Wednesday, April 18, 2018 7:38:10 PM
“It Was A Crime”: 15 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraqis Still Face Trauma, Destruction & Violence
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Democracy Now! [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw / https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow , https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow/videos ]
It was 15 years ago today when the U.S. invaded Iraq on the false pretense that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction. The attack came despite worldwide protest and a lack of authorization from the United Nations Security Council. At around 5:30 a.m. in Baghdad on March 20, 2003, air raid sirens were heard as the U.S. invasion began. The fighting has yet to end, and the death toll may never be known. Conservative estimates put the Iraqi civilian death toll at 200,000. But some counts range as high as 2 million. In 2006, the British medical journal Lancet estimated 600,000 Iraqis died in just the first 40 months of the war. The U.S. has also lost about 4,500 soldiers in Iraq. Just last week, seven U.S. servicemembers died in a helicopter crash in western Iraq near the Syrian border. The war in Iraq has also destabilized much of the Middle East. Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and others have directly blamed the U.S. invasion of Iraq for the rise of ISIS. We speak to the Iraqi-French sociologist Zahra Ali, who teaches at Rutgers University; Matt Howard, co-director of About Face: Veterans Against the War, the organization formerly known as Iraq Veterans Against the War; and Sami Rasouli, founder and director of the Muslim Peacemaker Teams in Iraq.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/20/a_criminal_war_15_years_after [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swRA_Rfbifg [with comments]
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Undocumented and Unpaid, Until Now: Houston Day Laborers Fight Wage Theft After Hurricane Harvey
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Democracy Now!
After Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on Houston six months ago, tons of moldy debris had to be removed, and the nation’s fourth-largest city is now beginning a multi-year rebuilding process. Much of the work is being done by undocumented immigrants, who make up at least half of the Texas construction workforce. But even as their work is in high demand after the storm, many are facing widespread wage theft. Few of them report the abuse, because they fear deportation if they go to police because of state’s so-called “show me your papers” law that allows police to ask anyone in their custody their immigration status. We speak with Mauricio “Chele” Iglesias, community organizer for the Workers Defense Project in Houston, and Renée Feltz, reporter for The Intercept and longtime Democracy Now! producer.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/20/undocumented_and_unpaid_until_now_houston [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbehuQ5uaaY [with comments]
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Voices from Houston After Harvey: Immigrant Homeowners Say Little to No Help Coming from FEMA
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Democracy Now!
In an on-the-ground report from Houston, Democracy Now! producer Renée Feltz speaks with immigrant homeowners who faced heavy flooding during Hurricane Harvey and say they are recovering with little or no help from FEMA, even though their U.S.-born children are living with them. Many faced FEMA inspectors who did not speak Spanish.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/20/voices_from_houston_after_harvey_immigrant [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Va988s98k [with comments]
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Full Show - Nerve Gas, Torture, War & Censorship - 03/20/2018
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Real News with David Knight [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1L9FOMSaPgMyoLSnps47g , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1L9FOMSaPgMyoLSnps47g/videos ]
20Mar18 Broadcast
John Kiriakou, CIA whistleblower, sets the record straight on Gina Haspel, John Brennan & torture. Then, a high school teacher put on leave for engaging her students in critical thinking before the gun control march joins David to tell her story. And, Lee Stranahan looks at the people and tactics of the SLAPP lawsuit filed against him, InfoWars & other journalists. Finally, David Knight looks at the curious details of the poisoning of the Russian double agent and the lies being told by politicians in the US, UK and elsewhere to heat up the Cold War.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWidELJF5rg [with comments] [also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWZorHOHC4w (with comments)]
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Can you dodge Space Lasers?
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Thunderf00t [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmb8hO2ilV9vRa8cilis88A / https://www.youtube.com/user/Thunderf00t , https://www.youtube.com/user/Thunderf00t/videos ]
Laser beams have been a staple weapon in scifi for decades... but can you dodge space lasers?
Well, maybe, if you could see them coming... unfortunately in space... noone can see lasers coming!
Probably the best trek episode ever. In the Pale Moonlight:
DS9 - In the Pale Moonlight
That's why you came to me, isn't it Captain!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StF9jrhw-pU [with comments]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIYYFIKbByA [with comments]
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Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia
Issued on: March 20, 2018
President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. The two leaders discussed the state of bilateral relations and resolved to continue dialogue about mutual national security priorities and challenges. President Trump congratulated President Putin on his March 18 re-election, and emphasized the importance of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. The two leaders confirmed the need for the United States and Russia to continue our shared efforts on strategic stability.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/readout-president-donald-j-trumps-call-president-vladimir-putin-russia-3/
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WATCH: Senate Intel Cmte. leaders discuss recommendations for 2018 midterms election security
Streamed live on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ZFN9Tx6xh-skXCuRHCDpQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/PBSNewsHour , https://www.youtube.com/user/PBSNewsHour/videos ]
Richard Burr and Mark Warner, the top senators on the Intelligence Committee, discuss the panel's recommendations for election security ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29plGQ4CuE0 [comments disabled]
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President Donald J. Trump Signs H.R. 1208, H.R. 1858, and H.R. 1988
Issued on: March 20, 2018
H.R. 1208, which designates a facility of the United States Postal Service as the Converse Veterans Post Office Building;
H.R. 1858, which designates a facility of the United States Postal Service as the Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom Post Office; and
H.R. 1988, which designates a facility of the United States Postal Service as the Merle Haggard Post Office Building.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-signs-h-r-1208-h-r-1858-h-r-1988/
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WATCH: President Trump holds meeting with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
President Donald Trump holds a meeting in the Oval Office with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
Remarks by President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Before Bilateral Meeting
Oval Office
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-kingdom-saudi-arabia-bilateral-meeting/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhw37reiFj0 [comments disabled] [official White House upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykJXkcepiIQ (with comments)]
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Remarks by President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Before Luncheon
Cabinet Room
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-kingdom-saudi-arabia-luncheon/ [official transcript]
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The Camels of Arabia
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by VICE [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8zNIfYAQNdrFRrr8oibKw / https://www.youtube.com/user/vice , https://www.youtube.com/user/vice/videos ]
Camels are the Clydesdales of Saudi Arabia, venerated for their good looks, grace, and speed. Even as the country rapidly modernizes, the animals remain a central part of Saudi culture, and a lucrative one—with prized camels selling for more than $1 million.
VICE trekked to Al-Dahna for the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival—the largest of its kind—where titans of business and politics in the Middle East flock each year for a display of the finest camels in Saudi Arabia.
Hundreds of participants pit their camels head-to-head in a frenzied race and beauty contest for a chance to win roughly $57 million in prize money, and a chance to meet Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxwgwD5O6_Q [with comments]
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Full Show - Texas 'Unibomber' Still At Large As Facebook Stock In Crisis Amid Data Scandal - 03/20/2018
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Ron Gibson [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYv-5LsUyc_P8KMo7YGPFPA / https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF , https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF/videos ]
Tuesday, Mar. 20th 2018[, with appearances by Roger Stone, Tommy Robinson, and Count Dankula]: Facebook Meltdown - In light of their stock free fall and explosive allegations of data harvesting, the multi-billion dollar company is having an emergency crisis meeting without CEO Zuckerberg. Also, the Austin, Texas, bombings continue - this time, a “nail and shrapnel” parcel en route to Austin detonated at a FedEx site. Joining today’s show is Russian journalist and broadcaster Alexander Nekrassov to discuss the media’s hysteria against the former Soviet state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyteApPZpzY [with comments] [the edited official Alex Jones upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhYDdpHWqK8 (title adapted from; with comments)] [a must-watch]
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RWW News: Rodney Howard-Browne Says Only ‘Divine Intervention’ Can Save America
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by RWW Blog [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMXqRHe8n1TX5iDvkLS62rw / https://www.youtube.com/user/RWWBlog , https://www.youtube.com/user/RWWBlog/videos ]
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rodney-howard-browne-says-only-divine-intervention-can-save-america/
[from the March 19, 2018 Alex Jones Show included in the post to which this is a reply]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90-BPcp4sw [with comments]
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The Revisionist
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by DarkAntics [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTERzzbGZopw5SXJJr0tPyQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/DarkAntics , https://www.youtube.com/user/DarkAntics/videos ]
Someone called "The Distributist" responded to my video
Link to his garbage fire:
The Distributist Answers - Mea Culpa, Dark Matter 2525, general questions, & loose ends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BHOVd5k-Qc [with comments]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msr1xcKYox4 [with comments]
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RWW News: Oklahoma Gov. Candidate Dan Fischer Dismisses Mississippi’s 15-Week Abortion Ban For Not Going Far Enough
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by RWW Blog
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/dan-fisher-dismisses-mississippis-15-week-abortion-ban-for-not-going-far-enough/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RSDxj0pgc [with comments]
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Top 10 WORST Christian Parodies
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by JaclynGlenn [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCravYcv6C0CopL2ukVzhzNw / https://www.youtube.com/user/JaclynGlenn , https://www.youtube.com/user/JaclynGlenn/videos ]
Here are the 10 WORST Christian Parodies... Enjoy!
SONGS (In order of appearance)
1. Jesus Christ Baby (Ice Ice Baby) Christian Parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH2r5k7OfYk
2. Virtue Makes You Beautiful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oartIE7rKuM
3. You Love Sin... What a Tragedy // I Write Sins Not Tragedies Parody by Godhatesfags.com [lyrics] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2agNmux1TM ["This video has been removed for violating YouTube's policy on hate speech."]
4. Kids Sing Christian Version of Dontcha Wish Your Girlfriend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtXRXznwUk
5. PUT IT OFF -Shake it off - christian parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D942uVB-ReA
6. We will Never Ever get back together Taylor Swift Christian Parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtkMZgQvKs8
7. I Am Never Ever Going Back To Sinning (Taylor Swift Christian Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCrGgxbwiuI
8. Call Me Maybe (Parody - Christian Version - I know You saved me) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPEojr7E3do
9. Holy Faith (Christian Parody of Poker Face by Lady GaGa) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj4lHTz8gW0
10. Westboro Baptist Church Parody: “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys (lyrics in description) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6v3Ud1GhUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJnH5erHrDg [with comments]
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RWW News: Lance Wallnau Says Students Protesting For Gun Control Are As Dangerous As ‘The Brownshirt Hitler Youth’
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by RWW Blog
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/lance-wallnau-students-protesting-for-gun-control-are-as-dangerous-as-the-brownshirt-hitler-youth/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lsSDHpFxrM [with comments]
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The history of Michael Donald and the case that took down the Klan
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Southern Poverty Law Center [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJqloayL-p1TP4Ed_fr53CA / https://www.youtube.com/user/SPLCenter , https://www.youtube.com/user/SPLCenter/videos ]
Nineteen-year-old Michael Donald was on his way to the store in 1981 when two members of the United Klans of America abducted him, beat him, cut his throat and hung his body from a tree on a residential street in Mobile, Ala.
The two Klansmen who carried out the ritualistic killing were eventually arrested and convicted. Convinced that the Klan itself should be held responsible for the lynching, Center attorneys filed a civil suit on behalf of Donald's mother, Beulah Mae Donald vs. United Klans. In 1987, the Center won a historic $7 million verdict against the men involved in the lynching.
The verdict marked the end of the United Klans, the same group that had beaten the Freedom Riders in 1961, murdered civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo in 1965, and bombed Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963.
The group was forced to turn over its headquarters to Beulah Mae Donald, and two additional Klansmen were convicted of criminal charges.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjK1nyhAZjQ [comments disabled]
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WATCH: Senate GOP leaders hold press conference after party policy luncheon
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other members of the Senate Republican leadership hold a press conference after their weekly party policy luncheon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKTgxCv_yX8 [comments disabled]
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WATCH: Senate Democratic leaders hold press conference after party policy luncheon
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other members of the Senate Democratic leadership hold a press conference after their weekly party policy luncheon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySMfYNton2Y [comments disabled]
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WATCH: First Lady holds roundtable with tech industry to discuss cyberbullying
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
First Lady Melania Trump holds a roundtable discussion with tech industry leaders at the White House to discuss cyberbullying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHWQ99c0FlU [comments disabled]
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Readout of First Lady Melania Trump’s Roundtable Discussion on Cyber Safety and Technology
Issued on: March 20, 2018
Today, First Lady Melania Trump met with key leaders of top companies and associations to discuss the positive and negative effects the Internet and technology can have on children. Mrs. Trump opened the roundtable by emphasizing on the importance of focusing on children and giving them the tools and information necessary to encourage responsible and positive behaviors.
The hour-long meeting focused on a variety of topics, with key themes that included the importance of supporting children and teaching empathy and kindness in offline spaces, supporting social and emotional wellness in children, identifying digital opportunities for both parents and kids to ensure safe online behaviors, and effective solutions and public policies to improve online safety.
Representatives from each of the platforms shared some of the valuable lessons their companies have learned throughout the years, and brought insight into the current challenges the companies face today. A common theme among all in attendance was that talking to children remains the number one parental and adult control in the online space.
“Social media and technology are interwoven in the daily lives of our children,” said First Lady Melania Trump. “As parents, we must find ways to talk openly with them about the potential dangers that exist so they can be responsible digital citizens. We have a real opportunity to teach positive online behaviors, but that also means addressing issues offline such as kindness, empathy, and respect. I am grateful to the technology experts for their collaboration and willingness to come together at our meeting today. I look forward to continuing our focus on educating children on the power of positivity.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/readout-first-lady-melania-trumps-roundtable-discussion-cyber-safety-technology/
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President Trump Hosts a Law Enforcement Roundtable on Sanctuary Cities
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The White House [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxRlFDqcWM4y7FfpiAN3KQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse , https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse/videos ]
The White House
Remarks by President Trump at Law Enforcement Roundtable on Sanctuary Cities
Roosevelt Room
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-law-enforcement-roundtable-sanctuary-cities/ [official transcript]
Sanctuary Cities Undermine Law Enforcement and Endanger Our Communities
“Our cities should be sanctuaries for Americans – not for criminal aliens.”
- President Donald J. Trump
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/sanctuary-cities-undermine-law-enforcement-endanger-communities/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H5v91lzFvM [with comments] [also, very slightly clipped at the beginning, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlkYtrM73Cs (comments disabled)]
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Oil, Gas, and the Effects of Environmental Racism
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by VICELAND [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWF0PiUvUi3Jma2oFgaiX2w , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWF0PiUvUi3Jma2oFgaiX2w/videos ]
Jamali Maddix talks with an environmentalist about how drilling for fuel usually means pushing contamination into the places where lower-class people live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWfRbKY9gJM [with comments]
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Presidential Message to the Congress of the United States
Issued on: March 20, 2018
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Today, I am requesting that the Congress extend trade authorities procedures for 3 years. As required under section 103(c)(2) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (Trade Priorities Act), I have attached to this message the report describing the progress that has been made in trade negotiations by my Administration and the reasons why the extension is necessary.
As noted in the 2018 Trade Policy Agenda, my Administration has launched a new era in American trade policy, driven by a determination to use the leverage available to us as the world’s largest economy to open foreign markets, and to obtain more efficient global markets and fairer treatment for American workers. One of the major pillars supporting my trade policy is the pursuit of better trade deals.
As you know, my Administration is pursuing the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement — something many have promised but have failed to deliver. In addition, my Administration is exploring potential trade agreement partners, including in Africa and Southeast Asia.
I hope my Administration can continue to work with the Congress to pursue new and better trade deals for America’s workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses. Extension of trade authorities procedures is essential to fulfill that task and to demonstrate to our trading partners that my Administration and the Congress share a common goal when it comes to trade.
DONALD J. TRUMP
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/presidential-message-congress-united-states-3/
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WATCH: Sarah Sanders holds White House news briefing
Streamed live on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
President Donald Trump's press secretary Sarah Sanders holds White House news briefing.
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-032018/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVayExUMxw [comments disabled] [official White House upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mePcdxWAF6g (with comments)]
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Women are not as divided on #MeToo as it may seem
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Vox [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA / https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom , https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom/videos ]
The #MeToo movement has rapidly gained support and criticism as more women have come forward to share their experiences. While the media portrays the movement as divided, our research found that women across generations often see eye to eye on issues of sexual harassment and #MeToo in general.
Vox and Morning Consult conducted a survey to discover how women of all ages feel about the #MeToo movement.
