Friday, November 30, 2018
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
Cohen
- Cohen believed Trump would pardon him, but then things changed
- Cohen: Trump Knew I Called Kremlin for Help With Trump Tower Moscow
- Lifting Russian sanctions key to Trump deal exposed by Cohen
- Cohen’s Plea Suggests Russians Held ‘Kompromat’ on Trump
- Acting Attorney General Whitaker was told about Cohen deal before it went public
- Scuttled Trump Tower Moscow project back in limelight after Cohen guilty plea
Sater also said that the pair stopped working on the Moscow deal as soon as the issue of Russian election hacking emerged in the news because it became clear it would become a political liability.
In fact, he said, it is not a coincidence that, according to court documents filed today, Michael Cohen canceled a planned trip to Moscow on June 14, 2016 — the same day the Post broke the story that Russians had hacked the Democratic National Committee.
“As soon as the Russian stuff broke, it was like, well, this deal is over,” Sater said.
We’re going to hear a lot more about the events Cohen was neck deep in, but I like the way this actually makes sense. According to Felix Sater, he and Michael Cohen worked on the Trump Tower Russia project right up until they saw Peskov’s name in the Washington Post, connected to the DNC hacking.
At least, that might be how far Felix took his part in this opera.
- Senate Intelligence Committee has referred cases of suspected lying to Mueller
- Michael Cohen’s guilty plea proves the House GOP’s Russia investigation was a sham
- Devin Nunes protected Roger Stone and Donald Trump Jr. from Mueller probe: Democrats won’t
- Richard Burr on Michael Cohen plea: ‘If you lie to us, we’re going to go after you’
There are two important points to keep in mind.
- All of this is happening because of 1 series of lies. There are dozens of things that were lied about.
- Everyone that testified had the same story about those meetings.
This was an organized conspiracy to cover up what happened, and who knew about what. It wasn’t just one person lying about an insignificant detail. It was dozens of people telling the same story.
- Who else is in danger from Cohen plea?
- Trump Jr.’s 2017 Testimony Conflicts With Cohen’s Account Of Russian Talks
- Is Don Trump Jr Next? President’s Son Is ‘Probably Having a Nervous Night,’ Ex-Prosecutor Says
- It Seems Robert Mueller Has the Evidence Needed to Charge Donald Trump Jr. Right Now
- Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. may be investigated by Robert Mueller for Moscow Trump Tower: report
- Ivanka Trump’s involvement with Moscow Trump Tower plan ‘being investigated by Mueller’
- Robert Mueller May Have Evidence Needed to Charge Donald Trump Jr. Right Now (UPDATED)
- Rudy Giuliani may now be in Robert Mueller’s crosshairs: “The lawyers are going to need lawyers”
- Deutsche Bank Raids Reached Senior Managers
- Russian Central Banker Retires, Tied to Suspected Agent Held Butina by U.S.
- ‘Individual 1’: Trump emerges as a central subject of Mueller probe
- In Mueller investigation, Trump is now “Individual 1”
- Mueller asked Trump about 2016 RNC platform change regarding Ukraine: Sources
- Trump once said he had “no dealings with Russia.” Now he claims “everybody knew” about them. | Trump has dramatically moved the goalposts about his contacts with Russia. Here are the receipts.
- Trump Says “Everybody Knew” About His Moscow Tower Plans. That’s Not the Defense He Thinks It Is.
- ‘We will be in Moscow’: The story of Trump’s 30-year quest to expand his brand to Russia
- Trump’s Russia dealings represented an enormous conflict of interest in 2016
- Manafort-Mueller feud resumes in court Friday
- Swamp builders: How Manafort and Stone created the mess Trump said he’d drain
- The Latest: Mueller considers more charges against Manafort
- Trump’s ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort to be sentenced March 5 in DC case as Mueller considers more charges
- Mueller’s Team Promises to Drop New “Crimes and Lies” Report on Manafort by Next Week
- Buckle Up: Next Week Is Going to Be a Busy One for Robert Mueller
- Conservatives, Prepare Yourself Now for What Mueller May Find
Mueller’s team is preparing the “Crimes and Lies” report. From their description last week, they were ready to roll with this any day and had this cooking for a while.
COHEN, NEW YORK, AND THE OTHER LAWSUITS
“I had sexual intercourse with [Alan] Dershowitz at least six times,’’ Roberts wrote in the 2015 court affidavit. “The first time was when I was about 16, early on in my servitude to [Jeffrey] Epstein.’’
