Daily Check-In 9/8/2017

Friday.  Another week down.

MUELLER WANTS TO INTERVIEW 6 TOP WHITE HOUSE AIDES

Per the Washington Post, Robert Mueller has informed the White House that he wants six current and former White House aides to interview with his team, in connection with his investigation.

Those people are Sean Spicer, Reince Preibus, Hope Hicks, Don McGahn, James Burnham, and Josh Raffel.

Sean Spicer, aka Shouty Spice, is the former White House Press Secretary.  Reince was the original Chief of Staff.  Hope Hicks is the current White House Communications Director.  Don McGahn is the White House Counsel.  James Burnham is one of his deputies, and Josh Raffel is Jared Kushner’s spokesman.

McGahn and Burnham were involved in the Sally Yates discussions about Michael Flynn back in January, when she, as Acting Attorney General, informed them of Flynn’s dubious past connections, and that he could potentially be compromised.

These are the only people so far that have been confirmed by the press, but it is likely that Mueller will ask to interview more people, including Trump family members, before too long.

TRUMP TOWER RUSSIA DOCUMENTS SHOW LETTER OF INTENT SIGNED IN OCTOBER 2015, 4 MONTHS INTO THE CAMPAIGN

CNN released this story about how Trump’s personal Lawyer, Michael Cohen, was working with Felix Sater on an attempt to build a new Trump Tower in Moscow.  The deal included $4 million in an upfront licensing fee, Trump Organization would be in charge of all marketing and licensing, construction would be carried out by someone else, Trump would get a percentage of all sales, and the spa would be named after Ivanka Trump.

This was during the Presidential campaign.  While Donald Trump was running for office.  I know emoluments isn’t as sexy as treason, but it’s still a big fucking deal.  Aside from profiting from foreign governments, Trump’s properties overseas are nothing more than fronts for money laundering.  I hope to go into more detail on that later.

ROGUE POTUS STAFF SUPPOSEDLY STEVE BANNON

Here’s an interesting one from Twitter.  Supposedly, the weirdest of the Alt/Rogue users was Steve Bannon.  I have to check my history, but I think I tried to start a fight with him.

I haven’t talked about these accounts yet, so here’s the short (for me) version.  Following Trump’s inauguration, he made several unusual demands of the Parks Department, concerning what they could say on social media, and trying to censor any talk about climate change.  Several long time employees of the Parks Department were all “fuck that noise,” and created several unauthorized Twitter accounts, like Alt Yellowstone, and Alt Yosemite, or Rogue Grand Canyon.  They leaked a bunch of stuff to the public.  As Trump tried to crack down on them, more Alt and Rogue accounts appeared all over Twitter, like Angry White House Staffer, Rogue Senior Adviser, and Alt Scales of Justice.  They all proved to be valuable sources of info, and all seemed to be well and true on the side of the Resistance, as long as you take a grain of salt on what’s said.

All except one.

Roue POTUS Staff.  That one was a weird Mother Fucker.  While everyone else was talking about solidarity, equality, and standing up against fascism and tyranny, Rogue POTUS Staff was trying to foment distrust, incite violence, and just generally being a dick.  There was something off about that guy.  It became obvious when, while everyone else was rallying against the administration and Steve Bannon, Rogue POTUS Staff would go “All hope is lost” like the Steward of Gondor in Return of the King.

Why would he act so weird?  And why did that account stop posting around the time Bannon was fired?

Because Bannon was Rogue POTUS Staff.

Rogue Senior Advisor announced on their feed today Banon was, and still may be, Rogue POTUS Staff.  He created the account as as attempt to keep tabs on the Resistance, and potentially pull off a disinformation, or deza, campaign.  A wolf in sheep’s clothing.  Problem is, several people caught on early in the game.  Once again, Louise called it months ago.  I thought there was something off about him with the way that his account suddenly turned all doom and gloom just as things started shining for the rest of the Resistance.  Plus, there were some tweets that sounded like he was functionally drunk.  I think I might have tried to argue with him once, but I’m not sure.  I spend a lot of time on Twitter nowadays.

That’s it for today.  If possible, I’m going to write an article or two this weekend.  Drip, Drip, Drip, and little something about Soccer, FIFA, Trump, and how the national flag of Panama might as well be a washing machine filled with cash.

Thank you and have a good one.

Daily Check-In 9/7/2017

Thursday. Never a dull moment.

DONNIE JR GOES TO THE SENATE

Donald Trump, Jr., testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a closed session for five hours today. Five hours of answering questions about the June 9 meeting in Trump Tower.

Quick recap. Don Jr. worked with Rob Goldstone and Emin Agarolov to set up a meeting with Russians who promised to deliver dirt on HRC. At first, Don Jr. claimed it didn’t happen. Then it did, but only 4 people were there, including Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. Then there were 5 people. Then 6, 7, and 8. And it was about adoptions. Then sanctions. Then getting dirt on HRC. Then about her fitness.

Following the testimony, Senator Chris Coons, D of Delaware, sent out the statutes relating to lying to Congress in testimony.

