Stephon Clark shooting death spurs calls for police reform
AM Joy 4/1/18
The shooting of Stephon Clark, and the decision not to charge officers involved in the police shooting death of Alton Sterling, are reigniting calls for a national conversation on policing. Joy Reid and her panel discuss.
Despite Stormy Daniels evangelicals still support Trump
AM Joy 4/1/18
Stormy Daniels’ allegations have not stopped evangelicals from supporting Donald Trump. ‘Evangelicals have folded the belief that Trump has been given to America by God into their theology,’ religious leader Frank Schaeffer tells Joy Reid.
Donald Trump’s announcement that ‘we’ll be coming out of Syria very soon’ apparently took the Pentagon and State Department by surprise. Meanwhile, tensions are growing in the Middle East, where 17 Palestinian protesters were killed on Friday. Joy Reid and her panel discuss the president’s foreign policy.
‘Roseanne' was reportedly rebooted to appeal to Donald Trump voters. Yet, Rob Reiner, a star of the iconic show ‘All in the Family,’ calls ‘Roseanne’ part of ‘tremendous’ right-wing ‘megaphone.’ Joy Reid and her panel discuss.
Donald Trump appears to believe new refugees can apply for DACA, according to statements he made on Easter Sunday. Joy Reid and her panel discuss the president’s tough talk on immigration, DACA, and people seeking asylum.
David Hogg’s Laura Ingraham tweet spurs discussion
AM Joy 4/1/18
Laura Ingraham lost many sponsors after David Hogg tweeted his defense in response to the Fox News host. Joy Reid and her panel detail how the Parkland shooting student activist used social media to demand what one guest called, ‘decency and accountability.’
A long-time atheist YouTuber just converted leaving atheism & finding god. This is a summary of my conversation with him, and his explanation as to why he left.
Sunday, April 1st 2018: Happy Easter! - The Christian world is celebrating Jesus Christ's Resurrection. President Trump warned Mexico to take US immigration policy seriously or risk cancelling NAFTA. Also, a Chinese space station is set to crash to Earth within 24 hours. On today's rebroadcast, we'll play several hard-hitting interviews with amazing guests, with topics ranging from the gun rights battle to the Deep State's attempts to remove Trump. From all of us here at Infowars, Happy Easter and God Bless!
America’s dysfunctional immigration court system forces many children to appear in court alone. That’s as ridiculous in real life as it would be on a courtroom television show.
Dee Rees - Examining Empathy and Trauma in “Mudbound” | The Daily Show
Published on Apr 1, 2018 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Dee Rees discusses her film "Mudbound," which examines World War II veterans returning home, and weighs in on the difference between representation and tokenism.
'I don't know how you survive this one' Christie says of Pruitt Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speculated EPA chief Scott Pruitt may not survive a brewing scandal over a Washington, D.C., living arrangement and blamed a "brutally unprofessional" presidential transition for setting the stage for this and other ethics issues. "If Mr. Pruitt's going to go, it's because he should've never been there in the first place," Christie said on ABC's "This Week." [...] https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/01/christie-pruit-epa-scandal-493178
Gaza-Israel violence: Netanyahu and Erdogan in war of words Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have traded barbs over deadly clashes on the Gaza border. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43611859
How America's Largest Local TV Owner Turned Its News Anchors Into Soldiers In Trump's War On The Media - Sinclair Earlier this month, CNN’s Brian Stelter broke the news that Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner or operator of nearly 200 television stations in the U.S., would be forcing its news anchors to record a promo about “the troubling trend of irresponsible, one sided news stories plaguing our country.” The script, which parrots Donald Trump’s oft-declarations of developments negative to his presidency as “fake news,” brought upheaval to newsrooms already dismayed with Sinclair’s consistent interference to bring right-wing propaganda to local television broadcasts. You might remember Sinclair from its having been featured on John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight last year, or from its requiring in 2004 of affiliates to air anti-John Kerry propaganda, or perhaps because it’s your own local affiliate running inflammatory “Terrorism Alerts” or required editorials from former Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn, he of the famed Holocaust Remembrance Day statement that failed to mention Jewish people. (Sinclair also owns Ring of Honor wrestling, Tennis magazine, and the Tennis Channel.) The net result of the company’s current mandate is dozens upon dozens of local news anchors looking like hostages in proof-of-life videos, trying their hardest to spit out words attacking the industry they’d chosen as a life vocation. Not that any of it matters to Sinclair, which, with the help of a friendly federal government, is about to swallow up another 40 television stations—increasing its reach and its lead over competitors like Hearst and Scripps. The script, as transcribed by ThinkProgress based on the KOMO (Seattle) version, reads: "Hi, I’m(A) ____________, and I’m (B) _________________… (B) Our greatest responsibility is to serve our Northwest communities. We are extremely proud of the quality, balanced journalism that KOMO News produces. (A) But we’re concerned about the troubling trend of irresponsible, one sided news stories plaguing our country. The sharing of biased and false news has become all too common on social media. (B) More alarming, some media outlets publish these same fake stories… stories that just aren’t true, without checking facts first. (A) Unfortunately, some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control ‘exactly what people think’…This is extremely dangerous to a democracy. (B) At KOMO it’s our responsibility to pursue and report the truth. We understand Truth is neither politically ‘left nor right.’ Our commitment to factual reporting is the foundation of our credibility, now more than ever. (A) But we are human and sometimes our reporting might fall short. If you believe our coverage is unfair please reach out to us by going to KOMOnews.com and clicking on CONTENT CONCERNS. We value your comments. We will respond back to you. (B) We work very hard to seek the truth and strive to be fair, balanced and factual… We consider it our honor, our privilege to responsibly deliver the news every day. (A) Thank you for watching and we appreciate your feedback." For a list of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, check here. If you’re a Sinclair employee who has something to say—anonymity guaranteed on request—let me know or use our anonymous SecureDrop. https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/how-americas-largest-local-tv-owner-turned-its-news-anc-1824233490 [with embedded links]
As corporate-government tax pacts falter, Coca-Cola challenges huge U.S. bill WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) thought it had a deal with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on how much the company charged foreign affiliates for the rights to make and sell Coke products abroad. Then in September 2015 a letter from the IRS arrived at Coca-Cola’s Atlanta headquarters with a bill for back taxes whose amount, $3.3 billion, stunned the world’s No. 1 soft drinks maker. Coca-Cola sued the IRS, disputing the bill. The case is being tried now in U.S. Tax Court in Washington. A verdict is not expected for some time after the trial ends, expected in mid-April. The case is being watched closely by tax experts as a sign of rising tension between tax authorities and multinational corporations over transfer pricing, that is, the way companies value the goods, services, trademark and patent rights that they constantly move among foreign units across national boundaries. An important management discipline inside multinationals, transfer pricing is under more scrutiny than ever before from tax agencies worldwide because of strict new global standards, raising legal risks for companies and their investors. The Coca-Cola case goes to trial as interest among corporations in seeking multi-year deals with the IRS covering transfer pricing arrangements has fallen in the past two years. The IRS reported on Friday that it received 101 applications in 2017 for “advance pricing agreements” (APAs), similar to 2016’s level of 98 in 2016, but well below 2015’s peak of 183. APA applications also fell in 2016 in Japan, the top U.S. bilateral APA partner, according to the latest data. [...] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-corporate/as-corporate-government-tax-pacts-falter-coca-cola-challenges-huge-u-s-bill-idUSKCN1H8191
No one thinks this is 'the end of Facebook' ... yet investors sense blood in the water There is no law that requires Facebook continue to be the dominant social media app in our lives. The history of social media is a history of apps that have eventually stagnated and mostly disappeared. The environment is sending negative signals about engagement, users, advertising, the stock, and regulation. Investors sense blood in the water. "We are admittedly struggling to identify a catalyst to change the narrative," Barclays analyst Ross Sandler said recently. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-end-of-facebook-2018-3
What really happens when you log into websites using your Facebook details - and why you should always think twice The world was left reeling this week after it emerged Facebook had been misusing people's personal details - but James Walker thinks it could be a lot more widespread than you think https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/what-really-happens-you-log-12278444
The Ruling Named For Linda Brown Died Long Before She Did - tie https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=67822424 Linda Brown, whose name became representative of 1954’s landmark desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education, is dead. She died this week at the age of 75, and was rightly mourned as an icon of the civil rights struggle. Brown v. Board of Education, however, died a long time ago. In fact, it arrived in the world almost stillborn. Its fragile life was threatened and its tender body gutted almost as soon as the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the words, “separate but equal has no place” in public education. It’s easy to portray those who went after Brown as oafish, cross-burning Klansmen. It’s simple to lay the decision’s demise at the feet of the angry white housewives who surrounded, terrorized and screamed epithets at a 17-year-old who was just trying to go to school in peace a few years later. But what killed Brown was much more subtle, sophisticated and ? above all ? respectable than all that. To destroy the landmark Supreme Court decision and ignore its admonition to integrate the schools “with all deliberate speed,” government officials had to practice a toxic combination of ruthlessness and timidity. On one hand, there