Full Show - Democrats Claim We Are Already At War With Russia - 07/17/2017
Published on Jul 17, 2017 by Ron Gibson
Monday, July 17th 2017: GOP Healthcare Bill In Danger - Senator Rand Paul warns that the Obamcare replacement bill isn’t a repeal and keeps the “fundamental flaw” of Obamacare. Gavin McInnes joins today's broadcast, along with Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai who is running for Senate against Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts.
Sean Spicer hosts his first White House Press Briefing in 3 weeks and talks 'Made In America' week, Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian emails, healthcare, and more.
Seeking to shift attention from Russia and health care, President Donald Trump pulled out all the stops _ and props.
Trump posed in a fire truck, waved a baseball bat and donned a Stetson on Monday at a White House event marking a weeklong focus on American-made goods.
The administration has dubbed this "Made in America" week and clearly enjoyed welcoming businesses from all 50 states to show off their wares.
Continuing the theme, Trump will host a "Made in America" certification event later this week and will attend the commissioning of the USS Gerald R. Ford.
It's "Made in America" week at the White House, but President Trump's effort to highlight U.S. manufacturing has sparked questions about where Trump family products are produced. In fact, merchandise sold by the Trump Organization or sold through Ivanka Trump's fashion line is all made overseas. [Also gets into the Trump 2020 Campaign Committee reimbursing both Donald Jr. and The Trump Corporation for their legal expenses.] John Yang learns more from Matea Gold of The Washington Post.
Join us in celebrating 50 years of Jerusalem's reunification. We will honor an IDF paratrooper veteran who fought to liberate Jerusalem. Pastor Hagee will teach on Jerusalem Jubilee and Israel's external right to have Jerusalem as its undivided capital.
CUFI Washington, D.C. Summit - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Streamed live on Jul 17, 2017 by OfficialCUFI
Join us as we welcome the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, live via satellite, to our Washington, D.C. Summit.
Israel’s War Against George Soros George Soros at the office of Open Society Foundations in New York. JULY 17, 2017 JAFFA, Israel — As a Holocaust survivor, a successful financier who embraces free market capitalism and a philanthropist who champions liberal democracy, George Soros [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/george_soros/index.html ] should be a darling of the Israeli establishment. But Mr. Soros has failed the only litmus test that seems to count for Israel [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/israel/index.html ]’s current leadership: unconditional support for the government, despite its policies of occupation, discrimination and disregard for civil and human rights. For years Mr. Soros largely avoided Israel-related philanthropy, but he became involved in 2008 when he contributed [ http://jstreet.org/explanation-of-george-soros-j-street-funding/ ] to J Street, a moderate pro-Israel, pro-peace lobbying group based in Washington, after it was founded. Through his Open Society Foundations, Mr. Soros also contributes to the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem and the anti-occupation group Breaking the Silence, which have been subjected to a growing delegitimization campaign by the Israeli government. But Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/n/benjamin_netanyahu/index.html ], raised the stakes in this feud last week when his foreign ministry issued a statement [ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-hungary-soros-idUSKBN19V1J4 ] that, in effect, backed a Hungarian government propaganda effort against Mr. Soros and joined its denunciation of him. This contradicted earlier remarks by Israel’s ambassador to Hungary [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/hungary/index.html ], Yossi Amrani, who had expressed dismay at the $21-million billboard campaign by the ruling party of Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/viktor_orban/index.html ], that has targeted [ https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/07/12/world/europe/ap-eu-hungary-soros-billboards.html ] Mr. Soros for his support of services for refugees and immigrants. The poster campaign, which has also attracted explicitly anti-Semitic graffiti, “evokes sad memories but also sows hatred and fear,” said the ambassador, referencing the fate of Hungarian Jews in the Holocaust. The foreign ministry spokesman denied that the Israeli ambassador’s comments “meant to delegitimize criticism of George Soros” by Mr. Orban’s government. Instead, the spokesman went on to attack the billionaire philanthropist for “continuously undermining Israel’s democratically elected governments,” by his funding of organizations “that defame the Jewish state and seek to deny it the right to defend itself.” [...] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/opinion/george-soros-israel-hungary.html
