Trump campaign co-chair Jerry DeLemus to face trial in Nevada over 2014 Bundy standoff

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Trump campaign co-chair Jerry DeLemus to face trial in Nevada over 2014 Bundy standoff
A U..S. judge has approved the extradition of a New Hampshire man to Nevada, where he is to face trial on charges that he helped organize a high-profile armed standoff with federal agents at the ranch of Cliven Bundy in 2014.


I could spend all day explaining to Trump supporters what the First Amendment actually protects, or I could bang my head against the wall.- Jeff Tiedrich

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Gunman reported in U.S. Navy hospital in San Diego: base spokesman
• Brussels attackers were considering nuclear site, changed their minds
• Anonymous Threatens ISIS Again Following Brussels Terror Attacks
• ISIS uses Trump in video touting Brussels attacks
• Here’s the Army’s New Hybrid Vehicle: Half Tank, Half Jeep
• Emory University Students Feel 'Afraid' After Trump's Name Was Written in Chalk Around Campus

Once the GOP solves the crises of transgender people using the bathroom & Muslims feeling welcome, they'll get back to taking our insurance.- LOLGOP



Another Bush Legacy: Blackwater
ERIK PRINCE, founder of the now-defunct mercenary firm Blackwater and current chairman of Frontier Services Group, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies for attempting to broker military services to foreign governments and possible money laundering, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the case.

Republican Shenanigans

• Rudy Giuliani: Clinton helped to create ISIS
• There Were 5-Hour Lines to Vote in AZ Because SCOTUS Gutted the Voting Rights Act
• 'Morning Joe' panel: Obama tangoing after Brussels was a "tremendous mistake"
• Sen. Graham feels hopeless after backing Cruz: ‘We could lose in 2016 and we probably will’
• Graham to Daily Show host: If Trump wins "your days are numbered" 
• Megyn Kelly Weighs In On The Trump-Cruz Wives Fray: ‘Seriously?’

Under North Carolina law transgendered people may not use any bathroom, public or private, and must instead hold it and drive to Virginia.- Tea Party Cat

Fingers Point At The State Of Michigan
The state of Michigan is "fundamentally accountable" for Flint's lead-contaminated water crisis because of decisions made by its environmental regulators and state-appointed emergency managers who controlled the city, an investigatory task force concluded Wednesday.

Ted Cruz has bravely renounced his Canadian citizenship, and the evil socialized health care that allowed his mom a safe affordable birth.- John Fugelsang

LOL. Trump Is Getting Sued
Two wildlife photographers are suing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign for using a photo they took of a bald eagle.
Robert Rozinski and Wendy Shattil allege Trump’s team is using their image of the all-American bird on campaign merchandise without their permission










Bernie Sanders has ignited a lot of passion, primarily among young people. And the incredible thing is he did it without posting even a single nude selfie. - Jimmy Kimmel



Rock The Voter News

• Sanders, Clinton tied in national poll
• Biden: "There is no Biden rule.  It doesn't exist."

GOPers Voting For Hillary?
Members of the GOP foreign policy establishment are open to supporting Ted Cruz or even Hillary Clinton for president if that’s what it takes to prevent Donald Trump from becoming commander in chief.


I never thought my greatest ally in destroying the Republican Party would be Fox News and the GOP base.- LOLGOP












Business/Tech News

• Oil down slightly; U.S. rig count drop offsets stockpiles surge
• U.S. Oil Explorers Return to Parking Rigs as Inventories Build
• General Electric CEO Lauds Boston As New Site
• NPR offers its reporters ‘Trump Training’ to handle safety threats 

Ted Cruz is what happens when a televangelist has a kid with the Sham-Wow guy.- John Fugelsang

Yahoo¡?
Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP moved on Thursday to overthrow the entire board of Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), including Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, who has struggled to turn around the company in her nearly four years at the helm.



Florida is considering legalizing silencers so you can stand your ground without all the hoopla.- Warren Holstein

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It's a dirty job but someone has to do it!

Almost to $1300!

Thank you!

