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Let's hope he is done soon.

The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ
U.S. Treasury amends sanctions on Russia, paving the way for aluminum giant Rusal to be removed from the blacklist

www.wsj.com/articles/rusal-set-to-escape-sanctions-after-treasury-amends-russia-blacklist-1525217278

Original document re: Flynn

Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
Mueller team and Flynn attorneys say Flynn is not ready for a sentencing hearing yet "due to the status of the special counsel's investigation."

(Flynn promised to cooperate, and under the plea agreement, sentencing would be delayed until that is over.)

White Supremacy

Bruce Bartlett
@BruceBartlett
Top staffer at major pro-Trump group: "I believe wholeheartedly, wholeheartedly, that the black race as a whole, not totally, is lazier than the white race, period."

Carl Higbie, who works at pro-Trump group, says racist comments were 'statistical observation,' 'out of context'
edition.cnn.com/2018/05/01/politics/kfile-carl-higbie-says-comments-out-of-context/index.html

And

NBC News
@NBCNews
"I'm honored to have you here."

Vice President Mike Pence recognizes ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio during a tax policy event in Arizona, calling Arpaio a "tireless champion of strong borders and the rule of law."

twitter.com/NBCNews/status/991448021169852417

Joe Scarborough
@JoeNBC
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Mike Pence is “honored” to have Joe Arpaio at his event? And he calls a bigoted criminal who tortured inmates a “strong champion of the rule of law”? Even Arizona Republicans know this man undermines the most basic of American values.

Qasim Rashid, Esq.
@MuslimIQ
In 2018—VP is celebrating a convicted felon who:
•Tortured US citizens
•Let people die in his prisons
•Broke federal law
•Discriminated against protected communities
•Killed dogs for sport
•Has 0 remorse

Slavery is not a choice. White supremacy is.

And

ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s not the only one who had to prove his citizenship
www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-citizens-ice-20180427-htmlstory.html

Betsy Woodruff
@woodruffbets
A significant LAT investigation: ICE has arrested more than 1400 US citizens

And

US Officials Still Have Not Allowed Members Of The Central American Caravan To Apply For Asylum
A group of 50 people are waiting to enter the port of San Ysidro, at the US–Mexico border near California.

www.buzzfeed.com/adolfoflores/the-central-american-caravan-is-now-asking-for-asylum-in

And

Fake antifa posts reportedly tricked police into massive show of force for neo-Nazi rally
Now we know why so many police arrived in Newnan, Georgia.
thinkprogress.org/fake-antifa-fooled-police-neo-nazi-rally-7fa23ee4a5a3/

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5 guns taken from Vernon Hills teen who wore shirt featuring white supremacist group, police say
www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/vernon-hills/news/ct-vhr-blotter-gun-possession-patriot-front-tl-0503-story.html

Qasim Rashid, Esq.
@MuslimIQ
•Adult White Supremacist has 5 semi-automatic weapons
•Is part of active terror org that demands genocide of POC & Jews—flagged as college threat
•Prosecutors charge him only w/misdemeanors of unlawful possession of guns & ammo😑
#WhereWasHeRadicalized?

And

White supremacist found guilty of beating a black man in a police garage during Charlottesville rally
www.rawstory.com/2018/05/white-supremacist-found-guilty-beating-black-man-police-garage-charlottesville-rally/

And

ANONYMOUS WHITE NATIONALISTS MAY HAVE THEIR IDENTITIES EXPOSED IN LAWSUIT OVER CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, VIOLENCE
www.newsweek.com/anonymous-white-nationalists-may-have-their-identities-exposed-result-903026

And

Feds arrest 57 white supremacist gang members on drug trafficking charges
www.rawstory.com/2018/04/feds-arrest-57-white-supremacist-gang-members-drug-trafficking-charges

And

Reagan Aide’s New Job: Downplay ‘Polish Complicity in the Holocaust’

It’s well documented that some Poles helped the Nazis commit genocide. A powerhouse D.C. communications firm has been hired by a Polish ‘charity’ to rejigger that history.
www.thedailybeast.com/reagan-aides-new-job-downplay-polish-complicity-in-the-holocaust

And

Shaun King
@ShaunKing
I kid you not, this Black couple was seated, given menus, and prepared to order when they were asked to move to a different table because a "white regular" wanted to sit there.

When they refused to move, of course, they threatened to call the police.

@Sambuca360 in Plano

twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/991352159626149888

And

S. Lee Merritt, Esq.
@MeritLaw
Principal Shanna Swearingen of @SpringISD (TX)

If a black special needs student runs potentially placing himself in harms way:

"I'm not going to chase him. I'll call the police & TELL THEM HE HAS A GUN so they will come faster!"

@RodneySpringISD why is she still employed?

And

Jack Smith IV
@JackSmithIV
Holy shit — Jorge Ramos tells Tucker Carlson, “I’m an American citizen,” and Tucker goes “I guess, but...” so Ramos explains he has dual citizenship.

“I’m opposed to it, for obviously reasons,” Tucker responds.
twitter.com/JackSmithIV/status/991333082090409996

8 hours of sleep and I don't know where to start reading!

That Bornstein did not write the letter was obvious at the time.
How is is still able to practise as a doctor is not.

Jim Sciutto
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Breaking: President Trump dictated 2015 letter his doctor wrote declaring him the “healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency” says letter’s author Dr. Harold Bornstein. “He dictated that whole letter. I didn't write that letter," Bornstein told CNN’s @MarquardtA

edition.cnn.com/2018/05/01/politics/trump-lawyers-showdown-special-counsel/index.html

@OhNoSheTwitnt
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How amazing would it be if Trump’s poor spelling and grammar, which his supporters say we elitists should stop focusing on, are what ultimately cause his downfall?
"Muller's former assistant says grammatical errors prove leaked questions come from Trump"

Everyone has a writing style and Trump's is so distinctive. He probably misspelled counsel (council) like he does every time.

