“Buried in the legal documents released Tuesday as part of Cohen’s guilty plea … was a new, previously unreported payment Cohen made in 2016 to help Trump: $50,000 for work that prosecutors say Cohen ‘solicited from a technology company during and in connection with the cam[...]
Archive for August, 2018
August 22nd, 2018 - 10:24 pm § in Donald Trump
Cohen paid $50,000 to ‘a technology company’ for secret work for Trump’s campaign
August 22nd, 2018 - 1:21 am § in Misc.
RACISM: Black on Yellow
Don’t vote for the ching-chong!’ Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D-Detroit) has apologized for a series of racial slurs sources say she used to describe her primary election opponent, Rep. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit). Scott is alleged to have referred to Chang as “ching-chang” an[...]
August 21st, 2018 - 3:22 pm § in Misc.
Illegal immigrant led police to body of missing Iowa jogger
Police have charged Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, with the murder of Mollie Tibbets, who went missing a month ago while jogging in farm country near her small-town Iowa home. Surveillance video was instrumental in identifying Rivera, who led cops to a body in a cornf[...]
August 21st, 2018 - 2:35 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Mueller twofer: Manafort found guilty, Cohen pleads guilty
Trump’s top associates each guilty of 8 counts A Virginia jury has found Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, guilty on 8 counts of tax fraud, bank fraud, and hiding a foreign bank account; the jury deadlocked on 10 other counts, and acquitted on 0 counts. The judge declared a[...]
August 21st, 2018 - 12:24 am § in Misc.
Summer Barbecue … German Style
A Wurst-case scenario for the summer Germans love a good barbecue as much as Americans and Australians. Jeff Kavanagh explores a unique grilling culture where the Wurst is the best.[...]
August 20th, 2018 - 9:04 pm § in Misc.
In South Carolina, look out the window before answering the door
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August 20th, 2018 - 10:14 am § in Misc.
SINGLE PAYER IS NOT A PANACEA … WE NEED TO CUT COSTS!
It’s not just the uninsured — it’s also the cost of health care Data: Kaiser Family Foundation; Chart: Chris Canipe/Axios We still have an uninsured problem in the U.S., but we have a far broader health care affordability problem that hits sick people especially hard. Why it matters:�[...]
August 18th, 2018 - 10:24 am § in Hypocrisy
Dog Bites Trump
People are threatening to boycott a beloved hot-dog brand because its executive chairman — one of Trump’s best friends — is holding a fundraiser for the president On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Howard Lorber is holding a fundraising event for Trump in the Hamptons on Friday. [...]