October 25, 2019
Romulus, Mich. — General Motors workers (click here) approve new contract, ending 40-day strike that crippled the automaker’s U.S. production.
Picket lines will end immediately, and skilled trades workers will begin restarting factories that were shuttered when 49,000 workers walked out on Sept. 16. Some production workers could return Friday night.
Earlier reports on Friday said that striking workers at two large GM factories, including one with the most employees in the U.S., approved a new contract with the company, all but assuring the deal would be ratified.
Production workers at GM’s SUV plant in Arlington, Texas, voted 78% in favor, while skilled trades voted 60% for the contract. Arlington is the United Auto Workers union’s largest GM local, representing more than 5,000 people. Vote totals weren’t given. Also, workers at an assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri, near St. Louis approved the deal Friday with 63.5% of production workers and 69.9% of skilled trades in favor.
About 49,000 workers walked off their jobs Sept. 16, halting production at more than 30 U.S. factories and hampering it in Mexico and Canada due to parts shortages. Analysts estimate the strike cost GM more than $2 billion....
Friday, October 25, 2019
Continued from previous entry - Page 110 of the report, Page 118 of the PDF.
This report is a source of "the truth." Robert S. Mueller, III is not capable of lying. It started with a lawful order and remains a source of the activities of the Trump Campaign during the 2016 elections. Because there was no outright charges of conspiracy, it doesn't mean it wasn't entertained.
Crimes require a high bar of proof, ethics, on the other hand, does not.
"Report of the Special Counsel" (click here)
Natalia Veselnitskaya is a lobbyist in DC for Russia. Got that? Russia sends lobbyists to the USA Capital to undo American law. The Magnitsky Act is USA legislation and her sole responsibility is to undo it. Excuse me? What is she doing in DC in the first place?
What do lobbyists of any vernacular bring to DC to entice lawmakers? Money and plenty of it. What was she doing in Washington DC when she is a KNOWN SUBVERSIVE?
Natalia Veselnitskaya (click here)
Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. and other top Trump campaign officials in June 2016 is a white-collar defense attorney, former prosecutor, and prominent advocate for the repeal of the 2012 Magnitsky Act, a US law that blacklists Russians suspected of human-rights abuses....
5. June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower
On June 9, 2016, senior representatives of the Trump Campaign met in Trump Tower with a Russian attorney expecting to receive derogatory information about Hillary Clinton from the Russian government. The meeting was proposed to Donald Trump Jr. in an email from Robert Goldstone, at the request of his then-client Emin Agalarov, the son of Russian real-estate developer Aras Agalarov. Goldstone relayed to Trump Jr. that the “Crown prosecutor of Russia . . . offered to provide the Trump Campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia” as “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.” Trump Jr. immediately responded that “if it’s what you say I love it,” and arranged the meeting through a series of emails and telephone calls.
As a point of interest, Maria Butina, the Russian that pumped money to Republican candidates through the NRA is out of the USA.
October 25, 2019
By Eileen Sullivan
Washington - Maria Butina, j(click here) the young firearms advocate and covert Russian agent who tried to infiltrate conservative Republican circles during the 2016 presidential campaign, is headed back to her home country after serving 15 months in prison for conspiring to act as a foreign agent.
Ms. Butina, 30, was released from federal prison on Friday into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency in charge of deportations. An agency spokeswoman declined to give details about the timing of her removal, citing agency policy....
Tried? Are you serious? What is this be nice to Republicans day? She was involved with Republican circles up to her eyeballs. Wanna see the pictures, including the Governor of Wisconsin, Scott what's his name.
There are also two special reports in "Haaretz" (click here) regarding the Pittsburgh massacre that occurred on Trump's watch. If anyone wants to understand the trauma running through the Jewish community both in Israel and in the USA and probably Europe as well, subscribe to Haaretz. It is more important than ever for Americans to stay current with Israel's trauma brought on by a spineless USA president.
There are memorials across the USA for Pittsburgh as well as in Israel. This is a very difficult time for Israel and it's diaspora, we need to stay informed and involved. NATO is discussing engaging the Middle East for the first time as an alliance. Trump has created a disaster.
But, to return to the Special Counsel's Report. The Maginsky Act will stand forever. It protects lives. From the same article noted above.
...Most notably, Veselnitskaya represented Denis Katsyv, the son of a senior government official and owner of Russian real estate firm Prevezon, which was sued in 2013 by then-Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara on charges of laundering money in a massive Russian government tax scam.
The scam is also known as the Magnitsky affair, named after Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer for American investment fund manager Bill Browder who is widely believed to have been tortured and killed in a Russian prison after exposing the $230 million fraud.
After Magnitsky's death, Browder sought justice for his former attorney in the US and Europe and, in 2012, Congress passed the Magnitsky Act, which froze the assets of and denied visas to 44 Russian businessmen believed to have been involved in Magnitsky's death....
...Since then, Katsyv and Veselnitskaya have persistently lobbied for the repeal of the Magnitsky Act. Katsyv registered a nonprofit in Delaware called the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation in February 2016, the stated aim of which is to overturn the adoption ban. Veselnitskaya, who represents HRGIF, has also helped organize screenings of an anti-Magnitsky film that casts doubt on both Browder's claims and Magnitsky's findings and promotes Putin's stance....
The United States of America took a stand against the Russian establishment that killed one of their own. He was arrested, jailed and tortured by any standard known to civilization until he died. He should be alive today, carrying out his work and loving his family, but, some people in Russia took a disliking to him and the worse possible end to his life occurred. The death of Sergei Magnitsky was a human rights violation. The legislation is important and continues to serve to act against barbarous acts like the death of Jamal Khashoggi.
The United States of America believes in human life, dignity and the right for all people to be happy. These men's lives were snuffed out because of brutal leaders of countries that have accumulated and continue to accumulate human rights violations.
By the way, Russia is sending more troops to the northern border of Syria to usher the Kurds from the region. On one hand, it is an atrocity by any definition, especially considering Trump secretly agreed to a plan hatched in 2017; but; perhaps the Russian troops will at least keep the Kurds alive.
Crimes require a high bar of proof, ethics, on the other hand, does not.
"Report of the Special Counsel" (click here)
Natalia Veselnitskaya is a lobbyist in DC for Russia. Got that? Russia sends lobbyists to the USA Capital to undo American law. The Magnitsky Act is USA legislation and her sole responsibility is to undo it. Excuse me? What is she doing in DC in the first place?
What do lobbyists of any vernacular bring to DC to entice lawmakers? Money and plenty of it. What was she doing in Washington DC when she is a KNOWN SUBVERSIVE?
