Monday, December 17, 2018
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
Flynn’s Buddies Get Indicted
- Former Michael Flynn Business Associates Indicted in Turkey Lobbying Case
- MSNBC: JUST IN: Court documents: Two of Michael Flynn’s business associates, Bikan Rafiekian (Bijan Kian) and Kamil Alptekin, indicted for alleged conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and other charges; case tied to efforts to extradite Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen.
- Two associates of ex-Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn indicted on conspiracy charges
- Adam Klasfeld: BREAKING: Former Michael Flynn Business Associates Indicted in Turkey Lobbying Case via @NYTimes. THREAD
- Ex-CIA Director: Mike Flynn and Turkish Officials Discussed Removal of Erdogan Foe From U.S.
- From May 2017: ‘It was very hush-hush’: Michael Flynn’s lobbying firm didn’t ‘want anyone to know’ about its work for Turkey
- Michael Flynn’s business partner charged with illegally lobbying for Turkey
- Document: Michael Flynn Associates Charged in Gulen Extradition Effort
- Two Men Charged with Conspiracy and Acting as Agents of a Foreign Government
- Grand Jury Indicts Turkish National Who Directed and Paid Michael Flynn in Anti-Gülen Influence Campaign
Grand Jury Indicts Turkish National Who Directed and Paid Michael Flynn in Anti-Gülen Influence Campaign
DOJ Announcement:
An indictment was unsealed today charging Bijan Rafiekian, aka Bijan Kian, 66, of San Juan Capistrano, California, and Kamil Ekim Alptekin, 41, of Istanbul, and a Turkish national, with conspiracy, acting in the United States as illegal agents of the government of Turkey, and making false statements to the FBI.
According to allegations in the indictment, the two men were involved in a conspiracy to covertly influence U.S. politicians and public opinion against a Turkish citizen living in the United States whose extradition had been requested by the Government of Turkey. The plot included using a company founded by Rafiekian and a person referred to as “Person A” in the indictment [Michael Flynn]. The company, referred to as “Company A” in the indictment [Flynn Intel Group], provided services based upon Person A’s national security expertise.
Two Men Charged with Conspiracy and Acting as Agents of a Foreign Government (DOJ)
Indictment [21 page PDF] (DOJ)
“Person A” = Michael Flynn
“Company A” = Flynn Intel Group
“Company B” = Inovo BV
“The Turkish citizen” = Fethullah Gülen
“Senior Turkish Leader #1” = President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
“Turkish Ministers #1 & #2” = Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu & Berat Albayrak
“Senior Turkish Leader #2” = ???
Flynn’s March 2017 FARA Filings:
Registration Statement (“Initial filing for primary registrant”) (DOJ)
Supplemental Statement (“6 month activities and financial information”) (DOJ)
Short Form [1] (“Statement Individual foreign agents”) (DOJ)
Short Form [2] (“Statement Individual foreign agents”) (DOJ)
Exhibits A & B (“Foreign principal” and “Foreign principal agreement”) (DOJ)
Exhibit C (“Articles of incorporation, bylaws, etc.”) (DOJ)
News Coverage:
Former Michael Flynn Business Associates Indicted in Turkey Lobbying Case (NYT)
Michael Flynn’s business partner charged with illegally lobbying for Turkey (WaPo)
Prior Coverage:
Flynn Timeline (2014-2018)
2017-03-08 Former Trump aide Flynn says lobbying may have helped Turkey (AP)
2017-03-10 Michael Flynn Was Paid to Represent Turkey’s Interests During Trump Campaign (NYT)
2017-03-16 Trump adviser Flynn paid by multiple Russia-related entities, new records show (WaPo)
2017-03-24 Ex-CIA Director: Mike Flynn and Turkish Officials Discussed Removal of Erdogan Foe From U.S. (WSJ)
2017-05-30 Mike Flynn’s Pro-Turkey Work: An Unfinished Documentary to Boost Country’s Image (WSJ)
2017-09-13 FBI interviews editor who worked for Flynn (AP)
Remember when Mike Flynn was accused of organizing an attempted kidnapping of a Turkish cleric? Or the time Mike Flynn attended a breakfast with Devin Nunes and senior diplomats from Turkey? Or the about-face that Flynn took in relations to Turkey after they paid his company $600,000?
