A Commander-in-Chief that loves and respects the military.
vs
A Commander-in-Chief who disparaged, degraded, and downsized the military.
This has set the conspiracy theorists ablaze the past 24 hours, but it’s a myth.
Trump and Putin met at a 2nd, previously undisclosed meeting at the G-20. Only Putin's interpreter was present https://t.co/K5p98YfcTA
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) July 18, 2017
Once again, we have the Washington Post peddling fake news about Trump and Russia. More on that here.
Please explain to me how the President of the United States meeting with any foreign leader privately is a scandal. It isn’t. Even if there is a mythical Russia conspiracy floating around.
Also, how is a meeting considered ‘previously undisclosed’ if it was reported on by the media on July 8, 2017?
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"Previously undisclosed" second Trump-Putin meeting at G20… reported on 8 July https://t.co/HNhKGUnGm3 pic.twitter.com/mIcuefw3wG
— Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) July 18, 2017
The US president began the meeting by asking Putin directly about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, US officials said. However, Putin denied Russia was responsible, and the two camps would appear to disagree on exactly what was said during the two-hour meeting.
BuzzFeed News understands that the two leaders engaged in another “long chat” right after a G20 dinner on Friday night, according to a source present.
Exactly. It isn’t undisclosed, and the media has known about it for nearly two weeks.
Now, here’s where things get really funny.
Buzzfeed reported on the second meeting at dinner, where everyone who attended G20 was invited, July 8. Now, however, they are claiming it was an ‘undisclosed meeting.’
It takes a special bunch to report on something as being brand new when you reported on it 11 days ago. Par for the course if you are ‘resistance’ media.
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President Trump has fired back.
Fake News story of secret dinner with Putin is "sick." All G 20 leaders, and spouses, were invited by the Chancellor of Germany. Press knew!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 19, 2017
South Bend couple’s home trashed by former tenants
The Smiths could get a lawyer and ask the court to issue a judgment on the couple, which affects their credit and garnishes future wages until it’s paid back. So far, they’re reluctant to do so.
Commissioner John Wiley Price said the officers brought it on themselves.
The official social media account for the Women’s March is blasting an individual who held a hateful, racists sign amongst NRA counter-protesters this weekend. The Women’s March says the sign is held by a National Rifle Association (NRA) counter protester, but Red Alert Politics has identified the individual as a left-wing supporter of the Women’s March.
Hey, that's me, I am saying this is WRONG! Do u think I would possibly be serious wearing wild pants and a flower hat? Come on!
— goodlittletiger (@goodlittletiger) July 15, 2017
Study: Trump Dominated Clinton on Twitter in 2016 Election Despite Attacking Her Less – Breitbart
A new study that analyzed the use of Twitter in the 2016 presidential election discovered that President Donald Trump utilized social media much more effectively than opponent Hillary Clinton.
Kid Rock Tweets More On Running For Senate | The Daily Caller
It appears that Kid Rock‘s run for the Senate in 2018 is officially happening.
https://t.co/RRVgISDFeq pic.twitter.com/zPDlqeHzJl
— Kid Rock (@KidRock) July 17, 2017
Trump Administration Jobs Remain Vacant | The Daily Caller
Trump has announced only 36 percent of the 188 leadership positions below the secretary level, according to the New York Times analysis. Obama had announced 78 percent by the same time.
Democrats Spooked by Drop in Colorado Voter Registration Amid Trump Probe Into Voter Fraud
Democrats are apparently spooked by a sudden drop in voter registrations in the key swing state of Colorado, with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez arguing that it is connected to President Trump’s investigation into electoral fraud in the 2016 election — and promising to fight back against it.
Home Depot Fires Veteran For Trying To Stop Shoplifters – The Burning Truth
A 70-year-old veteran working at a Home Depot store tried to stop shoplifters taking thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, but his attempted intervention cost him his job.
