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Don't matter how true it is just go out and vote democrat/BLUE WAVE. Thats all that matters. SMH
just like those smart enough to get ahead are looked down on by those not smart enough to know whos for them or whos against them.
 
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pompeo-meets-saudi-crown-prince

Pompeo Yucks It Up With Saudi Crown Prince As Missing Writer Probe Intensifies

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo enjoyed a jovial greeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday morning upon meeting with the Saudi leader and his father to discuss the disappearance of the presumed-murdered Washington Post writer.

Pompeo reportedly thanked the crown prince for his “commitment to supporting a thorough, transparent and timely investigation” into Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance. Pompeo was sent to Saudi Arabia to meet with officials after the Turkish government claimed it had audio and video evidence that Khashoggi was killed and dismembered by Saudi officials.

The Saudis have flatly denied the allegations. After President Trump spoke with the Saudi king on Monday, the President floated the idea that “rogue killers” could be responsible for the journalist’s death.

As Saudi and Turkish officials launched a joint-probe of Khashoggi’s disappearance on Monday, reports surfaced that Saudi officials may be preparing to admit Khashoggi was accidentally killed during a botched interrogation.

 
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/world-news/police-evidence-saudi-consulate-jamal-khashoggi-killed

Official: Police Found Evidence In Saudi Consulate That Writer Was Killed There

ISTANBUL (AP) — A high-level Turkish official says police have found “certain evidence” during their search of the Saudi Consulate showing that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there.

The official did not provide details on the evidence that was recovered during the hourslong search at the diplomatic mission that ended early Tuesday.

The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation.

Turkish officials say Saudi agents killed and dismembered the writer at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Saudi Arabia previously called the allegation “baseless,” but U.S. media reports suggest the Saudis may soon acknowledge Khashoggi was killed there, perhaps as part of a botched interrogation.
 
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-raises-100m-breaks-precedent-early-fundraising

Trump Tops $100M For Own Reelection, Breaks Precedent With Early Fundraising

President Donald Trump has raked in more than $100 million dollars for his 2020 reelection race, much of which comes from a coalition of dedicated small-scale donors, according to a Monday Washington Post report.

Not only is the sum staggering, it is largely unprecedented. According to the Campaign Finance Institute, Trump is the first president since Ronald Reagan to start fundraising for reelection so early. Trump started collecting contributions almost immediately after he won the 2016 election.

Per the Washington Post, some of the money has been spent on legal fees to the firm representing Trump’s campaign in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, and some has been given to Republican candidates in the midterms.
 
https://politics.myajc.com/news/sta...-bus-taking-them-vote/42lZxIGOF1uFo637TEc9jP/

Black senior citizens ordered off Georgia bus taking them to vote


By Mark Niesse - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution



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The Black Voters Matter bus has been traveling across Georgia to encourage residents to vote in the upcoming election. Photo credit: Black Voters Matter.
Posted: 4:28 p.m. Tuesday, October 16, 2018



Government officials in an east Georgia county told about 40 African-American senior citizens to get off a bus taking them to vote Monday, leading to complaints of voter suppression.

The bus, run by the group Black Voters Matter, was preparing to depart from a senior center operated by Jefferson County when the center’s director said they needed to disembark, said LaTosha Brown, a co-founder of Black Voters Matter.

A county clerk had called the senior center raising concerns about allowing the bus to take residents from the senior center in the city of Louisville, south of Augusta.

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THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Jefferson County Administrator Adam Brett said in a statement that the county government considered the transporting of African-American senior citizens to ... Read More
“We knew it was an intimidation tactic,” Brown said Tuesday. “It was really unnecessary. These are grown people.”
The senior citizens agreed to get off the bus and cast their ballots later. Monday was the first day of in-person early voting in Georgia in the election for governor between Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp.
https://politics.myajc.com/news/sta...s-thrown-out-gwinnett/azdOsCxX2X6mT8PTrgZlJI/
Jefferson County’s administrator said Tuesday that the county government considered the event at the senior center “political activity,” which isn’t allowed during county-sponsored events.

Black Voters Matter is a nonpartisan group encouraging African-Americans to vote in the election, but the county government considered the event political because Jefferson County Democratic Party Chairwoman Diane Evans helped organize it, County Administrator Adam Brett said in a statement.

“Jefferson County administration felt uncomfortable with allowing senior center patrons to leave the facility in a bus with an unknown third party,” Brett said. “No seniors at the Jefferson County senior center were denied their right to vote.”

ThinkProgress, a progressive news website, first reported the incident Monday.

Black Voters Matter had received permission in advance for the event at the senior center, Brown said. The event was originally intended to encourage seniors to vote, and when some of the seniors asked whether they could ride the bus to an early-voting location, Black Voters Matter agreed to take them.

But someone apparently saw the bus, painted with the words “The South is Rising Tour,” and called county government offices, Brown said. That led to the phone call from the county clerk to the senior center. When they were asked, the senior citizens agreed to leave the bus.

“It was discouraging that they weren’t able to vote,” said Evans, who was on the bus. “When they’re suppressing votes, they’re going to come up with any kind of excuse about what your problem is.”

Evans said the event wasn’t political, nor did its organizers advocate for any candidates. Evans said she helped coordinate the event in her capacity as a private citizen, pastor and community leader, not as the chairwoman of the county’s Democratic Party.

