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August 18, 2017

Did Pence end any shot of re-election if Trump is impeached by backing Trump on Charlottesville?

What on earth was he thinking? What a gift to Democrats. I can just see the commercials now showing scenes of the holocaust, Nazi's putting Jews into ovens and gas chambers and then cutting to Nazi's in Charlottesville and then talking about Pence backing Trump saying some of them being "good people". This came after he doubled down.



Pence backs Trump's Charlottesville rhetoric: 'I stand with the president'
By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 08/16/2017 01:37 PM EDT

Link: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/16/mike-pence-supports-trump-charlottesville-241708

August 16, 2017

Delete

Self Delete - I watched another one of her videos and she is nuts.

August 16, 2017

US military leaders are distancing themselves from Trump's Charlottesville rhetoric



President Donald Trump's military leaders have roundly rebuked the deadly violence that unfolded at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend.

"No place for racial hatred or extremism in @USMC," Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller tweeted, hours after Trump's press conference on Tuesday. "Our core values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment frame the way Marines live and act."

The US Navy's senior military officer weighed in on Saturday, the same day the three fatalities were confirmed in the aftermath of the rally: "Events in Charlottesville unacceptable & musnt be tolerated @USNavy forever stands against intolerance & hatred," Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson tweeted.

Link: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/16/us-military-leaders-are-distancing-themselves-from-trumps-charlottesville-rhetoric/23079036/
August 16, 2017

Nearly 30K sign petition seeking to expel UNR student who attended Charlottesville rally

A petition on Change.org is asking the president of the University of Nevada, Reno to expel and terminate the student who attended Friday's white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

UNR President Marc Johnson said at a press conference on Monday the university had no legal or constitutional standing to expel Peter Cvjetanovic, who became the subject of a viral photo taken at the rally on the University of Virginia campus.

The petition acknowledges Johnson's statement, but said he should still expel Cvjetanovic "for moral reasons based on your school's code of conduct."

The petition's goal is to reach 35,000 signatures. It was created on Sunday and has gathered more than 29,000 signatures as of Tuesday night.


http://mynews4.com/news/local/petition-seeks-expulsion-of-unr-student-who-attended-white-nationalist-rally

August 15, 2017

New Trump-Russia emails could establish a 'devastating' legal entanglement for Paul Manafort

Source: Washington Post

The ongoing investigation into whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Moscow during the 2016 election gained new traction on Monday when The Washington Post reported that a foreign-policy adviser, George Papadopolous, sent at least six emails during the campaign offering to set up meetings with Russian leaders.

Papadopolous sent the first email to seven campaign advisers in March 2016 with the subject line "Meeting with Russian Leadership - Including Putin." His requests were reportedly met with hesitancy from multiple campaign officials, including retired Navy Rear Adm. Charles Kubic, who voiced concerns about violating both US sanctions on Russia and the Logan Act, a law forbidding US citizens from negotiating with foreign governments without authorization.

Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign chairman and a current subject in the Russia investigation, also expressed concerns about the proposal and rejected Papadopoulos' request for a meeting between Trump and Russian officials in May 2016, according to The Post.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/15/new-trump-russia-emails-could-establish-a-devastating-legal-entanglement-for-paul-manafort/23078499/

August 15, 2017

'I Can't Believe It Just Happened': Fox News Host on the Verge of Tears Over Trump's (with video)

Alternet

NEWS & POLITICS
'I Can't Believe It Just Happened': Fox News Host on the Verge of Tears Over Trump's 'Disgusting' Presser


President Donald Trump’s comments that “there’s blame on both sides” in the deadly violence at Saturday’s “Unite the Right” rally were so shocking, even Fox News hosts are freaking out about it.

“It’s honestly crazy for me to have to comment on this right now,” host Kat Timpf said on “The Specialists” Tuesday. “I’m still in the phase where I’m wondering if it was actually real life.”

Timpf was dumbfounded by Trump’s assertion that leftist counterprotesters were to blame for the attack on their numbers by an Alex Fields, Jr., an avowed neo-Nazi who killed one woman and maimed dozens of others when he drove his car into a crowd.

“It was one of the biggest messes I’ve ever seen and I can’t believe it just happened,” Timpf said.

She went on to say that she was surprised Trump didn’t blame the attack on Islamic terrorism.

More plus video: http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/i-cant-believe-it-just-happened-fox-news-host-verge-tears-over-trumps-disgusting

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