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>>140513
Meanwhile, police and Rich's family have asked for these theories to stop. Snopes has a good in-depth write up of the theory's history and why it is easily debunked.

After the initial burst of theories, Rich's murder floated around the alt-right world for some time until Monday evening. A local Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C., reported that a private investigator (not mentioned in that report — the investigator is also a Fox News contributor) claimed Rich's laptop held evidence of his contact with Wikileaks. Fox News also reported a similar story on Tuesday morning citing a "federal investigator."

Rich's family again rejected the story in a statement to BuzzFeed News.

That was enough to kickstart a groundswell of action from Trump supporters — who just so happened to have found a story to distract from the Post's Trump reporting. The few that did want to acknowledge that issue had a ready retort — the classified intel story was a plant in an effort to hide the update to the Rich story.

The reaction is particularly telling compared to the firing of James Comey. That news was not ignored by die-hard Trump supporters. It was cheered, and cheered loudly. Trump was draining the swamp and pissing off Democrats along the way. That's the guy they voted for.

The reaction is particularly telling compared to the firing of James Comey. That news was not ignored by die-hard Trump supporters. It was cheered, and cheered loudly. Trump was draining the swamp and pissing off Democrats along the way. That's the guy they voted for.

Giving secrets to the Russians during a photo op in the Oval Office? Not as much. That's not the guy they voted for, and they had to figure out how to justify it. They can shout "fake news," for sure. It's even better to concoct something else entirely.

>>140516
And yet even the Seth Rich story is hard to square.

If there was any doubt about how far down their own rabbit hole Trumpkins would be willing to go, Tuesday morning eliminated it. With the president facing a serious crisis over his handling of classified information, the collective decision among conservatives was to retreat to one of its most twisted and paranoid conspiracies. This beyond a denial of reality; it is an outright disassociation with it by the most vocal people in Trump's base.

And the little reality that does make its way in is instantly met with a clear assumption — it is in fact just part of the conspiracy. In this moment, as I look at /r/The_Donald, things are entirely flipped.

The conspiracy is the reality; the small does of reality is the conspiracy.

>>140517

Pretty much this. Olympic grade mental gymnastics we're seeing at the moment.

Seriously, well done.

>An artist, Robin Bell of Bell Visuals, said he was responsible for the projections. He described himself as a video journalist and multimedia artist who works on political and public interest projects.

>In a telephone interview on Tuesday, Mr. Bell said the images were projected on the building for about 10 minutes, via a van that he parked across the street. He said he wanted to make emoluments a part of the national conversation, but it’s not the easiest topic to understand.

>You often see “a glazed-over look on people’s faces” when you bring it up, he said.

>“If you’re trying to tell a story, you sort of need a visual to help make it work sometimes,” he said.

>“We’re just trying to find a way to tell the story about the emoluments and what’s going on.”

>A spokeswoman for the hotel did not return a phone call seeking comment on Tuesday.

>Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a legal watchdog group, filed a federal lawsuit in January and amended it in April, accusing Mr. Trump of violating the Constitution by continuing to own and profit from his far-flung business empire.

>The amended complaint claimed that he had harmed an organization that represents more than 200 restaurants and nearly 25,000 employees. Its clients compete directly with restaurants that Mr. Trump owns or in which he has a financial interest.

>Mr. Trump and his administration have been past targets of Mr. Bell.

>An undated photo on his website shows another projection — “Experts agree: Trump is a pig” — at the hotel’s entrance and “#PollutingPruitt” at the entrance to the Environmental Protection Agency a few blocks away, referring to the agency’s administrator, Scott Pruitt.

>Mr. Bell said he has done such projections for about seven years and has never been arrested because of them. Five people were involved on Monday, and they packed up after hotel security stood in front of the projector and asked them to leave, he said.

>He said he believed the projections are legal, but they typically leave when ordered.

>“Getting into a fight with Trump Hotel security is not a fight we want to have,” he said.

