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WHO THE HELL IS RUNNING THE FEDERAL GOVT


And then there were none.

O. K., “none” is a bit of an exaggeration. But with Friday’s inevitable resignation of Alexander Acosta, President Trump’s secretary of labor, it is reasonable for the public to be asking: Who the heck is running the federal government?

All the best people. That’s what Candidate Trump promised the nation if elected. He didn’t have experience in government, but he claimed to have an eye for talent and vowed to surround himself with exceptional aides and advisers.

His administration has indeed proved exceptional — in its instability, its swampiness and its turnover at the top. Keeping track of just the top-tier departures requires an advanced knowledge of spreadsheets.

The reasons for the many defenestrations — they are occurring on almost a burning-building scale — can be broken down into a handful of categories, including scandal, getting crosswise with Mr. Trump’s ego, quitting on principle and sheer exhaustion.

While there are too many to list here, some of the highlights include:

Michael Flynn, national security adviser, was forced out in February 2017 after misleading administration officials about his inappropriate chitchat with the Russian ambassador.

Tom Price, health and human services secretary, resigned under pressure in September 2017 over his fondness for high-price chartered air travel.

Rob Porter, White House secretary, left in February 2018 amid accusations of abuse from two ex-wives.

Kirstjen Nielsen, homeland security secretary, was pushed out in April as a result of her insufficient enthusiasm for carrying out the president’s most brutal immigration ideas.

Ryan Zinke, interior secretary, left in December, plagued by multiple investigations into his business dealings and policy decisions.

Jim Mattis, defense secretary, resigned in December in the wake of Mr. Trump’s announced plans to pull American troops from Syria.

Jeff Sessions, attorney general, was forced out in November after more than a year of public abuse by the president, who considered him insufficiently loyal.

Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency administrator, was forced out last July over a string of scandals ranging from having government aides run his personal errands to having the taxpayers buy him a $43,000 soundproof phone booth.

John Kelly, chief of staff, left in December after a tenure marked by a tumultuous relationship with the president.

Anthony Scaramucci lasted 11 days as White House communications director before getting fired in July 2017 for talking trash about other members of the administration.

Rex Tillerson, secretary of state, learned he’d been fired in March 2018 from a presidential tweet.

H.R. McMaster, national security adviser, resigned in March 2018, having never established a rapport with the president.

As for Mr. Acosta, he resigned this week in response to public outrage over his role in arranging a lenient plea deal in 2008 for Jeffrey Epstein, the financier accused of sexually abusing teenage girls and running a child sex trafficking ring.

Counting interim leaders, there have been seven communications chiefs; four heads each of the Departments of Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services; four national security advisers; three secretaries of defense; and three press secretaries.

The Brookings Institution puts the turnover in Mr. Trump’s “A Team” — defined as top decision makers within the executive office of the president (which does not include cabinet secretaries) — at 74 percent as of Monday. No other modern administration came even close to that.

As key advisers leave, they are being replaced with “acting” chiefs, temporary leaders who do not require confirmation by the Senate, together with the inconvenience of public hearings to establish whether they’re qualified for their jobs. With Mr. Acosta’s departure, the Departments of Labor, Homeland Security and Defense will be headed by “acting” secretaries. There are acting directors of the nation’s top three immigration agencies — the Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection; an acting United Nations ambassador; an acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner; an acting White House chief of staff; an acting Office of Management and Budget director; acting secretaries of the Army and the Air Force; and an acting Federal Emergency Management Agency director — just to name a few. There is no deputy secretary of homeland security.

All this dysfunction presents something of a conundrum for anyone alarmed by Mr. Trump’s governing priorities: On the one hand, would America be better off if this president had a stable team of skilled lieutenants who shared his vision and were dedicated to enacting it, from building a wall to pretending Russia isn’t trying to subvert American democracy? The results haven’t been so great when Mr. Trump has gotten the sort of pliant agents he prefers. As retrograde as Jeff Sessions’s positions were on criminal justice, the country has not traded up in acquiring as attorney general William Barr.

On the other hand, such churn and so many unfilled top posts are, to put it mildly, not ideal in terms of keeping the government running smoothly. As a tropical storm bears down on New Orleans, tensions mount in the Persian Gulf and opioids continue to ravage communities across the country, it is impossible to argue that American citizens are better off with such incompetence at the top.

