President Trump’s Executive Order, quietly enacted a week ago, looks like the opening salvo of an offensive move against the Clinton Crime Family. Then, Gerald Celente joins David Knight with financial & political Trends Forecast for 2018 and Sheri Tenpenny on flu vaccines. And, a black mother, the victim of NJ gun laws, speaks out on the necessity of reciprocity carry laws as it faces an uphill battle at the Senate.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Thursday, Dec. 28th 2017: Obama Forgotten in Trump Era! - American conservatives are optimistic for 2018! Owen Shroyer fills in for Alex Jones and hosts this worldwide transmission, sharing the last days of Christmas Cheer, the sales on Infowarsstore.com, and celebrating the fact that President Trump’s approval rating is in a deadlock tie with his predecessor's first year in office. Owen opens the phone lines and chats with callers about the big news stories of 2017 as New Years Eve approaches. Jon Rappoport joins to host the fourth and final hour.
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill certifies that Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore in a December 12 special election to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
On Today’s War Room Show: Rob Dew and Roger Stone look at the secret trips FBI director James Comey made to Romania just before hackers from that country took over the DC outdoor security cam systems. And Rob Dew looks at the overwhelming evidence of voter fraud in the 2017 Alabama election.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
In our latest ProPublica collaboration, we report on RDX, one of the world’s most powerful conventional explosives developed by the U.S. military. But it’s now believed by many to cause cancer, and is increasingly turning up in drinking water supplies near military sites across the country.
War at Home Unexploded ordnance. Open burns of munitions. Poisoned aquifers. Of all the military’s environmental hazards, the explosive compound RDX may be the greatest threat to America’s health. Dec. 28, 2017 https://www.propublica.org/article/military-pollution-rdx-war-at-home [with this YouTube embedded, and comments]
Bombs in Our Backyard Investigating One of America’s Greatest Polluters The Pentagon has poisoned millions of acres and left Americans to guess at the threat to their health. Its oversight of thousands of toxic sites has been marked by defiance and delay. https://www.propublica.org/series/bombs-in-our-backyard
Trump’s lawyer denies plan to attack Flynn, despite Trump’s attacks on Flynn
The Beat With Ari Melber 12/28/17
Trump criminal defense lawyer John Dowd denies new leaks about a potential White House plan of attack against Michael Flynn. A panel of journalists and lawyers reports on how Trump himself has already attacked Flynn’s credibility, and where Mueller is headed in 2018. Duration: 11:34
Melber: What “Casablanca” Teaches us About Refugees and Compassion
The Beat With Ari Melber 12/28/17
This year featured the most global refugees since the World War II era, when “Casablanca” depicted the battle between American isolationism and compassion for migrants with no home. MSNBC’s Ari Melber explores how the classic film offers lessons for the current era. Duration: 8:51
Sister of Fallen NYPD Officer: I remember her “love for life”
The Beat With Ari Melber 12/28/17
NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia was killed in an ambush attack in July, one of 44 officers killed by gunfire in the line of duty this year. Her sister, Mercedes, tells msnbc she remembers Miosotis for her “spunk” and “contagious smile.” Duration: 7:56
For all of his bluster, President Trump can't change the fact that he he is historically unpopular - and has relatively little to show for his first year. Duration: 4:22
Police supt.: Trump narrative about Chicago is 'frustrating'
All In with Chris Hayes 12/28/17
Donald Trump's narrative about Chicago as some type of war zone is "frustrating," says police superintendent Eddie Johnson. "That narrative doesn't really depict what's going on in Chicago." Duration: 2:47
Natalie Moore, author of "The South Side," talks with Trymaine Lee about the history of residential segregation in Chicago and the realities of segregation in the modern city. Duration: 4:07
All In with Chris Hayes has spent the year trying to understand the very real crisis of violence in Chicago. We returned to the city again and again to talk to people suffering as a result of the violence and people trying to do something to stop it. Duration: 3:21
Chicago activist Jedidiah Brown on trauma, mental health
