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January 9, 2019

Here are a few WATCH LIVE links to Trump propaganda speech....

Tack more on if you come across them. thanks




LIVE
Watch live at 9 p.m. ET: President Trump addresses the nation on border security
President Trump will deliver a prime-time address from the Oval Office in the midst of an ongoing government shutdown and controversy over funding for his border wall.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/watch-live-at-9-pm-et-president-trump-addresses-the-nation-on-border-security/2019/01/08/5ce686a2-2f3d-458f-bd2e-24912db2c185_live.html?utm_term=.0ee0bccba075


Watch live: Donald Trump’s border wall speech hits prime-time TV at 9 p.m. Eastern

Updated 6:39 PM; Posted 6:00 PM


https://www.al.com/news/2019/01/watch-live-donald-trumps-border-wall-speech-hits-prime-time-tv-at-9-pm-eastern.html

January 9, 2019

Pro-Tip: Switch channels AFTER Trump starts speaking, the networks see the drop-off rate.

Does anyone know if this works?? I have no idea.



Tengrain
? @Tengrain

Pro-Tip: Switch channels AFTER Trump starts speaking, the networks see the drop-off rate.
If you don’t watch your protest isn’t counted.

Want proof? Steve Bannon tanked Ari Melber’s ratings by 42% during his appearance and they saw it live.





https://twitter.com/Tengrain/status/1082743210294702080

Replying to @Tengrain @melaniedeppen

Don't watch! Whatever LIES he tells, will be on Twitter for discussion. You don't need tv for info
2 replies 4 retweets 9 likes
Mr Rock

? @The_Arsenal78
2h2 hours ago

Absolutely right...if People boycott, tv networks will learn not to encourage this kinda behaviour for ratings.
0 replies 2 retweets 6 likes

End of conversation

Aibhilin, lady of nerdy goodness

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? @ladyaibhilin
3h3 hours ago
Replying to @Tengrain @PatsyResists

Does this work on streaming services like Sling and Hulu live as well?
0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes

January 8, 2019

Mueller believes Manafort fed information to Russian with intel ties

Source: CNN

CNN Digital Expansion 2018 Katelyn Polantz

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN

Updated 4:13 PM ET, Tue January 8, 2019


Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller believes that Paul Manafort was sharing polling data and discussing Russian-Ukrainian policy with his close Russian-intelligence-linked associate, Konstantin Kilimnik, while he led the Trump presidential campaign, according to parts of a court filing that were meant to be redacted by Manafort's legal team Tuesday but were released publicly.


Manafort discussed a Ukrainian peace plan with Kilimnik, his lawyers acknowledged. He also shared polling data related to the 2016 presidential campaign with Kilimnik, Manafort's legal team acknowledges in their court filing.


The details accidentally released Tuesday are the closest public assertion yet in the Mueller cases of coordination between a Trump campaign official and the Russian government, as Kilimnik is believed to be linked to Russian military intelligence. It's a major acknowledgment from the Mueller team that their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election is finding potential contact between at least one Trump campaign official and the Kremlin.


The Ukraine peace plan that they discussed likely would have dealt with Russian intervention in the region. At around the same time, Russian government operatives were allegedly hacking Democratic computers to help Trump and orchestrating a social media propaganda scheme to sway voters against Trump's electoral opponents.................

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/manafort-russia-court-deadline/index.html



closer and closer to Trump. yup!




