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onenote

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16. Actually, on anything that hasn't otherwise been reported, she's routinely been wrong
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 11:31 AM
Jan 2019

Often laughably so. Like the time she broke the "exclusive" news that Devin Nunes had his "top secret" security clearance revoked, which would have been a neat trick since members of Congress don't get "security clearances" and any sanctions for violating their "secrecy oath" are handled internally by the intelligence committees and ethic committees pursuant to detailed procedural and substantive rules. Nunes not only remained chair of the intelligence committee but there was never any indication that he wasn't being given access to the same intelligence briefings as others on the committee.

Or the Manafort indictment, which Mensch breathlessly reported on September 22, 2017 as having been handed down and sealed which (a) wasn't true -- the indictment was handed down on October 27, 2017 and unsealed on October 30, 2017 and (b) came after mainstream news sources had reported (as early as September 18) that Manafort had been told he was going to be indicted.

Mensch relies on having low-information readers who don't follow other more reliable news sources. Which is how she can end up reporting BS like the Nunes story or her claim that the death penalty was being "considered" (by whom?) for Steve Bannon or that the marshal of the Supreme Court had been dispatched to "notify" Trump of the "formal" commencement of impeachment proceedings against him in May 2017. And on and on.

Go back and read her essay... Let's Play Chess. Zoonart Jan 2019 #1
She's free to say anything she wants. eShirl Jan 2019 #2
No. She doesn't understand American government and is routinely wrong. manor321 Jan 2019 #3
Go back through her articles on Patribotic infullview Jan 2019 #4
Actually, on anything that hasn't otherwise been reported, she's routinely been wrong onenote Jan 2019 #16
Since there is such a thing as a superseding indictment, how could we know for a fact pnwmom Jan 2019 #35
Because superseding indictments are labeled as such. onenote Jan 2019 #37
Can you tell the date of the indictment that one superseded? n/t pnwmom Jan 2019 #39
All of the superseding indictments (there have been three) trace back to the October 27, 2017 onenote Jan 2019 #40
Thanks for explaining! pnwmom Jan 2019 #41
BTW, where has it been reported that there was a FISA warrant to investigate Trump? onenote Jan 2019 #30
Maby so but she does obviously have intel infullview Jan 2019 #5
What does the size of the continent have to do with her understanding of government? sweetloukillbot Jan 2019 #8
No she was right. Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #12
Agree...have been following her for a long time... Satch59 Jan 2019 #6
I have a theory about that infullview Jan 2019 #7
That's about right imo. I concluded it was stolen long ago. triron Jan 2019 #14
Also agree. nt IphengeniaBlumgarten Jan 2019 #9
Has the Marshal of the Supreme court informed Trump... SidDithers Jan 2019 #10
Marshal of the FISA court, wasn't it? ucrdem Jan 2019 #25
She can, and does, say anything that comes into her mind. MineralMan Jan 2019 #11
Have she and Claude Taylor stopped sharing tweets? ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #13
I have no idea. MineralMan Jan 2019 #15
Go back through her website and look at the dates and chronology of some of her posts. infullview Jan 2019 #18
Why would I do that? Why would I spend the time? MineralMan Jan 2019 #19
Thank you. infullview Jan 2019 #22
I followed her for a while, and reached the conclusion HipChick Jan 2019 #28
I like to be generous in my ratings. MineralMan Jan 2019 #29
Basically Bradical79 Jan 2019 #33
Don't know who that is. will google Kurt V. Jan 2019 #17
Louise Mensch has her own blog, Patribotics FakeNoose Jan 2019 #24
thank you Kurt V. Jan 2019 #26
I'll take a hard pass on anything Mensch. n/t demmiblue Jan 2019 #20
throwing spagetti at the wall...... Takket Jan 2019 #21
The timing of some of her posts regarding the FBI infullview Jan 2019 #23
Lol no. I remember when she said Steve Bannon was looking at the death penalty. bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #27
I would if I were her. She has been right far more than she has been wrong. At this point it GemDigger Jan 2019 #31
Nonsense. onenote Jan 2019 #38
What's this about SIGINT and 5 eyes surveillance? Bradical79 Jan 2019 #32
From the beginning, she was telling people not to worry, that the 5 eyes had Trump pnwmom Jan 2019 #36
knr triron Jan 2019 #34
Sorry if this has been mentioned in this thread already Charlotte Little Jan 2019 #42
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