SEPTEMBER 1 - 5, 2018
PLEASE PARDON THIS HUGE DUMP OF STORIES, BUT MY COMPUTER HAS BEEN DOWN FOR ALMOST A WEEK, SO I'M CATCHING UP.


I’VE SEEN SOME PRETTY BAD TWEETS, BUT THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE WORST COMBINATIONS OF CRUELTY AND PERSONAL CRUDENESS THAT I HAVE SEEN SO FAR. HILLARY CLINTON CAUGHT SEVERAL OF THOSE, TOO, AND BOTH OF THE OBAMAS. WE’RE REALLY RAISING SOME PRIME QUALITY CITIZENS IN THIS COUNTRY, AREN’T WE?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ben-domenech-meghan-mccain-slams-twitter-for-waiting-hours-to-remove-threatening-tweet/
CBS NEWS September 1, 2018, 9:00 PM
Meghan McCain's husband slams Twitter for waiting hours to remove tweet threatening wife

VIDEO – EULOGY FOR JOHN MCCAIN

Meghan McCain's husband, Ben Domenech, slammed Twitter for letting a tweet stay up for hours that included an image doctored to show a gun pointed at Meghan McCain as she approached her father's casket. The account has since been suspended, Domenech said on Friday, but not until after he had to "raise a ruckus."

On Thursday, Domenech, who is a conservative writer and contributor to CBS News, tweeted the screengrab of the doctored image of a gun pointed at Meghan McCain as she approached her father John McCain's casket. The original poster had written "America, this ones for you," according to the Arizona Republic.

"Hey @jack, this has been up for half a day. It has been reported 100+ times. No response. Tell me why this is cool by you," Domenech wrote in the now-deleted tweet. Domenech later deleted that tweet when the account was suspended "so no one will have to see it."

Memorial Service Held For Sen. John McCain At North Phoenix Baptist Church

Meghan McCain walks with her husband Ben Domenech as the casket of U.S. Sen. John McCain leaves the Arizona State Capitol to go to a memorial service at the North Phoenix Baptist Church on August 30, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. / GETTY IMAGES

On Friday, Domenech slammed Twitter for letting it stay up for hours, writing that it was only after his "hours later tweet to finally get a reaction. Did not want to elevate it but that is what Twitter requires apparently."

"Twitter finally suspended this account this morning," Domenech posted Friday. "No one should have to raise a ruckus or highlight this sort of thing publicly to get their attention."

Meghan McCain was photographed overcome with emotion at her father's casket at a service on Wednesday. She said at a service at the National Cathedral on Saturday that "the best of John McCain, the greatest of his titles, and the most important of his roles was as a father. John McCain was defined by love."

John McCain died on Aug. 25 at the age of 81.

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I THINK WE SHOULD START CALLING “STAND YOUR GROUND” THE WILD WEST LAW. MAYBE IT’S JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE I LIVE IN JACKSONVILLE, BUT I HAVE NEVER FELT THREATENED. OF COURSE, I HAVEN’T BEEN GOING AROUND VERBALLY ACCOSTING PEOPLE OVER PARKING SPACES, EITHER, HANDICAPPED OR OTHERWISE. THIS GUY ISN’T SHOWING MUCH OF A CONSCIENCE, AND HE REALLY “HAS A BEE IN HIS BONNET” ABOUT THE HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOTS. THERE HAVE BEEN THREE OTHER INCIDENTS IN WHICH HE HAS BEEN CAUGHT DOING THAT SAME SORT OF VERBAL ASSAULT. STRANGE.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-stand-your-ground-shooting-michael-drejka-says-he-wouldnt-change-shooting-markeis-mcglockton/
By ALEX SUNDBY CBS NEWS September 3, 2018, 10:58 AM
Gunman in Florida "stand your ground" shooting says he wouldn't change what he did

A white man facing criminal charges for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in a Florida convenience store's parking lot told CBS affiliate WTSP-TV he wouldn't change what he did but apologized to the dead man's family. Michael Drejka initially wasn't arrested for killing Markeis McGlockton in July because of the state's controversial "stand your ground" law.

Surveillance video shows Drejka appearing to yell at McGlockton's girlfriend for parking in a handicapped spot. McGlockton then shoves Drejka to the ground.

From the ground, Drejka pulls out his gun and shoots McGlockton. "I've had plenty of time to think about it, but as far as changing anything as events ... I don't see, I really, no, not off the top of my head," Drejka told WTSP-TV in an interview at the Pinellas County Jail on Friday.

