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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:29:14 GMT
Just so that we can get the picture hung straight, since of course Trump (and James Woods) won't!: The government cannot regulate free speech under the First Amendment--not even the hate speech of those "very fine people" that killed Heather Heyer in Charlottesville. But Facebook, Twitter, and other social media outlets are not part of the government, however much those on both the Right and the Left might want to believe otherwise. They are private companies. They have rules and regulations. And they can kick anyone off their sites at any time if those people violate those rules. Are we straight on this now??
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:30:03 GMT
Just so that we can get the picture hung straight, since of course Trump (and James Woods) won't!: The government cannot regulate free speech under the First Amendment--not even the hate speech of those "very fine people" that killed Heather Heyer in Charlottesville. But Facebook, Twitter, and other social media outlets are not part of the government, however much those on both the Right and the Left might want to believe otherwise. They are private companies. They have rules and regulations. And they can kick anyone off their sites at any time if those people violate those rules. Are we straight on this now?? It is the Dunning Kruger Effect with entitlement options Erik. It is part of that conservative victim narrative being pushed 24/7 on every right wing noise media outlet. Not only are they too stupid to know they are stupid, they are too racist to know they are racist. The mythical liberal media is keeping them down. Government bad. Must deregulate.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:31:01 GMT
This proves our current government is run by Deplorables. Period, end of story (as Erik would say). I am sure the judge who stopped this was not a Trumplorable.AG Barr Makes Clear Decision On Release Of Coast Guard Officer | Morning Joe | MSNBCMSNBC Published on Apr 26, 2019 Christopher Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of being a domestic terrorist, is entitled to be released from custody before his trial on firearms and drug charges, according to reports. According to prosecutors, Hasson appeared to be planning attacks inspired by Norwegian extremist Anders Brevik and had a hit list of targets.Judge Blocks Release of Coast Guard Officer Called TerroristA federal judge in Maryland is blocking the release of a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling combat gear and compiling a hit list of prominent Democrats and TV journalists. By Associated Press, Wire Service Content May 13, 2019, at 4:58 p.m. www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2019-05-13/judge-to-weigh-freeing-coast-guard-officer-called-terrorist
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Maryland U.S. District Attorney’s Office shows firearms and ammunition confiscated from Coast Guard officer Christopher Paul Hasson, accused of stockpiling guns and compiling a hit list of prominent Democrats and network TV journalists. Hasson, who was arrested on Feb. 15, 2019, sought release from federal custody, but a federal judge in Maryland blocked his release on Monday, May 13, 2019. (Maryland U.S. District Attorney’s Office via AP, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland on Monday blocked the release of a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling combat gear and compiling a hit list of prominent Democrats and TV journalists.
U.S. District Judge George Hazel agreed to revoke a magistrate's order to free 50-year-old Christopher Hasson from custody while he awaits trial on firearms and drug charges. Prosecutors had appealed and asked Hazel to review the magistrate's order.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles Day decided last Tuesday that Hasson could be released from custody and supervised by relatives in Virginia. But Day didn't order Hasson's immediate release. Instead, he gave prosecutors time to appeal.
Hazel said "reasonable judges can disagree" in a case like this. And in this instance, Hazel said he can't leave it to Hasson's relatives to serve as his custodians and ensure the public's safety.
"So I will put that job in the hands of the U.S. Marshals (Service)," the judge added.
Prosecutors have called Hasson a domestic terrorist intent on carrying out a killing spree, but they haven't filed any terrorism-related charges against him since his Feb. 15 arrest.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Windom said the government has no doubt that Hasson's arrest prevented bloodshed.
"Nothing is more serious than murder. And, plain and simple, that's what the defendant was going to do," Windom told Hazel.
Hasson can appeal Hazel's decision. His attorney, assistant public defender Liz Oyer, declined to comment after the hearing.
Day's order called for releasing Hasson to the custody of in-laws at a home in Virginia, with 24-hour monitoring by global positioning system equipment. His wife moved out of their Silver Spring, Maryland, apartment after his arrest and has been staying with her mother in Virginia.
Hasson has pleaded not guilty to charges of unlawful possession of firearm silencers, possession of firearm by unlawful user or addict of a controlled substance, and illegal possession of tramadol, an opioid painkiller.
