BENEATH THE OFFICE

More than 200,000 people sign petition to rename Trump Tower's street after Barack Obama

Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition to rename a one-block stretch of Fifth Avenue in New York City after former President Barack Obama. That particular block also happens to be the home of Trump Tower.

"We request the New York City Mayor and City Council do the same by renaming a block of Fifth Avenue after the former president whose many accomplishments include: saving our nation from the Great Recession; serving two completely scandal-free terms in office; and taking out Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind September 11th, which killed over 3,000 New Yorkers," creator Elizabeth Rowin wrote.

The petition requests that all buildings between 56th and 57th Streets on Fifth Avenue change their addresses. If the campaign is successful, Trump Tower's new address would read: "725 President Barack H. Obama Avenue, New York, NY 10022."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tower-nyc-address-obama-avenue-petition-more-than-200000-signatures-rename-5th-avenue-president-barack-obama/

Why You Shouldn't Trust Anthony Scaramucci's Criticism Of Donald Trump

Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci now says Republicans should support someone other than Trump in 2020.

Lawrence O’Donnell explains why you should be skeptical of the former Trump supporter's claim and talks with Bill Weld, the only Republican who is already challenging Trump in the GOP primary.

Don Jr. Accidentally Admits He’s The Dumb Trump Brother

Donald Trump, Jr. rushed in to get a zinger on Chris Cuomo after the CNN host’s viral rant against a man showed up on social media.

But, in his zest to take down Cuomo, Donald Jr. accidentally admitted that he is, in fact, the dumb brother to Eric.

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins talks about Junior’s brilliant self-own, as well as Cuomo’s bizarre behavior.

https://twitter.com/donaldjtrumpjr/status/1161088827634704390?s=11

End Of Breitbart

Breitbart is tanking.

Cenk Uygur and Lindsey Ellefson, hosts of The Conversation, break it down.

Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Lindsey Ellefson

 Cast: Cenk Uygur, Lindsey Ellefson



https://www.thewrap.com/breitbart-news-audience-dropped-steve-bannon-72-percent/

If You're Buying Bang Energy Drink, You're Funding Donald Trump's Re-Election!

Jesse Dollemore shares a word of caution to those of you who may buy and drink Bang Energy drinks.

Jack & Meg Owoc gave $250,000.00 to an America First PAC which is run by Linda McMahon.

Both Jack and Meg are total MAGA cult members who have plastered their social media with photos of them with the Trumps and other far right-wing nut jobs.

WHO WILL TURN ON HIM NEXT? Scaramucci Calls for a Republican to Primary Donald Trump in 2020

Let's talk about Anthony Scaramucci and the comments he made in an interview with Axios... and then the CNN interview he did where he doubled down and even said Donald Trump is "disassembling" and "sounding more and more nonsensical.”

Could this be a sign of things to come?

Are Republicans finally starting to tire of Trump's flagrant disregard for decency?

Gun Talk

Former Mobster Says Bill Barr Made Secret Visit To Epstein’s Jail Before His Death

According to reports over the weekend, former mobster Lewis Kasman said that Attorney General Bill Barr made a secret visit to Epstein’s jail shortly before Epstein was found dead in his cell.

If this story is accurate, it will certainly ignite a whole new round of conspiracy theories, although they might have a little more credibility this time. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.



https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/bill-barr-allegedly-made-secret-visit-to-jail-before-epsteins-death-when-does-that-happen/

Trump Family Spreads Conspiracy Theory That Clinton Killed Epstein

Following the announcement of Jeffrey Epstein’s death while in federal custody, Donald Trump retweeted a conspiracy theory claiming that Bill Clinton may have had Epstein killed.

Here’s the only problem with that theory – the most damning information that had started to trickle out was about Trump, not Clinton, and the resident received a flurry of bad Epstein news just hours before his death. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.



https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/11/politics/jeffrey-epstein-trump-conspiracy-theory-clintons/index.html

Scaramucci Turns On Trump After Bitter Twitter Attacks

Former Trump Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci has always been a loyal servant to Donald Trump, even after leaving office after just 10 days.

But those good old days are over, and Trump lashed out at Scaramucci over the weekend for criticizing him, prompting a bitter feud between the two.

Scaramucci now says that Republicans should run anybody but Trump in 2020. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.



https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/456997-scaramucci-fires-back-at-trump-he-will-turn-on-everyone-and-then

Elie Mystal: 'This Is What Happens When You Have A Government That Nobody Can Trust'

Above the Law's Elie Mystal weighs in on the damage that Trump and his "stooge" William Barr are doing to our institutions.



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Former Republican Lawmaker Tells America To Vote EVERY Republican Out Of Office

Former Republican Representative David Jolly has some advice for the American public: Vote every single Republican out of office in the next election.

Jolly didn’t mince words during an interview earlier this week where he made those comments, and he’s 100% correct about how to fix this country.

Republicans are standing in the way of progress on so many issues, and the only way to move forward is to leave them behind. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-jolly-beat-republicans-gun-control_n_5d49199de4b01ae816c79bbb

Jeffrey Epstein Commits Suicide At Manhattan Jail

Mr. Epstein, the financier indicted on sex trafficking charges last month, hanged himself and his body was found this morning.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-suicide.html

Chris Hayes Is Electric In Rant Against Trump

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Ring Is Teaching Cops How To Obtain Doorbell Camera Footage Without A Warrant

To be part of your local law enforcement's surveillance network, all you need is a little tech from Amazon. Amazon's Ring doorbell/camera is being handed out to cops, who can then give them to citizens with the implication the recipients of this corporate/government largesse will deliver recordings upon request.

