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Trump Disbands CEO Councils After Backlash Over Charlottesville Comments

Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:41pm EST 6

Moments ago, President Trump shot off a tweet announcing that he was ending his CEO Manufacturing Council as well as the Strategy and Policy forum in what looks to be a case of “you can’t quit, you’re fired!” The move comes after several CEOs resigned from their participation following Trump’s comments on Charlottesville which placed blame ‘on both sides.’

Trump made the announcement right as one of the advisory groups was reportedly set to disband.

In other words, despite condemning Neo-Nazis and white nationalists, the nation is in revolt because Trump suggested that the violent anarchists of Antifa share blame for the last weekend’s deadly events.

Per Bloomberg:

[Trump’s] remarks were a reversal of what he said a day before, when he tweeted that he had plenty of CEOs who wanted to be on the panels to replace those who quit, and called the CEOs who left “grandstanders.”

The executive council, which is led by Blackstone Group LP’s Stephen Schwarzman, planned to inform the White House Wednesday before making the announcement public, according to a person familiar with the matter, who wasn’t authorized to discuss the news publicly.

Resignations and reactions

 

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Trump Rips Amazon In Early AM Tweet For “Hurting Cities And Jobs”

Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:06pm EST 1

Shares of Amazon were briefly spooked in early morning trade after President Trump sent out a 6AM tweet attacking Amazon for “doing great damage to tax paying retailers,” adding “Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt – many jobs being lost!”

Source: FactSet

“While this is not his first tweet about Amazon and taxes (and of course, the Washington Post), we do find it interesting that he is now linking Amazon and job losses in traditional retail,” KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Edward Yruma wrote in a note to clients Wednesday.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin hinted in July that the administration may soon take “a position” on Amazon’s tax collection policy.

Ongoing beef

Going back to February of 2016, Trump told a crowd “If I become president, oh [does Amazon] have problems. They’re going to have such problems.”

And in a series of tweets in July, Trump bashed the “Amazon Washington Post” several times, including one attacking the company for “not paying internet taxes.”

That wasn’t entirely correct, as Amazon began collecting state sales tax nationwide for products sold directly by the company – so called “first-party” sales in states which collect.

What they don’t collect are taxes from their third party ‘marketplace’ vendors, making them more competitive than their brick and mortar peers.

As Dick’s CEO Ed Stack said yesterday, the retail industry is in ‘panic mode,’ and liquidating inventory to keep market share. “Dick’s is another example of Amazon becoming the new middleman… Here we go down the gross margin rabbit hole just in time for the holidays.”

Maybe Defense Secretary Mattis talked to ol’ Bezos about their tax policy during his visit to Amazon HQ in Seattle last week? Or perhaps Trump can ask Jared Kushner’s Democrat all-star attorney Jamie Gorelick – who sits on the board of Amazon – what the deal is?

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FBI Reopening Clinton-Lynch Tarmac FOIA Request, Jay Sekulow: ‘Very Significant, I’d Give It A Ten’ [VIDEO]

Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:23pm EST 3

Jay Sekulow sat down with Sean Hannity and Greg Jarrett on Fox News last night to discuss the ongoing efforts by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) to compel the U.S. government to turn over documents pertaining to the infamous ‘tarmac’ meeting between then Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton during the 2016 election. Sekulow is both president Trump’s attorney and chief council to the ACLJ.

Last year, the ACLJ approached the FBI for documents pertaining to the clandestine Lynch-Clinton meeting – which the FBI lied about possessing – telling the organization that the documents didn’t exist.

After being stonewalled by the FBI, the ACLJ approached the Department of Justice with the same request. When they didn’t hear back, a federal court order was obtained demanding the release of information.

Then, two weeks ago, the ACLJ took possession of 481 pages of heavily redacted emails which were full of communications between the FBI and DOJ about the tarmac meeting among other things – including communications received by James Comey’s chief of staff with ‘information on talking points on how to handle the Clinton-Lynch meeting in Arizona.‘. (link here to PDF)

The emails also revealed that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch used her grandmother’s name as an alias while communicating over government email systems.

With their lie exposed, the FBI bends the knee:

As a result of the 481 pages of communications now proven to exist, Sekulow told Hannity that the FBI had agreed to a new FOIA request for documents pertaining to the tarmac meeting.

In short: the FBI lied about the documents, the ACLJ has proof the lied thanks to a court-ordered production of email records, and now the FBI has agreed to search for more documents pertaining to the case.

Sekulow also added “[T]he letter Letter from FBI denying there was any info relevant to us was signed by same section chief who came back and now has said “whoops, we’re going to go back and check” because they know we’ve got those documents.”

