LLC, a company that Erickson and Butina established in February 2016 in Erickson’s home state of South Dakota, also is expected to draw scrutiny. Public records don’t reveal any financial transactions involving Bridges. In a phone interview last year, Erickson said the firm was established in case Butina needed any monetary assistance for her graduate studies — an unusual way to use an LLC.
Erickson said he met Butina and Torshin when he and David Keene, a former NRA president, attended a meeting of Right to Bear Arms a few years ago in Moscow. Erickson described the links between Right to Bear Arms and the NRA as a “moral support operation both ways.”
Torshin’s contacts with the NRA and the Trump campaign last year also came to the attention of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and key adviser. When Torshin tried to arrange a personal meeting with Trump near the NRA convention site last May, Kushner scotched the idea, according to emails forwarded to Kushner.
On top of Torshin’s efforts to cozy up to the Trump campaign, the Moscow banker has forged ties with powerful conservatives, including Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, the Californian whom some have deemed Putin’s best friend in Washington. In a phone interview in 2016, Rohrabacher recalled meeting Torshin in Moscow a few years earlier and described him as “a mover and shaker.”
Last February when Torshin visited Washington, Rockefeller heir and conservative patron George O’Neill Jr. hosted a fancy four-hour dinner for the banker on Capitol Hill, an event that drew Rohrabacher, Erickson and other big names on the right. Rohrabacher has labeled Torshin as “conservatives’ favorite Russian,” Torshin was in Washington at the time to lead his country’s delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast, where Trump spoke. The banker also was slated to see the presidentat a meet-and-greet event prior to a White House breakfast, but Torshin’s invitation was canceled after the White House learned of his alleged mob connections, Yahoo News reported.
Torshin’s involvement with the NRA may have begun in 2013 when he attended the group’s convention in Houston. Keene, the ex-NRA leader and an avid hunter, was instrumental in building a relationship with the Russian, according to multiple conservative sources.
Keene also helped lead a high-level NRA delegation to Moscow in December 2015 for a week of lavish meals and meetings with Russian business and political leaders. The week’s festivities included a visit to a Russian gun company and a meeting with a senior Kremlin official and wealthy Russians, according to a member of the delegation, Arnold Goldschlager, a California doctor who has been active in NRA programs to raise large donations.
Others on the trip included Joe Gregory, who runs the NRA’s Ring of Freedom program for elite donors who chip in checks of $1 million and upwards, Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke and Pete Brownell, a chief executive of a gun company and longtime NRA board member.
In a phone interview, Goldschlager described the trip as a “people-to-people mission,” and said he was impressed with Torshin — who, he noted, hosted both a “welcoming” dinner for the NRA contingent and another one.
“They were killing us with vodka and the best Russian food,” Goldschlager said. “The trip exceeded my expectations by logarithmic levels.”
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article195231139.html
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=fbi+investigating+whether+russian
Top Republican Says His State Is A Model For Redistricting. It’s One Of The Worst Gerrymandered Places In The Country. - North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore
Federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have blocked North Carolina’s congressional and legislative district maps.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tim-moore-republican-gerrymanders_us_5a60d17ae4b01f3bca593b1a
Ivanka Is 'Spitting Image' Of President Trump 'Without A Lot Of The Flash And Style,' White House Correspondent Says - Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times [ https://www.nytimes.com/by/maggie-haberman ]
http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-spitting-image-president-without-lot-flash-and-style-new-york-784217
Ivanka Has A Lot Of Grievances, Just Like Daddy, Says Maggie Haberman
https://forward.com/fast-forward/392361/ivanka-has-a-lot-of-grievances-just-like-daddy-says-maggie-haberman/
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=maggie+haberman
Hungarian Police Have A Warrant Out For Former Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka
Gorka's warrant on gun charges was in effect the entire time he was in the White House.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/hungarian-warrant-for-sebastian-gorka
House approves bill to keep government open as Senate Democrats take heat for threatening to block it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-upends-gop-strategy-to-avoid-shutdown-with-call-to-settle-childhood-insurance-impasse/2018/01/18/be61af62-fc56-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html
House Republicans pass short-term spending bill, prospects dim in Senate
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-leaders-race-keep-party-together-avoid-government-shutdown-n838851
Here’s Another Fine Mess They’ve Gotten Us Into
Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/opinion/government-shutdown-chip-republicans.html
9 Million Kids Could Lose Their Health Care Because The GOP Wants To Shame Democrats
The Children’s Health Insurance Program could start running out of money Friday.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chip-children-health-insurance-republicans-democrats-spending-bill_us_5a612215e4b074ce7a06d4ba
Here’s What Will Happen If The Government Shuts Down
National parks could close, but essential operations like air traffic control would continue.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-happens-government-shutdown_us_5a60bf64e4b01f3bca590dad
House Passes Spending Bill, But Shutdown Threat Remains
Basic governance may yet elude Republicans.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-spending-bill-shutdown_us_5a614042e4b074ce7a06ee7f
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dsSEtTKrLgUy36M2agzMbMBvP7lZM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
‘I just don’t like Muslim people’: Trump appointee resigns after racist, sexist and anti-gay remarks
An appointee of President Trump has resigned from the federal agency that runs AmeriCorps and other service programs after remarks he made disparaging blacks, Muslims, gays, women, veterans with PTSD and undocumented immigrants surfaced in the news media.
Carl Higbie lasted less than six months as the chief of external affairs in the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/01/18/i-just-dont-like-muslim-people-trump-appointee-resigns-after-racist-sexist-and-anti-gay-remarks/
Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns as public face of agency that runs AmeriCorps after KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio
Trump administration appointee Carl Higbie resigned Thursday as chief of external affairs for the federal government's volunteer service organization
Higbie made shocking comments about black Americans, Muslims, women, LGBT people, veterans suffering from PTSD and immigrants
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/kfile-carl-higbie-on-the-radio/index.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dXfRJ4y2DWM1hWM9hDpl08kfzAvkM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Fusion GPS leader suspected 'crime' when probing Trump team and Russia
Glenn Simpson's November interview was released by the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday
Republicans questioned whether the allegations Simpson was making actually had evidence to back them up
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/fusion-gps-testimony-transcript-house-intelligence/index.html
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
U.S. SENATE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
INTERVIEW OF: GLENN SIMPSON
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017
https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/3/9/3974a291-ddbe-4525-9ed1-22bab43c05ae/934A3562824CACA7BB4D915E97709D2F.simpson-transcript-redacted.pdf
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dHQAaE3g80oKtrMQGUZVfBXR4Xu4M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump Lawyer Used Private Company, Pseudonyms to Pay Porn Star ‘Stormy Daniels’
Michael Cohen created limited liability company just before $130,000 payment
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyer-used-private-company-pseudonyms-to-pay-porn-star-stormy-daniels-1516315731
Trump lawyer used shell company to pay porn star: WSJ
The Rachel Maddow Show 1/18/18
Michael Rothfeld, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen used a private company to pay $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels. Duration: 5:54
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-lawyer-used-shell-company-to-pay-porn-star-wsj-1140420675612
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+lawyer+used+private+company
Pope Francis Has Defended a Chilean Bishop Accused of Covering Up Sex Crimes
(SANTIAGO, Chile) — Pope Francis accused victims of Chile’s most notorious pedophile of slander Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds of a sex abuse scandal that has cost the Catholic Church its credibility in the country.
Francis said that until he sees proof that Bishop Juan Barros was complicit in covering up the sex crimes of the Rev. Fernando Karadima, such accusations against Barros are “all calumny.”
The pope’s remarks drew shock from Chileans and immediate rebuke from victims and their advocates. They noted the accusers were deemed credible enough by the Vatican that it sentenced Karadima to a lifetime of “penance and prayer” for his crimes in 2011. A Chilean judge also found the victims to be credible, saying that while she had to drop criminal charges against Karadima because too much time had passed, proof of his crimes wasn’t lacking.
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http://time.com/5109212/pope-francis-sexual-abuse-chile-barros-karadima/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d98XEL8v9rPdU4Mb0dOD3gitb_s1M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to immediately accept DACA case
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-immediately-accept-daca-case/2018/01/18/c48da23e-fcb4-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html
A Judge Supports Dreamers and the Rule of Law
A decision to uphold the program protecting childhood immigrants was on solid legal ground.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-16/a-judge-supports-dreamers-and-the-rule-of-law
The Trump administration is keeping DACA on life support
It could give Congress an excuse not to act. But DREAMers themselves aren’t feeling much relief.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/18/16901018/daca-renewal-uscis-trump-deadline-appeal
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dKvntvrKhauIfBMPbW01HflQRS_kM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Car hits pedestrians near Rio's Copacabana beach
A car has ploughed into crowds on a promenade near Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach in Brazil, killing a baby and injuring at least 15 people.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42742877
DISTURBING FOOTAGE: Car Plows Into 15 People Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ~ Copacabana Beach
Right Wing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4xLG8L4z8c - since gone dark
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dObSsBGwQiQZwpMG63UoMOJcy9_qM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump's Quietly Growing List of Victories
The last four months have been by far the most productive of his presidency. Will they also prove to be a high-water mark?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/what-trump-has-accomplished/550760/
Fact-checking Donald Trump's 'results' from his fake news awards
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/jan/18/fact-checking-donald-trumps-results-his-fake-news-/
President Trump's first year anniversary report card, with grades from A+ to F
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/18/president-trump-first-year-anniversary-report-card-grades-plus-f-opinionline/1041335001/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dB1ENaMDciElCrM-Ax3DVg5MKDnmM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
NASA’s Jeanette Epps won’t be joining the space station as its first African-American crew member this year
Epps’ flight to the ISS would have been her first to orbit
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/18/16907790/nasa-astronaut-jeanette-epps-international-space-station-iss-2018-expedition-serena-aunon-chancellor
US astronauts will fly with Russia through 2019 because Boeing and SpaceX are late
https://qz.com/1181828/nasa-commercial-crew-us-astronauts-will-have-to-wait-until-2019-for-a-private-ride-to-space-from-spacex-and-boeing/
Subcommittee on Space Hearing - An Update on NASA Commercial Crew Systems Development
https://science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/subcommittee-space-hearing-update-nasa-commercial-crew-systems-development
Lawmakers Prod SpaceX and NASA on Fate of Secret Zuma Mission
https://www.space.com/39414-spacex-zuma-mission-congress-questions.html
Taxpayers may pay for secret Zuma satellite lost after SpaceX launch
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-zuma-cost-20180118-story.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dvAtuZVhN25dRtMSvUktyyuN4h1ZM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Under Trump, Asylum-Seekers Increasingly Face Criminal Charges
The Justice Department is prosecuting more people who come to the United States looking for protection, according to a report [ https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/punishing-refugees-and-migrants-trump-administrations-misuse-criminal-prosecutions ] released Thursday.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/under-trump-asylum-seekers-increasingly-face-criminal-charges_us_5a6112d5e4b01d91b25420d7
Here’s One Excellent Reason To Cut Prison Populations
We can actually lower crime and incarceration rates at the same time, according to a new Pew report [ http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/analysis/2018/01/16/national-prison-rate-continues-to-decline-amid-sentencing-re-entry-reforms ].
