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April 19. 2019 By Kevin Billings U.S. District judge ruledThursday (click here) that the residents ofFlint, Michigan, can proceed with the 2017 lawsuit against the federal government for its poor response to the 2014 water crisis. Judge Linda V. Parker said that the government wasn’t immune to lawsuits in this circumstance. Parker based this decision on Environmental Protection Agency employees who knew there was lead leaching from the old pipes because of the Flint water not being treated properly and misled residents about it. "(The court) can today state with certainty that the acts leading to the creation of the Flint Water Crisis, alleged to be rooted in lies, recklessness and profound disrespect have and will continue to produce a heinous impact for the people of Flint," Parker said. Attorney Michael Pitt, who is representing Flint residents against the U.S., told the Detroit Newsthat Parker's ruling would "shake up the EPA."... Congress is getting serious. It is starting to feel like America again. April 19, 2019 By Melissa Nann Burke Washington— Michigan officials (click here) have provided congressional investigators with tens of thousands of documents related to the Flint water crisis since the start of the year. The office of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is continuing to work "cooperatively" with the House Oversight and Reform Committee to produce the documents that the panel requested, Nessel spokesman Dan Olsen said this week. "Our office has already supplied the committee with tens of thousands of pages of documents, and we are diligently working to send the rest," Olsen said. Olsen added that, while some of the records provided to the committee have been submitted previously, "most of these pages of documents are new." The Attorney General's Officeis sending the documents in response to Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings of Maryland, who in late December wrote to then-Gov. Rick Snyder asking he "fully comply" with the committee's 2016 bipartisan request for documents related to the water crisis.... Governor Whitmer is making Flint whole again. There are thousands of children and hundreds that became ill with Legionella Disease and there are many died from it. This isn't going to be ignored by anyone. NOT EVER AGAIN. What is that expression? "Never Forget."
April 15, 2019 When Michigan officials switched water sources for Flint, Michigan, from Lake Huron to the Flint River it introduced iron and lead into the water supply. Flint – The city of Flint (click here) is getting another $77 million in funding from the state to pay for water infrastructure improvements. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced a $77.7 million loan to the city. Interest will be zero percent and 100 percent of the principal will be forgiven, effectively making it a grant....
There is a Russian tape that Trump wanted stopped? Really. Why wasn't the Special Council able to obtain whatever existed of it and what does it say? Everyone wants to know what Russia has on Trump. Where is the tape? April 18, 2019 By Lisa Hagen ...The special counsel's report (click here) cites a memo drafted by then-FBI Director James Comey about his private briefing on the dossier to Trump on Jan. 6, 2017. Citing the memo, the footnote reads that Comey briefed Trump on the salacious nature of the tapes allegedly from his 2013 Moscow trip for the Miss Universe Pageant. Mueller's report also notes that the campaign was aware of the alleged tapes prior to Comey's 2017 briefing. Mueller says in the footnotes that Russian businessman Giorgi Rtskhiladze texted then-Trump attorney Michael Cohen about the tape on Oct. 30, 2016. According to the report, Rtskhiladze said he was told it was fake, but didn't relay that to Cohen. "During the 2016 presidential campaign, a similar claim may have reached candidate Trump. On October 30, 2016, Michael Cohen received a text from Russian businessman Giorgi Rtskhiladze that said, 'Stopped flow of tapes from Russia but not sure if there's anything else. Just so you know. …'" the footnote reads.... The Pee Tape? Russia knows about the Pee Tape, why shouldn't the USA know about it? ...The Crocus Group’s president is Aras Agalarov. (click here) It was Agalarov’s son, the Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, who brokered the June 9th, 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Kremlin-linked lawyer, who promised to deliver “official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary.”... Ya, gotta love text messaging, right? Crocus Group (click here) is one of the leading development companies in Russia. Founded in 1989, Crocus Group is responsible for over 4 million total square meters of developed property. "There are things I want to do in Russia." And he and his revolving door cabinet are using the USA government for their own purpose and not worrying one day about the people of the USA or the country's national security.