Read the results of the Vox #MeToo survey here: https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/17115620/me-too-sexual-harassment-sex-abuse-poll
Women have different views on #MeToo by age, but they still support it: https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/17116086/me-too-movement-sexual-harassment-workplace-millennials
Feminism has been structured by different "waves". Learn more about its history here: https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/16955588/feminism-waves-explained-first-second-third-fourth
Read our growing database of people accused of sexual harassment as part of Me Too: https://www.vox.com/a/sexual-harassment-assault-allegations-list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZCs2N2VjgM [with comments]
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Full Show - Another Suspicious Package In Austin Being Investigated - 03/20/2018
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by War Room [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg/videos ]
More fear strikes Texas as a fifth explosion this month takes place at a FedEx center just outside of San Antonio, and a sixth suspicious package is being investigated at an Austin FedEx center as well, with a connection between the two packages. Also, the mainstream media ignores a high school shooting in Maryland because it did not fit their political agenda. We also takes calls to weigh in on an eerie tweet from Samantha Power.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3TP-xpMP_w [with comments] [also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgaRb-G41hs (with comments)]
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The Reason Nobody Likes You
Published on Mar 20, 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 ]
Sometimes people just don't like you and the real reason is stranger than you might think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R0kPUG2Xew [with comments]
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Liz Plank: Trump's "best case" is he's "a cheating pig"
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/20/18
Former playboy model Karen McDougal comes forward alleging an affair with Trump and sues to break her silence. It comes as a lie detector test Stormy Daniels took emerges and a judge green lights a “groping” and “defamation” suit from an "Apprentice” contestant to move forward. Attorney Gloria Allred joins Liz Plank and Shelby Holliday on The Beat.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/liz-plank-trump-s-best-case-is-he-s-a-cheating-pig-1190774851980 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2c9UL_J8Cw [with comments]
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Top DOJ Official: Trump firing McCabe 'suspicious' and 'nonsensical'
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/20/18
Trump faces exposure for obstruction of justice after becoming the first president to fire the FBI director and the Deputy Director of FBI. Two GOP senators say firing Mueller leads to Trump’s “impeachment.” Neal Katyal, the former Acting Solicitor General of the United States joins The Beat.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/top-doj-official-trump-firing-mccabe-suspicious-and-nonsensical-1190779459508 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5q4ITgTpuQ [with comments]
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Comey's new warning to Trump: You 'will hear my story soon'
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/20/18
After unusual firings, Trump braces for damning testimony from FBI veterans. Two people who knew Comey long before the Russia probe speak out on how he “follows the evidence wherever it goes.”
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/comey-s-new-warning-to-trump-you-will-hear-my-story-soon-1190779971650
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Watch the Kremlin video showing Mark Zuckerberg's priorities
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/20/18
The U.S. Congress is demanding Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg show up to testify in person --like he did for meeting with a top Kremlin official. The pressure on Zuckerberg comes as a federal review is launched after a Trump-linked data firm was caught on camera bragging about misusing Facebook data.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/watch-the-kremlin-video-showing-mark-zuckerberg-s-priorities-1190781507553 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7QRzI3nK_g [with comments]
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This entrepreneur says he has the secret to stopping fake news on Facebook
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/20/18
Journalist, Lawyer and founder of 'Newsguard' Steven Brill joins Ari Melber to discuss why he's launching a for-profit company, to entice big tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter to combat fake news.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/this-entrepreneur-says-he-has-the-secret-to-stopping-fake-news-on-facebook-1190788163624
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Sixth Explosion In Texas Rocks Local Austin Neighborhood
Published on Mar 20, 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 ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIgGhd_eYjA [with comments]
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Remarks by President Trump at the National Republican Congressional Committee March Dinner
National Building Museum
Washington, D.C.
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-national-republican-congressional-committee-march-dinner/ [official transcript]
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Trump under legal siege as jeopardy grows
All In with Chris Hayes
3/20/18
President Donald Trump is under legal siege, facing multiple battle fronts from the Mueller Russia probe to several civil lawsuits.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-under-legal-siege-as-jeopardy-grows-1190825027616
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Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica Facebook data collection
All In with Chris Hayes
3/20/18
Former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's data collection on Facebook while he was a top executive at the firm, reports the Washington Post.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bannon-oversaw-cambridge-analytica-facebook-data-collection-1190827587684 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnIH0x3qh4g [with comments]
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Trump ignores all caps warning, congratulates Putin
All In with Chris Hayes
3/20/18
President Trump reportedly called with kind words for Russian President Vladimir Putin despite being implored by his national security advisers: "DO NOT CONGRATULATE."
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-ignores-all-caps-warning-congratulates-putin-1190828099595 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhaC35ljos [with comments]
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Sanders: Trump firing Mueller would be 'impeachable offense'
All In with Chris Hayes
3/20/18
Sen. Bernie Sanders weighs in on the possibility of Trump firing the special counsel, plus the brutal war the Trump administration is helping wage without congressional oversight.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sanders-trump-firing-mueller-would-be-impeachable-offense-1190832707852
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Against advice, Trump congratulates Putin on sham election win: WaPo
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/20/18
Carol Leonnig, National Reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that Donald Trump's advisers explicitly told him not to congratulate Vladimir Putin and to condemn the poisoning of two people in the UK. Trump did the opposite.
“If Skripal and his daughter received a lethal dose of B-1976, C-1976, or D-1980, then, most likely, they will suffer the same fate as earlier victims. There is no antidote to these agents. I can say with nearly 100% certainty that if Skripal and his daughter are taken off of life support, they will die, although they are now only technically alive.”
The Bell: An exclusive interview with the scientist who developed 'Novichok'
https://thebell.io/en/the-scientist-who-developed-novichok-doses-ranged-from-20-grams-to-several-kilos/
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/against-advice-trump-congratulates-putin-on-sham-election-win-wapo-1190933059810 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgyQyx-vl40 [with comments]
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'Incendiary device' triggers alarm amid Austin bomb anxiety
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/20/18
Gabe Gutierrez, NBC News correspondent, reports the latest details from Austin where an incendiary device at a Goodwill store caused concern that another bomb had exploded in a disturbing, developing series.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-incendiary-device-triggers-alarm-amid-austin-bomb-anxiety-1190893123548
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Warner: 'A lot more stories to be told' from Cambridge Analytica
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/20/18
Senator Mark Warner, top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the new revelations regarding Cambridge Analytica and its work for the Donald Trump campaign.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/warner-a-lot-more-stories-to-be-told-from-cambridge-analytica-1190939203567
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Senate intel moves to secure elections despite Trump indifference
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/20/18
Senator Mark Warner, top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the bipartisan effort in the Senate to establish basic defenses against further Russian intrusion into U.S. elections.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/senate-intel-moves-to-secure-elections-despite-trump-indifference-1190948419604
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James Comey visits The Rachel Maddow Show on Thursday April 19th
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/20/18
Rachel Maddow alerts viewers that former FBI Director James Comey will be a guest on The Rachel Maddow Show on Thursday, April 19th at 9pm ET.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/james-comey-visits-the-rachel-maddow-show-on-thursday-april-19th-1190957635704
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Some Republicans talk impeachment if Trump fires Mueller
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
3/20/18
GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jeff Flake say it would be a constitutional crisis and impeachment could follow if Trump fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Will other Republicans follow? Ari Melber talks to Jennifer Rubin and Ezra Klein.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/some-republicans-talk-impeachment-if-trump-fires-mueller-1190942275793 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNmwAFHdVNU [with comments]
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Stormy attorney: Trump team 'stepped into every trap we've laid'
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
3/20/18
Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti says Donald Trump's lawyers "have stepped into every trap we have laid" and calls their strategy "tic-tac-toe" compared to their team's game of chess. Joyce Vance and Matt Miller react to the latest Trump legal troubles.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/stormy-attorney-trump-team-stepped-into-every-trap-we-ve-laid-1190942275818 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfwFzVFGqMk [with comments]
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Fmr. FBI Special Agent: Vladimir Putin Owns the President
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/21/18
As the Washington Post reports, President Trump went against his advisers' advice in congratulating Vladimir Putin. Former Ambassador Mike McFaul, Washington Post reporter Ashley Parker, former FBI Special Agent Clint Watts and former Undersecretary of State Rick Stengel weigh in on the Trump-Putin relationship.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/fmr-fbi-special-agent-vladimir-putin-owns-the-president-1191007299939
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Republicans Start Talking Impeachment
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/21/18
A GOP warning to President Trump about impeachment, should he bring an end to the Mueller investigation. Plus, the top Republican attorney who turned down an invitation to join the Trump legal team. The Washington Post's Robert Costa and the New York Times' Jeremy Peters share their latest reporting.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/republicans-start-talking-impeachment-1191010883810 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UW1FQH5IkM [with comments]
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Puerto Rico Still Struggling 6 Months after Maria Hit
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/21/18
Six months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, parts of the island are still without power and water, as the people living there embody the definition of resiliency.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/puerto-rico-still-struggling-6-months-after-maria-hit-1191011395969
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Press Conference On Sixth Explosion In Texas At Austin Goodwill
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The Alex Jones Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5cTO8hKpWg [with comments]
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Trump Takes on the Opioid Crisis | The Daily Show
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]
Donald Trump announces his plans to combat the opioid crisis, including instituting the death penalty for drug traffickers and creating commercials to deter kids from using drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWCrc3MwXPI [with comments]
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Third Month Mania - The Bullshit that Moved On to Round Two | The Daily Show
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Roy Wood Jr. and Michael Kosta break down round two of the Bracket of Bullshit, from Trump's Puerto Rico response to the Fyre Festival fiasco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6U0L5ajsvI [with comments]
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Cars Don't Drive Themselves - Between the Scenes | The Daily Show
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Trevor wonders why self-driving cars, not their human technicians, get blamed for mishaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yT6juxc5xg [with comments]
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Redpilled: The Storm - The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper
Published on Mar 20, 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 ]
Kobi Libii examines an explosive online conspiracy surrounding Robert Mueller's Russia probe, and discusses America's obsession with fringe theories with author Kurt Andersen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSAxcQ5VL5c [with comments]
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Tom From Myspace Says Leave Facebook
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig/videos ]
With Facebook's stock value dropping $37 billion, one former social media magnate sees an opportunity for resurgence.
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvFuF-SE1V4 [with comments]
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Silent Amid Facebook's Privacy Scandal
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Faced with the prospect of users deleting their Facebook apps over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg issued a powerful statement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyKivZT2wig [with comments]
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Trump Shuffles His Legal Counsel To Fend Off Mueller
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Donald Trump has assembled an 'A Team' to take on Special Counsel Robert Mueller. And this definition of 'A Team' means... it's 'a team.'
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo9ExghnDhA [with comments]
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Trump Congratulates Putin For Electing Himself
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Donald Trump used his 'Phone-a-Friend' to congratulate Vladimir Putin on winning a fixed election in Russia.
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oVZjlSPFQU [with comments]
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The Check In: U.S. Cybersecurity
Published on Mar 20, 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 break from breaking news to check in on the United States' cybersecurity and how worried the country should be about a foreign power meddling in its elections again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwr6hRxMoGM [with comments]
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John Oliver on His Children's Book About VP Pence’s Gay Bunny, Marlon Bundo
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by Late Night with Seth Meyers
John Oliver talks about the results of Russia's election, the unexpected success of his children's book about Mike Pence's gay bunny, Marlon Bundo, and tackling cryptocurrencies on Last Week Tonight.
[from the late-night March 20, 2018 show]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5mFxEFxWrM [with comments]
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Exclusive: Aftermath Of Austin Bomber After He Blew Himself Up
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by The Alex Jones Channel
Exclusive footage of Authorities on site of where the Austin Bomber blew himself up.
[from the early morning hours of March 21, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe1cTXvwKpM [with comments]
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stashed March 20, 2018:
Trump's Confidence Game
After a year of uncertainty and unhappiness, the president is reportedly feeling more comfortable—but has he really mastered the job?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/trumps-confidence-game/555926/
It’s not your imagination. Trump is getting worse.
By Eugene Robinson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-not-your-imagination-trump-is-getting-worse/2018/03/19/36acac5e-2bac-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html
If Trump fires Mueller, Republicans will be, like, really disappointed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2018/03/19/if-trump-fires-mueller-republicans-will-be-like-really-disappointed/
Republicans tell Trump: Lay off Mueller _ but they don’t act
https://www.apnews.com/04edb1a7205e4e09a316d8ae7d73b05e
The Wrong People Are Criticizing Donald Trump
Editorial
Seeing someone stand up to a bully is cathartic. That feeling is magnified when the bully is the president of the United States and his abusive behavior cries out for a response from honorable people.
The problem is that a vast majority of the people in the best position to put weight behind such a response, Republicans in Congress, have kept silent.
[...]
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/opinion/trump-mccabe-republicans.html
GOP leaders back second special counsel
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/379228-gop-leaders-back-second-special-counsel
Mueller’s Interest in Obstruction Is Probably Just the Tip of the Iceberg
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/muellers-obstruction-focus-is-likely-the-tip-of-the-iceberg.html
Trump Hires Lawyer Who Has Pushed Theory That Justice Dept. Framed the President - Joseph E. diGenova
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/us/politics/joseph-digenova-trump-lawyer.html
Trump shakes up team of lawyers as legal threats mount
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-shakes-up-team-of-lawyers-as-legal-threats-mount/2018/03/19/fad71bb0-2ba1-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html
Why Congress Must Act Now to Protect Robert Mueller
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-congress-must-act-now-to-protect-robert-mueller
Fact Check: Trump wrong on Russia collusion question
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-russia-collusion-fact-check-wrong-on-collusion-claim/
Mueller pens Trump in as he [Trump] slips restraints elsewhere
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/politics/donald-trump-robert-mueller-lawyer/index.html
McCabe firing: Trump's 'great day for democracy' smacks of dictatorship
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/18/opinions/trump-mccabe-firing-loyalty-opinion-obeidallah/index.html
Hey, Melania Trump, here’s how you could actually help stop cyberbullying
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/03/19/hey-melania-trump-heres-how-you-could-actually-help-stop-cyberbullying/
more:
https://news.google.com/news/story/dJWn-5I1JAK5WaM_Etic0fkGFLBjM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
https://news.google.com/news/story/dIh6iGSZGX8H5gMsDpw1RrrSvOQ9M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
U.K. Seeks Search Warrant On Cambridge Analytica; CEO Seen In Hidden Camera Report
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/20/595124809/u-k-seeks-search-warrant-on-cambridge-analytica-ceo-seen-in-hidden-camera-report
All the times Cambridge Analytica gave brazenly contradictory accounts of its murky work on Brexit
The Facebook data scandal has all-but confirmed Cambridge Analytica's shadowy role in the US election, but its involvement in Brexit is even more murky.
The company repeatedly claimed it worked with Leave.EU, only to later completely deny any collaboration with Nigel Farage's Brexit campaign group.
Leave.EU executives have also contradicted themselves on the role Cambridge Analytica played in helping it influence voters in Britain.
http://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-has-contradicted-itself-on-its-work-for-leaveeu-2018-3
Facebook’s rules for accessing user data lured more than just Cambridge Analytica
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/facebooks-rules-for-accessing-user-data-lured-more-than-just-cambridge-analytica/2018/03/19/31f6979c-658e-43d6-a71f-afdd8bf1308b_story.html
How Facebook likes could profile voters for manipulation
https://apnews.com/d9f09ec7b1864edd8c04bb7535c14643/Facebook-data-whistleblower:-%27fake-news-to-the-next-level%27
Cambridge Analytica: Undercover Secrets of Trump's Data Firm
An investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran ‘all’ of President Trump’s digital campaign - and may have broken election law. Executives were secretly filmed saying they leave ‘no paper trail’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy-9iciNF1A
Data, Democracy and Dirty Tricks: Cambridge Analytica Uncovered
A five-part exposé into Cambridge Analytica – the British data firm linked
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Part three: The Trump campaign ( https://youtu.be/cy-9iciNF1A )
The undercover investigation reveals how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran ‘all’ of President Trump’s digital campaign – and may have broken election law. Executives were secretly filmed saying they leave ‘no paper trail’. And, as the report went on air, the firm announced it has suspended chief executive Alexander Nix, pending a full investigation.
