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riversedge's JournalWikiLeaks and Donald both tweeting about #RussiaHacking...
I think Donny is jealous. te he.
WikiLeaks Verified account
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The Obama admin/CIA is illegally funneling TOP SECRET//COMINT information to NBC for political reasons before PEOTUS even gets to read it.
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https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/817322050297745408
**LOTS OF TRUMPSTERS AND VILE RW'ERS RESPONDING!!
And....
Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump 15h15 hours ago
How did NBC get "an exclusive look into the top secret report he (Obama) was presented?" Who gave them this report and why? Politics!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/817164923843280896
In Break With Precedent, Obama Envoys Are Denied Extensions Past Inauguration Day
But Mrs. Donald can stay in #nyc with Barron while he finishes the school year! Whow.
In Break With Precedent, Obama Envoys Are Denied Extensions Past Inauguration Day
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/politics/trump-ambassadors.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISJAN. 5, 2017
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition staff has issued a blanket edict requiring politically appointed ambassadors to leave their overseas posts by Inauguration Day, according to several American diplomats familiar with the plan, breaking with decades of precedent by declining to provide even the briefest of grace periods.
The mandate — issued “without exceptions,” according to a terse State Department cable sent on Dec. 23, diplomats who saw it said — threatens to leave the United States without Senate-confirmed envoys for months in critical nations like Germany, Canada and Britain. In the past, administrations of both parties have often granted extensions on a case-by-case basis to allow a handful of ambassadors, particularly those with school-age children, to remain in place for weeks or months.
Mr. Trump, by contrast, has taken a hard line against leaving any of President Obama’s political appointees in place as he prepares to take office on Jan. 20 with a mission of dismantling many of his predecessor’s signature foreign and domestic policy achievements. “Political” ambassadors, many of them major donors who are nominated by virtue of close ties with the president, almost always leave at the end of his term; ambassadors who are career diplomats often remain in their posts.
A senior Trump transition official said there was no ill will in the move, describing it as a simple matter of ensuring that Mr. Obama’s overseas appointees leave the government on schedule, just as thousands of political aides at the White House and in federal agencies must do. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about internal deliberations, said the ambassadors should not be surprised about being held to a hard end date.
The directive has nonetheless upended the personal lives of many ambassadors, who are scrambling to secure living arrangements and acquire visas allowing them to remain in their countries so their children can remain in school, the diplomats said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly on the matter.
In Costa Rica, Ambassador Stafford Fitzgerald Haney is hunting for a house or an apartment as his family — which includes four school-age children and his wife, who has been battling breast cancer — struggles to figure out how to avoid a move back to the United States with five months left in the school year, according to the diplomats......................
U.S. intercepts capture senior Russian officials celebrating Trump win
Source: washington post
Senate hearing exposes differences between Trump and intelligence officials
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Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. on Jan. 5 told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Russia meddled in the U.S. election through hacking, propaganda and fake news. (Video: Bastien Inzaurralde/Photo: Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
By Adam Entous and Greg Miller January 5 at 6:05 PM
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.................Given the president-elect’s skepticism about the intelligence community — particularly its conclusions about Russia — the Trump Tower briefing has taken on the tenor of a showdown between the president-elect and the intelligence agencies he has disparaged.
[Top U.S. intelligence official testifies on Russian interference in election ]
“The Russians felt pretty good about what happened on Nov. 8 and they also felt pretty good about what they did,” a senior U.S. official said.
U.S. officials declined to say whether the intercepted communications were cited in the classified version of the report commissioned by Obama, and they emphasized that although the messages were seen as strong indicators of Moscow’s intent and clear preference for Trump, they were not regarded as conclusive evidence of Russian intelligence agencies’ efforts to achieve that outcome.
“There are a variety of different exhibits that make the case, different factors that have provided the intelligence community with high confidence” that Russia sought in part to help elect Trump, said a second senior U.S. official who has reviewed intelligence findings on Russia’s cyber operations. ......................................
