Creepy temp Chad Wolf, Donald Trump taking "set CBP on citizens" show on the road

[bodysong]

Trump landed Tuesday afternoon in Waukegan, Ill., about a 30-minute drive to Kenosha

September 01, 2020

Family of Jacob Blake Hosts Block Party, Voter Drive to Drown Out 'Pain and Division'
Brought by Trump Visit to Kenosha

"Justice for Jacob" rally in the neighborhood where Jacob Blake was shot by a police officer

Trump is there to troll and needle the minority communities- after a near execution in public.
He repeated his golf-related excuse for murdering members of these communities.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...ter-drive-drown-out-pain-and-division-brought

At his roundtable with law enforcement, Trump repeated an earlier statement
that many officers who shoot unarmed civilians simply "choke," or make a mistake
as one might while playing a sport, and denied that police shootings are a systemic
issue.

"They call it choking. It happens" -- Trump says he doesn't view police violence
as a systemic issue

(pic)

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 1, 2020

Aaron Rupar ✓
Twitter › atrupar

Trump begins his roundtable event in Kenosha by suggesting attendees
should take their masks off

5 hours ago

September 1,2020

Trump was joined by Attorney General William P. Barr, acting (temp) homeland security
Sec. Chad Wolf and others. The group was greeted at the airport by Trump loyalist slime,
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who was wearing a face mask.

Trump rewards his Brownshirts for owning the Libtards and Democrats, and kicking ass
in Kenosha- President Trump visited Kenosha, Wis., after Jacob Blake is nearly killed

At a roundtable with law enforcement in Kenosha, Wis., Trump blamed radicals
and antifa for inciting violence

(Presiderp) Trump also appeared to claim, without evidence, that the unrest ended soon
after the White House announced he was coming to visit.

“This ended within an hour, and as soon as we announced we were coming
and then they saw we were here,” Trump said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elec...e-talk-about-safety-during-visit-kenosha-wis/



Trump defends Kyle Rittenhous, but does not bother to say the names of Kenosha victims.
Far Right extremist Jay Bishop aka Aaron “Jay” Danielson gets recognition from Trump,
Danielson is dead because Trump encouraged the Far Right to defy the police in Kenosha,
and break the the blockade against the trucks, invade the city, break the law and attack the
BLM protesters from their trucks. and with their trucks

AP via ABC 13.com: Victims of Kenosha protest shooting tried to disarm Kyle Rittenhouse:

Reports

Kenosha County prosecutors said in court records this week that the first person shot around
11:45 p.m. on Tuesday has been identified as Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, of Kenosha.

Joseph Rosenbaum

Prosecutors said Rosenbaum followed Rittenhouse into a used car lot, where he threw
a plastic bag at the gunman and attempted to take the weapon from him.

The medical examiner found that Rosenbaum was shot in the groin, back and left hand.
The wounds fractured his pelvis and perforated his right lung and liver. He also suffered
a superficial wound to his left thigh and a graze wound to his forehead.

Anthony Huber, 26, of Silver Lake, was shot in the chest after apparently trying to wrest
the gun away from Rittenhouse, the complaint said.

Hannah Gittings, Huber’s girlfriend, told WBBM-TV that he pushed her out of the way
before chasing after the man others on the street had identified as the shooter.

Anthony Huber

Huber’s friends gathered at a Kenosha skate park this week to remember him and his
passion for skateboarding. According to court records, Huber had a skateboard in his
right hand and used it to “make contact” with Rittenhouse’s left shoulder as they s
truggled for control of the gun….

The third man to be shot was wounded in the left arm. Court records said Gaige
Grosskreutz, 26, appeared to be holding a gun when he approached Rittenhouse
after he shot at Huber.

Grosskreutz is an activist who volunteered as a medic during the Kenosha demonstrations
according to Milwaukee activist Bethany Crevensten.

https://skydancingblog.com/

NPR

How to deal with violent unrest is becoming a major issue in the presidential
campaign. Many Democrats who do not support President Trump worry that
violent unrest lets him say the Democrats are weak on crime.

What's your level of concern that you may be inadvertently helping President
Trump's reelection efforts?

I think that it's important for people to realize that, again, the people who were killed
in Kenosha were protesters.

They were killed by people who felt that they had a responsibility to help things,
to help matters, to assist. Now law enforcement was already there. National Guard
was already there. They didn't need help. Yet these people were free to just walk
the streets with long rifles, intimidating people. I think that is the important thing
that people need to realize. And I hope that folks do understand that Republicans
continue to enable this sort of behavior, the sort of behavior that actually leaves
people dead.

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-u...mp-will-use-every-opportunity-to-divide-peopl

 

[bodysong]

Trump has money to give away, but FEMA does not have any to reimburse for PPE supplies

September 1, 2020

Trump and his alliance did not let the Heroes Act pass, and give the American people
the help they need, since coronavirus insists on spreading and killing people
long after Trump promised it would magically disappear.

Yet, Trump is in Kenosha promising $1 million dollars to Kenosha police
and $4 million to local Kenosha businesses
and 42 million plus to the state of Wisconsin

Is FEMA broke, after Trump took $50 billion out, so that he could have his name on checks ?

