Rest IN POWER: The Trayvon Martin Story
Tonight at 9 p.m. on the Paramount Network
About Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
Helmed by executive producer Shawn Carter, Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story examines the life and legacy of Trayvon Martin. The six-part, unscripted documentary series looks at one of the most talked-about and controversial events of the last decade, including the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement that grew after Trayvon’s death.
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https://youtu.be/FDG1OBh7C1g
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https://twitter.com/oldladydem/status/1023984711818010624
Someone made a nice list of the Russia Meeting lies over at BJ, A good timeline:
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer stunned when Dem lawmaker predicts Mueller indictments for Trump Jr and Jared Kushner
Brad Reed BRAD REED
30 JUL 2018 AT 14:10 ET
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) on Monday stunned CNN host Wolf Blitzer when he confidently predicted that both Donald Trump Jr. and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner would soon be indicted for helping Russian agents during the 2016 presidential election.
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“I think they’re getting closer to knowing that the truth is going to come out that there was activities with the Trump campaign and Russia in releasing those hacks and guiding them to the states and the localities where they came from,” he said. “Some of that was Jared Kushner’s responsibilities, some of it was Donald [Trump] Jr. I think you’re probably going to see indictments of both of those people.”
Blitzer seemed taken aback by Cohen’s bold assertions and asked him if he had proof to back them up — but he declined to elaborate further.
“It’s a serious charge, Wolf, and time will show whether I’m correct or not,” he said. “But I believe I am correct… if it walks like a duck, if it swims like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. And you can see where it’s going.”
Maxine Waters slays Trump with most devastating rant yet: ‘We’ll find out about his schemes, his lying, his payoffs’
David Edwards
29 JUL 2018 AT 15:20 ET
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) vowed on Sunday that all of President Donald Trump’s secrets would be exposed before he left office
During an interview on MSNBC, host David Gura asked Waters to respond to Trump’s threat to shut down the government if he does not get funding to build a border wall.
“You know, this president is a bully and he will try to intimidate all of us,” Waters insisted. “He is not going to shut down anything. As a matter of fact, people will remember that he said he was going to build this wall and he was going to make Mexico pay for the wall. They said they weren’t going to pay for anything. Now he wants the American citizens to pay for this.”
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“When you couple that with the fact that his son has lied, he has lied about that meeting that took place at the tower, at the Trump Tower, all of that is going to help, you know, obscure the message that he is trying to bring on the economy,” Waters said. “This president is wreaking havoc on this country. And so while there is some improvement in the economy, we have all of this other mess that we have to take a look at and what is, you know, in the forefront of what is being talked about in the media.”
Marshall at TPM tries to make sense of Rudy and his lies:
Rudy: Take Two! I Meant to Say The Pre-Planning Meeting Did NOT Happen. pic.twitter.com/Zg87XYkwmG
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 30, 2018
Here’s part two of Rudy’s walk back. pic.twitter.com/1WCpSaccvQ
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 30, 2018
Here’s part 3 of Rudy’s walk back where Foxer basically says Rudes WTF are you talking about. pic.twitter.com/EgMpm8eiJd
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 30, 2018
Y’all look at this. Apparently, this is what a middle aged, unattractive, unaccomplished, less than mediocre GOP female politician thinks will give her a leg up on the likely Democratic nominee for the open AZ Senate seat, a woman who happens to be very attractive. And the primary isn’t until Aug 28, neither one has the nomination of their party.
Martha McSally is one nasty piece of work.
https://twitter.com/MarthaMcSally/status/1022929554359312384
Anyone think a drug kingpin defendant should get to pick his own Judge after determining who among his choices doesn’t think drug kingpins can be prosecuted? Trump can’t either. https://t.co/TX47KSwrWf
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 30, 2018
When these people noticed a mama duck freaking out, they realized all of her babies were trapped in a sewer. So they all worked together to reunite the family 💞🦆 pic.twitter.com/Jt3lFgw8Qg
— The Dodo (@dodo) July 28, 2018
I’ll say it again – Kelly Ain’t Shyt.
