Joy Reid and her guests, including [Malcolm Nance and] director and activist Rob Reiner, point out the flawed arguments from Trump and his camp as they try to pin the Mike Flynn scandal on the Obama administration. Duration: 11:16
Ivanka Trump claims that supporting women is her central issue, but Joy Reid and her guests highlight her silence as her father dismantles programs benefiting women. Duration: 8:37
Joy Reid and her guests discuss the millions of people who have participated in world-wide protests for weeks against Trump as he marks the 100th day of his presidency. Duration: 0:31
Would Obamacare repeal create “Jim Crow for healthcare”?
AM Joy 4/29/17
Rep. Joe Kennedy, III joins Joy Reid on the “moral obligation” to provide healthcare for all, as guest Jimmy Williams explains how certain GOP recommendations for the ACA repeal could create state-by-state variations in healthcare access. Duration: 10:29
On his 100th day in office, President Donald Trump discusses his new role with CBS News' John Dickerson in an interview at the White House.
FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Donald Trump's interview with "Face the Nation" April 30, 2017 On his 100th day in office Saturday, President Trump spoke to CBS News' chief Washington correspondent and host of "Face the Nation," John Dickerson, about his accomplishments at the traditional milestone and beyond, before flying to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to give a speech at a rally. What follows is a full transcript of the interview, which aired on CBS earlier Sunday. Additional coverage of the interview will air Monday on "CBS This Morning [the full additional portion of the interview and a related segment next below; a number of additional related segments available at/via https://www.youtube.com/user/CBSThisMorning/videos ]," broadcasting live from the White House. [...] http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-interview-full-transcript-face-the-nation/ [with embedded video]
Trump says China could have hacked Democratic emails May 1, 2017 President Donald Trump said China may have hacked the emails of Democratic officials to meddle with the 2016 presidential election, countering the view of U.S. intelligence officials who have said Moscow orchestrated the hacks. In an interview transcript published on Sunday, Trump gave no evidence backing his allegation, first made on the eve of the Nov. 8 presidential election, that China could have hacked the emails of his rivals. "If you don't catch a hacker, okay, in the act, it's very hard to say who did the hacking," the president said in an interview with CBS "Face the Nation." "(It) could have been China, could have been a lot of different groups." The hackers roiled the presidential campaign by making public embarrassing emails sent by Democratic operatives and aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. One email showed party leaders favoring Clinton over her rival in the campaign for the party's internal nomination contest. Trump has been dismissive of the statements by intelligence officials that Moscow hacked the emails to help Trump win the election. During the Sept 26 presidential debate with Clinton, Trump said China was one of many actors that could have been behind the hack, including "somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds." Like Russia, China is a longstanding cybersecurity adversary of the United States. Trump in recent weeks has softened his criticism of Chinese trade policies as Washington seeks Beijing's support in diffusing military tensions with North Korea. Before Trump was elected, he pledged to improve relations with Moscow. Russia has denied any involvement in the hacks. Lawmakers are currently investigating whether Trump's campaign team had ties with Russia. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-china-idUSKBN17W0N4
"Face the Nation" moderator John Dickerson spoke with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on his 100th day on the job. Trump discussed the power of the office, the changes he's made, and the "bigness" of the decisions he makes.
Trump Abruptly Ends CBS Interview After Wiretap Question MAY 1, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump cut short an interview with the host of “Face the Nation” on CBS after being asked about his unsubstantiated claim that President Barack Obama wiretapped his campaign, saying he was entitled to his own “opinions.” Mr. Trump, speaking during a prerecorded interview in the Oval Office with John Dickerson that was broadcast on Monday on “CBS This Morning,” grew agitated as the host pressed him on a number of issues, and he reached his breaking point when Mr. Dickerson asked about his bombshell Twitter post from early March describing Mr. Obama as a “sick” man. “You don’t have to ask me,” the president said, cutting off Mr. Dickerson in midsentence. “Why not?” the host asked. “Because I have my own opinions. You can have your own opinions,” Mr. Trump shot back. With that, Mr. Trump terminated what had been an otherwise genial interview. “O.K., it’s enough,” the president said. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/politics/trump-cbs-interview.html
Trump on Obama wiretapping claim: It has 'been proven very strongly' Trump refused to dive deeper into his comments The White House has refused to provide evidence to back up Trump's claims May 1, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/01/politics/trump-obama-wiretapping/ [with embedded video]
"Face the Nation" moderator John Dickerson interviewed President Donald Trump on a wide range of topics to mark his 100-day benchmark. Dickerson joined "CBS This Morning" to discuss his conversation with with the president.