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/prisons-crime-rate-pew-report_us_5a610bb1e4b0125fd635228e
Ivanka Trump Sees In Dad A ‘Genius’ That Rivets Her, White House Reporter Says [ https://rss.art19.com/episodes/5f754f14-b863-4468-8f0f-278ffc40a6f0.mp3 ]
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman called the first daughter the “spitting image” of Donald Trump.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-dad-genius-maggie-haberman_us_5a61316be4b0125fd6354b6e
Justice Department Drops Felony Charges Against 129 Trump Inauguration Defendants
But 59 other #J20 protesters will face trial.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/j20-felony-charges_us_5a6122b4e4b074ce7a06d638
Former National Park Advisers Swing Back At Interior Department’s ‘Slanderous’ Claims
A spokeswoman for Secretary Ryan Zinke accused the volunteer body of turning a blind eye on sexual harassment — without providing any evidence.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/national-park-service-advisory-board-sexual-harassment_us_5a60c491e4b062a7df0bae23
House Blocks Trump’s Order To Deport Palestinian Man Living In U.S. For 39 Years
ICE agents had jailed Amer Othman Adi without explanation after calling off his deportation.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-blocks-trump-deport-palestinian_us_5a60c754e4b062a7df0bb547
2 Boys Arrested After Vandalism That Killed 500,000 Bees On Iowa Honey Farm - Trump-lovin' boys, no doubt
It was “completely senseless,” says devastated owner.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iowa-boys-busted-bee-vandalism_us_5a616da8e4b0125fd6355993
Woman Pulls Hilarious Plant-Watering Prank On Husband Years After Her Death
“It would have tickled her so much to know that he’s actually done it.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/late-wife-pranks-husband-plant_us_5a609e8be4b01f3bca58cd9b
Trump Ordered Bannon to Limit Testimony
The president relied on a key legal advisor, but his advice could have a downside
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/18/trump-ordered-bannon-to-limit-testimony/
Trump personally made decision to limit Bannon testimony: report
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369566-trump-personally-made-decision-to-limit-bannon-testimony-report
Trump personally ordered restrictions on Bannon's testimony, report says
President Donald Trump personally ordered Steve Bannon not to answer certain questions during his testimony to the House Intelligence Committee this week, Foreign Policy reported.
The article said a deputy White House counsel presented legal rationale that the Trump administration might be able to limit the testimony of Bannon and others under executive privilege claims.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/18/trump-ordered-restrictions-for-bannons-testimony-report.html
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+bannon+testimony
Fusion GPS: Kremlin ‘Purged’ Suspected Spies After Trump Dossier Release
In an interview with House intel committee, Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson claimed the Kremlin tried to eliminate U.S. intel sources after the Trump dossier went public.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fusion-gps-kremlin-purge-followed-dossier-release
GOP Lawmaker Falsely Claims ISIS Behind Las Vegas Shooting
A Republican lawmaker on Thursday night claimed the so-called Islamic State was behind the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people in October. “I smell a rat like a lot of Americans. Nothing’s adding up,” Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson. Claiming to have what he “believes” is “credible evidence,” Perry cast doubt on investigators’ assertions that Stephen Paddock was the lone gunman in the attack and suggested a “terrorist nexus” was involved. He claimed to personally have information about “terrorist infiltration through the southern border.” “Let’s face it, ISIS, twice before the attack, warned the U.S. they would attack Las Vegas… and then after the attack claimed responsibility four times. Meanwhile, the local law enforcement investigative services are telling us there is no terrorist connection.” When pressed to provide more details on what “evidence” he has to support this theory, Perry said he was “not able” to reveal anything.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-lawmaker-falsely-claims-isis-behind-las-vegas-shooting
Trump Heading to Mar-a-Lago Gala [heard on MSNBC: couples price starts at $100,000; $250,000 gets photo with Trump] as Government Shutdown Looms
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-heading-to-mar-a-lago-gala-as-government-shutdown-looms
Trump’s Shutdown Plan Is Pretty Much: Jesus, Take the Wheel
President Trump hasn’t really thought through how bad a shutdown could be for his administration.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-shutdown-plan-is-pretty-much-jesus-take-the-wheel
The New York Times Defends Its Trump Fan Takeover
New York Times readers were outraged to see its Opinion pages filled with Trump supporters’ letters. ‘It’s my fault,’ editorial page editor James Bennet tells The Daily Beast.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-new-york-times-defends-its-trump-fan-takeover
Trump's Economic Scorecard: One Year Since Inauguration
The Trump stock market rally remains strong - but S&P up less in 2017 than in 2009
GDP growth helped by higher inventories and trade
Unemployment rate continued its downward trend
2017 job gains were less than any of Obama’s last six years
Hourly wages - up less in 2017 than in 2016, same as in 2015
Manufacturing jobs
Coal jobs - up 800 in 2017
Federal deficit - largest since 2013
Trade deficit - highest since 2008
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2018/01/18/trumps-economic-scorecard-one-year-post-inauguration/
Stormy Daniels Once Claimed She Spanked Donald Trump With a Forbes Magazine
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/stormy-daniels-once-claimed-she-spanked-donald-trump-with-a-forbes-magazine/
DON’S SPANK SESSION
Donald Trump made porn star Stormy Daniels spank him with a copy of Forbes magazine featuring his own face on the cover, reports claim
The adult star also claimed he chased her in a hotel room in just his underpants and compared her to his daughter Ivanka
DONALD Trump allegedly made porn star Stormy Daniels spank him with a copy of Forbes that featured his own face on the cover, according to bewildering reports.
The new allegations come just days after it was reported that Trump had chased the adult actress around a hotel room wearing nothing but his ‘tightie whities’.
He also allegedly made Daniels – real name Stephanie Clifford – sit with him for hours watching ‘Shark Week’.
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5378565/donald-trump-porn-star-stormy-daniels-spank-forbes-magazine-his-face-cover/
Intel Claims 90 Percent of Affected CPUs Have Live Patches Just as Rumors of New Attacks Arrive
https://gizmodo.com/intel-claims-90-percent-of-affected-cpus-have-live-patc-1822192075
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dcWYp95r-tb530M4F9I4Djhu14rAM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Repeated Head Hits, Not Just Concussions, May Lead To A Type Of Chronic Brain Damage
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/18/578355877/repeated-head-hits-not-concussions-may-be-behind-a-type-of-chronic-brain-damage
study https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awx350/4815697
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dGrMqKAioTHV0RMDm4GyqJ08V1bjM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
The DNA of Iceland's First Known Black Man, Recreated from His Living Descendants
Hans Jonatan, who escaped slavery in 1802, now has hundreds of relatives in the country.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/hans-jonatan-iceland-genome-reconstructed/550667/
study (full text) http://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-017-0031-6.epdf?referrer_access_token=blEMyR-c3MmPnZVraRBH2NRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PgOtSV_lvxVXXqEn5rqDMVQfZ3fhBxlfDODFq0gqwMd8gj08Lm2pjXXItuDIQcB2LWxbKshDCQO6qt4up-KTFbhJfJ607gXxS1jIcV4KjgnE00A0g758UTKcTuEXtEVq6N3VMDr_WHAJGt_jbOymSlAVrCkccsTNqmtLWfO97uLERB05utq0t1SmT5iD_gWpWpiDM_Eh2-0fm310VK8hkn7_Xi7JHQ7NC9ppXfCelEedMvMRdyOcIfvvqpqKURBzFfURHYI7-GPGvG5K5tx2-B&tracking_referrer=www.theatlantic.com abstract http://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-017-0031-6
NASA Declares 2017 The Second-Hottest Year On Record
The last year was second only to 2016, which had help from El Niño.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/2017-temperature_us_5a60c393e4b062a7df0bacfc
The planet just had its hottest 4 years in recorded history. Trump is dismantling efforts to fight climate change.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/18/2017-was-among-the-planets-hottest-years-on-record-government-scientists-report/
Long-Term Warming Trend Continued in 2017: NASA, NOAA
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/long-term-warming-trend-continued-in-2017-nasa-noaa
Earth’s Warming Continued in 2017.
