Pinned: ↓How to ruin a mostly-magnificent nation -- over false, mostly-imagined matters. LUDICROUS:

(Excerpt:)"MAGA has a cosmology, a mythology: There is a corrupt elite — in the most extreme forms, it’s a corrupt, pedophilic elite — and that elite controls everything."

(Insert: Ref.: "Pizzagate")

..Much of this because MAGA refuses to take a long hard look at THEMSELVES in the mirror ..(..Too many of the cult's members will not examine a primary source of their troubles.. Perhaps one high-profile example ..though not as influential as before.. )

P.S. Corruption = Donald Trump

(Source link for excerpt:) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-will-sommer.html

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Also pinned: "If the U.S. motor-vehicle sector were a country, it would be the fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, according to the E.P.A.’s own data."

Base data verification source link follows: The U.S. transportation sector (most = 'light duty vehicles') emitted 1,855 million metric tons of CO2 in 2023. Look up that amount on a current list of total CO2 emission by world countries...: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118464/transportation-co2-emissions-in-the-us-energy-consumption/

(Source link for quote: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/climate/epa-endangerment-finding-repeal-proposal.html)

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Also pinned: Do not ever, ever believe a word that Donald Trump - and his sycophants - say. EXCEPT: Their words of HATE and cruelty. Those are real... MAGA 'leaders' are (..to put it mildly) DECEIVERS: (Sample links)

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/06/trump-now-citing-murder-stats-he-used-to-dismiss-as-fake-news/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/fact-check-trump-inflation-lies


..P.S. Also: ..NEVER FORGET, never forgive what really happened on January 6th, 2021. (Violent images:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iludfj6Pe7w&ab_channel=TheTelegraph

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(Excerpt, linked to source:)

"..While the investigation found no evidence that President Trump or any of his aides coordinated with the Russian government's 2016 election interference and there was insufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy, members of the campaign were indicted, including national security advisor Michael Flynn and the chair of the Trump presidential campaign, Paul Manafort. The investigation resulted in charges against 34 individuals and three companies, eight guilty pleas, and a conviction at trial.."

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A fact-check for yet another MAGA falsehood. Excerpt, linked to source:
"Immigrants in the United States commit crimes at lower rates than the U.S.-born population, notwithstanding the assertion by critics that immigration is linked to higher rates of criminal activity."


Also: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/debunking-myth-immigrants-and-crime/

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..Access Hollywood tape...E. Jean Carroll vs. Donald Trump... Karen McDougal...Stormy Daniels....pageant dressing room "visits"... on and on.

A Donald Trump connection to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein also was generally well-known prior to 2024.

..NOW some of you are agitated and dismayed ..?? (..For whatever strange reasons..) Know it: 99%-100% certain that we would be getting NONE of this slimy garbage with President Kamala Harris (or family guy Joe Biden). Way, way too many of you actually voted a known sleaze-bag in to the highest government office in the land. (Yeah: Not too much of the Trump (otherwise) well-known smarmy-ness made it onto 'Faux News'..)

..Just more evidence that, collectively, this is no longer a serious or sane, or smart country ↓anymore..

(P.S.
..Sleazy Trump worms his way out of this current mess ..? ..Also more evidence that there is some kind of amoral *cult* in place here..)

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YT video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA9CA3nOou0


↑↑ Average polling as of 8/16/25. Linked to source

Defend your right to vote + free and fair elections ...from despots and cheaters like THIS: (Excerpt)

"...Though Trump has insisted his [election] fraud claims are real, there’s no evidence they were, and the lawsuits in the Fox and Newsmax cases show how some of the president’s biggest supporters knew they were false at the time. Trump’s then-attorney general, William Barr, said there was no evidence of widespread fraud.
Trump and his backers lost dozens of lawsuits alleging fraud, some before Trump-appointed judges. Numerous recounts, reviews and audits of the election results, including some run by Republicans, turned up no signs of significant wrongdoing or error and affirmed Biden’s win."


