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Tree Frog Poison and Other New Ways Hollywood Is Self-Medicating

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Friends, we're making tremendous progress with the Phoney Russia Witch Hunt. With bringing ACCOUNTABILITY to our Department of Justice. Because the Articles of Impeachment on Rod Rosenstein are out. Thanks to Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan and the 9 others in our House of Reps. They worked very hard to make this happen! Hopefully the vote will be very soon -- and VERY OVERWHELMING! thehill.com/policy/national-security/398902-gop-lawmakers-introduce-impeachment-resolution-against-rosenstein

Update -- very disappointed in Paul Ryan. Because he doesn't want to hold the vote. Sad! foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/26/paul-ryan-comes-out-against-rosenstein-impeachment-push-led-by-house-conservatives.html

Watching Los Angeles situation very closely. Very sad what happened there last night. HORRIBLE attack on my Star on the fabulous Hollywood Walk of Fame. Suspect in custody, he turned himself in. Very smart move. Hopefully very strong punishment for this bad, or sick, man. And hopefully some very strong actions to secure our magnificent Walk of Fame. Guys, remember, my Federal Law Enforcement is here. And they're ready. If you need anything just ask!! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/donald-trumps-hollywood-walk-fame-star-destroyed-again-1129705

R. Kelly answers his critics with a 19-minute song, 'I Admit'

New R. Kelly song ‘I Admit’ details singer’s long list of scandals

The R. Kelly boycott is working

Song. Lyrics. Wiki.

Prognosis: Negative?

Folks, I'm hearing that the alt-left is doing something very scary. They're getting into our Democratic Party -- used to be a great party (when I was in it), it's not great anymore, it's about to get MUCH WORSE. Because we have the alt-left pretending to be Dems. They're Fake Dems. And they're fooling people with their fake promises. Even in St. Louis, otherwise known as the home of the forgotten men and women of our country. Folks, I haven't forgotten you. And the Republican Party hasn't forgotten you. We're doing tax credits. We're doing expanded health savings accounts -- the universal healthcare I promised. And nobody can beat me on the economy (and jobs). New numbers coming out soon, you're going to see TREMENDOUS growth there. Don't get taken in. Don't waste your vote. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 🇺🇸 dailycaller.com/2018/07/23/conservative-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rally

To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER HORRIBLE CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE (JAPAN🍄). WE'VE CHANGED. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU, BE CAUTIOUS!!!!!!!!

After Elon Musk called a rescue diver a "pedo", all sorts of people have been crawling out of the woodwork to bash him. But this bit takes the cake:

SpaceX — which Musk touts as replacing NASA and colonizing Mars — has been a literal failure to launch. So many of its rockets have burned up or crashed that Musk, for reasons unknown, has made a blooper reel.

Jesus Fucking Christ.

Northrop Grumman's Faulty Payload Adapter Reportedly Responsible for "Zuma" Failure

SpaceX celebrates its many failures in hilarious new blooper reel

I'll let you judge whether the other attacks in the article (mostly about Tesla) are accurate.

‘60 Minutes’ Boss Hired Law Firm Over #MeToo Story

One of television’s most powerful men, 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager, hired a law firm that boasts about “killing stories” for a Washington Post investigation into him, three sources familiar with the matter told The Daily Beast.

The story was a deep dive into what CBS managers knew about former anchor Charlie Rose’s alleged sexual misconduct, but due to the aggressive tactics of law firm Clare Locke, the sources said, the story was “effectively neutered.”

Clare Locke also did work for former Today show host Matt Lauer and current New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush, three sources say. Both men were accused in news publications of sexually harassing women. The law firm was also recently hired by David Pecker, the CEO and chairman of American Media Inc., parent company of the National Enquirer, to try and shut down a negative story from a newspaper, according to two sources.

Folks always think, "oh, Israel is a Jewish Country, it's the only Jewish Country." But, now it's official. Now it's the law. New law, they call it the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People. And it says Hebrew is the language. And Jerusalem is the capital. Officially! haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-passes-controversial-nation-state-bill-1.6291048

And you won't hear this from our Fake News Media. But I think I should get a lot of credit for this one. Because my predecessors said, "oh, Jerusalem is the capital." But they put our Embassy in Tel Aviv. And they left our Embassy in Tel Aviv. They said one thing. They did something else! Can we call that lying? I was the only guy that said, let's put our Embassy in the capital. We moved our Embassy -- for very little money. Very smart deal on that one. And maybe you're thinking, "that's not so great for the folks in Tel Aviv." Believe me, they're doing beautifully in Tel Aviv. Because we kept that one open, it's not our Embassy anymore. But it's a branch office.

President Putin also is helping Israel. And we both spoke with Bibi Netanyahu, and they would like to do certain things with respect to Syria, having to do with the safety of Israel.

So in that respect, we absolutely would like to work in order to help Israel. And Israel would be working with us. So both countries would work jointly.

And I think that when you look at all of the progress that’s been made in certain sections, with the eradication of ISIS, we’re about 98%, 99% there. And other things that have taken place that we’ve done, and that, frankly, Russia has helped us with in certain respects.

But I think that working with Israel is a great thing. And creating safety for Israel is something that both President Putin and I would like to see very much.

Accused Russian agent Mariia Butina tried to trade sex for influence, say prosecutors - Previously, the FBI had said Butina was trying to establish relationships with a "gun rights organization," which NBC News has reported is the NRA.

The gunslinging Russian woman accused of cozying up to American officials to infiltrate the U.S. political system — at the behest of her Kremlin-linked mentor and with the help of her American boyfriend — allegedly tried to trade sex for influence.

The "Red Sparrow" scenario was unveiled Wednesday in a government memorandum that laid out the reasons why prosecutors believe Mariia Butina, 29, should remain jailed until trial.

During a detention hearing in federal court on Wednesday afternoon, Butina pleaded not guilty to being an unregistered foreign agent and was again ordered held without bail.