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Pelosi Has Mental Health Meltdown While She Questions Trump’s Sanity

 

Need I say more?

Shortly after calling into question President Trump’s mental health on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe,’ House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s own mental health came under scrutiny, as the 77-year-old California congresswoman referred to President Trump as “President Bush” and forgot what day of the week it is.

A reporter quickly helped her correct the gaffe, interjecting “Trump,” but Pelosi appeared oblivious she slipped up.

An aide then emerged from the sidelines, passing Pelosi a note, notifying her she got the two presidents mixed up again.

Pelosi’s confusion came just two hours after suggesting Trump was losing his mind. “I am concerned,” she said on MSNBC, about Trump’s “fitness for office.”

“I think his family should be concerned about his health,” Pelosi said. “The fact is that this is hopefully not reparable — he’s the president of the United States.”

“You mean you hope it is reparable?” Joe Scarborough asked, apparently confused.

“Yeah, yeah,” she replied.

Asked if she had advise for Trump, she said, “go to sleep, get some sleep. Bring yourself to a place where your synapses are working.”

During her weekly press conference, Pelosi not only became confused over who is president, but also what day of the week it is.

“I spoke with the speaker a week, a week and a couple days ago, about — oh, no, just last Friday,” she said. “What is today? Is it Friday again?”

https://news.grabien.com/story-moments-after-trumps-mental-health-pelosi-has-senior-moment

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Rat Bastard Comey Testifies

Liar liar

COMEY SAYS HE WAS FIRED BECAUSE OF RUSSIA INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia’s role in the 2016 election and its ties to the Trump campaign.

“It’s my judgment that I was fired because of the Russia investigation,” Comey told the Senate intelligence committee in explosive testimony that threatened to undermine Trump’s presidency.

“I was fired in some way to change, or the endeavor was to change, the way the Russia investigation was being conducted,” Comey testified under oath. “That is a very big deal, and not just because it involves me.”

Comey also accused the Trump administration of spreading “lies, plain and simple” about him and the FBI in the aftermath of his abrupt firing last month, declaring that the administration then “chose to defame me and, more importantly, the FBI” by claiming the bureau was in disorder under his leadership. And in testimony that exposed deep distrust between the president and the veteran lawman, Comey described intense discomfort about their one-on-one conversations, saying he decided he immediately needed to document the discussions in memos.

“I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting, so I thought it really important to document,” Comey said. “I knew there might come a day when I might need a record of what happened not only to defend myself but to protect the FBI.”

The revelations came as Comey delivered his much anticipated first public telling of his relationship with Trump, speaking at a packed Senate intelligence committee hearing that brought Washington and parts of the country to a standstill as all eyes were glued to screens showing the testimony. The former director immediately dove into the heart of the fraught political controversy around his firing and whether Trump interfered in the bureau’s Russia investigation, as he elaborated on written testimony delivered Wednesday. In that testimony he had already disclosed that Trump demanded his “loyalty” and directly pushed him to “lift the cloud” of investigation by declaring publicly the president was not the target of the FBI probe into his campaign’s Russia ties.

Comey said that he declined to do so in large part because of the “duty to correct” that would be created if that situation changed. Comey also said in his written testimony that Trump, in a strange private encounter near the grandfather clock in the Oval Office, pushed him to end his investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia asked Comey the key question: “Do you believe this rises to obstruction of justice?”

“I don’t know. That’s Bob Mueller’s job to sort that out,” Comey responded, referring to the newly appointed special counsel who has taken over the Justice Department’s Russia investigation.

In a startling disclosure, Comey revealed that after his firing he actually tried to spur the special counsel’s appointment by giving one of his memos about Trump to a friend of his to release to the press.

“My judgment was I need to get that out into the public square,” Comey said.

Trump’s private attorney, Marc Kasowitz, seized on Comey’s affirmation that he told Trump he was not personally under investigation. Though Comey said he interpreted Trump’s comments as a directive to shut down the Flynn investigation, Kasowitz also maintained in his written statement that Comey’s testimony showed that the president “never, in form or substance, directed or suggested that Mr. Comey stop investigating anyone, including suggesting that that Mr. Comey ‘let Flynn go.'”

