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Trump rally stormed by Antifa demonstrators in Washington State, arrests made
[RT] A pro-Trump rally in Washington State resulted in multiple arrests after anti-fascist protesters stormed the event, with some throwing smoke bombs into the crowd.

The ’Rally for Trump and Freedom’ event at Esther Short Park in Vancouver, Washington, was open to local Trump supporters and Republican representatives, according to KATU news.

Despite the organizers' wishes, the event was also attended by anti-Trump demonstrators, many of whom referred to themselves as anti-fascist, or Antifa, protesters. Some of the protesters were dressed in all black and wearing masks to cover their faces. Many shouted slogans including "Black Lives Matter!" and "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA!"

One group of protesters lit a Trump-Pence campaign flag on fire, according to the Columbian.

Scuffles broke out between the two sides, with some of the anti-Trump protesters tossing smoke bombs into the crowd.

At one point, anti-fascist protesters reportedly attempted to jump fencing that had been set up by police, leading to more scuffles which were broken up by officers.

Vancouver Police Lieutenant Greg Raquer told the Columbian that around 10 people had been locked away
Please don't kill me!
as of Sunday evening. They were detained for reasons including violating park rules and refusing to obey police orders. Another may have been arrested for assault, he said.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again...
Vancouver Police Lieutenant Tom Ryan told KATU that officers had "made a handful of arrests" for fighting and throwing smoke bombs, but said he did not know exactly how many were arrested.

Ryan said that most of those arrested appeared to be anti-Trump demonstrators.
One would most earnestly hope so.
Footage of from RT’s Ruptly news agency shows police handcuffing the protesters and pushing some to the ground. One officer can be seen breaking up an argument between an anti-Trump demonstrator and a man wearing a ’Make America Great Again’ cap.
Posted by: Fred || 04/04/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  anti-fascist protesters

I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/04/2017 8:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Ain't that the truth Mullah.

It's time for the good guys to have facilities and tools for self defence.
Posted by: AlanC || 04/04/2017 8:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Human stupidity, and the human capacity for self-delusion, never cease to amaze and disgust. Are these people not even dimly aware that they themselves, in their beliefs, their tactics, and their fanatical, mindless hatred of the "Other", are the direct descendants of Hitler's SA and Mussolini's Blackshirts? They, not Trump or his supporters, are the fascists.

The Left must be stopped.
Posted by: Dave D. || 04/04/2017 9:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Are they really leftists or antifa? Could it be they are paid more if they are arrested? Just paid thugs? USWA?
Posted by: jvalentour || 04/04/2017 10:26 Comments || Top||

#5  So they 'manned-up'?
I wouldn't have thought that possible.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/04/2017 11:06 Comments || Top||

#6  March 4 was the spark - then March 25 Trump marches turned into a disaster for West Coast Antifa. April 15 is the next chance for Antifa to reverse their losing streak and it is not looking good for them. Stakes will be high as this is a standalone event I'm seeing folks coming in from the SoCal and even Canada for this. Antifa has responded by announcing opposition rally for same day - same location. The random factor possibly affecting Antifa turnout is the scheduled April 28 appearance at UC Berkeley by Ann Coulter. Recall it was the response to Milo at UCB that put Antifa in the spotlight, and it hasn't gone well for them since. My best guess is 100% chance of pepper spray precipitation as both sides are emphasizing full expectation of using it. I've got the required gear ready and will be on hand to observe.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 04/04/2017 11:26 Comments || Top||

#7  And here I recall back that a lot of places outlawed masks because of the Klan's use of them. Things don't seem to change.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/04/2017 11:31 Comments || Top||

#8  So, BLM out, antifa in?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/04/2017 12:32 Comments || Top||

#9  So, let me get this straight: these clowns protest anti-fascists?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 04/04/2017 12:34 Comments || Top||

#10  Dave D. I've been saying that for years. All you have to do is have some understanding of Fascism (read Mussolini) and it is clear as day that the Left, Progs, Democrats, socialists, etc. are only the current incarnation of the state loving slave oppressing ideology.
Posted by: AlanC || 04/04/2017 13:09 Comments || Top||