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Odd News

• Man Arrested When Cops Discover He Never Returned VHS
• Georgia man blows off leg shooting his lawnmower to make it go 'boom'
• Woman arrested for DUI after driving to 'Coffee with a Cop'
• Man who spent day in Seattle tree accused of mischief
• Alabama city cracking down on diaperless horses

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This chair was carved from an Oak tree stump.

Peace.

Paul Ryan Apologizes For Calling The Poor ‘Takers’

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Paul Ryan Apologizes For Calling The Poor ‘Takers’
In a Capitol Hill speech billed as a repudiation of the tone of the 2016 election, House Speaker Paul Ryan apologized for his own past rhetoric about poor people of color.
“There was a time when I would talk about a difference between ‘makers’ and ‘takers’ in our country, referring to people who accepted government benefits,” he said. “But as I spent more time listening, and really learning the root causes of poverty, I realized I was wrong. ‘


That awkward moment when Paul Ryan votes against Obama every single time for 7 yrs and then says "we can't let our institutions lose trust." - Tea Party Cat

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• President Obama says U.S. will go after the Islamic State aggressively, the world must be united against terrorism
• Trump Says Muslims Needs To Show More Respect
• Belgian authorities say several people possibly linked to deadly attacks on Brussels still on the loose
• Cruz’s comments after the Brussels attack are criticized by Muslims and others
• Refugees rescue anti-refugee German politician 
• State Dept issues alarming travel alert for all of Europe

“They hit Brussels? That’s horrible! How the hell did ISIS find a way to bomb Iceland?...Or is it in Norway?”
—most Americans 
- Erik Bransteen

New Yorkers Just Don't Like Ted Cruz Because Of Their New York Values
New York Police Department spokesman Peter Donald shot back at Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Tuesday regarding comments he made earlier about patrolling Muslim neighborhoods...Hey, @tedcruz are our nearly 1k Muslim officers a "threat" too? It's hard to imagine a more incendiary, foolish statement, the NYPD spokesman tweeted..

Right now somewhere an American is in a Mexican restaurant explaining that he doesn't want a tortilla, he wants a wrap.- John Fugelsang

Republican Shenanigans

• Cruz to Trump: Attacking my wife? "You're more of a coward than I thought" 
• Michael Ian Black buries Ted Cruz in mockery for spouting anti-Muslim nonsense after Brussels attack
• CBS host burns Cruz over his anti-Muslim patrols: ‘You don’t even know how many Muslims are in America’
• GOP voters — especially Trump supporters — think racism hurts whites more than minorities
• AIPAC apologizes after Trump’s anti-Obama speech gets cheers
• Watch Louie Gohmert bizarrely oppose bill for women scientists: MLK wouldn’t ‘leave little boys in the ditch’
• Rudy Giuliani: Obama should have cut Cuba trip short because Brussels was his ‘Pearl Harbor’

I'm skeptical of government so I need a thin-skinned bigot who threatens people's wives to clean it all up. - LOLGOP

Chicken Trump

Donald Trump faced a dilemma – and a defining moment – at his Chicago rally.

Thousands of his supporters turned out to witness in person the latest installment of Trump’s hateful racist, jingoistic, xenophobic, misogynistic, homophobic, nationalistic, anti-Muslim campaign screed.

These rallies usually attract a small number of protesters, who are unceremoniously escorted from the hall while Trump berates them from the podium and bellows, “Get ‘em out … get ‘em outta here.” Recently, Trump’s remarks have provoked escalating violence toward the protesters, with the candidate’s tacit approval.

Unfortunately, in Chicago the numbers of Trump supporters and protesters were about equal.  Ten thousand people filled the hall on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus and thousands more spilled into surrounding streets.  Tensions ran high; the rally was set to turn violent.

As the starting time for the rally approached, Trump faced a choice.  He could take the stage as his usual narcissistic, rabble-rousing, rich-bully self, which would likely spark widespread violence and bring condemnation from politicians, the media, and the country generally. The fallout from that approach could cost him the GOP nomination.

Or he could attempt to settle things down, reduce tensions, extend an olive branch to the protesters, call for tolerance and mutual respect, and try to act mature and reasonable – even Presidential – for a change. That’s what a good leader would do. But that approach would cost him the support of many of his fans, who have no interest in a good leader or a mature and reasonable candidate.

Faced with this dilemma, which choice did Trump make?

