July 21, 2016

What a Clisterf*ck: 'No one believes Trump speechwriter Meredith McIver is real'

http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/meredith-mciver-speech/#

No one believes Trump speechwriter Meredith McIver is real

BY MARCUS GILMER
3 HOURS AGO
Earlier on Wednesday, the Trump campaign finally offered up its sacrificial lamb for Monday's Melania Trump plagiarism snafu: Meredith McIver.

McIver, who apparently helped Trump write some of his books, released a statement accepting responsibility and taking the fall for the incident. The only problem: people are speculating she's not real at all.

Is she a real person? Probably. But Trump has made up people before (twice, at least!) and given how the campaign has gone over the last year, no one would be surprised if Trump did make up a fake speechwriter to take the blame.

Put on the tin foil hats and get ready, sheeple.

So Sayers the Internet:

July 18, 2016

HILARIOUS: "Trump-Pence Marriage is Off to a Rocky Start"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/07/18/trump-pence-marriage-is-off-to-a-rocky-start/

Pence marriage is off to a rocky start

By Alexandra Petri ComPostOpinionJuly 18 at 3:01 PM

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And we have read this fairy tale before.

Donald Trump is the man you have to marry to keep your family from ruin. He is loud and mean and cuts you off abruptly when you begin to speak. But he is rumored to be extremely wealthy.

He sent a gilded chariot to pick Pence up from his humble home and Pence’s mother kissed him goodbye on the forehead with tears in her eyes.

“You don’t have to do this,” she said, her voice worried.

“I want to,” he said. “I believe in him. He is a good man.”

MUCH MORE AT LINK

July 18, 2016

Breaking: Baltimore Police Lt. Found Not Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in Freddie Gray Death

Source: NBC News

@BreakingNews: Baltimore police lieutenant found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Freddie Gray death - @HellgrenWJZ

https://t.co/pY4sh24pLd/s/eCxm

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June 30, 2016

Joint Base Andrews on lockdown, reports of an active shooter (False Alarm)

Source: CBS News

@CBSNews: JUST IN: Joint Base Andrews on lockdown, reports of an active shooter https://t.co/pCwAiyNWyh/s/8YHd https://t.co/gl41gp9BeX/s/aXWM

UPDATE: @CBSNews: BREAKING: Sources confirm no active shooter at #JointBaseAndrews, situation is "all clear" https://t.co/4Bas6FcOiJ/s/TmsD https://t.co/Ui2PlSgxfy/s/ktAw

@BreakingNews: Incident at Andrews AFB triggered after someone saw personnel carrying long guns during drill, senior law enforcement says - NBC News

@BreakingNews: More: No barricade situation, no shots fired at Andrews Air Base, senior law enforcement officials say - NBC News https://t.co/DX3ZbektFF/s/C0Bm

Read more: https://t.co/gl41gp9BeX/s/aXWM

June 27, 2016

Breaking: Judge Rules Mississippi Clerks Cannot Cite Religious Beliefs to Refuse Marriage Licenses

Source: Associated Press

@BreakingNews: Judge rules Mississippi clerks cannot cite religious beliefs to refuse marriage licenses to same-sex couples - AP https://t.co/B280KKuyyO/s/tGr2

Judge Rules MS Clerks Cannot Cite Religion To Abstain From Issuing Marriage Licenses

EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
JUNE 27, 2016

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Mississippi clerks cannot cite their own religious beliefs to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves' ruling on Monday blocks the state from enforcing part of a religious objections bill that was supposed to become law Friday.

Reeves is extending his previous order that overturned Mississippi's ban on same-sex marriage. He says circuit clerks are required to provide equal treatment for all couples, gay or straight.

Mississippi's religious objections measure, House Bill 1523 , was filed in response to last summer's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage nationwide.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-mississippi-gay-marriage-clerks

June 26, 2016

'People Are Really, Really Hoping This Theory About David Cameron and Brexit is True'

http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/people-are-really-really-hoping-this-theory-about-david-cameron-and-brexit-is-true--bJhqBql0VZ

People are really, really hoping this theory about David Cameron and Brexit is true

David Cameron’s decision to resign before enacting Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty...

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While panic ensues, one person’s musings in the comments section of the Guardian has an interesting hypothesis on these complications:

If Boris Johnson looked downbeat yesterday, that is because he realises that he has lost.

Perhaps many Brexiters do not realise it yet, but they have actually lost, and it is all down to one man: David Cameron.

With one fell swoop yesterday at 9:15 am, Cameron effectively annulled the referendum result, and simultaneously destroyed the political careers of Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and leading Brexiters who cost him so much anguish, not to mention his premiership.

How?

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The referendum result is not binding. It is advisory. Parliament is not bound to commit itself in that same direction.

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If he runs for leadership of the party, and then fails to follow through on triggering Article 50, then he is finished. If he does not run and effectively abandons the field, then he is finished. If he runs, wins and pulls the UK out of the EU, then it will all be over - Scotland will break away, there will be upheaval in Ireland, a recession ... broken trade agreements. Then he is also finished. Boris Johnson knows all of this. When he acts like the dumb blond it is just that: an act.

REST AT LINK

June 24, 2016

BREXIT Result Updates: It's close so far...

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-brexit-referendum/

June 23, 2016

BREAKING: Paul Ryan Calling In Senate Police To Forcibly Remove Democrats At Sit-In (DETAILS)

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/22/breaking-paul-ryan-calling-in-senate-police-to-forcibly-remove-democrats-at-sit-in-details/

June 21, 2016

3 people arrested w/ multiple loaded guns, rifles, bullet-proof vests at Holland Tunnel NJ

Source: Reuters

@Reuters: BREAKING: Three people arrested with multiple loaded guns, rifles, bullet-proof vests at Holland Tunnel in New Jersey: NBC

m.twitter.com/Reuters

Will update.

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June 20, 2016

TOM TOMORROW: Gun Talk

DAILYKOS LINK: http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/6/20/1539783/-Cartoon-Gun-talk