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riversedge's JournalOpposition leader Alexei Navalny detained amid protests across Russia
Source: The Guardian
Crowds gather in major cities to protest against corruption in largest anti-government demonstrations for five years, with over a hundred detained
Alexei Navalny is arrested at a rally in Moscow on Sunday. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
Crowds gather in major cities to protest against corruption in largest anti-government demonstrations for five years, with over a hundred detained
Last modified on Sunday 26 March 2017 10.53 EDT
Police detained over a hundred people in Moscow and dozens in other Russian cities, as some of the biggest protests against the Kremlin in several years were held across the country on Sunday.
Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner who had called for the protests, was detained in central Moscow.
He was bundled into a police bus, which was unable to drive away for several minutes as crowds set upon it and tried to free him. There were also isolated incidents of protesters clashing with riot police and shouting “Shame!” and “Russia will be free!”
The protests gathered crowds of hundreds or thousands in most big Russian cities, from the far east port of Vladivostok to the European heartland. Police in Moscow estimated that around 7,000 people attended though the real number may have been much higher. The crowds surged down the length of the capital’s main thoroughfare, Tverskaya. Around 500 people were reported to have been detained by police in Moscow alone.........................
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/26/opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-arrested-amid-protests-across-russia
Seems Putin has his own problems at home.
https://twitter.com/maddow/status/845991663336083457
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Justin Hendrix?Verified account @justinhendrix 4h4 hours ago
Justin Hendrix Retweeted Арсений Веснин
The crowed chants for Boris Nemtsov, the assassinated Russian statesman and politician opposed to the government of Vladimir Putin.
https://twitter.com/justinhendrix/status/845971137951608832
https://twitter.com/justinhendrix/status/845981366680522752
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Protesters in Moscow. Photograph: Alexander Utkin/AFP/Getty Images
A long time ago [2 months] in a galaxy far, far away [the USA] a Putin-LePen-POTUS Axis of Evil woul
It does get scarier each day.
Elliott Lusztig? @ezlusztig 14h14 hours ago
Elliott Lusztig Retweeted Alec Luhn
A long time ago [2 months] in a galaxy far, far away [the USA] a Putin-LePen-POTUS Axis of Evil would have been inconceivable.
https://twitter.com/ezlusztig/status/845773148595326976
https://twitter.com/ASLuhn/status/845260656773386240
Recaps for Today--all important!
Hannah Deason? @Deasonized
Recap Today:
1.Flynn maybe flipped for the FBI.
2.Trump tweets to watch Judge Jeanine call Ryan to resign.
3.Boris Epshteyn resigns from WH.
https://twitter.com/Deasonized/status/845866488955392000
it? @gogetterjanis 5h5 hours ago
@hu911Anonymous @Deasonized @BostonNew I just hope govt reveal 45th BS next week. We can put an end to this nightmare
Rob Saltman #RESIST? @rsalt159
@sweethunni1976 @Deasonized
Sums it up for today
Tomorrow will have a new list
Trump unhappy Jared Kushner took a powder on the ski slopes as health care bill floundered
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/24/politics/jared-kushner-aspen-ski-trip-obamacare/?iid=ob_lockedrail_longstory_pool
Trump unhappy Jared Kushner took a powder on the ski slopes as health care bill floundered
Kate Bennett
By Kate Bennett, CNN
Updated 9:39 PM ET, Fri March 24, 2017
Kushner skiing as health care bill floundered
Story highlights
Aides in Washington toiled all week trying to get the health care reform bill over the finish line
But Jared Kushner, the President's adviser and son-in-law, was out West skiing
Washington (CNN)While the rest of his senior staff scrambled to squeeze votes for President Trump's flailing health care package, one person remained notably absent for most of the week: Jared Kushner.
Along with this wife, Ivanka Trump, another key cog in the president's inner circle, Kushner was on vacation until Thursday, skiing with family in the posh Colorado town of Aspen. Paparazzi caught Jared and Ivanka taking leisurely strolls, enjoying ice cream cones with their three kids and winding their way down the slopes.
Meanwhile, back in Washington, Trump was fuming. According to a source close to the president, "[Trump] is upset that his son-in-law and senior adviser was not around during this crucial week." Kushner did appear at the White House on Friday during the last gasps of the Obamacare repeal effort................................
