Wednesday, July 18, 2018

The Russian hacking of the 2016 elections was known by US national Intelligence since January 6th, shortly after New Years, 2017. I remember news reports stating that because of the investigation into the DNC hacking. Yet, today July 18, 2018 the American people need to be reminded of that fact.

There is some really sad propaganda that comes out of Fox News on a regular basis. One of the blurred lines about that is the idea Trump would still be president if the Russian hackers were not at work, They hold tightly to the fact there were no votes changed in any of the states without cyber -security such Illinois. 

That is true, HOWEVER, Fox News conveniently forgets about the Facebook Factor. See, the issue with Comey as the frosting on the cake would not have had the same impact if all the lies and deceptions and false news of Facebook hadn’t done all that initial work, That initial work was by the Russians. So it is not just the vote count that mattered even after security breaches, it was the momentum of all the false stories that took a toll on the Clinton campaign.

In my opinion, the wrong person is in the Oval Office and Trump knows. If it weren’t for the entirety of the Russian meddling the Clinton victory would have been admirable. No one will change my mind.

The fact Donald Trump is operating way outside standard protocols and simple decency and patriotic loyalty to the USA, is all him. He has no one else to blame. Russia has something on him and it was his own doing. Unfortunately for the country, it is being lead by a man unable and unwilling to govern and only now when treason is showing through with threats to ambassadors do people realize how dangerous he is.

The Mueller Investigation has to reach completion.
I am looking forward to Mitt Romney in the US Senate. His mannerisms can be comical sometimes but he has moral center. He will an asset to the Senate and we already know he steps up to tackle difficult circumstances for the country without a second thought. I look forward to his leadership for all the right reasons.

I just home his policy positions are more like the Romney of Massachusetts rather than the presidential nominee nutcase.

Trump is a slippery slope.

If Trump starts disregarding Americans as important, ambassadors are important, there is no end to it. First it’s ambassadors and businessmen, next statesmen and opponents and then simply people that are displeasing. It is not prudent to forget parentless children and childless parents. It is imprudent to forget internment camps that is still unknown to be safe with plenty of food and water. Capture and Release is a real answer to insure human life at the southern border yet Fox News forgets the capture part and inflames dialogue by saying it is an open border policy.

So this entire idea of allowing human beings of any status to be used as bargaining chips in a game decided in two hours behind closed doors between Putin and Trump is unthinkable, but, Trump does the unthinkable. He obviously does the unthinkable otherwise we would not be witnessing babies with blank looks on their faces when returned to their mothers.

Trump is selling Americans to satisfy Putin.

Mr. Browder acted nobly in passing the Magnitsky Act (Public Law 112-208) (Originally the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012 HR. 6156). It is outrageous and treasonous to hand Americans to the Russian government for interrogation.

Russia does not allow extradition of their citizens and his agents kill people in the U.K. at will. There will be absolutely not one American handed to Russia for interrogation on US soil or otherwise.

The Trump Administration is allowing Russia to deconstruct USA laws. The Magnitsky Act is LAW in this country and no dam Russian is going to harass Americans for their own purpose. To allow American law to be deconstructed by foreign agents is treason. End of discussion.

If Vladimir Putin wants to talk to Mr. Browden, he will have to ask Browden himself and he’ll have to ask nicely. I think most everyone in the world already knows the answer.

Trump is creating a slippery slope by allowing Russia to interrogate Americans. It won’t be tolerated. By allowing citizens to become insecure in their own citizenship is treason. Law enforcement in the USA are ONLY allowed to question Americans and only after the American understand their rights to due process. Russia will NEVER conduct interrogations of Americans.

At this point the USA Executive Branch should start to consider sending Russian diplomats back to Russia for the potential threat they are to Americans.

The tough and dangerous work is being conducted by the Border Patrol.

July 13 of 2018 the HSI (Homeland Security Investigations) El Paso Border Patrol arrested 18 alien smugglers, 117 illegal border crossers. THE BORDER PATROL seized cash, vehicles and drugs. 

Before “ICE” was created after 911, it was always the Border Patrol and it still is today.

It is wrong of the Republican House membership to single out ICE for recognition. The Border Patrol takes on all the same dangers as ICE.

In not recognizing all the other law enforcement along any US border, the Republican legislation is nothing more than using taxpayer money and power of the government to play politics. It needs to stop. We are in a cyber war with Russia while they misbehave with allies and the House Republicans are playing political games with the Legislative floor. It is sickening.

The Mueller Investigation has found concert evidence of Russian cyber invasion into the elections of 2018 and the only thing the Republicans can think to do is take a divisive vote about singling pit ICE for recognition. It is disgusting!

Do Republicans actually care about this country or simply use it for their own purposes like Trump does?

