WSJ: Trump Lawyer Arranged $130,000 Payment for Adult-Film Star’s Silence

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Friday January 12, 2018 · 12:44 PM PST

2018/01/12 · 12:44

A lawyer for President Donald Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film star a month before the 2016 election as part of an agreement that precluded her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.

Michael Cohen, who spent nearly a decade as a top attorney at the Trump Organization, arranged payment to the woman, Stephanie Clifford, in October 2016 after her lawyer negotiated the nondisclosure agreement with Mr. Cohen, these people said.

Ms. Clifford, whose stage name is Stormy Daniels, has privately alleged the encounter with Mr. Trump took place after they met at a July 2006 celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, these people said. Mr. Trump married Melania Trump in 2005.

Barron would have been about 4 months old at the time, just for reference.

Dakota Access Pipeline companies vow to continue as planned

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Monday December 05, 2016 · 7:44 PM PST

2016/12/05 · 19:44

Forgive the lack of creative embellishment. This needs to be front and center right now.

Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners Respond to the Statement from the Department of the Army

DALLAS & NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) and Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL) announced that the Administration’s statement today that it would not at this time issue an “easement” to Dakota Access Pipeline is a purely political action – which the Administration concedes when it states it has made a “policy decision” – Washington code for a political decision. This is nothing new from this Administration, since over the last four months the Administration has demonstrated by its action and inaction that it intended to delay a decision in this matter until President Obama is out of office.

For more than three years now, Dakota Access Pipeline has done nothing but play by the rules. The Army Corps of Engineers agrees, and has said so publicly and in federal court filings. The Corps’ review process and its decisions have been ratified by two federal courts. The Army Corpsconfirmed this again today when it stated its “policy decision” does “not alter the Army’s position that the Corps’ prior reviews and actions have comported with legal requirements.”

In spite of consistently stating at every turn that the permit for the crossing of the Missouri River at Lake Oahe granted in July 2016, comported with all legal requirements, including the use of an environmental assessment, rather than an environmental impact statement, the Army Corps now seeks to engage in additional review and analysis of alternative locations for the pipeline.

The White House’s directive today to the Corps for further delay is just the latest in a series of overt and transparent political actions by an administration which has abandoned the rule of law in favor of currying favor with a narrow and extreme political constituency.

As stated all along, ETP and SXL are fully committed to ensuring that this vital project is brought to completion and fully expect to complete construction of the pipeline without any additional rerouting in and around Lake Oahe. Nothing this Administration has done today changes that in any way.

Tom Morello-led supergroup plans to 'cause a ruckus' at GOP convention

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Friday June 03, 2016 · 10:34 PM PDT

2016/06/03 · 22:34

A supergroup featuring Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Chuck D (Public Enemy), and B-Real (Cypress Hill) plans to crash the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

Morello called candidate Donald Trump a “racist demagogue,” Bernie Sanders a “dreamer” and Hillary Clinton the “lesser of three evils” and said none of those three choices are good enough.

“Well there’s a thing called the Republican National Convention in July, and that will be a perfect place for a band like Prophets of Rage to cause a ruckus, and we will be there on the streets, in the field,” Morello told Bloomberg Politics. “We have a venue and there may be venues that will be spontaneous venues, it’s hard to say. This is the kind of thing you don’t broadcast to the local authorities prior to arrival.”

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Because this is bound to come up, Morello makes it clear in the quote above that he prefers Hillary.

In the photo at the link he's wearing a hat that says 'MAKE AMERICA RAGE AGAIN.'

I am honestly not sure what to make of this at the moment. There are so many factors in play. Tom Morello and Chuck D seem pretty solid. Trump is a fascist. Hillary supporters have been throwing much shade at Bernie supporters for alleged confrontational tactics. Protests have been important agents of change at times in our history. I hope this isn't a San Jose-type thing.

That's the best I've got. What do y'all think?

The world according to Cartoon Network

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Friday September 18, 2009 · 11:34 AM PDT

2009/09/18 · 11:34

President Obama gave a great speech Thursday about his plan for health care reform, but unlike CNN and MSNBC, Cartoon Network didn't think it was worth covering. The video below offers a minute-by-minute account of what they thought was more worthy of their attention.

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Thursday June 18, 2009 · 2:54 PM PDT

2009/06/18 · 14:54

Tom,

I am a native South Dakotan. I've always been proud to say that Tom Daschle is from my home state.

Today I am spitting nails.

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Wednesday July 09, 2008 · 12:47 PM PDT

2008/07/09 · 12:47

Well, today Barack Obama sold us out. We knew he was going to. He told us he was going to. And he did.

And Senator Clinton stood up for the Constitution.

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Tuesday July 17, 2007 · 6:38 PM PDT

2007/07/17 · 18:38

Tonight, Republicans in the Senate will use the filibuster to attempt to block a vote on the Levin-Reed amendment, which calls for withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.

The media, across the board, seems curiously reluctant to use the word 'filibuster'.

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Wednesday June 06, 2007 · 10:12 PM PDT

2007/06/06 · 22:12

On June 4 of 2007, The Smoking Gun posted a story entitled "Google As Terror Tool?", and subtitled "JFK terror plotter directed cohorts to use satellite mapping service".

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WSJ: Trump Lawyer Arranged $130,000 Payment for Adult-Film Star’s Silence

Dakota Access Pipeline companies vow to continue as planned

Tom Morello-led supergroup plans to 'cause a ruckus' at GOP convention

The world according to Cartoon Network

My Letter to Tom Daschle

UPDATED: I was wrong. Clinton for president!

Media blackout on the word 'filibuster'

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