Republicans are rapidly pushing forward with their efforts to pass President Donald Trump’s tax plan, which would overhaul the tax code in order to shower billions of dollars in tax cuts upon the richest Americans, including Trump’s own family. On Tuesday, the Senate Budget Committee passed the Senate version of the plan, with all Republicans on the panel voting for it and all Democrats voting against. Protesters disrupted the committee hearing Tuesday with chants of “Kill the bill, don’t kill us.” The plan will now go to the full Senate for a vote as early as Thursday. The Senate bill slashes the corporate tax rate and gives further tax cuts to wealthy business owners. It would also repeal a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, the requirement that most Americans have health insurance. Experts say revoking this provision, known as the individual mandate, would cause the cost of health insurance to skyrocket. We speak with Heather McGhee, president of Demos and Demos Action. https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/29/as_gop_tax_plan_faces_senate[with embedded video, and transcript]
Cherokee Writer: Trump Pocahontas Slur Reflects Centuries of Colonial Violence Against Native Women
Published on Nov 29, 2017 by Democracy Now!
As Native American Heritage Month winds down, President Donald Trump is opening the door to new drilling and mining on land considered sacred by tribal nations. On Monday, Trump plans to travel to Utah to announce plans to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to make way for more industrial activity on the land. The Hopi, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni and the Ute Indian Tribe all say they will sue to stop the plan. This comes after Trump attempted to insult Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren by referring to her as “Pocahontas” during a White House ceremony honoring Navajo code talkers, Native Americans who served in the Marines during WWII and used the Navajo language in order to transmit encoded information. Warren says her family is part Cherokee. We speak with Mary Kathryn Nagle, a citizen of Cherokee Nation and a partner at Pipestem Law, P.C., a law firm dedicated to the restoration of tribal sovereignty and jurisdiction. https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/29/cherokee_writer_trump_pocahontas_slur_reflects[with embedded video, and transcript]
Full Broadcast 29Nov17 Real News with David Knight GUESTS: • Lionel — Why is Matt Lauer being fired now, after his sexual assaults have been known for years? TOPICS: • Bureaucracy AND Judiciary in open warfare against Trump • Tarmac docs about to be revealed, exposing Clinton-Lynch collusion • 2nd slush fund uncovered for our Parliament of Whores on Capital Hill
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
LISTEN: Sarah Sanders responds to President Trump's retweets of anti-Muslim videos
Published on Nov 29, 2017 by PBS NewsHour
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders answered questions on Wednesday about President Trump's retweets of anti-Muslim videos posted by a British far-right leader.
Wednesday, Nov. 29th 2017: The Fall of Lauer - NBC terminates Today Show host Matt Lauer in yet another devastating blow to the mainstream media, and World War III looms as North Korea fires off yet another ICBM. Alex Jones speaks with WND editor-in-chief Joseph Farah about his new initiative to thank Trump, and Laura Loomer discusses an upcoming Hillary Clinton book-signing event. Roger Stone joins Alex in the fourth hour to interview Kevin Barry and Michelle Ford on the injuries caused by vaccines and violations of the constitution.
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Loads of important news on today's War Room. A Federal report of vaccine damage payouts has just emerged, the NFL has decided to fully commit to the leftist agenda, how you feel about climate change could now impact your interest rates or access to bonds, more sexual assault allegations are costing people their jobs in media, and Project Veritas exposes the Washington Post as fake news.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Donald Trump has made what could be his most controversial tweets yet — and that's saying something.
The Twitter fanatic, who is also President of the United States, hit the retweet button early Wednesday, circulating three tweets from extreme-right group “Britain First”.
The tweets, from the group's deputy leader Jayda Fransen, show unverified videos with the titles: 'Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!', 'Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary!', and 'Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!'. Jayda Fransen has already been convicted of hate crimes in the UK, and is facing more charges.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is currently in Iraq, but a spokesman for Downing Street said it was "wrong" for President Trump to have retweeted Fransen. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended the tweets, saying: "Whether it's a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about."
“Britain First“ was launched in 2011 by former members of a failed nationalist political party. It’s mainly known for its flag-waving marches and publicity stunts outside mosques - all in the name of campaigning, in its own words, for “patriotic resistance” and against “the rapid growth of militant Islam.”
Many of its posts online end up reaching several million people. But its influence on British remains questionable.