Bijan Kian, the second in command of Flynn Intel Group, was involved in all of that. He worked as an unregistered lobbyist for Turkey, in violation of FARA guidelines. On Monday, he and Kamil Alptekin were indicted on charges of not registering as a foreign agent. But that’s not all of it.
There’s a thing in journalism called “burying the lede.” This is when the main point of the story is lost deep in the weeds. Like, if your spouse comes home and tells you about their day and they start with lunch, how their boss is a jerk, their coworkers are mean, and the building burned down and they’re the prime suspect. That last part is the most important thing they said, but they buried it at the end.
The lede in this story isn’t that Bijan Kian worked with Mike Flynn to take Turkish money, but both Bijan and Mike Flynn worked on the Trump Transition Team WHILE TAKING MONEY FROM TURKEY UNDER THE TABLE. They were crafting national security for years to come while taking Erdogan’s blood money.
Putting another country’s interests above your own while leading major government initiatives. Sounds pretty damn close to treason.
Flynn
- Mueller releases memo summarizing FBI’s interview with Michael Flynn
- Manu Raju: I asked @Comey today to respond to criticism that the FBI interview of Flynn was not done properly. “Oh come on. Think about what’s happening in the Republican Party. They’re up here attacking the FBI’s investigation of a guy who pled guilty to lying to the FBI…That’s nonsense”
- Mike Flynn Steps in It: In a Bid to Feed the Frothy Right, He Leads to Release of Damning New Details Showing He Lied to Protect Trump | emptywheel
- Angry White House Staffer: Further reading of this 302 makes it clear that Flynn appears to have lied for one reason only: to minimize Trump’s involvement.
- Dr. Dena Grayson: 🔥WHOA🔥Newly released FBI interview notes (302) reveal that Misha🇷🇺Flynn held a *previously undisclosed* closed-door meeting with #Russian🇷🇺ambassador Kislyak after the election.🤨WHAT did they discuss⁉️ The rest is redacted, but Mueller knows.😎
- John Schindler: Flynn sold Donnie & his retinue of morons down the river to Mueller & Friends to save himself and his idiot son. Can’t blame him. Trump’s concept of “loyalty” is a one-way street. How long is it gonna take the MAGAts to realize that Mikey totally screwed their God-Emperor?
- 12-17-18-Redacted-Flynn-Interview-302
This is just beautiful. After Flynn tried to pull “But I was entrapped when I lied to the Feds” last week (Daily Check-In 12/14/2018), the judge felt that cherrypicking from the 302 was a chickenshit move by his legal team, and ordered Mueller’s team to release a redacted version of the 302 form. The FD-302 form is the form that an FBI Agent fills out immediately after interviewing someone. Here, we can see Flynn lying, and that the focus of his lies wasn’t so much to protect himself but to shield Trump from Russian connections.
Shit’s about to get interesting.
Disinformation
- Russia favored Trump, targeted African-Americans with election meddling, reports say
- Russia used every major social media platform to help elect, support Trump, report says
- Russian disinformation teams targeted Robert S. Mueller III, says report prepared for Senate
- Russian Effort to Influence 2016 Election Targeted African-Americans
- Russian influence operations on social media still ongoing, U.S. Senate report finds
- Russians Have Been Supporting Republicans Since 2013
- Russians trolled people who were worried about Russian trolls on social media, report says
- Russia’s Bid to Aid Trump Revealed as Much Wider Than Once Known
- New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep
- Senate report finds millions of social media posts by Russians aimed at helping Trump, GOP
- Yes, Russian Trolls Helped Elect Trump | Social media lies have real-world consequences.