Natalia Veselnitskaya (click here)
Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. and other top Trump campaign officials in June 2016 is a white-collar defense attorney, former prosecutor, and prominent advocate for the repeal of the 2012 Magnitsky Act, a US law that blacklists Russians suspected of human-rights abuses....
5. June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower
On June 9, 2016, senior representatives of the Trump Campaign met in Trump Tower with a Russian attorney expecting to receive derogatory information about Hillary Clinton from the Russian government. The meeting was proposed to Donald Trump Jr. in an email from Robert Goldstone, at the request of his then-client Emin Agalarov, the son of Russian real-estate developer Aras Agalarov. Goldstone relayed to Trump Jr. that the “Crown prosecutor of Russia . . . offered to provide the Trump Campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia” as “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.” Trump Jr. immediately responded that “if it’s what you say I love it,” and arranged the meeting through a series of emails and telephone calls.
As a point of interest, Maria Butina, the Russian that pumped money to Republican candidates through the NRA is out of the USA.
By Eileen Sullivan
Washington - Maria Butina, j(click here) the young firearms advocate and covert Russian agent who tried to infiltrate conservative Republican circles during the 2016 presidential campaign, is headed back to her home country after serving 15 months in prison for conspiring to act as a foreign agent.
Ms. Butina, 30, was released from federal prison on Friday into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency in charge of deportations. An agency spokeswoman declined to give details about the timing of her removal, citing agency policy....
Tried? Are you serious? What is this be nice to Republicans day? She was involved with Republican circles up to her eyeballs. Wanna see the pictures, including the Governor of Wisconsin, Scott what's his name.
There are also two special reports in "Haaretz" (click here) regarding the Pittsburgh massacre that occurred on Trump's watch. If anyone wants to understand the trauma running through the Jewish community both in Israel and in the USA and probably Europe as well, subscribe to Haaretz. It is more important than ever for Americans to stay current with Israel's trauma brought on by a spineless USA president.
There are memorials across the USA for Pittsburgh as well as in Israel. This is a very difficult time for Israel and it's diaspora, we need to stay informed and involved. NATO is discussing engaging the Middle East for the first time as an alliance. Trump has created a disaster.
But, to return to the Special Counsel's Report. The Maginsky Act will stand forever. It protects lives. From the same article noted above.
...Most notably, Veselnitskaya represented Denis Katsyv, the son of a senior government official and owner of Russian real estate firm Prevezon, which was sued in 2013 by then-Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara on charges of laundering money in a massive Russian government tax scam.
The scam is also known as the Magnitsky affair, named after Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer for American investment fund manager Bill Browder who is widely believed to have been tortured and killed in a Russian prison after exposing the $230 million fraud.
After Magnitsky's death, Browder sought justice for his former attorney in the US and Europe and, in 2012, Congress passed the Magnitsky Act, which froze the assets of and denied visas to 44 Russian businessmen believed to have been involved in Magnitsky's death....
...Since then, Katsyv and Veselnitskaya have persistently lobbied for the repeal of the Magnitsky Act. Katsyv registered a nonprofit in Delaware called the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation in February 2016, the stated aim of which is to overturn the adoption ban. Veselnitskaya, who represents HRGIF, has also helped organize screenings of an anti-Magnitsky film that casts doubt on both Browder's claims and Magnitsky's findings and promotes Putin's stance....
The United States of America took a stand against the Russian establishment that killed one of their own. He was arrested, jailed and tortured by any standard known to civilization until he died. He should be alive today, carrying out his work and loving his family, but, some people in Russia took a disliking to him and the worse possible end to his life occurred. The death of Sergei Magnitsky was a human rights violation. The legislation is important and continues to serve to act against barbarous acts like the death of Jamal Khashoggi.
The United States of America believes in human life, dignity and the right for all people to be happy. These men's lives were snuffed out because of brutal leaders of countries that have accumulated and continue to accumulate human rights violations.
By the way, Russia is sending more troops to the northern border of Syria to usher the Kurds from the region. On one hand, it is an atrocity by any definition, especially considering Trump secretly agreed to a plan hatched in 2017; but; perhaps the Russian troops will at least keep the Kurds alive.
Sergei Magnitsky (click here) was a 37 year-old tax lawyer and auditor who worked for the Moscow legal and audit firm, Firestone Duncan. He was married and a father of two.
Sergei was born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1972, and emigrated with his family at the age of 9 to Southern Russia. As a child Sergei loved to read. On family vacations, while the rest of the family and friends would be splashing in the sea, Sergei would sit under a tree with a book. His studiousness was quickly recognized and at the age of 15, he won the Republican Physics and Mathematics Olympiad. When he was 18, he moved to Moscow and attended the prestigious Plekhanov Institute.
Sergei was brilliant, in a quiet way....
July 10, 2019
By Lindsay Stein
Rob Goldstone (click here) was a little-known publicist until this weekend, when The
New York Times reported that he helped set up a meeting last year between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer promising damaging info about Hillary Clinton. Monday night the Times added reporting that Goldstone told Trump Jr. that "the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father's candidacy."
Now Goldstone, the co-founder of Oui 2 PR -- which refers to itself on Facebook as a "boutique entertainment company offering a full range of music management, public relations, event planning, creative marketing services" -- is all over the news. So Ad Age made this handy diagram about the man and just about everyone his PR shop touches, from President Trump to Betty White. Click a name to jump to the key info below....
Sorry, while the legal requirements of a conspiracy was not met according to the Mueller Standard, there are just too many people involved for it not to be a conspiracy. When the FBI started asking questions, handing out subpoenas and taking depositions everyone lawyered up and they were able to dispell the conspiracy to keep them out of trouble. That is what happened to the counterintelligence litigation.
A report from CNN states the US House Democrats have chalked up another victory in court and the DOJ has to submit the Grand Jury files to Congress (click here).
I think this is the first time Jr. enters the report. Now, this is interesting and even covert so that law enforcement would not detect it.
Jr. and his family are in the resort business, right? They employ entertainment for their hotels and casinos, so it is only natural Jr. would be in touch with people like Rob Goldstone, a man that handles talent, yes?