Manafort Shared Trump Campaign Data With Russian Tied to Intelligence Services, Prosecutors Say

The revelation was inadvertently revealed in a court filing by Paul Manafort’s lawyers that contained a formatting error.
Profile image of authorThe New York Times
Jan 08, 2019

🚨 NEW: Paul Manafort's attorneys failed to properly redact their filing. They reveal that Mueller alleges Manafort "lied about sharing polling data with Mr. Kilimnik related to the 2016 presidential campaign". Konstantin Kilimnik has alleged ties to Russian intelligence. 🚨
731 replies 6,706 retweets 13,565 likes



Natasha Bertrand
?Verified account @NatashaBertrand
4h4 hours ago

Things we learned today from Manafort's lawyers' redaction errors: Manafort is alleged to have met in Madrid w/Kilimnik; shared polling data with him; and discussed a Ukraine peace plan w/him more than once. Is that the same peace plan that Cohen delivered to Flynn in Jan 2017?
413 replies 4,713 retweets 11,683 likes





Matthew Miller Verified account @matthewamiller
4h4 hours ago

Matthew Miller Retweeted southpaw

These failed redactions show Manafort had a meeting with Kilimnik in Madrid, gave him campaign polling data, and discussed a Ukrainian peace plan with him - then lied about all of it. Very normal contacts between a US presidential campaign manager & a Russian intelligence asset.


https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/1082712220306423809
Matthew Miller added,
southpaw
@nycsouthpaw
You can copy the black highlighted “redactions” in the Manafort team’s filing, paste it somewhere else, and see what it says. Here’s the first one. https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5677512/Manafort-20190108-Dc.pdf
Show this thread
396 replies 4,922 retweets 9,762 likes








Ted Lieu
?Verified account @tedlieu
3h3 hours ago

Ted Lieu Retweeted Natasha Bertrand

Manafort may want to fire his lawyers.

Also, um, this is collusion or attempted collusion by the campaign manager of the @realDonaldTrump campaign right?
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1082728217448980480




https://twitter.com/MusicBoxRF/status/1082728649688633344

January 8, 2019

@Lawrence to Sen Grassley--Are you insulting New Yorkers or Iowans? Do you want Trump to use bigger





Ha ha




Lawrence O'Donnell
?Verified account @Lawrence

Lawrence O'Donnell Retweeted ChuckGrassley

Are you insulting New Yorkers or Iowans? Do you want Trump to use bigger words or smaller words? Should it be smarter or stupider? Are you saying Iowans aren’t as smart as New Yorkers? Or are you just casually showing your bigotry?

https://twitter.com/Lawrence/status/1082665275940454400



https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/1082342091366322177



https://twitter.com/g_gambz/status/1082737554326196225



https://twitter.com/benwikler/status/1082672399466799107
January 8, 2019

Hoyer: IRS distributing refunds during shutdown is illegal

Source: thehill




By Mike Lillis - 01/08/19 11:51 AM EST



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“Literally, there are $140 billion, approximately, in tax refunds that won’t be able to be sent,” Hoyer said during his weekly press briefing in the Capitol.

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On Monday, the administration vowed that the shutdown will not delay the Internal Revenue Service’s distribution of those payments.

“Tax refunds will go out,” Russell Vought, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, told reporters on Monday.

The threat that tax refunds would be delayed was seen as a pressure point — and an advantage for Democrats — in the battle to reopen the government as Trump and Democratic leaders seem to be digging in on the issue of whether to provide billions of dollars for the president’s promised U.S.–Mexico border wall.

Hoyer said flatly that making the payments during the shutdown is illegal..........................

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/424327-hoyer-irs-refunds-during-shutdown-are-illegal



No doubt the RW fox will be yelling about how the Dems want to prevent folks from getting their refunds. sigh!

I susppose it would take a law suit to stop the IRS--but who will bring it??
January 8, 2019

Howard Dean: Sound familiar?

I have not been keeping track of what is going on in Israel--but seems Net is in serious trouble.



Howard Dean
?Verified account @GovHowardDean
3h3 hours ago

Howard Dean Retweeted New York Times World

Sound familiar?


https://twitter.com/GovHowardDean/status/1082595749609816064

January 8, 2019

"If we don't broadcast the President's unfiltered fake news, he will call us Fake News" is an incred

I trust Dan to know this is a true quote--although wish I knew which network said it.