From income inequality to bigotry to climate change, Mr. Trump didn’t create all the problems confronting the country. But through misguided policies he is making some of them worse. And by driving the federal government more deeply into debt while sowing chaos throughout the bureaucracy, he is doing long-term damage to its capacity to contend with these challenges when an administration with more sensible priorities eventually takes over.

In the meantime, if you find yourself with a chance to thank a federal worker, please do it. Americans are lucky that, even in a time when the leadership at the top is wrongheaded or clownish or simply absent, hundreds of thousands of their fellow citizens remain committed to protecting them from foreign adversaries or rising waters or tainted food, to watching over their airways and highways and savings accounts and to delivering their mail.

The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/...l?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
 
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THE SWAMP

WHO THE HELL IS RUNNING THE FEDERAL GOVT


And then there were none.

O. K., “none” is a bit of an exaggeration. But with Friday’s inevitable resignation of Alexander Acosta, President Trump’s secretary of labor, it is reasonable for the public to be asking: Who the heck is running the federal government?

All the best people. That’s what Candidate Trump promised the nation if elected. He didn’t have experience in government, but he claimed to have an eye for talent and vowed to surround himself with exceptional aides and advisers.

His administration has indeed proved exceptional — in its instability, its swampiness and its turnover at the top. Keeping track of just the top-tier departures requires an advanced knowledge of spreadsheets.

The reasons for the many defenestrations — they are occurring on almost a burning-building scale — can be broken down into a handful of categories, including scandal, getting crosswise with Mr. Trump’s ego, quitting on principle and sheer exhaustion.

While there are too many to list here, some of the highlights include:

Michael Flynn, national security adviser, was forced out in February 2017 after misleading administration officials about his inappropriate chitchat with the Russian ambassador.

Tom Price, health and human services secretary, resigned under pressure in September 2017 over his fondness for high-price chartered air travel.

Rob Porter, White House secretary, left in February 2018 amid accusations of abuse from two ex-wives.

Kirstjen Nielsen, homeland security secretary, was pushed out in April as a result of her insufficient enthusiasm for carrying out the president’s most brutal immigration ideas.

Ryan Zinke, interior secretary, left in December, plagued by multiple investigations into his business dealings and policy decisions.

Jim Mattis, defense secretary, resigned in December in the wake of Mr. Trump’s announced plans to pull American troops from Syria.

Jeff Sessions, attorney general, was forced out in November after more than a year of public abuse by the president, who considered him insufficiently loyal.

Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency administrator, was forced out last July over a string of scandals ranging from having government aides run his personal errands to having the taxpayers buy him a $43,000 soundproof phone booth.

John Kelly, chief of staff, left in December after a tenure marked by a tumultuous relationship with the president.

Anthony Scaramucci lasted 11 days as White House communications director before getting fired in July 2017 for talking trash about other members of the administration.

Rex Tillerson, secretary of state, learned he’d been fired in March 2018 from a presidential tweet.

H.R. McMaster, national security adviser, resigned in March 2018, having never established a rapport with the president.

As for Mr. Acosta, he resigned this week in response to public outrage over his role in arranging a lenient plea deal in 2008 for Jeffrey Epstein, the financier accused of sexually abusing teenage girls and running a child sex trafficking ring.

Counting interim leaders, there have been seven communications chiefs; four heads each of the Departments of Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services; four national security advisers; three secretaries of defense; and three press secretaries.

The Brookings Institution puts the turnover in Mr. Trump’s “A Team” — defined as top decision makers within the executive office of the president (which does not include cabinet secretaries) — at 74 percent as of Monday. No other modern administration came even close to that.

As key advisers leave, they are being replaced with “acting” chiefs, temporary leaders who do not require confirmation by the Senate, together with the inconvenience of public hearings to establish whether they’re qualified for their jobs. With Mr. Acosta’s departure, the Departments of Labor, Homeland Security and Defense will be headed by “acting” secretaries. There are acting directors of the nation’s top three immigration agencies — the Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection; an acting United Nations ambassador; an acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner; an acting White House chief of staff; an acting Office of Management and Budget director; acting secretaries of the Army and the Air Force; and an acting Federal Emergency Management Agency director — just to name a few. There is no deputy secretary of homeland security.

