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(14,795 posts)That Rudy Giuliani is the busiest traitor on the planet.
gab13by13
(21,256 posts)Barr is more dangerous than Trump.
Kid Berwyn
(14,795 posts)His father, Donald Barr, hired Jeffrey Epstein to teach at an exclusive NYC prep school for his first job after he dropped out of college.
https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/donald-barr/
Guy mustve seen a bright future for him in blackmail.
I think he's been blocking Rudy getting indicted by SDNY
Kid Berwyn
(14,795 posts)Bill Barr: The Cover-Up General
"At the center of the criticism is the chief articulator of Bush's imperial presidency," we reported in 1992, "the man who wrote the legal rationale for the Gulf War, the Panama invasion, and the officially sanctioned kidnapping of foreign nationals abroad"
by FRANK SNEPP
The Village Voice, APRIL 18, 2019
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For the next two years, as chief of the Justice Departments Office of Legal Counsel, Barr played a key role in shaping Richard Thornburghs stormy tenure as attorney general. In a job that was essentially political, he helped maintain the administrations ideological purity by screening out judicial candidates who werent conservative enough. He also drafted two key documents rationalizing the U.S. invasion of Panama and the seizure of General Manuel Noriega.
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In mid 1990, as Thornburghs own problems with Congress deepened, Barr was tapped to run interference, and was named deputy attorney general. The appointment came just in time for him to draft another landmark tract for the administration, the legal pretext for the undeclared war against Iraq. It would have made any Nixonite proud. Explaining it later to Congress, Barr said he believed there was a gray zone between a declared offensive war and an emergency defensive action where there is latitude for the president, if he believes that the vital interests of the United States are threatened by foreign military attack, there is room for him to respond.
Barr did not make clear how the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait equaled an attack on vital American interests, but to his credit, at the moment of decision itself, he did counsel the president to soften the impact of his unilateral rush to war by seeking a declaration of congressional support. That piece of advice, much akin to Johnsons leveraging of the Tonkin Gulf resolution, helped to keep the naysayers at bay.
Barrs service to the administration, however, wasnt limited simply to such flashes of political savvy. In 1991 he became active in stone-walling the Iraqgate and the BCCI investigations and further gratified conservatives by keeping up the tattoo on their favorite hot-button issues. Embracing immigration policy as his own, he helped craft an exception rule that automatically barred HIV-positive sufferers from entering the country. Civil libertarians charged illegal discrimination and even racism, since many of those excluded were black Haitians. Barr assured Congress that the policy was meant only to keep out people who might be thrown back on public welfare.
Flogging another conservative hobbyhorse, Barr fought hard as deputy AG to keep federal courts from expanding their right to review state criminal convictions on writs of habeas corpus. As a devout Catholic, he also pandered to the antiabortion crowd, even torquing the law in August 1991 to advance their crusade. The challenge came when a federal judge in Wichita issued an order barring anti-abortion demonstrators from blocking access to a clinic. The Justice Department intervened to try to force a lifting of the ban. Later asked about this by Congress, Barr gave an exquisitely technical rationale, asserting that though the demonstrators were lawbreakers . . . treading on other peoples rights, they should be dealt with in state court, not federal court thus the federal judges order was unenforceable.
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https://www.villagevoice.com/2019/04/18/attorney-general-william-barr-is-the-best-reason-to-vote-for-clinton/
RKP5637
(67,086 posts)long time. The tRumpian road to hell.
triron
(21,984 posts)diverdownjt
(701 posts)That turn off is a couple of miles back...
RKP5637
(67,086 posts)kentuck
(111,052 posts)Last I heard, Rudy was going up to Latvia to get more "evidence" on the Bidens.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)in 2002, supposedly having something to do with 9/11. He set up his private security firm around that time with a bunch of big-wig FBI, NYPD had-beens.
Giulianis Ukraine Work Tied to Firm Whose Website Has Vanished
By Stephanie Baker and Sara Khojoyan
October 2, 2019, 5:38 AM EDT Updated on October 2, 2019, 10:37 AM EDT
The website of the consulting firm that forged business contacts for Rudy Giuliani in Ukraine and Russia for more than a decade vanished suddenly after his communications were subpoenaed.
Giuliani was dubbed Americas Mayor because of his New York City perch in the days after 9/11, but later he built a lucrative career in the private sector as a foreign security consultant.