>>140728
Now that's bantz

>"Even if tomorrow, an email was found, it is not a high enough bar of evidence to prove any interactions as emails can be altered and we've seen that those interested in pushing conspiracies will stop at nothing to do so," Bauman said. "We are a family who is committed to facts, not fake evidence that surfaces every few months to fill the void and distract law enforcement and the general public from finding Seth's murderers."

>Although Bauman said Wheeler was paid by a third party, the family is named as clients of Wheeler's Capitol Investigations on a contract signed by Rich's father, Joel Rich.

>The family has been sensitive to speculation that Rich could have leaked emails damaging to the DNC since he was murdered during the height of the presidential campaign in a case that remains unsolved. Wheeler and the federal investigator insist that there is evidence to back their claims.

>An FBI forensic report of Rich's computer -- generated within 96 hours after Rich's murder -- showed he made contact with WikiLeaks through Gavin MacFadyen, a now-deceased American investigative reporter, documentary filmmaker, and director of WikiLeaks who was living in London at the time, the federal source told Fox News.

>“I have seen and read the emails between Seth Rich and WikiLeaks,” the federal investigator told Fox News, confirming the MacFadyen connection. He said the emails are in possession of the FBI, while the stalled case is in the hands of the Washington Police Department.

>The revelation is consistent with the findings of Wheeler, whose private investigation firm was hired by a third party on behalf of Rich’s family to probe the case.

>“My investigation up to this point shows there was some degree of email exchange between Seth Rich and WikiLeaks,” Wheeler said. “I do believe that the answers to who murdered Seth Rich sits on his computer on a shelf at the DC police or FBI headquarters.”

>The federal investigator, who requested anonymity, said 44,053 emails and 17,761 attachments between Democratic National Committee leaders, spanning from January 2015 through late May 2016, were transferred from Rich to MacFadyen before May 21.

>On July 22, just 12 days after Rich was killed, WikiLeaks published internal DNC emails that appeared to show top party officials conspired to stop Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont from becoming the party’s presidential nominee. That controversy resulted in Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigning as DNC chairperson.

>WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange has stopped short of identifying Rich as the source of the emails, but has taken a keen interest in the case, and has not denied working with Rich.

>“WikiLeaks has decided to issue a US$20k reward for information leading to conviction for the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich,” the organization announced.

>Assange has not returned a series of recent emails from Fox News about Rich. MacFadyen, who was considered a mentor by Assange, died of lung cancer on Oct. 22 at age 76.

>Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department has no suspects and no substantial leads as to who the killer or killers may be, sources close to the investigation said. Metropolitan Police, including the police chief, have refused to discuss the case, despite requests from Fox News dating back 10 months.

>The department released a statement on the case saying it remains an active investigation and that detectives are working with Rich's family.

>"If there are any individuals who feel they have information, we urge them to call us at (202) 727-9099 or text us at 50411," read the statement. "The department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information on this case that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible."

>The FBI’s national office declined to comment, but sources said the bureau provided cyber expertise to examine Rich’s computer.

>D.C. police have announced a $25,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of Rich’s killer. Republican lobbyist Jack Burkman has offered a separate $130,000 reward.

This is the third state election in a row Merkel's party wins with a surprising overwhelming majority the Social Democrats expected to win.

For the Bundestagswahl Merkel will likely win with an overwhelming majority too.

>>139843
All dem stasi connections.

>>139840

lol.. Merkel "won"..

High turnover

>The state's foster care system - which has been found unconstitutional - continues to struggle with high turnover rates among employees and decades of chronic funding shortages. Most notably, the number of children under the state's care, some of whom caseworkers have housed in government buildings due to a foster home shortage, has surged in recent years. Latest figures show more than 3,800 children are eligible for adoption, according to a DFPS spokesman.

>Advocates say the growing backlog has endangered Texas's most vulnerable children, such as the Houston teen in foster care who was killed last month in a collision with a van after she left a state office where she had slept.

>During the House debate Tuesday, opponents of HB 3859 argued the crisis would worsen if state lawmakers barred an untold number of potential parents from fostering or adopting children in the system.