- Mimi Roach: “The Russians also set up hotlines that encourage people to discuss sexual or other personal problems the researchers found, raising the possibility they could use the information later to blackmail people. “
- Dr. Dena Grayson: The #Russian🇷🇺influence campaign on social media in the 2016 election made an extraordinary effort to target African-Americans & suppress Democratic turnout. Black voter turnout DECLINED in 2016 for the 1st time in 20 years in a presidential election.🤨
- Countercheckist: This is why the “no evidence of collusion” articles are so infuriating. The mountains of publicly available evidence proves otherwise if one bothers to look…
- Baba Yaga: You want my honest opinion which I know no one will listen? STOP POSTING MEMES
- John Schindler: If you’re #shocked the Kremlin was using SOCMED to exploit African-Americans (among many other groups) in 2016 to mess with US democracy…you really haven’t been paying attention. 21C RIS Active Measures hide in plain sight. These aren’t your father’s Chekists anymore.
- Lincoln’s Bible: Or to psych profile ppl for weaponization towards apathy/vote suppression or violence. Think Incels. I’m over-reaching? Google “dark triad” & SCL – the “academic” co. that used your FB data to create algorithms 4 Cambridge Analytica. Or 👀@chrisinsilico testimonies under oath.
- Julia Davis: The Russian operatives unloaded on Mueller through fake accounts on Facebook, Twitter and beyond, falsely claiming that the former FBI director was corrupt and that the allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election were crackpot conspiracies.
Gee, it’s almost like I’ve been talking about this for a year and a half. Oh, wait, I HAVE.
One new development is how they’re moving the goalposts after this report. We’ve gone from “There was no interference” to “No coordinated interference” to “there was only a little interference, but it didn’t make a difference”. Watch out for this thread in the coming days, with talking heads saying things like “there wasn’t any vote totals changed” and “how many people really get their news from Reddit or Facebook?” This is a deflection from the point that people were marketed to and thus changed their voting choice.
How Many?
- People Can’t Stop Sharing This CNN Graphic Listing All the Trump Entities Currently Under Investigation
- Tea Pain: FUN FACT: If Trump decided to send out a tweet condemnin’ each investigation against him, it would take 17 tweets. #SeventeenInvestigations
- A Complete Guide to All 17 (Known) Trump and Russia Investigations
Investigations by the Special Counsel
- The Russian Government’s Election Attack
- WikiLeaks
- Middle Eastern Influence
- Paul Manafort’s Activity
- The Trump Tower Moscow Project
- Other Campaign and Transition Contacts With Russia
- Obstruction of Justice
Investigations by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
- Campaign Conspiracy and the Trump Organization’s Finances
- Inauguration Funding
- Trump SuperPAC Funding
- Foreign Lobbying
Investigations by the US Attorney for the District of Columbia
- Maria Butina and the NRA
Investigations by the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova
- Turkish Influence
Investigations by New York City, New York State, & Other State Attorneys General
- Tax Case
- The Trump Foundation
- Emoluments Lawsuit
7+4+1+2+3 = 17. 17 investigations.
- ‘Over my dead body’: Giuliani dismisses prospect of Trump interview with Mueller
- Giuliani Almost Admits Trump Colluded and Committed a Crime
- Giuliani Said on ABC That President Knew Cohen Pushed Trump Tower Moscow ‘Up To November 2016’
Comey
- James Comey says Republicans are paralyzed by their ‘fear of Fox News’ and ‘mean tweets’
- Former FBI Director James Comey Comments to Reporters | Following a second day of testimony on Capitol Hill, former FBI Director James Comey calls lawmakers’ silence on the president’s behavior “shameful,” and he says they need to “speak the truth” and “stand up for the rule of law.”
- Comey: ‘Someone Has To Stand Up’ To Trump, Not ‘Slink Away Into Retirement’
- Donald Trump impeachment odds surge, with president now rated more likely than not to be impeached
- Robert Mueller’s Legal Masterpiece
- The signs are mounting: Trump has been badly weakened. It will get worse for him.
