Category Archives: Clown

Friday Open Thread | Ex-Florida GOP chair shreds Trump: The worst “social poison to afflict our country in decades” | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Al Cardenas, a frequent Trump critic, tweeted his comment in response to the president’s new campaign ad on immigration. “You are a despicable divider; the worse social poison to afflict our country in decades,” Cardenas tweeted in a post that has since been deleted. “This ad, and your full approval of it, will condemn you and your bigoted legacy forever in the annals of America’s history books.”

Source: Friday Open Thread | Ex-Florida GOP chair shreds Trump: The worst “social poison to afflict our country in decades” | 3CHICSPOLITICO

bellingcat – The Unintelligent Design of SureFire Intelligence – bellingcat – in short a fraud…

When searching for the various employees who list their employment as SureFire Intelligence, nearly all of them use stolen profile photographs. In particular, many of these photographs use the sepia-toned filter that was likely used to disrupt reverse image search algorithms. Their “Tel Aviv Station Chief” uses a photograph of Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli.

Source: bellingcat – The Unintelligent Design of SureFire Intelligence – bellingcat

Trump eyeing an executive order to end citizenship for unauthorized residents’ children born in U.S. – Los Angeles Times – feed hate and fear is all he knows – he’d kick his grandparents out and send his wife’s family back to where they came from!

Source: Trump eyeing an executive order to end citizenship for unauthorized residents’ children born in U.S. – Los Angeles Times

Trump Turns Tragedy of Migrant Caravan into Fake Terrorism Threat | La Prensa San Diego

The caravan is still thousands of miles from the U.S. but that hasn’t stopped Trump and his friends from declaring a new threat to the U.S. Without citing any evidence, and in complete contradiction of his own Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Trump this week claimed that ISIS and other terrorist groups have embedded themselves within the caravan, adding that “Middle Easterners” were mixed in among the refugees. No evidence exists to support that claim, and, when pressed for proof of his claims by a reporter, Trump finally admitted “there is no proof of anything”.

Source: Trump Turns Tragedy of Migrant Caravan into Fake Terrorism Threat | La Prensa San Diego

Debunking 5 Viral Images of the Migrant Caravan – The New York Times

Images of injured police officers went viral after being posted to right-wing Facebook groups such as Trump Train, Make America Great Again, and the Diamond and Silk Fan Page. They have also gotten thousands of retweets on Twitter. The caption on one Facebook post read, “Mexican police are being brutalized by members of this caravan as they attempt to FORCE their way into Mexico.” Several Mexican police officers, along with migrants and journalists, have been injured in caravan-related incidents, according to reports citing United States and Mexican officials. But these are old photos unrelated to the caravan. One widely shared photo, of a bloody police officer, was taken in 2012 at a student protest in Mexico, and was on the website of the European Pressphoto Agency.

Miss Marple would demolish in minutes the Saudi story of a fistfight gone wrong | Simon Tisdall | World news | The Guardian

Why did Bin Salman and his officials wait almost two weeks before admitting Khashoggi was dead, if his killing was not deliberate? Why all those staunch denials of involvement and the repeated, on-the-record assertions that Khashoggi had left the consulate unscathed, if they knew all along that he had died? Why has Khashoggi’s body disappeared? If his death was an unintended accident, why was an ambulance not called and the police informed? The Saudi statements offer no clue as to where Khashoggi’s remains may be now. Turkish assertions that he was dismembered, smuggled out of the building in suitcases and buried in a forest near Istanbul will now be more widely accepted.

Source: Miss Marple would demolish in minutes the Saudi story of a fistfight gone wrong | Simon Tisdall | World news | The Guardian

A President Who Believes He Is Entitled to His Own Facts – The New York Times – Similar to a Bavarian Clown

Mr. Trump has appeared to grow noticeably more comfortable in the role of president, according to advisers, and that comfort level has reinforced his confidence in his own instincts, including what he regards as facts. Mr. Trump often points to a key moment — his election in 2016, which defied the polls — as proof that agreed-upon data can be wrong. His long career in the New York real estate world convinced Mr. Trump that all people are prone to shading their views according to their own self-interest. Objectivity is not something he expects of people, and he long ago came to believe that “facts” are really arbitrary.

Tory rightwingers seek to embarrass May over high-powered rifles ban | Politics | The Guardian Right-wingnuts across the sea are nuts too!

ERG members aim to stymie .50-calibre weapons ban to show strength before vote on Brexit deal

Source: Tory rightwingers seek to embarrass May over high-powered rifles ban | Politics | The Guardian

Republicans join far-right figures at Montana anti-government event | US news | The Guardian – GOP embraces anti-Indian racists!

The Montana Human Rights Network (MHRN) characterized the conference as a platform for “anti-government extremism and anti-Indian bigotry”. It helped organize a protest a mile from the conference venue, in a park in downtown Whitefish. Around 300 people attended. A spokeswoman for MHRN, Cherliyn DeVries, said Bundy’s invitation to the New Code of the West event was “very disappointing” and did not reflect the views of the local community, which she said was “supported by public lands”. “He’s proven himself to be a violent extremist,” she said. “Violent extremists divide communities … This is not who we are. The middle is broad and deep.”

Source: Republicans join far-right figures at Montana anti-government event | US news | The Guardian