CNN has been criticized for airing a report which revealed that an Obama appointee would become president if Donald Trump was killed during an attack on the inauguration tomorrow.Entitled Disaster could put Obama cabinet member in Oval Office, the report admits that there is no specific threat targeting the inauguration, but goes on to speculate about “who would be in charge if an attack hit the incoming president….just as the transfer of power is underway”.An individual named the “designated presidential successor” will not attend the inauguration as a security precaution, “but it won’t be a Trump cabinet secretary….it will be an Obama appointee,” reports CNN.

The report emphasizes that “a president from the prior administration” will take power if there is an attack due to the fact that none of Trump’s cabinet secretaries have been confirmed yet.
According to CNN, the designated presidential successor is likely to be Tom Shannon, the Under Secretary For Political Affairs, and an Obama appointee.
The report teases the potential for an attack on the inauguration by asserting it would create “chaos” and “high theater,” before airing clips from ABC’s Designated Survivor show in which Kiefer Sutherland plays an obscure cabinet secretary who is “unexpectedly thrust into the presidency after an attack at the capitol during a State of the Union address.”
Given the huge number of death threats leveled at Trump – including one family friend of Hillary Clinton who was arrested after he threatened to assassinate Trump at the inauguration – is CNN irresponsible in drawing attention to this issue?
Respondents to the video on YouTube, which was heavily thumbed down, slammed CNN for almost encouraging a violent attack against Trump.
“Totally not suggesting anything here, huh CNN?” commented one.
“So leftist terrorists know who they need to take out, so that dems can stay in power? This is irresponsible journalism,” added another.
“I flagged this video as dangerous to the president elect, and that it might foment violence,” wrote another.
The charges are not without precedent. After Thomas DiMassimo tried to rush the stage to violently confront Trump during an event in Ohio last year, CNN gave him a platform to denounce Trump as a “bully”.

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President-elect Donald Trump is being urged by some advisers to save at least one dance, as he celebrates his inauguration on Friday night, for a very special Republican lady — Caitlyn Jenner.“It’s a brilliant idea,” a member of the incoming administration told me.Besides mollifying the LGBTQ community — wary of conservative Republicans in general, and of Trump in particular — dancing with Jenner could mend fences within the party.“Time heals all wounds,” one GOPer pointed out.Bruce Jenner was a stalwart Republican long before the parent of six (10 if you count stepkids) transitioned into Caitlyn.“The image of Trump dancing with Caitlyn would send a strong message that he supports gay rights and trans rights,” the Republican said. “A picture is worth a thousand tweets.”Jenner’s publicist said, “Can’t deal in hypotheticals. We’ll just have to wait and see.”Also among the throngs at the inauguration will be Rowanne Brewer Lane, who dated Trump in 1990, and blasted the New York Times in May for mischaracterizing their relationship.“They spun it to where it appeared negative. I did not have a negative experience with Donald Trump,” Brewer Lane said. “He never offended me in any way. He was very gracious.”

Source: Advisers urge Trump to dance with Caitlyn Jenner at inauguration | Page Six

If Donald Trump actually makes good on his promise to avoid military interventions against nation states he will be burnt at the stake. And the executioners will be well-known journalists, just as it was back in the late 1970s when Jimmy Carter was president.The former peanut farmer and unapologetic Christian from Georgia committed three capital crimes against the Empire.But first, some background…The reason Carter became president was because he represented a new vision for America based upon avoiding costly and unnecessary wars. The American public had become tired of foreign wars in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia as well as the Mainstream media lies that promoted and justified modern Imperial intervention. Our goal, they claimed, was to prevent Koala bear loving Australia from becoming the next domino to fall to Communism.Now to those crimes…When 52 Americans were captured in 1979 in Tehran and held hostage for more than a year, Carter did not unleash the full might of America’s military to free them and punish this insubordination and insult on the part of Iran. From the very beginning, the Mainstream Media went on the attack vilifying Carter for his inaction. Each day on the “Nightly News” viewers were greeted with an ominous and dire sounding voice-over declaring “AMERICA HELD HOSTAGE”. This was repeated more than 400 times! As the Brits would say “A bit over the top”. After all, I was an American and I personally never felt I was being hand-cuffed and blindfolded.Another transgression occurred when Carter was instrumental in reigning in the out of control CIA. He did this by prohibiting “the company” from assassinating foreign leaders. What a kill joy!  I remember listening to a talk show with veteran American journalists discussing the merits of Carter’s presidency when one participant declared that Carter was “too ethical to be president of the United States”. All of the journalists agreed. In Geopolitics there is no room for choir boys. Send in Rambo!Carter’s third crime had to do with the USSR. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, this “soft on Commies” president did not respond forcefully. Instead, he ordered a mostly symbolic boycott of the Olympics being held in Moscow in 1980. The most powerful military in the world was flabbergasted. For them, it was like having a Masserati in your garage and never taking it out for a spin.Fast forward to 2017 and the pre-emptive Media attacks on president-elect Trump.  It is clear that Donald Trump poses a real threat to the Military Industrial complex and they are already fighting back!
They are terrified that Trump may actually mean what he said during the campaign: to improve relations with Russia and perhaps even disengage from NATO. If carried through, this new foreign policy would rob the American military of its honor, glory and billions in profit. No more proxy wars.