Rob Goldstone is contacted by a Russian entertainer by the name of Emin. Emin is that guy with the wealthy oligarch Russian father, Aras Agalarov. We know Emin from his videos while he was trying to make it big in the USA. So, Vladimir puts a condition to Aras in that Emin is the best agent to make contact with the Trump Campaign because it won't cause suspicion. That is the way the Russians do things. The wealthy oligarchs are in Putin's back pocket and Putin, former KGB thinks up schemes to sink The West. So, in this case Putin thought it best to deal his hand through a Russian oligarch real estate broker with a son involved in entertainment, hence Rob Goldstone. Now, I don't know about you, but, that sounds like a conspiracy to me. The question is, "Will the American, this time Jr., succumb to temptation as Putin is dealing it out? That is the real question. If there is a conspriacy, it is passed through Goldstone and will Putin get his wish and Jr. be as corrupt as dear old Dad?
So, Goldstone, being no fool, flat out states he has been contacted by someone with information from the “Crown prosecutor of Russia" who has dirt on Hillary Clinton he would like to share with the Trump Campaign.
Now, think about that a minute.
Goldstone tells Jr. he has an offer from the Russians. Goldstone is not pretending to be in touch with a crooner that wants to make it big in the USA or his father, an oligarch real estate magnate; he has information served straight up by the head law guy in Russia. Goldstone is not going to pretend to hide the fact this is the Russians calling. Why? Because he doesn't want to be involved in a cover-up. Goldstone ain't stupid and something tells me he has been around the block with Trump several times before. Goldstone knows how people get pinned with Trump wrongdoings.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets Prosecutor General Yury Chaika as he arrives for a meeting with regional officials in the Kremlin in Moscow January 31, 2013.
July 12, 2017
In emails (click here) he releasedon Tuesday by Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son and former campaign surrogate, Rob Goldstone, a former British tabloid journalist, told Trump Jr. that “the Crown prosecutor of Russia met with … Aras [Agalarov] this morning and in their meeting offered to provide some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father.” Which raises the question, who is “the Crown prosecutor of Russia”?...
Sergei was brilliant, in a quiet way....
By Lindsay Stein
Rob Goldstone (click here) was a little-known publicist until this weekend, when The
New York Times reported that he helped set up a meeting last year between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer promising damaging info about Hillary Clinton. Monday night the Times added reporting that Goldstone told Trump Jr. that "the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father's candidacy."
Now Goldstone, the co-founder of Oui 2 PR -- which refers to itself on Facebook as a "boutique entertainment company offering a full range of music management, public relations, event planning, creative marketing services" -- is all over the news. So Ad Age made this handy diagram about the man and just about everyone his PR shop touches, from President Trump to Betty White. Click a name to jump to the key info below....
Sorry, while the legal requirements of a conspiracy was not met according to the Mueller Standard, there are just too many people involved for it not to be a conspiracy. When the FBI started asking questions, handing out subpoenas and taking depositions everyone lawyered up and they were able to dispell the conspiracy to keep them out of trouble. That is what happened to the counterintelligence litigation.
A report from CNN states the US House Democrats have chalked up another victory in court and the DOJ has to submit the Grand Jury files to Congress (click here).
Jr. and his family are in the resort business, right? They employ entertainment for their hotels and casinos, so it is only natural Jr. would be in touch with people like Rob Goldstone, a man that handles talent, yes?
Rob Goldstone is contacted by a Russian entertainer by the name of Emin. Emin is that guy with the wealthy oligarch Russian father, Aras Agalarov. We know Emin from his videos while he was trying to make it big in the USA. So, Vladimir puts a condition to Aras in that Emin is the best agent to make contact with the Trump Campaign because it won't cause suspicion. That is the way the Russians do things. The wealthy oligarchs are in Putin's back pocket and Putin, former KGB thinks up schemes to sink The West. So, in this case Putin thought it best to deal his hand through a Russian oligarch real estate broker with a son involved in entertainment, hence Rob Goldstone. Now, I don't know about you, but, that sounds like a conspiracy to me. The question is, "Will the American, this time Jr., succumb to temptation as Putin is dealing it out? That is the real question. If there is a conspriacy, it is passed through Goldstone and will Putin get his wish and Jr. be as corrupt as dear old Dad?
So, Goldstone, being no fool, flat out states he has been contacted by someone with information from the “Crown prosecutor of Russia" who has dirt on Hillary Clinton he would like to share with the Trump Campaign.
Now, think about that a minute.
Goldstone tells Jr. he has an offer from the Russians. Goldstone is not pretending to be in touch with a crooner that wants to make it big in the USA or his father, an oligarch real estate magnate; he has information served straight up by the head law guy in Russia. Goldstone is not going to pretend to hide the fact this is the Russians calling. Why? Because he doesn't want to be involved in a cover-up. Goldstone ain't stupid and something tells me he has been around the block with Trump several times before. Goldstone knows how people get pinned with Trump wrongdoings.
July 12, 2017
In emails (click here) he releasedon Tuesday by Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son and former campaign surrogate, Rob Goldstone, a former British tabloid journalist, told Trump Jr. that “the Crown prosecutor of Russia met with … Aras [Agalarov] this morning and in their meeting offered to provide some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father.” Which raises the question, who is “the Crown prosecutor of Russia”?...
There is no such person as the "Crown Prosecutor of Russia," except, when Goldstone is trying to impress a Trump. I am sure he told Emin he would do his level best to have the Trump Campaign meet with the Russians, so he dressed up the title to the General Prosecutor.
Now, the question still remains will the American, Jr., take the bait? And he does. Jr. agrees to meet with the Russians and where; in Trump Tower. Right there in the light of day, just like dear old Dad.
Jr. doesn't even give one degree of hesitance, he states he loves it if it lives up to his expectations. This is a conspiracy. Jr. clearly has no reservations about dealing with Russians who can bring the gravity of a sovereign state against the opposition candidate, Hillary Clinton. This violates campaign finance laws because Jr. is expecting something of value. Quid Pro Quo. The Trump Campaign is to receive something of value, the other question is what do the Russians expect in return? What do they expect in return? Well, we know now, today; they expected state secrets delivered when Comey was fired, an end to the Russian investigation and a continued list of capitulations from Trump when president that would end where; with the surrender of the USA to Putin?
There is no doubt that the Russians planned to give Jr. something of value in exchange for lots and lots of favors from Trump, including ending the Magnitsky Act, when he became president. Unfortunately, the "lawyered up" members of the Campaign and otherwise put gaps in Robert Mueller's plans to indict a group of conspirators. Mueller didn't do badly though, he nailed 12 Russians who's case was dismissed later by Bill Barr as AG of the USA. No doubt it was dismissed as a favor to Trump and after all how could 12 Russians be involved if there was no reason to file an order in the first place, right? HOWEVER, Barr was far too eager to please Trump and that case was dismissed before Barr's investigation in Italy was even considered a criminal issue.
