Newest Deep State Conspiracy Theory Distraction? "FBI asked me to pursue a romantic relationship with Maria Butina"

Overstock CEO: FBI asked me to pursue a romantic relationship with Maria Butina
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne said Thursday that the FBI directed him in the summer before the 2016 election to pursue a "romantic relationship with Maria Butina," the Russian woman who was accused of seeking to win influence in powerful Republican circles at the behest of her country's government.

Nobody has explained why conservatives, who hated Obama’s America for eight years, didn’t all pack up and leave. - Eric Boehlert

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Trump Immigration Chief Ken Cuccinelli Calls Migrants 'Things Coming Across the Border'
• California to sue Trump administration over new migrant detention policy
• FBI arrest Nigerian scammers: 80 defendants in US
• California cook arrested after threatening mass shooting at hotel
• Russia's "floating Chernobyl" nuclear plant begins voyage
• Madonna, Leonardo DiCaprio among celebs calling for action as Amazon rainforest burns

I’m gonna let y’all in on a little secret.

All land is holy land.

All water is holy water.

All of us are the chosen people.

This planet is a rare precious jewel.

We’re spinning on a fragile cradle of life through the inhospitable void.

If only we could act accordingly. - USASingers tweet

Putin Loves Mocking Trump. He Probably Keeps a Scorecard.
The Kremlin has mocked President Donald Trump's proposed purchase of the Danish territory of Greenland, suggesting that Russia would not engage in "shopping" of that kind.

Our house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rain forest - the lungs which produces 20% of our planet’s oxygen - is on fire. It is an international crisis. Members of the G7 Summit, let's discuss this emergency first order in two days! - Emmanuel Macron, President of France

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump's New Press Secretary Has Two DUI Arrests and Lost Two Jobs For Plagiarism and Cheating on Expenses
• Geraldo Slugs it Out With Brian Kilmeade on Immigration: Trump Administration Can't Be 'The Administration of Child Abuse'
• Trump Campaign Manager Blows Millions on Florida Mansion and Luxury Cars
• Emails show Veterans Affairs officials' scorn for 'Mar-a-Lago 3'
• Trump Justice Department Promoted White Nationalist Blog Post in Official Newsletter to Immigration Courts
• Epstein Said to Have Threatened Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter With Decapitated Cat

The worst, most corrupt president in American history and the only primary challengers the GOP can come up with was the 2016 Libertarian VP candidate and a guy who used to dress up like Obama's birth certificate at Tea Party rallies. - LOLGOP

Taking Racial Profiling to the EXTREME Level
Ramon Torres, a U.S. citizen, was detained for four days — despite carrying a U.S. passport, a driver’s license, and a Social Security card.
The sheriff’s office explained that they had a policy of detaining all Latinx people for immigration review.
We´re suing.

Overheard: Trump claims he was sent by God. Yeah, right after the plagues of boils and locusts. - George Takei

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Denmark Agrees To Sell Greenland To US If Obama Returns As President. - Andy Borowitz

Rock The Voter News

• ‘Aroused’ Lawyers from Powerful Firms Are Working for Free to Help House Dems Take Down Trump
• Nadler asks House committees probing Trump to share docs for its impeachment investigation
• CNN’s Poppy Harlow Laughs as Bernie Sanders Can’t Name a Single Thing He Admires About Elizabeth Warren
• Seth Moulton Drops Out While Declaring ‘Three-Way Race Between Biden, Warren and Sanders’
• Hickenlooper to run for Senate in Colorado

If you do not embrace my exact ideas, you will lose.- Every Moderate Democrat Who Just Got Crushed. 

- LOLGOP

Trump Turns Another National Treasure Into a Mine
Hundreds of thousands of acres inside what used to be Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument will be opened to mineral extraction under a plan the Bureau of Land Management released Friday, renewing charges that President Donald Trump’s executive action reducing the 23-year-old preserve was engineered to promote energy extraction in some of America’s most scenic and remote landscapes.