During the event, the senior citizens got excited about voting and they danced near the bus as “Say It Loud — I’m Black and Proud” by James Brown blasted through the speakers, Evans said.

After the seniors got off the bus, they were initially told they could ride in a county van provided by the senior center to go vote, Brown said. But then the seniors had to get off the van because the senior center’s leaders decided it was close to lunchtime, and the seniors could vote another day.

Jefferson County Commission Chairman Mitchell McGraw didn’t respond to an email seeking comment, and the senior citizens who were on the bus couldn’t immediately be located for comment Tuesday. The senior center’s staff routinely arranges public transit options for senior citizens to vote, Brett said.

Despite the obstacles, the senior citizens will find a way to cast their ballots, Brown said.

“The seniors were so resolved. They said: ‘We’re going to vote. Nobody’s going to stop us,’ ” Brown said. “It wasn’t the first time someone has denied them or tried to prevent them from voting.”
 
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-news-tucker-carlson-no-restaurants-gets-yelled-at

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson: I Don’t Eat Out Anymore ‘Because I Get Yelled At’
Kate Riga

Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Monday that he “can’t really go to a lot of restaurants anymore” because he gets “yelled at,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

“I don’t feel threatened, but having someone scream, ‘Fuck you!’ at a restaurant, it just wrecks your meal,” he said on a National Review podcast released Monday.

“I can’t wait for this revolution to end, so I can go back out to dinner,” he added.
 
https://politics.myajc.com/news/sta...-bus-taking-them-vote/42lZxIGOF1uFo637TEc9jP/

Black senior citizens ordered off Georgia bus taking them to vote


By Mark Niesse - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution



black%20voters%20matter%20bus-2.JPG

The Black Voters Matter bus has been traveling across Georgia to encourage residents to vote in the upcoming election. Photo credit: Black Voters Matter.
Posted: 4:28 p.m. Tuesday, October 16, 2018



Government officials in an east Georgia county told about 40 African-American senior citizens to get off a bus taking them to vote Monday, leading to complaints of voter suppression.

The bus, run by the group Black Voters Matter, was preparing to depart from a senior center operated by Jefferson County when the center’s director said they needed to disembark, said LaTosha Brown, a co-founder of Black Voters Matter.

A county clerk had called the senior center raising concerns about allowing the bus to take residents from the senior center in the city of Louisville, south of Augusta.

+
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Jefferson County Administrator Adam Brett said in a statement that the county government considered the transporting of African-American senior citizens to ... Read More
“We knew it was an intimidation tactic,” Brown said Tuesday. “It was really unnecessary. These are grown people.”
The senior citizens agreed to get off the bus and cast their ballots later. Monday was the first day of in-person early voting in Georgia in the election for governor between Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp.
Jefferson County’s administrator said Tuesday that the county government considered the event at the senior center “political activity,” which isn’t allowed during county-sponsored events.

Black Voters Matter is a nonpartisan group encouraging African-Americans to vote in the election, but the county government considered the event political because Jefferson County Democratic Party Chairwoman Diane Evans helped organize it, County Administrator Adam Brett said in a statement.

“Jefferson County administration felt uncomfortable with allowing senior center patrons to leave the facility in a bus with an unknown third party,” Brett said. “No seniors at the Jefferson County senior center were denied their right to vote.”

ThinkProgress, a progressive news website, first reported the incident Monday.

Black Voters Matter had received permission in advance for the event at the senior center, Brown said. The event was originally intended to encourage seniors to vote, and when some of the seniors asked whether they could ride the bus to an early-voting location, Black Voters Matter agreed to take them.

But someone apparently saw the bus, painted with the words “The South is Rising Tour,” and called county government offices, Brown said. That led to the phone call from the county clerk to the senior center. When they were asked, the senior citizens agreed to leave the bus.

“It was discouraging that they weren’t able to vote,” said Evans, who was on the bus. “When they’re suppressing votes, they’re going to come up with any kind of excuse about what your problem is.”

Evans said the event wasn’t political, nor did its organizers advocate for any candidates. Evans said she helped coordinate the event in her capacity as a private citizen, pastor and community leader, not as the chairwoman of the county’s Democratic Party.

During the event, the senior citizens got excited about voting and they danced near the bus as “Say It Loud — I’m Black and Proud” by James Brown blasted through the speakers, Evans said.

After the seniors got off the bus, they were initially told they could ride in a county van provided by the senior center to go vote, Brown said. But then the seniors had to get off the van because the senior center’s leaders decided it was close to lunchtime, and the seniors could vote another day.

Jefferson County Commission Chairman Mitchell McGraw didn’t respond to an email seeking comment, and the senior citizens who were on the bus couldn’t immediately be located for comment Tuesday. The senior center’s staff routinely arranges public transit options for senior citizens to vote, Brett said.

Despite the obstacles, the senior citizens will find a way to cast their ballots, Brown said.

“The seniors were so resolved. They said: ‘We’re going to vote. Nobody’s going to stop us,’ ” Brown said. “It wasn’t the first time someone has denied them or tried to prevent them from voting.”


KEEP...GOING! No matter what.

Don't let these muthafuccas stop us from voting
 
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