President Trump

[Las Vegas]

The video is out there.  Not going to post it.  The elitists in media SELFISHLY created a monster in Trump, and they didn't concern themselves with the FACT that they bring out the worst in society by playing that game.

‘Fuck Donald Trump! Fuck White People!’: Four in Custody for Torturing Young Man Live on Facebook

(Mediaite) Chicago police currently have four people in custody over a Facebook Live video that showed a group of young black adults holding a mentally disabled young white man hostage and torturing him.

Police were made aware of the video on Tuesday afternoon. The video, shot by a young black woman, shows multiple people kicking and hitting the victim while he was tied up. They also cut his scalp and burn him with cigarettes. Police say the young man has special-needs and had been reported missing from a nearby suburb.

According to Chicago police, the young man was held captive for at least 24 hours and perhaps as long as 48. He also knew one of the assailants but it doesn’t appear to be a situation involving buying drugs. The four involved are considered adults but still in their teens.

Watch the video of the story above, via CBS Chicago.

During the beating, you could hear the attackers yelling “f*** Donald Trump! F*** white people!” along with other racial slurs.

The victim is now being treated at the hospital for his injuries. Meanwhile, no charges have yet been filed but police anticipate charges within next 24-48 hours. They’ll also investigate on whether this is defined as a hate crime.

Chicago PD released the following:

While on patrol Officers observes a disoriented male walking 3400 W. Lexington on January 3, 2017 who was then transported to an area hospital for treatment. At 5:26 p.m. officers then responded to a battery at a residence on the 3300 block of W. Lexington where they discovered signs of a struggle and damage to the property and where able to link this evidence to the disoriented male. Officers later became aware of a social media video depicting a battery of an adult male which is believed to be the same individual. At this point CPD believes the video is credible and detectives are questioning persons of interest in the case. The victim, whom CPD believes is from a neighboring suburb, was transported to an area hospital in stable condition. The investigation is ongoing.

(Mediaite)

[Yamcha]

ABC News/Wall St. Journal were actually reporting on this ^ early this morning.

Said they were "pushing his face with their feet"    "it could be a hate crime"

[Skeletor]

ABC News/Wall St. Journal were actually reporting on this ^ early this morning.

Said they were "pushing his face with their feet"    "it could be a hate crime"

As expected, the cops tried to downplay this savagery:



So, torturing and abusing a person (possibly with a mental handicap) is just a "stupid mistake" and a "stupid decision" and the things they were saying could be "stupid ranting and raving"? What's next, police chief saying "they good kids"?

[Las Vegas]

Amazon eyes American Apparel: The Trump Effect?

Christian Science Monitor (January 5, 2016) - One of the largest garment makers in the United States is being eyed for purchase by Amazon.com and teen apparel chain Forever 21, as President-elect Donald Trump ramps ups his rhetoric against imported goods.

American Apparel, with manufacturing facilities in southern California, could receive offers from Amazon, Forever 21, Next Level Apparel, and brand licensor Authentic Brands Group before its bankruptcy auction ends Friday, Reuters reported. Any offer would have to match or exceed a $66 million stalking horse bid that Canadian T-shirt and underwear maker Gilden Activewear placed when American Apparel filed for bankruptcy in November.

The clothing manufacturer is popular among young people and sports about 110 storefronts, making it an appealing buy, especially in the wake of announcements from Mr. Trump and his transition team that they may slap tariffs on products American companies import. Trump has also promised to lower taxes and regulations for domestic businesses.

The companies considering buying American Apparel are in talks with the Los Angeles-based clothing maker and its financial advisers. American Apparel filed for its second bankruptcy within a year in November with the intent to sell the company. The outcome of the auction is expected next week.

As its name implies, the company stakes its identity on its “Made in the USA” slogan. When Dov Charney started the company in the 1990s, most garment makers were moving offshore. But Mr. Charney printed “sweatshop-free” and “Made in the USA” on the label, and the brand became a hit among young people.

(Christian Science Monitor)

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Poll: More Americans Say They Prefer Trump Over Obama

(The Federalist) More Americans would rather Donald Trump be president than Barack Obama spend another term in office, according to a new poll.

