May 17, 2019

We KNOW Obama did warn Trump about Flynn & Hope Hicks & Steve Bannon told FBI that too

Also from the Mueller Report. We know Obama really did warn Trump about Mike Flynn and Trump was stewing about it in December 2016 bc Hope Hicks and Steve Bannon told the FBI that.






https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1129394914427453442
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1129470702485233666

May 17, 2019

"Consensual Rape"

A GOP lawmaker said most rapes were "date rapes or consensual rapes"


Republican Rep. Barry Hovis, a former law enforcement officer, said many of the rape cases he has seen are "consensual rapes" — a phrase that drew ire from at least one other member.

Hovis was defending the bill saying it allows women to get abortions during the first eight weeks of pregnancy. (Remember: Many women often aren't aware they're pregnant in the first eight weeks.)

Here's what he said:

"Most of my rapes were not the gentlemen jumping out of the bushes that nobody had ever met. That was one or two times out of one hundred. Most of them were date rapes or consensual rapes, which were all terrible, but I sat in court — sat in court — when juries would struggle with those types of situations where it was a 'he-said she-said,' and they would find the person not guilty. Unfortunate, if it really happened, but I had no control over that, because it was a judge or a jury making those decisions. But we'll just say someone is sexually assaulted. They have eight weeks to make a decision."

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/missouri-abortion-bill/h_83ea76920bd5b9d8fbebec4adf37a35a

He apologized:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/barry-hovis-missouri-no-consensual-rape

May 16, 2019

DC Judge order USDOJ to post PUBLIC Transcript of Flynn Voicemail of Trump/Congress obstruction

Now: DC judge orders USDOJ to post public transcript of Michael Flynn voicemail that purports to capture Trump/ Congress efforts "that could have affected both his willingness to cooperate and the completeness of that cooperation. Court order:

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https://twitter.com/MikeScarcella/status/1129151184558788608


Schiff also says committee will vote on Monday to release Michael Cohen transcripts.

https://twitter.com/npfandos/status/1129153447478087681


https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1129160864223899649


Notice (Other), USA v. FLYNN, No. 1:17-cr-00232-1 (D.D.C. May 16, 2019)

https://www.usatoday.com/documents/6007289-Notice-Other/

May 16, 2019

Giant robot Trump tweeting on toilet-shouting 'I'm a very stable genius' shipped to UK for protest

Looks like they know how to protest right in the UK




https://twitter.com/FireGoddessB/status/1129076971172974598

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/robot-trump-toilet-state-visit-london-uk-protest-baby-balloon-a8916391.html

May 16, 2019

Reasons women have abortions

https://twitter.com/amrezy/status/1128786958468173824

May 16, 2019

New Yorkers: Trump to visit Upper East Side & hopes for a good night's sleep-Join the protest:

I wish I could join you!



https://twitter.com/justinhendrix/status/1129000115308515329

May 16, 2019

WH Briefing Room Lectern Literally Gathering Dust

The White House hasn’t held press briefing in so long that the lectern in the briefing room is quite literally gathering dust.
Here’s a picture:




https://twitter.com/maeganvaz/status/1128789925791502338

May 16, 2019

WAPO op ed: We should be shouting from the rooftops: "The President Obstructed Justice"

We don’t need to see more of the Mueller report. It’s clear Trump obstructed justice.
By Walter Dellinger
Dellinger was head of the Office of Legal Counsel from 1993 to 1996.




The more I review the report, the more absurd and misleading the we-need-to-know-more response seems to be. And the more it seems to have contributed to public misunderstanding. How different would it have been if a unified chorus of Democratic leaders in Congress and on the campaign trail had promptly proclaimed the actual truth: This report makes the unquestionable case that the president regularly and audaciously violated his oath and committed the most serious high crimes and misdemeanors.

Mueller’s extraordinary 2,800-subpoena, 500-search-warrant, two-year investigation fully established not merely crimes but also the betrayal of the president’s office: a failure to defend the country’s electoral system from foreign attack and acts of interference with justice that shred the rule of law. Congress doesn’t need to read more to announce what is obvious from what it should have read already.

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All I am saying is that every day we should have been shouting from the rooftops: “The president is failing to defend democracy from attack”; “The president’s campaign welcomed and encouraged Russia’s efforts to change our election results”; “The president obstructed justice”; and “The president daily undermined the rule of law.” But we have instead been whispering in the hallways of Congress that “we need to see the redactions.” That emphasis is a mistake that needs to be (and hopefully can be) rectified.



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https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1128787590671474689
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-dont-need-to-see-more-of-the-mueller-report-its-clear-trump-obstructed-justice/2019/05/15/db01ad1c-7675-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5e1005c3c858

May 15, 2019

Alabama: All of Senators opposing exception for rape and incest supported Roy Moore for Senate.

There might be a pattern here.

The amendment to add rape and incest exceptions failed 11-22. Alabama will make abortions a felony, in all cases, from the moment of conception, punishable by up to 99 years in prison.


https://twitter.com/stuartpstevens/status/1128510213265346561

May 15, 2019

Alabama leads the nation in infant mortality rates

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) -- Alabama leads the nation when it comes to infant mortality, and the governor's office is committing one million dollars in the month of October, aiming to reduce the infant mortality rate in the state.

The most recent data on infant mortality available from the CDC looks at the year of 2016. The data shows that 537 babies died in Alabama in 2016 before their first birthday.

This sight is often too familiar to families, especially mothers who've dealt with the loss of a baby after a live birth.

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Birth defects are cited as the number one cause of death for the over 23,000 infants that died in the United States in 2016, followed by preterm birth and low birth rate, sudden infant death syndrome, maternal pregnancy complications, and injuries.



MORE:
https://www.wrbl.com/news/alabama/alabama-leading-the-nation-in-infant-mortality-rates/1451732861
https://twitter.com/jackiekcalmes/status/1128652084902072322