Wednesday, March 13, 2019
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
Manafort
- Manafort gets 7.5 years in prison, after additional 43 months in second sentencing
- Manafort sentencing highlights Russia probe looming over Trump
- U.S. judge gives Manafort 73 months
- Manafort’s lawyer essentially asks Trump for a pardon right before he’s hit with pardon-proof charges
- Manafort’s lawyer lied that a judge found no collusion. Protesters shouted him down. “Liar! That’s not what she said!”
- Manafort’s lawyer lied that a judge found no collusion. Protesters shouted him down.
- Paul Manafort is sentenced to a total of 7 1 / 2 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud, and charged with mortgage fraud in N.Y.
- Paul Manafort faces up to 10 years in second sentencing
- Paul Manafort is sentenced to a total of 90 months in prison for conspiracy and fraud
- Paul Manafort to serve 43 additional months in prison.
- Paul Manafort Will Spend Nearly Seven More Years In Prison
- Paul Manafort’s Sentence Proves White Lives Matter
- The Manafort case is a reminder that we invest too little in catching white-collar criminals
- Dr. Dena Grayson: 🚨BREAKING:Judge sentences Paul Manafort to 73 months (6 years + 1 month) in prison—30 months concurrent with his current EDVA sentence + and additional 43 months (3 yrs, 7 mo) *after* his EDVA sentence ends. Total of SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS (90 months) in the slammer‼️
- Angry White House Staffer: Manafort sentenced to 60 months in count 1, 30 will run concurrent with EDVA. Count 2: 13 months consecutively Effectively around 7.5 years in prison if my math is correct. He got 47 months from Ellis. An extra 30 (since 30 of the 60 run simultaneously with the 47) added on from Jackson. Then another 13 from Jackson. That’s a total of 90 months or 7.5 years. I think
- Andrew Laufer, ESQ: 7.5 years for a 70 year old man who will still face more charges is a start. Manafort will not leave prison, Patriots.
- Adam Schiff: Another sentencing, another statement by Manafort’s lawyer repeating Trump’s mantra of “no collusion,” and another barely concealed appeal for a pardon. It shouldn’t fall to the Manhattan DA to deter a presidential pardon. Congress should take action to protect the rule of law.
- Eric Tucker: Judge Amy Berman Jackson: “Court is one of those places where facts still matter.”
- Walter Dellinger: It is shocking to hear Manafort’s attorney announce, “Two courts have ruled that there is no evidence of collusion…” That is just false. Judge Jackson expressly said that was not before the court. What is happening to our country?
It’s not the sentence I think he deserved, but it’s better than he got last week in EDVA. The first sentence is 60 months served concurrently with his 47 months from EDVA. The second is 13 months, and will be served consecutively with the 60. For a total of 73 months. Subtract 9 months for time served and he’s looking at 64 months. Considering the most that good behavior can knock off in Federal prison is about 54 days per year, that’s about 56 months to 64, or about 5 years.
And just when Paulie Walnut’s day started to look like it might turn around…
- ‘Manafort’s f—ed’: New York state prosecutors emerge as the biggest threat yet to Paul Manafort
- New York Charges Paul Manafort With 16 Crimes. If He’s Convicted, Trump Can’t Pardon Him.
- New York Prosecutors Knee Manafort in the Balls While He’s Doubled Over Coughing Up Blood
- New York state prosecutors indict Manafort on new charges just minutes after he was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison in the Mueller probe
- Paul Manafort indicted by NY prosecutors after federal sentencing
- Paul Manafort Indicted in New York on Mortgage Fraud, Conspiracy
- Paul Manafort Was Hit With New Criminal Charges Right After His Second Sentencing In Mueller’s Probe
- 911corlebra777: See, a few years ago when, oh say @thespybrief , @LouiseMensch and @TrueFactsStated mentioned state based indictments backing up federal charges, they were called crazy & liars. In less than a hour after federal sentencing Manafort gets indicated by NY The Republic Will Stand 🇺🇸
- MSW Podcast: BREAKING: Manafort has been indicted in New York on 16 charges relating to mortgage fraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business documents! Who had Manafort on their fantasy indictment team this week?? #FantasyIndictmentLeague
- John Schindler: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Perfect timing, NY! THAT is trolling! 7.5 in the can for Feds is just Paulie’s appetizer. A cheeto tray, if you will. John Schindler added,
- Manafort-Indictment.pdf
- Adam Klasfeld: BREAKING: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance unseals 15 fraud and conspiracy charges against Paul Manafort.
- Thread by @KlasfeldReports: “BREAKING: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance unseals 15 fraud and conspiracy charges against Paul Manafort. Indictment here: manhattand […]”
- Angry White House Staffer: Oh shit. New York State just charged Manafort too. Womp womp
New York’s In Da HOUUSSEEE!!!! The State of New York charged Paul Manafort 3 counts of Residential Mortgage Fraud in the First Degree, Attempted Mortgage Fraud in the First Degree, 3 counts of Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, 8 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, and 1 count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree.