September 1, 2020

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that beginning Sept. 15, it will
no longer reimburse states for personal protective equipment for nonemergency settings
including schools or courthouses.

https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...-stop-paying-for-cloth-face-masks-for-schools

(Washington Post stated the planned way they are paying for it all.)

Trump Supports Cops, Doesn't Mention Jacob Blake In Kenosha Visit

Kenosha police do not have body cameras.

Trump gagged on the body camera question. "Body cameras. interesting."

 

[bodysong]

Trump's trip to Kenosha for photo-op of convincing "damage"

(Trump's agitators and saboteur operatives have been tracked and spotted. Sellouts.)

Fresno Bee reports

11 a.m.

Trump says he’s heading to Kenosha, Wisconsin, to thank law enforcement and the National Guard “for a job well done.”

1 p.m.

Trump has arrived in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as he prepares to tour damage from protests
and violence that followed the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake.

2:20 p.m.

Trump is meeting with law enforcement officers at a local high school
as part of his visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin.

2:50 p.m.

Trump says he’s committed to helping Kenosha, Wisconsin,
and is promising more federal resources for police and small businesses

3:25 p.m.

Trump says he doesn’t believe that there’s a problem with systemic racism in policing
as he wraps up a tour in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

When a reporter noted that many of the protests are peaceful, Trump objected.
He said “by and large, this is not peaceful protests.”

3:45 p.m

At least two people were carrying pistols in holsters, telling those around them
they were Trump supporters and had open-carry permits.

By mid-afternoon much of the crowd dispersed. A few motorcyclists remained,
with flags supporting Trump, and a booth nearby sold T-shirts supporting the
Black Lives Matter movement.

6:45 p.m.

Demonstrators marched through Kenosha after President Donald Trump wrapped up his visit to the area.

At one point Tuesday, protesters surrounded a man who they said was a member
of a white nationalist group. Police officers moved in quickly and pulled him away.
One officer pepper sprayed a woman.

Later, a man wearing a Trump hat and carrying a Trump banner was surrounded
by protesters. He walked back in retreat then struck out at a protester. The two fell
to the ground, struggling, then the man got up and walked away, heckled by protesters.

Earlier, a few hundred supporters and detractors of Trump gathered at an intersection
engaging each other in shouting matches. There were no reports of violence.

https://www.fresnobee.com/entertainment/article245408270.html

 

[bodysong]

Presiderp Donnie Trum-Trup's Lucky Day! He found a Kenosha resident to lie on camera, for him.

A very special stage prop "person" that was willing to sacrifice the future of a business that
he had already sold. Trump's corrupted liar posed as the current owner of the shop that had
burned down. Falsely associated the real owner with Trump's brand of racism.

oh, what a big, beautiful, photo-op and propaganda recording session, at Kenasha for Trump!
A Potemkin facade is prettier than the real thing, and lies are even better than the truth in
Trumpie world- Bonus- it aggravates the Libs! Free headlines! Controversy!

The fraud, the liar, speaks up for Trump-

“I just appreciate President Trump coming today, everybody here does."
“We’re so thankful we got the federal troops here."
"Once they got here, things did calm down quite a bit.”

“A day earlier would have saved his store,” President Trump responded.

The fraud, the liar, brought a stage prop of his own to Trump's party-
was a small poster of a black & white photograph of the shop-
flourescent tube lights are seen through the stores windows.

bodysong comment- It was not his fucking store.

This is what the real current owner said-

“I think he (Trump) needs to bring this country together rather than divide it.”

“I think there’s a lot of good people in this community
and to say that only law enforcement is correct is not
the message we need to hear right now."

Complete opposite messaging from Trump's corrupted liar.

Tonight on @tmj4 News at 10...

The owner of a damaged business refused to appear with @POTUS.

So who is the guy he posed with and called the store's "owner?"@BenJordan3
exposes some photo-op deception at 10pm.

(pic)
— Steve Chamraz (@TMJ4Steve) September 2, 2020

TMJ4 News reached out to the White House to ask why President Trump claimed
the business still belonged to the former owner, but we haven’t heard back yet.
TMJ4 was unable to reach Rode for comment.

“John Rode III, owner of Rode's Camera Shop,” Trump said while introducing the man.

Gram and Willette are co-owners of 2020 Rode's Camera Shop, and have been for eight years.

https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-new...dent-trump-photo-op-former-owner-replaces-him

 

[bodysong]

The point of Trump's trip to Kenosha ? Make headlines- stimulate his base.

Crooks and Liars noticed-

A man’s business has just been destroyed, his entire livelihood burned to the ground.
a week later he gets a call from the White House, asking him to be in their photo-op
for President Shit-for-brains. Still traumatized, he respectfully declines to participate
in their circus. Now he finds out they went ahead with their photo-op anyway, using
the former owner as a stand-in.

There are no limits with Trump.

"A Kenosha business owner is accusing President Donald Trump of using his destroyed
store for political gain."

Gram said he got a call Monday from the White House asking if he’d join the president
on a tour that would showcase his leveled business, but Gram immediately refused.

“I think everything he does turns into a circus and I just didn’t want to be involved in it,”
Gram said.

To Gram’s surprise, he watched on TV as the president showed up with the store’s
former owner and President Trump made it seem like the store was still his.

