Thursday, November 1, 2018
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
- Roger Stone Presented Himself to Trump’s Campaign as a Wikileaks Insider, Report Says
- Donald Trump Jr. Says He’s Worried Mueller Will ‘Totally Fabricate’ Charges Against Him
- Alleged Mueller accuser fails to show up at press conference
- The Right-Wingers Behind the Mueller Smear Campaign Are Guilty of Everything They Accuse Democrats of Doing
- Claims Of A Bombshell Allegation Against Mueller Further Implode
- Remember The Special Counsel’s Russia Investigation? Here’s What Is Happening.
- Peaceful_411: “Let’s Keep This In The Family” A look back at the Paul Ryan Transcripts
June 15, 2016 Ryan: He [visiting Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman] has this really interesting riff about… people have said that they have Ukraine fatigue, and it’s really Russian fatigue because what Russia is doing to us, financing our populists… 1/
Ryan cont’d: …financing people in our governments to undo our governments, you know, messing with our oil and gas energy, all things Russia does to basically blow up our country, they’re just going to roll right through us and go to the Baltics and everyone else. 2/
Rodgers: Yes! Ryan: So we should not have Ukraine fatigue, we should have Russian fatigue. Rodgers: Yes! The propaganda…my big takeaway from that trip was just how sophisticated the propaganda… Ryan: It’s very sophisticated. Rodgers: Coming out of Russia and Putin. 3/
Ryan: Very sophisticated. Rodgers: Not just in Ukraine. They were once funding the NGOs in Europe. They attacked fracking. Ryan: Correct. Rodgers: Russia TV. I was not… you know..I hadn’t tuned into Russia TV until that trip. It’s FRIGHTENING. 4/
Ryan: This is, this isn’t just about Ukraine. Rodgers: So, yeah, it is a, um… a way…it’s really a messaging…you know…they are..it’s a PROPAGANDA WAR. 5/
Ryan: Russia is trying to turn Ukraine against itself. Rodgers: Yes. And that’s…it’s sophisticated and it’s, uh… Ryan: Maniacal. Rodgers: Yes. 6/
Ryan: And guess…guess who’s the only one taking a strong stand up against it? We are. Rodgers: We’re not…we’re not, but we’re not… 7/
McCarthy: [unintelligible]…I’ll GUARANTEE you that’s what it is. The Russians hacked the DNC and got the opp research that they had on Trump. McCarthy: laughs 8/
McCarthy: There’s… there’s two people, I think, Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump [laughter] Swear to God. 9/
Ryan: This is an off the record… …[laughter]…NO LEAKS… …[laughter]…Alright?! [Laughter] 10/
Ryan: This is how we know we’re a real family here. Scalise: That’s how you know that we’re tight. [Laughter] Ryan: What’s said in the family stays in the family. 11/
Ryan: The Russians hacked the DNC… McHenry: …to get oppo… Ryan: …on Trump and like delivered it to… to WHO? 12/
Here’s the link to the transcripts of this conversation that Ryan and his GOP House cronies had the DAY AFTER it was reported that the Russians had hacked the DNC. https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/national/read-the-transcript-of-the-conversation-among-gop-leaders-obtained-by-the-post/2209/ …
My second favorite part. THIS had already happened
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Ryan announced on June 2, 2016 – a little over a week before this conversation took place – that he would vote for Trump to help “unite the party so we can win in the fall” but continued to clash with the candidate, including over Putin.
Thank you
@adamentous &@washingtonpost for the great reporting and cool timeline graphicCODA: Republicans Say Secret Talk About Putin Paying Trump Was Just a Joke Meanwhile, 18 previously undisclosed contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia have been uncovered.
RIGHT WING TERRORISM & WHITE NATIONALISM
- Bend the Arc Against White Nationalism by Voting Steve King Out of Congress
- Pittsburgh suspect left fleeting impression in neighborhoods he lived in for decades
- Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty to federal hate crime charges
- Republican mailer depicts a Jewish candidate gripping cash and grinning. The GOP is no longer defending it
- The Republican behind North Carolina’s bathroom law invested in a neo-Nazi social media site
- Steve King Loses National GOP Support and More Corporate Donors Over Endorsing White Supremacist
- CNN’s Don Lemon doubles down after saying white men are ‘the biggest terror threat in this country’
KHASHOGGI & SAUDI ARABIA
- [SI] WWE using Hulk Hogan of all people to host controversial Saudi Arabia show is colossally tone deaf.
- Federer turned down exhibition in Saudi Arabia
- In Saudi countryside, royal involvement in Khashoggi’s death seems far-fetched
- Saudi crown prince described slain journalist as a dangerous Islamist in call with White House
- Two Saudi Sisters Found Dead in Hudson Had Sought Political Asylum
- Saudi sisters found duct taped together were alive when they entered the water
#METOO
TRUMP THE RUSSIAN ASSET
- CNN correctly calls Trump’s new immigration-fear ad ‘racist’
- Cop Killer In Trump Video Returned To U.S. During The Bush Administration
- Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that Democrats let a cop-killing immigrant into the country
- For Trump, a ‘national emergency’ is anything he says it is
- Luis Bracamontes, Cop-Killer in Trump’s Twitter Video, Actually Came Back to U.S. Under Bush
- Racist-In-Chief
- Remember 11 days ago, when Trump promised to cut your taxes by November? We do.
