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8 years
John Lewis, 1965: Head cracked open on Bloody Sunday Donald Trump, 1965: Plays squash at Fordham after getting Vietnam student deferment
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Geoffrey Berman, the US Atty who signed off on the Michael Cohen search warrants, is: * A Republican * A @realdonaldtrump appointee * A max individual donor to Trump's '16 general election campaign * A former Rudy Giuliani law partner
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Since @realdonaldtrump today returned to mocking John Kerry's 2015 bike accident, a reminder: * 10/1968: Trump's purported bone spurs result in Vietnam medical deferment * 1/1969: Kerry involved in multiple fire fights in Mekong Delta. Is unofficially credited with 20 enemy kills
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UPDATE: Charges dropped against man arrested for "I Eat Ass" sticker on his truck Actual sticker seen below
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UPDATE: Couple charged with hate crime for vandalizing Black Lives Matter mural outside California courthouse
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Florida man, 22, leaves no doubt he is a real Florida Man™
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Money personally donated to their charitable foundation over past 5 years: BLOOMBERG: $2.793 Billion TRUMP: $0
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Every single thing attributed to TMZ's purported "law enforcement sources" was incorrect re: Tiger Woods DUI arrest #fakenews
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Wonder who anonymously registered these 5 urls via GoDaddy on same day in December 2008 (all now expired)... #TrumpinCuba
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6 years
On MLB's #OpeningDay , a reminder that Yankees fans always lead the league in getting arrested while wearing their team's jersey #pinstripepride
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8 years
Roger Stone: I had no contact with any Russians! TSG: You exchanged DMs with Guccifer 2.0. Stone: Oops, forgot those. Completely innocuous!
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6 years
Here's accused #MAGABomber Cesar Sayoc slagging @cnn at a 2017 Trump rally at the Orlando Melbourne International Airport
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7 years
Here's Weepy Nazi Christopher Cantwell in a 2010 mug shot He'll soon be posing for a new one
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. @SheriffClarke : Make sure to step up that flair game when you get to Homeland Security #OfficeSpace
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Borat fooled Rudy Giuliani, but not two sharp Georgia cops Police bodycam recorded odd encounter with noted Kazakh documentarian
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Mike Flynn: "When you are given immunity that means you've probably committed a crime." (9-25-16)
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7 years
Meet Reality Leigh Winner. The 25-y-o was charged today with leaking top secret NSA report on Russian hacking to @theintercept
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7 years
Beating Louise Linton to the Instagram punch...
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8 years
REMINDER: Roger Stone is only now acknowledging his DMs with Russian military intelligence because of this TSG story
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7 years
Michael Cohen spotted on his drive home from work today...
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@chrislhayes Where's proof of this outrageous allegation?? Oh, right:
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8 years
FBI has entire contents of Guccifer 2.0 Twitter account. Like Roger Stone, were other Trump loyalists secret pen pals w/ Russian hackers?
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5 years
@PressSec @CNN Well, at least they didn't publish your mug shots like some people
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10 years
Al Sharpton liked the cops when they watched his back while he worked as an FBI/NYPD informant http://t.co/QMe9ZVSbfr http://t.co/taUWK9HJkD
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8 years
Perhaps Roger Stone will next explain why he recently stopped following Guccifer 2.0 on Twitter. Covering tracks much, Rog?
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6 years
Paul Newman was born on this day in 1925. We once FOIA'd his military records and got back this magnificent portrait taken after the future star joined the Navy in 1943. He was 19.
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4 years
The masked "Umbrella Man" who instigated a wave of violence in Minneapolis following George Floyd's killing has been identified by cops as Mitchell Wesley Carlson, a 32-y-o member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang (and an associate of the Aryan Cowboys prison gang)
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9 years
Rachel Dolezal once sued Howard University for discriminating against her because she was white: http://t.co/jxN9cJim5b #RachelDolezal
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8 years
Here's a mug shot of volatile Trump aide Boris Epshteyn. It was taken after he sucker punched a guy in a bar. Story:
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5 years
@ddale8 @jaketapper Has anyone FOIA'd for the numerous White House Kleenex invoices?
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4 years
Anti-mask madwoman gives Karen Masterclass at Florida bagel shop
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6 years
Individual 1's running...
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8 years
Donald Trump's tax returns held hostage: DAY 511 [Let's not do this again tomorrow.]