All this dysfunction presents something of a conundrum for anyone alarmed by Mr. Trump’s governing priorities: On the one hand, would America be better off if this president had a stable team of skilled lieutenants who shared his vision and were dedicated to enacting it, from building a wall to pretending Russia isn’t trying to subvert American democracy? The results haven’t been so great when Mr. Trump has gotten the sort of pliant agents he prefers. As retrograde as Jeff Sessions’s positions were on criminal justice, the country has not traded up in acquiring as attorney general William Barr.

On the other hand, such churn and so many unfilled top posts are, to put it mildly, not ideal in terms of keeping the government running smoothly. As a tropical storm bears down on New Orleans, tensions mount in the Persian Gulf and opioids continue to ravage communities across the country, it is impossible to argue that American citizens are better off with such incompetence at the top.

From income inequality to bigotry to climate change, Mr. Trump didn’t create all the problems confronting the country. But through misguided policies he is making some of them worse. And by driving the federal government more deeply into debt while sowing chaos throughout the bureaucracy, he is doing long-term damage to its capacity to contend with these challenges when an administration with more sensible priorities eventually takes over.

In the meantime, if you find yourself with a chance to thank a federal worker, please do it. Americans are lucky that, even in a time when the leadership at the top is wrongheaded or clownish or simply absent, hundreds of thousands of their fellow citizens remain committed to protecting them from foreign adversaries or rising waters or tainted food, to watching over their airways and highways and savings accounts and to delivering their mail.

The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/...l?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
You’ve got him now!
 
CROOKED SAYS IF YOU COMPLAIN ALL THE TIME YOU SHOULD LEAVE - BYE BYE BIG MOUTH - BIGGEST COMPLAINER

NOBODY BITCHES AND COMPLAINS MORE THAN CROOKED AND HIS FOLLOWERS, SO PACK YOUR BAGS BOYS AND GET THE HELL OUT.

I CANT EVEN BEGIN TO LIST ALL THE THINGS CROOKED COMPLAINS ABOUT ALL DAY EVERY DAY, THATS
ALL HE AND HIS MERRY BAND OF DITTO HEADS DO.

BUT I GUESS THATS BETTER THAN TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU SOLD OUT THE USA TO RUSSA, OR YOUR CHILD MOLESTER BUDS, OR HOW N KOREA ATE YOUR LUNCH,
DITTO CHINA RUSSIA VENEZUALA, LOSING EVERY COURT CASE, EVERY DIPLOMAT FROM EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TALKING ABOUT WHAT A FOOL YOU ARE. AND ON AND ON AND ON.
 
WASHINGTON — President Trump woke up on Sunday morning, gazed out at the nation he leads, saw the dry kindling of race relations and decided to throw a match on it. It was not the first time, nor is it likely to be the last. He has a pretty large carton of matches and a ready supply of kerosene. And it came just days after he hosted some of the most incendiary right-wing voices on the internet at the White House

“In many ways, this is the most insidious kind of racial demagoguery,” said Douglas A. Blackmon, the author of “Slavery by Another Name,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of racial servitude in America between the Civil War and World War II. “The president has moved beyond invoking the obvious racial slanders of 50 years ago — clichés like black neighborhoods ‘on fire’ — and is now invoking the white supremacist mentality of the early 1900s, when anyone who looked ‘not white’ could be labeled as unwelcome in America.”

“Trump has not only always been a racist, but anyone around him who denies it, is lying,” Mr. O’Donnell said on Sunday. “Donald Trump makes racist comments all the time. Once you know him, he speaks his mind about race very openly.”

And each time the flames roar and Mr. Trump tosses a little more accelerant on top. The fire may be hot, but that’s the way he likes it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/...tion=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage
 
WH PROJECTS $1,000,000,000,000 DEFICIT FOR 2019 GREAT JOB CONS

LIKE I ALWAYS SAY REPUBLICANS ALWAYS PRODUCE THE EXACT THING THEY SAY THEY ARE AGAINST. THEY PROVE ME RIGHT AGAIN.

The White House projects that the federal deficit will surpass $1 trillion this year, the only time in the nation's history the deficit has exceeded that level excluding the 4-year period following the Great Recession. WHICH WAS ALSO PRODUCED BY REPUBLICANS.

"The 2019 deficit has been revised to a projected $1.0 trillion," the White House Office of Management and Budget wrote in itsmid-year review.

As a candidate, President Trump had promised to not only wipe out the deficit, but the entire federal debt, which has surpassed $22 trillion.

