Tag Archives: Idiocracy

Trump’s Campaign Manager: Time To Fire Jeff Sessions

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump’s campaign manager called on his boss Tuesday to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The “IG report” Parscale referred to is the Department of Justice inspector general’s report that faulted then-FBI Director James Comey for violating protocol in publicly discussing the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email and his handling of a related disclosure about information …

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Jared Kushner Meets With King Of Jordan

The Hill reports: President Trump son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner on Tuesday met with King Abdullah II of Jordan to discuss Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. “Building on previous conversations, they discussed increasing cooperation between the United States and Jordan, regional issues, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and the Trump Administration’s efforts to facilitate peace between the Israelis and …

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Glorious Leader Lies Again About German Crime Rate

A fact check from CBS News: Leaving aside the fact that Germany has vastly different immigration patterns than the U.S. and a shorter history of welcoming immigrants, Mr. Trump’s claim that crime is up in Germany is objectively false. Crime actually fell in 2017 by 9.6 percent in Germany, with violent crime falling 2.4 percent, according to Germany’s Federal Criminal …

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China Blasts Trump’s Tariffs As “Extreme Blackmail”

The Associated Press reports: China’s government has denounced President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods as blackmail and warned it would respond with “strong countermeasures.” The Commerce Ministry on Tuesday gave no details but said Beijing is ready to “defend the interests of the Chinese people and enterprises.” Trump ordered the U.S. Trade Representative to …

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Laura Ingraham: Those Migrant Children Are Essentially Being Detained In DOJ “Summer Camps” [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday described the child detention facilities housing immigrant youth as “essentially summer camps.” Ingraham’s comments come amid growing outcry over the Trump administration’s policy to prosecute migrants crossing the border illegally, leading to thousands of children being separated from their parents and housed in what the government is calling “tent cities.” …

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Sessions: It’s An “Exaggeration” To Compare Us To Nazis, They Were Trying To Keep Jews From Leaving

The Huffington Post reports: Attorney General Jeff Sessions rejected claims that the Justice Department’s new zero-tolerance immigration policy echoed Nazi Germany because concentration camps “were trying to keep Jews from leaving.” Sessions spoke with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Monday and defended his agency amid a growing outcry over family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border under the new DOJ policy. …

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KANSAS: Court Strikes Down Proof Of Citizenship Requirement For Voter Registration, Sanctions Kobach

Talking Points Memo reports: A federal judge on Monday ruled that Kansas’ proof of citizenship voter registration requirement was a violation of the Constitution as well as the National Voter Registration Act. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson had in previous orders temporarily blocked the requirement, which was championed by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Robinson on Monday handed down …

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Trump Orders Pentagon To Establish “Space Force”

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump declared Monday he would move to make a new branch of the military focused solely on space. “I am hereby directing the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces,” Trump said during a meeting of the National Space …

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Trump Blames Dems For Ineffective “Boarder” Security

CNN reports: President Trump has again weighed in on the mounting outrage over his administration’s practice of separating children from their families at the southern border, by tweeting about children being “used by some of the worst criminals on earth” to enter the US. Trump has falsely blamed Democrats for his administration’s actions, and said they could put a stop …

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White House: We’re Not Separating Families [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: In a truly stunning show of outright lying Monday morning, White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told Fox & Friends that the claim the Trump administration is separating children from their families at the border is “completely false.” “Do you think that the message from the media is correct, that your administration is separating parents, moms and …

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Trump Lies About German Crime Rate In Slam At Merkel

The Independent reports: The US president claimed refugees and migrants has “strongly and violently” changed European culture and said the continent had made a “big mistake” in giving sanctuary to those fleeing conflicts in the Middle East and Africa. Without specifically naming the Germany chancellor but instead pointing the blame at Germany’s “leadership” he said: “The people of Germany are …

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Homeland Security Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen: We Don’t Have A Policy Of Separating Families At The Border

The New York Daily News reports: The nation’s homeland security chief insisted Sunday that immigrant children are not being separated from their parents at the border — despite the Trump administration defending its policy and eyewitness accounts of government-snatched boys and girls being held in cages at a private detention center in Texas. “We do not have a policy of …

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FBI’s Peter Strzok Agrees To Testify Before Congress

Politico reports: Embattled FBI agent Peter Strzok has agreed to voluntarily testify before Congress, his attorney has told lawmakers, potentially fending off a subpoena for him to appear. Strzok’s role in FBI investigations into both Hillary Clinton and President Donald Trump drew the attention of Republicans in Congress after the publication of text messages he had exchanged with an FBI …

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Trump Supporter Disrupts De Niro-Directed Musical

The New York Post reports: A Trump supporter tried disrupting a performance of the Robert De Niro directed musical “A Bronx Tale” on Saturday — standing up during the curtain call and displaying a “Keep America Great!” flag towards the audience. Photos posted on Twitter showed the Trump supporter standing up in the front row with the “Keep America Great” …

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Melania’s Spox: The First Lady Hates Seeing Families Separated, But We Need To Be A Country Of Laws

The Hill reports: First lady Melania Trump appeared to express disapproval on Sunday with her husband’s administration’s policy of separating migrant families who cross the U.S.–Mexico border illegally. “Mrs. Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform. She believes we need to be …

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Steve Bannon: I Have Never Heard Donald Trump Tell A Lie, He Just Speaks In A Special Vernacular [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump doesn’t lie and hasn’t lied to the American people, said former White House Chief Strategist and Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon Sunday on This Week. Guest host Jon Karl played clips of the President promising never to lie before saying to Bannon point blank that this was a campaign promise the President “obviously broke. He …

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Conway: As A Catholic Mother With A Conscience, I Can Say Nobody Likes Separating Migrant Families [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that “nobody likes” the separation of migrant children from their parents at the nation’s southern border but took issue with the idea that the Trump administration is using the children to force Democrats to the table on border security. “As a mother, as a Catholic, as somebody who has …

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Trump Wants “Really Long Strike” By WaPo Staffers

The Hill reports: President Trump said that Washington Post employees should go on strike in a tweet Sunday morning, saying the move means “we would get rid of Fake News for an extended period of time.” His tweet came shortly after The Post reported that former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone met with a Russian during the 2016 campaign who …

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ICE Tells Bus Riders They Must Be US Citizens To Board

Raw Story reports: A bus driver for Concord Coach Lines was filmed falsely telling passengers lined up to board that they must be U.S. citizens to ride the bus. The ACLU of New Hampshire posted this video to Facebook of the driver in Concord, Maine, along with federal ICE agents intimidating passengers. In the video, passengers wisely refuse to answer …

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Kardashian On Running For Office: Never Say Never

USA Today reports: While she’s not signing up for a career in politics just yet, Kim Kardashian West hasn’t ruled out running for public office in the future. In an interview with CNN’s Van Jones, the reality TV star talked about her experience in lobbying for Alice Marie Johnson’s clemency from he life sentence she was serving for a first-time …

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