- The convicted cop-murderer featured in a Trump ad came to U.S. under Bush and used AR-15 Republicans refuse to ban
- The President Is Pushing the Exact Conspiracies Cited by the Pittsburgh Shooter 5 Days After the Attack
- Trump absurdly suggests Soros is funding migrant caravan
- Trump Hits Shocking New Low With Last-minute ‘Racist,’ ‘Fear-mongering’ Campaign Ad
- Trump knows his conspiracy theories incite violence. He keeps pushing them anyway.
- Trump May Finally Be Getting Too Racist for America
- Trump says coverage of the protesters at synagogue shooting was ‘fake’
- Trump’s racist ad shows how low Republicans have sunk
FIGHTING BACK
- Trump is an ‘un-American American president’: Former Fox News contributor calls Trump a ‘draft dodger’ in a speech that left no stone unturned
- MSNBC blows off Trump’s immigration fearmongering address
- Opinion | CNN correctly calls Trump’s new immigration-fear ad ‘racist’
- Trump’s Approval Rating Plunges Amid Wave of Pre-Midterm Violence
IMMIGRATION
- 5,000 . . . 15,000 . . . Do I hear 25,000 troops for a useless border exercise?
- A political stunt? Trump says he may send 15,000 troops to the border.
- Donald Trump Says If Migrant Caravan Throws Stones ‘We Would Consider That a Firearm Because There’s Not Much Difference’
- Trump absurdly suggests Soros is funding migrant caravan
- Documents expose Trump border deployment as political stunt
COLD WAR 2.0
- Estonia knows a lot about battling Russian spies, and the West is paying attention
- The Billionaire Who Bankrolled Brexit Is Now the Subject Of a Criminal Investigation
#NEVERAGAIN
FIXING THE INTERNET
- We ran 2 fake ads pretending to be Cambridge Analytica — and Facebook failed to catch that they were frauds
- Sen. Ron Wyden Introduces Bill That Would Send CEOs to Jail for Violating Consumer Privacy
- Democrat’s draft privacy bill includes prison time for execs
- Google owed millions for privacy violations. Each plaintiff’s payout: $0.
- Notorious patent enforcement entity values its entire portfolio at $2, folds
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- Chris Cuomo: Trump using language ‘propagated by Stalin, used by Hitler’
- CNN aired Trump rambling about immigrants for 27 minutes
- Fox & Friends encourages the media to kneel before Trump
- ‘Fox & Friends’ anchor accidentally confirms show’s mission: Propaganda
- President Trump has made 6,420 false or misleading claims over 649 days
WHITE HOUSE CHAOS
TRADE WAR AND ECONOMY
- With new indictments, U.S. launches aggressive campaign to thwart China’s economic attacks
- Sen. Coons: GOP wants to repeal protections for pre-existing conditions
- A nonprofit struggles to feed an increasingly hungry Ohio community
- After GOP efforts to gut the law, Affordable Care Act open enrollment begins
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE
- 2,681 planet discoveries later, this famous spacecraft is dead
- Growing marijuana could save his farm — and tear the ‘World Pumpkin Capital’ apart
- The EPA’s Climate Change Page Is Just Gone Now
ELECTION 2018
- Bend the Arc Against White Nationalism by Voting Steve King Out of Congress
- For a groundbreaking candidate in West Virginia, big money and attention come with downsides
- Steve King Loses National GOP Support and More Corporate Donors Over Endorsing White Supremacist
- Abortion, marijuana, redistricting and voting: What’s on state ballots
- Arizona’s Green Party candidate drops out of Senate race and endorses Kyrsten Sinema
- Beto O’Rourke Boost: Texas Youth Vote Soars 500 Percent Ahead Of Midterm Election Against Ted Cruz
- Democrats in prime position to take House, but battleground district poll shows wild cards remain
- Native Americans Unable to Vote Because State Gave Them Bad IDs, Lawsuit Says
- Oprah: If You Don’t Vote, You’re ‘Dishonoring’ Your Ancestors Who Couldn’t
- Taylor Swift took her own advice and voted early for US Senate candidate Phil Bredesen
- Tom Steyer: ‘They Are Cheating… We Have to Win Anyway’
- Toobin Excoriates Kobach: Says He Devoted Career To Blocking Poor Voters
- United States Attorney Mike Stuart Implements Election Day Program to Stop Fraud and Protect Voting Rights | USAO-SDWV | Department of Justice
- Vote for Claire McCaskill, You Liberal Dipshits
- Kamala Harris slams Georgia’s GOP gubernatorial candidate over ‘voter suppression’
- Most blame Trump for lack of civility in politics: Poll
RUMOR MILL
- Tea Pain: This changes a lot, folks. Looks like Nixon didn’t resign for the good of the country or to keep from draggin’ the country through impeachment. He resigned because he was about to be INDICTED. National Archives releasin’ this now is not a coincidence.
- Countercheckist: As a registered Republican, voting for Dems next Tuesday isn’t a hard thing to do. The @GOP has become the party of corruption, sexual abusers, and treason. Enough is enough. If Dems want my vote in 2020; they need to lead from unity. We’re at war, patriots. Time to get serious.
That’s it for Thursday. It’s a little light today on the non-election news, and it’ll be that way until next Wednesday. Pretty much everything from here on out should be about the election.
That being said, don’t be surprised if some crazy shit comes out about Russian shit, or some other cray cray.
Remember, go out there and vote.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
– Katy Tur
None of this is Normal 