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Son of Minnesota's attorney general: 'I hereby declare, officially, my support for ANTIFA'
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Bill de Blasio's daughter Chiara, 25, is ARRESTED during George Floyd protest in Manhattan where 'demonstrators clashed with cops and torched patrol cars'
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/01/2020 05:45 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Antifa

#1  Another photo. She's a real "looker!":

Posted by: Ulomose Ebbavins4956 || 06/01/2020 9:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Her head looks like a vacuum cleaner attachment
Posted by: Frank G || 06/01/2020 10:36 Comments || Top||

#3  A Whiff of Grapeshot might cure the carbecue problem.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/01/2020 10:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Idiocy seems to be a family trait.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/01/2020 10:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Chiara is a total stripper name, only I'd never want see that thing naked.
Posted by: charger || 06/01/2020 15:23 Comments || Top||

#6  She'll be walking the halls of C-Suite in no time.
Posted by: Clem || 06/01/2020 15:42 Comments || Top||

#7  Do they cuff her by the nose-ring and stretched earlobe-thingies?
Posted by: Lex || 06/01/2020 15:55 Comments || Top||

#8  Now a days, many newer street level stores have several levels of apartments above them full of people. This is referred to as Mix Use development. Any kind of arson that could result in deaths of people in there apartments from fire or smoke inhalation should be met with capital murder charges.
Posted by: Dr. Wheat Faartz007 || 06/01/2020 17:39 Comments || Top||

#9  No capital punishment in New York, so short of a federal murder charge nothing like that would happen.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/01/2020 17:57 Comments || Top||

#10  However, there are many things our intrepid playing-at-revolution youth could get themselves caught up in even in a state like New York:

These are the offenses which may result in the death penalty under the United States Code:[22]

Causing death by using a chemical weapon or a weapon of mass destruction
Murder, kidnapping resulting in death, or conspiracy to kill resulting in death, of a member of the Congress, the Cabinet, or Supreme Court of the United States
Causing death by using an explosive
Causing death by using an illegal firearm
Causing death during a drug-related drive-by shooting
Genocide resulting in death
Carjacking resulting in death
Mailing explosive substances resulting in death
Willful destruction of aircraft or motor vehicles resulting in death
Causing death by aircraft hijacking or any attempt to commit aircraft hijacking
Causing death by kidnapping or hostage taking
First-degree murder within the special territorial and maritime jurisdiction of the United States:
Murder perpetrated by poison or lying in wait
Murder that is willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated
Murder in the perpetration of, or in the attempt to perpetrate, any arson, torture, escape, kidnapping, treason, espionage, sabotage, aggravated sexual abuse or sexual abuse, child abuse, burglary, or robbery
Murder perpetrated as part of a pattern or practice of assault or torture against a child or children
Murder committed by a federal prisoner or an escaped federal prisoner sentenced to 15 years to life or a more severe penalty
Murder of a court officer or juror
Murder with the intent of preventing testimony by, or retaliate against, a witness, victim, or informant
Murder, kidnapping resulting in death, or conspiracy to kill resulting in death, of the President of the United States, the Vice President, or a member of the presidential staff
Killing persons aiding federal investigations or State correctional officers
Willful wrecking of a train resulting in death
Sexual abuse resulting in death
Sexual exploitation of children resulting in death
Torture resulting in death
Death resulting from violence at an international civil airport
Murder of a U.S. national in an act of terrorism committed in another country
Death resulting from an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries
Death resulting from use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission or preparation of murder-for-hire
Crime against civil rights or conspiracy to do so, resulting in death, involving kidnapping, or involving rape
Attempting, authorizing or advising the killing of any officer, juror, or witness in cases involving a Continuing Criminal Enterprise, whether such killing occurs or not
Large-scale drug trafficking
Espionage
Treason
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/01/2020 17:59 Comments || Top||

#11  She won’t be prosecuted...
Posted by: Glenmore || 06/01/2020 18:15 Comments || Top||

#12  She will. She's too high-profile and Mom wants to run for Borough Council Member. She won't get punished hard but she won't get off completely.
Posted by: Frank G || 06/01/2020 19:34 Comments || Top||

#13  I shall call her...Swifferhead!
Posted by: charger || 06/01/2020 22:33 Comments || Top||


Susan Rice Claims Russia Could Be Funding George Floyd Riots
[Breitbart] Appearing Sunday on CNN, Obama-era National Security Adviser Susan Rice claimed, without providing proof, that the Russian government could be pouring money into the ongoing riots over the death of George Floyd across the United States.

Posted by: Besoeker || 06/01/2020 00:35 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Antifa

#1  Beat me to the lunch, B.
Wascally Wusskies whipping up wiots!
Posted by: Lex || 06/01/2020 0:38 Comments || Top||

#2  If nothing else, she's consistent.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/01/2020 0:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Say it under oath.
Posted by: Sheter Grens9560 || 06/01/2020 0:39 Comments || Top||

#4  If Russia is funding the riots, doesn't that make BLM and Antifa into Russian stooges?
Posted by: SteveS || 06/01/2020 1:08 Comments || Top||

#5  They could be. Or not. More likely not.
Posted by: gorb || 06/01/2020 2:13 Comments || Top||

#6  #3 - Spot on
Posted by: Frank G || 06/01/2020 2:53 Comments || Top||

#7  Georgia black jogger is shot by white men and after three months of nothing being done about it locally, state officials finaĺly file charges 5 days ago. Then when law enforcement way up north of Georgia murders a black man while he is in custody the camel's bäck ïs broken and all hell breaks loose.

