Norbert9
Norbert9's JournalHe's likely the first president to have his First Lady cheating on him
Embarrassingly, many presidents have had affairs. But has it ever gone the other way before now? How's that for a first by tangerine Mussolini?
They don't live in the same state and when they do they don't sleep in the same bed. Not only are tax payers funding her security, they are probably funding her boy toys on the side. My friend and I concluded that she must be sleeping with the security guards at chump tower to fill the void in her life.
I know, I know. Rumors abound. Just a thought.
Dufus in Chief seeks to create schism in own party
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/847435163143454723He can't get out of his own way.
Who's expecting a government shutdown on April 29?
I fully do.
CNN: Congress Could Mark Trumps 100th Day in Office by Shutting Down the Government
whatthef*ckjusthappenedtoday.com
What The Fuck Just Happened Today?Stumbled on this and really think it's a great site. Clean layout with every story on this disaster of a presidency chronicled with a daily list and sources. Definitely going to bookmark it.
I found it from this page on r/EnoughTrumpSpam
Resources for Resistance
The others are okay but this one is a must.
Of course congresssional SCIFs don't have access to info traitor Nunez mentioned on Blitzer
You really think they want democrats in congress reading those reports?
Trying to catch up on the blitzer interview now.
A Dire Period Of Scandal For Donald Trump In Turmoil
From Friday night I think, don't see that it's been posted yet. This piece really does a great job of bringing us up to speed on what has been a whirlwind of a week. It is a lot to take in so I took some notes.
To recap:
1. AHCA fails. But it's really just the microcosm reflecting the macrocosm.
2. FBI confirmed in open intelligence meeting that there has been a counter-intelligence investigation into the Trump team since last July as to whether they colluded with the Russians on the attacks of the DNC and Podesta.
3. Top ranking Democrat on House Intelligence Committee Schiff said last Sunday the only collusion evidence was "circumstantial." By the middle of the week he upgraded his assessment to "more than circumstantial."
4. CNN breaks story around the same time that FBI investigation is increasingly focused on whether there was collusion.
5. Next open House Intelligence Committee meeting for Tuesday March 28 cancelled by Nunes without warning. Brennan, Clapper, and Yates were due to testify.
6. Yates reportedly had brought report to White House that Flynn was in contact with the Russian government and lying about it.
7. White House had three weeks from Yates report and Washington Post story that ultimately forced Flynn's firing. The explanation of we're firing him now because we just found he lied doesn't cut it.
8. Tuesday would have been Yates first public appearance speaking on this matter before Nunes cancelled it.
9. "Whatever Adam Schiff saw this week that made him conclude that there is now more than circumstantial evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia on its attack on the United States... So whatever it is that made Adam Schiff start talking about this investigation in a different way, Devin Nunes has access to that information too. And then he cancels the next hearing. And sets no new date for it. And does so alone, unilaterally, without telling anyone else on his committee." Devin Nunes is House Intelligence Committee chairman and member of Trump transition team.
10. Andrea Mitchell reporting former transition team members in and outside of the White House are purging their personal phones in fear of coming subpoenas. By the way, TIL Mitchel is married to former Fed chair Greenspan. Who knew.
11. AP reported March 1 that White House Counsel had notified staffers they must preserve electronic records.
12. NBCNews and AP reporting this week of financial trail of Manafort to Cyprus banks and Russian money laundering.
13. Attorney General of Cyprus has given the United States government financial records of Manafort in Cyprus.
14. Senator Booker made formal requests to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on his role in the Bank of Cyprus where he is a major shareholder and former Vice chairman. There Ross was also on the board with the Russian oligarch who bought the now infamous 100 million dollar mold mansion from Trump in Florida. Ross did not respond to Booker by Friday's deadline.
15. Senator Van Hollen demanding Sessions recuse himself from the investigation of Deutsche Bank and the Russian money laundering.
16. Senator Van Hollen also cites Bharara's investigation into Deutsche Bank as possibly being a factor.
17. Sessions is technically in charge of all Bharara's cases since his firing and until he names a replacement.
18. "Wrapped up in this omelette is Trump's 300 million dollar loan from Deutsche Bank." Like Congresswoman Waters, I want to know about Deutsche Bank. They gave him a loan when no one in the US would, after four bankruptcies.
19. WSJ reporting this week Flynn had discussed a plan to kidnap US-based cleric Gulen suspected to be behind failed Turkish coup and send him to Erdogan.
20. Source for WSJ story is Jim Woosley, former Trump transition advisor, Clinton CIA Director, as well as serving under three other administrations.