>"HB 3859, while well-intentioned, blurs the goals of the Legislature," said Rep. Jessica Farrar, a Democrat from Houston. "Rather than addressing the findings laid before us by the bluntly accurate court case, we're now taking the consideration of the providers over the best interests of the child."

>Rep. Donna Howard, a Democrat from Austin, questioned Frank about how the bill would work for a child who, for example, wants to get an abortion if her foster or adoptive family is morally opposed to the medical procedure.

>"The child has to know they have that right, and then they actually have to have their parents make the referral (to an agency). Then, what kind of relationship does that set up between the child and the parents?" she said, adding that she hoped to see tougher reporting requirements in those cases. "How do we know if a child has asked for services that (the parents) refused to provide?"

>Frank refused to accept any Democratic amendments, telling Howard that increased reporting standards would not necessarily benefit a child.

Concerns unfounded?

Nationally, faith-based providers have shut their doors after a handful of states, including California and Illinois, did not provide similar provisions that supporters call "conscience protections," said Jennifer Carr Allmon, the executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops.

"HB 3859 will allow faith-based providers, such as Catholic Charities, to re-engage in foster care services," she said in a statement, calling Democrats' concerns unfounded. "It will also allow pastors to encourage parishioners to consider being foster parents, knowing they will not have to engage in activity which violates deeply-held religious beliefs."

While much of the debate focused on foster and adoptive parents, HB 3859 has stoked fear in the LGBT community that children who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender will face the brunt of the bill's effects regarding temporary placement.

"HB 3859 is yet another example of Texas legislators' coordinated efforts to pursue discrimination against LGBTQ people instead of focusing on the best interest of all Texans," said Marty Rouse, the national field director for the Human Rights Campaign who also is an adoptive and foster parent.

He continued: "If signed into law, this bill would most harm the children in Texas' child welfare system -- kids who need a loving, stable home. Discrimination under law is unacceptable. The Senate must recognize this bill for what it is: an attempt to discriminate against LGBTQ Texans, this time targeting some of Texas' most vulnerable residents: children in the child welfare system."

The bill now goes to the Senate, where a committee has left a companion bill pending.

Jews and Muslims don't adopt, and gays just want to molest them. This is the right thing to do.

>>139289
>nears

lol.. fake news..

>>139289

Is this some kind of sick joke? All that MAGA campaigning just to INSTANTLY revert to standard politician doing scummy things mode?

>>139314
What's scummy about selling arms to Saudi Arabia? We like those guys.

The dollar's index against a basket of six major currencies dropped to 97.93, giving up all of the gains made after Trump's election victory in November.

from trump-bump to trump-dump

This was expected.

"I really don't know what to believe anymore," said John Kremer, 74, a Trump supporter from Birmingham, Alabama, who wants an independent investigation. Kremer does not think Trump had any illegal contact with the Russians, but he does not like the way the president is handling he issue.

"If Comey hadn't been fired, I would have been comfortable with the results of their investigation," Kremer said. "My concern now is whether he (Trump) is trying to minimize the investigation."

The Reuters/Ipsos poll also found that public confidence in the executive branch and in Congress has eroded since the Nov. 8 election. Thirty-six percent of Americans said they had "hardly any confidence at all" in the executive branch and 43 percent said they felt that way about Congress. That is up from 30 percent and 37 percent, respectively, who answered that way in a November poll.

When asked who should replace Comey, 48 percent wanted an FBI outsider with "credible" experience in law or law enforcement. Thirty-seven percent said they wanted "someone from within the FBI" while 5 percent wanted an FBI outsider who is "close to the Trump administration."

The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. It included responses from 1,541 adults, including 515 Republicans and 686 Democrats. The poll has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3 percentage points for the entire group, 5 percentage points for Republicans and 4 percentage points for Democrats.

All this BEFORE the meeting with the Russians.

There's a very solid chance he could've come clean from the Russian investigation and he absolutely mucked any notion that it was a clean investigation by firing Comey.

>>139859

Sieg Heil !

