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April 27, 2018
The Father of Fake News
April 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/989838996816744448
https://twitter.com/KimJYeop/status/989665527575363584
Korean and South Korean leaders today - North and South Korean leaders in 2000
People don't seem to recall history or that handshakes aren't peacehttps://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/989838996816744448
https://twitter.com/KimJYeop/status/989665527575363584
April 27, 2018
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/989712710475567105
Late Show obtains recordings of Fox&Friends inner monologues while they listened to Trump unravel
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/989712710475567105
April 27, 2018
The sheriff says hes following the law. The inmates say theyre 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.coms reporting, one local man found himself charged with a felony by Entrekins 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. Hes 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
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 hes following the law. The inmates say theyre 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.coms reporting, one local man found himself charged with a felony by Entrekins 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. Hes 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 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/MZanona/status/989573857752354816
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/04/26/speaker-ryan-forces-out-the-house-chaplain/23421413/
Here's the text of the prayer that some Dems think led to Chaplain Conroy's ouster:
https://twitter.com/MZanona/status/989573857752354816
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/04/26/speaker-ryan-forces-out-the-house-chaplain/23421413/
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
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
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
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 Trumps inauguration, including in strongly conservative areas where Republicans usually win elections easily, like Arizonas 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
Republicans lost support in EVERY special election since Trump became president.
Republicans Lost Support in Every SpecialElection 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 Trumps inauguration, including in strongly conservative areas where Republicans usually win elections easily, like Arizonas 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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