This is what the rioter is aware of but is not articulating properly, just raging and torching cop cars. And the lame stream media definitely are not putting the above in perspective either, lilly white liberal talking heads are too busy pushing leftist political dogma.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454 || 06/01/2020 4:48 Comments || Top||

#8  Why doesn't she phone her mate Soros and ask if he's funding her AND the riots?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 06/01/2020 5:18 Comments || Top||

#9  @ #3 - Brennan & Clapper spoke under oath, too.
Posted by: Clem || 06/01/2020 6:37 Comments || Top||

#10  Contrarian view here.
Antifa is getting support; other than the Dems who is sitting back smiling while watching America burn?

China has said it's "beautiful".
Iran - they would if they could.
Turkey - Yip-yip and Omar are besties and Yip-yip has said he's watching very closely; maybe to see how his investment is panning out.
Russia - Putin would love to stick it to the US and Trump in particular.

No end of foreign actors with a motive and the means.
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/01/2020 7:41 Comments || Top||

#11  Well we know China sure as fuck is.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/01/2020 11:07 Comments || Top||

#12  If by Russia you mean George Soros and a network of NCOs, possibly... but he's actually Hungarian not Russian.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/01/2020 12:18 Comments || Top||

#13  rj - I referred to Putin and his kleptarchy, not the ex-NAZI
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/01/2020 13:22 Comments || Top||

#14  I was referring to Susan Rice's comments, not yours.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/01/2020 15:05 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Scandal-plagued Prince Andrew 'has been forced to retire for good' as damaging reports about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein mount.
[knewz] The royal axe may have officially fallen on Prince Andrew, with the British Royal Family reportedly deciding he will never again perform official duties on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen and thus forcing the scandal-plagued 60-year-old to retire early, The Sunday Times reports.

The Duke of York, as Andrew is also known, was forced out of senior-royal duties over the winter, following what was widely seen as a catastrophic interview he gave to the BBC in November regarding his notorious affiliation with the late serial sexual predator and financier Jeffrey Epstein.

A new revelation coming from the just-released Netflix documentary about Epstein’s scandalous and shockingly criminal life of sexual predation indicates that the now-forcibly-retired Prince Andrew was seen cavorting with young women on the financier’s so-called “Pedo Island.”

Virginia Roberts Giuffre has also accused Epstein of sexually trafficking her to Prince Andrew on three occasions when she was just 17 years old, The Sunday Times notes.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/01/2020 05:54 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Last Refuge: Little Marco Rubio the Weasel Tries To Play the Moral Equivalency Game With the Riots
Is there a way to send this clown to Cuba?

BTW, this could also be a sign of how the GOPe will handle this situation, which will play right into the hands of the left.

"Even Republicans are saying that the right wing is responsible, yada yada..."
Posted by: charger || 06/01/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Oh STFU already.
This is Antifa + opportunistic thieves, period.
Clue: White supramicists don't coordinate hits on shopping malls on Twitter.
F'ing moron.
Posted by: Lex || 06/01/2020 0:55 Comments || Top||

#2  He is still a left over from the globalist, leftist-light that infected the Republicans during W's term.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/01/2020 9:16 Comments || Top||

#3  That maricon Rubio is precisely what is wrong within the GOP, not to mention just having the personality flaw of being a weasel. He needs to go.
Posted by: Clem || 06/01/2020 9:18 Comments || Top||

#4  They can burn my property but I can't hurt their feelings. Got it...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/01/2020 9:59 Comments || Top||

#5  I haven't seen any right-wing groups supporting this clusterf%ck in the streets. It is left wing extremists BLM, Antifa and domestic terrorists and opportunists looking for new big screen TVs and other boodle.

Rubio is head of intel committee? Time for a replacement?

(Of course, the SPLC labels any conservative to the right of center is a terrorist.)
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/01/2020 10:48 Comments || Top||

#6  Intel Committee is where our least intelligent congresscritters are parked
Posted by: Lex || 06/01/2020 15:20 Comments || Top||

#7  He wants to preserve his viability as a corporate board member once he retires from politics. Very lucrative, that.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 06/01/2020 15:35 Comments || Top||


Cyber
Leaked internal memos show discomfort with Facebook decision not to remove Trump posts
[IsraelTimes] Several internal memos sent to employees at Facebook reveal a considerable level of discomfort with the social media giant’s decision not to block a number of posts published by US President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
as Twitter had done, The Verge news site reports.

"I have to say I am finding the contortions we have to go through incredibly hard to stomach," one employee wrote regarding Trump’s posts on the protests against George Floyd’s killing. "All this points to a very high risk of a violent escalation and civil unrest in November and if we fail the test case here, history will not judge us kindly."