Crocus City, a multifunctional satellite city of Moscow
Crocus Expo, an exhibition center meeting the highest international standards
Crocus City Hall concert facility
Myakinino Metro Station
Manhattan Mixed-Use Residential-Commercial complex (construction ongoing, with 14 towers planned)
VEGAS chain of retail-entertainment stores, including VEGAS Crocus City, VEGAS Kashirskoye Shosse, and VEGAS Kuntsevo (opening in 2017)
VEGAS City Hall concert venue
Crocus City Oceanarium
Tvoy Dom chain of superstores, including Tvoy Dom Crocus City, Tvoy Dom Novaya Riga, Tvoy Dom Kashirskoe Shosse, Tvoy Dom Ostashkovskoe Shosse, and Tvoy Dom Voronezh
Crocus City Mall luxury shopping center
Crocus Fashion, comprising namebrand boutiques like Sergio Rossi, Casadei, Le Silla, DeNoVo, Alberto Guardiani, Artioli, Santoni, Cesare Paciotti, John Varvatos, G-Star, Ravazzolo, Tardini, Tony Ward as well as the department store Crocus Fashion and two Crocus Stock boutiques
Crocus Atelier Couture, an atelier of handtailored apparel
U-BOAT brand of luxury watches
Restaurants by Crocus Group, including Shore House (Crocus City), Shore House (Sea Breeze), Baku (Tvoy Dom Kashirskoye Shosse), Baku (Tvoy Dom Crocus City), Zafferano (VEGAS Kashirskoye Shosse), Zafferano (VEGAS Crocus City), Edoko (VEGAS Kashirskoye Shosse), Edoko (VEGAS Crocus City), Forte Bello (Crocus City), Fusion (Crocus City Mall), Casa Mia (Crocus City Mall), Traktir Pozharskago (Crocus City Mall), Asia Cafe (Crocus City Mall), Backstage (Crocus City), Nobu (B. Dmitrovka), Nobu (Crocus City), Rose Bar (B. Dmitrovka), Rose Bar (Crocus City), U diadi Maxa (VEGAS Crocus City), Vegas Café (VEGAS Crocus City), three restaurants in Agalarov Estate
Agalarov Estate suburban estate
Sea Breeze, an elite housing development in Azerbaijan
Agalarov House residential complex
Retail project BOXCITY
Crocus-Bank
Crocus Logistics customs terminal and logistics center
Crocus Insurance
Crocus Steamship
CROCUS GROUP
General Contractor for the Construction of Stadiums for the 2018 F.I.F.A. World Cup Championship in Kaliningrad and Rostov-on-Don
General Contractor for the Construction of the First Stage of the TsKAD (Central Ring Highway)
General Contractor for the construction of the Pavshinsky Pedestrian Bridge (Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast)
General Contractor for the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island (built for the 2012 APEC Summit, the first to occur in Russia)
The first Russian company to build a station of the Moscow metropolitan system (Myakinino) using private funds
Organizer of the 2013 Miss Universe pageant, which took place for the first time in Russia
Crocus Group. Developing the Future. Very, very cute. This is not the Pee Tape. This is an intimidation tape whereby a panel is passing around girly pictures. It must be tough being a womanizer. Donald Trump is completely compromised and will provide anything Russia wants to them. He needs to resign. He is an ineffective president that does nothing to benefit the country. Trump is a fool. He and Manafort are scared to death of Russia. The harder they squeeze Trump, the more they want. You idiot. There is no way out of this for anyone that has been involved including Trump's children who have dealt with Russia, except, to seek protection from the USA by providing the truth and ending the coercion. There is no way out Trump as long as you continue this charade. NO WAY OUT! July 11, 2017 By Robert Mackey IT TOOK FOUR years longer than he’d hoped, (click here) but on Tuesday the Russian oligarch Aras Agalarov finally succeeded in his aim of using Donald Trump to make his son Emin famous in the United States....
Having Donald Trump in the Oval Office, two years with complete negligence of oversight and tolerating lying in the Executive Branch has emboldened Russia. When I look at this picture it makes me realize that it was not a PR picture, it was a victory picture. Russia won. It wasn't about diplomacy, it was about surrender. The idea that Trump wants "...to do things in Russia..." (for his company) is to realize Trump has no sincere appreciation for the enemy standing in his office and the message that sends the world. The same silly ideas are imposed on North Korea for Trump. There are business ventures foolishly planning and making inroads for business in North Korea. Did they notice there are still missiles being fired near our allies in the Pacific? The USA has enemies, Russia is one of them. The only war prevention with Russia at this point are nuclear weapons. Realize,for all the diplomacy the USA has conducted since Bush 41 decided "A Family of Nations" was the path to peace, Russia never gave up brinkmanship or the idea of reuniting the USSR. Never. Not for one minute did Russia set aside all animosity and become a family member. There is still communism in the world that dominates the safety of human life even within the borders of countries embracing capitalism. There are oppressive regimes, dictators allowing the free and open slaughter of people because THEY COULD BE DRUG DEALERS in the Philippines. The Philippines used to be an ally and that faded with reports of sexual assault by Americans and the hatred of the USA military. Now, the Philippines is in ruins when it comes to the free will of the people and the practice of democracy. No different than Venezuela, the Philippines is not an ally, but, coveted by Russia as a platform in the Pacific. Immediately after Trump spoke with Duterte, IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD, Duterte flew to Moscow to meet with Putin. That told Trump he has to come a long way to become one of them in order to be a part of them. Trump is chasing rainbows because he wants the wealth that lies within these countries and they don't even have strong consumerism. His rainbows have no pot of gold. The USA should never tolerate a president that places his own dreams of wealth ahead of the national security of the USA and Trump does exactly that. The American people need to realize the leadership of this extremist Republican arm are dangerous people. They are liars. I could not believe that Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the supposed pinnacle of Christian Evangelical leadership, is a liar. She didn't just lie to the people of the USA, but, she lied to the Special Council. She is another Rove. "Wait, wait, don't file charges, let me try to get this right with the Grand Jury." Rove appeared before the Grand Jury in regard to the Plame outing six times. He didn't appear for more information, he appeared before the Grand Jury because he didn't want to go to jail for his lies. The Special Council report is about a communist country that successfully influenced the supposed free and open elections of 2016. It worked. The Russian intelligence agency SET UP A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING there was a DEEP STATE. It was so successful politically, Trump wouldn't give it up and to think he is going to repent now is a fool's errand. We are talking about a current Executive Branch that used it's influence in Senate elections to intimidate the Republican majority in the US Senate to even conduct oversight for two full years. This isn't about politics as the Republicans have decided, IT IS ABOUT THE COUNTRY and the security of the country for adverse foreign influence. The American people need to take the Special Council report seriously and begin to prioritize the reality that the USA has allies and it has enemies and the "Family of Nation" idea may have been a good one, but, in REALITY, it compromised the USA and didn't benefit it in the way intended. Robert Mueller is a great American and a trustworthy ally of the American people. The country needs to appreciate that and embrace his work.