#11  The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascist
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 04/04/2017 14:03 Comments || Top||

#12  Sounds like they already are.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/04/2017 15:03 Comments || Top||

#13  They need to look up IngSoc. Their logo is almost spot on

Posted by: AlanC || 04/04/2017 15:14 Comments || Top||

#14  Entrenching tools time.
Posted by: Winky Dribble5968 || 04/04/2017 18:06 Comments || Top||

#15  Considering the last go 'round featured lots of pepperspray along with clubs and shields, this next rally is definitely looking to get sporty
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 04/04/2017 19:01 Comments || Top||

#16  I would not be surprised to soon see a portrait of Daniel Farragut suddenly appear within "camera shot" so even CNN couldn't omit it.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 04/04/2017 20:53 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Trump Derangement Syndrome support groups ?
[Guardian] Every second Sunday since Donald Trump was elected, groups of women across the country have been holding Solidarity Sundays ‐ activist meet-ups that aim to resist the president. And the number of different meet-ups has been growing.
Who needs the truth? I go to meetings.
There are now more than 100 different Solidarity Sundays groups in the US, including in traditionally conservative states such as Missouri, Texas and Louisiana.
One hundred groups? Golly.
With a different focus each month, the organizers attempt to tackle national issues at a local level. People gather in apartments and houses to write letters to elected officials, make phone calls, and learn about existing activist groups they can work with.

"We try to build communities and encourage people to get in touch with local groups and let people know they are not alone in the feelings they are having," said Emily Gallagher ‐ the co-organizer, along with Ryan Kuonen, of the Williamsburg chapter of Solidarity Sundays, in Brooklyn, New York.
A quick google reveals that both ladies have long been Democratic/Progressive community organizers who now are turning their attention to a new cause. This is not exactly a Tea party-like grassroots effort by housewives, small businesspersons, and retirees galvanized by their disgust with the new situation, but rather the latest effort on the left to fake it.
At their first meeting, in January, about 25 people gathered at Kuonen’s apartment. The February meeting, held in a loft apartment in Williamsburg, focused on the Black Lives Matter movement and attracted 60 people.
60 x 100 = 6,000. Not exactly a cadre large enough to swing elections in 2018, especially if most of the membership turns out to be the usual suspects.
6,000 people? That's fewer than were in the bleachers at any ballpark on Opening Day...
In March, the group focused on how women can run for office. The US congresswoman Carolyn Maloney gave a speech, and activists talked about running for local office.
How about inviting a Republican woman who is seeking office? Er, I thought not...
"We try to have a guest speaker every time," Gallagher said.
Bitter enders. Who knew ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 06:51 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  There is a lot of this on Facebook. I've stop following (not unfriended) quite a few since the last election.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 04/04/2017 13:15 Comments || Top||


Susan Rice flashback 'I know nothing about the unmasking of Trump officials'
[Free Beacon] Susan Rice, former President Barack Obama's national security adviser, reportedly requested on several occasions the identities of "masked" U.S. persons in intelligence reports linked to President Trump's transition and campaign. The revelation contradicts Rice's past comments on March 22, when she claimed she knew "nothing" about the intelligence reports.

White House lawyers discovered Rice's dozens of requests last month, during a National Security Council review of the "government's policy on ’unmasking' the identities of individuals in the U.S. who are not targets of electronic eavesdropping, but whose communications are collected incidentally," Eli Lake of Bloomberg reported Monday, citing U.S. officials.

But Rice, who Newsweek once called Obama's "right-hand woman," denied during a PBS interview last month having any knowledge of the intelligence community's alleged incidental surveillance of Trump's transition team.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 01:29 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  She is a Felon. We know who asked for what and who tapped who. We have a thing called logs on all computers and networks.

Everything.
Posted by: newc || 04/04/2017 2:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Waterboard her.
Posted by: Hupeart Thaitch2372 || 04/04/2017 5:09 Comments || Top||

#3  Tool of the regime should have been properly dealt with during the Benghazi affair.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 8:01 Comments || Top||

#4  Former US Attorney: Susan Rice Ordered Spy Agencies To Produce ‘Detailed Spreadsheets’ Involving Trump

Ms. Rice should probably avoid Fort Marcy Park and similar.

Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 04/04/2017 9:18 Comments || Top||

#5  This woman is, as is Hillary, an inveterate liar.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/04/2017 9:41 Comments || Top||

#6  If she is put on the stand and starts talking, expect her suicide by two bullets to the back of the head to come soon after.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/04/2017 9:54 Comments || Top||

#7  Invertebrate liar?
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/04/2017 11:02 Comments || Top||

#8  Andrew McCarthy over at National Review:

"The thing to bear in mind is that the White House does not do investigations.

Not criminal investigations, not intelligence investigations.

Remember that."
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/04/2017 20:33 Comments || Top||


John Brennan: POTUS' travel ban 'simplistic and misguided' (Video)
[BBC Newsnight] Former CIA director John Brennan talks to Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark about President Trump’s travel ban, the threat from North Korea, and the notion of a Deep State.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Travel ban? We stopped talking about the travel ban weeks ago Mr. Brennan. We're on to 'incidental intelligence collection' and the 'unmasking of US Persons (USP)' now. Please catch up won't you ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 1:28 Comments || Top||

#2  Make him swear to it on the beard of the Prophet.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/04/2017 2:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Ah, the fecal stink of Saudi/Soros money.

John, John, John.......
Posted by: no mo uro || 04/04/2017 6:33 Comments || Top||

#4  #2  Make him swear to it on the beard of the Prophet.

Well, there are those lingering stories about Mr. Brennan converting to Islam while stationed in Saudi Arabia and his visiting of the Islamic holy city of Mecca, a privilege reserved only for pious Muslims and special guests of the Saudi King.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/04/2017 8:16 Comments || Top||

#5  Another high Obama official also said we couldn't drill our way out of the energy crisis, filing it under 'simplistic and misguided' too.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/04/2017 9:04 Comments || Top||

#6  Please add to the 'simplistic and misguided' folder:

'If you like your insurance plan and doctor, you can keep them.'
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 9:06 Comments || Top||


Government
Rand Paul Calls For Susan Rice To Testify On Unmasking Trump Officials
[Daily Caller] GOP Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said he believes former National Security Advisor Susan Rice should testify before Congress on her request to unmask the names of Trump transition officials collected during routine intelligence-gathering operations.

Paul argued the situation should not be downplayed, saying reforms need to be made to prevent individuals from being blackmailed on personal aspects of their lives through unmasking. He noted there was nothing stopping the former administration from looking through Trump officials and national security advisors’ conversations during the transition window.

"If it is allowed, we shouldn’t be allowing it, but I don’t think should just discount how big a deal it is that Susan Rice was looking at these," he told reporters Monday. "And she needs to be asked, ’Did President Obama ask her to do this? Was this a directive from President Obama? I think she should testify under oath on this."

Paul said he has long thought there are too many people with the ability to unmask individuals.
Emphasis added.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Take note here class. Rand Paul.

Not Paul Ryan.

Not Mitch McConnell.

Rand Paul, Republican opponent of Trump during the campaign is suddenly sticking up for Trump. This is a power play against a weak House Leader Ryan. Stay tuned.
Posted by: Chaviper Hitler5050 || 04/04/2017 5:43 Comments || Top||

#2  I think she should testify under oath on this."
while wearing an orange jump suit with a number on the back.
Posted by: AlanC || 04/04/2017 8:38 Comments || Top||

#3  Nothing was demanded of her following the Benghazi Sunday Talks, nothing will be demanded of her now. Behold the entitlement class. Her former boss, currently in self-imposed exile, could not be reached for comment.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 8:40 Comments || Top||

#4  Not surprising Senator Paul would immediately jump on this one. Not only is he a grandstander this slides straight into his wheelhouse.
Posted by: DepotGuy || 04/04/2017 9:02 Comments || Top||

