One month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, a major new investigation examines the looming question of what will happen to the island’s $74 billion debt as it faces an estimated $95 billion in storm-related damage. We speak with reporters at the Center for Investigative Journalism and In These Times who spent five months digging through court filings and documents from financial firms and much more in order to put together the most up-to-date list of 10 of the largest financial firms that are now scrambling to get billions out of the bankrupt island as it tries to rebuild. Several of the funds were complicit in past financial crises in other parts of the world. https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/18/as_puerto_rico_faces_95_billion
Full Broadcast 18Oct17 Real News with David Knight GUESTS: • Simon Roche — the Marxist govt of South Africa is pursuing a policy of land confiscation and white genocide. A former ANC activist explains what is happening and how Afrikaners are prepping for survival TOPICS: • Ellen Finds Jesus! Jesus Campos returns to her show after suddenly disappearing when TimeLine 2.0 exposed MGM casinos to massive liability. But there are no questions asked. He’s simply lauded as a hero & showered with gifts. • New details show the REAL devils in the Russian/Putin collusion • Hillary, Obama’s DOJ, and the FBI who gagged a whistleblower and pushed the Uranium One deal through 15 months AFTER they knew of fraud, bribery and money laundering by those involved • The scandal surrounding Trump’s appointment of Drug Czar (who has now stepped down from consideration) exposes Big Pharma’s role in both the Opioid Epidemic & the Drug War • McCain & the GOP establishment are still working to save ObamaCare after Trump shut down the illegal, unconstitutional theft that’s funding it
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Wednesday, October 18th 2017[, with Roger Stone hosting the fourth hour with an appearance by Mark Burns]: Clinton & Obama Colluded With Russians - The Obama administration was involved in covering up Russian bribery, money laundering and racketeering that ultimately tied into the Clinton Foundation. Also, trends forecaster Gerald Celente shares the latest economic news and Robert Brown of the John Birch Society joins the program to explain why he's fighting to stop a Constitutional convention from taking place. We'll discuss the controversy over Trump's phone conversation with the widow of a fallen U.S. soldier and the Ellen Degeneres interview with the Las Vegas shooting security guard, Jesus Campos.
WATCH: President Trump addresses tax reform, Gold Star families and healthcare
Published on Oct 18, 2017 by PBS NewsHour
President Donald Trump discusses tax reform, his interactions with Gold Star families and healthcare at a bipartisan meeting in the White House Cabinet Room.
Elderly retiree Ethel goes head to head with Jared Kushner in the latest episode of 'Who Gets The Money?' over the changes to Pass-Through Income in the new Republican Tax Plan.
The Las Vegas cover up continues to fall apart, as more eye witness testimonies conclude there were multiple shooters, as well as a controlled cover up immediately after the event. Roger Stone takes a look at the Russian collusion cover up instigated by the Obama administration and the FBI, and Owen Shroyer looks at the latest lunacy coming from the societal and political left.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Trump’s ethics case begins in New York City. The plaintiffs say Trump violates the Constitution for accepting money from foreign governments. Duration: 9:41
If a letter could bring my son back I would run to D.C. to get it
The Beat With Ari Melber 10/18/17
Gold Star parents, Sheila and Calvin Murphy, talk about their son who was killed in Syria. 22-year-old Army Specialist Etienne Murphy died in May after an armored vehicle he was in rolled over. Duration: 6:57
Allison O’Toole, MNsure CEO and head of the Obamacare exchange in Minnesota speaks out on Trump’s Obamacare confusion and why it could leave one million without health insurance Duration: 4:00
Trump disgrace laid bare in interactions with gold star families
The Rachel Maddow Show 10/18/17
Rachel Maddow struggles to process how it could be reality that Donald Trump has picked a fight with the families of people who died in service to the United States, to whom Americans owe a debt, not an insult. Duration: 17:31
Maddow: What is Trump hiding about U.S. military in Niger?
The Rachel Maddow Show 10/18/17
Rachel Maddow points out that for all the attention given to Trump's disgraceful behavior toward gold star families, the actual question Trump was asked was about Niger. Why the Trump distraction? Duration: 13:05
Sessions testimony reveals no DoJ plan to protect elections
The Rachel Maddow Show 10/18/17
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about testimony from Jeff Sessions in which he reveals that the Justice Department does not have a plan to protect future elections from outside influence. Duration: 9:41
Brennan: 'Implausible' Russians had no US cooperation on election
The Rachel Maddow Show 10/18/17
Rachel Maddow shares video of former CIA director John Brennan explaining that he thinks it is implausible that Russians were not able to get some help, wittingly or unwittingly, from Americans in their mission to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election. Duration: 1:34
Lawrence: Trump's tweets show us what he cares about
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 10/18/17
President Donald Trump was silent on the death of 4 U.S. soldiers in Niger for 12 days before a question came up in the Rose Garden. Before that, there were no tweets and no mention from the president. Lawrence O'Donnell explains why Trump's silence is important. Duration: 14:06
Sen. Franken: Sessions isn't telling truth about Russian contacts
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 10/18/17
Sen. Al Franken reacts exclusively to his testy exchange with Jeff Sessions at Wednesday's Senate Judiciary hearing and explains what he thinks is "disturbing" about the AG's testimony. Franken also weighs in on Trump's controversy involving Gold Star families. Duration: 8:21
and a repeat of these two previous evening's segments, included in the post to which this is a reply, this time with their respective late-posted (. . .) official YouTubes:
McCain on willingness to work with Trump 'dumb question'
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 10/17/17
Sen. John McCain chastised a reporter who questioned if he would continue to work with Donald Trump after criticizing him. Lawrence O'Donnell says McCain, who likely won't seek another term, has "nothing left to lose," has been freed to call out the right. Duration: 9:13
Andrew Sullivan: The danger of Trump's 'unhinged fantasies'
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 10/17/17
Andrew Sullivan, Writer-at-Large at New York Magazine, joins Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss his new essay, in which he says President Donald Trump has "the unhinged fantasies of a 71-year-old Fox News viewer," and react to the latest White House developments. Duration: 7:51
Trump denies making insensitive remark to Army widow
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 10/18/17
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) says she heard Trump tell an Army widow her soldier husband knew 'what he signed up for.' Trump denied that claim, despite the family saying Trump 'disrespected' him. Duration: 8:09
What Sessions Senate testimony means for Mueller's Russia probe
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 10/18/17
Answering questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions comments on Comey's firing and more could factor into Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Duration: 6:16
Fmr. CIA boss Brennan: World may wonder if Trump's just reckless
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 10/18/17
For the first time, fmr. CIA Director John Brennan takes on Trump's foreign policy - issuing dire warnings on the threat of war with North Korea and Russia's involvement in the 2016 election. Duration: 5:32
On "Day 272" of the Donald Trump White House Regime, there is a rumor that Melania is using a Body Double. A Fallen Soldiers Mother claims Trump told her that "He knew what he signed up for". Trump denies saying those words. Don't they record the phone calls of the President ? Release the tape or send the Family $25,000 hush money. Can a Narcissist have Compassion ? They found Jesus Campos of all places.., on the Ellen Degenerate Show (Plugging the NFL). The LAPD is going to unleash a Drone Program, what could go wrong there ? California becomes the first State to Legally Recognize a third Gender, call in the National Guard !!!!!!!!!!!
