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October 31, 2017

FCC move could close local TV newsrooms

Trying to keep up with current events out of Washington — or down the street — is about to become a whole lot harder.

But then again, those noble public servants at the Federal Communications Commission probably don’t want to bother you with needless, unpleasant stuff like the news. News, it can be so annoying.

Last week, in a 3-2 partisan vote, Republican appointees on the FCC rescinded a nearly 80-year-old rule that required radio and broadcast stations to maintain a local main studio in the communities they serve.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai argued that requiring local broadcast outlets to maintain production studios imposed an undue burden on radio and television stations because "the public these days is more likely to interact with stations (including accessing stations’ public access files) online. Additionally, technology allows broadcast stations to produce local news without a local studio."

http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/Ruth-FCC-move-could-close-local-TV-newsrooms_162143196

October 31, 2017

(Florida) man told police girlfriends mutilated body was a blow-up doll

with human flesh

MIAMI — When police found Deanna Clendinen’s mutilated body on Friday, her boyfriend told them there was a misunderstanding: The body, he said, was that of a life-size blow-up doll with human flesh.

The cops didn’t buy it.

Instead, after searching the man’s home and finding a scene resembling the film Silence of the Lambs, they arrested Jerome Ernest Wright, 32, and charged him with abusing a dead human body. The woman’s stomach had been lacerated and many of her internal organs removed, police said.

As of Monday, Jerome Wright had not been charged with the woman’s murder. He not only denied killing her — he claimed the body wasn’t even human. Still, police said, a murder charge is on the table.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/Miami-man-told-police-girlfriend-s-mutilated-body-was-a-blow-up-doll-with-human-flesh_162176770

October 31, 2017

Tweet Of The Day

There’s a real contradiction between Facebook saying Russian ads had no impact and Facebook telling brands to spend millions on Facebook ads


https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/925139339142508544

October 30, 2017

Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of Trump Ban on Transgender Service Members

WASHINGTON — A federal court in Washington is barring President Donald Trump from changing the government's policy on military service by transgender people.

Trump announced in an August memo that he intended to reverse course on a 2016 policy that allowed troops to serve openly as transgender individuals. He said he would order a return to the policy prior to June 2016, under which service members could be discharged for being transgender.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote Monday that transgender members of the military who had sued over the change were likely to win their lawsuit and barred the Trump administration from reversing course.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-judge-blocks-enforcement-trump-ban-transgender-service-members-n815671?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

October 30, 2017

BREAKING! TRUMP MAY NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION

Another top GOP official has raised doubts about whether President Donald Trump will run for re-election.

Senator Rand Paul said on Sunday night that even though the president is raising millions for a 2020 campaign, Republicans should not assume he's running.

“There could well be a primary," the junior senator from Kentucky said on MSNBC, after being asked if a 2020 primary would be good for the Republican Party.

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-2020-election-white-house-manafort-696089?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

October 30, 2017

Vicente Fox‏ trolls Trump

Replying to @realDonaldTrump
Donny, I just had the craziest dream about you. You up?

https://twitter.com/realvicentefox/status/924885160398589952

October 30, 2017

Louise Mensch‏ is on a friggin' roll

I considered this for the Humor board, but then you never know:



Exclusive: Multiple sources with links to the justice and intelligence communities report that Special Counsel Mueller has dozens of sealed indictments against suspects in the Trump Russia scandal.

snip

Donald Trump – indicted on RICO over the Felix Sater and Bayrock case, and on other charges which sources have requested we do not report.

Mike Flynn – indicted for failing to register under FARA, the Foreign Agents’ Registration Act, as an agent of Turkey whilst National Security Advisor

snip

Paul Ryan
Rex Tillerson
Steve Mnuchin

snip

The Republican Party as a body is under investigation for RICO for accepting Russian money. The GOP itself is being considered to be a corrupt organization under the RICO statutes. Sources were firm that the GOP, as it is presently known, may no longer exist after this investigation and a new party of the right may have to form. Sources did not say if charges or indictments had been returned against the party however.

https://patribotics.blog/2017/10/29/exclusive-mueller-has-dozens-of-sealed-indictments-including-on-donald-trump/

October 28, 2017

Access Hollywood tape location

There's a plaque that reportedly now marks the spot where Trump bragged about grabbing women by the pussy.

http://hill.cm/ecrmJCr

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