Of the 2,000 registered voters surveyed in the Morning Consult/Politico poll, 45 percent of Americans preferred a Trump presidency while 44 percent said they want Obama to occupy the White House for another four years.

Despite a slight majority of Americans saying they would prefer Trump over Obama, more think Obama would win if the two were pitted against one another in an election. Of those surveyed, 47 percent said they thought Obama would win, while 42 percent said Trump would likely secure an electoral victory.

More Democrats wanted a Trump presidency than Republicans wanted Obama to occupy the presidency for another term. Among independent voters, Obama secured a three-point advantage over Trump.

Last week, Obama bragged that if he had run for a third term in office he would have beaten Trump. This week, the outgoing president has been reportedly meeting with Democratic legislators in an effort to save his signature health-care law, which Trump has said he plans to dismantle as soon as he is sworn into office.

(The Federalist)

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Petition Asks Trump’s White House For Life In Prison For Chicago ‘Black Lives Matter’ Hate Crime Foursome

(Inquistr) The term “Brittany Herring life in prison” was trending on Facebook on Wednesday, January 4. By Thursday, January 5, a petition on the White House’s website that is asking for life in prison for Tanishia Covington, Brittany Herring-Covington, Tesfaye Cooper, and Jordan Hill — who can been seen in some of their Facebook photos online — gained buzz.

Facebook Photos, Chicago Mugshots: Tanishia Covington, Brittany Herring, Tesfaye Cooper And Jordan Hill https://t.co/iCZz3j1xN8 via Paula …

    — All Trends IT (@All_Trends_IT) January 5, 2017

The petition is titled “Life sentence for Brittany Herring and the other accomplices!” Created by a person only going by the initials “C.A.” on January 4, the petition is asking the White House to put Brittany, Tanishia, Tesfaye, and Jordan in prison for life. The petition also links the foursome to the Black Lives Matter movement — even though Chicago police have stated that the foursome had no connection to the controversial movement. According to CNN, Infowars editor named Paul Joseph Watson was the first person to link the Chicago foursome to the Black Lives Matter movement. But Chicago authorities have said they have found no connection between Covington, Herring, Cooper, and Hill to the Black Lives Matter movement.

The White House petition — as of this writing — still requires 98,490 signatures in order to reach the 100,000 goal required for the White House to provide a response to the petition. Since the petition states that those 100,000 signatures must be garnered by February 3, in order to get a response from the White House, that means the transition of power from President Obama to President-elect Trump will have already happened.

Brittany Herring’s Fake Mugshot: $1,500 bond le spreads fast, along with ‘crying’ booking photo [HOAX] https://t.co/hZCYyKUDF9

    — Alena Bubniak (@abubniak) January 5, 2017

As of this writing, 1,510 people have signed the petition. The important part of the petition requiring the 100,000 signatures is that Trump will have already been sworn in — and since anti-Trump sentiments were spewed in the Facebook Live video at the center of the hate crime — the president may play an integral part in determining the fate of the Chicago foursome.

The text of the petition, which begins with “WE THE PEOPLE ASK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CALL ON CONGRESS TO ACT ON AN ISSUE,” can be read below.

“Today 1/4/2017, four Black Lives Matter supporters kidnapped, tortured and abused a white Trump supporter, because of his race and political orientation. The act was so grotesque, it was barely watchable. This doesn’t only stop to the violence, there were extremely racist anti-white chants heard during the video. This attack was purely politically and racially motivated hate crime and it deserves the life sentence. If you are capable of abusing someone entirely because of his skin color, you are capable of anything, and it’s almost certainly obvious, that if it was a white person abusing a black person like that, he would get the life sentence. But in this country, racism against whites is tolerated, the terrorist Black Lives Matter movement is not only legal, but also promoted. Stop this!”

However, the bottom of the petition, which asks people to check a box to allow whether or not “PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE WHITE HOUSE MAY SEND ME EMAILS ABOUT THIS AND OTHER ISSUES” should find itself updating the name of the president in 15 days. And as such, with a change in presidency, one can only wonder if Trump will weigh in on the fate of the Chicago foursome or send similar replies that the White House has sent to similar petitions in the past.

