Monthly Archives: September 2017

DOJ To Court: Trump Tower Was Not Wiretapped

The Hill reports: The Justice Department confirmed in a court briefing filed late Friday that neither it nor the FBI has evidence that Trump Tower was the target of surveillance efforts by the Obama administration during the 2016 presidential election. The Motion for Summary Judgement was filed in D.C. district court in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit …

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CUBA: More Sonic Attacks At US Embassy

The Associated Press reports: Mysterious incidents affecting the health of American diplomats in Cuba continued as recently as August, the United States said Friday, despite earlier U.S. assessments that the attacks had long stopped. The U.S. increased its tally of government personnel affected to 19. The new U.S. disclosures came the same day that the union representing American diplomats said …

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Matt Damon: Trump Made Directors Create “Bullshit” Roles For Him In Order To Film At Trump Tower

“The deal was that if you wanted to shoot in one of his buildings, you had to write him in a part. [Director] Martin Brest had to write something in Scent of a Woman — and the whole crew was in on it. You have to waste an hour of your day with a bullshit shot: Donald Trump walks in …

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White House Announces Nomination Of Homocon Trump Loyalist Richard Grenell As US Ambassador To Germany

Politico reports: President Donald Trump intends to nominate Richard Grenell, a former spokesman for the U.S. mission to the United Nations under President George W. Bush, to be the next ambassador to Germany, the White House announced Friday. Grenell, a prominent supporter of Trump, was previously said to be in the running for NATO ambassador, before former Sen. Kay Bailey …

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REPORT: Trump Can’t Stop Binge-Watching Fox News

The New York Times reports: John Kelly cannot stop Mr. Trump from binge-watching Fox News, which aides describe as the president’s primary source of information gathering. But Mr. Trump does not have a web browser on his phone, and does not use a laptop, so he was dependent on aides like Stephen K. Bannon, his former chief strategist, to hand-deliver …

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Russia Protests Search Of US Trade Complex

Reuters reports: Russia’s foreign ministry has summoned a U.S. diplomat in Moscow to hand him a note of protest over plans to conduct searches in Russia’s trade mission complex in Washington, which should soon be closed, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday. It said it has summoned Anthony F. Godfrey, a deputy chief of mission at the U.S. …

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REPORT: Fox Sports Fires Baseball Legend Pete Rose After Decades-Old Allegation Of Sex With Underage Girl

From the Hollywood Reporter: Pete Rose’s days at Fox Sports have come to an end. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader will not continue at the cable network, where he was slated to return to the desk as part of its coverage of postseason games. Fox Sports declined comment. The news follows recent allegations …

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MICHIGAN: Kid Rock Responds To Claim Of Campaign Finance Violation By Telling Press “Go Fuck Yourselves”

He’ll be cheered on Breitbart for this: Kid Rock is blasting reports that he could be in violation of campaign finance laws ahead of a possible Michigan Senate bid, telling the “misinformed press” to “go f–k yourselves.” “I am starting to see reports from the misinformed press and the fake news on how I am in violation of breaking campaign …

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SAN FRANCISCO: Black Smoke Pours From Russian Consulate As Expelled Diplomats Pack Up [VIDEO]

The Associated Press reports: Acrid, black smoke was seen pouring from a chimney at the Russian consulate in San Francisco Friday, a day after the Trump administration ordered its closure amid escalating tensions between the United States and Russia. Firefighters who arrived at the scene were turned away by consulate officials who came from inside the building. An Associated Press …

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White House Press Secretary Contradicts Trump, Says Final DACA Decision Will Come On Tuesday [VIDEO]

Talking Points Memo reports: Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday afternoon that President Donald Trump would announce his decision concerning the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) on Tuesday, Sept. 5 — the deadline that 10 Republican attorneys general set for Trump before they promised to sue the government to end the program. Earlier Friday, Trump said he would announce …

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REPORT: Robert Mueller Has Never-Sent Letter From Trump To Comey Full Of “Long-Simmering Complaints”

The Washington Post reports: Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is reviewing a letter drafted by President Trump and a top aide in the days before the firing of FBI Director James B. Comey laying out in detail why the president wanted to get rid of the country’s top law enforcement official, according to people familiar with the Mueller probe. …

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Scamvangelicals Applaud Trump’s Declaration Of National Day Of Prayer For Harvey Victims [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Surrounded by leaders from the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, Trump signed a proclamation from the Oval Office on Friday inviting “all Americans to join us as we continue to pray for those who have lost family members or friends, and for those who are suffering in this time of crisis.” …

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LIVE VIDEO: White House Press Briefing

Via Mediaite: Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will hold a briefing today to discuss the White House’s latest plans and administrative agenda. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. EST. Much of the discussion is likely to revolve around how Hurricane Harvey relief efforts will transition from rescue to recovery. Sanders says the president will personally donate $1 …

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US Senate Frontrunner Roy Moore: What Is DACA?

The Hill reports: The frontrunner in Alabama’s Republican Senate primary Roy Moore said he did not know what the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is, during a radio interview. Moore was asked by host Dale Jackson on WVNN about President Trump potentially ending the Obama-era program, in which nearly 800,000 people brought to the U.S. illegally as children …

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One Million Moms Vs AMC’s Preacher

Just in from hate group leader Monica Cole: Jesus will not be mocked! The AMC series “Preacher” is advertised as gory good fun and airs during primetime. The “preacher” in the show is far from it, and the program blasphemes Jesus in a recent episode with the Son of God depicted as a lying s-x p-rvert. The episode “Dirty Little …

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Paul Ryan Bucks Trump On Scrapping DACA

CNN report: House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday gave a major boost to legislative efforts to preserve protections for young undocumented immigrants — and urged President Donald Trump to not tear up the program. Responding to a question about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, on his hometown radio station WCLO in Janesville, Wisconsin, Ryan said Congress was working …

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John McCain Blasts “Poorly Informed And Impulsive” Trump In WaPo Op-Ed: Congress Doesn’t Answer To You

John McCain is out of fucks to give. He writes: We can fight like hell for our ideas to prevail. But we have to respect each other or at least respect the fact that we need each other. That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is …

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VIRAL VIDEO: Cop Drags Away Screaming Nurse When She Won’t Let Him Take Blood From Unconscious Man

The Washington Post reports: By all accounts, the head nurse at the University of Utah Hospital’s burn unit was professional and restrained when she told a Salt Lake City police detective he wasn’t allowed to draw blood from a badly injured patient. The detective didn’t have a warrant, first off. And the patient wasn’t conscious, so he couldn’t give consent. …

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TEXAS: Secretary Of State Refuses Offer Of Aid From Quebec, Asks Them To Send Their Prayers Instead

Canada’s CBC News reports: Quebec is offering to help Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and is at the ready for when officials there say they need it, says Minister of International Relations Christine St-Pierre. St-Pierre says she spoke with Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos Tuesday early afternoon, offering to send equipment and crews to help restore power …

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VIRGINIA: Court Denies Bail For The Weeping Nazi

The Daily Progress reports: A prominent figure in the white nationalist movement argued he is a “shock jock” who runs a “racist podcast” before he was denied bond on Thursday evening. Cantwell turned himself in last week in Lynchburg after UVa police announced that warrants were out for his arrest. On Thursday morning, an Albemarle County judge set bond for …

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