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-intercepts-capture-senior-russian-officials-celebrating-trump-win/2017/01/05/d7099406-d355-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html?utm_term=.3ea2d2fb7888
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Raw Story ?@RawStory 1h1 hour ago
Russian officials congratulated themselves after Trump's election win: Washington Post http://ow.ly/ag9L307JA4i
House GOP rules change will make it easier to sell off federal land
I keep learning new horrible things that the House passed with their rules vote!!
House GOP rules change will make it easier to sell off federal land
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/03/house-gop-rules-change-would-make-it-easier-to-sell-off-federal-land/?utm_term=.0f01b8966463
By Juliet Eilperin January 3
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=
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Jonah Yellowman, a Navajo spiritual adviser, in Kane Gulch, near Blanding, Utah, on June 22. President Obama designated two new national monuments in Utah and Nevada on Dec. 28. The Bears Ears National Monument in Utah will cover 1.35 million acres of tribal land in the Four Corners region. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
House Republicans on Tuesday changed the way Congress calculates the cost of transferring federal lands to the states and other entities, a move that will make it easier for members of the new Congress to cede federal control of public lands.
The provision, included as part as a larger rules package the House approved by a vote of 233 to 190 during its first day in session, highlights the extent to which some congressional Republicans hope to change longstanding rules now that the GOP will control the executive and the legislative branches starting Jan. 20.
Many Republicans, including House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), have been pushing to hand over large areas of federal land to state and local authorities, on the grounds that they will be more responsive to the concerns of local residents.
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But many Democrats argue that these lands should be managed on behalf of all Americans, not just those living nearby, and warn that cash-strapped state and local officials might sell these parcels to developers...........................
Chuck Schumer Retweeted
Martin Heinrich ?@MartinHeinrich Jan 4
My statement on House Republican's rule change to make it easier to give away our public lands--for free. #KeepItPublic #OurWild 
Chuck Schumer ?@SenSchumer 5h5 hours ago
Chuck Schumer Retweeted Sally Jewell
I stand w/ Sec Jewell, hunters, hikers & all who believe the American ppl shouldnt have public lands sold out frm under them. #KeepitPublic
Chuck Schumer added,
Sally Jewell @SecretaryJewell
Public lands must remain public, not sold to the highest bidder - we think that’s dead wrong.SJ https://on.doi.gov/2hSnR52
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https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/817090137008013312
Chuck Schumer ?@SenSchumer 5h5 hours ago
Why House- & Interior nom Rep Zinke's- vote on public lands endangers our natl treasures & outdoor economy.
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Michael Moore:Urgent pls call @SenSchumer 202-224-6542/518-431-4070 & ask him to object invalid Elec
I do not think anything will be overturned but I do think this issue should be brought out in public tomorrow on the House floor.--so I am calling IMHO.
https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/817144411880587267
@MMFlint @SenSchumer From Politico story"...goal isn't to stop Trump's election but to highlight Russian interference".
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RogelioGarcia Lawyer ?@LawyerRogelio 4h4 hours ago
AT LEAST A SYMBOLIC CHALLENGE MUST BE MADE!! lawmakers considering challenge to Trump’s Electoral College victory http://politi.co/2ifFSbe
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Michael Moore Verified account ?@MMFlint 25m25 minutes ago
Urgent pls call @SenSchumer 202-224-6542/518-431-4070 & ask him to object invalid Electoral College votes tomorrow. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-electoral-victory-democratic-challenge-233224 …
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Michael Moore Verified account ?@MMFlint 29m29 minutes ago
(2/3) Here's the story: http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/least-50-trump-electors-were-illegitimately-seated-electoral-college-members …
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WaPo: "Two DC-area small businesses have filed liens on the Trump International Hotel, saying they h
Just a few tweets for your reading enjoyment
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WaPo: "Two DC-area small businesses have filed liens on the Trump International Hotel, saying they have not been compensated for their work"
3:36 PM - 5 Jan 2017
Garance Franke-Ruta ?@thegarance 40m40 minutes ago
The Cheapest Cocktail at the Trump Hotel in DC Is Now $24
https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/01/05/the-cheapest-cocktail-at-the-trump-hotel-is-now-24/
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The Cheapest Cocktail at the Trump Hotel Is Now $24
The lobby bar raises its prices yet again.