All In with Chris Hayes 12/22/17
Jedidiah Brown, a young activist from Chicago who garnered attention when he rushed the empty stage at a Donald Trump campaign rally in 2016, reflects on his personal experiences with violence, trauma, and mental health. Duration: 6:16
Trump opens up about Mueller, Russia probe in impromptu interview
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/28/17
Michael Schmidt, national security reporter for the New York Times, talks with Joy Reid about his impromptu interview with Donald Trump in which Trump discussed the Robert Mueller investigation, the Department of Justice, and his value to news media ratings. Duration: 7:44
Trump asserts 'absolute right' to do what he wants with Justice
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/28/17
Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks with Joy Reid about Donald Trump's apparent belief that the attorney general should protect the president and that he has the right to do what he wants with the Justice Department. Duration: 4:01
Trump DoJ assertion more than Nixon would have dared: Beschloss
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/28/17
Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Joy Reid about the historical context for Donald Trump's assertions about his power over the Justice Department and its investigations. Duration: 4:21
African-American vote threatens redness of Southern states
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/28/17
Alabama State Representative Merika Coleman talks with Joy Reid about how the African-American community expressed themselves in the Alabama special election of Doug Jones and the emerging strength of African-American voters, including in red Southern states. Duration: 5:39
Puerto Rico crisis lingers as Trump administration moves on
The Rachel Maddow Show 12/28/17
Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan, Puerto Rico, talks with Joy Reid about the challenges the island is still dealing with months after catastrophic hurricanes, problems made worse by the Trump administration's bungling of the response and the new Republican tax law. Duration: 9:33
Trump: I have 'absolute right' to do what I want with DOJ
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 12/28/17
Trump gave an extensive, impromptu interview with the New York Times in which he denied collusion with Russia 16 times and claimed he has the "absolute right" to do what he wants with the Justice Dept. David Frum, Wendy Sherman, & Natasha Bertrand join Ari Melber. Duration: 15:02
Joy on Trump's 2020 comment: It's the presidency, not a TV show
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 12/28/17
In a new New York Times interview, Trump talks about the presidency in terms of ratings. Joy Reid tells Ari Melber that Trump shows he doesn't understand the "servant-leader model of the U.S." – he's "not a product on TV", but is there to improve Americans' lives. Duration: 7:30
and, to have it here with its official YouTube (segment without YouTube also included in the post to which this is a reply):
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Lawrence on Trump's very bad year
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 12/27/17
Lawrence O'Donnell looks back on the losing moves of President Trump's first year in office, which included following Steve Bannon to defeat in the Alabama Senate race, calling white supremacists "very fine people," and firing FBI Director James Comey. Duration: 11:47
NYT: Trump says Russia probe makes America look bad
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 12/29/17
In an impromptu New York Times interview, Trump sounded off on Russia again calling it a hoax, denied any collusion with Moscow by his campaign, and lobbed accusations at Democrats. Duration: 6:19
Alabama makes it official: Roy Moore lost Senate race
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 12/29/17
Alabama officials have certified that Democrat Doug Jones won the special election against Republican Roy Moore fair and square. But will Moore accept the result? Dave Weigel & Garrett Haake discuss. Duration: 8:47
How 13 days in July shaped Trump's first year in office
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 12/29/17
A new AP report lays out how 13 days in July had a huge impact on Trump's first year as president. We take a look back at that crucial period and discuss it with the report's author, Jonathan Lemire. Duration: 7:15
Roy Wood Jr. covers the sports world's most noteworthy moments from 2017, while Michael Kosta tries to do justice to the way sports intersected with race this year.
