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Thursday November 08, 2018

At Least 12 Killed In Mass Shooting At Borderline Bar & Grill In Thousand Oaks, California
HP | Dominique Mosbergen and Willa Frej | 11/08/18

... Police officers headed to Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, a city located about 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, at around 11:20 p.m., Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean said, after receiving multiple calls of shots fired. It was "College Country Night" at the bar and the dance floor was full of students from nearby universities.

A sheriff unit arrived three minutes later, followed by two highway patrol officers. Sergeant Helus, a 29-year veteran, and one patrol officer went in through the front door, at which point Helus was struck multiple times with gunfire. The patrol officer rescued Helus out of the line of gunfire, though Helus later died from his injuries. ... Read more

Trump uses CNN's Jim Acosta to act on longtime fantasy against media
Axios | Jonathan Swan, Sara Fischer | 11/08/18

Sources with direct knowledge say that since the earliest days of his presidency, Trump has mused about revoking press credentials for reporters who infuriate him. But press staff have often successfully counseled him against doing so, telling him it would only elevate the reporter involved and would result in damaging stories about him cracking down on press freedom.

Driving the news: Yesterday, Trump went ahead and did it anyway, with Sarah Sanders announcing that the White House had removed the "hard pass" of CNN's Jim Acosta, who had tangled with Trump at his midday press conference ... Read more

The high-profile Trump White House departures
Axios | author | date

The Trump White House had more first-year departures than any other president in at least 40 years -- and the departures haven't stopped. The latest resignation: Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Why it matters: The first term revolving door of Trump's highest Cabinet officials is not normal, although some turnover should be expected now that we're past the midterms. ...

  1. Michael Flynn - National Security Adviser
  2. Sean Spicer - Communications Director, Press Secretary
  3. Reince Priebus - Chief of Staff
  4. Anthony Scaramucci - Communications Director
  5. Steve Bannon - White House Chief Strategist
  6. Katie Walsh - White House Deputy Chief of Staff
  7. Michael Dubke - Communications Director
  8. Sebastian Gorka - Deputy Assistant to the President
  9. K.T. McFarland - Deputy National Security Adviser
  10. Tom Price - Secretary of Health and Human Services
  11. Omarosa Manigault Newman - Communications Director
  12. James Comey - FBI Director
  13. Andrew McCabe - Deputy Director of FBI
  14. Dina Powell - Deputy National Security Adviser
  15. Walter Shaub - Director of the Office of Government Ethics
  16. Angella Reid
  17. Rob Porter - Staff Secretary
  18. Josh Raffel - Senior Communications Official
  19. Hope Hicks - Communications Director
  20. Gary Cohn - Director of the National Economic Council
  21. John McEntee - Personal Aide to the President
  22. Rex Tillerson - Secretary of State
  23. H.R. McMaster - National Security Adviser
  24. David Shulkin - Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  25. Michael Anton - National Security Council Spokesperson
  26. Tom Bossert - Homeland Security Adviser
  27. Scott Pruitt - EPA Administrator
  28. Nikki Haley - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
  29. Jeff Sessions - Attorney General
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All Of The Bizarre Things Trump Has Done Post-Midterms
HP | Carla Herreria | 11/08/18

In the span of one day, Trump congratulated himself for a "very Big Win" in the midterms (despite Democrats taking control of the House), threatened war with the Democrats, engaged in a war of words with reporters and took actions to take back control of the special counsel's Russia investigation into his 2016 presidential campaign. ...

  1. Trump forced Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign.
  2. Trump threw a tantrum at a White House press conference.
  3. The White House revoked CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press credentials.
  4. Trump threatened war against the Democrats if they use their majority in the House to challenge him.

Trump warned House Democrats against pursuing more investigations into him and threatened to fight back using his majority in the Senate if they had the temerity to do so. During his post-election press conference, Trump even laid out his plan of attack, which included counter-investigations into Democrats.
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Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that, as president, he would completely eliminate the then -- $19 trillion in national debt. Let's just say he's not exactly on track.
MarketWatch | Shawn Langlois | 10/29/18

