Trump called a billionaire Democratic activist pushing for his impeachment ‘wacky & totally unhinged’

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• President Donald Trump attacked Democratic megadonor
  Tom Steyer, who is funding a campaign calling for the
  president’s impeachment.
• Steyer has poured millions of dollars into Democratic
  campaigns and is reportedly considering a run for Senate or
  governor in his home state of California.
• Trump may have seen the ad when it ran on “Fox
  Friends.”

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President Donald Trump attacked Democratic megadonor Tom Steyer,
who has launched a $10 million national television and digital ad
campaign
calling for Trump’s impeachment.

“Wacky totally unhinged Tom Steyer, who has been fighting
me and my Make America Great Again agenda from beginning, never
wins elections!” Trump
tweeted on Friday morning.

Steyer, a California billionaire environmentalist and former
hedge fund manager, released the campaign’s
first ad last week. In the ad Steyer accuses the president of
obstructing justice by firing former FBI Director James Comey,
threatening the news media, and taking money from foreign
governments.

“A Republican Congress once impeached a president for far less,
yet today people in Congress and his own administration know that
this president is a clear and present danger, who’s mentally
unstable and armed with nuclear weapons,” Steyer says in the ad,
which directs viewers to sign a petition on needtoimpeach.com.

“Fox Friends” aired the ad for the first time on Friday
morning, and Trump praised
the show in a tweet just minutes after attacking Steyer.

Steyer responded to Trump’s tweet on Friday, calling on
Democratic leaders to “take a stand” against the president.

“You’re right about one thing, Mr. Trump,” Steyer
wrote on Twitter. “I have been fighting your racism and
corporate groveling from the beginning—and always will …
Americans across the board know you’re a danger to the people of
this country. @NancyPelosi @SenSchumer it’s time to take a
stand.”

Steyer spent over $90 million on the 2016 presidential race and a
number of other Democratic campaigns and initiatives last year.
His super PAC, NextGen Climate, supports candidates committed to
slowing the effects of climate change.

He also invested tens of millions of dollars in the 2014 election
cycle.

Steyer is reportedly considering a run for Senate or governor in
California.

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Two American Women and Their Dogs Rescued After Five ‘Hopeless’ Months Lost At Sea

Two American sailors and their two dogs were rescued Wednesday after surviving five months lost at sea.

On May 3, Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava set off on a 2,700-mile journey from Oahu, Hawaii, to Tahiti in their 50-foot sailboat, the “Sea Nymph.” Appel was an experienced sailor. Fuiava was a novice.

They had packed plenty of food and a water purifier, and — accompanied by Appel’s two dogs, Valentine and Zeus — they were hoping to have an epic adventure.

As it turns out, they got more than they bargained for.

First, a piece of their mast failed. Then, on May 30, a storm flooded the engine and took out most of their communications.

Appel and Fuiava began making daily distress calls. For 98 days straight, they tried to get someone to answer, but they were always out of range. They spotted ships that didn’t respond, and fired off at least 10 flares. They sank into despair.

One terrifying night, a group of seven sharks — including five adults measuring 20 to 30 feet in length — slapped their tails on the hull repeatedly. Appel believed that the adults were teaching the two younger sharks how to attack.

“I went downstairs with the boys and we basically laid huddled on the floor and I told them not to bark because the sharks could hear us breathing. They could smell us,” Appel told NBC News.

The next night, one of the sharks returned and attacked again.

The women started to think they would never be found — but on the 99th day of distress calls, a Taiwanese fishing vessel found them and began towing the sailboat to safety. They damaged the boat despite their best efforts, so the fishing vessel radioed for American sailors to come to the rescue.

When the USS Ashland arrived at around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Appel blew kisses at the approaching vessel and the two dogs barked and ran excitedly around the boat.

The women were 900 miles west of Japan — and nearly 5,000 miles off their intended course.

The women told reporters about their ordeal during a conference call. “Thank God we were being rescued,” Appel said when recalling their first interaction with the U.S. Navy. “I have tears in my eye as I say this. It was incredibly emotional and it was so satisfying to know that the men and women who serve their country would come and assist us. It was actually quite mind-blowing and quite humbling.”

Still, she said that the ordeal took a mental toll on both women. “It was very depressing and it was very hopeless but it’s the only thing you can do, so you do what you can with what you have,” Appel told reporters in a conference call. “You have no other choice.”

Shockingly, Appel told reporters that the ordeal has not dissuaded them from sailing again. “Well you’ve got to die sometime,” she said. “You might as well be doing something you enjoy when you’re doing it, right?”

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