🇺🇸 **Irma becomes strongest Atlantic hurricane outside Gulf and Caribbean ever recorded**
<https://archive.is/XS9q0>

Irma spun into a monster storm Tuesday morning with sustained winds topping 180 mph, becoming the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded outside the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, National Hurricane Center forecasters said in their 11 a.m. advisory.

As the hurricane churns closer to the U.S. coast, its path becomes more certain, with South Florida, particularly the Keys, increasingly likely to take a hit. Tropical storm force winds could arrive as early as Friday. Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency for all 67 counties and has all 7,000 members of the state’s National Guard to report to duty on Friday.
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🇺🇸 **Al Franken will use Senate blue-slip tradition to block Trump judiciary nominee**
<https://archive.is/8R9fB>

Sen. Al Franken said Tuesday that he will use an arcane Senate tradition to try to derail one of President Trump’s appeals court nominees, marking an escalation in what has become a nasty fight over the shape of the federal judiciary.

Mr. Franken said __he is objecting because Judge Stras looks to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the late Justice Antonin Scalia as role models.__

*“I am concerned that a nominee nurtured by such an ideology would likely seek to impose it on the litigants before him,”* Mr. Franken said in a press release announcing his decision.
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🇺🇸 **Charlottesville votes to remove Stonewall Jackson statue**
<https://archive.is/iw3W6>

The Charlottesville City Council in Virginia voted unanimously Tuesday night to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson from a public park.

The vote would also expedite the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at Emancipation Park, which was at the center of protests last month that turned deadly when a reported Nazi sympathizer plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters.

Tuesday’s vote comes amid a heated national debate, renewed by the Charlottesville protests, concerning Confederate-era monuments and art.
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🇺🇸 **CNN Pulled Investigative Team Off Trump-Russia Coverage**
<https://archive.is/Qm9aJ>

CNN executives explicitly told their investigative team to stop looking into potential ties between the Trump administration and Russia following a series of high profile reporting errors led that to the resignation of three journalists in June.

CNN’s president, Jeffrey A. Zucker, led an investigation into the mishap and found that the story, written by Pulitzer finalist Thomas Frank, was published over the concerns of CNN’s legal team. The investigation revealed that key aspects of Frank’s reporting were based on one source, who expressed trepidation with how the information was presented before the story went to print, a fact Frank failed to relay to his colleagues.

Despite the retraction, CNN has never said the story was incorrect. The network merely states that it *“did not meet CNN’s editorial standards.”*
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🇸🇾 **US-led coalition violated intl law in Syria by failing to protect civilians – UN report**
<https://archive.is/cSx1E>

The UN Syria Commission released a report saying it is “gravely concerned” about the impact of international airstrikes in the war-torn country, adding that US-led forces failed to take proper precautions to protect civilians during an attack in Aleppo.

*“The Commission is gravely concerned about the impact of international coalition airstrikes on civilians,”* the report states. It goes on to cite the March 2017 incident in Al-Jinah, Aleppo, in which *“forces of the United States of America failed to take all feasible precautions to protect civilians and civilian objects when attacking a mosque, in violation of international humanitarian law.”*

It also mentions the situation in Raqqa, in which the *“ongoing Syrian Democratic Forces and international coalition offensive to repel [Islamic State or IS, formerly ISIS] has displaced over 190,000 persons, and coalition airstrikes have reportedly resulted in significant numbers of civilians killed and injured.”* It added that investigations are ongoing.
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**Steve Bannon on 60 Minutes: ‘No Room in American Society’ for the KKK and White Nationalists**
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/07/steve-bannon-on-60-minutes-no-room-in-american-society-for-the-kkk-and-white-nationalists/

- gotta disavow em all

Former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon believes that Americans should shun white nationalists, Neo-Nazis, and the KKK.
He explained his position during an interview with CBS anchor Charlie Rose, while defending President Donald Trump’s response to the protests in Charlottesville.

“[T]he Neo-Nazis and Neo-Confederates and the Klan, who, by the way, are absolutely awful – there’s no room in American politics for that,” Bannon said. “There’s no room in American society for that.”

Bannon continued that Trump was taking a position of support for the First Amendment, and defending Confederate monuments as part of national heritage.

“All Donald Trump was saying is, ‘Where does it end? Does it end in taking down the Washington Monument? Does it end in taking down Mount Rushmore? Does it end at taking Churchill’s bust out of the Oval Office?’” he said.

Bannon said that Trump’s critics in the administration should have defended the president, instead of trying to distance themselves from his position.

“I was proud to come out and try to defend President Trump in the media that day,” he said.
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**‘You Have Nothing to Worry About’ — Nancy Pelosi Prompts Donald Trump Tweet to DACA Illegals**
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/07/you-have-nothing-to-worry-about-nancy-pelosi-prompts-donald-trump-tweet-to-daca-illegals/

- WTF i hate trump now?
- Politico reported that Pelosi called Trump to reassure that DACA's dindu nuffins
- NYT (Haberman) reported that Trump called Pelosi
- :thonkang:

President Donald Trump continued to signal support for illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children who received executive amnesty from former President Obama’s DACA program.

