May 5, 2017

A criminally inaccurate headline about Trumpcare on THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NYT

Question to the New York Times: how do the poor benefit at all from this?
https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/860496551059349504

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/860487841566142465

May 5, 2017

A special kind of stupid.

May 5, 2017

Ellen has the right answer for Lauer: Would you like Trump to come on the show?

ELLEN DEGENERES: "No...
He's against everything that I stand for."

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/860485885376307200

May 5, 2017

USA Fail

May 5, 2017

Trayvon Martin, Who Dreamt Of Being A Pilot, To Receive Honorary Aviation Degree

http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/crop_0_39_750_509,scalefit_720_noupscale/590b74b11400008b031a694d.jpeg?cache=oyl3qaem9o

Florida Memorial University, a historically black college, announced in a Facebook post Wednesday that the 17-year-old, who was gunned down by a neighborhood watchman in 2012, will receive a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical science with a concentration in flight education on May 13.

The degree will honor the “steps he took during his young life toward becoming a pilot.” His parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will accept the degree on his behalf.

The university’s president, Roslyn Clark, said that awarding the posthumous degree is important for the school and noted that Fulton is an alumna of the HBCU.

“Of special significance is awarding posthumously the Bachelor of Science Degree in Aviation to Trayvon Martin. Sybrina, our alum, epitomizes strength and dignity as she uplifts other victims of violence while effecting change for a more equal and just society,” Clark said in the press release.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trayvon-martin-honorary-pilot-degree_us_590b5163e4b0104c734c88ef?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000051

May 5, 2017

The Invitation Is In The Mail...

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May 5, 2017

The Buffalo News: What Rep Collins constituents are reading about him this morning

http://buffalonews.com/2017/05/04/collins-says-didnt-read-health-bill-proves/

May 5, 2017

Oh my, Rude Pundit: "It's like raping bunnies on Easter"

Rude Pundit sure is strident.

And they did it on the National Day of Prayer. It's like raping bunnies
on Easter; it's like if on Easter morning, a group of pasty white
Republicans grabbed cute, fluffy rabbits and raped the shit out of them.
Just raped them until they were dead and used the limp bunny bodies to
wipe off their dicks before tossing them aside. "Christ is risen,"
they'd announce. "We just fucked bunnies to death." Although, if one of the rabbit rapists didn't have insurance and then
went for treatment later for PTSD because the bunnies won't stop
screaming, the bunnies won't stop screaming, well, under the American
Health Care Act, that wouldn't necessarily be covered by insurance.

Yeah, see, it's a pre-existing condition.

the rest:
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-quorum-of-motherfuckers-observations.html

May 5, 2017

REVEALED: Mike Flynns assistant ran secret social media operation & results were reported to Bannon

A friend and associate of Ret. Lt. Gen Michael Flynn worked on two major projects for the former national security advisor and one of them might result in him being called into testifying at a hearing.

According to a Washington Post investigative report, Jon Iadonisi used one of his companies to help Flynn with an investigation on behalf of a Turkish government ally. At the same time, Iadonisi was doing work for the Trump campaign. According to a source familiar with the arrangement, he was tasked with managing a key social media project.

Trump’s FEC reports reveal he paid $200,000 on Dec. 5 to Colt Ventures, a Dallas venture-capital firm that listed Iadonisi’s company VizSense as a client after The Post called to inquire. Colt Ventures was founded by Darren Blanton, who met frequently with Steve Bannon while Bannon was working for the Trump campaign. However, a White House official claimed that Bannon is “not aware of any of these companies or contracts.” Yet, a person familiar with the matter said that Colt Ventures personally provided Bannon with a report that detailed the work they’d done for the campaign.

Trump campaign ED Michael Glassner said that Colt Ventures was paid for a social media project that involved “millennial engagement” through video content in the final month of the campaign. However, the payment went to the venture capital firm and not to VizSense for the digital work. Also, VizSense isn’t located in Dallas where Cold Ventures is, They office out of an Alexandria, VA office suite that was once shared by the Flynn Intel Group.

It’s typical for political consultants and vendors to hire people to manage specific projects, but it is illegal for a campaign to avoid disclosure by paying a company that has nothing to do with the recipient of the cash, the FEC’s former general counsel and head of enforcement told The Post.


MORE:
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/revealed-mike-flynns-assistant-ran-secret-social-media-operation-and-results-were-reported-to-bannon/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-mystery-behind-a-flynn-associates-quiet-work-for-the-trump-campaign/2017/05/04/fc86980e-3044-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-more-top-stories_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.56bc686a654f

May 5, 2017

NYC to TRUMP: "He's not welcomed in the city"

https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/860298255430807552