Trump ditched the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for an ego-boosting fan event, but still can’t escape public grilling for his poor first 100 days. Joy Reid and her panel discuss. Duration: 12:07
Joy Reid and her panel[, including Masha Gessen,] discuss the two options regarding Mike Pence’s knowledge of Mike Flynn’s background: either Pence knew everything, or is an “idiot,” according to one guest. Duration: 10:34
Rep. Maxine Waters joins Joy Reid on a new report claiming the United Kingdom has received proof that members of the Trump campaign communicated with the Russians on the 2016 election. Duration: 8:30
UK was given details of alleged contacts between Trump campaign and Moscow In December the UK government was given reports by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele on possible collusion between Trump camp and the Kremlin Reports of possible collusion between the Trump administration and the Kremlin have led to a political storm in the US. 28 April 2017 Updated 1 May 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/28/trump-russia-intelligence-uk-government-m16-kremlin [with embedded document]
Joy Reid and her panel discuss a black FOX host sharing his allegations of a toxic culture of racism at the company, and the possible demise of the right-wing media giant. Duration: 13:21
Medicaid ‘rewards’: Kentucky’s devolution on healthcare
AM Joy 4/30/17
Joy Reid and her expert panel discuss the bizarre ‘points’ system the governor of Kentucky wants to implement, possibly requiring the poor to clean streets among other designated acts to earn medical care. Duration: 10:22
Joy Reid previews ‘LA 92,’ a new National Geographic documentary on the L.A. riots, as she and her guests discuss the aftermath of racial unrest and police misconduct surrounding this flashpoint. Duration: 11:08
Sunday, April 30th 2017: Trump's 100 days - We examine President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office and discuss all aspects including the numerous victories. We also break down the escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula following North Korea's latest failed ballistic missile launch and how the Trump administration is reacting. Infowars' special reports from on the ground at the 2017 NRA Annual Meeting will be examined as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0xB58vwfyA [the original, unedited version of the show (for the compare and contrast, the edited/supplemented belatedly-uploaded official YouTube is next below); with comments]
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Patriots Targeted For Death: Armenian Genocide Part II / Trump’s America, Day 100 Full Show
Sunday, April 30th 2017: Trump's 100 days - We examine President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office and discuss all aspects including the numerous victories. We also break down the escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula following North Korea's latest failed ballistic missile launch and how the Trump administration is reacting. Infowars' special reports from on the ground at the 2017 NRA Annual Meeting will be examined as well.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is back in New Hampshire to honor the nation's first all-female, all-Democratic congressional delegation.
Biden is speaking Sunday night at the state Democratic Party's annual McIntyre Shaheen 100 Club Dinner. He'll be joined by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, and U.S. Reps. Annie Kuster and Carol Shea-Porter.
Full Show - MSM / Globalists Fail to Stop Planetary Awakening - 05/01/2017
Published on May 1, 2017 by Ron Gibson
Monday, May 1st 2017[, with appearances by Steve Pieczenik and Roger Stone]: May Day protests are taking place across the world and one march in Paris already turned violent. China is preparing for a massive wave of North Korean refugees that would be sent their way if the U.S. were to strike Pyongyang. Also, the Trump administration is confident the GOP is ready to pass a health care bill to replace Obamacare.
includes, beginning at c. the 2:11:15 mark (Stone's appearance begins at c. the 2:07:00 mark), the segment:
Roger Stone: Justice Kennedy Resignation Imminent Published on May 1, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel Roger Stone delivers some breaking news to Alex Jones, justice Anthony Kennedy will be retiring and gives details on who the front running candidates[, including Andrew Napolitano,] to replace him are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPjtSE58rc [with comments]
InfoWars 3-5 LIVE: Breaking: Mass Stabbing At Antifa [as in, for any not yet familiar with this alt-right/fascist usage, "anti-fascist"] Communists Rally
Streamed live on May 1, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel
includes, picking up at c. the 1:40:20 mark (the show segment itself begins at c. the 1:36:00 mark), the segment:
Alex Jones: Facebook Is A Literal Cuck Factory Published on May 1, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel Alex calls into the Live 3-5 Show with Owen Shroyer and Rob Dew to discuss the recent revelations about Facebook's manipulation of the weak-minded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we6Ru55iNUM [with comments]
Trump invites Philippine president Duterte to White House
All In with Chris Hayes 5/1/17
Rodrigo Duterte, who urged civilians in the Philippines to kill fellow citizens with a drug problem and bragged about having personally murdered people, received a direct invitation from President Trump to visit Washington, D.C. Duration: 1:52
The president again expressed his admiration for the ruler of one of the world’s most repressive, violent regimes in an interview this weekend. Duration: 1:47
In addition to a $1.5M ad buy, the Trump campaign spent $274,000 to rent space in Trump’s office building in the first three months of 2017. Duration: 1:47
Poor hires may explain poor performance of Trump administration
The Rachel Maddow Show 5/1/17
Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump's weak vetting and handing out government positions as political favors puts his administration at a disadvantage for performing government functions. Duration: 15:27
Rachel Maddow points out how Donald Trump has hired people who are ill-suited for the roles in which they're meant to serve, like contraception skeptic Teresa Manning in charge of contraception programs, or anti-abortion activist Charmaine Yoest bringing alternative facts to HHS. Duration: 9:43
Trump compromises US human rights leadership by praising despots
The Rachel Maddow Show 5/1/17
Senator Chris Murphy talks with Rachel Maddow about how Donald Trump's repeated praise for despots and dictators degrades the high global moral standing of the United States and gives license to other leaders who are inclined to abuse their power. Duration: 7:33
Trump EPA denies Americans access to decades of climate data
The Rachel Maddow Show 5/1/17
Gina McCarthy, former EPA administrator, reacts to the EPA under Donald Trump removing the climate change section from its web site, and talks about the value of environmental protections to "normal human beings." Duration: 5:40
Lawrence on what Trump's Civil War comments reveal
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 5/1/17
Donald Trump, who has failed to successfully negotiate any bill through Congress, now believes that he could have negotiated away the Civil War. Lawrence O'Donnell speaks with Indira Lakshmanan and Charlie Sykes. Duration: 10:18
Trump: 'I would be honored' to meet with Kim Jong Un
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 5/1/17
Lawrence O'Donnell talks with North Korea experts Gordon Chang and MIT's Jim Walsh about Donald Trump comment that he would be "honored" to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "under the right circumstances." Duration: 5:58
Michael Moore: Can these words bring down a sitting president?