And That Was Without El Niño.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/18/climate/hottest-year-2017.html
2017 'warmest year without El Niño'
Manmade climate change is now dwarfing the influence of natural trends on the climate, scientists say.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42736397
National Centers for Environmental Information
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201713
Assessing the Global Climate in 2017
For the globe, 2017 was the third warmest year on record and the warmest year without an El Niño present
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201712
Assessing the U.S. Climate in 2017
2017 was the third warmest year on record for the United States
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-201712
December 2017 Regional Climate Impacts and Outlooks
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/december-2017-regional-climate-outlooks
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dv0URnqcejAKFxMpfxw3fwp2unz4M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Saturn moon Titan has a sea level
http://earthsky.org/space/saturn-moon-titan-has-a-sea-level
studies:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL075518/full
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL075468/full
Saturn's moon Titan's sea elevation captured by Cassini
http://www.ibtimes.sg/saturns-moon-titans-sea-elevation-captured-by-cassini-23277
Cassini Finds Saturn Moon Has 'Sea Level' Like Earth
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/cassini-finds-saturn-moon-has-sea-level-like-earth
Is Saturn's moon eerily similar to Earth? Nasa's Cassini finds Titan sea-levels just like our planet
The new findings showcase the incredible similarities between Titan and Earth.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/saturns-moon-eerily-similar-earth-nasas-cassini-finds-titan-sea-levels-just-like-our-planet-1655708
Saturn's moon Titan is 'eerily similar' to our own world: Nasa's Cassini probe finds Earth-like sea-levels on the icy satellite, despite it being nearly a billion miles away
Titan is the only other world we know of in our solar system with stable liquid
On Titan the seas are filled with hydrocarbons rather than liquid water
Smaller lakes appear at elevations several hundred feet higher than sea level
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5283553/Saturns-moon-Titan-eerily-similar-seas-Earth.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dIi40i-HucPCHuMyddCnfH2UvkoRM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-nuclear/u-s-tests-nuclear-power-system-to-sustain-astronauts-on-mars-idUSKBN1F72T8
Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlements
https://www.popsci.com/nuclear-reactors-mars
NASA's new energy project boosts power in space; Kilopower under development with partners
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/NASA-s-new-energy-project-boosts-power-in-space-12508413.php
What Is Kilopower? NASA’s Mini Nuclear Reactor Could Power Life on Mars
http://www.newsweek.com/what-kilopower-nasas-mini-nuclear-reactor-could-power-life-mars-784930
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dmP3YGZ8vNovpQMakGkt5P1mzDGMM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
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Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Democracy Now! [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw / https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow , https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow/videos ]
The New York Times reports that the Pentagon is proposing widening the permissible use of nuclear weapons to include responding to cyberattacks and other non-nuclear attacks to U.S. infrastructure. The Pentagon has already outlined this expanded nuclear strategy in a draft document sent to President Trump for approval. It comes amid a series of moves by the Pentagon and President Trump that have escalated the threat of nuclear war. The Wall Street Journal reports the Pentagon is planning to develop two new sea-based nuclear weapons. The New York Times also reports the Pentagon is conducting a series of war games to prepare for a potential war with North Korea. We speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston [ https://www.dcreport.org/ ], who has been covering Donald Trump for nearly 30 years. His latest book is just out, titled “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America [ https://www.amazon.com/Even-Worse-Than-Think-Administration/dp/1501174169 ].”
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/18/david_cay_johnston_trump_is_determined [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW4kUCGK1Xk [with comments]
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“It’s Even Worse Than You Think”: David Cay Johnston on Trump’s First Year in Office
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Democracy Now!
Uninformed. That was the word White House Chief of Staff John Kelly used to describe his boss, President Trump, on Thursday. According to The Washington Post, Kelly told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that some of Trump’s hardline immigration policies—including his call to build a wall along the entire southern border— were “uninformed.” Kelly said, “Certain things are said during the campaign that are uninformed.” Well, today we spend the hour looking at Trump’s first year in office with David Cay Johnston, a journalist who has been covering Donald Trump since 1988. He is out this week with a new book titled “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/18/its_even_worse_than_you_think [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJaTSZnTFcs [with comments]
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Trump Biographer: Trump is the “Most Racist” President in at Least 100 Years
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Democracy Now!
On Capitol Hill, Democrats are preparing a bill that would formally censure Donald Trump over racist comments in which the president reportedly called African nations, El Salvador and Haiti “shithole countries.” The effort is being led by New York Congressmember Jerrold Nadler and Representative Cedric Richmond, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. It comes as several Democratic lawmakers have announced they will skip the State of the Union address on January 30 over Trump’s racist remarks. Among them are Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Frederica Wilson of Florida, Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Maxine Waters of California and John Lewis of Georgia. We speak to David Cay Johnston, author of “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/18/trump_biographer_trump_is_the_most [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbxg7JT26po [with comments]
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How Trump’s Deregulatory Push Is Harming Workers, Muzzling EPA Scientists and Unleashing Pollution
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Democracy Now!
As President Trump’s own chief of staff, John Kelly, calls his boss “uninformed,” we will look at how Trump is transforming the nation by slashing taxes on the rich, gutting the nation’s regulatory system and muzzling climate scientists. We speak to David Cay Johnston, author of “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/18/how_trumps_deregulatory_push_is_harming [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMui5iF1sHc [with comments]
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Trump Biographer on the President’s Cognitive Decline & Whether He Will Be Impeached
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Democracy Now!
White House doctor Ronny Jackson said Tuesday President Trump is in good health and displayed a normal score on a cognitive exam, amid mounting questions about President Trump’s mental health. But on Wednesday, medical experts said that the results from Trump’s recent physical exam show the president has high levels of cholesterol and is at serious risk of a heart attack. We speak to journalist David Cay Johnston about the possibility of impeachment or the invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/18/trump_biographer_on_the_presidents_cognitive [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEzs1ZobHOo [with comments]
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Full Show - Dreamers-Not Just Illegal, But Criminal At A Higher Rate Than General Population - 01/18/2018
Published on Jan 19, 2018 by Real News with David Knight [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1L9FOMSaPgMyoLSnps47g , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1L9FOMSaPgMyoLSnps47g/videos ]
Full Broadcast 18Jan18 Real News with David Knight
With a crime rate twice that of Americans & legal immigrants and an incarceration rate 4X’s that of the rest of Arizona, Democrat politicians will shut down govt to make them citizens. Stacy Washington & Michael Snyder joins David to talk DACA & Michael Snyder is running to be the Congressman to end the fed and abolish the IRS. And, what happens when the IoT doesn’t just spy on us but becomes weapons of terror in the hands of hackers?
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_I_55KK_CU [with comments] [also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdKPhOmaUEY (with comments)]
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White Noise Sleep Machine: How Racists Sleep At Night
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Funny Or Die [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzS3-65Y91JhOxFiM7j6grg / https://www.youtube.com/user/FunnyorDie , https://www.youtube.com/user/FunnyorDie/videos ]
Is the thought of equality keeping you up at night? Rest easy again with the all new Aryan 2 White Noise Sleep Machine.
Get yours today at aryan2.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xciM8b3yKYg [with comments]
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WATCH: President Trump speaks on military, government shutdown ahead of Pentagon meeting
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by PBS NewsHour [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ZFN9Tx6xh-skXCuRHCDpQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/PBSNewsHour , https://www.youtube.com/user/PBSNewsHour/videos ]
Remarks by President Trump Before Meetings at the Pentagon
The Pentagon
Washington, D.C.
January 18, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-meetings-pentagon/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOQOYUZkJaA [comments disabled] [official White House upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ohl_z_246w (with comments)]
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WATCH: Reps. Richmond and Nadler to introduce censure resolution against President Trump
Streamed live on Jan 18, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond and Rep. Jerome Nadler, ranking member of House Judiciary Committee, introduce censure resolution following President Trump's vulgar comments on immigration reform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPNDJ9Ivmpg [comments disabled]
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Full Show - Bombshell News: FBI Opens 3 Criminal Investigations Into Clinton Crimes - 01/18/2018
Published on Jan 18, 2018 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 ]
Thursday, Jan. 18th 2018[, with an appearance by Mike Adams]: Trump Eclipses Obama - Jobless claims are at their lowest since 1973 as Trump removes the shackles former President Obama placed on the economy. Alex Jones breaks down the three new investigations opened by the FBI looking into the crimes surrounding Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Michael Snyder joins us in studio to talk about his Congressional run and his years of experience in the infowar. Also, Dr. Edward Group reveals the latest in health discoveries that'll help you and your family, especially during the cold season. Anthony Cumia hosts the fourth and final hour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztq1Bt2sEI [with comments] [also, edited, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQZZ4pOlno8 (additional text adapted from; with comments)]
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How faster computers gave us Meltdown and Spectre
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Vox [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA / https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom , https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom/videos ]
These industry-breaking computer security exploits affect nearly every computer ever built.