Republicans cast aside projections that their 2017 tax reform law would add $1.9 trillion to deficits over a decade. Larry Kudlow, the top White House economic advisor, claimed just last week that the tax cuts were on track to pay for themselves.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...n-deficit-for-2019/ar-AAEmSCT?ocid=spartandhp


 
TRUMP / WIKILEAKS / RUSSIA LINK PROVED BREAKING NEWS!

Despite being confined to the embassy while seeking safe passage to Ecuador, Assange met with Russians and world-class hackers at critical moments, frequently for hours at a time. He also acquired powerful new computing and network hardware to facilitate data transfers just weeks before WikiLeaks received hacked materials from Russian operatives.

After the election, the private security company prepared an assessment of Assange's allegiances. That report, which included open-source information, concluded there was "no doubt that there is evidence" that Assange had ties to Russian intelligence agencies.

These stunning details come from hundreds of surveillance reports compiled for the Ecuadorian government by UC Global, a private Spanish security company, and obtained by CNN. They chronicle Assange's movements and provide an unprecedented window into his life at the embassy. They also add a new dimension to the Mueller report, whichcatalogedhow WikiLeaks helped the Russians undermine the US election.


Atlanta (CNN)New documents obtained exclusively by CNN reveal that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange received in-person deliveries, potentially of hacked materials related to the 2016 US election, during a series of suspicious meetings at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

The documents build on the possibility, raised by special counsel Robert Mueller in his report on Russian meddling, that couriers brought hacked files to Assange at the embassy.
The surveillance reports also describe how Assange turned the embassy into a command center and orchestrated aseries of damaging disclosures that rocked the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States.

"Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," he said on July 27, referring to Clinton's private server. Mueller saidthe Russians were listening after all, and tried for the first time to hack Clinton's office within hours of Trump's comment.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/assange-embassy-exclusive-documents/index.html
 
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Hey look! Dtard found what the rigged SC investigation could not!!

It’s over.
 
ONE OF THE MOST DISGUSTING THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN IS THAT FAT FASCIST TRAITOR
STANDING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH A U.S. MARINE STANDING BEHIND HIM & FRAMED OVER EACH SHOULDER. I KNOW THAT IS THE LAST PLACE THEY WANTED TO BE.

A FRIEND WHO HAS A RELATIVE ON THE W.H. DETAIL SAYS THAT THEY ALL HATE
CROOKEDS GUTS.
 
TRUMP / WIKILEAKS / RUSSIA LINK PROVED BREAKING NEWS!

Despite being confined to the embassy while seeking safe passage to Ecuador, Assange met with Russians and world-class hackers at critical moments, frequently for hours at a time. He also acquired powerful new computing and network hardware to facilitate data transfers just weeks before WikiLeaks received hacked materials from Russian operatives.

After the election, the private security company prepared an assessment of Assange's allegiances. That report, which included open-source information, concluded there was "no doubt that there is evidence" that Assange had ties to Russian intelligence agencies.

These stunning details come from hundreds of surveillance reports compiled for the Ecuadorian government by UC Global, a private Spanish security company, and obtained by CNN. They chronicle Assange's movements and provide an unprecedented window into his life at the embassy. They also add a new dimension to the Mueller report, whichcatalogedhow WikiLeaks helped the Russians undermine the US election.


Atlanta (CNN)New documents obtained exclusively by CNN reveal that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange received in-person deliveries, potentially of hacked materials related to the 2016 US election, during a series of suspicious meetings at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

The documents build on the possibility, raised by special counsel Robert Mueller in his report on Russian meddling, that couriers brought hacked files to Assange at the embassy.
The surveillance reports also describe how Assange turned the embassy into a command center and orchestrated aseries of damaging disclosures that rocked the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States.

"Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," he said on July 27, referring to Clinton's private server. Mueller saidthe Russians were listening after all, and tried for the first time to hack Clinton's office within hours of Trump's comment.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/assange-embassy-exclusive-documents/index.html

This Russian chick, Yana Maximova, was most definitely in the US. She was blending in with left-wing groups and causes. We have already seen another Russian honey pot in the NRA. Covering their bases well.

I have no doubt Trump has stuck his dick in a Russian spy.

It reminds me of a saying in Soviet Russia: Assume everyone is KGB, until told otherwise. And then assume they are still KGB.
 