Drejka was charged with manslaughter nearly a month after the shooting and is being held on $100,000 bond. Florida's "stand your ground" law allows people to use deadly force when fearing "imminent death or great bodily harm" without a duty to try to escape the danger.

"I was very scared," Drejka told WTSP-TV. "I've never been confronted like that or never been assaulted like that, if you will, ever ... It felt like I was tackled or someone hit me from behind with something. I left my feet and slid along the ground before I was able to- but, yes, I was stunned, yeah."

Drejka said he's not a racist and apologized to McGlockton's family. "I'm sorry," Drejka said.

"It's all I can really say to them, and thinking about it would you accept those kind of words from someone? I don't think I would."

Drejka said the way handicapped parking spots are "abused" has been a sensitive issue for him. He described his deceased high school sweetheart and his mother-in-law as handicapped.

"It's always been a hotbed for me," Drejka said. "My whole life has always been looking for a handicapped parking spot, and it's always touched a nerve with me because of the way they're abused and used."

Authorities have said in court documents that Drejka has been in confrontations with three other drivers. Two motorists accused Drejka of waving a gun at them, and a truck driver accused Drejka of threatening to shoot him for parking in the same handicapped parking spot as McGlockton's girlfriend three months before the July shooting.

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John McCain's Vietnam cellmate describes reaction to candidate Trump's POW comments
AUG 29, 2018 8:56 AM EDT CBS THIS MORNING
CBS NEWS

VIDEO – FORMER PRISONER OF WAR REMEMBERS LATE SENATOR

Retired Air Force colonel and former prisoner of war John Fer shared a cellblock with Sen. John McCain in Vietnam. "CBS This Morning" co-host John Dickerson spoke with Fer about his reaction to McCain's death and what then-candidate Donald Trump said about the senator on the campaign trail.

JOHN FER: America is going to feel the absence of John McCain. I spent, you know, those months and a couple of years pacing the floor with him back and forth and talking, and I got a very good sense of the depth of John.

JOHN DICKERSON: If you were in Hanoi and you heard somebody running for president said about a captive, "I like heroes who weren't captured," would you believe that they said it?

FER: I think it's really, really sad commentary to say … any American captive who had put his life on the line and risked it for, as John says, a cause greater than himself.

DICKERSON: What was your reaction when you heard Donald Trump had said that?

FER: I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe somebody would say that about a national hero.

DICKERSON: When you'd see him on TV, and you can't always be in touch with him, what would you think back to?

FER: I saw the John McCain that I knew that was the mixture of seriousness of the moment, but he had almost, had a glimmer of a humor that wanted to come out and say, 'Look this is serious business, but we've got to remember… Don't lose your sense of humor, you know, look on the bright side.' ... When I see him in those interviews, when I see him sitting behind the desk in committee meetings and things like that, that's what I see with John. … I see an exceptionally knowledgeable guy who was able despite – and he had by his own admission, he had lots of setbacks in his public life – he was always able to bounce back. And he was a man.

In his own words: John McCain on his love for America 3:49
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BERNIE RALLIES FOR LABOR DAY

https://www.mynbc5.com/article/sen-bernie-sanders-labor-day-rallies/22917042
Sen. Bernie Sanders Labor Day Rallies
The Vermont Senator spends his Labor Day with rallies.
Updated: 1:00 PM EDT Sep 3, 2018

PHOTOGRAPH -- Sen. Sanders rallies on Labor Day
Sen. Sanders rallies on Labor Day

Vermont — Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will be holding Labor Day rallies in White River Junction and Middlebury today.

The first rally will be held at Lyman Point Park, 167 Maple St, White River Junction at 1 P.M. The second, at Middlebury Town Green, 3 Main St, Middlebury at 4 P.M.

Vermont Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman is expected to join Sanders at the rallies.

Sen. Sanders also spoke at the New Hampshire AFL-CIO Annual Labor Day Breakfast this morning in Manchester.

Other speakers included Democrats Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen, and Rep. Annie Kuster.


SAY IT AGAIN, SAM! IT’S A MESSAGE THAT SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/404841-bernie-sanders-trump-is-a-pathological-liar
Bernie Sanders knocks Trump on Labor Day: He works around the clock for 'his fellow billionaires'
BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 09/03/18 04:25 PM EDT

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tore into President Trump on Monday while speaking before a crowd of labor organizers, arguing that Trump is a “pathological liar” who “works night and day on behalf of his fellow billionaires.”