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 5/1/17
Filmmaker and activist Michael Moore talks to Lawrence O'Donnell about Trumpcare and Moore's latest act of resistance "The Terms of My Surrender," taking place in Donald Trump's backyard. Duration: 8:44
The president called North Korea's leader 'a pretty smart cookie' and said nobody is safe now that the secretive nation has nuclear weapons. MSNBC's Brian Williams has more. Duration: 12:18
Andrew Jackson biographer fact checks Trump's Civil War remarks
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 5/1/17
The president suggested that if he'd lived longer, Andrew Jackson would have somehow helped the U.S. avoid the Civil War. Pulitzer Prize winners Jon Meacham & Eugene Robinson join to discuss. Duration: 9:28
Pressed on Obama wiretap claim, Trump says 'I stand by nothing'
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 5/1/17
Dismissing a question about his wiretap allegations, the president Trump abruptly ended a television interview. MSNBC's Brian Williams discusses with Eugene Robinson & Robert Costa. Duration: 2:56
President Trump celebrates his first 100 days with a rally in Pennsylvania, and Hasan Minhaj takes a victory lap after headlining the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Hasan Minhaj COMPLETE REMARKS at 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner (C-SPAN)
Published on May 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
'Face the Nation's' 'John Dickerson had the willpower to ignore the President's insults during their conversation in the White House. Luckily, Stephen doesn't have that same constraint.
Published on May 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
President Trump continues to serve up his own version of historical facts, so Stephen calls on the ghost of Abraham Lincoln to help correct the record.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Puts Earth's Smallness Into Perspective
Published on May 2, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
'Astrophysics for People in a Hurry' author Neil deGrasse Tyson reminds us Earthlings that we're less 'center of the universe' and more 'pale blue dot.'
[originally aired May 1, 2017 (U.S. central time)]
Congress Allocates $120 Million for Trump Family’s Security Costs WASHINGTON — Congress would allocate more than $120 million in additional money to help cover the escalating costs of protecting the Trump family and Trump Tower under a bipartisan spending agreement that appears poised to pass this week. About half of the money, nearly $60 million, is earmarked for the Secret Service, with most of it going toward protecting the president while he is traveling and security for Trump Tower in New York City, according to legislation being circulated on Monday. Another roughly $60 million would be set aside in a rare provision to reimburse localities, like New York City and Palm Beach County in Florida, that have incurred “extraordinary law enforcement personnel costs” associated with protecting Mr. Trump’s residences since Election Day. The additional funding, which comes after weeks of mostly behind-the-scenes lobbying, reflects the tremendous costs associated with protecting the lifestyle of Mr. Trump and his family. And it is likely to provide relief to those who have borne the brunt of the effort — if only for the next five months, when the current fiscal year ends. The Secret Service has been particularly strained as it tries to keep up with its new protectees, who include a first lady and a son living at Trump Tower and Mr. Trump’s frequently traveling adult children. The agency had requested additional money earlier this year. The legislation provides the Secret Service with $34 million for the increased cost of physical protection of Mr. Trump for the rest of the fiscal year. The money could be used flexibly to protect the first family in New York and when it travels. The family’s travels, from business trips to Vancouver and Dubai by Mr. Trump’s adult sons to ski weekends in Aspen, Colo., and Whistler, British Columbia, by his daughter Ivanka have become a constant point of criticism among Democrats. Another $23 million would go specifically toward covering the costs of outfitting Trump Tower with the necessary equipment and personnel, as well as to rent space inside the building for agency personnel, according to a Department of Homeland Security official who was familiar with the funding bill but was not yet authorized to discuss it. Mr. Trump has not returned to the tower, his primary residence and the corporate headquarters of the Trump Organization, since Inauguration Day, but his wife, Melania, and son Barron have been living there full time. [...] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/politics/secret-service-trump-protection.html
Trump’s EPA pick bumbles from Washington state onto national stage - Maddow open 5-1-17 Feuds, disciplinary actions and lawsuits seem to follow Don Benton around. In an incredible tale of failing up, this former Washington state senator is now off to help President Trump oversee the nation’s 15,000-employee environmental agency. What could go wrong? January 24, 2017 Updated January 25, 2017 http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/trumps-epa-pick-bumbles-onto-the-national-stage/
A black teen died following an encounter with police near Dallas. His death has just been ruled a homicide. - shot in head by police rifle - outrageous case Police have retracted earlier accounts that a vehicle was reversing toward officers in an “aggressive manner” when one of the officers opened fire, striking and killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards in a Dallas-area suburb Saturday night. In a news conference Monday, Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber said that he initially “misspoke” and that the vehicle had begun to drive away at the time the officer opened fire. He questioned whether the shooting was necessary. “I unintentionally (was) incorrect when I said the vehicle was backing down the road … in fact I can tell you that I do have questions in relation to my observation (of) the video,” Haber said. “After reviewing the video, I don’t believe that (the shooting) met our core values.” Haber, who declined to release the video footage of the shooting as well as the name of the officer involved, said that evidence will be presented to a grand jury. Jordan is the youngest of the more