The genesis of many of those foreign connections was TriGlobal Strategic Ventures. The firm was set up in the U.S. in 2003 by a group of Russians and emigres from the former Soviet Union. Using the groups network, Giuliani amassed security contracts around the globe, which continued even after he became the U.S. presidents unpaid lawyer last year.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-02/giuliani-s-ukraine-work-tied-to-firm-whose-website-has-vanished
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Giulianis work with TriGlobal dates to at least 2005, when the firm arranged for him to meet in New York with representatives of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC, the Russian steel producer. TriGlobal has offices in New York, London, Moscow, Kyiv, Zurich and Vienna. No one answered any of the phone numbers listed, and most werent working.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-02/giuliani-s-ukraine-work-tied-to-firm-whose-website-has-vanished
kentuck
(111,052 posts)Rudy has been at this game a long time. He seems to know these Russian operatives on a first-name basis?
wnylib
(21,340 posts)What kind of security do they provide and for whom? Security from whom? What would make Guiliani an expert on security?
democrank
(11,085 posts)And to think there are still some anti-impeachment folks out there
StClone
(11,682 posts)And to those who think he will leave office without taking the World down with him, better be wary. Mental health experts warns us and, I am afraid and angry at Trump as well as his cult.
dchill
(38,442 posts)triron
(21,984 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,429 posts)1. There's a good chance that Trumpy will find a way to cancel the election if he anticipates that he'll lose.
2. There will be no separation of powers, no checks and balances. Trumpy will be dictator. Seriously. He will be above the law.
3. The Legislative Branch will be weakened beyond repair. It will have no oversight abilities. Only legislation that Trumpy will rubber-stamp will be passed. Trumpy will sign executive orders to solidify his autocratic rule.
4. GOP gerrymandering will remain intact, assuring the Republicans that they will hold legislative majorities in states with significant and dominant Democratic voting blocs.
5. The population will show increasing civil unrest. Trumpy will attempt to crush any signs of open rebellion. He will order the FBI to infiltrate political groups with agent provocateurs to demonize the political opposition.
calimary
(81,110 posts)triron
(21,984 posts)California will not stay in the union. Neither will many other blue states.
mahina
(17,616 posts)bluestarone
(16,859 posts)I believe this warning fully warranted! WOW just WOW!
dhill926
(16,314 posts)or something like that, to track Giuliani's movements and who he's meeting with.
wnylib
(21,340 posts)spanone
(135,791 posts)Rudy will bring it and Barr will certify it. Truth is irrelevant.
Malcolm knows.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,564 posts)the only thing to decide is how big a television reality show Fat Donnie wants it to be (word is he wants a long running spectacular).
sprinkleeninow
(20,215 posts)pbmus
(12,422 posts)2naSalit
(86,323 posts)Mine expires next year!
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)To escape to. You cannot go out of this country unless you make above 1000 bux a month. I am on SSI, around 300 bucks shy of the money that would get me outta here.
2naSalit
(86,323 posts)are about $100, I think. I have friends in other places who told me I should think about keeping it up to date. I'll take their advice. Otherwise, I'm in the same financial boat.
McKim
(2,412 posts)Time to buy a condo in Southern Spain. Its good living there. My daughter is talking New Zealand. There will be a big brain drain if Trump is reelected.
58Sunliner
(4,372 posts)I feel that I need to provide options for my relatives who will suffer.
C Moon
(12,208 posts)Now we understand the wall.
bdamomma
(63,799 posts)thing to do, nothing wrong in thinking ahead.
bucolic_frolic
(43,044 posts)Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance
WARNING: I cannot stress how much danger the nation is in. Russia will be dangling FSB/SVR spy-made fake documents & fake witnesses in front of Giuliani. Trump & Republicans will take it to facilitate the ultimate cheat. Its an espionage case now. Hunt for Rudys Moscow agents.
cilla4progress
(24,717 posts)Hanging by my fingernails.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)We are at a tipping point and it is no sure bet we can find our way back to any sense of normalcy anytime soon.
If this Orange Monster somehow cheats his way back in Heaven knows where we wind up.
Register to vote then vote and lets take our nation back from the brink.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,429 posts)No amount of voter registration will make a difference. That's because Trumpy will cheat enough to win, no matter what the margins are. He will NOT lose the election. If necessary, he will CANCEL the election. Trumpy owns the universe of lying. He can make up a million reasons for canceling the election. He will if he has to.
He'll know that the House is powerless to stop him, that impeachment hearings and votes will mean nothing. He's got this in the bag-- IF THE SENATE ACQUITS. That's all it takes. Our nation's survival comes down to ONE VOTE. A Senate majority vote to convict isn't enough. He must be removed, or the Constitution is removed. It's that simple.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)One little nudge. I hope we can defend.
bdamomma
(63,799 posts)why we the American People will have to vote like our lives depend on it. Who wants to be taken down by this stupid POS???
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Not to mention a highly irresponsible media that promotes false equivalencies and gives equal time to liars, treating all statements as equally valid.
The only question is whether Dem turnout will be great enough to overcome the cheating and the lying.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,429 posts)Whatever it takes for Trumpy to stay in office is what will occur. He'll cancel the election if he knows that the anti-Trumpy vote is massive.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)marlakay
(11,425 posts)And scared to death we cant.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,250 posts)Kablooie
(18,610 posts)Even though they know it's Russian created in order to further Russia's corruption of the US.
It's insane and patently evil.