[...]
https://www.channel4.com/news/data-democracy-and-dirty-tricks-cambridge-analytica-uncovered-investigation-expose
Exposed: Undercover secrets of Trump’s data firm ( https://youtu.be/cy-9iciNF1A )
An investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran ‘all’ of President Trump’s digital campaign – and may have broken election law. As the report went on air, the firm announced it has suspended chief executive Alexander Nix, pending a full investigation.
https://www.channel4.com/news/exposed-undercover-secrets-of-donald-trump-data-firm-cambridge-analytica
Cambridge Analytica Execs Caught Discussing Extortion and Fake News
https://www.wired.com/story/cambridge-analytica-execs-caught-discussing-extortion-and-fake-news/
A new undercover video raises significant questions about Cambridge Analytica’s elections work
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/03/20/a-new-undercover-video-raises-significant-questions-about-cambridge-analyticas-elections-work/
Exclusive: Alexander Nix - BBC Newsnight
Before he was suspended, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix spoke exclusively to Newsnight to respond to accusations of a vast Facebook data breach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTEJuLY1pW0
Facebook Owes You More Than This
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-privacy-transparency-cambridge-analytica/
Facebook in the Age of the Big Tech Whistleblower
https://www.wired.com/story/whistleblowers-on-cambridge-analytica-and-the-question-of-big-data/
The Problem Isn't Cambridge Analytica: It's Facebook - bullshit - it's both
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2018/03/19/the-problem-isnt-cambridge-analytica-its-facebook/
‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower
For more than a year we’ve been investigating Cambridge Analytica and its links to the Brexit Leave campaign in the UK and Team Trump in the US presidential election. Now, 28-year-old Christopher Wylie goes on the record to discuss his role in hijacking the profiles of millions of Facebook users in order to target the US electorate.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/data-war-whistleblower-christopher-wylie-faceook-nix-bannon-trump
The Cambridge Analytica Files
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/cambridge-analytica-files
Christopher Wylie: The Whistleblower Who Exposed Cambridge Analytica's Facebook Scam (HBO)
VICE News
Mar 19, 2018
LONDON - Christopher Wylie played a big role in building one of the most effective political weapons of the digital age. Now he’s trying to make amends.
The 28-year-old London-based Canadian is defying a non-disclosure agreement to blow the whistle on his former employer Cambridge Analytica, the controversial political analytics firm known for its work on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in the U.S. and Uhuru Kenyatta’s in Kenya. He says the U.K.-based company, which he helped found in 2013, has built a powerful software program to predict and influence the choices of voters by using data harvested from 50 million leaked Facebook profiles.
The data was collected by an app called thisisyourdigitallife, owned by the Cambridge-based academic Aleksandr Kogan, which was downloaded by about 270,000 people. Users were paid to take a personality test, which they were told would be used for academic research. They might not have known that it also harvested information on their Facebook friends, creating a vast data set that was ultimately sold by Kogan to Cambridge Analytica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPvRaKQikE [included in the post to which this is a reply]
Face-To-Face With Cambridge Analytica's Elusive Alexander Nix
https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/03/20/face-to-face-with-cambridge-analytica-alexander-nix-facebook-trump/
Why Zuckerberg needs to testify before Congress
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/19/opinions/congress-must-act-on-facebook-cambridge-analytica-alaimo/index.html
Top Russia probe Republican: 'No intention' of calling Cambridge Analytica officials back - Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas)
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/379239-top-russia-probe-republican-no-intention-of-asking-cambridge
Trump’s High-Tech Dirty Tricksters
By Michelle Goldberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/opinion/trump-cambridge-analytica-facebook.html
Cambridge Analytica: The story so far
It's a sensational story containing allegations of sleaze, psychological manipulation and data misuse that has provoked an internationally furious response.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43465968
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/damdBgyvRbOps3M6BhJONikM4NKBM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Alex Stamos, Facebook Data Security Chief, To Leave Amid Outcry
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/facebook-alex-stamos.html
Despite the rumors, I'm still fully engaged with my work at Facebook. It's true that my role did change. I'm currently spending more time exploring emerging security risks and working on election security.
https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/975875310896914433
The Facebook exec who helped hunt down Russia’s political ads is leaving the company
Alex Stamos is out.
https://www.recode.net/2018/3/19/17141012/facebook-alex-stamos-departs-russia-fake-news
Facebook’s security chief is leaving after clash over Russian misinformation
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/19/17140962/facebook-chief-security-officer-leaving-alex-stamos
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dHxM8gH0JJkd43MpOvaXB95Xj8_8M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
What Hope Hicks Knows
The departure of the Trump whisperer has left the White House in even deeper chaos. Which surely pleases some outsiders angling to get back in.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/what-hope-hicks-learned-in-washington.html
We just got our latest hint that Hope Hicks has a detailed diary — and that could be of interest to investigators
The top presidential aide Hope Hicks listed pros and cons of her resignation from the White House in her notebook, New York magazine reported [item just above].
That detail is the latest indication that Hicks' records of her time in the White House and her relationship with President Donald Trump may be of interest to the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 US election.
Hicks is said to have refused to answer some questions during her testimony before the House Intelligence Committee last month, prompting some lawmakers to press investigators to subpoena her.
http://www.businessinsider.com/does-hope-hicks-have-a-diary-trump-2018-3
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/djKBNYFLifybsBMt5smQom1tV6tMM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Quick challenge for Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban - AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mississippi-imposes-15-week-abortion-ban-nations-toughest/2018/03/19/0f21fd9e-2bdc-11e8-8dc9-3b51e028b845_story.html
original https://www.apnews.com/8b2ef41e34ed469a97ff84c27f9f2649/Quick-challenge-for-Mississippi's-15-week-abortion-ban
Mississippi Has the Highest Infant Mortality Rate and Is Expected to Pass the Nation's Strictest Abortion Bill
http://www.newsweek.com/mississippi-abortion-bill-strictest-infant-child-health-851178
Mississippi Governor Signs Nation's Toughest Abortion Ban Into Law
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/19/595045249/mississippi-governor-signs-nations-toughest-abortion-ban-into-law
Mississippi Bans Abortions After 15 Weeks; Opponents Swiftly Sue
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/us/mississippi-abortion-ban.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dC9ZuVWk3eGd00M0fwjUTT_qohs2M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
French Ex-President Questioned On Claims He Took Funds From Gadhafi
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/20/595129997/ex-french-president-questioned-on-claims-he-took-campaign-funds-from-gadhafi
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Is Detained in Campaign Financing Probe
Investigation centers on payments that authorities suspect Moammar Gadhafi may have made to Sarkozy’s 2007 campaign
https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-is-detained-in-campaign-financing-probe-1521541889
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/drFw6pvxMAOBqVM8qIFCH0n8IF6DM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Senate, Trump clash over Saudi Arabia
http://thehill.com/policy/international/379224-senate-trump-clash-over-saudi-arabia
Yemen is a humanitarian nightmare. But the U.S. is resisting calls to end its role in the war.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/yemen-is-a-humanitarian-nightmare-but-the-us-is-resisting-calls-to-end-its-role-in-the-war/2018/03/19/5c8c3bd2-294b-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/di3CT0CdQXP9jDM3u6opM00gX46AM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Parkland shooting suspect’s brother skateboarded through the campus to ‘soak it in,’ police say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/19/brother-of-parkland-school-shooter-trespassed-onto-marjory-stoneman-douglas-to-soak-it-in-police-say/
Students react after Nikolas Cruz's brother arrested, accused of trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-zachary-cruz-trespass-arrest-20180319-story.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dX-O5K2d52TxYjMUDCBD-f2jbW7fM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Package believed bound for Austin explodes at Texas FedEx facility, police say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/20/package-believed-to-be-bound-for-austin-explodes-at-texas-fedex-facility-police-say/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dCaAHPTurgi23GMt-bM5EjRZydU9M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Maryland High School On Lockdown Following Shooting
The threat is “contained,” tweeted St. Mary’s County Public Schools.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/maryland-high-school-shooting_us_5ab10296e4b00549ac7f3ff6
Congress Races Against Time To Avoid Yet Another Shutdown
Lawmakers are reportedly scrapping several controversial riders in an effort to pass a massive bill to fund the government.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/omnibus-spending-bill-congress-deadline-shutdown_us_5ab0af88e4b00549ac7e97d4
New York Gov. Cuomo Orders Investigation Into Why DA Never Prosecuted Harvey Weinstein
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is under fire for never filing charges against the disgraced Hollywood mogul, despite evidence pointing to assault.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cuomo-investigation-cyrus-vance-weinstein_us_5ab0cbb3e4b0e862383af876
New York City Council Launches Probe Into Kushner Company’s False Tenant Records
State attorney general is also talking to tenants.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-york-city-kusher-companies-tenant-records_us_5ab05018e4b00549ac7e6786
The Facebook Scandal Deepens
As its stock value drops.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-facebook-scandal-deepens_us_5ab0ee10e4b00549ac7f1283
Ivanka Trump Called Out For ‘Cosplaying’ As A Scientist In Latest Weird Photo Op
The first daughter’s lab pic is already a new meme.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-scientist-meme_us_5ab09c3ce4b0e862383abad5
John Oliver Wants Your Help Telling Mike Pence To ‘Go F**k Himself’ ( https://youtu.be/rs2RlZQVXBU [included at https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=140051041 , two posts back])
“Last Week Tonight” gives the Pence family’s new bunny book a gay makeover.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-oliver-mike-pence-bundo-book_us_5aaf3ac3e4b0337adf8520a7
Gay Bunny Book Outsells Pence Family’s Bunny Book
John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” team beats Mike Pence in battle of the Bundo bunnies.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-oliver-bunny-book-sales_us_5ab0676be4b0e862383aa9c2
That Tweet About An ‘Intimate’ Trump Pic [dick pic Stormy Daniels supposedly has] Is Horrifying, And It’s Thankfully Fake
Phew.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pics-fake-news_us_5ab076d6e4b00549ac7e77e1
Feminists Demand Paris Sex Doll Brothel Be Shut For Fueling Rape Fantasies
“Westworld” prequel?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/debate-over-paris-sex-doll-brothel_us_5ab078b2e4b0697dfe19c4f4
It Matters That A Gay Man Helped Trump Backers Exploit Facebook Data - Christopher Wylie, self-described gay Canadian vegan
By Michelangelo Signorile
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-signorile-christopher-wylie-gay-facebook_us_5aaecb34e4b0c33361b1b2a3
Pimps Hide In Plain Sight In Corporate America’s Boys’ Club
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-stalans-finn-corporate-sex-trade_us_5aac3360e4b05b2217fec64c
U.K. To Investigate Cambridge Analytica, Asks Facebook Auditors To Stand Down
“These investigations need to be undertaken by the proper authorities,” said one Parliament member.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uk-cambridge-analytica-investigation_us_5ab05783e4b00549ac7e68cf
Lawyer Offers To Represent Any Trump Staffer Who Breaks ‘Forever’ Nondisclosure Pacts
“It’s an unconstitutional prohibition on 1st Amendment rights,” attorney Mark Zaid argues.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-zaid-trump-nondisclosure-pacts_us_5ab0380be4b00549ac7e5e2f
This New Dating Trend Is Even Worse Than Ghosting
Mosting is like ghosting, but on steroids.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-new-dating-trend-is-even-worse-than-ghosting_us_5aabfcf6e4b05b2217fe8495
Behind Millions Of Dollars Raised By Parkland Students, An Adult Board Of Directors
Students may be the face of the new gun violence prevention movement, but there are also adults working behind the scenes.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/march-for-our-lives-action-fund_us_5ab02dbbe4b0697dfe19a488
Muslim Women Forced To Remove Hijab For Mugshots File Civil Rights Lawsuit
When New York police took a photo of her without a headscarf, plaintiff Jamilla Clark said, “I felt as if I were naked.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/muslim-women-hijab-nypd-mugshots-lawsuit_us_5aafe91ce4b0e862383a206b
Tessa Thompson Can’t Get Enough Of A Hilarious Meme Comparing Her To Goats
“Bless the human who did this.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tessa-thompson-goats-twitter-feed_us_5ab0e32fe4b00549ac7efc2c
John Kelly Sure Seems Like A Jerk
He’s humiliated a Cabinet official, lied about a congresswoman and lamented the lack of “compromise” in the Civil War.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-kelly-jerk_us_5ab009a8e4b00549ac7e31ec
Bernie Sanders’ Economic Inequality Town Hall Draws 1.7 Million Live Viewers
The Vermont senator is using his reach to try to shape a national progressive narrative.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-economic-inequality-town-hall-million-viewers_us_5ab08fb6e4b0e862383ab6b4
Helicopter Carrying Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Experienced Engine Failure Last Week
The chopper, which was on its way to New York City, returned safely to Washington.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-helicopter-engine-failure_us_5ab00473e4b00549ac7e29b6
Polish Women Protest Catholic Bishops’ Intervention In Abortion Debate
Hundreds gathered this weekend to oppose a law that would further restrict reproductive rights in Poland.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/polish-women-abortion-protest-catholic-bishops_us_5ab00be5e4b00549ac7e3525
Where Is Mark Zuckerberg?
As regulators and chaos circle the company following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook's leader has gone absent without leave.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/where-is-mark-zuckerberg/556049/
Cambridge Analytica: Facebook row firm boss suspended
Cambridge Analytica, the firm involved in a row over its use of Facebook data, has suspended its boss Alexander Nix.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43480048
3 states open investigations into Cambridge Analytica, Facebook
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/facebook-under-fire-the-latest-on-cambridge-analytica-scandal-live-updates/
Cambridge Analytica's Brazilian Partner Announces Split As Scandal Grows
The Brazilian company — which partnered with Cambridge Analytica in 2017 — denied having knowledge of illegal conduct by the British firm.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mauroalbano/cambridge-analytica-brazil-suspend-partnership
Facebook’s Identity Crisis Looms
The company’s core business continues to prove vulnerable to exploitation by spammers and bad actors; meanwhile our personal data remains at risk
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-identity-crisis-looms-1521579929
Facebook’s Lax Data Policies Led to Cambridge Analytica Crisis
Social-media giant’s loose policing of app developers went on for years
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-lax-data-policies-led-to-cambridge-analytica-crisis-1521590720
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dpI_EZFtoXRZmlMrRZIX3eatXUnpM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
An "Ashamed" Fox News Commentator Just Quit The "Propaganda Machine"
"Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association," Col. Ralph Peters wrote in an email to colleagues. "Now I am ashamed."
https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomnamako/ralph-peters
Fox News Analyst Quits, Calling Network a ‘Propaganda Machine’
A longtime analyst for Fox News is leaving the network, saying that he could not “in good conscience” remain with an organization that, he argued, “is now wittingly harming our system of government for profit.”
In a searing farewell note sent to colleagues on Tuesday, Ralph Peters, a Fox News strategic analyst and a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, castigated the network for its coverage of President Trump and the rhetoric of its prime-time hosts.
“In my view, Fox has degenerated from providing a legitimate and much-needed outlet for conservative voices to a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration,” Colonel Peters wrote in his message, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times.
“Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association,” he added. “Now I am ashamed.”
Without citing them by name, Colonel Peters, 65, wrote that Fox News’s prime-time anchors “dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the F.B.I., the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller.”
“I cannot be part of the same organization, even at a remove,” he wrote.
Fox News responded on Tuesday by saying it was “extremely proud of our top-rated prime-time hosts and all of our opinion programming.”
“Ralph Peters is entitled to his opinion despite the fact that he’s choosing to use it as a weapon in order to gain attention,” the network said in a statement.
Colonel Peters, who appeared regularly on Fox News and the Fox Business Network — including as recently as Monday morning — spent more than two decades in the Army, eventually specializing in Russian intelligence. He began appearing as a television commentator in the late 1990s, and signed an exclusive contract with Fox in 2008.
Typically hawkish in his views, Colonel Peters supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and was a strong proponent of confronting President Vladimir Putin of Russia. He was a fervent critic of former President Barack Obama, deriding his foreign policy as weak, and was briefly suspended by the network in 2015 after using a vulgarity to describe Mr. Obama during an appearance on Fox Business.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/business/media/fox-news-analyst-ralph-peters.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dXhkv_nY9g-KEOMWbSm8ECG7RRS1M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump Congratulates Putin on Re-Election, but Fails to Mention Meddling in U.S.
WASHINGTON — President Trump called on Tuesday to congratulate President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on his re-election, but did not raise with him the lopsided nature of his victory, Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election or Moscow’s role in a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter living in Britain.
Instead, Mr. Trump kept the focus of the call on what the White House said were “shared interests” — among them, North Korea and Ukraine — overruling his national security advisers, who counseled him to condemn Russia for the nerve-agent attack.