than 330 people who have been shot and killed by police in 2017, according to a Washington Post database tracking such shootings. About 25 percent of those fatally shot by police this year have been black, and about 7 percent of those killed have been unarmed at the time they were shot. At least 10 people shot and killed by police this year were under 18. [...] Lee Merritt, an attorney for Edwards’s family, said at a news conference Monday that the family is calling on the police department to release the name of the officer as well as audio and video footage of the incident. “We are declaring war on bad policing. This has happened far too often,” he said. “We are tired of making the same rhetorical demands, of having the same hashtags; our community is fed up with the same tired excuses, once again offered by Balch Springs Police Department yesterday, that this was somehow the fault of the victims — teenage kids with no criminal records, with no motive to attempt to hurt anyone, with no evidence that they ever attempted to hurt anyone.” “Another family ripped apart by police brutality,” he wrote Sunday on Twitter. “There was absolutely no justification for this murder. We demand justice!” In a phone interview with The Post on Sunday night, Merritt said that Jordan, his 16-year-old brother and three other teenage boys were at a party on Baron Drive when they learned that police were on the way. They went to the car parked outside, saw flashlights and heard gunshots, Merritt said. As they climbed into the car, the teens apparently heard somebody yell profanities. Then they were being fired upon. They fled for about a block, Merritt said, before they noticed that there was smoke coming from Jordan’s head. The driver of the car, the boy’s older brother, stopped the car, and they flagged down an approaching police cruiser for help. Several of the teens played on the football team together. Jordan was going through spring training for next year’s season. “They’re never going to be the same,” Merritt said. “These kids are never going to be the same.” Merritt said that three bullets were fired into the car. They came through the driver’s side window, he said. Jordan and the four teens with him had not been drinking, according to Merritt. They were not cited for underage drinking and have not been charged with any crimes, he said. [...] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/01/officer-fatally-shoots-15-year-old-boy-in-dallas-suburb/
Trump says China could have hacked Democratic emails President Donald Trump said China may have hacked the emails of Democratic officials to meddle with the 2016 presidential election, countering the view of U.S. intelligence officials who have said Moscow orchestrated the hacks. In an interview transcript published on Sunday, Trump gave no evidence backing his allegation, first made on the eve of the Nov. 8 presidential election, that China could have hacked the emails of his rivals. "If you don't catch a hacker, okay, in the act, it's very hard to say who did the hacking," the president said in an interview with CBS "Face the Nation." "(It) could have been China, could have been a lot of different groups." The hackers roiled the presidential campaign by making public embarrassing emails sent by Democratic operatives and aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. One email showed party leaders favoring Clinton over her rival in the campaign for the party's internal nomination contest. Trump has been dismissive of the statements by intelligence officials that Moscow hacked the emails to help Trump win the election. During the Sept 26 presidential debate with Clinton, Trump said China was one of many actors that could have been behind the hack, including "somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds." Like Russia, China is a longstanding cybersecurity adversary of the United States. Trump in recent weeks has softened his criticism of Chinese trade policies as Washington seeks Beijing's support in diffusing military tensions with North Korea. Before Trump was elected, he pledged to improve relations with Moscow. Russia has denied any involvement in the hacks. Lawmakers are currently investigating whether Trump's campaign team had ties with Russia. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-china-idUSKBN17W0N4
Trump Abruptly Ends CBS Interview After Wiretap Question WASHINGTON — President Trump cut short an interview with the host of “Face the Nation” on CBS after being asked about his unsubstantiated claim that President Barack Obama wiretapped his campaign, saying he was entitled to his own “opinions.” Mr. Trump, speaking during a prerecorded interview in the Oval Office with John Dickerson that was broadcast on Monday on “CBS This Morning,” grew agitated as the host pressed him on a number of issues, and he reached his breaking point when Mr. Dickerson asked about his bombshell Twitter post from early March describing Mr. Obama as a “sick” man. “You don’t have to ask me,” the president said, cutting off Mr. Dickerson in midsentence. “Why not?” the host asked. “Because I have my own opinions. You can have your own opinions,” Mr. Trump shot back. With that, Mr. Trump terminated what had been an otherwise genial interview. “O.K., it’s enough,” the president said. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/politics/trump-cbs-interview.html
Trump on Obama wiretapping claim: It has 'been proven very strongly' Trump refused to dive deeper into his comments The White House has refused to provide evidence to back up Trump's claims http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/01/politics/trump-obama-wiretapping/
US factory activity slows; inflation pressures subside - Reuters Economic activity in the manufacturing industry didn't expand as much as economists had anticipated for the month of April, data from The Institute for Supply Management revealed on Monday. Meanwhile, U.S. construction spending slipped for the month of March, as less spending in the nonresidential and government sectors contributed the most to the decline, the Commerce Department said. http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/01/april-ism-manufacturing-index.html original http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-idUSKBN17X1P4