The pieces of the puzzle to me are all too clear and Trump and his hencemen continue to trip all over themselves in trying to sabotage the next 2020 election.
So, that concludes that paragraph analysis. I think. Let me read it one more time.
That should do it. The entire PROOF of this one paragraph will now be transferred to the US House to support their future proceedings if they need it after the judicial decision today. The PROOF comes in the way of emails and phone calls. Sounds like proof to me.
Let me say this at this point. Let's just say the order to begin the Russian investigation is bogus. It isn't, but, for the sake of argument let's say it is. Does anyone think for one minute that the entire of this report is nonsense. There is PROOF. That is the way Mueller works. He doesn't play around. Barr, trying to be Trump's defense attorney believes he can erase all this by playing with the past. You've got to be joking. This PROOF ain't goin' anywhere. There is overwhelming PROOF/EVIDENCE that is to voluminous to ignore, especially by history.
I am going to take a short break. This is one paragraph, it is going to take a while.
continued in next entry - thank you
Now, the question still remains will the American, Jr., take the bait? And he does. Jr. agrees to meet with the Russians and where; in Trump Tower. Right there in the light of day, just like dear old Dad.
Jr. doesn't even give one degree of hesitance, he states he loves it if it lives up to his expectations. This is a conspiracy. Jr. clearly has no reservations about dealing with Russians who can bring the gravity of a sovereign state against the opposition candidate, Hillary Clinton. This violates campaign finance laws because Jr. is expecting something of value. Quid Pro Quo. The Trump Campaign is to receive something of value, the other question is what do the Russians expect in return? What do they expect in return? Well, we know now, today; they expected state secrets delivered when Comey was fired, an end to the Russian investigation and a continued list of capitulations from Trump when president that would end where; with the surrender of the USA to Putin?
There is no doubt that the Russians planned to give Jr. something of value in exchange for lots and lots of favors from Trump, including ending the Magnitsky Act, when he became president. Unfortunately, the "lawyered up" members of the Campaign and otherwise put gaps in Robert Mueller's plans to indict a group of conspirators. Mueller didn't do badly though, he nailed 12 Russians who's case was dismissed later by Bill Barr as AG of the USA. No doubt it was dismissed as a favor to Trump and after all how could 12 Russians be involved if there was no reason to file an order in the first place, right? HOWEVER, Barr was far too eager to please Trump and that case was dismissed before Barr's investigation in Italy was even considered a criminal issue.The pieces of the puzzle to me are all too clear and Trump and his hencemen continue to trip all over themselves in trying to sabotage the next 2020 election.
So, that concludes that paragraph analysis. I think. Let me read it one more time.
That should do it. The entire PROOF of this one paragraph will now be transferred to the US House to support their future proceedings if they need it after the judicial decision today. The PROOF comes in the way of emails and phone calls. Sounds like proof to me.
Let me say this at this point. Let's just say the order to begin the Russian investigation is bogus. It isn't, but, for the sake of argument let's say it is. Does anyone think for one minute that the entire of this report is nonsense. There is PROOF. That is the way Mueller works. He doesn't play around. Barr, trying to be Trump's defense attorney believes he can erase all this by playing with the past. You've got to be joking. This PROOF ain't goin' anywhere. There is overwhelming PROOF/EVIDENCE that is to voluminous to ignore, especially by history.
I am going to take a short break. This is one paragraph, it is going to take a while.
continued in next entry - thank you
Trump doesn't care about the rules, human life and will milk anyone for a buck.
Was this meeting paid for by the USA government as well? If ever there was going to be a communist party president in the USA, Trump is it. Israel is reeling at Trump's abandonment of the Middle East. He may be the White Supremacist that will abandon Israel.
October 25, 2019
By Ed Shanahan
President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with business leaders at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Aug. 7, 2018.
New Jersey officials (click here) are moving to revoke the liquor license at one of President Donald Trump’s golf clubs, which they say continued to serve a man who was already intoxicated and got into a fatal car crash shortly after leaving the club in 2015.
If successful, the move, first reported by The Washington Post, would be a financially damaging blow to the club, in Colts Neck, depriving it of the ability to meet the needs of thirsty golfers coming off the course and wedding parties eager to celebrate into the night.
The potential punishment is described in an Oct. 21 letter sent to the golf club by the office of the New Jersey attorney general, Gurbir Grewal, who was appointed to the position last year by Gov. Philip D. Murphy, a Democrat....
Conway denies "threats" regardless of the proof in a transcript. The "Washington Examiner" is usually conservative-friendly. This is a surprise. Perhaps the conscience of the conservative is finally waking up to the reality the USA has a problem with Trump. How does she become a "counselor" without a license? The title "Counselor" implies certain qualifications. George Conway is a lawyer, but, Kelly?
October 25, 2019
Washington - Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway (click here) addressed a fiery conversation she had with a Washington Examiner reporter when she spoke to the press on the White House lawn Friday morning.
“I never threatened anyone. Don’t use those words,” said Conway of her conversation with the reporter that took place Tuesday evening.
The Examiner published a transcript on Thursday night showing Conway repeatedly telling Caitlin Yilek, of the Washington Examiner, that the White House might look into the reporter’s “personal life.”
Conway called Yilek because she was angry about an article the reporter wrote on Tuesday that mentioned her husband, George Conway, a prominent critic of President Trump on Twitter. During the conversation, Conway accused Yilek of “trying to undercut another woman based on who she’s married to.”
Near the end of the phone call, Conway suggested the White House might look into other people’s lives....
October 25, 2019By Ed Shanahan
President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with business leaders at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Aug. 7, 2018.
New Jersey officials (click here) are moving to revoke the liquor license at one of President Donald Trump’s golf clubs, which they say continued to serve a man who was already intoxicated and got into a fatal car crash shortly after leaving the club in 2015.
If successful, the move, first reported by The Washington Post, would be a financially damaging blow to the club, in Colts Neck, depriving it of the ability to meet the needs of thirsty golfers coming off the course and wedding parties eager to celebrate into the night.
The potential punishment is described in an Oct. 21 letter sent to the golf club by the office of the New Jersey attorney general, Gurbir Grewal, who was appointed to the position last year by Gov. Philip D. Murphy, a Democrat....
Conway denies "threats" regardless of the proof in a transcript. The "Washington Examiner" is usually conservative-friendly. This is a surprise. Perhaps the conscience of the conservative is finally waking up to the reality the USA has a problem with Trump. How does she become a "counselor" without a license? The title "Counselor" implies certain qualifications. George Conway is a lawyer, but, Kelly?
October 25, 2019
Washington - Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway (click here) addressed a fiery conversation she had with a Washington Examiner reporter when she spoke to the press on the White House lawn Friday morning.