The FBI lied or they’re stupid

Fox anchor and attorney Greg Jarrett said there are three possibilities as to why the FBI lied about the documents.

Either they lost the documents and they’ve suddenly been found, or they lied when they said there are no documents, or they didn’t understand the request. –Greg Jarrett

Jarrett also said that the precedent cited to justify the heavy redactions is legally inappropriate.

Scale of 1-10

Finally, when Hannity asked how big this is, Jay Sekulow responded “I think this is very significant, I give it a 10. And I’ll tell you why. Just think about what took place on that tarmac. That is not the way equal justice under the law is supposed to work.”

Enjoy: 

Via ACLJ.org on Monday, before learning that the FBI had agreed to satisfy the new FOIA reqeust:

We just delivered 413 pages of documents on the clandestine Clinton-Lynch meeting to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

These documents – relevant to the Committee’s ongoing oversight of former Obma Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and specifically her role in the criminal investigation of former Secretary Hillary Clinton – were received as a result of our litigation against the Department of Justice for failing to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

In addition to the FOIA-obtained documents, we also provided the Senate Judiciary Committee a complete timeline of the most relevant communications and events that occurred after Attorney General Lynch secretly met with former President Bill Clinton on July 27, 2016, on the Phoenix Airport tarmac.

This timeline and these documents include evidence of:

  • Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s alias email account;
  • Numerous redactions, including main “talking points,” in circumvention of FOIA;
  • Comey-led FBI lies on the existence of requested documents;
  • DOJ-Media collusion;
  • A White House connection; and
  • Revelations that Obama-loyalists are now investigating themselves.

In our letter, we urged the Senate Judiciary Committee “to thoroughly complete their oversight in order to ensure the American people that our judicial system is indeed blindly applicable to everyone.”

As we’ve stated previously, we will continue “preparing direct legal action to get the unredacted documents – the talking points and spin that the DOJ bureaucracy still doesn’t want the American people to see. We are winning. The truth will come out and those responsible will be held accountable.”

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FBI Reopening Clinton-Lynch Tarmac FOIA Request, Jay Sekulow: ‘Very Significant, I’d Give It A Ten’

Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:05pm EST 0

Jay Sekulow sat down with Sean Hannity and Greg Jarrett on Fox News last night to discuss the ongoing efforts by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) to compel the U.S. government to turn over documents pertaining to the infamous ‘tarmac’ meeting between then Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton during the 2016 election. Sekulow is both president Trump’s attorney and chief council to the ACLJ.

Last year, the ACLJ approached the FBI for documents pertaining to the clandestine Lynch-Clinton meeting – which the FBI lied about possessing – telling the organization that the documents didn’t exist.

After being stonewalled by the FBI, the ACLJ approached the Department of Justice with the same request. When they didn’t hear back, a federal court order was obtained demanding the release of information.

Then, two weeks ago, the ACLJ took possession of 481 pages of heavily redacted emails which were full of communications between the FBI and DOJ about the tarmac meeting among other things – including communications received by James Comey’s chief of staff with ‘information on talking points on how to handle the Clinton-Lynch meeting in Arizona.‘. (link here to PDF)

The emails also revealed that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch used her grandmother’s name as an alias while communicating over government email systems.

With their lie exposed, the FBI bends the knee:

As a result of the 481 pages of communications now proven to exist, Sekulow told Hannity that the FBI had agreed to a new FOIA request for documents pertaining to the tarmac meeting.

In short: the FBI lied about the documents, the ACLJ has proof the lied thanks to a court-ordered production of email records, and now the FBI has agreed to search for more documents pertaining to the case.

Sekulow also added “[T]he letter Letter from FBI denying there was any info relevant to us was signed by same section chief who came back and now has said “whoops, we’re going to go back and check” because they know we’ve got those documents.”

The FBI lied or they’re stupid

Fox anchor and attorney Greg Jarrett said there are three possibilities as to why the FBI lied about the documents.

Either they lost the documents and they’ve suddenly been found, or they lied when they said there are no documents, or they didn’t understand the request. –Greg Jarrett

 

Jarrett also said that the precedent cited to justify the heavy redactions is legally inappropriate.

Scale of 1-10

Finally, when Hannity asked how big this is, Jay Sekulow responded “I think this is very significant, I give it a 10. And I’ll tell you why. Just think about what took place on that tarmac. That is not the way equal justice under the law is supposed to work.”

