FOCUS: Robert Reich | Trump Is Seriously, Frighteningly Unstable - the World Is in Danger

15 September 19

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A Large Dedicated Audience Averse to Supporting The Project

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FOCUS: Robert Reich | Trump Is Seriously, Frighteningly Unstable - the World Is in Danger

Robert Reich, Guardian UK
Reich writes: "In retrospect, what's most disturbing about 'Sharpiegate' isn't Trump's clumsy effort to doctor a National Weather Service map or even his brazen move to get the same agency to lie on his behalf."

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Two Republicans who have announced primary challenges to him have suggested another possibility: the 25th amendment.

Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld recently tweeted that Trump is “a clear and present danger” to the US, with the hashtag “#25thAmendment”. Former Illinois representative Joe Walsh says the amendment should be “looked at”.

Ratified in 1967, it allows the vice-president to become “acting president” when “the vice-president and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or such other body as Congress may by law provide” declare a president incapacitated.

The only attribute Vice-President Mike Pence has displayed so far is sycophancy: most recent illustration, overnighting at Trump’s golf resort in Ireland. But with rumors flying that Trump might exchange him for another lapdog, who knows? Maybe Pence will discover some cojones.

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Trump Faces Scrutiny Over Personal Properties, Hurricane Lies: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at President Trump insisting Hurricane Dorian was going to hit Alabama.

Trump's Sharpie Scandal Has Triggered Multiple Investigations: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at the growing scandal of President Trump doctoring a map of Hurricane Dorian with a Sharpie.

Firing scientists over a Sharpie edit

News just broke that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened to fire top federal weather forecasters after they corrected President Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama.

This means that while the American people were bracing for an impending hurricane, Secretary Ross was more concerned with bullying science agencies into supporting an outright lie from the president than keeping the American people safe from harm.

Threatening to fire scientists for doing their jobs is outrageous – the person who really ought to be fired is Secretary Ross. He’s corrupt. He’s incompetent. And he should have gone long ago. That’s why I’m calling for his immediate resignation, but I need to know that you’re standing with me. I’m counting on you to be one of the 1,567 concerned Americans we need to speak out before midnight:

Click here to demand Secretary Ross resign in light of his gross corruption and unethical conduct.

This most recent display of corruption is just one of the abundant reasons that Secretary Ross should go:

• He has shown a complete disregard for the rule of law and shattered basic ethics norms.
• He was brazenly dishonest in sworn testimony about divesting from stocks that he still owns.
• He gave contradicting testimonies before Congress about adding a discriminatory citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

Being a Trump administration official should not be a license to engage in blatant misconduct with impunity. Secretary Ross cannot be trusted to serve the American people, and he’s unfit to lead the Department of Commerce. That’s why I need you to take a stand with me right now by demanding his resignation:

If you believe Secretary Ross should be held accountable for his corruption, speak out now to demand he resign immediately.

Thank you for raising your voice for justice today,

Dick

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Matt Taibbi | We're Only Beginning to See the Consequences of the Bush-Era Assault on Civil Liberties

10 September 19

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I am a regular subscriber, plus I just kicked in another $30 (I wish it could be more) in the hopes that you make the goal you need to keep going.

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Matt Taibbi | We're Only Beginning to See the Consequences of the Bush-Era Assault on Civil Liberties

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Like a number of 'War on Terror' measures, the Terrorist Screening Database's unconstitutionality was obvious from the jump."
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A Trump supporter celebrates the end of the Mueller probe in March. (photo: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press via Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock)

'Enemy of the People': Trump's War on the Media Is a Page From Nixon's Playbook
David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "War reporting has never been more dangerous, as correspondents are increasingly treated not as neutral observers but legitimate targets. Now there are signs that Donald Trump and his Republican supporters are taking a similar attitude to political journalists, casting them as enemy combatants and fair game for character assassination."
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Protesters with American Friends Service Committee protest in Washington D.C. (photo: Carl Roose/AFSC)

How We Shut Down the Nation's Largest Child Detention Center
Kristin Kumpf, YES! Magazine
Kumpf writes: "We were determined to shut down the detention center before the school year started, rallying around the cry that children belong in schools, not prison camps."
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A Liberty student prays during convocation at the university in February 2013. (photo: Norm Shafer/AP)

'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth': Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence
Brandon Ambrosino, Politico
Ambrosino writes: "At Liberty University, all anyone can talk about is Jerry Falwell Jr. Just not in public."
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX). (photo: Getty Images)

Dan Crenshaw Is Worried That Universal Background Checks Might Keep Him From Arming His Friends
Josh Israel, ThinkProgress
Excerpt: "It is unclear why he doesn't think his friends could pass background checks."

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ep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), an NRA-backed gun-rights advocate, dismissed calls for universal background checks even after a mass shooting in his own state that might have been prevented by such a law. His reasoning: he wants to be able to arm his friends.

Dan Crenshaw

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Situations like this story are why we protect the 2nd Amendment.

Side note: With universal background checks, I wouldn’t be able to let my friends borrow my handgun when they travel alone like this. We would make felons out of people just for defending themselves. https://twitter.com/abc13miya/status/1168993652150026244 …

Miya Shay

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Five men tried to rob a young woman this morning. They didn’t expect her to grab her handgun and fire. Today, she is unharmed, and at least one suspect is shot. Exclusive #ABC13 interview at 4:30 & 6. https://abc13.com/woman-shoots-man-who-tried-to-steal-her-purse-police/5511638/ … #Hounews

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The truth about universal background checks and today’s vote.

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Demonstrators gathered on Sunday morning to go to the capital's General Cemetery, as part of a peace march to mark the 46th anniversary of the coup d'état. (photo: Twitter/Igualitarista)

Chile: Human Rights March Ends With Police Repression
teleSUR
Excerpt: "A march for human rights that commemorates the victims of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) every September, ended Sunday with brutal police repression and riots in Chile's capital Santiago."
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'We have more than enough money to fight the climate crisis, at home and abroad. It's just going to all the wrong places.' (photo: Noaa/AFP/Getty Images)

ALSO SEE: NOAA Staff Warned in Sept 1 Directive Against Contradicting Trump

NOAA's Chief Scientist Will Investigate Why Agency Backed Trump Over Its Experts on Dorian, Email Shows
Kayla Epstein, Andrew Freedman, Jason Samenow and Kate Harrison Belz, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's acting chief scientist said in an email to colleagues Sunday that he is investigating whether the agency's response to President Trump's Hurricane Dorian tweets constituted a violation of NOAA policies and ethics."
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