September 7, 2018

Johnny Bobbitt will get his full $400,000, GoFundMe says

Source: Philly.com

Johnny Bobbitt Jr. will get his $400,000.

GoFundMe and Cozen O'Connor, the Philadelphia law firm representing Bobbitt, announced Thursday evening in a joint statement that he will receive an amount equal to the balance of the funds he did not get from the online fund-raiser set up for him in November. The campaign was established to aid the homeless man whose story of helping a stranded motorist in Philadelphia inspired thousands of people to contribute.

What happened to the actual donations is now under a criminal investigation made public in dramatic fashion Thursday when police executed a search warrant at the Burlington County home of Kate McClure and Mark D'Amico. They launched the online plea for Bobbitt, a 35-year-old North Carolina native living under an I-95 ramp, who spent his last $20 to help McClure when she ran out of gas in Kensington late one night last fall.

"Johnny will be made whole, and we're committing that he'll get the balance of the funds that he has not yet received or benefited from. GoFundMe's goal has always been to ensure Johnny gets [the] support he deserves," said the statement, which was sent to reporters by Bobby Whithorne, director of North America communications for GoFundMe.



Read more: http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/johnny-bobbitt-jr-gofundme-money-kate-mcclure-mark-damico-20180906.html

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Police raid South Jersey home of couple accused of stealing GoFundMe money from homeless Johnny Bobbitt

http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/johnny-bobbittt-jr-gofundme-money-kate-mcclure-mark-damico-search-warrant-south-jersey-florence-20180906.html

The Burlington County Prosecutor's Office has launched a criminal investigation into $400,000 in missing GoFundMe donations collected to help Johnny Bobbitt Jr., a homeless man whose kindness to a stranger touched hearts across the nation and beyond.

On Thursday morning, law enforcement officials searched the Florence Township home of Kate McClure and Mark D'Amico, who set up the campaign for Bobbitt after he used his last $20 to buy gas for McClure when her car stalled on an I-95 overpass near Kensington last year.

The campaign was wildly successful, attracting more than 14,000 donations. But the couple's stated plans to buy Bobbitt a home and set up two trusts to ensure his financial independence quickly dissolved, and Bobbitt accused them of squandering the money and spending it on vacations and a new car. He sued them to try to recover the donated funds, but earlier this week, a lawyer for the couple said the money was gone.

Early Thursday, Florence Township police and investigators from the Burlington Prosecutor's Office executed a search warrant on the couple's home, confiscated several bags of evidence, and towed away the couple's BMW.

September 7, 2018

Murkowski, weighing Kavanaugh's stand on abortion, still mum on vote

https://www.adn.com/politics/2018/09/05/murkowski-weighing-kavanaughs-stand-on-abortion-still-mum-on-vote/

Author: Erica Martinson Updated: 22 hours ago Published 23 hours ago

WASHINGTON — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski isn't in a rush to decide how she'll vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, despite mounting pressure from activists and concerned Alaskans.

The Republican senator said she will make her vote plans known before his nomination hits the Senate floor — an event expected before the end of the month. This week, she's watching Kavanaugh's hearings before the judiciary committee, when she can.

"I've been very clear in terms of what my vetting process was going to be," Murkowski said in an interview Wednesday. "I've spent a lot of time going through the writings, the speeches, the opinions. I met with him … And now we're in the midst of the hearings.

September 6, 2018

Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Burt Reynolds is dead in Florida.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Burt Reynolds is dead in Florida. Family statement is forthcoming. RIP to a great star.

Read more: https://twitter.com/THRMattBelloni/status/1037774536647704577

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Main article here:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/burt-reynolds-dead-deliverance-boogie-nights-star-was-82-831093

September 6, 2018

6 hours ago, Trump threatened to release classified information "to find additional corruption"

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1037661562897682432

I think we can all agree that declassifying information just to "find corruption" is seriously wrong.

An impeachable offense ? I'm definitely not a lawyer well-versed in impeachment law, but it's damn close, if not an actual impeachable offense.



https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii

September 6, 2018

A (spokesperson) for Ben Carson tells me that the HUD Secretary did not write the NYT op-ed

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1037711318986485761

eta: @Bencjacobs
Political reporter for The Guardian. Ben.Jacobs@theguardian.com

September 6, 2018

Senator Hirono: These are the docs Rs don't want you to see--because they show that Judge Kavanaugh

https://twitter.com/maziehirono/status/1037721832043020289

eta: I have no better link, sorry.

September 6, 2018

Here are the committee confidential documents that Cory Booker just released and that prompted an...

Here are the committee confidential documents that Cory Booker just released and that prompted an uproar this morning

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1037714959537524736


https://www.scribd.com/document/387988906/Booker-Confidential-Kavanaugh-Hearing

September 6, 2018

Gwen Stefani may have inspired Trump to run for president (according to Michael Moore)

https://pagesix.com/2018/09/05/gwen-stefani-may-have-inspired-trump-to-run-for-president/

Seth Meyers has taken credit for spurring Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential run by making fun of him at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but it was actually Gwen Stefani who inspired Trump, at least according to Michael Moore.

In Moore’s new Trump documentary, “Fahrenheit 11/9,” which debuts Thursday at the Toronto Film Festival, Moore alleges that when Trump still starred on NBC’s “The Apprentice,” he realized Stefani’s salary on the network’s hit “The Voice” was higher than his.

So as a negotiating tactic he staged his June 2015 Trump Tower announcement to prove his popularity.

Moore says in the film: “Trump found out that NBC was paying Gwen Stefani more on ‘The Voice’ than Trump got paid for ‘The Apprentice.’ So he planned a fake announcement to run for president .?.?. in order to prove to NBC he was more popular than Gwen and [they] would give him more money.”

September 5, 2018

Mistake or indication ? NYT Twitter account says "he" for the anonymous OP-ED writer

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1037428142649094145

September 5, 2018

#BREAKING: Barron Trump reveals he is the NYT Op-Ed writer.

https://twitter.com/SpeakatheDevil/status/1037464230713282562


A little levity.