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atta boy Raoul...…...don't let Greed, dtard and cuntry hog all the stupidity on this board. Get yours!!
 
atta boy Raoul...…...don't let Greed, dtard and cuntry hog all the stupidity on this board. Get yours!!

I'm not sure what you are denying here...

Is it that Russian spies on the USA?

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/operation-ghost-stories-inside-the-russian-spy-case

Is that Russia covers their bases?

NRA?

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080766/download

Maximova infiltrated American leftist groups?



Donald stuck his dick in a Russian spy? Shit, Russian State TV openly makes fun of Melania being GRU.



I'd guess you would have to know Russians that lived in Soviet Russia for the last one.
 
In Bipartisan Vote House Condemns Trump as Racist
“There’s no excuse for any response to those words but a swift and strong, unified condemnation,” Ms. Pelosi said as the House debated the resolution. “Every single member of this institution, Democratic and Republican, should join us in condemning the president’s racist tweets.”

As Republicans rose to protest, Ms. Pelosi turned toward them on the House floor and picked up her speech, her voice rising as she added, “To do anything less would be a shocking rejection of our values and a shameful abdication of our oath of office to protect the American people.”

“I stand by my statement,” she said as she strode through the Capitol. “I’m proud of the attention being called to it, because what the president said was completely inappropriate.”




 
In Bipartisan Vote House Condemns Trump as Racist
“There’s no excuse for any response to those words but a swift and strong, unified condemnation,” Ms. Pelosi said as the House debated the resolution. “Every single member of this institution, Democratic and Republican, should join us in condemning the president’s racist tweets.”

As Republicans rose to protest, Ms. Pelosi turned toward them on the House floor and picked up her speech, her voice rising as she added, “To do anything less would be a shocking rejection of our values and a shameful abdication of our oath of office to protect the American people.”

“I stand by my statement,” she said as she strode through the Capitol. “I’m proud of the attention being called to it, because what the president said was completely inappropriate.”




I wouldn't call four Republicans bipartisan.
 
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I wouldnt either, but fascist republicans call 1 vote bi partisan, so I will 4 bi partisan.
 
TRUMP / WIKILEAKS / RUSSIA LINK PROVED BREAKING NEWS!

Despite being confined to the embassy while seeking safe passage to Ecuador, Assange met with Russians and world-class hackers at critical moments, frequently for hours at a time. He also acquired powerful new computing and network hardware to facilitate data transfers just weeks before WikiLeaks received hacked materials from Russian operatives.

After the election, the private security company prepared an assessment of Assange's allegiances. That report, which included open-source information, concluded there was "no doubt that there is evidence" that Assange had ties to Russian intelligence agencies.

These stunning details come from hundreds of surveillance reports compiled for the Ecuadorian government by UC Global, a private Spanish security company, and obtained by CNN. They chronicle Assange's movements and provide an unprecedented window into his life at the embassy. They also add a new dimension to the Mueller report, whichcatalogedhow WikiLeaks helped the Russians undermine the US election.


Atlanta (CNN)New documents obtained exclusively by CNN reveal that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange received in-person deliveries, potentially of hacked materials related to the 2016 US election, during a series of suspicious meetings at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

The documents build on the possibility, raised by special counsel Robert Mueller in his report on Russian meddling, that couriers brought hacked files to Assange at the embassy.
The surveillance reports also describe how Assange turned the embassy into a command center and orchestrated aseries of damaging disclosures that rocked the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States.

"Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," he said on July 27, referring to Clinton's private server. Mueller saidthe Russians were listening after all, and tried for the first time to hack Clinton's office within hours of Trump's comment.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/assange-embassy-exclusive-documents/index.html
You’ve got him now!
 
CROOKED appears to be in jovial spirits as he plays host, laughing and warmly welcoming guests, including Mr. Epstein — the man he now claims he was “never a fan of.”



The party took place the same year that Mr. Trump hosted a more private affair with Mr. Epstein at Mar-a-Lago, without cameras rolling. At that get-together, Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein were the only male guests, and had more than two dozen “calendar girls” flown in to provide them with entertainment, according to George Houraney, a Florida-based businessman who ran American Dream Enterprise and organized the women to attend at Mr. Trump’s request.
 
Gotta love libs!! One of their major donors and friend of Clinton’s is a pervert in trouble so what do you do? Try and tie it to trump who booted and banned him.