Trump to widow of [black] Sgt. La David Johnson: 'He knew what he signed up for' President faces controversy after US Army deaths in Africa MIAMI - President Donald Trump told U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson's widow Tuesday that "he knew what he signed up for ... but when it happens, it hurts anyway," when he died serving in northwestern Africa, according to U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Florida. "Yeah, he said that," Wilson said. "So insensitive. He should have not have said that. He shouldn't have said it." [...] https://www.local10.com/news/politics/trump-speaks-to-widow-of-sgt-la-david-johnson
Trump denies 'insensitive' remarks to soldier's widow US President Donald Trump has said a lawmaker's claim he made a soldier's widow cry is "totally fabricated". http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41663609
Another last-ditch effort to tackle Obamacare stalls within hours of its release Yet another last-ditch effort to tackle the nation’s health-care system stalled within hours of its release by a bipartisan pair of senators Tuesday, with President Trump sending mixed signals and Republicans either declining to endorse the proposal or outright opposing it. The week began on Capitol Hill with a renewed sense of urgency to craft legislation following Trump’s decision last week to end key payments to health insurers that help millions of lower-income Americans afford coverage but that the president argued were illegal under the Affordable Care Act. The compromise offered by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Tuesday proposes authorizing those payments for two years in exchange for granting states greater flexibility to regulate health coverage under the ACA. Those payments help offset deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs for low-income consumers who obtain insurance through the law; critics of Trump’s decision said eliminating the subsidies would cause insurers to back out of marketplaces across the country. The measure presented congressional Republicans with an uncomfortable choice between helping sustain coverage for many Americans and making good on a long-standing campaign promise — and paying the consequences — by allowing the ACA to falter. Senate Republican leaders did not immediately endorse the proposal. Influential House Republicans panned the blueprint, and Trump offered conflicting reviews. The discord swiftly cast the plan’s viability into serious doubt. In an address at a Heritage Foundation dinner in Washington on Tuesday, Trump commended “the bipartisan work” of Alexander and Murray but suggested that a different kind of fix is needed. “I continue to believe Congress must find a solution to the Obamacare mess instead of providing bailouts to insurance companies,” Trump said. Earlier in the day, at a joint news conference with the prime minister of Greece, Trump sounded positive notes about the plan. “Yes, we have been involved, and this is a short-term deal,” Trump said. He said the proposal would “get us over this intermediate hump” and allow Republicans to later revisit efforts to aggressively undo the ACA. In between those two appearances, the president tweeted: “Any increase in ObamaCare premiums is the fault of the Democrats for giving us a ‘product’ that never had a chance of working.” Trump stopped the CSR payments last week, arguing that the subsidies were illegal because they were not explicitly authorized under the ACA, and he instructed Congress to decide whether to appropriate the funding. “None of our guys voted for Obamacare,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a close ally of House GOP leadership, said in an interview. “They’re not very interested in sustaining it.” A leading House conservative was outright hostile to the new bipartisan plan. “The GOP should focus on repealing & replacing Obamacare, not trying to save it. This bailout is unacceptable,” said Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) in a statement posted on Twitter. Walker is the chairman of the influential Republican Study Committee. Senate Republican leaders were less than enthusiastic. “We haven’t had a chance to think about the way forward yet,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) at his weekly news conference, minutes after Alexander announced the deal about 20 feet away, outside a Republican policy luncheon. [...] https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/key-senators-reach-bipartisan-health-care-subsidy-deal-and-trump-expresses-support/2017/10/17/72be5b04-b355-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html
Market strategist Marc Faber under fire for racist remarks Comments made by Swiss investment adviser Marc Faber about race triggered a swift backlash. Faber, who is well known for his market pessimism and often referred to as "Dr. Doom," said in the October edition of his "Gloom, Boom & Doom Report" that it's a good thing white people colonized America. "Thank God white people populated America, and not the blacks," he wrote. "Otherwise, the US would look like Zimbabwe, which it might look like one day anyway, but at least America enjoyed 200 years in the economic and political sun under a white majority." [...] http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/17/investing/marc-faber-white-america/
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