A bill on Trump’s desk that he refuses to sign would make animal cruelty a federal crime
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/11/13/20952105/congress-passes-animal-welfare-bill-waiting-to-be-signed-in-to-federal-law
Pelosi happily signs bill making animal cruelty a federal crime
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/470654-pelosi-signs-bill-making-animal-cruelty-a-federal-felony-with-her-dogs-at-her
Six people close to Trump have been convicted of crimes since he took office, all stemming from the Russia investigation. Stone, Manafort, Gates, Flynn, Cohen, and Papadopoulos.
Trump's campaign chair: convicted felon for crimes directly linked to Trump campaign
Trump's deputy campaign chair: convicted felon for crimes directly linked to Trump campaign
Trump's foreign policy adviser: convicted felon for crimes directly linked to Trump campaign
Trump's national security adviser: convicted felon for crimes directly linked to Trump campaign
Trump's personal lawyer and RNC deputy finance chair: convicted felon for crimes directly linked to Trump campaign
Trump's longstanding political adviser: convicted felon for crimes directly linked to Trump campaign
I'll say one thing about the Trump Campaign: It's about the only thing he's ever done with conviction
“He knew that if the truth came out about what he was doing in 2016, it would look terrible,” Jonathan Kravis, an assistant United States attorney, told the jurors on the sixth day of Mr. Stone’s trial on charges of deceiving the House Intelligence Committee two years ago. “Roger Stone knew that if this information came out it would look really bad for his longtime associate Donald Trump.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/us/politics/stones-trial-closing-arguments.html
In paticular, they made sure to get Rick Gates to testify to a specific phone call he witnessed in which Stone told Trump personally what was coming from WikiLeaks: "After Mr Trump got off the phone with Mr Stone, what did Trump say?" Gates: “He indicated more information would be coming."
https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1194278009747972097
Trump was told by Stone as early as July that he was knowledgeable of what WikiLeaks had, knew that they had more hacked content, but for whatever reason the time wasn't right to release it. Then months later... October 7th, 2016 4:00 PM: The Washington Post reveals the existence of the Access Hollywood tape. Less than one hour later: WikiLeaks dumps the hacked Podesta emails, and releases them in dribs and drabs over the following days to maximize saturation. Just as Roger Stone had planned: The striking simultaneity fulfilled the hope of Trump confidant Roger Stone, according to Jerome Corsi, a conservative author and former Stone associate who was subpoenaed over the summer for questioning by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. “I had one call from Roger, as I recall it — Roger disputes this — on the day that WikiLeaks did begin in October dropping the final emails on John Podesta, in which Roger was essentially saying, ‘We’ve got this timing issue because the Billy Bush tape is going to be released, and we’d like to have Assange begin releasing emails now,’” Corsi told MSNBC’s Ari Melber on Monday. The story isn't just that Trump believed he had a backchannel to what was coming from the Russia Intelligence cutout WikiLeaks, it's that his campaign efforted to coordinate the release with to ensure the maximum possible benefit to his 2016 campaign. Mueller did not determine that amounted to statutory criminal conspiracy, but it sure as shit amounts to an effort to collude. It also shows pretty emphatically that Trump lied in the Take Home Test that Mueller allowed him to take in lieu of an interview: Response to Question II, Part (g) I spoke by telephone with Roger Stone from time to time during the campaign. I have no recollection of the specifics of any conversations I had with Mr. Stone between June 1, 2016 and November 8, 2016. I do not recall discussing WikiLeaks with him, nor do I recall being aware of Mr. Stone having discussed WikiLeaks with individuals associated with my campaign, although I was aware that WikiLeaks was the subject of media reporting and campaign-related discussion at the time. Mueller acknowledged in his testimony to Congress that Trump was "generally" untruthful in his written testimony.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/18/john-podesta/its-true-wikileaks-dumped-podesta-emails-hour-afte/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/29/roger-stone-wanted-wikileaks-email-dump-distract-access-hollywood-tape-associate-claims/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/read-trump-s-written-responses-mueller-report-n995851
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mueller-answers/mueller-says-he-generally-agrees-trump-was-not-always-truthful-in-written-answers-idUSKCN1UJ2R8
Fun fact: the federal prosecutors (i.e., people who essentially work for Trump) who presented the evidence of Stone's crimes to the jury who convicted him... literally said Stone had lied to protect you.
