October 3, 2018

QAnoners Cheer Trump's Text Alert Test, See It As a Step Towards Martial Law

Believers in QAnon—a conspiracy theory based on a series of internet clues posted by an anonymous character named “Q” that posits a world in which Trump and the military are engaged in ceaseless, secret war with globalist Democratic pedophiles—think the text could mark the start of “The Storm,” a fantastical MAGA dream in which Trump’s political enemies will be arrested and tried at military tribunals.

“That is how we will receive orders if all else fails,” wrote one QAnon believer on the 8Chan internet forum. “We are the next generation Minutemen! Standing by Sir!”

“SO HAPPY!” wrote another. “THANK YOU 45!”

The text itself was as mundane as a nation-wide emergency test could be. While it came to phones as a “Presidential Alert,” it wasn’t sent out by Trump. FEMA controls the system.



https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanoners-cheer-trumps-text-alert-test-see-it-as-a-step-towards-martial-law

October 3, 2018

Did anyone else get this?

https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1047552325668065280

October 3, 2018

Omg, Christian Bale as Dick Cheney in the official trailer for movie "Vice"

https://twitter.com/THR/status/1047494241125974017

October 2, 2018

Oh, FFS! APNewsBreak: Trump's EPA moving to loosen radiation limits

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is quietly moving to weaken U.S. radiation regulations, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.

The government’s current, decades-old guidance says that any exposure to harmful radiation is a cancer risk. And critics say the proposed change could lead to higher levels of exposure for workers at nuclear installations and oil and gas drilling sites, medical workers doing X-rays and CT scans, people living next to Superfund sites and any members of the public who one day might find themselves exposed to a radiation release.

The Trump administration already has targeted a range of other regulations on toxins and pollutants, including coal power plant emissions and car exhaust, that it sees as costly and burdensome for businesses. Supporters of the EPA’s new radiation guidance argue the government’s current no-tolerance rule for radiation damage forces unnecessary spending for handling exposure in accidents, at nuclear plants, in medical centers and at other sites.

“This would have a positive effect on human health as well as save billions and billions and billions of dollars,” Edward Calabrese, a toxicologist at the University of Massachusetts, said in 2016. He was to be the lead witness at a congressional hearing Wednesday on EPA’s push for what it calls transparency in science.The proposed rule would require regulators to consider “various threshold models across the exposure range” when it comes to dangerous substances.


https://apnews.com/6a573b6b020e453c90ecd5e84aa23f57?utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&__twitter_impression=true

September 28, 2018

Samuel Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh (yes , he was there *wink*)

https://twitter.com/ohboyson/status/1045604378370027520

September 27, 2018

Feinstein's staff did not leak the letter to The Intercept - DC bureau chief of The Intercept

https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1045441295282556928



Feinstein's staff did not leak the letter to The Intercept

September 11, 2018

99 percent of Hurricane Matthew aid requested by NC denied by Trump administration

This article is from May 10, 2017. I posted it to point out that eastern NC is still trying to recover from hurricane Matthew , thanks to Trump. Gov. Roy Cooper's a Democrat, therefore not a Trump loyalist. That's the only explanation I can think of for denying aid. It'll be interesting to see if he's more forthcoming with aid due to the midterms. Either way Trump doesn't give a shit about the people of this country.


RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - The State of North Carolina requested $929 million from the federal government to help with costs associated with Hurricane Matthew, but the state will be receiving far less than that, according to an announcement by Gov. Roy Cooper

North Carolina will receive only $6.1 million from the Trump administration. That's 99 percent less than the requested amount.

In a letter Cooper sent to the president and other officials today, he expressed "shock and disappointment in the lack of federal funding for Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts."The governor had worked with Sen. Thom Tillis and Representatives David Price (D) and Rep. David Rouzer (R) in April to come up with a request to Congress to help cover the costs associated with the destruction left by Matthew.