Source link:
https://apnews.com/article/dominion-voting-newsmax-defamation-trump-2020-3b2366dfdae3a8432afe822bf14fe1ef

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Source article link: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ai/

...7/6/25: Let's start off fact-checking a top Trump admin. misleading 'spin-meister': "ICE Barbie Dodges Blame for Disastrous Texas Flooding on Trump’s Watch" (Ref.: Off-site article link:) https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-kristi-noem-dodges-blame-for-disastrous-texas-flooding-on-trumps-watch/

↓↓↓Reposted partial screen-grab of AI evaluation summary of Noem's claims. (Image source is linked:)

7/10/25 reposted article. Yet more...courtesy of the Trump clown car "cabinet" 🤡🤡🤡: "ICE Barbie Delayed Texas Aid While Asking Instagram Which Portrait to Order"

Unaffiliated source link: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbies-new-spending-rule-delayed-fema-response-to-texas-floods-cnn/

7/12/25 reports: 🤡🤡🤡🤡 ↓..Worse and worse.. (Recall Donald Trump's history of bashing governors and other administrations about FEMA's disaster responses:)
"'Horrific': Thousands of flood survivors called for aid — but FEMA didn’t answer"


Source article link: https://www.rawstory.com/fema-2673142115/

↓Also: Reposted 7/12/25 AI fact-check summary, per ChatGPT.com:

"In **short**: yes, FEMA did **not** answer thousands of calls during and just after the Texas floods, and the main reason was a **bureaucratic delay in renewing call‑center contracts** under new spending controls mandated by Noem."

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🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 P.S...An actual reported quotation from a supposed "leader" ...someone above you and me..(??):

"“These contracts were in place, and those people were in those call centers, and they were picking up the phone and answering these calls from these individuals. So that report needs to be validified,” Noem said, making up a new word — “validified.”"

(Source article link:) https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-fema-calls-kristi-noem-fake-news-1235384583/

Insert: ↓Excerpts from a plausible explanation for Kristi Noem, and those of her kind:

"...In the world of MAGA, stupidity is a badge of honor for both sexes, but the heads of women need to be thoroughly empty. Book learning, in MAGA-land, is for lesbians and cat ladies. Intelligence gets in the way of the true duties of MAGA womanhood: keeping up your highly artificial appearance and, crucially, defending the man you serve with your whole heart and soul. Especially if said man, in this case Donald Trump, is himself dumber than a box of rocks. It's so much easier to be a yes-woman for such a man if you turn your own brain off completely..."

"...The 20th-century version of the "bimbo" was dim, but almost always good-hearted, exhibiting a childlike generosity to others. The innovation of the MAGA movement, however, is to make the bimbo a nasty figure, as cruel as she is dumb. In the past, what men wanted from a bimbo was someone with dog-like loyalty. For the right-wing man of our time, the craving is more for an attack dog, someone who will charge in to fight your battles, unconstrained by intellectual concerns about whether doing so makes sense."


Unaffiliated source article link: https://www.salon.com/2025/05/23/kristi-noems-proud-maga-bimbo-act-builds-on-the-legacy-of-sarah-palin/


P.P.S. (Excerpt:) ..↓Pretty much all that anyone needs need to know about (too) many current U.S. Republicans:

"A group of Republican lawmakers has complained that smoke from Canadian wildfires is ruining summer for Americans, just days after voting for a major bill that will cause more of the planet-heating pollution that is worsening wildfires."


(Source article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/republicans-canada-wildfire-complaint-letter)

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"The Trump administration has ordered 500 metric tons of emergency food aid—enough to feed 1.5 million malnourished children for a week—to be incinerated tomorrow rather than be distributed as part of its ongoing purge of USAID. The high-energy biscuits, intended for children under five living in war and disaster zones, are currently being stored in a warehouse in Dubai and were meant to be shipped out this year, but will instead go to waste due to cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effectively halting nearly all forms of foreign aid. Current and former aid workers, speaking anonymously for fear of retaliation, told The Atlantic that the sheer scale of waste is unprecedented."