In the pursuit of faster computers, Intel and other computer processor manufacturers started implementing a design feature known as “speculative execution.” That enables a computer to make necessary calculations before the user needs them. The problem? That feature now has the potential to be exploited to reveal sensitive data. And to make matters worse, these flawed computer chips have been around since 1995…
Read more about Meltdown and Spectre on Vox.com:
https://www.vox.com/business-and-finance/2018/1/4/16850004/meltdown-spectre-intel-security-flaw-update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1BRw32nMqg [with comments]
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Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah en route Pittsburgh, PA
Aboard Air Force One
En Route Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 18, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/press-gaggle-by-principal-deputy-press-secretary-raj-shah-en-route-pittsburgh-pa01182018/ [official transcript]
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WATCH: House Speaker Paul Ryan holds weekly news briefing
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan holds his weekly news briefing at the Capitol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9Z2Yc6wpE [comments disabled]
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WATCH: Rep. Nancy Pelosi holds weekly news briefing
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news briefing at the Capitol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRvOpOBrxvQ [comments disabled]
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President Trump Takes a Tour of H&K Equipment Company
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by The White House [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxRlFDqcWM4y7FfpiAN3KQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse , https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse/videos ]
Coraopolis, PA
Remarks by President Trump on Tour of H&K Equipment Company | Coraopolis, PA
H&K Equipment
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
January 18, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-tour-hk-equipment-company-coraopolis-pa/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGZS5kLHrM4 [with comments]
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President Trump Gives Remarks at H&K Equipment Company
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by The White House
Coraopolis, PA
Remarks by President Trump at H&K Equipment Company | Coraopolis, PA
H&K Equipment
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
January 18, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-hk-equipment-company-coraopolis-pa/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X376OZJzhlk [with comments]
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Full Show - Secret Group Of Patriots Initiated The New American Revolution - 01/18/2018
Published on Jan 19, 2018 by War Room [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg/videos ]
The deep state is in panic as investigators are set to release key information on the investigation into Hillary Clinton and other investigations into Fusion GPS and the Obama Department of Justice. We break down how we go to this point, as well as what to expect in the future. We also cover the importance of the 2018 midterm elections and your personal health.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNXg03AIsUY [with comments] [also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4qEjaGaX9o (with comments)]
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Vice President Pence Delivers Remarks at a Reception for the Annual March for Life Event
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by The White House
Remarks by Vice President Mike Pence at a Reception Honoring March for Life Participants
Indian Treaty Room
January 18, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-vice-president-mike-pence-reception-honoring-march-life-participants/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEXGPijBWA [with comments]
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Trump told Bannon not to talk in Russia probe, new report
The Beat with Ari Melber
1/18/18
Trump’s lawyer says he is “very eager” to talk to Mueller as a new report by Foreign Policy says Trump directly ordered Steve Bannon to limit his testimony in the Russia investigation.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/trump-told-bannon-not-to-talk-in-russia-probe-new-report-1140289091723
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Russians may have used the NRA to funnel money to Trump
The Beat with Ari Melber
1/18/18
The FBI is investigating whether Russian money went to the NRA to help Trump, according to McClatchy. The reporter who broke the story joins Ari Melber.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/russians-may-have-used-the-nra-to-funnel-money-to-trump-1140293187615
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Watch former Paul Manafort employee explain the reason he could go to jail
The Beat with Ari Melber
1/18/18
Paul Manafort’s former employee, Riva Levinson, tells Ari Melber Manafort “always lacked a moral compass” and left her “traumatized, depressed, almost in mourning.”
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/exclusive-watch-manafort-s-former-aide-say-why-he-s-legal-trouble-1140291139975 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDyI1OMrGb8 [with comments]
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GOP uses sick kids' health care as bargaining chip
All In with Chris Hayes
1/18/18
Even for Paul Ryan, this is pretty shameless.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-uses-sick-kids-health-care-as-bargaining-chip-1140356163708
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Senate 101: Chris Hayes & Bernie Sanders blow up GOP CHIP Lie
All In with Chris Hayes
1/18/18
Bernie Sanders says that if Mitch McConnell had brought CHIP up for a vote three months ago, he would have gotten 90 votes on the floor.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/senate-101-chris-hayes-bernie-sanders-blow-up-gop-chip-lie-1140326979857 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiKL4RdG2mw [with comments]
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Did Russia funnel money through NRA to help elect Trump?
All In with Chris Hayes
1/18/18
It sounds like something out of a liberal conspiracy theory: Vladimir Putin takes advantage of dark money loopholes under the infamous Citizens United ruling to move huge amounts of money through the National Rifle Association...which uses that money to help elect Donald Trump President of the United States.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/did-russia-funnel-money-through-nra-to-help-elect-trump-1140344899867
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Hungarian police have active warrant for Gorka's arrest
All In with Chris Hayes
1/18/18
If Sebastian Gorka never had a security clearance in his nebulous role as advisor to President Trump, we think we may have learned why.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hungarian-police-have-active-warrant-for-gorka-s-arrest-1140337731697 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8EhJH8view [with comments]
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Chris Hayes asks Rand Paul: Does Trump understand FISA?
All In with Chris Hayes
1/18/18
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky had argued for changes to FISA, citing concerns with Americans' privacy.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-asks-rand-paul-does-trump-understand-fisa-1140351555794
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Fusion GPS testimony shows potential crimes
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Rachel Maddow reads some of the highlights of the newly released transcript of the House Intelligence Committee testimony of Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fusion-gps-transcript-outlines-potential-trump-money-laundering-1140404803703 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDrNi4ghF2Y [with comments]
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Russian money ties to NRA under FBI scrutiny
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Greg Gordon, investigative reporter for McClatchy DC, talks with Rachel Maddow about news that the FBI is looking into whether Russian money was funneled to the Trump campaign through the NRA.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-money-ties-to-nra-under-fbi-scrutiny-1140425283667
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GOP risks one-party control shutdown
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Rachel Maddow reports on the struggle Senate Republicans are having avoiding a government shutdown and the historic nature of such a shutdown when Republicans control both cambers of Congress and the White House.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-risk-historic-one-party-control-shutdown-1140449347687
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Delaware takes role in Trump scandal
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Rachel Maddow shows how the laws in Delaware make it a popular place to headquarter a business in name only for purposes of secrecy.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/delaware-takes-role-in-trump-scandal-1140455491736
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Trump lawyer used shell to pay porn star: WSJ
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Michael Rothfeld, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen used a private company to pay $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-lawyer-used-shell-company-to-pay-porn-star-wsj-1140420675612
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Shutdown looming, Trump plans Mar-a-lago trip
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/18/18
Rachel Maddow notes that while Senate Republicans struggle to avoid a government shutdown without guidance from the White House, Donald Trump plans to leave Friday afternoon for his Florida resort.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/shutdown-looming-trump-plans-mar-a-lago-trip-1140445251821
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Lawrence: Shutdown looms because Trump failed on wall
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/18/18
Lawrence O'Donnell explains: Donald Trump is going to shut down the American government because the Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto shut him down and refused to pay for the wall with Mexico.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-shutdown-looms-because-trump-failed-on-wall-1140428355609 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-C3VbOWBkw [with comments]
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Ex-Senate aide: Shutdown 'manufactured' by GOP
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/18/18
Adam Jentleson, former aide to Sen. Harry Reid, explains why Republicans and Mitch McConnell have "manufactured" the threat of a shutdown in the hopes of political gain. Sam Stein and Daniel Dale also join Lawrence O'Donnell.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/ex-senate-aide-shutdown-manufactured-by-republicans-1140425283912
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John Kelly's hard lesson on Trump's belief on evolution
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/18/18
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly says the president's view on a border wall has evolved. But according to reports, Trump was livid by the description. Is Kelly's future in the admin. in danger? Adam Jentleson & Francesca Chambers join Lawrence O’Donnell.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/john-kelly-s-hard-lesson-on-trump-s-belief-on-evolution-1140430915506 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq7R9phl-zY [with comments]
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Russia dossier testimony details possible money laundering
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
In testimony just released by the House Intelligence Committee, Glenn Simpson, co-founder of the research firm behind the Trump-Russia dossier, details possible money laundering & collusion between Russia & Trump world. Our panel discusses.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/russia-dossier-testimony-details-possible-money-laundering-1140465731524 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3BUa6ZeKCQ [with comments]
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Russia testimony: It appears Russia infiltrated the NRA
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of the research firm behind the Trump-Russia dossier, said in testimony just released by the House Intelligence Committee it seems the NRA was infiltrated by Moscow.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/russia-testimony-it-appears-russia-infiltrated-the-nra-1140464195742 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVcSK7ehSt4 [with comments]
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Trump is 'eager' to talk to Special Counsel Mueller
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
Trump attorney Ty Cobb says that his client is 'eager' to talk to Russia Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Our expert panel gives their take.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-is-eager-to-talk-to-special-counsel-mueller-1140466755734
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House Intelligence Cmte. delays Hope Hicks testimony
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
The House panel has delayed its testimony with longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks, reportedly to try to resolve issues involving executive privilege & testimony. Our panel reacts.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/house-intelligence-cmte-delays-hope-hicks-testimony-1140469827624
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Senate must now act to avoid a government shutdown
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
The House passed a bill to fund the government for several weeks, but it's unclear if the Senate will following their lead before a deadline at midnight Friday night. Our panel reacts.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/senate-must-now-act-to-avoid-a-government-shutdown-1140467267805
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WSJ: Trump lawyer used fake company to pay off porn star
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, before the 2016 campaign, Trump attorney Michael Cohen set up a private company to pay $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels not to discuss an alleged affair with Trump.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/wsj-trump-lawyer-used-fake-company-to-pay-off-porn-star-1140471363685
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House unveils bill overhauling sexual harassment policy
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/19/18
Rep. Jackie Speier, who's pushed for reforms to how Congress deals with allegations of sexual harassment, joins to discuss a new bill aimed at changing policy for lawmakers.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/house-unveils-bill-overhauling-sexual-harassment-policy-1140471875565
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So Stupid It's Not Funny: Trump's Crackdown on Legal Immigration: The Daily Show
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]
As Congress works to pass immigration reform, the Trump administration tries to curb legal pathways to citizenship like the visa lottery and chain migration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsC-7QwRjU [with comments]
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Glitz, Glamour and Lies: The Fake News Awards Red Carpet - The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Comedy Central [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUsN5ZwHx2kILm84-jPDeXw / https://www.youtube.com/user/comedycentral , https://www.youtube.com/user/comedycentral/videos , https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7nPL1U-R5r5XD8saDuOBVj1z69Y_4iK ]
Citizen Journalists Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson take their red carpet inside The Washington Post to interview some of the reporters who are up for Trump's Fake News Awards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsRgOAm20ng [with comments]
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Critiquing the Artwork of Guantanamo Prisoners - The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Comedy Central
Citizen Journalist Niccole Thurman enlists the help of famed art critic Jerry Saltz to get to the bottom of an exhibit showcasing the works of Guantanamo Bay detainees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN2Joeys1gA [with comments]
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The Stormy-Trump Porno That No One's Been Waiting For
Published on Jan 19, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig/videos ]
Only the Late Show, for some weird reason, had access to the cameras corroborate porn star Stormy Daniels' story.
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4YMCCBkORM [with comments]
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The Fake News Awards Were Worth The Wait (Fake News)
Published on Jan 19, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Stephen recaps the only award show that doesn't have awards. Or a show.