The $929 million requested would have been used to "help communities and families fix homes, repair businesses and recover from the historic flooding," Cooper said.


https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/99-percent-of-hurricane-matthew-funds-requested-by-nc-denied-by-trump-administration/1017049914

August 29, 2018

U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question

HARR, Tex. — On paper, he’s a devoted U.S. citizen.

His official American birth certificate shows he was delivered by a midwife in Brownsville, at the southern tip of Texas. He spent his life wearing American uniforms: three years as a private in the Army, then as a cadet in the Border Patrol and now as a state prison guard.

But when Juan, 40, applied to renew his U.S. passport this year, the government’s response floored him. In a letter, the State Department said it didn’t believe he was an American citizen.

As he would later learn, Juan is one of a growing number of people whose official birth records show they were born in the United States but who are now being denied passports — their citizenship suddenly thrown into question. The Trump administration is accusing hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Hispanics along the border of using fraudulent birth certificates since they were babies, and it is undertaking a widespread crackdown on their citizenship.

In a statement, the State Department said that it “has not changed policy or practice regarding the adjudication of passport applications,” adding that “the U.S.-Mexico border region happens to be an area of the country where there has been a significant incidence of citizenship fraud.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-is-denying-passports-to-americans-along-the-border-throwing-their-citizenship-into-question/2018/08/29/1d630e84-a0da-11e8-a3dd-2a1991f075d5_story.html?utm_term=.113fced4f20b




Birtherism has become official US policy

August 29, 2018

DeVos prepping new rules on sexual misconduct standards for campuses: report

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is formulating new policies regarding how universities handle sexual assault and harassment cases.

The new rules would increase protections for students accused of sexual misconduct, reduce liability for colleges and universities and encourage schools to broaden their support networks for victims, according to The New York Times.

The rules would reportedly limit accountability for schools to complaints that happened on campus and were filed through proper authorities. They would also raise the bar legally for proving a school mishandled a complaint, according to the Times.


The move comes while multiple universities are facing allegations that staff members failed to properly act when made aware of sexual misconduct.


http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/404247-devos-prepping-new-sexual-misconduct-rules-that-would-protect?__twitter_impression=true

August 29, 2018

Ian Milhiser: So I have a story about Ron DeSantis. Spoiler Alert: He is not a sane man

https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1034807206280081409

1) So, I have a story about Ron DeSantis, who Republicans just nominated as their gubernatorial candidate in Florida.

Spoiler Alert: He is not a sane man.

2) Last December, I was a guest on Fox News. DeSantis was a guest two segments before mine. Which means that his segment ended about 20 minutes

3) DeSantis' segment featured him touting anti-Mueller conspiracy theories involving Peter Strzok.

4) Anyways, when you go on one of the three major cable news networks, a makeup artist puts a thick cake of powder on your face. When your segment is over, you go back to the greenroom and they have wipes you use to get rid of the makeup before you leave.

So I do my segment, go back to wipe my face, and Rep. Ron DeSantis is standing in the middle of the makeup room still ranting about a conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton, the Pee Tape Dossier, the FBI, and how Rep. Jim Jordan (I think) is going to get to the bottom of it.


6) It wasn't the sort of rant you hear from rational thinkers. If DeSantis wasn't wearing a suit and a Member of Congress pin, I would have assumed that a person with a serious mental illness had somehow bypassed security and found his way into the Fox studio.


7) Meanwhile, the poor makeup artists are trying to go about their work in a pretty small room while also having to walk around this unhinged man in the middle of the room ranting at them.

8) At the time, I didn't know who he was -- I hadn't paid attention to his segment. I realized he was a member of Congress because I saw his pin, and I remember thinking "doesn't this guy have anything better to do?" He was still ranting 25 minutes after his segment ending.

9) So, anyway, a GOP nominee for governor is a Member of Congress who thought the best way to spend a weeknight was screaming about a conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton and the Pee Tape dossier at three makeup artists who were just trying to do their job . Eat Arby's.