https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/31/trump-impeachment-senators-donor-062084
Normally, I would say this is just the head of his party helping vulnerable members during an election cycle. But this particular cycle has a lot of agendas hidden from view. Like, for example, is Trump now buying support in the Senate to fight impeachment?
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On Wednesday, the Trump reelection campaign sent a fundraising appeal to its massive email list urging donors to provide a contribution that would be divided between the president and Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, and North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis. Each of the senators are supporting the anti-impeachment resolution despite being endangered in 2020.
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All of the various findings, articles, videos, pictures, and other stuff I dig up on the web. Anything on this site was posted by me. Any opinion expressed here is only my own
2019/10/31
2019/10/30
2019/10/28
More info shared
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/diplomat-reeker-provided-house-committee-with-a-much-richer-reservoir-of-information-than-expected-dem-lawmaker/
It will be interesting to see how many of these long term diplomats come forward with information. It will help cement the idea of a deep state for all of the Tump loyalists.
It will be interesting to see how many of these long term diplomats come forward with information. It will help cement the idea of a deep state for all of the Tump loyalists.
2019/10/27
Facebook ads suck
https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-axed-pro-vaccine-ads-from-hospitals-and-health-orgs-let-anti-vaxxer-ads-slip-through
2019/10/25
TOtally
https://www.axios.com/trump-russia-william-barr-investigation-fbi-5b0b81c9-e1d2-4dd9-9002-6f6258010318.html
This is very frightening..........
This is very frightening..........
A federal investigation closely supervised by Attorney General William Barr — which aims to inspect origins of the Trump-Russia probe — has interviewed "about two dozen and current F.B.I. officials," the New York Times reports.
Why it matters: The investigation, which is essentially looking into claims that the FBI's probe into President Trump's 2016 campaign was influenced by anti-Trump sentiments, is further along than previously reported.
2019/10/23
Bill Taylor testimony
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-taylor-opening-statement-read-the-full-text-of-the-top-us-diplomats-statement-to-congress/
Granted the article has all sorts of bias and opinion, but the statement from Bill Taylor is printer in entirety on this page.
Granted the article has all sorts of bias and opinion, but the statement from Bill Taylor is printer in entirety on this page.
Trump is immue
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/23/trump-lawyer-prosecuted-shooting-someone-055648
He is also immune to Common sense it seems.
He is also immune to Common sense it seems.
2019/10/19
hurting the poor again
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/trump-food-stamps-school-lunches/index.html
Republicans gutting public aid again. Seems as if drumpf still has some use for the Republican agenda.
2019/10/15
Global growth down
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/imf-world-economic-outlook-slowest-global-growth-since-crisis-130017182.html
The IMF advises that growth will be down on many advanced nations. Their outlook for the US is better than expected by the Fed, but is still below Drumpf's promise of 4%. Too bad he will never learn that their are different leadership needs depending on the position. You cant bludgeon your way through everything.
2019/10/14
A character gets added to the show
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/us/politics/who-is-fiona-hill.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Mick Mulvaney gets added to the impeachment circus. How and who leaked this will be interesting. I love Bolton's blurt on the topic, and I love his assessment of Giuliani.
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Mr. Bolton instructed Fiona Hill to notify the chief lawyer for the National Security Council that Mr. Giuliani was working with Mick Mulvaney on a rogue operation with legal implications according to two people familiar with her closed-door testimony.
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Mick Mulvaney gets added to the impeachment circus. How and who leaked this will be interesting. I love Bolton's blurt on the topic, and I love his assessment of Giuliani.
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Mr. Bolton instructed Fiona Hill to notify the chief lawyer for the National Security Council that Mr. Giuliani was working with Mick Mulvaney on a rogue operation with legal implications according to two people familiar with her closed-door testimony.
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I no one is listening
So I know there are not any followers of this blog oh, but I had a few thoughts but I wanted to throw out and see what the world thought about them.
As events continue to unfold in the Middle East in the surrounding area, I'm left wondering what the people in power hope to accomplish with all of this.
More and more it seems that Russia and Turkey are using all of these conflicts as a means to expand their Empires.