"Day 343" Hiding inflation in the Donald Trump Zionist Regime and why Governments Hate Deflation. (Ending with talking about the 1913 Chinese Gold Bonds)
Ivanka Trump is getting roasted for posting a vacation photo that shows a confederate flag behind Jared Kushner Ivanka Trump sparked controversy on social media this week when she posted a photo of her husband and son on a boat in Florida with a Confederate flag in the background. It is unclear whether the inclusion of the flag, which was flying from a neighboring boat, was intentional. Critics lashed out at Ivanka, pointing to her father's controversial defense of Confederate monuments, which many view as a celebration of the country's white supremacist history. http://www.businessinsider.com/ivanka-trump-posts-vacation-photo-confederate-flag-2017-12
Lawyer who once advised Martin Shkreli has been convicted of helping him defraud a pharmaceutical company A New York lawyer who once advised Martin Shkreli was convicted on Wednesday of helping him defraud a pharmaceutical company. Evan Greebel, who was outside counsel to Shkreli's former company Retrophin, was found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn of charges he conspired to commit wire fraud and securities fraud. The verdict came after a different jury in August found Shkreli guilty of defrauding hedge fund investors, but not guilty of conspiring with Greebel to steal from Retrophin. He has denied wrongdoing. http://www.businessinsider.com/martin-shkrelis-former-attorney-was-convicted-of-aiding-fraud-scheme-2017-12
Ex-lawyer for pharma exec Shkreli convicted of aiding fraud scheme Lawyer and former adviser to Martin Shkreli, Evan Greebel was convicted of conspiring to commit wire fraud and securities fraud. A federal jury found Greebel guilty of charges he helped the former pharmaceutical executive steal millions from a drug company to pay back investors in two failed hedge funds. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/27/ex-lawyer-for-pharma-exec-shkreli-convicted-of-aiding-fraud-scheme.html
Israel plans a Trump rail station as Trump-naming frenzy sweeps country It's a way to thank Trump for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital Trump's decision was rejected by the vast majority of UN countries The Old City is the most sensitive point in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/27/politics/israel-trump-train-station-rail-name-naming/index.html
Bernie Sanders Clarifies Comments About Middle-Class Tax Cuts In GOP Bill “Let’s pass tax reform that permanently benefits all middle-income and working-class families without giving tax breaks to the top 1 percent,” he said. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) dismissed attempts to construe one of his recent comments as praise for the Republican tax legislation, declaring in a statement on Wednesday that the GOP law is “one of the worst pieces of legislation in the modern history of our country.” In an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Sanders conceded that the tax cuts for middle-class families in the GOP tax bill were positive, before slamming the bill for specifying that they would expire in eight years. “Next year, 91 percent of middle-income Americans will receive a tax cut. Isn’t that a good thing?” host Jake Tapper asked Sanders. “Yeah, it is a very good thing,” Sanders responded. “And that’s why we should’ve made the tax cuts for the middle class permanent.” Some Republicans delighted in the idea that they had caught Sanders owning up to the bill’s perks. In an email blast to reporters, Republican National Committee spokesman Michael Ahrens dubbed the Vermont progressive “Sanders Claus.” “Bernie has long supported massive tax increases on everyone – including the middle class – but this Christmas, even this Grinch’s heart has grown,” Ahrens wrote in a note that linked to Sanders’ CNN interview. “When Bernie comes back to town, he should pledge to vote with Republicans in ten years to make the tax cuts permanent for the middle class.” [...] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-middle-class-tax-ctuts-gop-bill_us_5a4439b3e4b0b0e5a7a499e8
Trump, the Insurgent, Breaks With 70 Years of American Foreign Policy President Trump has transformed the world’s view of the United States from an anchor of the international order into something more inward-looking and unpredictable. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/us/politics/trump-world-diplomacy.html
Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter By YAIR ROSENBERG Like many Jewish journalists who reported on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, I spent the 2016 election being harassed by a motley crew of internet racists who coalesced around the future president. They sent me threats, photoshopped me into gas chambers and hurled an uncreative array of anti-Semitic slurs my way. A study by the Anti-Defamation League found that I’d received the second-most abuse of any Jewish journalist on Twitter during the campaign cycle. My parents didn’t raise me to be No. 2; fortunately, there’s always 2020. As a result, I’ve become something of an unintentional expert on alt-right trolls and their tactics. For the most part, these characters are largely laughable — sad, angry men hiding behind images of cartoon frogs, deathly afraid that their employers will uncover their online antics. But there are also more insidious individuals, whose digital skulduggery can be more consequential than the occasional bigoted bromide. And so last November, in the wake of Trump’s victory, I decided to turn the tables on them. My target? Impersonator trolls. You probably haven’t heard of these trolls, but that is precisely why they are so pernicious. These bigots are not content to harass Jews and other minorities on Twitter; they seek to assume their identities and then defame them. The con goes like this: The impersonator lifts an online photo of a Jew, Muslim, African-American or other minority — typically one with clear identifying markers, like a yarmulke-clad Hasid or a woman in hijab. Using that picture as a Twitter avatar, the bigot then adds ethnic and progressive descriptors to the bio: “Jewish,” “Zionist,” “Muslim,” “enemy of the alt-right.” [...] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/opinion/digital-nazi-hunter-trump.html
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