“I never threatened anyone. Don’t use those words,” said Conway of her conversation with the reporter that took place Tuesday evening.
The Examiner published a transcript on Thursday night showing Conway repeatedly telling Caitlin Yilek, of the Washington Examiner, that the White House might look into the reporter’s “personal life.”
Conway called Yilek because she was angry about an article the reporter wrote on Tuesday that mentioned her husband, George Conway, a prominent critic of President Trump on Twitter. During the conversation, Conway accused Yilek of “trying to undercut another woman based on who she’s married to.”
Near the end of the phone call, Conway suggested the White House might look into other people’s lives....
Thursday, October 24, 2019
It couldn't have been a very good day at the White House.
By Aaron Katersky and James Hill
Photo (click here)
President Donald Trump’s own records "strongly corroborate" (click here) the sexual assault accusations of Summer Zervos and belie the president’s denials, the former contestant on "The Apprentice" said in a court filing Thursday.
Zervos has alleged Trump "repeatedly touched her, groped her, and kissed her" on multiple occasions in late 2007 and early 2008, but he has denied it and called her a liar....
...Now, Zervos said there is corroborating evidence the Trump Organization was forced to turn over as part of her defamation lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court earlier this year....
The US Senate Republcans can kick and scream all they want, but, the trial will go forward.
The US Senate has no power over the impeachment process of the US House. I think it is the US House that has the right to condemn the US Senate. The storming of the US House closed hearing attended by many Republicans, is now raising more questions about USA national security.
..."This unprecedented breach of security (click here) raises serious concerns for committee chairman, including me, responsible for maintaining SCIFs," Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in a letter to Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving. “I urge you to take House-wide action to remind all members about the dangers of such reckless action and the potential national security risks of such behavior.”...
October 24, 2019
By Li Zhou
Not to be outdone by their House counterparts, (click here) Senate Republicans are piling onto attacks about the process behind Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, the latest GOP attempt to derail the focus on the substance of the probe itself.
Trump ally and Senate Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham, who’s at the forefront of this push in the upper chamber, introduced a resolution on Thursday that condemns the House inquiry and its interviews with impeachment witnesses behind closed doors. The resolution, which has 41 Republican cosponsors, also urges the House to hold a formal vote to initiate an impeachment inquiry, a move that could give lawmakers in the minority more power to subpoena witnesses.
“If you believe you have a case against the president, vote to open up an inquiry,” Graham said in a press conference announcing the resolution, which is also cosponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell....
..."This unprecedented breach of security (click here) raises serious concerns for committee chairman, including me, responsible for maintaining SCIFs," Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in a letter to Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving. “I urge you to take House-wide action to remind all members about the dangers of such reckless action and the potential national security risks of such behavior.”...
October 24, 2019
By Li Zhou
Not to be outdone by their House counterparts, (click here) Senate Republicans are piling onto attacks about the process behind Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, the latest GOP attempt to derail the focus on the substance of the probe itself.
Trump ally and Senate Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham, who’s at the forefront of this push in the upper chamber, introduced a resolution on Thursday that condemns the House inquiry and its interviews with impeachment witnesses behind closed doors. The resolution, which has 41 Republican cosponsors, also urges the House to hold a formal vote to initiate an impeachment inquiry, a move that could give lawmakers in the minority more power to subpoena witnesses.
“If you believe you have a case against the president, vote to open up an inquiry,” Graham said in a press conference announcing the resolution, which is also cosponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell....
Hello...this is more than likely what the DOJ is hoping will lead to infractions in the law.
October 24, 2019
By Clare Hymes
Washington — The Justice Department's internal watchdog (click here) said a highly anticipated report on the department's use of secret surveillance warrants during the Russia investigation is "nearing completion" and will likely be released publicly, according to a letter obtained by CBS News.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz wrote to congressional leaders on Thursday with an update on his investigation into alleged abuses of warrants obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Horowitz said he expects the report "will be released publicly with few redactions," but declined to provide a timeline.
"I can report to you that the process is ongoing and nearing completion, and we are working through these issues constructively with both the Department and the FBI," Horowitz wrote. "The goal from my standpoint is to make as much of our report public as possible."...
This has nothing to do with the Russia investigation. This is the misuse of META DATA. So, is this the price we pay for surveillance of potential terrorist attacks or not?
October 15, 2019
By Nichol Lindsey
According to a new declassified ruling (click here) from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), FBI personnel systematically abused National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance data in both 2017 and 2018. The 138-page ruling, which dates back to October 2018, was only unsealed 12 months later in October 2019. It offers a rare look at how the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been abusing the constitutional privacy rights of U.S. citizens with alarming regularity. The court ruling is also a stinging rebuke to the FBI’s overreach of its ability to search surveillance intelligence databases.
The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, itself a super-secret court that traditionally approves each and every request of law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, found that employees of the FBI searched data collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in an inappropriate and potentially unconstitutional manner. These abuses, says the FISA court, included accessing NSA surveillance data to look into the online communications of U.S. citizens, including fellow FBI employees and their family members. All told, there may have been tens of thousands of these improper queries, all of them carried out without any reasonable suspicion of a crime or illegal activity posing a risk to national security. Moreover, many of the FBI’s backdoor searches did not differentiate between U.S. citizens and foreign intelligence targets.
Simply put, the data was available to search, and the FBI willingly took advantage of every opportunity to query the NSA intelligence database. For example, FBI employees routinely used mass surveillance data to investigate potential witnesses and informants....
...Perhaps the most contentious and controversial section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is Section 702, which went into effect in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America. Under Section 702, it became possible for the NSA to conduct monitoring of online communications involving foreign nationals in bulk....
By Clare Hymes
Washington — The Justice Department's internal watchdog (click here) said a highly anticipated report on the department's use of secret surveillance warrants during the Russia investigation is "nearing completion" and will likely be released publicly, according to a letter obtained by CBS News.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz wrote to congressional leaders on Thursday with an update on his investigation into alleged abuses of warrants obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Horowitz said he expects the report "will be released publicly with few redactions," but declined to provide a timeline.
"I can report to you that the process is ongoing and nearing completion, and we are working through these issues constructively with both the Department and the FBI," Horowitz wrote. "The goal from my standpoint is to make as much of our report public as possible."...
This has nothing to do with the Russia investigation. This is the misuse of META DATA. So, is this the price we pay for surveillance of potential terrorist attacks or not?
