Thursday, January 24, 2019
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
- Kushner’s Top Security Clearance Was Rejected By Security Analysts Twice Before Supervisor Cleared It
- Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled
WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner’s application for a top secret clearance was rejected by two career White House security specialists after an FBI background check raised concerns about potential foreign influence on him — but their supervisor overruled the recommendation and approved the clearance, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
The official, Carl Kline, is a former Pentagon employee who was installed as director of the personnel security office in the Executive Office of the President in May 2017. Kushner’s was one of at least 30 cases in which Kline overruled career security experts and approved a top secret clearance for incoming Trump officials despite unfavorable information, the two sources said. They said the number of rejections that were overruled was unprecedented — it had happened only once in the three years preceding Kline’s arrival.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information, said the Trump White House attracted many people with untraditional backgrounds who had complicated financial and personal histories, some of which raised red flags.
So, let me get this straight…
The White House under Trump submits a request for Jared Kushner to receive a Top Secret clearance, but it gets denied after he edits it OVER 40 TIMES!!! That should have been the end of that, but here comes Carl Kline, the new patsy for the Trump Administration. He overrules the career agents so that Kushner can get his access. Then, he sends it to the CIA for a SCI access, and they’re like “WTF? How did this shit get Top Secret in the first place?”
Carl Kline, that’s how. And not just Kushner. According to this report, it happened with at least 30 other people. 30 people who shouldn’t see America’s secrets, yet have access.
With that access, Kushner used that intel to prop up MBS and help himself.
Cohen and the Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, and Cohen intends to comply with the interview demand next month, his attorney said Thursday.
The development comes one day after Cohen postponed his public testimony to a House committee.
Lanny Davis, a lawyer for Cohen, disclosed the subpoena from the Senate intelligence committee in a one-sentence statement. He later said the two sides had agreed on a Feb. 12 interview.
- Ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen subpoenaed by Senate committee, lawyer says
- Senate panel subpoenas Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer
- Michael Cohen is subpoenaed by Senate intelligence committee
- Michael Cohen subpoenaed by Senate Intelligence committee
- Michael Cohen’s lawyer blasts Rudy Giuliani, accuses him of ‘witness tampering’
- Donald Trump Is ‘Clearly’ Intimidating Witnesses and Breaking the Law, Says Senior Democratic Senator
- Laurence Tribe: Why did Buzzfeed story about Trump’s subornation of perjury cause a Tsunami while his witness tampering in plain view causes only a ripple? This is an even more serious crime (20 yrs v 5 yrs). Looks like only hidden POTUS crimes shock people. Crimes in plain view, not so much.
The Senate Intel Committee isn’t fucking around. Cohen is scheduled to appear on February 12th. No word yet if it will be public or private. I’ll update as it comes out.
Skripal Sanctions
- U.S. has not imposed new Russia sanctions sparked by Skripal poisoning
- Skripal poisoning: Trump admin yet to impose new Russia sanctions required by law
- Trump Administration Neglects To Implement Required Russia Sanctions, Saying There’s ‘No Deadline’
- Scott Stedman: The GRU poisoned multiple people in London, killing one completely innocent woman, and the Trump administration refuses to punish them, against federal law. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the GRU helped Trump get elected.
Deutsche Bank
- Deutsche Bank is willing to report Jared Kushner’s “suspicious transactions” to Robert Mueller, report says
- Tea Pain: You know you’re in trouble when the biggest money-launderin’ bank in the world considers your transactions “suspicious.”
- Mueller grand jury could start feeling the pinch of the government shutdown
Emin
- What Emin Agalarov’s interview with CNN tells us about the Russia investigation
- Analysis: What Emin Agalarov’s interview with CNN tells us about the Russia investigation
NRA
Sealed Indictment
- Tea Pain: MUELLER NEWS: Mueller’s Grand Jury is meetin’ today (Thursday) which is a bit unusual. WaPo reporter Spencer Hsu notes the last time they met on Thursday was the day before the last batch of indictments were rolled out on Friday.
- Mueller She Wrote Podcast: Mueller’s grand jury took testimony from Jerome Corsi’s stepson today. The last time the grand jury convened on a Thursday, Russian indictments dropped the next day. Should we be expecting a felony Friday for Roger Stonehenge? (That means his whole gang). #felonyfriday #beans
- Ming: HAHA, Corsi step-kid get rolled. Mrs Corsi divorce Jerome…. Ming laugh and laugh
- Tea Pain: CHECK IT OUT: Tea Pain’s noticed a number of folks reportin’ that a new sealed case (Case 1:19-cr-0018) showed up in the D.C. court today. Can anyone else confirm that?
