Kavanaugh ‘turned his back,’ on the father of a Parkland victim who tried to shake his hand
GOP said that their staff had enough time to review the docs 🙄, but Sen. Klobuchar said that no one could review 42,000 pages overnight “no matter how much coffee you drink.”
RU’s Massive Vostok Military Exercise Was Intended to Prepare for War w/ China. 📌What Happened?
London blamed Trump for the downfall of the GOP: Trump has transformed the party “into a lame, extreme right-wing group of people unwilling or unable to see the truth.”
Woodward offers a devastating portrait of a dysfunctional Trump WH, detailing how senior aides — both current & former Trump admin officials — grew exasperated with the President and increasingly worried about his erratic behavior, ignorance and penchant for lying.
State Farm agreed to pay $250M to settle a suit alleging it secretly worked to help elect an Illinois high court justice in order to overturn a billion-dollar judgment against it.
📌Tip of the iceberg
For months, Facebook, Twitter and Google have grappled with criticism over the misuse of their services by foreign operatives and the disproportionate influence their platforms have over people’s thinking. nytimes.com/2018/09/04/tec…
The special counsel will accept written answers from President Trump on questions about whether his campaign conspired with Russia’s election interference, Robert Mueller’s office told the president’s lawyers in a letter nytimes.com/2018/09/04/us/…
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A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and stolen from the actress’ namesake museum in Minnesota more than a decade ago has been recovered, the FBI announced today. fbi.gov/news/stories/s…
🇺🇸air defense is back in Europe! @SCNationalGuard 678th #AirDefense Artillery Brigade arrived in 🇩🇪 for a 9-month #AtlanticResolve deployment; this marks 1st time a US air defense artillery brigade has deployed to Europe since Cold War”
A Japanese team working to develop a "space elevator" will conduct a first trial this month, blasting off a miniature version on satellites to test the technology. phys.org/news/2018-09-j…
Pruitt’s Spending on Security More Than Doubled in 11 Months, E.P.A. Investigator Says nytimes.com/2018/09/04/cli…
Udaan, a business-to-business e-commerce portal, has scooped up $225 million (Rs 1,575 crore) from Russian internet billionaire Yuri Milner’s DST Global and Lightspeed Global Growth, valuing the two-year startup at $1 billion. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/deals/-ma/udaa…
Woodward’s book reveals an administration having a "nervous breakdown of executive power" - is unflattering in the extreme. “crazy town...” bbc.com/news/world-us-…
Pope Francis on Sunday visited a once-tranquil seaside community outside Rome that has become a power center of mafia violence and political corruption and urged residents to break away from the "moorings of fear". smh.com.au/world/europe/s…
State Farm agreed Tuesday to pay $250 million to settle a suit alleging it secretly worked to help elect an Illinois high court justice in order to overturn a billion-dollar judgment against it. law360.com/articles/10794…
Republicans said Tuesday that their staff had enough time to review the documents 🙄🙄🙄, but Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said that no one could review 42,000 pages overnight “no matter how much coffee you drink.” washingtonpost.com/politics/the-s…
The brother of Saudi King Salman has made rare public criticism of the war in Yemen, blaming the monarch and powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the devastating conflict. alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2…
Trump's closest aides have taken extraordinary measures in the WH to try to stop what they saw as his most dangerous impulses, going so far as to swipe & hide papers from his desk so he wouldn't sign them, per a new book from journalist Bob Woodward. cnn.com/2018/09/04/pol…
The Trump administration has angered Democrats by refusing to release thousands of documents relating to Mr Kavanaugh's work for President George W Bush. bbc.com/news/world-us-…
Russia’s Massive Vostok Military Exercise Was Intended to Prepare for War With China. So What Happened? yahoo.com/news/russia-ma…
Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, concealed more than $200,000 in assisted living-related income, contributing to the tax evasion charges to which he pleaded guilty and for which he faces up to five years in prison mcknightsseniorliving.com/news/michael-c…
Russian Bank VTB Sells U.S. Unit as Political Tensions Force Retreat
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Ibrahim Dirweesh, 34, of Atlanta, Georgia, with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine. justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/g…
COS Kelly describes Trump as an "idiot" and "unhinged," Woodward reports. Mattis describes Trump as having the understanding of "a 5th or 6th grader." And Dowd describes the 45 as "a f*cking liar," telling Trump he would end up in an "orange jump suit" cnn.com/2018/09/04/pol…
Jon Kyl, once one of the most powerful Republicans in the U.S. Senate, will return to Capitol Hill to succeed the late Sen. John McCain, The Arizona Republic has learned. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
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What Donald Trump’s tweets reveal about his mental health
On Feb. 3, long-time Trump associate Felix Sater filed a cross-complaint in a NY federal court. The complaint alleges that Russian and Kazakhstan-connected individuals and entities conducted “a shadow intelligence operation of Sater and Trump. 🙄😂🙄 thefederalist.com/2022/02/04/law…
Please join me on a photo tour of beautiful & tranquil Père-Lachaise cemetery?
A visit to the Père-Lachaise cemetery is always on my itinerary — it is always so relaxing exploring the paths, lanes & trails as you always see something new & different & leave feeling relaxed.
This 1995 infrared photo is my favorite and standard I seek to duplicate each time I visit Père-Lachaise cemetery. 🤷♀️
Infrared photography is #oldskoll, but today I played in PhotoShop to see if I could render my newer color images w/ similar effects achieved as infrared film.
Here is a color image & its twin “infrared” rendered version.
Woodward book: Worried Trump could 'go rogue,' Milley took top-secret action to protect nuclear weapons cnn.com/2021/09/14/pol…
Gen. Milley 'was certain that Trump had gone into a serious mental decline in the aftermath of the election, with Trump now all but manic, screaming at officials and constructing his own alternate reality about endless election conspiracies.'
Milley's fear was based on his own observations of Trump's erratic behavior. His concern was magnified by the events of January 6 and the 'extraordinary risk' the situation posed to US national security, the authors write.
High-profile supporters of Trump descended on Brazil to throw their weight behind president Jair Bolsonaro, as the populist gears up for a re-election campaign next year viewed as a key battle for the global anti-establishment [anti-democratic] right. ft.com/content/6e81d7…
Jason Miller: Former Trump spokesman questioned for three hours by police in Brazil
“This afternoon my travelling party was questioned for three hours at the airport in Brasilia, after having attended this weekend’s CPAC Brasil Conference.”
One of the star speakers [CPAC Brazil] was the former US president’s eldest son Don Jr, who gave a live video address because of cancelled flights due to hurricane disruption in New York. He said Brazil had “a big decision to make next year”.
Former top Republican congressman registers as lobbyist for Saudi Arabia
Ed Royce registers to work with Saudi foreign ministry to 'facilitate meetings with federal government officials,' Politico reports middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-ara…
Ed Royce was involved in Elliott Broidy’s Romanian Arms deal.
Ed Royce was also involved in Broidy & Nader’s disinfo op, for which they were both indicted by the Qataris, to smear Qatar as a terrorist-supporting state.
Ed Royce introduced legislation that would brand Qatar as a terrorist-supporting state. cbsnews.com/news/witness-i…