WATCH: Democrat Shelly Simonds speaks after election tiebreaker loss
Published on Jan 4, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
Democrat Shelly Simonds spoke to the media on Thursday after Republican David Yancey's name was drawn as winner during a tiebreaking procedure to determine who would occupy a Virginia House seat.
Michael Wolff’s newest book “is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” as Shakespeare would say. But is it true? Will it divide & conqueror the America First movement? Lee Stranahan joins to discuss & filmmaker Ramsey Denison reveals his new film on the Las Vegas shooting & police department corruption, “What Happened in Vegas, The Movie”.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Thursday, Jan. 4th 2018[, with appearances by Roger Stone and Jerome Corsi, and Matt Dubiel co-hosting the fourth hour]: Dow Hits 25,000 For First Time! - Alex Jones takes a stance on the Trump / Bannon fiasco, and it ain't pretty, for Benedict Bannon that is. The Dow Jones industrial average has passed 25,000 for the first time as Trump's economy continues to roar and Americans remain optimistic about recently passed tax cuts. European Parliament member Janice Atkinson joins today's program to discuss the ongoing immigration problem in the EU. Also, Steve Bannon has yet to respond to claims made by Michael Wolff that shook the political world yesterday.
As the Steve Bannon drama continues to dominate headlines, more developments in Congress and the Department Of Justice show justice is moving towards Hillary Clinton and the deep state that is attempting a coup against President Trump. The details of the Paul Manafort lawsuit are reviewed, Sessions activity as Attorney General is called into question, and one of the favorite past times of the War Room, laughing at liberals, returns.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Watergate prosecutor explains new Trump “obstruction” allegations
The Beat With Ari Melber 1/4/18
Michael Wolff’s new book reveals a spokesperson for Trump’s legal team quit over the statement Trump drafted about the infamous 2016 Trump tower meeting. Duration: 5:29
Lawmakers met with psychiatrist about Trump mental health
The Beat With Ari Melber 1/4/18
Revelations in Michael Wolff’s new book come as a dozen lawmakers met with a Yale Psychiatrist for a briefing on the president’s mental health. Duration: 6:49
Joe Biden condemns Trump's handling of North Korea, hasn't ruled out 2020
Published on Jan 4, 2018 by PBS NewsHour
In a wide-ranging interview with PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, former Vice President Joe Biden said he believes the U.S. is closer than ever to nuclear war, adding President Trump "undermines" the office of the president. He also talks about his latest book, "Promise me, Dad," which chronicles his son Beau's brain cancer diagnosis and death, and his own decision not to run for president in 2016.
A schism is riling America’s conservative Christian denominations: The young and the old cannot agree on same-sex marriage. The disagreement is particularly apparent in the Mormon church. Although the church has softened its rhetoric opposing same-sex marriage since its support a decade ago for California’s Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage, a majority of Mormons still oppose same-sex marriage.
But younger Mormons, according to a Public Religion Research Institute poll last year, are generally more amenable to the idea of same-sex marriage. And some young Mormons and their families are choosing to leave the church over the issue.
To help those Mormons with their crises of faith, a podcaster named John Dehlin runs workshops across the country that address the most difficult aspects of walking away from Mormonism: Marriages crumble, job opportunities disappear and families sometimes shun those who leave the church.
But Dehlin hasn’t been a practicing Mormon since 2015, when church officials excommunicated him — after numerous warnings — because of his support for same-sex marriage. Despite the church labeling him an apostate, Dehlin still considers himself a Mormon.
“I am as Mormon as anyone there and I care as much or more than anyone out there,” Dehlin said. “And I challenge anyone to tell me any different.”