- Tim Hogan: New sealed case in DC. 19-cr-18.
Gee, I wonder what that could be… SPOILER FOR FRIDAY!!!
SHUTDOWN & IMMIGRATION
- ‘We Cannot Even Calculate the Level of Risk.’ Air Traffic Controllers Issue Dire Warning About Air Safety During the Shutdown
- ‘Folded Like A Cheap Suit’: Twitter Users Taunt Trump For Being ‘Outplayed’ By Pelosi
- ‘It’s like the real-life Hunger Games in America:’ Shutdown threatens HUD’s protections for vulnerable
- Bill Kristol: “I will shut down the government. I am proud to shut down the government. I will be the one to shut it down. I am not going to blame you for it. I will take the mantle of shutting it down.” — Donald Trump, 12/21/18
- Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet Erupts at Ted Cruz’s ‘Crocodile Tears’ Over Shutdown on the Senate Floor
- Rick Wilson: Look, we all know how easy it is to dunk on Ted Cruz…but sweet Xenu. Bennett leaves nothing, not even a smoking, greasy hole in the desert.
- Elizabeth Warren: Over a month ago, the Senate voted unanimously on a compromise to keep the gov’t open. Trump refused to sign it. Republicans just voted down a new measure – so the #TrumpShutdown continues. How much longer do @realDonaldTrump & @SenateGOP plan on holding federal workers hostage?
- How Americans can end the shutdown in one day: Call for a strike
- Let’s be clear. Both sides aren’t responsible for the shutdown.
- Mitch McConnell used to worry about shutdowns. Now he just listens to Trump.
- Mueller grand jury could start feeling the pinch of the government shutdown
- Poll: 60 percent say Trump bears responsibility for shutdown
- Rick Wilson: Florida universities will soon shut down research programs because of the Trump shutdown. For my Republican elected friends: not one poll shows the Democrats taking the blame for this. You’re hurting our state and the voters know it.
#FlaPol - Ross: ‘I don’t quite understand why’ federal workers need food banks during shutdown
- Sen. Michael Bennet slams Ted Cruz for ‘crocodile tears’ over the shutdown
- Senate prepares to vote on dueling plans to end shutdown
- Shutdown showdown: Senate prepares to vote on competing bills after Trump agrees to postpone State of the Union speech
- State Department Forced To Cancel Border Security Conference Due To Shutdown
- The Daily 202: An unintended consequence? Shutdown highlights the importance and value of government.
- Things shorter than the shutdown
- Trump White House grows eager to escape losing shutdown fight
- Two Republican Senators to Break with Trump, Vote to End Government Shutdown Without Border Wall Funding
- US Senator Michael Bennet is having none of Ted Cruz or this government shutdown
- Border agency shares video of migrants scaling wall with ladder
- White House preparing draft national emergency order and identified $7 billion for wall
- GOP senator to break with party, vote to reopen government without border wall money
- Texas Border Sheriffs: There is No Crisis and We Don’t Want Trump’s Wall
- Andrew Feinberg: HAPPENING NOW: @larry_kudlow says federal workers forced to work without pay are “volunteering.” THREAD
- Angry White House Staffers: Clean CR fails 52-44. Got more votes than Trump’s, but we’re still closed. Send Scotch and hamberders.
- Back pay for furloughed federal employees to include add-ons
- Feds Working Without Pay are ‘Volunteering’ Out of Love For President Trump, Kudlow Says
- Maybe We Should Pay the People Who Make Sure Your Plane Doesn’t Crash
- McConnell calls votes to get workers their pay ‘absolutely pointless’
- To Wilbur Ross, saving 3,000 coal jobs is essential — but 800,000 government workers are a blip
- Trump administration to start sending asylum seekers back to Mexico
- Wilbur Ross doesn’t quite ‘understand’ why furloughed workers are going to homeless shelters to get food
- Wilbur Ross doesn’t understand why furloughed federal workers need food banks
- Rogue Senior White House Advisor: Imagine being so out of touch that you recommend that everyone who can’t pay their bills go get a loan. And then imagine being *even more out of touch than that* by suggesting grocery stores will float those same people free groceries. Computer, please end this simulation.
