A showdown is brewing in Washington as the White House prepares to release a controversial Republican memo despite opposition from the FBI, the Justice Department and Democratic lawmakers. The four-page memo, written by House Intelligence Committee chair, Republican Congressmember Devin Nunes of California, purports to show that the FBI abused its power when it began surveilling Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in 2016 due to his dealings with Russia. Supporters of President Trump claim the memo offers proof that the FBI’s investigation was tainted by politics from the start, in part because the FBI won approval of the wiretap by citing a dossier funded by supporters of Hillary Clinton. On Wednesday, the FBI, which is led by Trump appointee Christopher Wray, issued an unusual statement criticizing the imminent release of the memo, saying, “[W]e have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy.” We speak to independent journalist Marcy Wheeler, who runs the website EmptyWheel.net [ https://www.emptywheel.net/ ]. https://www.democracynow.org/2018/2/1/marcy_wheeler_on_showdown_over_nunes[with embedded video, and transcript]
Live from Kabul: May Jeong Says Military Victory in Afghanistan War is "Delusional"
Published on Feb 1, 2018 by Democracy Now!
On Tuesday night, President Trump became the third president in a row to attempt to put a positive spin on the war in Afghanistan—the longest war in U.S. history. Five years earlier, President Barack Obama predicted at his 2013 State of the Union that the war would soon be over. And back in 2006, President George W. Bush used his State of the Union to praise Afghanistan for building a “new democracy.” More than 16 years after the U.S. War in Afghanistan began, the country remains in a state of crisis. On Saturday, more than 100 people died in Kabul when an ambulance packed with explosives blew up. Then, on Monday, Islamic State militants carried out an early-morning attack on a military academy in the western outskirts of the capital of Kabul, killing at least 11 troops and wounding 16. We speak to investigative reporter May Jeong in Kabul. Her most recent piece for The Intercept is titled “Losing Sight: A 4-Year-Old Girl Was the Sole Survivor of a U.S. Drone Strike in Afghanistan. Then She Disappeared [ https://theintercept.com/2018/01/27/a-4-year-old-girl-was-the-sole-survivor-of-a-u-s-drone-strike-in-afghanistan-then-she-disappeared/ ].” https://www.democracynow.org/2018/2/1/16_years_of_war_trump_joins[with embedded video, and transcript]
Two Immigrants Detained in NJ While Taking Children to School; Third Seeks Sanctuary in Church
Published on Feb 1, 2018 by Democracy Now!
In New Jersey, immigrant rights advocates and faith leaders are speaking out against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency for detaining multiple parents while they were taking their children to school. On Thursday, Roby Sanger was detained by ICE after dropping his two daughters off at school, while Gunawan Liem was detained after he dropped his daughter off at the school bus stop. Both men are Indonesian. A third man, also from Indonesia, Harry Pangemanan, has taken sanctuary at the Reformed Church of Highland Park in New Jersey, after he says he saw undercover ICE agents waiting outside his home as he was preparing to drive his daughter to school. All three are parents of U.S.-born children. For more, we speak with Seth Kaper-Dale, pastor of the Reformed Church of Highland Park, where Harry Pangemanan has sought sanctuary. And we speak with Gunawan Liem’s pastor, Steven Rantung, pastor of the First Indonesian Seventh-Day Adventist Church in South Plainfield, New Jersey. https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/30/two_immigrants_detained_in_nj_while[with embedded video, and transcript]
Randomness Cannot Have a Place in our Immigration System “I’m calling on Congress to immediately terminate the diversity visa lottery program. It’s a disaster for our country. This program grants visas not on the basis of merit, but simply because applicants are randomly selected in an annual lottery.” - President Donald J. Trump February 1, 2018 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/randomness-cannot-place-immigration-system/
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Full Show - Public Enemy #1: Obama’s FBI & DOJ - 02/01/2018
David Knight explains what we already know about the racketeering & corruption of Obama’s FBI, what is about to be documented, and why Schiff & the FBI are so desperate to keep it concealed. And Ford Fischer joins to talk about “body hacks” and transhumanism.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
President Donald J. Trump today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Korea to attend the Opening Ceremony and events of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games beginning Friday, February 9, 2018.
Vice President Mike Pence will lead the delegation with Second Lady Karen Pence, who is also a member of the Presidential Delegation.