 

Enjoy: 

Via ACLJ.org on Monday, before learning that the FBI had agreed to satisfy the new FOIA reqeust:

We just delivered 413 pages of documents on the clandestine Clinton-Lynch meeting to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

These documents – relevant to the Committee’s ongoing oversight of former Obma Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and specifically her role in the criminal investigation of former Secretary Hillary Clinton – were received as a result of our litigation against the Department of Justice for failing to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

In addition to the FOIA-obtained documents, we also provided the Senate Judiciary Committee a complete timeline of the most relevant communications and events that occurred after Attorney General Lynch secretly met with former President Bill Clinton on July 27, 2016, on the Phoenix Airport tarmac.

This timeline and these documents include evidence of:

  • Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s alias email account;
  • Numerous redactions, including main “talking points,” in circumvention of FOIA;
  • Comey-led FBI lies on the existence of requested documents;
  • DOJ-Media collusion;
  • A White House connection; and
  • Revelations that Obama-loyalists are now investigating themselves.

In our letter, we urged the Senate Judiciary Committee “to thoroughly complete their oversight in order to ensure the American people that our judicial system is indeed blindly applicable to everyone.”

As we’ve stated previously, we will continue “preparing direct legal action to get the unredacted documents – the talking points and spin that the DOJ bureaucracy still doesn’t want the American people to see. We are winning. The truth will come out and those responsible will be held accountable.”

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Hannity: FBI Reopening FOIA Request Into Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting

Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:42pm EST 3

Fox News host Sean Hannity caused a stir over Twitter Tuesday evening when he announced that the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) is reopening its FOIA request into the Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting.

On Monday the ACLJ announced the delivery of over four hundred documents on the Clinton-Lynch meeting to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, previously reported by iBankCoin. Notably, the emails showed that Lynch had been communicating with an alias email account.

Via ACLJ.org

We just delivered 413 pages of documents on the clandestine Clinton-Lynch meeting to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

These documents – relevant to the Committee’s ongoing oversight of former Obma Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and specifically her role in the criminal investigation of former Secretary Hillary Clinton – were received as a result of our litigation against the Department of Justice for failing to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

In addition to the FOIA-obtained documents, we also provided the Senate Judiciary Committee a complete timeline of the most relevant communications and events that occurred after Attorney General Lynch secretly met with former President Bill Clinton on July 27, 2016, on the Phoenix Airport tarmac.

This timeline and these documents include evidence of:

  • Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s alias email account;
  • Numerous redactions, including main “talking points,” in circumvention of FOIA;
  • Comey-led FBI lies on the existence of requested documents;
  • DOJ-Media collusion;
  • A White House connection; and
  • Revelations that Obama-loyalists are now investigating themselves.

In our letter, we urged the Senate Judiciary Committee “to thoroughly complete their oversight in order to ensure the American people that our judicial system is indeed blindly applicable to everyone.”

As we’ve stated previously, we will continue “preparing direct legal action to get the unredacted documents – the talking points and spin that the DOJ bureaucracy still doesn’t want the American people to see. We are winning. The truth will come out and those responsible will be held accountable.”

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Stay Tuned!!!

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NOT SO FAST: Police Arrest Protester Who Scaled Confederate Statue Before Crowd Tore It Down

Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:08pm EST 3

Angry androgynous protester Takiya Thompson was somehow able to scale a North Carolina confederate statue in front of Durham County’s former courthouse Monday night, wrap a strap around it, and jump down so that other protesters could pull it down.

WRAL reports:

Takiya Thompson used a ladder  used a ladder to scale the podium on which the Confederate Soldiers Monument stood, then climbed the statue and wrapped a strap around it so other protesters could pull it down.

“Let me be clear, no one is getting away with what happened. We will find the people responsible,” Andrews said during an afternoon news conference. “We can all agree yesterday went too far. Yesterday was not the Durham that I know.”

Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews said Tuesday that his deputies were working to identify others involved in the incident and plan to pursue felony charges against them.

Some protest organizers defended their actions Tuesday, calling the monument a symbol of oppression and racism.

“I’m tired of white supremacy keeping its foot on my neck and the necks of people who look like me,” Thompson said at a separate news conference. “That statue glorifies the conditions that oppressed people live in, and it had to go.”

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Trump Backhands Press During Heated Exchange Over Tragedy In Virginia, Says “Blame On Both Sides”

Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:09pm EST 8

President Trump got into a heated exchange with reporters over last weekend’s violence in Virginia during an impromptu press conference at Trump Tower originally intended to cover the President’s infrastructure proposal.

When asked why he didn’t condemn the deadly violence in Charlottesville, a defensive Trump defended his initial response – telling reporters he needed to “know the facts” before condemning specific groups of aggressors, and stating that there was “blame on both sides” for the violent clashes which unfolded throughout the day.

“I didn’t wait long” to condemn the violence, Trump said, adding “I wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians, that what I said was correct – not make a quick statement.”