“We had a very good call,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, where he had just welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. “We will probably be meeting in the not-too-distant future.”
The president’s upbeat characterization came five days after his administration imposed sanctions on Russia for its interference in the election and for other “malicious cyberattacks,” the most significant action it has taken against Moscow since Mr. Trump took office. The United States also joined Britain, France and Germany in denouncing the Russian government for violating international law for the attack on the spy, Sergei V. Skripal, and his daughter Yulia.
Both actions highlighted a contradiction at the heart of the Trump presidency: the administration’s steadily tougher stance toward Russia and Mr. Trump’s own stubborn reluctance to criticize Mr. Putin.
Mr. Trump, a senior official said, signed off on the sanctions and the harsh language in the administration’s statements. But he was determined not to antagonize Mr. Putin, this person said, because he believes his leader-to-leader rapport is the only way to improve relations between the two countries.
That strategy has put Mr. Trump at odds with his own advisers: in preparing the president for the call, one aide wrote on his briefing materials, “DO NOT CONGRATULATE.” The Washington Post first reported this detail, which a White House official confirmed.
The White House also insisted that it was not the place of the United States to question how other countries conduct their elections — a contention that is at odds with years of critical statements about foreign elections by the United States, as well as recent statements by the Trump administration about elections in Venezuela and Iran.
“What we do know is that Putin has been elected in their country, and that’s not something we can dictate to them how they operate,” said the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “We can only focus on the freeness and fairness of our elections, something we 100 percent fully support.”
Echoing the president, she went on to rail against the investigation of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, into links between the Trump campaign and Russia.
“To pretend like going through this absurd process for over a year would not bring frustration seems a little bit ridiculous,” she said.
Ms. Sanders noted that other foreign leaders, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, of Germany, had called Mr. Putin. Ms. Merkel’s office released a terse account of their call, saying she had told the Russian president, “Today, it is more important than ever to continue the dialogue with one another and to foster relations between our states and peoples.”
Republican lawmakers, even those who have resisted criticizing Mr. Trump, faulted him for congratulating Mr. Putin.
“When I look at a Russian election, what I see is a lack of credibility in tallying the results,” said the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. “Calling him wouldn’t have been high on my list.”
Senator John McCain of Arizona, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was harsher.
“An American president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections,” he said in a statement. “And by doing so with Vladimir Putin, President Trump insulted every Russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in a free and fair election to determine their country’s future, including the countless Russian patriots who have risked so much to protest and resist Putin’s regime.”
In fact, both Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush called to congratulate Mr. Putin after previous election victories.
In Mr. Obama’s case, said Michael A. McFaul, who served as ambassador to Moscow during the Obama administration, there was lively internal debate about whether, and when, the president should make that call. Mr. Obama waited several days after Mr. Putin’s election in March 2012 before calling.
After that election, the State Department issued a statement in which it said, “The United States congratulates the Russian people on the completion of the presidential elections, and looks forward to working with the president-elect after the results are certified and he is sworn in.”
The language, Mr. McFaul said, was carefully chosen to applaud the Russian people for voting without praising Mr. Putin for winning. The statement also noted the reservations of outside observers about the “partisan use of government resources, and procedural irregularities on Election Day,” though it credited the Russian authorities for reforms after a widely criticized parliamentary election the previous December.
The parliamentary election drew condemnation from Hillary Clinton, then the secretary of state, who said the Russian people, “like people everywhere, deserve the right to have their voices heard and their votes counted.” Her statement planted the seeds for the antipathy between her and Mr. Putin, who accused her of fomenting unrest in Russia.
This time, Mr. Putin prevailed with more than 76 percent of the vote. International observers said Russian electoral authorities counted the votes efficiently, but that several other factors prevented the contest from being fair.
“Restrictions on the fundamental freedoms of assembly, association and expression, as well as on candidate registration, have limited the space for political engagement and resulted in a lack of genuine competition,” observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said in a report.
During their call on Tuesday, a senior official said, Mr. Trump told Mr. Putin he had been concerned by a recent speech in which Mr. Putin talked about Russia developing an “invincible” intercontinental cruise missile and a nuclear torpedo that could outsmart all American defenses.
Mr. Putin’s presentation included animated videos depicting multiple warheads aimed at Florida, where the president often stays at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Mr. Trump raised the nuclear threat in calls with Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain, President Emmanuel Macron of France and Ms. Merkel.
More recently, however, Mr. Trump noted that Mr. Putin had taken a more moderate tone, talking about the need to de-escalate the nuclear arms race between Russia and the United States.
Mr. Trump, this official said, told Mr. Putin that he welcomed the shift in tone. But Mr. Trump reminded Mr. Putin that his administration was spending $700 billion to upgrade the American military, and that the United States would win any arms race between the two.
“We will never allow anybody to have anything even close to what we have,” Mr. Trump told reporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/politics/trump-putin-russia.html
Trump’s national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin. He did it anyway.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-national-security-advisers-warned-him-not-to-congratulate-putin-he-did-it-anyway/2018/03/20/22738ebc-2c68-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+putin
Star GOP lawyer Theodore B. Olson declines offer to join Trump legal team
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-legal-team-seeks-to-add-gravitas-with-offer-to-star-gop-attorney-theodore-b-olson/2018/03/20/571f1e46-2c41-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html
Flake warns Trump of impeachment ‘remedy’ if Mueller probe is halted
Sen. Jeff Flake, one of President Trump’s most prominent Senate critics, told The Washington Post in an interview Tuesday that he would support impeachment proceedings against Trump if the president ends special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election “without cause.”
“We’re begging him: ‘Don’t go down this road. Don’t create a constitutional crisis. Don’t force the Congress to take the only remedy that Congress can take,’ ” said Flake (R-Ariz.). “To remind the president of that is the best way to keep him from going down that road. To fire Mueller without cause, I don’t know if there is any other remedy left to the legislative branch.”
Flake compared any possible effort by Trump in the coming weeks to end the Mueller probe to President Richard Nixon’s infamous 1973 firing of the special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal.
“If [Trump] fires [Mueller] without cause, how different is that from what Nixon did with the ‘Saturday Night Massacre’?” Flake asked. “He left before impeachment came, but that was the remedy then and that would be the remedy now.”
Flake — who recently traveled to New Hampshire and is considered a potential Trump challenger in the race for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination — said he was speaking up Tuesday about the prospect of impeachment because Republican warnings have been unsuccessful in holding back Trump’s criticism of Mueller’s probe. Flake expressed alarm over how the president’s attacks on the investigation have seemed to escalate over the past week as the president faces mounting legal and political challenges.
Flake also credited Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) for taking the lead in talking about the possibility of impeachment proceedings — a topic most Republicans are eager to avoid.
Earlier Tuesday, Graham told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that firing Mueller, “if he did it without cause,” would “probably” be an impeachable offense.
Flake said in the interview: “Nobody wants to talk about it. I don’t want to talk about it. As soon as you mention the I-word, that’s all people want to talk about.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/20/flake-warns-trump-of-impeachment-remedy-if-mueller-probe-is-halted/
Judge rules defamation case against Trump may proceed
A New York judge said Tuesday that a defamation lawsuit against President Trump related to an allegation that he sexually harassed a former “Apprentice” contestant may go forward.
Summer Zervos filed the suit last year after Trump said publicly during the 2016 presidential campaign that she and other women accusing him of unwanted sexual contact were making up their claims. Trump sought to block the legal action, but New York Supreme Court Judge Jennifer G. Schecter — citing court precedent that ultimately led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998 — said that “a sitting president is not immune from being sued in federal court for unofficial acts.”
The ruling came the same day that Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model, filed a lawsuit on the other side of the country against American Media, owner of the National Enquirer, seeking to be released from a contract she said paid her $150,000 to keep quiet about an alleged affair with Trump.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/judge-rules-defamation-case-against-trump-may-proceed/2018/03/20/561d1d44-f498-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html
The one new claim in a former Playboy model’s lawsuit that could spell trouble for Trump
There is a lot of old information in a lawsuit that former Playboy model Karen McDougal filed against the National Enquirer's parent company Tuesday, but one new claim stands out and could spell trouble for President Trump.
McDougal, who says she had an affair with Trump more than a decade ago, alleges in the lawsuit that American Media Inc. did not act alone when it bought her silence in 2016 but “worked secretly with Mr. Trump's personal 'fixer.' ”
The “fixer,” according to the lawsuit, is attorney Michael Cohen, the same lawyer who claims to have used his own funds to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels, who also says she had an affair with Trump.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/20/the-one-new-claim-in-a-former-playboy-models-lawsuit-that-could-spell-trouble-for-trump/
Confederate War Memorial in downtown Dallas must come down - Confederate War Memorial in front of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
Editorial
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2018/03/20/confederate-war-memorial-downtown-dallas-must-come
Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica’s collection of Facebook data, according to former employee
LONDON — Conservative strategist Stephen K. Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica’s early efforts to collect troves of Facebook data as part of an ambitious program to build detailed profiles of millions of American voters, a former employee of the data-science firm said Tuesday.
The 2014 effort was part of a high-tech form of voter persuasion touted by the company, which under Bannon identified and tested the power of anti-establishment messages that later would emerge as central themes in President Trump’s campaign speeches, according to Chris Wylie, who left the company at the end of that year.
Among the messages tested were “drain the swamp” and “deep state,” he said.
Cambridge Analytica, which worked for Trump’s 2016 campaign, is now facing questions about alleged unethical practices, including charges that the firm improperly handled the data of tens of millions of Facebook users. On Tuesday, the company’s board announced that it was suspending its chief executive, Alexander Nix, after British television released secret recordings that appeared to show him talking about entrapping political opponents.
More than three years before he served as Trump’s chief political strategist, Bannon helped launch Cambridge Analytica with the financial backing of the wealthy Mercer family as part of a broader effort to create a populist power base. Earlier this year, the Mercers cut ties with Bannon after he was quoted making incendiary comments about Trump and his family.
In an interview Tuesday with The Washington Post at his lawyer’s London office, Wylie said that Bannon — while he was a top executive at Cambridge Analytica and head of Breitbart News — was deeply involved in the company’s strategy and approved spending nearly $1 million to acquire data, including Facebook profiles, in 2014.
“We had to get Bannon to approve everything at this point. Bannon was Alexander Nix’s boss,” said Wylie, who was Cambridge Analytica’s research director. “Alexander Nix didn’t have the authority to spend that much money without approval.”
Bannon, who served on the company’s board, did not respond to a request for comment. He served as vice president and secretary of Cambridge Analytica from June 2014 to August 2016, when he became chief executive of Trump’s campaign, according to his publicly filed financial disclosure. In 2017, he joined Trump in the White House as his chief strategist.
Bannon received more than $125,000 in consulting fees from Cambridge Analytica in 2016 and owned “membership units” in the company worth between $1 million and $5 million, according to his financial disclosure.
Cambridge Analytica did not respond to a request for comment about Bannon’s role.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bannon-oversaw-cambridge-analyticas-collection-of-facebook-data-according-to-former-employee/2018/03/20/8fb369a6-2c55-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=bannon+cambridge+analytica
Racial gap in heart health down due to declining health of white Americans: Study
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/racial-gap-heart-health-due-declining-health-white/story?id=53860034
study http://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2675356/trends-racial-ethnic-nativity-disparities-cardiovascular-health-among-adults-without
Racial Gap in Heart Health Shrinking As Whites Lose Ground
Biggest shift has been decline in key measures for white Americans young and old
https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/prevention/71861
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dJp7oiCuyjDFplMP5H8AAh5cKe7TM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
New male birth control pill is safe but does it work?
Men who took it gained weight
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-male-birth-control-pill-safe-does-it-work-n858076
Dimethandrolone undecanoate shows promise as a male birth control pill
https://www.endocrine.org/news-room/2018/dimethandrolone-undecanoate-shows-promise-as-a-male-birth-control-pill
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dydEQe9bkM9g8lMjiw3D5ijdpFXEM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Macular degeneration: 'I've been given my sight back'
Doctors have taken a major step towards curing the most common form of blindness in the UK - age-related macular degeneration.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43458365
study http://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4114
Stem cell patch allows word-blind patients to read again
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/19/stem-cell-patch-allows-patients-read/
Patients regain sight after groundbreaking trial
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5519117/Patients-regain-sight-groundbreaking-trial.html
Doctors hope for blindness cure after restoring patients' sight
Treatment for common cause of blindness could be available within five years, scientists say
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/19/doctors-hope-for-blindness-cure-after-restoring-patients-sight
Stem Cells Treat Macular Degeneration
Researchers helped develop a specially engineered retinal patch to treat people with sudden, severe sight loss
http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2018/018812/stem-cells-treat-macular-degeneration
‘Ground-breaking’ UK trial could lead to off-the-shelf stem cell treatment for wet AMD within five years
An 86-year-old Croydon man is able to read the newspaper and help his wife with the gardening again after he received a pioneering therapy
https://www.aop.org.uk/ot/science-and-vision/research/2018/03/20/ground-breaking-uk-trial-could-lead-to-off-the-shelf-stem-cell-treatment-for-wet-amd
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dsetgb6HrIFtQNMh3GPbY0WH06aRM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino, has died, putting his species on the brink of extinction
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/20/sudan-the-worlds-last-male-northern-white-rhino-has-died-putting-his-species-on-the-brink-of-extinction/
The Last Male Northern White Rhino In The World Has Died
The death of Sudan leaves his daughter and granddaughter as the only northern white rhinos alive anywhere in the world.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewchampion/last-northern-white-rhino-dies-sudan
World's last male northern white rhino dies
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/africa/last-male-white-rhino-dies-intl/index.html
We failed you, Kenyans online apologise posthumously to Sudan
https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/we-failed-you-kenyans-online-apologise-to-sudan/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dQosmh-UldEL1aMKwKDA_PhQXAakM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Don't Get Neil Tyson Started on Water Towers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAn5xYpbVR8
The first SpaceX BFR should make orbital launches by 2020
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-spacex-bfr-orbital.html
SpaceX rival United Launch Alliance stakes future on new Vulcan rocket
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-united-launch-alliance-pentagon-contracts-vulcan-rocket/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dTE1hl-KxcEa_LMLaRaG4eQG8Lr7M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Japanese basket pattern inspires new material - quantum computing
Researchers have produced a metal with exotic electrical properties by mimicking a pattern from Japanese basket-weaving.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43461939
study http://www.nature.com/articles/nature25987
Physicists Discover New Quantum Electronic Material
https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2018/03/physicists-discover-new-quantum-electronic-material
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/daxIT4BKZhl3sNMlPmSi2x4lVD_WM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
and a couple miscellaneous
Machine learning spots treasure trove of elusive viruses
Artificial intelligence could speed up metagenomic studies that look for species unknown to science.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03358-3
‘Grand unifying theory of maths’ nets Abel Prize
Robert Langlands’ ideas unearthed connections within mathematics that have helped to solve centuries-old problems and aided researchers in disparate fields.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03423-x
US kids’ doodles of scientists reveal changing gender stereotypes
Experiments that ask children to draw a researcher show a greater proportion of women in sketches over time.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03346-7
Did Stephen Hawking Become a Christian After a Blessing From Pope Francis? - tie https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=63306014 , https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=97287110 - and (Einstein) https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=30820541
A disreputable Facebook page engages in a time-honored ritual — the phony deathbed conversion of a prominent unbeliever.
FALSE
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stephen-hawking-pope-francis/
Michio Kaku: The Quest That Hawking Pioneered
http://fortune.com/2018/03/19/michio-kaku-stephen-hawking/
What You Need to Know About Stephen Hawking’s Final Physics Paper
https://gizmodo.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-stephen-hawking-s-final-phy-1823897314
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dc1jmnyXfSQ75FMTC3V4mbeBID7kM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
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Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Democracy Now! [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw / https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow , https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow/videos ]
It was 15 years ago today when the U.S. invaded Iraq on the false pretense that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction. The attack came despite worldwide protest and a lack of authorization from the United Nations Security Council. At around 5:30 a.m. in Baghdad on March 20, 2003, air raid sirens were heard as the U.S. invasion began. The fighting has yet to end, and the death toll may never be known. Conservative estimates put the Iraqi civilian death toll at 200,000. But some counts range as high as 2 million. In 2006, the British medical journal Lancet estimated 600,000 Iraqis died in just the first 40 months of the war. The U.S. has also lost about 4,500 soldiers in Iraq. Just last week, seven U.S. servicemembers died in a helicopter crash in western Iraq near the Syrian border. The war in Iraq has also destabilized much of the Middle East. Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and others have directly blamed the U.S. invasion of Iraq for the rise of ISIS. We speak to the Iraqi-French sociologist Zahra Ali, who teaches at Rutgers University; Matt Howard, co-director of About Face: Veterans Against the War, the organization formerly known as Iraq Veterans Against the War; and Sami Rasouli, founder and director of the Muslim Peacemaker Teams in Iraq.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/20/a_criminal_war_15_years_after [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swRA_Rfbifg [with comments]
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Undocumented and Unpaid, Until Now: Houston Day Laborers Fight Wage Theft After Hurricane Harvey
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Democracy Now!
After Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on Houston six months ago, tons of moldy debris had to be removed, and the nation’s fourth-largest city is now beginning a multi-year rebuilding process. Much of the work is being done by undocumented immigrants, who make up at least half of the Texas construction workforce. But even as their work is in high demand after the storm, many are facing widespread wage theft. Few of them report the abuse, because they fear deportation if they go to police because of state’s so-called “show me your papers” law that allows police to ask anyone in their custody their immigration status. We speak with Mauricio “Chele” Iglesias, community organizer for the Workers Defense Project in Houston, and Renée Feltz, reporter for The Intercept and longtime Democracy Now! producer.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/20/undocumented_and_unpaid_until_now_houston [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbehuQ5uaaY [with comments]
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Voices from Houston After Harvey: Immigrant Homeowners Say Little to No Help Coming from FEMA
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Democracy Now!
In an on-the-ground report from Houston, Democracy Now! producer Renée Feltz speaks with immigrant homeowners who faced heavy flooding during Hurricane Harvey and say they are recovering with little or no help from FEMA, even though their U.S.-born children are living with them. Many faced FEMA inspectors who did not speak Spanish.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/20/voices_from_houston_after_harvey_immigrant [with embedded video, and transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Va988s98k [with comments]
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Full Show - Nerve Gas, Torture, War & Censorship - 03/20/2018
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Real News with David Knight [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1L9FOMSaPgMyoLSnps47g , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1L9FOMSaPgMyoLSnps47g/videos ]
20Mar18 Broadcast
John Kiriakou, CIA whistleblower, sets the record straight on Gina Haspel, John Brennan & torture. Then, a high school teacher put on leave for engaging her students in critical thinking before the gun control march joins David to tell her story. And, Lee Stranahan looks at the people and tactics of the SLAPP lawsuit filed against him, InfoWars & other journalists. Finally, David Knight looks at the curious details of the poisoning of the Russian double agent and the lies being told by politicians in the US, UK and elsewhere to heat up the Cold War.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWidELJF5rg [with comments] [also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWZorHOHC4w (with comments)]
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Can you dodge Space Lasers?
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Thunderf00t [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmb8hO2ilV9vRa8cilis88A / https://www.youtube.com/user/Thunderf00t , https://www.youtube.com/user/Thunderf00t/videos ]
Laser beams have been a staple weapon in scifi for decades... but can you dodge space lasers?
Well, maybe, if you could see them coming... unfortunately in space... noone can see lasers coming!
Probably the best trek episode ever. In the Pale Moonlight:
DS9 - In the Pale Moonlight
Published on Dec 24, 2011 by trekpulse [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmiyJe1Pm5QJt8vjGmCVGsA / https://www.youtube.com/user/trekpulse , https://www.youtube.com/user/trekpulse/videos ]
That's why you came to me, isn't it Captain!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StF9jrhw-pU [with comments]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIYYFIKbByA [with comments]
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Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia
Issued on: March 20, 2018
President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. The two leaders discussed the state of bilateral relations and resolved to continue dialogue about mutual national security priorities and challenges. President Trump congratulated President Putin on his March 18 re-election, and emphasized the importance of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. The two leaders confirmed the need for the United States and Russia to continue our shared efforts on strategic stability.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/readout-president-donald-j-trumps-call-president-vladimir-putin-russia-3/
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WATCH: Senate Intel Cmte. leaders discuss recommendations for 2018 midterms election security
Streamed live on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ZFN9Tx6xh-skXCuRHCDpQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/PBSNewsHour , https://www.youtube.com/user/PBSNewsHour/videos ]
Richard Burr and Mark Warner, the top senators on the Intelligence Committee, discuss the panel's recommendations for election security ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29plGQ4CuE0 [comments disabled]
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President Donald J. Trump Signs H.R. 1208, H.R. 1858, and H.R. 1988
Issued on: March 20, 2018
H.R. 1208, which designates a facility of the United States Postal Service as the Converse Veterans Post Office Building;
H.R. 1858, which designates a facility of the United States Postal Service as the Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom Post Office; and
H.R. 1988, which designates a facility of the United States Postal Service as the Merle Haggard Post Office Building.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-signs-h-r-1208-h-r-1858-h-r-1988/
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WATCH: President Trump holds meeting with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
President Donald Trump holds a meeting in the Oval Office with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
Remarks by President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Before Bilateral Meeting
Oval Office
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-kingdom-saudi-arabia-bilateral-meeting/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhw37reiFj0 [comments disabled] [official White House upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykJXkcepiIQ (with comments)]
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Remarks by President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Before Luncheon
Cabinet Room
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-kingdom-saudi-arabia-luncheon/ [official transcript]
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The Camels of Arabia
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by VICE [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8zNIfYAQNdrFRrr8oibKw / https://www.youtube.com/user/vice , https://www.youtube.com/user/vice/videos ]
Camels are the Clydesdales of Saudi Arabia, venerated for their good looks, grace, and speed. Even as the country rapidly modernizes, the animals remain a central part of Saudi culture, and a lucrative one—with prized camels selling for more than $1 million.
VICE trekked to Al-Dahna for the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival—the largest of its kind—where titans of business and politics in the Middle East flock each year for a display of the finest camels in Saudi Arabia.
Hundreds of participants pit their camels head-to-head in a frenzied race and beauty contest for a chance to win roughly $57 million in prize money, and a chance to meet Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxwgwD5O6_Q [with comments]
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Full Show - Texas 'Unibomber' Still At Large As Facebook Stock In Crisis Amid Data Scandal - 03/20/2018
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Ron Gibson [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYv-5LsUyc_P8KMo7YGPFPA / https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF , https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF/videos ]
Tuesday, Mar. 20th 2018[, with appearances by Roger Stone, Tommy Robinson, and Count Dankula]: Facebook Meltdown - In light of their stock free fall and explosive allegations of data harvesting, the multi-billion dollar company is having an emergency crisis meeting without CEO Zuckerberg. Also, the Austin, Texas, bombings continue - this time, a “nail and shrapnel” parcel en route to Austin detonated at a FedEx site. Joining today’s show is Russian journalist and broadcaster Alexander Nekrassov to discuss the media’s hysteria against the former Soviet state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyteApPZpzY [with comments] [the edited official Alex Jones upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhYDdpHWqK8 (title adapted from; with comments)] [a must-watch]
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RWW News: Rodney Howard-Browne Says Only ‘Divine Intervention’ Can Save America
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by RWW Blog [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMXqRHe8n1TX5iDvkLS62rw / https://www.youtube.com/user/RWWBlog , https://www.youtube.com/user/RWWBlog/videos ]
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rodney-howard-browne-says-only-divine-intervention-can-save-america/
[from the March 19, 2018 Alex Jones Show included in the post to which this is a reply]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90-BPcp4sw [with comments]
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The Revisionist
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by DarkAntics [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTERzzbGZopw5SXJJr0tPyQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/DarkAntics , https://www.youtube.com/user/DarkAntics/videos ]
Someone called "The Distributist" responded to my video
"The Theft of Our Values [also included as the first item at/see also in particular (linked in) https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=135270144 and preceding and following (earlier this string)]" during a 2 hour livestream in which he didn't do the proper research, mistakes a reductio ad absurdum for my actual position, grossly misrepresents me, expresses some rather shocking denial of historical facts, gets repeatedly corrected after his criticisms, which he then fails to retract, and of course his audience unquestioningly bought it.
Link to his garbage fire:
The Distributist Answers - Mea Culpa, Dark Matter 2525, general questions, & loose ends
Streamed live on Dec 13, 2017 by The Distributist [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHT7KB1gDAXZYpPW71fn0Q , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHT7KB1gDAXZYpPW71fn0Q/videos ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BHOVd5k-Qc [with comments]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msr1xcKYox4 [with comments]
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RWW News: Oklahoma Gov. Candidate Dan Fischer Dismisses Mississippi’s 15-Week Abortion Ban For Not Going Far Enough
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by RWW Blog
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/dan-fisher-dismisses-mississippis-15-week-abortion-ban-for-not-going-far-enough/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RSDxj0pgc [with comments]
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Top 10 WORST Christian Parodies
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by JaclynGlenn [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCravYcv6C0CopL2ukVzhzNw / https://www.youtube.com/user/JaclynGlenn , https://www.youtube.com/user/JaclynGlenn/videos ]
Here are the 10 WORST Christian Parodies... Enjoy!
SONGS (In order of appearance)
1. Jesus Christ Baby (Ice Ice Baby) Christian Parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH2r5k7OfYk
2. Virtue Makes You Beautiful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oartIE7rKuM
3. You Love Sin... What a Tragedy // I Write Sins Not Tragedies Parody by Godhatesfags.com [lyrics] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2agNmux1TM ["This video has been removed for violating YouTube's policy on hate speech."]
4. Kids Sing Christian Version of Dontcha Wish Your Girlfriend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtXRXznwUk
5. PUT IT OFF -Shake it off - christian parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D942uVB-ReA
6. We will Never Ever get back together Taylor Swift Christian Parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtkMZgQvKs8
7. I Am Never Ever Going Back To Sinning (Taylor Swift Christian Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCrGgxbwiuI
8. Call Me Maybe (Parody - Christian Version - I know You saved me) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPEojr7E3do
9. Holy Faith (Christian Parody of Poker Face by Lady GaGa) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj4lHTz8gW0
10. Westboro Baptist Church Parody: “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys (lyrics in description) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6v3Ud1GhUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJnH5erHrDg [with comments]
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RWW News: Lance Wallnau Says Students Protesting For Gun Control Are As Dangerous As ‘The Brownshirt Hitler Youth’
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by RWW Blog
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/lance-wallnau-students-protesting-for-gun-control-are-as-dangerous-as-the-brownshirt-hitler-youth/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lsSDHpFxrM [with comments]
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The history of Michael Donald and the case that took down the Klan
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Southern Poverty Law Center [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJqloayL-p1TP4Ed_fr53CA / https://www.youtube.com/user/SPLCenter , https://www.youtube.com/user/SPLCenter/videos ]
Nineteen-year-old Michael Donald was on his way to the store in 1981 when two members of the United Klans of America abducted him, beat him, cut his throat and hung his body from a tree on a residential street in Mobile, Ala.
The two Klansmen who carried out the ritualistic killing were eventually arrested and convicted. Convinced that the Klan itself should be held responsible for the lynching, Center attorneys filed a civil suit on behalf of Donald's mother, Beulah Mae Donald vs. United Klans. In 1987, the Center won a historic $7 million verdict against the men involved in the lynching.
The verdict marked the end of the United Klans, the same group that had beaten the Freedom Riders in 1961, murdered civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo in 1965, and bombed Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963.
The group was forced to turn over its headquarters to Beulah Mae Donald, and two additional Klansmen were convicted of criminal charges.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjK1nyhAZjQ [comments disabled]
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WATCH: Senate GOP leaders hold press conference after party policy luncheon
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other members of the Senate Republican leadership hold a press conference after their weekly party policy luncheon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKTgxCv_yX8 [comments disabled]
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WATCH: Senate Democratic leaders hold press conference after party policy luncheon
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other members of the Senate Democratic leadership hold a press conference after their weekly party policy luncheon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySMfYNton2Y [comments disabled]
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WATCH: First Lady holds roundtable with tech industry to discuss cyberbullying
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
First Lady Melania Trump holds a roundtable discussion with tech industry leaders at the White House to discuss cyberbullying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHWQ99c0FlU [comments disabled]
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Readout of First Lady Melania Trump’s Roundtable Discussion on Cyber Safety and Technology
Issued on: March 20, 2018
Today, First Lady Melania Trump met with key leaders of top companies and associations to discuss the positive and negative effects the Internet and technology can have on children. Mrs. Trump opened the roundtable by emphasizing on the importance of focusing on children and giving them the tools and information necessary to encourage responsible and positive behaviors.
The hour-long meeting focused on a variety of topics, with key themes that included the importance of supporting children and teaching empathy and kindness in offline spaces, supporting social and emotional wellness in children, identifying digital opportunities for both parents and kids to ensure safe online behaviors, and effective solutions and public policies to improve online safety.
Representatives from each of the platforms shared some of the valuable lessons their companies have learned throughout the years, and brought insight into the current challenges the companies face today. A common theme among all in attendance was that talking to children remains the number one parental and adult control in the online space.
“Social media and technology are interwoven in the daily lives of our children,” said First Lady Melania Trump. “As parents, we must find ways to talk openly with them about the potential dangers that exist so they can be responsible digital citizens. We have a real opportunity to teach positive online behaviors, but that also means addressing issues offline such as kindness, empathy, and respect. I am grateful to the technology experts for their collaboration and willingness to come together at our meeting today. I look forward to continuing our focus on educating children on the power of positivity.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/readout-first-lady-melania-trumps-roundtable-discussion-cyber-safety-technology/
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President Trump Hosts a Law Enforcement Roundtable on Sanctuary Cities
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The White House [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxRlFDqcWM4y7FfpiAN3KQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse , https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse/videos ]
The White House
Remarks by President Trump at Law Enforcement Roundtable on Sanctuary Cities
Roosevelt Room
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-law-enforcement-roundtable-sanctuary-cities/ [official transcript]
Sanctuary Cities Undermine Law Enforcement and Endanger Our Communities
“Our cities should be sanctuaries for Americans – not for criminal aliens.”
- President Donald J. Trump
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/sanctuary-cities-undermine-law-enforcement-endanger-communities/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H5v91lzFvM [with comments] [also, very slightly clipped at the beginning, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlkYtrM73Cs (comments disabled)]
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Oil, Gas, and the Effects of Environmental Racism
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by VICELAND [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWF0PiUvUi3Jma2oFgaiX2w , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWF0PiUvUi3Jma2oFgaiX2w/videos ]
Jamali Maddix talks with an environmentalist about how drilling for fuel usually means pushing contamination into the places where lower-class people live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWfRbKY9gJM [with comments]
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Presidential Message to the Congress of the United States
Issued on: March 20, 2018
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Today, I am requesting that the Congress extend trade authorities procedures for 3 years. As required under section 103(c)(2) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (Trade Priorities Act), I have attached to this message the report describing the progress that has been made in trade negotiations by my Administration and the reasons why the extension is necessary.
As noted in the 2018 Trade Policy Agenda, my Administration has launched a new era in American trade policy, driven by a determination to use the leverage available to us as the world’s largest economy to open foreign markets, and to obtain more efficient global markets and fairer treatment for American workers. One of the major pillars supporting my trade policy is the pursuit of better trade deals.
As you know, my Administration is pursuing the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement — something many have promised but have failed to deliver. In addition, my Administration is exploring potential trade agreement partners, including in Africa and Southeast Asia.
I hope my Administration can continue to work with the Congress to pursue new and better trade deals for America’s workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses. Extension of trade authorities procedures is essential to fulfill that task and to demonstrate to our trading partners that my Administration and the Congress share a common goal when it comes to trade.
DONALD J. TRUMP
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/presidential-message-congress-united-states-3/
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WATCH: Sarah Sanders holds White House news briefing
Streamed live on Mar 20, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
President Donald Trump's press secretary Sarah Sanders holds White House news briefing.
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-032018/ [official transcript]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVayExUMxw [comments disabled] [official White House upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mePcdxWAF6g (with comments)]
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Women are not as divided on #MeToo as it may seem
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by Vox [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA / https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom , https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom/videos ]
The #MeToo movement has rapidly gained support and criticism as more women have come forward to share their experiences. While the media portrays the movement as divided, our research found that women across generations often see eye to eye on issues of sexual harassment and #MeToo in general.
Vox and Morning Consult conducted a survey to discover how women of all ages feel about the #MeToo movement.