Dan Coates knows for a fact the Russians are tampering with the 2018 elections and it has nothing to do with the southern border, DO SOMETHING!
Trump was hard on Russia. Russia runs the USA embassy in Russia. 

Trump commits human rights violations at the USA southern border while Trimp welcomes Russia women into the USA to birth their babies.

Trump says Russia is no longer targeting the USA. PROOF.

Mr. Coates says otherwise. He states the Russians are still carrying out a cyber war and not just elections. He included nuclear power plants. 

Trump is lying to suit his own image and doesn’t care about the country.

She was never a harmless grad student

Maria Butina won’t be leaving for Russia anytime soon. What does she know that Russian intelligence would interested in? She was getting ready to move a large amount of cash outside of the USA.

It seems to me her attorney has no real defense for her. She has cash, the sympathies of the Russians offering her removal from the USA to Russia, she has no real ties to the USA (no family, no anticipated wedding) and only official Russian intelligence in the USA as friends. 

She was using the promise of sex to top leadership of the corporations she sought to be a lobbyist. She was seeking an affiliation with the NRA to lobby with Congress. She wanted relationships with Congressional members as a lobbyist. She knew exactly what she was doing. She knows how money is corrupting our politics. She wanted the power of the NRA to influence Congress with plenty of money as a lobbyist. WOW. This is a prime example of the corrupting influence of money in USA politics. It is a very dangerous corruption. It is a corruption that assaults the USA national security. 

She was very confident in her power. She was circulating among powerful Republican organizations to prove she was one of them. This level of success by a Russian operative cannot be ignored. She was successful and looking for more success as a lobbyist. She was accumulating plenty of money and she would in time seek out Democratic infiltration for her own purposes.

Russia was definitely gaining control. Russia hacked the Democrats to disadvantage them while infiltrating the Republicans to the highest office in the land.

Money. It was the leverage that worked. We don’t know how much money Trump is into Russia for, but, it is obvious the Russians wanted control of the USA government through the Republican Party. The petroleum party. 

I don’t feel comfortable with this reality at all. The country is losing control of its government and money is all part of it.

I want a “Maria Butina Law” that controls campaign financing and returns the government to the people. Real return to the people, not a populous political rant that changes as soon as the election is over.

Pretty shoes.

Talking about stiffs, Democratic women Senators and US House members wear boring shoes. There is a trend, coming out of the US South, that places tasteful decorations on heels and otherwise on shoes. Think about it.

Rosenstein needs some classes on professional interpersonal relationships.

The talk about impeaching Rod Rosenstein is Congressional over reach and I believe Speaker Ryan is correct in placing any concerns about the work environment into perspective. I also find this latest outrageous movement by the political right wing mentored by Fox News very alarming considering a very unqualified assistant attorney general Brian Benczkowski was placed at the DOJ. There is too much questionable behavior by this administration including the placement of Brian Benczkowski. The USA is not going to kiss Putin’s ass as Trump does. 

There is reporting by David Isakoff (spelling) that one of the first acts by Trump as president was to remove any leans or restrictions on property and homes owned by the country of Russia in the USA. Those properties were part of the USA efforts to end spying by Russia within the USA. If my
memory serves me right all those properties were acted upon by President Obama after spies were returned to Russia. By returning those properties to Russia Trump has recreated the danger and opportunity for Russia to return to it’s old activities and what seems like an open door policy to any Russian including one now on indictment.

This is the way I see it. The Republicans want to impeach Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein  to replace him with “Russian Alpha Bank” Executive Brian Benczkowski so Trump has control over the Mueller investigation. 

Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has not done anything wrong to deserve impeachment. He has been demanding in asking for complete reports from department employees. That is Rosenstein’s job. He does it well. However he can be demanding in ways that sours the attitude of coworkers. Rod Rosenstein needs to do better and if he convened a staff meeting and there was dialogue with his staff and coworkers I am confident there would be suggestions and comments to improve the work environment at the DOJ. 

This is a difficult time for the Justice Department and the USA, but, the employees of the DOJ are doing vital work the country is counting on. I thank Assistant AG Rosenstein for obvious dedication to the country and his exemplary ethical standards. His work ethic services him well, but, he can a bit of a stiff. I wish the department well in protecting the country, believe me, we are all counting on it.
Putin needs to stop harassing Western Europe and the Black Sea and the Baltics. NATO is not going anywhere and it’s newest members are wonderful. Russia revealed itself as a very hostile country. That reality cannot be ignored. NATO countries do not want to live under Russian oppression and is more than evident today. Taking Trump as a POW won’t effect the USA’s commitment to freedom and countries that seek it. Quite frankly, Russia can keep Trump in Moscow and the USA would be all the happier. Trump and his administration are security risks.