October 18, 2017

Daily Show Prep: Wednesday, Oct. 18

 

Bill to reduce Michigan auto insurance premiums is in peril – 95.3 MNC

Legislation to reduce Michigan’s high auto insurance premiums by letting drivers opt out of mandatory unlimited medical coverage is in peril, with majority Republicans lacking enough support to pass it on their own and many Democrats pushing an alternative plan.

Chicago Fires Officers For United Flight | The Daily Caller

The Department of Aviation in Chicago reportedly fired two officers who participated in the public dragging of David Dao, the 69-year-old doctor who was forcefully booted off a United Airlines flight in April.

City Council Members Take a Knee During Pledge of Allegiance | Truth Revolt

Four Ann Arbor city council members chose to kneel during the Pledge of Allegiance at a meeting on Monday, Oct. 16.

Goodell: NFL players aren’t trying to be ‘disrespectful to the flag’ | New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says players aren’t trying to be “disrespectful to the flag” when they kneel during the National Anthem. But the league still believes they should stand.

NFL Team Apologizes to Military for Protesting US Flag on Foreign Soil | Truth Revolt

A letter written by Jaguars President Mark Lamping was sent to the director of military affairs and veterans in Jacksonville that stated his team was “remiss in not fully comprehending the effect of the national anthem demonstration on foreign soil has had on the men and women who have or continue to serve our country.”


Hour 2

Judicial Watch: State Department Reveals 2,800 Huma Abedin Government Documents on Weiner’s Laptop – Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch revealed today that the U.S. Department of State admits it received 2,800 Huma Abedin work-related documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that were found on her estranged husband Anthony Weiner’s personal laptop. Abedin was former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff. Weiner is a disgraced former congressman and New York mayoral candidate who recently plead guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor. Abedin kept a non-State.gov email account that she used repeatedly for government business on Hillary Clinton’s notorious email server(s).

Las Vegas guard Jesus Campos surfaces on Ellen DeGeneres’ show

The Mandalay Bay security guard who sparked national interest after disappearing from the public spotlight surfaced this week on Ellen DeGeneres’ show, revealing new details about the moments before Stephen Paddock began his massacre in Las Vegas.

The Facts About Who Pays the Most in Taxes in America

Politicians exploit public ignorance. Few areas of public ignorance provide as many opportunities for political demagoguery as taxation.


Hour 3

Attorney: DoJ blocked FBI undercover testimony on Russia bribery-extortion probe – Hot Air Hot Air

How did the Department of Justice keep the FBI probe into Russian bribery and extortion a secret from Congress since it began in 2009? The attorney for an undercover confidential witness claims that the DoJ threatened her client with prosecution if he blew the whistle. Victoria Toensing tells The Hill’s John Solomon and Alison Spann that she has memos to back up that claim, raising even more questions as to why this information never emerged until this week:

Russian Bribery Scheme Included Laundering Cash in Briefcases and Delivering Cash in Yellow Envelopes

Federal agents used a confidential U.S. witness working inside the Russian nuclear industry to gather extensive financial records, make secret recordings and intercept emails as early as 2009 that showed Moscow had compromised an American uranium trucking firm with bribes and kickbacks in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FBI and court documents show.

O’KEEFE: NYT Fires Employee Over “Damaging” Undercover Video

On Tuesday, James O’Keefe released part 3 of Project Veritas’ undercover New York Times operation. The sting targets Senior Homepage Editor Des Shoe, who admits employees at the Times have great difficulty reporting objectively on the Trump administration. On the same day as releasing part 3, O’Keefe announced the subject of part 1, New York Times video gatekeeper Nicholas Dudich, has reportedly been terminated from the paper.

STUNNING=> TREY GOWDY: Samantha Power Testified She Did Not Make All Unmasking Requests Attributed to Her

BAIER: “You are also looking, and have talked to the former Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power. We reported that she requested or her officer requested 260 plus efforts to unmask, in other words, get who was talking about picked up in surveillance. How did she answer that question? Why so many?”

Social Security increase to benefit 1.3 million Hoosiers | WANE

More than 1 million people in Indiana will soon have more money in their pocket after the Social Security Administration recently announced it’s increasing how much people take home every month in benefits.

Investigation into a South Bend police gun found on the road continues – 95.3 MNC

South Bend police are investigating how a loaded department-issued handgun ended up along a busy northern Indiana roadway.

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