#5  Your frustration is showing DepotGuy after claiming this clearly predictable lawlessness never happened.
Posted by: Nero White 3083 || 04/04/2017 9:25 Comments || Top||

#6  Look for the "Hillary defense" should she be called up in front of a Congressional hearing; "I don't recall, I don't remember, what's the meaning of "it" and masking, and lastly, I take the 5th."
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/04/2017 9:39 Comments || Top||

#7  Pretty sure that as NSA she was legally (and even ethically) permitted to request unmasking: contact between foreign persons of interest and Americans in sensitive positions could be a security threat. Revealing that information to other agencies and people only became legal after a late Obama order, but it would still be unethical if used for anything other than security purposes. I suspect the main motivation for permitting such interagency dispersal was to make it impossible to determine where the clearly illegal leaks to media and political operatives (but I repeat myself) originated.
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/04/2017 11:04 Comments || Top||

#8  Don't forget,
"I did not have sex with that woman."
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/04/2017 11:04 Comments || Top||

#9  Your frustration is showing DepotGuy after claiming this clearly predictable lawlessness never happend.

Not true Nero White. But given your often simplistic regurgitations it's not surprising you would come to that conclusion. So let me set it straight. I've only maintained that if President Trump could not provide substantial proof to back up his tweets it would forever damage his credibility and make it extremely difficult to enact his agenda. And one of the main keys was that surveillance had to be routed through the White House (not just some un known analyst). There's nothing conclusive yet but I suspect Dr.Rice may already be considering legal representation.
Posted by: DepotGuy || 04/04/2017 11:06 Comments || Top||

#10  I suspect Dr.Rice may already be considering legal representation. Posted by: DepotGuy

There's always Tetiaroa.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 11:10 Comments || Top||

#11 
#7" Pretty sure that as NSA she was legally (and even ethically) permitted to request unmasking: contact between foreign persons of interest and Americans in sensitive positions could be a security threat."

Would that include Potus 44?
Perhaps "foreign person of interest" currently residing in an "interesting foreign place".
Side question: Whose watching the kids and feeding the dog?
Posted by: Capsu78 || 04/04/2017 11:49 Comments || Top||

#12  Perhaps "foreign person of interest" currently residing in an "interesting foreign place".

If only that person of interest could be barred from re-entering.
Posted by: Crusader || 04/04/2017 12:24 Comments || Top||

#13  I've only maintained that if President Trump could not provide substantial proof to back up his tweets it would forever damage his credibility

With whom DG? I can only speak for myself, but - given the last 8 years - I've no doubt.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/04/2017 12:29 Comments || Top||

#14  History, it oftentimes repeats itself. Our very own Jean-Claude Duvalier.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 12:30 Comments || Top||

#15  If only that person of interest could be barred from re-entering.

There is a growing suspicion that the last thing he wants is to re-enter. That person cannot be reached for comment. Furthermore, if he has to do it without the help of a teleprompter, any comment would most likely be unintelligible.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/04/2017 12:40 Comments || Top||

#16  Free from Michelle, at last!!!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/04/2017 12:41 Comments || Top||

#17  Sadly, Champ will be back from "Elba" once he and the ghost writer finish the book drafts to collect the 60 million advance. Collecting the money matters above everything. The Obumble tribe likes the sweet ride of wealth. Expect the mouth to start moving on arrival and the MSM adoration to erupt in thanks. But if Rice can be twisted to give up ValJar and all the Iran story......
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 04/04/2017 13:28 Comments || Top||

#18  When was the last time someone did serious jail time perjuring themselves before Congress. Remember, laws are for little people.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/04/2017 13:35 Comments || Top||

#19  Sadly, Champ will be back from "Elba" once he and the ghost writer finish the book drafts to collect the 60 million advance.

Far worse than 'sad.' The thought of his imminent return is disgusting and repulsive.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/04/2017 14:01 Comments || Top||

#20  Perjury before Congress should be punished at least as severely as lying to the FBI - e.g. Scooter Libby & Martha Stewart. And it doesn't have to be sworn testimony either.
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/04/2017 15:55 Comments || Top||



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