Trump explains why it’s so necessary for him to keep inciting violence against journalists.
WATCH: When asked if his rhetoric and encouragement to violence could be toned down, Trump says "I could tone it up" implicitly threatening the assembled reporters. pic.twitter.com/GnWoniL8uk
— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) October 26, 2018
… Read the restFederal authorities made an arrest on Friday in connection with the nationwide bombing campaign against outspoken critics of President Trump, a significant breakthrough in a case that has gripped the country in the days leading up to the midterm elections.
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The arrest came only hours after the mysterious spate of pipe bombs spread further as federal authorities said on Friday morning that they had found two more of the explosive devices: one addressed to Senator Cory Booker and the other to James R. Clapper Jr., the former director of national intelligence.
…The package addressed to Mr. Clapper was meant to be delivered to the New York offices of CNN, where he works as an analyst,
A Jesus and Mo from ten years ago, brought back for obvious reasons.
After moving Dodge City’s sole polling site outside city limits, county election officials sent newly registered voters an official certificate of registration that listed the wrong place to cast a ballot in the midterm election — the latest election snafu to surface in the iconic Wild West town where Hispanics now make up the majority of the population.
The southwest Kansas city, located 160 miles (257 kilometers) west of Wichita, has only one polling site for its 27,000 residents. For nearly two decades, that site was at the civic center in the mostly white part of town.
So, finding that too easy, officials moved it outside of town a mile from any bus stop…and then they … Read the rest
Oh good, more erasing.
The National Sexual Wellbeing Survey for Women Who Have Sex With Women is live for 4 more weeks!
We need to make sure this research is representative of ALL self identifying women!
CALLING ALL TRANS WOMEN-
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: https://t.co/6FL6X3EiKe#transwomenarewomen pic.twitter.com/IgYmqO4re5— LGBT Foundation (@LGBTfdn) October 24, 2018
Weird, ain’t it? No mention of lesbians, but urgent recruiting of trans women.
Oh wait there is one mention of lesbians! Well sort of. Well not really mention, but tiny hint. Tiny bashful hardly there hint. There’s the L in LGBT Foundation.
Not for long though, judging by the replies.… Read the rest
The Daily Mail (yes; sorry):
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled a woman convicted by an Austrian court of calling the Prophet Mohammed a paedophile did not have her freedom of speech rights infringed.
The woman, named only as Mrs. S, 47, from Vienna, was said to have held two seminars in which she discussed the marriage between the Prophet Mohammad and a six-year old girl, Aisha.
According to scripture the marriage was consummated when Aisha was just nine years old, leading Mrs S. to say to her class Mohammad ‘liked to do it with children’.
She also reportedly said ‘… A 56-year-old and a six-year-old? … What do we call it, if it is not paedophilia?’
It … Read the rest
By way of refreshment:
https://twitter.com/ClintFalin/status/1055538301845864449… Read the rest
The Guardian reports live on a law enforcement press conference in NYC:
… Read the restSweeney is reiterating that the 10 bombs are being analyzed at Quantico, the FBI’s forensics lab in Virginia. He’s also confirmed that white powder in some of the devices, including the one delivered to the CNN offices, does not constitute a biological threat.
John Miller, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of intelligence and counter terrorism, says that a retired police officer found the package in lower Manhattan addressed to Robert DeNiro.
“A retired NYPD detective who was awake and watching the news saw an image of one of these devices and it occurred to him that it resembled a package he had
Charles Blow on Trump’s hate-mongering and how it may connect to all these bombs popping up:
… Read the restTrump’s hatred, racism, insecurity, anti-intellectualism and grudge against the elite society that had always disdained him was perfectly suited for conservatives who were entertaining the same notions but had no one to openly champion their intolerance with effrontery.
On Monday in Houston, Trump was again whipping a rally crowd into a fear frenzy with his dystopian vision of America. He said:
“Democrat immigration policies allow poisonous drugs and MS-13 to pour into our country. And Democrat sanctuary cities release violent criminals from jail and straight into your neighborhoods.”
As the audience chanted, “CNN sucks,” he said, “Don’t worry. I don’t like them either, O.K.?”
Bomb sent to CNN yesterday. Today Trump tweets:
A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2018
In other words, Trump says SEND MORE BOMBS.
… Read the restPresident Trump on Thursday blamed the news media for the division and anger in the United States, as the authorities discovered more pipe bombs intended for the president’s political rivals.
Mr. Trump had called the night before for national unity
The Guardian has a letter plus answer thing under the headings In it together Women.
Headline: When I went home with period pains I told my boss I had a cold. Should I have told the truth?
Letter:
… Read the restLast month I had to leave work in the middle of the day. I was in a great deal of pain from my period, a problem I have had for several years. Sometimes I can manage it with painkillers, but not always. Even when I can cope with the pain, my periods affect my sleep, and make me slower and less productive. When my (female) boss saw how unwell I was, she kindly suggested I go home. I told her the
Originally a comment by latsot on He’d blab all the secrets if only he knew anything about them.