2019/10/13
Utterly Abhorent
https://www.mazechmedia.com/2019/10/uganda-announces-kill-the-gays-bill-that-will-impose-death-penalty-on-homosexuals/
So National Christian Organization helped with this bill. I love the fact that these hypocrites claim to follow the teachings of Christ, but yet find that it is OK to murder anyone.
Chick-Fil-A helps fund this organization.
So National Christian Organization helped with this bill. I love the fact that these hypocrites claim to follow the teachings of Christ, but yet find that it is OK to murder anyone.
Chick-Fil-A helps fund this organization.
2019/10/11
I got caught
and now I will claim I knew nothing, and that all sorts of people donate to my campaign.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/465310-mccarthy-will-return-money-donated-by-indicted-associates-of-giuliani
The House minority leader and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) both received considerable donations from Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, a pair of Ukrainian American businessmen.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/465310-mccarthy-will-return-money-donated-by-indicted-associates-of-giuliani
The House minority leader and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) both received considerable donations from Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, a pair of Ukrainian American businessmen.
Former Ambassador Testifies
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/11/769049841/fired-u-s-ukraine-ambassador-arrives-on-capitol-hill-to-testify-in-impeachment-p
The career diplomat was recalled from her post in May after criticism from some Republicans, including Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, that she was not supportive of the administration's policies. She was appointed by former President Obama in 2016 and confirmed without any controversy by the GOP-led Senate.
The career diplomat was recalled from her post in May after criticism from some Republicans, including Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, that she was not supportive of the administration's policies. She was appointed by former President Obama in 2016 and confirmed without any controversy by the GOP-led Senate.
2019/10/07
Just more Ukraine surprises
https://apnews.com/d7440cffba4940f5b85cd3dfa3500fb2
This barrel of angry cats might still be just spilling out.
This could keep going. And there are other "findings" yet to come.
More whistle blowers. etc.
This barrel of angry cats might still be just spilling out.
This could keep going. And there are other "findings" yet to come.
More whistle blowers. etc.
2019/10/03
Trump, Whistle Blower, and the 2'nd Civil War
https://www.wired.com/story/civil-war-2-meme/
Some critics like director Ava DuVernay warn that real danger lurks behind these kinds of presidential tweets. Far-right groups and militias don't see Civil War 2 as an idea worth spoofing, they see it as a call to arms, and, at least online, claim to be acting accordingly.
https://www.wired.com/story/whistle-blower-did-it-right/
But underneath the increasingly large pile of misinformation, misinterpretation, and outright fabrication sits one simple truth: The whistle-blower did nothing wrong.
In fact, House Intelligence staffers did exactly what they were supposed to do in these situations: tell the whistle-blower to lawyer up, and submit a complaint to an inspector general. That's their long-established role in the whistle-blower ecosystem. "Like other whistle-blowers have done before and since under Republican- and Democratic-controlled committees, the whistle-blower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the jurisdiction of the intelligence community," Intel Committee spokesperson Patrick Boland said in a statement. "Consistent with the committee's longstanding procedures, committee staff appropriately advised the whistle-blower to contact an inspector general and to seek legal counsel."
Some critics like director Ava DuVernay warn that real danger lurks behind these kinds of presidential tweets. Far-right groups and militias don't see Civil War 2 as an idea worth spoofing, they see it as a call to arms, and, at least online, claim to be acting accordingly.
https://www.wired.com/story/whistle-blower-did-it-right/
But underneath the increasingly large pile of misinformation, misinterpretation, and outright fabrication sits one simple truth: The whistle-blower did nothing wrong.
In fact, House Intelligence staffers did exactly what they were supposed to do in these situations: tell the whistle-blower to lawyer up, and submit a complaint to an inspector general. That's their long-established role in the whistle-blower ecosystem. "Like other whistle-blowers have done before and since under Republican- and Democratic-controlled committees, the whistle-blower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the jurisdiction of the intelligence community," Intel Committee spokesperson Patrick Boland said in a statement. "Consistent with the committee's longstanding procedures, committee staff appropriately advised the whistle-blower to contact an inspector general and to seek legal counsel."