File "Donald wants all liars in jail" under "Be Careful What You Wish For."
To recap -- in the last couple hours:
-Ex-ambassador says she felt threatened by Trump
-Rudy faces deepening criminal probe
-Stone convicted of obstructing and lying to Congress
-AND Trump defends STONE immediately after his conviction:
Trump hires the best people!
What we're witnessing today – the House impeachment hearing, Roger Stone's conviction, new press reports of presidential abuses – is a fight against modern information warfare, rampant corruption, and metastasizing treachery. It's a fight for secure elections, truth and justice.
https://twitter.com/EvanMcMullin/status/1195392018710761479
Still room for you to join them you idiot: Reunited and it feels so go. Stone and Manafort to re-open new “consulting” firm behind bars.
https://twitter.com/CLewandowski_/status/1195385870070812672
Asked if Trump's tweet is appropriate, Speaker Pelosi says: “Appropriate and President in the same sentence? Come on. Why would we start making that judgment now?"
Bret Baier says Trump tweet added an article of impeachment in real time
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/470652-bret-baier-says-trump-attacking-yovanovitch-could-be-article-of-impeachment
Hank Johnson, who sits on House Judiciary, said “I do” when asked if he believes that witness intimidation should be part of articles of impeachment. He called it a “cold blooded calculation” by Trump to go after witnesses. He called Rs on Intel “co-conspirators” of a crime
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1195394525784674305
Today in Syria: Russia takes control of main U.S. military facility abandoned earlier this week by American forces on Trump’s orders. This area is south of Kobani and went to Russia under the Putin-Erdogan deal. Russia now also owns the airstrip we built.
https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1195368417777242112
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/ce49a91c-5f4f-434a-a9c5-6cd3432a842f
Just so we know what's going on here: Trump surrendered a U.S. military base. To Russia. Got that, Republicans? SURRENDED to the Russians. And to Islamic terrorists and an Islamic dictator.
Reminder: Devos ILLEGALLY Refuses To Forgive Student Debt For Those Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/14/779465130/devos-refuses-to-forgive-student-debt-for-those-defrauded-by-for-profit-colleges
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/24/judge-holds-betsy-devos-in-contempt-057012
China gives green light for Trump branded sex-trafficking massage parlours, bars and concierge services
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/08/china-gives-green-light-trump-branded-massage-parlors-bars-escort/
Chinese embassy has threatened Swedish government with "consequenses" if they attend the prize ceremony of a chinese activist. Swedish officials have announced that they will not succumb to these threats.
https://www.thelocal.se/20191115/china-threatens-sweden-over-prize-to-dissident-author
Republicans responsible for delayed decision on new Agent Orange diseases
https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2019/10/23/white-house-responsible-for-delayed-decision-on-new-agent-orange-diseases-documents-show/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the single leading source of anti-vax ads on Facebook
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/robert-f-kennedy-jr-is-the-single-leading-source-of-anti-vax-ads-on-facebook/
Federal court rules Trump EPA unlawfully excluded dangerous chemicals from review
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/470603-federal-court-rules-trump-epa-unlawfully-excluded-dangerous-chemicals
Roger Stone reportedly pleads to Trump through Alex Jones as jury deliberates his fate: Please "pardon me"
https://www.newsweek.com/roger-stone-reportedly-pleads-trump-through-alex-jones-jury-deliberates-his-fate-please-pardon-1471905
Police knew a war veteran was a U.S. citizen. ICE detained him anyway.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/11/14/police-knew-war-veteran-was-us-citizen-ice-detained-him-anyway/
McConnell Speeds Up Confirming Judges After Hefty Donation from Conservative Legal Activist
https://prospect.org/justice/mcconnell-accelerates-judicial-confirmations-after-large-don/
There have been 366 mass shootings in the US so far in 2019 — here's the full list
https://www.businessinsider.com/number-of-mass-shootings-in-america-this-year-2019-8
Trump Pastor Paula White tells followers to give $229 for "Prophetic instructions" on how to defeat their enemies
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-pastor-paula-white-prophetic-instruction-defeat-enemies-1471978
A Texas lawmaker dropped a sealed envelope at the airport. It was filled with four bags of cocaine.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/15/poncho-nevarez-cocaine-texas-state-representative-austin-airport/
#NRAIsATerroristOrganization Trends After Mass Shooting at Santa Clarita High School: 'Bloody Body Count Continues'
https://www.newsweek.com/nraisaterroristorganization-trends-after-mass-shooting-santa-clarita-high-school-bloody-body-1471902
Police knew a war veteran was a U.S. citizen. ICE detained him anyway
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/11/14/police-knew-war-veteran-was-us-citizen-ice-detained-him-anyway/
Laying down the law was the correct move: The NFL has suspended Myles Garrett indefinitely.