16 felony counts. Damn. This was minutes after Manafort was sentenced and his lawyers begged for a pardon.
Remember, state charges cannot be eliminated with a pardon from the President.
Li Yang
- Trump-Linked Massage Parlor Owner Hawked ‘Golden Visas’
- 911corlebra777: Of course Cindy (Li) Yang was into hawking EB5 visas. Paging Ding Ying (aka Vivian Ding) Jared Kushner’s EB5 visa business partner 🙂
- Spa owner whose consulting firm marketed access to Trump is in a ‘nightmare’: Lawyer
- US warns of sophisticated cyberattacks from Russia, China
- Wanted in Russia, he partied at Mar-a-Lago — and invested in cheap South Florida homes
- Russian spies were all over the 2016 race. They were working for one candidate: Donald Trump
- Russians May Have Laundered Money Through Trump Organization and President Could Be ‘Compromised,’ Congressman Schiff Suggests
- Not so fast: Mueller still investigating pivotal Russia probe issues
- In newly released transcript, former FBI lawyer fires back on charges that anti-Trump bias affected Trump and Clinton probes
- House to vote on resolution calling for public release of Mueller report
- House passes 4 bills targeting Russia, Putin’s wealth
COHEN, NEW YORK, AND THE OTHER LAWSUITS
- Michael Cohen Has Email Showing Trump Obstructed Justice by Dangling Pardon
- Legal Experts: SDNY May Be Investigating Trump Obstruction After Leaked ‘Friends in High Places’ Email
Michael Cohen has testified that President Trump directed him to lie to Congress about Trump’s business dealings with Russia during the campaign. The weakness of the accusation is that Cohen does not seem to have any proof, other than his own testimony, that the conversation took place. But now CNN reports that Cohen has evidence of Trump obstructing justice by dangling a pardon. And this time he has receipts.
Robert Costello, an attorney working with Rudy Giuliani, emailed Cohen on April 21. The emails assured Cohen he could “sleep well tonight” because he had “friends in high places,” according to CNN.
This is a really, really big deal. The power to pardon convicted criminals for federal crimes is a legitimate use of presidential authority. Whether it’s legitimate for the president to use this power to pardon criminals who committed crimes on his behalf, or might have otherwise testified against him, is a subject of intense debate.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Cohen has an email from Rudy’s lawyer dangling a pardon just weeks after his shit got raided by the FBI. This corroborates what we talked about last week. (Daily Check-In 03/06/2019)
- DOJ Probes if 1MDB Playboy Fugitive Donated to Trump Re-Election Fund
- DOJ probing whether Trump donation came from fugitive Malaysian businessman: WSJ
CONGRESS
Whitaker Returns and Changes His Story
- Matthew Whitaker Attempted to Clear Up ‘Skepticism’ About His Conversations with Trump. It Didn’t Go Well for Him.
- Matthew Whitaker just changed his story on Michael Cohen’s case, House Judiciary chair says
- Caroline Orr: #BREAKING: Rep. Jerry Nadler says during today’s closed-door meeting, former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker “did not deny that the president called him to discuss the Michael Cohen case and personnel decisions in the Southern District” — something he denied last month. Per Rep. Jerry Nadler: While he was acting AG, Matthew Whitaker was also “directly involved in conversations about whether to fire one or more US attorneys” AND whether SDNY “went too far in pursuing the campaign finance case” involving Trump. 2/
- Tea Pain: BOOM! Matt Whitaker now admits to discussin’ with Trump removin’ attorneys from the Michael Cohen SDNY case. The Obstruction Bomb is about to explode!
- Rick Wilson: This Whitaker news is….something.
- Angry White House Staffer: Based on the comments coming out of the private meeting, it certainly appears everyone’s least-favorite, abnormally-sweaty hot tub salesman committed perjury in his public session of Congress and that he did discuss cases involving Trump with Trump. I’m totally (not) shocked.
- Ocasio-Cortez asks Wells Fargo CEO why the bank finances the ‘caging of children’
- Ocasio-Cortez grills Wells Fargo bigwig over funding pipelines, gun manufacturers and child detention centers
- How Mitch McConnell Is The Biggest Monster In Politics
TRUMP THE RUSSIAN ASSET A.K.A. INDIVIDUAL-1
Manafort
- Trump campaign ex-chief Manafort faces second sentencing
- Trump Knew Just What He Was Getting With Manafort: A Crook
Boeing
- Trump says U.S. will ground Boeing jet involved in fatal crashes, following the lead of other nations
- Boeing 737: Trump’s government shutdown delayed fixes to airplane involved in multiple deadly crashes
- FAA under ever-mounting pressure to ground Boeing 737 Max 8s
- Surprise: Trump Kept 737 Max Jets Flying After Personal Call from Boeing C.E.O.