Trump told lawyer to stop Sessions from recusing himself: NYT
All In with Chris Hayes 1/4/18
President Donald Trump instructed the top White House lawyer to lobby Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, reports the New York Times. Duration: 1:50
Kayla Moore, the wife of losing senate candidate Roy Moore, clarifies which Jewish lawyer she was referring to when she boasted - in an attempt to show they were not bigoted - that they had a Jewish lawyer. But there's one small problem. Duration: 2:56
Steve Bannon's remarkably candid disparaging comments about Donald Trump and his family in Michael Wolff's new book have forced right-wingers to take sides - and they sure aren't siding with Bannon. Duration: 5:57
Comey notes claims about Trump confirmed by Priebus notes: NYT
The Rachel Maddow Show 1/4/18
Michael Schmidt, reporter for The New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about his reporting about Donald Trump's pressure on Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia probe, and Reince Priebus notes confirming James Comey's notes about encounters with Trump. Duration: 18:25
Priebus notes confirming Comey another tool for Robert Mueller
The Rachel Maddow Show 1/4/18
Chuck Rosenberg, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about how former Trump chief-of-staff Reince Priebus's notes corroborating James Comey's notes about meetings with Donald Trump might be used in a court case. Duration: 5:31
Trump wanted Sessions' protection from FBI investigation: NYT
The Rachel Maddow Show 1/4/18
Chuck Rosenberg, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about the pressure Donald Trump put on Jeff Sessions to protect him from investigation, and lengths to which Trump staffers went to try to stop him from firing James Comey. Duration: 5:17
Rachel Maddow looks at some of the reportable, find-out-able claims in Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury, beyond the salacious stories that have left the Trump team sputtering with rage and humiliation. Duration: 8:02
Legal marijuana states prepare to resist new Sessions policy
The Rachel Maddow Show 1/4/18
Mayor Jenny Durkan, former U.S. attorney who helped draft President Obama's marijuana policy, talks with Rachel Maddow about her city and state's preparedness to resist Jeff Sessions' plan to enforce federal drug laws in states that have legalized marijuana. Duration: 5:36
Maddow: Terrible weather tipping rule is in effect
The Rachel Maddow Show 1/4/18
Rachel Maddow salutes the people whose jobs require them to be out in extreme weather like the snow storm that ripped the East Coast today, and declares a terrible weather tipping rule: 50% at least for anyone made to cart pizza through such conditions. Duration: 1:08
Steve Schmidt: Trump W.H. as vile as 'monkeys hurling excrement'
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 1/4/18
A breaking New York Times story about Robert Mueller's investigation collides with the accounts chronicled in Michael Wolff's bombshell new book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House." Steve Schmidt, Natasha Bertrand & Matt Miller join Lawrence O'Donnell. Duration: 8:45
What Lawrence has '100% confidence' in re: bombshell book
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 1/4/18
Lawrence O'Donnell looks at the Trump team's feeble effort to stop the publication of Michael Wolff’s bombshell look into the Trump White House, which has resulted in the book being published early. Kurt Andersen and Steve Schmidt join. Duration: 9:51
Michael Wolff's new book "Fire and Fury" includes an incident where Donald Trump’s interaction with a female staff member appears to violate the law. Zerlina Maxwell joins Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss that and Ivanka Trump’s ambitions. Duration: 5:02
Trump expected protection from Jeff Sessions in Russia probe
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 1/5/18
New reporting from the New York Times reveals how Donald Trump tried to stop Jeff Sessions from recusing himself in the Russia investigation. Joined by an expert panel, Katy Tur dives into what this means for the White House and how it reflects on Robert Mueller. Duration: 11:54
Fmr GOP Rep. David Jolly: Trump likely does not reach bar of mental fitness that's been set by American people
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 1/5/18
The White House is now facing questions on Donald Trump’s mental fitness for office as more excerpts from Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” are discussed. Former Republican Congressman David Jolly and AP White House reporter Jonathan Lemire join Katy Tur to discuss the impact of questioning the president’s intellect. Duration: 5:21
In Michael Wolff's book "Fire and Fury," the reporter claims that Donald Trump never wanted to be president and that most of his administration thinks he's incompetent.
Citizen Journalists Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson prove that the "scathing" notes on Milo Yiannopoulos's failed manuscript are standard feedback in the publishing industry.
"Day 350" Does America have any more Hope for the Donald Trump Regime or is he a minor Hick up ? Best piece of Tail the Unwashed Masses will ever get !
Thursday Jan 04, 2018 News Section for Caravan to Midnight full long-form interview Episode 860 - Dr. Harry A Milman On this episode of C2M, what begins as a pleasant conversation about a new book turns into a multi-faceted discussion with Dr. Harry A Milman. From where he grew up to his academic background, to what he accomplishes in his professional life, which now includes authoring two very successful books and so much more. An interesting and unexpected exchange. Full interview - https://www.caravantomidnight.com/Episode/EpisodesDetails?Id=20856
Former Host of Coast To Coast AM John B Wells is now in control on Caravan To Midnight & Ark Midnight.
