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April 27, 2018

The Father of Fake News

April 27, 2018

Lawman Keeps $750K In Inmate Food Funds, Buys Beach Home, Blames Media

Great resume? Perhaps, Trump should consider him for a cabinet position?




The sheriff says he’s following the law. The inmates say they’re going hungry.

According to a string of reports from AL.com, Sheriff Todd Entrekin of Etowah County, Alabama, has pocketed over three quarters of a million dollars intended for inmates’ meals, buying himself an expensive beach house, among other items, while leaving detainees eating rotten or contaminated food. Not long after acting as a source for AL.com’s reporting, one local man found himself charged with a felony by Entrekin’s office.

Entrekin has been taking advantage of a state law, passed before World War II, that allows sheriffs to keep for themselves any excess taxpayer dollars intended to feed inmates in their jails. He’s one of 49 Alabama sheriffs named in a lawsuit filed in January by human rights groups alleging abuse of the law. The groups say that because Alabama sheriffs have complete discretion over what inmates eat, the law incentivizes sheriffs to cut costs on food.

In response, Entrekin, who is running for reelection this year, has come out swinging, calling the claims “fake news” churned out by the “liberal media.”




MORE:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/todd-entrekin-blames-liberal-media-alabama-sheriffs-pocket-inmate-food-funds
April 26, 2018

Teachers ROCK!

LOOK: A stunning image of just how many teachers are marching to the Arizona State Capitol.




https://twitter.com/Matt_Fox10/status/989573183333318656

April 26, 2018

I thought you didn't know Stormy?


President Trump says Michael Cohen only handed a "tiny, tiny little fraction," of his legal deals.

"He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal, and .. from what I see, he did absolutely nothing wrong."



https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/989485819214942208
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/989480981668167681
April 25, 2018

Republicans lost support in EVERY special election since Trump became president.

Republicans Lost Support in Every Special
Election Since Trump Became President

By ALEXANDER BURNS and DENISE LU APRIL 25, 2018

Democratic energy has been on vivid display in a series of special elections since President Trump’s inauguration, including in strongly conservative areas where Republicans usually win elections easily, like Arizona’s Eighth District.

Republicans have fared far worse in recent special
congressional elections compared with previous elections.

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/989001502554550272/2VTtfAgP?format=jpg&name=600x314


https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/25/us/politics/special-election-results-shift-democratic.html
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/989128232577335298

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