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyMBXDH4F5Q [with comments]
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General Kelly: Trump's Wall Promises Were 'Not Fully Informed'
Published on Jan 19, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
White House Chief of Staff General John Kelly fired up his president with comments about the impossibility of following through on Trump's campaign promises.
[originally aired January 18, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opmDMIg4Lvs [with comments]
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Trump, Stormy Daniels and a Possible Government Shutdown: A Closer Look
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by Late Night with Seth Meyers [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTyTA7-g9nopHeHbeuvpRA / https://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth , https://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth/videos ]
Seth takes a closer look at how Republicans still face the looming possibility of a government shutdown because President Trump rejected a bipartisan deal to solve an immigration impasse he created.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b6IQQMRYCA [with comments]
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Daily News Section for CTM Episode 868
Published on Jan 18, 2018 by John B. Wells The ONLY Official CTM Channel [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuHJMn2CfyxMPGPzFww_3bA / https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnBWellsCTM , https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnBWellsCTM/videos ]
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
News Section for Caravan to Midnight full long-form interview
Episode 868 - Mike Kerr & Francis Richard Connelly
In this edition, Mike Kerr of Hear The Watchmen comes aboard to talk about the upcoming March conference, and the special deals for Caravaners who wish to attend.
Then, Francis Richard Connelly joins John B. to talk about his suppressed film, censorship and the state of the world as seen through the lens of a screenplay writing, Squash playing, documentary-producing Briton.
Full interview - https://www.caravantomidnight.com/Episode/EpisodesDetails?Id=20865
Former Host of Coast To Coast AM John B Wells is now in control on Caravan To Midnight & Ark Midnight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_S76h9mihk [with comments]
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stashed January 18, 2018:
Trump tweets create confusion on GOP plan to avert shutdown; Ryan tries to calm Republicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-upends-gop-strategy-to-avoid-shutdown-with-call-to-settle-childhood-insurance-impasse/2018/01/18/be61af62-fc56-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html
Trump Upsets Republican Strategy to Avoid Shutdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/us/politics/trump-upsets-republican-strategy-to-avoid-shutdown.html
Trump baffles GOP with tweet scrambling shutdown talks
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369545-trump-baffles-gop-with-tweet-scrambling-shutdown-talks
Trump, Once Again, Blows Up Congressional Negotiations Hours Before a Critical Deadline
‘Frankly nobody knows what the heck he is arguing for,’ a GOP aide says. If they can't figure it out, the federal government may shut down.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-once-again-blows-up-congressional-negotiations-hours-before-a-critical-deadline
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dsSEtTKrLgUy36MvmJiSp9zuVz6BM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump children's health insurance tweet contradicts, confounds
"CHIP should be part of a long-term solution, not a 30 Day, or short term, extension," Trump tweeted
That is the opposite to what his administration said on Wednesday
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/trump-chip-funding-republicans/index.html
Trump tweets CHIP should not be in short-term funding bill
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369497-trump-tweets-chip-should-not-be-in-short-term-funding-bill
Children’s health insurance has become a political hostage
The real reason CHIP is still unfunded, four months later.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/18/16901526/congress-chip-crisis
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/diIxZGKvV_zCFcMjaSuqDzW0vjNIM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump pushes back on chief of staff claims that border wall pledges ‘uninformed’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pushes-back-on-chief-of-staff-claims-that-border-wall-pledges-uninformed/2018/01/18/78960980-fc68-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html
Trump Was Not ‘Fully Informed’ in Campaign Vows on Wall, Chief of Staff Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/us/politics/chief-of-staff-kelly-trump-not-fully-informed.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dNh8HQqaR86JkbMOCuQOKeu-Jb3KM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
New HHS civil rights division charged with protecting health-care workers with moral objections
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/01/18/new-hhs-civil-rights-division-charged-with-protecting-health-workers-with-moral-objections/
HHS Announces New Conscience and Religious Freedom Division
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2018/01/18/hhs-ocr-announces-new-conscience-and-religious-freedom-division.html
Trump Backs Health-Care Workers Who Object to Providing Abortions
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a new office devoted to conscience objections and religious freedom on Thursday—an answer to long-standing objections from the right.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/conscience-objections/550775/
Trump to overhaul HHS office, shield health workers with moral objections
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/conscience-abortion-transgender-patients-health-care-289542
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dMZhqND9AHkV6qMgxXxoCEQ9c2maM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
America Quietly Starts Nation-Building in Parts of Syria
The U.S. has escalated its presence in the country, and has signaled no timetable for when it will end.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/nation-building-syria-rex-tillerson-speech/550796/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dpmAdew5uIjOXRMBC2bioBJow684M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
North Korea Using Winter Olympics To Fuel Online 'Reunification' Propaganda
http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-using-winter-olympics-fuel-online-propaganda-784503
Korea's Olympic Compromise Is Fool's Gold
Marching together in the games will give both sides a tactical victory, but little will actually change.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-18/korea-s-olympic-compromise-is-fool-s-gold
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/djfDlhcj5sykTpML1s13FCFLRRnFM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Obama planning to campaign and fundraise for Dems in 2018: report
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369503-obama-planning-to-campaign-and-fundraise-for-dems-in-2018-report
Trump Has Not Spoken to Obama Since He Took Office. Here's Why That's Weird
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-not-spoken-obama-he-took-office-heres-why-thats-weird-784320
Trump's first year: The report card
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/opinions/trump-report-card-opinion-zelizer/index.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dWeQ8y9ENwa91jM13j_uFL-QkQ4eM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
'Trump Big Lie Award,' a response to 'Fake News Awards' - these further to https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=137771071
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/369517-trump-big-lie-award-a-response-to-fake-news-awards
In a time of ‘Fake News Awards,’ here are 11 real, imprisoned journalists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/18/in-a-time-of-fake-news-awards-here-are-11-real-imprisoned-journalists/
Reporters Without Borders Says Trump ‘Poses Major Threat To U.S. Democracy’
The president’s “Fake News Awards” add to an anti-media campaign “unworthy of the country that adopted the First Amendment.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reporters-without-borders-trump_us_5a6037dbe4b046f0811cee1a
Trump's Fake News Awards were just another front in his fraudulent war on truth
The president's list of supposedly bad reporting is more fake than any of the "fake news" cited in it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-fake-news-awards-were-just-another-front-his-ncna838691
Trump Dished Out Fake News Awards. Twitter Dished Them Right Back At Him.
That didn’t get the reaction he was hoping for.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fake-news_us_5a6007afe4b0ccf9f12157de
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dSlw6B1xMfhdSAMK9nl_LQnRTc_NM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Mulvaney requests no funding for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/18/mulvaney-funding-consumer-bureau-cordray-345495
Trump's consumer protection bureau has an odd budget request: Zero
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting director, Mick Mulvaney, told Fed officials that the bureau needs no additional funds to operate for the coming quarter.
The CFPB began fiscal 2018 with a balance of $177.1 million but only requires $145 million to operate each quarter, he said in a letter to Fed officials.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/18/trumps-consumer-protection-bureau-has-an-odd-budget-request-zero.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dor1gpSiLrDlGqMJ4gyA27UOQhCVM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Apple and Google Are Rerouting Their Employee Buses as Attacks Resume
Around four years ago, people started attacking the shuttle buses that took Google employees to and from work, as a way of protesting the tech-company-driven gentrification taking place around San Francisco. Well, it seems to be happening again.
This time it’s not just Google (googl, -0.64%)—it’s Apple’s charter buses too. At least five of the iPhone-maker’s shuttles have recently had their windows smashed while in transit. According to an email sent to Apple staff, the first attack took place last Friday, followed by four more on Tuesday.
It’s suspected that someone is shooting out the windows using pellet guns, or perhaps throwing rocks. ...
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http://fortune.com/2018/01/18/apple-google-bus-attacks/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dt1JXWGNHbITvyMyNOIbcO2yoZJjM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
The World Has Officially Lost Confidence In U.S. Leadership Under Trump
Even George W. Bush was more popular.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/global-leadership-us-trump_us_5a607778e4b062a7df0b25da
Dreamers Live A Nightmare While Congress Runs Down The Clock
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-escalante-dreamers-daca_us_5a5fd1c1e4b054e351771546
Senate Democrats Failed Dreamers In December. They Might Do It Again. (as if this all is their fault - what bullshit - . . .)
Many Democrats want protections for undocumented immigrants to be part of a must-pass government funding bill. But will enough of them hold firm?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-daca-shutdown_us_5a5fc823e4b0ccf9f1213cb9
Black, Asian, And Latinx Activists Protest Trump’s ‘Shithole’ Comments
“We must come together and stand with all of our communities, for none of us are free until all of us are free.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/protesters-trump-shithole-countries_us_5a5f8b9be4b054e35176a8fc
My Thoughts About The Women’s March, One Year Later
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/womens-march-reflections_us_5a4fd28ee4b01e1a4b14f6bf
Trump Is Scrambling To Avoid A Special Election Defeat In This Rust Belt District - HOUSTON, Pa.
Democrat Conor Lamb is hoping for victory in a union-heavy district that Trump won by 20 points.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conor-lamb-trump-special-election_us_5a5fd334e4b046f0811cd495
Senate Advances Judicial Pick Hostile To Voting Rights For Black People
Thomas Farr, Trump’s nominee to a federal court seat, defended North Carolina’s voter suppression law and racially discriminatory gerrymandering.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/thomas-farr-trump-judicial-nominee_us_5a5fa192e4b046f0811c7fe9
H&M Hires Global Diversity Leader In Response To ‘Monkey Hoodie’ Backlash
The company didn’t disclose what the role’s responsibilities would be.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hm-hires-global-leader-for-diversity-in-response-to-monkey-hoodie-backlash_us_5a60bea7e4b01b82649d4b57
Women Are Leading The Charge For Racial Justice In Legal Weed
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/women-racial-justice-legal-marijuana_us_5a5df6d5e4b04f3c55a5db01
Why Trump’s Heart Report Isn’t A Clear-Cut Diagnosis - Gupta v. Jackson
Which doctor is right? It depends.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-heart-disease-question_us_5a5fcab7e4b0ccf9f1213f5b
'The Magic School Bus’ Flies Inside Trump’s Body To Confirm ‘Excellent’ Health
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/magic-school-bus-trump-health_us_5a60bb7ae4b01f3bca590627
In An Age Of Wicked Problems, Beware Of Simple Solutions
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-cottom-wicked-problems_us_5a54c562e4b003133ecc52d6
Watch As A Drone Saves Two Teen Swimmers From Heavy Surf In Australia
“Never before has a drone fitted with a flotation device been used to rescue swimmers like this.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/watch-as-a-drone-saves-two-teen-swimmers-from-heavy-surf_us_5a60be9ee4b062a7df0ba47b
FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump
WASHINGTON - The FBI is investigating whether a top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump win the presidency, two sources familiar with the matter have told McClatchy.