Read the results of the Vox #MeToo survey here: https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/17115620/me-too-sexual-harassment-sex-abuse-poll
Women have different views on #MeToo by age, but they still support it: https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/17116086/me-too-movement-sexual-harassment-workplace-millennials
Feminism has been structured by different "waves". Learn more about its history here: https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/16955588/feminism-waves-explained-first-second-third-fourth
Read our growing database of people accused of sexual harassment as part of Me Too: https://www.vox.com/a/sexual-harassment-assault-allegations-list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZCs2N2VjgM [with comments]
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Full Show - Another Suspicious Package In Austin Being Investigated - 03/20/2018
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by War Room [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClsn7QZVdszxLlUs-GOG0Sg/videos ]
More fear strikes Texas as a fifth explosion this month takes place at a FedEx center just outside of San Antonio, and a sixth suspicious package is being investigated at an Austin FedEx center as well, with a connection between the two packages. Also, the mainstream media ignores a high school shooting in Maryland because it did not fit their political agenda. We also takes calls to weigh in on an eerie tweet from Samantha Power.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3TP-xpMP_w [with comments] [also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgaRb-G41hs (with comments)]
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The Reason Nobody Likes You
Published on Mar 20, 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 ]
Sometimes people just don't like you and the real reason is stranger than you might think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R0kPUG2Xew [with comments]
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Liz Plank: Trump's "best case" is he's "a cheating pig"
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/20/18
Former playboy model Karen McDougal comes forward alleging an affair with Trump and sues to break her silence. It comes as a lie detector test Stormy Daniels took emerges and a judge green lights a “groping” and “defamation” suit from an "Apprentice” contestant to move forward. Attorney Gloria Allred joins Liz Plank and Shelby Holliday on The Beat.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/liz-plank-trump-s-best-case-is-he-s-a-cheating-pig-1190774851980 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2c9UL_J8Cw [with comments]
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Top DOJ Official: Trump firing McCabe 'suspicious' and 'nonsensical'
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/20/18
Trump faces exposure for obstruction of justice after becoming the first president to fire the FBI director and the Deputy Director of FBI. Two GOP senators say firing Mueller leads to Trump’s “impeachment.” Neal Katyal, the former Acting Solicitor General of the United States joins The Beat.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/top-doj-official-trump-firing-mccabe-suspicious-and-nonsensical-1190779459508 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5q4ITgTpuQ [with comments]
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Comey's new warning to Trump: You 'will hear my story soon'
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/20/18
After unusual firings, Trump braces for damning testimony from FBI veterans. Two people who knew Comey long before the Russia probe speak out on how he “follows the evidence wherever it goes.”
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/comey-s-new-warning-to-trump-you-will-hear-my-story-soon-1190779971650
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Watch the Kremlin video showing Mark Zuckerberg's priorities
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/20/18
The U.S. Congress is demanding Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg show up to testify in person --like he did for meeting with a top Kremlin official. The pressure on Zuckerberg comes as a federal review is launched after a Trump-linked data firm was caught on camera bragging about misusing Facebook data.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/watch-the-kremlin-video-showing-mark-zuckerberg-s-priorities-1190781507553 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7QRzI3nK_g [with comments]
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This entrepreneur says he has the secret to stopping fake news on Facebook
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/20/18
Journalist, Lawyer and founder of 'Newsguard' Steven Brill joins Ari Melber to discuss why he's launching a for-profit company, to entice big tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter to combat fake news.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/this-entrepreneur-says-he-has-the-secret-to-stopping-fake-news-on-facebook-1190788163624
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Sixth Explosion In Texas Rocks Local Austin Neighborhood
Published on Mar 20, 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 ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIgGhd_eYjA [with comments]
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Remarks by President Trump at the National Republican Congressional Committee March Dinner
National Building Museum
Washington, D.C.
March 20, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-national-republican-congressional-committee-march-dinner/ [official transcript]
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Trump under legal siege as jeopardy grows
All In with Chris Hayes
3/20/18
President Donald Trump is under legal siege, facing multiple battle fronts from the Mueller Russia probe to several civil lawsuits.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-under-legal-siege-as-jeopardy-grows-1190825027616
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Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica Facebook data collection
All In with Chris Hayes
3/20/18
Former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's data collection on Facebook while he was a top executive at the firm, reports the Washington Post.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bannon-oversaw-cambridge-analytica-facebook-data-collection-1190827587684 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnIH0x3qh4g [with comments]
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Trump ignores all caps warning, congratulates Putin
All In with Chris Hayes
3/20/18
President Trump reportedly called with kind words for Russian President Vladimir Putin despite being implored by his national security advisers: "DO NOT CONGRATULATE."
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-ignores-all-caps-warning-congratulates-putin-1190828099595 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhaC35ljos [with comments]
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Sanders: Trump firing Mueller would be 'impeachable offense'
All In with Chris Hayes
3/20/18
Sen. Bernie Sanders weighs in on the possibility of Trump firing the special counsel, plus the brutal war the Trump administration is helping wage without congressional oversight.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sanders-trump-firing-mueller-would-be-impeachable-offense-1190832707852
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Against advice, Trump congratulates Putin on sham election win: WaPo
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/20/18
Carol Leonnig, National Reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that Donald Trump's advisers explicitly told him not to congratulate Vladimir Putin and to condemn the poisoning of two people in the UK. Trump did the opposite.
“If Skripal and his daughter received a lethal dose of B-1976, C-1976, or D-1980, then, most likely, they will suffer the same fate as earlier victims. There is no antidote to these agents. I can say with nearly 100% certainty that if Skripal and his daughter are taken off of life support, they will die, although they are now only technically alive.”
The Bell: An exclusive interview with the scientist who developed 'Novichok'
https://thebell.io/en/the-scientist-who-developed-novichok-doses-ranged-from-20-grams-to-several-kilos/
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/against-advice-trump-congratulates-putin-on-sham-election-win-wapo-1190933059810 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgyQyx-vl40 [with comments]
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'Incendiary device' triggers alarm amid Austin bomb anxiety
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/20/18
Gabe Gutierrez, NBC News correspondent, reports the latest details from Austin where an incendiary device at a Goodwill store caused concern that another bomb had exploded in a disturbing, developing series.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-incendiary-device-triggers-alarm-amid-austin-bomb-anxiety-1190893123548
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Warner: 'A lot more stories to be told' from Cambridge Analytica
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/20/18
Senator Mark Warner, top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the new revelations regarding Cambridge Analytica and its work for the Donald Trump campaign.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/warner-a-lot-more-stories-to-be-told-from-cambridge-analytica-1190939203567
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Senate intel moves to secure elections despite Trump indifference
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/20/18
Senator Mark Warner, top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the bipartisan effort in the Senate to establish basic defenses against further Russian intrusion into U.S. elections.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/senate-intel-moves-to-secure-elections-despite-trump-indifference-1190948419604
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James Comey visits The Rachel Maddow Show on Thursday April 19th
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/20/18
Rachel Maddow alerts viewers that former FBI Director James Comey will be a guest on The Rachel Maddow Show on Thursday, April 19th at 9pm ET.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/james-comey-visits-the-rachel-maddow-show-on-thursday-april-19th-1190957635704
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Some Republicans talk impeachment if Trump fires Mueller
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
3/20/18
GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jeff Flake say it would be a constitutional crisis and impeachment could follow if Trump fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Will other Republicans follow? Ari Melber talks to Jennifer Rubin and Ezra Klein.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/some-republicans-talk-impeachment-if-trump-fires-mueller-1190942275793 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNmwAFHdVNU [with comments]
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Stormy attorney: Trump team 'stepped into every trap we've laid'
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
3/20/18
Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti says Donald Trump's lawyers "have stepped into every trap we have laid" and calls their strategy "tic-tac-toe" compared to their team's game of chess. Joyce Vance and Matt Miller react to the latest Trump legal troubles.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/stormy-attorney-trump-team-stepped-into-every-trap-we-ve-laid-1190942275818 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfwFzVFGqMk [with comments]
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Fmr. FBI Special Agent: Vladimir Putin Owns the President
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/21/18
As the Washington Post reports, President Trump went against his advisers' advice in congratulating Vladimir Putin. Former Ambassador Mike McFaul, Washington Post reporter Ashley Parker, former FBI Special Agent Clint Watts and former Undersecretary of State Rick Stengel weigh in on the Trump-Putin relationship.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/fmr-fbi-special-agent-vladimir-putin-owns-the-president-1191007299939
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Republicans Start Talking Impeachment
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/21/18
A GOP warning to President Trump about impeachment, should he bring an end to the Mueller investigation. Plus, the top Republican attorney who turned down an invitation to join the Trump legal team. The Washington Post's Robert Costa and the New York Times' Jeremy Peters share their latest reporting.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/republicans-start-talking-impeachment-1191010883810 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UW1FQH5IkM [with comments]
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Puerto Rico Still Struggling 6 Months after Maria Hit
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/21/18
Six months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, parts of the island are still without power and water, as the people living there embody the definition of resiliency.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/puerto-rico-still-struggling-6-months-after-maria-hit-1191011395969
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Press Conference On Sixth Explosion In Texas At Austin Goodwill
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The Alex Jones Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5cTO8hKpWg [with comments]
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Trump Takes on the Opioid Crisis | The Daily Show
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]
Donald Trump announces his plans to combat the opioid crisis, including instituting the death penalty for drug traffickers and creating commercials to deter kids from using drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWCrc3MwXPI [with comments]
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Third Month Mania - The Bullshit that Moved On to Round Two | The Daily Show
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Roy Wood Jr. and Michael Kosta break down round two of the Bracket of Bullshit, from Trump's Puerto Rico response to the Fyre Festival fiasco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6U0L5ajsvI [with comments]
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Cars Don't Drive Themselves - Between the Scenes | The Daily Show
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Trevor wonders why self-driving cars, not their human technicians, get blamed for mishaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yT6juxc5xg [with comments]
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Redpilled: The Storm - The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper
Published on Mar 20, 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 ]
Kobi Libii examines an explosive online conspiracy surrounding Robert Mueller's Russia probe, and discusses America's obsession with fringe theories with author Kurt Andersen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSAxcQ5VL5c [with comments]
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Tom From Myspace Says Leave Facebook
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig/videos ]
With Facebook's stock value dropping $37 billion, one former social media magnate sees an opportunity for resurgence.
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvFuF-SE1V4 [with comments]
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Silent Amid Facebook's Privacy Scandal
Published on Mar 20, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Faced with the prospect of users deleting their Facebook apps over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg issued a powerful statement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyKivZT2wig [with comments]
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Trump Shuffles His Legal Counsel To Fend Off Mueller
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Donald Trump has assembled an 'A Team' to take on Special Counsel Robert Mueller. And this definition of 'A Team' means... it's 'a team.'
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo9ExghnDhA [with comments]
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Trump Congratulates Putin For Electing Himself
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Donald Trump used his 'Phone-a-Friend' to congratulate Vladimir Putin on winning a fixed election in Russia.
[originally aired March 20, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oVZjlSPFQU [with comments]
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The Check In: U.S. Cybersecurity
Published on Mar 20, 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 break from breaking news to check in on the United States' cybersecurity and how worried the country should be about a foreign power meddling in its elections again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwr6hRxMoGM [with comments]
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John Oliver on His Children's Book About VP Pence’s Gay Bunny, Marlon Bundo
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by Late Night with Seth Meyers
John Oliver talks about the results of Russia's election, the unexpected success of his children's book about Mike Pence's gay bunny, Marlon Bundo, and tackling cryptocurrencies on Last Week Tonight.
[from the late-night March 20, 2018 show]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5mFxEFxWrM [with comments]
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Exclusive: Aftermath Of Austin Bomber After He Blew Himself Up
Published on Mar 21, 2018 by The Alex Jones Channel
Exclusive footage of Authorities on site of where the Austin Bomber blew himself up.
[from the early morning hours of March 21, 2018]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe1cTXvwKpM [with comments]
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stashed March 20, 2018:
Trump's Confidence Game
After a year of uncertainty and unhappiness, the president is reportedly feeling more comfortable—but has he really mastered the job?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/trumps-confidence-game/555926/
It’s not your imagination. Trump is getting worse.
By Eugene Robinson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-not-your-imagination-trump-is-getting-worse/2018/03/19/36acac5e-2bac-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html
If Trump fires Mueller, Republicans will be, like, really disappointed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2018/03/19/if-trump-fires-mueller-republicans-will-be-like-really-disappointed/
Republicans tell Trump: Lay off Mueller _ but they don’t act
https://www.apnews.com/04edb1a7205e4e09a316d8ae7d73b05e
The Wrong People Are Criticizing Donald Trump
Editorial
Seeing someone stand up to a bully is cathartic. That feeling is magnified when the bully is the president of the United States and his abusive behavior cries out for a response from honorable people.
The problem is that a vast majority of the people in the best position to put weight behind such a response, Republicans in Congress, have kept silent.
[...]
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/opinion/trump-mccabe-republicans.html
GOP leaders back second special counsel
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/379228-gop-leaders-back-second-special-counsel
Mueller’s Interest in Obstruction Is Probably Just the Tip of the Iceberg
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/muellers-obstruction-focus-is-likely-the-tip-of-the-iceberg.html
Trump Hires Lawyer Who Has Pushed Theory That Justice Dept. Framed the President - Joseph E. diGenova
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/us/politics/joseph-digenova-trump-lawyer.html
Trump shakes up team of lawyers as legal threats mount
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-shakes-up-team-of-lawyers-as-legal-threats-mount/2018/03/19/fad71bb0-2ba1-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html
Why Congress Must Act Now to Protect Robert Mueller
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-congress-must-act-now-to-protect-robert-mueller
Fact Check: Trump wrong on Russia collusion question
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-russia-collusion-fact-check-wrong-on-collusion-claim/
Mueller pens Trump in as he [Trump] slips restraints elsewhere
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/politics/donald-trump-robert-mueller-lawyer/index.html
McCabe firing: Trump's 'great day for democracy' smacks of dictatorship
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/18/opinions/trump-mccabe-firing-loyalty-opinion-obeidallah/index.html
Hey, Melania Trump, here’s how you could actually help stop cyberbullying
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/03/19/hey-melania-trump-heres-how-you-could-actually-help-stop-cyberbullying/
more:
https://news.google.com/news/story/dJWn-5I1JAK5WaM_Etic0fkGFLBjM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
https://news.google.com/news/story/dIh6iGSZGX8H5gMsDpw1RrrSvOQ9M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
U.K. Seeks Search Warrant On Cambridge Analytica; CEO Seen In Hidden Camera Report
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/20/595124809/u-k-seeks-search-warrant-on-cambridge-analytica-ceo-seen-in-hidden-camera-report
All the times Cambridge Analytica gave brazenly contradictory accounts of its murky work on Brexit
The Facebook data scandal has all-but confirmed Cambridge Analytica's shadowy role in the US election, but its involvement in Brexit is even more murky.
The company repeatedly claimed it worked with Leave.EU, only to later completely deny any collaboration with Nigel Farage's Brexit campaign group.
Leave.EU executives have also contradicted themselves on the role Cambridge Analytica played in helping it influence voters in Britain.
http://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-has-contradicted-itself-on-its-work-for-leaveeu-2018-3
Facebook’s rules for accessing user data lured more than just Cambridge Analytica
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/facebooks-rules-for-accessing-user-data-lured-more-than-just-cambridge-analytica/2018/03/19/31f6979c-658e-43d6-a71f-afdd8bf1308b_story.html
How Facebook likes could profile voters for manipulation
https://apnews.com/d9f09ec7b1864edd8c04bb7535c14643/Facebook-data-whistleblower:-%27fake-news-to-the-next-level%27
Cambridge Analytica: Undercover Secrets of Trump's Data Firm
Channel 4 News
An investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran ‘all’ of President Trump’s digital campaign - and may have broken election law. Executives were secretly filmed saying they leave ‘no paper trail’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy-9iciNF1A
Data, Democracy and Dirty Tricks: Cambridge Analytica Uncovered
A five-part exposé into Cambridge Analytica – the British data firm linked
[...]
Part three: The Trump campaign ( https://youtu.be/cy-9iciNF1A )
The undercover investigation reveals how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran ‘all’ of President Trump’s digital campaign – and may have broken election law. Executives were secretly filmed saying they leave ‘no paper trail’. And, as the report went on air, the firm announced it has suspended chief executive Alexander Nix, pending a full investigation.