Israeli PM Netanyahu's son in social media row over dog poo A son of the Israeli prime minister is facing a public backlash amid an escalating row over his reported failure to pick up his dog's droppings. Yair Netanyahu (right) got into a war of words with another, ex-prime minister's son. "This is the faeces of the dog Kaya (yes, of the prime minister and his family). When I asked the eldest son, Yair, who came with her and the security guard to the dog's park where we were, to pick it up because we strictly maintain the cleanliness of the garden and even collect money for cleaning, he gave me the finger, turned his back and left." 4 August 2017 Yair Netanyahu, 25, responded with an obscene gesture, a neighbour said on Facebook, after she told him to clear up the waste left in a Jerusalem park. Mr Netanyahu hit back at critics, leading the son of a former Israeli PM to accuse him of racism and homophobia. The Netanyahus say Israeli media often unfairly focuses on their family. [...] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40824747
The Past Week Proves That Trump Is Destroying Our Democracy
Mark Pernice
By YASCHA MOUNK AUG. 1, 2017
America is on its way to a full-blown constitutional crisis.
Over just a few days last week, President Trump and his allies stepped up attacks on Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating the campaign’s connections to Russia. They tried to push Attorney General Jeff Sessions out of office. They thought out loud about whether the president can pardon himself.
This all points to the same conclusion: Mr. Trump is willing to deal a major blow to the rule of law — and the American Republic — in order to end an independent investigation into his Russia ties.
It is tempting to picture the demise of democracy as a Manichaean drama in which the stakes are clear from the start and the main actors fully understand their roles: Would-be dictators rail against democracy, hire violent thugs to do their bidding and vow to destroy the opposition. When they demand expanded powers or attack independent institutions, their supporters and opponents alike realize that authoritarianism has arrived.
There have, in fact, been a few times and places when the villains were quite as villainous, and the heroes quite as heroic. (Think Germany in the 1930s.) But in most cases, the demise of democracy has been far more gradual and far easier to overlook.
In their first years in office, Vladimir Putin in Russia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey and Viktor Orban in Hungary claimed that they wanted to fix, rather than cripple, democratic institutions. Even as it became clear that these strongmen sought to consolidate power, most of their opponents told themselves that they were saving their courage for the right moment. By the time the full extent of the danger had become incontrovertible, it was too late to mount an effective resistance.
In some ways, the United States seems far from such a situation today. The Trump administration, after all, appears weak: It is relatively unpopular, mired in scandal and divided by infighting — Anthony Scaramucci’s 10-day tenure is just the latest example. And it faces determined opposition from courts, the news media, state and local governments and ordinary citizens. If Mr. Trump’s presidency ends in humiliation, future generations may well conclude that it was bound to fail all along.
But in other respects the United States is already well on the way to what I have, in my academic work, called “democratic deconsolidation [ http://www.journalofdemocracy.org/article/danger-deconsolidation-democratic-disconnect ].” Mr. Trump is increasingly emulating the playbook of popularly elected strongmen who have done deep, lasting damage to their countries’ democratic institutions.
Mr. Trump nonetheless has many supporters. While a majority of Americans believes that the president is doing a bad job, around 40 percent of voters — and some 80 percent of Republicans — approve of his performance. A number of Republican senators and congressmen have reportedly objected to Mr. Trump’s attacks on Mr. Sessions and voted against parts of his legislative agenda, but most have yet to oppose him publicly.
This is worrying. The Constitution cannot defend itself. If Congress does not stand up to Mr. Trump because Republicans are afraid of their own base, the president may be able to obstruct the course of justice with impunity. Worse, he may then conclude that he can get away with violating even more basic limits on his power.
If Congress stands idly by as he fires Mr. Mueller, as it did when he fired the F.B.I. director, James Comey, it might prove similarly pliable should he disregard court rulings, attempt to close down critical newspapers or order his appointees at the Department of Justice to indict Mrs. Clinton.