The White House petition isn’t the only one floating around about the crime. The Change.org petition titled Imprison Brittany Herring for Racism Hate Crimes and Assault has received nearly 1,500 signatures.

(Inquistr)

[Las Vegas]

^ The person in the lower left is the one who knew the guy.  He's the one who brought him to the apartment.

[Las Vegas]

(WASHINGTON) The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump:

6:55 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump says he "learned a lot" in his briefing with top intelligence officials, but is declining to say whether he accepts their assertion that Russia meddled in the election on his behalf.

Trump spoke to The Associated Press in a brief telephone interview Friday evening.

Trump met with CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Director James Comey and other officials at his New York offices. He says of the officials, "I really like those people a lot" and he believes they also learned from the discussion.

The president-elect would not disclose the evidence he was presented with, saying only that he had learned "a lot of confidential things."

___

5:45 p.m.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Republicans should be just as alarmed as Democrats that Russia could interfere in the U.S. political process.

The New York Democrat says the new declassified report on Russian hacking of the 2016 presidential election "should send shivers down the spines of both political parties, regardless of which party benefited this time around."

He is also repeating his call for the formation of a special panel to investigate Russia's interference if Republican plans for examining Moscow's meddling come up short.

He says if the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees don't operate "in a truly bipartisan way" and make most of their findings public, "we will need to establish a select committee to get to the bottom of this."

Senior Republicans have rejected that idea.

___

5:40 p.m.

Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi says a new report by the intelligence community proves that Russia's hacking of the election was "political thuggery in support of Donald Trump."

The California congresswoman says Russia's President Vladimir Putin ordered an "assault on American democracy" with the computer hacks, which resulted in steady, negative leaks about Hillary Clinton's campaign and actions by the Democratic National Committee.

Pelosi formerly served on the House Intelligence panel. She says the new report shows that an independent, bipartisan panel should conduct an investigation.

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5:10 p.m.

U.S. intelligence officials are predicting that Russia will continue to develop capabilities to help President Vladimir Putin target the United States.

A new declassified report says that immediately after Election Day, Russian intelligence began a spear-phishing campaign against U.S. government employees and individuals associated with U.S. think tanks or nonprofit organizations working in the fields of national security, defense and foreign policy.

U.S. intelligence officials say this could supply Russia with new material for future influence operations or provide intelligence on the incoming Trump administration's goals and plans.

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4:50 p.m.

Intelligence officials say in their new public report on Russian hacking that they believe with high confidence that Moscow's intelligence services relayed to WikiLeaks material it hacked from the Democratic National Committee and senior Democratic officials.

The report says the emails disclosed by WikiLeaks did not appear to contain any forged material.

Intelligence officials say the Russians had access to the DNC from July 2015 to at least June 2016.

They say the Russian intelligence agencies probably began cyber operations targeting the U.S. election by March 2016 and had stolen large volumes of data from the DNC by May 2016.

___

4:40 p.m.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says he strongly condemns Russian "interference" in last year's election.

Ryan is also echoing Donald Trump's take on the intelligence report released Friday: that the hacking by the Russians didn't affect the outcome and that Trump "won this election fair and square."

Ryan says Russia "clearly tried to meddle in our political system."

Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the ranking Democrat on the House intelligence committee, says the report makes clear that the Russian intervention was directed by President Vladimir Putin himself and not only was aimed at sowing discord in the United States, but also was motivated by a desire to help Trump's election chances.

He says Trump's statement that Russian hacking had no effect on the outcome of the election is not supported by the report or common sense.

___

4:35 p.m.

The Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat says the new declassified report about Russian meddling in the U.S. election shows Moscow interfered with "the goal of harming the candidacy of Hillary Clinton and boosting the candidacy of President-elect Donald Trump."

Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia says the report is "well in line with previous assessments from the intelligence community" that senior Russian officials carried out an unprecedented level of interference in the 2016 election.

Warner says the findings demonstrate "the important role of our nation's intelligence community and the men and women who work quietly every day to keep our country safe."

(Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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Donald Trump taunts Schwarzenegger over Celebrity Apprentice ratings

(BBC) Donald Trump has taunted Arnold Schwarzenegger, his replacement as host of The Celebrity Apprentice, saying the actor was "destroyed" in TV ratings.