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American companies are HEREBY ORDERED to IMMEDIATELY start looking for an ALTERNATIVE to China. - Donald Trump tweet today

Business/Tech News

• Trump dismisses recession warnings: 'I always find a way to win'
• European officials draft radical plan to take on Trump and U.S. tech companies
• NY Times Editor Apologizes for Old Anti-Semitic Tweets
• Murdoch's Media Juggernaut Reportedly Developing 'Knewz' Aggregator to Compete With Google
• Billionaire conservative philanthropist David Koch dies at 79

Trump outsourced US jobs 

then ran for POTUS telling #maga we had to stop outsourcing US jobs 

then gave a massive tax cut to businesses that outsourced US jobs.  

It’s not the deplorables, it’s da gullibles. - John Fugelsang

China Imposes Tariffs
China announced Friday it will impose tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, the latest salvo in the year-plus trade war between the world's two largest economies.
The country's State Council said tariffs of 5 percent to 10 percent will be imposed on a variety of American goods in two batches, with the first going into effect next month and a second scheduled for December, multiple media outlets reported, citing state-run media.
The second batch of tariffs will reportedly include a 25 percent tariff on all U.S. automobiles.

This “deep fake” technology is getting eerie. Today I spent fifteen minutes watching an Aerosmith concert, only to discover it was just a video of someone’s scarf collection. - Conan O'Brien

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Odd News

• Prince William and Kate take budget flight from Norwich to Aberdeen
• Bison at Yellowstone Nation park stampede into rental car 
• Cocaine Worth $1 Million Hidden in Bananas at Washington Safeway
• Florida man arrested for threatening others with nunchucks
• Florida scientists induce spawning of Atlantic coral in lab for first time
• Looks Like Elon Musk Is Serious About Nuking Mars 

Time To Deflate Photo

That is a shipwreck a few hundred yards off of the coast of Magnetic Island, Australia, also known as the Mangrove Ark.

Peace.

New AP Poll Shows Trump Approval Rating Down to 36%

JUST IN: New AP Poll Shows Trump Approval Rating Down to 36%
According to newly released poll results by the Associated Press, nearly two out of three Americans surveyed do not approve of the job that President Donald Trump is doing.
AP reports that their most recent AP-NORC poll shows that “Thirty-six percent approve of Trump’s handing of his job and 62% disapprove. There continues to be large differences between the views of Republicans and Democrats. Republicans are much more likely to approve of how Trump is handling the issues.”

Trump Demands That Pence Accept Him As His Personal Savior - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Pentagon expresses 'concern and disappointment' over axed South Korea-Japan intelligence-sharing pact
• White House won't move forward with billions in foreign aid cuts
• Boris Johnson puts foot on table during Brexit talks at Elysee Palace
• Florida teen faces felony charge after allegedly threatening to conduct a school shooting

The NYPD has fired Daniel Pantaleo, the officer who placed a chokehold on Eric Garner in 2014. And even with video evidence, it only took them 5 years. Are you there racism? It’s me, America. - Chelsea Handler

Bend Over Trump, You're Covered.
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton (Ark.) said at an event in his home state on Wednesday that he suggested purchasing Greenland to President Trump months ago. 
“Obviously, the right decision for this country,” Cotton said when asked about Trump’s Greenland tweets at  the inaugural Talk Business and Politics Power Lunch in Little Rock, Ark.

Denmark Refuses To Sell Trump Cheese Danish - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Joe Walsh to mount primary bid against 'absolutely unfit' Trump
• Former Trump Adviser Warns of Trump's Erratic Behavior on CNN: 'It's Growing Worse and Worse, I Can't Explain It'
• Trump talks about serving '14 more years' as president
• Trump’s ‘chopper talk’ puts media on the defensive
• GOP fundraises off Greenland flap: 'Support President Trump and his efforts to help America grow!'
• Sean Spicer is 'Dancing With the Stars.' Tom Bergeron isn't happy about it.
• Tucker Carlson Put in Such a Lazy Performance on Dancing With the Stars One Judge Called Him an 'Awful Mess'
• Jurors at Greg Craig trial see invoice he backdated for Manafort
• Anderson Cooper takes a dig at Ivanka Trump
• ‘As Many as 20’ Corrections Officers Slapped with Grand Jury Subpoenas in Epstein Death Probe: Report

Trump is confusing me today. As a Jew, why am I supposed to be loyal to a Nazi? - Andy Borowitz

Epstein Coverup? Probably.
Guards at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, where Jeffrey Epstein was detained and died, pressured his former cellmate not to discuss it, the cellmate's lawyer said.
The attorney Bruce Barket said his client Nicholas Tartaglione was told to "shut up" and "stop talking" about the Epstein case.