Boris Epshteyn, Trump TV Surrogate, Is Leaving White House Job
Source: nytimes
Boris Epshteyn, an official in the White House press office who had a contentious relationship with television producers and was once a frequent presence on TV himself, is leaving his job, according to three people with knowledge of the move.
The departure was treated with some mystery. Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, would not comment on the reason Mr. Epshteyn, an old friend of President Trump’s son Eric, was expected to depart the post.
A senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said only that officials were exploring other opportunities in the administration for Mr. Epshteyn, who at one point was on cable news as many as seven times a day promoting Mr. Trump during the presidential campaign.
Another person briefed on the discussions said that Mr. Epshteyn’s move was still pending, and that both he and the administration sought it. The person maintained that it was not an acrimonious situation..................................................
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/us/politics/boris-epshteyn-white-house-press-official-is-let-go-from-his-job.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
I read this just happened Sat evening some time, so should be within the 12 hours for LBN.
I think the WH is purging itself of Russian connections.
Robby Mook?Verified account @RobbyMook 6h6 hours ago
WH demotes someone for being a jerk to media? That would be a first. Seems more like a Russia connection issue.
https://twitter.com/RobbyMook/status/845827752129413120
BrooklynDad_Defiant!? @mmpadellan 5h5 hours ago
Cantankerous crony Boris Epshteyn is latest casualty of "president" clump WH. MILLIONS were cheering. #SundayMorning
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/us/politics/boris-epshteyn-white-house-press-official-is-let-go-from-his-job.html …
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Nasty Woman? @realityfangirl1 5h5 hours ago
"Boris Epshteyn" is OUT? LOL! Cleaning house of the Russians huh Trump? Too late. We see you.
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https://twitter.com/GirlOnFireSally/status/845844800456839169
Nerdy Democrat? @NerdyTraveler 5h5 hours ago
Who the hell gets fired on a Saturday night?! Boris Epshteyn is out for fake reasons. I smell the fierce stench of #TrumpRussia
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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/boris-epshteyn-television-networks-behavior-235787
Boris Epshteyn’s rise to a position of prominence in the Trump White House reveals how the president has rewarded his loyalists. | AP Photo
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https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/845824815252623360
https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/845828833160970240
Republicans Land a Punch on Health Care, to Their Own Face
Republicans Land a Punch on Health Care, to Their Own Face
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/us/politics/house-republicans-health-care-paul-ryan.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-2&action=click&contentCollection=Politics®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article&_r=0
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER MARCH 24, 2017
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The Freedom Caucus chairman, Mark Meadows of North Carolina, center, in the Capitol on Friday. Credit J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
WASHINGTON — At the end of the long day, the alliance of conservative ideologues who once shut down the government over President Barack Obama’s health care law could not find the will to repeal it.
Since the Tea Party wave of 2010 that swept House Republicans into power, a raucous, intransigent and loosely aligned group of lawmakers known as the Freedom Caucus — most from heavily Republican districts — has often landed a punch to its own party’s face.
Friday’s defeat of the Republican leadership’s bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act was a return to form, handing an immense defeat to President Trump and embarrassing Speaker Paul D. Ryan in his own House. It also challenged the veracity of their long-held claims that a Republican president was all they needed to get big things accomplished.
The most important question for Republicans now is whether the members of the Freedom Caucus will find themselves newly emboldened in ways that may bring the new president more defeats — or whether Mr. Ryan will do what former Speaker John A. Boehner could not, and find a way to shred their influence for good...............................
https://twitter.com/Impeach_D_Trump/status/845464615773462528
https://twitter.com/ezlusztig/status/845727991388930048
https://twitter.com/ezlusztig/status/845727991388930048
Trumps Longtime Lawyer Is Defending Russias Biggest Bank
Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Is Defending Russia’s Biggest Bank
https://www.buzzfeed.com/anthonycormier/trumps-longtime-lawyer-is-defending-russias-biggest-bank?utm_term=.mrzZY82j0#.ydW8LgREd
Marc E. Kasowitz, who has represented Donald Trump for more than 15 years, was recently named a lead attorney in a federal civil lawsuit against Sberbank, which is majority-owned by the Russian government.
posted on Mar. 23, 2017, at 11:28 a.m.
