Hello Gangstereport.

How exactly did Putin play Obama?

How can the West and Russia work closely together if Putin is busy playing the American president whomever that might happen to be?

Did you know there is a connection between Russia and Islamic fundamentalists?

Putin made Obama look like an jdiot with Ukraine it was an embarrassment for the US and EU.

He played Obama in Syria when the US tried to help terrorists beat Assads government then as soon as they started winning he just backed Syrian Government who are now winning the US is losing at its own game.

He hacked the Democratic partys emails which is an embarrassment

2)Funny you misquoted a tiny section of what I said read what I said I would like for the west and Russia to work together however it could be impossible because Russia could have ulterior motives.

3) How about the US you guys are the biggest sponsors and creators of terrorists you guys are the reason the world is in a mess you helped create Al Qaeda and ISIS fucked up the middle East look at Iraq, Libya and Syria that's on you guys no one else what you just said is the most hypocrite anti Russian programmed I have seen on this site where do you get your news from? Who are these Islamic fundamentalists they are supporting Assad government? really compared to ISIS and Syrian Al Qaeda rebels you guys have helped what a joke this is why whole world thinks you guys are the biggest hypocrites

I am no Russia supporter I have always condemned there actions but some of the stuff I read especially in the US media about Russia is ridiculous. I consider the US to be just as bad if not worse than Russia when it comes to foreign policy

OK from what I understand, the Ukraine was vulnerable to Russian aggression because they never joined NATO. That is the main issue. Everything else is secondary. The Ukraine not joining NATO is how they were played, not Obama. Maybe you feel Obama was played because he and the US Govt. were behind the intrigue going on with the controversial Ukrainian election that led up to actual combat. You would be incorrect on that note also because whether or not there was an American plot to install a puppet in the Ukraine...Obama probably had little to nothing to do with it.

OK no, just no. The reason Obama didn't make a strong show in Syria after drawing a red line in the sand was because of opposition back home. Obama was wise enough to see that even if a US president can, by American law, launch military attacks in the interest of American national security for limited periods of time, that time runs out and Congress must then deal with the aftermath. He was wise to go to Congress and request backing. He didn't get the backing. It was the US Congress that backed away from Assad and allowed Putin to move troops in. That's really all there is to it. The Republicans in Congress wouldn't back Obama, not even in war, not even in a war that was supposedly in America's self interest. So they allowed Putin and Assad to unite and strut.

Where have you been? Are you not aware that Russian scientists are on the ground on-site in Iran helping them with their nuclear technology? Iran is considered a terrorist sponsor. If Russia is sponsoring Iran, then what does that make Russia?

I was just watching the lady actresses from Hidden Figures presenting at the Oscars and it got me to thinking, these women are supposed to be proud, black women portraying black historical figures. Why do they use products to lighten their skin tone if they are so proud of their heritage?

Not being a dick when I say this.

Just curious.

I find a lot of black women attractive (Serena etc.)

I don't think people should change who they are to fit in to some twisted, societal norms.

The question they keep asking me
How can one so young be so bitter and angry
Well, the answer is plain to see
Maybe if they weren't so blind they'd see what I see
I see the homeless livin' out on the street
On every corner they're asking for money
I try to help them whenever I can
But sometimes I can't afford to help myself
I see diseases and modern plagues of our times
The greed of our leaders has made them blind
To our problems
They spend millions overseas,
People right here are fightin' wars everyday

I see the whites that hate the blacks
Blacks against the jews, race against religion
And there all too blind to see

When we fight each other it puts all of them at ease
It keeps us so busy, so they can do what they please
Election time comes and they're out for votes
That's when you see and hear from them the most
This is what they're calling a democracy
That's just another word for hypocrisy
We keep fallin' for the bait
When we realize, it's always too late

I see the whites that hate the blacks
Blacks that hate the jews, brother against brother
And they're all to blind to see

As the rich get richer, the poor goin' hungry
I've seen the toll it takes on the workingman's family
Education system that's obsolete
Can't hold a kid's interest or keep 'em off the street
See a father's fear, hear a mother's cry
What kind of a nation lets their children die
Government's corrupt and full of red tape
Then you're gonna ask me why I hate

Why don't you open up your eyes so you can see
Open up your ears so you can hear
Take a look around and you will find
Take a look around and you will find out why

We got your phone tapped, what you gon' do
Cause sooner or later, we'll have your whole crew
All we need now is the right word or two
to make all it stick like glue, then you're through
We got your phone tapped, what you gon' do
Cause sooner or later, we'll have your whole crew
All we need now is the right word or two
to make all it stick like glue, we got you
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Trump is REALLY reaching with the phone tap allegations. I think Obama did play dirty politics and set Trump and his team up in several ways. I made the reference to Obama playing chess on his way out versus Trump playing checkers, and the facts have confirmed that, but Trump is tired of taking L's and is using this "phone tap" story as a smokescreen.