Trump’s daily agenda shaped by what he’s seen on television
07/30/18 12:30 PM
By Steve Benen
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Politico published an interesting report overnight on the rise and fall of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who was brought in to instill a sense of discipline in the president’s operation, but who gradually found himself marginalized by a boss who didn’t care for the constraints. The article included this unsurprising gem:
Jim Jordan, Team Player
He denies that his Ohio State colleagues knew about sexual abuse. The evidence says they did.
By WILLIAM SALETAN
You can’t accuse Jim Jordan of modesty. Last week, in defiance of the legal and political storm gathering around him, the Ohio congressman announced that he’s running for speaker of the House. Jordan and several other Republicans also filed articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Jordan says Rosenstein is covering up a conspiracy in the FBI and the Department of Justice to frame President Donald Trump for colluding with Russia. His accusation is fraudulent, and it’s richly ironic: Jordan—one of the most sanctimonious ideologues in Congress—is wading ever deeper into a cover-up of his own.
Jordan’s story centers on Ohio State University, where he worked as the assistant wrestling coach in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Former students say that during those years, OSU coaches and administrators ignored reports of sexual abuse and harassment by the wrestling team’s doctor and other faculty members. For weeks, Jordan has denied that he knew about inappropriate sexual behavior of any kind. That contradicts statements from former students who say he was directly informed. But now Jordan is going further. He’s denying not just that he knew about abuse, but also that other coaches or administrators did.
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Jordan concedes nothing. He brushes off his accusers as pawns in a political plot. The “lies” against him are “sequenced and choreographed” by “the left,” Jordan told Fox News, ignoring several accusers who have said they supported and contributed to his campaigns. In fact, Jordan takes pride in being targeted. “I view it as a compliment,” he told WMAL.
Maybe Jordan thinks he can brazen it out because Trump did. Trump, facing credible abuse accusations from multiple women, attacked them all as liars and got elected. But scorched-earth denials didn’t work for Roy Moore, Bill Cosby, or Harvey Weinstein. At Penn State and Michigan State, and in the Catholic Church, the wall of lies eventually collapsed. The wall will collapse at Ohio State, too. And Jordan will be under it.
https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1023973006824157184
If these Trumpaloons are willing to “gladly suffer” why are taxpayers bailing them out to the tune of $12B? They’re begging to display their loyalty to Trump, let’s let them do that all the way to the poor house and grave. https://t.co/VUMe8ox2ud
— meta (@metaquest) July 30,
Breaking via @TheTerminal:*MANAFORT EARNED MORE THAN $60 MILLION IN UKRAINE, MUELLER SAYS(First time Mueller has cited an overall figure)— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim) July 30, 2018
Despite recent progress, Republicans press Mueller to ‘wrap it up’
07/30/18 10:00 AM—UPDATED 07/30/18 10:11 AM
By Steve Benen
On NBC News’ “Meet the Press” yesterday, host Chuck Todd noted the dispute between Donald Trump and Michael Cohen, and asked Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) whether this is a potential area of scrutiny for the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Ohio Republican’s answer included a rather dramatic change of subject.
The wording echoed a sentiment from Vice President Mike Pence in May, when he said, . “In the interests of the country, I think it’s time to wrap it up.” A month later, House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) was a little more colorful on this point, sending a message to Mueller during a committee debate: “Whatever you got, finish it the hell up.”
None of these Republicans went into any detail explaining why, exactly, Special Counsel Robert Mueller ought to “wrap it up,” which is a shame because their appeals don’t appear to make a lot of sense.
Mnuchin eyes economic break for politically important Russian company
07/30/18 11:30 AM
By Steve Benen
Just three months ago, the Trump administration agreed to significant sanctions against Russia over its “malign activities,” and among those targeted was billionaire Oleg Deripaska and Rusal, the aluminum company he runs. Two weeks ago, however, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the administration may be willing to back off.
It wasn’t idle speculation. Late last week, as Reuters reported, Mnuchin went a little further, signaling plans to “remove the world’s second biggest aluminum producer from a U.S. sanctions list.”
The political context is a complicating factor – because if you watch The Rachel Maddow Show, you know Deripaska isn’t just some random figure in Russia.
On the contrary, as Mother Jones’ report noted, Deripaska, a close ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been “implicated in suspected coordination between Moscow and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.”
Former Congressman Ron Dellums has passed away.
RIP, and thank you so much for your service.