He decided to be a no-show at his own rally.  That’s right: he whiffed.  Trump chickened out of his own rally.

Chicken Trump.  B’gawk, b’gawk, buk, buk, buk.

Chicken Trump sent out a spokesman to announce that the rally was being postponed indefinitely.  Then his campaign put out a statement saying that the Chicago Police Department cancelled the rally.  But Chicago Police say they were not consulted on the decision.  Once again, Chicken Trump lied.

Chicken Trump went on to whine that his free speech rights were totally violated.  The only problem with that claim is that he silenced himself in the face of protesters; no government agency abridged his freedom of speech.

Still, it’s a convenient argument since it relieves Chicken Trump of any personal responsibility for whatever happened at the rally and it casts him in the role of victim.  Victimhood provides an ideal cover for cowardice.

This was a defining moment for the man would be President of the United States.  Faced with a difficult decision, Chicken Trump decided not to decide; to cut and run from the choice, and to declare himself a victim to boot.

If this is how Chicken Trump handles opposition on the campaign trail, imagine how he will react when faced with opposition from Congress.  Or the Supreme Court.  Or the Russians or Chinese.

When Trump’s presidential campaign goes the way of his failed Trump Steaks brand, maybe he can introduce a new product: Trump Chicken. It will go perfectly with a glass of Trump’s trademarked brand of white whine.

-Rick Wise


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My dad and brother were president.

Jeb¡ Endorses Tea Party Cruz
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) presidential campaign on Wednesday morning, urging Republicans in a statement to prevent Donald Trump from securing the nomination.









Jeb Bush was right about 1 thing.
His brother did keep us safe.
From Jeb getting the White House.- John Fugelsang









If President Obama had any respect for the people of Brussels, he would have left Cuba & headed to Twitter to blackmail his opponent's wife.- LOLGOP

Rock The Voter News

• Barack Obama, Raul Castro set differences aside to bond over baseball 
• Sanders wins Utah caucuses
• Clinton Speaks On GOP Response To Belgium Attacks During Speech

Next up on Fox News: Obama defects to Cuba throwing nation into chaos.- Tea Party Cat

This Is Not A Joke: Sarah Palin May Become A Judge On The TeeVee!
Could Sarah Palin be the next Judge Judy?
The former GOP vice presidential candidate is poised to pick up the gavel as the star of a new courtroom reality TV show.
If picked up, the syndicated daytime series would premiere next year...




BREAKING: Hillary Clinton concedes election to Donald Trump, saying “I just can’t see how I can win after Scott Baio endorsed Trump.”- Tea Party Cat

Business/Tech News

• Oil extends losses after big stock build in U.S. crude
• 'Apprentice' cast and crew members say Trump using tricks he learned on reality TV
• FDA adds boldest warning to most widely used painkillers
• America's explosion of income inequality, in one amazing animated chart

The media has Stockholm syndrome with Trump. They're starting to empathize with their captor.- Tina Dupuy

Lies, Lies And More Damned Lies
We don’t win any more. Mexico and China are picking our pockets. And now, on top of all that, we’re poor.
That’s the latest assertion from – can you guess? – Donald Trump, who expanded on his view of Broken America.. “We were a very powerful, very wealthy country,” the leading Republican presidential contender said. “And we’re a poor country now. We’re a debtor nation. How are you going to get rid of $21 trillion in debt?”

Starbucks announced today that they are introducing a new Caramelized Honey Frappuccino to their menu. And then your dentist announced he’s buying a new boat.- Seth Myers

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The sad after effects of fighting the right.

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Odd News

• Man won't descend tall Seattle tree, despite police coaxing
• Not a happy hour as beer, chips spill onto Florida highway
• Diners scatter when man drops giant python in restaurant
• 80-year-old pot dealer gets 10 years after colorful history
• Armed robbery attempt fails when victim realizes gun is toy

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Some days you just feel like throwing caution to the wind.

Peace.

What violence at Trump Rallies?

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Man charged with assaulting protester at Trump rally is a D-M airman
A man charged with assaulting a protester at a Donald Trump rally in Tucson is an airman at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, a public affairs official confirmed.


