So true. So dumb.
Now, let's 86 45
BYEDON
Vote, folks.
And VOTE BLUE!
Showing posts with label collusion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label collusion. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Our Enemy Wanted--and Still Wants--Donald Trump President
Let's face facts, folks, Americans.
There is solid proof both in 2016 and now, again, in 2020, this election year, that our known, sworn, very public enemy wanted none other than Donald J Trump President.
Here it is from 2016:
Russia wanted Trump to win in 2016
And now this year, even now.
FBI Director: Russians Interfering Again, This Time Against Biden
FBI's Christopher Wray makes it very clear that Russia is trying to help Trump win the general election, again.
Does that tell us nothing? Can we learn nothing from this?
Republicans, we know you want and need and like power--and money, for that matter--but does this tell you nothing?
Really?
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
This President President Just Took Three Big Broadsides in 24 Hours
Yes, really, SO much going on and honestly, precious little of it good or positive for this President Trump.
First up, this was released yesterday.
Former DHS official blasts Trump, endorses Biden
Miles Taylor, who served as the Department of Homeland Security's chief of staff, in a video endorsement of Biden said that working under the current administration was "terrifying.""What we saw week in and week out, for me, after two and a half years in that administration, was terrifying. We would go in to try to talk to him about a pressing national security issue — cyberattack, terrorism threat. He wasn't interested in those things. To him, they weren't priorities," Taylor says in the video, which was produced by the group Republican Voters Against Trump.
Taylor said that many of the things President Donald Trump wanted DHS to do were impossible and in some cases illegal. He characterized the president as vindictive and self-centered.
"Given what I have experienced in the administration, I have to support Joe Biden for president. And even though I am not a Democrat, even though I disagree on key issues, I'm confident that Joe Biden will protect the country, and I'm confident that he won't make the same mistakes as this president," Taylor, who was at DHS from 2017 to 2019, adds in the video.
Then this came out this morning, in the last hour or two. And check the source.
The report highlights some never-before-seen evidence, including allegations about women and potentially compromising material tied to Trump trips to Russia
WASHINGTON — In a thousand-page bipartisan report released Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee said the Trump administration obstructed its investigation with "novel claims" of executive privilege. It painted a portrait of a Trump campaign eager to accept help from a foreign power in 2016.
The Senate report, the most detailed account to date of the Trump campaign's embrace of Russian election interference, also asserted that the allegations that Ukraine interfered in the election — which President Donald Trump perpetuated — originated with Russian intelligence agencies.
The report highlighted some never-before-seen evidence about Trump and Russia, including three allegations of potentially compromising material relating to Trump's private trips to Russia that were unconnected to the dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele...
..."Russia and other countries took advantage of the Transition Team's inexperience, transparent opposition to Obama Administration policies, and Trump's desire to deepen ties with Russia, to pursue unofficial channels through which Russia could conduct diplomacy," the report said. "The lack of vetting of foreign interactions by Transition officials left the Transition open to influence and manipulation by foreign intelligence services, government leaders, and co-opted business executives."
It added, "Russian officials, intelligence services, and others acting on the Kremlin's behalf were capable of exploiting the Transition's shortcomings for Russia's advantage. Based on available information it is possible — and even likely — that they did so."
It added, "Russian officials, intelligence services, and others acting on the Kremlin's behalf were capable of exploiting the Transition's shortcomings for Russia's advantage. Based on available information it is possible — and even likely — that they did so."
On Ukraine, the report said that Russian-government operatives from late 2016 until at least January 2020 consistently spread "overlapping false narratives which sought to discredit investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections and spread false information about the events of 2016."
I personally, strongly recommend reading that entire article.
And there's more from and about this, too.
Between even just these two events in the last 24 hours, this President took a couple of big, big hits, folks. And with these revelations on his campaign working with the Russians, etc., it's two big problems for him, among at least a few, if not several others, not least of which is the State of New York looking into prosecuting him.
Thirdly and finally, this was announced yesterday.
This President always was in over his head, so to speak. It's my contention he never knew what he was getting into because he clearly never knew our government and/or what's involved or what it takes.
As I keep saying, thanks, Republicans. That's quite the guy you foisted on us all.
Friday, July 24, 2020
A Historical, Patriotic Reminder -- And a Hope
Vote, folks!
Come Tuesday, November 3 this year, VOTE!!