Trump will continue to call msm or whoever he disagrees with as Fake news anyway.




Dan Pfeiffer
?Verified account @danpfeiffer
16h16 hours ago

"If we don't broadcast the President's unfiltered fake news, he will call us Fake News" is an incredibly stupid way to make a decision



https://twitter.com/ccscout/status/1082367263682883584

January 8, 2019

Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen is out with a preview of Trumps speech............

Or at least some it.......


https://twitter.com/nedprice/status/1082477785560612865


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Ned Price added,
Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen Verified account @SecNielsen


The threat is real. The number of terror-watchlisted encountered at our Southern Border has increased over the last two years. The exact number is sensitive and details about these cases are extremely sensitive.


12 replies 201 retweets 511 likes

https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/1082476816944766976



Andrew Goss ✊USAF✊ and Sister #Resister liked
Chelsea Handler
?Verified account @chelseahandler
1h1 hour ago

Chelsea Handler Retweeted Rob Reiner

Please do not put this man on air. We have given him his power by bathing in his idiocy every day. Stop helping him.

Chelsea Handler added,
Rob Reiner
Verified account @robreiner
Unless there’s a way to fact check in real time, if the media gives Trump airtime tomorrow night, they will be aiding and abetting the propaganda of a would be authoritarian. Time to hold the pathological liar accountable.

211 replies 720 retweets 3,595 likes




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Matthew Miller
?Verified account @matthewamiller
30m30 minutes ago

Matthew Miller Retweeted Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen

According to @JuliaEAinsley’s reporting, more people in the terrorist database were stopped at the northern border than the southern, so by this logic, the wall you want to build is on the wrong side of the country.


Matthew Miller added,
Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen
Verified account @SecNielsen
I am sure all Americans would agree that one terrorist reaching our borders is one too many. These are just the terror suspects we know about who reach our border.
Show this thread
68 replies 663 retweets 1,663 likes




CHURCHLADY320 and 5 others liked
Maddow Blog
?Verified account @MaddowBlog
1h1 hour ago

"The United States has never had a president as demonstrably unfit for the office as Trump. And it’s becoming clear that 2019 is likely to be dominated by a single question: What are we going to do about it?"
126 replies 1,256 retweets 2,801 likes






Kurt Eichenwald
?Verified account @kurteichenwald
55m55 minutes ago

If trump declares a fictional national emergency to subvert the constitional requirements on appropriations, he must be impeached for violating his oath of office.

Presidents don’t get to fund their pet projects all on their own by invoking fantasy.
44 replies 475 retweets 1,313 likes
Kamala Harris
?Verified account @KamalaHarris
13m13 minutes ago

When you’re struggling to make ends meet because you’re living paycheck to paycheck, have bills that are due, rent to pay, and kids to feed, you can’t afford to have even one paycheck come late.

That’s the reality for countless federal employees right now.
155 replies 374 retweets 1,370 likes


https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/1082478955494604800



https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1082472788437463040

January 8, 2019

The People vs. Donald J. Trump---unfit for office. What are we waiting for?

good article.


The People vs. Donald J. Trump

He is demonstrably unfit for office. What are we waiting for?



By David Jan. 5, 2019




The presidential oath of office contains 35 words and one core promise: to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Since virtually the moment Donald J. Trump took that oath two years ago, he has been violating it.

He has repeatedly put his own interests above those of the country. He has used the presidency to promote his businesses. He has accepted financial gifts from foreign countries. He has lied to the American people about his relationship with a hostile foreign government. He has tolerated cabinet officials who use their position to enrich themselves.

To shield himself from accountability for all of this — and for his unscrupulous presidential campaign — he has set out to undermine the American system of checks and balances.
He has called for the prosecution of his political enemies and the protection of his allies. He has attempted to obstruct justice. He has tried to shake the public’s confidence in one democratic institution after another, including the press, federal law enforcement and the federal judiciary....................................................