Every Ring installed is another contributor to this ad hoc network of cameras -- something both cops and Amazon have access to. Amazon is looking to corner two markets at one time, roping in both the public and private sectors with an eye on dominating both. The added bonus -- at least as far as Amazon is concerned -- is its Neighbors app. Neighbors allows people to report suspicious things to other neighbors, as well as law enforcement.

Unsurprisingly, early adopters have tended to report the existence of brown people in their neighborhoods more often than anything else.

The whole process is guided by Amazon's heavy hand. Government agencies participating in the Ring handouts are given talking points, pre-written press releases, and contractual obligations to promote the product they're giving away. Recently-obtained documents show Amazon has even crafted scripts for police officers and press relations staff to use when questioned by citizens.

But there's even more to this partnership than everything you see above. Lucas Ropek of GovTech reports cops have an Amazon-enabled workaround if Ring recipients aren't willing to turn over footage without a warrant.

If the community member doesn’t want to supply a Ring video that seems vital to a local law enforcement investigation, police can contact Amazon, which will then essentially “subpoena” the video.

“If we ask within 60 days of the recording and as long as it’s been uploaded to the cloud, then Ring can take it out of the cloud and send it to us legally so that we can use it as part of our investigation,” [Fresno County Sheriff's Office public information officer Tony Botti] said.

So much for asserting your rights. The only way to shut law enforcement out completely and demand they actually get a warrant supported by probable cause is to store all recordings locally. (It appears only a subpoena is needed to obtain footage from Amazon.) Very few people will be taking those steps. And, as Tony Botti points out, most people "play ball" and allow cops to collect footage without a warrant.

If the implicit obligation of "repaying" a government agency for giving you a free doorbell camera isn't persuasive enough, Amazon is crafting scripts for law enforcement to use to talk people out of their Constitutional rights. Thanks to even more public document requests, the pitches are now public. Caroline Haskins has more details at Motherboard.

Emails obtained from police department in Maywood, NJ—and emails from the police department of Bloomfield, NJ, which were also posted by Wired—show that Ring coaches police on how to obtain footage. The company provides cops with templates for requesting footage, which they do not need a court warrant to do. Ring suggests cops post often on Neighbors, Ring’s free “neighborhood watch” app, where Ring camera owners have the option of sharing their camera footage.

"I have noticed you have been posting alerts and receiving feedback from the community,” a Ring representative told Bloomfield police. “You are doing a great job interacting with them and that will be critical in increasing the opt-in rate.”

“The more users you have, the more useful the information you can collect,” the representative added.

“Seems like you wasted no time sending out your video Request out to Ring Users which is awesome!!” a Ring “Partner Success Associate” told Maywood police.

This guidance is supposed to create a perverse circle of life that ditches Constitutional niceties in favor of keeping cops awash in doorbell footage and Amazon well ahead of the pack in the doorbell camera market.

Ring's PR partners encourage law enforcement agencies to increase their social media presence. (There are scripts for that as well.) While engaging with local residents, agencies should also be pushing the Neighbors app. This gives cops more credits to trade in for more cameras to give to more people. Everyone receiving a camera is nudged by the app to post footage publicly. Cops will be online more often to encourage further sharing of recordings.

Once this feedback loop is engaged, people will be nudged towards thinking there are no legal barriers between police officers and their camera footage. When the cops ask for footage they haven't seen yet, homeowners will likely feel there's no difference between posting footage to Neighbors or handing it over to law enforcement.

While many people do install security cameras at their homes, they seldom do so with the intent of becoming an unofficial extension of a government agency's surveillance network. The pitches and scripted pushes accompanying the Ring rollout suggest Amazon believes this is nothing more than the evolution of snitch tech. It has repeatedly shown it prefers to ingratiate itself to government agencies at the expense of the millions of customers who helped it become the retail behemoth it is.

And those are the people Amazon is leaving behind in its quest to dominate a market very few consumers wanted to see it entering.

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Takedown Of Rich Brat Tucker Carlson & His Lie About The Threat Of Violent White Supremacists Being A Hoax!

Join Jesse Dollemore as he corrects Tucker Carlson's propaganda about the actual serious threat posed by radicalized racist white supremacist terrorists in the United States.

He reads from joint Homeland Security Department/Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence briefings & Government Accountability Office threat assessments. Also included is brief sworn testimony from Director of the FBI Christopher Wray.



Sources:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/8/6/20754828/el-paso-shooting-white-supremacy-rise

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/04/el-paso-shooting-white-nationalist-supremacy-violence-christchurch -

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/04/white-nationalists-praise-el-paso-attack-and-mock-dead

McConnell On Stage At Fancy Farm Picnic As Crowd Chants "Moscow Mitch"

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell jabbed at political rivals on stage at the Fancy Farm Picnic in rural Graves County, Kentucky, on August 3 before a crowd divided by party line - with Republican supporters on one side and jeering Democrats on the other, the latter chanting "Moscow Mitch."

 Kentucky Democrats are capitalizing on the viral nickname following criticism over McConnell's blocking of legislation designed to protect the political system against a foreign attack.

Video by WKMS News

Moscow Mitch Makes Headlines // Malcolm Nance - AM Joy MSNBC

Joy Reid hosts Malcolm & panel to consider why Republican Senate leader, Mitch McConnell, refuses to condemn Russian interference in American politics.

Cowardly Republicans Hide From Media After Weekend Violence

CNN had a hard time finding Republicans willing to come on their network on Sunday morning, and things only got worse over the next 24 hours.

According to the network, only ONE Republican out of 50 that they asked was willing to talk to them about the events that transpired over the weekend, showing how truly cowardly the Republicans are in this time of crisis. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.



Stunning cowardice: CNN says 49 of 50 Republicans contacted refused to discuss mass shootings on-air