It’s all about numbers. President Barack Obama out shines Trump on one of the most popular social media platforms.
Obama is galactically popular on Twitter but has been reserved in his use of social media. With 103 million Twitter followers, Obama has near twice as many as Trump’s 53 million as of June, 2018. [1]
References:
The Washington Post, July 1, 2018, Mary Jordan – Obama plans bigger role in midterms.
Deadline Detroit, June 23, 2018 – Video: Prosecutor Worthy Denies She Fought Rick Wershe’s Parole for Gil Hill
Richard Wershe Jr., aka “White Boy Rick,” has long insisted that Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy fought his parole on behalf of her good friend, homicide investigator-turned city council member, Gil Hill.
Coincidentally or not, after Hill passed away in 2016, she stopped opposing his parole from a Michigan prison. In 2017, the Michigan Parole Board paroled him after about 30 years behind bars. He was then transported to the state of Florida, where he’s serving a sentence for being part of a car theft ring while he was behind bars there. His parole date is December 2020. [1]
Vince Wade, investigative reporter, responded to this article:
In September, 2015 I posted a revealing blog (Informant America) headlined, White Boy Rick Wershe – ‘The Records Do Not Exist’. It can be found through a Google search.
That blog recounted in detail my use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to examine the “evidence” the Wayne County Prosecutor had for claiming to the Michigan Parole Board in 2003 that Rick Wershe was a violent, a drug gang leader and a “menace to society.” My FOIA request went accusation-by-accusation through the hyperbolic, over-the-top claims in a letter from then-prosecutor Michael Duggan to the Parole Board. The response by Kym Worthy’s office to my FOIA request?
It was denied—because they had no supporting documentation to send to me. “After a diligent search for the requested records, we have determined and certify the records do not exist.”
I urge you to re-read that sentence from Kym Worthy’s official response. “We have determined and CERTIFY the records DO NOT EXIST.”
Here is a man sent to prison for life, and Kym Worthy’s office didn’t keep any records to justify demanding that he die in prison? Yet, she fought and fought in the courts against parole for Richard Wershe, Jr. even when Judge Dana M. Hathaway, his case judge, issued an opinion that he should be given parole under prevailing Michigan law. Worthy took the fight to the appeals courts.
If Kym Worthy wasn’t part of a vendetta by corrupt members of Michigan’s criminal justice system, if she wasn’t backing the late Gil Hill, who has been shown to be corrupt, why did she insist on fighting parole for Wershe when her office admitted “the files do not exist” to support the “menace to society” accusations against him? Hill had plenty of reason to despise Rick Wershe. The FBI’s prize drug informant of the 1980s had helped the FBI try to prosecute Gil Hill – twice. As Worthy said in her Channel 4 interview, “The day you start compromising your cases, your beliefs, when you have a job like this, that’s the day you need to quit.” Can’t argue with that.
In my new book, “Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs” I provide a detailed fact-based account of the REAL story of the tragic life of Richard J. Wershe, Jr., a man falsely accused of being a “drug lord” and “drug kingpin,.” The book reveals the dirty underbelly of the trillion-dollar policy failure we call the War on Drugs.
Deadline Detroit, June 23, 2018 – Video: Prosecutor Worthy Denies She Fought Rick Wershe’s Parole for Gil Hill
Vincewade.net – The Real Story of Rick Wershe, Jr. – White Boy Rick
Click On Detroit, June 20, 2018, Kevin Dietz – Kym Worthy on ‘White Boy Rick’: You have to take a second look – Worthy denies working with Gill Hill to keep Wershe behind bars
The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison. The movie stars Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Jason Leigh. In the meantime, read the REAL story of White Boy Rick by the investigative reporter, Vince Wade, that dug into the case since the inception of the arrest.
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and The War on Drugs
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs by Vince Wade – Available from Amazon.com
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs is the result of several years of extensive research by Vince Wade. He did interviews with Rick Wershe and others. He traveled to Detroit several times and spent days researching and copying court records, trial transcripts and police investigative files. He filed numerous Freedom of Information Act requests with federal and state law enforcement for documents related to Richard J. Wershe, Jr. The history of the War on Drugs is recounted and decades of failed policy initiatives, such as First Lady Nancy Reagan’s ludicrous Just Say No campaign, are noted.
It’s all in a book Vince Wade wrote and hope you will find interesting, one you will recommend to your friends.
The movie, White Boy Rick, will be out later this fall with renown act, Matthew McConaughey. In the meantime, the tabloid press does a remarkable job following this actor.
Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey took an invigorating, seaside jog through Malibu’s scenic Point Dume on Wednesday.
The 47-year-old father-of-three showcased his bulging biceps and strong legs while clad in a $30 navy Under Armour ‘UA MK-1’ tank top, white drawstring shorts, and black Nike sneakers.
Listening to his tunes, the Dark Tower actor completed his sporty athleisure attire with classic Ray-Bans and a dark-patterned head scarf. [1]
References:
DailyMail.com, Cassie Carpenter, June 14, 2018 –
Matthew McConaughey flaunts his biceps on Malibu jog as his wife Camila Alves takes TX road trip
The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison. The movie stars Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Jason Leigh. In the meantime, read the REAL story of White Boy Rick by the investigative reporter, Vince Wade, that dug into the case since the inception of the arrest.
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and The War on Drugs
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs by Vince Wade – Available from Amazon.com
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs is the result of several years of extensive research by Vince Wade. He did interviews with Rick Wershe and others. He traveled to Detroit several times and spent days researching and copying court records, trial transcripts and police investigative files. He filed numerous Freedom of Information Act requests with federal and state law enforcement for documents related to Richard J. Wershe, Jr. The history of the War on Drugs is recounted and decades of failed policy initiatives, such as First Lady Nancy Reagan’s ludicrous Just Say No campaign, are noted.
It’s all in a book Vince Wade wrote and hope you will find interesting, one you will recommend to your friends.
Did you ever wonder why our “President” is seeking a trade war with Canada? Is it because California and New York will be hit the hardest by these tariffs. These two states are traditionally blue.
President Trump’s historic summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore was somewhat overshadowed by the tumultuous climax of the G7 summit in Quebec. America’s closest allies are still reeling from the divisive summit and shortly after it ended, Trump lambasted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a barage of tweets. That was in response to a news conference held by Trudeau where he vowed retaliatory action against U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum. Trump called Tudeau “very dishonest and weak” and claimed he “acts hurt when called out”, comments that have infuriated Canadians. The Globe and Mail newspaper called Trump’s outburst “one of the most flagrant manufactured crises ever perpetrated by an American administration against an ally”. [1]
References:
Statista, Niall McCarthy, June 13, 2018 – How Many U.S. Jobs Depend On Trade With Canada
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