Sanders told those gathered for an AFL-CIO Labor Day breakfast in New Hampshire that Trump is trying to divide Americans for “cheap political reasons,” Politico reported.

“And most reprehensible, we have a president who is not doing what almost every president in American history has done — When you make it into the Oval Office, you understand you’ve got a sacred responsibility to bring the American people together,” Sanders said.

The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate also went after Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on the eve of his confirmation hearing, arguing Kavanaugh would be an “anti-worker justice.”

“We should call him out,” Sanders said of Kavanaugh, according to Politico.

Sanders praised the labor movement on Monday, saying Americans owe a “debt of gratitude” for their advocacy, the newspaper reported.

“The union movement today is the last line of resistance to the reactionary corporate agenda,” Sanders said.

Sanders’s comments at the AFL-CIO event follow a public battle between Trump and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

Trumka argued during an interview on Sunday that Trump has done more to harm workers than help them.

“He hasn’t come up with an infrastructure program that could put a lot of us back to work,” Trumka said during an interview on "Fox News Sunday."

“He overturned a regulation that would deny over 5 million overtime that they would’ve had. He overturned some health and safety regulations that will hurt us on the job.”

The labor chief added that the AFL-CIO keeps "trying to find areas where we can work with him."

Trump celebrated Labor Day on Monday with a tweet saying, “The Worker in America is doing better than ever before.”

The president had also offered rare praise for labor unions in a Labor Day proclamation issued Friday night.

"We have kept our promise to always keep the White House door open to members and leaders of our country's labor organizations," Trump wrote.

The president on Monday went after Trumka’s comments, arguing that unions were performing poorly because a Democrat was in the top leadership position.

“Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO, represented his union poorly on television this weekend,” Trump tweeted. “Some of the things he said were so against the working men and women of our country, and the success of the U.S. itself, that it is easy to see why unions are doing so poorly. A Dem!”


THE CURRENT SITUATION ON THE GROUND IN PUERTO RICO

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/puerto-rico-sos-sign-punta-santiago-humacao-new-slogan-one-year-after-hurricane-maria/
By CHRISTOPHER BRITO CBS NEWS August 21, 2018, 11:51 PM
"We're ready to turn the page": Puerto Rican town with viral S.O.S. sign after Maria has new slogan

45 PHOTOGRAPHS -- A side-by-side photo shows a crosswalk in Puerto Rico -- 11 months in between. The photo on the left taken in September 2017 shows an S.O.S. sign that was taken in Punta Santiago, mere days after Hurricane Maria hit. The other was captured in August 2018 with a message of welcome. DISCOVER PUERTO RICO

The Puerto Rican neighborhood of Punta Santiago in Humacao is eagerly moving forward with a slogan for tourists, "Bienvenidos," or welcome, nearly one year after the desperate residents wrote a sign saying "S.O.S. Necesitamos agua/comida." That sign became one of the most memorable images in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

With the help of community members, tourism agency Discover Puerto Rico launched an initiative underscoring the island's comeback on Monday. At the top of their list, the reemergence of Punta Santiago, where locals want to move beyond the viral S.O.S. photo that was taken by an aid worker assessing Maria damage 11 months ago.

Donations sent to Puerto Rico were found rotting in parking lot
"Being on the island and completely disconnected, we didn't realize how far our picture traveled," said resident Janet Gonzalez. "We're thankful it did. But now, we're ready to turn the page. We've been wanting to clean up that message for a while as we're past it. We were asked what message we'd want to share with the world and hope our new positive message spreads just as fast."

Puerto Rico said in a report to Congress earlier this month that there were 1,427 more deaths "than normal" in the wake of Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma "may or may not be attributable to the hurricanes."

Maria turned into one of the costliest storms in U.S. history and knocked out power for most of the island for almost the entire year. Recovery efforts have been slow as they've been dragged on by politics and geography.

Puerto Rican officials said earlier this month that power had been restored to all those available on the island. As part of its full reset, Punta Santiago and much like the rest of Puerto Rico want to express they're embracing tourists again -- despite the island declaring itself open for tourism in late December.

Brad Dean, CEO of Discover Puerto Rico, told CBS News there's improvements that still need to be made, but he said he believes the island's "best days lie ahead."