And VOTE BLUE!!
BLUE WAVE!!
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Quote of the Day -- When Things Aren't Right
“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something. Our children and their children will ask us, ‘What did you do? What did you say?’ For some, this vote may be hard. But we have a mission and a mandate to be on the right side of history.”
–-Representative John Lewis, December 2019 remarks in the House on impeachment of President Donald Trump
Friday, May 15, 2020
Donald Trump and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
At least, "Donald Trump and the Absolutely Roteen, Very Bad, No Good Day for Him."
For the rest of us, it was a good day. Some would say it was even a great day.
First there's this.
It was excellent. It was an instance of someone speaking truth to power.
Dr. Rick Bright’s testimony about the Trump administration’s failure to act and refusal to listen to warnings about the coronavirus is devastating for Trump.
Dr. Bright said, “Congresswoman, we’ve known for quite some time that our stockpile is insufficient and having those critical personal protective equipment, so once this virus began spreading and became known to be a threat, I did feel quite concerned that we didn’t have those supplies. I began pushing urgently in January, along with some industry colleagues as well, and those urges, those alarms were not responded to with action.”
Bright added that instead of reacting to his alarms, the Trump administration cut him out of meetings, “I was told that my urgings were causing a commotion and I was removed from those meetings.”
This, to me, is stunning and for a few reasons.
First, it's who's calling for it.
Senator Lindsey "Clutching My Pearls and Always for Trump" Graham.
The FBI and all 16 of our other intelligence agencies all said the Russians interfered with our 2016 election, to start. Added to that, it's known, it's public knowledge that several members of this Republican President's election campaign met with Russians throughout the campaign and repeatedly.
How is that not collusion?
Added to it the Russians gave millions to the NRA during the election to help their man win.
Sure, Republicans control the Senate but when Democrats get to ask questions, as they inevitably, unavoidably will, it won't be pretty. At least, it won't be pretty for this President and his administration. It will be good for the United States and Democracy and the Constitution and America and Americans but it won't go well for this President. The Republicans want to say the FBI worked for the Obama administration in "attacking" Trump during the campaign. They may well get very much more than they bargain for with this investigation.
Then, next up today, Senator Graham frankly stunned me with this.
And sure, there's no "there" there regarding Trump's imagined "Obamagate" but you have to know this President took this as a negative, if not even an out and out attack on him personally. If Senator Graham keeps this up, I might one day think he's for the rule of law and the American people.
And the Michael Flynn case is nothing if not a travesty of justice and law and laws and lots of legal authorities have come out and said just that.
Abandoning the case is the latest step in a pattern of dismantling the work of the Russia investigators. A former prosecutor likened it to eating the department from the inside out.
Then, third, this also came out yesterday. This is huge.
The suit alleges that Trump is in violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which forbids him from accepting money from foreign entities.
President Trump’s decision not to divest himself of his businesses, in particular his foreign holdings or holdings that derive income from foreign governments, was a fateful error that flew in the face of precedent, clean government and the Constitution. Now, a federal appeals court has held he cannot derive income from foreign governments that frequent his businesses.
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, sitting en banc on Thursday, overruled a decision from a panel on the same court that prevented a case brought by Maryland and the District of Columbia from proceeding. The case alleged that Trump’s hotel business with foreign governments violates the emoluments clause, and the specific issue for the full 4th Circuit was whether to intervene to force the district court to allow an interlocutory appeal and thereby prevent the district court from proceeding with discovery (which would entail the investigation of Trump’s finances).
The 4th Circuit held that no, the case could proceed as the district court ordered. The majority held that dismissal of the entire action was not warranted because Maryland and D.C.'s argument that emoluments include “all profits and other benefits [accepted from a foreign or domestic government] that [the President] accepts through the businesses he owns” is plausible.
Again, huge, forgive the repeat. The President can, in fact, be tried in court for breaking, if not shattering, the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution which says he shouldn't be taking in money, profiting, while he is, in fact, President. For all 44 other Presidents, this had been settled.
Not done there, not done yesterday, this hit today, this morning.
And then the pièce de résistance, at least for now, today.
Go get 'em, Joe. Atta' boy. "Sleepy Joe Biden", my posterior.
Amazingly not done there, this came out today also.
Check out this little beauty.