“For all of those (DACA) that are concerned about your status during the 6 month period, you have nothing to worry about – No action!” Trump wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

Politico reporter Heather Caygle noted on Twitter that a source told her that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called Trump to ask him to tweet the message of hope for DACA kids.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman offered further illumination about Pelosi’s role in Trump’s message.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed to White House reporters that Trump did speak with Pelosi as well as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan.


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**Stephen Colbert Falsely Claims Trump Didn’t Meet ‘Single Storm Victim’ During Texas Visit**
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/09/06/stephen-colbert-falsely-claims-trump-didnt-meet-single-storm-victim-texas-visit/

- JERONOMO KKKRUMPH

Late Show host Stephen Colbert ripped President Donald Trump for his response to Hurricane Harvey during his Tuesday night monologue — but incorrectly claimed that the president had not met with a “single” victim of the devastating storm during his visits to flood-ravaged Texas this month.

“It was a presidential trip to a deluged state where the president didn’t meet a single storm victim, see an inch of rain or get near a flooded street,” Colbert said. “He’s been closer to a flood in a Russian hotel room,” the CBS host added.

But as The Hill points out, the report Colbert referred to came from Trump’s first visit to Texas on August 29, when he visited Corpus Christi, so as to avoid impeding relief efforts in Houston. The president conducted a briefing on the storm at the Annaville Fire Department as hundreds of Texans lined the street, chanting pro-Trump slogans including “Texas Strong!” and “We love Trump!”

Colbert’s turn into anti-Trump criticism has propelled CBS’ Late Show, which struggled in the ratings during its early days, over NBC’s more fun-and-games-oriented Late Night Starring Jimmy Fallon.


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**Credit reporting firm Equifax says data breach could potentially affect 143 million US consumers**
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/07/credit-reporting-firm-equifax-says-cybersecurity-incident-could-potentially-affect-143-million-us-consumers.html

- Check your credit/bank report

Equifax, which supplies credit information and other information services, said Thursday that a data breach could have potentially affected 143 million consumers in the United States.

Equifax said it discovered the breach on July 29. "Criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files," the company said.

Equifax said in a statement that the three executives sold a "small percentage" of their shares on Tuesday, August 1, and Wednesday, August 2, adding they "had no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at the time they sold their shares."

The company said the exposed data include names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and some driver's license numbers, all of which Equifax aims to protect for its customers.


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🇺🇸 **Hurricane Irma forecast to strike Florida Keys as Category 5**
<https://archive.is/lVxpj>

Hurricane Irma is now forecast to hit the Florida Keys as a Category 5 storm.

Meteorologists expect Irma to make landfall in the Keys between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. ET on Sunday. Overnight projections of Irma's path showed less of a threat to the Carolinas as the monster storm appeared likely to move directly up the middle of Florida and curve inland.

*"Obviously Hurricane Irma continues to be a threat that is going to devastate the United States,"* Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), said at a press conference Friday morning. *"We're going to have a couple rough days."*
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**Several Antifa Members Arrested After Assaulting Police Officers During Portland ‘Protest’**
http://breaking911.com/new-several-antifa-members-arrested-assaulting-police-officers-portland-protest/

- boi

On Sunday, September 10, 2017, seven people were arrested during multiple protests and a permitted march held in Downtown Portland. The protest events and march were held in Terry Schrunk Plaza, Waterfront Park and roadways in the downtown area over the course of several hours.

The intent of law enforcement today was to provide a safe environment for all participants, non-participants, and community members while ensuring the peaceful exercise of the First Amendment.

Portland Stands United Against Hate (PSUAH) held a peaceful assembly and march that started and concluded at Terry Schrunk Plaza.

Fresh take

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🇺🇸 **Debt Tops $20 Trillion for First Time; Jumps $317,645,000,000 in 1 Day**
<https://archive.is/zvujW>

The federal debt officially surpassed $20 trillion for the first time on Friday, as the debt subject to the legal limit set by Congress jumped $317,645,000,000 in one day--following President Donald Trump's signing of a spending-and-debt-limit deal that will fund the government through Dec. 8.

At the close of business on Thursday, Sept. 7, according to the Daily Treasury Statement for Friday, the total debt of the federal government was $19,844,587,000,000 and the portion of it subject to the legal limit set by Congress was $19,808,747,000. After President Trump signed the legislation suspending the debt limit, the total debt immediately jumped to $20,162,177,000,000 and the portion of it subject to the limit jumped to $20,126,392,000,000, according to the Daily Treasury Statement for Sept. 8, 2017.
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🇺🇸 **Federal Judge Orders Probe Into Hillary Clinton Lawyers Over Destroyed Emails**
<https://archive.is/c5Qns>

A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the state bar to open investigations into three lawyers who allegedly deleted thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails.

Overruling lawyers representing the state, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Paul F. Harris Jr. said the complaints lodged against top Clinton lawyers David E. Kendall, Cheryl Mills and Heather Samuelson could not be dismissed as frivolous.