These Are The 10 Most Dangerous Cities In Indiana For 2017 – RoadSnacks
1. South Bend
VIRAL VIDEO: Clueless Anti-Trump Protesters Don’t Know Why They Are Against POTUS
One individual in a Spiderman mask crouching on the floor begins rambling semi-incoherantly, stating, “No Trump says no to racism.”
Thought you might enjoy this… @PrisonPlanet @allidoisowen @JackPosobiec pic.twitter.com/kdYm2WlfdB
— Austen Fletcher (@fleccas) July 17, 2017
Al Gore: Trump Just Tweets — He Is ‘Not Getting Anything Done’ – Breitbart
GORE: Every day it’s another set of tweets and another set of controversies, and they’re not getting anything done.
I then ran through a list of accomplishments that will be posted later.
Trump’s Energy Policies Result in Lower Prices at the Pump and Inflation Dropping to 1.6%
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics the US inflation rate decreased to an eight month low in June to 1.6%.
Border Patrol union chief praises ‘miraculous’ drop in illegal immigration under Trump
“As far as the Trump administration’s efforts on immigration, this is something they campaigned heavily on,” he said. “At six months, where we are on meeting those promises, we are seeing nothing short of miraculous. If you look at the rhetoric that President Trump has given, it has caused a number of illegal border crossings to go down. We have never seen such a drop that we currently have.”
Polls: Donald Trump Earns High Ratings on the Economy
A new Bloomberg poll shows that Trump has a 47 percent approval rating on job creation versus 40 percent who disagree and 46 percent approval ratings on the economy versus only 44 percent who disagree.
52 Percent Think Dems Don’t Stand For Anythin | The Daily Caller
Only 37 percent of respondents believed that the Democratic Party “stands for something,” while 52 percent of respondents said the party “just stands against Trump.”
Poll: Democrats almost as unpopular as Trump – MFP
On the other hand, Democrats do not appear to be benefiting from Trump’s unpopularity.
Line-Of-Duty Police Deaths Up 30 Percent Mid-Year
Line-of-duty police deaths for the first six months of 2017 were up 30 percent over police deaths for the same time period in 2016.
Video=>Knife Wielding Liberals Terrorize Children at Bloody Chick Fil A Protest
“They came in slicing each other’s throats, putting each other on their knees, dropping them onto the floor in front of a bunch of children,” said Crystal Valle-Najar.
Look at us! We hate plants! #SaladIsMurder
House GOP allocates $1.6 billion for Trump border wall in 2018 – Washington Times
House Republicans said Tuesday they’ve included $1.6 billion in funding for President Trump‘s border wallin their new homeland security spending bill, setting up fight with Democrats who have vowed to block any wall funding — even if it means sending the government into a partial shutdown.
BREAKING : Illegal Border Crossings Hit 6 Year Low, Media SILENT – TruthFeed
St. Joseph County won’t hike property taxes | Local | southbendtribune.com
The St. Joseph County Council won’t approve a property tax hike that had been considered for 2018 to help pay for capital needs such as equipment, as a council member chose to withdraw the measure Tuesday from a vote.
I’ve been way behind on posting the past week, and didn’t get a chance to post several fake news stories. It’s been a busy 10 days or so for fake news too. Here’s a list of fake news from the past week:
FALSE: Sean Spicer: “Trump Has The Legal Right To Cancel SCOTUS Because They Serve At His Pleasure”
The president doesn’t, and Spicer never said he did.
Admitted satire outlet Newslo spread a rumor that White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said “Trump has the legal right to cancel SCOTUS (The US Supreme Court) because they serve at his pleasure.” First off, no United States president has the legal authority to dissolve the Supreme Court. Secondly, Sean Spicer never made this statement to reporters. By its very nature, the U.S. Constitution prevents the president from disbanding the nation’s highest court.
FALSE: Albert Almora Showed His Middle Finger To President Trump
The Chicago Cubs outfielder and his teammates visited the Oval Office during a visit to the White House last month. One picture shows Almora with his hand in his pocket and what at first glance could appear to be his middle finger sticking out. Several websites claimed Almora was making an offensive gesture toward the president. However, closer examination of the photo revealed Almora had two fingers displayed. Almora denied making a gesture and called the episode “unfortunate.”