Lawmakers seal deal on $1T plan government-wide funding bill WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans and Democrats forged a hard-won agreement Sunday night on a huge $1 trillion-plus spending bill that would fund the day-to-day operations of virtually every federal agency through September, denying President Donald Trump funding for a border wall and rejecting his cuts to popular domestic programs. Aides to lawmakers involved in the talks announced the agreement after weeks of negotiations. It's expected to be made public Sunday night. The catchall spending bill would be the first major piece of bipartisan legislation to advance during Trump's short tenure in the White House. While losing on the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump won a $15 billion down payment on his request to strengthen the military. GOP leaders demurred from trying to use the must-do spending bill to "defund" Planned Parenthood. The White House also backed away from language to take away grants from "sanctuary cities" that do not share information about people's immigration status with federal authorities. The measure funds the remainder of the 2017 budget year, rejecting cuts to popular domestic programs targeted by Trump, such as medical research and infrastructure grants. Successful votes later this week would also clear away any remaining threat of a government shutdown — at least until the Oct. 1 start of the 2018 budget year. ... [...] https://www.apnews.com/490c35f69636489d8173655d70ecf8f2/Lawmakers-seal-deal-on-$1T-plan-government-wide-funding-bill
Sowing Climate Doubt Among Schoolteachers PAUL SMITHS, N.Y. — The Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank known for attacking climate science, has been mailing a slim, glossy book to public school teachers throughout the United States. The institute says it plans to send out as many as 200,000 copies [ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/climate-change-skeptic-group-seeks-to-influence-200000-teachers/ ], until virtually every science educator in America has one. The book, “Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming [ https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/why-scientists-disagree-about-global-warming ],” presents the false premise that the evidence for human-driven climate change [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier ] is deeply flawed. To understand where the Heartland Institute is coming from, consider a recent comment by its president, Joseph Bast, who called global warming “another fake crisis” for Democrats “to hype to scare voters and raise campaign dollars.” The book was first published in 2015, to coincide with the Paris climate conference and influence policy makers. The second edition was released this year with an instructional DVD. Public school teachers are not the only ones on the institute’s mailing list. College educators are getting copies of the book, too. One academic in Albany told me that hers arrived in an envelope bearing the headline of a New York Times article about an investigation into Exxon Mobil for possibly lying about climate change. “I was in a rush, and all I noticed was the word ‘climate’ in a New York Times headline,” she said. “That made me open it rather than throw it out.” The cover letter inside, however, made the book’s premise clear. “Claims of a ‘scientific consensus’ ” on climate change, it read, “rest on two college student papers, the writings of a wacky Australian blogger, and a non-peer-reviewed essay by a socialist historian.” In fact, multiple surveys of the scientific literature show that well over 90 percent of published climate scientists have concluded that recent global warming is both real and mostly the result of human activity. [...] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/opinion/sowing-climate-doubt-among-schoolteachers.html
This WHITE Teen Admitted She Made Up Claims She Was Abducted And Raped By "Three Black Males" - Denison, Texas Local police called the hoax “offensive to the African-American community.” The false accusations were also used by white nationalists to push their agenda online. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/teen-claims-she-was-raped-by-three-black-males-hoax
White nationalist claims Trump directed rally violence Trump supporter asks a federal court to hold the president liable for any damages stemming from a lawsuit filed by protesters who attended a Kentucky campaign stop. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/donald-trump-rally-violence-237302
Trump lawyer: ‘No right’ to protest at rallies The president’s lawyers file a motion to derail a lawsuit brought by protesters President Donald Trump’s lawyers argued in a Thursday court filing that protesters “have no right” to “express dissenting views” at his campaign rallies because such protests infringed on his First Amendment rights. The filing comes in a case brought by three protesters who allege they were roughed up and ejected from a March 2016 Trump campaign rally in Louisville, Kentucky, by Trump supporters who were incited by the then-candidate’s calls from the stage to “get 'em out of here!” Lawyers for Trump’s campaign have argued that his calls to remove the protesters were protected by the First Amendment. But the federal district court judge hearing the case issued a ruling late last month questioning that argument, as well as the claim that Trump didn’t intend for his supporters to use force. The ruling cleared the case to proceed into discovery and towards a trial. Thursday’s filing by Trump’s campaign lawyers asks the judge to pause the proceedings and allow Trump’s legal team to appeal the ruling to a higher court “before subjecting the President to ‘unique’ and extraordinary burdens of litigation.” Specifically, Trump’s lawyers want the appeals court to reconsider whether Trump’s calls to remove the protesters were protected speech under the First Amendment and whether it’s reasonable to construe the calls as an incitement to violence. [...] http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/20/donald-trump-protest-rallies-speech-237431
