Monday, October 22, 2018 and the weekend
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
- Mueller investigation digs for longtime Trump advisor Roger Stone’s connections to WikiLeaks
- Mueller May Have Evidence GOP Operative Who Took His Own Life Had ‘Foreknowledge’ of Hacks
- Mueller Reportedly Has Recordings of Roger Stone in His Possession
- Woman charged in aiding propaganda scheme: I’m ‘just a simple Russian accountant’ – CNNPolitics
- Elena Khusyaynova charged with conspiring to interfere in 2018 midterms
- From April 2016: How the Kremlin Manipulates Europe’s Refugee Crisis – Observer
- Government seizures cleared to begin in Manafort case in range of $15 million
- How Russia’s “influence operations” targeted the midterms (and how they still do)
- Julia Davis: The DOJ recently unsealed a criminal complaint against Elena Khusyaynova for conspiracy to defraud the United States. “American officials are saying it is I who elected U.S. President Donald Trump for the Americans… I’m just a Russian woman,” she says. https://cnn.it/2RazTWd
- Russian woman mocks US charges of meddling in 2018 election
- Russia has allegedly been spreading far-right propaganda on Facebook to try and influence the US midterms — here it is
- Special counsel examines conflicting accounts as scrutiny of Roger Stone and WikiLeaks deepens
- Why is Rudy Giuliani scheduled to speak alongside a sanctioned Russian official?
KHASHOGGI & SAUDI ARABIA
- Khashoggi death casts new light on Saudi prince’s crackdown
- Turkey vows: Details of Khashoggi killing won’t be ‘covered up’
- A “body double” left the Saudi consulate wearing Khashoggi’s clothes
- Analyst: GOP trying to devalue Khashoggi’s life
- Khashoggi’s murder was ‘violently planned,’ top Turkish official says
- Footage shows Saudis burning documents day after Khashoggi’s disappearance
- Jamal Khashoggi was barred from writing in Saudi Arabia after he criticized Trump, then left his native country
- Jared Kushner Reportedly Still Convinced Grisly Bone-Saw Murder Will Blow Over
- Bill Browder on Saudi Arabia
There’s no longer any dispute that Saudi Arabian officials killed Jamal Khashoggi. The US, UK, and Canada must immediately apply the Magnitsky Act to those who participated in, ordered and covered up the killing. All countries who don’t have a Magnitsky Act should pass one ASAP
For those unfamiliar with the Magnitsky Act, it freezes assets and bans visa of people involved in torture, extrajudicial killing and other gross human rights abuses. It would have a dramatic effect of wealthy Saudi princes
Applying the Magnitsky Act to the people who ordered Khashoggi’s murder would also send a chilling message to other tin pot dictators that there will be grave consequences for these types of atrocities
And for what it’s worth, the ludicrous Saudi “explanation” of what happened to Khashoggi should expand the list of officials sanctioned to those who have been involved in the cover up. That’s what happened in Russia in the Magnitsky case and should happen here as well
- Listen: Jamal Khashoggi talks Saudi Arabia, freedom in previously unheard interview
- Mnuchin to Travel to Saudi Arabia to Reinforce Ties, Despite Uproar Over Khashoggi Killing
- Mnuchin meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman despite growing outcry over government’s role in journalist’s death
- Security Images Show Khashoggi and Fiancée in His Final Hours
- New footage appears to show Saudi suspect wearing Jamal Khashoggi’s clothing
- Bill Browder: Looks like Khashoggi wasn’t the only Saudi dissident the Saudi government was trying to lure to its embassies and consulates. Many more stories are starting to emerge. There must be serious consequences for this type of savage behaviour.