Oyer has said prosecutors haven't filed terrorism-related charges against Hasson because they haven't found any evidence to back up those allegations. She accused prosecutors of seeking to punish Hasson for "private thoughts" that he never shared.
"They're asking the court to go with a gut feeling," she told Hazel.
But prosecutors believe Hasson planned to act on his thoughts, just as other far-right extremists wrote manifestos before killing 77 people in a 2011 bomb-and-shooting rampage in Norway and launching a deadly attack on New Zealand mosques in March.
"This is a case study in the adage, 'When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.' Through years of research and purchases, the defendant made plain his intentions, though he kept them quiet so as not to attract attention," Windom wrote in a court filing Friday.
Hazel said prosecutors presented credible evidence that Hasson took "concrete steps" to fulfill a desire to commit violent acts. The judge also noted that prosecutors said they couldn't account for two weapons that Hasson owned.
"That's something that concerns the court," Hazel said.
Hasson is a self-described white nationalist who espoused extremist views for years and "intends to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country," Windom wrote in a previous court filing. Hasson also drafted an email in which he said he was "dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on earth," Windom said.
Prosecutors have said Hasson created what appeared to be a computer-spreadsheet hit list that included Democratic presidential hopefuls Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. Also mentioned were MSNBC's Chris Hayes and Joe Scarborough and CNN's Chris Cuomo and Van Jones.
Hasson also targeted two Supreme Court justices and two social media company executives and searched online for their home addresses in March 2018, within minutes of searching firearm sales websites, according to prosecutors.
Investigators found 15 guns, including seven rifles, and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition at Hasson's basement apartment. He researched how to make homemade bombs and mortars, studied sniper training and used his government computer to search for information about Nazis and Adolf Hitler, prosecutors said.
Hasson, a former Marine, worked at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington on a program to acquire advanced new cutters for the agency. He has 30 years of military service and no criminal record, according to Oyer.
"He has not a blemish on his record prior to this," she said.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:35:26 GMT
Deplorable Ben Shapiro GETS OWNED GOES SNOWFLAKE by Andrew Neil of BBC. A right-wing Brat got burnt by a right-wing Brit.
If you CAN'T run with the BIG DOGS stay on the porch!!!
Ben Shapiro Angrily Leaves In Middle Of BBC Interview
TRIGGERED! Ben Shapiro Is A Snowflake! (DEC 24, 2017)
Amazing Atheist Published on Dec 24, 2017
Let's talk about Ben Shapiro, getting destroyed, and something important....
Beau of the Fifth Column Published on May 10, 2019
Ben Shapiro Runs From BBC Interview After Being Embarrassed By A Conservative
The Rational National Published on May 10, 2019
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:43:22 GMT
While the right to hate is aok according to the Supreme Court as free speech they need to remember that if they do so they have to live with the consequences.Charlottesville Unite the Right organiser chased away by angry crowds in Charlottesville
Fear of Jews
Charlottesville: Faces of Hate (feat: Richard Spencer)
UPDATE
Charlottesville: One Year Later | NBC News
The Alt-Right Is In Shambles One Year After Charlottesville (HBO)
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:44:12 GMT
Hate makes a comeback in the Pacific NorthwestAssociated Press Nicholas k. Geranios, Associated Press Associated PressMay 26, 2019 In this May 22, 2001, file photo, Norm Gissel smiles as he talks about the imminent dismantling of the former headquarters of the Aryan Nations in Hayden Lake, Idaho. Behind Gisel is a Nazi insignia painted atop the roof of the compound's cafeteria. Nearly two decades after the Aryan Nations compound was demolished in Idaho, far-right extremists are maintaining a presence in the Pacific Northwest. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Nearly two decades after the Aryan Nations' Idaho compound was demolished, far-right extremists are maintaining a presence in the Pacific Northwest.
White nationalism has been on the rise across the U.S., but it has particular resonance along the Idaho-Washington border, where the Aryans espoused hate and violence for years.
The neo-Nazi group was based near Hayden Lake, Idaho, starting in the 1970s, and eventually was bankrupted in a lawsuit brought by local activists and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Its compound was seized, and supporters dispersed.