- Schumer: Ross’s comments on food banks equivalent to ‘let them eat cake’
TRUMP THE RUSSIAN ASSET A.K.A INDIVIDUAL-1
- Poll: 60 percent say Trump bears responsibility for shutdown
- Trump White House grows eager to escape losing shutdown fight
- Trump Starts To Lose Conservatives Who See Wall As Simplistic Fixation
- White House preparing draft national emergency order and identified $7 billion for wall
- Mueller She Wrote Podcast: BEANS: Trump declares an emergency. Opens the government. Tries to take $7B for his wall. Dems sure him immediately. The wall is blocked by the courts. Trump says he wins. Blames the Dems and the “liberal 9th circuit” for MS-13 and drug deaths.
- Trump’s Wall of Shame
- Caroline Orr: Trump just thanked Republicans in the Senate for blocking two bills that would have reopened the government. And now he’s talking about another damn “caravan” of migrants, calling it a “virtual invasion of our country — a virtual invasion of drugs…of criminals.”
- Trump Screwing With Pelosi’s Travel Represents a Far Graver Abuse of Power Than a Mere Political Spat
TRAITOR TOTS
- Kaz Weida: If you don’t believe in public schools, you shouldn’t run the Dept. of Education If you don’t believe in climate change & hate science, you shouldn’t run the EPA If you don’t believe in the power of diplomacy, you shouldn’t run the state department This isn’t a difficult concept
- Why do people such as Lindsey Graham come to Congress?
- Lindsey Graham renews probe into Hillary’s emails; Democrats burst out laughing
CONGRESS
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said her bar work in NYC was good preparation for the abusive world of politics: ‘You are harassed all the time’
- Bolton relationship with Butina to get closer scrutiny from House
FIGHTING BACK
- It Looks Like Speaker Nancy Pelosi Was Exactly the Right Person for the Job
- Donald Trump Approval Rating Continues Fall As Nancy Pelosi Now More Popular Than At Any Point This Decade
- Rick Wilson: And just as a note to you “hurr durr change parties you libtard shill establishment RINO” types… I’m not embracing Pelosi’s policies. I’m reveling in watching the man who conned you into thinking he was a master dealmaker be exposed as a shallow fraud.
- The 20 Biggest Memes of the Trump Era So Far
- It’s Time To Impeach Donald Trump
RIGHT WING TERRORISM & WHITE NATIONALISM
- ‘Your administration tore babies from their parents’: Critics slam Sarah Sanders for Covington comments
- Bishop Talbert Swan: Just a sampling of the calls I get from the good evangelical ‘non racist’ ‘Christian’ Trump supporters. Her ‘Christian’ like suggestion for me…. “Why don’t you go back to f*cking Africa?” THREAD
- Op-Ed | The MAGA Boys Are Racist Brats
- Stance Grounded: James Shaw Jr. disarmed a gunman armed with an AR-15 style rifle during the Nashville Waffle House shooting in Antioch, Tennesse. Hero saved lives. He wasn’t invited to the White House. Nick Sandmann mocked and Harassed an indigenous man and gets invited to the White House.
- The MAGA hat is not a statement of policy. It’s an inflammatory declaration of identity.
SCOTUS & COURTS
#METOO & WOMEN’S RIGHTS
- Rose McGowan claims Harvey Weinstein ‘bought off’ her lawyers
- Republican Senator Joni Ernst Says She Was Raped in College
- Chris Brown released, no charges brought
- Chris Brown Will Sue Alleged Rape Victim for Defamation
- Bryan Singer Calls Atlantic Report A “Homophobic Smear Piece”
- Esquire Writers Say That Bryan Singer Exposé Was “Killed By Hearst Executives”
- Lawsuit accuses Ohio lawmaker of illegally blocking constituent on Facebook over abortion comment
- Nurse accused of impregnating patient was a Christian rapper who wanted to inspire youth
COLD WAR 2.0
- TicToc by Bloomberg: BREAKING: A court in Kiev has found ex-President Viktor Yanukovych guilty of treason
- Eric Garland: Ergo, the campaign managers of Trump and Bernie Sanders were the paid consultants to a man convicted of treason against his nation.
- This Time It’s Russia’s Emails Getting Leaked
- Trying to translate Trump into Chinese, one tweet at a time
- The Doomsday Clock is stuck at 2 minutes to ‘midnight,’ the symbolic hour of the apocalypse
Venezuela
- Venezuela and U.S. locked in tense standoff as Russia warns against American ‘intervention’
- Venezuela’s decline began four decades ago, not four years ago.