Source link: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-to-incinerate-500-tons-of-emergency-food-for-children/

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..Hey, Mr. Stephen Miller, Xenophobe+: Please NOTE ..."Americans have made a U-turn on immigration since 2024 election"

Source article link: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/11/trump-immigration-crackdown-poll-00448342

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HINT:..NOT at a tin-pot dictator's silly + wa$teful (..up to $45 million cost) vanity parade. 6/13/25 update: ..It's likely going to be millions of people, despite bad weather in some forecasts..

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..Now ↓this↓ cruel zillionaire crazy (..but he is 100% correct, below..) may think of running for president..😱 (Musk is not a natural U.S.-born citizen.. So, NO.) 🥳🥳

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Off-site article link: https://www.axios.com/2025/06/02/us-treasury-auction-debt-interest-rates
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YT video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMB5OdzKsVg&ab_channel=GOPFootage

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(Off-site link:)"Attack of the Sadistic Zombies"

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BTW: (5/26/25) ↓INSANITY..The real, actual SCUM name-calling non-scum people 'scum'... (etc.)This isn't normal. ..What if Joe Biden or Barack Obama - or anyone - did this (repeatedly)?? (↓Reposted false GARBAGE:)


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Your first question (..next time): Is the candidate mentally stable? ..Basically sane??

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MORE, 4/27/25: "Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades" (https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/politics/approval-rating-trump-100-days/index.html)

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Unaffiliated 2/23/25 source article:https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20250223176/warren-buffett-warning-of-scoundrels-and-fiscal-folly-slashes-his-exposure-to-us-stocks
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2/9/25 article excerpt:

"..The second Trump administration’s brazen pattern of blowing through myriad apparent legal limits has prompted debate about its intentions. One theory is that it is deliberately setting up test cases that would ultimately pave the way for the Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed supermajority to expand presidential power by striking down the statutes as unconstitutional.

But the escalating pace of courtroom clashes has raised the question of what would happen if Mr. Trump simply started ignoring decisions he did not like, rather than appealing them. The result would be a constitutional crisis."


Unaffiliated source link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/vance-trump-federal-courts-executive-order.html

2/10/25 update: "Judge finds Trump administration violated court order halting funding freeze"(Off-site link:) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-finds-trump-administration-violated-court-order-halting-funding-rcna191528

(>>>>A couple of suggested links for taking some action. No direct affiliation here: https://democracyforward.org/, and, https://www.fiftyfifty.one/)

...Selected 2/2025 polling result: "Overwhelming majority of Americans say Trump should follow federal court rulings"
(Source link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/trump-poll-unpopular-post-ipsos/)

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'“We won in a landslide,” Trump claims, again. In fact, he won the popular vote by just 1.5 percentage points, one of the smallest margins of victory since the 19th century."
Unaffiliated source link for ↑quotation: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/16/us/trump-news/65fa139e-2785-5caa-9e35-272e582b00b1?smid=url-share. Also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-fact-checker-tracked-trump-claims/2021/01/23/ad04b69a-5c1d-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html
P.S. 12/2024: ..The unhinged person that so many actually chose to vote for. (Link) ..Spewing out hate and screwball insults -- on Christmas no less -- isn't "normal", decent or sane. It's SICK in the head, most likely. (..Parental discretion suggested): https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113716074695799383
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

2/28: Trump gets credit for this one -- if it translates into real, concrete, effective action

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2/28/18 news article link. No affiliation:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/28/politics/gun-laws-donald-trump-congress/index.html?

Story excerpt. Emphasis added:

"...Trump also stressed the importance of strengthening the background check system and once again said he pressed the National Rifle Association over the weekend on the need for action.
"I am the biggest fan of the Second Amendment. I am a big fan of the NRA. I had lunch with (them) on Sunday and I said, 'It's time, we're gonna stop this nonsense this time,' " Trump said."
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BTW, as a little aside for consideration.... "assault"-rifle (etc.) civilian wing-nuts: (Link, no affiliation:) 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/02/22/does-the-second-amendment-really-protect-assault-weapons-four-courts-have-said-no/


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The lying, twice-divorced, (many-times-alleged- (i.o.w., probably-))philandering, ex-casino operator (etc. etc.) delivers a eulogy.....