But a series of incidents in recent weeks show far-right sentiments never really left the conservative region. In the county that is home to Hayden Lake, for instance, Republicans last month passed a measure expressing support for U.S. entry of a prominent Austrian far-right activist who was investigated for ties to the suspected New Zealand mosque gunman.
Related Video: Hate Groups Using Technology to Recruit Minors In 2018, at least nine hate groups operated in the region of Spokane and northern Idaho, including Identity Evropa, Proud Boys, ACT for America and America's Promise Ministries, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The center does not track how many members belong to each group.
Keegan Hankes, a researcher for the Southern Poverty Law Center, said the number of hate groups is growing across the U.S., driven in part by a toxic political culture. The human rights group counted 784 active hate groups in the U.S. in 2014 and 1,020 in 2018.
In particular, white supremacist groups are growing because of fears that the country's racial makeup is changing. "That drives a ton of anxiety," Hankes said.
These new far-right activists are more scattered than the ones who used to gather at the Aryan Nations by the dozens, experts say.
"It is no longer necessary to go to a compound in Hayden Lake, Idaho," said Kristine Hoover, director of the Gonzaga Institute for Hate Studies in Spokane.
With the proliferation of social media, groups "form in dispersed locations" and gatherings are "more covert," she said.
In late April, a self-described "American Nationalist" named Brittany Pettibone appeared at a meeting of Kootenai County, Idaho, Republicans to ask for help to bring her boyfriend, Martin Sellner, to the country from Austria. Pettibone, 26, said Sellner wants to marry her and live in Post Falls, Idaho.
Pettibone was a big promoter of the hoax known as "Pizzagate," telling her online followers Hillary Clinton and other high-profile Democrats were involved in satanic rituals and child sex trafficking tied to a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant.
Sellner is a leading figure in the extremist "identitarian" movement, which espouses a white nationalist ideology and has swept over Europe amid an influx of migrants and refugees. He has confirmed he exchanged emails with the suspected New Zealand shooter, who donated money to Sellner's group. But Sellner denies involvement in the attack.
Despite his background, the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee passed a resolution urging the federal government to allow Sellner into the United States. The resolution said the government revoked Sellner's travel privileges "for political reasons," and demanded those privileges be reinstated.
Faced with criticism for giving Pettibone a platform, Kootenai County GOP Chair Brent Regan blamed the press. "In its lust for scandal, the media has stretched the committee's simple act of kindness into headlines that are too bizarre to be fiction," he wrote in a recent op-ed.
Also last month, The Guardian published internet chats from 2017 in which a Washington state legislator and three other men discussed confronting "leftists" with a variety of tactics, including violence, surveillance and intimidation.
The messages prompted Washington House Democrats to demand that the Republican lawmaker, Rep. Matt Shea of Spokane Valley, be reprimanded for a history of far-right speech and activities. While Shea did not propose violence, he did not speak up when violence was proposed, Democrats said.
House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox of Yelm responded that Shea should not be punished before investigations are completed. The House, led by Democrats, will conduct an independent investigation of the lawmaker.
Shea, who rarely speaks to reporters, did not return numerous messages from The Associated Press.
He has served in the state House since 2008, introducing bills to criminalize abortion and roll back gun laws and pushing for eastern Washington to secede from the rest of the state. The military veteran attracted international attention in 2018 after a document he wrote laid out a "biblical basis for war" against people who practiced same-sex marriage and abortion, and instructed: "If they do not yield, kill all males."
In a third case, a nationwide arrest warrant was issued in May for a Stevens County, Washington, man who allegedly tried to extort members of his right-wing militia group through anonymous written threats backed by insinuations they came from a Mexican drug cartel.
James "Russell" Bolton, 51, faces at least six charges of extortion and attempted theft after he was arrested recently in West Virginia.
Bolton has led a militia group called the Stevens County Assembly.
Stevens County detectives believe he was responsible for a series of anonymous threatening letters delivered to members of the group. The letters purported to come from a Mexican cartel and demanded large sums of cash in exchange for protection.
Hoover, the Gonzaga professor, said it is a mistake to consider all of the above as separate incidents.
"These are movements," Hoover said, noting participants are not doing this alone. "They have interconnectedness over the internet."
