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Episode 281: The Illusion of the Institution May 24, 2018

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Trump chips away at the shared illusion of our "cherishes" Institution, and the secret spy inside the Trump campaign is revealed, and the history of this individual tells all.

Plus the latest in Cyber, the High-Note, and more. It's our first roadshow edition of Unfilter!

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On 'Stormy Daniels Day,' West Hollywood to honor porn star with key to the city
FBI Admits It Inflated Number of Supposedly Unhackable Devices | Electronic Frontier Foundation
The FBI Informant Who Monitored the Trump Campaign, Stefan Halper, Oversaw a CIA Spying Operation in the 1980 Presidential Election — Four decades ago, Halper was responsible for a long-forgotten spying scandal involving the 1980 election, in which the Reagan campaign – using CIA officials managed by Halper, reportedly under the direction of former CIA Director and then-Vice-Presidential candidate George H.W. Bush – got caught running a spying operation from inside the Carter administration. The plot involved CIA operatives passing classified information about Carter’s foreign policy to Reagan campaign officials in order to ensure the Reagan campaign knew of any foreign policy decisions that Carter was considering.
Cambridge professor outed as FBI informant inside Trump campaign
Iran Lists 7 Conditions To Remain In Nuclear Deal | Zero Hedge
Trump can't block users on Twitter, federal judge rules
Trump lawyer 'paid by Ukraine' to arrange White House talks - BBC News

Episode 280: Mutually Assured Manipulation May 17, 2018

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Palestinians grab the attention of the world once again, and no one is coming out a winner. A new insight into why the Trump White House leaks so much, a mole in the Trump campaign, and some extreme cyber.

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Europe to ditch US dollar in payments for Iranian oil — The European Union is planning to switch payments to the euro for its oil purchases from Iran, eliminating US dollar transactions, a diplomatic source told RIA Novosti.
Bloody Monday — Israeli snipers kill scores of Palestinians and wound 2,400 and fire teargas at 35,000 protesters rallying against the US Embassy opening in Jerusalem overseen by Trump's Middle East envoy Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka
Russia's 2016 Facebook Strategy Exposed in Trove of 3,500 Ads - Bloomberg
AT&T's Estimated Payment to Trump's Lawyer Rises to $600,000 as Investigations Ramp Up
Social Media Advertisements | U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. identifies suspect in major leak of CIA hacking tools - The Washington Post
Glenn Greenwald on Twitter: "John McCain has spent the last 60 years advocating, cheering for and glorifying the most monstrous and murderous wars on the planet, while demanding many others that never happened. He has enormous amounts of blood on his hands. That he's dying of brain cancer doesn't change this https://t.co/6SAEJ1My8h"
Vault 7 inquiry: CIA data leak suspect named by media - BBC News — However after searching his home, prosecutors charged Joshua Schulte, 29, with having 10,000 child abuse images.
Trump 2018 Financial Report Released, Shows Cohen Payment — "In the interest of transparency, while not required to be disclosed as "reportable liabilities" on Part 8, in 2016 expenses were incurred by one of Donald J. Trump's attorneys, Michael Cohen. Mr Cohen sought reimbursement of those expenses and Mr. Trump fully reimbursed Mr. Cohen in 2017. The category of the value would be $100,001 - $250,000 and the interest rate would be zero."
Iran Looks To Bitcoin As Rial Tumbles — Amid sanctions fears, Iranians have reportedly spent over $2.5 billion on cryptocurrencies to get their cash out of the country in a new form of digital capital flight.
North Korea Threatens To Abandon Trump Summit, Furious Over Bolton Comments | Zero Hedge — The summit is set to take place June 12 in Singapore.
Keith Ellison releases study showing CEOs average 339 times median worker's salary
Mueller subpoenas former Roger Stone media adviser | TheHill — The report says that the subpoena seems to indicate that Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election is partly focusing on Stone and his communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Trump financial disclosure includes Michael Cohen payment | Fox News — President Trump’s newly filed financial disclosure form includes confirmation that the president reimbursed attorney Michael Cohen last year for unspecified “expenses” – apparently the hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
Canadian doctor shot by Israeli sniper near Gaza border - The Globe and Mail — Dr. Loubani, who has served as an emergency field doctor in Tanzania and conflict zones such as Iraq and southern Lebanon, said he was wearing a green surgeon’s outfit and standing with several orange-vested paramedics about 25 metres from the protests at the border when he was hit.
AT&T confirms it paid Trump lawyer Michael Cohen for 'insights' on administration — Telecommunications giant AT&T said it has paid President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen for "insights" on the Trump administration.

