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A new drinking water crisis hits US military bases across the nation
Judge still deciding on Epstein’s bail…I am sure he will be deliberating over some of the discoveries within Epstein’s safe that give pause - fake id, cash, diamonds and then the knowledge that he was witness tampering with sending funds in Dec 2018 to two accomplices/friends/enablers mentioned in a Miami Herald article revealing Epstein’s misdeeds.
NEW YORK (AP) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars for now as a federal judge mulls whether to grant bail on charges he sexually abused underage girls.
The judge said Monday he needed more time to make a decision during a hearing Monday in New York.
Federal prosecutors maintained the well-connected Epstein, 66, is a flight risk and danger to the community — saying he should remain incarcerated until he is tried on charges that he recruited and abused dozens of underage girls in New York and Florida in the early 2000s.
NEW YORK (AP) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars for now as a federal judge mulls whether to grant bail on charges he sexually abused underage girls.
The judge said Monday he needed more time to make a decision during a hearing Monday in New York.
Federal prosecutors maintained the well-connected Epstein, 66, is a flight risk and danger to the community — saying he should remain incarcerated until he is tried on charges that he recruited and abused dozens of underage girls in New York and Florida in the early 2000s.
Prosecutors said their case is getting “stronger by the day” after several more women contacted them in recent days to say he abused them when they were underage.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex Rossmiller also revealed Monday that authorities found “piles of cash,” ″dozens of diamonds” and an expired passport with Epstein’s picture and a fake name during a raid of his Manhattan mansion following his July 6 arrest .
Epstein’s lawyers said he has not committed crimes since pleading guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution charges in Florida in 2008 and that the federal government is reneging on a 12-year-old plea deal not to prosecute him. They said they planned to file a motion to dismiss the case and that Epstein should be allowed to await trial under house arrest in his $77 million Manhattan mansion, with electronic monitoring.
In a written submission Friday to U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman, prosecutors shared new information about their investigation and why they perceive Epstein as dangerous.
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E.P.A. Plans to Curtail the Ability of Communities to Oppose Pollution Permits
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Me: He can’t possibly double down further on his racism Sunday.
Trump: Yes I can.
Trump says he’s not concerned about being racist because “many people agree” with him
He also falsely accused Ilhan Omar of “speaking about how wonderful al-Qaeda is” in his latest racist rant.
Oh gods, I feel dumber just reading this.
“Trump came to his manufacturing speech today armed with talking points about @Ilhan Omar, hoping he would be asked about her. (Turns out our @fran_chambers had that honor.) He spelled Omar’s named “Ohmar” and rendered Al Qaeda as “Alcaida” in sharpie.”
Trump's notes for his attack on Ilhan Omar after White House speech pictured | Daily Mail Online
Trump administration ‘rolling back women’s rights by 50 years’ by changing definitions of domestic violence and sexual assault
‘I was massively surprised and really shocked. It’s quite scary how quietly it’s happened. It’s a massive step backwards. We have literally gone back to the 70s,’ says academic
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The FSB got owned.
Red faces in Moscow this weekend, with the news that hackers have successfully targeted FSB—Russia’s Federal Security Service. The hackers managed to steal 7.5 terabytes of data from a major contractor, exposing secret FSB projects to de-anonymize Tor browsing, scrape social media, and help the state split its internet off from the rest of the world. The data was passed to mainstream media outlets for publishing.
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Was JUST coming to post this. Glorious. Turnabout is fair play.
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When groups become banned, that’s a touches the 1st Amendment arena. When violence becomes more than protest and sometimes murder, that is a crime. When antifa meets with White Nationalists - think Charlottesville, that outrages R’s. And guess who is involved in this wanting to ban Antifa - Sen Ted Cruz (R-Tex)
Can already hear it as a R ‘talking point’ - WTF
Two Republican senators have introduced a nonbinding resolution that would label antifascists — known as antifa — as “domestic terrorists,” doubling down against radical activists who have drawn criticism from conservatives and President Trump.
“Antifa are terrorists, violent masked bullies who ‘fight fascism’ with actual fascism, protected by Liberal privilege,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said in a statement. “Bullies get their way until someone says no. Elected officials must have courage, not cowardice, to prevent terror.”
Hina Shamsi, director of the national security project at the American Civil Liberties Union, told The Washington Post that she opposes labeling groups as domestic terrorists.
“It is dangerous and overly broad to use labels that are disconnected [from] actual individual conduct,” she said. “And as we’ve seen how ‘terrorism’ has been used already in this country, any such scheme raises significant due process, equal protection and First Amendment constitutional concerns.”
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The resolution, which also is sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), would not change U.S. law. It cites antifa activists occupying the road outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office and “doxing” ICE officials by posting their personal information online. The senators also pointed to conservative journalist Andy Ngo, who in June was left bloodied by antifa activists in Portland, Ore.