The Wielding Truth
(11,411 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)wnylib
(21,340 posts)bdamomma
(63,799 posts)tRump wants to be like Putin, and handing him everything. Very dangerous situation we are all in.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Constitution and being patriotic, all along they were behind the doors plotting to destroy the USA Constitution.
ancianita
(35,932 posts)Response to milestogo (Original post)
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triron
(21,984 posts)lastlib
(23,152 posts)we need to nail his pathetic treasonous ass to the wall. Plain & simple.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,429 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,387 posts)dchill
(38,442 posts)And they've always been light on scruples.
bdamomma
(63,799 posts)this whole treasonous situation will blow up in the party of tRump faces???? I am hoping it will. They are traitors especially McConnell and Graham and many more.
McKim
(2,412 posts)Im going to the demonstration Tuesday and I hope we keep it up. We must resist!
Cha
(296,844 posts)needs to go down to the bottom of abyss and never come up again.
dchill
(38,442 posts)Cha
(296,844 posts)triron
(21,984 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)and you would be amazed what they found! djt
Fuck you and your bullshit!
Pachamama
(16,884 posts)This...
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)We desperately need that degree of awareness to become national.
bdamomma
(63,799 posts)we here on DU are very aware of the facts, we need the rest of the populace to know we are sounding the alarm.
quickesst
(6,280 posts).... Malcolm Nance will be considered for a top security position in the next Democratic White House. He gets it, and he will protect us.
okieinpain
(9,397 posts)Afford to keep silent on this. Ive been thinking maybe he should should stock the Republicans and ask to testify at the impeachment trial.
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Takket
(21,528 posts)Initech
(100,038 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)The light of transparency is as deadly to the Republicans as light is to vampires. They covet darkness in which they can manipulate, scheme and smoother truth in lies. Most importantly is that they are successfully providing cover for their key objective. While we are engaged in countering their endless lies and obstruction, our attention is diverted for the Elephant in the Room.
This rea threat is their determination to transform the presidency into a virulent dictatorship as practiced in Russian and China. Their Unitary Executive theory derived from a contorted interpretation of presidential powers provided in ArticleTtwo would provide uncheck power of the president to totally control every aspect of the federal government. It would relegate congress to the same position as every dictatorship. Little more than a rubber stamp committee with no authority. This is in total abnegation of the clearly defined separate divisions of power of the three branches of government and its system of checks and balance that was a key principle of the Founding Fathers of our democratic form of government.
This is far along in becoming a reality. The Republicans have used their power to flood the courts with Federal Society members who are advocates of this destruction of the congress. The Supreme Court is in control of the Republicans along with the top federal law authority of the office of the Attorney General of the United States. One of the most powerful offices of the government and key position meant to protect the rule of law in government operations.
Anyone questions their actions comes under intense attack. The free press is especially targeted since it is must be discredited and silenced. This has always been a key aspect of every authoritarian regime. Truth must be drowned and never allowed to see the light of day. Our situation basically same as that that during the rise of the Nazi fascists to power during the 1930's. Most importantly it provides a better understanding of the present presidency and the administration's admiration of every dictatorship and developing authoritarian government and their attack on every democracy that dare to challenge its policies.
SKKY
(11,792 posts)...Sorry folks. I was stationed with Nance in the 90's and he was a terrifyingly mediocre "Arling" . I didn't like "Chief Nance" then, and I sure don't like Malcolm now.
Stainless
(718 posts).....why are you Trolling this thread with your personal grudge against Malcolm Nance? "Mediocre" beats the hell out of totally incompetent which is what we have now.
SKKY
(11,792 posts)...and I apologize if that was the impression. "Arling" is Navy speak for Arabic Linguist. Nance wasn't a "Spy", as he claims. He, as a Navy Chief, has never "led" Special Forces Operations, as he claims. He translates the Arabic language. That's it. I don't have a personal grudge against him, or anything personal. I just served with him, and know he's basically a tool.
Pachamama
(16,884 posts)SKKY
(11,792 posts)...related to spying, or leading special operations missions. Those are typically done by Spec Ops types. Malcolm was NOT Spec Ops.
Pachamama
(16,884 posts)And I find its very telling that someone on DU even tries to claim what you are.
Funny isnt it how much accuracy has been in what Malcolm Nance has been warning about since early 2016?
eShirl
(18,479 posts)SKKY
(11,792 posts)IAMSPARTICUS
(17 posts)From the postings it seems many are waking up.republicans have ALWAYS been evil but never had all the power they needed to implement their desires. The US...as I may say I predicted the night trump "won." will not survive. Democracy is a construct...works only if people adhere to norms. We can see that concept is destroyed. We're in the stage similar to Germany before the nazis tightened their grip. trump will never give up his rule. People will disappear...die (epstein) and be imprisoned. Rights of ALL minorities will be stripped. The press will succumb and their takeover will be complete. They will abolish social security, medicare and ALL social safety nets. This will happen in 2020. Get out now. Remember MILLIONS died in Germany because "it couldn't happen here."
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)And I am terrified of what will happen. The republicans are psychopaths itching to abuse people and power.I am disabled and fascists hate people like me and want to kill people like me