2019/10/02
The new financial meltdown
https://jalopnik.com/americas-auto-loan-debt-is-truly-out-of-control-1838713860
This is conjecture
https://www.alternet.org/2019/10/maine-senator-suggests-that-at-least-20-minutes-are-cut-from-rough-transcript-of-trumps-conversation-with-zelensky-we-dont-know-what-is-missing/
The words “rough transcript” have often been used to describe a publicly released summation of President Donald Trump’s now-infamous July 25 phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; it was not a full transcript but rather, was based on what notetakers wrote down. And Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent, has suggested that at least 20 minutes of the conversation are missing from the rough transcript/White House memo that has been publicly released.
certainly was not a scientific analysis of the transcript, but it is an interesting question. Doubt we will ever see the full transcript.
The words “rough transcript” have often been used to describe a publicly released summation of President Donald Trump’s now-infamous July 25 phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; it was not a full transcript but rather, was based on what notetakers wrote down. And Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent, has suggested that at least 20 minutes of the conversation are missing from the rough transcript/White House memo that has been publicly released.
certainly was not a scientific analysis of the transcript, but it is an interesting question. Doubt we will ever see the full transcript.
2019/10/01
Rock Musician Whistle Blower
They wanted to talk about Deutsche Bank — one of the world’s largest and most troubled financial institutions, and the bank of choice to the president of the United States. Mr. Broeksmit’s late father, Bill, had been a senior executive there, and his son possessed a cache of confidential bank documents that provided a tantalizing glimpse of its internal workings. Some of the documents were password-protected, and there was no telling what secrets they held or how explosive they could be.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/business/val-broeksmit-deutsche-bank-trump-whistle-blower.html
Why do I put up with this? Because his trove of corporate emails, financial materials, boardroom presentations and legal reports is credible — even if he is not. (In this article, every detail not directly attributed to Mr. Broeksmit has been corroborated by documents, recordings or an independent source.) Besides, there’s something uncanny about how Mr. Broeksmit’s fearlessness and addiction to drama have led him, again and again, to the center of the news. In addition to Deutsche Bank’s troubles, he has figured into North Korea’s hack of Sony Pictures, the collapse of the world’s oldest bank and the House Intelligence Committee’s ongoing investigation into Mr. Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/business/val-broeksmit-deutsche-bank-trump-whistle-blower.html
Why do I put up with this? Because his trove of corporate emails, financial materials, boardroom presentations and legal reports is credible — even if he is not. (In this article, every detail not directly attributed to Mr. Broeksmit has been corroborated by documents, recordings or an independent source.) Besides, there’s something uncanny about how Mr. Broeksmit’s fearlessness and addiction to drama have led him, again and again, to the center of the news. In addition to Deutsche Bank’s troubles, he has figured into North Korea’s hack of Sony Pictures, the collapse of the world’s oldest bank and the House Intelligence Committee’s ongoing investigation into Mr. Trump.
In someone's pocket
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-saudi-crown-prince-says-kusher-was-in-his-pocket/
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/21/jared-kushner-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/
On November 4, a week after Kushner returned to the U.S., the crown prince, known in official Washington by his initials MBS, launched what he called an anti-corruption crackdown. The Saudi government arrested dozens of members of the Saudi royal family and imprisoned them in the Ritz-Carlton Riyadh, which was first reported in English by The Intercept. The Saudi figures named in the President’s Daily Brief were among those rounded up; at least one was reportedly tortured.
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/21/jared-kushner-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/
On November 4, a week after Kushner returned to the U.S., the crown prince, known in official Washington by his initials MBS, launched what he called an anti-corruption crackdown. The Saudi government arrested dozens of members of the Saudi royal family and imprisoned them in the Ritz-Carlton Riyadh, which was first reported in English by The Intercept. The Saudi figures named in the President’s Daily Brief were among those rounded up; at least one was reportedly tortured.
Trading threats over impeachment depositions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pompeo-says-state-dept-officials-wont-show-up-for-scheduled-impeachment-depositions-this-week/2019/10/01/b350f8a2-e459-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html
Pompeo’s letter Tuesday chastising the committees said that he would “not tolerate such tactics, and I will use all means at my disposal to prevent and expose any attempts to intimidate the dedicated professionals whom I am proud to lead and serve alongside at the Department of State.”
Pompeo’s letter Tuesday chastising the committees said that he would “not tolerate such tactics, and I will use all means at my disposal to prevent and expose any attempts to intimidate the dedicated professionals whom I am proud to lead and serve alongside at the Department of State.”
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