#MorningMonarchy: September 11, 2017
Catalyzing events, a new dry run and points of contention + this day in history w/another 9/11 and our song of the day by Roy Shivers on your Morning Monarchy for September 11, 2017.
Catalyzing events, a new dry run and points of contention + this day in history w/another 9/11 and our song of the day by Roy Shivers on your Morning Monarchy for September 11, 2017.
Former Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court for the last day of her hearing in a corruption trial in Bangkok Thailand. (AP/Sakchai Lalit)
A crisis is brewing in Thailand as the outcome of a contentious court case threatens to plunge the country into chaos. This case, the final verdict of which is expected to be delivered on Aug. 25, centers around a corruption scandal involving former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra — a member of the Shinawatra political dynasty, which has long been backed by U.S. interests.
Soldiers patrol inside the Paramacay military base in Valencia, Venezuela, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. Earlier in the day, troops quickly put down an attack at the army base on Sunday, clashing with a group that said it was out to re-establish the constitutional order but was dismissed by officials as a band of civilians working with a deserted lieutenant and a former officer. (AP/Juan Carlos Hernandez)
He said that if Trump fores Mueller, it is the obligation of the officials in the executive branch to refuse to carry out his orders. [...]
Amnesty International says Idil Eser, its head in Turkey, has been arrested as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s post-coup crackdown. (Photo: Amnesty)
Turkish police rounded up eight leading human rights campaigners, including the head of rights group Amnesty International in Turkey, Idil Eser, at a meeting on an island near Istanbul, media said on Thursday.
They had gathered at a hotel on Buyukada Island, just south of Turkey’s largest city, when they were taken to a police station on Wednesday, the Hurriyet newspaper said. It was not clear why they were held.
Start at 2:25. Chris Hayes to Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell: "How long are you allowed to go before you retroactively file as a foreign agent?" Note Swalwell's carefully phrased non-answers, as well as Hayes' seeming failure to know that not registering is a very common practice.
Sean Hannity named the enemies who are trying to overthrow the Trump regime in a soft coup, including the media, the 'deep state', Special Counsel Robert Mueller, leftists who are manufacturing turmoil and those who are trying to overturn the election. [...]
The Shah of Iran Reza Pahlavi, left, and President Harry Truman pose on the speakers rostrum during welcoming ceremonies at National Airport on Nov. 16, 1949 in Washington. (AP Photo)