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October 23, 2017

Trumps priority is attacking widows not finding out what happened to those 4 green berets.

No tweets about the green berets, but many tweets about the widow and congresswoman

October 21, 2017

A propaganda technique known as the big lie, which Adolf Hitler described in Mein Kampf:

All this was inspired by the principle – which is quite true in itself – that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying. These people know only too well how to use falsehood for the basest purposes.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hitler-on-the-big-lie

October 21, 2017

Sr. Congressional aide:Niger ambush due in part to " massive intelligence failure"- MSNBC

Trump Admin facing questions about deaths of U.S. soldiers in Niger.

* I bet he will turn this around and talk about Benghazi, and have Sessions re-open that *

He wants this off of him that's why keeps talking about Congresswoman Wilson

October 20, 2017

Who side is Trump on,Steve Bannon or Mitch McConnell ?

Steve Bannon's speech to the California GOP has some Republicans nervous

By Phil Willon/Contact Reporter


The California Republican Party’s decision to invite right-wing provocateur and former presidential advisor Stephen K. Bannon to address its convention Friday created an unsettled concoction of excitement, dread and rubbernecking curiosity for GOP loyalists in the state.

The keynote speech in Anaheim is scheduled less than a week after Bannon, who runs the far-right website Breitbart News, called for “a season of war” on the GOP establishment. The threat was aimed squarely at Republicans in Washington whom Bannon considers disloyal to President Trump and the conservative agenda.

Bannon will appear before a California GOP desperate to reverse its deteriorating influence in a state where it has been losing members and where Republican victories in statewide political races have been nonexistent for a decade. His admirers hope his speech will invigorate the GOP base and lure Trump supporters outside of the party into its fold. But Republican critics worry he’ll undercut efforts to rekindle the party in a state where Trump and his policies remain widely unpopular.

Bannon tops a list of mostly Trump-aligned speakers set to address the convention, including Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro. State Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said he isn’t worried about the stir Bannon might create among Republicans who have a distaste for him or the president.

“If two people agree on absolutely everything, there’s no earthly need for one of them,” he said.

Brulte and other state party leaders said Bannon’s invitation was an easy call — he was Trump’s top political strategist until August. His appearance will also attract television news cameras and pump life into what was expected to be a sleepy, three-day GOP convention.

But others in the party don’t see it that way. Former Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley unleashed a series of rapid-fire tweets to blast the decision last week.

“It’s a huge step backward and demonstrates that the Party remains tone deaf and intellectually dishonest with the vast majority of Californians,” tweeted Mayes, who recently resigned his leadership post amid criticism and controversy. “As in life, you can’t have it both ways and today’s announcement made clear the direction the party wants to go.”

* This is a long article, please read rest at the link ....he California Republican Party’s decision to invite right-wing provocateur and former presidential advisor Stephen K. Bannon to address its convention Friday created an unsettled concoction of excitement, dread and rubbernecking curiosity for GOP loyalists in the state.

The keynote speech in Anaheim is scheduled less than a week after Bannon, who runs the far-right website Breitbart News, called for “a season of war” on the GOP establishment. The threat was aimed squarely at Republicans in Washington whom Bannon considers disloyal to President Trump and the conservative agenda.

Bannon will appear before a California GOP desperate to reverse its deteriorating influence in a state where it has been losing members and where Republican victories in statewide political races have been nonexistent for a decade. His admirers hope his speech will invigorate the GOP base and lure Trump supporters outside of the party into its fold. But Republican critics worry he’ll undercut efforts to rekindle the party in a state where Trump and his policies remain widely unpopular.

Bannon tops a list of mostly Trump-aligned speakers set to address the convention, including Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro. State Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said he isn’t worried about the stir Bannon might create among Republicans who have a distaste for him or the president.

“If two people agree on absolutely everything, there’s no earthly need for one of them,” he said.

Brulte and other state party leaders said Bannon’s invitation was an easy call — he was Trump’s top political strategist until August. His appearance will also attract television news cameras and pump life into what was expected to be a sleepy, three-day GOP convention.

But others in the party don’t see it that way. Former Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley unleashed a series of rapid-fire tweets to blast the decision last week.

“It’s a huge step backward and demonstrates that the Party remains tone deaf and intellectually dishonest with the vast majority of Californians,” tweeted Mayes, who recently resigned his leadership post amid criticism and controversy. “As in life, you can’t have it both ways and today’s announcement made clear the direction the party wants to go.”