Getting into it

When a reporter parroted John McCain’s claim that the ‘alt-right’ was behind the violence, Trump stopped her in her tracks – asking her to define ‘alt-right,’ before asking her what responsibility the ‘alt-left’ “that came charging in without a permit” had “Do they have any semblance of guilt?” Trump asked, “What about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands? As far as I’m concerned, that was a horrible, horrible, day.”

Trump then said “the statement I made on Saturday, the first statement, was a fine statement, but you don’t make statements that direct unless you know the fact. It takes a little while to get the facts. You still don’t know the facts. And it’s a very, very important process to me. And it’s a very important statement. So I don’t want to go quickly and just make a statement for the sake of making a political statement. I want to know the facts.”

Monumental defense

When a reporter asked about the merit of maintaining a statue to Robert E. Lee, Trump got extra-spicy – asking if monuments to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson should be taken down. “How ’bout Thomas Jefferson, what do you think of Thomas Jefferson – you like him? Are we going to take down his statue? Cause he was a major slave owner”

“You’re changing history, you’re changing culture”

Defense of Bannon

When asked about Steve Bannon’s thoughts, Trump said “I like Mr. Bannon, he’s a friend of mine. But he came on very late… I like him, he’s a good man, he is not a racist – I can tell you that. He’s a good person. We’ll see what happens with Mr. Bannon.”

Full exchage below:

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Dick’s Stuffed Into Deep Hole – Down 23% Today, CEO Says Retail Industry ‘In Panic Mode’

Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:30pm EST 4

Dick’s sporting goods got the shaft today – circumcised to the tune of 23% after comp sales and EPS missed bigly. The company also slashed guidance for the rest of the year to $2.80 – $3.00 below previous guidance of $3.65 – $3.75 and Wall St. estimates of $3.62.

Dick’s Chopped

Warning…

And in a dire warning to the market, CEO Ed Stack said retail is in bad shape:

“There’s a lot of people right now, I think, in retail and in this industry in panic mode. There’s been a difficult environment. I think people, I’m not going to speculate what they’re thinking, but they seem to be in panic mode with how they’re pricing product, and we think it’s going to continue to be promotional and at times, irrational going forward.”

Stack also said their prices are too high, and as a result they’re going to beef up marketing efforts…

“we have conducted extensive consumer research, and the customers have told us they feel our prices are not competitive in today’s environment” in which everyone is slashing price to capture market share, and as a result the company is “intentionally joining this battle, and we will aggressively be promoting our business to drive market share to our stores and online.”

Too much inventory

Stack kept coming back to fact that other retailers are eating Dick’s lunch, adding “What’s going on in the marketplace right now is that it’s just very promotional, almost panicked in some cases, I think, especially in the hunting and fishing categories,” adding “There’s a lot of inventory in the pipeline, and people need to move it out, and it’s going to continue to be promotional until this inventory gets moved out of the pipeline”

I mean, Dick’s is a sporting goods store – and an increasingly fat America would rather play FIFA on an Xbox than risk blowing out their knees trying to shuffle our obese asses around on a soccer field. That said, perhaps we should consider this another canary choking in yet another coal mine.

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North Korea Backs Down From Bombing Guam, Kim Warns ‘Yanks’ He Might Change Mind

Tue Aug 15, 2017 2:12pm EST 2

And just like that, North Korea turned out to be a big nothing burger after Kim Jong Un decided not to launch an attack with their ICBMs which are totally capable of hitting Guam.

Don’t get cocky though – lil’ Kim wants us to know that we’re getting off light this time, and that he could change his mind at ANY TIME.

“If the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions on the Korean Peninsula and in its vicinity, testing the restraint of the DPRK [North Korea], the [North] will make an important decision as it already declared,” Kim said, according to the Wall St. Journal

Hear that Trump? Better stop testing Kim with the “Fire and Fury” shit before he unleashes his “enveloping fire” near Guam.

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Mollycoddled Millennial Can’t Handle NYC Cop’s Joke During Trump Protest

Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:35pm EST 7

Another disappointment to the human race was caught on film outside of Trump Tower in protest of his return to New York City, and was asked by a police officer to move – cracking the joke “I sold my soul for a badge.”

The truly stupid millennial’s simian brain just couldn’t handle it…

Watch (via Twitchy):

After this mental rape, the girl breaks down as she walks away from her post – unable to give the president what for, muttering “We were doing what we were TOLD….” adding “you roll your eyes ’cause you’re fucking WEAK! Because you know you’re WRONG. ‘Cause you think you’re a MAN and you can roll your eyes at a FUCKING young woman…”

Jesus Christ…

 

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