[...]
https://www.channel4.com/news/data-democracy-and-dirty-tricks-cambridge-analytica-uncovered-investigation-expose
Exposed: Undercover secrets of Trump’s data firm ( https://youtu.be/cy-9iciNF1A )
An investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran ‘all’ of President Trump’s digital campaign – and may have broken election law. As the report went on air, the firm announced it has suspended chief executive Alexander Nix, pending a full investigation.
https://www.channel4.com/news/exposed-undercover-secrets-of-donald-trump-data-firm-cambridge-analytica
Cambridge Analytica Execs Caught Discussing Extortion and Fake News
https://www.wired.com/story/cambridge-analytica-execs-caught-discussing-extortion-and-fake-news/
A new undercover video raises significant questions about Cambridge Analytica’s elections work
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/03/20/a-new-undercover-video-raises-significant-questions-about-cambridge-analyticas-elections-work/
Exclusive: Alexander Nix - BBC Newsnight
BBC Newsnight
Before he was suspended, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix spoke exclusively to Newsnight to respond to accusations of a vast Facebook data breach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTEJuLY1pW0
Facebook Owes You More Than This
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-privacy-transparency-cambridge-analytica/
Facebook in the Age of the Big Tech Whistleblower
https://www.wired.com/story/whistleblowers-on-cambridge-analytica-and-the-question-of-big-data/
The Problem Isn't Cambridge Analytica: It's Facebook - bullshit - it's both
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2018/03/19/the-problem-isnt-cambridge-analytica-its-facebook/
‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower
For more than a year we’ve been investigating Cambridge Analytica and its links to the Brexit Leave campaign in the UK and Team Trump in the US presidential election. Now, 28-year-old Christopher Wylie goes on the record to discuss his role in hijacking the profiles of millions of Facebook users in order to target the US electorate.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/data-war-whistleblower-christopher-wylie-faceook-nix-bannon-trump
The Cambridge Analytica Files
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/cambridge-analytica-files
Christopher Wylie: The Whistleblower Who Exposed Cambridge Analytica's Facebook Scam (HBO)
VICE News
Mar 19, 2018
LONDON - Christopher Wylie played a big role in building one of the most effective political weapons of the digital age. Now he’s trying to make amends.
The 28-year-old London-based Canadian is defying a non-disclosure agreement to blow the whistle on his former employer Cambridge Analytica, the controversial political analytics firm known for its work on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in the U.S. and Uhuru Kenyatta’s in Kenya. He says the U.K.-based company, which he helped found in 2013, has built a powerful software program to predict and influence the choices of voters by using data harvested from 50 million leaked Facebook profiles.
The data was collected by an app called thisisyourdigitallife, owned by the Cambridge-based academic Aleksandr Kogan, which was downloaded by about 270,000 people. Users were paid to take a personality test, which they were told would be used for academic research. They might not have known that it also harvested information on their Facebook friends, creating a vast data set that was ultimately sold by Kogan to Cambridge Analytica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yPvRaKQikE [included in the post to which this is a reply]
Face-To-Face With Cambridge Analytica's Elusive Alexander Nix
https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/03/20/face-to-face-with-cambridge-analytica-alexander-nix-facebook-trump/
Why Zuckerberg needs to testify before Congress
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/19/opinions/congress-must-act-on-facebook-cambridge-analytica-alaimo/index.html
Top Russia probe Republican: 'No intention' of calling Cambridge Analytica officials back - Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas)
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/379239-top-russia-probe-republican-no-intention-of-asking-cambridge
Trump’s High-Tech Dirty Tricksters
By Michelle Goldberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/opinion/trump-cambridge-analytica-facebook.html
Cambridge Analytica: The story so far
It's a sensational story containing allegations of sleaze, psychological manipulation and data misuse that has provoked an internationally furious response.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43465968
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/damdBgyvRbOps3M6BhJONikM4NKBM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Alex Stamos, Facebook Data Security Chief, To Leave Amid Outcry
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/facebook-alex-stamos.html
Despite the rumors, I'm still fully engaged with my work at Facebook. It's true that my role did change. I'm currently spending more time exploring emerging security risks and working on election security.
https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/975875310896914433
The Facebook exec who helped hunt down Russia’s political ads is leaving the company
Alex Stamos is out.
https://www.recode.net/2018/3/19/17141012/facebook-alex-stamos-departs-russia-fake-news
Facebook’s security chief is leaving after clash over Russian misinformation
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/19/17140962/facebook-chief-security-officer-leaving-alex-stamos
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dHxM8gH0JJkd43MpOvaXB95Xj8_8M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
What Hope Hicks Knows
The departure of the Trump whisperer has left the White House in even deeper chaos. Which surely pleases some outsiders angling to get back in.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/what-hope-hicks-learned-in-washington.html
We just got our latest hint that Hope Hicks has a detailed diary — and that could be of interest to investigators
The top presidential aide Hope Hicks listed pros and cons of her resignation from the White House in her notebook, New York magazine reported [item just above].
That detail is the latest indication that Hicks' records of her time in the White House and her relationship with President Donald Trump may be of interest to the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 US election.
Hicks is said to have refused to answer some questions during her testimony before the House Intelligence Committee last month, prompting some lawmakers to press investigators to subpoena her.
http://www.businessinsider.com/does-hope-hicks-have-a-diary-trump-2018-3
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/djKBNYFLifybsBMt5smQom1tV6tMM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Quick challenge for Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban - AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mississippi-imposes-15-week-abortion-ban-nations-toughest/2018/03/19/0f21fd9e-2bdc-11e8-8dc9-3b51e028b845_story.html
original https://www.apnews.com/8b2ef41e34ed469a97ff84c27f9f2649/Quick-challenge-for-Mississippi's-15-week-abortion-ban
Mississippi Has the Highest Infant Mortality Rate and Is Expected to Pass the Nation's Strictest Abortion Bill
http://www.newsweek.com/mississippi-abortion-bill-strictest-infant-child-health-851178
Mississippi Governor Signs Nation's Toughest Abortion Ban Into Law
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/19/595045249/mississippi-governor-signs-nations-toughest-abortion-ban-into-law
Mississippi Bans Abortions After 15 Weeks; Opponents Swiftly Sue
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/us/mississippi-abortion-ban.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dC9ZuVWk3eGd00M0fwjUTT_qohs2M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
French Ex-President Questioned On Claims He Took Funds From Gadhafi
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/20/595129997/ex-french-president-questioned-on-claims-he-took-campaign-funds-from-gadhafi
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Is Detained in Campaign Financing Probe
Investigation centers on payments that authorities suspect Moammar Gadhafi may have made to Sarkozy’s 2007 campaign
https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-is-detained-in-campaign-financing-probe-1521541889
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/drFw6pvxMAOBqVM8qIFCH0n8IF6DM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Senate, Trump clash over Saudi Arabia
http://thehill.com/policy/international/379224-senate-trump-clash-over-saudi-arabia
Yemen is a humanitarian nightmare. But the U.S. is resisting calls to end its role in the war.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/yemen-is-a-humanitarian-nightmare-but-the-us-is-resisting-calls-to-end-its-role-in-the-war/2018/03/19/5c8c3bd2-294b-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/di3CT0CdQXP9jDM3u6opM00gX46AM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Parkland shooting suspect’s brother skateboarded through the campus to ‘soak it in,’ police say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/19/brother-of-parkland-school-shooter-trespassed-onto-marjory-stoneman-douglas-to-soak-it-in-police-say/
Students react after Nikolas Cruz's brother arrested, accused of trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-zachary-cruz-trespass-arrest-20180319-story.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dX-O5K2d52TxYjMUDCBD-f2jbW7fM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Package believed bound for Austin explodes at Texas FedEx facility, police say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/20/package-believed-to-be-bound-for-austin-explodes-at-texas-fedex-facility-police-say/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dCaAHPTurgi23GMt-bM5EjRZydU9M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Maryland High School On Lockdown Following Shooting
The threat is “contained,” tweeted St. Mary’s County Public Schools.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/maryland-high-school-shooting_us_5ab10296e4b00549ac7f3ff6
Congress Races Against Time To Avoid Yet Another Shutdown
Lawmakers are reportedly scrapping several controversial riders in an effort to pass a massive bill to fund the government.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/omnibus-spending-bill-congress-deadline-shutdown_us_5ab0af88e4b00549ac7e97d4
New York Gov. Cuomo Orders Investigation Into Why DA Never Prosecuted Harvey Weinstein
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is under fire for never filing charges against the disgraced Hollywood mogul, despite evidence pointing to assault.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cuomo-investigation-cyrus-vance-weinstein_us_5ab0cbb3e4b0e862383af876
New York City Council Launches Probe Into Kushner Company’s False Tenant Records
State attorney general is also talking to tenants.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-york-city-kusher-companies-tenant-records_us_5ab05018e4b00549ac7e6786
The Facebook Scandal Deepens
As its stock value drops.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-facebook-scandal-deepens_us_5ab0ee10e4b00549ac7f1283
Ivanka Trump Called Out For ‘Cosplaying’ As A Scientist In Latest Weird Photo Op
The first daughter’s lab pic is already a new meme.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-scientist-meme_us_5ab09c3ce4b0e862383abad5
John Oliver Wants Your Help Telling Mike Pence To ‘Go F**k Himself’ ( https://youtu.be/rs2RlZQVXBU [included at https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=140051041 , two posts back])
“Last Week Tonight” gives the Pence family’s new bunny book a gay makeover.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-oliver-mike-pence-bundo-book_us_5aaf3ac3e4b0337adf8520a7
Gay Bunny Book Outsells Pence Family’s Bunny Book
John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” team beats Mike Pence in battle of the Bundo bunnies.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-oliver-bunny-book-sales_us_5ab0676be4b0e862383aa9c2
That Tweet About An ‘Intimate’ Trump Pic [dick pic Stormy Daniels supposedly has] Is Horrifying, And It’s Thankfully Fake
Phew.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pics-fake-news_us_5ab076d6e4b00549ac7e77e1
Feminists Demand Paris Sex Doll Brothel Be Shut For Fueling Rape Fantasies
“Westworld” prequel?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/debate-over-paris-sex-doll-brothel_us_5ab078b2e4b0697dfe19c4f4
It Matters That A Gay Man Helped Trump Backers Exploit Facebook Data - Christopher Wylie, self-described gay Canadian vegan
By Michelangelo Signorile
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-signorile-christopher-wylie-gay-facebook_us_5aaecb34e4b0c33361b1b2a3
Pimps Hide In Plain Sight In Corporate America’s Boys’ Club
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-stalans-finn-corporate-sex-trade_us_5aac3360e4b05b2217fec64c
U.K. To Investigate Cambridge Analytica, Asks Facebook Auditors To Stand Down
“These investigations need to be undertaken by the proper authorities,” said one Parliament member.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uk-cambridge-analytica-investigation_us_5ab05783e4b00549ac7e68cf
Lawyer Offers To Represent Any Trump Staffer Who Breaks ‘Forever’ Nondisclosure Pacts
“It’s an unconstitutional prohibition on 1st Amendment rights,” attorney Mark Zaid argues.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-zaid-trump-nondisclosure-pacts_us_5ab0380be4b00549ac7e5e2f
This New Dating Trend Is Even Worse Than Ghosting
Mosting is like ghosting, but on steroids.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-new-dating-trend-is-even-worse-than-ghosting_us_5aabfcf6e4b05b2217fe8495
Behind Millions Of Dollars Raised By Parkland Students, An Adult Board Of Directors
Students may be the face of the new gun violence prevention movement, but there are also adults working behind the scenes.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/march-for-our-lives-action-fund_us_5ab02dbbe4b0697dfe19a488
Muslim Women Forced To Remove Hijab For Mugshots File Civil Rights Lawsuit
When New York police took a photo of her without a headscarf, plaintiff Jamilla Clark said, “I felt as if I were naked.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/muslim-women-hijab-nypd-mugshots-lawsuit_us_5aafe91ce4b0e862383a206b
Tessa Thompson Can’t Get Enough Of A Hilarious Meme Comparing Her To Goats
“Bless the human who did this.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tessa-thompson-goats-twitter-feed_us_5ab0e32fe4b00549ac7efc2c
John Kelly Sure Seems Like A Jerk
He’s humiliated a Cabinet official, lied about a congresswoman and lamented the lack of “compromise” in the Civil War.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-kelly-jerk_us_5ab009a8e4b00549ac7e31ec
Bernie Sanders’ Economic Inequality Town Hall Draws 1.7 Million Live Viewers
The Vermont senator is using his reach to try to shape a national progressive narrative.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-economic-inequality-town-hall-million-viewers_us_5ab08fb6e4b0e862383ab6b4
Helicopter Carrying Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Experienced Engine Failure Last Week
The chopper, which was on its way to New York City, returned safely to Washington.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-helicopter-engine-failure_us_5ab00473e4b00549ac7e29b6
Polish Women Protest Catholic Bishops’ Intervention In Abortion Debate
Hundreds gathered this weekend to oppose a law that would further restrict reproductive rights in Poland.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/polish-women-abortion-protest-catholic-bishops_us_5ab00be5e4b00549ac7e3525
Where Is Mark Zuckerberg?
As regulators and chaos circle the company following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook's leader has gone absent without leave.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/where-is-mark-zuckerberg/556049/
Cambridge Analytica: Facebook row firm boss suspended
Cambridge Analytica, the firm involved in a row over its use of Facebook data, has suspended its boss Alexander Nix.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43480048
3 states open investigations into Cambridge Analytica, Facebook
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/facebook-under-fire-the-latest-on-cambridge-analytica-scandal-live-updates/
Cambridge Analytica's Brazilian Partner Announces Split As Scandal Grows
The Brazilian company — which partnered with Cambridge Analytica in 2017 — denied having knowledge of illegal conduct by the British firm.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mauroalbano/cambridge-analytica-brazil-suspend-partnership
Facebook’s Identity Crisis Looms
The company’s core business continues to prove vulnerable to exploitation by spammers and bad actors; meanwhile our personal data remains at risk
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-identity-crisis-looms-1521579929
Facebook’s Lax Data Policies Led to Cambridge Analytica Crisis
Social-media giant’s loose policing of app developers went on for years
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-lax-data-policies-led-to-cambridge-analytica-crisis-1521590720
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dpI_EZFtoXRZmlMrRZIX3eatXUnpM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
An "Ashamed" Fox News Commentator Just Quit The "Propaganda Machine"
"Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association," Col. Ralph Peters wrote in an email to colleagues. "Now I am ashamed."
https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomnamako/ralph-peters
Fox News Analyst Quits, Calling Network a ‘Propaganda Machine’
A longtime analyst for Fox News is leaving the network, saying that he could not “in good conscience” remain with an organization that, he argued, “is now wittingly harming our system of government for profit.”
In a searing farewell note sent to colleagues on Tuesday, Ralph Peters, a Fox News strategic analyst and a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, castigated the network for its coverage of President Trump and the rhetoric of its prime-time hosts.
“In my view, Fox has degenerated from providing a legitimate and much-needed outlet for conservative voices to a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration,” Colonel Peters wrote in his message, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times.
“Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association,” he added. “Now I am ashamed.”
Without citing them by name, Colonel Peters, 65, wrote that Fox News’s prime-time anchors “dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the F.B.I., the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller.”
“I cannot be part of the same organization, even at a remove,” he wrote.
Fox News responded on Tuesday by saying it was “extremely proud of our top-rated prime-time hosts and all of our opinion programming.”
“Ralph Peters is entitled to his opinion despite the fact that he’s choosing to use it as a weapon in order to gain attention,” the network said in a statement.
Colonel Peters, who appeared regularly on Fox News and the Fox Business Network — including as recently as Monday morning — spent more than two decades in the Army, eventually specializing in Russian intelligence. He began appearing as a television commentator in the late 1990s, and signed an exclusive contract with Fox in 2008.
Typically hawkish in his views, Colonel Peters supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and was a strong proponent of confronting President Vladimir Putin of Russia. He was a fervent critic of former President Barack Obama, deriding his foreign policy as weak, and was briefly suspended by the network in 2015 after using a vulgarity to describe Mr. Obama during an appearance on Fox Business.
[...]
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/business/media/fox-news-analyst-ralph-peters.html
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dXhkv_nY9g-KEOMWbSm8ECG7RRS1M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Trump Congratulates Putin on Re-Election, but Fails to Mention Meddling in U.S.
WASHINGTON — President Trump called on Tuesday to congratulate President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on his re-election, but did not raise with him the lopsided nature of his victory, Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election or Moscow’s role in a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter living in Britain.