Newly Announced Members of the Presidential Delegation:
Mrs. Karen Pence, Second Lady of the United States
The Honorable Ed Royce (CA-39), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
General Vincent K. Brooks, Commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea
General James D. Thurman, USA (ret.), Former Commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea
Mr. Marc E. Knapper, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy Seoul
Ms. Sarah Hughes, 2002 Olympic Gold Medalist, Ladies Figure Skating
As a last resort, parents are sending their children to correctional camps which simulates the physical intensity and dehumanising aspects of being incarcerated. Jamali hears from both sides to understand why this controversial practice is taking place.
Thursday, Feb. 1st 2018: Memogate Saga! - The FBI is in full panic mode amid the scheduled release of the FISA memo. Will the bureau go into meltdown as its political bias against Trump is exposed? Anonymous intelligence insider Zaq in Morocco joins us to explain the significance - and inside baseball - of the FISA memo and the possibility of coming, false flag, terror attacks during the Super Bowl. Also, Mike Adams from NaturalNews.com breaks down new developments in natural health. Anthony Cumia hosts the final hour.
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RWW News: Alex Jones Warns Deep State Will Orchestrate False Flag Attack At Infowars Audience
Ken Ham and his team have a bi-weekly "news" show, reacting to the news stories of the day from a Christian young-earth creation perspective from the Answers in Genesis staff at his Creation Museum.
Morgan, Amy and I join Ken Ham, Avery Foley, and Bodie Hodge as they discuss aliens out there, LGBT leaders affirm that “no” campaign was right, lobster humanity, and more in this episode of Answers News hosted in front of a live audience at the Creation Museum.
What is the current state of the atheist union? Here is an update on how the secular movement is fairing. I call it my atheist state of the union address.
In 1997, a teenager was found beaten to death in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska. Police quickly pinned the murder on four native teens from a local high school and convicted them on false confessions, an unreliable witness, and forged evidence. Still, the "Fairbanks Four" continued to maintain their innocence.
Over time, the fight for their freedom grew into a statewide movement against Alaska’s judicial system. After 18 years, the Fairbanks Four were set free—but the state still refuses to acknowledge any wrongdoing. Meanwhile, the wrongfully convicted men, who were thrown in prison as teenagers, are struggling to get used to life outside after nearly two decades behind bars.
VICE trekked to Alaska to meet two members of the Fairbanks Four, the community members who rallied behind them, and the investigators who helped secure their freedom—exploring the enduring impact of their wrongful incarceration and the native community’s effort to move forward.
It's the eve of the release of the Nunes Memo, and the Democrats and liberal media are in absolute panic. We show the panicked Democrats and media, as well as breakdown how Twitter is trying to change the public perception of what is happening with the memo, and what people are saying. We take a look at the upcoming midterms as well as the latest episode of Law and Order, "Info Wars."
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Beschloss: Trump’s war with FBI and DOJ unprecedented
The Beat with Ari Melber 2/1/18
Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss joins Ari Melber to put Trump’s attack on the rule of law and abuse of power in historical context. Beschloss explains why recent history has been “put in the shade” by Trump like “you can’t even imagine.”
Humiliating: Watch Nunes demolish himself on surveillance
The Beat with Ari Melber 2/1/18
In a “Beat” special report Ari Melber breaks down republican hypocrisy on the controversial GOP memo and how GOP leaders overseeing a key surveillance law are now politicizing it.
Hayes: Nunes memo is a an “insane flop” in real time
The Beat with Ari Melber 2/1/18
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, who personally interviewed Carter Page on several occasions joins Ari Melber to discuss Carter Page’s role at the center of the controversial GOP memo.
This Is What Life Is Like Under Sharia Law: VICE on HBO, Full Episode
Published on Feb 1, 2018 by VICE News
In Aceh, Sharia rules all. In this Indonesian province, hardliners began enforcing Islamic law in the wake of the devastating 2004 tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people, telling the survivors that it was the wrath of God punishing them for their sins. Today, Sharia police roam the streets busting gamblers, drinkers, and adulterers, and sending them off to be publicly caned by "executioners."
VICE founder Suroosh Alvi travels to Aceh and across Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, to experience Sharia up close and investigate its correlation to terrorism, as well as meet those who are fighting back against it.