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:45:15 GMT
A representative for the Deplorables doing the right thing. Now, if we can get the anti Deplorable leadership to impeach which is also the right thing whether or not it is upheld in the Senate. BUT, only impeach in the House if there are ENOUGH votes to pass it.Republican Justin Amash Continues Call for Trump Impeachment at Town HallTicToc by Bloomberg Published on May 29, 2019 The only Republican in Congress to accuse President Donald Trump of impeachable conduct faced voters in his Michigan district Tuesday, receiving standing ovations from many who saluted his “courage” while sparring with some former supporters who faulted him for embracing a Democratic “smear attack” against Trump.
Over two hours, fifth-term Rep. Justin Amash fielded more than two-dozen questions from an estimated crowd of 900 that packed a high school auditorium in Grand Rapids. He said those who read special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Trump’s conduct during and after the 2016 presidential election will be “appalled,” and said Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to hold the majority rather than uphold the law.
The only Republican in Congress to accuse President Donald Trump of impeachable conduct faced voters in his Michigan district Tuesday, receiving standing ovations from many who saluted his “courage” while sparring with some former supporters who faulted him for embracing a Democratic “smear attack” against Trump.
Over two hours, fifth-term Rep. Justin Amash fielded more than two-dozen questions from an estimated crowd of 900 that packed a high school auditorium in Grand Rapids. He said those who read special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Trump’s conduct during and after the 2016 presidential election will be “appalled,” and said Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to hold the majority rather than uphold the law.Republican Justin Amash clashes with Trump supporters over impeachment at heated town hall eventThe Independent Harry Cockburn,The Independent Wed, May 29 1:26 AM MST
Republican Justin Amash clashes with Trump supporters over impeachment at heated town hall event The Independent Harry Cockburn,The Independent Wed, May 29 1:26 AM MST www.yahoo.com/news/republican-justin-amash-clashes-trump-082617498.html
Justin Amash has become the first Republican congressman to call for the impeachment of President Trump, but many right-wing voters in his constituency are angry.
Mr Amash has cited volume II of the Mueller report, which outlines 10 instances in which Mr Trump attempted to interfere with the investigation, as the reason for his calls for impeachment.
“I am confident if you read volume II, you will be appalled at much of the conduct,” Mr Amash said during a town hall meeting at Grand Rapids in his home state of Michigan.
“I was appalled by it… And we can’t let conduct like that go unchecked.”
Mr Amash has also accused the Attorney General William Barr of misrepresenting the facts in the Mueller report “to help build the president’s false narrative that the investigation was unjustified”.
Many voters in Michigan have applauded Mr Amash’s stance, with some giving him a standing ovation, but others are dismayed the Republican candidate they voted for is not backing the president.
There were numerous heated exchanges during the meeting, with some people accusing Mr Amash of “grandstanding”, of carrying out a “smear attack” and seeking to build his political career on the issue.
One woman, wearing a Make America Great Again hat, asked Mr Amash: “How can you become a Democrat when we voted for you as a Republican?”
She also said she believed Democrats were “trying to take over the country through a silent coup”.
In response, Mr Amash listed his conservative credentials, and also expressed his concern that partisanship had become a stronger force than Congressional independence. He said he fears in the US “we’ve gotten to the point that impeachment will never be used”.
As a result of his calls for impeachment, Mr Amash has been denounced by the Republican Party, and faces two Republican primary challenges – one opposing candidate has raised over $60,000 (£47,500) in eight days.
Mr Amash was first elected to Congress in 2010 among a wave of Tea Party candidates. He has maintained a strong fiscally conservative agenda and has refused to back government spending on healthcare.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:46:13 GMT
Politics The USS John McCain Debacle Shows the Whole Country Has to Cater to President* SnowflakeEsquire Charles P. Pierce,Esquire Thu, May 30 6:08 AM MST www.yahoo.com/entertainment/uss-john-mccain-debacle-shows-130800485.html
From Esquire
By now, most people know that we presently are governed by a petulant child and his many indulgent nannies. By now, most people are aware that we are at the mercy of his angry wakings and dark whimsy. Well, a lot of people are, anyway. But the last few days have been so far over the top that The Top looks like the Eiffel Tower as seen from the Kuiper Belt.
