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February 15, 2020
find rush limbaugh
https://twitter.com/BettySchendel/status/1228472256793399297/photo/1
February 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/putinsgay/status/1228387945431752704
Trump's Rhetoric has changed the way kids are bullied in school "build that wall", "go back..."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/local/school-bullying-trump-words/https://twitter.com/putinsgay/status/1228387945431752704
February 14, 2020
"Barr is going to burn DOJ to the ground from the inside in his crusade to advance the president's '
Matthew Miller
@matthewamiller
Barr is going to burn DOJ to the ground from the inside in his crusade to advance the president's political interests.
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Charlie Savage
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SCOOP: Barr installed a team of outside prosecutors, including from St. Louis, to go into the office of the US attorney for DC & review the work of line attorneys handling political sensitive cases -- including vs Michael Flynn @adamgoldmanNYT @mattapuzzo https://nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/politics/michael-flynn-prosecutors-barr.html
10:22 AM · Feb 14, 2020·Twitter Web App
https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/1228384052358635521
February 14, 2020
Here's the Latest Twist in Bizarre Saga of Missing Kids
Charles Vallow switched his insurance beneficiary to his adopted son's grandma
he strange and sad story of the two Idaho kids missing since September continues to get stranger: Charles Vallow, the adopted father of one of the missing children, changed his insurance policy months before his death so that wife Lori Vallow, a person of interest in the children's disappearance, was no longer the beneficiary. In her place he named his sister, Kay Woodcock—who is the biological grandmother of JJ Vallow, 7, who was born to her son before being adopted by Lori and Charles Vallow. "He had a $1 million dollar policy with Lori as the beneficiary and he told me he wanted me to be the sole recipient," Woodcock tells East Idaho News. "I told him to leave it to his boys [Charles Vallow also had two sons from a previous relationship] but ... [he] said, 'Lori doesn’t want me anymore. She doesn’t want JJ and you’ll end up raising JJ so I want you to have the money.'" More on that, plus other recent news on the case:
Woodcock says Lori Vallow found out about the switch when she called the insurance company days after Charles Vallow's July death (amid his divorce and custody battle with Lori Vallow he was killed by Lori Vallow's brother, who claimed it was in self-defense; in December that brother also died under mysterious circumstances) and the agent told her she was not entitled to the money.
https://www.newser.com/story/286929/insurance-twist-in-bizarre-saga-of-missing-kids.html
Here's the Latest Twist in Bizarre Saga of IDAHO kids Missing since sept
https://www.newser.com/story/286929/insurance-twist-in-bizarre-saga-of-missing-kids.htmlHere's the Latest Twist in Bizarre Saga of Missing Kids
Charles Vallow switched his insurance beneficiary to his adopted son's grandma
he strange and sad story of the two Idaho kids missing since September continues to get stranger: Charles Vallow, the adopted father of one of the missing children, changed his insurance policy months before his death so that wife Lori Vallow, a person of interest in the children's disappearance, was no longer the beneficiary. In her place he named his sister, Kay Woodcock—who is the biological grandmother of JJ Vallow, 7, who was born to her son before being adopted by Lori and Charles Vallow. "He had a $1 million dollar policy with Lori as the beneficiary and he told me he wanted me to be the sole recipient," Woodcock tells East Idaho News. "I told him to leave it to his boys [Charles Vallow also had two sons from a previous relationship] but ... [he] said, 'Lori doesn’t want me anymore. She doesn’t want JJ and you’ll end up raising JJ so I want you to have the money.'" More on that, plus other recent news on the case:
Woodcock says Lori Vallow found out about the switch when she called the insurance company days after Charles Vallow's July death (amid his divorce and custody battle with Lori Vallow he was killed by Lori Vallow's brother, who claimed it was in self-defense; in December that brother also died under mysterious circumstances) and the agent told her she was not entitled to the money.
https://www.newser.com/story/286929/insurance-twist-in-bizarre-saga-of-missing-kids.html
February 14, 2020
The books that mostly commonly go missing — and are assumed to be stolen — at the San Francisco Public Library are written by a conservative radio host who was among the first to endorse Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
"The one author our head of collections has to check regularly and purchase new copies of are books by Michael Savage," library spokesperson Kate Patterson wrote in an email. "We check once a year to see if all the copies are gone and reorder. We have moved to e-book for most of them, so we can ensure copies are around. The main title that disappears quickly is 'Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder.'"