- Ricky Davila: The GOP Senate Intelligence Committee basically just proved that Devin Nunes had no business ending the House Russia Probe. He obstructed justice to protect Twitler and he should be criminally prosecuted.
- Adam Schiff Wants Trump’s Deutsche Bank Records to Find Out If President Is ‘Compromised’ by Russian Money Laundering
- Should we be able to indict a sitting president? Consider Spiro Agnew.
- Can a U.S. president be arrested? Hold your horses — it’s happened before
COHEN, NEW YORK, AND THE OTHER LAWSUITS
- Trump Demands Stop To Emoluments Case As State AGs Subpoena 38 Witnesses
- Trump Still Makes Money From His Properties. Is This Constitutional?
- Campaigns featured some great design in 2018. But nothing as successful as Trump’s MAGA hat.
- Trump’s own lawyer Giuliani suggests he hasn’t been truthful in felony campaign finance probe
TRUMP THE RUSSIAN ASSET A.K.A. INDIVIDUAL-1
Mob Talk
- Calling Michael Cohen a ‘Rat,’ Trump brings ‘American underworld’ lingo to the White House
- Elie Hong: I worked mafia cases for years in SDNY, mainly Gambino and Genovese. I usually hesitate to make this comparison but here it is completely warranted. This – calling somebody who provides information to law enforcement a “rat” – is straight up mob boss language.
- I used to be afraid to call Trump a mob boss. Not anymore.
Shutdown
- White House, Democrats dig in as fears of partial shutdown intensify
- US shutdown: Empowered Democrats refuse funds for Trump wall
- White House Nightmare: Trump Golfs While His Secret Service Agents Work Without Pay.
- Trump, GOP say ruling is a golden opportunity to replace the ACA. Democrats disagree.
- Trump plans to create unified US Space Command
- Trump to launch Space Command this week as Pence promotes space efforts
- Trump says he’ll review case of Matt Golsteyn, a Special Forces veteran who faces murder charge
TRAITOR TOTS
- Roger Stone Admits Spreading Lies on InfoWars
- Roger Stone admits to spreading lies on InfoWars, agrees to apologize publicly
- Jared Kushner Likely Caused ‘Significant Security Breach’ Of U.S. Gov’t
- REVEALED: Mueller-bashing Democratic strategist Mark Penn was on Trump’s payroll
- Don’t Kid Yourself, Republicans Are Never Going to Turn on Trump
- Alan Dershowitz Roasted After Telling Fox News ‘Lying to the FBI is Not a Crime’
- Trump Defender Alan Dershowitz Argues That Lying To The FBI Isn’t A Crime | HuffPost
- Ridiculously lenient Acosta/Epstein plea deal demands a federal investigation
FIGHTING BACK
- SNL asks ‘What if Trump were never elected?’ in a star-studded ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ spoof
- SNL imagined a world without Trump as president. Trump was not amused.
- If Trump doesn’t like SNL’s sketches about him, he really shouldn’t turn on European TV
- Donald Trump Awarded ‘Golden Idiot’ Prize By German TV Show As Much Of The World Laughs At U.S. President
- I used to be afraid to call Trump a mob boss. Not anymore.
- A child occupies the White House — and the world knows it
- John Dean: Trump’s bitching and whining and complaining is non-stop. The presidency reveals its occupant: Trump’s not only incompetent he’s actually a wuss. Like most bullies he’s a coward. As with most autocrats he’s a very frightened person. He’s a fake leader, who thinks nasty is strong.
RIGHT WING TERRORISM & WHITE NATIONALISM
KHASHOGGI & SAUDI ARABIA
- Saudis condemn Senate for ‘blatant’ interference in kingdom’s affairs after resolution on Khashoggi killing
- The Onion: Trump Administration Launches Human Rights Investigation Into Senate’s Harsh Treatment Of Mohammad Bin Salman
#METOO & WOMEN’S RIGHTS
- A raped migrant teen asked Trump officials for an abortion. She got counseling with Bible verses and coloring.