https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1195383646171127814
You can't be about player safety and allow Myles Garrett to play again this season. End of story.
Attempted murder: Garrett rips off Rudlph’s helmet and swings at his head with it (twitter.com)
https://twitter.com/oddsshark/status/1195200252262932480?s=21
“This is a guy who already had a concussion this year, and you go out there and hit him in the same head as before?!”
Press: Do you think there is a systemic problem on your team?
Freddie Kitchens: I'm not smart enough to know what you mean
https://twitter.com/BackAftaThis/status/1195210935251673089
The rematch in two weeks just got flexed to Sunday Night.
Maurkice Pouncey said he doesn’t remember what he did after the helmet shot, essentially blacked out (got about seven punches and kicks in). Will Pouncey get a suspension? “At this point, who cares? My man got hit in the head with a helmet. I’ll accept whatever penalty it is.” (twitter.com)
https://twitter.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1195215922560151552?s=19
Said this before about the Browns and will say it again now: Freddie Kitchens has failed to instill discipline in that team from Day 1. Anyone who was at the joint practices with the Colts back on training camp saw it first hand. This issue didn’t originate w last night’s game.
https://twitter.com/HolderStephen/status/1195313829690912768
"The Myles Garrett attack wasn’t “unthinkable” or “unimaginable.” It’s forbidden by the NFL rule book. " https://twitter.com/DVNJr/status/1195332311782477824?s=20
Wildest thing I ever saw. Was 10 yards from it. Myles Garrett completely lost it, connected the helmet square on Mason Rudolph’s head. And the Browns were celebrating the whole thing from the sideline.
https://twitter.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1195200351307210752
Mason Rudolph’s season: Wk 2: Gets starting job after Ben injury, Wk 5: Knocked out cold by Earl Thomas, Wk 6: Misses game due to concussion, Wks 8-10: Returns & #Steelers win all 3 games, Wk 11: Has his helmet ripped off by Myles Garrett and gets clunked on the head with it.
https://twitter.com/mysportsupdate/status/1195346438013759492?s=21
Stop equating "Biden asked for a corrupt prosecutor to be dismissed before aid would be released, in line with US policy on fighting corruption" with "Trump asked for an investigation into a political rival before aid would be released, which has nothing to do with US policy".
- Why was it necessary to smear my reputation?
- I wasn't asking about that. I don't want to hear about the corrupt things Trump is doing.
John Kerry did it all along. Republicans are desperately trying to create soundbites for their moronic supporters.
Rep. Turner is now off on some inscrutable tangent about a private citizen meeting with foreign relations staff in 2004.
He was trying to establish some paper-thin precedent that would make Giuliani's actions less outrageous.
Republicans actively try to stop witnesses from answering their questions. The buffoonery is off the charts.
Turner made himself look completely unhinged, angry, and unprepared for questioning
Republican argument: "Trump has not made good on his threats against you yet so why are you complaining? And you still have a job so stop complaining about being removed from the other job!"
Right now, President Trump is watching our hearing and tweeting baseless attacks against Ambassador Yovanovitch. This is witness intimidation in real time. And we won’t stand for it.
https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1195382103745150990
Take notice, Trump supporters: Schiff is the kind of patriot you pretend to be.
These witnesses must be exhausted from running circles around Castor (rimshot)
Yovanovitch: What continues to amaze me is [corrupt Ukrainians] found Americans willing to partner with them and, working together, they apparently succeeded in orchestrating the removal of a U.S. Ambassador. How could our system fail like this?