“Roberts says she was 16 and working as a locker room attendant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort when she was approached by Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s associate, about becoming a masseuse for Epstein.” Roberts’ father worked at the resort as a maintenance man.
“Acosta… would explain that he was unduly pressured by Epstein’s heavy-hitting lawyers” [including Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz] to manipulate the criminal justice system in Epstein’s favor. Alex Acosta is now Donald Trump’s Labor secretary.
NEW: According to two people close to Donald Trump, the Miami Herald investigation, published Wednesday, was “not helpful” to Acosta, who wanted to be Attorney General. He was a federal prosecutor in Florida before becoming Labor Secretary.
- Trump Labor Secretary Out Of Running For Attorney General After Miami Herald Report Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is out of the running to be President Donald Trump’s attorney general following a Miami Herald report that he oversaw a wlrn.org
- Ian Madrigal: Epstein and Jane Doe
- Thread by @wamandajd: “Now that billionaire child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is back in the news, it seems like a good time to take a closer look at allegation […]” #MeToo
- Ian Madrigal: “I had sexual intercourse with Dershowitz at least six times,’’ Roberts wrote in the 2015 court affidavit. “The first time was when I was about 16, early on in my servitude to Epstein.’’ Remember all the @nytimes op-eds about Alan getting snubbed at Martha’s Vineyard? Good lord. Thread
- Trump’s Connection to Pedophile Billionaire Could Figure in Trial Next Week
- Ohio, N.J. and California Pension Funds Invested $885 Million in Hedge Fund That Controls National Enquirer Parent
TRUMP THE RUSSIAN ASSET
G20
- Donald Trump Is Owned by Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince MBS, Says Democratic Senator
- Russia thinks Trump canceled Putin meeting for domestic reasons
- May to raise Khashoggi killing with Saudi ruler at G20
- Saudi-owned TV says Trump and Saudi crown prince had friendly meeting
- Giant baby Trump blimp floats above Buenos Aires during G-20 summit, protesting US president
- Kremlin says Putin and Trump will have impromptu meeting at G20
- Michael McFaul: Trump rolls into the G-20 meetings looking very weak. 2 of his buddies — MBS and Putin — are pariahs. He cancelled bilats with 2 allies. The whole world is watching Mueller. As an American, I dont like this set up. Not in US national interest to have our leader look so weak.
- Trump scores big political win with signing ceremony at G-20 for new North American trade pact
- Trump scores big political win with signing ceremony at G-20 for new North American trade pact
- Trump scores political win with signing of new North American trade pact at G-20, but deal still faces a hurdle in Congress
- Trump Signs NAFTA Replacement Deal With Canada And Mexico
- USMCA: US, Canada, and Mexico sign trade pact at G20
- A giant Trump baby blimp that the president says makes him ‘feel unwelcome’ has followed him to the G20 summit in Argentina
- ‘Spooked’ Trump launches early morning Twitter rant on explosive Russia revelations, ahead of talks with world leaders – follow live
- ‘Very legal & very cool’: Trump dismisses criticism of his 2016 business project in Russia
- “Trump Was Totally Caught Off Guard by the Cohen Plea”: Inside Trumpworld, Some Fear Mueller Has Laid a Perjury Trap
- As Trump Panic-Tweets, Putin Cracks His Whip and Shows Him Who’s Boss
TRAITOR TOTS
- Giuliani loses it after Cohen flips again: ‘That son of a b*tch should have been disbarred’
- Ex-US official admits charges linked to Malaysian scandal
- Trump Fund-Raiser Received Laundered Foreign Money, Prosecutors Say
Elliott Broidy, a Los Angeles-based businessman who was a finance vice chairman of Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign and inauguration committees, was paid to lobby the Trump administration to try to end an investigation related to the embezzlement of billions of dollars from a Malaysian state-owned fund, according to court filings made public on Friday.
The filings were released in connection with a guilty plea entered by George Higginbotham, a former Justice Department employee. Mr. Higginbotham admitted to conspiring to lie to banks about the source of tens of millions of dollars he funneled into the United States from the Malaysian financier Jho Low, who federal authorities say masterminded a scheme to loot the 1 Malaysia Development Berhad fund, also known as 1MDB.
Mr. Higginbotham, who left the Justice Department in August, was not involved in the department’s investigation of Mr. Low, and is cooperating with prosecutors.