I’ve been telling you for months that there was never any evidence 17 agencies concluded Russia was behind the DNC hacking. The story was officially retracted at the end of June. That’s nearly two weeks ago. A California Democrat introduced legislation to require students to learn about this fake news as if it were real. Yet Democrats and members of the media continue to make this false claim this last week.
Perhaps he should have not taken 9 months to publicly denounce the 17 agency lie. As for the story’s origin … Hillary Clinton started the rumor, and no one bothered to vet it.
Jim Acosta of CNN and Katy Tur of NBC Repeat 17 Agency Lie After Story Was Retracted
Acosta asked: “Trump said it was only 3 or 4. Where did he get this number?”
He got it from the Director of National Intelligence under Obama, James Clapper. Click the link above to Clapper saying he made this clear to Trump in early January.
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi Pushes 17 Agency Lie After Story Is Retracted
BBC Slammed By Former Chairman For Misleading Coverage Of Palestinian Terrorist Attack
WOW…
The former controller of the BBC Lord Grade launches a very strong rebuke of the BBC over its bias and misleading reporting of Israel pic.twitter.com/tkeFEsaudp— SussexFriendsIsrael (@SussexFriends) July 5, 2017
CNN’s Chris Cillizza got the ball rolling on the supposed snub by Polish First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda. The story then went viral with multiple major media outlets and personalities repeating the false claim. Newsweek, Time, Huffington Post, and the Washington Post (video title) all got in on the lie. It got so bad the President of Poland felt he had to address it publicly.
Contrary to some surprising reports my wife did shake hands with Mrs. and Mr. Trump @POTUS after a great visit. Let's FIGHT FAKE NEWS.
— Andrzej Duda (@AndrzejDuda) July 6, 2017
Cillizaa would later admit he new the original edited video was misleading. This appears to be an attempt to soften the backlash he was getting, but all it did was serve as proof he intentionally misled people with a fake story.
Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the President Addressed The Controversy
Exclusive: ‘None Of This Happened’: White House, Pentagon Call Trump ISIS Story Into Question
Members of the press widely circulated The Daily Beast’s claim on social media as evidence the Trump administration cannot come up with a better strategy than former President Barack Obama’s to defeat the terrorist group.
CNN claimed 44 States Refused Trump’s Voter Info Request
In reality, most states have not refused the data request. Kansas Secretary of State Kobach declared Wednesday that 14 states had refused and called news reporting by outlets like CNN “patently false, more ‘fake news.’”
Man Told Police Anti-Trump Graffiti At School Was Out Of ‘Anger Toward Liberals’
Marks told police on June 19 he vandalized the property “out of ‘anger towards liberals and they are breaking major laws everyday and being disrespectful towards our government,'” according to the warrant for his arrest. He told police it was his hope that the vandalism would appear to have been done by the “Left.”
In fact, almost all the surface temperature warming adjustments cool past temperatures and warm more current records, increasing the warming trend, according to the study’s authors.
“Nearly all of the warming they are now showing are in the adjustments,” Meteorologist Joe D’Aleo, a study co-author, told The Daily Caller News Foundation in an interview. “Each dataset pushed down the 1940s warming and pushed up the current warming.”
“You would think that when you make adjustments you’d sometimes get warming and sometimes get cooling. That’s almost never happened,” said D’Aleo, who co-authored the study with statistician James Wallace and Cato Institute climate scientist Craig Idso.
Attacks Against Ken Blackwell and Trump’s Voting Commission Debunked by the Facts
In fact, the only connection between Blackwell and the 80-lb. paper is that when asked if he would accept registrations on other types of paper, he initially responded that the state should continue to apply one uniform standard. The heavier paper had served well for several election cycles, and Blackwell saw no need to abandon that standard.