October 15, 2019By Nichol Lindsey
According to a new declassified ruling (click here) from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), FBI personnel systematically abused National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance data in both 2017 and 2018. The 138-page ruling, which dates back to October 2018, was only unsealed 12 months later in October 2019. It offers a rare look at how the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been abusing the constitutional privacy rights of U.S. citizens with alarming regularity. The court ruling is also a stinging rebuke to the FBI’s overreach of its ability to search surveillance intelligence databases.
The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, itself a super-secret court that traditionally approves each and every request of law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, found that employees of the FBI searched data collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in an inappropriate and potentially unconstitutional manner. These abuses, says the FISA court, included accessing NSA surveillance data to look into the online communications of U.S. citizens, including fellow FBI employees and their family members. All told, there may have been tens of thousands of these improper queries, all of them carried out without any reasonable suspicion of a crime or illegal activity posing a risk to national security. Moreover, many of the FBI’s backdoor searches did not differentiate between U.S. citizens and foreign intelligence targets.
Simply put, the data was available to search, and the FBI willingly took advantage of every opportunity to query the NSA intelligence database. For example, FBI employees routinely used mass surveillance data to investigate potential witnesses and informants....
...Perhaps the most contentious and controversial section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is Section 702, which went into effect in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America. Under Section 702, it became possible for the NSA to conduct monitoring of online communications involving foreign nationals in bulk....
What did anyone expect in the face of impending impeachment and a Senate trial. It's cover for Trump.
I spent a significant amount of time reading something like 120 pages of the counterintelligence report of the Special Counsel and the forensics is there. The forensics of the investigation traced the illegal activity of Russian spies of two different Russian intelligence agencies right into their own computers. The footprint into the hacking of the DCCC and the Clinton Campaign lead to the extensive information that lead to the investigation begun by the FBI under James Comey.
There is too many FACTS. This attempt to discredit the USA intelligence agencies is a plot all by itself and it is announced today because of the storming of the hearing room as if something really nefarious is going on. This is an attempt to discredit the impeachment.
Interestingly, the current information gathered by the US House is about Trump's wrongdoings while still in office and has nothing to do with the Russia investigation. He can't worm his way out of this one.
By Michael Balsamo
Washington - The Justice Department (click here) has shifted its review of the Russia investigation to a formal criminal inquiry.
That’s according to a person familiar with the investigation who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday. The person wasn’t authorized to discuss the ongoing matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The move is likely to raise alarm among Democrats that the Trump administration may be trying to use the government to investigate the president’s political opponents.
It’s unclear what potential crimes are being investigated. But the move gives prosecutors the ability to issue subpoenas and potentially empanel a grand jury.
DOJ had previously considered it to be an administrative review, and it’s unclear when the probe transitioned to a criminal investigation....
Donald Trump has failed the USA and Israel. Moving the USA mission to Jerusalem was cover for what was to come.
This was reported six months ago before Trump's final capitulation to Putin regarding Turkey and the aggression that would follow.
April 7, 2019
By Natasha Turak
World Economic Forum (WEF) President Borge Brende (click here) spoke to CNBC on Sunday, discussing his take on the evolving geopolitical landscape in the Middle East.
It’s no news that Russian presence in the region has grown. American withdrawal and disengagement from several of the region’s hotspots has coincided with an apparent shift eastward, Brende said, inviting Moscow to exert its influence over that of the U.S.
“I think there is a clear reality on the ground that we see more of a Russian footprint in this region,” Brende told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble during the WEF on the Middle East and Africa in Amman, Jordan.
The Norwegian politician and diplomat, who served as foreign affairs minister before taking up the WEF presidency, pointed to some clear areas where Russia’s foreign policy objectives have defined the trajectory of conflicts. This has been the case particularly in Syria, where Russian troops have supported Syrian leader Bashar Assad since 2015, enabling him to survive and essentially win that country’s eight-year-long civil war.
“Of course in Syria, Russia now plays an important role, we also see that there is a lot of interaction between President Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu (of Israel),” Brende said.
But other examples relating to trade and investment are clear indicators of increased Russian clout, he added. “We also see that the Gulf countries are discussing very much with Russia when it comes to the oil price, because Russia is the largest oil producer in the world, even larger than Saudi.”
Russia’s alliance with OPEC’s largest oil producer Saudi Arabia and agreements for continued cooperation in energy, trade and investment have enabled closer ties between the two, and its sales of weapons systems like the S-400 missile defense system, which is now driving a wedge between NATO allies the U.S. and Turkey, is not lost on Washington.
Moscow has signed technical agreements and memoranda of understanding to sell the S-400 — which is a cheaper, and according to some analysts more effective version of the U.S. Patriot missile defense system — and other weapons to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar....
Six months of capitulation to Russia has resulted in more demands of the USA to further capitulate control of the region to Moscow. I don't believe the withdrawal of USA forces was at all abrupt to Donald Trump who was talking to Russia and Syria since 2017 about the paradigm shift. Everyone else was surprised because the USA infrastructure was kept unaware of the plans. What else does Trump have in his ultra top-secret file?
October 24, 2019
Russia demanded on Thursday that any remaining U.S. soldiers in Syria (click here) leave the country, denouncing the United States as an occupying force in the war-torn Middle Eastern state.
"As for the presence of American soldiers in Syria, our position is well known. Only the Russian units are present in Syria legitimately at the invitation of the Syrian leadership," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in comments carried by state news agency TASS.
The U.S. abruptly withdrew forces from northern Syria earlier this month, days before NATO ally Turkey began an offensive against Kurdish militants in the region whom the U.S. had been protecting.
Russia, the main military backer of the Syrian government, reached a deal with Turkey this week to share control over parts of northern Syria that had been targeted in the Turkish offensive, obligating the Kurdish militants to leave such areas....
April 7, 2019
By Natasha Turak
World Economic Forum (WEF) President Borge Brende (click here) spoke to CNBC on Sunday, discussing his take on the evolving geopolitical landscape in the Middle East.
It’s no news that Russian presence in the region has grown. American withdrawal and disengagement from several of the region’s hotspots has coincided with an apparent shift eastward, Brende said, inviting Moscow to exert its influence over that of the U.S.
“I think there is a clear reality on the ground that we see more of a Russian footprint in this region,” Brende told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble during the WEF on the Middle East and Africa in Amman, Jordan.
The Norwegian politician and diplomat, who served as foreign affairs minister before taking up the WEF presidency, pointed to some clear areas where Russia’s foreign policy objectives have defined the trajectory of conflicts. This has been the case particularly in Syria, where Russian troops have supported Syrian leader Bashar Assad since 2015, enabling him to survive and essentially win that country’s eight-year-long civil war.