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@tedcruz Your campaign gave US voter data to a guy in Russia named Yaroslav Leontenko. He wrote code directly into your official campaign app. His work also included translating that app framework text into the Russian language for use in other campaigns. Explain yourself.Yaroslav’s sister describes him, on at least one occasion, as “from rus mafia” Explain yourself, Ted.
Ted, I have the files and data showing all of this. Several governments were given copies months ago. It is not up for debate. Tell the truth.
WHITAKER
- Acting attorney general Whitaker fielded early fraud complaints from customers at patent company yet promoted it for years, records show
- Dems say Whitaker will appear before House panel in January
- Whitaker Appears to Have Misled FTC Over Actions at Miami Firm
- Trump’s acting attorney general once referred to the president’s behavior as ‘a little dangerous’ and ‘a little outlandish’
FIGHTING BACK
- Giant baby Trump blimp floats above Buenos Aires during G-20 summit, protesting US president
- A giant Trump baby blimp that the president says makes him ‘feel unwelcome’ has followed him to the G20 summit in Argentina
- Asha Rangappa: ANYONE who has undergone the checks required for a TS clearance would tell you that there is no way in hell that Trump would be able to pass the background check. The two biggest reasons people get denied a clearance are “financial issues” and “foreign influence.”
RIGHT WING TERRORISM & WHITE NATIONALISM
- They say he yelled ‘I hate Mexicans’ before attacking them with a metal bar. Will this Utah case be considered a hate crime?
- Australia rejects far-right Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes’ visa application
- Pence posts photo with law enforcement officer wearing patch associated with QAnon
- Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes denied visa to tour Australia with ‘The Deplorables’
- He was 10 when his mother sent him away to escape the Nazis. He never saw her again.
KHASHOGGI & SAUDI ARABIA
- CIA finds Saudi crown prince sent at least 11 messages to adviser who oversaw Khashoggi killing around time of his death
- ‘Jamal Khashoggi Way’: Washington city may rename Saudi embassy street
- A DC neighborhood group just voted to rename the street in front of the Saudi embassy for Jamal Khashoggi
- May to raise Khashoggi killing with Saudi ruler at G20
- Saudi-owned TV says Trump and Saudi crown prince had friendly meeting
#METOO & WOMEN’S RIGHTS
- California Democratic Leader, Facing Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Steps Down
- Chiefs release RB Kareem Hunt after video shows him shoving, kicking woman
- ‘Cosmos’ Host Neil deGrasse Tyson To Be Investigated By Fox, Nat Geo & Producers After New Sexual Misconduct Allegations
IMMIGRATION
- Catalina Cruz wins, will be first Dreamer to hold office in NY
- Migrants, blocked at the border, wait turn to apply for asylum
- Steve King’s ‘racist’ immigration talk prompts calls for congressional censure
- Government shutdown looms as Trump demands $5bn for border wall
- A.G. Underwood Announces Major Win In Suit Against Trump Administration Over Public Safety Funds | New York State Attorney General
- Notice (Other). East Bay Sanctuary vs. Trump
- DHS asks Pentagon to extend the military’s Mexico border deployment through at least January
COLD WAR 2.0
- ‘I Begged Them to Kill Me.’ Uighur Woman Tells Congress of Torture in Chinese Internment Camps
- Bill Browder: Horrifying testimony of a Uyghur woman who was detained and tortured in a Chinese concentration camp. The Global Magnitsky Act should be applied aggressively against the Chinese officials involved in these atrocities. The victims have no other recourse
- If Trump Doesn’t Draw a Red Line on Ukraine, Putin Will Only Get Bolder
#NEVERAGAIN
- Shannon Watts: THEY DID IT!!! After @MomsDemand volunteers sat through a four hour meeting (Need to know anything about roundabouts? Ask them 🤗), the Carlsbad, California, City Council passed a gun violence resolution to support school and student safety:
- Carlsbad approves gun violence prevention resolution – The Coast News Group
- Fernand R. Armandi: My son came home from school today & told me that he did a “code red drill” in class today where he had to be completely silent so a bad man wouldn’t get him and do bad things to him & his friends. My son is in kindergarten. What is wrong with our country?
FIXING THE INTERNET
- Fake Putin Twitter Account Fooled More Than a Dozen Major News Outlets
- Germany launches antitrust probe into Amazon
- Sheryl Sandberg Emailed Staff To Conduct Research On Billionaire George Soros | While Facebook maintains that Sandberg was not directly involved in a public relations firm’s opposition research on Soros, it now acknowledges that she did in fact request research on the billionaire.
- Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros
- Marriott discloses a massive data breach affecting up to 500 million guests
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- Donald Trump: I ‘lightly looked’ at doing business project in Russia
- Trump Says “Everybody Knew” About His Moscow Tower Plans. That’s Not the Defense He Thinks It Is.
WHITE HOUSE CHAOS
- Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke must resign. His multiple scandals show he’s unfit to serve.
- EPA IG: Two Pruitt Probes Closed Due To Resignation Getting In Way Of Interview
- Government employees banned from talking about Trump’s impeachment at work
- Government watchdog finds 6 Trump staffers violated Hatch Act
- Trump administration accused of “rampant” ethics abuses after six more officials cited for Hatch Act violations
- Six White House officials reprimanded for violating the Hatch Act
TRADE WAR AND ECONOMY
- Germany launches antitrust probe into Amazon
- GM Worker Who Voted For Trump: My Family Faces Impossible Choices Now
- ‘It’s a business. We’re numbers’: Many hurt by GM cuts blame others, not Trump
- Trump doesn’t want you to know, but it’s time to sign up for Obamacare
- Rural Americans Are Now The Largest Slice Of Federal Food Aid Recipients
- Trump scores big political win with signing ceremony at G-20 for new North American trade pact
- Trump scores political win with signing of new North American trade pact at G-20, but deal still faces a hurdle in Congress
- Trump Signs NAFTA Replacement Deal With Canada And Mexico
- USMCA: US, Canada, and Mexico sign trade pact at G20
- NAFTA 2.0 Signed: A Deal for ‘The Corporate One Percent’
- The most disadvantaged Americans are poised to get hit the hardest by Trump’s trade war
- Justin Trudeau Blasts Donald Trump’s Trade Tariffs to His Face After General Motors Announced Huge Layoffs
- Trump calls USMCA ‘a groundbreaking achievement.’ But tariffs have turned ties with Canada cold.
- Laid-off Sears workers left with nothing – and they say wealthy bosses are to blame
- ‘They had us fooled’: Inside Payless’s elaborate prank to dupe people into paying $600 for shoes
- Analysis | The surprisingly high number of Americans getting absolutely no raises
STUDENT LOANS
- Millennials are killing countless industries — but the Fed says it’s mostly just because they’re poor
- Federal Reserve Report: Are Millennials Different?
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
- Black Republicans Are the Only GOP Officials Who Seem Bothered by Racism
- Ousted Rep. Mia Love knocks Trump, GOP for making women and minorities feel unwelcome
- Trumpism is rotten to its core. And the stench of corruption and failure is everywhere.
- Trump-led GOP grows increasingly tolerant of racially divisive politics
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- Ex-US official admits charges linked to Malaysian scandal
- Former Dallas cop Amber Guyger booked on murder charge in Botham Jean slaying, then freed from jail
PRIESTS & RELIGION
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE
- Major earthquake rocks buildings in Anchorage
- ‘Major’ damage to Anchorage area after severe 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Alaska
- M 7.0 – 13km N of Anchorage, Alaska
- Kaz Weida: CNN is now reporting the earthquake that struck near Anchorage about half an hour ago was much closer to a 7.2. Tsunami warnings in effect. Bridges collapsed. Power out. How are my Alaska peeps? Sound off and let us know if you need help. For reference, the quake and subsequent tsunami that destroyed Kodiak island and other parts of the waterfront in Alaska in the 60s was a 9.2 earthquake. It was the second largest quake ever recorded in North America.
- Trump administration approves seismic tests that could harm many thousands of Atlantic dolphins and whales
- Insecure about your manhood? Research says you might be a Trump voter.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Leads Opposition To Coal Puppet Joe Manchin For Top Senate Energy Slot
- Progressives say dire climate reports point to need for ‘Green New Deal’
- Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Proposal Now Backed by 15 House Democrats
- More Americans and most Republicans now believe in climate change
- How they survived: Owners of the few homes left standing around Paradise, Calif., took critical steps to ward off wildfires
- One man spent a decade studying hangovers. He may have found a cure.