.............Throughout his career, Trump has worked hard to invent his own reality, and largely succeeded. It has made him very rich and, against all odds, elected him president. But whatever happens in 2019, his false version of reality will not survive history, just as Nixon’s did not. Which side of that history do today’s Republicans want to be on?

January 8, 2019

Pastor Mark Harris, Repug NC (disputed election)did not want to chat with media -so he sprinted.....




https://twitter.com/JoeBrunoWSOC9/status/1082437143316914176


https://twitter.com/JoeBrunoWSOC9/status/1082438776566226946




Joe Bruno
?Verified account @JoeBrunoWSOC9
14m14 minutes ago

Sorry for typo- from where*
1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes





Joe Bruno
?Verified account @JoeBrunoWSOC9
12m12 minutes ago

As if the alarm didn't give it away, Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center security officers confirm Harris left through the emergency fire exit to avoid talking to the media #NC09 @wsoctv








HotCakes33
? @hotcakes_33
22m22 minutes ago

Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv

Nothing to hide....
0 replies 1 retweet 18 likes




The Bearded Crank
? @beardedcrank
20m20 minutes ago

Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv

He really is sprinting away lol. I thought it was hyperbole

1 reply 0 retweets 17 likes




Mathias
? @Mathias4NC
17m17 minutes ago

My thoughts as well haha, full on sprint looks like

1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes




The Bearded Crank
? @beardedcrank
16m16 minutes ago

And he's off running from his indictment papers #nc09
0 replies 0 retweets 14 likes

End of conversation

John Craven
?Verified account @johncraven1
15m15 minutes ago

Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9

Continuing his stellar reputation for transparency 🙄
0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes

Anita

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22m22 minutes ago
Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv

Whaaat??? 😂😂 #NC09
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D Richardson
? @dillardwinedude
13m13 minutes ago

Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv

Preacherman @MarkHarrisNC9 giving a different meaning to the phrase 'running for office'
0 replies 2 retweets 7 likes

New conversation
Chick Jacobs
? @NCWeatherhound
15m15 minutes ago

Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv

When they said "running for office," I'm not sure this is what they meant ...

1 reply 2 retweets 36 likes

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Braxton P Hartnabrig
? @BraxtonKbrice
20m20 minutes ago

Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv

😂😂😂😂 #Guilty
0 replies 1 retweet 4 likes

Cassie Fambro
?Verified account @CassieFambro
12m12 minutes ago

Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv

Listen he just didn’t want to share his edibles with you guys
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rryder
? @rryder
15m15 minutes ago

Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv

Is exiting via an emergency exit when it's not an emergency a crime? Asking for a friend.

0 replies 0 retweets 1 like

Tawny
? @TawnyTwelve
17m17 minutes ago

Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv

That's a shame ! Pastor @MarkHarrisNC9 !!

You can run, but you can't hide !


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https://www.bladenjournal.com/news/21904/harris-files-lawsuit-to-be-seated


Harris files lawsuit to be seated

January 7, 2019 Bladen Journal News, Top Stories 0
By: Alan Wooten - Bladen Journal
Rev. Mark Harris

The Rev. Mark Harris, yet to be certified with victory in the 9th District, has taken a page from the playbook of his governor.

He’s filed a lawsuit.

Harris’ lawyers filed in Wake County last week, requesting he be declared the winner over Democrat Dan McCready because the state Board of Elections didn’t act. That board’s membership, as it was comprised during the election, is no longer in existence.

A new board begins Jan. 31.

Harris, a Republican and formerly the preacher of First Baptist Church in Charlotte, was 905 votes ahead of McCready after Election Day. But since then, Bladen County has been the central point for an investigation into fraudulent activities associated with absentee ballots. McCrae Dowless, a Bladenboro resident, is the key figure, a two-time convicted felon with a history of being hired by campaigns for the county sheriff and county commissioners in addition to Harris and others.............................

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