- Republicans hit out at Trump after president claims Saudi’s explanation of Khashoggi death “credible”
- Ragip Soylu: MIND BOGGLING STUFF •Saudi Crown Prince’s Advisor Al Qahtani was beamed into a room of the consulate via Skype. •Insulted at Khashoggi over the phone. • Turkish intel source: At one point Qahtani told his men to dispose of him. “Bring me the head of the dog”, (Reuters). The Arab source and the Turkish intelligence source told Reuters that the audio of the Skype call is now in the possession of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
- Saudi claims that Khashoggi died in a ‘brawl’ draw immediate skepticism
- Saudi dissidents fear ‘long arm’ of state after Khashoggi murder
- Saudi Operative Filmed Wearing Khashoggi’s Clothes On Day Of Murder
- Saudis reportedly scrap coverup plan because Khashoggi ‘body double’ wore the wrong shoes
- Schiff suggests Trump has ‘financial motives’ that influence Saudi Arabia policy
- Trump says ‘we have a tremendous order’ with Saudi Arabia, doesn’t want to cancel defense contracts ‘as retribution’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s death
- Dem senator calls for ban on Saudi Arabian oil imports
- Diplomats Disgusted With Pompeo’s, Trump’s Acceptance Of Saudi Excuses
- Foreigners sell net $1.1 billion of Saudi stocks as journalist disappearance rattles investors
- Trump, Breaking With U.S. Intelligence, Appears to Accept Saudi Explanation of Journalist’s Death
- Trump: $450 Billion in Investments at Stake in Saudi Crisis
- Inside the Saudis’ Washington influence machine: How the kingdom gained power through fierce lobbying and charm offensives
- Germany halts arms deals with Saudi Arabia, encourages allies to do the same
- Merkel says Germany should halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia
- Silicon Valley’s Saudi money crisis illustrates a decline of ‘moral leadership’ in America
- Jed Shugerman: Has anyone considered that maybe Kushner is desperate to protect Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) because he may hold hard evidence of Kushner’s (and Trump’s) conspiracy/grand corrupt bargain with Russia, Saudi, and UAE? 1/. Thread
- Greg Olear: Let’s do another thread about Kushner/Khashoggi/MbS/Trump. [THREAD]
- Bone Saws & Bail Outs: A Timeline
COHEN, NEW YORK, AND THE OTHER LAWSUITS
- Ivanka Trump exaggerated, outright lied about real estate values for years
- Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer’s suit
- From September 2016: Donald Trump and the Mob – WSJ
SCOTUS
- Professor barred from university system for class that offered course credit to students who protested Kavanaugh
- Justices block Ross deposition in census dispute
#METOO
- After outpouring of personal stories, Congress still grappling with Kavanaugh confirmation fallout
- How country music has — and hasn’t — addressed the #MeToo movement in a difficult year
- I’m a woman. I have a son. Is there a middle path in the Me Too era?
- Oakland, Calif., police applicants are asked whether they’ve been sexually assaulted
TRUMP THE RUSSIAN ASSET
- Trump says ‘we have a tremendous order’ with Saudi Arabia, doesn’t want to cancel defense contracts ‘as retribution’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s death
- Trump, Breaking With U.S. Intelligence, Appears to Accept Saudi Explanation of Journalist’s Death
- Trump: $450 Billion in Investments at Stake in Saudi Crisis
- Trump’s claim of jobs from Saudi deals grows by leaps and bounds
- Why do Trump’s Saudi job numbers keep growing?
- Trump Administration Will ‘Abuse Executive Power’ If Democrats Win House, Nobel Laureate Warns
- Trump concedes there will be no new tax cut ahead of midterms
- Trump privately ready to blame Ryan and McConnell if Republicans lose midterms
- Carl Bernstein: Trump ‘uses lying and untruth as a basic method’
- Carl Bernstein: Trump preparing to call midterm elections ‘illegitimate’ if Democrats take power
TRAITOR TOTS
- Pat Robertson: The Justice Department Must Investigate George Soros for Orchestrating the Migrant Caravan
- Analyst: GOP trying to devalue Khashoggi’s life
- Why is Rudy Giuliani scheduled to speak alongside a sanctioned Russian official?
