Monthly Archives: August 2020

Zuckerberg Apologizes For Leaving Up Kenosha Militia Page Despite Many Complaints On Its Call To Violence

The Washington Post reports: Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged in a video post Friday that the company erred by not taking down an event listing for a militia group that encouraged armed civilians to defend the streets of Kenosha, Wis., from civil unrest before the fatal shooting of two people this week. Facebook removed the page for the “Kenosha …

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Trump Lies That RNC Viewership “Blew Away” The DNC

The Daily Beast reports: In the end, apparently not even all of the unethical pomp and circumstance of a Trump-branded White House as the backdrop of his big speech Thursday night could draw more viewers than Biden’s solemnly rousing speech to an empty auditorium. According to initial Nielsen numbers, President Trump’s speech Thursday night drew 14.1 million viewers across the …

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AUDIO: Trump’s Sister Insults “Moron” Eric And Ivanka

The Insider reports: Mary Trump, who is the daughter of the president’s older brother Fred Trump Jr., appeared on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” to discuss the latest revelations. The 55-year-old recently published a book titled “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” and has been releasing audio clips of conversations she’s had with family …

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Trump Tells Rally: “I Don’t Talk About My Ass” [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump called Black Lives Matter protesters “bad people” and “thugs” during a rowdy, non-socially distanced campaign rally in New Hampshire on Friday night. “Protesters, your ass. I don’t talk about my ass. Those are not protesters,” Trump told a roaring crowd of several hundred people at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. Trump was particularly furious …

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Black Panther Star Chadwick Boseman Dies At Age 43

Variety reports: Chadwick Boseman, star of “Black Panther,” died on Friday after a four year battle with colon cancer, his rep confirmed to Variety. He was 43. Before he was cast as the Marvel Studios superhero, Boseman’s career first exploded with his portrayals of Black American icons Jackie Robinson (in 2013’s “42”) and James Brown (in 2014’s “Get on Up”). …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

NBC New York reports: An out-of-control car plowed into the streetside outdoor dining area at a Brooklyn restaurant Thursday, video showed, and then immediately took off after injuring at least one customer. The car turned onto Franklin Street in Greenpoint around lunchtime and came crashing into where tables and chairs were set up for outdoor dining at Cafe Alula, video …

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New York State Sees Record Low COVID Infection Rate

The New York Daily News reports: New York reported a record low coronavirus infection rate Friday, capping three weeks in which the important indicator remained below 1%. Of the 97,826 test results received by the state a day earlier, only 636 were positive for a 0.65% infection rate, Gov. Cuomo announced. Hospitalizations fell by 12 to 478 with the number …

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HUD Staffer Tricked NYC Tenants Into Being In RNC Clip

The New York Times reports: It started with an unexpected call last week from Lynne Patton [photo], a longtime Trump associate who oversees federal housing programs in New York. Ms. Patton told a leader of a tenants’ group at the New York City Housing Authority, the nation’s largest, that she was interested in speaking with residents about conditions in the …

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Meadows: Biden Says There Should Be More Rioting

Fox News reports: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden only condemned the ongoing violence in Kenosha, Wis. and cities across the country this week because he “sees this as a political liability,” White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows charged on “The Daily Briefing” Friday. “After 90 days [of] Portland rioting, and … month after month things have gone on, he’s …

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Christian Author Accused Of Sucker-Punching Protester

Hemant Mehta reports at The Friendly Atheist: Christian author, Falkirk Center “fellow,” failed racist comedian, and guy who insists Jesus was white, Eric Metaxas, was allegedly seen sucker punching a critic of Donald Trump after his RNC speech last night. In videos that have been shared online, including the one below from the protester, the attacker is described as a …

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GOP Sen. Thom Tillis Sorry For Going Maskless At RNC

The Associated Press reports: North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis said on Friday he “fell short of my own standard” by failing to keep his face mask on in the White House crowd while listening to President Donald Trump accept the Republican nomination. Tillis, who is in a tough reelection bid against Democrat Cal Cunningham, has been consistently talking up face …

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Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chair Says Military Will Have No Role In Resolving Disputed Presidential Election Result

The Associated Press reports: The U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top U.S. military officer told Congress in comments released Friday. The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in America, where the president has declared without …

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Group That Handed Out Cash In Black Communities Loses Tax-Exempt Status, Created By Trump Evangelical

But why did it take three years? A nonprofit organization started by two Trump administration allies that stirred up controversy earlier this year for holding cash giveaways in predominantly Black communities had its tax exempt status auto-revoked after failing to provide legally required forms to the Internal Revenue Service for three years in a row. The organization, called the Urban …

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Tell-All Book: How Melania Trump Froze Out Ivanka

Vanity Fair reports: During the inauguration, Wolkoff writes that she and Melania launched “Operation Block Ivanka,” making sure that she was seated out of frame in the photos of President Trump being sworn in. Once they were in the White House, Wolkoff writes that Ivanka and her staff wrote to her and Melania about co-hosting several events that were traditionally …

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Feds Threaten Alleged Wall Scammer With Gag Order

Just like Roger Stone, he won’t shut up: Federal prosecutors are urging a recently indicted border-security advocate to clam up or face the possibility of a gag order limiting his ability to speak out publicly about the criminal case he is facing. Lawyers from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan wrote to a federal judge Friday to ask her to …

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Merkel Laughs Off Grenell’s Claim Trump Charmed Her

Politico Europe reports: German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacted with a smile — and no comment — when a reporter asked if it was true that U.S. President Donald Trump had enchanted her. Richard Grenell, the former U.S. director of National Intelligence and ambassador to Germany, claimed earlier this week that he watched Trump “charm” Merkel, despite the famously chilly relationship …

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Company Allegedly Spent Bailout Funds On Billboards

CNN reports: The billboards began popping up along a desert stretch of highway in Arizona and California in early August — plastered with “Make America Great Again!” in large capital letters or an image of President Donald Trump looking up to the sky and giving a big thumbs up. The small company that funded the large billboards had just months …

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Evangelicals: RNC Protesters Shouted Blasphemy At Us

The Christian Post reports: Among those who attended the president’s speech on the South Lawn included Pastors Jentezen Franklin, Ed Young, Jack Graham, Robert Jeffress, Bishop Harry Jackson, the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Ralph Reed, chair of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, and radio host Eric Metaxas. Johnnie Moore [photo], a prominent religious freedom advocate who also attended the speech, told …

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Obama Urges “Peaceful, Strategic, Purposeful” Protests

ABC News reports: Former President Obama on Friday called for “peaceful, sustained” demonstrations for racial justice as the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., has ignited a new round of protests and demands for reform across the nation. The tweet came as thousands of people congregated in Washington, D.C., in a march against police brutality and systemic racism …

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Extradition Delayed At Least One Month For WI Killer

Reuters reports: A teenage vigilante charged with killing two people, who had been protesting the police shooting of African American Jacob Blake in Kenosha, will remain in custody in Illinois after a judge on Friday agreed to delay his extradition to Wisconsin. A public defender assigned to the case asked for a delay so that Rittenhouse could retain an attorney. …

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