“I didn’t want to be in another period show that was covering the same old ground,” says Olivia Williams, who stars as snooty Lady Hamilton.
“I didn’t want to stand round talking about, ‘You can’t marry him, his
uncle is a butcher.’ I wanted to be in something dynamic.”
She adds: “The fact is, London was a diverse place in the war. That
was one of the big changes that everyone had to accept is that our vast
empire and the dregs of it meant that people from all over the world
were pulled into it and came and fought on our behalf, and many of them
passed through London and have remained largely unacknowledged for their
contribution.”
“I just thought it was a new angle I hadn’t seen. Where it accepted that there were different people in London even then.”
anakin was watching the opera with me and now he’s educating himself how precious is that
he keeps asking me all these questions about aspects of being
a sith and he’s like “so basically it’s about letting your anger and passion out
without being judged for it” and I was like yea and he was like “oh okay that’s
so simple why isn’t everyone a sith” it’s precious
He told CNN reporter Jim Acosta that CNN was “fake news” and refused to allow him to ask a question.
He stated that Buzzfeed would “suffer the consequences” for the dossier release claiming that Russia had blackmail material on Trump.
He did not answer about the conflicts of interest regarding Rex Tillerson and his son-in-law.
He did not answer a reporter who asked if his campaign had had any contact with Russia.
The threat to Buzzfeed sent a chill down my spine. I recognize that Buzzfeed hasn’t always been a particularly “hard news” organization, but it’s expanded and they do a fair amount of research for their news.
The question is, what exactly will be the consequences to news organizations that report things Trump don’t like? What exactly are the consequences of labeling major news organizations, like CNN, “fake news”?
The press have their faults and they have screwed up quite a bit over the last year–but we need them to question and scrutinize Trump. This is why the First Amendment was created, to protect journalists and writers who voice opposition to tyrants.
Your daily reminder. This is not normal. This is not okay. This is the textbook form of a dictator. Do not normalize this.
Fam, the whole Russian thing was literally a joke from 4chan and buzzfeed published it without any evidence + CNN used screenshots from Fallout 4 for their ‘hacking’ article. Like it or not Trump has the right to deny the question in that very same first amendment; this is basically the whole Podesta and Pizza Gate thing all over again except without any evidence. I don’t agree with everything Trump seas, but I’m tired of you guys freaking out for no reason when he has clear reasons to deny the question, especially with left leaning media has been accusing Russia with little evidence and believe it or not he’s trying to not go to war them.
The idea that the Russian Pissgate incident was a joke from 4chan is a boldfaced lie as I will demonstrate later and you’re right Trump has the right to deny answering the question but did you miss the part where he said they’d be sorry or are you just gonna ignore that that’s the real problem here?
On the note of the Russian Pissgate:
this is going to be long, but trust me, it’s worth reading. i’m not joking, parts of it sounds like it could be taken straight out of a detective novel, but it’s unfortunately very real, and while this is likely just the tip of the iceberg, it’s already shaping up the be the greatest political scandal in US history
on the 11th of January Buzzfeed published a 35 page long report they claimed were compiled by a former British agent, which contained intel on how Russia has compromising information about Trump [x]
this included a memo which said Russia allegedly has audio and video recordings of Trump making several sex workers perform “golden showers” (aka pissing on each other) in the presidential suite at the Ritz Carlton hotel, because Barack and Michelle Obama had previously stayed there
people were quick to call it fake news, and the alt-right neo nazi’s on 4chan took credit, claiming this was just an elaborate prank which they had been able to fool the CIA with
but plot twist: the report is real
it had fuck all to do with 4chan
not only is it real, it turns out the man behind it is Christopher Steele, a highly thought of and sought after ex-m16 agent [x]
the CIA, FBI, and the British government all regard him as a reliable source, and he’s considered as one of the single most well respected IC personnel on Russian affairs
Steele was hired by someone through a research and investigative firm in Washington by one of Trump’s republican opponents in the primary campaign (speculated to be Jeb Bush)
however, by the time Steele began his research, the primary was over. the original client dropped out, but he was later hired by a new (anonymous) democratic client
by July he had collected a significant amount of material
the material was based on Russian sources he deemed trustworthy, and unsurprisingly had nothing to do with 4chan (even if the alt-right neo nazi propaganda machine would like you to believe otherwise)
he delivered the report to his client, but also delivered a set to former colleagues in the FBI because of the gravity of its content
sometime this fall he asked the FBI for more information on the investigation, but he heard nothing back because instead of looking into the report, the FBI was obsessed with investigating Clinton’s emails
so Comey was well aware of the potential ties between Trump and Russian when he decided to fuck over Clinton 11 days before the election by announcing they had found more emails
Steele suspected there might be a cover-up in progress
frustrated by the FBI, Steele let himself be persuaded to share his findings with Washington editor of Mother Jones, who first reported on the existence of the report on the 31th of October [x] (this was before any of the 4chan posts were made)
several news outlets have confirmed that they already knew of the report back in October, and a journalist at the BBC were personally informed of the piss tapes by the the firm who hired Steele during the final week of the election campaign [x]
BBC decided not to publish the story, as they had no way to confirm it
however, the journalist later used an intermediary to pass questions to active duty CIA officers dealing with the case file
the CIA officers reply was: "more than one tape", “audio and video”, on “more than one date”, in “more than one place” – in the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow and also in St Petersburg – and that the material was “of a sexual nature”.”