Paul Manafort resigns from Trump campaign

The departure of Trump's embattled campaign chairman comes two days after the nominee shook up his leadership team.

By Nolan D. McCaskill, Alex Isenstadt and Shane Goldmacher

08/19/16 10:05 AM EDT

Updated 08/19/16 01:48 PM EDT
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Donald Trump’s campaign is still trembling from its shakeup this week.

Trump on Friday announced that campaign Chairman Paul Manafort had resigned, two days after the Republican nominee put in place a new leadership structure that appeared to minimize Manafort’s role.

Manafort had increasingly come under fire over his past lobbying work for pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs — which was fundamentally at odds with Trump’s boasts about being free from moneyed interests — and for the sloppy nature of the Republican National Convention, which Manafort oversaw.

“This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign,” Trump said in a statement. “I am very appreciative for his great work in helping to get us where we are today, and in particular his work guiding us through the delegate and convention process. Paul is a true professional and I wish him the greatest success.”

In recent days, Manafort had lost the confidence of Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and one of his closest advisers, and other members of Trump’s family, according to a source close to the campaign. Kushner had once been a major backer of Manafort and was instrumental in his elevation — and the downfall of Corey Lewandowski, Trump's former campaign manager.

The family was particularly troubled by reports of Manafort's involvement with Russia and felt he hadn’t been entirely forthright about his activities overseas, the source said. Family members were also unhappy about changes made to the GOP platform that were seen as beneficial to Russia, which they felt Manafort played a role in, the source added.

Manafort was also wary about his increasing scrutiny becoming a distraction, according to a senior Trump aide, echoing a point one of Trump’s sons acknowledged Friday.

“I think my father didn’t want to be, you know, distracted by, you know, whatever things Paul was dealing with,” Eric Trump said, according to an excerpt of an interview set to air on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”

Eric Trump called Manafort’s work through the primary “amazing” and praised him for getting the campaign through the convention.

“Now you look at Kellyanne [Conway] and some of the other people that we’re bringing in, and they’re absolutely fantastic, and I think they’re going to be the ones that bring us all the way through November 8th and ultimately get us the victory,” Eric Trump continued. “But again, my father just didn’t want to have the distraction looming over the campaign and, quite frankly, looming over all the issues that Hillary’s facing right now.”

The departure could help consolidate the power of Conway, who was promoted earlier this week to campaign manager and is credited with urging Trump to offer “regret” for his past offensive comments, and Breitbart executive Stephen Bannon, who was brought on as campaign CEO.

But the news is also overshadowing Trump’s reboot. The Republican nominee made a presidential-style trip to flood-ravaged Louisiana on Friday with his running mate, Mike Pence, and the campaign rolled out its first television ads of the general election.
Paul Manafort is hired to help lead Donald Trump's delegate-gathering efforts.

Investigations
Manafort’s man in Kiev

By Kenneth P. Vogel

And there are signs that the early shakeup may not have gone entirely smoothly. On Wednesday evening, according to two sources close to the campaign, Trump aides determined that their first TV ad would be focused on an economic message. But on early Thursday morning, the staff got word that the plans were changing. Instead, the commercial would have a tough-on-immigration message.

The move caught some aides by surprise and led them to believe that a small group of staffers — and perhaps Trump himself — had made the decision.

Some staffers said they were surprised by Manafort's exit and that they had learned of it from news reports. As of late Friday morning, there had been no staff conference call to inform them of the move.

Charlie Black, a longtime friend and business associate of Manafort's, said he didn't think the departure of a seasoned GOP operative would hinder the campaign's ability to function.

"Paul is my friend, but Paul has never managed a campaign before, either," he said. "Kellyanne is very good, very bright. I have confidence in her."

Lewandowski, who lost in a power struggle with Manafort, said the news showed that the Republican nominee is serious about his mission to win the White House.

“The most important thing is this is a reminder to me and to the American public that Donald Trump will do anything it takes to win,” Lewandowski said on CNN, where he is a paid contributor.

Although Manafort is out, his longtime deputy, Rick Gates, will take over as the Trump campaign's liaison to the Republican National Committee, senior communications adviser Jason Miller tweeted Friday afternoon.