We Found The Neo-Nazi Twitter Account Tied To A Virginia Double Homicide On Twitter, Nicholas Giampa wrote about race war, convincing transgender people to kill themselves, and using Jews as target practice. WASHINGTON - The warning signs were there, flaring up from Nicholas Giampa’s pseudonymous Twitter feed for over a year. The alt-right lingo and the swastikas. The advertisements of violence. Giampa’s girlfriend’s parents, Buckley Kuhn-Fricker, 43, and Scott Fricker, 48, were aware of the teenager’s burgeoning extremism. Kuhn-Fricker had found frightening tweets from Giampa on her daughter’s phone. Twitter was where Giampa, a Papa John’s employee and an anime enthusiast, let his malevolence run amok. Kuhn-Fricker and Fricker had seen enough to say something. Days later, Giampa fatally shot them in their Virginia home, police say. HuffPost has found his tweets, written by “Kevin Gallo” under the handle @doctorpepper35. They suggest a 17-year-old who’d drifted beyond the trolling of his teenage peers on the internet far-right and was fully in thrall to the racist, apocalyptic fantasia of white nationalism. As @doctorpepper35, Giampa tweeted about his hatred of transgender people and his admiration for Adolf Hitler. He tweeted about using Jews as target practice. Almost three months before the murders, the teenager from Lorton, Virginia, praised a book called Siege, an obscure, ominous work written by James Mason, a neo-Nazi devotee of Charles Manson. The 1992 book, republished last year by hyperviolent white nationalist sect Atomwaffen Division, is essentially a call to “Helter Skelter” racist insurrection. Giampa also retweeted an endorsement of The Turner Diaries, William Luther Pierce’s infamous white nationalist novel about race war, often found on the bookshelf of American domestic terrorists. [...] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nicholas-giampa-neo-nazi-teenager-murder-girlfriends-parents-virginia_us_5a4d0797e4b0b0e5a7aa4780
Trump Bannon row: 11 explosive claims from new book Donald Trump was "befuddled" by his election win, did not enjoy his inauguration and was scared of the White House, according to a new book. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42559436
Emmanuel Macron: French president announces 'fake news' law French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans for a new law to combat so-called fake news. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42560688
Did North Korea accidentally hit one of its own cities with a missile? Satellite images 'show failed test launch struck town with population of 200,000' Satellite images 'show damage caused to a building after failed rocket launch' Hwasong missile crashed down in Tokchon, north of Pyongyang, it is claimed US government official says the rocket travelled just 25 miles on April 28, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5234547/Did-North-Korea-hit-city-rocket-mistake.html
Many mostly Democrat States refused to hand over data from the 2016 Election to the Commission On Voter Fraud. They fought hard that the Commission not see their records or methods because they know that many people are voting illegally. System is rigged, must go to Voter I.D. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/948872192284155904
The Trump administration just released its plan to deal another blow to Obamacare The Department of Labor unveiled its proposed rule that would pave the way for association health plans. These plans would allow self-employed individuals and small businesses to join to get health insurance plans, instead of obtaining the insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. The introduction of association health plans could make the Obamacare marketplace more unstable. http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-association-health-plans-rule-obamacare-2018-1
White House bans guests and staffers from using their personal cell phones in the West Wing The White House has banned staffers and guests from using personal devices in the West Wing. Some staffers have complained that the ban will make it harder for them to contact their families during busy work days. White House chief of staff John Kelly reportedly imposed the ban. http://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-bans-personal-cell-phones-west-wing-2018-1
Mark Zuckerberg's goal for 2018: 'Fixing' Facebook Each year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gives himself a personal challenge. Run one mile a day. Read a book every other week. Eat only what he kills. For 2018, however, Zuckerberg is essentially challenging himself to do better at his day job. http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/04/technology/mark-zuckerberg-2018-goal/index.html
Steve Bannon gets cut off by wealthy backer Rebekah Mercer Major GOP donor Rebekah Mercer will not support former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon's future projects, The Washington Post reports. Mercer was reportedly irked by Bannon's actions in the Alabama Senate special election and his controversial public comments. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/04/steve-bannon-reportedly-gets-cut-off-by-wealthy-backer-rebekah-mercer.html
Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump’s Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation WASHINGTON — President Trump gave firm instructions in March to the White House’s top lawyer: stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department’s investigation into whether Mr. Trump’s associates had helped a Russian campaign to disrupt the 2016 election. Public pressure was building for Mr. Sessions, who had been a senior member of the Trump campaign, to step aside. But the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, carried out the president’s orders and lobbied Mr. Sessions to remain in charge of the inquiry, according to two people with knowledge of the episode. Mr. McGahn was unsuccessful, and the president erupted in anger in front of numerous White House officials, saying he needed his attorney general to protect him. Mr. Trump said he had expected his top law enforcement official to safeguard him the way he believed Robert F. Kennedy, as attorney general, had done for his brother John F. Kennedy and Eric H. Holder Jr. had for Barack Obama. [...] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/us/politics/trump-sessions-russia-mcgahn.html
The inventor of Linux is furious at Intel Techies are going crazy after "Meltdown" and "Spectre," two new methods for stealing passwords, were revealed by Google on Wednesday. The flaws affect nearly every single Intel processor. This makes Linus Torvalds, the inventor of Linux, furious at the chip giant. Torvalds asks: "Is Intel basically saying 'we are committed to selling you shit forever and ever, and never fixing anything'?" http://www.businessinsider.com/linus-torvalds-linux-inventor-is-furious-at-intel-2018-1
Alaskan infant's DNA tells story of 'first Americans' The 11,500-year-old remains of an infant girl from Alaska have shed new light on the peopling of the Americas. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42555577
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