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....for Billy Graham, no less.  God -- or someone -- save us:

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Suggested support for this post's title. Including published real-journalism, etc. article links. No affiliation:

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/statements/byruling/false/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/list-trumps-accusers-allegations-sexual-misconduct/story?id=51956410

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-trump.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/nyregion/donald-trump-atlantic-city.html



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http://www.concordmonitor.com/Where-when-Trump-will-attend-church-services--if-at-all-9310239



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(Extra-special consideration (links). Includes opinion. No affiliation:)

http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2016/02/21

https://www.salon.com/2017/09/19/philosopher-susan-neiman-the-president-of-our-country-is-evil/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/28/politics/hope-hicks-lying/index.html

https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Bargain-Bannon-Nationalist-Uprising-ebook/dp/B0728KHFD5



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(It's really too late, but...:) Some common-sense gun regulation steps that (essentially) the rest of the U.S. should implement. ASAP

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Wayne LaPierre and Donald Trump...GOP and the NRA: ANYTHING to push guns

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Law-abiding Americans are required to reach a certain age, obtain training, pass a test, obtain a license -- and purchase liability insurance (47 states) -- to legally drive a vehicle.

Driving offenses - even "minor" ones - are at least somewhat monitored/enforced, and punishable by law.

..'Freedom' to operate such a ubiquitous -- but also potentially dangerous -- machine comes with legal restrictions and personal responsibilities.....

Guns??? (..A machine whose ultimate 'purpose' is (facilitating the) killing or maiming (of) something...BTW, a recent poll link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/msn-poll-70percent-of-americans-want-stricter-assault-weapon-laws-%E2%80%94-more-than-ever-before/ar-BBJsNHN):

"....They hate the NRA. They hate the second amendment. They hate individual freedom...."

"....They don't care if their laws work or not. They just want to get more laws to get more control over people. But the NRA, the NRA does care...."

-- 2/22/18 quotations attributed to NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre. Unaffiliated source link:
 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43158994

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...BTW: Mr. LaPierre in 1999:



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More reportedly from Mr. LaPierre, 1999. Unaffiliated article link:
 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nra-head-cpac-speech-sharply-contradicts-1999-remarks-article-1.3836108

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Donald Trump, 2/22/18 (news article link):
 https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/donald-trump-gun-reforms-school-shooting/index.html

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Sane proposed gun regulations, but only if effectively drafted, implemented, enforced..

Commentary. An early 'take'.

(..Much more is still needed of course, incl. an "assault"-weapons ban -- at least going forward.
Anything is better than the status quo, but (already) is too little, too late for U.S. gun-violence victims..)

>>>Pertinent 2/20/18 news article link. No affiliation:
 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-speaks-at-law-enforcement-awards-ceremony-live-updates/


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Saturday, February 17, 2018

What Trump and GOP leaders are doing in Florida this weekend.. while school massacre victims' funerals commence, injured remain hospitalized, protests simmer

(2/17/18 commentary. Temporary post:)

2/17/18: Smiling photo currently displayed at the top of Donald Trump's official Twitter account: (Likely taken on Friday, 2/16/18 (judging by Rick Scott's pink tie visible in this 2/16/18 news story (link).)

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(Source 2/17/18 article link. No affiliation: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/trumps-went-straight-parkland-studio-54-themed-disco-party-mar-lago-report/)

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Excerpt from a 2/17/18 news story originally published by The Hill. (No affiliation, emphasis added:)

"Two protesters were reportedly escorted out of a Republican fundraiser where GOP Speaker Paul Ryan was in attendance after confronting him about gun control in the wake of the Florida high school mass shooting.

The fundraiser was held at the Ritz Carlton in Key Biscayne, just miles from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a gunman killed 17 people and wounded at least 14 on Wednesday...."