McCain got his hands on the report as well, and dispatched a trusted emissary, a former US official, to meet Steele [x]
the meeting was like something taken out of a fucking detective novel, as the emissary was told to “look for a man with a copy of the Financial Times”
convinced by Steele and his excellent reputation, McCain arranged a one-on-one meeting with Comey on on the 9th of December, and handed over the report
McCain has later confirmed that the report published by Buzzfeed was the same report he was in contact with [x]
the CIA view these claims presented in Steele’s dossier as credible, which is why they ended up in an highly classified intelligence report on Russian interference given to both Trump and Obama [x]
Steele had nothing to gain by spreading false information
the former m16 agent is now currently in hiding, fearing for his life after he was outed as the agent behind the report [x]
even though the information in the report is unverified, and does likely contain errors (it’s human intel after all), Steele makes it clear through his own actions that he at least believes it’s true, as he’s the one who personally handed the report over to the FBI, and pushed for an investigation
I spoke to several staffers and asked if their bosses planned to join the growing list of senators voicing their opposition to Steve Bannon being on White House staff
Do you know what one of them asked me?
“Are you keeping a list of senators who don’t speak out?”
We can put pressure on these officials.
Organize an event, get some friends together, order a pizza for lunch and start making calls.
Call their state offices. And then call their DC offices.
Don’t send an email. Don’t write a letter. Call.
And if they say nothing, put them on a list. We will remember who they are and what they didn’t do.
Do this, CALL, and remember that Republican senators can absolutely be worked on, too. There’s already blowback against Bannon from some more old school conservatives.
This is my own short script, in case anyone wants it:
Hi, I’m phoning to urge Senator [NAME] to speak out against Steve Bannon’s unacceptable appointment as President-elect Trump’s top advisor. Bannon is an open and proud promoter of bigotry, including explicit neo-Nazi ideology, and clearly does not belong in any President’s administration. Where and when, if it’s not yet released, can constituents see Senator [NAME]’s statement condemning Bannon and this appointment?
(If you get resistance, ask where/when constituents can see the Senator’s statement regarding why it is acceptable for a President’s top advisor to be a proud promoter of bigotry, including explicit neo-Nazi ideology, because this isn’t an issue that can be ignored.)
Or do a quick search for [your state] representative/ senator. They likely have website with their number listed.
Oh my god thank you so much, I have such HORRIBLE phone anxiety but with folks providing scripts like this to help me know what to say to be most effective, the whole thing gets an awful lot easier.
The We’re His Problem Now Calling Sheet (Google doc) is an amazing resource for issue-specific scripts, tips and strategies, and contact information! A mind-boggling amount of work has gone into the sheets so roll your sleeves up and do some good.
The spreadsheet linked in the last reply got updated today, so it seems to be a fairly current thing going forward.
1. Trump fires all Ambassadors and Special Envoys, ordering them out by inauguration day.
2. House brings back the Holman rule allowing them to reduce an
individual civil service, SES positions, or political appointee’s salary
to $1, effectively firing them by amendment to any piece of
legislation. We now know why they wanted names and positions of people
in Energy and State.
3. Senate schedules 6 simultaneous hearings on cabinet nominees and triple-books
those hearings with Trump’s first press conference in months and an ACA
budget vote, effectively preventing any concentrated coverage or
protest.
4. House GOP expressly forbids the Congressional Budget
Office from reporting or tracking ANY costs related to the repeal of the
ACA.
5. Trump continues to throw the intelligence community under
the bus to protect Putin, despite the growing mountain of evidence that
the Russians deliberately interfered in our election.
6. Trump
breaks a central campaign promise to make Mexico pay for the wall by
asking Congress (in other words, us, the taxpayers) to pay for it.
7. Trump threatens Toyota over a new plant that was never coming to the US nor will take jobs out of the US.
8. House passes the REINS act, giving them veto power over any rules
enacted by any federal agency or department–for example, FDA or EPA
bans a drug or pesticide, Congress can overrule based on lobbyists not
science. Don’t like that endangered species designation, Congress kills
it.
We – progressive, liberal, libertarian and conservative – need
to all wake up to what is actually happening to our beloved country.
9. As of Jan 9, Trump has fired the NNSA nuclear safety overseers of our nuclear arsenal, leaving it unclear whether he intends to replace them. This is unprecedented because previous Presidents have always had a replacement ready beforehand. source / source / source
If only countless COUNTLESS people on every side of the political
spectrum had spent months constantly warning you people what a fucking
disaster a Trump presidency would be
Sebastian Stan was a child in Romania under Ceaușescu’s regime. When you grow up like that, you’re always looking out for the next dictator.
His face in the last gif. It physically pains me, it’s like my feelings about this whole year summed up in one gif.
Shut the fuck up, publicist. Your client has an authentic moment based on his real life, and you want to stop him because it’s off the safe, polished, boring script.
It was only on a halt, they never stopped the pipeline. What we have to understand … is that these devils are going to do whatever they want because they can and they want to. Doesn’t matter if its legal or illegal Even when we protest, and bring attention to the bullshit, they’ll find another way to do it. They waited for the attention to be taken away so they could continue. Can’t expect devils to have a change of heart in any situation, especially when they don’t have hearts. Ridiculous situation but that’s how these people work. I mean, Look at Flint, water been like that since 2014. #devilswillbedevils
Several States, Districts, Municipalities and Counties are having elections this year, from governorship down to the school boards, especially Virgina, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. Find out if there’s an upcoming election you can vote in:
Upcoming 2017 Elections in your District and State 1 | 2
A Middleground 