were those public servants who tenaciously defied the courts ? as well as laws, humanity and even national security ? to ensure that black children would not have access to quality education. They sat on school boards, in state legislatures, in governor’s mansions, and in Congress: in Virginia, they voted to shut down entire public school systems and provided taxpayer-funded tuition vouchers so that white children could continue on at all-white private academies. They crafted plans with the hallowed names of “freedom” and “choice” that allowed districts to chain black students to inferior schools and leave African-American parents with few options. They sat in Congress and vowed “massive resistance” to Brown and passed legislation that poured hundreds of millions of federal dollars into universities with whites-only admissions policies. They played the race card in politics, riling up the segregationists and ensuring the election of candidates whose only qualification was a vow to uphold white supremacy. Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett proudly blocked a Korean War air force veteran from enrolling in the state university on the GI Bill. In Alabama, Governor George Wallace gave his inaugural address in the same place as Confederate President Jefferson Davis and promised “segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever.” That ruthlessness alone, however, would not have been enough to dispatch Brown. The destruction of desegregation also required a special kind of spinelessness from those who were supposed to uphold the laws and adhere to the norms of a democratic society. When the staunch segregationists launched “massive resistance” to Brown, they did not meet determined government opposition. Instead, they encountered a political system mired in moral, legal and political cowardice. Presidents, governors and upstanding citizens enveloped themselves in false equivalencies about “extremists on both sides.” They hid behind homilies about how “you can’t legislate morals” and “you can’t change the heart through legislation.” President Dwight Eisenhower exemplified the failure to lead. Even before the Brown decision was announced, he tried to persuade Chief Justice Earl Warren that there was nothing wrong with segregation. “All [Southerners] are concerned about,” the president said, “is to see that their sweet little girls are not required to sit in school alongside big overgrown Negroes.” After the decision, Eisenhower, in a series of conversations with Reverend Billy Graham, desperately searched to find some examples of racial progress, no matter how impossible (black people getting voted onto the school board in 1950s Mississippi) or insignificant and irrelevant (a private, parochial school integrating) to temper the Court’s insistence on enforcing Brown. Something, anything, the president wrote, to get the judges to back off so that they would act “with complete regard for the sensibilities of the [white] population.” The message from the White House was clear: the Brown decision was patently, inherently unfair to white people. It had nothing to do with the generational destruction of African Americans, who were languishing in Jim Crow schools that received, on average, 252 percent less funding than white schools ? and in some places in Mississippi, 1500 percent less. Brown recognized that unless African-American children were in the same schools as white children, they would never get the resources and facilities they deserved and to which they had a right. That was the harsh lesson of Plessy v. Ferguson. African-Americans would always be guaranteed “separate” but never get their hands on “equal.” Prominent faith leader Rev. Graham also recognized that something had to be done. But whatever it was, it was not, he counseled, the responsibility of the President of the United States. He urged Eisenhower to “stay out of this bitter racial situation that is developing.” That wasn’t possible. Eisenhower eventually sent the National Guard to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 to quell the violent white response to nine black honors students who were attempting to desegregate Central High. Yet, even his actions were not a straightforward declaration of White House support for Brown. Arkansas Governor Earl Faubus had manipulated the situation in Little Rock to burnish his segregationist credentials and heighten his chances of re-election. He met with Eisenhower and promised to de-escalate the public spectacle of violence, which had made the U.S. the brunt of international scorn for being the Jim Crow leader of the Free World. Indeed, the Kremlin played and preyed on the racial divides in America’s vaunted democracy, taunting the United States for beating up black children simply because they wanted to be educated. Yet, despite the national security implications, Faubus reneged on his agreement with the president. It was that affront, and the international debacle unfolding on the pages of Pravda and gripping the attention of the world, that forced the decorated general to become a reluctant warrior in Little Rock. But he was never defending Brown itself. He was defending the international reputation of the United States. In the end, the timidity of the White House and the recalcitrance of a Southern-dominated Congress left only the judiciary to uphold the law of the land ? and eventually, even the judiciary cracked. In a vicious one-two punch in the early 1970s, the court undermined Brown’s racial and financial underpinnings with the Milliken and Rodriguez decisions. Then underscored that full retreat in subsequent rulings over school integration in Louisville and Seattle. Brown was dying even as it was born. In the face of vicious prejudice and complicit cowardice, it didn’t stand a chance. And now the woman for whom the landmark court case was fought is gone, too. Linda Brown was the little girl who crossed a series of dangerous railroad tracks and busy streets to go to the Jim Crow school two miles away. She symbolized the horrific weight this nation demands children shoulder, and the battles they must so often fight to correct the failures and weaknesses of adults. And, sometimes, unfortunately, it just isn’t enough. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-anderson-linda-brown-board_us_5abf775ee4b055e50acdeabe
