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kpete's JournalYou don't have to be Einstein to know you don't need to hold the receiver when it's on speakerphone
I’m confident you don’t have to be Albert Einstein to know you don’t need to hold the receiver when it’s on speakerphone
https://twitter.com/The_UnSilent_/status/1065771715102474241
WAPO Editorial: Trump's 'America First' means Americans lose
No, Mr. Trump’s strategic blindness runs far deeper than just misreading this alliance. He is also undermining the basic understanding that has worked to the United States’ advantage since World War II under presidents both Republican and Democratic.
Those leaders all accepted that, with less than 5 percent of global population but more than 20 percent of the global economy, the United States, more than any other nation, depends on and benefits from predictable rules. It needs a world where business executives can go forth and come home without fear of kidnapping, where ships can ply the oceans without armed escorts, where contracts are honored and disputes fairly adjudicated. It needs a world where journalists can report and inform Americans on the true conditions on the ground.
Previous presidents understood that the way to achieve such a world was to enlist allies who would live by the United States’ rules in return for protection — safe in knowledge that the United States would not use its preeminence to squeeze them for every last dollar. They would go along because the United States stood not just for itself but for rules that benefited everyone and for values they cherished, as well: freedom, human dignity, the rule of law. By championing good — albeit imperfectly and inconsistently — the United States did well.
Now comes Mr. Trump, in all his obtuseness, to announce that this has been a sucker’s game. He will squeeze every other country as hard as he can. He cares not a fig for American values. He will no longer pledge U.S. forces to maintain world order. And if he can sell one or two more fighter jets, who cares if a journalist is murdered?
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the rest:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trumps-america-first-means-americans-lose/2018/11/22/ae4d4256-eda7-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html?utm_term=.2ca31e856369
WHAT A brilliant Video on Trump LIES re: Saudi Arabia
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/politvidchannel/status/1065806358136610816
Federal judge in the Mueller case affirms the legal theory that makes collusion a crime.
Judge in Mueller Case Upholds Legal Theory that Makes Collusion a Crime
NOVEMBER 23, 2018 / RANDALL ELIASON
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Yes, Collusion Is a Crime – Or at Least it Can Be
This court ruling should drive another nail in the coffin of the argument that collusion is not a crime. It clearly can be, and the crime is conspiracy – even if no other independent criminal violations are identified. Mueller’s use of that theory in his Russian social media indictment is a textbook example of a 371 conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and that theory has now been validated by the trial judge’s ruling.
To be fair, this was a motion to dismiss, which presents a very high bar for a defendant to succeed. To prevail prosecutors only needed to demonstrate that the indictment makes allegations legally sufficient to support the charges. Proving those allegations, of course, is another matter — and the government will need to prove the facts beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury if the case ultimately proceeds to trial. But the legal theory is clearly valid, as this court ruling confirms.
The indictment that includes Concord does not include any Americans. That is the great outstanding question in the Mueller investigation: did any Americans join in the conspiracy? Were Americans involved, knowing that Russians were secretly working to help the Trump campaign while concealing their true identities and failing to report their activities as required? If so, they could be joined into the same conspiracy through a superseding indictment or could be charged in a new conspiracy. Much of the grand jury activity surrounding associates of Trump ally Roger Stone seems to be looking at these issues. Stone apparently had contact with various Russians – knowingly or not – and seemed to have advance notice of when stolen Democratic emails would be leaked.
It remains to be seen whether Mueller will conclude that the activities of Stone and others amounted to a conspiracy or to something less – perhaps just sleazy, hardball politics. Everything will depend on the evidence about what Stone and others knew and when they knew it – and that is likely now a focus of the grand jury’s inquiry. But if Mueller finds that Trump associates did conspire – or collude – with the Russians in these activities, he clearly has a legal basis to pursue criminal charges.
The Rest:
https://sidebarsblog.com/collusion-crime-mueller-judge-decision/
OMG, The Golf Shoes...
https://twitter.com/ConnieSchultz/status/1065955524380897280
A simple grace for those dining with Trump supporters today:
“Dear Lord, thank you for the bounty we are about to receive... and for making Nancy Pelosi third in line for the presidency. Amen.”
https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1065688048208412672
Trump: I am thankful for ME.
After a Thanksgiving phone call with troops, President Donald Trump shares that he is thankful for his family and for making a "tremendous difference in this country."
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/22/trump-thankful-for-tremendous-difference-in-country-sot-nr-vpx.cnn
James Comey's Lawyer Says They'll Resist (R) Goodlatte's Subpoena and His Statement is A Doozy.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/22/house-republicans-subpoena-comey-lynch-1012551
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/22/1814667/-James-Comey-s-Lawyer-Says-They-ll-Resist-R-Goodlatte-s-Subpoena-and-His-Statement-is-A-Doozy?utm_campaign=recent
George Takei: For those of you forced to sit with Trump-supporting relatives on Thanksgiving...
@GeorgeTakei
For those of you forced to sit with Trump-supporting relatives on Thursday, when they bring up migrant caravans or witch hunts or Brett Kavanaugh or anything else that Twitler spews, just smile and say, “Looks like Nancy Pelosi will be Speaker soon. Would you pass the gravy?”
https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1065293505470316545
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