- Mitch McConnell says it out loud: Republicans are gunning for Social Security, Medicare and Obamacare next
- Attack of the Right-Wing Snowflakes
FIGHTING BACK
- James Comey: “Men will not cease to be dishonest, merely because their dishonesties have been revealed or because they have discovered their own deceptions. Wherever men hold unequal power in society, they will strive to maintain it.” — Reinhold Niebuhr, “Moral Man And Immoral Society” (1932)
- James Comey: Trump and the GOP are “dimming” American values with lies, bigotry, attacks on press and human rights
- ‘Get out of here’: Mitch McConnell confronted by angry constituents at Louisville Cuban restaurant
- Carl Bernstein: Trump ‘uses lying and untruth as a basic method’
- Carl Bernstein: Trump preparing to call midterm elections ‘illegitimate’ if Democrats take power
- Donald Trump impeachment supported by most Americans – but Democrats have been told not to talk about it
- Durbin after Trump rally: ‘We’re the mob? Give me a break’
- Hey, President Trump, it’s not “angry mobs,” it’s “angry moms”
- House Democrats’ plan to make Trump’s life miserable next year
- Identity politics may divide us. But ultimately we can’t unite without it.
- Mitch McConnell confronted by angry diners at restaurant over his plans to slash social security, healthcare
- Obama: ‘There’s a pattern’ of Republicans running the economy ‘into the ground’ and Democrats having to ‘come back and clean things up’
- Obama: When You Hear Economy’s Improving ‘Remember Who Started It’
- Paul Krugman Warns Trump Is Poised To Disregard Democratic House Victory
- Some Presidential Lies Are Impeachable Offenses
- To hell with civility: Enough with the pity party for Mitch McConnell, please
- Tribalism Isn’t Our Democracy’s Main Problem. The Conservative Movement Is.
- Wajahat Ali: Trump appears to be completely impotent around authoritarian leaders
IMMIGRATION
- Fox News’ migrant caravan coverage backfires: Panel of independent voters rejects fearmongering
- Pat Robertson: The Justice Department Must Investigate George Soros for Orchestrating the Migrant Caravan
- Trump Claims ‘Criminals and Unknown Middle Easterners’ Are in Caravan of Migrants
- Trump vows to reduce aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador as migrant caravan grows
- A ‘Fox & Friends’ voter panel rebels when asked about the migrant caravan
- Counterterrorism official contradicts Trump: No sign ISIS or ‘Sunni terrorist groups’ are in caravan
- Trump border detentions ‘state-sponsored child abuse’
- ‘Close the whole thing!’: Border tensions boil over as Trump’s frustrations grow
- From April 2016: How the Kremlin Manipulates Europe’s Refugee Crisis – Observer
- Canadian deported despite having served for US military
COLD WAR 2.0
- Hundreds of thousands take to streets in London demanding second Brexit vote
- Bill Browder: BREAKING: Just filed criminal complaint with Finnish authorities highlighting $234 million of illicit funds going through 527 accounts at Nordea Bank in Finland connected to Magnitsky case. This is more than 2x our previous estimate of illicit transfers
- Nordea scrutiny deepens on fresh money laundering allegations
- Gorbachev Calls Trump’s Treaty Withdrawal ‘Not the Work of a Great Mind’
- Has Trump Met the Burden of Proof for Ripping Up an Arms Deal With Russia?
- Pro-Russian trolls jailed for defamatory comments about a Finnish journalist
#NEVERAGAIN
- David Hogg: There is no right to gun violence.
- Florida city official charged with murder after state rejects ‘stand your ground’ shooting of suspected thief
- Search on for second suspect in fatal Georgia police shooting
- Shannon Watts: Nevada gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt starred in an @NRA ad opposing the 2016 background check initiative. After voters passed it, he argued he could not enforce it, and has fought in court to stop the implementation of the background check law.