- Lawyer will show Playboy Mansion sex tapes at Cosby civil trial
- CBS donates $20 million of Les Moonves’ severance to 18 women’s advocacy groups
- Former CBS chairman Les Moonves fired for cause, will not receive severance in wake of sexual misconduct allegations
- Dr. Lena Wen: From here on out, we want to be clear: Planned Parenthood services, from birth control to cancer screenings and abortion, are standard medical care. Reproductive healthcare is healthcare. Women’s healthcare is healthcare. And healthcare is a basic human right. #ThisIsHealthcare
- Australian actress levels accusations of sexual misconduct against actor Geoffrey Rush
- Jennifer Lawrence Responds to Harvey Weinstein’s Alleged Claim, Denies Ever Having Sexual Relationship.
- Model says she had an affair with Woody Allen when she was 16 — but has ‘no regrets’
- A soldier rose to become a general. His daughter says he abused her for years.
IMMIGRATION
- Senator Jeff Merkley: KNOW THIS: the @realDonaldTrump Administration is locking up 14,600 children in child prison camps. I’ve been inside – they’re horrible. This fight is NOT OVER. Keep making your voices heard.
- Advertisers Are Ditching Tucker Carlson On Fox News After He Said Immigrants Make The US “Poorer And Dirtier”
- Advertisers Ditch Fox News’ Tucker Carlson for Saying Immigration Makes U.S. ‘Dirtier’
- A raped migrant teen asked Trump officials for an abortion. She got counseling with Bible verses and coloring.
- Fox News Guest Says Trump Voters Should Pay for Border Wall by Crowdfunding It
- Trump Travel Ban Keeps Mom From Seeing Dying 2-Year-Old Son
- Horrifying indifference to children’s lives
- 181 Nations Just Voted to Help Refugees. Only the Far-Right United States and Hungary Voted “No”
- I voted for Trump. Now his wall may destroy my butterfly paradise.
COLD WAR 2.0
- Russian influence operations on social media still ongoing, U.S. Senate report finds
- Russian disinformation teams targeted Robert S. Mueller III, says report prepared for Senate
- The ordinary people keeping the peace in Nigeria’s deadly land feuds
- The overlooked heroes of the civil rights movement
#NEVERAGAIN
- Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Slams Marco Rubio Over God and Gun Violence
- Domestic slayings: Brutal and foreseeable
- It’s the beginning of the end for the gun lobby’s power
FIXING THE INTERNET
- CenturyLink blocked its customers’ Internet access in order to show an ad
- With Friday Deadline, These 16 House Democrats About to Go Down in History for Helping GOP Kill Internet as We Know It
- Russia used every major social media platform to help elect, support Trump, report says
- Yes, Russian Trolls Helped Elect Trump | Social media lies have real-world consequences.
- Two years after #Pizzagate showed the dangers of hateful conspiracies, they’re still rampant on YouTube
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- Fox & Friends Complains Investigations of Trump Aren’t Fair
- Joe Walsh: On @foxandfriends this morning, all three hosts broke down and cried, wailing that “all these investigations are just so unfair to our dear, beloved President.”
- Advertisers Are Ditching Tucker Carlson On Fox News After He Said Immigrants Make The US “Poorer And Dirtier”
- Advertisers Ditch Fox News’ Tucker Carlson for Saying Immigration Makes U.S. ‘Dirtier’
- It’s high time for media to enter the No Kellyanne Zone — and stay there
- Two years after #Pizzagate showed the dangers of hateful conspiracies, they’re still rampant on YouTube
WHITE HOUSE CHAOS
- Fox’s Hume: Trump chief of staff rejections ‘like the guy who couldn’t get a date for the prom’
- Mick Mulvaney in October 2016: Trump would be disqualified from office in an ‘ordinary universe’
- House Democrats won’t let Zinke escape investigation, even after he leaves office
- Ryan Zinke’s most lasting failure
TRADE WAR AND ECONOMY
- Angry White House Staffer: Are we ready to admit that Trump’s policies and tariffs are bad for the economy yet? DJIA rocked again today, firmly in negative territory for the year. As we sit today, this is the worst year for the DOW in the last decade.