Kenosha Business Owner Declines Trump Photo-op

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/09/kenosha-business-owner-declines-trump

 

[bodysong]

bodysong comment-When I look at Trump talking in front of the camera, or a pic of Trump-
I find myself asking this question- What am I looking at ?

In this instance, I was looking at a pic, of a man holding up a pic, for the news photographer.

Funny enough, my eyes were lying to me, because someone decided to lie.
"Believe me, or the lies of your eye?" How about neither, and seek the truth
in the media, the journalists, and recent history ?

Feeling sympathy for someone that did not actually lose their business.
Then, again, there has been some evidence, that Trump's base has been doing
some looting and burning, of their own. If not inciting it, and taking part in
the destructive acts. Some of our more subversive American elements have
been caught cornering innocent, naive activists that lean to politics of the Left,
and trying to subvert the Left by using a criminal arsehole to mislead them
into bad shit.Thank goodness for American free speech and journalism.

Dirty and evil arseholes in positions of power, an old story.

There is a joke attached to Trump's reality TV attempt at grabbing some spotlight from Kenosha-

"OMG. Legit Crises Actors"
- @nyinla2121

Almost amusing, considering how attached Trump's fellow conspiracy theory fans are,
to imagining "crisis actors" involved in any major crisis headline.

Are there any shreds of truth attached to the pic ?

The corrupted liar still owns the land that the photography shop sits on.
(why-the-fuck did he ruin the reputation of the business, if he collected on the lease ?)
Trump just promised money to rebuild and restart, from the fire.

The family business that existed before 2012, had a hundred year anniversary back in 2011.
Sold to 2 people that had worked there for ages, in 2012.

Of course, Associated Press claims ownership of their version, that is repeated ad infinitum.

"...the White House statement about the business was made Wednesday, not Tuesday."

https://www.wistv.com/2020/09/02/owner-burned-business-accuses-trump-misleading-public/

Daily Kos provided a link to tmj4 TV local Kenosha "Trump's Kenosha camera shop lie
is a symbol of how far he'll go to deceive us"- Donald Trump can’t even visit a burned-
out business without lying about it.

One of Wonkettes saracastic sweethearts-

Liz Dye
Twitter › 5DollarFeminist

The former owner agreed to pretend to be the current owner of a burned down toy store
for Trump’s Kenosha photo op. Who does that????

(link to tmj4 TV)

14 hours ago

oopsie, Liz made a slight boo-boo
but, still

This little slice of entirely rotted elk flesh is tied in with Trump's election campaign efforts.
Covered with MAGAggots, and steadily issuing forth odors and liquids.

 

[bodysong]

Daniel Thompson, the former digital editor at Kenosha News,
the only full-time Black staff member at the Kenosha paper.

The Kenosha News newspaper made a decision about BLM coverage in Kenosha.
without him.

AMY GOODMAN:

Daniel, welcome to Democracy Now! Explain what happened. Why did you quit?

DANIEL THOMPSON:

There was one speaker that did give the quote that Kenosha News put in the headline.
And honestly, right when it happened, you could tell that a lot of people in the crowd
didn’t agree with it. And my personal opinion is that speaker should have never been
there."...event itself was very peaceful."* It was beautiful. I mean, I had pictures of
children, Amish and Mennonite children playing with each other there. There was a
child that was helping to hold a peace sign banner with me, that I didn’t even know.
They just wanted to help hold a banner, so I let them hold a banner with me.
And even Mr. Blake’s father had called for a night of peace across thenation.
And a lot of the speakers did that.

*(BLM Rally on Saturday following the police shooting of Jacob Blake)

AMY GOODMAN:
So, just to say that the headline itself that the Kenosha News ran was
“Kenosha speaker (one of many speakers at the Kenosha BLM rally:
'If you kill one of us, it's time for us to kill one of yours.’

DANIEL THOMPSON:

"...when I realized it was a story about the event I was at, that’s when I contacted my boss."

I was pretty livid, immediately. And I had screenshot it, circled it and sent it to not only
my boss — my former boss, Bob Heisse, but also two of the reporting staff, just to let
them know. And by that point, I was already talking myself down from just quitting.
Bob Heisse defended it ( headline- 'If you kill one of us, it's time for us to kill one of yours.’)

"...when I got that response, it was almost immediate. I mean, it was a 20-minute
time period between me contacting him initially and me sending my letter of resignation."

AMY GOODMAN:
So, they changed the headline to “Kenosha speaker strays from message at rally,”
but the online article still included only the video of that speaker’s remarks, and
the video’s caption still is the previous headline


DANIEL THOMPSON:
I don’t think the situation happened out of any malicious intent. I think it was simply
ignorance and a lack of diversity or diverse voices that were part of the decision.

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/2/daniel_thompson_kenosha_news_jacob_blake

bodysong comment- Just one person, and this person does not speak for the majority,
of hundreds of people present, but that is who gets the headline- and the majority
does not get their message across. Is it because the boss wanted the most sensationalist
and shocking, to get instant attention ?

 

[rae121452]

i'm sorry but i saw the film of trump arriving for kenosha. wolf was there in a light colored pair of pants with very pronounced vpl (visible penis line). and it was well worth looking at. after he gets booted from the white house that cocksucker has a big time future in gay porn.

