Mark E. Smith, the inscrutable and inimitable poet frontman of UK post-punk band The Fall has died. He was 60.
The Fall singer Mark E. Smith has died, at the age of 60
At Oval Office meeting, Trump asked FBI acting director Andrew McCabe how he voted — Wash. Post
Not long after Donald Trump fired FBI chief James Comey in May, 2017, he summoned the bureau’s acting director Andrew McCabe to the Oval Office for “a get-to-know-you meeting.’
5 women sue Monster Energy over abusive and discriminatory culture
Yeah, 'Monster' sounds about right. Five women are suing beverage maker Monster Energy over a workplace culture where discrimination and sexually abusive behavior by male executives proliferated with impunity.
Americans, not Russians, are mostly behind #ReleaseTheMemo, Twitter early analysis shows
“Despite claims the Kremlin is driving a campaign to disclose an anti-FBI memo, a source says an early in-house analysis concludes the hashtag has been mostly pushed by Americans,” reports Daily Beast.
“If these reports are accurate, we are witnessing an ongoing attack by the Russian government through Kremlin-linked social media actors directly acting to intervene and influence our democratic process,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam Schiff, two California Democrats, wrote to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg earlier on Tuesday.
#ReleaseTheMemo has been trending widely since late last week.
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Read the restBut a knowledgeable source says that Twitter’s internal analysis has thus far found that authentic American accounts, and not Russian imposters or automated bots, are driving #ReleaseTheMemo. There are no preliminary indications that the Twitter activity either driving the hashtag or engaging with it is either predominantly Russian.
In short, according to this source, who would not speak to The Daily Beast for attribution, the retweets are coming from inside the country.
The source pointed to influential American users on the right, including Donald Trump Jr., with his 2.49 million followers, pushing the hashtag forward. It’s become a favorite of far-right Republican congressmen, including Steve King, who claimed the still-secret memo shows the FBI was behaving “worse than Watergate” in one viral tweet. Mark Meadows called it an “absolutely shocking” display of “FISA abuses,” referring to a counterintelligence process.
Satanic temple challenges abortion law in Missouri
A Satanic Temple's "Mary Doe" says her religious beliefs were violated by Missouri's informed consent law that required her to wait 72 hours before having an abortion in May 2015.
Wanna buy a baby's Social Security number? Reports of infants' SSNs for sale on dark web
SEC to scrutinize public companies getting overnight bitcoin makeovers to cash in on cryptocurrency hype
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today pledged to aggressively scrutinize publicly-traded companies that suddenly change their name or their business model to try to profit from the nutty hype surrounding cryptocurrency. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton threw this wet towel on the blockchain bubble Monday.
#Shutdown to end, Senate votes to reopen government, #Dreamers in limbo
The Senate voted to reopen the government after 81 senators broke a Democrat-led filibuster that shut it down for 2 days and 17 hours. The fate of the 'Dreamers' is still undetermined. A crucial House vote to end the shutdown is next.
Russia: Nearly nude Putin dips in icy pool to celebrate Orthodox Epiphany in manly-man tradition
Putin does the best manly-man propaganda of all global bad guys. It's a long-established internet truth.
Facebook will ask its 2 billion users to rank their trust in news orgs for 'Newsfeed' makeover
Facebook today announced major changes to their 'newsfeed' which 2 billion people use monthly. Now, Facebook plans to begin asking each user to rank their trust in various news organizations.
Babies are born 'in the 9th month. It is wrong. It has to change,' says Donald Trump
Donald Trump, President of the United States, is apparently rewriting the laws of human biology and procreation now. Yep, he really said this.
#FISA: Senate passes bill to give NSA 6 more years of warrantless surveillance on Americans
The U.S. Senate today passed a bill that will renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program for six years with no substantive changes. It's bad news, say privacy and security advocates, but not a surprise.
Just 30% of people interviewed in 134 countries approve of U.S. leadership under Trump
People in 134 countries rated their approval of U.S. leadership at an all-time low under President Donald Trump in a new Gallup poll released one year after he took office. The souring of global opinion toward America is most likely to benefit Russia, China, and European nations such as Germany.
Trump personally made decision to curb Bannon's testimony to House Intel Committee
President Donald Trump himself made the decision and gave the executive order “to curtail the testimony of former chief White House political strategist Steve Bannon before the House Intelligence Committee,” FP reports, citing ”two people with firsthand knowledge of the matter.”
Report: Trump told porn star to spank him with 'Forbes', maybe one with him & Ivanka on cover
Get your barf bag handy before you read this post. We're not joking.
Snubbed by an airport: Chris Christie denied VIP entrance at Newark
Sick burn, EWR. The crooked as heck governor of New Jersey has barely been out of office for three whole days, and he gets escorted out by a cop when attempting to waddle his way into Newark International Airport's VIP entrance.
Trump's stupid #FakeNewsAwards site crashes right after President Herp Derp tweets about it
Nope, definitely not a sign from the angry gods.