Conservatives have said antifa activists are a dangerous force. On Wednesday, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) sent a letter to Attorney General William P. Barr, asking him to designate antifa activists as domestic terrorists and denounce the attack on Ngo.
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The Trump administration has quietly dismantled or cut back multiple programs that were created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to help detect and prevent terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction, a Times investigation has found.
The retreat has taken place over the last two years at the Department of Homeland Security, which has primary domestic responsibility for helping authorities identify and block potential chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.
The changes, not previously reported, were made without rigorous review of potential security vulnerabilities, The Times found, undermining government-wide efforts aimed at countering terrorist attacks involving unconventional weapons, known as weapons of mass destruction.
More than 30 current and former Homeland Security employees and contractors voiced concern that the changes — including the cancellation of dozens of training exercises and the departure of scores of scientists and policy experts — have put Americans at greater risk.
Today’s LAT 7.21.19 - (harder to find link on this - including a screenshot of article)
Government has curtailed anti-terrorist programs -
Homeland Security has gutted efforts to counter weapons of mass destruction
Excerpt
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Iran claims it’s nabbed 17 CIA spies, sentenced some to death
Trump effectively disavowed and abandoned them via tweet this morning:
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Blackwell tears up defending hometown over Trump attacks
CNN’s Victor Blackwell became emotional while responding to President Donald Trump’s tweets calling Rep. Elijah Cummings’ (D-MD) district a “very dangerous & filthy place” and calls out the President’s repeated use of the word “infested” while attacking minority lawmakers.
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Some messy details come flying out when Reb Book (fl) makes inquiries as to what the Palm Beach sheriff had allowed for Epstein while he was on work release. He was allowed female visits.
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Baltimore Sun responds:
“We would tell the most dishonest man to occupy the Oval Office, the mocker of war heroes, the gleeful grabber of women’s private parts, the serial bankrupter of businesses, the useful idiot of Putin & the guy who insisted there are ‘good people’ among murderous neo-Nazis that he’s still not fooling most Americans into believing he’s even slightly competent in his current post. Or that he possesses a scintilla of integrity. Better to have some vermin living in your neighborhood than to be one.”
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Trump has stepped up his attacks of both Rep. Elijah Cummings and Baltimore, and added in San Francism and Pelosi as well, though his main focus remains Cummings.
First it was shithole countries. Now it’s shithole cities.
In the short-term, farmers are receiving a financial band-aid from Trump to ease the pain of his China tariffs. In the long-term, they’re screwed – along with the entire nation as Trump destroys our global leadership position in agriculture and so many other fields (green energy production, etc., etc.)
China has approved wheat imports from the Russian region of Kurgan, the Chinese customs office said on Friday, bringing Russia a step closer to its goal of dramatically increasing grain exports.
It also approved soybean imports from all parts of Russia, the General Administration of Customs said in a separate statement on its website, having all but halted U.S. soy imports as the trade dispute between Beijing and Washington deepened.
China was the top buyer of U.S. soybeans until Beijing slapped a 25% tariff on shipments last year in response to U.S. tariffs on a range of Chinese products.
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Russian grain supplies could play a key role in President Vladimir Putin’s plan, announced a year ago, to increase the country’s exports of agricultural products to $45 billion by 2024. The agriculture ministry is in charge of that initiative.
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Glad there are some on Fox who see the false information that T distributes and who are willing to say so.
“I don’t know where to begin here,” responded Cavuto, who on Wednesday entered into a war of words with Fox Business host Lou Dobbs about the government deficit under Trump.
“ But just to be clarifying, China isn’t paying these tariffs. You are.
You know, indirectly and sometimes directly,” he explained. “It’s passed along to you through American distributors and their counterparts in the United States that buy this stuff from the Chinese and then have to pay these surcharges. Not the Chinese government or China in particular.”
Cavuto, who has not been afraid to criticize Trump and his supporters in the past, said he “didn’t quite understand” Trump’s comments about China’s devaluation of its currency.
“Be that as it may, this latest round of tariffs that kick in on September 1, on $300 billion worth of goods at 10%, that will most directly be felt by consumers directly,” he added. “Because that happens on almost entirely consumer items rather than industrial-related items, but just wanted to clarify that. Our governments don’t pay these things, you do, one way or another.
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What we know so far:
- The shooting took place in a Walmart and around the nearby Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso.
- Police received their first calls on the incident at 10:39 a.m.
- 20 people were killed and 26 injured.
- Police put out an urgent call for blood donations in light of the high number of injuries.
- One male suspect is in custody.
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Sadly, horrendously we’ve been here before. What say you Congress? Always very little.
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WTF…no one ever has a chance in these targetted brutal slayings. Police got there within 1 minute in Dayton.
Protests in front of WH last night…Moms Demand Action
https://www.thewrap.com/moms-demand-action-members-rally-outside-white-house-after-el-paso-massacre/
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