DELETE /pol/

SO TOLERANT
ITS JUST A JOKE

>>138598

But just four months before Oliver’s July show, he had hired slick New York law firm Proskauer Rose LLP, which, in addition to union-busting and representing BP America, ChevronTexaco and ExxonMobil, specializes in helping the rich find tax breaks and buy real estate. Proskauer also has a long-time Private Client Services group, whose “lawyers handle complex tax and estate planning matters for wealthy multinational families,” as well as “executives, Internet entrepreneurs, art collectors and investors, professionals and real estate developers, among others,” according to its website.

Oliver’s lawyer at the firm was Jay Waxenberg, who “focuses his practice on estate and tax planning and estate and trust administration.” Waxenberg, the website goes on, “represents many families with significant multigenerational wealth, and has assisted them in the structuring of their estate plans so as to minimize gift, estate and generation-skipping taxes in the transmission of their wealth through several generations.”

cont.

>>138600

In other words, Waxenberg is exactly the type of fancy pants attorney who helps his 1 percent clientele get the tax breaks and use the loopholes that Oliver gets such mileage deriding on TV.
In Oliver’s case, Waxenberg set up two revocable trusts — JO, named for John Oliver, and KNO, named for his wife Kate Norley Oliver — with Waxenberg as the trustee and his law firm serving as the trusts’ registered address. The trusts were then used to create a shell company called Hoagie’s Place LLC, named for Oliver’s beloved dog. Incidentally, Kate Norley Oliver’s New York voter registration shows she is a Democrat and lives in the penthouse in question.

In 2015, Oliver and his wife used Hoagie’s Place to purchase a 39th floor penthouse in an Upper West Side building overlooking the Hudson River for $9.5 million. Property records show they put half down and took out a $4.75 million mortgage from J.P. Morgan. Neither Oliver nor his wife’s name appears on the mortgage, or any of the other property records discussed in this story.

Hoagie’s Place is identified as the buyer in the mortgage, but its listed address is an office building in Encino, California that houses dozens of shell corporations and revocable trusts.

cont.

>>138601

The New York Times reported on the sale of the penthouse in 2015, saying it had four bedrooms and four and a half baths spread over 3,096 square feet of interior space. “It features Brazilian cherry hardwood floors throughout, a glass-walled corner great room and a terrace that provides panoramic views of the city skyline, the Hudson River and the George Washington Bridge.”

Oliver benefits from New York’s property tax system, which offers huge advantages to residents of rich enclaves like the one where he lives. For example, even though Oliver paid $9.5 million for his penthouse, the city assessed its market value for tax purposes at just $1.3 million. However, only $515,000 of that amount was billable for property taxes. At a rate of 12.8 percent, Oliver normally would have paid $66,390.

cont.

>>139497
>An investigation with NPR into the billions spent on housing low-income people, and why so few get the help they need
spoiler: democrats

>>139509
The episode concentrates on individual cases in Texas (specifically Dallas) and Florida, both Republican controlled states.

>>139509
/pol/ plz leave

>>138395
>buzzfeed
Would you happen to have a more reputable source? Anything at all?

Did you read the article? Reuters and Buzzfeed investigated the case and DEA opened an investigation about this agent

>>138401
Nobody here clicks on anything. If you want someone to read something you're going to have to copypaste it.

>>139605
I don't believe Mr. Nikulin in this case. Also, why does this story include a picture of Hillary dressed like a pimp?

>>139612
yeah, but you know every trump supporter is itching to believe this is true, so they'll take the fact that there's an official statement, no matter whom the source, as gospel.

>>139614
And every anti-Trumper will never accept any evidence against the Russia narrative, because they want to believe it so so badly lol

>>135752
>Dailywire.com
Fuck off, Ben.

>>135752
This guy's a dick, but it's Hollywood so that's no surprising

Newsflash: Liberals are disgusting people but view themselves as the pinnacle of morality and everything they do is justyfied because their enemies are "nazis" and "fashists" and all sorts of evil things.

>>140021
maybe try asking on /bant/ or /int/ or /wsr/ ?

thanks