- Boeing grounds entire crash aircraft fleet
- Donald Trump’s Boeing fiasco proves he’s a clear and present danger to the American people
- Ethiopian pilots received new training for plane type involved in crash after earlier Indonesian incident
- U.S. Congress wants to know why the FAA waited so long to ground…
Trans Ban
- Nancy Pelosi slams Donald Trump over “bigoted, disgusting” Pentagon rule that will largely bar transgender troops
- Trump administration rolls out implementation plan for trans military ban – It’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” all over again.
Impeachment Prepping
- Former top Trump campaign official: ‘We are headed to impeachment’
- If Trump Isn’t ‘Worth’ Impeachment, Who Is?
- Trump responds to impeachment storm after Pelosi comments in early morning Twitter tirade
Daily Check-In 03/11/2019 and Daily Check-In 03/12/2019 talked about how Nancy Pelosi is trying to dissuade talk of impeachment for political reasons. Trump’s hoping that he can take the narrative on this and paint it as a partisan attack. This is his only move, he has to force it to happen. If he waits until there’s evidence, he’s toast. His only option is to stoke talk of impeachment as a political process and not a responsibility of safeguarding the republic.
- Trump accuses media without evidence of photoshopping Melania photos
- Trump administration has “hollowed out” U.S. diplomacy” former top U.S. envoy says
TRAITOR TOTS
Jacob Wohl
- Jacob Wohl filmed himself possibly committing a crime in Ilhan Omar documentary
- Angry White House Staffer: I thought I would regret looking to see why Jacob Wohl was trending. I was wrong. Sending death threats to yourself from a fake account you created to own the libs. I *really* hope he gave those threats to the police.
- Ben Collins: Jacob Wohl reported a death threat to the Minneapolis Police Department. Small problem: he wrote the threat to himself from a fake account he created, posing as a gay Hispanic “diversity coordinator,” who does not really exist. THREAD
FIGHTING BACK
- George Conway says a ‘serious inquiry’ needs to be made about Trump’s ‘condition of mind’
- George Conway Urges ‘Serious Inquiry’ Into Trump’s Mental Health After Latest Lie | HuffPost
- Samuel L. Jackson Issues Blistering Warning To People Staying Silent About Trump
EMERGENCIES, SHUTDOWN & IMMIGRATION
- Documents Show ICE Has Access To Hundreds Of Millions Of License Plate Scans Across The US
- GOP senators want emergency powers capped to stop president “acting like a king”
- Lee, fifth GOP senator, to vote against Trump’s border declaration
- Pelosi Statement on Senate Republican Legislation to Amend the National Emergencies Act
- Poll: Majority still opposes Trump emergency declaration
- Senators seek to change immigration law to curb child marriages
- The Latest: Pelosi says no House vote on GOP emergency plan
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pledges to block Senate plan that could give GOP cover on Trump’s national emergency
RACISM, RIGHT WING TERRORISM, & WHITE NATIONALISM
SCOTUS & COURTS
#METOO & WOMEN’S RIGHTS
COLD WAR 2.0
- Caroline Orr: #BREAKING: British lawmakers have narrowly rejected a “no deal Brexit” (which would have meant leaving the EU without any deal at all), just a day after rejecting British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal. So no on “no deal” but also no on the deal.
- Brexit: Parliament to vote on no-deal departure
- UN says 2018 deadliest year yet for Syrian children
- Senate defies Trump, passes historic resolution to end US support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen war
- Trump administration has “hollowed out” U.S. diplomacy” former top U.S. envoy says
#NEVERAGAIN
- Brazil school shooting: São Paulo gunmen were former pupils
- Shannon Watts: “While gun crime is common in Brazil, shootings of this nature are not.” The horrific school shooting in Sao Paulo comes just two months after Brazil’s new President – a staunch @NRA ally – signed a decree making it easier for Brazilians to procure guns.
FIXING THE INTERNET
- Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation
- Targeting Online Privacy, Congress Sets A New Tone With Big Tech
- Obama’s former adviser says Silicon Valley giants must release their iron grip on everyone’s data
- Owner of MAGA-Friendly Yelp Knockoff Threatens to Call FBI After Researcher Exposes Security Holes
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- Advertisers Urged to #DropFox by Outraged Activists – “No matter what time of day you advertise on Fox News, you support the network’s extremism and bigotry.”