Trump retweeted unverified anti-Muslim videos, originally posted from ‘Britain First’ a far-right political group. This follows reports Trump privately questions if the Access-Hollywood tape is real, and Obama’s birth certificate. Duration: 12:16
Trump co-author alleges 2 White House aides made calls about Trump's mental health
The Beat With Ari Melber 11/29/17
Reports reveal Trump’s alternate reality inside the White House, telling aides and senators theories about President Obama’s birth certificate to saying the “Access Hollywood” tape is fake. Tony Schwartz, co-author of Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ tells Ari Melber about concerns for Trump’s mental health. He says Trump is “losing his grip.” Duration: 4:38
Al Sharpton: Jay Z “can take a shot at me any time he wants”
The Beat With Ari Melber 11/29/17
ay-Z sat down for a rare interview with NYT’s Dean Baquet, on being black in Trump’s America. Rev. Al Sharpton is featured on Jay-Z’s new album and talks about Jay-Z’s influence and activism. Duration: 8:03
Trump has been withdrawing into conspiracy theories as well as promoting anti-Muslim propaganda and myths about voter fraud & Obama's birth certificate. Duration: 3:14
Ex-con coal baron Don Blankenship is running for U.S. Senate
All In with Chris Hayes 11/29/17
Don Blankenship, who served a year in prison after an explosion in one of his West Virginia mines killed 29 people, will run for Senate as a Republican against Joe Manchin next year. Duration: 1:17
Trump lying or ignorant about what's in the Republican tax bill
The Rachel Maddow Show 11/29/17
Rachel Maddow reports on the deep unpopularity of the Republican tax plan and notes that Donald Trump is wildly wrong to say that he'll pay more under the bill. Duration: 2:29
World astonished at yet more falsehoods from Donald Trump
The Rachel Maddow Show 11/29/17
Eric Mouthaan, correspondent for RTL Dutch TV, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's retweet of a false anti-Muslim propaganda video and the reaction of the world to a U.S. president who so regularly disgraces himself and his country. Duration: 14:31
Stephanie Gosk, correspondent for NBC News, talks with Rachel Maddow about the firing of Matt Lauer for "inappropriate sexual behavior" and the challenges of reporting on a story within one's own company. Duration: 13:57
Jared Kushner met with Robert Mueller in Trump Russia probe: NYT
The Rachel Maddow Show 11/29/17
Rachel Maddow replays breaking news from the New York Times that Jared Kushner has spoken with special counsel Robert Mueller, with additional reporting from CNN that the main subject of discussion was Mike Flynn. Duration: 2:10
Trump campaign had at least 19 Russia-connected contacts
The Rachel Maddow Show 11/29/17
Rachel Maddow updates a running list of Russia-connected contacts by members of the Donald Trump campaign, bringing the count to 19, with the open possibility of new ones being exposed. Duration: 4:12
Official death toll in Puerto Rico far short of estimates
The Rachel Maddow Show 11/29/17
Rachel Maddow reports that the official death toll from storm-stricken Puerto Rico has been increased by three to 58, but new estimates by experts suggest the real toll could be nearly 1,100 deaths following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Duration: 1:14
Trump pushed his tax bill in Missouri where he attacked Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill for not backing it. The president either doesn't know what's in the bill or lied when he said it's bad for him & his family—the tax cuts could save them a billion dollars. Duration: 5:14
Psychiatrist: Trump's mental state an 'enormous present danger'
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 11/29/17
President Trump is said to be questioning things he has previously said to be true ("Access Hollywood" tape, Obama's birthplace.) Psychiatrist Lance Dodes says this is a sign of mental illness. He joins Lawrence O'Donnell and Eugene Robinson. Duration: 11:09
Larry Summers breaks with tradition and slams the Trump administration's tax bill, saying the president is speaking "nonsense." He explains why the bill is designed to reward the wealthy and says current Secretary Steven Mnuchin's tax claims aren't "serious." Duration: 6:38
Trump shares anti-Muslim vids, picks a fight with UK PM
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 11/30/17
As reports surface about his increasingly erratic behavior, Trump was widely condemned after sharing unverified anti-Muslim videos on Twitter and picking a fight with Britain's Prime Minister. Our reporter panel breaks it all down. Duration: 8:44
Reports: Mueller's team talked to Kushner about Flynn
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 11/30/17
Multiple reports say that Robert Mueller's Russia investigation team has talked to Jared Kushner about what he may know about Michael Flynn. Our reporter panel reacts. Duration: 6:24
NBC officials have confirmed two more accusers have come forward to make sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Lauer who has been fired from his job at NBC News. Stephanie Ruhle & Jim Warren discuss. Duration: 7:39
Mick Mulvaney is appointed director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau despite having railed against the financial watchdog agency in the past.