Released in April 2005, 'Liberalism is a Mental Disorder' was on the New York Times best-seller list for three weeks and "attacks the insanities and inanities of extreme leftist thought."
The SF Public Library hasn't tracked exactly how many of this particular title or all of Savage's books have been lost, but "we have found that his political titles go missing more often," Patterson said. The cost of Savage's stolen books to the library is unknown as the system collects only general numbers on missing titles. The library's overall collection budget in the last fiscal year was $15.87 million and the cost of replacing items, including damaged copies of adult fiction and nonfiction, was approximately $79,350.
Among its 28 branches, the San Francisco library makes 2.75 million items on its shelves available for the public to check out. In general, the subject genres that most commonly go missing are "paranormal" and "conspiracy theories." San Francisco isn't alone in this. In Susan Orlean's new book "The Library Book," it's revealed titles by conspiracy theorists are also stolen the most at the Los Angeles Public Library. Savage himself has been called a conspiracy theorist by publications like the Washington Post and the Guardian.
Most stolen book at SF library is "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" by Michael Savage
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/most-commonly-stolen-book-library-Michael-Savage-15045259.phpThe books that mostly commonly go missing — and are assumed to be stolen — at the San Francisco Public Library are written by a conservative radio host who was among the first to endorse Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
"The one author our head of collections has to check regularly and purchase new copies of are books by Michael Savage," library spokesperson Kate Patterson wrote in an email. "We check once a year to see if all the copies are gone and reorder. We have moved to e-book for most of them, so we can ensure copies are around. The main title that disappears quickly is 'Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder.'"
Released in April 2005, 'Liberalism is a Mental Disorder' was on the New York Times best-seller list for three weeks and "attacks the insanities and inanities of extreme leftist thought."
The SF Public Library hasn't tracked exactly how many of this particular title or all of Savage's books have been lost, but "we have found that his political titles go missing more often," Patterson said. The cost of Savage's stolen books to the library is unknown as the system collects only general numbers on missing titles. The library's overall collection budget in the last fiscal year was $15.87 million and the cost of replacing items, including damaged copies of adult fiction and nonfiction, was approximately $79,350.
Among its 28 branches, the San Francisco library makes 2.75 million items on its shelves available for the public to check out. In general, the subject genres that most commonly go missing are "paranormal" and "conspiracy theories." San Francisco isn't alone in this. In Susan Orlean's new book "The Library Book," it's revealed titles by conspiracy theorists are also stolen the most at the Los Angeles Public Library. Savage himself has been called a conspiracy theorist by publications like the Washington Post and the Guardian.
February 14, 2020
End Student Loan Forgiveness
Trump’s new annual budget calls for several changes to student loans, which are part of a $5.6 billion cut in funding to the U.S. Education Department. As in previous years, Trump repeated his call to end public service loan forgiveness. Under Trump's proposed budget, if passed by Congress, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program would be eliminated.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is a federal program created in 2007 by President George W. Bush that forgives federal student loans for borrowers who are employed full-time (more than 30 hours per week) in an eligible federal, state or local public service job or 501(c)(3) nonprofit job who make 120 eligible on-time payments over ten years.
Why Cancel Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness?
The president and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have stated that they want to balance the needs of both student loan borrowers and federal taxpayers. Eliminating this program, they argue, would save the federal government money from not having to forgive potentially billions of dollars of federal student loans. Others believe that the program is vital to attract and retain individuals to enter public service and non-profit jobs, many of which pay lower salaries than private sector roles. Supporters of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program believe that ending it could deter student loan borrowers from entering public service jobs, and could adversely impact public servants, including members of the U.S. Armed Forces, police officers, firefighters, first responders, prosecutors, public defenders and others. Importantly, the proposal would impact future borrowers, not existing borrowers who already work in public service and are currently paying off student loans.