Episode 279: Iran Pullout May 09, 2018

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Trump announces the United States withdraw from the “Iran Nuke Deal”. We’ll explain the historical context, the ramifications from the pullout, and where this all leads.

Plus Trump’s lawyer gets tapped, Bolton goes berserk, and the CIA has a new face.

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Natalia Veselnitskaya changes story on being Russia informant, Trump Tower meeting - Business Insider — Veselnitskaya told NBC News in an interview set to air Friday that she had been "actively communicating with the office of the Russian prosecutor general" since 2013.
James Comey: House GOP's Russia probe 'a wreck'
Israel ready to bomb Iran if necessary: Report - Washington Times
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu says he has 'conclusive proof' Iran lied about its nuclear weapons programme
Netanyahu claims to show Iran's 'nuclear files' obtained by Israel
Trump rips Mueller probe for 'setup & trap' after subpoena warning revealed | Fox News
NSA triples metadata collection numbers, sucking up over 500 million call records in 2017 | TechCrunch
Pentagon's Cyber Command gets upgraded status, new leader | Reuters — Army Gen. Paul Nakasone took over leadership of U.S. Cyber Command at a ceremony at this base 30 miles north of Washington that featured both traditional military pomp and signs of the new age of warfare. Cyber Command was elevated on Friday to an independent “unified command,” a bureaucratic change that for the first time puts it on a par with nine other U.S. warfighting commands. Nakasone also took over Friday as director of the National Security Agency, which conducts electronic surveillance and protects U.S. national security agencies’ computer networks against hacking.
House Democrats Plan to Release 3,000 Russian-Linked Facebook Ads - WSJ — Lawmakers on House Intelligence Committee could release trove of ads as soon as this week
4 Things to Be Worried About in the NSA’s New Transparency Report | American Civil Liberties Union — web17-NSANight-1160x768.png NSA Building at night The Trump administration recently released a congressionally mandated report on the NSA’s surveillance activities in 2017. Quite a few of the numbers raise questions about Americans’ privacy — some because the numbers are so big, and others because they may indicate troubling intelligence practices. The report is required by the 2015 surveillance reform law passed in response to unlawful spying under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. The goal of Congress’ reporting requirement was to provide a snapshot of how the government is using certain surveillance authorities and, in some cases, to measure if the reforms passed in response to past illegal spying are having the desired effects. Here are four of the most concerning pieces of the report: The NSA is collecting more than three times the number of call records it did last year — totaling over 530 million — and has not explained the increase.
Cyprus, Israel, Greece push for gas pipeline to Europe - seattlepi.com — "This project creates an unrivalled network of common interests and clear strategic benefit for our countries and beyond since its implementation will tangibly contribute to the security of the European Union's energy supply," Anastasiades said.
Saudi Airstrikes Target Yemen's Presidential Compound in Busy Residential District — Rescue efforts are underway following a Saudi airstrike targeting Yemen’s presidential compound in the crowded residential neighborhood of Al-Tahrir. Yemeni officials told MintPress that the death toll has risen to over 90 people.
Trump Withdraws U.S. From ‘One-Sided’ Iran Nuclear Deal - The New York Times — President Trump declared on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, unraveling the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor Barack Obama, isolating the United States from its Western allies and sowing uncertainty before a risky nuclear negotiation with North Korea.
John Bolton: Pulling Out of Iran Deal 'Got Back to Real Objective' of Stopping Iran's Nuclear Ambitions | Fox News Insider
North Korea frees three US detainees ahead of Trump summit - BBC News
Attorney Alleges Russia Connection In Payments To Stormy Daniels : NPR
State Department Official On Iran Deal : NPR

Episode 278: Calculated Comey Apr 19, 2018

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The memo’s are out, the interviews are in, and we've read the book. It’s our take on former FBI Director James Comey’s moral crusade.