FBI counterintelligence investigators have focused on the activities of Alexander Torshin, the deputy governor of Russia’s central bank who is known for his close relationships with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and the NRA, the sources said.
It is illegal to use foreign money to influence federal elections.
It’s unclear how long the Torshin inquiry has been ongoing, but the news comes as Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s sweeping investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including whether the Kremlin colluded with Trump’s campaign, has been heating up.
All of the sources spoke on condition of anonymity because Mueller’s investigation is confidential and mostly involves classified information.
A spokesman for Mueller’s office declined comment.
Disclosure of the Torshin investigation signals a new dimension in the 18-month-old FBI probe of Russia’s interference. McClatchy reported a year ago that a multi-agency U.S. law enforcement and counterintelligence investigation into Russia’s intervention, begun even before the start of the 2016 general election campaign, initially included a focus on whether the Kremlin secretly helped fund efforts to boost Trump, but little has been said about that possibility in recent months.
The extent to which the FBI has evidence of money flowing from Torshin to the NRA, or of the NRA’s participation in the transfer of funds, could not be learned.
However, the NRA reported spending a record $55 million on the 2016 elections, including $30 million to support Trump – triple what the group devoted to backing Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential race. Most of that was money was spent by an arm of the NRA that is not required to disclose its donors.
Two people with close connections to the powerful gun lobby said its total election spending actually approached or exceeded $70 million. The reporting gap could be explained by the fact that independent groups are not required to reveal how much they spend on Internet ads or field operations, including get-out-the-vote efforts.
During the campaign, Trump was an outspoken advocate of the Second Amendment right to bear arms, at one point drawing a hail of criticism by suggesting that, if Clinton were elected, gun rights advocates could stop her from winning confirmation of liberal Supreme Court justices who support gun control laws.
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks,” Trump said at a rally in August 2016. “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.”
Spanish authorities tag Torshin for money laundering
Torshin, a leading figure in Putin’s party, has been implicated in money laundering by judicial authorities in Spain, as Bloomberg News first revealed in 2016. Spanish investigators alleged in an almost 500-page internal report that Torshin, who was then a senator, capitalized on his government role to assist mobsters laundering funds through Spanish properties and banks, Bloomberg reported
A summary obtained by McClatchy of the still-secret report links Torshin to Russian money laundering and describes him as a godfather in a major Russian criminal organization called Taganskaya.
Investigators for three congressional committees probing Russia’s 2016 operations also have shown interest in Torshin, a lifetime NRA member who has attended several of its annual conventions. At the group’s meeting in Kentucky in May 2016, Torshin spoke to Donald Trump Jr. during a gala event at the group’s national gathering in Kentucky in May 2016, when his father won an earlier-than-usual NRA presidential endorsement.
An FBI spokesman declined to comment on the investigation.
The NRA did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Torshin could not be reached for comment, and emails to the Russian central bank seeking comment from Torshin and the bank elicited no response.
Mueller’s investigation has been edging closer to Trump’s inner circle. This week, The New York Times reported that Mueller had negotiated an agreement under which Steve Bannon, who was recently ousted from his post as a senior White House adviser, would fully respond to questions about the Trump campaign. Bannon headed the campaign over its final weeks.
Since taking over the investigation last May, Mueller has secured guilty pleas from two former Trump aides, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and former campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, both of whom agreed to cooperate with prosecutors; and criminal charges against two other top campaign figures, former campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates.
Paul Manafort joined the Trump campaign in March 2016. By October 2017, he had been indicted on 12 counts including conspiracy against the U.S. by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Here's what happened in between.
$30 million
The amount of money the National Rifle Association spent backing Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign – triple what the group spent on Republican Mitt Romney four years earlier.
A year ago, three U.S. intelligence agencies signed off on a joint assessment that was the basis for the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and other sanctions against the Kremlin. The intelligence agencies concluded that what began as a sophisticated Russian operation to undermine Americans’ faith in democracy morphed into a drive to help Trump win.
Torshin is among a phalanx of Putin proxies to draw the close attention of U.S. investigators, who also have tracked the activities of several Russian billionaires and pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs that have come in contact with Trump or his surrogates.
Torshin was a senior member of the Russian Senate and in recent years helped set up a Moscow gun rights group called Right to Bear Arms. He not only spoke with Trump Jr. at the NRA convention, but he also tried unsuccessfully to broker a meeting between Putin and the presidential candidate in 2016, according to the Times. He further sought to meet privately with the candidate himself near the 2016 NRA convention.
Torshin’s ties with the NRA have flourished in recent years. In late 2015, he hosted two dinners for a high-level NRA delegation during its week-long visit to Moscow that included meetings with influential Russian government and business figures.
In their internal report, Spanish prosecutors revealed a web of covert financial and money-laundering dealings between Torshin and Alexander Romanov, a Russian who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges in 2016 and was sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
The prosecutors’ evidence included 33 audio recordings of phone conversations from mid-2012 to mid-2013 between Torshin and Romanov, who allegedly laundered funds to buy a hotel on the ritzy island of Mallorca. Torshin had an 80 percent stake in the venture, the Spanish report said.
In the phone conversations, Romanov referred to Torshin as the “godfather” or “boss.” Torshin has denied any links to organized crime and said his dealings with Romanov were purely “social.”
The Madrid-based newspaper El Pais last year reported that Spanish police were on the verge of arresting Torshin in the summer of 2013, when he had planned to attend a birthday party for Romanov, but a Russian prosecutor tipped the banker to plans to nab him if he set foot in Spain, and Torshin canceled his trip.
Congress looking at Torshin, too
The House and Senate Intelligence Committees and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee also have taken an interest in Torshin as part of their parallel inquiries into Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections.
In questioning Donald Trump Jr. at a closed-door hearing in mid-December, investigators for the Senate Intelligence Committee asked about his encounter with Torshin at the NRA convention, according to a source familiar with the hearing.
Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for Trump Jr., said his client and Torshin talked only briefly when they were introduced during a meal.
“It was all gun-related small talk,” Futerfas told McClatchy.
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent letters in November to two senior Trump foreign policy aides, J.D. Gordon and Sam Clovis, seeking copies of any communications they had with or related to Torshin; the NRA; veteran conservative operative Paul Erickson; Maria Butina, a Torshin protege who ran the Russian pro-gun group he helped launch, and others linked to Torshin.
Erickson has raised funds for the NRA and is a friend of Butina’s. Shortly before the NRA’s May 2016 convention, he emailed Trump campaign aide Rick Dearborn about the possibility of setting up a meeting between Putin and Trump during the campaign, according to the Times.
Erickson’s email to Dearborn bore the subject line “Kremlin Connection.” In it, Erickson solicited advice from Dearborn and his boss, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, a top foreign policy adviser to Trump’s campaign, about the best way to connect Putin and Trump.
Both Dearborn and Butina, who has been enrolled as a graduate student at American University since mid 2016, have been asked to appear before the Judiciary Committee, but so far Erickson has not, sources familiar with the matter said.
Bridges LLC, a company that Erickson and Butina established in February 2016 in Erickson’s home state of South Dakota, also is expected to draw scrutiny. Public records don’t reveal any financial transactions involving Bridges. In a phone interview last year, Erickson said the firm was established in case Butina needed any monetary assistance for her graduate studies — an unusual way to use an LLC.
Erickson said he met Butina and Torshin when he and David Keene, a former NRA president, attended a meeting of Right to Bear Arms a few years ago in Moscow. Erickson described the links between Right to Bear Arms and the NRA as a “moral support operation both ways.”
Torshin’s contacts with the NRA and the Trump campaign last year also came to the attention of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and key adviser. When Torshin tried to arrange a personal meeting with Trump near the NRA convention site last May, Kushner scotched the idea, according to emails forwarded to Kushner.
On top of Torshin’s efforts to cozy up to the Trump campaign, the Moscow banker has forged ties with powerful conservatives, including Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, the Californian whom some have deemed Putin’s best friend in Washington. In a phone interview in 2016, Rohrabacher recalled meeting Torshin in Moscow a few years earlier and described him as “a mover and shaker.”
Last February when Torshin visited Washington, Rockefeller heir and conservative patron George O’Neill Jr. hosted a fancy four-hour dinner for the banker on Capitol Hill, an event that drew Rohrabacher, Erickson and other big names on the right. Rohrabacher has labeled Torshin as “conservatives’ favorite Russian,” Torshin was in Washington at the time to lead his country’s delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast, where Trump spoke. The banker also was slated to see the presidentat a meet-and-greet event prior to a White House breakfast, but Torshin’s invitation was canceled after the White House learned of his alleged mob connections, Yahoo News reported.
Torshin’s involvement with the NRA may have begun in 2013 when he attended the group’s convention in Houston. Keene, the ex-NRA leader and an avid hunter, was instrumental in building a relationship with the Russian, according to multiple conservative sources.
Keene also helped lead a high-level NRA delegation to Moscow in December 2015 for a week of lavish meals and meetings with Russian business and political leaders. The week’s festivities included a visit to a Russian gun company and a meeting with a senior Kremlin official and wealthy Russians, according to a member of the delegation, Arnold Goldschlager, a California doctor who has been active in NRA programs to raise large donations.