Trump Calls For End To Student Loan Forgiveness Program
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2020/02/11/trump-student-loans-forgiveness/?fbclid=IwAR0vnUVlCuMEdR_qVl6KDP-0j-asQaI2o2AF_obDcndL0LDta2nGrXH-kbE&fbclid=IwAR0fCHwQwf225n0_ch1vyG4ZKEIdWKjEdQppkyOBAKIxxT_saaCgMZGQAuQ&utm_campaign=clevelanddotcom_sf&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social#2208f18e6b3dEnd Student Loan Forgiveness
Trump’s new annual budget calls for several changes to student loans, which are part of a $5.6 billion cut in funding to the U.S. Education Department. As in previous years, Trump repeated his call to end public service loan forgiveness. Under Trump's proposed budget, if passed by Congress, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program would be eliminated.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is a federal program created in 2007 by President George W. Bush that forgives federal student loans for borrowers who are employed full-time (more than 30 hours per week) in an eligible federal, state or local public service job or 501(c)(3) nonprofit job who make 120 eligible on-time payments over ten years.
Why Cancel Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness?
The president and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have stated that they want to balance the needs of both student loan borrowers and federal taxpayers. Eliminating this program, they argue, would save the federal government money from not having to forgive potentially billions of dollars of federal student loans. Others believe that the program is vital to attract and retain individuals to enter public service and non-profit jobs, many of which pay lower salaries than private sector roles. Supporters of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program believe that ending it could deter student loan borrowers from entering public service jobs, and could adversely impact public servants, including members of the U.S. Armed Forces, police officers, firefighters, first responders, prosecutors, public defenders and others. Importantly, the proposal would impact future borrowers, not existing borrowers who already work in public service and are currently paying off student loans.
February 13, 2020
President Trump and Michael Bloomberg traded sharp jabs on Twitter Thursday, with the commander-in-chief ripping the Democratic presidential candidate as a “loser,” prompting the former Big Apple mayor to describe him as a “barking clown.”
“Mini Mike is a 5’4” mass of dead energy who does not want to be on the debate stage with these professional politicians. No boxes please,” Trump said in one of two tweets about Bloomberg, who is 5 feet 8. “He hates Crazy Bernie and will, with enough money, possibly stop him. Bernie’s people will go nuts!”
The president compared Bloomberg to one of his Republican challengers in 2016.
“Mini Mike Bloomberg is a LOSER who has money but can’t debate and has zero presence, you will see. He reminds me of a tiny version of Jeb ‘Low Energy’ Bush, but Jeb has more political skill and has treated the Black community much better than Mini!” he said.
But Bloomberg fired back with his own tweet 20 minutes later, taking aim at Trump’s reputation as a self-made billionaire real estate developer.
“@realDonaldTrump – we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown,” Bloomberg said in a posting. “They know you inherited a fortune & squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence.”
https://nypost.com/2020/02/13/trump-bloomberg-trade-insults-as-twitter-feud-escalates/
the POTUS and former NYC Mayor trade insults today: "LOSER", "barking clown", "dead energy"
leader of the free world, former leader of one of the largest cities in world... how far we have fallen:President Trump and Michael Bloomberg traded sharp jabs on Twitter Thursday, with the commander-in-chief ripping the Democratic presidential candidate as a “loser,” prompting the former Big Apple mayor to describe him as a “barking clown.”
“Mini Mike is a 5’4” mass of dead energy who does not want to be on the debate stage with these professional politicians. No boxes please,” Trump said in one of two tweets about Bloomberg, who is 5 feet 8. “He hates Crazy Bernie and will, with enough money, possibly stop him. Bernie’s people will go nuts!”
The president compared Bloomberg to one of his Republican challengers in 2016.
“Mini Mike Bloomberg is a LOSER who has money but can’t debate and has zero presence, you will see. He reminds me of a tiny version of Jeb ‘Low Energy’ Bush, but Jeb has more political skill and has treated the Black community much better than Mini!” he said.
But Bloomberg fired back with his own tweet 20 minutes later, taking aim at Trump’s reputation as a self-made billionaire real estate developer.
“@realDonaldTrump – we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown,” Bloomberg said in a posting. “They know you inherited a fortune & squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence.”
https://nypost.com/2020/02/13/trump-bloomberg-trade-insults-as-twitter-feud-escalates/
February 13, 2020
people are posting her nudie pics in response to James wood tweet.