Plus latest news the masters, some special guests, and a packed overtime!

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Syria airstrikes violated international law: German parliamentary report | News | DW | 20.04.2018
The DNC’S Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks Poses a Serious Threat to Press Freedom — t is extremely common for media outlets to publish or report on materials that are stolen, hacked, or otherwise obtained in violation of the law. In October, 2016 – one month before the election – someone mailed a copy of Donald Trump’s 1995 tax returns to the New York Times, which published parts of it even though it is illegal to disclose someone’s tax returns without the taxpayer’s permission; in March, 2017, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow did the same thing with Trump’s 2005 tax returns.
Sean Hannity linked to shell companies that spent $90M on property: report | TheHill
Turns Out Hannity Has a Secret Real Estate Empire, With Ties to Trump Admin | pluralist — Public records show that Fox News host Sean Hannity controls a real estate empire of at least 877 residential units in seven states, The Guardian reported Monday.
Flight records show Trump misled James Comey about Moscow trip - Business Insider — Flight records show that the plane President Donald Trump used to fly to Moscow in 2013 spent nearly 48 hours in the city.
MSNBC’s Joy Reid Claims Her Website Was Hacked and Bigoted Anti-LGBT Content Added, a Bizarre Story Liberal Outlets Ignore
Sean Hannity's real estate venture linked to fraudulent property dealer | Media | The Guardian — Shell company tied to the Fox News host bought homes through Jeff Brock, who was charged in 2016 with fraud and conspiracy for his role in a scheme to rig auctions on foreclosed properties
Mixed signals from Trump on VA nominee as allegations build
NBC Bet $69 Million on Megyn Kelly—Then Viewers Vanished - WSJ
Tim Cook will have a private meeting with President Trump today
DNC told to preserve servers after lawsuit against Trump campaign, Russia and WikiLeaks - Washington Times — “The DNC lawsuit opens the door of discovery. My lawyers and I want to examine the DNC servers to settle this bogus claim of Russian hacking once and for all,” Mr. Stone said.
DNC Lawsuit Against Trump and Russia Hacking Misses the Mark - Bloomberg — The party could have broken ground in punishing cybercrimes, but settled for a publicity stunt.
Nunes: DNC lawsuit is a ‘scam’ | TheHill — "So this is a fundraising scheme. It's nothing more, nothing less," he said.
FBI Arrests Cop For Selling Drugs—On Duty—From His Own Patrol Car — A police officer was caught selling a multitude of drugs, sometimes meeting buyers in his patrol car or near the police department.
Someone Is Trying to Extort iPhone Crackers GrayShift With Leaked Code - Motherboard — Last week an unknown party started to publish code snippets from iPhone unlocking tool GrayKey. To stop, the extortionists are demanding 2 bitcoin, but they may not have more code to offer.
Israel warns of attack if Russia air defences used in Syria — Israel's Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday that his country would attack Russian S-300 air defence systems in Syria if they were used against Israeli targets.
North Korea’s nuclear test site has collapsed ... and that may be why Kim Jong-un suspended tests | South China Morning Post — The mountain’s collapse after a fifth blast last fall has led to the creation of a massive ‘chimney’ that could leak radioactive fallout into the air, researchers have found
Top Secret: DoD Building $110 Million Drone Base In Niger | Zero Hedge — The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is building a new $110 million drone base in Niger, adding to its existing footprint of more than 800 military bases in more than 70 countries, the Associated Press (AP) reports.
Russian Military Shows Wreckage Of US Missiles Intercepted In Syria | Zero Hedge — One unexploded Tomahawk cruise missile and one high accuracy air-launched missile launched by the US and its allies on Syria on April 14 have been brought to Moscow, the chief of the Russian General Staff’s main operations directorate Colonel-General Sergey Rudskoy said during a press briefing on April 25.

Episode 277: Bomb First Ask Later Apr 18, 2018

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In defiance of logic and International Law the US and it’s gang of moral crusaders have broken the law to teach Assad a lesson about breaking the law.

It’s a special edition of Unfilter about the current state of the war in Syria.