Hope Hicks allegedly said Don Jr. emails 'will never get out'
All In with Chris Hayes 2/1/18
Hope Hicks allegedly told President Trump the email exchange setting up the dubious Trump Tower meeting in June 2016 - perhaps the single most incriminating piece of evidence in the whole Russia collusion story - 'will never get out.'
Trump's new bald-faced lie about his State of the Union
All In with Chris Hayes 2/1/18
Donald Trump is still obsessed with his audience size, a year after he instructed his press secretary to lie to the White House press corps about his inauguration crowd.
Penn. GOP leader ignores court order on gerrymandering
All In with Chris Hayes 2/1/18
If Pennsylvania Senate President Joe Scarnati continues to refuse with the court order to draw a non-partisan map, the state supreme court could hold him in contempt and even put him in jail.
House Intel Chair Devin Nunes has become a national character in the ongoing drama over the Russia investigation - and it's not playing well with some of the folks back home in his central California district.
Rachel Maddow shares some intriguing new reporting about Paul Manafort co-defendant Rick Gates changing his legal team in his case being prosecuted by Robert Mueller.
Rachel Maddow notes reporting that the subject of the Nunes memo is Carter Page, who has a long history with U.S. intelligence and Russia and unfortunately for Trump is not a sympathetic figure for abuse of surveillance.
Rebecca Ballhaus, White House reporter for The Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about the focus by U.S. intelligence on Carter Page's ties to Russia before the Trump Russia dossier and after Page had left the Trump campaign.
Trump's past raises suspicions about Nunes memo's authorship
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/1/18
Rachel Maddow looks at precedent from Richard Nixon's Stennis compromise as an example of a president trying to exonerate himself, something Donald Trump has tried to do and may be doing again with the Nunes memo.
Rep. Jim Himes, member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump and Republican political strategy around the Devin Nunes memo.
Rachel Maddow reports exclusively on the Patriot Legal Defense Fund Trust, which appears to be a fund set up to help cover the legal expenses of Trump staffers caught up in the Robert Mueller Trump Russia investigation.
New indication ex-Trump official cooperating with Mueller
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 2/1/18
The clash over the Nunes memo is dominating headlines today, but Lawrence O'Donnell explains the most important development in the Russia probe is that fmr. Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates has new lawyers and why that could indicate he's cooperating with Mueller.
House Intel member: Nunes 'agent of the White House'
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 2/1/18
House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Mike Quigley tells Lawrence O'Donnell that Paul Ryan and Devin Nunes are "far more concerned with protecting" Donald Trump "than they are with keeping us safe."
Report: Trump wanted Nunes memo released before reading it
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 2/2/18
With all indications pointing towards Trump approving the release of the controversial Nunes memo on the FBI & Russia, The Washington Post reports Trump wanted the memo released before he'd even read it. Our panel reacts.
Are Trump's attacks on the FBI doing irreversible harm?
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 2/2/18
Two former FBI officials with over 50 years of agency experience between them discuss the contentious relationship between the Trump White House and his own FBI and Justice Department.
NYTimes: New scrutiny for Hope Hicks in Mueller probe
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 2/2/18
Fmr. federal prosecutor Joyce Vance discusses the scrutiny facing longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks after The New York Times reported Mueller is probing what the story given by Trump's White House concerning the July 2016 Trump Tower meeting Trump campaign officials had with Russians.
Fmr. CIA Dep. Director: Russia has us arguing over the truth
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 2/2/18
John McLaughlin, the former Deputy Director of the CIA, talks about the national security concerns he sees from the discord between the White House, the Dept. of Justice, the FBI, and members of Congress over Russia, the Nunes memo, & the Mueller investigation.
House Republicans vote to release a questionable memo written by Devin Nunes in hopes of undermining the FBI's investigation into President Trump's ties to Russia.
Rachel Maddow Talks About Trump and the Russia Probe
Published on Feb 2, 2018 by Late Night with Seth Meyers
Rachel Maddow speculates about the long-term consequences of the Russia investigation and reveals what really surprised her during Trump's first State of the Union address.