Trump lawyers seek a quick end to rally violence lawsuits - and they might get it Do protesters really “have no right” to dissent at Trump rallies? President Donald Trump’s lawyers want judges to dismiss a lawsuit over violence at his campaign rallies because protesters don’t actually have the right to dissent inside his speaking halls. People can “express dissenting views” but “have no right to do so as part of the campaign rally of the political candidates they oppose,” Trump’s team argued in a Thursday court filing. The case involves the avowed white nationalist Matthew Heimbach, who physically assailed a black woman named Kashiya Nwanguma as she protested inside a Trump rally in Kentucky in 2016. Heimbach, Trump, and the Trump campaign are co-defendants. Heimbach recently argued to the court that Trump and his campaign are the only people who should be liable for what rally attendees did or didn’t do to Nwanguma that day. Fellow Trump supporter Alvin Bamberger helped Heimbach and is also named in the suit. His lawyers argue, as Heimbach does, that their client would never have done anything to Nwanguma if Trump hadn’t told him to. “To the extent that Bamberger acted, he did so in response to - and inspired by - Trump and/or the Trump Campaign’s urging to remove the protesters,” they wrote in a recent filing. The supporters’ arguments and Trump’s own thus appear to be at odds. But Trump’s lawyers aren’t denying that supporters acted in response to what he said - they’re saying he was within his rights to try to remove protesters, with physical force, and is not culpable if the force they actually used went beyond what was necessary to get protesters out of the building. [...] https://thinkprogress.org/trump-rally-violence-lawsuit-25f8f1f79b81
Serena Williams’ Response To Racist Comments: ‘Does My Sassiness Upset You?’ The tennis star quoted Maya Angelou after Ilie Nastase’s alleged comments about Williams’ unborn child. Serena Williams responded Monday to Ilie Nastase’s alleged racist comments about her unborn child. Nastase was allegedly heard saying, “Let’s see what color it has. Chocolate with milk?” in Romanian when one of his players was discussing Williams’ pregnancy during a press conference. The former singles champion has a reputation for bad behavior and is nicknamed “Nasty.” His comments were made in reference to Williams’ fiancé, Alexis Ohanian, who is white. Williams - who announced her 20-week pregnancy last week - addressed Nastase’s remark in a text post on Instagram. [...] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/serena-williams-responds-to-ilie-nastases-racist-comments_us_58fe5b6ae4b018a9ce5dc6df
A black teen died following an encounter with police near Dallas. His death has just been ruled a homicide. - shot in head by police rifle - outrageous case Police have retracted earlier accounts that a vehicle was reversing toward officers in an “aggressive manner” when one of the officers opened fire, striking and killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards in a Dallas-area suburb Saturday night. In a news conference Monday, Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber said that he initially “misspoke” and that the vehicle had begun to drive away at the time the officer opened fire. He questioned whether the shooting was necessary. “I unintentionally (was) incorrect when I said the vehicle was backing down the road … in fact I can tell you that I do have questions in relation to my observation (of) the video,” Haber said. “After reviewing the video, I don’t believe that (the shooting) met our core values.” Haber, who declined to release the video footage of the shooting as well as the name of the officer involved, said that evidence will be presented to a grand jury. Jordan is the youngest of the more than 330 people who have been shot and killed by police in 2017, according to a Washington Post database tracking such shootings. About 25 percent of those fatally shot by police this year have been black, and about 7 percent of those killed have been unarmed at the time they were shot. At least 10 people shot and killed by police this year were under 18. [...] Lee Merritt, an attorney for Edwards’s family, said at a news conference Monday that the family is calling on the police department to release the name of the officer as well as audio and video footage of the incident. “We are declaring war on bad policing. This has happened far too often,” he said. “We are tired of making the same rhetorical demands, of having the same hashtags; our community is fed up with the same tired excuses, once again offered by Balch Springs Police Department yesterday, that this was somehow the fault of the victims — teenage kids with no criminal records, with no motive to attempt to hurt anyone, with no evidence that they ever attempted to hurt anyone.” “Another family ripped apart by police brutality,” he wrote Sunday on Twitter. “There was absolutely no justification for this murder. We demand justice!” In a phone interview with The Post on Sunday night, Merritt said that Jordan, his 16-year-old brother and three other teenage boys were at a party on Baron Drive when they learned that police were on the way. They went to the car parked outside, saw flashlights and heard gunshots, Merritt said. As they climbed into the car, the teens apparently heard somebody yell profanities. Then they were being fired upon. They fled for about a block, Merritt said, before they noticed that there was smoke coming from Jordan’s head. The driver of the car, the boy’s older brother, stopped the car, and they flagged down an approaching police cruiser for help. Several of the teens played on the football team together. Jordan was going through spring training for next year’s season. “They’re never going to be the same,” Merritt said. “These kids are never going to be the same.” Merritt said that three bullets were fired into the car. They came through the driver’s side window, he said. Jordan and the four teens with him had not been drinking, according to Merritt. They were not cited for underage drinking and have not been charged with any crimes, he said. [...] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/01/officer-fatally-shoots-15-year-old-boy-in-dallas-suburb/