Jordan completely supports President Trump's move to repeal net neutrality, even if it forces himself and other alt-media types to become even fringier.
Trump's 'Pocahontas' crack even disgusted the portrait of Andrew Jackson, which for some reason was hanging behind President Trump while he honored Native American war heroes.
Seth takes a closer look at how Republicans in the Senate are rushing to pass a radical overhaul of the tax code that would slash taxes for corporations and the wealthy.
The White House Reporter For A Pro-Trump News Site Was Arrested After Allegedly Accosting A Woman Lucian Wintrich, a reporter with the Gateway Pundit [who's credentialed by the White House], was arrested Tuesday night at the University of Connecticut, where he was delivering a speech titled "It's OK to Be White." https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/the-white-house-reporter-for-a-pro-trump-news-site-was
New documents: Trump paid over $1 million to settle labor lawsuit President Trump paid out more than $1 million in the late 1990's to a group of Polish workers in the country illegally who demolished the building that would eventually be replaced by Trump Tower in Manhattan, according to recently unsealed documents. The workers in 1980 received as little as $4 per hour, and worked 12-hour shifts without gloves, hard hats or masks to demolish the Bonwit Teller building on Fifth Avenue, The New York Times reported Monday. Trump testified that he did not remember undocumented Polish workers being on the job. Trump paid $1.375 million to settle the case, with $500,000 going to a union benefits fund and the rest covering lawyers’ fees and expenses. The case was settled in 1998. Details of the settlement remained secret, but last week documents were unsealed in response to a 2016 motion filed by Time Inc. and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. During his presidential campaign and since taking office, Trump has frequently lamented the loss of American jobs to immigrants and workers overseas. In June 2016, Trump took to Twitter to brag about his record in lawsuits. http://thehill.com/homenews/362302-new-documents-reveal-trump-paid-over-1-million-to-settle-labor-lawsuit-in-1980
Office opens case file into accusation that Conway broke the law The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is opening a case file to address allegations that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway violated federal law when she made comments about GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore's Democratic challenger. Walter Shaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics, filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel last week alleging that Conway violated the Hatch Act, a decades-old law prohibiting federal employees from using their offices to campaign for or against political candidates. [...] http://thehill.com/homenews/news/362300-us-special-counsel-opening-up-case-file-over-accusation-that-conway-broke-the
Trump tweet calls for investigation into Scarborough's dead staffer while in Congress President Trump on Wednesday appeared to call for an investigation into the 2001 death of an intern to former GOP congressman-turned-MSNBC host Joe Scarborough. In a tweet calling for Scarborough and MSNBC president Phil Griffin to be terminated in the wake of Matt Lauer's firing, the president mentioned an " 'unsolved mystery' that took place in Florida years ago." "So now tha[t] Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin? And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the “unsolved mystery” that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!" the president wrote to his 43.6 million followers. [...] http://thehill.com/homenews/media/362307-trump-tweet-calls-for-investigation-into-scarboroughs-dead-staffer-while-in
The Internet Is Dying. Repealing Net Neutrality Hastens That Death. The internet is dying. Sure, technically, the internet still works. Pull up Facebook on your phone and you will still see your second cousin’s baby pictures. But that isn’t really the internet. It’s not the open, anyone-can-build-it network of the 1990s and early 2000s, the product of technologies created over decades through government funding and academic research, the network that helped undo Microsoft’s stranglehold on the tech business and gave us upstarts like Amazon, Google, Facebook and Netflix. Nope, that freewheeling internet has been dying a slow death — and a vote next month by the Federal Communications Commission to undo net neutrality would be the final pillow in its face. Net neutrality is intended to prevent companies that provide internet service from offering preferential treatment to certain content over their lines. The rules prevent, for instance, AT&T from charging a fee to companies that want to stream high-definition videos to people. Because net neutrality shelters start-ups — which can’t easily pay for fast-line access — from internet giants that can pay, the rules are just about the last bulwark against the complete corporate takeover of much of online life. When the rules go, the internet will still work, but it will look like and feel like something else altogether — a network in which business development deals, rather than innovation, determine what you experience, a network that feels much more like cable TV than the technological Wild West that gave you Napster and Netflix. [...] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/technology/internet-dying-repeal-net-neutrality.html
Barack Obama Shares ‘Genuinely Good News’ Amid News Cycle Of Doom “I know we live in a time when cable news and our Twitter feeds can make it feel like cynicism is everywhere.”