 

[bodysong]

Americans executed in public by police officers

September 5, 2020

Protests continued in the nation’s capital Saturday for Deon Kay, a young Black man
fatally shot by D.C. police earlier this week

Saturday outside the police station, a series of speakers — including community organizers,
activists and teachers — repeated these demands. Near the end, Kay’s aunt, Marie Kay,
rose to address the crowd, saying she believes her nephew threw away his gun when he
saw police because he was afraid.

She said the 18-year-old had played with guns before, but “never hurt no one.”

“This ain’t adding up,” Marie Kay said. “Justice needs to be done.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...2a910e-eed6-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html

DC Police Release Bodycam Footage Showing Moment Deon Kay Was Killed by Cop

The Daily Beast

DCist ✓
Twitter › DCist

Members of the city's new police reform commission accused MPD Chief Newsham
of trying to "vilify" Deon Kay, who was killed by a police officer.

1 hour ago

A day of protests continues at the 7th District Police Station after the police killing of 18-year-old Deon Kay.

(link to DCist)

Spit hood used to execute American citizen in public western New York

Daniel Prude: video released of police using 'spit hood' on black man who died of asphyxiation

NY Times

video released of police body camera video
a Rochester police officer puts a hood over the head of Daniel Prude,
on March 23, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y.

September 4, 2020

At least 7 police officers suspended in Rochester, N.Y., after release of video
showing hood placed on Black man who later died

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/03/rochester-police-video-daniel-prude/

Daniel Prude died March 30 after he was taken off life support, seven days
after the encounter with police in Rochester.

Video:

Pro-Trump Counterprotesters Received NYPD Escort Before Driving Through BLM March

Gothamist ✓
Twitter › Gothamist

Black Lives Matter Protesters Hit By Driver In Times Square Attack Come Forward
To File Police Report

(link to Gothamist)

7 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

bodysong comment- When I look at Trump talking in front of the camera,
or a pic of Trump-I find myself asking this question-
What am I looking at ?

I have forgotten to add election campaign ads made by members of the Trump alliance.
Most of what promotes Trump's campaign is propaganda. What is unclear, is why Trump's
tech bros steal other people's work.

Some suggest that the Trump campaign is broke-

September 4, 2020

On Thursday, records filed with the Federal Communications Commission by Phoenix-
area television stations showed that the Trump campaign cancelled all of its ads between
Sept. 8 and Sept. 14. The air time totaled approximately $580,000 in the Phoenix media
market, which includes most of the state except for the areas surrounding Tucson and
Yuma.

https://www.azmirror.com/2020/09/04/trump-campaign-going-dark-in-arizona-cancels-planned-tv-blitz/

Trump campaign went dark during its convention week, pulling all TV advertising
from the airwaves.

My latest: The Trump campaign has canceled it's Phoenix TV ads next week --
and they may not resume until early October

— Jim Small (@JimSmall) September 4, 2020

September 4, 2020

- Greg Sargent

A new ad launched by President Trump’s campaign in Wisconsin

"...this ad may become a public relations problem for the Trump campaign."

Video images of the man and the girl appear to be owned by a French news organization
that is now strongly objecting to the way they were “taken out of their context” in the ad.

The news organization is also objecting to the use of the footage without permission,
demanding that it be taken down, and threatening legal action if it is not.


What’s more, the man in the ad — appears to be a big supporter of Joe Biden and Black
Lives Matter, and he is also strongly objecting to his inclusion.

The Trump ad in question shows the footage of the man and the little girl at around
the 17-second mark.

That footage appears to come from a news segment aired by France 24 about protests
in Minneapolis.

“France 24 was deeply disturbed when it discovered the unauthorized use in a campaign clip
of video images taken from a France 24 report shot during recent protests in Minneapolis.”

The France 24 segment also shows those people in a somewhat different light than their depiction in Trump’s ad-
which simplistically portrays them as belonging to the bright, pro-Trump portion,
in contrast to the dark, violent, Dante’s “Inferno”-esque Biden half.

The man in the ad is actually identified in the France 24 segment as Patrick Nailon.
In it, Nailon was prominently featured wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt and said
he had driven into Minneapolis to help with the cleanup.

By contrast, the ad used footage of him in a way that makes it borderline impossible
to see his Black Lives Matter T-shirt logo.

Nailon, who was tracked down by a Democratic operative, told me he strongly objects
to his inclusion in the ad and the black-and-white depiction it offered.

“I definitely feel used,” Nailon told me. “It’s disgusting that I’m a part of it.
They even kept from showing my full T-shirt. It was devious.”

Nailon added that the bifurcated depiction was also dishonest. “The devastation
was not created by people protesting the death of George Floyd,” he said.
“We’ve since learned that there were instigators who showed up.”

Nailon also insisted that the ad dishonestly represented the many people who had come
from all around the region to clean up, including many supporters of the protests.