Congress must send a clear message that these types of violations won’t be tolerated. If Mr. Trump fires Mr. Mueller, Congress can ask him to continue his investigation under the auspices of the legislative branch. And if Mr. Trump pardons himself, disregards court rulings or blatantly oversteps the boundaries of his legitimate authority in some other way, Congress should impeach him.
No flashing light will announce that the very survival of democracy is now at stake if Mr. Mueller is fired. And since nobody can say for sure that the Constitution will become toothless if congressional Republicans let yet another infraction pass, their instinct will be to defer their patriotic duty to some more opportune moment in the future. But that moment may never come. There may never be a time when we know for sure that this decision, today, will determine whether the American republic lives or dies.
In Hungary, democracy did not end when Mr. Orban staffed the electoral commission with his cronies, or when he put loyalists in charge of state television stations or even when he changed the Constitution to expand his powers. But now that he has taken all these steps, the opposition has little chance of ousting him at the next elections. Slowly but surely, Hungary has ceased to be a real democracy.
The temptation to delay opposing Mr. Trump until the right moment comes along is understandable. It’s also very dangerous. Even if congressional Republicans abdicate their duty, the Constitution may turn out to be unusually resilient. But the only sure way to save the Republic is for them to start standing up to the president’s authoritarian behavior — not next week, or next month, but today.
CUFI Washington, D.C. Summit - Middle East Briefing
Streamed live on Jul 17, 2017 by OfficialCUFI
Join the most dynamic and influential voices in Israeli and American foreign policy as they discuss recent developments in Israel, the Middle East, and Washington D.C. These experts will shed light on the most urgent questions America and Israel must face to overcome our shared challenges. Learn why supporting Israel is the key to keeping all of us safe.
Guest speakers include: Col Allen West, Ambassador John Bolton, Malcom Hoenlein, and Erick Stakelbeck.
CUFI Washington, D.C. Summit Annual Night to Honor Israel
Streamed live on Jul 17, 2017 by OfficialCUFI
Join this inspiring celebration in support for the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Your spirit will be uplifted by beautiful music and your mind equipped with the latest information on Israel.
ZOA Calls on Trump to Fire Tillerson Over 'anti-Israel' Global Terrorism Report Although State Department's latest report uses similar wording on Israel-Palestine conflict to previous year's report, ZOA President Mort Klein says he didn't expect anti-Israel reports from new administration Jul 24, 2017 http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.803252 [no comments yet]
Bipartisan support for Israel is the one issue that unites members of both parties. Find out what members of Congress believe about Israel and the quest for peace in the Middle East. Gain an inside perspective of the most important foreign policy issues our nation's lawmakers are working to solve.
Guest Speakers: Senator Joni Ernst, Congressman Trent Franks, Congressman Louie Gohmert, Senator Cornyn, Congressman Doug Lamborn.