Others on the trip included Joe Gregory, who runs the NRA’s Ring of Freedom program for elite donors who chip in checks of $1 million and upwards, Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke and Pete Brownell, a chief executive of a gun company and longtime NRA board member.
In a phone interview, Goldschlager described the trip as a “people-to-people mission,” and said he was impressed with Torshin — who, he noted, hosted both a “welcoming” dinner for the NRA contingent and another one.
“They were killing us with vodka and the best Russian food,” Goldschlager said. “The trip exceeded my expectations by logarithmic levels.”
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article195231139.html
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=fbi+investigating+whether+russian
Top Republican Says His State Is A Model For Redistricting. It’s One Of The Worst Gerrymandered Places In The Country. - North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore
Federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have blocked North Carolina’s congressional and legislative district maps.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tim-moore-republican-gerrymanders_us_5a60d17ae4b01f3bca593b1a
Ivanka Is 'Spitting Image' Of President Trump 'Without A Lot Of The Flash And Style,' White House Correspondent Says - Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times [ https://www.nytimes.com/by/maggie-haberman ]
http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-spitting-image-president-without-lot-flash-and-style-new-york-784217
Ivanka Has A Lot Of Grievances, Just Like Daddy, Says Maggie Haberman
https://forward.com/fast-forward/392361/ivanka-has-a-lot-of-grievances-just-like-daddy-says-maggie-haberman/
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=maggie+haberman
Hungarian Police Have A Warrant Out For Former Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka
Gorka's warrant on gun charges was in effect the entire time he was in the White House.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/hungarian-warrant-for-sebastian-gorka
House approves bill to keep government open as Senate Democrats take heat for threatening to block it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-upends-gop-strategy-to-avoid-shutdown-with-call-to-settle-childhood-insurance-impasse/2018/01/18/be61af62-fc56-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html
House Republicans pass short-term spending bill, prospects dim in Senate
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-leaders-race-keep-party-together-avoid-government-shutdown-n838851
Here’s Another Fine Mess They’ve Gotten Us Into
Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/opinion/government-shutdown-chip-republicans.html
9 Million Kids Could Lose Their Health Care Because The GOP Wants To Shame Democrats
The Children’s Health Insurance Program could start running out of money Friday.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chip-children-health-insurance-republicans-democrats-spending-bill_us_5a612215e4b074ce7a06d4ba
Here’s What Will Happen If The Government Shuts Down
National parks could close, but essential operations like air traffic control would continue.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-happens-government-shutdown_us_5a60bf64e4b01f3bca590dad
House Passes Spending Bill, But Shutdown Threat Remains
Basic governance may yet elude Republicans.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-spending-bill-shutdown_us_5a614042e4b074ce7a06ee7f
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dsSEtTKrLgUy36M2agzMbMBvP7lZM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
‘I just don’t like Muslim people’: Trump appointee resigns after racist, sexist and anti-gay remarks
An appointee of President Trump has resigned from the federal agency that runs AmeriCorps and other service programs after remarks he made disparaging blacks, Muslims, gays, women, veterans with PTSD and undocumented immigrants surfaced in the news media.
Carl Higbie lasted less than six months as the chief of external affairs in the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/01/18/i-just-dont-like-muslim-people-trump-appointee-resigns-after-racist-sexist-and-anti-gay-remarks/
Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns as public face of agency that runs AmeriCorps after KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio
Trump administration appointee Carl Higbie resigned Thursday as chief of external affairs for the federal government's volunteer service organization
Higbie made shocking comments about black Americans, Muslims, women, LGBT people, veterans suffering from PTSD and immigrants
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/kfile-carl-higbie-on-the-radio/index.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dXfRJ4y2DWM1hWM9hDpl08kfzAvkM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Fusion GPS leader suspected 'crime' when probing Trump team and Russia
Glenn Simpson's November interview was released by the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday
Republicans questioned whether the allegations Simpson was making actually had evidence to back them up
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/fusion-gps-testimony-transcript-house-intelligence/index.html
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
U.S. SENATE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
INTERVIEW OF: GLENN SIMPSON
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017
https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/3/9/3974a291-ddbe-4525-9ed1-22bab43c05ae/934A3562824CACA7BB4D915E97709D2F.simpson-transcript-redacted.pdf
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dHQAaE3g80oKtrMQGUZVfBXR4Xu4M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump Lawyer Used Private Company, Pseudonyms to Pay Porn Star ‘Stormy Daniels’
Michael Cohen created limited liability company just before $130,000 payment
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyer-used-private-company-pseudonyms-to-pay-porn-star-stormy-daniels-1516315731
Trump lawyer used shell company to pay porn star: WSJ
The Rachel Maddow Show 1/18/18
Michael Rothfeld, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen used a private company to pay $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels. Duration: 5:54
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-lawyer-used-shell-company-to-pay-porn-star-wsj-1140420675612
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+lawyer+used+private+company
Pope Francis Has Defended a Chilean Bishop Accused of Covering Up Sex Crimes
(SANTIAGO, Chile) — Pope Francis accused victims of Chile’s most notorious pedophile of slander Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds of a sex abuse scandal that has cost the Catholic Church its credibility in the country.
Francis said that until he sees proof that Bishop Juan Barros was complicit in covering up the sex crimes of the Rev. Fernando Karadima, such accusations against Barros are “all calumny.”
The pope’s remarks drew shock from Chileans and immediate rebuke from victims and their advocates. They noted the accusers were deemed credible enough by the Vatican that it sentenced Karadima to a lifetime of “penance and prayer” for his crimes in 2011. A Chilean judge also found the victims to be credible, saying that while she had to drop criminal charges against Karadima because too much time had passed, proof of his crimes wasn’t lacking.
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http://time.com/5109212/pope-francis-sexual-abuse-chile-barros-karadima/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d98XEL8v9rPdU4Mb0dOD3gitb_s1M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to immediately accept DACA case
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-immediately-accept-daca-case/2018/01/18/c48da23e-fcb4-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html
A Judge Supports Dreamers and the Rule of Law
A decision to uphold the program protecting childhood immigrants was on solid legal ground.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-16/a-judge-supports-dreamers-and-the-rule-of-law
The Trump administration is keeping DACA on life support
It could give Congress an excuse not to act. But DREAMers themselves aren’t feeling much relief.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/18/16901018/daca-renewal-uscis-trump-deadline-appeal
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dKvntvrKhauIfBMPbW01HflQRS_kM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Car hits pedestrians near Rio's Copacabana beach
A car has ploughed into crowds on a promenade near Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach in Brazil, killing a baby and injuring at least 15 people.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42742877
DISTURBING FOOTAGE: Car Plows Into 15 People Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ~ Copacabana Beach
Right Wing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4xLG8L4z8c - since gone dark
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dObSsBGwQiQZwpMG63UoMOJcy9_qM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump's Quietly Growing List of Victories
The last four months have been by far the most productive of his presidency. Will they also prove to be a high-water mark?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/what-trump-has-accomplished/550760/
Fact-checking Donald Trump's 'results' from his fake news awards
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/jan/18/fact-checking-donald-trumps-results-his-fake-news-/
President Trump's first year anniversary report card, with grades from A+ to F
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/18/president-trump-first-year-anniversary-report-card-grades-plus-f-opinionline/1041335001/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dB1ENaMDciElCrM-Ax3DVg5MKDnmM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
NASA’s Jeanette Epps won’t be joining the space station as its first African-American crew member this year
Epps’ flight to the ISS would have been her first to orbit
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/18/16907790/nasa-astronaut-jeanette-epps-international-space-station-iss-2018-expedition-serena-aunon-chancellor
US astronauts will fly with Russia through 2019 because Boeing and SpaceX are late
https://qz.com/1181828/nasa-commercial-crew-us-astronauts-will-have-to-wait-until-2019-for-a-private-ride-to-space-from-spacex-and-boeing/
Subcommittee on Space Hearing - An Update on NASA Commercial Crew Systems Development
( https://youtu.be/Xts7MzioPjA )
https://science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/subcommittee-space-hearing-update-nasa-commercial-crew-systems-development
Lawmakers Prod SpaceX and NASA on Fate of Secret Zuma Mission
https://www.space.com/39414-spacex-zuma-mission-congress-questions.html
Taxpayers may pay for secret Zuma satellite lost after SpaceX launch
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-zuma-cost-20180118-story.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dvAtuZVhN25dRtMSvUktyyuN4h1ZM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Under Trump, Asylum-Seekers Increasingly Face Criminal Charges
The Justice Department is prosecuting more people who come to the United States looking for protection, according to a report [ https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/punishing-refugees-and-migrants-trump-administrations-misuse-criminal-prosecutions ] released Thursday.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/under-trump-asylum-seekers-increasingly-face-criminal-charges_us_5a6112d5e4b01d91b25420d7
Here’s One Excellent Reason To Cut Prison Populations
We can actually lower crime and incarceration rates at the same time, according to a new Pew report [ http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/analysis/2018/01/16/national-prison-rate-continues-to-decline-amid-sentencing-re-entry-reforms ].