MUELLER WANTS INFORMATION FROM WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS ON TRUMP’S ROLE ON THE STATEMENT ON BEHALF

OF HIS SON ON THE JUNE 9TH MEETING

Remember back in July when news of the June 9 meeting broke, and everyone kept their mouth shut but Don Jr.? Good. Remember how it came out that Donald Trump, Sr. wrote the press releases? Guess who wants to talk to the White House staff members about that weekend?

Robert Fucking Mueller. I don’t think that’s his real middle name, but there are certainly people out there who think it is.

Claiming to have no knowledge of a meeting that took place with representatives of a foreign power in a building with your name on it, a couple floors beneath you, and your son, son-in-law, and long time advisor are in attendance when you’re known as a micromanager is pretty dubious. Claiming that after writing a press release for your son is just flat out lying.

TWITTER RELEASES INFO ON RUSSIAN ACTIONS

Twitter announced today, on the heels of Facebook yesterday, that they will release their internally collected information about how the Russians used its service during the 2016 election. I look forward to hearing more about this.

FBI RESPONDS TO FOIA REQUEST ABOUT BREITBART, HAS 1475 DOCUMENTS. RELEASED 23.

According to Law Newz , the FBI responded to a Freedom of Information Act request in regards to Breitbart. The FBI has 1,475 documents related to them. 23 are able to be released.

Doing the math, that’s 1,452 documents that are classified for one reason or another.

There are a few reasons that these documents can’t be released, like privacy, so jumping to the conclusion that there is an active investigation into them wouldn’t be the only reason that there is a ton of information on them.

But, if I had to put money on it, the FBI has been investigating Breitbart for some time.

Maybe they know why Breitbart has Yandex code in their home page code.

Photo courtesy of @Countercheckist

As I’m wrapping this up, I see that the 9th Circuit Court struck down a few parts on the Muslim Travel Ban. I’ll add more about that tomorrow.

Thank you, and have a good one.

Daily Check-In 9/6/2017

HSIOW. Holy Shit, it’s Only Wednesday.

Today has been especially crazy.

FACEBOOK SOLD RUSSIAN ADS DURING CAMPAIGN

This is big. Huge. Per the Washington Post, Facebook sold campaign ads to a Russian organization. They claim that $100k was spent by at least 470 fraudulent accounts.

It’s been assumed so for over a year, but having them say so to a Senate Committee makes it an even bigger deal than anyone knew.

DAILY CALLER CALLING IT – PAUL MANAFORT WILL BE INDICTED

The Daily Caller released a report that aides inside the White House believe that Manafort is screwed.

Why is this news?

The Daily Caller is a very partisan, right wing site. This would be like ShareBlue or HuffPo saying HRC was guilty of some evil email stuff.

TRUMP OPENLY ACCEPTING BRIBES VIA GOLF COURSE

USA Today did a ton of groundwork tying together foreign diplomats, lobbyists, and federal contractors to golf trips at Donald Trump’s courses while he was there, and that they were seeking favors from the President.

The President is openly accepting bribes. The fact that this isn’t the biggest story of the year just shows how fucked up things really are right now.

HURRICANE IRMA RAMPING UP

Irma is currently a Category 5, and is hitting Puerto Rico tonight. It’s anticipated to hit Florida on Friday.

TRUMP BACKS DEMOCRATIC DEAL ON HARVEY RELIEF, DEBT CEILING

This one is weird. Trump sided with the Democrats today on Harvey relief and the Debt Ceiling deal. I have two ideas why.

First, Trump is mad at McConnell and wants to spite him.

Second, he thinks doing this deal with Chuck Schumer will get them to stop the Russian investigation.

This may be the dumbest thing he’s done. Until tomorrow. Who knows what stupidity will happen then.

FALLOUT FROM DACA

Following the DACA rescinding, 15 states, and several companies, are suing the President. Leading the charge is New York AG Eric Schneiderman. This isn’t by coincidence. Schneiderman is working with Mueller to deliver a Fuck-Your-Pardon Sandwich with a side of RICO Fries to Donald Trump.

Shits getting interesting. Something big is coming tomorrow.

If it feels like this has been a constant drip of information, I think it’s intentional. I’ll write about why this weekend.

Thank you, and have a good one.

Daily Check-In 9/5/2017

Tuesday after Labor Day. I’m going to make this short.

DACA

Trump announced an end to DACA, affecting about 800,000 Dreamers. Trump sent Sessions out to make the announcement that they would end this in 6 months.

It’s a chickenshit move.

The only good that could come out of this is that Congress might get some actual immigration reform done.

GERRYMANDERING

Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse filed an amicus brief on Gill vs Whitford . This case is scheduled to go before the Supreme Court, and could set a legal standard for partisan gerrymandering.

KEITH SCHILLER FIRED

Keith Schiller, long time head of Trump’s security team, was fired/let go/quit over the weekend. He’s been with Trump for 18 years, and was involved in Comey’s firing, hand delivering the letter to FBI HQ, even though Comey was in L.A.

Keith knows where the bodies are buried. Because he buried them.

MANAFORT IN EDVA THIS MORNING

I don’t have much else, but supposedly Paul Manafort was seen in the courtroom of the Eastern District of Virginia this morning. Could be that he was testifying at a grand jury, offering a proffer, or getting a cool taco recipe. I’ll update when I find out more.

Thank you and have a good one.