Hillary Clinton's campaign seized on Manafort's departure as a chance to hammer Trump for his repeated overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which they have characterized as dangerous. "You can get rid of Manafort, but that doesn't end the odd bromance Trump has with Putin," Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said in a statement.
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Manafort joined Trump’s operation in late March to lead its delegate effort ahead of the convention. His hire came just as Trump was in the midst of one of the roughest stretches of the primary, as Ted Cruz was playing the inside political game to win delegate contests and some key states, including Wisconsin.

Manafort, an elder statesman on a campaign that had lacked such a figure, soon won the trust of Trump as a political fixer, particularly among the party elites. He traveled to the Republican National Committee’s spring meeting in April pressing Trump’s case and insisting he would evolve as the nominee.

But leaked audio from the meeting, in which Manafort said Trump was simply playing “a part,” damaged his fresh relationship with Trump just as he was tussling internally for power with Lewandowski, whose motto was “Let Trump be Trump.”

By late May, Manafort was clearly on the rise, as he had been promoted to campaign chairman and became a key coordinator with the Republican National Committee after Trump became the presumptive nominee.

For the next month, Manafort and Lewandowski butted heads — over hiring, strategy and credit for Trump’s success. Tensions were so bad that there were reports of fears that the Trump headquarters was bugged. “Do I believe it? No, I don’t believe it,” Manafort said on ABC in late May, adding, “But I don’t know who said that.”

In late June, following a meeting with his adult children, Trump fired Lewandowski, and Manafort emerged as the main power center on the campaign. Despite his persistence, Manafort failed to convert the bombastic political outsider into the kind of presidential candidate Republican leaders had been wanting to see.

Regretful Trump pivots 107 days late

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A new Trump emerges

By Nick Gass

But as Trump’s standing has sunk in national and battleground state polls, his unhappiness has been reflecting back on staff, including Manafort. At the Republican National Convention, when it was discovered that Trump's wife, Melania, had plagiarized portions of her speech, Lewandowski seized on the chance to poke at his old rival, saying on CNN “the buck stopped with me” when he ran the campaign.

“I think if it was Paul Manafort, he’d do the right thing and resign,” Lewandowski said.

Manafort’s past work had also become increasingly problematic, especially because the optics of it were similar to the Clintons' extensive work with foreign governments through the Clinton Foundation, which Trump has regularly attacked.

The liability deepened when The New York Times reported this week that Manafort’s name appeared on a handwritten ledger in Ukraine for secret cash payments. POLITICO reported on Thursday that Manafort’s closeness to a Russian Army-trained linguist-turned-Ukrainian political operative was raising questions and concerns.

Manafort’s departure came just two days after Trump’s aides tried to present the leadership changes as an expansion rather than a shakeup.

"No one's out," Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson had told CNN. "When you shake up your campaign, that usually means someone is out."

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A week after Jewish institutions across the country received dozens of anti-Semitic threats, the state Senate passed a package of bills from the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) aimed at cracking down on hate crimes.

The first bill was sponsored by IDC member Sen. David Carlucci (D-Rockland) and creates a hate crime offense for graffiti that targets a person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation.

A second bill sponsored by leader Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx) increases penalties for damaging property in a house of worship or desecrating a cemetery.

Another bill by Klein prohibits colleges from using state aid to fund any academic entities that are boycotting Israel as part of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement aimed at causing economic harm to Israel.

There is a bill in the Assembly matching Klein's bill regarding damaging houses of worship or cemeteries, but it has not yet been voted on.

The other bills don't have matching bills in the Assembly.

State Sen. Diane Savino (D-North Shore/Brooklyn) is a member of the IDC and said, "New York has the largest Jewish population outside of Israel and a rich diversity of numerous cultures and backgrounds from countries around the world that allow our communities to thrive. It is for these reasons that bold and swift action are necessary in order to provide our people of all creeds with the peace of mind that these hate crimes will be promptly met with the full force of law,"

Mayor Bill de Blasio visited the Sea View JCC on Staten Island Tuesday to denounce anti-Semitism, holding a closed-door meeting with NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill, elected officials and Jewish leaders, speaking to the press afterward.

As they were meeting, more threats were made to the Anti-Defamation League in Manhattan and nationwide.

The Sea View JCC was one of more than 30 all over the country that received bomb threats over the phone last week.

thats why you can trust anyone who takes care of your kids.

I like to see that women pushed off a roof.

Imagine if she owned a dog who had an accident in her house. That would be a dead dog.