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lapucelle's JournalWhy does this photo look familar?
As per The Cut
Trump signing the EO reinstating the Global Gag Rule.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/02/sweden-climate-change-trump-troll.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Cut%20-%20February%203%2C%202017&utm_term=Subscription%20List%20-%20The%20Cut%20%281%20Year%29
The Onion is nailing Trump and his supporters.
Trump Hails Gorsuch As Fierce Protector Of Future Amendment Allowing President To Temporarily Suspend Right To Assemble
Trump Supporter Has Few Backup Scapegoats Ready To Go In Case Crackdown On Immigrants Doesnt Fix Everything
Nothing Would Surprise Me At This Point, Says Man Who Will Be Shocked By 8 Separate News Items Today
Trump Insists That Now, More Than Ever, Americans Must Stand Strong In Face Of Empathy
http://www.theonion.com/section/politics/
Uber founder tries to have his cake and eat it too.
Who knew that Travis Kalanik's collusion with the Trump administration was all about getting underpaid Uber drivers a seat at the table until they can be replaced by driverless cars? As per his Facebook page:
"We partner around the world optimistically in the belief that by speaking up and engaging we can make a difference. Our experience is that not doing so shortchanges cities and the people who live in them. This is why I agreed in early December to join President Trumps economic advisory group..."
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"I understand that many people internally and externally may not agree with that decision, and thats OK. It's the magic of living in America that people are free to disagree. But whatever your view please know that Ive always believed in principled confrontation and just change; and have never shied away (maybe to my detriment) from fighting for whats right."
My husband (retired FDNY) drives for Uber. There was 5X surge pricing for jobs to Kennedy Airport last night. Due to a somewhat spontaneous work action by NYC cabbies, no one would answer the calls.
https://www.facebook.com/traviskal/posts/1331814113506421
If Jill Stein misled you into donating for the recount that never took place,
contact your credit card company, dispute the charge, and have your donation refunded via a charge back.
Long Island village clerk retires early after he posts what he calls an "off-color joke"
Village Clerk retires early after Womens March post
Bob Barra wrote that pro-choice marchers probably should have been aborted
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"Village Clerk Bob Barra retired a day early on Thursday, after a public outcry in reaction to his Facebook post that the pro-choice marchers at Saturdays Womens March on Washington 'probably should have been aborted.'"
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"'He was asked to leave the building,' Deputy Village Clerk Bob Fumagalli said, declining to comment about the status of any retirement benefits Barra may be entitled to. His salary was $134,724 in 2016, and he has worked for the village since 2011. He was also paid $24,225 by Nassau County as a part-time golf course attendant, according to Newsday."
And it gets worse...
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/gop-linked-village-clerk-paid-33-5g-as-nassau-golf-attendant-1.7045438
Could Trump's tweets calling for voting fraud investigations provide the impetus - and cover -
that our side needs to start a serious query into whether or not the Russians/Republicans engaged in election fraud that helped put Trump into the White House?
Jeff Zeleny of CNN turned the claim right around on Trump by asking Spicer yesterday:
Zeleny not only questioned whether Trump is comfortable with his win, given his claims, but he also suggested that maybe he didnt win if thats the case.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/cnns-jeff-zeleny-asks-spicer-what-trumps-voter-fraud-claims-mean-for-democracy/
Inaccurate picture book biography on Trump removed from a Smithsonian shop
According to Bob Somerby of the Daily Howler (referencing Ian Shapiro of the Washington Post), the $50 book included the following claims:
On the birth certificate:
"Donald Trump took the fall for what should have been the fault of Hillary Clinton, whose campaign first propagated the misinformation about President Obama."
On the Russian hacking:
No proof it was the Russians, the book maintains, despite the intelligence community's assessment that the evidence against the Russians is overwhelming. "The Clinton campaign desperately claimed that Russia hacked the DNC and that Putin was trying to influence the American election. This was a strange maneuver on their part. ... Outside her most loyal supporters, the tactic flopped and most Americans were able to see through this blatant manipulation to distract them from the ugly truth."
On Trump's surprise victory on Nov. 8:
"Sweeping" and "decisive." Clinton only won the popular vote by 200,000 ballots, the book says.
The book was written by Brandon Christopher Hall, who (according to Shapiro who interviewed him) is a 25 year old Jill Stein voter from Atlanta.
http://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-trump-book-for-sale-at-the-national-history-museum-is-riddled-with-falsehoods/2017/01/20/adb72e24-de6d-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html?utm_term=.61ec15486b66
President Obama visited low level government bureau workers in his last week,
and shook everyone's hand. The photo op was captured by an official photographer, and everyone was sent a commemorative picture of their individual handshake.
A friend forwarded her daughter's photo. President Obama was waiting outdoors at the bottom of a grand flight of exterior stairs into the building, as the long line made its way down.
What a classy, thoughtful thing to do.
People participated in Women's Marches on all seven continents, including Antarctica.
It seems there was an expedition...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/21/womens-march-on-washington-antarctica/96882184/
Middle aged white guy at the Women's March mansplains the problem
to 500,000 women and their allies. This is about gender based double standards darlin', not about old guard versus new.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/we-have-to-take-over-the-democratic-party-michael-moore-at-the-womens-march/
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