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Beijing says Hong Kong protests ‘show signs of terrorism.’ If you only watch state media, you probably agree – CNN

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

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FBI raided criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein’s private island: report – INSIDER

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Directed by a task force for the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, FBI agents reportedly raided the private island of criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein. The island, Little Saint James, is located between islands St. Thomas and St. John in the Virgin Islands. One witness, who sailed past the island, described the scene to INSIDER. The search, which occurred Monday morning local time, occurred two days…

Attorney General William Barr decries ‘serious irregularities’ in Epstein’s detention, vows full investigation – Fox News

Monday, August 12, 2019

Video Attorney General Bill Barr raises questions about the circumstances surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s death Former FBI agent Chad Jenkins weighs in on the apparent suicide of accused sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein. Attorney General William Barr on Monday blasted corrections officials and vowed to investigate the “serious irregularities” uncovered at the federal prison in Manhattan where accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was held and found dead Saturday morning. Barr’s criticism came amid complaints about squalid,…

Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t checked on for hours before apparent suicide, source says – Fox News

Monday, August 12, 2019

Video Epstein autopsy complete, but results withheld New York’s chief medical examiner says the results will be released pending other ongoing investigations. Correctional officers at the New York City prison that was housing Jeffrey Epstein didn’t check in on him for hours leading up to his apparent suicide on Saturday, which occurred after his cellmate was transferred for reasons that were not immediately clear. Epstein, 66, was found unconscious in his…

How Trump’s paranoia and conspiracy theories become US policy – CNN

Monday, August 12, 2019

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After autopsy, cause of Jeffrey Epstein’s death awaits ‘further information’ – NBC News

Monday, August 12, 2019

The New York City medical examiner’s office said Sunday that it had completed an autopsy of the financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein but that it needed more information before determining the cause of death. Multiple people briefed on the investigation told NBC News that suicide remains the presumed cause of death and that no sign of foul play has emerged in the day and a half since Epstein,…

Source: Jeffrey Epstein’s cell was not monitored the night of his apparent suicide – CNN

Sunday, August 11, 2019

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Jeffrey Epstein was awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges: What we know about his apparent suicide – USA TODAY

Sunday, August 11, 2019

CLOSE CLOSE Jeffrey Epstein pleaded not guilty to charges of drug trafficking and allegedly sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in New York and Florida. USA TODAY Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier, died early Saturday in an apparent suicide, officials said. The well-connected millionaire had been awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in a Manhattan jail. The FBI and U.S. Inspector General’s office will investigate the circumstances of his apparent suicide while…

Attorney general ‘appalled’ over Epstein’s death, announces investigation – CNN

Saturday, August 10, 2019

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Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking victim named Bill Richardson, George Mitchell in newly released documents – Fox News

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Video Court unseals 2,000 documents related to Jeffrey Epstein case The court warns that everything in the documents released are not necessarily true. A woman who has long claimed disgraced money man Jeffrey Epstein forced her to have sex with powerful men named two prominent Democratic politicians – former Sen. George Mitchell and ex-New Mexico governor and Clinton cabinet official Bill Richardson – in documents unsealed Friday by federal prosecutors…

‘Team Mitch’ claims victory after Twitter unlocks McConnell’s campaign account – NBC News

Saturday, August 10, 2019

“Team Mitch” is back on Twitter. The social media giant, which had locked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign account Wednesday after it posted a video of a profanity-filled protest outside his home in Kentucky, made the announcement Friday. “Going forward, the video will be visible on the service with a sensitive media interstitial and only in cases where the Tweet content does not otherwise violate the Twitter Rules,” the…

El Paso Alleged Gunman Admitted, ‘I’m The Shooter’, Police Say – NPR

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Mourners gathered at memorial crosses near the scene of a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart on Aug. 3 John Locher/AP hide caption toggle caption John Locher/AP Mourners gathered at memorial crosses near the scene of a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart on Aug. 3 John Locher/AP The gunman accused of the shooting massacre that left 22 people dead at an El Paso Walmart Saturday was in…

McConnell, allies lean into Twitter, media ‘war’ | TheHill – The Hill

Friday, August 09, 2019

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellJulianne Moore calls for Senate to come back from recess to address gun violence ‘public health crisis’ Tim Ryan plans to be back on campaign trail on Friday after shooting The terrifying link between misogynists and mass shooters MORE (R-Ky.) and his allies are embracing a fight with the media and Twitter that has struck a nerve among Republicans.  Taking fierce criticism over…

Was anyone actually helped by ICE’s mass crackdown on undocumented Mississippi laborers? – Washington Examiner

Friday, August 09, 2019

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descended on Mississippi yesterday in a massive raid. The Aug. 7 crackdown was the largest single-day act of immigration enforcement in American history, with nearly 700 laborers detained in raids that targeted seven food processing plants. The normal justifications were made. According to NBC News, U.S. Attorney Mike Hurd said, “While we are a nation of immigrants, more than that, first and foremost, we are…

Patrick Crusius mother: Suspected El Paso shooter’s mother called Allen Texas police about son – CBS News

Thursday, August 08, 2019

The mother of El Paso shooting suspect 21-year-old Patrick Crusius called police in Allen, Texas, weeks before the deadly shooting, because her son owned an AK 47-style assault rifle, CBS News has confirmed. The family’s attorney, Chris Ayres, said the phone call was “purely informational,” and that there was “absolutely no fear of violence nor any belief of an intent to do harm” that led Crusius’ mother to call police.  The…

Trump’s Nixon-to-China moment on guns – The Hill

Thursday, August 08, 2019

President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump cites brother’s struggles with alcohol as driving force behind fight against opioids Booker: ‘Knowing the bloody, violent truth of our past empowers me’ Analyst says Trump’s Venezuela policy is driven by Florida politics MORE should do more to tackle gun violence, because it is the right thing to do, and because it would drive Democrats crazy. First up: let’s set the record straight. Fact: President Trump…

Trump trashes Beto O’Rourke, tells him to ‘be quiet’ ahead of El Paso visit – Fox News

Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Video Kellyanne Conway: Beto O’Rourke’s ‘cursing and screaming’ about Trump doesn’t ‘heal a single soul’ President Trump issued a fiery tweet late Tuesday for 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke ahead of his visit to the Democrat’s hometown of El Paso, Texas, following last weekend’s shooting that left 22 dead.  Over the past several days, O’Rourke has slammed the president, who he has placed blame for the massacre. The former congressman declared that Trump is…

The Dayton shooter’s ex-girlfriend says he was fascinated with mass shootings – CNN

Wednesday, August 07, 2019

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Poll: Who’s to blame for mass shootings? On that, some bipartisan agreement – USA TODAY

Wednesday, August 07, 2019

CLOSE CLOSE President Trump suggested linking gun control legislation to immigration laws after the El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, mass shootings. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Americans overwhelmingly blame the mental health system, racism and white nationalism, and loose gun laws for a series of mass shootings that have shaken communities across the country. A USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll taken Monday and Tuesday, in the wake of deadly violence in El Paso, Texas,…

Why hasn’t the El Paso gunman been seen in court? – USA TODAY

Tuesday, August 06, 2019

CLOSE Three days after a horrific massacre at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the accused gunman Patrick Crusius still has not been arraigned in court. As a result, there’s been no sight of the 21-year-old defendant since he was arrested outside the Walmart where 22 people were killed.   Crusius’s arraignment – where he will be asked how he pleads – won’t take place until the investigation of the shooting concludes, Claudia Duran, a spokeswoman for…