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kpete's JournalEx FBI official: Trump radicalizing people to commit terrorism like a radical Islamic Mullah
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“Let’s understand something, this administration that we’re in needs to come out and intervene. What do I mean by that? If you’re on the Islamic extremism side, you’ve got that cleric radicalizing that young person online. He’s the father figure, giving the license, he’s facilitating and enabling. What we need is the similar figure — the president — to come out and say, once this is confirmed, ‘I stand for something other than hate, I rebuke all the hatred going on here.’ Until we see the person do that, that’s giving the license, we’ll continue to have this hate problem,” Figliuzzi said.
Video:
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/trump-is-radicalizing-young-people-to-commit-terrorism-like-a-radical-islamic-mullah-ex-fbi-official/
Cover of Newsweek - Very Fine People
McAuliffe's book is disturbingly relevant given the recent tweets by President Donald Trump in which he told a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen of color—aka "The Squad"—to "go back" to their native countries. He was subsequently condemned by the House for "racist language." And a few days later, at a political rally in North Carolina, the frenzied crowd shouted "Send her back," referring to Representative Ilhan Omar.
We asked McAuliffe about the attacks on Omar and the Trump rally chants. His response: "He [Trump] is baiting us, and we should all stop talking about his racist taunts. Let's get back to healing and fixing our country."
https://www.newsweek.com/2019/08/09/what-happened-charlottesville-virginia-terry-mcauliffe-book-1451608.html
https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1156203922484318208
The Baltimore Sun Slaps Trump Again - "a jerk, a clod, a dolt, a schmuck."
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“Slightly more than 15 minutes into his speech at a rally in Cincinnati Thursday night — right after claiming the crowd was record size but bemoaning how local authorities had limited the arena’s lawful capacity — President Donald Trump set his sights once again upon Baltimore. Basking in the crowd’s adulation, he started listing the dangerous countries where the murder rate was, he believed, not as bad as Charm City’s. El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala. Then he sought his supporters’ response. " I believe it’s higher than ... give me, give me a place that you think is pretty bad," he excitedly announced. “Give me a place. This guy says Afghanistan,” he said smiling and pointing to a member of the audience. “I believe it’s higher than Afghanistan.”
The crowd took it all in appreciatively, smiling, some cheering. They laughed when their leader joked how fact-checkers might contradict him Friday. Like Mr. Trump, they appeared wholly indifferent to people dying in Baltimore…
...This newspaper got some attention six days ago — when Mr. Trump first launched his attacks on Charm City — for describing this president’s shortcomings in unfiltered, unequivocal terms. But that missed an important point that was so vividly on display Thursday: He lacks human empathy. Psychiatry has a name for that condition. It’s called antisocial personality disorder. But taking partisan delight at the suffering of Baltimoreans? That is not the action of a rodent. (As PETA chastised us this week, rats actually care about each other.) Nor can it be explained by mental aberration. This is the behavior of a jerk, a clod, a dolt, a schmuck.
Every American should watch that tape so they may be spared the delusion that Mr. Trump’s criticism of Baltimore comes from a constructive place. He is dancing on graves. He is ridiculing Baltimore along with other big cities for partisan gain. As if the rest of America didn’t have housing problems, or crime, or drug abuse. Yes, Baltimore’s homicide rate is high compared to other communities, but then so is the rate in the rest of this country compared to other industrialized nations. As a United Nations study has pointed out, the U.S. intentional homicide rate is well above all of Europe and all of Asia. A normal president, a person with the ability to understand the suffering of his fellow humans, would not mock'
the rest:
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0803-trump-cincinnati-20190802-lkjzouxc2zfxtftjao5wsspouy-story.html
via:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/3/1876382/-The-Baltimore-Sun-Slaps-Trump-Again-a-jerk-a-clod-a-dolt-a-schmuck?utm_campaign=trending
Dear America: Pick A Torch
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EA7EcjcUYAA6Cgv?format=jpg&name=smallJohn Legend: I want to apologize for calling POTUS a POS this week.
I want to apologize for calling POTUS a POS this week. I was mistaken. At least excrement has a useful biological function.
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!
https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/1157301278701043712
So in addition to everything else Rep. Cummings appears to be a serious bad ass
New statement from Chairman @RepCummings about the Saturday break in at his home
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1157285325556932608
Toles on the debates -- the Democratic candidates try to strike a balance...
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John Legend: "Donald Trump is an evil fucking canker sore on America's whole landscape"
John Legend pulled no punches when asked to comment on President Donald Trump and his recent racist attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and the city of Baltimore.
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“Our president is a flaming racist. He’s a piece of shit. He says piece of shit, shit all the time. That’s what he does,” said Legend. “We need to get him out of office.”
Asked what could be done to help Baltimore, which Trump over the weekend tweeted was a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” Legend responded:
There’s a lot that can be done, it’s got over a century of history that created the problems that they have, and we need to focus on making all of our communities better instead of talking shit about our communities just because you’re a racist prick.
“Donald Trump is an evil fucking canker sore on America’s whole landscape, so we need to get him out of office,” Legend continued.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-legend-donald-trump-racist-baltimore_n_5d42aaece4b0aca34118cc90
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