- Dow falls 150 points, extending worst start to December since 1980
- Dow sweeps downward again, with no sign ahead of a Santa rally
- This is the worst start to a December for the stock market since the Great Depression
- Corporate America gives out a record $1 trillion in stock buybacks
- It’s not a trade war with China. It’s a tech war.
- Some senators are aiming to claw back trade power from Trump
- Google announces $1 billion expansion in New York City
- CEOs say they often apologize to business partners abroad for Trump’s diplomacy
- ACA ruling creates new anxieties for consumers and the health-care industry
- Trump, GOP say ruling is a golden opportunity to replace the ACA. Democrats disagree.
- Kaz Weida: I think it’s often overlooked that it’s not just shitty jobs that Americans will put up with to keep healthcare coverage. If your spouse provides coverage, fear of losing your healthcare can also keep you trapped in an abusive marriage.
- Christopher Titus: You are dumb. Once you kill the mandate you kill the pool of money. You kill the chance well people will have healthcare down the road. Which kills Americans.
- Politicians have caused a pay ‘collapse’ for the bottom 90 percent of workers, researchers say
- The Fed’s crucial choice on rates this week
- Sears bankruptcy court OKs $25 million in bonuses for top execs
- More than half of Americans say they didn’t get a pay raise this year | The economy is thriving, but many Americans say they aren’t seeing a difference in their paychecks
- Fed draws White House fire as it prepares to raise rates
STUDENT ISSUES
- U.S. Student Loan Debt Sets Record, Doubling Since Recession
- Trump administration refuses to publish required report on student-loan borrower complaints
- ‘The doors need to be opened a little wider’: Community schools give life lessons
- Can charter schools be reformed? Should they be?
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
- GOP women are sounding the alarm after their crushing election losses. It’s unclear whether Republican men agree.
- ‘Crisis level’: Republican women sound warning after election losses
- The Republican Party versus democracy
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- ‘Andi Mack’ actor Stoney Westmoreland fired by Disney after arrest
- Disney Channel Actor Arrested and Fired for Allegedly Plotting Sex With 13 Year-Old
- A soldier rose to become a general. His daughter says he abused her for years.
PRIESTS & RELIGION
- Jesuit order names priests ‘credibly accused’ of sexually abusing children since the 1950s
- Majority of U.S. Muslims now support gay marriage, while white evangelical Christians remain opposed
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE
- Look inside a ‘one of a kind,’ 4,400-year-old tomb discovered in Egypt
- Zinke’s Likely Successor Is a Former Oil Lobbyist Who Has Influenced Trump’s Energy Policy
- What you need to know about food allergies
- BioInteractive’s virtual labs help you dissect such fields as anatomy, immunology
- Anyone can create a new emoji. Here’s an animated guide to doing it right.
- In the move toward personal mobility devices, D.C.’s poorest are left behind — again
- Take a dive into Smithsonian’s massive and amazing ‘whale warehouses’
- Ten overcrowded tourist destinations and 10 just as fabulous alternatives
- The complications of getting back in shape after a pregnancy
- The science of giving gifts your loved ones won’t want to return
- These bats carry a virus as deadly as Ebola, and scientists are tracking them to try to stop its spread
- The huge issue that most autism research funding ignores
CONGRESS
- Ocasio2018: This blows my mind: House Ethics Rules prevent me from receiving a $100 gift card, or crashing at a place as I wait for rent 💰, but somehow allow members w/ investment portfolios to write laws that will personally enrich them $1000s in their own stocks; potentially millions. This is the downside of the political stunt of voting against member allowance or pay increases. Politicians can get on a high horse about declining their own pay increase, and then write nefarious loopholes to allow use of leg power to make money in potentially unethical ways.