"It's pretty impressive how far that community has come in terms of progress," Dean said. "We believe it's going to yield one of the best comeback stories in tourism history. As we approach Maria's [anniversary next month], the local tourism and community members collaborated to put positive imagery to show the milestone. The sentiment from members of the local community is really what drove the initiative."

He also credited Puerto Rico's resiliency.

"The story isn't about what Maria did to Puerto Rico, Dean said. "Its about what people achieved after Maria."

Puerto Rico's long road to recovery from Hurricane Maria
Puerto Rico's long road to recovery from Hurricane Maria
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NON-VIOLENT PROTEST, AH THAT CARRIES ME BACK. IN MY DAY THEY WERE LYING DOWN IN THE STREETS, AND HERE THEY ARE BLOCKING ACCESS TO HIGHWAY ENTRANCES, ETC. EITHER WAY, THE COPS HATE IT BECAUSE IT’S A PAIN IN THE NECK TO DEAL WITH WITHOUT INJURING ANYONE. THE ACTIVISTS LOVE IT, BECAUSE IT GETS MEGA-COVERAGE FROM THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS. YES!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicago-protests-police-arrest-a-dozen-anti-violence-activists-during-march-near-ohare-international-airport/
CBS/AP September 3, 2018, 4:19 PM
Police arrest a dozen anti-violence activists during march near Chicago airport

PHOTOGRAPH -- Rev. Gregory Livingston, the organizer of the march, appeared to be arrested during Monday's protests. FOX NEWS CHANNEL

CHICAGO — A dozen anti-violence activists were arrested Monday as they sought to interrupt Labor Day traffic near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. About 40 to 60 protesters participated in the march, which called for more investments into neighborhoods where most shootings occur.

Illinois State Police troopers blocked the protesters' access to Interstate 90, also known as the Kennedy Expressway, and no protesters appeared to reach it. The protesters had planned to march westbound on the interstate for about a mile.

Rev. Gregory Livingston, the organizer of the march, appeared to be one of those arrested Monday. Live TV reports showed Livingston speaking calmly to an Illinois state trooper as protesters and dozens of officers stood nearby.


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Earlier in the day, as several dozen protesters gathered, Livingston told reporters he wanted to highlight the inequities in the nation's third largest city. Poverty and a lack of investment in minority neighborhoods underpinned much of the deadly violence, he said.

"What we're trying to do is end the tale of two cities in Chicago," he said. "We think that so much of this violence is generated by Chicago's legacy of segregation."

Some protesters carried signs that read, "End State-Sanctioned Violence." Other called on Chicago's mayor to resign, chanting, "Hey, hey. Ho, ho. Rahm Emanuel has got to go!" Troopers deployed megaphones to warn some protesters that they were too close to the expressway, saying: "The arrest process has begun. Please leave the roadway or you will be arrested."

Livingston also organized a protest last month that briefly shut down Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's North Side.

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GO ALSO TO MY SPECIAL BLOG FOR TODAY ON THE SERIES OF RACIST ATTACKS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATES BY ONE MAN. AS A HATE MONGER, HE'S A SUPERSTAR.


MADDOW TIME
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/episodes


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/31/18
U.S. prosecutors ask judge to gag Mariia Butina lawyer
Rachel Maddow reports on the U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. asking the judge in the Mariia Butina case to prevent Butina's defense lawyer from talking about the case to the media. Duration: 2:30


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/31/18
Mueller gets another guilty plea flip following foreign money
Rachel Maddow reports on the unexpected revelation of the guilty plea and cooperation agreement from Republican operative Sam Patten with the Robert Mueller investigation, and the new insight that could offer on the Trump campaign's data operation and the flow of foreign money to the Donald Trump inauguration fund. Duration: 25:17


http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/episodes
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/5/18
W.H. official's NYT screed on Trump sets up crisis for Americans
Rachel Maddow outlines the issues facing Americans after a senior White House official wrote anonymously in the New York Times about the paucity of Donald Trump's incapability to serve safely in the office he holds. Duration: 26:04


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/5/18
Some Trump admin officials see role as protecting US from Trump
Nicolle Wallace talks with Rachel Maddow about officials within the Donald Trump administration who see it as their duty to thwart Donald Trump in order to, as they see it, protect the United States from Trump's whims and ill-considered policies. Duration: 7:15


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/5/18
Veracity of Kavanaugh testimony under oath challenged at hearing
Rachel Maddow reviews highlights of Brett Kavanaugh's Senate Supreme Court confirmation hearing, from his ducking questions about prosecuting presidents to questions about whether he was truthful in his past Senate testimony. Duration: 4:30