Since he made that promise in early 2016, the debt has ballooned to $21.7 trillion, and his tax cuts are expected to drive that number higher.
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Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Thursday, November 08 [11:29]
In Rebuke of Trump, Female Democrats Help Seize House & 7 Governorships In Historic Midterm | DN | 11/08/18 | 13:24
Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Thursday, November 08 (FULL) | 59:02
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  1. Headlines
  2. Trump Fires AG Sessions, Installs New Loyalist Whitaker to Oversee Mueller Probe
  3. Ex-Congresswoman Who Voted to Impeach Nixon: Trump Firing Sessions Brings Back Troubling Memories
  4. Deb Haaland, One of Nation's First Native Congresswomen, Calls for Probe of Missing Indigenous Women
Russian "Doomsday Machine" an Answer to U.S. Decapitation Strategy -- Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (Part 5/8) | TRNN | 11/04/18 | 16:42
Nuclear Detonation Timeline "1945-1998"
Terrifyingly Powerful Nuclear Weapons
Did We Have to Drop the Bomb?
The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan ... Stalin Did
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Jeff Sessions Has Been Forced Out. What Happens To The Justice Department? | 1a.org | 11/08/18 | 1hr
After taking several waves of criticism from President Donald Trump, Sessions sent the president a letter that opened with the line "At your request, I am submitting my resignation."

The departure happened suddenly, but it likely wasn't a surprise for everyone. In late October, the journalist Marcy Wheeler wrote a piece analyzing potential paths the president might take if the Democrats retook control of the House in the midterm elections ...
Preserving Stories Of Holocaust Survivors | 1a.org | 11/08/18 | 1hr
On November 9, 1938, violent mobs attacked Jewish homes and businesses in Germany, Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia.

The pogrom is known as Kristallnacht, or the "night of broken glass." Nearly 100 Jews were murdered, tens of thousands taken to concentration camps and thousands of synagogues and businesses were destroyed, looted and desecrated.

Eighty years later, anti-Semitic actions are on the rise in the United States. A shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue in late October was the most violent incident, but cemeteries have been vandalized, and swastikas painted on community centers. Slurs and conspiratorial whispers spread online. ...
GOP Hurt By Donald Trump Bungling In Democratic Midterm Victories | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC | 11/07/18 | 13:54
President Donald Trump Keeps Doubling Down On A Losing Strategy | Morning Joe | MSNBC | 11/08/18 | 13:39
Joe: President Donald Trump Was Freaked Out Yesterday | Morning Joe | MSNBC | 11/08/18 | 10:36
With Midterms Done, Where's The Caravan Talk? | Morning Joe | MSNBC | 11/08/18 | 7:27
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Trump Mocks GOP Candidates Who Didn't Embrace Him | Stephen Colbert | 11/08/18 | 6:57

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Quantum mechanics | AI - Artificial Intelligence
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Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?

Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?

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Daniel Ellsberg | Pentagon Papers
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Daniel Ellsberg and Paul Jay explore Ellsberg's latest book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. In the introduction to the book, Ellsberg writes: "No policies in human history have more deserved to be recognized as immoral or insane. The story of how this calamitous predicament came about and how and why it has persisted over a half a century is a chronicle of human madness".

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Nukes
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Rana Foroohar and Fall of American Business
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Ms. Foroohar says financialization delivers stagnant wages, inequality and economic crisis; the Financial Times columnist and author of "Makers and Takers" says the financial sector represents only 7 percent of the U.S. economy, but takes around 25 percent of all corporate profit while creating only 4 percent of all jobs.

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Kuznick Interviews

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Historian Peter Kuznick says Eisenhower called for decreased militarization, then Dulles reversed the policy; the Soviets tried to end the cold war after the death of Stalin; crazy schemes involving nuclear weapons and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba put the world of the eve of destruction - with host Paul Jay

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China Valley of Tunnels

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A report written by a Georgetown University team led by Phillip Karber conducted a three-year study to map out China’s complex tunnel system, which stretches 5,000 km (3,000 miles). The report determined that the stated Chinese nuclear arsenal is understated and as many as 3,000 nuclear warheads may be stored in the underground tunnel network.

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911
911

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists attacked the Unites States. They hijacked four airplanes in mid-flight. The terrorists flew two of the planes into two skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact caused the buildings to catch fire and collapse. Another plane destroyed part of the Pentagon (the U.S. military headquarters) in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Officials believe that the terrorists on that plane intended to destroy either the White House or the U.S. Capitol. Passengers on the plane fought the terrorists and prevented them from reaching their goal. In all, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.

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The Vietnam War

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Trump's Mashups
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Donald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? VICE News' "Trump Talk" mashup series tries to answer that. And, we're happy to say, it was just nominated for two Webby Awards. Now you can watch all the nominated videos.

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Trump's Sexcapades
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Donald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? Watch Trump at some of his rallys and see what you think.

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