You useful idiots are enablers
 
CROOKED appears to be in jovial spirits as he plays host, laughing and warmly welcoming guests, including Mr. Epstein — the man he now claims he was “never a fan of.”



The party took place the same year that Mr. Trump hosted a more private affair with Mr. Epstein at Mar-a-Lago, without cameras rolling. At that get-together, Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein were the only male guests, and had more than two dozen “calendar girls” flown in to provide them with entertainment, according to George Houraney, a Florida-based businessman who ran American Dream Enterprise and organized the women to attend at Mr. Trump’s request.


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Gotta love libs!! One of their major donors and friend of Clinton’s is a pervert in trouble so what do you do? Try and tie it to trump who booted and banned him.

You useful idiots are enablers
I mean that was back when trump was a Democrat
 
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JUDGE SAYS COHEN RAID MATERIAL MATTER OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE ORDERS RELEASE TO PUBLIC

U.S. District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan ordered that the documents, used by prosecutors to obtain a search warrant for Cohen’s home and office last year, must be unsealed by 11 a.m. (1500 GMT) on Thursday, declaring the issue of “national importance.” “it is time that every American has an opportunity to scrutinize the materials.”

The prosecutors have also examined Mr. Trump’s role in the hush-money arrangements, and effectively labeled him an unindicted co-conspirator. Justice Department policy holds that a sitting president cannot be indicted.

In November 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to separate charges brought by the office of former Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, who was investigating contacts between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. Cohen admitted he lied to Congress about the extent of contacts between Trump and Russians during the campaign.

The records that the judge ordered unsealed may reveal new details about the role played by members of the president’s inner circle in the hush-money arrangements.

In his brief order, Judge Pauley directed prosecutors to publicly file, with only minimal redactions, a confidential report that they had sent to him detailing the status of their investigation. The underlying search warrants and other records were also to be filed publicly, with limited redactions.

The material is expected to be released Thursday morning.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-cohen-idUSKCN1UC276

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/nyregion/michael-cohen-trump-investigation.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
 
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HOUSE HOLDS CROOKED'S U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL/COMMERCE SEC IN CRIMINAL CONTEMPT
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“It is bigger than the census. It is about protecting the integrity of the Congress of the United States of America,” Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the Oversight Committee chairman, said as he whipped up support on the House floor. “We need to understand how and why the Trump administration tried to add a question based on pretext so that we can consider reforms to ensure that this never happens again.”

WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday evening to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress for their refusal to turn over key documents related to the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

The citations for two cabinet officials, approved 230-198, will breathe new life into a dispute that has touched all three branches of government over why Trump administration officials pushed to ask census respondents if they were American citizens and what that question’s impact would be.

The Supreme Court hinted at that theory last month when it rejected the administration’s stated reason for adding the question as “contrived” in the court’s ruling on a lawsuit challenging the question. And in an unusual twist, President Trump himself all but confirmedthose suspicions earlier this month when he said of the citizenship question, “You need it for Congress, for districting.” Last week he announced his government would give up the effort in light of the high court’s decision.
 
HOUSE HOLDS CROOKED'S U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL/COMMERCE SEC IN CRIMINAL CONTEMPT
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“It is bigger than the census. It is about protecting the integrity of the Congress of the United States of America,” Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the Oversight Committee chairman, said as he whipped up support on the House floor. “We need to understand how and why the Trump administration tried to add a question based on pretext so that we can consider reforms to ensure that this never happens again.”

WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday evening to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress for their refusal to turn over key documents related to the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

The citations for two cabinet officials, approved 230-198, will breathe new life into a dispute that has touched all three branches of government over why Trump administration officials pushed to ask census respondents if they were American citizens and what that question’s impact would be.

The Supreme Court hinted at that theory last month when it rejected the administration’s stated reason for adding the question as “contrived” in the court’s ruling on a lawsuit challenging the question. And in an unusual twist, President Trump himself all but confirmedthose suspicions earlier this month when he said of the citizenship question, “You need it for Congress, for districting.” Last week he announced his government would give up the effort in light of the high court’s decision.
You’ve got him now!
 