For example, it has been said by people groping thirstily for any drop of hope that the least troublesome, least crooked, and most inoffensive member of the staff of Camp Runamuck is Rick Perry, the Secretary of Energy. That was a nice thought while it lasted. From the BBC:
The US Department of Energy said the expansion of a Texas facility meant more "molecules of US freedom" could be produced and exported worldwide. The facility, based in Quintana, produces liquified natural gas (LNG). "Increasing export capacity from the Freeport LNG project is critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world by giving America's allies a diverse and affordable source of clean energy," Mark Menezes, the US undersecretary of energy, said.
The Beeb helpfully reminds us of the days when the Republicans in the House renamed the fried potatoes in the cafeteria "freedom fries" because the French had declined to follow C-Plus Augustus into his pet quagmire in Iraq. It didn't start with Trump. He's just the end product, like freedom gas.
Meanwhile, the Navy is pushing back on a Wall Street Journal story that the president* is the snowiest and flakiest snowflake that ever flaked in the snow. From CNN:
"There were emails between lower-level officers, but once leadership heard about it, they said knock it off," a senior Navy official tells CNN. The White House Military Office provides military support for White House functions, including food service, presidential transportation, medical support and emergency medical services and hospitality services...The Journal reported Wednesday that a tarp was put in place to cover the ship's name since it could not be moved due to repairs. Three Navy officials pushed back on this claim and told CNN there was no tarp covering the ship's name when Trump was there.
"We didn't do anything to obstruct the name of the ship. The Wall Street Journal piece refers to a photo of a tarp covering the ship, that photo was taken Friday, May 24, the tarp was removed the following day," a third US Navy official told CNN. The official said they had not seen the emails in question, but was adamant nothing had been done to obscure the ship. Photo credit: Getty Images
The Washington Post clarified that, yes, the White House wanted the ship to be disappeared-The Philadelphia Experiment!-so that the president* would not have a nutty, but that someone in the immediate chain of command noticed that this was bughouse crazy and scotched the plan.
A senior Navy official confirmed he was aware that someone at the White House sent a message to service officials in the Pacific requesting that the USS John McCain be kept out of the picture while the president was there. That led to photographs taken Friday of a tarp obscuring the McCain name, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. When senior Navy officials grasped what was happening, they directed Navy personnel who were present to stop, the senior official said. The tarp was removed on Saturday, before Trump’s visit, he added.
I am aware that keeping the president* from climbing the wall is the principal duty of every White House aide these days. I also understand the Navy's desire to, well, cover up any indication that it is kowtowing to the tantrums of its Commander in Chief. What causes me to be dubious about the Navy's attempt, however, is that the president* leapt onto the electric Twitter machine to deny it ever happened and then blew the whole thing off in a very suspicious fashion, misplaced capitalization and all.
"Not my problem and, besides, I got to preen myself among these very effective props who have to salute me and my bone spurs."
There are tens of millions of our fellow citizens who want four more years of this.Trump Uses Warship Scandal To Rip John McCain AgainHuffPost Andy Campbell,HuffPost Thu, May 30 7:52 AM MST www.yahoo.com/news/trump-uses-warship-scandal-to-rip-john-mccain-again-145252369.html
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:47:18 GMT
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:48:20 GMT
This rat has no problem with GOP fascism however.Alabama mayor defends Facebook post on ‘killing out’ LGBTQ people, socialists and ‘baby killers’Yahoo Lifestyle Paulina Cachero,Yahoo Lifestyle 18 hours ago www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/alabama-mayor-defends-facebook-post-on-killing-out-lgbtq-people-socialists-and-baby-killers-223150835.html
Mark Chambers was elected as mayor of Carbon Hill in 2014. (Credit: Carbon Hill City Website)
The mayor of a small Alabama town is defending a Facebook post lamenting LGBTQ individuals, socialists and “baby killers,” later commenting that “killing them out” was the only solution to save the country’s future. Now, residents and people online are calling for Mayor Mark Chambers to step down.
In a Facebook post (that has since been deleted), Carbon Hill, Ala. mayor Mark Chambers reportedly wrote, “We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us on human biology, baby killers lecture us on human rights and socialists lecture us on economics.”
According to reports from local news station WBRC, a Facebook friend commented on the post that he “hates to think of the country that my grandkids will live in,” adding that real change will “take a revolution.”