President Trump on Friday declined to say if he is sticking with his nominee to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, after a top senator disclosed that the individual is under investigation.
Trump was asked about Michael Pack's nomination to be the chief executive officer for the agency, which oversees Voice of America, during a Rose Garden event on Friday.
It just keeps getting better and better.
Additionally, this President is even be evaluated by his own political party. Hmmm. Also came out yesterday. 's'wunnerful.
Finally today, check this out. This is what he did today.
Who are we supposed to be out there fighting against in space, anyway?
Thanks, Mr. President!
Thanks, Republicans!
At least Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
Someone probably enjoyed the music.
So yes, all in all a very bad day for Mr. Trump all around.
And it didn't stop yet today, either.
Think happy thoughts, campers, Americans. There may be hope for us all yet. Heaven knows there's a great deal to be concerned with, still, between this pandemic and this administration but at least we have some glimmers of hope. Strong glimmers, too, I think.
Links:
Obamagate was the worst crime ever committed and here is what it was
Friday, June 14, 2019
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
It Has Been An Incredible Day Full of Revelations On and About Mr. Trump
First, there are not one. Not two. Not three, four or five but there now 17 different formal investigations into this Trump Presidential administration. They are:
- Russian Gov’t’s election attack
- Wikileaks
- Middle Eastern influence
- Paul Manafort’s activity
- Trump Tower Moscow project
- Other campaign & transition contacts with Russia
- Obstruction of justice
- Campaign Conspiracy & the Trump Organization’s Finances
- Inauguration funding
- Trump Super PAC funding
- Foreign lobbying
- Maria Butina and the NRA
- Elen Alekseevna Khusyaynova
- Turkish influence
- Tax case
- Trump Foundation
- Emoluments lawsuit
You can get more background here:
What they're concerned about? Check out their number one concern.
1. President Donald Trump
Naturally, Mr. Trump figures in 3 out of the four.
2. The arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou — and Trump's potential intervention.
3. A recession caused by political instability.
Some information on this one:
Half of respondents expressed fear the US could wind up in a recession by the end of the year.
Why?
Sixty-seven per cent blamed political instability in the nation and trade negotiations.
More from CEOs on Mr. Trump.
3. A recession caused by political instability.
Half of respondents expressed fear the US could wind up in a recession by the end of the year.
Why?
Sixty-seven per cent blamed political instability in the nation and trade negotiations.
More from CEOs on Mr. Trump.
Three-quarters of CEOs say they've apologized for Trump's rhetoric
Three-quarters of CEOs said they find themselves apologizing to international partners about the president's rhetoric, according to a survey of attendees at the Yale School of Management's CEO summit. The invitation-only meeting, which took place in New York last week, claimed 134 attendees, including the CEOs of Ford, Morgan Stanley and Verizon, according to The New York Times.
The people who should, you might think, be for this man since he's for little government regulation and low corporate taxes but they have to apologize for this man's, for our leader's actions and words.
And in spite of the CEOs having to make these apologies for him, for us, Mr. Trump thinks he's doing a bangup job. Why, just ask him.
Here we go:
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign team appears to have issued its first ad, with a message calling on "every Trump supporter" to call an 800 number to thank the president for his leadership...
In the ad, 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale makes the claim that Trump has "achieved more during his time in office than any president in history."
Next up, today, at least for now, there is his folding like a cheap suit.
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign team appears to have issued its first ad, with a message calling on "every Trump supporter" to call an 800 number to thank the president for his leadership...
In the ad, 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale makes the claim that Trump has "achieved more during his time in office than any president in history."
Next up, today, at least for now, there is his folding like a cheap suit.
He had promised his supporters and threatened the Democrats and Congress that he wanted his border wall on the Southern border, all 5 billion dollars of it. He said if he didn't get it, he'd shut down the government.
For whatever good reason--common sense struck?--he backed off. That's what people do who are only committed to themselves and money. He has no allegiances or commitments to anything but, again, himself, his own perceived, best self-interests and yes, money. That's it with this guy.
Finally, there is this and it is, by itself, huge.
Check out that first paragraph--Finally, there is this and it is, by itself, huge.
“The Trump Foundation — the charitable foundation started by President Donald Trump years before he became a presidential candidate, which New York's top prosecutor said exhibited a ‘shocking pattern of illegality’ — will dissolve according to a court filing.”