Instead, Mr. Trump kept the focus of the call on what the White House said were “shared interests” — among them, North Korea and Ukraine — overruling his national security advisers, who counseled him to condemn Russia for the nerve-agent attack.
“We had a very good call,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, where he had just welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. “We will probably be meeting in the not-too-distant future.”
The president’s upbeat characterization came five days after his administration imposed sanctions on Russia for its interference in the election and for other “malicious cyberattacks,” the most significant action it has taken against Moscow since Mr. Trump took office. The United States also joined Britain, France and Germany in denouncing the Russian government for violating international law for the attack on the spy, Sergei V. Skripal, and his daughter Yulia.
Both actions highlighted a contradiction at the heart of the Trump presidency: the administration’s steadily tougher stance toward Russia and Mr. Trump’s own stubborn reluctance to criticize Mr. Putin.
Mr. Trump, a senior official said, signed off on the sanctions and the harsh language in the administration’s statements. But he was determined not to antagonize Mr. Putin, this person said, because he believes his leader-to-leader rapport is the only way to improve relations between the two countries.
That strategy has put Mr. Trump at odds with his own advisers: in preparing the president for the call, one aide wrote on his briefing materials, “DO NOT CONGRATULATE.” The Washington Post first reported this detail, which a White House official confirmed.
The White House also insisted that it was not the place of the United States to question how other countries conduct their elections — a contention that is at odds with years of critical statements about foreign elections by the United States, as well as recent statements by the Trump administration about elections in Venezuela and Iran.
“What we do know is that Putin has been elected in their country, and that’s not something we can dictate to them how they operate,” said the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “We can only focus on the freeness and fairness of our elections, something we 100 percent fully support.”
Echoing the president, she went on to rail against the investigation of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, into links between the Trump campaign and Russia.
“To pretend like going through this absurd process for over a year would not bring frustration seems a little bit ridiculous,” she said.
Ms. Sanders noted that other foreign leaders, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, of Germany, had called Mr. Putin. Ms. Merkel’s office released a terse account of their call, saying she had told the Russian president, “Today, it is more important than ever to continue the dialogue with one another and to foster relations between our states and peoples.”
Republican lawmakers, even those who have resisted criticizing Mr. Trump, faulted him for congratulating Mr. Putin.
“When I look at a Russian election, what I see is a lack of credibility in tallying the results,” said the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. “Calling him wouldn’t have been high on my list.”
Senator John McCain of Arizona, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was harsher.
“An American president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections,” he said in a statement. “And by doing so with Vladimir Putin, President Trump insulted every Russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in a free and fair election to determine their country’s future, including the countless Russian patriots who have risked so much to protest and resist Putin’s regime.”
In fact, both Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush called to congratulate Mr. Putin after previous election victories.
In Mr. Obama’s case, said Michael A. McFaul, who served as ambassador to Moscow during the Obama administration, there was lively internal debate about whether, and when, the president should make that call. Mr. Obama waited several days after Mr. Putin’s election in March 2012 before calling.
After that election, the State Department issued a statement in which it said, “The United States congratulates the Russian people on the completion of the presidential elections, and looks forward to working with the president-elect after the results are certified and he is sworn in.”
The language, Mr. McFaul said, was carefully chosen to applaud the Russian people for voting without praising Mr. Putin for winning. The statement also noted the reservations of outside observers about the “partisan use of government resources, and procedural irregularities on Election Day,” though it credited the Russian authorities for reforms after a widely criticized parliamentary election the previous December.
The parliamentary election drew condemnation from Hillary Clinton, then the secretary of state, who said the Russian people, “like people everywhere, deserve the right to have their voices heard and their votes counted.” Her statement planted the seeds for the antipathy between her and Mr. Putin, who accused her of fomenting unrest in Russia.
This time, Mr. Putin prevailed with more than 76 percent of the vote. International observers said Russian electoral authorities counted the votes efficiently, but that several other factors prevented the contest from being fair.
“Restrictions on the fundamental freedoms of assembly, association and expression, as well as on candidate registration, have limited the space for political engagement and resulted in a lack of genuine competition,” observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said in a report.
During their call on Tuesday, a senior official said, Mr. Trump told Mr. Putin he had been concerned by a recent speech in which Mr. Putin talked about Russia developing an “invincible” intercontinental cruise missile and a nuclear torpedo that could outsmart all American defenses.
Mr. Putin’s presentation included animated videos depicting multiple warheads aimed at Florida, where the president often stays at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Mr. Trump raised the nuclear threat in calls with Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain, President Emmanuel Macron of France and Ms. Merkel.
More recently, however, Mr. Trump noted that Mr. Putin had taken a more moderate tone, talking about the need to de-escalate the nuclear arms race between Russia and the United States.
Mr. Trump, this official said, told Mr. Putin that he welcomed the shift in tone. But Mr. Trump reminded Mr. Putin that his administration was spending $700 billion to upgrade the American military, and that the United States would win any arms race between the two.
“We will never allow anybody to have anything even close to what we have,” Mr. Trump told reporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/politics/trump-putin-russia.html
Trump’s national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin. He did it anyway.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-national-security-advisers-warned-him-not-to-congratulate-putin-he-did-it-anyway/2018/03/20/22738ebc-2c68-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+putin
Star GOP lawyer Theodore B. Olson declines offer to join Trump legal team
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-legal-team-seeks-to-add-gravitas-with-offer-to-star-gop-attorney-theodore-b-olson/2018/03/20/571f1e46-2c41-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html
Flake warns Trump of impeachment ‘remedy’ if Mueller probe is halted
Sen. Jeff Flake, one of President Trump’s most prominent Senate critics, told The Washington Post in an interview Tuesday that he would support impeachment proceedings against Trump if the president ends special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election “without cause.”
“We’re begging him: ‘Don’t go down this road. Don’t create a constitutional crisis. Don’t force the Congress to take the only remedy that Congress can take,’ ” said Flake (R-Ariz.). “To remind the president of that is the best way to keep him from going down that road. To fire Mueller without cause, I don’t know if there is any other remedy left to the legislative branch.”
Flake compared any possible effort by Trump in the coming weeks to end the Mueller probe to President Richard Nixon’s infamous 1973 firing of the special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal.
“If [Trump] fires [Mueller] without cause, how different is that from what Nixon did with the ‘Saturday Night Massacre’?” Flake asked. “He left before impeachment came, but that was the remedy then and that would be the remedy now.”
Flake — who recently traveled to New Hampshire and is considered a potential Trump challenger in the race for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination — said he was speaking up Tuesday about the prospect of impeachment because Republican warnings have been unsuccessful in holding back Trump’s criticism of Mueller’s probe. Flake expressed alarm over how the president’s attacks on the investigation have seemed to escalate over the past week as the president faces mounting legal and political challenges.
Flake also credited Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) for taking the lead in talking about the possibility of impeachment proceedings — a topic most Republicans are eager to avoid.
Earlier Tuesday, Graham told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that firing Mueller, “if he did it without cause,” would “probably” be an impeachable offense.
Flake said in the interview: “Nobody wants to talk about it. I don’t want to talk about it. As soon as you mention the I-word, that’s all people want to talk about.”
[...]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/20/flake-warns-trump-of-impeachment-remedy-if-mueller-probe-is-halted/
Judge rules defamation case against Trump may proceed
A New York judge said Tuesday that a defamation lawsuit against President Trump related to an allegation that he sexually harassed a former “Apprentice” contestant may go forward.
Summer Zervos filed the suit last year after Trump said publicly during the 2016 presidential campaign that she and other women accusing him of unwanted sexual contact were making up their claims. Trump sought to block the legal action, but New York Supreme Court Judge Jennifer G. Schecter — citing court precedent that ultimately led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998 — said that “a sitting president is not immune from being sued in federal court for unofficial acts.”
The ruling came the same day that Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model, filed a lawsuit on the other side of the country against American Media, owner of the National Enquirer, seeking to be released from a contract she said paid her $150,000 to keep quiet about an alleged affair with Trump.
[...]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/judge-rules-defamation-case-against-trump-may-proceed/2018/03/20/561d1d44-f498-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html
The one new claim in a former Playboy model’s lawsuit that could spell trouble for Trump
There is a lot of old information in a lawsuit that former Playboy model Karen McDougal filed against the National Enquirer's parent company Tuesday, but one new claim stands out and could spell trouble for President Trump.
McDougal, who says she had an affair with Trump more than a decade ago, alleges in the lawsuit that American Media Inc. did not act alone when it bought her silence in 2016 but “worked secretly with Mr. Trump's personal 'fixer.' ”
The “fixer,” according to the lawsuit, is attorney Michael Cohen, the same lawyer who claims to have used his own funds to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels, who also says she had an affair with Trump.
[...]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/20/the-one-new-claim-in-a-former-playboy-models-lawsuit-that-could-spell-trouble-for-trump/
Confederate War Memorial in downtown Dallas must come down - Confederate War Memorial in front of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
Editorial
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2018/03/20/confederate-war-memorial-downtown-dallas-must-come
Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica’s collection of Facebook data, according to former employee
LONDON — Conservative strategist Stephen K. Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica’s early efforts to collect troves of Facebook data as part of an ambitious program to build detailed profiles of millions of American voters, a former employee of the data-science firm said Tuesday.
The 2014 effort was part of a high-tech form of voter persuasion touted by the company, which under Bannon identified and tested the power of anti-establishment messages that later would emerge as central themes in President Trump’s campaign speeches, according to Chris Wylie, who left the company at the end of that year.
Among the messages tested were “drain the swamp” and “deep state,” he said.
Cambridge Analytica, which worked for Trump’s 2016 campaign, is now facing questions about alleged unethical practices, including charges that the firm improperly handled the data of tens of millions of Facebook users. On Tuesday, the company’s board announced that it was suspending its chief executive, Alexander Nix, after British television released secret recordings that appeared to show him talking about entrapping political opponents.
More than three years before he served as Trump’s chief political strategist, Bannon helped launch Cambridge Analytica with the financial backing of the wealthy Mercer family as part of a broader effort to create a populist power base. Earlier this year, the Mercers cut ties with Bannon after he was quoted making incendiary comments about Trump and his family.
In an interview Tuesday with The Washington Post at his lawyer’s London office, Wylie said that Bannon — while he was a top executive at Cambridge Analytica and head of Breitbart News — was deeply involved in the company’s strategy and approved spending nearly $1 million to acquire data, including Facebook profiles, in 2014.
“We had to get Bannon to approve everything at this point. Bannon was Alexander Nix’s boss,” said Wylie, who was Cambridge Analytica’s research director. “Alexander Nix didn’t have the authority to spend that much money without approval.”
Bannon, who served on the company’s board, did not respond to a request for comment. He served as vice president and secretary of Cambridge Analytica from June 2014 to August 2016, when he became chief executive of Trump’s campaign, according to his publicly filed financial disclosure. In 2017, he joined Trump in the White House as his chief strategist.
Bannon received more than $125,000 in consulting fees from Cambridge Analytica in 2016 and owned “membership units” in the company worth between $1 million and $5 million, according to his financial disclosure.
Cambridge Analytica did not respond to a request for comment about Bannon’s role.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bannon-oversaw-cambridge-analyticas-collection-of-facebook-data-according-to-former-employee/2018/03/20/8fb369a6-2c55-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html
more: https://www.google.com/search?q=bannon+cambridge+analytica
Racial gap in heart health down due to declining health of white Americans: Study
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/racial-gap-heart-health-due-declining-health-white/story?id=53860034
study http://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2675356/trends-racial-ethnic-nativity-disparities-cardiovascular-health-among-adults-without
Racial Gap in Heart Health Shrinking As Whites Lose Ground
Biggest shift has been decline in key measures for white Americans young and old
https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/prevention/71861
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dJp7oiCuyjDFplMP5H8AAh5cKe7TM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
New male birth control pill is safe but does it work?
Men who took it gained weight
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-male-birth-control-pill-safe-does-it-work-n858076
Dimethandrolone undecanoate shows promise as a male birth control pill
https://www.endocrine.org/news-room/2018/dimethandrolone-undecanoate-shows-promise-as-a-male-birth-control-pill
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dydEQe9bkM9g8lMjiw3D5ijdpFXEM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Macular degeneration: 'I've been given my sight back'
Doctors have taken a major step towards curing the most common form of blindness in the UK - age-related macular degeneration.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43458365
study http://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4114
Stem cell patch allows word-blind patients to read again
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/19/stem-cell-patch-allows-patients-read/
Patients regain sight after groundbreaking trial
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5519117/Patients-regain-sight-groundbreaking-trial.html
Doctors hope for blindness cure after restoring patients' sight
Treatment for common cause of blindness could be available within five years, scientists say
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/19/doctors-hope-for-blindness-cure-after-restoring-patients-sight
Stem Cells Treat Macular Degeneration
Researchers helped develop a specially engineered retinal patch to treat people with sudden, severe sight loss
http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2018/018812/stem-cells-treat-macular-degeneration
‘Ground-breaking’ UK trial could lead to off-the-shelf stem cell treatment for wet AMD within five years
An 86-year-old Croydon man is able to read the newspaper and help his wife with the gardening again after he received a pioneering therapy
https://www.aop.org.uk/ot/science-and-vision/research/2018/03/20/ground-breaking-uk-trial-could-lead-to-off-the-shelf-stem-cell-treatment-for-wet-amd
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dsetgb6HrIFtQNMh3GPbY0WH06aRM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino, has died, putting his species on the brink of extinction
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/20/sudan-the-worlds-last-male-northern-white-rhino-has-died-putting-his-species-on-the-brink-of-extinction/
The Last Male Northern White Rhino In The World Has Died
The death of Sudan leaves his daughter and granddaughter as the only northern white rhinos alive anywhere in the world.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewchampion/last-northern-white-rhino-dies-sudan
World's last male northern white rhino dies
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/africa/last-male-white-rhino-dies-intl/index.html
We failed you, Kenyans online apologise posthumously to Sudan
https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/we-failed-you-kenyans-online-apologise-to-sudan/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dQosmh-UldEL1aMKwKDA_PhQXAakM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Don't Get Neil Tyson Started on Water Towers
StarTalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAn5xYpbVR8
The first SpaceX BFR should make orbital launches by 2020
(ElnMusk Answers Your Questions! - SXSW 2018 https://youtu.be/kzlUyrccbos ,
SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System https://youtu.be/0qo78R_yYFA ,
SpaceX BFR Launch & Landing https://youtu.be/eomhvZ9ooeI ,
SpaceX BFR Mars Landing https://youtu.be/9SCvenRvUVs )
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-spacex-bfr-orbital.html
SpaceX rival United Launch Alliance stakes future on new Vulcan rocket
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-united-launch-alliance-pentagon-contracts-vulcan-rocket/
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dTE1hl-KxcEa_LMLaRaG4eQG8Lr7M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
Japanese basket pattern inspires new material - quantum computing
Researchers have produced a metal with exotic electrical properties by mimicking a pattern from Japanese basket-weaving.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43461939
study http://www.nature.com/articles/nature25987
Physicists Discover New Quantum Electronic Material
https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2018/03/physicists-discover-new-quantum-electronic-material
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/daxIT4BKZhl3sNMlPmSi2x4lVD_WM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
and a couple miscellaneous
Machine learning spots treasure trove of elusive viruses
Artificial intelligence could speed up metagenomic studies that look for species unknown to science.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03358-3
‘Grand unifying theory of maths’ nets Abel Prize
Robert Langlands’ ideas unearthed connections within mathematics that have helped to solve centuries-old problems and aided researchers in disparate fields.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03423-x
US kids’ doodles of scientists reveal changing gender stereotypes
Experiments that ask children to draw a researcher show a greater proportion of women in sketches over time.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03346-7
Did Stephen Hawking Become a Christian After a Blessing From Pope Francis? - tie https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=63306014 , https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=97287110 - and (Einstein) https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=30820541
A disreputable Facebook page engages in a time-honored ritual — the phony deathbed conversion of a prominent unbeliever.
FALSE
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stephen-hawking-pope-francis/
Michio Kaku: The Quest That Hawking Pioneered
http://fortune.com/2018/03/19/michio-kaku-stephen-hawking/
What You Need to Know About Stephen Hawking’s Final Physics Paper
https://gizmodo.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-stephen-hawking-s-final-phy-1823897314
more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dc1jmnyXfSQ75FMTC3V4mbeBID7kM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
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