Hill then replied to his friends comment, writing, “The only way to change it would be to kill the problem out. I know it’s bad to say but without killing them out there’s no way to fix it.”
Chambers was elected as the mayor of Carbon Hill in 2014 with the hopes of making the town he grew up in “a better and safer place to work and live,” according to the Carbon Hill city website.
Yahoo Lifestyle attempted to reach Mayor Chambers and the Carbon Hill City Hall, however both phone numbers were either not accepting messages or had been disconnected.
Chambers initially denied writing the post to WBRC, insisting that it was somebody else’s post. The Alabama mayor later retracted his statement, saying that he intended for the post and the conversation to be a private, angered that his Facebook wasn’t meant for the public, despite the fact that his privacy settings were public. Chambers has since made his account private.
Chambers later defended the comments saying that they were taken out of context and that he didn’t mean to say anything about harming the LGBTQ community. “I never said anything about killing out gays or anything like that,” Chambers told WRBC. He told a reporter that he meant to say that “both sides” would be “killed out” in the event of a revolution.
“That’s in a revolution. That’s right! If it comes to a revolution in this country both sides of these people will be killed out," he said.
After the local news story aired, Chambers issued a public apology on his Facebook account, admitting that “I alone am responsible for the comment that was made.”
“Although I believe my comment was taken out of context and was not targeting the LGBTQ community, I know that it was wrong to say anyone should be killed,” Chambers wrote in a Facebook post, adding that he has worked hard to make the small town a better place its families.
“There are not enough words for me to express how much a regret posting that comment. I hope very much our Citizens and anyone that was hurt by this comment can accept my apology.”
However, people online say his apology isn’t enough— they want Chambers to resign from office. “It is my opinion that you are unfit to be an elected official, should resign and also seek help for issues that literally have you talking about murdering human beings,” one Facebook user commented on his apology post.
Meanwhile, other users called into question Chamber’s mental stability for showing “severe murderous and threatening thoughts,” particularly during a time when mental health and mass shootings are the source of heated national debate.
“With the mass shootings and domestic terrorism stuff going on we need to have mechanisms in place so people can get help or intervene on [people] who can't deal with reality and their fellow Americans/human beings,” one user commented.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:49:18 GMT
Among the Deplorables out there are, of course, those right-wing Suth'n televangelists who consider the philandering, wife-f***ing Donald Trump to be a Man of God, and who steal from their parishioners. Case in point, the Rev. Kenneth Copeland:
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:50:24 GMT
Mob Boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger Was a Trump Supporter, Prison Letters Show“Same media that attacks Trump would cover up for Bill Clinton,” the now deceased gangster wrote By PETER WADE
Photos of Whitey Bulger and Donald Trump Shutterstock, Uncredited/AP/Shutterstock
Prior to his death in October of 2018 notorious South Boston mob boss and FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger heaped praise on President Donald Trump in prison letters obtained by NBC News.
Bulger was impressed with Trump’s attacks on the media, writing in August 2018, “Trump is tough and fights back instead of bowing down to pressure — and caving in to press!” adding, “U.S. agrees with him press attacking and his reaction increases his popularity — He has my vote so far.”
Bulger was also a fan of Trump’s foreign policy, writing, “History may show Trump was the man of the hour.” He also said that the President’s tough talk made a difference with leaders abroad, “Feel China respects him and hesitant to try to bully him,” Bulger wrote. Bulger somehow concluded that Trump’s well-documented philandering was behind him while comparing him to former president Bill Clinton: “My bet is [Trump is] happy with present wife and settled down. No way would he wind up in Oval Office with a Monica Lewinsky — That was a scandal! Same media that attacks Trump would cover up for Bill Clinton.”
For obvious reasons, Bulger was not a fan of the FBI and lashed out at former FBI Director and special counsel Robert Mueller, writing, “Trump is experiencing what Mueller and company can orchestrate,” He added, “[Mueller] should observe biblical saying – ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.'”