But wait. There’s more:
“Our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation — including unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing, and much more… This amounted to the Trump Foundation functioning as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump’s business and political interests."
Then there’s the good news.
“It does not stop the lawsuit by AG’s office has filed against the foundation, which was formed in 1987, and that action will continue”
“Our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation — including unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing, and much more… This amounted to the Trump Foundation functioning as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump’s business and political interests."
Then there’s the good news.
“It does not stop the lawsuit by AG’s office has filed against the foundation, which was formed in 1987, and that action will continue”
So who knows what's next with this man? There's no telling what he'll do or say or tweet, of course, as we've seen in these 2 bizarre first years. And with the Mueller investigation's results not even released yet, the only thing we can count on is more unpredictability.
God help us.
God help us all.
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Entertainment Overnight -- Donald Trump Version
Big man, pig man
Ha, ha, charade you are
You well heeled big wheel
Ha, ha, charade you are
And when your hand is on your heart
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost a joker
With your head down in the pig bin
Saying 'Keep on digging'
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find
Down in the pig mine?
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry
Bus stop rat bag
Ha, ha, charade you are
You f*cked up old hag
Ha, ha, charade you are
You radiate cold shafts of broken glass
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost worth a quick grin
You like the feel of steel
You're hot stuff with a hatpin
And good fun with a hand gun
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry
Hey you, Whitehouse
Ha, ha, charade you are
You house proud town mouse
Ha, ha, charade you are
You're trying to keep our feelings off the street
You're nearly a real treat
All tight lips and cold feet
And do you feel abused?
You got to stem the evil tide
And keep it all on the inside
Mary you're nearly a treat
Mary you're nearly a treat
But you're really a cry
Sunday, August 19, 2018
I Have Great Neighbors
Check that out.
I've no idea who they are and they don't know me but these are some great neighbors, that's all I can say.
Heck, I bet they're even good-looking.
Enjoy your Sunday, everyone.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Quotes of the Day -- On Presidential Treason and Why We Must Speak Up and Out
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." --Albert Einstein
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson
"Softest on the people who need discipline, hardest on people who need compassion." --Unknown
"He who does not oppose evil, commands it to be done." --Leonardo Da Vinci
"What you allow, you encourage." --Carrie Heinze-Musgrove
"Your silence is consent." --Plato
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." --Desmond Tutu
"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor." --Ginette Sagan
"Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste." --William Feather
"Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society." --Robert Reich
"One does not have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and absence of understanding are sufficient." --Charles M. Blow
"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever humans endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormenter, never the tormented." --Elie Wiesel
"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest it." --Elie Wiesel
"You think that your silence on certain topics, perhaps in the face of injustice, or unkindness, or mean-spiritedness, causes others to reserve judgement of you. Far otherwise; your silence utters very loud: you have no oracle to speak, no wisdom to offer, and your fellow people have learned that you cannot help them. Doth not wisdom cry, and understanding put forth her voice? We would be well to do likewise." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." --Martin Luther King Jr.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." --Martin Luther King Jr.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." --Martin Luther King Jr.