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Just an indication why such terrible gun tragedies may continue to occur again and again in the U.S. (Article/commentary links, no affiliation:)

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-ryan-knee-jerk-shootings_us_5a864263e4b05c2bcac94502



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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-ryan-florida-school-shooting_us_5a85a586e4b0ab6daf46cbaa


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html

Friday, February 16, 2018

Friday, 2/16/18: Donald Trump's day -- thus far

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1. Trump's FBI (-- yes, it's under his (attorney general's) "watch" now --) reportedly failed to act on recent, legitimate tips/warnings about the Florida school shooting suspect -- TWICE (at least).

Pertinent news story links, No affiliation:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/us/fbi-nikolas-cruz-shooting.html?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-school-shooting-nikolas-cruz-fbi-received-tip-did-not-follow-up/


2. Him coming here, to me, is absurd. Him coming here is absolutely absurd, and he’s a hypocrite." 

“...How can you come here and talk about how horrible it is, when you support these laws?” ...This is a man who supports teenagers and other people [being able to] to purchase assault weapons … and then comes down here and wants to act as though this is horrible and shouldn’t happen, but goes back to Washington and supports it. It’s hypocrisy...”
--Broward County, Florida vice-mayor, about Trump's planned visit after the deadly school-shooting massacre there.

Sources:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/374220-broward-county-vice-mayor-trump-visit-is-absolutely-absurd

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/trump-broward-county-vice-mayor-florida-shooting-cnntv/index.html

3. Former Playboy model describes 2006-7 affair with (married) Donald Trump, how story was suppressed:

Sources (links):
 https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-a-playboy-model-and-a-system-for-concealing-infidelity-national-enquirer-karen-mcdougal

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-mcdougal-affair-20180216-story.html

4. 13 Russians charged by Special Counsel for 2016 U.S. election meddling:

Sources (links):
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/us/politics/russians-indicted-mueller-election-interference.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-indictment/russians-charged-with-2016-u-s-election-tampering-to-boost-trump-idUSKCN1G022U

(.....Blogger note: This, after Trump many times dismissed ongoing Russia investigations as a "hoax", "witch hunt", etc.  One unaffiliated article link: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mueller-indictments-special-counsel/index.html)

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From Russia, with menace

(Commentary. Don't worry. Your tiny blog here is completely free of Russian influence, meddling.)

Reposted excerpt from a 2/16/18 NPR online article, which is linked below. Emphasis added:


"...American intelligence services are increasingly concerned about Russian accounts in social media. At a hearing the day before the shooting, Dan Coats, the Director of National Intelligence, warned that cyber warfare, including on social media, were one of his "greatest concerns".
"Frankly, the United States is under attack," Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee. Adversaries "seek to sow division in the United States and weaken U.S. leadership."
The intelligence community's annual threat assessment, also out Tuesday, warns that Russia in particular will use social media "to try to exacerbate social and political fissures in the United States." The report predicts those attacks are likely to target the upcoming 2018 midterm elections.
Schafer says that the Russian accounts his organization tracks now follow a well-worn path. First, he says, they tweet out news and breaking developments. This helps them to gain attention and attract new followers. Then they begin tweeting highly inflammatory material to fan the flames of partisanship.
Finally, Schafer says, the accounts shift to conspiracy theories. "They build this narrative of, 'You are being lied to by the government, by the media, by everyone else, so don't trust anyone or anything,'" he says. "It's not just divisive, there's an erosion quality to it as well—of eroding trust...""

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Reposted gun-violence commentary.. (Updated, more than once..)

