LOL-Duncan Hunter argues he can't get fair trial in San Diego-Exhibit A is a CARTOON by Steve Breen

Duncan Hunter's legal team argues he can't get a fair trial in San Diego. Exhibit A is a cartoon in the San Diego Union by Steve Breen. Really.



https://twitter.com/wuerker/status/1143649666355073024

Trump's "Whip carrying" chief of protocol-Ambassador Lawler, pulled off job just ahead of G20 summit

BREAKING: Trump's chief of protocol, Ambassador Sean Lawler, pulled off the job just ahead of G20 summit amid allegations of discrimination and harassment, officials tell @NBCNews. Full story coming from NBC

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s chief of protocol in the State Department has been pulled off the job just ahead of the G-20 summit amid an investigation into allegations of discrimination and harassment, U.S. officials said. He is not expected to return to his job.

Two U.S. officials said that employees in the chief of protocol's office had been informed that Ambassador Sean Lawler had been suspended indefinitely pending the outcome of the investigation. A third official said that Lawler had told the State Department's leadership he planned to submit his resignation to President Donald Trump after the G-20 summit, which starts Friday in Osaka, Japan.

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Among the behaviors that had caused concern, according to two U.S. officials, is that Lawler was known to carry a whip at work in what was perceived as an attempt to intimidate colleagues.

Mary-Kate Fisher, the assistant chief of protocol, will attend the summit instead, the officials said.



https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-s-chief-protocol-pulled-job-ahead-g-20-n1021781
https://twitter.com/JoshNBCNews/status/1143645123764465664
https://twitter.com/bpolitics/status/1143644649174818822

"I'm not going to the fucking White House." -

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https://twitter.com/8by8mag/status/1143595809910530048

US Sues Omarosa - Alleges Failure to File Required Financial Disclosures After WH Employment

U.S. SUES OMAROSA MANIGAULT NEWMAN, ALLEGES FAILURE TO FILE REQUIRED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES AFTER HER WHITE HOUSE

The United States on Tuesday sued Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former reality show participant and aide to President Donald Trump, accusing her of knowingly failing to file a required public financial disclosure report after her White House employment ended.

In a complaint filed with the federal court in Washington, D.C., the government said it is seeking up to a $50,000 civil fine from Manigault Newman, who had been director of communications in the White House Office of Public Liaison. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York Editing by Leslie Adler)

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/u-s-sues-ex-trump-aide-omarosa-alleges-failure-to-file-required-financials
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1143615787766337536

Two headlines a minute apart at TPM in the past half hour

Weaseling Before Jesus

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea."

Acting Border Protection Chief Is Resigning Amid Uproar Over Shelter Conditions

John Sanders is expected to step down as public fury mounts over the treatment of detained immigrant children.

It comes as the Trump administration said it was transferring children back to a Texas shelter that was criticized for overcrowded and filthy conditions.

Rep Duncan Hunter spent campaign $ for trips & Ubers to sleep w-multiple women -Blames "Deep State"

According to the DOJ, @Rep_Hunter spent campaign money for trips and Ubers to sleep with multiple women (none of whom were his wife) and he's now claiming that all of this is a "deep state" assault on him... 🙄








https://twitter.com/Avi_Bueno/status/1143530536402599936

THE ONION: Tips for being civil while debating child prisons

Recent incidents of Trump officials being confronted in public for their role in the administration’s separation and imprisonment of immigrant families have driven renewed concern about the lack of civility in U.S. politics. The Onion presents tips for staying civil in a debate about child prisons.

Avoid unkind generalizations like equating the jailing of ethnic minorities with some malevolent form of fascism.

Consider that we all have different perspectives stemming from things like age, ethnicity, or level of racism.

Recall that violently rejecting a tyrannical government goes against everything our forefathers believed in.

Find common ground by recognizing that some kids are huge assholes.

Make sure any protests are peaceful, silent, and completely out of sight of anyone who could actually affect government policy.

Give your political opponents the benefit of the doubt by letting this play out for 20 years and seeing if it gets any better on its own.

Realize that every pressing social issue is solved through civil discourse if you ignore virtually all of human history.

Remind yourself that you’re just two people having a cocktail at the same D.C. party and that politics is a game to you.

Avoid painting with a broad brush. Not everyone in favor of zero-tolerance immigration wants to see children in cages—it’s more likely that they just don’t care.

MSNBC's Mika scorches Trump over sex assault denials: 'What type of woman would you rape?

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski revealed the horrific meaning behind President Donald Trump’s defense against new rape claims.

Author and columnist E. Jean Carroll has accused the president of raping her more than 20 years ago after a chance meeting at a Manhattan department store, but Trump insists he couldn’t have assaulted her because she’s not his “type.”

“We’re talking about sexual assault, talking about actual rape and the president said that she’s not his type,” the “Morning Joe” co-host said. “So I guess the follow-up question is, since you have a type when it comes to rape, what’s your type, Donald Trump, and is it any of the other women who claimed that you raped them?”

“What is your type, since you have a type, that you would rape?” Brzezinski added.



https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/msnbcs-mika-scorches-trump-over-sex-assault-denials-what-type-of-woman-would-you-rape/

Melania's Be Best Campaign runs into the world of children in cages

Some exclusions may apply*

* brown children

How about expanding your campaign to better the lives of those children that your sugar daddy put in concentration camps? Maybe some food, soap, medicine for them? Help reunite them with their families? Blankets? Toothpaste?