"There are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice." --Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"I chose to defend human rights because I cannot maintain my silence in the face of injustice." --Chen Guangcheng
"The more you answer the injustice of others, the more you heal your own soul." --Julia Post
"If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it." --Zora Neale Hurston
"I have come to believe that the one thing people cannot bear is a sense of injustice. Poverty, cold, even hunger, are more bearable than injustice." --Milicent Fenwick
"The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice, to see." --Bram Fischer
"Real love cannot be silent in the face of injustice." --Mel White
"I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody." --Lily Tomlin
"Do not tolerate brilliant jerks, the cost to teamwork is too high." --Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO
"It takes a village to raise a child, and it also takes a village to allow the abuse of one." --Unknown
"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, and one for helping others." --Audrey Hepburn
"The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings." --Albert Schweitzer
"What does it mean to hold space for someone else? It means that we are willing to walk alongside another person in whatever journey they’re on without judging them, making them feel inadequate, trying to fix them, or trying to impact the outcome. When we hold space for other people, we open our hearts, offer unconditional support, and let go of judgment and control." --Heather Plett
"Remember: Oppression thrives off isolation. Connection is the only thing that can save you. Remember: Oppression thrives on superficiality. Honesty about your struggles is the key to your liberation. Remember: Your story can help save someone’s life. Your silence contributes to someone else’s struggle. Speak so we can all be free. Love so we all can be liberated. The moment is now. We need you." --Yolo Akili
"It is precisely because of my love for humanity that I get enraged at systems that prevent people from flourishing and being free. It’s frustrating to see my righteous anger at unjust systems misinterpreted as hatred for individuals, but it’s more frustrating to see the oppressed suffer while those maladjusted to injustice remain silent. I won’t be silent. Silence is violence. "--Nyle Fort
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out for I was not a socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists and I did not speak out for I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out for I was not a not a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me." --Martin Niemöller
"Whether you give a man a fish or teach him how to fish, your job hasn’t changed. Your job is fish. It is not to make value judgments about whether the person is deserving of fish. It is not to criticize the person for not knowing how to fish already. And it is certainly not your job to stand around and debate the relative efficacy of fish charity vs. fish education while the person in front of you goes hungry. This person is your fellow human. Your job is fish --Unknown
"Have you ever wondered what you would do during the civil rights movement? Stop wondering. It is the civil rights movement. What are you doing?" --Chris Savage
"Certainly, I think there is a lot to be gained from people gathering together to show solidarity. But in a world where the institutions that we’re protesting in front of are losing their legitimacy and their power, I’m not sure that this has the impact that it once did. If we think of evil as this one person, this one big event, then we tend to want to match that with one big display of resistance. But actually, if evil is banal — a set of ordinary, mundane decisions day by day — then maybe we have to start living differently day by day." --Pollack
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Quote of the Day -- On the Man in the White House
"Today is a significant moment. We've only had 45 presidents. We now know, one of them was elected with the explicit and intentional help of a foreign power, in violation of American law, with the open support of the candidate who benefited from the crimes."
Friday, June 29, 2018
Trump and an Open Seat on the Supreme Court
The Republicans have a serious "good for the goose" problem.
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Pretty YOOGE Trump Developments
I just saw these two today. First up:
Then this one:
I feel strongly Mr. Mueller and his investigation may already have Mr. Trump, legally.
The Donald is in way, way over his head.
I don't think he's bright enough to know or realize or accept it, either.
Saturday, May 19, 2018
The Bizarre, Completely Unbelievable Evolution of Collusion Denial from this White House
Beset by leaks, White House talks firings,
not apologies
From Aaron Blake of the Washington Post this week.
"Here are the seven distinct stages of collusion denial I've identified:"
1. November 2016: No communications, period
Hope Hicks: “It never happened. There was no communication between the campaign and any foreign entity during the campaign.”
2. February 2017: There were no communications, “to the best of our knowledge”
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: “This is a non-story because, to the best of our knowledge, no contacts took place.”
3. March 2017: There were communications, but no planned meetings with Russians
Donald Trump Jr.: “Did I meet with people that were Russian? I'm sure, I'm sure I did. ... But none that were set up. None that I can think of at the moment. And certainly none that I was representing the campaign in any way, shape or form.”
4. July 8, 2017: There was a planned meeting at Trump Tower, but it was “primarily” about adoption and not the campaign
Trump Jr.: “We primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children that was active and popular with American families years ago and was since ended by the Russian government, but it was not a campaign issue at that time and there was no follow-up.”
5. July 9, 2017: The meeting was planned to discuss the campaign, but the information exchanged wasn't “meaningful”
Trump Jr.: “No details or supporting information was provided or even offered. It quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information.”
6. December 2017: Collusion isn't even a crime
President Trump: “There is no collusion, and even if there was, it’s not a crime.”
Jay Sekulow: “For something to be a crime, there has to be a statute that you claim is being violated. There is not a statute that refers to criminal collusion. There is no crime of collusion.”
7. May 2018: Even if meaningful information were obtained, it wasn't used
Giuliani: “And even if it comes from a Russian, or a German, or an American, it doesn’t matter. And they never used it, is the main thing. They never used it. They rejected it. If there was collusion with the Russians, they would have used it.”
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Doesn't It Look As Though This President Takes His Orders Very Well?
I ask you...
Take a look at these two headlines. First, there's this:
Russia Tells U.S. Military to Get Out of Syria
- Newsweek
Then, shortly thereafter, this very week, there is this:
I ask you, does that not look, appear as though this President takes his orders seriously and well?
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