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October 10, 2019

Have a burning question about the arrests


It's reported that since late 2018, Fruman and Parnas have introduced Mr. Giuliani to several current and former senior Ukrainian prosecutors to discuss the Biden case.

Am I the only one thinking "the Biden case" is as real as the "adoptions" that were given as the topic for the meeting at Trump Tower awhile back?????

October 10, 2019

"I am ashamed for the first time in my career."

Twitter thread by a reporter...Jennifer Griffin
@JenGriffinFNC

"I just spoke to a distraught US Special Forces soldier who is among the 1000 or so US troops in Syria tonight who is serving alongside the SDF Kurdish forces. It was one of the hardest phone calls I have ever taken.

"I am ashamed for the first time in my career

This veteran US Special forces soldier has trained indigenous forces on multiple continents. He is on the frontlines tonight and said they are witnessing Turkish atrocities.

"Turkey is not doing what it agreed to. It's horrible," this military source on the ground told me.

"We met every single security agreement. The Kurds met every single agreement. There was NO threat to the Turks - NONE - from this side of the border." "This is insanity," the concerned US service member told me. ""I don't know what they call atrocities but they are happening."
This American soldier told me the Kurds have not left their positions guarding the ISIS prisoners. In fact "they prevented a prison break last night without us."
"They are not abandoning our side (yet)."
The Kurds are "pleading for our support." We are doing "nothing."

Troops on the ground in Syria and their commanders were "surprised" by the decision Sunday night.
Of the President's decision: "He doesn't understand the problem. He doesn't understand the repercussions of this. Erdogan is an Islamist, not a level headed actor."

Acc to this US soldier on the ground tonight in Syria: "The Kurds are as close to Western thinking in the Middle East as anyone. "It's a shame. It's horrible." "This is not helping the ISIS fight." Re: ISIS prisoners: "Many of them will be free in the coming days and weeks."




October 8, 2019

USA Today's Editorial Board: Trump is 'unfit for the presidency'


"The Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race. We're doing it now."

In the 34-year history of USA TODAY, the Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race. Instead, we’ve expressed opinions about the major issues and haven’t presumed to tell our readers, who have a variety of priorities and values, which choice is best for them. Because every presidential race is different, we revisit our no-endorsement policy every four years. We’ve never seen reason to alter our approach. Until now.

This year, the choice isn’t between two capable major party nominees who happen to have significant ideological differences. This year, one of the candidates — Republican nominee Donald Trump — is, by unanimous consensus of the Editorial Board, unfit for the presidency.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/09/29/dont-vote-for-donald-trump-editorial-board-editorials-debates/91295020/
October 7, 2019

guess who blew off the House depositions??

Trump/Guilliani Ukraine "clients"......aka Russian mobsters

Two South Florida businessman who peddled supposedly explosive information from Ukraine about corruption involving Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton will not comply with a request for documents and depositions from three House committees overseeing an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman will not respond to a Monday deadline for documents and do not plan to appear for depositions scheduled for Thursday and Friday, their attorney John Dowd told the Miami Herald.

“No response planned,” Dowd, who helped defend Trump during part of the recently concluded Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, said in email.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article235876792.html#storylink=cpy


October 7, 2019

when trump sez he never knew Rudy's russian/Ukrainien clients...show him this





When he sez he never did business with them.....show him this:

October 2, 2019

Wow....the New York Times just now



Mr. Trump’s brazen attempt to cheat his way into a second term stands so scandalously exposed that there can be no assurance of a fair election if he’s allowed to stay in office.
Resolving the question of the president’s fitness at the ballot box isn’t really an option, much less the best option, when the question boils down to whether the ballot box will be stuffed.


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/opinion/trump-impeachment-2020.html
September 29, 2019

Heads up..both Rudy and Lindsey are on CBS Face The nation tomorrow.



unknown if doing together....or one after the other.
September 26, 2019

Bannon is being served a civil subpoena by the FTC over Cambridge Analytica.



The former Trump campaign CEO is part of a probe into "deceptive or unfair" use of Facebook data by the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/09/25/steve-bannon-ftc-subpoena-cambridge-analytica-001022?__twitter_impression=true

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Long time political activist, working to tint my lil "Mayberry" more blue. Collector of strays of various species and minds.
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