January 23, 2019

Around the globe, Trump's style is inspiring imitators and unleashing dark impulses

“While the global decline in freedom didn’t begin with Donald Trump’s presidency, I do think he has been an accelerant,” said Uzra Zeya, a State Department veteran who resigned last spring following a 25-year career that culminated as the nation’s top Foreign Service officer in Paris.


Viktor Orban, Hungary’s increasingly autocratic leader, said Trump represents “permission” from “the highest position in the world.”

When the Nigerian army opened fire on rock-throwing demonstrators last fall, killing as many as 40 people, it defended itself by citing Trump’s threats to do the same at the Mexican border.

When the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia criticized ruler Hun Sen for cracking down on the opposition and the media, the authoritarian leader pointed out that Trump had his back — not the diplomats’. “Your policy has been changed, but the embassy in Phnom Penh has not changed it yet,” he said, appealing to Trump to rein his embassy in.

And when members of the U.N. Security Council visited Myanmar’s commander in chief in late April to demand explanations for the expulsion of more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims, he used the phrase “fake news” — the only words he spoke in English — no less than a dozen times, according to people present.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/around-the-globe-trumps-style-is-inspiring-imitators-and-unleashing-dark-impulses/2019/01/22/ebd15952-1366-11e9-ab79-30cd4f7926f2_story.html?utm_term=.2a9e860e1066

January 23, 2019

"Do you feel from this experience that you owe anybody an apology? "

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1087841570479632384


"Do you feel from this experience that you owe anybody an apology? Do you see your own fault in any way?”




If Sandmann's PR team told him never to apologize , it was bad advice. He comes off creepy.

January 22, 2019

School officials: CovCath closed until police say to reopen, investigation to begin this week

COVINGTON, Ky. —
The Diocese of Covington and Covington Catholic High School officials provided an updated statement Tuesday regarding the recent controversy surrounding videos showing Covington Catholic students in an encounter with Native Americans at a rally near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Officials said Covington Police alerted them Monday, telling them they had been made aware of a planned protest at Covington Catholic High School and a vigil at the Diocesan Curia.

Officials said due to threats of violence and the possibility of large crowds Tuesday, the Diocese was advised to close Covington Catholic High School, the Diocesan Curia and neighboring Covington Latin School.


Diocese of Covington and Covington Catholic High School officials said a third-party investigation is planned to start this week into the incident and videos involving Covington Catholic students, Nathan Phillips and Hebrew Israelites.

https://www.wlwt.com/article/school-officials-covcath-closed-until-police-say-to-reopen-investigation-to-begin-this-week/25994392?utm_campaign=WLWT&utm_content=5c475d0c944d240001ac30c8&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)

January 22, 2019

Savannah Guthrie's interviewing Nick Sandmann on the Today Show

https://twitter.com/SavannahGuthrie/status/1087786191531974656


Sitting down with Nicholas Sandmann - the student at the center of the protest controversy at the Lincoln Memorial. Airs tomorrow on @TODAYshow

The media's turning this smirking kid into an icon or something.

January 21, 2019

Statement from Nick Sandmann the teenager who was in Nathan Phillip's face

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1087137470670663680

Just in: Statement of Nick Sandmann, Covington Catholic High School junior, about the event at the Lincoln Memorial:

January 19, 2019

Updated statement from Buzzfeed

https://twitter.com/grynbaum/status/1086705597855264768

Updated statement from @BuzzFeedNews:
“As we’ve re-confirmed our reporting, we’ve seen no indication that any specific aspect of our story is inaccurate. We remain confident in what we’ve reported, and will share more as we are able.” --Matt Mittenthal, spokesperson.

January 19, 2019

UPDATE: A spokesperson for the special counsel is disputing BuzzFeed News' report.

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/1086419880025284608

UPDATE: A spokesperson for the special counsel is disputing BuzzFeed News’ report. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/trump-russia-cohen-moscow-tower-mueller-investigation?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc …

January 19, 2019

Advisers to former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz are looking at him running as an independent

Advisers to former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz have been exploring the possibility of launching an independent bid for the White House in 2020, according to two people who have been informed of the discussions.

The entry of a high-profile billionaire Democrat outside the traditional party structure would add an unpredictable dynamic to the increasingly sprawling campaign to deny President Trump a second term.

Trump’s opponents, including many Democratic strategists, have expressed concerns that a serious three-way race in November would divide the Democratic vote in a way that helps Trump win reelection, either directly by denying Democrats states they would otherwise have won or by shifting the ultimate decision to the U.S. House.



Schultz, who has a net worth of about $3.3 billion and describes himself as a “lifelong Democrat,” has not said publicly whether he will mount a presidential campaign and has kept open the option of running as a Democrat. He will begin a national book tour Jan. 28 for a memoir that describes his personal journey “to reimagine the promise of America.”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/advisers-to-former-starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz-are-looking-at-him-running-as-an-independent-for-president-in-2020/2019/01/18/3e32aa72-1b5d-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html?utm_term=.e246c53cff9c




Why would this lifelong Democrat try to fuck us over? Hopefully, he won't do this.

January 17, 2019

Katy Tur just said Pelosi was supposed to leave at 3:30 this afternoon on her trip

Then she asked a Congressman if it was true and he said he didn't know.

January 15, 2019

Both of our countries are complete trash fires right now

thanks to our respective conservative parties.


https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1085280744149118976


Despite our many disputes and differences over the years it’s good for close friends, England and America, to look across the great ocean at each other and remember the fundamental things that bind us:

We are both complete trash fires right now