“It mischaracterizes the people who were there that day,” Nailon told me.
“As if that somehow had to do with community that Donald Trump inspired in people.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...e-oddly-placed-footage-now-its-owner-may-sue/

 

[bodysong]

September 7, 2020

Rochester NY police S.W.A.T. squad on standby, Sunday night

The standard story about BLM protesters-

Two groups- daylight group is peaceful, and have clear vision of needed reform.
As a group, they have agreed to non-violence, and not to throw objects,

Second group is a free-for-all at night, and they are determined to wear the police forces down.
Respectful of fire fighters, the protesters moved out of the way to let them do their job, to put
out the little trash fires that they started in open areas, on tarmac, and concrete.

Protesters come to Rochester, New York’s third-largest city, to protest the public execution
of Daniel Prude. The police officers did not allow him to breathe, and he died.

Police have had the magical ability to arrest deranged white mass murderers, peacefully.
But, somehow lose that ability if an unarmed member of the minority community is ill.

Again, the police are insisting on pushing everything to extremes.

The government has funded and supplied war weapons to American police forces.
OWS protests were the testing and proving grounds of weapons used against Americans.

Protests against exploitation were peopled by citizens that could have joined the police force.
Yet, the police forces were willing to visit hatred, aggression, sadism, torture, on them.
OTOH, the police did not straight up execute OWS protesters in public. They maimed them.
The central OWS protests concerned massive amounts of people, Big Media was watching.
The law has since sorted out which weapons are humane & acceptable- Surprise! They kill.

 

[bodysong]

Kurt Eichenwald ✓
Twitter › kurteichenwald

Too may cops are poorly trained & violent. What are Americans supposed to do
when those who are assigned to protect us consider so many of us the enemy? ‘
He’s a small child’: Utah police shot a 13-year-old autistic boy after his mother
called 911 for help

(link to Washington Post)

6 hours ago

Salt Lake mayor promises ’swift’ investigation after police officer shoots 13-year-old boy

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announces updates to police policies,
during news conference at City Hall, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (image)

Salt Lake City’s mayor is promising a swift and transparent inquiry into the
police shooting of a juvenile Friday.

Police have not identified the person who was shot.

Family members said 13-year-old autistic boy Linden Cameron was shot several times.

No weapon was found Friday, and police did not reply to questions about the
shooting Monday morning. (Did the police lie about a weapon ?)

Linden Cameron suffered injuries to his shoulder, both ankles, intestines and bladder.

“Linden is 13 years old."

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/09/07/salt-lake-city-mayor/

In some Western, South West, and North West states, the police target
and victimize anyone that cannot bribe them, or benefit the police-
the wealthy communities buy protection and exceptional treatment.
The law system is more corrupt than ever, thanks to Senator
"Moscow Mitch" McConnell, and his effort to stack the courts
with judges that support White Supremacy and the domination
of America by corrupt Christian Evangelicals.

Miguel Trujillo:
To overcome racism we must face it

April 19, 2017

Trump is renewing his complaints about NFL players who kneel during the national
anthem. Players have been kneeling to protest racism and police brutality, particularly
toward people of color. Trump says the act is disrespectful and is hurting the game.

The Tribune

I would like to say that I’m surprised at the president’s recent move to end racial
sensitivity training.

Unfortunately, at this point, I’ve given up hope that he will ever attempt to understand
lived experiences other than his own.

As much as the current administration would like you to believe, critical race theory
(CRT) is not propaganda.

CRT states that racism is alive and well, being ever-present in our society.

But wait, if we live in a racist country, doesn’t that teach that the United States is evil?

This is one of the reasons stated by the administration for shutting down programs
that train people about race.

While it certainly doesn’t paint a rosy picture, this reflects reality.

CRT implores us to take the time to understand racism so we can make this country better.

A fight for social justice is a fight on behalf of America.

What if racism doesn’t exist, though?

People of color can be successful and white people can struggle, too.

While both of those things are true, that is not proof racism doesn’t exist.

For those white people who are struggling, we see you. .

In our school system, you will have teachers who understand and support
your culture, with 79% of teachers being white.

In our legal system, you are less likely to be incarcerated, with Black men six times
more likely to be incarcerated as white men. Even your life is expected to be longer,
with Black life expectancy about 3.5 years lower than that of whites. There are always
exceptions to these rules; the principals of CRT want to help us change the rules.

Removing training on race and racism is to deny the lived experience of millions.
It is to deny us the power to recognize our areas for growth. If anything, we need more
training on race, more awareness, more discussion. Acknowledgment is one of the first
towards action that could transform the USA into a place that is truly great for more
than just the elite.

If the fight against oppression is not American, then I don’t know what is.

- Miguel Trujillo

 

[bodysong]

As if Oregon did not have enough to deal with-

Oregon battles rapidly spreading wildfires, smoke, high winds

Oregon wildfires on Wednesday: Gov. Kate Brown says state could see largest losses ever

State Forester Peter Daugherty acknowledged “a heart-breaking number of homes
and businesses” have been lost in fires around the state in the last 48 hours, including
in some cases the homes of agency staff. The Forestry Department’s Lyons office "was
destroyed last evening,” Daugherty told board members.

https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-...housands-are-forced-to-flee-live-updates.html

This is what they get, instead of a state fair-

Hundreds of displaced people have poured into the Oregon State Fairgrounds over
the past two days. Shellshocked Oregonians packed the fairgrounds as Red Cross
volunteers gave people food and a counselor tried to help people who had escaped
the blazes hours earlier. Some drove their campers into the fairgrounds and others
set up tents or stayed in the shelter. Yes, the fire is killing people, and burning them.