“Of course in Syria, Russia now plays an important role, we also see that there is a lot of interaction between President Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu (of Israel),” Brende said.
But other examples relating to trade and investment are clear indicators of increased Russian clout, he added. “We also see that the Gulf countries are discussing very much with Russia when it comes to the oil price, because Russia is the largest oil producer in the world, even larger than Saudi.”
Russia’s alliance with OPEC’s largest oil producer Saudi Arabia and agreements for continued cooperation in energy, trade and investment have enabled closer ties between the two, and its sales of weapons systems like the S-400 missile defense system, which is now driving a wedge between NATO allies the U.S. and Turkey, is not lost on Washington.
Moscow has signed technical agreements and memoranda of understanding to sell the S-400 — which is a cheaper, and according to some analysts more effective version of the U.S. Patriot missile defense system — and other weapons to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar....
Six months of capitulation to Russia has resulted in more demands of the USA to further capitulate control of the region to Moscow. I don't believe the withdrawal of USA forces was at all abrupt to Donald Trump who was talking to Russia and Syria since 2017 about the paradigm shift. Everyone else was surprised because the USA infrastructure was kept unaware of the plans. What else does Trump have in his ultra top-secret file?
October 24, 2019
Russia demanded on Thursday that any remaining U.S. soldiers in Syria (click here) leave the country, denouncing the United States as an occupying force in the war-torn Middle Eastern state.
"As for the presence of American soldiers in Syria, our position is well known. Only the Russian units are present in Syria legitimately at the invitation of the Syrian leadership," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in comments carried by state news agency TASS.
The U.S. abruptly withdrew forces from northern Syria earlier this month, days before NATO ally Turkey began an offensive against Kurdish militants in the region whom the U.S. had been protecting.
Russia, the main military backer of the Syrian government, reached a deal with Turkey this week to share control over parts of northern Syria that had been targeted in the Turkish offensive, obligating the Kurdish militants to leave such areas....
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
October 23, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (click here) struggled to explain the social media company’s new policy on fact-checking political ads under questioning from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., during a Wednesday hearing.
The company recently announced that to protect political speech it would no longer fact-check ads from politicians, essentially allowing campaigns to pay Facebook to spread disinformation.
At the hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, Zuckerberg said the company’s policy was to take down posts from anyone, including politicians, calling for violence or attempting to suppress voter turnout or participation in the census, but his response to other questions was less clear.
“Could I run ads targeting Republicans in primaries saying that they voted for the Green New Deal?” asked Ocasio-Cortez. “If you’re not fact-checking political advertisements, I’m just trying to understand the bounds here, what’s fair game.”...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (click here) struggled to explain the social media company’s new policy on fact-checking political ads under questioning from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., during a Wednesday hearing.
The company recently announced that to protect political speech it would no longer fact-check ads from politicians, essentially allowing campaigns to pay Facebook to spread disinformation.
At the hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, Zuckerberg said the company’s policy was to take down posts from anyone, including politicians, calling for violence or attempting to suppress voter turnout or participation in the census, but his response to other questions was less clear.
“Could I run ads targeting Republicans in primaries saying that they voted for the Green New Deal?” asked Ocasio-Cortez. “If you’re not fact-checking political advertisements, I’m just trying to understand the bounds here, what’s fair game.”...
What's the code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network?
At first glance, this looks like a dumping ground for responsible management of information. The organization was formed in 2015 and to date, this is the first time anyone concerned about fair and free elections has heard of it yet alone it's reliability and scope. It says it is global, but, to what standard does such a small organization sift through daily fact-checking from around the world?
To what extent does Mr. Zukerberg understand the process this organization carries out fact-checking and to what proof has he measured their reliability?\
I do not believe there are any standards other than the media professional ethics to define quality fact-checking. There is no legislation setting a standard, either state or federal, that I am aware of to date. MDs, lawyers, and even business accounting firms have regulations regarding professional standards; in a world of lies and propaganda where is the gold standard? How reliable is Facebook in it's trust of this global organization?
The International Fact-Checking Network (click here) is a unit of the Poynter Institute dedicated to bringing together fact-checkers worldwide. The IFCN was launched in September 2015 to support a booming crop of fact-checking initiatives by promoting best practices and exchanges in this field.
The International Fact-Checking Network:
To what extent does Mr. Zukerberg understand the process this organization carries out fact-checking and to what proof has he measured their reliability?\
I do not believe there are any standards other than the media professional ethics to define quality fact-checking. There is no legislation setting a standard, either state or federal, that I am aware of to date. MDs, lawyers, and even business accounting firms have regulations regarding professional standards; in a world of lies and propaganda where is the gold standard? How reliable is Facebook in it's trust of this global organization?
The International Fact-Checking Network (click here) is a unit of the Poynter Institute dedicated to bringing together fact-checkers worldwide. The IFCN was launched in September 2015 to support a booming crop of fact-checking initiatives by promoting best practices and exchanges in this field.
The International Fact-Checking Network:
- Monitors trends, formats and policy-making about fact-checking worldwide, publishing regular articles in the section below and in a weekly newsletter.
- Helps surface common positions among the world’s fact-checkers.
- Promotes basic standards through the fact-checkers’ code of principles and projects to track the impact of fact-checking.
- Funds annual fellowships, an innovation grant and a crowdfunding match program.
- Convenes fact-checkers in a yearly conference (Global Fact) and promotes collaborative efforts in international fact-checking.
- Provides training in person and online.
- Advocates for more fact-checking, including through an annual International Fact-Checking Day.
The IFCN team is currently formed by director Baybars Örsek, associate director Cristina Tardáguila and the intern Daniela Flamini. To find out more, read our transparency statement.
This is common to the disrespect Republicans have for the US Constitution and the Democratic party.
Speaker Pelosi needs to send the Capitol Police to the meeting room to restore order. This occurred before, not with US Senators, but, it has occurred before.
When the Florida recount was being conducted following the 2000 elections, a group of rude and irreverent Republicans stormed the official state counting room.
Send the Capitol Police to restore order to the CLOSED SESSION meeting room. Bring the dogs.
When the Florida recount was being conducted following the 2000 elections, a group of rude and irreverent Republicans stormed the official state counting room.
Send the Capitol Police to restore order to the CLOSED SESSION meeting room. Bring the dogs.
Is the media going to continue to take this "fake news" lying down?
There is no such thing as fake news. Either the media is reporting correctly or there are errors that need to be corrected. Retractions and corrections are issued in the media when reporting doesn't track with the facts. So why is Hannity allowed to harass Trump and Trump just slither away to carry out Hannity's directions to enhance the propaganda that is Fake News and the Deep State?