A snarky comment about social media to a 33 year public servant who has been the target of a smear campaign, is not a good look
Pressed on these Ukrainian meddling allegations, Yovanovitch emphasizes that U.S. agencies have "conclusively determined that those who interfered in our elections were in Russia."
Castor suggests that Ukrainian diplomat standing up against Trump’s sympathy with Russian land-grab justifies candidate Trump’s sense of aggrievement
Republicans are casting Yovanovitch’s testimony as irrelevant because she wasn’t on her post at the time of the 7/25 phone call. But her absence goes to the heart of the impeachment case: She was sidelined because she was seen as an obstacle to the Ukrainian pressure campaign.
Fox News' Chris Wallace: "If you were not moved by the testimony of Marie Yovanovitch today, you don't have a pulse. This is a woman who had served in seven posts for presidents of both parties over more than 30 years."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1195396125974392832
They're going on about Obama because you can't defend Trump without defending corruption.
The steele dossier again
My utmost respect for Yovanovitch. I can't imagine sitting there for hours and having to jump through different topics every couple of minutes and have immediate recall of the details to provide thorough answers. And on top, dealing with the ongoing attacks from the Republicans as they hollowly thank her for her service.
Former Vermont Democratic governor Pete Shumlin endorses Joe Biden over Bernie Sanders
https://vtdigger.org/2019/11/11/shumlin-endorses-biden-for-president-during-private-fundraiser/
Fred VanVleet on barely resting during the second half of the Blazers game: “I’m trying to find some iron-man incentive or award or something,” VanVleet joked afterwards. “Gotta bring that back. The anti-load management award. Let’s keep that going.”
The Astros' Sign-Stealing Left A Fingerprint In The Audio Data
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/55283/moonshot-the-astros-sign-stealing-left-a-fingerprint-in-the-audio-date/
China’s biggest landfill is full – 20 years ahead of schedule
https://www.inkstonenews.com/society/chinas-biggest-landfill-site-filled-20-years-ahead-schedule/article/3037905
U.S. won't clean up Marshall Islands nuclear waste dome but wants it free of anti-U.S. graffiti
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-11-14/marshall-islands-runit-nuclear-waste-dome-site-graffiti
Lakers guard Avery Bradley has suffered a hairline fracture in his right leg and will be re-evaluated in 1-to-2 weeks.
http://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1195390567213150209
Texas parole board recommends Governor Greg Abbott delay Rodney Reed execution
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/11/15/rodney-reed-texas-execution-parole-board-recommend-stay/
Good news! The facts and the recommendation of the full parole board tell us we should do all we can to save this man’s life and ensure that new evidence can be presented. Let’s keep the calls coming to Gov. Abbott 512-488-0698.
https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1195449203633328128
Schiff lets Jordan repeat his question, despite Jordan's time expiring... ...and then Jordan responds by taking a big shot at Schiff.
Rashida Tlaib Paid Herself $45,500 From Campaign Funds
https://freebeacon.com/politics/rashida-tlaib-paid-herself-45500-from-campaign-funds/
Here's the Ukrainian ambassador's op-ed that House GOP characterizes as interfering in the US election. It was a response to Trump's comments about Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea. | Recent comments by Republican nominee Donald Trump about the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea — occupied by Russia since March 2014 — have raised serious concerns in Kyiv and beyond Ukraine. Many in Ukraine are unsure what to think, since Trump's comments stand in sharp contrast to the Republican party platform. Since the Russian aggression, there has been bipartisan support for U.S. sanctions against Russia, and for such sanctions to remain in place until the territorial integrity of Ukraine is restored. Efforts to enhance Ukraine's defense capacity are supported across the aisle, as well, to ensure that Ukraine becomes strong enough to deter Russia’s aggression. Even if Trump's comments are only speculative, and do not really reflect a future foreign policy, they call for appeasement of an aggressor and support the violation of a sovereign country's territorial integrity and another's breach of international law. In the eyes of the world, such comments seem alien to a country seen by partners as a strong defender of democracy and international order. The United States was among the 100 nations which supported the U.N. resolution "Territorial Integrity of Ukraine" not recognizing Russia's attempt to annex Crimea. A candidate for the presidency in any country ought to realize the challenges he or she will face to ensure consistency in foreign policy and uphold his or her country's international commitments. Ukraine — a strategic partner of the United States — entered the 1994 Budapest multilateral commitment, giving away the world's third largest nuclear arsenal in return for security assurances to its territorial integrity from three nuclear powers: the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia. This commitment has been broken by one signatory country, which attempted to annex Crimea and invaded Ukraine's Donbas region. While Ukraine was recovering from the bloodshed in Maidan orchestrated by then-President Viktor Yanukovych, Russia seized control over Crimea's Supreme Council and its security infrastructure. The sham referendum carried out at a gunpoint had nothing to do with a free and fair expression of the people's will and ignored the choice of the indigenous people of Crimea, the Crimean Tatars.