SOROS
- Explosive Device Found Near George Soros’s Home in Westchester County
- Explosive Device Mailed To Liberal Philanthropist George Soros’ New York Home
- Republicans’ George Soros Conspiracy Theory Is An Attack On Democracy
- Pat Robertson: The Justice Department Must Investigate George Soros for Orchestrating the Migrant Caravan
FIXING THE INTERNET
- Twitter suspends additional Infowars accounts | TheHill
- Entire broadband industry sues Vermont to stop state net neutrality law
- The White House is wooing tech workers to do tours of duty in government
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- Sara Danner Dukic: I had an experience the other day that I think encapsulates what is being done to us with psychological warfare. One aspect of it, anyway. And this will be a little long, but stick with me (please 🙂
- Lincoln’s Bible: Is it too much to ask @CNN & other MSM outlets, that if they’re going all-in on pushing the caravan propaganda, that they also cover geo-political crisis behind migration – and the ties between murderous regimes causing them & Putin? Start here, please. /1. Thread
- Fox News’ migrant caravan coverage backfires: Panel of independent voters rejects fearmongering
- Inside the Saudis’ Washington influence machine: How the kingdom gained power through fierce lobbying and charm offensives
Houston Rally
- Die-hards camp out for spots at Donald Trump-Ted Cruz rally in Houston | Politics
- Trump: ‘You know what I am? I’m a nationalist’
- Donald Trump Says ‘I’m a Nationalist, Use That Word’ at Texas Rally for Ted Cruz
- Donald Trump’s Houston rally with Ted Cruz moved to bigger venue | The Texas Tribune
- Trump Rebrands “Lyin’ Ted Cruz” as “Beautiful Ted”
- Trump’s stump speech for Ted Cruz included his seemingly fake middle-class tax cut
- Trump’s comfort zone this year: Smaller venues and rapturous fans in places where he remains popular
- Trump accidentally endorses Dem candidate John Tester immediately after shaking Rep candidate Matt Rosendale’s hand at Missoula, MT rally.
WHITE HOUSE CHAOS
- Wilkie won’t share documents that could reveal extent of Mar-a-Lago influence on VA
- Trump’s new ambassador to South Africa happens to be a Mar-a-Lago member
TRADE WAR AND ECONOMY
- U.S. Recession Chances in Next Two Years Top 60%, JPMorgan Says
- As tariffs continue, panic beginning to sink in among Wisconsin manufacturers
- Ford Says Trump Tariffs Make U.S. Steel Costliest in the World
- When ‘the heartbeat’ stops: Rural schools close as opportunity and residents flee
- Why no one really knows how many jobs automation will replace
- Trump’s got a new tax plan but no details – CNNPolitics
- The Rule of the Uber-Rich Means Either Tyranny or Revolution
- Mitch McConnell says it out loud: Republicans are gunning for Social Security, Medicare and Obamacare next
- Ford starts US production of the Ranger pickup for the first time in years
- Trump’s next bankruptcy may be ours
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
- Republicans Are Running on Health Care for Pre-Existing Conditions. It’s a Lie.
- Republicans shift rhetoric on preexisting conditions — while still gutting protections
- Republican congressman: My former employee at that Proud Boys rally ‘was never a senior aide’
- Trump Says He Hasn’t Visited Troops In Afghanistan, Iraq Because He’s ‘Very Busy’
BLATANT BIGOTRY
- BBQ Becky, Permit Patty and Cornerstore Caroline: Too ‘cutesy’ for those white women calling police on black people?
- Bishop Talbert Swan: This is America. Coral Springs police officer repeatedly punches a 14-year-old black girl because he’s upset that she was talking back. They will either make excuses that blame the victim or a fake apology that Blacks will be pressured to accept to absolve this racist punk.
- As Trump administration eyes writing transgender people ‘out of of existence,’ a reckoning for a transgender Republican
- The Trump administration reportedly wants the government to revoke civil rights protections from transgender people
- Trump Admin Planning to Basically Pretend that Transgender People Don’t Exist
- Relax. Trump Won’t Put All the Jews in Camps. Only the Democrats
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- Florida city official charged with murder after state rejects ‘stand your ground’ shooting of suspected thief
- Search on for second suspect in fatal Georgia police shooting
- Black Voters in Georgia Fear Brian Kemp is Rigging The Election
- GOP Senator David Perdue Faces Battery Lawsuit After Snatching Student’s Phone
- Student sues GOP senator for allegedly snatching phone
- Student Sues Sen. Perdue For Battery Over Phone-Snatching Incident
- Dozens more infant corpses found as Detroit police widen investigation of funeral homes
- Detroit funeral home is 2nd one where officials have found remains of fetuses and infants – CNN
- Consumer data compromised in Affordable Care Act enrollment portal
PRIESTS
Well…, there is another way, but technically it involves either ex-communication or desecrating a holy wafer after it’s been blessed. Due to that whole transubstantiation thing where a piece of bread or wafer literally becomes JC’s flesh, not eating that flesh is considered a mortal sin of the highest regard. And unlike child rape, this is their “Go Straight To Hell” sin that only the Pope can forgive.
