Monthly Archives: September 2018

Texas Billboard To Display Anti-Cruz Trump Tweet

The Associated Press reports: Activists in Texas have raised thousands of dollars to place an anti-Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) billboard in the state. A GoFundMe page organized by USA Latinx, a political group focused on supporting Latinx candidates, topped its $6,000 fundraising goal, raising nearly $10,000 in less than 24 hours. On Friday, the president tweeted that he would be …

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Paul Manafort’s Daughter Files To Change Her Name

The New York Post reports: Paul Manafort’s daughter is ditching the family name. Jessica Manafort, 36, filed paperwork in Manhattan Supreme Court late Friday to change her now-infamous surname to Bond, Jess Bond. “I would like my new name to be Jessica Anne Bond, in place of my present name,” she said in the legal filing. She told The Post …

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Trump Cultists Ridicule “Pathetic” McCain Funeral

Mediaite reports: Though President Donald Trump wasn’t invited to the memorial service, and his name was never mentioned, the eulogies served as a loud rebuke of his presidency and worldview. The pointed rejection of Trumpism did not sit well with the president’s supporters. While no one currently working for the White House thought it wise to bash a senator’s funeral …

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Jeanine Pirro Rips Sessions: Have You No Self Esteem, No Self Respect, No Self Regard, No Dignity? [VIDEO]

“What don’t you get? Have you have no self esteem, no self regard, self respect? Where is your dignity? Why would you stay in a job where you’re not wanted? A job you took under false pretenses, knowing you wouldn’t be able to do the whole job? “Can’t you see the damage to this country by this fraudulent investigation that …

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Trump: We Shouldn’t Have To Buy Our Friends

The Hill reports: President Trump appeared to slam trade talks with Canada in a tweet late Saturday evening, writing that the U.S. “shouldn’t have to buy our friends” with “bad trade deals and free military protection.” The tweet came after a series of tweets in which Trump cited a Breitbart News article titled, “No Deal! Trade Talks with Canada Conclude …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Never change, Florida Man. Fox News reports: A Florida man was arrested after allegedly gave his girlfriend a “wet willy” while he was belligerent, an affidavit says. A local sheriff’s deputy was called to the home of 47-year-old Joseph Sireci in mid-August. The man’s girlfriend claimed that she found Sireci drunk on the living room floor after she returned home …

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US And Russia Block UN Talks On Killer Robots

Politico reports: The United States and Russia were among a small number of countries that blocked the U.N. from moving toward talks on whether to ban so-called killer robots. During a week of meetings in Geneva, which ended in the early hours of Saturday, a group at the United Nations’ Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) discussed whether to take negotiations …

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ABC Releases First Teaser For The Connors [VIDEO]

Here is the official synopsis: “After a sudden turn of events, the Conners are forced to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford in a way they never have before. This iconic family — Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J. — grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America. Through it all, …

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Meghan McCain Rebukes Trump In Eulogy For Father

“We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served. “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again, …

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Trump Threatens To “Terminate NAFTA Entirely”

The Daily Beast report: President Trump on Saturday threatened to exclude Canada from a new NAFTA deal and “terminate” the trade pact entirely if Congress gets involved in negotiations. He went on to warn Congress, which has authority over trade agreements, “not to interfere” or he will scrap NAFTA altogether. Under NAFTA rules, Trump can withdraw the U.S. from the …

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Obama Shades “Petty” Trump In McCain Eulogy

“So much of our politics can seem small and mean and petty. Trafficking in bombast and insult, phony controversies and manufactured outrage. It’s a politics that pretends to be brave and tough, but is instead born of fear. John called on us to be bigger than that, to be better than that. Today is only one day in all the …

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GOP Flack Quits After Calling NFL Players “Baboons”

The Hill reports: A county GOP official in Pennsylvania resigned on Friday, just a day after it was revealed that she repeatedly called NFL players who kneeled during the national anthem “baboons.” Carla Maloney, secretary of the Republican Committee of Beaver County, made the comments in a series of Facebook posts, according to The Beaver County Times. Maloney reportedly published …

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Tired Old Queen At The Movies [VIDEO]

Clip description: In Norman Jewison’s Oscar wining Best Picture of 1967, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, racial tensions come to a head when a Northern detective, played by Sidney Poitier, becomes stranded in a small southern town following a murder. This particular town is run by a bigoted sheriff, Rod Steiger in an Oscar winning performance, who may or …

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Trump Claims His Golf Course Is On Largest Man-Made Lake In World, Not Remotely True Says World

Mediaite reports: On Friday, President Donald Trump boasted during an event in North Carolina that his golf course in the state was on the “largest man-made lake in the world.” “I actually have investments in Charlotte,” Trump told those gathered at Central Piedmont Community College’s Harris Conference Center, before going on about how the “fake news” would call this a …

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DOJ Shakes Up Criminal Case Against Aaron Schock

Politico reports: The Justice Department is replacing the prosecutors overseeing the criminal case against former Rep. Aaron Schock, an unusual move that could delay the proceedings in the case. In a court document filed on Thursday, John Childress, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, told U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kennelly — himself new to the case …

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