California is still having problems-

LAist ✓
Twitter › LAist

Smoke advisories have been extended until tomorrow, at least.
It's recommended you stay indoors and avoid physical activity.

(link to LAist)

3 hours ago

Los Angeles Times ✓
Twitter › latimes

How a Pacific storm fueled lightning that sparked California's
biggest-ever fire season

(link LA Times)

28 minutes ago

Seattle is not having a normal day

Here was our forecast for today: It looked, uh, pretty much the same.
Fires continue to produce "significant smoke" across Washington state.
The smoke is atrocious in Central Washington. Smoke everywhere else
is mostly considered Moderate to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups.

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/20...sts-ted-cruz-4-supreme-court-as-a-distraction

 

[bodysong]

Axios ✓
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House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson has subpoenaed Chad Wolf
(Creepy Chad!) citing the acting DHS secretary's refusal to appear at a hearing next week
on global threats.

3 hours ago

Trump' temps do not seem to last in office for very long...


Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee

VS Acting (temp) Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf

Confirmation gets trickier for Trump Homeland Security pick

September 11, 2020

A whistleblower's complaint and a tight timeline are making it increasingly unlikely
that the Senate will confirm Chad Wolf as secretary of the Department of Homeland
Security before the election.

It was already going to be hard to secure a confirmation vote ahead of the Senate's
October recess even before the new allegations that Wolf and other DHS officials
sought to influence intelligence.

A subpoena was issued late Friday by the chairman of the House Homeland Security
Committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., to compel Wolf's testimony before the
panel, which is led by Democrats.

A Trump minion, sent to fetch a new minion-

The Senate's Homeland Security and/ Government Affairs Committee, headed by
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, may still pursue a hearing to consider
Wolf's nomination in the weeks ahead.

But the full Senate is unlikely to hold a confirmation vote before the election,
said two Republican aides granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations.

https://www.startribune.com/confirmation-gets-trickier-for-trump-homeland-security-pick/572384632/

September 11, 2020

House panel chairman issues subpoena to compel acting DHS secretary to testify

September 11, 2020

Thompson said that although DHS committed to Wolf testifying Sept. 17,
he “reneged on the commitment on September 8,” forcing him to issue
a subpoena.

Thompson said. “Mr. Wolf’s refusal to testify — thereby evading congressional oversight
at this critical time — is especially troubling given the serious matters facing the department
and the nation.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...b9dec2-f47c-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html

 

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No Due Process of Law, or Rights guaranteed by the Constitution of U.S. under Trump

Trump Openly Endorses Extrajudicial Killings of Suspects by Law Enforcement

Septemebr 13, 2020

Last night Judge Jeanine ran an interview with Donald Trump and Trump went
to his favorite topic, the need to put down all protests. But unlike his expressed
views on COVID,

Trump isn’t interested in putting down protests by asking everyone to come together
and calmly look at the problems. Instead, he endorsed extra-judicial killings and thereby
inciting the lone wolf radicals – on any side – to do the very thing he says he’s against.

He says “that’s the way it has to be” about a killing in Oregon.

Trump on a purported antifa sympathizer who allegedly killed someone in Portland
being killed by federal forces: "This guy was a violent criminal, and the US Marshals
killed him. And I'll tell you something — that's the way it has to be. There has to
be retribution."

(pic)

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 13, 2020

OTOH- Men that support Trump, and support the police use of deadly force against protester
, men that use weapons of war to commit mass murder, are comforted and coddled by police
- They are allowed to run away and escape, and to live to kill, again, by the very same police
forces.

 

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Trump encourages his civilian "pretend" role-playing militia goons, and this happens-


Rightwing Militia Creeps Holding Reporters At Gunpoint In Oregon

Wonkette

Facebook will remove from its platform false claims that the wildfires in Oregon
were deliberately started by certain groups

Fire marshal put on leave, resigns

The Oregon State Police on Saturday announced Fire Marshal Jim Walker had been
put on paid administrative leave. Then, later in the day, the state police announced
its superintendent had accepted a resignation offer from Walker.

The state police did not said why Walker was put on leave. But a source familiar
with the situation said Superintendent Travis Hampton had lost confidence and t
rust in Walker’s ability to manage the historic wildfires.

Oregon wildfires on Sunday: Level 1 evacuation notices for parts of Clackamas County
lifted as conditions improve

The blazes have scorched more than 1 million acres across Oregon, spanning from
the southern border to the coast and Clackamas County. That figure is about twice
the yearly average over each of the past 10 years.

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/202...lleged-thieves-of-generator-live-updates.html

And because some people will believe absolutely ANYTHING:
Law enforcement around the state were forced to push back against QAnon rumors
that Antifa was to blame for Oregon's forest fires.

(Help! My eyeballs are in serious danger of rolling out of my head!)

@conradjwilson spoke to law enforcement officers around the state about t
hese ridiculous rumors antifa started Oregon's wildfires.

Me paraphrasing their response:
Stop wasting precious public resources in a crisis with your Facebook freakouts.