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE
- Trauma experts report seeing people with mental problems in Hurricane Michael’s wake
- Yes, Republicans are still denying climate change
- A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in U.S. history
- Lioness at zoo kills father of her cubs in ‘unprovoked’ attack
- Listen to the eerie song of Antarctica — melting
- Measles raging in Europe because of anti-vaccine movement. It could happen in U.S.
- No power, no water and no Internet: Life in post-Michael Florida
- Doctors are surprisingly bad at reading lab results. It puts us all at risk.
- Virginia regulators grant key approvals to Atlantic Coast pipeline, clearing the way for construction
- Why radiation protection experts are concerned over EPA proposal
- Yellowstone geyser’s eruption tosses up decades of human trash, some ‘historic’
- As NASA’s telescopes falter, astronomers fear losing their eyes in space
- Leaked Trump Administration Memo: Keep Public in Dark About How Endangered Species Decisions Are Made
- Biological anthropologist’s book drills down into the scientific mysteries of our choppers
- U.S. fertility rates are in a historic plunge. Experts wonder why.
Probably because kids are expensive, and young people are poor.
Seriously, think about it for a second. Younger people make less comparatively than their parents did. They also have fewer chances at better jobs, are priced out of the housing market, and are either unable to get a decent job because they don’t have a college degree, or they can’t afford to do anything because of student loans. Assuming they can even get into a long-term relationship, the prospect of kids is daunting. Child care costs are prohibitive. $1200-$1500 for day care a month is not uncommon. That’s before diapers, wipes, formula, baby clothes, car seats, and everything else.
I have a single friend who owns his own race car. He can afford his race car by simply not paying for day care. The amount of money he would have spent on a baby went to make a race car from scratch.
When I hear reports about experts wondering why people aren’t having kids, I think back to a few years ago when my oldest was in day care, and before I consolidated by student loans. My mortgage was the third biggest bill each month behind those two.
ELECTION 2018
- Black Voters in Georgia Fear Brian Kemp is Rigging The Election
- Ad campaign targets eight Republican candidates as ‘yes-men’ for President Trump
- Alaska’s independent governor ends re-election bid, endorses Democrat
- Georgia’s ‘exact match’ law could disenfranchise 909,540 eligible voters, my research finds
- Andrew Gillum and Abigail Spanberger Just Showed Democrats How to Debate a Trumpist
- Andrew Gillum will be a governor for all Floridians
- Arizona newspaper backs Democrat for Senate for first time since 2000
- Arizona newspaper backs Democrat in dead heat Senate race
- CNN Poll: Democrats up in Florida with two weeks to go
- CNN’s Chris Cuomo invites Gianforte to body slam him
- Cruz hits O’Rourke for voting no on funds for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense — but he did, too
- Democrat says she felt ‘sheer disbelief’ after being left off ballot in 1 Arkansas county
- Democrats appear more likely to vote in midterms than GOP: NBC-WSJ poll
- Democrats See Strong Enthusiasm As Nevada Early Voting Begins
- Early Voting Surges Across North Carolina, With Republicans Seeing Big Increase
- Giant Beto O’Rourke Sign On Texas Lawn Sparks Threats From ‘Hostile’ Homeowners’ Association
- GOP candidate Ron DeSantis backs out of meeting with USA Today Network – Florida
- GOP Removes Sole Polling Place From Famous Hispanic Majority City in Kansas
- Heidi Cruz laments husband Ted Cruz’s 6-figure salary
- Black seniors pulled off ‘Get Out the Vote’ bus
- Houston Chronicle Endorses Beto O’Rourke For U.S. Senate
- In Georgia, governor’s race evokes old tensions over voting and race
- Joe Biden lays it out in Florida: ‘You will never vote in an election that’s more important’
- Kaz Weida: Who the fuck camps out overnight to vote? Something is happening in this country. I’m happy just to be here and be a part of it.