Yesterday I woke up to see Trump calling Jews ignorant and disloyal. Today I woke up to see Trump praising known anti semite Henry Ford. Think I’ll stay in bed tomorrow. - OhNoSheTwint

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Right now 

the guy who came in 2nd

is forcing Americans to pay for Mexico’s wall 

China’s tariffs 

and Mar-a-Lago’s for-profit golf cart rentals. - John Fugelsang

Rock The Voter News

• ABC announces rules for next Democratic debates, gives candidates more time to talk
• Congress pumps brakes on Interior push to relocate Bureau of Land Management
• Nancy Pelosi Honored at Awards Meeting, Protesters Removed
• Trump golf club members who quit over his presidency say they're still waiting to get deposits back
• Obamas reportedly buying Martha's Vineyard mansion

Is There a White House Shuttle to Fox News for Former Employees?
Fox News announced Thursday that former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has joined the network as a contributor.
She will deliver political commentary and analysis across Fox News’ platforms, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox News Digital, Fox Nation and the radio and podcast division.

The news that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is joining Fox News is about as surprising as water flowing down hill. - Dan Rather

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I think we need to have a conversation about how people who smoke weed are actually really productive. In the last year I wrote a book, shot a documentary, embarked on a worldwide stand-up tour, started a weed line, and…still be outraged every day. - Chelsea Handler

Business/Tech News

• U.S. "totally unprepared" to deal with recession warns Union Bank
• Trump says it's 'appropriate' for Russia to return to G-7
• Overstock CEO steps down in wake of 'deep state' comments
• State attorneys general, telecom companies band together on sweeping anti-robocall effort

Fox News Gets a Disinvitation
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) on Thursday rescinded an invitation to Fox News to be one of its sponsors at an upcoming conference, accusing the network of blurring the line between commentary and journalism.
"My decision comes following the remarks of Fox News Radio Host, Todd Starnes," NAHJ President Hugo Balta wrote in a letter to the group's members.



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Odd News

• Scientists share new details about mysterious 'ghost particle' 
• Salt deposits on Mars hold clues to sources of ancient water
• French zoo blasts 'stupidity and disrespect' of visitors who scratched names into rhino's skin
• Woman catches fish with two mouths in New York state
• Monkeys With Smaller Testicles Scream Louder to Compensate

Time To Deflate Photo

NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan is pictured working outside the International Space Station during a six-hour and 32-minute spacewalk to install the orbiting lab’s second commercial crew vehicle docking port. At the same time I was watering my garden. I feel so inadequate.

Peace.

Trump cancels visit after Denmark dismisses Greenland sale

Trump cancels visit after Denmark dismisses Greenland sale
US president Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is postponing a planned meeting with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen after she ruled out selling Greenland to the United States.

Dear Denmark,

Please sell Greenland to Obama for $1 just so we can watch Trump's head explode.  We promise to return it to you soon.

Thanks,
Sane Americans

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Two US service members killed in NATO-led mission in Afghanistan
• Trump mulls scaling back proposed $4B in foreign aid cuts
• Hannity Suggests He Fears 'Bad Accident' or 'Mid-Morning Raid' at House Over Russia Coverage: 'This is Not a Joke'
• Amazon burning: Brazil reports record forest fires.
• U.S. won't give flu vaccines to migrants in border detention centers

Let. this. sink. in.

The man who just proclaimed himself "King of the Jews" and the "Second Coming of God" controls our nuclear launch codes. - Tea Pain

Trump Defies Court Order Again
The Trump administration will announce on Wednesday that it intends to hold migrant families in detention for the duration of their immigration proceedings, with no limit on the time they can be detained, according to several Department of Homeland Security officials who briefed reporters.
The new rule may be in defiance of a 2015 federal court ruling known as the Flores agreement that limited the time families could be detained to 20 days.