- CJ Werleman: Pundits who condemn US imperialism, but remain silent about Chinese, Russia, and Iranian imperialism etc, don’t care one bit for those crushed under the boot of geo-power distribution, but only a rabid form of anti-Americanism, which mirrors, in many ways, white nationalism. I mean, Russia is threatening to deploy its military assets to Venezuela in effort to prop up a wildly unpopular and brutal dictator, but you won’t hear a peap about that from the ” anti-imperialist” left. They’ve got their gigs with RT and Sputnik to keep.
#NEVERAGAIN
- Florida man accused of killing five in a bank had ‘this fascination with death,’ ex-girlfriend says
- From 10-18-17: Gun control is constitutional — just ask the Supreme Court
- He put 224 guns on the streets in 2015 alone. His family has paid a price.
- The terrible numbers that grow with each mass shooting
FIXING THE INTERNET
- Advocacy groups are pushing the FTC to break up Facebook
- It’s Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real
- Older, right-leaning Twitter users spread the most fake news in 2016, study finds
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- Charlotte Clymer: My heart goes out to reporters at Huffpost, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere. Here’s a handy thread of reporter job tweets that are floating around: Please add below anything you come across. THREAD
- Without Fox News, Republicans Would Be Toast
- Older, right-leaning Twitter users spread the most fake news in 2016, study finds
- Stephen Colbert’s ‘petition’ to have Cardi B give the State of the Union rebuttal gets thousands of signatures
- Tomi Lahren Addresses Cardi B’s Threat to ‘Dog-Walk’ Her: ‘I Would Never Get Away with That.
TRADE WAR, HEALTH CARE, & ECONOMY
- Elizabeth Warren to propose new ‘wealth tax’ on very rich Americans, economist says
- AOC Thinks Concentrated Wealth Is Incompatible With Democracy. So Did Our Founders.
- At $238 Million, It’s the Highest-Price Home in the Country
- Jane Meyer: The owner of the $238 million apt., Ken Griffin, switched from Dem to GOP after Dems tried to crack down on hedge fund tax breaks – clearly he needed the government help! Charles Koch thanked him in 2011 for giving $1 million to the Kochs’ political fund — all in Dark Money.
- Millions of Americans Flood Into Mexico for Health Care — the Human Caravan You Haven’t Heard About
- Senator Warren Proposes ‘Ultra-Millionaire Tax’ of as Much as 3%
- Trump’s tariffs didn’t bring back all those factory jobs he promised
- U.S. “miles and miles” from China trade deal due to “lots and lots of issues,” Trump’s commerce secretary says
- When the next recession comes, the robots will be ready
WHITE HOUSE CHAOS
- Donald Trump tried to bribe Reporter to reveal an anonymous source in search for White House leakers, book claims
- Kellyanne Conway secretly trashed Trump, his top advisers to mainstream reporters, ex-Trump aide recounts
- Trump’s Disney Robot Obsession and Anthony Scaramucci’s Dick Joke: Scenes From a White House Insider
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- A Disturbing Number of Missouri Towns Evict Residents for Calling the Police
- School superintendent charged for using health insurance to help sick student
- Three Men Charged in ‘Swatting’ Schemes in which Admitted Hoax-Maker Targeted Individuals, Schools and a Convention Center
- Disgraced NYPD lieutenant reveals what he says was special treatment for Trump and other VIPs looking to get gun permits
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE
- Civil penalties for polluters dropped dramatically in Trump’s first two years, analysis shows
- 2018 was the fourth warmest year on record — more evidence of a ‘new normal,’ scientists report
- A UN Secretary General adviser called Donald Trump a ‘psychopath’ for suggesting a return to coal power
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quotes the Bible after Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she should leave climate change up to God
- AOC quotes the bible after Sarah Sanders tells her to leave climate change to God: ‘God says to serve and protect creation’
- Belief in Climate Change Grows
- EPA fines for polluters drop 85 percent under Trump, which former officials say could cripple efforts to deter wrongdoing
- GOP rep will ‘probably’ support measure to back Paris climate pact
- Time to ‘get angry’, teen climate activist says in Davos
- Forget Trump. These Governors Are Trying To Stop Climate Change.