This goes against American foreign policy Dogma and is nothing short of heresy – punishable by character assassination at the hands of the Mainstream Media Inquisition.

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Donald Trump is a one-man basket of deplorables. He is a braggart and a liar. He is a bully and a demagogue. He is an ignoramus and a deadbeat, a chiseler and either a sincere racist or an insincere one, and his love for himself is matched only by my loathing of him. He is about to be president of the United States. A constitutional coup may be in the offing. Since winning the election, Trump has not moderated his behavior. He still behaves like a brat — his childish tweet zinging Arnold Schwarzenegger for

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Glaude is the chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author of Democracy in Black.Televison ratings are a form of protest Trump might understandJanuary 20, 2017, will be a pivotal day in American history. Donald J. Trump, the people’s billionaire, will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. I do not expect the heavens to cry out or the four horsemen of the apocalypse to appear as he raises his right hand. Elections are what they are, and they often leave us with bad outcomes and questionable people. But I do believe his inauguration will signal a dramatic and dark shift in the direction of the country.That’s about as nice as I can put it. My mother, who lives on the coast of Mississippi and doesn’t talk politics often, says it more baldly: “the country is going straight to hell.”Trump will enter office with the lowest approval rating in four decades. In The Wall Street Journal, Janet Hook detailed the unprecedented opposition that awaits him after the inauguration. More than 200,000 women will march in Washington the day after he takes the oath of office. Progressives throughout the country are mobilizing to resist what they see, with every cabinet nomination and senseless tweet, as a radical attempt to undermine any substantive idea of the public good. Millions of dollars are flowing to grassroots and established organizations to resist Trumpism.

Source: Why You Shouldn’t Watch Donald Trump’s Inauguration on TV | TIME

A motorcycle group led by a South Carolina chainsaw artist will ride into the nation’s capital on Inauguration Day in support of the 45th President of the United States.Bikers for Trump, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts, will likely be toeing the line with protesters, who are also expected to be at the event.“The bikers are certainly used to being outnumbered and we are prepared to form a wall of meat,” Chris Cox, the founder of the organization, told the FOX Business Network.However, Cox said he doesn’t foresee any problems occurring during the event, especially after the group’s experience at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where police successfully maintained order between Trump’s supporters and protesters.“We’re anticipating a celebration here. We don’t anticipate any problems. We have a strict code of conduct where we don’t condone violence. But again in the event that we’re needed, you can certainly count on the Bikers for Trump,” Cox said.He added: “The backbone of the biker community is the veteran. So these are guys that aren’t really used to backing down. You certainly won’t see bikers out there screaming, calling for destruction of private property or the death of police officers.”Cox said he and other members of his group support the President-elect because he is not an establishment politician and also because of his outspoken nature on the issues that concern them most.“[The bikers looked for] someone who was going to stand up and call it what it is,” Cox explained. “Radical Islam is one of the biggest talking points of Bikers for Trump. Illegal immigration and one of our sweet spots is getting behind the American veteran. We believe it’s incumbent upon all who understand the value and the sacrifice of our servicemen and women that we are there for them. And we’ve got to change these policies now.”According to Cox, the bikers’ rally at John Marshall Park will begin “shortly after Donald Trump exits the stage to go into the Capitol. And it will end shortly before the parade on Pennsylvania Ave.”

Source: Bikers for Trump Ready to Stand up to Protesters | Fox Business

The U.S. Army general who heads the D.C. National Guard and is an integral part of overseeing the inauguration said Friday he will be removed from command effective Jan. 20 at 12:01 p.m., just as Donald Trump is sworn in as president. Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz’s departure will come in the midst of the presidential ceremony — classified as a national special security event — and while thousands of his troops are deployed to help protect the nation’s capital during an inauguration he has spent months helpi

Source: Head of D.C. National Guard to be removed from post in middle of inauguration – The Washington Post

New York may look like it’s booming, but the city’s finances are skating on thin ice, according to a report.The Fiscal Times put out a list of America’s large cities ranked by their fiscal stability — and New York came in ahead of only troubled Chicago.The Big Apple finished 115th on the list — even though revenue grew from $60 billion in 2009 to $81 billion in 2015 — because so much of its growth is dependent on a surging stock market and skyrocketing real-estate prices.Because the city has been spending so much, including on pensions, and has so much debt, a downturn could be disastrous.“A bear market could place the city in jeopardy,” the report said.The top city in the US was Irvine, Calif.