The Republican National Committee and other White House allies worked feverishly to lessen any damage from the hearing, trying to undermine Comey’s credibility by issuing press releases and even ads pointing to a past instance where the FBI had had to clean up the director’s testimony to Congress. Republicans and Trump’s own lawyer seized on Comey’s confirmation, in his written testimony, of Trump’s claim that Comey had told him three times the president was not directly under investigation.

Trump himself was expected to dispute Comey’s claims that the president demanded loyalty and asked the FBI director to drop the investigation into Flynn, according to a person close to the president’s legal team who demanded anonymity because of not being authorized to discuss legal strategy. The president has not yet publicly denied the specifics of Comey’s accounts but has broadly challenged his credibility, tweeting last month Comey “better hope there are no ‘tapes'” of the conversations.

“Lordy, I hope there are tapes,” Comey remarked at one point Thursday, suggesting such evidence would back up his account over any claims from the president.

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California asked the question that many Republicans have raised in the weeks since Comey’s firing as one media leak followed another revealing Comey’s claims about Trump’s inappropriate interactions with him.

Discussing the Oval Office meeting where Comey says Trump asked him to back off Flynn, Feinstein asked: “Why didn’t you stop and say, ‘Mr. President, this is wrong,’?”

“That’s a great question,” Comey said. “Maybe if I were stronger I would have. I was so stunned by the conversation I just took it in.”

The hearing unfolded amid intense political interest, and within a remarkable political context as Comey delivered detrimental testimony about the president who fired him, a president who won election only after Comey damaged his opponent, Hillary Clinton, in the final days of the campaign. Clinton has blamed her defeat on Comey’s Oct. 28 announcement that he was re-opening the investigation of her email practices. “If the election were on Oct. 27, I would be your president,” Clinton said last month.

Thursday’s hearing included discussion of that email investigation, as Comey disclosed that then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch instructed him to refer to the issue as a “matter,” not an “investigation.”

“That concerned me because that language tracked how the campaign was talking about the FBI’s work and that’s concerning,” Comey said. “We had an investigation open at the time so that gave me a queasy feeling.”

Many Democrats still blame Comey for Clinton’s loss, leading Trump to apparently believe they would applaud him for firing Comey last month. The opposite was the case as the firing created an enormous political firestorm that has stalled Trump’s legislative agenda on Capitol Hill and taken over Washington.

Under questioning Thursday, Comey strongly asserted the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia did indeed meddle in the 2016 election.

“There should be no fuzz on this. The Russians interfered,” Comey stated firmly. “That happened. It’s about as unfake as you can possibly get.”

Trump has begrudgingly accepted the U.S. intelligence assessment that Russia interfered with the election. But he has also suggested he doesn’t believe it, saying Russia is a “ruse” and calling the investigation into the matter a “witch hunt.”

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COMEY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-08-12-37-50

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Twitter ‘Verifies’ Bill Clinton’s Black Son

Danney Williams is who he says he is — at least according to Twitter.

Twitter user Jack Posobiec notes the man who claims to be Bill Clinton’s son by a black prostitute was just “verified” by the social network, something the former president has yet to do.

 

And it’s true.

Williams’ profile shows the blue check mark next to his name and near his profile description, “I’m the son of the 42nd President of the United States- Bill Clinton. #ClintonKid #BillClintonSon.”

Williams, who bears a striking resemblance to Clinton, lists his location as Arkansas, Clinton’s former state where he was Attorney General and governor.

Just days before the 2016 presidential election, Williams held a press conference where he asked for a Bill Clinton DNA sample to disprove — or prove — his assertion.

Appearing at the National Press Club on November 1, Danney Williams made an emotional plea to Clinton intern and lover Monica Lewinsky, but also to the people he says are his family.

“I also want to take this opportunity to appeal to my step-mom, Hillary Clinton,” Williams said.

“She has the power to have Bill Clinton provide a DNA sample,” which Williams is attempting to secure through threatened legal action.

“I heard Hillary say she spent her life helping children. If black lives truly matter to her, why not mine?” he said.

“Why don’t you care about me, Hillary? Are you embarrassed about me? Hillary, are you ashamed of me? I am black, I am real,” he said, appearing to fight back tears.

“Hillary, please don’t deny my existence. You are my step-mother, Chelsea is my sister, Bill Clinton is my father,” Williams said.

“Please just step up at this time and treat me like the equal member of your family.

“I heard her say before it takes a village to raise a kid, I just want her to accept me in her village today,” Williams said.