Marc E. Kasowitz Keith Bedford / Reuters
One of President Donald Trump’s personal attorneys was just named a lead attorney to defend Russia’s largest state-run bank against claims that it helped a granite-mining company raid and kill off its main competitor in the Russian market.
Marc E. Kasowitz is representing OJSC Sberbank of Russia, which is accused in US federal court of conspiring with granite company executives — including Russia’s former minister of economy and trade — in what the plaintiffs say amounts to a “textbook case of Russian corporate raiding.”
Kasowitz has served as an attorney for Trump for more than 15 years. He did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
In 2001, Kasowitz’s firm represented the Trump Organization during a bond restructuring for his Atlantic City casinos. In 2006, he filed a $5 billion defamation lawsuit against the author of a book about Trump. And twice last year, Kasowitz threatened the New York Times after it published three pages of tax returns and a story about women who claim the president sexually assaulted them...................
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/845721566327574528
GH Quinn? @GHQuinn2
@kylegriffin1 What a great way to get messages back and forth - all protected by attorney privilege.
WH officials, fmr. transition staffers are reportedly purging phones b/c they expect to be subpoenae
I heard Rachel Maddow talk about this last evening
Just seeing this from @mitchellreports—WH officials, fmr. transition staffers are reportedly purging phones b/c they expect to be subpoenaed
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/845762034818043904
Some replies:
Terry? @QueenTAG 3h3 hours ago
@kylegriffin1 @ClaraJeffery @mitchellreports they can purge the phones but all conversations can be recalled via phone carriers
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Suzanne Ryan? @sawsanrayan 3h3 hours ago
@kylegriffin1 @mitchellreports Why purge your phone...if you hear, speak, see no evil ? On the other hand....
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Tara? @jandtrich 3h3 hours ago
@kylegriffin1 we're they not directed to preserve RU info a few weeks back? If so, are they not breaking the law?
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Devin Comiskey? @devincomiskey 3h3 hours ago
@kylegriffin1 @mitchellreports Good. Obstruction of justice charges will be piled on top of everything else. The line in cuffs will be long.
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Shogun777? @ShogunLion7 3h3 hours ago
@kylegriffin1 @mitchellreports Wow its like rats abandoning ship. HOpe they soon start to request immunity for their testimony against trump
Congolese Militia Beheads Dozens of Police Officers
Source: nytimes
By STEVE WEMBIMARCH 25, 2017
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Members of a militia ambushed and then beheaded about 40 police officers on Friday in a central province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Saturday.
In recent months, the provinces in the Kasai region, in south-central Congo, have been the scene of fighting between the police and a local tribal militia called Kamuina Nsapu. Violence in the area has claimed more than 300 lives since August and displaced more than 200,000 people.
Military authorities reported on Friday that they had lost contact with a police convoy from the capital, Kinshasa, that was making its way toward Kananga, southeast of the capital.
François Kalamba, the speaker of the Kasai provincial assembly, confirmed on Saturday that the convoy had been ambushed by Kamuina Nsapu fighters between the city of Tshikapa and Kananga, and that about 40 officers had been decapitated....................
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/world/africa/congo-militia-police-beheadings.html?&hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
I am just speechless when I read horrible articles like this.
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Uruguayan peacekeepers in Congo this month. Mounting accusations of violence against civilians and the discovery of mass graves in the Kasai-Central province have prompted the chief of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo to urge the U.N. Security Council to press the government to open an investigation. Credit Aaron Ross/Reuters
Statement from @HillaryClinton: Today was a victory for all Americans......
Hillary is right. The fight is not over. Repugs will chip away at ACA just like they have done to Roe v Wade.
Hillary Clinton?Verified account @HillaryClinton
Today was a victory for all Americans.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/845385004389666816
Hillary Clinton?Verified account @HillaryClinton Mar 24
But this fight isn't over yet and we can't forget who it's about. Here are some stories...
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Hillary Clinton?Verified account @HillaryClinton Mar 24
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/845385238628982784
Natarsha, whose breast cancer was caught early because of a screening at Planned Parenthood, which Republicans would defund.
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