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U.S. Has Been Secretly Watching Russia's Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missiles Crash and Burn - The Drive — “These – these weapons that – that are discussed have been in development a very long time,” she said. “Our [new] Nuclear Posture Review takes all of this into account.”
Experts Aghast At Russian Claim Of Nuclear-Powered Missile With Unlimited Range : Parallels : NPR — In his annual state of the nation address on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled a nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile that he claimed could fly indefinitely and deliver a warhead to any point on the earth's surface.
Pompeo Admits America's Already Killed "A Couple Hundred" Russians In Syria | Zero Hedge — The episode reportedly took place on Feb. 7 and Feb. 8, when Russian mercenaries mounted an attack using tanks and artillery in an apparent attempt to take an oil-rich area in the eastern Syria province of Deir Ezzour. Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces, organized by the U.S. to fight Islamic State, came under fire and American air power was called in.
Trump administration abandons crackdown on legal marijuana
Trump Orders Strikes on Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack - The New York Times
Trump Announces Missile Strikes Against Syria - Bloomberg
U.S., Britain, France launch air strikes in Syria
The Latest: Pentagon: Russian trolls spreading lies on Syria
Russia claims Syria air defences shot down 71 of 103 missiles | World news | The Guardian
Pentagon announces 2,000% increase in Russia trolls since Friday - Axios
Trump, allies praise Syria strikes as Moscow seethes — "I spoke to the president this morning and he said: 'If the Syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again, the United States is locked and loaded,'" Haley said at emergency Security Council talks.
Warship Ruse and New Stealth Missiles: How the U.S. and Allies Attacked Syria - Bloomberg — Trump weighed five proposed target plans, person familiar says
Bolton, key Trump adviser, has evolved his views on Syria | McClatchy Washington Bureau — “Ultimately, he views the Syrian crisis through the lens of Iran and Iran’s potential dominance in the region,” said Mark Groombridge, a former Bolton aide at the State Department whom he brought as an adviser in 2005 when he became ambassador.
Russia warns of 'consequences' for US-led strike on Syria — Russia's ambassador to the U.S. warned there would be "consequences" for the strike on Syria, and that a "pre-designed scenario" was underway.
China: "The Arrogant US Has A Record Of Launching Wars On Deceptive Grounds" | Zero Hedge — China was the first superpower outside those directly involved to slam the US airstrikes: "Any unilateral military action violates the United Nations charter and its principles and international law and its principles. [The strikes] are also going to add more factors to complicate the resolution of the Syrian crisis," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement on Saturday afternoon.
Former head of Britain's special forces says Assad 'doesn't need to use gas' | Daily Mail Online — A former head of Britain's Special Forces has challenged Theresa May's claim that President Assad was behind the chemical attack in Douma.
Syria attack: Will Russia launch CYBER warfare? Expert says it is IMMINENT | World | News | Express.co.uk
Russia's Putin predicts global 'chaos' if West hits Syria again
Russia Reveals Who "Staged" Syria Gas Attack, As US Claims Moscow "May Have Tampered" With Site | Zero Hedge
Russian ships laden with tanks seen in Syria after US-led air strike | Daily Mail Online
North and South Korea reportedly set to announce official end to war — Pyongyang and Seoul have technically been at war since the 1950-1953 Korean conflict ended with a truce — and not a peace treaty.
Russian spy: Skripal poison 'was in liquid form' - BBC News
CIA Director Mike Pompeo secretly met with North Korea's Kim Jong Un

Episode 276: Save Syria Now Apr 11, 2018

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War in Syria seems just hours away, with Trump calling out Putin and Assad, the warships moving into position, and the hawks circling.

Plus the fallout from Trump’s lawyer getting raided by the FBI, Zuckerberg going to Washington and we share the highlights, an overtime packed with follow up stories, and much more!

