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US wants to block tribes from protecting historical and cultural areas on public lands
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Trump accused of 26 new cases of âunwanted sexual contactâ
Donald Trump Allegedly Hid Behind a Tapestry to Grope a Woman at Mar-a-Lago in the Early 2000s
At the New Yearâs Eve party, [Karen] Johnson, wearing a black Versace dress, danced with her friends. Shortly after glittering balloons fell from the ceiling at the stroke of midnight, her husband said he wasnât feeling well and the relative was ready to go. Johnson decided to make a quick trip to the restroom before they headed home. âI hadnât seen [Trump] that whole entire night,â said Johnson, who was in her late thirties at the time. âI was just walking to the bathroom. I was grabbed and pulled behind a tapestry, and it was him. And Iâm a tall girl and I had six-inch heels on, and I still remember looking up at him. And heâs strong, and he just kissed me,â she recounted to us. âI was so scared because of who he was⌠I donât even know where it came from. I didnât have a say in the matter.â
Johnson said Trump then grabbed her hand and said, âYou have to help me greet these guests out,â explaining that Melania was upstairs. âSo I stood next to him while he greeted some guests out the door,â Johnson said. She didnât let on that anything was amiss because she didnât want to create an awkward situation. âI was afraid to say what had happened,â she said. âI didnât even know how it happened.â
Documentation and photographs corroborate Johnsonâs general description of the evening. A friend also said Johnson told him about the encounter years before Trump ran for office.
In the days after the incident, Trump began pursuing Johnson. âHe started calling me. I answered my phone and he said, âDo you know who this is?â And I knew his voice. And I was wondering how he got my phone number,â she said. He called her regularly for the next week or two, she told us, offering to fly her up to New York to visit him. Johnson told Trump she couldnât because she was taking care of her dying husband. âDonât worry about it, heâll never know you were gone,â she said Trump told her. âHe said heâd have me back by six oâclock. This was like crazy. He was going to fly me to New York for the day to see him. I said, âNo, no, no.ââ But Trump persisted. When he was in Florida, he called and said he would send a car to bring her to Mar-a-Lago. âI kept saying, âNo, no, no,ââ she said. âI was scared. I didnât know what to do.â
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I just⌠canât find words for this. I canât find words for how evil this is. All for money and power.
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A running tally of tweets and other sources showing the damage and bloodshed the Turkish invasion is causing, which is also prompting ISIS to seize its opportunity and attack on other fronts.
Two children among first deaths of Turkeyâs offensive into Syria
Eight civilians have been killed in the first wave of Turkeyâs military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria, according to a monitoring group.
Actually, President Trump, some Kurds did fight in World War II
This tweet has video. It is graphic. It is gruesome. It will not be the last such video to come out of Syria.
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Highly visible and walking her talkâŚ
After pledging to hold weekly demonstrations over climate change, Jane Fonda was arrested on Friday as she was among those protesting in Washington, D.C. on the Capitol. Video of the actress being placed in handcuffs and escorted to a police vehicle was posted to social media.
âToday, the United States Capitol Police arrested 16 individuals for unlawfully demonstrating on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol,â Eva Malecki, spokeswoman for the Capitol police told The Hollywood Reporter . All were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, she said.
The actress was protesting with the group Oil Change International over the climate crisis. âI will be on the Capitol every Friday, rain or shine, inspired and emboldened by the incredible movement our youth have created,â Fonda wrote on her own website on Thursday.
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Tonightâs rally in Lake Charles. LA It reminds me of where the Wizard of Oz was hidingâŚbehind the curtain. For T, hiding behind the flag despite his duplicity of being a lying crook.
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Bill Barr is positively messianicâŚadding more to the chaos
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12 Hours. 4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed. One Culprit: Russia.
The Russians saved Bashar al-Assadâs government. A trove of Russian Air Force recordings obtained by The Times shows how bombing Syrian hospitals helped them do it.
ISIS Rears Its Head, Adding to Chaos as Turkey Battles Kurds
A prison break and a bombing claimed by the Islamic State punctuated fears that the Turkish invasion, now in its third day, was sowing mayhem.
At least 750 Isis affiliates escape Syria camp after Turkish shelling
Trump went on a four-tweet spree about Turkey this morning, denying culpability, insisting that we had been smart to avoid getting involved, ignoring that he just sent soldiers to Saudi Arabia and that there would not be any fighting if he hadnât directly allowed it. He also has ignored the return of ISIS and had the gall to talk about âsanctionsâ as if that would anything and he wasnât directly responsible for all of this.
Letters to the Editor: No one would âhelp us with Normandyâ after Trump abandoned the Kurds
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Walter Michael Shaub Jr. is an American attorney specializing in government ethics who, from January 9, 2013 to July 19, 2017, was the director of the United States Office of Government Ethics (wiki)
He left government service because he saw that this administration could not care less about erhics.
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Ex Rep Trey Gowdy was NOT hired, nor did he want that position. @Windthin
For 24 hours last week, Trey Gowdy, the former South Carolina congressman best known for leading congressional investigations of Hillary Clinton, was the new face of President Trumpâs outside legal defense and a symbol of a streamlined effort to respond to a fast-moving impeachment inquiry.