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8 years
Oh it stings, Rog! It stings so bad! FYI, we're @tsgnews 🐝
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Roger Stone
8 years
My stinging rebuttal 2 @SmokingGun up soon. Find out why their flawed hit piece on me and Crucifer is a steaming pile of BS @StoneColdTruth
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7 years
Here's what Kyle Chapman--a headliner at Saturday's alt-right "free speech" rally in Boston--said after a violent April clash in Berkeley:
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5 years
In hour-long flogging, federal judge excoriates “copyright troll” lawyer Richard Liebowitz as inveterate liar who sought to “intentionally deceive the court”
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4 years
HEADS UP: Never travel to a Golden Corral in Kentucky to purchase a $4500 Rolex from a guy you met on Craigslist
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8 years
Donald Trump's tax returns held hostage: DAY 454
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9 years
Donald Trump donated $0 to charities formed in the wake of 9/11 attacks New York values???
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Donald Trump's tax returns held hostage: DAY 491
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Donald Trump's tax returns held hostage: DAY 510
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7 years
The Pulitzer Prize for tarmac photography was awarded today to the AP's @evanvucci
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6 years
Our annual reminder that @realdonaldtrump , billionaire son of New York City, donated NOTHING to 9/11 charities formed to aid the families of fallen cops, firefighters, and other rescue workers. Yes, #NeverForget
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10 years
We've unmasked "Witness 40," the Ferguson grand jury witness who spun a preposterous eyewitness tale: http://t.co/NvT1FSxY7u #witness40
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8 years
Donald Trump's tax returns held hostage: DAY 507
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8 years
Roger Stone lies to NYT about giving us his DM exchange with Guccifer 2.0. Actually claimed he couldn't recall if they communicated...
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Cops: Gunman pointed 9mm pistol at victims after being called a "denim chicken" Fans of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" explode with laughter cc: @RMcElhenney @GlennHowerton @FeitsBarstool
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8 years
Gigantic pokéball spotted rolling into Springsteen concert Thursday night...
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Florida cops arrest Vladimir Putin for trespassing at Publix supermarket:
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7 years
"Jimmy won't quit talking about John Podesta and the DNC server!"
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7 years
Nice of Donnie Two Scoops to acknowledge that he can kill National Enquirer hit pieces...
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Watched low rated @Morning_Joe for first time in long time. FAKE NEWS. He called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said no! Bad show
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9 years
Donald Trump donated $0 to aid groups in the aftermaths of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and Hurricane Sandy: #empathygap
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6 years
For some reason, @realdonaldtrump today again claimed his father was born in Germany. Fred Trump was born on October 11, 1905 in his family's apartment at 539 East 177 Street in the Bronx:
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5 years
@sambrodey UPDATE: Matt Gaetz pictured leading parade of GOP colleagues into House SCIF
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6 years
Thank God these private equity guys, lawyers, and assorted tycoons limit their criminality to college admission schemes. Imagine if such illegality spilled over into the business world.
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8 years
In 5 days Donald Trump will not be releasing his 2016 tax return. So mark your calendar!
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7 years
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the #covfefe began to take hold.
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5 years
The Parnas/Fruman indictment makes clear that the feds have monitored their communications dating back to mid-2018. So those conspirators "known and unknown" should be worried.
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An investigation of Roger Stone, the vain, vindictive Trump loyalist who thinks the Russian hackers were heroic:
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Bill O'Reilly should probably stfu on the subject of hairdos...
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Roger Stone claims he escaped death in recent polonium poisoning. Unclear if the polonium survived its encounter with Roger Stone.💉
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70-year-old guy picks 72-year-old guy to guide him through the "age of computer"
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CNN Politics
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BREAKING: The Trump transition team announces that Rudy Giuliani will advise Trump on cybersecurity
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7 years
Here are the water hazards being faced by Donald Trump and Carmen Yulín Cruz...
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Yes, Roger Stone's long history of truthfulness, ethical behavior, and integrity has earned him the benefit of the doubt 😂
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Roger Stone
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Media is so dishonest-get beyond headline- contact with ALLEGED Russian blogger fully disclosed, benign, & AFTER DNC disclosures #NiceTry
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3 years
Cops: Woman, 77, hurled Whopper, racial slurs at Burger King worker Was angry about the "thickness of the tomato on her sandwich"
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7 years
Yes, for the umpteenth time, Reality Winner is the accused woman's actual name...
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6 years
Stone paid Davis--a two-time felon--$7000 via "Stop the Steal," his shady 527 group. Mueller & Co. have been following the $$ spent by this org and Stone’s super PAC (both of which are now defunct)...
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Laura Rozen
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Kristin Davis worked for Stone for a decade, & had numerous interactions with Stone and Andrew Miller
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Mueller & Co. investigated for 675 days and could not reach a legal conclusion re: Trump and obstruction. But AG Barr and his team took less than 48 hours to determine that the evidence gathered was not sufficient to establish that Trump committed a crime? Yeah, makes sense.