(pic)

— Ryan Haas (@ryanjhaas) September 11, 2020

 

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No surprise, police officer's account conflicts directly with witness accounts

Smear the dead victim of a public execution, lie about the circumstances-
becoming standard procedure

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...367c1c-f37c-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html

September 13, 2020

Discussing the recent police killing of a self-described anti-fascist suspected of fatally
shooting a far-right activist in Portland, Oregon, President Donald Trump openly endorsed
extrajudicial executions in a Fox News interview Saturday, declaring that "there has to be
retribution."

"I put out, 'When are you going to go get him?' And the U.S. Marshals went in to get him,"
the president told Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, referring to Michael Forest Reinoehl.

"This guy was a violent criminal, and the U.S. Marshals killed him."

"And I'll tell you something—that's the way it has to be. "There has to be retribution."


Trump's comments came days after an ordained minister who lives in an apartment complex
near where Reinoehl was shot and killed by members of a law enforcement task force earlier
this month in Lacey, Washington said it was not at all clear that Reinoehl was armed when
police gunned him down.

Washington Post reported, the witness alleges that "Reinoehl was clutching a cellphone
and eating a gummy worm as he walked to his car... That's when officers opened fire
without first announcing themselves or trying to arrest him."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...-endorses-extrajudicial-killings-suspects-law

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/reinoehl-portland-antifa-killing-police/

"Every single member of the Senate who talks about the rule of law
needs to speak up, or forever hold their peace."

- Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

 

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L.A. deputies tackled and arrested a reporter. Her videos contradict their claims
about the incident.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/14/la-sheriffs-josie-huang-npr/

The incident occurred outside St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, where the two
deputies were being treated for gunshot wounds. Huang had just finished covering a
10 p.m. news conference by Sheriff Alex Villanueva and other department officials.

Navarro also said Huang "didn't have proper credentials," but she was clearly wearing
press credentials around her neck. A tweet from the Sheriff’s Department at 2:19 a.m.
Sunday includes a false claim that Huang did not identify herself as a journalist.
Huang told deputies at least five separate times that she was a reporter and KPCC
staffer in less than a minute, according to the recording.

Video from ABC7 shows at least five deputies pinning Huang to the pavement,
handcuffing her, and placing her in a patrol car. Huang’s phone fell to the ground
as she was being arrested, and deputies appear to have stepped on it multiple times
as it continued to record.

https://laist.com/latest/post/20200913/80222d039da6e2435bed1e10df36e367457cd4af

Los Angeles sheriff suddenly stops commenting after video reveals lies about reporter's arrest

September 14, 2020

A large group of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies violently arrested a reporter
doing her job on Saturday night, and then lied about what had happened.

The whole thing is on video, though, so once again we have rock-solid evidence
that police lie and should not be believed.


According to the the police, NPR and LAist reporter Josie Huang didn’t have press
credentials, didn’t identify herself as a reporter, and refused to leave an area when told
to do so.

In reality, Huang says she was wearing a lanyard with a press credential and the video
shows Huang backing away from police at their orders and repeatedly yelling
“I’m a reporter,” even as a group of deputies throw her violently to the ground,
ultimately arresting her and charging her with obstruction.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...er-video-reveals-lies-about-reporter-s-arrest

 

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Daniel Dale ✓
Twitter › ddale8

Trump says FBI director Christopher Wray’s definition of Antifa was absolutely incorrect.
(Wray correctly said it’s a movement or ideology, not a specific organization.)

2 hours ago

 

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Creepy Chad Wolf took the deal that Trump offered, and has pleased Trump exceedingly-
passed the gauntlet, and seeks to become a real, live, boy!

Will Creepy Chad shake his acting (temp ) status and become official ?

Trump Homeland Security pick denies intelligence meddling

Inquiry: "Sir, you are smeared with shit!

Creepy Chad: "No, no. That is just chocolate icing, and chocolate cake crumbs."

Inquiry: Sir, you stink! You are smearing the bench with excrement!

Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, testifying in a wide-ranging Senate
confirmation hearing, also rejected a separate allegation that he held back an
intelligence report on Russian disinformation that targeted former Vice President
Joe Biden

Both issues emerged early in the hearing as the Senate considers a nominee who has
been accused of politicizing the third largest department in the federal government
and has faced criticism over its handling of civil unrest, COVID-19 and immigration.

Wolf pushed back hard on claims, which included allegations that he sought to downplay
the threat posed by Russia and white supremacists, made by Brian Murphy, who was
a senior official with the intelligence division of the agency until the acting secretary
reassigned him in early August.

“It is patently false. It is a fabrication, completely,” Wolf told the committee.

The Report-

Wolf said he put a hold on the two-page document in July so that it could be “improved”
with additional context.

It’s not yet clear when the committee will vote on Wolf, who also drew praise from
Republican senators for sending agents to Portland, despite the opposition of local
officials, and from members on both sides for the work of the thousands of law
enforcement officers who work for DHS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...40d9c8-fdc6-11ea-b0e4-350e4e60cc91_story.html

After Mr. Wolf joined DHS, it began pumping millions of dollars into his wife's firm

Chad Wolf's wife's consulting firm got $6 million in DHS contracts the year after he joined agency

Wednesday, September 23 — the day of Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad
Wolf's confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate — NBC News reported that the consulting
firm where his wife, Hope Wolf, is an executive had been awarded more than $6 million
in contracts from DHS, according to the federal government website USA Spending.