By Jessica Sidman on January 5, 2017
The $24 Romanesque Revival (bourbon, honey, mint, ginger) and $25 Please Sign Here (mezcal, Aperol, chartreuse, lime juice) are among the least expensive cocktails at the Trump hotel.
And you thought the $14 cocktail was too pricey? The Trump hotel’s lobby bar has raised its cocktail prices yet again. The cheapest option now is $24, while the most expensive is $100.
It’s safe to say the Trump hotel’s Benjamin Bar & Lounge is now the most expensive overall bar in all of Washington, and its price hikes are the hugest I’ve ever seen, especially in such a short period.
When the hotel opened on September 12, cocktail prices ranged from $16 to $20—not cheap, but not totally unheard of for a luxury hotel. Then in October, we noted those exact same cocktails had been jacked up to the $20 to $24 range. By that time, the bar had also introduced its $100 cocktail, a martini with three types of vodka, three oysters, and a tin of caviar. (Disturbingly, a bartender told me some people put the oysters in the martini.)
Now the prices of other drinks range from $24 to $29. The bar’s dry-aged burger costs $24....................
Who is the idiot blond on the panel discussion on Chuck todd show who said that in 6 months
people are not going to remember that Russia might have interfered with the election. ?? whow
GOP senator: Don't link Planned Parenthood to ObamaCare repeal
Source: The Hill
By Jordain Carney - 01/05/17 03:38 PM EST
Moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) is signaling she doesn't want congressional efforts to repeal ObamaCare tied to ending federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
"Obviously I'm not happy to hear that the Speaker wants to include defunding of Planned Parenthood, an extremely controversial issue, in the package," Collins told reporters on Thursday.
But she stopped short of saying the provision, if included, would force her to vote against the measure, pledging that she would "wait and see what happens."
Republicans are using reconciliation, a budget tactic that will require only 50 Senate votes instead of 60, to repeal ObamaCare. They have a 52-seat majority; no Democrat has said they will vote for repeal.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told reporters earlier Thursday that cutting off federal funding for the women's health organization would be included in the House's repeal measure.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/312907-gop-senator-dont-link-planned-parenthood-to-obamacare-repeal
In the article collins said there was some other republicans who did not want the defending in the Reconciliation bill. Bet they just vote for it anyway.
Trump claims inauguration singer's album sales are "skyrocketing," but they've actually dropped
Looks like she had a few weeks of increased sales--but now her 15 minutes of fame are dropping
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The Hill ?@thehill 3h3 hours ago
Trump claims inauguration singer's album sales are "skyrocketing," but they've actually dropped http://hill.cm/
Trump takes credit for boosting inauguration singer's album sales
By Rebecca Savransky - 01/04/17 02:53 PM EST
Trump takes credit for boosting inauguration singer's album sales
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President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to take credit for boosting the album sales of a singer set to perform at his inauguration.
"Jackie Evancho's album sales have skyrocketed after announcing her Inauguration performance," the president-elect tweeted. "Some people just don't understand the 'Movement.'"
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Breitbart News last week...................................................
TMZ reported last month that Evancho's album sales quadrupled, raising her "Someday at Christmas" album to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Classical Albums chart. Of Evancho's five previous albums, four of them also reached the top spot on the Billboard Classical chart, while the fifth peaked at No. 2.
On the Top 200 albums chart, Evancho's album is currently at No. 134, down 41 spots from the previous week. "Someday at Christmas" peaked at No. 93 on the Top 200, lower than the peak of her previous four albums.
Washington Post's Express uses male symbol for cover story on women's march
Source: The Hill
By Joe Concha - 01/05/17 11:36 AM EST
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The Express — the Post's free daily paper — has since sent out tweets acknowledging the error.
Reaction on social media was swift, however.
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Gloria Steinem is the honorary co-chair of the march, along with Harry Belafonte.
The event will include actresses Olivia Wilde and Jessica Chastain, and comedians Samantha Bee and Amy Schumer.
Read more: http://thehill.com/media/312836-washington-posts-express-uses-male-symbol-for-cover-story-on-womens-march
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