Roseanne Touts Latest Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory About Child Sex Rings In Tweet Twitter didn’t give the actress a pass. Amid the hoopla over the reboot of “Roseanne” last week, people were scratching their heads over actress Roseanne Barr’s bizarre tweet hailing Donald Trump for freeing “hundreds” of children a month from their pimps. The president has “broken up trafficking rings in high places everywhere,” Barr tweeted Friday. President Trump has freed so many children held in bondage to pimps all over this world. Hundreds each month. He has broken up trafficking rings in high places everywhere. notice that. I disagree on some things, but give him benefit of doubt-4 now. — Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) March 31, 2018 Barr, who’s no stranger to promoting right-wing conspiracy theories, was apparently referring to a fantasy birthed on the anonymous online message site 4Chan last year. The conspiracy theory claims that Trump is secretly busting satanic child sex rings linked to high-level Democrats. Barr retweeted posts and links backing the “untold story” that shares similarities with the “Pizzagate” hoax that Hillary Clinton was running a child sex trafficking ring out of a pizza shop in Washington. The fantasy Barr referred to is the handiwork of anonymous 4Chan contributor QAnon or Q. The sex ring conspiracy theory insists that the investigation of Trump and his campaign by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is a fake front so that the president can continue to nail the criminals. It gets even more convoluted after that. Last November Barr tweeted, “Who is Q?” The Daily Beast reported. The actress later added: “Tell Qanon to DM” — direct message— “me in the next 24 hours.” The theory is known as “The Storm,” apparently referring to Trump’s mysterious promise last year that reporters were experiencing the “calm before the storm.” He never explained what he was referencing. Twitter didn’t give Barr a pass. Shortly after her Trump tweet, she apologized for posting it but didn’t deny that Trump is freeing hundreds of child sex slaves. “I have worked with victims of trafficking for decades & supported the fight against it,” she tweeted. “Sorry to have mentioned it here. It’s not the place.” Barr then posted another tweet saying she didn’t know so many were “not aware” of child sex slavery. i thought today was a good day to talk about freeing kids from sex slavery, since it is Passover. I didn’t realize that so many were not aware of it. Anyway, no more opinions from me on twitter, it invites bullying. Moving on. — Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) March 31, 2018 [...] Barr once retweeted an Infowars report that baselessly claimed 5.7 million “illegals” voted in the presidential election, according to The Daily Beast. Barr has also promoted conspiracy theories about murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roseanne-sex-ring-conspiracy-theory_us_5ac01e45e4b0a47437ab8502
Donald Trump Will Not Be Mentioned By Name On ‘Roseanne’
Russian bots are rallying behind embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham as advertisers dump her show Russia-linked Twitter accounts are rallying in support of Fox News host Laura Ingraham after she drew scorn for mocking Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg's grades on Twitter. According to one website that tracks Russian propaganda on Twitter in near-real time, the hashtag #istandwithlaura saw a 2800% jump in 48 hours. Another website that monitors Russia's disinformation campaign found that @ingrahamangle, @davidhogg11, and @foxnews were among the top six Twitter handles that Russia-linked accounts have tweeted at in the last 24 hours. Companies have pulled their ads from her show, and& Ingraham announced this weekend she will take a "pre-planned vacation" amid the exodus. http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-bots-support-fox-news-host-laura-ingraham-amid-advertiser-exodus-2018-3
Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. Getting more dangerous. “Caravans” coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL! https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980443810529533952
Mexico is doing very little, if not NOTHING, at stopping people from flowing into Mexico through their Southern Border, and then into the U.S. They laugh at our dumb immigration laws. They must stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. NEED WALL! https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980451155548491777
Trump threatens Democrats, Mexico over DACA border security
Do universe, matter, and antimatter really exists? Scientists trying to find As per the process, nuclear radiation is produced when neutrons present in an atom decays to found in neutrino, electron, and proton. These particles have extremely weak interaction and thus, difficult to study or even detect. https://sciexaminer.com/news/science/universe-made-exclusively-matter-4279.html