Donald Trump’s Empty Chair Stunt Backfires Hilariously That didn’t go as planned. President Donald Trump’s odd photo op on Tuesday with a pair of empty chairs has quickly turned into a new meme ? and probably not the one he was hoping for. The chairs were supposedly reserved for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who bailed on a meeting after the president tweeted “I don’t see a deal” with the pair. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) were both at the meeting, but cast off to the sides as Trump sat flanked by the empty seats. Trump was hoping the seats would show that the two Democrats are, as he said, “all talk and no action.” Instead, the image of a lonely looking president sitting between two empty chairs quickly went viral: [...] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-empty-chairs_us_5a1e4d97e4b0dc52b02a33db
Viral Photographs Show Libyan Slave Trade? An emotive Facebook post about the slave trade in Libya used photographs that were either unrelated to the slave trade or whose sources are unknown. MOSTLY FALSE Five out of the seven photographs definitively do not show slave-trading in Libya in 2017. The exact origins of two of the seven photographs are undetermined. https://www.snopes.com/libya-slavery/
North Korea says new missile can re-enter atmosphere North Korea has said the missile it tested overnight held a warhead capable of re-entering the earth's atmosphere. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42170423
Donald Trump wrong to share far-right videos - PM It was wrong for US President Donald Trump to retweet videos posted by far-right group Britain First, Downing Street has said. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42172032
Bangkok photo: US tourists held for baring buttocks at Thai temple Two US citizens are being held in Thailand after they posted an online picture of themselves posing with their buttocks exposed at a temple. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42164668
Gold dealer turned star witness details alleged bribes to senior Turkish official - Reza Zarrab NEW YORK — A wealthy Turkish gold dealer stepped into the public eye for the first time Wednesday, testifying at a federal trial here that he paid about 50 million euros in bribes to the former economy minister of Turkey as part of a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran. Reza Zarrab, 34, became the star witness Wednesday at what was originally meant to be his own trial. Instead, he cut a deal with the Justice Department to testify against others in the case. Asked why he decided to flip against his alleged co-conspirator, Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a Turkish bank official, Zarrab answered, “Cooperation was the fastest way to accept responsibility and get out of jail.’’ Zarrab said the agreement with prosecutors came after a failed attempt by his American attorneys to arrange a “prisoner swap’’ between the United States and Turkey. [...] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/gold-dealer-turned-star-witness-details-alleged-bribes-to-senior-turkish-official/2017/11/29/271ebcf2-d52e-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html
Top Suspect In U.S. Iran Sanctions Case Pleads Guilty, Will Testify A wealthy Turkish-Iranian businessman has pleaded guilty to charges that he helped Iran evade U.S. sanctions and will testify in a sanctions case which U.S. prosecutors said implicates high-level officials in both Turkey and Iran. http://www.payvand.com/news/17/nov/1123.html
Scoop: Why the White House can’t get its political act together The Trump White House stands at the doorstep of the 2018 midterm elections with no serious political operation. It's been a slow-moving train wreck, from the botched health care effort to the handling of Roy Moore's candidacy. And the man in charge of the political office, Bill Stepien, is seen by administration officials and conservative leaders as a non-entity — a situation senior Republicans blamed on Jared Kushner, who put him there. [...] https://www.axios.com/why-the-white-house-cant-get-its-political-act-together-2513531400.html
Apocalyptic volcanic super eruption that could DESTROY civilisation is much closer than we thought, say experts An eruption would be capable of returning humanity to a pre-civilisation state The mammoth explosions could release over 1,000 gigatons of ash into the air Super eruptions may occur as regularly as once every 17,000 years The window between super-eruptions could be as short as every 5,200 years http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5125109/Supervolcano-eruptions-regular-expected.html
'Unnatural' microbe can make proteins An altered microbe with an "unnatural" genetic code has been shown to assemble proteins - a key step towards designing new drugs and materials. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42167569
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