The Times and the Post can't allow a Fox News commentator to slander them and just let it slip by. The White House is not supposed to ignore the news of the day. This is outrageous and something needs to be done. Fox, Hannity and the spineless president, Trump should be held accountable for continued defaming of the media services in the country.
October 22, 2019
By Michael Calderone
The White House (click here) said Tuesday it will not be renewing subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post, two papers the president frequently attacks as “fake” and which he suggested canceling the previous night in a TV appearance.
Monday on Fox News’ “Hannity,” President Donald Trump called the Times “a fake newspaper” and said “we don’t even want it in the White House anymore.”“We’re going to probably terminate that and The Washington Post,” Trump said. “They’re fake.”
Trump’s “terminate” remarks were interpreted by journalists on Twitter as meaning canceling paper subscriptions, rather than kicking reporters out of the White House. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham confirmed to POLITICO that he was talking about subscriptions, “which we won’t be renewing.”’
Representatives from the Post and Times declined to comment....
The Times and the Post can't allow a Fox News commentator to slander them and just let it slip by. The White House is not supposed to ignore the news of the day. This is outrageous and something needs to be done. Fox, Hannity and the spineless president, Trump should be held accountable for continued defaming of the media services in the country.
October 22, 2019
By Michael Calderone
The White House (click here) said Tuesday it will not be renewing subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post, two papers the president frequently attacks as “fake” and which he suggested canceling the previous night in a TV appearance.
Monday on Fox News’ “Hannity,” President Donald Trump called the Times “a fake newspaper” and said “we don’t even want it in the White House anymore.”“We’re going to probably terminate that and The Washington Post,” Trump said. “They’re fake.”
Trump’s “terminate” remarks were interpreted by journalists on Twitter as meaning canceling paper subscriptions, rather than kicking reporters out of the White House. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham confirmed to POLITICO that he was talking about subscriptions, “which we won’t be renewing.”’
Representatives from the Post and Times declined to comment....
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
The Kavanaugh Cases.
October 22, 2019
The President (click here for video as well - thank you) called the emoluments clause of the Constitution ‘phony.’ However, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals appears to disagree. The court announced that it will hear arguments over his potential violation of that clause in early December. Meanwhile, the Manhattan district attorney struck a deal with the President’s lawyers over the President’s tax returns. But depending on the opinion of the 2nd Circuit, either side could take the case to the Supreme Court. Former US Attorney and Former FBI Senior Official Chuck Rosenberg joins Katy Tur to discuss.
..But, (click here) as Marrero also appeared to recognize, the largest problem with Trump’s argument is that it appears to be irreconcilable with the Supreme Court’s decision requiring Nixon to turn over the White House tapes. As now–Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh observed in an article he wrote in 1998, the Nixon decision stands for the proposition that a president must turn over “relevant evidence in criminal proceedings,” absent a specific claim of a threat to national security....
86 Geo. L.J. 2133
Georgetown Law Journal
July, 1998 Symposium
The Independent Counsel Act
From Watergate to Whitewater and Beyond Contribution Brett M. Kavanaugh a1 Copyright (c) 1998 by the Georgetown Law Journal Association; Brett M. Kavanaugh
"The President and the Independent Counsel" (click here)
There is no immunity from impeachment, no matter if a Supreme Court Associate Justice is corrupt to the core. The primary reason Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court was to protect Trump from the investigation, etc.
Judge Marrero has advised the parties to mitigate their differences because no matter how much Kavanaugh "brown nose's" Trump's corruption fears there are still clearly three branches of government intended to "check and balance" the power within the USA Constitution.
Trump will never be empowered to be a king no matter how much he exercises obstruction of the Congress.
The President (click here for video as well - thank you) called the emoluments clause of the Constitution ‘phony.’ However, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals appears to disagree. The court announced that it will hear arguments over his potential violation of that clause in early December. Meanwhile, the Manhattan district attorney struck a deal with the President’s lawyers over the President’s tax returns. But depending on the opinion of the 2nd Circuit, either side could take the case to the Supreme Court. Former US Attorney and Former FBI Senior Official Chuck Rosenberg joins Katy Tur to discuss.
..But, (click here) as Marrero also appeared to recognize, the largest problem with Trump’s argument is that it appears to be irreconcilable with the Supreme Court’s decision requiring Nixon to turn over the White House tapes. As now–Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh observed in an article he wrote in 1998, the Nixon decision stands for the proposition that a president must turn over “relevant evidence in criminal proceedings,” absent a specific claim of a threat to national security....
86 Geo. L.J. 2133
Georgetown Law Journal
July, 1998 Symposium
The Independent Counsel Act
From Watergate to Whitewater and Beyond Contribution Brett M. Kavanaugh a1 Copyright (c) 1998 by the Georgetown Law Journal Association; Brett M. Kavanaugh
"The President and the Independent Counsel" (click here)
There is no immunity from impeachment, no matter if a Supreme Court Associate Justice is corrupt to the core. The primary reason Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court was to protect Trump from the investigation, etc.
Judge Marrero has advised the parties to mitigate their differences because no matter how much Kavanaugh "brown nose's" Trump's corruption fears there are still clearly three branches of government intended to "check and balance" the power within the USA Constitution.
Trump will never be empowered to be a king no matter how much he exercises obstruction of the Congress.
Are the Kurds indigienous to northern Syria?
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (click here)
Article I
The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.
We also know the facilitator. The G-20 of 2017 was obviously the beginning of the triad of power to cause the demise of the Kurdish people in northern Syria. The USA, Russia and Turkey. There was no representation of the Kurds.
July 8, 2017President Recep Tayyip (click here) Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump held an unscheduled meeting on July 8 as a part of the G-20 summit in Hamburg.
The two leaders held a nearly half hour meeting before the closing session of the G20 summit, Turkish officials have said without giving more details.
Erdoğan also had a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 8 morning; the two leaders discussed the conflict in Syria and other regional issues.
The two-day summit of world’s 20 major economies (G20) will end later on July 8. President Erdoğan is expected to hold a news conference at the end of the summit.
The summit hosted by Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel had focused on global economy, climate change and the fight against terrorism.
Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
(as in USA southern border crossers)
Article III
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide.
The United Nations and The Hague need to decide if the Kurds are imposed upon in a way that forces them away from their homeland and if that displacement will result in cultural shifts that destroy the essence of the Kurds in other countries or basically refuge. Are the Kurds now refugees and do they have the right of return because otherwise, their continued life in their homeland would have resulted in genocide.
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