Thursday Feb 01, 2018 News Section for Caravan to Midnight full long-form interview Episode 876 - Mattthew Stein In this episode of CTM we visit with Matt Stein, author of "When Technology Fails" and "When Disaster Strikes". Our conversation is centered around how the 'false alarm' in Hawaii illustrates the near total lack of citizen preparedness. Full interview - https://www.caravantomidnight.com/Episode/EpisodesDetails?Id=20873
Former Host of Coast To Coast AM John B Wells is now in control on Caravan To Midnight & Ark Midnight.
Trump claims his State of the Union ratings were highest ever. Obama, Bush and Clinton had higher Is this typical President Trump hyperbole, exaggerating his ratings power to impress people? Or is it a straight-up lie? - a jackass question - as if there is ANY chance it's not a 'straight-up lie' http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/01/media/trump-sotu-ratings-fact-check/index.html
The director of the FBI seems prepared to publicly dispute the Nunes memo once it is released FBI Director Christopher Wray is prepared to refute the unverified memo written by Rep. Devin Nunes that alleges misconduct on the part of the FBI and the Department of Justice. President Donald Trump has stated that he is prepared to release the memo, despite claims from both sides of the aisle in Congress that it omits crucial details and distorts key facts. Wray has previously butted heads with Trump on issues relating to the FBI. http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-director-will-publicly-dispute-the-nunes-memo-2018-2
Judge rules Florida’s process for restoring voting rights to felons is unconstitutional A federal judge on Thursday ruled that Florida’s process for ex-felons to restore their voting rights is unconstitutional, a major upset for one of the few remaining states that permanently disenfranchises convicted felons — even after they’ve served their sentence. “Florida strips the right to vote from every man and woman who commits a felony,” wrote U.S. District Court Judge Mark Walker in his ruling. “To vote again, disenfranchised citizens must kowtow before a panel of high-level government officials over which Florida’s government has absolute veto authority.” [...] https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/d3wg5x/judge-rules-floridas-process-for-restoring-voting-rights-to-felons-is-unconstitutional
It’s NOT flu season! Yes, you heard it right. The flu is NOT a season we have around here because Jesus bore ALL our sickness on the cross. This includes the flu! If you’re overcoming the flu right now, listen in as Gloria prays for YOU! Are you believing for a miracle in your health? Join us for Miracles on the Mountain, Feb. 16-17 with Healing Evangelist Billy Burke. Admission is FREE. Learn more and register here: kcm.org/miracles18. #victory #overcomer #flu #flushot #fluseason https://www.facebook.com/CopelandNetwork/videos/1783790631672334/
'Jesus himself gave us the flu shot' says member of Trump's evangelical advisory board who claims you can 'inoculate yourself with the word of God' Televangelist Gloria Copeland, who's an evangelical adviser to President Trump, told devotees if they believe in Jesus than they've already had their flu shots In a Facebook video posted last week, Copeland advised people to 'inoculate yourself with the word of God' She also objected to the term 'flu season,' saying, 'we've got a duck season, a deer season, but we don't have a flu season' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5358585/Jesus-gave-flu-shot-says-Trump-adviser.html
Human trials to start for cancer vaccine that triggers the body to attack all tumors after injecting just one Researchers at Stanford University are recruiting 15 lymphoma patients They have shown their two-medicine shot can rid mice of even the furthest-spread tumors, with little-to-no side effects By injecting one tumor, they claim, they trigger a body-wide reaction http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5337727/Human-trials-start-cancer-vaccine.html
The Sky In July: Don’t Miss The ‘Blood Moon’ And Mars’ Closest Approach In 15 Years
June 30, 2018
The stars of July's celestial show are Mars and the total lunar eclipse and 'blood moon' combo at the end of the month.
See terrific photo inside Science Romolo Tavani / Shutterstock
Alexandra Lozovschi
June was packed with exciting astronomical events and July certainly keeps the ball rolling. While last month stargazers were treated to beautiful views of the “Strawberry Moon,” this month we’re in for an even bigger surprise: a total lunar eclipse complete with a “Blood Moon.”
Meanwhile, five of the bright planets are still twinkling in the sky, making for memorable sights at twilight and in the early hours after nightfall, with Mars stealing the thunder as it comes closer to Earth than it’s been in 15 years.
Starting at 5:30 a.m. ET, the super blue blood moon will be visible in the United States. Follow NASA's coverage of the rare event. The lunar eclipse, happening on the second full moon of a month during a super moon gives the event it name, and we haven't seen one for more than 150 years.