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Kellyanne Conway’s husband warns of Trump’s mental health by tweeting out info on psychiatric disorders

George Conway, the husband of Trump White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, once again sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump’s mental health — and tweeted out a possible diagnosis for a psychiatric disorder.

Conway began his Monday morning by warning fellow anti-Trump conservative Ana Navarro to not see Trump’s latest crazed tweets as part of a grand strategy to manipulate and distract — rather, Conway said, we should “consider them as a product of his pathologies, and they make perfect sense.”

George Conway@gtconway3d

Don’t assume that the things he says and does are part of a rational plan or strategy, because they seldom are. Consider them as a product of his pathologies, and they make perfect sense.

Ana Navarro-Cárdenas

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Trump has tweeted and retweeted 28 times today….and counting. It’s almost as if he’s trying to distract and pre-empt. Dear Bob Mueller, anything you’d like to share?

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To give his followers an idea of what he was talking about, Conway then tweeted out information about Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which is defined by individuals who exhibit “a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), a constant need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.”

View the complete March 18 article by Brad Reed of Raw Story on the AlterNet website here.

Republican Matt Gaetz threatens Cohen over ‘girlfriends’ on eve of testimony

Rep. Matt Gaetz takes a selfie with President Donald Trump after Trump’s State of the Union address in Washington D.C., on Jan. 30, 2018. Credit:: Tom Williams, CQ Roll Call, Getty Images

The Florida congressman asked Cohen on Twitter, ‘Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends?’

Rep. Matt Gaetz appeared to openly intimidate President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen less than 24 hours before Cohen publicly testifies against his old boss in the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

“Hey @MichaelCohen212 – Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot…” the Florida Republican tweeted Tuesday afternoon.

Hey @MichaelCohen212 – Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot…

— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) February 26, 2019

Cohen is expected to testify before two separate House committees this week that Trump directed him to commit multiple crimes. They include sending illegal hush payments to two of the president’s former mistresses, and lying to Congress about the timeline of negotiations for a Trump Tower in Moscow.

View the complete February 26 article by Griffin Connolly on The Roll Call website here.

Trump violated the Constitution when he blocked his critics on Twitter, a federal judge rules

The following article by Brian Fung and Hamza Shaban was posted on the Washington Post website May 23, 2018:

A federal judge in New York ruled on May 23 that President Trump may not block Twitter users, because it violates their right to free speech. (Reuters)

President Trump’s decision to block his Twitter followers for their political views is a violation of the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying that Trump’s effort to silence his critics is not permissible because the digital space in which he engages with constituents is a public forum.

The ruling rejects administration arguments that the First Amendment does not apply to Trump in this case because he was acting as a private individual. In a 75-page decision, Judge Naomi Buchwald said Trump, as a federal official, is not exempt from constitutional obligations to refrain from “viewpoint discrimination.” Continue reading “Trump violated the Constitution when he blocked his critics on Twitter, a federal judge rules”

Cornered Trump unravels before breakfast: Attacks Comey, Hillary, Mueller

The following article by Caroline Orr was posted on the ShareBlue.com website April 15, 2018:

Trump fired off tweets every 10-15 minutes for an hour and a half this morning.

Credit: AP Photo/Steve Helber

Apparently angry that bombing Syria didn’t make the country forget about his scandals, Trump woke up Sunday morning and promptly took to Twitter to tweet out his rage.

Starting at 7:42 a.m., Trump fired off tweets every 10-15 minutes for nearly an hour and a half, lashing out at everyone from former FBI Director James Comey and special counsel Robert Mueller to Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the “Fake News” media, and the DNC.

It was a busy morning. Continue reading “Cornered Trump unravels before breakfast: Attacks Comey, Hillary, Mueller”

House Democrats Are Trying to Reveal 1,000 New Russian Troll Accounts

The following article by Ben Collins and Spencer Ackerman was posted on the Daily Beast website January 25, 2018:

The release of the 1,062 accounts could shine light on how significant Russia’s influence campaign was in the run-up to Donald Trump’s victory.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ELIZABETH BROCKWAY/THE DAILY BEAST

More than 1,000 now-deleted Twitter accounts attributed by the company to a Kremlin-connected troll farm are now in the hands of legislators investigating Russian interference in the 2016 elections. For the second time in three months, it’s unclear if the public will know if the inflammatory strangers they—and potentially members of the Trump campaign—retweeted and liked were actually Russian imposters.

Twitter revealed late last Friday that it had found 1,062 new accounts controlled or created by St. Petersburg’s infamous Internet Research Agency. That brings the total imposter Twitter accounts discovered by the company thus far up to 3,814. Continue reading “House Democrats Are Trying to Reveal 1,000 New Russian Troll Accounts”

People On Twitter Tell Trump No One In Norway Wants To Come To His ‘Shithole Country’

The following article by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman was posted on the Huffington Post website January 11, 2018:

After President Donald Trump made racist remarks lamenting immigrants coming from “shithole countries” like Haiti and nations in Africa rather than from Norway, people on Twitter, including some actually from Norway, were quick to remark that, for many Norwegians, America may seem to be a bit of a shithole.