"So much for being a movie star," wrote the US president-elect, who described himself as a "ratings machine".

In response, the actor called on him to work for all Americans "as aggressively as you worked for your ratings".

Monday's season launch was seen by an estimated 4.9 million people - down 43% on the last season premiere in 2015.

Schwarzenegger has received mixed reviews for his debut as the new star of the show.

The veteran action star and former California governor has replaced Mr Trump's "You're fired" catchphrase with "You're terminated" - a reference to his role in The Terminator film and its sequels.

In the tweets, sent on Friday, Mr Trump wrote: "Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got "swamped" (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT.

"So much for being a movie star - and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1."

More than 11 million people watched the opening episode of Celebrity Apprentice in 2008, according to Variety.

Referring to Republican Ohio governor John Kasich and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump added: "But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary."

In return, Schwarzenegger tweeted: "There's nothing more important than the people's work, @realDonaldTrump."

He added: "I wish you the best of luck and I hope you'll work for ALL of the American people as aggressively as you worked for your ratings."

Mr Trump helped create the show and starred on it until 2015, when his political career took over.

The contestants on the current series, who compete to raise money for charity, include boxer Laila Ali, Boy George and Motley Crue singer Vince Neil.

(BBC)

[Las Vegas]

Important day, Wednesday... Trump scheduled in a news conference from NY.  This is his big chance to turn it around on the media, setting the tone for everyone to hear.

[James]

the truth:

[Las Vegas]

the truth:

It's so messed up and wrong, it just can't continue to stand.  It's gotten so bad that the SPLC was OK with making a "study" to look at racial tensions related to the election... but they excluded data to show attacks on white people.  That's some bold shit, right there.

[James]

It's so messed up and wrong, it just can't continue to stand.  It's gotten so bad that the SPLC was OK with making a "study" to look at racial tensions related to the election... but they excluded data to show attacks on white people.  That's some bold shit, right there.

Between the out of control dinudu's, muzzie's, and libtard commies, people have finally had enough, and that's is what got Trump elected.

[Las Vegas]

Inauguration announcer on being cut by Trump: 'I thought I was going to commit suicide'

Washington (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump is breaking from 11 presidents' worth of tradition and benching Charles Brotman.

The 89-year-old Brotman -- once the voice of the Washington Senators baseball team -- has announced every inauguration parade since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957.

"I looked at at my email, then I got the shock of my life," Brotman told CNN's Carol Costello. "I felt like Muhammad Ali had hit me in the stomach."

Brotman, who has been the announcer at presidential inauguration for sixty years, said when he read the email from the Trump transition team he thought he "was going to commit suicide."

He told WJLA he was "heartbroken" and "destroyed" by the decision at first.

Charlie Brotman has been an announcer at presidential inaugurations since 1957.

"I've been doing this for 60 years," he told the Washington ABC affiliate.

In his place, the Trump team has tapped Steve Ray, a 58-year-old Washington-based freelance announcer who has worked with the MLB's Washington Nationals and for local radio stations.

"All of us think of Charlie as as much of the Washington landscape as any building," Ray told The Washington Post. "I'm on top of the world. From my point of view, I am not filling his shoes, I'm not taking his place, I just happen to be the guy who's next."

Trump transition spokesman Boris Epshteyn said Brotman will be honored as "announcer chairman emeritus.

"Since 1957, millions of Americans and countless entertainers have come to recognize Charlie Brotman as the voice of the inaugural parade," he said in a statement. "The Presidential Inaugural Committee will be proud to honor Charlie as Announcer Chairman Emeritus on January 20. We are thrilled for Steve Ray to be introducing a new generation of Americans to the grand traditions of the inaugural parade."

Brotman told WJLA he wished Ray well.

"As opposed to -- boy, I hope he fouls up so they say, 'We want Charlie back.' No. I don't want that at all," he said.

(CNN)

[Soul Crusher]

I read that.   Poor taste to remove him IMHO

[Chadwick The Beta]

Inauguration announcer on being cut by Trump: 'I thought I was going to commit suicide'

Washington (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump is breaking from 11 presidents' worth of tradition and benching Charles Brotman.