Two more Republican senators, Mike Lee and Jerry Moran, announced they won’t support the motion to proceed on Trumpcare in its current form – making the GOP short of the votes they need to pass the bill. Duration: 3:34
GOP health bill collapses on new rejections from Sens Lee, Moran
The Rachel Maddow Show 7/17/17
Frank Thorp, NBC News Capitol Hill producer, talks with Rachel Maddow about Senators Mike Lee and Jerry Moran rejecting the Republican health bill, putting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell below the threshold he needs to pass the bill without working with Democrats. Duration: 10:53
Americans speaking out on health care see another battle won
The Rachel Maddow Show 7/17/17
Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, talks with Rachel Maddow about the energized activism of ordinary Americans that have kept the pressure on legislators to not ruin American health care options with an poor replacement for Obamacare. Duration: 10:26
Senator Murphy: GOP health bill a 'train wreck,' 'monstrosity'
The Rachel Maddow Show 7/17/17
Senator Chris Murphy, member of the Senate Health Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about how big a failure the collapse of the Republican health/tax bill is and what next steps can be expected as Senator McConnell appears determined to avoid input from Democrats. Duration: 5:36
NY subpoenas records on huge Manafort loans from small bank: WSJ
The Rachel Maddow Show 7/17/17
Rachel Maddow relays a report from the Wall Street Journal that the Manhattan district attorney's office in New York has issued a subpoena to a Chicago bank run by a Trump adviser over $16 million in loans to former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. Duration: 6:21
Trump 2020 campaign donors paying for family's lawyers
The Rachel Maddow Show 7/17/17
Rachel Maddow shares reporting on how Trump re-election campaign money is being used to pay for lawyers, including for Donald Trump Jr., and attempts to sort through some of the contradictory announcements made about changes in the Trump team's legal representation. Duration: 5:25
Trump lawyer/spokesman Sekulow underperforming on TV
The Rachel Maddow Show 7/17/17
Rachel Maddow shows how Donald Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow, who is touted as a superior communicator, is producing a streak of unforced errors and gaffes with his appearances on TV representing Trump. Duration: 4:07
McConnell's GOP health/tax bill attacked from all sides
The Rachel Maddow Show 7/17/17
Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell discuss the failure of Senator Mitch McConnell to assemble enough votes to pass his health care bill, and what this means for the Republican political landscape. Duration: 4:56
Senators Mike Lee and Jerry Moran announce their opposition to the Republican health care plan, effectively killing the bill. But this "zombie bill" has come back to life before—will it be resurrected? Julie Rovner, David Frum and Ron Klain join Lawrence O'Donnell. Duration: 13:32
Supporters of Obamacare tirelessly attended town halls and made their voices heard—and Republican senators responded to the constituent pressure. Trumpcare is dead – for now. Neera Tanden and Indivisible's Ezra Levin join Lawrence O'Donnell. Duration: 8:29
Russia, repeal failure mean trouble for Trump White House
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 7/17/17
With Jared Kushner mired in controversy, Steve Bannon is back – but can anyone in the Trump White House actually govern? Joshua Green, author of "Devil's Bargain," joins Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss Team Trump and breaking health care bill news. Duration: 9:42
Trump says just repeal Obamacare after GOP Senate bill collapses
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 7/17/17
Within hours of kicking off 'Made in America' week, the White House again loses the narrative after the Senate GOP health care bill collapses & the questions keep coming on Russia. Duration: 11:25
Has Kushner delivered on any of the to-do list Trump gave him?
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 7/17/17
Seemingly no one in the Trump administration has a longer to-do list than White House aide & Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner. So nearly six months in, how's he doing? Duration: 3:49
Polls show Trump is historically unpopular just six months in
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 7/17/17
With his presidency nearing the six month mark, multiple polls put Pres. Trump's approval rating at historic lows. MSNBC's Steve Kornacki breaks it down. Duration: 2:57
Report: Russian mob money helped build Trump business empire
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 7/17/17
A stunning report in The New Republic alleges that, whether Donald Trump knew it or not, for decades he made a large portion of his personal fortune from Russian mobsters & oligarchs. Duration: 4:40
Even Republicans Hate the Republican Health Care Bill: The Daily Show
Published on Jul 17, 2017 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Trevor breaks down the fate of the Republican health care bill after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stalls a vote on the contentious legislation.
Stephen visited Red Square in Moscow, mere steps from where many Americans once considered 'the epicenter of all evil,' to find out if it's as horrifying as advertised.
Stephen Makes His Debut On Russia's 'Evening Urgant'
Published on Jul 18, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Stephen kicks off the first day of Russia Week from the streets of Saint Petersburg before appearing on Russia's one late night TV show with an important announcement between vodka shots.
Al Gore Received Illegal Campaign Materials In 2000 (And Reported It)
Published on Jul 18, 2017 by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The 45th Vice President and 'An Inconvenient Sequel' documentarian Al Gore once found himself at a moral crossroads eerily similar to Donald Trump Jr.'s.
[originally aired July 17, 2017 (U.S. central time)]
Seth takes a closer look at the Trump administration's excuses for their behavior amid bombshell revelations about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russians.
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