TRUMP GETS AWARD FROM WINDMILL CANCER SOCIETY FOR SPREADING AWARENESS

TRUMP IDIOCY AWARD!

UKRAINE

Oh, he trivialized all of the killings that are happening? That's shocking.

Romper Room Don's Childish Letter to TURKEY

This is a genuine letter sent by the President of the United States to the President of Turkey. This is not a joke, this is not satire. If you can read this and not think the adult who wrote it is a moron, well, then that makes you one as well.

KURDS

TRUMP IDIOCY!

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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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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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

✔@DanCrenshawTX

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

✔@ABC13Miya

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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tRump on Nuclear Weapons

Quote of the YEAR....

Quote of the YEAR:
"Our consumers are rich. I gave them a tremendous tax cut and they're loaded up with money."

Donald Trump, plastic straw salesman

The Trump campaign just launched its most outrageous publicity stunt yet, selling plastic straws to ‘own the libs.’ Show Trump his ridiculous attack on your values won’t work! Donate to Greenpeace today to help us stop plastic pollution and build a powerful movement for people and planet.  DONATE NOW You read that right. Donald Trump’s campaign is selling plastic straws to fundraise for his reelection! This gimmick shows just how clueless this administration still is on environmental issues. I know you are not clueless. Trump’s selling his wildlife-endangering, community-trashing straws for $15 a pack. Will you donate $15 to Greenpeace right now to resist Trump, resist single-use plastic and power the movement for people and planet? Donald Trump has based his entire presidency on lies and divisiveness, so it is no surprise that he is selling plastic straws. Like single-use plastic, his presidency is also a cheap throwaway with disastrous long term consequences! As usual, Trump has either missed the point or is outwardly lying to his base. The vast majority of plastic straws are not recycled in the U.S., which means they end up incinerated, piling up in landfills, or hurting wildlife like turtles and whales. He's also doubling down on his absolute hatred for anything resembling protection for the planet we share. From climate change to plastic waste, Donald J Trump does not give a damn about you, your community, or the environment. Donald Trump is simply doubling down on preserving a lifeline for his friends in the chemical and fossil fuel industries. Shocking. This is a desperate move from a desperate president for a losing industry. Don’t let them get away with it. Donate to Greenpeace today! Thanks for all you do, John Hocevar Oceans Campaign Director, Greenpeace USA P.S. We were going to kick off our Summer Pledge Drive tomorrow, but Trump selling plastic straws is too outrageous not to share. Your generous donation today will determine how big and bold our resistance can be for the rest of the year. Don’t let Trump get away with this trash. Donate today!

Unbelievable. Donald Trump's campaign is selling plastic straws to fundraise for his reelection and to send the message that no matter how important an issue is, he simply does not care about the future of this planet.

What's more important, scoring cheap political points to “own the libs” or fighting for a future that protects the planet we all share? For Donald J Trump, the fate of the oceans is clearly just another cheap publicity stunt.

We're not going to stand for it - and neither will you. Trump is selling his straws for $15 - pledge a $15 monthly gift now to help Greenpeace end the flow of plastic pollution choking our oceans, fight back against his disastrous environmental policies, and to continue all of the fights we're taking on right now.