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State Dept Accuses Russia And Syria Of Gassing Civilians Before Any Investigation
The race to replace Paul Ryan is on - POLITICO — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Whip Steve Scalise have started courting Republicans in case the speaker retires.
McCain blames Syrian chemical attack on 'American inaction'; implores Trump to take decisive action against Assad — “President Trump last week signaled to the world that the United States would prematurely withdraw from Syria," McCain wrote in a statement. "Bashar Assad and his Russian and Iranian backers have heard him, and emboldened by American inaction, Assad has reportedly launched another chemical attack against innocent men, women and children."
Israel blamed for missile strike in Syria; 14 reported dead — The timing of the strike on the air base in the central Homs province, hours after President Donald Trump said there would be “a big price to pay” for the chemical weapons attack, raised questions about whether Israel was acting alone or as a proxy for the United States. Israel typically does not comment on its airstrikes in Syria.
Trump on Potentially Firing Mueller: We’ll See What Happens, ‘Many People Have Said’ I Should | Mediaite — “I think it’s a disgrace what’s going on. We’ll see what happens, but I think it’s really a sad situation when you look at what happens. And many people have said you should fire him. Again, they found nothing. And in finding nothing, that’s a big statement. If you know the person who’s in charge of the investigation, you know all about that––Deputy Rosenstein, Rod Rosenstein, he wrote the letter, very critical, of Comey…”
Trump blasts FBI raid on Michael Cohen as "disgraceful situation" - Axios — After a briefing from Senior Military Leadership Monday night, President Trump blasted the FBI's raid of his personal lawyer's office, calling it a "disgraceful situation" and an "attack on our country in a true sense ... an attack on what we all stand for."
FBI raids Trump's attorney's office and seizes Stormy Daniels records | Daily Mail Online
Fox News host slams incorrect reports saying graphic showed network is least trusted
F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen; Trump Calls It ‘Disgraceful’ - The New York Times
Federal Budget Deficit Projected to Soar to Over $1 Trillion in 2020 - The New York Times
Judge again denies bail for Manafort
Did NBC Cover Up Role of U.S.-Backed Free Syrian Army in 2012 Kidnapping of Richard Engel? | Democracy Now!
The 5 biggest takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before the Senate - The Verge
Mark Zuckerberg: 'Optimistic' AI tools to flag, remove hate speech on Facebook will be developed in 5-10 years — “That’s a success in terms of rolling out AI tools that can proactively police and enforce safety across the community,” Zuckerberg said. “Hate speech, I am optimistic that over a five to 10 year period we'll have AI tools that can get into some of the nuances, the linguistic nuances of different types of content to be more accurate in flagging things for our systems, but today is just not there on that.”
Islamists in E. Ghouta plan to stage false flag chemical attack – Damascus — RT World News — “We have received information that militants plan to stage an attack between the districts of Mesraba and Beit Sawa. Tahrir al-Sham terrorists plan to sacrifice several women for this purpose and launch a disinformation campaign. The performance is thought to be scheduled for March 11,” Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, told journalists in Damascus.
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to testify before House and Senate panels that got Facebook money — Members of the committee, whose jurisdiction gives it regulatory power over Internet companies, received nearly $381,000 in contributions tied to Facebook since 2007, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Photo of Zuck's notes by AP's @andyharnik
DOJ Releases List of 24,500 Sealed Indictments - Squawker — An unprecedented list of 24,500 Sealed Indictments has been released. This updated indictment list has grown by nearly 7,000 new sealed indictments in every US District.
Babies and Bombshells | Unfilter 232 — Trump has lost perspective and is being manipulated by the military, we cover the US’s strike against the Shayrat air base in Syria. Plus the latest Cyber threats & we end it all on a high note.
Transcript of Zuckerberg’s appearance before House committee - The Washington Post
John Boehner, former speaker of the House, joins cannabis advocacy consortium - The Washington Post — “I have concluded descheduling the drug is needed so that we can do research and allow [the Department of Veterans Affairs] to offer it as a treatment option in the fight against the opioid epidemic that is ravaging our communities,” he said.
AI will solve Facebook’s most vexing problems, Mark Zuckerberg says. Just don’t ask when or how. - The Washington Post — Over the next five to 10 years, he said, artificial intelligence would prove a champion for the world’s largest social network in resolving its most pressing crises on a global scale — while also helping the company dodge pesky questions about censorship, fairness and human moderation.
This journalist called bullshit on the Syrian gas attack 3 days before it happened — If, after this announcement, we end up with headlines announcing proclaiming another gas attack by Assad against his own people, do not believe it. He may be a tyrant, but he’s not an idiot. The US leaving his country is good for him, and a gas attack prevents the US exit.
WikiLeaks on Twitter: "Russia, three weeks before alleged Syrian gas attack: Syrian rebels are planning to stage a chemical attack
Russia Will Bomb U.S. Missile Launch Sites If Trump Attacks Syria, Ambassador Warns
ABC: Comey compares Trump to mob boss - Axios — In an ABC promo, Stephanopoulos says Comey compared Trump to a mob boss.
Robert Mueller’s Nuclear Option | The New Republic — If Trump fires him, the special counsel should reveal everything he's discovered in the Russia investigation.
Oil hits more than 3-year high on Saudi strikes, US-Russia tension — Oil prices hit their highest level since early December 2014 after President Donald Trump warned Russia to prepare for a strike on its ally, Syria.
Police cuts ‘likely contributed’ to rise in violent crime, leaked report reveals | UK news | The Guardian — Leaked Home Office documents undermine Amber Rudd’s claim that police cuts were not to blame for increase in violent offending