Bulger was captured in 2011 and was found beaten to death in prison in October 2018.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:51:28 GMT
I guess we will be hearing about this nonstop on conservative media forever. Racists don't change their stripes that easily or quickly. It seemed to be for convenience. Like most conservatives he will now play his "victimhood" for all he can get and probably some conservative billionaire will finance his education. Kudos to Harvard.You've Got To Be Carefully TaughtHarvard rescinds offer to Parkland gun rights activist after racist messages surface online Dylan Stableford 53 minutes ago www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-rescinds-offer-to-parkland-kyle-kashuv-racist-slurs-191409135.html
Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland, Fla., shooting survivor turned gun rights activist and conservative pundit, was set to attend Harvard University next year.
But Kashuv announced on Twitter Monday that the school rescinded its acceptance offer after racist messages he exchanged with other students months before the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School surfaced online.
Kashuv posted letters he exchanged with Harvard officials beginning late last month, when the racist comments he made in a shared Google document and text messages were shared by fellow students and published by HuffPost. Kashuv repeatedly used the N-word and referred to black athletes at the school as “n***** jocks.” “We were 16-year-olds making idiotic comments, using callous and inflammatory language in an effort to be as extreme and shocking as possible,” Kashuv, now 18, tweeted on May 22. “I’m embarrassed by it, but I want to be clear that the comments I made are not indicative of who I am or who I have become in the years since.”
Three days later, William R. Fitzsimmons, Harvard’s dean of admissions and financial aid, sent Kashuv a letter asking him to explain himself. Kashuv responded with a lengthy letter of apology, saying he had matured since posting those messages and does not “recognize the person who wrote those things.”
“My intent was never to hurt anyone,” he wrote. “I also feel I am no longer the same person, especially in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting and all that has transpired since.”
He also informed the dean that he had attempted to begin a “dialogue” with the school’s office of diversity to “express my deepest apologies and remorse.”
Harvard informed Kashuv of its decision revoking his acceptance on June 3.
“After careful consideration the Committee voted to rescind your admission to Harvard College,” Fitzsimmons wrote. “We are sorry about the circumstances that have led us to withdraw your admission, and we wish you success in your future academic endeavors and beyond.”
Kashuv says he then requested an in-person meeting to “make my case face to face and work towards any possible path of reconciliation.”
Fitzsimmons declined the request.
Kashuv was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018, when 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at the South Florida school.
In the weeks and months following the massacre, Kashuv’s pro-gun positions put him at odds with Parkland student activists, like David Hogg and Jaclyn Corin, who organized March for Our Lives events protesting gun violence. (Both Hogg and Corin were accepted to Harvard and plan to attend in the fall.)
Kyle Kashuv addresses the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Indianapolis, Ind., in April. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) They also made Kashuv a star among conservatives, landing him spots on Fox News and a White House meeting with President Trump and first lady Melania Trump.
Kashuv said he had given up “huge scholarships” to go to Harvard, and that the deadline for accepting offers to other colleges had passed. He recently resigned from Turning Point USA, a nonprofit that promotes conservative values at high schools and colleges across the country.
“In the end, this isn’t about me, it’s about whether we live in a society in which forgiveness is possible or mistakes brand you as irredeemable, as Harvard has decided for me,” Kashuv, whose Twitter bio still lists Harvard, tweeted. “So what now? I’m figuring it out.”
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:52:35 GMT
I am not surprised. There are a lot of haters out there. I know this is no comparison to human lives but I do similar for animals dumped in desert areas by leaving food and water only to find upon my return the next day that my feeding stations were destroyed. I have even been stalked so I have taken to using the cover of darkness to avoid physical harm and conflict plus it is easier to hide. The Sonoran Desert sun is brutal and deadly. I do not understand why people try to make the trek during this time of year except they have no clue of the dangers involved. It is particularly sinful that law enforcement are the perps. It is all a part of our deplorable nation.
Caught on camera: Arizona Border Patrol Agents dumping water left at water stationsA photo of a Deplorable that trapped and dumped a cat in the desert. The man became aggressive towards the girl who took photo so she did not get the cat. Flyers were posted so maybe the owner of the cat will find out where their cat was taken and recognize this guy as a neighbor. Notice the license plate was bent up as if this guy had prior experience hiding his plate. Police said they could do nothing because the plate was hidden. That's a lame excuse to not pursue a felony charge. Wildlife predators are bad enough without human predators in the mix. We see this all the time. The same is done with dogs. These animals are often pets and cannot survive for very long especially in the hotter months. Lots of evil in this world.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2020 8:53:52 GMT
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