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/prisons-crime-rate-pew-report_us_5a610bb1e4b0125fd635228e
Ivanka Trump Sees In Dad A ‘Genius’ That Rivets Her, White House Reporter Says [ https://rss.art19.com/episodes/5f754f14-b863-4468-8f0f-278ffc40a6f0.mp3 ]
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman called the first daughter the “spitting image” of Donald Trump.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-dad-genius-maggie-haberman_us_5a61316be4b0125fd6354b6e
Justice Department Drops Felony Charges Against 129 Trump Inauguration Defendants
But 59 other #J20 protesters will face trial.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/j20-felony-charges_us_5a6122b4e4b074ce7a06d638
Former National Park Advisers Swing Back At Interior Department’s ‘Slanderous’ Claims
A spokeswoman for Secretary Ryan Zinke accused the volunteer body of turning a blind eye on sexual harassment — without providing any evidence.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/national-park-service-advisory-board-sexual-harassment_us_5a60c491e4b062a7df0bae23
House Blocks Trump’s Order To Deport Palestinian Man Living In U.S. For 39 Years
ICE agents had jailed Amer Othman Adi without explanation after calling off his deportation.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-blocks-trump-deport-palestinian_us_5a60c754e4b062a7df0bb547
2 Boys Arrested After Vandalism That Killed 500,000 Bees On Iowa Honey Farm - Trump-lovin' boys, no doubt
It was “completely senseless,” says devastated owner.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iowa-boys-busted-bee-vandalism_us_5a616da8e4b0125fd6355993
Woman Pulls Hilarious Plant-Watering Prank On Husband Years After Her Death
“It would have tickled her so much to know that he’s actually done it.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/late-wife-pranks-husband-plant_us_5a609e8be4b01f3bca58cd9b
Trump Ordered Bannon to Limit Testimony
The president relied on a key legal advisor, but his advice could have a downside
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/18/trump-ordered-bannon-to-limit-testimony/
Trump personally made decision to limit Bannon testimony: report
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369566-trump-personally-made-decision-to-limit-bannon-testimony-report
Trump personally ordered restrictions on Bannon's testimony, report says
President Donald Trump personally ordered Steve Bannon not to answer certain questions during his testimony to the House Intelligence Committee this week, Foreign Policy reported.
The article said a deputy White House counsel presented legal rationale that the Trump administration might be able to limit the testimony of Bannon and others under executive privilege claims.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/18/trump-ordered-restrictions-for-bannons-testimony-report.html
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+bannon+testimony
Fusion GPS: Kremlin ‘Purged’ Suspected Spies After Trump Dossier Release
In an interview with House intel committee, Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson claimed the Kremlin tried to eliminate U.S. intel sources after the Trump dossier went public.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fusion-gps-kremlin-purge-followed-dossier-release
GOP Lawmaker Falsely Claims ISIS Behind Las Vegas Shooting
( https://youtu.be/DCYH7eTO0G8 )
A Republican lawmaker on Thursday night claimed the so-called Islamic State was behind the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people in October. “I smell a rat like a lot of Americans. Nothing’s adding up,” Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson. Claiming to have what he “believes” is “credible evidence,” Perry cast doubt on investigators’ assertions that Stephen Paddock was the lone gunman in the attack and suggested a “terrorist nexus” was involved. He claimed to personally have information about “terrorist infiltration through the southern border.” “Let’s face it, ISIS, twice before the attack, warned the U.S. they would attack Las Vegas… and then after the attack claimed responsibility four times. Meanwhile, the local law enforcement investigative services are telling us there is no terrorist connection.” When pressed to provide more details on what “evidence” he has to support this theory, Perry said he was “not able” to reveal anything.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-lawmaker-falsely-claims-isis-behind-las-vegas-shooting
Trump Heading to Mar-a-Lago Gala [heard on MSNBC: couples price starts at $100,000; $250,000 gets photo with Trump] as Government Shutdown Looms
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-heading-to-mar-a-lago-gala-as-government-shutdown-looms
Trump’s Shutdown Plan Is Pretty Much: Jesus, Take the Wheel
President Trump hasn’t really thought through how bad a shutdown could be for his administration.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-shutdown-plan-is-pretty-much-jesus-take-the-wheel
The New York Times Defends Its Trump Fan Takeover
New York Times readers were outraged to see its Opinion pages filled with Trump supporters’ letters. ‘It’s my fault,’ editorial page editor James Bennet tells The Daily Beast.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-new-york-times-defends-its-trump-fan-takeover
Trump's Economic Scorecard: One Year Since Inauguration
The Trump stock market rally remains strong - but S&P up less in 2017 than in 2009
GDP growth helped by higher inventories and trade
Unemployment rate continued its downward trend
2017 job gains were less than any of Obama’s last six years
Hourly wages - up less in 2017 than in 2016, same as in 2015
Manufacturing jobs
Coal jobs - up 800 in 2017
Federal deficit - largest since 2013
Trade deficit - highest since 2008
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2018/01/18/trumps-economic-scorecard-one-year-post-inauguration/
Stormy Daniels Once Claimed She Spanked Donald Trump With a Forbes Magazine
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/stormy-daniels-once-claimed-she-spanked-donald-trump-with-a-forbes-magazine/
DON’S SPANK SESSION
Donald Trump made porn star Stormy Daniels spank him with a copy of Forbes magazine featuring his own face on the cover, reports claim
The adult star also claimed he chased her in a hotel room in just his underpants and compared her to his daughter Ivanka
DONALD Trump allegedly made porn star Stormy Daniels spank him with a copy of Forbes that featured his own face on the cover, according to bewildering reports.
The new allegations come just days after it was reported that Trump had chased the adult actress around a hotel room wearing nothing but his ‘tightie whities’.
He also allegedly made Daniels – real name Stephanie Clifford – sit with him for hours watching ‘Shark Week’.
[...]
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5378565/donald-trump-porn-star-stormy-daniels-spank-forbes-magazine-his-face-cover/
Intel Claims 90 Percent of Affected CPUs Have Live Patches Just as Rumors of New Attacks Arrive
https://gizmodo.com/intel-claims-90-percent-of-affected-cpus-have-live-patc-1822192075
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dcWYp95r-tb530M4F9I4Djhu14rAM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Repeated Head Hits, Not Just Concussions, May Lead To A Type Of Chronic Brain Damage
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/18/578355877/repeated-head-hits-not-concussions-may-be-behind-a-type-of-chronic-brain-damage
study https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awx350/4815697
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dGrMqKAioTHV0RMDm4GyqJ08V1bjM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
The DNA of Iceland's First Known Black Man, Recreated from His Living Descendants
Hans Jonatan, who escaped slavery in 1802, now has hundreds of relatives in the country.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/hans-jonatan-iceland-genome-reconstructed/550667/
study (full text) http://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-017-0031-6.epdf?referrer_access_token=blEMyR-c3MmPnZVraRBH2NRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PgOtSV_lvxVXXqEn5rqDMVQfZ3fhBxlfDODFq0gqwMd8gj08Lm2pjXXItuDIQcB2LWxbKshDCQO6qt4up-KTFbhJfJ607gXxS1jIcV4KjgnE00A0g758UTKcTuEXtEVq6N3VMDr_WHAJGt_jbOymSlAVrCkccsTNqmtLWfO97uLERB05utq0t1SmT5iD_gWpWpiDM_Eh2-0fm310VK8hkn7_Xi7JHQ7NC9ppXfCelEedMvMRdyOcIfvvqpqKURBzFfURHYI7-GPGvG5K5tx2-B&tracking_referrer=www.theatlantic.com abstract http://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-017-0031-6
NASA Declares 2017 The Second-Hottest Year On Record
The last year was second only to 2016, which had help from El Niño.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/2017-temperature_us_5a60c393e4b062a7df0bacfc
The planet just had its hottest 4 years in recorded history. Trump is dismantling efforts to fight climate change.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/18/2017-was-among-the-planets-hottest-years-on-record-government-scientists-report/
Long-Term Warming Trend Continued in 2017: NASA, NOAA
( https://youtu.be/rgcE2lMa0Kw )
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/long-term-warming-trend-continued-in-2017-nasa-noaa
Earth’s Warming Continued in 2017.
And That Was Without El Niño.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/18/climate/hottest-year-2017.html
2017 'warmest year without El Niño'
Manmade climate change is now dwarfing the influence of natural trends on the climate, scientists say.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42736397
National Centers for Environmental Information
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201713
Assessing the Global Climate in 2017
For the globe, 2017 was the third warmest year on record and the warmest year without an El Niño present
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201712
Assessing the U.S. Climate in 2017
2017 was the third warmest year on record for the United States
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-201712
December 2017 Regional Climate Impacts and Outlooks
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/december-2017-regional-climate-outlooks
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dv0URnqcejAKFxMpfxw3fwp2unz4M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Saturn moon Titan has a sea level
( https://youtu.be/RrGPtCdItBw )
http://earthsky.org/space/saturn-moon-titan-has-a-sea-level
studies:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL075518/full
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL075468/full
Saturn's moon Titan's sea elevation captured by Cassini
http://www.ibtimes.sg/saturns-moon-titans-sea-elevation-captured-by-cassini-23277
Cassini Finds Saturn Moon Has 'Sea Level' Like Earth
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/cassini-finds-saturn-moon-has-sea-level-like-earth
Is Saturn's moon eerily similar to Earth? Nasa's Cassini finds Titan sea-levels just like our planet
The new findings showcase the incredible similarities between Titan and Earth.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/saturns-moon-eerily-similar-earth-nasas-cassini-finds-titan-sea-levels-just-like-our-planet-1655708
Saturn's moon Titan is 'eerily similar' to our own world: Nasa's Cassini probe finds Earth-like sea-levels on the icy satellite, despite it being nearly a billion miles away
Titan is the only other world we know of in our solar system with stable liquid
On Titan the seas are filled with hydrocarbons rather than liquid water
Smaller lakes appear at elevations several hundred feet higher than sea level
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5283553/Saturns-moon-Titan-eerily-similar-seas-Earth.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dIi40i-HucPCHuMyddCnfH2UvkoRM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-nuclear/u-s-tests-nuclear-power-system-to-sustain-astronauts-on-mars-idUSKBN1F72T8
Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlements
https://www.popsci.com/nuclear-reactors-mars
NASA's new energy project boosts power in space; Kilopower under development with partners
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/NASA-s-new-energy-project-boosts-power-in-space-12508413.php
What Is Kilopower? NASA’s Mini Nuclear Reactor Could Power Life on Mars
http://www.newsweek.com/what-kilopower-nasas-mini-nuclear-reactor-could-power-life-mars-784930
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dmP3YGZ8vNovpQMakGkt5P1mzDGMM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
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