Episode 275: Testing Russia's Nerves Apr 03, 2018

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Russia has launched a diplomatic counter-offensive, demanding that its scientists be involved in investigating the reported poisoning of former spies. Trump plans to send the Coast Guard to the border, and that’s just the highlights.

We also talk about PBS’s “exclusive” look at the US’s “Cyber Defense”, discuss the latest in the Muller investigation, and end it all on a great high-note.

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We examined Julian Assange, and he badly needs care – but he can’t get it | Sondra S Crosby, Brock Chisholm and Sean Love | Opinion | The Guardian — The WikiLeaks founder has a human right to healthcare. It will not be met while he remains confined in the Ecuadorian embassy
Mick Mulvaney, Consumer Bureau’s Chief, Urges Congress to Cripple Agency - The New York Times — Mr. Mulvaney, a longtime and unapologetic critic of the financial crisis-era bureau, has spent the last several months freezing its enforcement activities, dropping cases on payday lenders and shutting out career staff from major decisions. He has called for the bureau to be more “humble” and less aggressive in its efforts to protect consumers and to consider the impact on businesses when making decisions.
Mueller Probe Into U.A.E. Influence Broadens - WSJ — Special counsel’s latest inquiry into the activities of a U.S. ally suggests he is looking more closely at foreign influence in Washington
Mueller's Dishonest Attempt to Defeat Transparency | Law & Crime
Mueller has broad authority to investigate Trump's former campaign boss — Robert Mueller, the U.S. Justice Department’s special counsel, is specifically authorized to investigate allegations that Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, colluded with Russia to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, a court filing showed late on Monday.
Trump jabs Amazon for a fourth time this week on post office costs — The president reinforces his assessment that Amazon's business is costing taxpayers "many billions of dollars" through subsidized rates at the United States Post Office.
Pain In The Pump: Gas Prices On The Rise « CBS Baltimore
PDF Outlining Muller Authority
Dutch lawyer is first person to be sentenced in Mueller probe, gets 30 days in prison
Turmoil inside KOMO News as conservative owner Sinclair mandates talking points | The Seattle Times
A hacked Twitter account spread fake news during YouTube shooting - The Verge — The account hijacking seems to have taken place while Lavrusik and his colleagues were still near the scene of the attack: Lavrusik reported himself safe at 2:36pm PT, and the hoax tweets began posting just 20 minutes later.
This Is What We Know About YouTube Shooter Nasim Aghdam — The woman, who posted frequently on the video-sharing platform about animal rights and veganism, said she believed YouTube had discriminated against her.
Police talked with YouTube shooter hours before attack -- and say didn't notice anything disturbing - CNN — Eleven hours before she shot up YouTube headquarters and then killed herself, Nasim Najafi Aghdam chatted with police.
What We Know About YouTube Shooter Nasim Aghdam — Yesterday, at approximately 12:46pm local time, multiple 911 calls were made from 901 Cherry Ave in San Bruno, California, the headquarters of YouTube. Police arrived, responding to an active shooter who we now know to be Nasim Najafi Aghdam, a 39-year-old from San Diego.
YouTube Policies Led Woman to Target Its Offices in Shooting, Police Say - The New York Times
Who Is Nasim Najafi Aghdam? Suspect In Shooting At YouTube Headquarters Identified By Police — According to NBC affiliate KNTV, Aghdam controlled multiple YouTube channels, one of which featured videos of her speaking Farsi. Video topics include hand art and animal rights.
Porton Down chief Comment — Porton Down chief Gary Aitkenhead announced that he cannot confirm that the nerve agent used to poison Sergey Skripal and his daughter was produced in Russia
Russia to convene UN Security Council emergency meeting — Russia to convene UN Security Council emergency meeting on 5 April on the Salisbury poisoning
Media Propaganda Doesn't Start or End With Sinclair — However, this parroting of news material is not new, and is not exclusive to Trump or Sinclair. For years, smaller media outlets have pointed out the peculiarity of local news stories sounding awfully familiar across the U.S. Among the most popular illustrations of this practice is a segment called “Media Reacts” from Late Night With Conan O’Brien, in which O’Brien pokes fun at the identical media messaging from local news stations.
Roger Stone email about Assange dinner leaks — Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone talked of meeting with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in an email obtained by One America News Network's Trey Yingst.
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Foreign Office forced to admit it DELETED tweet falsely claiming Porton Down confirmed nerve agent was 'produced in Russia' - Mirror Online — Both Boris Johnson and the Foreign Office are now accused of wrongly saying Porton Down confirmed the Novichok used on Sergei Skripal was from Russia
Leaked Texts Suggest Coordination Between Obama White House, CIA, FBI And Dems To Launch Trump-Russia Probe | Zero Hedge — A series of text messages between FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok and DOJ lawyer Lisa Page have revealed the involvement of Denis McDonough, Obama's chief of staff, John Brennan, Obama's CIA director, and former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in helping create an atmosphere of paranoia that gave them the political cover to launch the Russia probe back in the summer of 2016.
Poisoned Door Handle Hints at High-Level Plot to Kill Spy, U.K. Officials Say — This theory suggests that an assassin, who Britain believes was working on behalf of the Russian government, walked up to the door of Mr. Skripal’s brick home on a quiet street in Salisbury on March 4, the day that he and his daughter, Yulia, were sickened.