In Travis County custody case, jury will search for real Alex Jones - this and next two at http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=130629223 Alex Jones and his ex-wife, Kelly, will be locked in a child custody trial the next two weeks in Austin. Alex Jones’ lawyers will make the case that their client should not be judged by his on-air persona. Lawyers for Kelly Jones will maintain that Jones’ public outbursts suggest he is not a fit parent. April 16, 2017 At a recent pretrial hearing, attorney Randall Wilhite told state District Judge Orlinda Naranjo that using his client Alex Jones’ on-air Infowars persona to evaluate Alex Jones as a father would be like judging Jack Nicholson in a custody dispute based on his performance as the Joker in “Batman.” “He’s playing a character,” Wilhite said of Jones. “He is a performance artist.” But in emotional testimony at the hearing, Kelly Jones, who is seeking to gain sole or joint custody of her three children with Alex Jones, portrayed the volcanic public figure as the real Alex Jones. “He’s not a stable person,” she said of the man with whom her 14-year-old son and 9- and 12-year-old daughters have lived since her 2015 divorce. “He says he wants to break Alec Baldwin’s neck. He wants J-Lo to get raped. “I’m concerned that he is engaged in felonious behavior, threatening a member of Congress,” she said, referring to his recent comments about California Democrat Adam Schiff. “He broadcasts from home. The children are there, watching him broadcast.” [...] http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/travis-county-custody-case-jury-will-search-for-real-alex-jones/rnbWzMHnFCd5SOPgP3A34J/
The Secret To Happiness Revealed - included in 12-28-16 Alex Jones Show Paul Joseph Watson talks about the death of Carrie Fisher and how now many people are completely unhappy no matter what the accomplish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-f8VLzMdM
DarkMatter2525 https://www.youtube.com/user/DarkMatter2525/videos Featured Channels https://www.youtube.com/user/DarkMatter2525/channels recent not posted yet, chrono as uploaded: If Muhammad Replaced Trump (. . .) Jul 24, 2016 If the ideals of Islamism came out of Trump's mouth, how would the Left & Right react? If any Muslims do respond to this cartoon, I have a couple predictions: 1. Some will respond by saying that the verses are out of context (standard response), but notice that none of these verses are actually justified by their context, and 2. Some other verse will be presented that contradicts one of the verses I used, which proves nothing other than the fact that the Islamic texts in question are contradictory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1sW7tu6-s You Can't Escape - Episode 8 of "Power Corrupts" ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv--V1yc2QDJi6hFNhur3iAsyFpXRtB8w - further to http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=123593680 ) Aug 28, 2016 You might be able to escape religion, but you can't escape what caused it in the first place. All you can do is try to be cognizant of it, and try your best to keep it in check. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dspHj0Cj2-g Always Cry Wolf Sep 28, 2016 Human beings often unite during tragedies, foregoing our petty differences. Imagine if we didn't require the tragedy. While "crying wolf" is considered bad, the title of this video refers to what happened at Yellowstone, and in that light, the title's meaning is "always strive for balance". During my 40 years of life, I have learned that attaining balance is the greatest solver of problems. Be neither excessive nor neglectful. I believe that is a good rule for the macro as well, for society, and for our planet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVsVgAqV9WI Don't Expect A Terrible Hereafter Oct 25, 2016 I was challenged to make a meaningful animation without speech. Thanks to my friend, known as C0ct0pusPrime here on YouTube, for challenging me to do this a while back. I had a lot of ideas, but this one stuck with me the most. Life is filled with dark irony. The very thing you want the most, might actually end up being the thing you'd least want. If you're not mindful, you might find out too late. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_jijoIUi2A King Solomon Nov 28, 2016 Marriage should be between 1 man and 1000 women. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zjjg7mmDN4 If Hitler Never Existed (. . .) Dec 21, 2016 This is basically a MUCH better version of "It's a Wonderful Life". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5TtDZlHqao The Horror of Your Desires Dec 29, 2016 If you somehow obtained ultimate power, the things you’d choose to do would show us far more clearly who you really are than you could possibly show us with your current limitations. You could choose to bend people to your will, even if only through threats and intimidation, or maybe you could enjoy life with us, help us, and teach us. The bible authors created a character in Yahweh who abuses his limitless power with wanton abandon, reeking of a crude tool of manipulation - not a loving, caring teacher. He is the ultimate bad guy, sold to us as the ultimate good guy - a monumental travesty of history. It certainly is a good thing that Yahweh is a fictional invention of ancient writers. My next animations will be about the life and times of King David, as found in 1st and 2nd Samuel (and a bit of 1st Kings). This animation was Episode 9 of my Power Corrupts series. Here’s a link to the full playlist of the Power Corrupts series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA5PlJiqOnk&list=PLv--V1yc2QDJi6hFNhur3iAsyFpXRtB8w - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv--V1yc2QDJi6hFNhur3iAsyFpXRtB8w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqJBD5SosZI King David Jan 22, 2017 This is the beginning of King David’s story from the Bible, the books of Samuel. I’d like to animate the rest of the books of Samuel, but that would take an enormous amount of work, and not only would your support via Patreon be greatly appreciated, but would also attach your name to the project (DarkMatter Army or above). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdtV9kbs_fo David, Goliath, and the 200 Cyclops Sleeves Feb 20, 2017 The Sunday School version of David and Goliath usually ends after David slings his rock, and for good reason; the rest isn’t quite wholesome family entertainment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPhXoDI3F0 If Muhammad Became the President (. . .) Mar 17, 2017 If you dislike Trump, then you should probably dislike Muhammad 100x more. Oddly, it seems some people are confused on this issue. That confusion comes from the best of intentions, I'm sure, but it is ultimately self-defeating, and allows for tolerance of the intolerable. Please check the paragraph at the end of this video for elaboration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yJqWCBq6GI God Judges The Amazing Atheist Apr 4, 2017 Finally, The Amazing Atheist meets his maker. Who do you think God should judge next? The Amazing Atheist's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAmazingAtheist The Drunken Peasants Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrunkenPeasants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19DYf2lRIw If Your Body Were a Religion Apr 11, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pho9FMuBJgA