In a letter to her attorneys, Williams is asking for access to the notorious blue dress Lewinsky was wearing when she was with Bill Clinton in the White House.

“There is one other way the question of whether Bill Clinton is my father would be by obtaining a small, complete and valid DNA sample from your blue dress, which multiple news sources reported has been preserved,” Williams wrote to Lewinsky, according to a letter posted by InfoWars.

“I respectfully request you provide the sample of genetic matter we require so that we may match it with my own sample.”

In another part of the letter, Williams attempted to strike a kinship with Lewinsky.

“I was not surprised to learn that Hillary called you a ‘stalker’ and much, much worse. Hillary Clinton abused us both. I call out to you for your help,” he wrote.

No Clinton — Bill, Hillary or Chelsea — have acknowledged Williams’ existence.

Twitter ‘verifies’ Bill Clinton ‘son’ — before Bubba does

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Student Sues Prof for an A In Poetry Class; Poems About Incest

Here’s the freak that wants an A for being a freak

STEVENS POINT – Donna Kikkert said she didn’t think her poetry professor’s reading selection served her needs as a “mainstream” student.

Kikkert, 59, who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, said she wanted to study the classics. When the professor of her Advanced Creative Writing Poetry course selected works other than those of Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe and others of interest to Kikkert, she said she asked faculty to reconsider the assignments to round out the studies.

The selected texts, Kikkert said in court records, focused on “lesbians, illicit sexual relationships, incest and frequent swearing.” She asserts her complaints resulted in her earning an F in the course. Unable to persuade the university to raise her mark, Kikkert took Professor Patricia Dyjak to court, asking a judge to order her to assign Kikkert an A for the class.

“She has swung the pendulum far to the side of LGBT students and, in doing so, has chosen to totally discount the importance and the validity of the mainstream student population,” Kikkert argued in her claim. She goes on to claim that her grade was “capricious retaliation” for raising concerns about the course content and about Dyjak’s behavior — including an allegation that the professor exposed her breasts while showing the class a back-shoulder tattoo.

In addition to an improved grade, Kikkert asked the court, at its discretion, to suspend Dyjak without pay for a year or fire her.

Dyjak declined to comment for this article through the state Attorney General’s office, which represented her in court because the university is a function of the state. Assistant Attorney General Katherine Spitz requested the case be dismissed on the grounds that Kikkert’s allegations don’t amount to any violation of law.

“Kikkert’s complaint fails because it does not provide any legal authority or other basis (and the defendant’s counsel is aware of none) upon which this court could require Dyjak to teach the work of certain poets in a college course … or to provide any particular student with the grade that student believes she deserves, rather than the one she earned,” Spitz wrote in court records.

A Portage County judge dismissed the case; Kikkert said she is mulling an appeal.

The case emerged at a time when free expression on college campuses has become a heated topic.

At the University of California-Berkeley, for example, protests turned violent earlier this year when conservative writer Milo Yiannopoulous was scheduled to speak at the campus. That speech was canceled. Conservative author Ann Coulter’s speech was canceled for fear of violence at the same university.

A Wisconsin Assembly committee recently approved a bill that could lead to students’ suspension or expulsion for interfering with others’ free expression.

Kikkert’s court case, which focuses on course content rather than campus activities, takes a different approach to expressing personal views in an academic setting. The case also shines a light on a university policy protecting academic freedom — that is, professors’ right to teach their subject matter as they see fit.

UWSP adopted its policy from the American Association of University Professors and the Association of American Colleges, which states “teachers are entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing their subject.”

The AAUP also issued a statement on students’ rights, arguing: “Students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion, but they are responsible for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled.”

Greg Summers, UWSP’s provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the university takes academic freedom seriously because it should be a place where people are free to have honest discussions without the threat of repercussions. He said he believes the university’s job is to teach people how to think, not what to think.

“We’re interested in teaching you the skills necessary to think and form your own judgments,” he said. “Part of that is encountering ideas that you may not be comfortable with and you may not agree with, and being able to encounter those ideas, empathize with them enough to take them seriously and then form your own judgment.”

The UW System Board of Regents voted in December 2015 to reaffirm an expectation that the system upholds the principles of academic freedom, stating “it is not the proper role of the university to attempt to shield individuals from ideas and opinions they, or others, find unwelcome, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive.”