https://usa.mfa.gov.ua/en/press-center/publications/4744-posol-ukrajini-vislovlyuvannya-trampa-nadsilajuty-nevirnij-signal-svitu
Trump admitted he's been watching the hearing today, contradicting the press secretary who said he was only tuning in for Nunes opening statement.
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1195428777083490304
Trump has jumped on the Nunes-Stefanik nonsense, criticizing Democrats for not allowing a "talented" Republican to speak. Again, Stefanik was allowed to speak later; under the hearing rules, only Nunes and the Republican lawyer were allowed to speak at the time of their stunt.
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1195428255056175106
Amb. Michael McFaul: "I'm very struck by the fact that now we have several Republicans talking about how incredible and awesome Ambassador Yovanovitch is, I completely agree, but that only further begs the case: Why then was she removed, especially on Inauguration Day?"
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1195428255680978944
FAFSA Says How Much You Can Pay for College. It’s Often Wrong. The form opens the door to student aid. But it’s “a terrible measure of what people can actually afford,” one expert said. And many families will be asked to pay more, anyway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/15/your-money/fafsa-financial-aid-student-loans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The woman Yovanovitch had been honoring that day: Kateryna Handziuk
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/kateryna-handziuk-ukraine-activist-dies-13536014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateryna_Handziuk
Attacked with Sulphuric Acid, burns on 30% of her body, died 3 months later in pain. And now I am more pissed than ever. This "what might happen to Yovanovitch" is particularly disgusting when taking Kateryna's fate into account.
We've just had like 20 minutes of genuinely interesting questions/answers and then Nunes calls it a show trial. So disrespectful. Nunes seriously wants to talk about TV ratings. Yes Nunes, the ratings do plummet while you are speaking. Nunes did NOT like today's hearings. It's either a secret cult, or a show trial, funny how that works. So private testimony is bad because it's "in the basement" and "under secrecy" and public testimony is bad because it's a "show trial" with "bad ratings." Nunes used like 30 seconds to make his closing remarks. I'm not sure if that is a sign of defeat or he is just incompetent.
I loved that line of questioning from Krishnamoorthi, basically establishing Trump engaged in authoritarian tactics to the letter in smearing her on top of dismissing her.
This woman endured hell, and showed the world that she was an incredible patriot and servant, and there was zero justification for her removal. This was a bad day for Trump.
Ratcliffe is so full of shit. It's patently obvious that all the Republicans are going by the Jim Jordan playbook. It's a concerted effort to drive the talking points right into the brains of the Faux News crowd.
Republicans call her emotional, but defend Trump's extortion of a country because his feelings got hurt.
