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August 20, 2016

Federal judge refers Arpaio for criminal contempt

source: AZCentral



" A federal judge said Friday that he will refer Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the U.S. Attorney’s Office to be charged with criminal contempt of court.

The decision comes after U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow found that Arpaio intentionally violated various orders rooted in an 8-year-old racial-profiling case.

Snow’s decision, announced in a federal court filing, answers the key question looming over what has been more than a year of contempt proceedings: Was the disregard of orders a criminal or civil contempt-of-court violation?
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more at: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/08/19/arpaio-criminal-contempt-decision/87587572/

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OK hotshot, you get to see what the other side of the courtroom feels like. Pretrial incarceration would be particularly appropriate!

August 19, 2016

Don the Con. Which pictured scene did you describe as a "vicious attack" at a political event?

And which one did you never utter one single fucking word about?

A.

OR

B.

August 17, 2016

This election represents nothing less than an opportunity for mainstream Americans...

to tell the RW whackos that they have no future in our country. Either assimilate or get the hell out (to say something that sounds familiar to them.) A good old-fashioned ass-whoopin' at the ballot box is in order!

August 17, 2016

Avoiding the kids' input, The Con cements his no-pivot direction with campaign shake-up

source: CNN

Trump campaign shakeup

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Notably, he made the decision without input from his adult children who were off traveling during the weekend, sources close to the campaign said.

Donald, Jr., Eric and Ivanka Trump have been influential advisers in the campaign and key mediators between Trump and Manafort, often also guiding their father to mollify his rhetoric and run a more conventional campaign.

Trump's call to Conway came the same day Trump also met with Ailes at the same golf club.
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Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/politics/trump-campaign-overhaul/index.html

August 17, 2016

Just saw NRA ant-Hillary ad and it is laughingly idiotic...

Complains that Hillary has had "armed guards" for 30 years. Uhhh- that is what the Secret Service DOES idiots! Says she is against citizens having firearms at home for home defense. FLAT OUT INTENTIONAL LIE.

August 17, 2016

Proof of treatment for the heel spur that kept him out of the draft...

and, sadly for him, prevented him from actually earning the Purple Heart he wanted so much.

Has anyone, at any time, ever seen even a hint of a limp from the morbidly obese golfer? Surely something happened to "cure" that heel spur.

August 16, 2016

Vojislav Seselj, head of Serbia's ultra-nationalist Radical Party, is backing Don the Con

source: AOLNews

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"Trump is the alternative to globalization. He will destroy old centers of power in the United States and he is a supporter of Russia," Vojislav Seselj, head of Serbia's ultra-nationalist Radical Party, said when asked why he was backing Trump.
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read more at: http://www.aol.com/article/2016/08/16/serbian-ultra-nationalists-chant-vote-for-trump-as-biden-visit/21452960/

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