Someday, thanks to Donald Trump, Benedict Arnold will no longer be the name most synonymous with treason. - Middle Age Riot tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump touts quote calling him 'second coming of God' to Jews in Israel
• Trump on Economy: 'I Am the Chosen One'
• Trump Brags That Victims of Mass Shootings 'Love' Him: 'They Love Their President'
• Trump Erupts on NBC's Peter Alexander For Asking About Mass Shooting Gaffe: You're Worse Than CNN
• Trump reverses himself on tax cut ideas
• George Conway, Husband of Trump Staffer Kellyanne Conway, Shreds WH Staff: ‘These People Who Work for a Rapist…’
• Ben Shapiro Claims ‘No Major Republican Figure’ Ever Questioned Obama’s Legitimacy as President…
• Sean Spicer to try to boost his national profile with 'Dancing With the Stars'

Trump Attempts To Ease Tensions With Jewish Community By Noting He Also Would've Murdered Christ. - The Onion

No Wonder Trump Went Crazy Today
Approximately half of respondents in a new survey who voted for President Trump say they would blame him if the U.S. economy falls into a recession.
A Morning Consult poll released Wednesday found that 42 percent of respondents who say they voted for Trump in 2016 would hold him partially responsible for an economic downturn, and another 7 percent said he would be solely responsible.

SCROTUS & right wing fundamentalists "support" Israel so the temple can be rebuilt & the rapture can happen, killing all the Jews. Jews voting for SCROTUS is like the bug voting for the windshield. - Elayne Boosler

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During his entire Presidency, Barack Obama sent out 352 tweets.Trump is now at 43,600. - Pete Souza

Rock The Voter News

• Jewish Dems rage over Trump's 'disloyalty' comments
• Detroit county sheriff endorses Booker for president
• Bernie's Campaign Chair and Neera Tanden Are Fighting Over Whether Susan Sarandon Got Trump Elected
• Parkland students announce gun control plan, aim to halve gun violence rate in 10 years

It shouldn’t be easier to get a gun than an affordable therapist. - David Hogg

Born in the USA? Trump Wants To Revoke It.
President Trump on Wednesday said his administration is once again seriously considering an executive order to end birthright citizenship months after several lawmakers cast doubt on his ability to take such action.

Trump supporters: Trump isn’t antisemitic.
Jews: Trump is antisemitic.
Trump: No I’m not you stupid disloyal Jews.
Trump supporters: See?
- OhNoSheTwint

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Business/Tech News

• China calls on US to meet it 'halfway' on trade
• Trade war costing average household $580, CBO says
• Spending deal to add $1.7 trillion to deficit: CBO
• Federal scientists warned of coming opioid crisis in 2006
• America’s biggest charities are owned by pharmaceutical companies

In 2013, I asked why a kid caught with an ounce of drugs goes to jail, but a bank exec that launders a billion dollars in drug money pays a fine & sleeps in their own bed at night. It's clear: we have one justice system for the rich & powerful, & another for everybody else. - Elizabeth Warren

The Amazon is Burning Up!
Fires are raging at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and scientists warn it could strike a devastating blow to the fight against climate change.
The fires are burning at the highest rate since the country's space research center, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), began tracking them in 2013, the center said Tuesday.
There have been a total of 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, with more than half in the Amazon region, INPE said. That's more than an 80% increase compared with the same period last year.

The White House found the 16 million votes that Google stole from Trump. They were in the same drawer as Trump's taxes, his bronzed baby bone spurs, a check for $35 billion from the Mexican President, a beautiful and affordable health plan, and Obama's Kenyan birth certificate. - Mike Stanfill

Trump claimed to be Swedish in his book.
So every time he calls Sen. Warren "Pocahontas" we need to call him 'Sven." - John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• Arkansas park visitor finds 3.72-carat yellow diamond
• Huge alligator caught on camera climbing over fence at Florida Navy base: "They don't respect our security measures"
• Bungee cord snaps on slingshot ride at Florida amusement park
• Woman thought she had kidney stones, gave birth to triplets
• German city offers $1.1 million reward to prove it doesn't exist
• Residents baffled by creepy dolls left around Missouri county

Time To Deflate Photo

Sunflowers enjoying the lightening show.

Peace.