September 19, 2017

Daily Show Prep: Monday, Sept. 18

As predicted, the lawnmower kid is now a victim of Trump’s evil regime – Hot Air Hot Air

Steven Greenhouse, who worked for the Times for 31 years and still writes for the paper on occasion, took issue with the feel-good story of the boy, Frank Giaccio, of Falls Church, Va., who showed up at the White House Friday to cut the grass at the invitation of President Trump.

Emmys Tank in Ratings- Four Hour Trump Bash Was a Dud

Adjustments could put the total audience ahead of the previous year’s low, but the 8.2 overnight rating among metered market households is down another 2 percent from the previous year. That means that the final tally for the 2017 Emmys, hosted by Stephen Colbert on CBS, is on track to slip below the 11.3 million viewers (and a mere 2.8 rating among adults 18-49) that tuned in during 2016.

Hobby Lobby’s ‘offensive’ decoration has gone bonkers viral — 33k Facebook reactions and counting – TheBlaze

She captioned the photo, “This decor is WRONG on SO many levels. There is nothing decorative about raw cotton… A commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American slaves.”

Gab.ai Could Lose Its Domain | The Daily Caller

Gab, the “free speech alternative” to Twitter, has been given five days’ notice to move its domain to another service provider or risk being taken down.

White Suspect Arrested in Louisiana Killings of Black Men Police Say Likely ‘Racially Motivated’ – NBC News

Police believe the slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge were likely racially motivated and said Sunday they have a suspect — a 23-year-old white man — in custody.

Security Officer Lies About Self-Shooting | The Daily Caller

A white Minnesota security officer confessed that he made up a story about a black man shooting him to cover up the fact that he shot himself, officials said earlier this week.

EXCLUSIVE: DWS IT Guy Was Banned From House After Trying To Hide Secret Server |

Now-indicted former congressional IT aide Imran Awan allegedly routed data from numerous House Democrats to a secret server. Police grew suspicious and requested a copy of the server early this year, but they were provided with an elaborate falsified image designed to hide the massive violations. The falsified image is what ultimately triggered their ban from the House network Feb. 2, according to a senior House official with direct knowledge of the investigation.

The Awan breach on Capitol Hill gets murkier and leads to more questions

On April 6, at midnight, in a small room once used as a phone booth on the second floor of the Rayburn House Office Building, a Capitol Hill Police Officer doing his security rounds discovered evidence that will possibly reveal one of the the biggest security breaches involving House Democrats by the Awan family, a group of entrusted IT staffers, according to court records, police reports and news reports.

US Lawmakers Want Retaliation for Sonic Attacks in Cuba

Five Republican senators called on Friday for Washington to retaliate for an alleged sonic attack, inaudible to some human ears, on U.S. personnel in Cuba by expelling Cuban diplomats and possibly closing the U.S. embassy in Havana.

Town’s Police Chief Tells Officers To Stop Traffic Enforcement, So State Police Flood Town – Blue Lives Matter

After Midland Burough’s Police Chief sent an order to officers telling them to cease proactive law enforcement, including traffic stops, the Pennsylvania State Police responded by flooding the town with troopers to conduct traffic enforcement.

CNN Reacts to Trump RTing Video of Him Striking Hillary With Golf Ball – Cortney O’Brien

President Trump has stoked controversy in the past seven months for giving love to some tweets that break presidential protocol. His retweeting a satirical video that portrayed the president beating up CNN WWE-style dominated headlines for a whole week in July. It actually caused more headaches for CNN, who chose to track down the author of the video and threatened to expose his identity.

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