But the state then received large numbers of registrations collected by activists and hand-delivered to election officials. Blackwell concluded that the heavier paper was intended to protect ballots in the mail, but that given the large numbers of registrations being hand-delivered on lighter paper, he issued a new administrative policy that election officials should accept all such registrations so long as the forms were properly filled out.
The New York Times was forced to issue a correction Wednesday to a story it published that initially claimed Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) was one of a number of Republicans lying low during the Fourth of July — except that Portman was anything but.
New York Times Falls for Parody North Korea Twitter Account
The Times story on a joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea noted that “the North Korean government belittled the joint exercise as ‘demonstrating near total ignorance of ballistic science.'”
But that statement came from the parody @DPRK_News account, in what was evidently a satirical tweet.
Nets Protect their Own: Ignore ABC Defamation Settlement With Beef Company
ABC News and Beef Products Inc (BPI) reached a confidential settlement which concluded a 5-year-old lawsuit as of June 27. BPI filed a $1.9 billion lawsuit against ABC News in 2012 for reports that the company’s lean finely textured beef (LFTB) as dangerous “pink slime.” ABC may have been liable for up to $5.7 billion if it lost the case because of South Dakota’s Agricultural Food products Disparagement Act.
More Very Fake News from CNN: Network Analyst Claims Trump Never Made Article 5 Commitment to NATO
On the morning of the Fourth of July, CNN political analyst Julian Zelizer, also a historian at Princeton University, inaccurately claimed that President Trump never made an Article 5 commitment to America’s NATO allies.
This one is unbelievably easy to debunk. All one has to do is go look at CNN’s own reporting, from a June 9 report on its website from CNN politics reporter Jeremy Herb, to see that CNN analyst Zelizer is lying on national television.
The headline of Herb’s early June report speaks for itself: “Trump commits to NATO’s Article 5.”
“I am committing the United States to Article 5,” the CNN report quotes Trump as saying at a news conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Rose Garden at the White House.
In fact, in the live broadcast on CNN, CNN contributor and Politico White House correspondent Tara Palmeri correctly noted that the president and administration do not feel the need to continue reaffirming Article 5 commitments to NATO allies because “they feel like they’ve already done that in the Rose Garden speech and prior talks.”
New @NRA @dloesch ad says Americans need guns to shoot "the Resistance" https://t.co/pn30H8mYRX pic.twitter.com/Q4cipsUIrj
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) July 3, 2017
At no point did Dana say any such thing in the video, but that didn’t stop Boing Boing and others from peddling this fake news.
Watching this @NRA video sent a chill down my spine–followed by a feeling of sadness & fear that I haven’t shaken… https://t.co/O0hUab6b41 pic.twitter.com/ZYOMxCAJmv
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 30, 2017
I think the @NRA is telling people to shoot us.
Now might be the right time to cancel your membership. pic.twitter.com/PWhHAvRcI3
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 29, 2017
This NRA ad is an open call to violence to protect white supremacy. If I made a video like this, I'd be in jail. pic.twitter.com/LD65yMUMVn
— deray (@deray) June 29, 2017
Come on air and tell me to my face that I'm a racist for condemning violent riots you incite. https://t.co/hWJZ8jWV5r
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 29, 2017
‘You people are dangerous’! BoingBoing just straight-up LIED about Dana Loesch’s NRA ad
James O’Keefe pointed out one of the most overlooked aspects of his new ‘American Pravda’ series on CNN is how they selectively edited a Trump supporter’s comments.
Most overlooked part of #AmericanPravda piece today is how @AlisynCamerota selectively edited segment to make Trump voters look bad. @CNN pic.twitter.com/6c8HbucjyL
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 30, 2017
Ok, I’m not sure this technically belongs. If a news organization has a ton of fake followers, is that considered fake news? Did they pay for the followers? Are they just fake accounts? Is the audit even accurate? Nevertheless, I will include CNN’s large number of fake followers.
FAKE NEWS, FAKE FOLLOWERS: TwitterAudit Reports CNN Has 17 Million Fake Twitter Followers
According to TwitterAudit.com, nearly fifty percent of the followers on CNN’s verified Twitter account are fake.