- Lyft partnering with Latino activist group to take Dodge City voters to the polls after city moves only polling location
- Lyft Partners With Voto Latino to Help Get Dodge City Voters to the Polls
- Midterms: Poorest states have Republican legislatures, and richest have Democratic ones
- Nick Saban, Jerry West and Bob Huggins endorse Joe Manchin
- Obama in Nevada: ‘Profoundly dangerous’ not to vote in midterms
- Poll: Nelson leads Scott by 6 points in Florida Senate race
- Record shattered: More than 27,000 show up for first day of early voting in Clark County
- Rep. John Lewis: ‘I have been beaten, my skull fractured’ for right to vote
- Rick Scott has financial link to botched SunPass contract
- Shannon Watts: Is this a line of people waiting for Beyoncé concert tickets? Nope – it’s the line for early voting in Houston. Many of these Texans actually camped out overnight to be among the first to vote. #VoteWithBeto
- Shocking turnout for first day of early voting in Houston
- Suburban women, Trump fatigue and the House races that could make the difference
- Texas May Seem Like a Red State Because It’s a Gerrymandered One
- Trump Is Hitting the Midterm Campaign Trail Hard. History Shows That Doesn’t Always Make a Difference
- Two Weeks Before Midterms, Trump Attacks Democracy With ‘One of the Most Naked Attempts to Promote Voter Suppression’ in Modern Times
- Voter fraud isn’t a problem in America. Low turnout is.
- Voting rights groups sue Kemp, Georgia over rejection of ballots
- Why are Kentucky election laws so strict? They don’t want you to vote
- Yeah, California’s upset about the undemocratic Senate and electoral college — because it should be
People were camping out overnight to vote? In Texas? I’ve seen people camp out for concert tickets, sporting events, and iPhones, but never to vote. This is different.
THINKING AHEAD
IN OTHER NEWS…
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- How Julia Louis-Dreyfus quietly became the most successful sitcom star ever
- Mega Millions jackpot enters ‘uncharted territory’ at record $1.6 billion
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- ‘Not for everyone’: Nebraska has a self-deprecating new tourism campaign
- A glimpse into Theodore Roosevelt’s heartache and high jinks
- Dockets, ratings and ‘tips’: How Harvard selects students
- Rising above the tangled traffic of Los Angeles in a luxury condo
- Seeking some rare civility? Then watch … Bravo’s newest reality show?
PROGRESS IS PROGRESS
- Booker bill would create federally funded savings account for every child
- An exclusive look at Cory Booker’s plan to fight wealth inequality: give poor kids money
- Colorado cracks a billion in annual marijuana sales in record time, generating $200M in tax revenue
- Gallup: More Americans than ever favor legalizing marijuana
- Two in Three Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana
- Report says the UN’s global ‘war on drugs’ has been a failure
- Democrats plan to ban LGBT discrimination across all 50 states if they win in November
- Medicaid ‘absolutely’ saved her life, says patient now fighting to expand it
RUMOR MILL
2. Now, go to your retirement planning. Your MONTHLY budget. And REMOVE Social Security amount you are expecting to receive for your retirement. Again, REMOVE the Social Security line item from your retirement budget.
3. Next, REMOVE your earned healthcare benefits: Medicaid and Medicare. And ADD in the cost of private insurance plan that will cover assisted living costs (estimate needing this at 85 yrs. to be conservative). For R/x costs, conservatively add $800/month. https://seniorsleague.org/medicare-part-dthe-senior-citizens-league/ …
4. Lastly, if you have a parent relying on Medicaid or Medicare, ADD that cost to your spreadsheet. If they are in assisted living, or require in-home care, ADD that overhead to yours. (cont)
5. How’s your budget look? Are you going to be able to afford to retire? How much longer will you have to work now? Because that money – YOUR MONEY THAT YOU EARNED & ARE COUNTING ON… it’s gone. (cont)
6. That’s what the tax bill was all about.
@SpeakerRyan &@senatemajldr gave all that money of yours – money that you broke your back earning for decades – to billionaires. Don’t fall for any nuanced bullshit that SS & other earned benefits are in some other bucket… (cont)7. They’ve said blatantly that to pay for the astronomical deficit that they just created, they are taking Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid away. THIS IS THE PLAN. The midterm elections ARE about your wallet – YOUR RETIREMENT.