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1226243865033596929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-26286311472593755243.ampproject.net%2F2001281851410%2Fframe.html
Trump fans furious over Melania's absence from magazine covers. 12 for Michelle O. 0 for Melania
https://twitter.com/hazydav/status/1227813079305482242people are posting her nudie pics in response to James wood tweet.
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1226243865033596929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-26286311472593755243.ampproject.net%2F2001281851410%2Fframe.html
February 13, 2020
Four years later, seeing the Lynch tarmac 'controversy' in a new light
Everyone who took the Lynch story seriously should face a follow-up question: are Trump's DOJ efforts as outrageous as the June 2016 tarmac chat?
In June 2016, Bill Clinton had a chat on a tarmac with then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and according to everyone involved, it was a fairly brief and inconsequential social interaction. Such conversations are not uncommon when prominent political figures are in the same place at the same time.
But as Politico reported at the time, then-candidate Donald Trump, among other Republicans, went a little berserk during a radio interview in response to the "controversy."
"It is an amazing thing," Trump said. "I heard about it last night. They actually went on to the plane as I understand it. That's terrible. And it was really a sneak. It was really something that they didn't want publicized as I understand it. Wow, I just think it's so terrible, I think it's so horrible."
Though the then-presumptive Republican nominee didn't really explain why, exactly, he found the social interaction so upsetting, Trump nevertheless called the matter one of "the biggest" stories of 2016, adding that that the issue was "massive" and "amazing."
He wasn't alone. Much of the political world was hair-on-fire outraged about the mere possibility of political interference involving the nation's chief law enforcement official. As regular readers may recall, Americans were told it was wildly inappropriate for the former president to engage the sitting attorney general in conversation.
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Forty-two months later, we've seen a sitting Republican president have all kinds of conversations with Justice Department officials -- even those overseeing investigations into his White House -- just as we've also seen Trump forge a partnership with his handpicked attorney general, who's now intervening in cases involving convicted felons close to the president.
Everyone who took that story seriously, or at least pretended to, should face a follow-up question now: are Trump's efforts to politicize the Justice Department as outrageous as the June 2016 tarmac chat?
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/four-years-later-seeing-lynch-tarmac-controversy-new-light-n1135786
Four years later, seeing the Lynch tarmac 'controversy' in a new light
Four years later, seeing the Lynch tarmac 'controversy' in a new light
Everyone who took the Lynch story seriously should face a follow-up question: are Trump's DOJ efforts as outrageous as the June 2016 tarmac chat?
In June 2016, Bill Clinton had a chat on a tarmac with then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and according to everyone involved, it was a fairly brief and inconsequential social interaction. Such conversations are not uncommon when prominent political figures are in the same place at the same time.
But as Politico reported at the time, then-candidate Donald Trump, among other Republicans, went a little berserk during a radio interview in response to the "controversy."
"It is an amazing thing," Trump said. "I heard about it last night. They actually went on to the plane as I understand it. That's terrible. And it was really a sneak. It was really something that they didn't want publicized as I understand it. Wow, I just think it's so terrible, I think it's so horrible."
Though the then-presumptive Republican nominee didn't really explain why, exactly, he found the social interaction so upsetting, Trump nevertheless called the matter one of "the biggest" stories of 2016, adding that that the issue was "massive" and "amazing."
He wasn't alone. Much of the political world was hair-on-fire outraged about the mere possibility of political interference involving the nation's chief law enforcement official. As regular readers may recall, Americans were told it was wildly inappropriate for the former president to engage the sitting attorney general in conversation.
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Forty-two months later, we've seen a sitting Republican president have all kinds of conversations with Justice Department officials -- even those overseeing investigations into his White House -- just as we've also seen Trump forge a partnership with his handpicked attorney general, who's now intervening in cases involving convicted felons close to the president.
Everyone who took that story seriously, or at least pretended to, should face a follow-up question now: are Trump's efforts to politicize the Justice Department as outrageous as the June 2016 tarmac chat?
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/four-years-later-seeing-lynch-tarmac-controversy-new-light-n1135786
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