Should a new medical exam be scheduled? He can then make that up too.

Not so much, "Follow the money"
Rather, "Follow the grammar"

www.politico.eu/article/russia-probe-investigation-lawyers-think-robert-mueller-could-indict-president-donald-trump/

www.rawstory.com/2018/05/heres-robert-muellers-questions-bad-news-jared-kushner/amp/

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-ice-sculpture-iceberg-climate-change-project-trumpmore-melting-arctic-a8331886.html

'A climate change group is raising half a million dollars with the goal of carving President Donald Trump’s face into an arctic iceberg.

The Finnish group Melting Ice is spearheading the initiative with the intention of carving a 115-foot ice sculpture of Mr Trump’s face, and have dubbed the effort “Project Trumpmore”.'

Indeed crusty !

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/01/student-sues-daily-stormer-troll-storm-neo-nazi-harassment

I had that very thought, Crusty!

Here's the source article about the massive police presence in Newnan, Georgia:

Georgia Police Used Fake News From Militia To Plan For Nazi Rally, Emails Show
www.unicornriot.ninja/2018/georgia-police-used-fake-news-from-militia-to-plan-for-nazi-rally-emails-show/

MAY 1, 2018
Newnan, GA – Emails obtained by Unicorn Riot through a public records request to the Coweta County Sheriff suggest that law enforcement relied on false ‘alt-right’ posts in their planning for an April 21, 2018 rally by the neo-nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM). The NSM ended up only drawing about 30 supporters but were met by several hundred anti-racist counter-protesters.

Most media coverage of events in Newnan focused on the police response, which included over 800 officers who aggressively attacked and arrested antifascists, at times directly threatening protesters with assault rifles at point blank range. Evidence shows that the heavy-handed tactics used by Newnan police on April 21 were motivated in part by disinformation, created and shared by members of a far-right militia, which law enforcement had accepted as fact.
[...]
While city officials have refused to disclose the source, the original Facebook post seems to have come from Newnan resident Clay Perry, whose Facebook profile contains several posts indicating affiliation with the ‘Three Percenter’ militia that provided security for the “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville. Perry’s screed was then shared by a large Facebook page called ‘III% Security Force Intel’. Facebook posts first pointed out by Atlanta Antifascists also show that Perry has described himself as “anti-antifa”
[...]
The bizarre internet rumors that ended up fueling militarized protest policing in Newnan fit into a larger pattern of state and federal police intelligence analysts citing alt-right websites as credible news sources. Intelligence prepared for law enforcement also tends to focus on anti-racists and downplay threats posed by neo-nazis and other racist groups. A recent Unicorn Riot investigation found that a Tennessee Homeland Security analyst described the neo-nazi Traditionalist Worker Party as “not the issue” despite the group’s well-documented history of organized violence.

@ laurenbergk
Just in: Jacob Goodwin was found guilty of malicious wounding in the group beating of DeAndre Harris on Aug. 12. Jury will now decide a recommended sentence of five to 20 years.
5:25 pm - 1 May 2018 From Charlottesville, VA

@ laurenbergk
7 hours ago
Sentence: Jury recommends 10 years in prison with the option of suspending some of the time. They also recommended a $20,000 fine and empathy training. A formal sentencing hearing was set for Aug. 23.

twitter.com/laurenbergk/status/991473600011096069

Figures.

www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/071316/how-donald-trump-tried-cash-dumping-sewage-hudson-river.asp?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shareurlbuttons

www.rawstory.com/2018/05/theyre-liars-liars-lie-cnns-toobin-shuts-trump-defender-dershowitz-obstruction-justice/#.WulGynrWzD8.twitter

Maddow Blog
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If Mueller raised the issue of issuing a subpoena to Donald Trump, he would have already talked about doing so with Rod Rosenstein. -@JoyceWhiteVance
"Prosecutors never threaten to take an action they can't take."

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/02/607659343/iowa-fetal-heartbeat-bill-to-ban-abortions-after-6-weeks-poised-for-passage?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

www.wsj.com/articles/rusal-set-to-escape-sanctions-after-treasury-amends-russia-blacklist-1525217278?mod=e2tw

'The Trump administration on Tuesday amended its Russia sanctions program, paving the way for aluminum giant United Co. Rusal to escape from the blacklist and granting the metals market a reprieve from a supply scare that rocked markets over the past month.'

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-daca-lawsuit-dreamers-ken-paxton-sued-donald-trump-a8331891.html

'Texas and six other states are suing to dissolve an immigration programme that courts revived after Donald Trump sought to cancel it.

The lawsuit further complicates the already-tangled legal status of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. Instituted by Barack Obama, the programme offers work permits and protection from deportation to unauthorised immigrants who arrived in the United States as children and maintained clean criminal records.'

Kyle Cheney
‏*@kyledcheney*
Looks like @realDonaldTrump (or someone operating his account) is copy/pasting Mediaite.

twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/991670434344112128

Ukraine, Seeking U.S. Missiles, Halted Cooperation With Mueller Investigation - Four cases involving Paul Manafort have been effectively frozen by Ukraine’s chief prosecutor. Ukrainian officials are wary of offending President Trump

www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/world/europe/ukraine-mueller-manafort-missiles.html