Tag Archives: 9/11

Sen. Rand Paul Blocks 9/11 Victim Compensation Bill

The New York Daily News reports: Sen. Rand Paul is balking at the $10 billion price tag for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. The Kentucky Republican derailed a request on Wednesday by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to fast track the bill that would permanently fund compensation for sick and dying 9/11 responders and victims because the cost was too high. …

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House Democrats Plan To Restrict Trump’s War Powers

Politico reports: Key House Democrats plan to use their newfound power to force a debate about the war-making authority that Congress approved after 9/11 — after years of being stifled by the chamber’s Republican leaders. Prospects will be much brighter for the lawmakers who have spent years pushing Congress to weigh in on the use of American forces in countries …

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Subway Station Destroyed On 9/11 Reopens [VIDEO]

ABC New York reports: For the first time since the September 11th terror attacks 17 years ago, a 1 train pulled into a previously destroyed subway station at the World Trade Center. The new World Trade Center Cortlandt station is now complete. It is fully accessible and has digital, state of the art real-time train schedules. On Friday, MTA contractors …

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UPDATE: Rudy Giuliani Joins Trump’s Legal Team

Betsy Woodruff reports at the Daily Beast: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been in talks to join the President Donald Trump’s personal legal team, according to a person familiar with the matter. No decision is currently final. A slew of foreign policy matters which Trump has had to deal with has slowed the process of expanding the …

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REPORT: Trump Dismisses Concerns About 2018 “Blue Wave” By Suggesting That 9/11 Helped GOP In 2002

Vox reports: Is Donald Trump hoping foreign terrorists attack the United States? That terrifying question is subtly embedded in a story this weekend reported by Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey, and Sean Sullivan of the Washington Post on the Republican Party’s growing alarm about the upcoming 2018 midterms. The story details GOP woes and Democratic hopes before pivoting to some more …

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Roy Moore: 9/11 Happened Because Sodomy

CNN reports: Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore suggested earlier this year that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks might have happened because the US had distanced itself from God. Moore, a hardline conservative running against fellow Republican and incumbent Sen. Luther Strange in a runoff primary race, made the comments in February during a speech at the Open Door Baptist …

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Fox News Host Wonders If 9/11 Memorials Will Suffer The Same Fate As Confederate Memorials [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke appeared on Fox & Friends Monday morning — on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks — ahead of remarks he is set to deliver alongside Vice President Mike Pence at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. And Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade seized at the opportunity…to tie the 9/11 …

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NEW YORK CITY: Families Of Hundreds Of 9/11 Victims Sue Saudi Arabia For “Complicity” In Attack [VIDEO]

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: In a stunning action seeking to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for 9/11, the families of 800 victims have filed a lawsuit accusing the Saudis of complicity in the worst terror attacks on American soil. The legal action, filed in federal court in Manhattan, details a scenario of involvement by Saudi officials who are said …

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DALLAS: Man Demands Answers After Husband Dies While 911 System Is Flooded With “Ghost Calls”

The Dallas Morning News reports: David Taffet came home last week to find his husband, Brian Cross, a little disoriented. Cross hadn’t eaten yet, so Taffet made him some dinner. But after he ate, Cross lay down, went to sleep and started snoring. Then Cross suddenly stopped snoring. The 52-year-old, whom Taffet met at a protest against the Defense of …

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REPORT: Trump Lied About 9/11 Donation

The New York Daily News reports: So much for “never forget.” Republican nominee Donald Trump claims he gave generously to help his city in the dark days after the deadly terrorist attacks. But new records show a pledged promise to donate $10,000 to a major 9/11 charity must have somehow slipped his mind. City Controller Scott Stringer conducted a review …

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Giuliani: Hillary Lies About Being There On 9/11

Via Raw Story: Rudy Giuliani told a bald-faced lie to accuse Hillary Clinton of lying about her response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The former New York City mayor delivered the whopper Wednesday afternoon while introducing Donald Trump at a rally in Ocala, Florida. “Don’t tell me if you said that you remember Sept. 11, 2001,” Giuliani said. “I remember …

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Senate Overrides Obama’s Veto Of 9/11 – Saudi Arabia Bill, First Congressional Override Of His Administration

USA Today reports: The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to override President Obama’s veto of legislation allowing lawsuits against foreign sponsors of terrorism, setting up an almost certain and historic defeat for the White House on the bill. The House is expected to follow suit within hours, making it the first veto of Obama’s presidency that has been overturned by …

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Jill Stein Demands “The Full Truth” About 9/11

Some pundits are saying that Jill Stein has gone “full 9/11 truther.” You be the judge. Via press release: The families and friends of those who were murdered on 9/11 deserve justice. They also deserve to know the truth. Led by the families of those who died on 9/11, the American people wanted—and deserved—a comprehensive and independent inquiry into the …

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Rudy Giuliani: I Didn’t Forget 9/11 When I Said There Was No Terrorism “Before Obama Came Along”

The New York Daily News reports: OMG, Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday he obvs hasn’t forgotten about 9/11 and claimed that his remark was totes “misinterpreted” because he simply likes to speak in “abbreviated” language. In a conversation with the Daily News one day after the former New York mayor apparently failed to remember the worst terror attack in U.S. history, …

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New York Daily News Rips Into Rudy Giuliani

From their story: You might want to get that bump on your head checked, Rudy. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday appeared to forget about the worst terror attack in U.S. history, claiming that there simply had been no such assaults inside America during the presidency of George W. Bush. “Under those eight years, before Obama came along, we didn’t …

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Rudy Giuliani: Hillary Clinton And President Obama Are Responsible For Terror Attacks On America [VIDEO]

Today former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani declared that President Obama and Hillary Clinton are responsible for terrorist attacks on the United States.  Watch below. Giuliani: “Under those eight years before Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the US. They all started when Clinton and Obama got into office.” Guiliani was referring …

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John Oliver On The 911 System [VIDEO]

John Oliver notes that Uber drivers can often pinpoint your location more accurately than some 911 systems. Via Gizmodo: Many of the call centers that handle your emergency calls are powered by out-dated technology. John Oliver thinks that’s “fine if you’re describing a Radio Shack, but a little scary if you’re calling a place that handles emergency situations.” He reckons …

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Trump Praises 7/11’s First Responders [VIDEO]

CNN reports: Donald Trump, who has made his advocacy for New York City after the 9/11 attacks central to his candidacy, accidentally referred to it on Monday as 7/11 — the ubiquitous convenience store. “I wrote this out, and it’s very close to my heart,” he said at the outset of his remarks on Buffalo on Monday evening. “Because I …

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RedState: Trump Never Donated To 9/11 Charities

Via RedState: According to a thorough review, Trump didn’t see fit to give any of those millions of dollars he is always bragging about to help out the men, women, children, cops, firefighters, office workers … hey, let’s just call them New Yorkers, who were killed or who lost someone in the terror of September 11th. In fact, his supposedly …

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Dr. Stabby: Hey, I Saw That 9/11 Cheering Film Too!

You guys, Dr. Stabby TOTALLY saw the same nonexistent news story that Donald Trump saw! CNN reports: Trump did get back up from his primary opponent Ben Carson, who told reporters gathered in Nevada that he did see celebrations of American Muslims in New Jersey after 9/11. “I saw the film of it, yes,” he said. Asked what kind of …

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