"Wolf's wife, Hope Wolf, is vice president of professional staff operations at Berkeley
Research Group, a consulting firm

DHS gave more than $6 million in contracts to the firm that employs acting
secretary Chad Wolf’s wife as an executive: report

https://www.alternet.org/2020/09/dh...etary-chad-wolfs-wife-as-an-executive-report/

 

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September 24, 2020

- Gabe OrtÃ*z

Chad Wolf should not be secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

During his brief, two-hour Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, the
unlawfully appointed acting secretary yet again lied under oath in his attempt
to maintain power—and about one of the most inhumane and cruel acts of this
administration.

Questioned by U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada on the beginnings of the policy
that would eventually lead to the state-sanctioned kidnapping of thousands of
children, Unlawful Chad quickly became defensive, claiming to her that
“it was not my memo” and pointing to his former boss, then-Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen.
“That was not my portfolio, it was not my issue set at that time,” he continued.
But internal documents have already easily debunked Unlawful Chad’s claim:
He was an architect of family separation.

Human rights organization issues 'rare call' for halt to unlawfully appointed
Chad Wolf's nomination

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...th-about-his-role-in-family-separation-policy


Daily Kos ✓
Twitter › dailykos

Unlawfully appointed Chad Wolf yet again lied under oath
about his role in family separation policy

(link to Daily Kos)

2 hours ago

 

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Sep 24, 2020

Portland protest of Breonna Taylor grand jury decision prompts ‘riot’ declaration

It was the first time police have declared a riot since Sept. 5, 2020

Officers in riot gear were deployed, and someone threw a Molotov cocktail
that hit an officer in the foot. A medic extinguished the flames.

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland...s-riot-declaration-arrests-key-takeaways.html

Thirteen Portland protesters were arrested last night during a demonstration in response
to the Kentucky grand jury that exonerated the officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor.
Federal officers joined Portland Police in using munitions and physical violence to disperse
the demonstration.

https://www.portlandmercury.com/blo...ed-vaccines-and-how-cops-get-away-with-murder

Portland Man Charged With Attempted Murder Following Fiery Protest

He’s a 23-year-old homeless ex-Marine who suffers from schizophrenia,
according to court documents.

His arrest follows a protest where a rioter threw at least one Molotov cocktail
into the ranks of Portland police, burning one officer's foot.

Records show he has at least one assault conviction in Georgia.

He is being held on a $525,000 bail.

He is one of two people charged with possession of a destructive device
after last night's protest/

https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2...ith-attempted-murder-following-fiery-protest/

 

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According to the News & Observer, the protest was organized by a group called
"DurhamBurn" that told demonstrators to meet at CCB Plaza at 7 p.m. Wednesday
for "JUSTICE FOR BREONNA."

Durham's protest was relatively small, just 50 people, according to ABC 11.
Windows were smashed at about 40 businesses, including at the former
Harold Sun building and offices on Blackwell Street.

There wasn't any looting, Police Chief C. J. Davis said at a press conference
this morning, but DPD headquarters was spray-painted with the words
"revenge" and "burn it down."

https://indyweek.com/news/durham/downtown-durham-businesses-vandalized-white-co-opt-breonna-taylor/

 

[KeithD]

There's nothing noble about "just a little bit of vandalism."

 

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September 24, 2020

Authorities are expecting another tense stretch in Portland.

(...)

“western chauvinist” group that the FBI has said has ties to white nationalism —
are expected to arrive in the City of Roses and engage in clashes with local activists.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...56169e-fea4-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html

Union protections that shield police officers from timely investigation,
legal standards that give them the benefit of the doubt, and a tendency
to take officers at their word have added up to few convictions and little
prison time for officers who kill.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/us/police-killings-prosecution-charges.html

Portland Parks Denies Permit for Planned Proud Boys Rally in North Portland

The city's correspondence with the organizer of the Proud Boys rally shows the permit
was withheld in part because of the crowd size listed in the application: 20,000 people.

The maximum size of gathering the city will permit in the pandemic is 50 people.

Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese said the crowd size was estimated in a law
enforcement briefing at 1,000 to 3,000 people.

That crowd size would still be among the largest gatherings of conservative protesters
in Portland since the election of President Donald Trump. Such gatherings have rarely
attracted more than a few hundred people.

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/202...r-planned-proud-boys-rally-in-north-portland/


City Commissioner Amanda Fritz said the rally of right-wing groups would
violate social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(...)

Leftist groups, including some from Seattle, plan to gather in Peninsula Park,
3 miles away, despite pleas from elected officials to stay home.

Black Lives Matter protesters do not request permits for their events.
The Proud Boys apparently did.

It remains unclear whether the permit denial will mean Portland police will clear
the Proud Boys from Delta Park. Police have regularly allowed protest groups to
assemble without permits. And two other law enforcement agencies rejected a
request from Portland police to assist with crowd control at Saturday's events,
citing Mayor Ted Wheeler's ban on tear gas.

https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/09/...-call-on-oregon-officials-to-denounce-hatred/