Monthly Archives: October 2018

Trump Cabinet Exodus Likely After Midterm Elections

Politico reports: President Donald Trump could see up to six Cabinet officials depart in the weeks after next month’s midterm elections, according to interviews with a half-dozen current and former Trump officials and Republicans close to the White House. For a president who has already shed or shuffled up eight Cabinet officials, that would make for the highest turnover rate …

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LIVE VIDEO: FBI Press Conference On Mass Shooting

CBS News reports: The FBI is set to hold a press conference at 9 a.m. on Sunday to give the latest information on the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Investigators said 11 people are dead after the shooting during a baby naming ceremony in a synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Authorities said four police officers were also injured during the shooting. …

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Trump Complains About Baseball Hours After Shooting

The Hill reports: President Trump late Saturday night fired off a tweet commenting on World Series Game 4, saying it was a “big mistake” for the Los Angeles Dodgers to pull pitcher Rich Hill. The Boston Red Sox went on to win the game, 9-6, and now lead the series, three games to one. Social media users criticized the timing …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Billboard reports: Janelle Monae returned to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Friday (Oct. 26) to give an enthralling performance of her Dirty Computer song “Make Me Feel.” The dazzling, Prince-inspired tune opened in black-and-white with Monae showing off her Janet Jackson-like dance moves and transitioned into color with a backup band, dancers and mesmerizing camera effects. Next up …

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Far-Right Social Media Site Denies Responsibility For Synagogue Shooter After Allowing His Nazi Memes

Posted this afternoon by Gab: Gab.com’s policy on terrorism and violence have always been very clear: we a have zero tolerance for it. Gab unequivocally disavows and condemns all acts of terrorism and violence. This has always been our policy. We are saddened and disgusted by the news of violence in Pittsburgh and are keeping the families and friends of …

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Synagogue Mass Shooter ID’d As Neo-Nazi Holocaust Denier, Wrote “Lord Jesus Christ Is Come In The Flesh”

CBS News reports: The suspected shooter was identified as Robert Bowers, 48, law enforcement sources told CBS News and KDKA. Bowers surrendered and was taken into custody. Bowers burst into the Tree of Life synagogue and indiscriminately fired in the building while shouting, “All Jews must die,” police sources told KDKA. Four officers were shot during the incident, officials said. …

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Trump Blames Synagogue Victims For Not Having Guns

Splinter reports: President Donald Trump responded to the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue which has left at least eight people dead by blaming the synagogue for not having armed guards inside. The gunman also shot at least three armed police officers, but Trump did not appear to account for that in his remarks. “This is a case where if …

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PITTSBURGH: White Male Mass Shooter In Custody, Entered Shouting “All Jews Must Die,” Eight Fatalities

Haaretz reports: Eight people were killed after a man opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, CBS News reported on Saturday. KDKA has reported that police was able to extract several people from the basement of the synagogue as well as from the attic. It remains unclear if there are further casualties inside. Eyewitness reports say the shooter is …

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BREAKING: Mass Shooter At Pittsburgh Synagogue, At Least Seven Fatalities, Two Police Officers Shot [VIDEO]

Pittsburgh’s CBS News affiliate reports: Police from across the city of Pittsburgh are responding to an active shooting situation at the The Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill. There are reports that multiple people have been shot. Police have requested that residents stay inside their home as they have exchanged gun fire with a suspected gunman. When officers arrived …

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Trump Cultist: Obama And Hillary Sent The Bombs To Themselves To Bring People To Their Side [VIDEO]

The Washington Examiner reports: A Trump supporter who attended Friday evening’s rally in Charlotte, N.C., said he thinks former President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent themselves bombs in order to score political capital for the Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. “Barack Obama probably sent his to hisself, and Hillary Clinton probably sent hers to herself,” …

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Maher: Trump Sounds Like He Partnered With Bomber

Last night on his HBO show Bill Maher read Trump’s tweet below and then said this: “That sounds like he’s not condemning the bomber, it sounds to me like he’s partnering with him. What he is asking for the media to do is not criticize him. It all comes from this one trait of narcissism. This is a disease that …

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ACLU Sues Kansas County For Voter Suppression After Elections Official Moves Polling Place With “LOL” Email

Courthouse News reports: The American Civil Liberties Union sued a Kansas county election official in federal court Friday, alleging that her moving of Dodge City’s only polling location to a site half a mile outside of the city’s southern border creates a burden on the city’s majority Hispanic population. Dodge City, located in southwest Kansas about 160 miles west of …

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Trump Junior Calls Dem Senator “A Piece Of Garbage” At Rally For Montana GOP Rep Who Assaulted Reporter

Reuters reports: Donald Trump Jr. blasted Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) at a boisterous rally in his home state on Friday, calling him a “piece of garbage” for sinking Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson’s nomination to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs earlier this year. Trump Jr., who headlined a rally for Tester’s GOP Senate rival Matt Rosendale and Rep. Greg …

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Twitter: We Should Have Deleted Bomber’s Threats

Business Insider reports: Twitter said it is “deeply sorry” for failing to act on threatening tweets made by Cesar Sayoc, Jr., the 56-year-old Florida man who is suspected of sending improvised explosive devices to Democratic leaders and critics of President Donald Trump. On October 11, Sayoc published a threatening tweet to former congressional press secretary Rochelle Ritchie by telling her …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

NPR reports: The singer formerly known as Sinéad O’Connor, and most recently named Magda Davitt, has converted to Islam. She is now using the name Shuhada’ Davitt. She has written on Twitter that she is “very, very, very happy” and is giving thanks to “all my Muslim brothers and sisters who have been so kind as to welcome me to …

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#MAGAbomber’s Lesbian Boss: He Told Me I’d Be The First One He Burns When White Supremacists Take Over

“He had issues. He was anti-gay, anti-black, anti-Jewish, you name it. Everybody that really wasn’t white and wasn’t a white supremacist didn’t belong in the world. That’s what he used to say to me all the time. As far as an employee, he was on time, he was cordial, he was articulate. I never had any problems with him, there …

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Michael Savage: The #MAGAbomber Is A Liberal Plant

“He’s not a white supremacist. That throws me off. Either he is a Native American or a Filipino because we don’t know that. But that he’s not a cracker like McVeigh, this is the part that throws me off. No blonde, blue eyed guy they couldn’t find? How’d they get this guy? This is the part that throws me off, …

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MIC DROP: Obama Goes “But Her Emails” On Trump Using Unsecured iPhone While Spies Listen [VIDEO]

“In the last election it was Hillary’s emails. ‘This is terrible.’ ‘Hilary’s emails!’ We were hearing Hillary’s emails everywhere. They didn’t care about emails. And you know how you know? Because if they did, they’d be up in arms right now as the Chinese are listening to the president’s iPhone that he leaves in his golf cart. It turns out, …

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Trump Rejects Calls To Tone Down Rhetoric: I Could Really Tone It UP Since The Media Is So Unfair [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: President Trump on Friday rejected calls to temper his political rhetoric in the aftermath of a nationwide bomb-scare involving many prominent Democrats with whom he has traded barbs. “I think I’ve been toned down, if you want to know the truth,” Trump told reporters before leaving the White House for a campaign event in North Carolina. “I …

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Proud Boys Member Gets Fashion Makeover For Court

The New York Post reports: He’s like a whole new man, er, Boy! One of the Proud Boy goons busted last week over a brawl with Antifa protesters outside an Upper East Side Republican club underwent a total makeover for his court appearance Thursday. John Kinsman, 39, shaved his long, scruffy beard, chopped off his scraggly hair and ditched his …

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