21. Woosley, one week after joining Trump's team in September, was at a meeting in New York with Flynn, Erdogan's son-in-law, and Turkey's chief of energy discussing a plan to kidnap Gulen.
22. Woosley abruptly quit the transition team in early January, "effective immediately."
23. NYT had reported early March that Flynn had been paid $500,000 while a member of the transition team to be an agent of a foreign of government and represent Turkish interests. He went on to become National Security Advisor for just under four weeks.
24. What took Woosley four months to realize this kidnapping plan was criminal? He was invited to come on the show, didn't.
25. Administration not only fired Bharara in the midst of Deutsche Bank investigation but other US Attorneys in the midst of investigations into Cyprus and Russian money laundering.
26. Manafort announced he will come testify to Congress.
27. Flynn is MIA.
28. Teaser to later in the show, does the White House want to blame everything on Flynn?
29. The administration is essentially the Hunger Games.
30. They sure did blow the AHCA.
Nine Dead and One "Almost" Since Election Day 2016
This needed an update with two more additions this week. It's a very dangerous time to know things Putin and Trump don't want you to know. Below are six Russian diplomats, one former KGB general, a witness against the state in a Russian corruption case, a Ukranian relative of Trump's lawyer rumored to set up a secret meeting with Russia regarding Crimea, and a former Russian MP who was very outspoken against Putin. The list:
1. November 8, 2016: Sergei Krivov, age 63, believed to be the Consulate Duty Commander, died at Russian consulate in New York. After initial reports suggested trauma, police deemed he died of natural causes.
2. December 19, 2016: Andrei Karlov, age 62, Russian Ambassador to Turkey shot publicly in Ankara. It is believed he was assassinated in protest of Russia's involvement in Syria.
3. December 19, 2016: Peter Polshikov, age 56, senior figure in the Latin American department of the Russian foreign ministry, was shot in the head in his apartment in Moscow.
4. December 26, 2016: Oleg Erovinkin, age 61, was not a diplomat but was a former KGB/FSB general, a current Top Rosneft executive, former deputy head of personnel for the protection of state secrets under Yeltsin, and alleged information source of Rosneft kickbacks in the Donald Trump–Russia dossier. He was found dead in the back seat of his car in Moscow and the cause of death is unknown.
5. January 9, 2017: Andrey Malanin, age 55, head of the Consular Department at Russia's embassy in Greece, was found dead at his apartment in Athens. He reportedly died of natural causes.
6. January 27, 2017: Alexander Kadakin, age 67, Russian Ambassador to India died reportedly of heart failure in New Delhi.
7. Feburary 26, 2017: Vitaly Churkin, age 64, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations for over a decade died also reportedly of heart failure the day before his birthday in New York.
8. March 2, 2017: Alex Oronov, age 69, neither a Russian nor a diplomat but he bears mentioning. He was a native Ukranian, naturalized American millionaire and had family ties (father of an in-law) to Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen. Reports are circulating he set up a secret meeting with Russian officials regarding Crimea. I have not found any reports on where or how he died.
9. March 21, 2017: Nikolai Gorokhov, age 53, lawyer of a late Russia whisteblower Sergei Magnitsky fell from his fourth floor apartment in what is reported by Russian media as an accident involving a bathtub installation. Gorkohov was set to argue new evidence for Magnitsky the following day March 22, in Moscow. Gorokohov was also a key witness in a US trial set to start in May and formerly handled by Preet Bharara against a company owned by Cyprus bank. He is currently in the ICU with severe head injuries. ETA: He is reportedly in stable condition and lucid.
10. March 23, 2017: Denis Voronenkov, age 45, former Russian member of parliament and harsh critic of Putin who had fled to Ukraine in October was publicly assassinated with two shots to the head in the capital city of Kiev.
Links:
Axios: Russian diplomats keep dying unexpectedly
Two cases that are a little clearer: In 2006, former KGB officer and whistleblower Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with radioactive polonium. Six years later, whistleblower Alexander Perepilichny died from a toxin while jogging in England, per the NYT report.
CNBC: Lawyer for Russian whistleblower's family falls out of apartment building before court date
A series of electronic communications, known as the Pavlov Leaks, had been uncovered and it showed collusion of individuals responsible for the fraud case that Magnitsky uncovered, the release alleged. Members of the Klyuev crime syndicate and police officers were involved, the release claimed.
Gorokhov is also a key witness in the U.S. government's case against Prevezon Holdings, a Cyprus company owned by Denis Katsyv, son of senior Russian official Petr Katsyv, the release said. The trial, scheduled to begin on May 15th, is in relation to Prevezon's alleged money laundering that Magnitsky discovered, the release continued.
Former New York attorney Attorney Preet Bharara was handling the Prevezon affair before President Donald Trump fired him.