HOUSE HOLDS CROOKED'S U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL/COMMERCE SEC IN CRIMINAL CONTEMPT
16dc-contempt-articleLarge.jpg

“It is bigger than the census. It is about protecting the integrity of the Congress of the United States of America,” Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the Oversight Committee chairman, said as he whipped up support on the House floor. “We need to understand how and why the Trump administration tried to add a question based on pretext so that we can consider reforms to ensure that this never happens again.”

WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday evening to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress for their refusal to turn over key documents related to the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

The citations for two cabinet officials, approved 230-198, will breathe new life into a dispute that has touched all three branches of government over why Trump administration officials pushed to ask census respondents if they were American citizens and what that question’s impact would be.

The Supreme Court hinted at that theory last month when it rejected the administration’s stated reason for adding the question as “contrived” in the court’s ruling on a lawsuit challenging the question. And in an unusual twist, President Trump himself all but confirmedthose suspicions earlier this month when he said of the citizenship question, “You need it for Congress, for districting.” Last week he announced his government would give up the effort in light of the high court’s decision.

Even more proof Dems are...…..

 
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CROOKD SAYS HE TRIED TO STOP KKK CHANT SEND HER BACK LETS ROLL THE TAPE

CROOKED claimed that he had tried to cut off the chant, an assertion contradicted by video.
Asked why he did not stop it, Mr. Trump said, “I think I did — I started speaking very quickly.”

In fact, as the crowd roared “send her back,” Mr. Trump looked around silently and paused as the scene unfolded in front of him, doing nothing to halt the chorus.

“I was not happy with it,” Mr. Trump said on Thursday at the White House. “I disagree with it.”

“I didn’t say that,” he added. “They did.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/us/politics/ilhan-omar-donald-trump.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage
 
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CROOKED Called a 'Liar' for Disavowing 'Send Her Back' Chant: Throws 'Own Supporters Under the Bus

Following an onslaught of outrage, President Donald Trump on Thursday disavowed the "send her back" chant that broke out the previous night among supporters at his North Carolina rally after he launched a vicious attack on progressive Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar — and Twitter was not buying it.

Trump dedicated a portion of his Wednesday night campaign rally speech in Greenville, North Carolina, to attacking Omar — who was born in Mogadishu, Somalia — days after he told her, and three other progressive lawmakers of color to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." During his rebuke, the crowd loudly chanted "Send her back!"

While the president did nothing at the event to halt the chant or reprove those involved, he claimed the next day that he did not approve of what had been said by his supporters.

"I was not happy with it. I disagree with it," the president said in the White House on Thursday, referring to the chants. "I didn't say that; they did."

"I started speaking very quickly," he told reporters, claiming to have attempted to shut down the chant, despite videos of the event proving he stopped his speech for 13 seconds as the crowd repeatedly shouted the words.

"Trump said he disavows 'send her back' chant last night about Rep. Ilhan Omar. 'I was not happy with it. I disagree with it,' he said. He was the first person to suggest she 'go back' in a Sunday tweet," Washington Post White House reporter Josh Dawsey noted.

"Of course Trump was happy with it," Bill Kristol, conservative commentator and director of Defending Democracy Together, tweeted. "He failed to reprimand the crowd. He said nothing after or this morning. Now there's a reaction against it, so he's trying to throw his supporters under the bus and distance himself (a bit). This too is part of the tool kit of the demagogue."

"Trump claims he disavows 'send her back' chant despite remaining silent and starting racist attacks. The damage is done, Mr. Trump. Can you b honest, one time? You did nothing to stop this crowd - instead, you smiled & reveled in the pathetic spotlight," Twitter user Cindy Harris wrote.

"Lying liar who lies disavows...," Twitter user Claude Taylor tweeted.

"President Trump completely approved of the 'send her back' chants by enjoying them and letting them wash over the arena and continue unabated," author Grant Stern tweeted.

"President Trump says he disavows the "send her back" chant last night regarding Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. But last night, Trump paused his speech to let the crowd chant that," wrote the Twitter account for MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, alongside a clip of the incident.

"#RacistTrump Throws His Own Supporters Under The Bus As He Disavows Send Her Back Chant He Created," Twitter user @JSavoly wrote.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...AEx3sH?ocid=spartanntphttps://www.nytimes.com
 
RAND PAUL IS WORTHLESS - HE HATES AMERICANS - HE SHOULD GO BACK TO RUSSIA
WITH HIS BUDDY VLADIMIRE.

