February 27, 2018

We Saw the Longest Covered Bridge in the World! - Road Trip Day 10 Episode 27

We continued our journey along Highway 49, but decided to take a slight detour. After taking a right on to Pleasant Valley Road and driving several miles, Neek, Sar and I arrived at the South Yuba River where South Yuba River State Park is located. Nearby, we found the object of our search: Bridgeport Covered Bridge!

February 14, 2018

Downieville, CA: A Most Unusual Historical Landmark - Road Trip Day 10 Episode 26

Driving along Highway 49 was definitely one of the highlights of our road trip. I loved riding with the window down to breathe the fresh mountain air and listen to the Yuba River crashing by! One destination that Neek, Sar and I really wanted to check out along this stretch of road was Downieville, which has a very interesting history.

February 7, 2018

The Mother Lode Highway in California - Hwy 49 - is a beautiful road trip!

California Highway 49 is named after the 49ers who came to this state in their search for gold in 1849. Driving past the little towns along the highway in Sierra County was a wonderful scenic journey!

February 5, 2018

Committee Votes to Release Democratic Rebuttal to G.O.P. Russia Memo

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee voted on Monday to make public a classified Democratic memorandum rebutting Republican claims that the F.B.I. and the Justice Department had abused their powers to wiretap a former Trump campaign official, setting up a possible clash with President Trump.

The vote gives Mr. Trump five days to review the Democratic memo and determine whether he will try to block its release. A decision to stop it could lead to an ugly standoff between the president, his top law enforcement and intelligence advisers and Democrats on Capitol Hill.

Mr. Trump vocally supported the release of the Republicans’ memo last week, declassifying its contents on Friday over the objections of Democrats and his own F.B.I., which issued a rare public statement to warn that it had “grave concerns” about the memo’s accuracy. On Saturday, he claimed, incorrectly, on Saturday that the memo “totally vindicates” him in the continuing investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.

The 10-page Democratic document is certain to be less flattering to his case. Democrats have said the memo corrects mischaracterizations by the Republicans and adds crucial context to actions by the F.B.I. and the Justice Department in obtaining a secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order to wiretap the former Trump aide, Carter Page, in October 2016.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/us/politics/democratic-memo-adam-schiff-trump.html

February 2, 2018

I recommend making this go viral before February 5: #ReleaseTheCountermemo

https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReleaseTheCounterMemo?src=hash

As the House Intelligence Committee Minority Response to Release of Chairman Nunes’ Misleading Memo stated:

“Chairman Nunes’ decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel’s ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes. Furthermore, their refusal to allow release of a comprehensive response memorandum prepared by Committee Democrats is a transparent effort to suppress the full truth.

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“The Majority suggests that the FBI failed to alert the court as to Mr. Steele’s potential political motivations or the political motivations of those who hired him, but this is not accurate. The GOP memo also claims that a Yahoo News article was used to corroborate Steele, but this is not at all why the article was referenced. These are but a few of the serious mischaracterizations of the FISA application. There are many more set out in the Democratic response, which we will again be seeking a vote to release publicly on Monday, February 5th. Unlike Committee Republicans, however, we will ask the relevant agencies to propose any necessary redactions to protect any sources and methods not already disclosed by Chairman Nunes’ document.

https://democrats-intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=350

So please recommend and share this Twitter handle far and wide. Force the GOP to show what is more important to them to the world: full transparency or blatant hypocrisy!

February 1, 2018

The Mother Lode Highway Hwy 49 Road Trip Day 10 Episode 25

California Highway 49 is named after the 49ers who came to this state in their search for gold in 1849. Driving past the little towns along the highway in Sierra County was a pretty amazing experience!