Last week, Twitter labeled two of Trump’s tweets against mail-in voting as "potentially misleading" for suggesting the it would lead to a rigged election. Twitter later blocked another Trump tweet that included the sentence "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" under the argument that it "glorified violence."

"We reviewed the claim and determined that it doesn’t break our rules against voter interference because it doesn’t mislead people about how they can register to vote or the different ways they can vote," wrote Monika Bickert, Facebook’s vice president of global policy management. "If it had, we should have removed the post from our platform altogether because our voter interference policy applies to everyone, including politicians."
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/01/2020 02:33 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
NY Senate’s Gianaris shuns police support following George Floyd protests
[NYPOST] Michael Gianaris, the second most powerful leader in the New York Senate, said he will no longer accept campaign contributions from police unions and law enforcement groups following the death of George Floyd and tense interactions between protesters and police.

"I am donating all contributions received from police PACs for my re-election to bail funds and mutual aid organizations, and I will not accept them going forward," Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris tweeted Sunday.

In tweets Saturday, he had said: "We need to call out injustice, but most of all we must act. This is the scene at the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights, Queens, where people are fed up. No more violence. We deserve a police force that acts with empathy.

"And we deserve a police force that is held accountable for racist behavior."

Posted by: Fred || 06/01/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Antifa

#1  Nice idea senator, why not simply abolish the preposterous notion of judicial immunity? It's a wholly manufactured status more akin to titles of nobility than any legal concept. Let's not forget all those crusading prosecutors and judges while you're about it.
Posted by: Cesare || 06/01/2020 8:14 Comments || Top||


Senate Dems raise alarm on 'captured' federal courts as Trump, Republicans keep judicial confirmations coming
Projection
[Fox News] Senate Democrats released a 50-plus page report Wednesday sounding alarm bells over the rate at which Senate Republicans and President Trump have confirmed federal judges during the president's first term as Republicans are working on shepherding along even more lifetime-appointed federal judges.

The account calls GOP-appointed judges "politicians in robes," rails against the Chief Justice John Roberts' Supreme Court, slams the conservative and libertarian lawyers' group the Federalist Society and says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is "betraying the vision of our founders."

The report was widely promoted by high-profile Senate Democrats on Wednesday, including Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and several others, as Democrats grapple with the breakneck clip of Trump's and McConnell's judicial confirmation efforts.

"Instead of passing legislation to help the American people, Mitch McConnell has chosen to bury those bills in his legislative graveyard," the report's executive summary reads. "This report looks behind the curtain of the GOP's long campaign of judicial capture, into the fundamental threat it poses to the rule of law and American democracy."

Beyond Republicans' apparent "judicial capture," the report also foreshadows future Democratic efforts to "shed light on the corruption and conflicts of interest now spreading around the Trump judiciary" and pans what it says was more than $250 million in dark money raised and spent by "a complex network of think tanks, law school centers, policy front groups, political campaign arms, and public relations shops, all focused on shaping the composition of the courts and the rulings they make."

The report was also amplified by Demand Justice, a liberal group tied to former Obama staffers that fights against Trump's judicial nominees and advocates for progressive priorities in federal courts.
Posted by: Frank G || 06/01/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Can only capture something someone else is holding.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/01/2020 6:37 Comments || Top||

#2  "a complex network of think tanks, law school centers, policy front groups, political campaign arms, and public relations shops, all focused on shaping the composition of the courts and the rulings they make."

Ahhh, the old 'vast right-wing conspiracy'. Hilly was more economical with her words.
Posted by: Bobby || 06/01/2020 9:10 Comments || Top||

#3  So, who's that punk-a$$ judge in the Michael Flynn case? And that slob in Dallas who threw that mom in jail for opening up her salon? Yeah, real role models for all.
Posted by: Clem || 06/01/2020 9:16 Comments || Top||

#4  Punk-a$$ judge in the Flynn case is doing the bidding of his leftist masters. Once the case is dismissed, the gag order on Flynn is lifted. Imagine their terror in making public what he knows.
Posted by: Warthog || 06/01/2020 10:51 Comments || Top||



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Mon 2020-06-01
  Son of Minnesota's attorney general: 'I hereby declare, officially, my support for ANTIFA'
Sun 2020-05-31
  As American Cities Burn, Trump Declares 'ANTIFA' a Terrorist Group
Sat 2020-05-30
  SpaceX makes history, launches NASA astronauts into space from US soil for the first time since 2011
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  SpaceX SN-4 BLOWS up at 1:49 PM Local time in Boca Chica Tx
Thu 2020-05-28
  Afghan Nation Calls for Continued
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Wed 2020-05-27
  Palestinian teen dies while working with explosive in Gaza Strip
Tue 2020-05-26
  Three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan to continue for another week
Mon 2020-05-25
  Kurdish policeman found beheaded in Kirkuk
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  UN committee urges France to prevent execution of convicted jihadists in Iraq
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  Large cyber attack against Israel conducted from Gaza, Turkey, North Africa
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