The 89-year-old Brotman -- once the voice of the Washington Senators baseball team -- has announced every inauguration parade since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957.

"I looked at at my email, then I got the shock of my life," Brotman told CNN's Carol Costello. "I felt like Muhammad Ali had hit me in the stomach."

Brotman, who has been the announcer at presidential inauguration for sixty years, said when he read the email from the Trump transition team he thought he "was going to commit suicide."

He told WJLA he was "heartbroken" and "destroyed" by the decision at first.

Charlie Brotman has been an announcer at presidential inaugurations since 1957.

"I've been doing this for 60 years," he told the Washington ABC affiliate.

In his place, the Trump team has tapped Steve Ray, a 58-year-old Washington-based freelance announcer who has worked with the MLB's Washington Nationals and for local radio stations.

"All of us think of Charlie as as much of the Washington landscape as any building," Ray told The Washington Post. "I'm on top of the world. From my point of view, I am not filling his shoes, I'm not taking his place, I just happen to be the guy who's next."

Trump transition spokesman Boris Epshteyn said Brotman will be honored as "announcer chairman emeritus.

"Since 1957, millions of Americans and countless entertainers have come to recognize Charlie Brotman as the voice of the inaugural parade," he said in a statement. "The Presidential Inaugural Committee will be proud to honor Charlie as Announcer Chairman Emeritus on January 20. We are thrilled for Steve Ray to be introducing a new generation of Americans to the grand traditions of the inaugural parade."

Brotman told WJLA he wished Ray well.

"As opposed to -- boy, I hope he fouls up so they say, 'We want Charlie back.' No. I don't want that at all," he said.

(CNN)

I don't recall any liberal media meltdowns when Slick Willy broke with tradition in not inviting the VMI Marching Band to his inauguration.

[Las Vegas]

^ Makes me think of what happened to Andy Rooney, and how he died just a week or two after being removed from his show.

[Las Vegas]

Crazy times, my friends.

[Yamcha]

Crazy times, my friends.

Buckle up; we haven't even put this puppy into drive yet! 

[Yamcha]

Trump said he donating all profits that are derived from foreign nations straight to the US Treasury 

[Primemuscle]

^ Makes me think of what happened to Andy Rooney, and how he died just a week or two after being removed from his show.

Andy Rooney was 92 years old. I doubt he was removed from his segment "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" on 60 Minutes. It's more likely his health was failing so he decided to end his career on 60 Minutes four episodes before his death. He was witty and clever. I miss those short segments with him.

[Yamcha]

http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/new-cadillac-donald-trump-presidential-limousine-debut-inauguration



So what can President-Elect Trump look forward to in the 2017 Cadillac limousine?

When it comes to the exterior design and interior layout, the 2017 version may actually change the least compared to its predecessors. During the last 50 years, each generation of limousines was significant; each new version featured dramatically different styling (or a different marque altogether), while interior layouts were reworked from generation to generation. The changeover from President Bill Clinton's sedan-based Cadillac Fleetwood limousine to President George W. Bush's GMT800-based limousine was pretty significant, and the debut of the Kodiak-platform 2009 limousine for President Barack Obama's inauguration represented another major step in terms of engineering and exterior appearance.

But for 2017, the design and engineering of the presidential limousine appears to have reached a plateau of sorts; the limo cannot get any bigger, and when it comes to the interior layout the 2017 version will largely be a repeat of the 2009 limousine.

[Yamcha]

President-elect @realDonaldTrump: "I don’t want the celebrities and I want the people."

[Yamcha]

Trump to take handful of executive actions on Day One: transition

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-handful-executive-actions-day-one-transition-162407134.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump may take four or five executive actions on Friday, the day he is sworn into office, spokesman Sean Spicer said.

"He's got a few of them probably in the area of four or five that we're looking at for Friday," some of them logistical, Spicer said Wednesday at a news briefing. "Then there are some other ones that I expect him to sign with respect to a couple of issues that have been high on his priority list."

Spicer did not elaborate. Trump had promised to take executive actions immediately after taking office to counter some of the policies of Democratic President Barack Obama.

[Primemuscle]

President-elect @realDonaldTrump: "I don’t want the celebrities and I want the people."

This is an ironic statement for a celebrity to make.