Trump will bring peace to the Middle East with the same techniques that have worked so well at his rallies.- Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Up to 10 dead in Brussels airport blast: Belgian media
• Obama, Castro hail 'new day' for US-Cuba relations
• Syrian government refuses to discuss Assad's future
• U.N. lifts North Korea sanctions on four ships at China's request

This might be overly optimistic, but maybe Trump could unite the Israelis and Palestinians against him.- Andy Borowitz

Meanwhile Back To The Adults In D.C.
On Jan. 21, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iraq's prime minister in Davos, Switzerland, and handed him a personal note from President Barack Obama pleading for urgent action.




Speaking of trump, he recently said that if he becomes president he'll force Apple to start making its products in the United States. It's great news for anyone who wants to pay $20,000 for an iPhone.- Jimmy Fallon

The president of CNN rejected claims that the network has given Donald Trump too much attention, and said he feels no responsibility for the rise of Donald Trump. Makes sense. Just because someone mentions trump a lot on TV doesn't mean they're responsible for what he does if he's president.- Jimmy Fallon



Republican Shenanigans

• The Republican Party Must Answer for What It Did to Kansas and Louisiana
• Fox's Tucker Carlson: It's "Fascism" For Trump Protesters To Block Highways
• RNC chair blames CNN for Trump rally clashes: ‘We’re not a party that believes in violence’ 
• Anti-Trump group releases ad featuring a nude Melania
• Orrin Hatch struggles to compliment Ted Cruz: ‘He’s not one who does a terrific job in the Senate’
• Trump spokesperson: Rally violence is ‘American people having a head-on collision with the truth’
• Televangelist warns Bernie Sanders is like Hitler because college students like him

Look in the Mirror: Media Obsessed by Hillary's Server Now Baffled By Trump's Teflon- Brasilmagic Tweet

Trump Does D.C.
GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump huddled with Washington, D.C., Republicans in the shadow of the Capitol on Monday, an attempt by the political newcomer to appear more presidential as he zeroes in on his party’s nomination.












Trump Meets Jesus's Ancestors
Seeking to calm worries about his scant foreign policy credentials, Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump used his turn before the United States’ largest pro-Israel group to offer his view for the Middle East. He did himself few favors, often appearing to contradict himself and at times sounding just like the politicians he lambastes.



Trump had a tough task at the AIPAC summit today -- try to appeal to Jews without alienating his core constituency of Nazis.- Andy Borowitz

Rock The Voter News

• Hillary Clinton bashes Trump’s neutral stance on Israel
• Sanders beats Clinton in Democrats abroad primary 2-to-1
• Judge sets countdown on Sanders's DNC lawsuit

Harassing Voters Through Name Shaming
A man in North Carolina has detailed the wringer through which both he and wife were subjected when trying to vote in the state’s recent primary, as people with South Asian names in a state with a strict voter ID law. And this happened not once, but twice.

Donald Trump: "My foreign policy team is great! Every one of them has a degree in foreign affairs from Trump University."- Tea Party Cat

Business/Tech News

• Oil market rattled by deadly Brussels blasts
• NBC's Meet The Press Will No Longer Allow Trump To Phone In
• Watch Fox Business' Stumble On Robots That Will "Take Your Job" Because Of The Minimum Wage

Jeb Bush, Scott Walker Spotted Doing Lawn Work on Koch Estate. - Andy Borowitz

It's Obama's Fault! Take That GOP!
There's growing evidence that most of the dramatic gain in the number of Americans with health care coverage is due to President Barack Obama not the economy ...



I'm socially liberal but economically conservative. I think gay people should be able to marry, but they shouldn't be able to retire.- LOLGOP

Ben Carson was right about grain pyramids!

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Will I reach the halfway mark?

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Odd News

• Shopping mall Easter Bunny brawls with enraged NJ dad after baby slips off chair
• Deputies: Man steals BMW tried to buy with food stamp card
• Thieves in Sweden appear to blow up building for ATM cash
• Fried cow's brains? - Italy's historic cities push local cuisine, produce
• Proposal to turn mobster's house into landmark gets whacked

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Fennec Foxes are highly social creatures with a rigid social hierarchy. When a pack of Fennec Foxes rest, they form what is often called a “Fennec Stack.”

Peace.