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Today's (blog) reference: 1/23/18 news report (link). No affiliation. As of the publication of this news story, 11 school shootings already reported......in 2018 alone:  
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/us/kentucky-school-shooting.html

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1/27/18 update: Unfortunately, another school shooting (link): http://time.com/5121596/uniontown-high-school-shooting/

...2/1/18 update: (link): http://time.com/5129037/westlake-los-angeles-school-shooting/  (A later update: 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspect-arrested-in-shooting-at-los-angeles-middle-school/)

....2/14/18https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-shooting-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-in-florida-live-updates/


(.....Also: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-respond-shooting-parkland-florida-high-school-n848101, and: http://time.com/5159039/florida-school-shooting-parkland/)



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(A 2/18 news article link:) https://www.salon.com/2018/02/13/congress-is-moving-forward-with-its-new-guns-everywhere-proposal/

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(Article link:) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/more-guns-do-not-stop-more-crimes-evidence-shows/

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(**Blogger comment -- I'm sure some may agree: The 2/14/18 AP news photo copied above capturing the blond woman (with Ash Wednesday ashes etc.) and distraught child (- my mistake; told that she is probably an adult -) may be the news photo of (at least) the year (so far).)

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

2/13/18: Where's the outrage? What we learned the Trump admin. pulled on us today...

(Commentary:)... Learned mainly through reporting by professional journalists/writers...
A few items:

The Trump White House has lied over and over about the Rob Porter fiasco. Trump's appointed FBI director Wray indicated as much today in a hearing. Real-news story links:

http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/politics/rob-porter-john-kelly-timeline-white-house/index.html?

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/fbi-director-contradicts-white-house-claim-of-rob-porter-investigation/

Trump's lawyer Roy Cohn Michael Cohen admits to a $130,000 pay-off to porn star Stormy Daniels out of his personal funds. (Daniels allegedly had a sexual relationship with Trump in the past.)

http://time.com/5157142/michael-cohen-lawyer-stormy-daniels-trump/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-trump.html

Trump EPA agency dismantler Scott Pruitt is scrutinized for higher-cost, first-class etc. air travel, at taxpayer expense. Then he was actually quoted as uttering this "excuse" (per second linked source below) (Emphasis added.):

We live in a very toxic environment politically, particularly around issues of the environment,” said Pruitt, who confirmed he flew first class from the Washington area to Boston to reach New Hampshire. 
“We've reached the point where there's not much civility in the marketplace and it's created, you know, it's created some issues and the (security) detail, the level of protection is determined by the level of threat.”

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/first-class-travel-distinguishes-scott-pruitts-epa-tenure/2018/02/11/5bb89afc-0b7d-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html

http://www.unionleader.com/politics/epas-scott-pruitt-blames-security-concerns-for-costly-first-class-flights-20180213

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Video obtained of a recent Trump admin. cabinet meeting, re allocation of public funds:


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...What if Barack Obama and/or his administration -- or any other modern president -- pulled any of the s**t described above.. (Or, previously..)??
Answer: Republicans (et al) would be starting impeachment proceedings and/or (loudly) calling for the 'heads' of cabinet departments.

Monday, February 5, 2018

The Big-Mouth-in-Chief owns it: Tell your stock market performance results...to shut up

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 ""We broke it 84 times this year. The stock market hit a new high 84 times since we won the election on November 8 of last year, so that's something we can all be proud of," Trump said, before boasting at the impact on 401(k)s...."

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(2/5/18 article link:) https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-stock-market-investors-might-need-to-worry-more-about-fiscal-policy-than-the-fed-2018-02-05

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Saturday, February 3, 2018

Rod Rosenstein likely understands the following quotations...:

*...which means his job may be in jeopardy....*

"No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right, not asked as a favor." ~ Theodore Roosevelt

(Another, more recent quotation (source linked):)

"We understand what the Constitution says we must do, and that is hold everyone in the United States, including the President of the United States, accountable if they've violated the law."

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The current President of the United States of America:
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A 2/2/18 news article link: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/politics/nunes-memo-donald-trump/index.html

2/3/18 article link: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/republican-memo-reaction/index.html

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Commentary: ..'Keep your eye on the ball', Mr. Mueller...Keep an eye out, Mr. Rosenstein....About all everyday, "ordinary" citizens can (apparently) do (at least until Nov. elections)...: Keep ready for the streets....

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Friday, February 2, 2018

Trump has been bragging incessantly about U.S. stock market results....

...Means he owns this↓, too...:

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