The PLasma for Alzheimer SymptoM Amelioration (PLASMA) Study (PLASMA) This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants. Purpose The PLasma for Alzheimer SymptoM Amelioration (PLASMA) Study: Intravenously-Administered Plasma From Young Donors for Treatment of Mild-To-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02256306
Two existing drugs halt neurodegeneration in mice Researchers have made a major leap forward in the treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, after identifying two existing drugs that prevented brain cell death in mouse models of neurodegenerative disease. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317028.php
Science in America - Neil deGrasse Tyson - next two items are about this video (originally on Facebook) Apr 19, 2017 We offer this 4min video on “Science in America”, containing what may be the most important words Neil deGrasse Tyson has ever spoken. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqTOEospfo
Sowing Climate Doubt Among Schoolteachers PAUL SMITHS, N.Y. — The Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank known for attacking climate science, has been mailing a slim, glossy book to public school teachers throughout the United States. The institute says it plans to send out as many as 200,000 copies [ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/climate-change-skeptic-group-seeks-to-influence-200000-teachers/ ], until virtually every science educator in America has one. The book, “Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming [ https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/why-scientists-disagree-about-global-warming ],” presents the false premise that the evidence for human-driven climate change [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier ] is deeply flawed. To understand where the Heartland Institute is coming from, consider a recent comment by its president, Joseph Bast, who called global warming “another fake crisis” for Democrats “to hype to scare voters and raise campaign dollars.” The book was first published in 2015, to coincide with the Paris climate conference and influence policy makers. The second edition was released this year with an instructional DVD. Public school teachers are not the only ones on the institute’s mailing list. College educators are getting copies of the book, too. One academic in Albany told me that hers arrived in an envelope bearing the headline of a New York Times article about an investigation into Exxon Mobil for possibly lying about climate change. “I was in a rush, and all I noticed was the word ‘climate’ in a New York Times headline,” she said. “That made me open it rather than throw it out.” The cover letter inside, however, made the book’s premise clear. “Claims of a ‘scientific consensus’ ” on climate change, it read, “rest on two college student papers, the writings of a wacky Australian blogger, and a non-peer-reviewed essay by a socialist historian.” In fact, multiple surveys of the scientific literature show that well over 90 percent of published climate scientists have concluded that recent global warming is both real and mostly the result of human activity. [...] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/opinion/sowing-climate-doubt-among-schoolteachers.html
"We are not creating a Terminator": Russia denies risk as Putin's 'robot army' is trained to shoot guns Posting a clip showing armed robot FEDOR in action, Deputy PM insists teaching the androids to shoot will help improve their motor skills and decision-making abilities http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/we-not-creating-terminator-russia-10237755
"We are not creating a Terminator": Russia denies risk as Putin's 'robot army' is trained to shoot guns Posting a clip showing armed robot FEDOR in action, Deputy PM insists teaching the androids to shoot will help improve their motor skills and decision-making abilities http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/we-not-creating-terminator-russia-10237755
New human rights to protect against 'mind hacking' and brain data theft proposed A response to advances in neurotechnology that can read or alter brain activity, new human rights would protect people from theft, abuse and hacking New human rights that would protect people from having their thoughts and other brain information stolen, abused or hacked have been proposed by researchers. The move is a response to the rapid advances being made with technologies that read or alter brain activity and which many expect to bring enormous benefits to people’s lives in the coming years. Much of the technology has been developed for hospitals to diagnose or treat medical conditions, but some of the tools – such as brainwave monitoring devices that allow people to play video games with their minds, or brain stimulators that claim to boost mental performance – are finding their way into shops. But these and other advances in neurotechnology raise fresh threats to privacy and personal freedom, according to Marcello Ienca, a neuroethicist at the University of Basel, and Roberto Andorno, a human rights lawyer at the University of Zurich. Writing in the journal Life Sciences, Society and Policy, the pair put forward four new human rights that are intended to preserve the brain as the last refuge for human privacy. “The question we asked was whether our current human rights framework was well equipped to face this new trend in neurotechnology,” Ienca told the Guardian. Having reviewed the rights in place today, the pair concluded that more must be done to protect people. “The information in our brains should be entitled to special protections in this era of ever-evolving technology,” Ienca said. “When that goes, everything goes.” The suggested new rights assert what the researchers call cognitive liberty, mental privacy, mental integrity and psychological continuity. ... [...] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/26/new-human-rights-to-protect-against-mind-hacking-and-brain-data-theft-proposed
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