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-steve-bannon-republican-convention-20171020-story.html

* This is a long article, read rest at the link

October 20, 2017

Las Vegas judge tells felons theyll be able to vote for Trump if they follow probation terms

BY
JESSICA SCHLADEBECK/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 1:07 PM

A Las Vegas judge told at least two felons during sentencing proceedings that if they adhered to the terms of their probation they’d likely have their voting rights restored on time to cast a ballot for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

According to a pair of transcripts obtained by the Nevada Independent, District Court Judge Susan Johnson made the remarks to at least two defendants pleading guilty to felony charges back in July. Several criminal defense attorneys said they’ve heard similar remarks during sentencing, one of them claiming such comments made him “uncomfortable.”

Nevada law bars people convicted of a violent felony from voting without court permission, while the Nevada Judicial Code prohibits judges from allowing “family, social, political, financial, or other interests or relationships to influence” conduct.

It also notes judges should not “publicly endorse or oppose a candidate for any public office.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/judge-felons-vote-trump-heed-probation-terms-article-1.3571761

* We are truly living in a Fascist regime

October 19, 2017

**Trump is going to flip over this and go full kkk**

Mississippi school named after Confederate President Jefferson Davis to be renamed after Obama

ARIS FOLLEY, AOL.COM
Oct 18th 2017 3:16PM

An elementary school in Jackson, Mississippi, will be renamed after President Barack Obama instead of its original namesake, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, leaders announced Tuesday.

Janelle Jefferson, president of the Parent Teacher Association at Davis Magnet IB, said the decision was made earlier this month after school stakeholders voted to rename the school Barack Obama Magnet IB, The Clarion Ledger reported.

“Jefferson Davis, although infamous in his own right, would probably not be too happy about a diverse school promoting the education of the very individuals he fought to keep enslaved being named after him,” Janelle Jefferson told the outlet, which also noted that 98 percent of the students who attended the school this year are black.

According to the local paper, the Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees approved a policy that permitted the PTA and Davis community with the control to rename the school. Mississippi Today reported that staff, parents and students were able to submit name ideas to the PTA and later voted to name the school after the former president on Oct. 5.

Janelle Jefferson said the community wanted to rename the school “to reflect a person who fully represents ideals and public stances consistent with what we want our children to believe about themselves.”

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/10/18/mississippi-school-named-after-confederate-president-jefferson-davis-to-be-renamed-after-obama/23247932/

October 19, 2017

Trumps checklist

October 18, 2017

Whats with the folksy, grinning that Sessions do when questioned? It's annoying.



He looks like The Gollum, Jeff Smeagol.

" I didn't talk to any Russians precious"
October 18, 2017

GOP Lawmaker Says Emergency Rooms Should Be Able To Turn People Away

Back to the good old days.

By Amanda Terkel

Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) proposed on Friday that hospital emergency rooms should be able to turn patients away to help keep health care costs down.

“I’m an emergency room nurse,” Black told MSNBC host Chuck Todd on Friday. “There are people that came into my emergency room that I, the nurse, was the first one to see them. I could have sent them to a walk-in clinic or their doctor the next day, but because of a law that Congress put into place to say, no, I have to treat everybody that walks into that emergency room.”

“You took away our ability to say, ‘No, an emergency room is not the proper place.’ And then, you put a burden on top of that to say, ‘You must do that,’” added the congresswoman, who is also running for governor of Tennessee.

*read the rest at link....https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/diane-black-emergency-rooms_us_59e674cce4b0d0e4fe6bd0ee?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
October 18, 2017

A grieving military father says Trump offered him $25,000 after his son was killed and didn't follow

Peter Jacobs-Business Insider

A grieving military father told The Washington Post that President Donald Trump offered him $25,000 after his son was killed, but said the president didn't follow through.

Chris Baldridge's son, Army Cpl. Dillon Baldridge, was killed in June during a suspected insider attack by an Afghan police officer.

During a call with the president, The Post reports, Trump offered to write Baldridge a personal check of $25,000 and said he would work to establish an online fundraiser for the family. Neither has yet happened, Baldridge said.

"I could not believe he was saying that, and I wish I had it recorded because the man did say this," Baldridge said. "He said, 'No other president has ever done something like this,' but he said, 'I'm going to do it.'"

A White House spokeswoman told The Post that the check has now been sent.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-offered-military-father-money-2017-10

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