CONGRESS
- Democrat Pelosi rejects retirement timeline for speaker job
- Pelosi creates leadership position for Barbara Lee
- Over 22 days, Nancy Pelosi persuaded 66 on-the-fence Democrats to support her
- Steve King’s ‘racist’ immigration talk prompts calls for congressional censure
- House Democrats unveil their first bill in the majority: a sweeping anti-corruption proposal
- House Democrats’ 1st bill targets big donors, voting access
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Leads Opposition To Coal Puppet Joe Manchin For Top Senate Energy Slot
- A low-key Colorado Democrat is trying to settle the Nancy Pelosi speaker dispute
- Three Republicans battle to succeed Meadows at House Freedom Caucus
- ‘It’s Premature’: Incoming Judiciary Chairman Warns Against Rush to Impeach
- ‘The perfect witness’: Dems want Cohen to testify on the Hill
- Flake: Mueller bill has votes to pass Senate
- Richard Burr on Michael Cohen plea: ‘If you lie to us, we’re going to go after you’
ELECTIONS
- Historic voter turnout in California fueled by anti-Trump sentiment
- Ryan casts doubt on ‘bizarre’ California election results
- So, the asshole from one of the most gerrymandered state in the Union, with one of the most restrictive voter suppression tools in place, thinks it’s “bizarre” when every vote is counted and every voice is heard.
- Catalina Cruz wins, will be first Dreamer to hold office in NY
- Wisconsin Republican lawmakers seek to limit early voting after Democrats sweep statewide races
- AP retracts call in North Carolina congressional race amid fraud investigation
- Possible election fraud in North Carolina congressional race
- Evidence of fraud mounts in uncertified North Carolina race won by Republican
- A North Carolina Congressional Race Might Be Tainted by Fraud and That’s Just the Beginning
- N.C. election officials plan hearing over fraud concerns in U.S. House race, raising possibility of new election
THINKING AHEAD
- Which Senators Might Be Vulnerable To A Primary Challenge in 2020
- John Kerry feels liberated. Does that mean he’ll run for president?
PROGRESS IS PROGRESS
- The First-Ever National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Was Just Unveiled—And It’s a Game Changer
- ‘Easy to Pay for Something That Costs Less’: New Study Shows Medicare for All Would Save US $5.1 Trillion Over Ten Years
- Medicare for All: As Healthcare Costs Soar, Momentum Grows to Guarantee Healthcare for All Americans
IN OTHER NEWS…
- George H.W. Bush dies at 94. The 41st president of the United States helped guide the world out of a four-decade Cold War.
- They always said Cher (and cockroaches) could survive the end of the world. Lately, she’s not so sure about that.
- Reba McEntire never needed to be the best. She simply had to want it most.
RUMOR MILL
- Lincoln’s Bible: Subpoena Power + FinCEN investigators: Tax returns will be matched to bank statements. Bank statements will be matched to Deutsche Bank loans. Deutsche Bank loans will be matched to Oligarch/ Saudi deposits. Email & phone records of Trump Org married to all. It’s coming.
- Ming: Its not that trump and GOP believe putin over USIC. They know what treason took place, they just think they can keep you from finding out!
- Countercheckist: Hopefully by now it’s clear; the tRUmp family will not escape the consequences for their crimes. Nor will any of their associates who helped the Kremlin in their quest to destroy our democracy. We’re still at the tip of the iceberg. Plenty more still to come… 🙂
- Ming: Trump not only one shitting in britches now, GOP pretty good at that too…
- Tea Pain: FUN FACT: Rod Rosenstein met with Trump prior to release of this indictment, givin’ Trump the choice of BEFORE or AFTER he returned from Helsinki. Trump chose before. Rudy knows this but promotes this lie anyway. @RudyGiuliani
- Angry White House Staffer: Some of you probably remember when I said a couple weeks ago that GOP donors were becoming squeamish. I think it’s pretty obvious by now that McConnell and Murdoch met to discuss an exit strategy. Just know: when you start to see Mitch publicly break from Trump, it’s all over. I understand the skepticism here, but think about it logically for a minute. What else can McConnell possibly hope to gain from Trump? The House isn’t going to let anything through. The agenda is dead. Mitch’s legacy is set. He stacked SCOTUS, now he has to try and save 2020.
- John Schindler: What secrets? You’re assuming Trump pays attention during the PDB & other intel briefs. Don’t.
- Lincoln’s Bible From January 2018: Our President is enamored w/a mass-murdering pedophile. Donald knows all about the verified claims against #PedoPutin. He followed the Litvinenko case so closely, he had a statement right after the inquiry. TY for admitting what U know #DotardDonnie.
- Melissa Kester: OMG it just dawned on me that VLAD IS FRED TRUMP in Trump’s internal world. He’s the harsh father with the greater intellect, endless money the bails him out, and all the racist authoritarian qualities.
That’s it for Friday. I’m not sure what or when things will break, but expect the Crimes and Lies report to be devastating for several people.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
– Katy Tur
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