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6 years
While only his wife, Felicity Huffman, was charged today, actor William H. Macy sure seems to have known about the plot to cheat his kids into college #Shameless
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7 years
This guy makes a good point.
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Donald J. Trump
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The global warming we should be worried about is the global warming caused by NUCLEAR WEAPONS in the hands of crazy or incompetent leaders!
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8 years
"Guccifer 2.0" strikes again, publishes list of cell phone numbers, e-mail addresses for most House Democrats:
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7 years
I told the barista very clearly my name was Coverage #covfefe
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Donald Trump's tax returns held hostage: DAY 329
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5 years
@JasonLeopold FYI: The Smoking Gun obtained/unearthed the Trump FBI memo from a source, not via FOIA. It was posted to TSG in May 1997, one month after the site's launch. You could look it up:
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Carlson's rap sheet includes arrests for disorderly conduct, domestic assault, making terroristic threats, and fleeing police. He is pictured below in a mug shot and a photo taken in late-June
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4 years
Protip: If you're already free on bond for drug trafficking, don't travel to an out-of-state MAGA insurrection
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7 years
Paul Manafort out for a leisurely Sunday drive...
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7 years
Sarah Huckabee Sanders says George Papadopoulos was merely a Trump campaign "volunteer advisory council" member. A photo explainer:
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8 years
Do those sheets look damp to you?
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6 years
. @realdonaldtrump says: "Study the late Joseph McCarthy, because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!"
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"My mugshot's cute," declares teen who leads off new booking photo roundup: http://t.co/U4DQfgtDQy http://t.co/g0jz9AWcBb
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6 years
We're the "U.S. reporter" referenced in para 45b of new Russian hacking indictment. "Victim 1" is former Clinton campaign worker Sarah Hamilton. We first exposed the Guccifer 2.0/DC Leaks connection on 8/12/16:
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5 years
Like @realDonaldTrump says, these L.A. homeless encampments are out of control. Oops, sorry, this is actually a photo of just some of the trash left behind by Trump fans who attended last night’s rally in N.J.
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7 years
Sneak peek of tonight's lead story on Sean Hannity show...
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9 years
John McCain was in a POW camp while Donald Trump was busy dodging Vietnam: http://t.co/Dh5nRxGfNk http://t.co/Vns0sBSLUE
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In an attempt to soften the blow Seibel was ready to deliver, Liebowitz’s lawyer declared that his client “was not playing with a full deck.”
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Questioning Liebowitz’s “fitness to practice,” Judge Cathy Seibel announced this AM she has referred his actions to the Grievance Committee for review and possible professional sanctions
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4 years
FBI arrest Florida jackass who stole Nancy Pelosi's lectern during Capitol invasion
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4 years
Rarely does a product exceed expectations. However, this beauty from @therealfstl1992 lives up to the hype
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8 years
MEDIA: Obama '09 crowd dwarfed Trump's pint-sized audience SPICER: Pics or STFU MEDIA: Pics SPICER: STFU
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4 years
FBI arrests Arkansas idiot Richard Barnett, 60, for storming Capitol, raiding Nancy Pelosi's officer, stealing her mail
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6 years
It's a safe bet that Freidman flipped months ago and provided some of that sweet probable cause that helped secure the various Michael Cohen search warrants...
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Tim O'Brien
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The Taxi King flips. Michael Cohen’s business partner avoids large tax penalties and prison time by agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors targeting Cohen.
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7 years
Reality Winner is ex-Air Force linguist. Worked for firm providing counterintelligence analysis & linguistic support to military/IC clients
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6 years
. @TheNotoriousMMA was arrested today on strong-armed robbery and criminal mischief charges for allegedly smashing a fan's phone outside a Miami Beach hotel. Here's his mug shot just snapped at the Miami-Dade jail⬇️
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7 years
So you malign exhaustively reported NYT and WaPo stories as fake news, but believe a Barron Trump dispatch from the TMZ fantasy factory?
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4 years
One day, you're sitting with your feet up on a desk in Nancy Pelosi's office. Next day, you're behind bars in an Arkansas county jail facing federal felony charges. Yes, insurrectionist Richard Barnett fucked around & found out
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8 years
Trump's Cuban escapades are no surprise to anyone who read @JesseDrucker ’s Bloomberg exposé in July: #TrumpinCuba
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10 years
GOP staffer who attacked Obama daughters was arrested during her own "awful teen years" http://t.co/yb3MwLv6Ux #ElizabethLauten
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6 years
Unlike @realdonaldtrump , Barack Obama knew the words to "God Bless America."
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