Transcript Shows WH Made Up Details of Trump’s Zelensky Call
https://www.thedailybeast.com/transcript-shows-wh-made-up-details-of-trumps-zelensky-call?ref=wrap
Trump blows Republicans' entire Yovanovitch hearing strategy with a single tweet | Trump's tweet completely undermined the Republican strategy. For one thing, the tweet made clear that he did in fact single Yovanovitch out — which is exactly what the Democrats' line of question was intended to prove. Additionally, "Republicans did not want to attack Yovanovitch personally, just to portray her as a distraction from the main events," noted The New York Times' Nicholas Fandos. What's more, the Democrats' lawyer specifically undercut Trump's line of attack by asking Yovanovitch if anyone in the State Department "ever expressed concern about your job performance," to which the former ambassador answered "no." Trump's tweets also directly contradicted the White House, which had claimed earlier in the day that "the president will be watching [Republican Rep. Devin] Nunes' opening statement, but the rest of the day he will be working hard for the American people." Jeva Lange
https://theweek.com/speedreads/878716/trump-blows-republicans-entire-yovanovitch-hearing-strategy-single-tweet
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/15/us/politics/marie-yovanovitch-impeachment-hearing.html
https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1195358285404262402
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1195346848300617728
I want a screen cap of Jim Jordan's face there at the end when everyone was clapping. It was pure #%&#^&$*#*#*"
Twitter Has Suspended Several Accounts Responsible For Spreading “I Hired Donald Trump To Fire People Like Yovanovitch"
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/donald-trump-fire-people-like-yovanovitch-coordinated
Trumpworld Terrified of John Bolton’s “Prolific” Notes
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/trump-terrified-of-john-bolton-prolific-notes-impeachment-inquiry
Ex-‘Simpsons’ Writer Bill Oakley Torches GOP For Stealing Trump Defense From Sideshow Bob
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-simpsons-sideshow-bob-defense_n_5dce3c39e4b0d2e79f8a2b79
New Evidence Proves Trump Admin Lied About Deceased GOP Operative’s Role on Census Question: Court Docs
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/new-evidence-proves-trump-admin-lied-about-deceased-gop-operatives-role-on-census-question-court-docs
Marie Yovanovitch: Shady interests the world over have learned how little it takes to remove an American Ambassador who does not give them what they want.
.@EliseStefanik has said multiple times now that @RepAdamSchiff blocked all the GOP's unanimous consent requests. Here is one point where Schiff allows six of them "without objection"
https://twitter.com/mikememoli/status/1195443075063197696
http://us.wildmoka.com/c/clip/7vDt3s
Vassar, like many colleges, has a serious antisemitism problem. Looking forward to hearing what @ehbvassar plans to do about it: Vassar activists "published a Nazi propaganda poster... captioned 'Liberators'" showing a "monster decorated with the US flag, holding a money bag grasped by a long-nosed banker, and wearing a Star of David as a loin cloth" trampling houses of the innocent.
https://twitter.com/WarpedMirrorPMB/status/1195440584116363268
https://www.timesofisrael.com/vassars-sjp-sort-of-apologizes-for-anti-israel-nazi-cartoon/
"Anti-Israel sentiment mixed with age-old anti-Semitism has reached a fever pitch at Vassar College. It is time that faculty and administrators take a stand against this toxic brew on behalf of academic values."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/majoring-in-anti-semitism-at-vassar-1455751940?mod=rsswn
Trump supporters shot out my window. Now they want to make it my fault.
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article237294774.html
George Conway Shuts Down GOP Congresswoman’s Complaint About Schiff: ‘You Went to Harvard. You Can Read.’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/george-conway-shuts-down-gop-congresswomans-complaint-about-schiff-you-went-to-harvard-you-can-read/
California and nearly two dozen other states sue Trump administration for the right to require more fuel-efficient cars
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/11/15/california-nearly-two-dozen-other-states-sue-trump-administration-right-require-more-fuel-efficient-cars/
New Ohio Law Lets Students Give Wrong Answers On Tests For Religious Reasons
https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-student-religious-liberties-act-1472008
Yovanovitch ends her testimony to applause from the public
https://twitter.com/MiriamElder/status/1195437091406123008
Sources familiar w the Holmes deposition say he has confirmed what Taylor testified about Sondland’s call with POTUS and “investigations” - and that Sondland told the Trump the Ukrainians we’re prepared to follow through on the request
https://twitter.com/Phil_Mattingly/status/1195468703804133381
By the way, that would be the same John Solomon who wrote deceptive right wing propaganda for THE HILL for years: Yovanovitch says John Solomon's columns were used to push false allegations
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/470656-yovanovitch-says-solomon-stories-were-used-to-push-false-allegations
#2019, in which the President’s son spars via a “Twitter” with the husband of his senior advisor.
https://twitter.com/mickbk/status/1195468372714151937
Disgrace? I don’t think so. You’re projecting, I’m afraid. I’m not the one shilling for your criminal father. And if there’s anyone embarrassing anyone, it’s he who does it, shaming the nation before the world each and every day.