- Ann Coulter: One positive of Trump’s presidency is ‘total destruction of lying media’
- Don’t let its success fool you: Fox News is a mess
- NYT’s ‘Desire for Control’ Over Political Perceptions
WHITE HOUSE CHAOS
- ‘Kushner, Inc.’: Ivanka ‘Thinks She’s Going to Be President,’ and More Batsh*t Bits From the New Trump Book Excerpts
- Book: Trump’s Letter Firing Comey Was Initially Sent To The Wrong WH Printer
TRADE WAR, HEALTH CARE, AND ECONOMY
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just revived a classic argument by conservative economist Milton Friedman about who pays for pollution
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s tense exchange with a Wall Street CEO is a glimpse of a plan to redefine how banks operate
- Capitalist Freedom Is a Farce – Milton Friedman was wrong. Capitalism doesn’t foster freedom — it produces autocratic workplaces and tyrannical billionaires.
- Could Walmart Be a Model for a Socialist Future?
- Trump’s decision to withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership could cost farmers $1.8B
STUDENT ISSUES
Admissions Scandal
- Bribes to Get Into Yale and Stanford? What Else Is New?
- Don Trump Jr. mocks Hollywood cheating scam, invites renewed scrutiny of his own college admission
- Elite College Admissions Scandal Shows Irony Of Affirmative Action Complaints | HuffPost
- Lori Loughlin released on $1 million bond in bribery scandal, can fly to Canada for work
- Opinion | The college admissions scandal isn’t fair. Nothing about our social mobility system is.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compares Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin college admission scandal to politics “where lots of money can buy your spot too”
- People Are Talking (Again) About How Jared Kushner Got Into Harvard
- TMZ: LORI LOUGHLIN DAUGHTER OLIVIA LEAVES YACHT OWNED BY TOP USC OFFICIAL
- We’re Losing the War on Corruption
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she has ‘zero’ sympathy for parents caught in college admissions scam
- Adam Savage: If you aid and abet your children to cheat to get ahead, you’re garbage perpetuating garbage by teaching kids to SAY they live in a meritocracy while showing them how to live in an oligarchy. You’re saying rules don’t really matter, except for the poor. You’re causing real harm.
- Tom Arnold: Couple wks ago I got into it with for 10th time with #CollegeCheatingScandal DAD at big party cause his sloppy ass was rambling on again about Trump & people carrying their own weight & his own conservative politics being “right of Attila the Hun” He embarrassed Scandal Mom again
- Kurt Eichenwald: One of the kids who got into USC because her parents paid $500,000 in bribes did not know how to fill out her college applications, according to the wiretaps. Some kid who busted ass didn’t get in because “cant fill out a college app rich girl” took the spot. …and how they dealt with the problem that the daughter was not bright enough to figure out how to submit her application: They paid someone off to do it for her.
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE
- ‘We won’t stop striking’: the New York 13 year-old taking a stand over climate change
- Judge won’t let unvaccinated children back in school
- Kids around the world plan to skip school this Friday to demand action on climate change
- Native American tribe covers funeral costs for people killed in Alabama tornadoes
- Students are striking for action on climate change — a truancy everyone should applaud
- Support For Medicare For All SURGING In Red States – The Ring of Fire Network
- The EPA just revealed that staffers destroyed files under audit
- Trump’s EPA just revealed that staffers destroyed files under audit
ELECTIONS
THINKING AHEAD
- Will 2020 Be the Year Presidential Candidates Actually Take Labor Issues Seriously?
- Presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard denies she supported conversion therapy
- Elizabeth Warren says Mike Pence is “not an honorable person” and accuses him of homophobia
- Kamala Harris Celebrates Her Role in the Mortgage Crisis Settlement. The Reality Is Quite Different.
- As Joe Biden Hints at Presidential Run, Andrew Cockburn Looks at His “Disastrous Legislative Legacy”
- Beto O’Rourke is running for President in 2020
- Beto O’Rourke running for president, El Paso TV station reports
- Beto O’Rourke to seek Democratic U.S. presidential nomination: TV station
PROGRESS IS PROGRESS
RUMOR MILL
- Countercheckist: Reminder: Manafort has yet to be charged with crimes committed during the 2016 election. 🙂
- Lincoln’s Bible: GUESS WHAT?! Horrible people have no idea they’re horrible. And so nothing stops them from committing crimes.
- Ming: Why state of Florida not file charges against Manafort?
- Tea Pain: TRUMP: “Stay strong, don’t cooperate and you’ll get a pardon.” NY AG: “Hold my indictments.”
- Ming: “They are on to us. Wipe the servers.’ -Marc Zuckerborg Ming laugh and laugh
- Tea Pain: Trump is losin’ it at 12:30 in the mornin’. He’s repetitively tweetin’ “Witch Hunt” gibberish while claimin’ it’s the reason people are “fleeing New York.” This. man. is. not. well.
That’s it for Wednesday. Looks like Beto’s throwing his hat in the ring. I’m going to make an article describing everyone that is running, rumored to run, should run, and why Tulsi Gabbard shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the nomination for President.
I’m going to update The Indicted with Paul Manafort’s info.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
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