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/5/18
Kavanaugh ducks answering on points of personal controversy
Senator Cory Booker talks with Rachel Maddow about his frustrations getting straight answers from Brett Kavanaugh at today's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, compounded by Republicans withholding information about Kavanaugh's record. Duration: 8:33


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/5/18
Maddow on anonymous Op-ed: Somebody is pulling the fire alarm
Rachel Maddow reacts to the anonymous Op-ed in the New York Times purportedly written by a senior White House staffer describing Donald Trump's lack of fitness for the office he holds and how members of his staff have appointed themselves the bulwark protecting Americans from Trump’s irresponsibility. Duration: 9:49


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/4/18
Trump abandons pretense of legal mindfulness in flaying Sessions
Rachel Maddow reports on the latest in the criminal case against Republican congressman Duncan Hunter and notes Donald Trump's unabashed call for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to prosecute Trump's political enemies and leave his allies alone. Duration: 2:06


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/4/18
New Woodward book paints Donald Trump as unfit to serve
Rachel Maddow rounds up highlights from Bob Woodward's new book, Fear, which depicts chaos in the Trump White House as staffers struggle to compensate for Trump's abject incompetence. Duration: 3:46


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/4/18
GOP carries Kavanaugh weight to protect legally precarious Trump
Rachel Maddow points out that while many judges are as reliably conservative as Brett Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh is distinct for his opposition to prosecuting presidents, which likely explains the lengths to which Republicans are going to conceal Brett Kavanaugh's past record and rush him onto the Supreme Court. Duration: 13:22


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/4/18
Ayanna Pressley upsets incumbent Michael Capuano in MA-07 primary
Rachel Maddow reports breaking news that 10-term incumbent Michael Capuano has conceded a Democratic House primary race to Ayanna Pressley, who would become the first African-American to represent Massachusetts in the House of Representatives if she wins in November. Duration: 3:03


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/4/18
Kerry sees 'new era of accountability' heralded by 2018 races
Former Secretary of State John Kerry reacts to the news of the upset victory by Ayanna Pressley over long-time incumbent Michael Capuano in a Massachusetts Democratic House primary, and talks about the importance of the 2018 primary as a repudiation of Donald Trump. Duration: 8:03


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/4/18
Ayanna Pressley poised to make history with historic House seat
Steve Kornacki, MSNBC political correspondent, discusses Ayanna Pressley's upset Democratic primary victory that leaves her poised to take a historic seat whose lineage includes J.F.K. and Tip O'Neill, and add to that history the first African-American to serve in the House of Representatives for Massachusetts. Duration: 4:17


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/3/18
U.S. women see reason to reject Trump SCOTUS pick Brett Kavanaugh
Rachel Maddow outlines the historic depth of the unpopularity of Donald Trump's pick for Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, and and unearths audio of Kavanaugh looking for legalistic excuses to keep a 17-year-old pregnant immigrant from exercising her constitutional right to an abortion. Duration: 21:16


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/3/18
Kavanaugh behavior on bench suggests opposition to Roe v. Wade
Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Brett Kavanaugh's apparent resistance to allowing a pregnant immigrant access to an abortion contributes to the notion that he would help overturn Roe v. Wade if he were faced with that issue on the Supreme Court. Duration: 5:56


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/3/18
Kavanaugh accused of misapplying SCOTUS precedent on abortion
Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, talks with Rachel Maddow about why her organization has officially opposed Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, the first time in the organization's 25-year history that it has taken such a position. Duration: 4:56


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/3/18
New hearing revives question of whether Kavanaugh lied under oath
Rachel Maddow looks at Brett Kavanaugh's testimony in his previous Senate confirmation hearing and how facts learned subsequently contradict his answers, an issue likely to come up now that he faces a new confirmation hearing for a seat on the Supreme Court. Duration: 11:41


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/31/18
U.S. prosecutors ask judge to gag Mariia Butina lawyer
Rachel Maddow reports on the U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. asking the judge in the Mariia Butina case to prevent Butina's defense lawyer from talking about the case to the media. Duration: 2:30


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/31/18
New light shines on 'blatantly shady' Trump inauguration finances
Rachel Maddow outlines the ways in which the financing of Donald Trump inauguration defy obvious explanation and why the guilty plea by Sam Patten could help resolve some unanswered questions about the flow of that money. Duration: 3:53