Source: NYC’s fiscal stability no sure thing | New York Post

It seems unlikely — but the idea’s been floating around for several days now, and so far she’s not rejecting it. For what it’s worth, Secretary Clinton, we’d love to see you run for mayor. New York City needs you.Yes, we were highly critical of Hillary Clinton in the runup to Election Day. But that was the race for the White House, where she offered a program far to the left of the nation’s center.Not so in New York, where she’d be dead-center in the city’s Democratic majority. Progressive, but not obsessed with proving it — nor with trying to use the mayoralty to become a national leader. Passionate for social justice, but not an ideologue who’ll stick by homeless or affordable-housing policies that are clearly failing.Above all else, she’d actually focus on doing the job. Clinton is a famously diligent worker — one who shows up on time and puts in the hours. And New York needs a mayor who’ll run herd on city government.The incumbent has handed the work of running the city off to one or two deputies, while he spends his time on politics and p.r. stunts. And it shows — in the details those overworked deputies let slip, like that Rivington Street nursing-home flip, and in the crises that go too long unacknowledged, from the Bronx outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease to the surge in street homelessness.Clinton is a fighter and a problem-solver. For eight years, she was a fine senator for this state, working relentlessly on 9/11 recovery and also for constituents in areas far from the media spotlight.Sure, she’d need to become a city resident, and spend months building ties to Gotham’s neighborhoods. But she’s hardly a stranger to the city, nor it to her.Nor does any local Democrat seem both willing and able to seriously challenge Mayor de Blasio for reelection — yet he needs to be challenged, indeed needs to be replaced.Plus, her national stature would bring serious benefits: She’d be a lot harder for Gov. Cuomo to bully than the current mayor — and tougher for Washington to ignore.Nor would she need to sell herself to the city’s special interests to win the job — another huge improvement over the incumbent.What’s in it for her? Well, her presidential run shows her appetite for continued public service. And while Gracie Mansion isn’t the White House, it’s no consolation prize: New York’s mayor is famously “the second-toughest job in America” — and you traditionally have your own foreign policy, too.While it’s not the glass ceiling she hoped to break, New York has never had a woman mayor. Isn’t it past time for that to change?

Source: New York City needs Hillary Clinton to run for mayor | New York Post

Run, Hillary, run — for mayor.Local Democratic activists said they would rally to Clinton’s side if she decided to take on Mayor de Blasio in a ­primary this year.“If Hillary entered the race, she would be the best candidate. I would support her because we need a change in New York City,” said Gregory Floyd, president of Teamsters Local 237.Floyd, who represents school safety officers and Housing Authority workers, has clashed repeatedly with City Hall over policy.“Hillary would be a better mayor than de Blasio. Every week we hear about investigations about fund-raising and city property being given away to real estate developers,” he said.Clinton captured 79 percent of the vote in the five boroughs during her failed November presidential run.The Rev. Patrick Young, pastor of First Baptist Church in East Elmhurst, Queens, said Clinton could make history by shattering the mayoral glass ceiling in Gotham.“Hillary would have been the first female president. She would be the first woman mayor in the history of New York City,” he said.“She would be better at working with people and engaging people. She would be a breath of fresh air. We have a cloud over our leadership right now.”The Rev. Johnny Green, pastor of Harlem’s Mount Neboh Baptist Church, said Clinton would have his vote.“Hillary over de Blasio. Anybody against de Blasio. De Blasio is a repeat offender when it comes to stupidity,” Green said.One de Blasio critic claimed de Blasio would be toast if Clinton runs.“I’m not sure she would have an opponent. De Blasio would have to drop out if she ran,” said former Mike Bloomberg campaign manager Bradley Tusk, who is hunting for a viable foe against the mayor.The Clinton-for-mayor rumors lit up social media.“Ummm, this may be the BEST news of 2017 yet!!! I’m fine with a pantsuit city,” ­Ladychampagneb posted on Instagram.Clinton allies are pushing talk of her possibly running for mayor to “torture” de Blasio for waiting so long to back Clinton in the presidential race, according to one Democratic Party official.“Trust me. People don’t forget,” said a Clinton Democratic National Committee delegate from New York.A source said Clinton did not discourage her backers from discussing a City Hall bid.“She wants to remain relevant,” the source said.