Of CNN’s millions of followers on their verified Twitter account, over 17 million or 48 percent are fake, according to TwitterAudit.
It should be noted TwitterAudit.com is not considered the most accurate tool in the world.
I attempted to verify Breitbart’s claim, but keep in mind this is roughly two weeks after they did theirs. Here’s what I found:
MSNBC got a 67% when I did the audit. Fox got 58%, and Breitbart got 95%.
Does it mean anything? Probably not.
Vice Media Retracts Two Reports On Donald Trump, Disney
The two stories were taken down after the site realized they were full of “factual errors” and faulty sources, reports Variety.
“After a thorough investigation into the sourcing of two stories, ‘Here’s the Secret Backstage Trump Drama at Walt Disney World’s Hall of Presidents’ and ‘Behind the Scenes of Disney’s Donald Trump ‘Hall of Presidents’ Installation,’ and the identification of several factual errors, we have decided to retract both pieces,” Vice Media’s Motherboard editorial board said in a note.
MSNBC Can’t Stop Lying About Planned Parenthood
“Data: Only 3% Of Planned Parenthood Services Go To Abortion Services,” the chyron incorrectly stated.
The true statistic, some estimate, is that abortion services provided are somewhere between 15 percent and 37 percent of Planned Parenthood’s overall services.
Anti-Jihad Muslim Group Labeled As A ‘Hate Group’ By SPLC
Maajid Nawaz runs Quilliam, a London-based organization that aims to counter jihadism and extremism around the world. Nawaz, who considers himself a former Muslim radical (and still identifies as Muslim), is now fighting back against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which has labeled his organization a “hate group” for its strong stance against radicalism. For the record, the SPLC also put Ayaan Hirsi Ali on their list. Nawaz has filed a lawsuit against SPLC and many are left wondering how Quilliam could have received such a label in the first place. He has admitted he feels like there already is a target on his head from certain people in the Muslim community.
Obviously, this was the biggest fake news story recently, but I hadn’t had the time to publish it on the site yet in its own post. Though it is discussed several times in the Daily Show Prep.
CNN deletes, retracts story linking Trump and Russia
On Thursday evening, CNN investigative reporter Thomas Frank published a potentially explosive report involving an investigation of a Russian investment fund with potential ties to several associates of President Donald Trump.
Trump’s tweets about Putin not going over well with Republicans
But by Friday night, the story was removed from CNN’s website and all links were scrubbed from the network’s social media accounts.“That story did not meet CNN’s editorial standards and has been retracted,” CNN said in an editors note posted in place of the story. “Links to the story have been disabled.”
Journalism Historian: CNN’s Malpractice Is ‘a Gift From Heaven for’ Trump
What was really astonishing is that the story was quickly retracted and the three journalists who have had a fair amount of success and prestige in their past were let go, were forced to quit, apparently. It was astonishing in that regard. Plus, the story was so poorly vetted internally before it was released, is another reason why it was, as I keep saying, jaw-dropping. It’s not the first time a major news organization has screwed up, but this is a recent example and it really does have the effect of feeding Donald Trump’s campaign about fake news. It’s a gift from heaven for him.
Sarah Palin rightfully sued the New York Times for defamation after publishing a debunked and retracted fake news editorial linking her to Gabby Giffords being shot.
That’s just 27 recent stories (past two weeks) that are fake news. I could have added more, and some breaking this week are already being vetted. Anyone who thinks fake news isn’t an issue, and that major media isn’t responsible is utterly clueless.
Imagine Vegan Cafe Has Facebook Meltdown Over Bad Review
A review that called out the restaurant for having a naked baby running around and showing off his butthole to people eating food.
Former MNC morning host Matt Patrick loses battle to cancer – 95.3 MNC
Former 95.3 MNC morning host Matt Patrick has died. He was 58 years old.
Saturday, President Trump picked up the hat of a Marine that was blown off due to the turbulence from the President’s helicopter.