At a meeting with lawmakers in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump called Haiti and African nations “shithole countries” while arguing against restoring protections for immigrants from those regions. Continue reading “People On Twitter Tell Trump No One In Norway Wants To Come To His ‘Shithole Country’”

Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments

The following article by Jesse Drucker was posted on the New York Times website November 5, 2017:

Leaked files show that a state-controlled bank in Moscow helped to fuel Yuri Milner’s ascent in Silicon Valley, where the Russia investigation has put tech companies under scrutiny.

Yuri Milner, right, speaks next to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at an announcement for the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at Genentech Hall on UCSF’s Mission Bay campus in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

In the fall of 2010, the Russian billionaire investor Yuri Milner took the stage for a Q. and A. at a technology conference in San Francisco. Mr. Milner, whose holdings have included major stakes in Facebook and Twitter, is known for expounding on everything from the future of social media to the frontiers of space travel. But when someone asked a question that had swirled around his Silicon Valley ascent — Who were his investors? — he did not answer, turning repeatedly to the moderator with a look of incomprehension.

Now, leaked documents examined by The New York Times offer a partial answer: Behind Mr. Milner’s investments in Facebook and Twitter were hundreds of millions of dollars from the Kremlin.

Obscured by a maze of offshore shell companies, the Twitter investment was backed by VTB, a Russian state-controlled bank often used for politically strategic deals. Continue reading “Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments”

Russian content on Facebook, Google and Twitter reached far more users than companies first disclosed, congressional testimony says

The following article by Craig Timberg and Elizabeth Dwoskin was posted on the Washington Post website October 30, 2017:

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Facebook plans to tell lawmakers on Tuesday that 126 million of its users may have seen content produced and circulated by Russian operatives, many times more than the company had previously disclosed about the reach of the online influence campaign targeting American voters.

The company previously reported that an estimated 10 million users had seen ads bought by Russian-controlled accounts and pages. But Facebook has been silent regarding the spread of free content despite independent researchers suggesting that it was seen by far more users than the ads were.

Tuesday’s planned disclosure, contained in draft company testimony obtained by The Washington Post ahead of three Capitol Hill hearings this week, comes as Facebook and other tech giants face mounting pressure to fully investigate the Russian campaign to influence American voters and reveal their findings to the public. Continue reading “Russian content on Facebook, Google and Twitter reached far more users than companies first disclosed, congressional testimony says”

CNN broke news in the Russia probe. Roger Stone’s resulting rant got him yanked off Twitter.

The following article by Avi Selk was posted on the Washington Post website October 29, 2017:

Roger Stone, one of President Trump’s former campaign advisers and a longtime Republican operative, was suspended from Twitter after tweeting insults and attacks against CNN anchor Don Lemon and New York Times columnist Charles Blow on Oct. 27. (Reuters)

Roger Stone didn’t tweet anything worse at CNN’s Don Lemon than he has said to someone else before.

“Piece of s—,” Stone wrote to the anchor mid-rant on Friday night, after CNN told viewers of an indictment in an investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 election, which Stone helped President Trump win.

But Stone has said that to many on Twitter — most recently Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), whom he called a “closeted piece of s—” in September. Continue reading “CNN broke news in the Russia probe. Roger Stone’s resulting rant got him yanked off Twitter.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar pushes for transparency in Google, Facebook, Twitter political ads

The following article by Maya Rao was posted on the Star Tribune website October 19, 2017:

The stronger proposed disclosure rules from Minnesota’s Klobuchar and colleagues are aimed at diluting Russian interference in elections.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., left, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speak about online political ads and preventing foreign interference in U.S. elections, during a news conference, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WASHINGTON – Sen. Amy Klobuchar and a group of fellow U.S. senators are proposing stronger disclosure rules for paid political ads on sites like Facebook, Google and Twitter, in an effort to prevent covert foreign influence of American elections.

The legislation they unveiled Thursday follows revelations that Russian interests bought online ads during the 2016 presidential campaign, which are not subject to the same disclosure requirements of radio and TV ads. It’s a loophole that’s grown wider as more voters primarily get information online, and the senators said they would push to enact a law before the 2018 midterm elections.

“This exposes a national security vulnerability when it comes to online ads, a space where our laws have failed to keep up with technology,” Klobuchar said at a news conference. She is sponsoring the measure along with Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee; and Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who chairs the Armed Services Committee. Continue reading “Sen. Amy Klobuchar pushes for transparency in Google, Facebook, Twitter political ads”