Crooks and Liars: EIGHTH Russian Connected To Trump Found Dead
GQ: In the Last Six Months, a Number of Russian Officials Have Reportedly Died Unexpectedly
The Independent: Unexpected deaths of six Russian diplomats in four months triggers conspiracy theories
It was initially reported that Mr Churkin may have suffered a heart attack, but following an autopsy medical examiners said the death required further study.
Media company Axios note that not only is Mr Churkin’s death unexplained, but it is also remarkably similar to the deaths of Russia’s Ambassador to India on 27 January, the country’s consul in Athens on 9 January, and a Russian diplomat in New York on US election day, 8 November.
The three other deaths were all also labelled “heart attacks” or the result of “brief illnesses”.
The Independent: Ukranian businessman with links to Donald Trump and Russia dies in unexplained circumstances
The “peace plan” meeting brought together Mr Artemenko, Mr Cohen and Felix Sater, an American-Russian long-time business associate of Mr Trump who is reported to have ties to the Russian mafia.
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The [Facebook] post, written in Russian, translates loosely: “Yes, I’m guilty... Alex Oronov, my partner, my friend, my mentor, Alex was a family member of Michael Cohen. And he organised all kinds of stuff, including an introduction and a meeting for me with Michael Cohen.”
It adds: “Unfortunately, his heart could not endure it. He died... Friend, your death will not have been in vain, nor will the deaths of tens of thousands of Ukranians and Russians, Alex Oronov, during this wild, undeclared war! Rest in peace and forgive me if you can, as difficult as that may be!”
Jalopnik: How Russia's Critics Keep Ending Up Dead (Or Almost Dead)
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Though there is a difference between the U.S. and Russia. Where Americans may feel despair in their justice system, many Russians have simply given up. As flawed as America’s justice system is, it is nowhere near as bad as the one Russians have to endure. America has its own issues with unfair court systems and police brutality—look at the Black Lives Matter movement and other protests that have sprung up in recent years attempting to address this very problem—but Americans do believe the process, flaws and all, can work for them if they force it to. In Russia, not so much.
We also have to keep in mind that political opposition here in the U.S won’t get you jailed and killed. In Russia, it is sadly common. There is nothing commonplace about top political leadership being murdered just blocks from the White House. The U.S. may not be perfect, but its civil society is much more intact than Russia’s by any measure—and Russia’s is so damaged that we may never see an end to the killings.
Mic: At least 7 Russian officials have turned up dead since Election Day. Here's what we know.
In December, Petr Polshikov, a senior Russian diplomat who served as the chief adviser to the Latin American department at the ministry, was found dead in his Moscow home with a bullet wound in his head. Hours later, Andrei Karlov, Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an Ankara, Turkey, art gallery by a Turkish police officer, apparently in response to Russia's involvement in Syria. There is no evidence that the two shootings were related, according to the Independent.
NBC News: It's Dangerous To Be A Russian Official These Days
npr: Former Russian Lawmaker Is Shot To Death Outside Hotel In Kiev
The killing has the "handwriting" of the Russian special services, Poroshenko said in a statement Thursday. According to a translation by Reuters, he said Voronenkov's murder was "an act of state terrorism on the part of Russia, which he was forced to leave for political reasons."
Reuters: Lawyer of dead Russian whistleblower injured after fall from window
Gorokhov had been due to represent Magnitsky's family at a court hearing on Wednesday linked to a $230 million tax fraud case that they say Magnitsky was killed for exposing in 2009.
News agency Interfax quoted an unnamed source saying the lawyer fell while trying to winch a bath up to an attic with some workers.
But Magnitsky's former employer, William Browder, said Gorokhov was "thrown from the fourth floor of his apartment building ... and is currently hospitalized in the intensive care unit of Botkin hospital in Moscow with severe head injuries."
BREAKING NEWS: America calls trump, asks him to pull his presidency off the table
There was expected to be a vote on his impeachment sometime this year. That is now not happening. The president will resign at the request of the American people.
Contacted my (worthless) Senator for first time ever
Sent two strongly worded messages on his website, first about a special prosecutor and then second about no judicial appointments while under investigation.
John Kennedy is really one of the most worthless members of congress, next to Chaffetz.
Nunes wants to know what other cats are out of the bag
From Reuters,
Leak is the 'one crime we know' of in Russia probe: Nunes
Nunes said the panel would look at whether names other than Flynn's were leaked to the media.
"That's what we're trying to get to the bottom of: were there any other names that were unmasked, leaked and leaked out?" Nunes said.
I think the real question is were there any other names that were masked, for whatever nefarious reason. Not if they were leaked or unmasked.
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