Episode 274: The Bolton Bomb Mar 29, 2018

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Fox pundit, world renowned war-hawk, and now Trump’s National Security Advisor. We take a look at John Bolton, and the bomb first ask questions second kind of policy he advocates.

Plus Stormy Daniels goes on 60 Minutes, we’ve got the highlights, some discussion, and questions about the bigger picture.

Then it’s a celebrity high-note, and a packed Overtime.

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He Gambles. He Tips Staff. He Eats Alone. All the While, He’s Stocking His Vegas Suite With Guns. - The New York Times
Leaked: Cambridge Analytica's blueprint for Trump victory | UK news | The Guardian — The document contains very little information about how the campaign used Facebook data. One page, however, suggests Cambridge Analytica was able to constantly monitor the effectiveness of its messaging on different types of voters, giving the company and the campaign constant feedback about levels of engagement on platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat.
Stormy Daniels, in '60 Minutes' interview, says she had sex with Donald Trump once
Stormy Daniels interview with 60 Minutes' Anderson Cooper discusses Daniels' alleged affair with Donald Trump - full interview transcript - CBS News
Stormy Daniels Tells ‘60 Minutes’ That Fear of Trump Kept Her Silent - The New York Times — The pornographic film star Stephanie Clifford told “60 Minutes” that she struck a $130,000 deal for her silence about an alleged affair with Donald J. Trump in the final days of the 2016 campaign because she was worried about her safety and that of her young daughter.
Why the Stormy Daniels story matters - CBS News
Stormy Daniels' 'Super' Dilated Pupils Spark Accusations She Was High On Meds For ‘60 Minutes' Interview — “Health reporter tweet here. Why are Stormy Daniels’ pupils so dilated in that bright room? AC’s aren’t. Ok carry on,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch health and science reporter Blythe Bernhard asked.
White House: Trump thinks Stormy Daniels lied about threat — White House spokesman Raj Shah declined to say whether the president had actually watched the Sunday broadcast. But he nonetheless said Trump does not believe "any of the claims that Ms. Daniels made last night in the interview are accurate."
Do voters care about Trump's sexual history? Ask Bill Clinton | TheHill — By compartmentalizing the infidelity matter as a personal issue, Clinton diffused it as a political one — at least until the current "Me Too" movement cast his behavior, which included grave and credible allegations of rape, sexual assault, harassment and other misconduct, in a far different light, sparking broad censure and the end of his once-towering political influence.
Ratings for Stormy Daniels' '60 Minutes' Sitdown Top 22 Million Viewers | Hollywood Reporter — Anderson Cooper's interview nabbed close to 22.1 million viewers, a 5.3 rating among adults 25-54 and a 4.0 among adults 18-49 during the 37-minute-delayed broadcast.
Hagar: Rumor is that Paul Ryan may resign as U.S. House speaker, Scalise will replace him, Amodei says — "The rumor mill is that Paul Ryan is getting ready to resign in the next 30 to 60 days and that Steve Scalise will be the new Speaker," Amodei said.
Kim Jong Un Is Making a Surprise China Visit, Sources Say - Bloomberg — Kim Jong Un made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011, three people with knowledge of the visit said.