@DNC has failed to communicate this, so…8. We’re going to have to do it ourselves. Again. The guardrail – the check & balance – is not just on Trump’s corruption, but on REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF YOUR MONEY.
@SenateGOP &@HouseGOP are STEALING YOUR MONEY. Your retirement. THEY STOLE IT FOR BILLIONAIRES. (cont)9. We can do this. Just do that financial exercise & SHOUT ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SHOUT IT TO YOUR LOCAL DEM CANDIDATE & DNC. And remind them of this: It doesn’t matter how “great” Trump’s economy is when you retire. Because you won’t be in it. Neither will grandma. – END –
- JCrongeyer: Khashoggi was murdered Oct 2… Nikki Haley resigned Oct 3… she had access to ALL American intelligence in accordance with this. Coincidence?
- Ming: we will see Julians commitment to ‘transperancy’. Personally Ming say he rat out all coconspirators not out of virtue but self-preservation.
- Countercheckist: Guess what, patriots? We’re winning. 🙂
- Eric Garland: I’m not arguing old points or old candidates. I have only three priorities: Vote, watch Justice Dot Gov, make popcorn. Everything else is a distraction. #Vote
- Eric Garland: Yeah, but the Mob wouldn’t be able to steal from it anymore. That would be good. Right. Paul?
- Lincoln’s Bible: Is it too much to ask @CNN & other MSM outlets, that if they’re going all-in on pushing the caravan propaganda, that they also cover geo-political crisis behind migration – and the ties between murderous regimes causing them & Putin? Start here, please. /1. Thread
- Ming: Now you know some of how Information Operation worked. But when did it start? Who convince GOP to do such crazy things as taken awy healthcare and tax break for rich? what about Fast and furious? This gonna be devstitating to GOP
- Tea Pain: The corrupt Trumpublican party has failed miserably, so it’s reduced to suppressin’ our right to vote. We must turn out every decent soul to vote in numbers so overwhelmin’ they can not be denied! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
That’s it for the last few days. It’s been crazy the last few days, and things feel shitty right now, but there is always reason to hope. There is always reason to see that things will get better.
Right now, millions of Americans are waking up for the first time to the corruption around them and fighting back. They’re voting, their advocating, and they’re organizing.
Right now, there are at least a half a dozen separate investigations going on involving the Trump family alone. That doesn’t include all of their associates, their lackeys, or their co-conspirators.
Right now, an entire generation of students are registering to vote for the first time, and the way they start now will likely shape their views for the next 20-40 years.
Right now, someone in the White House is trying to come up with something, anything, that will motivate Trump’s base to vote for him, and they’re literally throwing everything against the wall at this point.
Right now, someone who has never organized so much as a birthday party is out knocking on doors, trying to get their neighbors to vote.
Right now, someone who has never donated to help a campaign or work an election is signing up for Lyft or Uber just so they can shuttle people to the polls on election day.
Right now, someone is sifting through over 54 hours of interviews with Paul Manafort, categorizing each and every claim he made, and lining them up against the evidence they have on file and with the testimony of other witnesses.
Right now, at least a half a dozen people in the White House are panicking, wondering if their actions rise to the level of criminality needed to press charges against them.
Right now, a powerful man in this country is scared shitless at the thought that his actions from 30 years ago will come back to haunt him.
Right now, a parent is making a protest sign with their child.
Right now, a family is coming together for the first time in years, as the long-time Republican in the family has finally had enough of Trump’s and McConnell’s bullshit.
Right now, people are pissed, yet hopeful. They’re pissed at the way their country is going, but hopeful for where it can go.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
– Katy Tur
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