He was instrumental in getting the sanctions against apartheid South Africa put in place.
https://twitter.com/stonecold2050/status/1023361246286962689
A Change For Trayvon
Memorial Tribute. Protesting The Killing of Trayvon Martin
tee hee hee
BWA HA HA HA HAH A HAHA
TEE HEE HEE
BWA HA HA HA HA
Assange began to get in ‘hot water’ with Ecuador’s former President Rafael Correa, who gave him many warnings but let him remain in the nation’s London embassy. Lenin Moreno, the new president, doesn’t appear to have the patience for dealing with Assange that Correa had. Good for him! It’s well past the time that Ecuador kicked “Mr. Stinky” out of it’s U.K. embassy.
Something is seriously wrong with Giuliani.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1023936674475200512
Trump 2020? Lord, throw me a line. The thought is unbearable.
https://twitter.com/IndivisibleNet/status/1022991970610819072
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1023929637863337985
Word of the Day : July 30, 2018
Tempestuousplay
adjective tem-PESS-chuh-wus
Definition: of, relating to, or resembling a violent storm : turbulent, stormy
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/tempestuous-2018-07-30?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=t&file=tempes02&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wotd&utm_content=pron
Nothing but truth
I think the criticism of President Obama dancing with his wife is another example of the erasure of black joy. We can’t dance, barbeque, sell water, wait for someone etc. without white folks “snitching”. PBO worked until he was gray but he can’t live his life. https://t.co/SWlEkFAhVJ
— Loves2Read (@MarciaPoulson) July 30, 2018
Nobody cares about these MOFOs. they can roll up on us, but there will be consequences.
PBO & FLOTUS don’t owe these folks SHIT.
They wanted 45, they got hi. LIVE with the fuckery, lying, cheating, ignorant, deceitful, hateful, misogynistic, mobster.
The haters are desperate.
Kavanaugh ruled for Trump casino in 2012 unionization case
Source: The Hill
Jeff Sessions is hosting a politicized “Religious Liberty” Summit” at DOJ headquarters Monday that leans almost entirely on the Christian right. It’s backed by ADF (the gay wedding cake group) and one of DOJ officials speaking is Kerri Kupec, who used to be ADF spokesperson. pic.twitter.com/4KS9WSf6kM— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) July 27, 2018
“Historically Precipitous Decline.”
This is how @jaketapper just described Obama’s term… Obama who didnt lock children in cages or separate them from their parents. Who didn’t rape his wife or several other women, who didn’t pay several women for sex while with his 3rd wife.
— Sir James The Second… watch my shows on HUeMAN TV (@NotOnMyWatchTV) July 29, 2018
Funny how the economic anxiety argument has gone right? Proud to lose their savings and jobs under Trump. If they are proud to lose their $ under Trump, why would “free college” or “single payer” from Dems change their minds? Glad people see economic anxiety arg was a farce https://t.co/06yUtzXP9r
— Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) July 30, 2018
Putin’s Proxies: How Our Revolution and Justice Democrats Are Attempting to Destroy the Democratic Party
UH HUH
UH HUH
NEW: Giuliani just moved the goal posts in 2 big ways on Fox & CNN :1. He’s no longer claiming Trump didn’t collude with Russia. He’s claiming “collusion is not a crime.” 2. He’s not saying Trump did not know abt 2016 Russia mtg in advance. He’s saying Trump did not ATTEND it.— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) July 30, 2018
His bread isn’t done.
This is so true.
https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/1023695177511329792
Love,LOVE, the Obamas.
Short and sweet..LOL
National treasure Rita Moreno on #Roseanne: “We work in a strange business…. I don’t like her any way.” #TCA18
— Debra Birnbaum (@debrabirnbaum) July 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1023915973353660416
Determined corgi tries to get his lethargic friend to go on a walk https://t.co/EXP08NowPk pic.twitter.com/1y0wj3rgbQ
— Colin Campbell (@colincampbell) July 27, 2018
Uh huh 😒 😒
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Good Morning Everyone 😄😄😄
Good morning, rikyrah and Everyone.
I’ve got my DVR set to record the first episode of the Trayvon Martin story. I hope there’s new information, but of course we know what happened.
Good morning, Liza. Thank you for reminding me to set my DVR.
Good Morning, Beautiful PEEPS!