As the text says, it’s not only secret information that’s damaging. We all routinely give away far more information than is good for us. We tend to assume that the minutia of our lives are uninteresting and cannot harm us (if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear).
We do crazy things like tell Amazon who our friends and family are, when their birthdays are and the sort of stuff they like. In fact, it’s worse than that, because we tell them the sort of stuff we think they like. Of course, if they are Amazon customers too, … Read the rest
The president of CNN strongly criticized President Donald Trump on Wednesday for his anti-media rhetoric, just hours after the network discovered that a pipe bomb had been sent to its headquarters in New York.
“There is a total and complete lack of understanding at the White House about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media,” Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN Worldwide, said in a statement. “The President, and especially the White House press secretary, should understand their words matter. Thus far, they have shown no comprehension of that.”
Still not showing any comprehension. Trump is off at another rally as we speak.
… Read the restTrump has frequently criticized CNN and other media organizations as “the fake
In better news…
Breaking: federal court rules Georgia can't reject absentee ballots for mismatched signatures. 1 in 10 absentee ballots rejected in Gwinnett County, GA's 2nd largest. Blacks, Latinos & Asian-American voters more likely to have ballots rejected than whites. via @sophlin229 @ACLU pic.twitter.com/E3yQMMr1gm
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 24, 2018
Judge who struck down GA signature mismatch law for absentee ballots had strong words for Brian Kemp: "The Court does not understand how assuring all eligible voters are permitted to vote undermines integrity of the election process" https://t.co/836D4jI9yn pic.twitter.com/tE129ggAw6
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 24, 2018
… Read the restGwinnett County GA rejected 171 absentee ballots for black voters vs 66 for whites. Asian & Pacific Islanders made up 15% of mail
Meanwhile though Trump is taking those bombs sent to Democrats and CNN very seriously.
Kidding. Of course he’s not.
I cannot believe he is going through with a political rally tonight, except of course I can because he always does the worst possible thing in every situation. https://t.co/lG6ftfRBOd
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 24, 2018
Will he rant about “fake news” and the evil Democrats at his rally? Of course he will.… Read the rest
… Read the restWhen President Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing, American intelligence reports indicate that Chinese spies are often listening — and putting to use invaluable insights into how to best work the president and affect administration policy, current and former American officials said.
Mr. Trump’s aides have repeatedly warned him that his cellphone calls are not secure, and they have told him that Russian spies are routinely eavesdropping on the calls, as well. But aides say the voluble president, who has been pressured into using his secure White House landline more often these days, has still refused to give up
Index on Censorship withdraws from Truth to Power events:
Earlier today, Index on Censorship became aware that the organiser of an event, of which we are a media partner, disinvited Julie Bindel as a speaker after other participants accused her of inciting hatred towards transgender people and complained about her involvement.
We recognise that the event organiser Jeremy Goldstein has apologised for his mistake and offered to reinstate Bindel on the panel and she has refused.
Index believes that all speech – eccentric, contentious, heretical, unwelcome, provocative, bigoted – should be protected unless it directly incites violence.
Index on Censorship will no longer support this event.
For what it’s worth, I don’t believe exactly what Index believes in that … Read the rest
Speaking of real telling truth to power…Gulalai Ismail an hour ago:
… Read the rest3 years ago when I received Common Wealth Youth Award for Democracy, Dr. Arif Alvi now the president of Pakistan was proud of my work. I was appreciated by many in the power corridors. Today, I’ve been framed as anti-state for the very same work and very same narrative and been put on ECL; this is the cost one has to pay for showing solidarity to local Pashtun’s Resistance movements against terrorism.
Again.
https://twitter.com/truth2powercafe/status/1050377885075292160
Nice!
Uh oh – what’s this?
https://twitter.com/truth2powercafe/status/1055008857934778369
I will email you now to explain how it’s about free speech BUT
https://twitter.com/truth2powercafe/status/1055009558177988608
And it goes on that way, with Julie being blunt about being dumped from the lineup and Jeremy Goldstein frantically trying to justify himself without admitting anything.
https://twitter.com/truth2powercafe/status/1055021284160143360
https://twitter.com/truth2powercafe/status/1055023625416437760
Ah that fear – how familiar it is. Let me guess – “Drop Bindel from the lineup this instant or we will call you a transphobe all over London and social media and the universe.”
… Read the restAs we now know, you were bullied by two trans-activists, and agreed to drop me from the programme. You then lied to me. Only admitted it when I would not let it drop.
So this is where we are.
Authorities said Wednesday they had intercepted packages containing “potential explosive devices” addressed to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in New York and former president Barack Obama in Washington, while another possible bomb was discovered at CNN’s offices in Manhattan.
These devices and other suspicious packages were located after an explosive device was found this week in a mailbox at the Bedford, N.Y., home of George Soros, the liberal philanthropist who is a frequent target of criticism from far-right groups.
Not a “target of criticism” so much as a bogey-man, a scarecrow, a hate-figure, a protocol of the elders of zion in one person.
Anyway. This is where we are. Not yet two … Read the rest
