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A Frightened Trump Tweets Attacks on Obama, Sally Yates, and the ‘Fake News’ Media Over Mike Flynn

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‘The Fake News Seldom Likes Talking About That’

President Donald Trump, clearly frightened about the impending testimony from his fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates this afternoon, tweeted attacks on what he calls the “fake news” media, Yates herself, and former President Barack Obama Monday morning.

Yates in late January told the Trump White House, and possibly the president himself, that Mike Flynn was possibly compromised by Russia and vulnerable to Russian blackmail. Flynn had advised Trump on national security during the campaign and Trump, over the outrage of many, made him his official National Security Advisor. Three weeks later Flynn resigned – according to the White House, which later said Trump fired him – not because of his activities with Russia, but because he allegedly lied to the vice president.

President Barack Obama fired Mike Flynn and yet Trump still hired him, and allowed him access to top national security, and presumably highly-classified, information.

There’s a difference between having a security clearance, and being given access. It appears the Trump administration did run a background check on Flynn, and yet –despite knowing his ties to Russia and Turkey – and yet gave him full access.

While Flynn was advising Trump he was also being paid, more than a half-milion dollars, to lobby for Turkish officials.

Trump’s tweets this morning is an exercise in thinking the American people are stupid and ill-informed.

Update: two-and-a-half hours later, Trump deletes original tweet to fix spelling:

We are neither.

Trump will now try to discredit Yates, and ugly and challenging move, and the mark of a misogynist who’s being backed into a corner.

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Trump Pick for Treasury Spox Spread ‘Secret Muslim’ Conspiracy Theories as an Obama-Bashing Blogger

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President Donald Trump‘s pick to become the next spokesperson for the Treasury Dept. is his former pick to become a National Security Council deputy national security advisor.

Monica Crowley, who at one point was also a Fox News contributor, withdrew her nomination for the NSC position after it was revealed she had plagiarized portions of her 2012 book and her 2000 dissertation.

Crowley, a political pundit turned lobbyist advocating for a Ukrainian tycoon, is now facing yet another crisis.

She “repeatedly spread conspiracy theories that suggested then-President Barack Obama was secretly a Muslim who was sympathetic to America’s enemies,” CNN reports, adding she “made multiple comments spreading these false claims on her personal blog and in at least one tweet between 2009 and 2015, according to a review by CNN’s KFile team.”

In one August, 2010 blog post – two years in to his tenure as president – Crowley wrote of Obama, “The question is: can he be both loyal to Islam and loyal to the United States?”

The audacity of her words is startling.

“Over the weekend, President Obama made it clear that he supported the proposal to build an Islamic mosque and ‘community center’ within a stone’s throw of Ground Zero,” she wrote of a hot-button issue among anti-Islam extremists at the time. “He made his remarks at a Ramadan dinner at the White House, where he was surrounded by Muslim Brotherhood leaders, whose mission it is to infiltrate, undermine, and ultimately destroy the American republic.”

“As a citizen and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right…to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan,” he said.

Holy Allah broke loose after those words passed his lips. How could the commander-in-chief, whose sole job it is to protect us, support the mission of these mosque-building Islamists, whose sole job it is to destroy us from within? How could he be so callous? Short-sighted? Insensitive? Ignorant?

How could he….support the enemy?

To be clear, Muslims have the same right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, and the commander-in-chief’s sole job is to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” something conservatives are loathe to remember.

Crowley, who once stated her goal was to become a U.S. Senator for New York, continued her anti-Islam Obama bashing.

“Obama was born to a Muslim father, which under Islam automatically made him a Muslim. He says he converted to Christianity as an adult, which under Islam makes him an apostate. He grew up in Indonesia, which is the most populous Muslim nation on earth. His stepfather was also a Muslim. He was steeped in Islam thoughout his formative years, so it should come as no surprise that he has loyalties to Islam. During the 2008 campaign, he even slipped and claimed that the United States has “57” states, instead of 50. The number of Muslim states in the Organization of the Islamic Conference is 57.”

57 is also the number on bottles of Heinz ketchup but that says nothing about the now-former president’s burger-and-fries proclivities.

CNN goes on to report that Crowley also “Called birther conspiracy theories legitimate,” and “Said Obama was on the side of terrorists.”

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Franklin Graham: ‘Believing the Word of God Doesn’t Mean That You’re Homophobic’

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Homophobic Franklin Graham has made being anti-LGBTQ a large part of his work, and he’s back to attacking the LGBTQ community because it’s a day that ends in “y.” His latest assault is of course one that ignores the teachings of his savior Jesus Christ and tries to pit Christians against LGBTQ people rather than trying to unite people by preaching the actual meaning of Christ, which Christians say is love.

Graham’s atrocious message: “believing the Word of God doesn’t mean that you’re homophobic. It means you’re truthful.”

He neglects to say which word of God, and I’m not an expert but I’ll bet all theologians would say references to homosexuality are a tiny, tiny portion of the Old Testament (some say there are just seven) and are reportedly absent – except for one – in the New Testament.

Graham could have chosen any story in the news of the day to use as an opportunity to advocate for his faith. Instead, he turned to a Fox News article to drum up a two-year old event, then tried to use it to attack LGBTQ people.

“Ashlyn Harris of the U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team was recently in the news for accusing former teammate Jaelene Hinkle of homophobia,” Graham wrote on Facebook Wednesday, as Joe.My.God. noted.

Related: Franklin Graham Goes on Anti-Gay Rant, Says ‘Gay Pride Flag Is Offensive to Christians,’ Gets Totally Destroyed

“Why? Because Jaelene took a stand for her faith. In 2017, Jaelene refused to play two matches for the U.S. Women’s National Team, reportedly because she wouldn’t wear the team’s gay pride-themed jersey. Jaelene has said, ‘This world may change, but Christ and His Word NEVER will.’ She’s right—and standing with that truth takes courage. Ashlyn Harris needs to understand that believing the Word of God doesn’t mean that you’re homophobic. It means you’re truthful. Jaelene chose her faith above fame, above soccer, and above her peers. Let’s encourage Jaelene in the comments below.” he wrote.

Graham, at the end of that post, is apparently using his faith and Jesus Christ to try to drum up his Facebook engagement numbers, but, whatever.

Graham could have tried this experiment instead, but he never will. He could have asked: “What passages in the Bible could Jaelene have used to support her teammate?”

How about these for answers?

“Jesus replied, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” – Matthew 22:37-39

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” – Matthew 5:16

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” – Luke 6:31

And especially:

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” – Colossians 3:12

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Attorney General Bill Barr Orders Executions of 5 Death Row Inmates After Two Decades of Unofficial Halt

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Attorney General Bill Barr has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to resume executing federal death row inmates, starting with five who will now be put to death starting in December.

The federal government has had an informal moratorium, an unofficial pause, on federal executions, given concerns over the methods used, The Washington Post reports. The last federal execution took place in 2003.

“The Justice Department upholds the rule of law — and we owe it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system,” Barr said in a statement.

A 2014 study found one in 25 people sentenced to death are innocent.

This is a breaking news and developing story. Details may change. This story will be updated, and NCRM will likely publish follow-up stories on this news. Stay tuned and refresh for updates.

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