Source: Local Democrats practically begging Hillary to run for mayor | New York Post

At least 20 GOP Electoral College voters are considering voting against President-elect Donald Trump next week, according to a Harvard constitutional law professor who’s offering legal aid to “faithless electors” who betray their party.Harvard University Professor of Law and Leadership Larry Lessig did not offer evidence to support his claim. But, if true, the figure would put the anti-Trump movement’s goal of scuttling his election win much closer to becoming reality when 538 members of the Electoral College vote in their state capitals on Monday.“Obviously, whether an elector ultimately votes his or her conscious will depend in part upon whether there are enough doing the same,” Lessig told Politico. “We now believe there are more than half the number needed to change the result seriously considering making that vote.”On Monday, 10 members of the Electoral College – nine Democrats and one Republican – demanded an intelligence briefing on Russian interference in the presidential election. In a letter to the director of national intelligence, the electors said they wanted information on whether Trump and his associates have ties to Russia, saying the topic directly impacted the “core factors in our deliberations” as to whether Trump is fit for the White House.Chris Suprun, an outspoken critic of Trump, was the only GOP elector to sign the letter.Lessig, who briefly ran for president in 2016 as a Democrat, provides free and confidential legal support to electors wishing to exercise their “independent and nonpartisan judgment,” according to his website.“We will defend you against any fines or legal claims that might threaten the freedom of your vote,” the website reads. “If you are an Elector, we will also allow you to know how many others like you there are. How many, not who. Because we will never reveal any Elector’s views, to anyone, ever.”It’s unclear whether any of the electors considering voting against Trump live in states with laws that legally bind them to voting for the candidate who won the state’s popular vote or be replaced by an alternate with supports Trump. It’s also unclear whether any Republicans in those states who did not vote for Trump would actually be counted, although similar laws are now being challenged in court, Politico reports.Trump won 306 electors to win the presidency last month; Hillary Clinton took home 232. If all of those Republican electors vote for Trump, he will easily surpass the threshold of 270 needed to win the White House. But if 37 Republicans decided to vote against the president-elect, that would leave Trump one vote short at 269.Lessig told MSNBC that he’s confident there’s at least 20 “faithless electors” right now – and the number could grow.“There are a bunch of groups that are working to advise and support Republican electors who are interesting in exercising a constitutional freedom to vote their conscience,” Lessig said. “That freedom comes from the federal constitution … these are federal officials.”Lessig said he believes at least 37 GOP electors will ultimately decide not to back Trump, creating a “very interesting” dynamic. The number could already be as high as 30, he told MSNBC.“Our goal is to let the electors exercise their judgment, and what we believe is that at least 37 electors will make the judgment not to support Donald Trump,” he said. “And if that happens, then of course, it goes to the House and the House has to pick among the top three candidates.”In 1808, six Democratic-Republican electors rejected James Madison, the most ever to reject a presidential nominee.

Source: At least 20 electors could turn on Trump, Harvard prof claims | New York Post

Details of the sinister and sometimes cult-like atmosphere around the ‘artist’ who ran the Oakland warehouse can be revealed.Derick Ion Almena was in charge of the illegal enclave, described variously as a collective or a commune, where 36 died in Friday night’s devastating fire.He is facing a criminal investigation into the lead-up to the fire, which happened in a warehouse filled with junk and where Almena was raising his three children with his wife, Micah Allison.Now details can be disclosed of the power Almena exercised over those who lived in the space he illegally rented to them, to the extent that one described him as ‘a cult leader’.Almena, who appeared on NBC’s Today Show on Tuesday in a testy exchange with Matt Lauer in which he ranted about being ‘sorry’ but offered no explanations for the conditions in the warehouse, was accused of using threats of violence to get his way, and being able to flip from charming to threatening in a heartbeat.SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO

Source: Oakland warehouse organizer Derick Ion Almena’s ‘cult like life’ revealed | Daily Mail Online

The shock and anger over Donald Trump’s ascension to the White House has triggered a flood of calls on Twitter and other social media outlets for the president-elect to be assassinated — and authorities will investigate all threats deemed to be credible, The Post has learned.Trump met Thursday with President Obama in the Oval Office, with the Republican businessman calling the hour-plus session a “great honor.” Obama said they had an “excellent” and “wide-ranging” conversation, while urging all people to “now come together.”But that message of inclusion was apparently lost in social media circles, particularly Twitter, where a simple search can reveal dozens and dozens of calls to gun down the next leader of the free world. Some posts called for both Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to be assassinated, and there’s even an #AssassinateTrump hashtag.“Trump chose the literal worst case scenario as VP so nobody would try to impeach or assassinate him,” one user posted on Twitter.Another user wrote that the “only” remaining question after Tuesday’s historic and polarizing election is who will “assassinate” Trump, who will be inaugurated on Jan. 20. Some users even cited that date as a deadline for the assassination.Other postings called for users who used the inflammatory hashtag to be contacted by authorities.

Source: Assassination threats against Trump flood Twitter | New York Post