- Ocasio-Cortez enters the House as most popular member with small donors
- Pelosi’s next challenge is governing liberals in an era of divided government
- Sen. Jeff Merkley Wants to Stop Congress Members From Insider Trading By Banning Them From Owning Stocks
- Fate of criminal justice reform bill hinges on Cotton amendments
- Senate Democrats get a harsh lesson on why they should never, ever play nice with Republicans
- Congress Is Trying to Use the Spending Bill to Criminalize Boycotts of Israel and Other Countries
- A fanatic and ‘Negro-stealer’: One of the ugliest House speaker fights in history
- What Senate Republicans must do
ELECTIONS
- NC GOP slams state elections board, calls on it to certify disputed election
- Georgia Governor-Elect Brian Kemp Might Be Even More Corrupt Than You Thought
- Watchful eyes are on Missouri’s novel approach to redistricting
- Poll: Americans don’t believe Trump has received the message from the midterms
THINKING AHEAD
- Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) says he won’t run for reelection in 2020
- Lamar Alexander Announces He Will Not Seek Re-election in 2020
- Alexander Statement on 2020 Senate Election
- Sen. Susan Collins on GOP primary in 2020: ‘I see nothing wrong with challengers’
- Kasie Hunt: BOB CORKER on primarying Trump: “We’ve got to remember what the Republican Party is about.” “Is it important for someone to get out there and at least remind people…what the Republican Party has been for generations…”
- The Trailer: A Texas judge calls the 2020 campaign to order
- A crowded road to 2020 will yield the best Democrat
- Tulsi Gabbard Is Moving Toward An Unconventional Presidential Campaign. Her Fans See “Bernie 2.0.”
- When they go low, Beto can too
PROGRESS IS PROGRESS
- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposes state legalize recreational marijuana
- Cuomo to Push Legalizing Recreational Marijuana in New York by Early 2019
- How Progressive Activists Killed New Jersey Democrats’ Gerrymandering Scheme
IN OTHER NEWS…
RUMOR MILL
- Countercheckist: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…” This is who we are, and always have been. These ideals are the beacon that guides us through even the darkest of times.
- Ming: So, Devos and Ross on the way out? Interesting….
- Baba Yaga: You want my honest opinion which I know no one will listen? STOP POSTING MEMES
- Angry White House Staffer: Further reading of this 302 makes it clear that Flynn appears to have lied for one reason only: to minimize Trump’s involvement.
- John Schindler: “BRENNT PARIS?” was one of Hitler’s more notorious wartime utterances. But Donnie, a demented dolt who knows zero history, isn’t quoting Adolf. He’s just that stupid.
- Ming: Do not be surprised when you learn trump specifically authorized/directed Flynn to commit treason with Russia.
- Lincoln’s Bible: FFS people, The President of the United States is a 35 yr+ money-launderer for organized crime. 1st Cosa Nostra, then global mobsters. That’s why he’s all in on bone saws, tearing down the DOJ, attacking the @FBI, covering for Putin, & grifting off the Presidency. Act accordingly
- Ming: Ming have feeling after Flynn guilty pleas is accepted at sentencing shit will hit fan…
- Rogue Senior White House Advisor: Forty years later we’re still shaking our heads about how ludicrously corrupt, how greedy, and how ultimately stupid Nixon was… and we’re going to be doing the same thing with Trump. Keep the faith people. Tan Jabroni is going down
That’s it for Monday. The week is looking like it’s going to be a weird one. A spoiler for Tuesday, there’s some weird shit happening at Flynn’s sentencing.
Before I wrap it up for the day, I’m going to update The Indicted to include Bijan and Kamil. Something to keep in mind with them; they’re indicted, but Flynn isn’t. That tells me two things:
- He’s cooperating against them and several others to avoid this fate.
- If he fucks around, “Person 1” will become Michael Flynn in a New York Minute.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
– Katy Tur
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