https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1195441323047890944
A 19- year old English student just told me she didn’t feel comfortable talking to “a foreigner” about Brexit. When I told her I was British she scoffed, “not with a name like that. “
https://twitter.com/CeylanWrites/status/1195352388267335680
Rick Gates will be sentenced Dec. 17 by Judge Amy Berman Jackson for pleading guilty on conspiracy and false statement charges.
https://twitter.com/dsamuelsohn/status/1195469016145551361
Michael Flynn’s sentencing is tentatively set for the next day Dec. 18 before Judge Sullivan.
https://twitter.com/dsamuelsohn/status/1195470308033085445
Analysis: All 3 branches of the US government demonstrated, in one day of unmatchable high-profile fashion, the cost President Trump and his loyalists have been willing to impose on the nation and its citizens in pursuit of political and personal aims.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/devastating-day-trump-s-presidency-came-sharp-focus-congress-white-n1083991
COWARD REFUSES TO BAN DRUGS
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-15/trump-s-vaping-ban-is-delayed-as-he-reconsiders-impact-on-jobs
Matt Patricia said Matthew Stafford will not play Sunday against Dallas
https://twitter.com/ttwentyman/status/1195375736661692416
Bryan Hoyer has lost all of his last 10 starts with four different teams dating back to 2016 with the Bears. That is the third-longest active QB losing streak behind DeShone Kizer (15) and Andy Dalton (11)
Eagles RB Darren Sproles will miss the rest of the season with a quad injury he suffered in practice this week, sources say. Sproles, who missed 3 games with a quad injury before being cleared to play vs. Bears, had an MRI after Wed’s practice that revealed the new injury.
https://twitter.com/mikegarafolo/status/1195356606927642626
The Eagles have signed Jay Ajayi
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1195438292361187329?s=19
With the Steelers’ loss to the Browns last night, the Raiders are now in possession of the 6th seed in the AFC.
Steelers' WR Diontae Johnson suffered a concussion last night on the hit he took from Browns' S Damarious Randall, per source. Johnson, who was bleeding from his ear as he exited the game, will be in concussion protocol and the team will monitor before its Nov. 24 game at Cincy.
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1195436197499289600
Appreciate all the prayers man.. I’m doing good. I’ll be back
https://twitter.com/Juiceup__3/status/1195359670984171520?s=20
Tom Brady says Bill Belichick uses fights like last night’s between the Steelers and Browns as teaching moments. Good opportunity to remind players of what not to do.
https://twitter.com/PhilAPerry/status/1195428923175243776
A source familiar with WH discussions said aides to the president are not happy that Sondland apparently shared his call with Trump with others: “the president speaks loudly. Sondland should know that.”
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1195492881131352064
Aides aren’t happy with anything. They’re tired of babysitting and just want to go home.
Quite often, reporting touches upon the biographies of these witnesses in passing, if at all, in the breezy form of a CV. It doesn’t do justice to the world-historical scope of their life stories, escaping persecution by the Nazis and the Soviets to find succor in free society.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1195508237765894149
One of the details that Amb. Yovanovitch shared in her opening remarks sticks with me: When she served in Moscow in 93, during an attempted coup in Russia, she was caught in crossfire & it took her 3 attempts - 3! - w/o helmet or body armor—to get into a car to go to the embassy
https://twitter.com/BBuchman_CNS/status/1195506623638319105
Guatemala wants DHS to send asylum seekers to the remote jungles of Petén as part of its new migration accord with Trump admin. US officials say program will start as soon as next week, but using flights to Guatemala City. With
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/us-could-send-asylum-seekers-to-remote-jungle-region-under-guatemala-plan/2019/11/15/8cf421d8-07cd-11ea-924a-28d87132c7ec_story.html
Secret Service records contradict President Trump’s dubious claim that members of the Secret Service wanted the 2020 G-7 Summit to be hosted at his Doral resort: Secret Service agents had identified four U.S. sites as finalists for next year’s Group of Seven summit — but then they were told to add a new finalist: President Trump’s Doral resort, according to an internal Secret Service email released late Friday. “Our original itinerary included Hawaii, Utah, California and North Carolina,” a Secret Service official wrote, describing a trip that a team of Secret Service personnel took in July to examine the finalists. “By departure, they had already cut two (California and North Carolina) and added Miami on the back end.” | The email does not make clear what the agents thought of Doral as a possible site. It includes the phrase “Although the property does present some challenges …” but the remainder of the evaluation is also redacted.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-doral-resort-was-a-last-minute-addition-in-search-for-g-7-site-newly-released-email-shows/2019/11/15/f39056a0-07fa-11ea-8ac0-0810ed197c7e_story.html
https://www.citizensforethics.org/secret-service-docs-contradict-trump-doral-g-7/
Trump issues pardons in war-crimes cases (including murder), despite Pentagon opposition
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/11/15/trump-issues-pardons-war-crimes-cases-despite-pentagon-opposition-move/
Obama, while urging Democrats currently running to “push past what I was able to achieve as president,” also warned those same candidates that the US is “less revolutionary than it is interested in improvement” and liberal Twitter does not represent the broader party.