A day later, the arrangement fell apart, with lobbying rules prohibiting Mr. Gowdy from starting until January, possibly after the inquiry is over. Now, according to two people familiar with events, Mr. Gowdy is never expected to join the team. And Trump advisers are back to square one, searching for a different lawyer.
How a celebrated announcement quickly ended in disarray offers a rare public glimpse into the internal posturing â and undercutting of colleagues â that has been playing out in the West Wing on a daily basis since Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry last month. Even as the White House confronts a deepening threat to Mr. Trumpâs presidency, it has struggled to decide how to respond, and who should lead that response.
This article is based on interviews with a half-dozen aides and other people close to Mr. Trump.
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US troops believe Turkey deliberately fired artillery at an American commando outpost in Syria
How Dangerous Is Turkeyâs Military on the Battlefield?
The US is rethinking the 50-plus nuclear weapons it keeps in Turkey
Iâve also been told that CNN reported today that Turkish planes buzzed a US base and now the US has air power up guarding its bases, but I canât find that story. Anybody have it?
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That is nuts. First we were told he turned them down, then we were told heâd act as outside counsel, and now weâre back to this? WOW.
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Looks like Turkey is constantly threatening to cut off US Air Base in Turkey - see July 2019 article.
Can not find current article.
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I canât evenâŚ
new
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In any other presidency this alone would be a bombshell.
In Trumpâs, itâs just one more sick, sad example of his hateful, amoral malignancy.
âThe most violent clip shows Mr. Trumpâs head superimposed on the body of a man opening fire inside the âChurch of Fake Newsâ on parishioners who have the faces of his critics or the logos of media organizations superimposed on their bodies.â
Having just watched it, itâs worse than Iâd heard. It has him killing dozens of news outlets, a person labeled as Black Lives Matter, and I notice that the creator reserved the more gruesome deaths for individuals, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Maxine Waters, Schiff, Rosie OâDonnell, Mika Brzezinski, Rachel Maddow, Bernie, George Soros, John McCain, Joe Kennedy III, James Comey, and Mitt Romney.
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Giuliani was always a fraud. Just ask the FDNY
As the image of âAmericaâs Mayorâ was being rehabbed, 9/11 families saw how his malfeasance killed their loved ones
A story on how Rudy Giulianiâs actions contributed heavily to the loss of life during the 9/11 tragedy in NYC, due to a lack of proper communications equipment.
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::Sighs:: Trump finally did it. Since the 80s heâs tried to turn the US into a protection racket. I have a thread on thatâŚ
And here he is doing it:
I recommend reading the full transcript. Itâs uniquely horrifying.
Too little too late; Trump is imposing sanctions on Turkey.
The situation in Syria has been rapidly deteriorating.
Kurdish forces near the northern Syrian border have struck a deal with the Syrian government, marking a major shift in the countryâs eight-year war.
Trump just drove the Kurds to our enemies.
Russian shadow falls over Syria as Kurds open door for Assad
With the US gone, the implications of their departure is beginning to sink in across the Middle East
As Trump scurries away like a coward, Russia steps in to take control.
Trump has delivered what Russia wants in Syria â at zero cost â and âPutin likely canât believe his luckâ
As World Frets Over U.S. Missteps in Syria, Russia Grins and Pounces
President Trumpâs erratic moves are letting Russia seize the role of peacemaker â and deal-maker â in Syria.
Russia patrolling between Turkish and Syrian forces after U.S. troops withdraw
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So, there are no threads I can post this in. It could come up in this, but if you can think of a better place for it, please move it.
That saidâŚ
If youâre gonna come at the king, you best not m- wait, what? Ronan Farrow? Yeah, okay, heâs doomed.
American Media, Inc. and the National Enquirer shredded sensitive Donald Trump-related documents that had been held in a top-secret safe right before Trump was elected in 2016, according to fresh allegations made in a new book by journalist Ronan Farrow.
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Going after Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao ( also McConnelâs wfe) for her influence campaign to benefit her husbandâs constituents and her family.
A senior House Democrat has asked the Transportation Departmentâs internal watchdog to investigate whether Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao showed undue favoritism to Kentucky constituents of her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
On Friday, Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon, the top Democrat on the House Transportation Committee, wrote the DOTâs inspector general asking him to probe any conflicts of interest Chao has. Specifically DeFazio cited two POLITICO stories, one detailing Chaoâs disproportionate number of meetings with Kentucky officials during her first year in the position, and another suggesting she had designated a member of her senior staff to serve as a point person for Kentucky issues, which the agency denies.
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Trump just declared the situation HE created in Syria a national emergency.
Or⌠âthe orderâ, as he calls it.
And in doing so admits that this is undermining the efforts to stop ISIS.
His bold, brilliant move to stop Turkey?
Steel tariffs.
The problem with that?
Turkey doesnât import steel from us on a large basis.
Their three big suppliers? Russia, Ukraine, and South Korea.
No wonder theyâre completely ignoring Trumpâs hollow threat.
https://www.trade.gov/steel/countries/pdfs/imports-Turkey.pdf
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