Former White House aide releases secretly recorded tape of her firing

Omarosa says Trump “is truly a racist” after enabling him for more than a year No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Monday, August 13  OMAROSA RELEASES SECRET ‘FIRING’ TAPE Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has released a tape she secretly recorded of her being fired from the Trump administration last year, claiming it was to correct “the false story” that she tried to “storm” Trump’s residence afterward. Publicity surrounding the recording may also help her peddle a few more copies of her new tell-all book — as will her conveniently timed epiphany that Trump “is truly a racist.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] HANDFUL OF NAZIS DISRUPT D.C. Fewer than two dozen white supremacists turned up for rally in Washington Sunday — one year on from the clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, that ended in the death of Heather Heyer. 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Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), who was charged last week with insider trading. [HuffPost] TRUMP: SESSIONS ‘SCARED STIFF’ Trump attacked his own attorney general again Sunday, accusing Jeff Sessions of being “scared stiff” and calling the Department of Justice “rigged.” The president’s tweets were a reference to the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into Russian election interference. [HuffPost]         GOP CANDIDATE ‘POSED WITH FAKE DEGREE’ Republican candidate Melissa Howard, who is running for a state legislative seat in Florida, has been accused of doctoring a university diploma and posing with the fake degree. [HuffPost] SECOND SUMMIT FOR NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA North and South Korea will hold a summit in Pyongyang in September — the latest in the thaw in cross-border tensions on the peninsula. [Reuters] ELLISON DENIES ASSAULT Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) has denied that he assaulted an ex-girlfriend, as alleged by the woman’s son in a viral Facebook post over the weekend. [HuffPost] CONWAY CAN’T NAME TOP BLACK WHITE HOUSE AIDE Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway was asked on a Sunday show to name the top black aide working in the White House following the firing of Omarosa last year. She couldn’t. [HuffPost] POLICE UNION WANTS DOLPHINS BOYCOTT A Miami police union is urging its members to protest the Miami Dolphins after two players knelt during the national anthem ahead of their preseason opener last week. [HuffPost] SAUDI MISOGYNY HASN’T CHANGED When it comes to women, the new Saudi Arabia looks a lot like the old Saudi Arabia. [HuffPost]       Hundreds of people have been injured after a wooden platform collapsed into the sea at the O Marisquiño music festival in northwestern Spain. A Wisconsin woman has died after she contracted a rare infection from a kind of bacteria found in dogs’ saliva. A grieving orca whale has finally released her dead calf’s body after carrying it around the Pacific Northwest’s waters for two weeks. “The Meg,” Warner Bros.’ big-budget shark flick, took $44.5 million at the domestic box office on its opening weekend — jumping into the No. 1 spot. Author V.S. Naipaul, who documented immigrant migrations amid the collapsing British empire, has died at his London home. He was 85. The future of Obamacare hinges on who controls Washington after the midterm elections. Brazilian butt lifts are resulting in an alarmingly high mortality rate. This “Back To The Future” cast reunion “was special.” Trump has encouraged Americans to boycott Harley-Davidson if the company moves some motorcycle production overseas due to tariffs. Can’t decide on a birth control method? This should help. A Baltimore police officer has been suspended after a video went viral showing him attacking a man on a sidewalk. 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