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SummerSnow

SummerSnow's Journal
SummerSnow's Journal
December 21, 2018

the senate republicans will give in, as always.

He will get the votes

December 14, 2018

*News about the Central Park 5*

Central Park Five’s legal battle officially over as federal judge signs off on $41 million wrongful conviction settlement

By DAREH GREGORIAN
| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
SEP 05, 2014 | 8:18 PM

The Central Park Five case is officially closed.

A federal court judge on Friday signed off on the wrongfully-convicted quintet's $41 million settlement with the city, court records show. The deal "is an act of justice for those five men that is long overdue," Mayor de Blasio said in a statement after the filing.

"We can finally put this case behind us, and these five men and their families can begin to heal these wounds and move forward."

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/central-park-legal-battle-officially-article-1.1929270?fbclid=IwAR2_cQomKvWSKqhfdj5dQLjn6lHGjo1uRoA1YnFa352RMSN5funNsJ6Li5k

December 8, 2018

January 20, 2020 after 12 noon...

The Trumps depart the White House and arrive at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. They board their airplane and fly to NYC. The Trumps arrive at LaGuardia airport in NYC. Upon departing from the airplane, the FBI approaches Trump and say...

November 27, 2018

Question on MSNBC right now..

Why would Manafort risk a life sentence by lying to federal prosecutors


Is he afraid of the Russians coming after him?

What are your thoughts?

November 22, 2018

White House gives border troops permission to use force ahead of caravan arrival

by Anna Giaritelli
| November 21, 2018 11:24 AM


President Trump's chief of staff, John Kelly, reportedly signed a "Cabinet order" late Tuesday that gives the thousands of U.S. troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border permission to carry out some law enforcement tasks and use force in certain situations in dealing with as many as 10,000 Central American migrants who have traveled to the country as part of a caravan.

The memo says "Department of Defense military personnel" can "perform those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary” to protect themselves and all U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel, including “a show or use of force (including lethal force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention. and cursory search," according to the Military Times.

Approximately 5,800 active-duty troops and 2,100 National Guard troops are stationed at various regions of the southern border.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house-gives-border-troops-permission-to-use-force-ahead-of-caravan-arrival

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