Exclusive: Cambridge Analytica accused of violating US election laws in new legal action - ABC News — The Trump campaign paid Cambridge Analytica nearly $6 million for services during the 2016 election cycle, according to data from the FEC.
New Zealand says it would expel Russian spies ... but it can't find any | World news | The Guardian — As countries around the world deport diplomats in solidarity with UK, Jacinda Ardern says ‘there are no individuals in New Zealand who fit profile’ of a spy
Trump is gearing America up for war — Bolton, who will be the last one in the room to whisper in Trump's ear and the first one in the morning (along with "Fox & Friends") to frame the news, proudly made his name as a warmonger, never seeing a war that he wouldn't promote (nor one that he would fight in). Under Bush, he cooked intelligence to fit the case for the Iraq War. He still defends what was the greatest foreign policy debacle since Vietnam. He has advocated "preventive war" — a euphemism for an illegal war of aggression — against both Iran and North Korea. He has also urged ramping up the pressure on Russia in Ukraine and China in the South China Sea. He believes U.S. military might entitles the United States to dictate terms in every corner of the world.
Obama's Data Team | TIME - YouTube
Obama's win: data mining - YouTube — Brian Todd reports on the Obama campaign's successful data-mining efforts to target potential voters.
Obama's secret microtargeting operation - YouTube — Michael Scherer describes how the Obama campaign used data and analytics to successfully target voters and raise money.
Ted Cruz Campaign Takes Voter Micro-Targeting To Next Level : NPR — Ted Cruz's campaign is taking micro-targeting one step further by investing significant resources and money into learning about voters' personality traits and behavior.
Ecuador cuts off WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's internet | Daily Mail Online — Officials announced on Wednesday they were taking the measure in response to Mr Assange's recent activity on social media.
Trump hates Amazon, not Facebook - Axios — Trump has talked about changing Amazon’s tax treatment because he’s worried about mom-and-pop retailers being put out of business.
CNN to host town hall with Comey next month | TheHill — Former FBI Director James Comey will sit down for a CNN town hall on April 25, the network announced on Wednesday
Trump’s Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort as Special Counsel Closed In - The New York Times — Mr. Dowd’s conversation with Mr. Flynn’s lawyer, Robert K. Kelner, occurred sometime after Mr. Dowd took over last summer as the president’s personal lawyer, at a time when a grand jury was hearing evidence against Mr. Flynn on a range of potential crimes.
DOJ Opens Investigation Into FISA Abuse | The Daily Caller — Department of Justice inspector general Michael Horowitz opened an investigation Wednesday into possible FISA abuses by the Justice Department and FBI officials and the nature of contacts between the FBI and a confidential source.

Episode 273: Analytica Aftermath Mar 21, 2018

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The twisted way that data about you and your family is used to manipulate the way you feel about hot button topics gets exposed when a Cambridge Analytica whistleblower reveals all.

Plus Trump’s had a busy week, the high-note is quick, and the Overtime is packed!

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