*“There are allegations of destroying evidence,”* Judge Harris said at a hearing on Monday. He said that investigations must be conducted if the allegations have merit.
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**Bungie apologizes and removes gauntlets from Destiny 2 due to similarity to KEK which is a "white supremacist symbol"**
https://twitter.com/Bungie/status/907648309740822528

- "It is not intentional"
- Kek status: topped

Salt mine for miners
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1432085

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🇨🇳 **Chinese banks stop taking North Korean money fearing US sanctions**
<https://archive.is/EmCAk>

China’s banks are reportedly beginning to take heed of US sanctions on North Korea. Several workers at branches of major Chinese banks close to the North Korean border told the BBC that they are no longer opening accounts for citizens of the country.

One Bank of China staff member said, *“all bank activities related to North Korea are suspended now because it is a sanctioned country”.*

Other workers at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China said they had stopped opening North Korean accounts months ago, with one reportedly saying the change followed an order from the People's Bank Of China, the country's central bank.
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**El Rato liked a porn vid**

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🇺🇸 **Trump punishes sanctuary countries, halts visas for nations that refuse to cooperate on deportations**
<https://archive.is/YPy0a>

The administration imposed visa sanctions Tuesday on four countries that have refused to cooperate in taking back their immigrants whom the U.S. wants to deport, making good on one of President Trump’s campaign promises.

State Department officials said the sanctions begin Wednesday, halting issuance of at least some categories of visas to would-be travelers from Cambodia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Eritrea.

*“The Secretary of State has ordered consular officers in Eritrea, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia to implement visa restrictions effective September 13, 2017,”* the department said in a statement provided to The Washington Times. *“The Secretary determined the categories of visa applicants subject to these restrictions on a country-by-country basis.”*
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🇷🇺 **Thousands evacuated from Moscow buildings as Russian cities inundated with bomb threats**
<https://archive.is/L9nA7>

Over 20 shopping centers, railway stations and universities had to be evacuated in Moscow, following warnings that they had been rigged with explosives. In total, 190 sites have been evacuated across 17 Russian cities after bomb threats, a security source told RIA news agency.

An epidemic of hoax bomb warnings has plagued Russia over the past week. Security services told the RIA news agency that over *45,000 people* were evacuated from public places in 22 Russian cities on Tuesday, adding that many of the calls appeared to have come from Ukraine.
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🇺🇸 **Stunning testimony: Voting machines can be hacked without a trace of evidence**
<https://archive.is/RkVbu>

The country’s voting machines are susceptible to hacking, which could be done in a way so that it leaves no fingerprints, making it impossible to know whether the outcome was changed, computer experts told President Trump’s voter integrity commission Tuesday.

He said hackers have myriad ways of attacking voting machines. *“You don’t want to rest the election of the president on, ‘Maybe the Wi-Fi was turned on when it shouldn’t have been.’”*

He and two other computer security experts said bar codes on ballots and smartphones in voting locations could give hackers a chance to rewrite results in ways that couldn’t be traceable, short of sampling of ballots or hand recounts — and those work only in cases where there’s a paper trail.
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<:trump:284711336934375425> **Amazon deletes one-star reviews of Hillary Clinton's new book**
<https://archive.is/ZJmVy>

Amazon has been monitoring and deleting reviews after Hillary Clinton's new book was greeted with a torrent of criticism on the day it was released.

Few of the one-star reviews remain on the website, but reports and screengrabs show that reviewers used the space to criticise the former First Lady and spread conspiracy theories about her and Bill Clinton.

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**'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli has bail revoked, heads to jail after Facebook post about Hillary Clinton's hair**
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-jail-20170913-story.html

- Shrekeli posted a 5 grand bounty on hilldawg's strand of hair for DNA, judge says violation of bond
- Gets jailed

A judge jailed former pharmaceuticals company CEO Martin Shkreli on Wednesday after finding that he violated his bail on a securities fraud conviction with a social media posting she agreed posed a threat to Hillary Clinton.

Defense attorneys had argued at a hearing in federal court in Brooklyn that the post by Shkreli, offering a $5,000 bounty to anyone who could grab him one of Clinton's hairs while she's on a book tour, was political satire. But U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto didn't see the humor, saying the offer could be taken seriously by fellow Clinton detractors.

The Clinton offer could be viewed as "a solicitation of an assault," the judge said before revoking Shkreli's $5 million bail.

"This is not protected by the First Amendment," the judge said. "... There's a risk that somebody may take him up on it."

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🇺🇸 **Democrats say they have deal with Trump on young immigrants**
<https://archive.is/bApcr>

The top House and Senate Democrats said Wednesday they had reached agreement with President Donald Trump to protect thousands of younger immigrants from deportation and fund some border security enhancements — not including Trump’s long-sought border wall.

The agreement, the latest instance of Trump ditching his own party to make common cause with the opposition, was announced by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi following a White House dinner that Republican lawmakers weren’t invited to attend.

It would enshrine protections for the nearly 800,000 immigrants brought illegally to this country as kids who had benefited from former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, which provided temporary work permits and shielded recipients from deportation.
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**WTF? I'm with #AmnestyDon now**

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