VOTES FOR TRILLIONS IN BUDGET BUSTING TAX CUTS FOR REPUBLICAN DONORS - VOTES AGAINST A LITTLE MONEY FOR 911 HEROS


"Pardon me if I'm not impressed in any way by Rand Paul's fiscal responsibility virtue signaling," Stewart retorted.

Stewart, speaking to Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier" on Wednesday, called the move "absolutely outrageous."He added, "Rand Paul presented tissue paper avoidance of the 1.5 trillion tax cut that added hundreds of billions of dollars to our deficit and now he stands up at the last minute after 15 years of blood, sweat and tears from the 9/11 community so that it's all over now, now we're going to balance the budget on the backs of the 9/11 first responder community."

HOW MUCH DID IT TAKE FOR PUTIN TO BUY YOU PAUL - NOT VERY MUCH IS MY GUESS
 
FINALLY! THE WORLD CATCHES UP TO WHAT DHERD'S BEEN SAYING 10YRS REPUBLICANS ARE FASCISTS

AS ALWAYS YOU HEARD IT FROM DHERD FIRST - IVE BEEN TELLING YOU FOR OVER 10 YEARS REPUBLICANS ARE FASCISTS, NOW THE WORLD IS FINALLY CATCHING UP TO ME. THE WORLIS FINALLY BEGGINNING TO ACKNOWLEDGE REPUBLICANS ARE JUST LIKE GERMANS AND ITALIANS IN THE EARLY
1930'S. I TOLD YOU A DECADE AGO THAT IT COULD HAPPEN HERE - AND NOW WE SEE IT IN THE SENATE
IN THE HOUSE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION AT RALLIES.

ITS TIME FOR ALL PATRIOTS TO TRULY TAKE BACK AMERICA!!!! CALL THEM WHAT THEY ARE, HOLD
THEM TO ACCOUNT, BRING THE RULE OF LAW DOWN UPON THEIR SORRY TRAITOROUS HEADS.








 
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Safe Deposit Boxes Aren’t Safe

There are an estimated 25 million safe deposit boxes in America, and they operate in a legal gray zone within the highly regulated banking industry. There are no federal laws governing the boxes; no rules require banks to compensate customers if their property is stolen or destroyed.

Every year, a few hundred customers report to the authorities that valuable items — art, memorabilia, diamonds, jewelry, rare coins, stacks of cash — have disappeared from their safe deposit boxes. Sometimes the fault lies with the customer. People remove items and then forget having done so. Others allow children or spouses access to their boxes, and don’t realize that they have been removing things. But even when a bank is clearly at fault, customers rarely recover more than a small fraction of what they’ve lost — if they recover anything at all. The combination of lax regulations and customers not paying attention to the fine print of their box-leasing agreements allows many banks to deflect responsibility when valuables are damaged or go missing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/safe-deposit-box-theft.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage
 
TRUMP MAKES HISTORY 1ST PRESIDENT OF ANY NATION TO HAVE UNIVERSITY DENOUNCE HIM ECU "NOT A FAN"

East Carolina University distanced itself from President Donald Trump’s Wednesday rally on its campus, sending a letter to the university community Friday making it clear — once again — it did not “sponsor, host or endorse” the rally.

During the rally at Minges Coliseum on ECU’s Greenville campus, supporters of the president chanted “send her back, send her back” as Trump attacked U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Omar, a freshman member of the House, is from Somalia. As a child, she immigrated to the U.S. as a refugee and became a citizen as a teen.

“With this event and with any event on our campus, the University does not control, and is not responsible for, the content of speech,” the letter said. It was signed by the university’s senior leadership, including Dan Gerlach, the school’s interim chancellor.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article232903052.html

AND IN OTHER NOT REALLY NEW NEWS - CROOKED LIED ABOUT THE CROWD SIZE. HE CLAIMED
MINGES COLISEUM ( WHICH IS THE SIZE OF A LARGE H.S. GYM) WAS A "STADIUM" AND IT WAS
A RECORD CROWD (6000 IS NOT A RECORD FOR ANY CROWD OF ANY OTHER PRESIDENT IN HISTORY). HE CLAIMED HE COULD HAVE FILLED IT 10 TIMES - WELL
IN THAT CASE BIG MOUTH FICKLEN STADIUM IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR - I AM CERTAIN
YOU COULD HAVE FILLED ONE OR TWO SECTIONS WITH YOUR DITTO HEADS.
 
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