https://twitter.com/merica/status/1195481119405285376
Obama: “I guess my point is even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision, we also have to be rooted in reality," adding that some Dems, independents and moderate Republicans "are not driven by the same views" pushed on left leaning Twitter feeds or by activists.
https://twitter.com/merica/status/1195481120659386369
I obtained a copy of David Holmes' opening statement, saying that he heard Trump telling Gordon Sondland: "So, he's gonna do the investigation?" Sondland tells Trump: "He's gonna do it" and that Zelensky will do "anything you ask for."
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1195479264444833797
Sondland responded Trump only cares about “big stuff.” When Holmes said that the Ukraine war was big, Sondland responded “‘big stuff’ that benefits the President, like the Biden investigation that Mr. Giuliani was pushing,” Holmes said.
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1195479909159854080
His “phone was not on speakerphone, I could hear the President’s voice through the earpiece of the phone. The President’s voice was very loud and recognizable, and Ambassador Sondland held the phone away from his ear for a period of time, presumably because of the loud volume.”
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https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1195480331824050181
Sondland told Trump that Zelensky 'loves your ass,'" Holmes said, according to a copy of his opening statement obtained by CNN. "I then heard President Trump ask, 'So, he's gonna do the investigation?'”
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1195481150820618246
Judge strikes down Florida law that has listed GOP candidates first on ballots for 20 years
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-florida-ballot-law-decision-20191115-pssaftckgvdk7gqd5utxshm4sq-story.html
Cool, he can talk more when he comes to the States where his federal grand jury indictment is waiting for him.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/kilimnik-impeachment-inquiry-fiona-hill
Pelosi: "He should not frivolously throw out insults, but that's what he does. I think part of it is his own insecurity as an imposter. I think he knows full well that he's in that office way over his head. And so he has to diminish everyone else."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-pelosi-impeachment-hearing-pelosi-says-trumps-public-attacks-of-witnesses-very-significant-to-impeachment/
The usual terms that are used to define women in pressure situations - “shrill,” “aggressive,” “emotional” - could in no way be affixed to her performance, in which she described the president’s efforts against her as tweeted new attacks on her.
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1195500747397447680
Ambassador Yovanovitch was outstanding. I for one was not surprised. I’m old enough to remember that when Christine Blasey Ford testified in the Kavanaugh hearings, it was Lindsey Graham who was “shrill,” https://twitter.com/garcoak/status/1195503225501171714
Possibly because it was not a “performance “. She behaved in public as she undoubtedly has all her life, in private and public, as a strong, confident, decent human being, one to be admired and emulated. She deserved that standing ovation.
https://twitter.com/LesleyMcCombe/status/1195502277731201029
In impeachment hearing, Yovanovitch expresses grave concerns in the lack of support and defense of staff from US State Dept. leadership, and warns of “real harm” in undermining US diplomats.
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1195511075120263168
Ukrainian investigative journalist who published Paul Manafort’s “black ledger” responds to insinuation by GOP attorney today that his reporting constituted election interference.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1195523414972338177
it was me and my goal was to investigate how Ukrainian taxpayers money were stolen by ousted Ukr President Yanukovich and then illegally paid to Paul Manafort
https://twitter.com/Leshchenkos/status/1195516821140574208
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