Kikkert said she believes a university should challenge students, but she also believes that a professor’s job is to improve a student’s welfare. Part of doing so, she said, is taking students seriously when they suggest a topic for study.

“I think professors need to incorporate having a sensitivity to what students would consider as wanting to learn,” she said.

Summers declined to comment on the court case but said he was familiar with the potential for student disagreement, having taught courses on controversial topics. When he taught the history of climate change, for example, Summers said he focused on the cultural phenomenon, the politics and the economics of the issue rather than trying to convince students of any viewpoint.

“I knew that people probably had different views about the current politics of it, but I always made sure to frame things so that there was a chance for everybody to engage that material from whatever view they had,” he said. “It didn’t make me change how I taught it, necessarily.”

Student protest to the material, he said, mostly came in the form of comments on his teaching evaluations. He said he encourages students to talk with their instructors and departments about concerns over class subject matter.

http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/education/2017/06/07/uwsp-student-asks-court-force-poetry-professor-give-her/357759001/

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Man Exposes Himself and Threatens to Shoot Because Restaurant Gave Him Onions

The man wanted no onions, damit! Can a man eat what he wants?

Police: Man Angry Over Onions On His Food, Exposes Himself, Threatens To Shoot Restaurant Staff

 

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man is facing charges after police say he threatened the lives of employees at a restaurant in North Oakland because they put onions on his food.

Police say Yuba Sharma was arrested Tuesday night outside of All India restaurant on North Craig Street.

According to the criminal complaint, the owner told police Sharma had been at the restaurant the day before and was “acting belligerent.” So, when he returned Tuesday, and appeared to be intoxicated, the owner told him he was not welcome.

Investigators say Sharma refused multiple times to leave, and then threatened to shoot the owner and reached for his pants pocket. That’s when the owner called police.

While they were waiting, another staff member joined the owner and that’s when they say Sharma pulled down his pants and exposed himself.

When police arrived on the scene, officers said Sharma smelled of alcohol, had blood shot eyes, was slurring his speech, couldn’t maintain his balance and was speaking nonsense.

The criminal complaint reports he eventually told officers he got into an argument with the restaurant staff because of the onions on his food.

Police say they also ordered Sharma to leave and he continued to refuse, at one point shouting at the restaurant. Eventually, the owner decided he wanted to press charges, but when officers tried to take Sharma into custody, he resisted.

According to the criminal complaint, officers had to lift Sharma into the backseat of their cruiser.

He refused to answer officers’ questions about where he was from, but police did find a Michigan ID. Sharma was then taken to Allegheny County Jail.

KDKA checked Sharma’s records and found he has a long list of run-ins with police, most involving public drunkenness.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/06/07/man-threatens-restaurant-onions/

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Michelle Obama Rips Into Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump At Apple’s WWDC

 

The former First Lady criticized Hillary Clinton’s campaign and expressed her displeasure over President Tump’s travel ban and withdrawal from the Paris deal.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama didn’t hold back her criticism of both Hillary Clinton’s campaign or President Trump’s administration during an appearance at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Tuesday.

“If a person knows you, and they trust you, then they are more inclined to listen,” Michelle Obama told the audience. “I mean, look, there’s nobody who worked harder to try to get Hillary Clinton elected than me or Barack, but there’s a limit to that influence you can have when people don’t know you directly.”

Michelle Obama was responding to reports that Clinton’s campaign blamed the Obama administration for their election loss.

A Clinton campaign official told us: “The White House was like everyone else: They thought she’d win anyway. … If he had done more, it might have lessened a lot of aggrieved feelings, although I don’t think it would have altered the outcome. The Russia thing was like a spy novel, and anything he had said or done would have helped get people to believe it was real.”

The former First Lady didn’t limit her criticism to just Clinton, however. In her final remarks, she took a shot at President Trump for his travel ban and for withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord.

 

“Think about that higher purpose because we are at a time in this country where we need problem solvers out there who are committed, who believe in this country,” Michelle Obama told the crowd. “Who believe in the values and diversity, believe in, you know, the value of immigrants, that believe … that global warming is real.”

Michelle Obama’s comments about global warming, themselves a sign she is perhaps not as reticent to wade into politics as she once claimed, drew applause from the crowd.

Michelle Obama Goes Off On Clinton And Trump At Apple’s WWDC