ELECTIONS
THINKING AHEAD
- Poll: Biden leads among Dems in 2020 primary field
- Koch network tells donors it plans to stay out of 2020 race, once again declining to back Trump
- Democrats Lurch Left on Top Policies as 2020 Primary Begins
- Ahmed Baba: The attacks on @KamalaHarris have devolved from discussions about her record to attacks on her eating an egg sandwich. You know why? Because she is a strong, intelligent black woman who will clearly be a formidable presidential candidate in 2020. What we’re seeing is fear. To further clarify, I’m not suggesting we don’t scrutinize Senator Harris’s record. We have to. Those debates are valid. I said it has devolved from those discussions to the petty nonsense we’re seeing now. And aside from the petty, we’re seeing depraved claims of birtherism.
- Why it would be smart for Larry Hogan to challenge Trump
- Elizabeth Warren to propose new ‘wealth tax’ on very rich Americans, economist says
- Beto O’Rourke’s campaign-in-waiting awaits his signal
RUMOR MILL
- Tea Pain: MUELLER NEWS: Mueller’s Grand Jury is meetin’ today (Thursday) which is a bit unusual. WaPo reporter Spencer Hsu notes the last time they met on Thursday was the day before the last batch of indictments were rolled out on Friday.
- Mueller She Wrote Podcast: Mueller’s grand jury took testimony from Jerome Corsi’s stepson today. The last time the grand jury convened on a Thursday, Russian indictments dropped the next day. Should we be expecting a felony Friday for Roger Stonehenge? (That means his whole gang). #felonyfriday #beans
- Ming: HAHA, Corsi step-kid get rolled. Mrs Corsi divorce Jerome…. Ming laugh and laugh
- Tea Pain: CHECK IT OUT: Tea Pain’s noticed a number of folks reportin’ that a new sealed case (Case 1:19-cr-0018) showed up in the D.C. court today. Can anyone else confirm that?
- Tim Hogan: New sealed case in DC. 19-cr-18.
- From 8-21-17: ROBERT MERCER — MONEY LAUNDERER FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN – q502 – Medium
- Countercheckist: The US’ real power isn’t our bombs & bullets; it’s our economy. We should leverage it to protect democracy. USG should incentivize US businesses to relocate operations from totalitarian states, and open a free trade agreement amomg all liberal democracies.
- COB: This seems like a good idea. In an emergency, the Coast Guard can be transferred to the Department of the Navy. Now would be a good time to do that so the people who save lives on the water can get paid. Please take a moment to sign the petition.
- Temporarily move the U.S. Coast Guard to the U.S. Navy so that the Coast Guard can be paid during the Govt shutdown
The Ming Show
- Ming: Ming predict when shit starts @KellyannePolls will bail on trump claiming she was inside resistence from the start. all in effort to try and save her ass and mercers et al.
- Ming: Of course the guilty billionare puppet masters and lackeys will try and pin their crimes and treason on trump family. trump track record make it ez. it what criminals and traitors do. This futile and Ming encourage @realDonaldTrump to strike first blow against Mercer and Graham.
- Ming: Maybe it finally sinking into to thick skull that @KellyannePolls , Mercer and Bannon sold you up the river and been planning getaway for long time. This why they attack you family covertly, they pros. #ThisReality
- Ming: Ming stll unsure if @SpeakerRyan resign when he learn RNC emails hacked without telling rank and file or if he had lost confidence in GOP online harassment/voter suppression ability to hold house. Regardless Ming certain he not tell trump GOP try and pin on him.
- Ming: ICYMI @KellyannePolls is Mercer insider with all RenTec tools at disposal. She only marginally give a fuck about trump.
- Ming: Ming bet $1 some RUS kompromat involves GOP members and illegal prescription narcotic abuse…
- Ming: Ming not saying @KellyannePolls is pill popper, she probaly snoot her subverted narcotics like Lindsey.
- Ming: Ming seem to detect trump/gop downward spiral accelerating now. Good work Americans..
- Beth_run: Lindsey and Blavatnik, with a side of Dersh. Lindsey knows on which side his bread is buttered and who’s doing the buttering.
- Ming: Ming certain when evidence hits public domain Speaker Pelosi decision will be proven prudent. #FuckingTraitors #RUSnra
I spent way too much time creeping on Ming’s timeline.
That’s it for Thursday. I’m running behind on Friday, and it’s a big one so far. I’ll go into details on the next post, but something something time in the barrel. Also, we find out what happens when too many air traffic controllers call off on the same day, and Tangerine Tojo prepares to make an announcement from the Rose Garden.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
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