hey Judith…too bad i am on a different coast or we could all go together…but i did sign up to be a favored fan…so did Alycee….so did Nancie….Woot!!….i hope we all get in…
Congrats, Judith….Au ⭐ is you Gem.
Thanks, NW for a new post.
In 2012, politicians in North Carolina banned officials and developers from using climate science to plan for sea level rises. Now, the state faces a mega storm, and possibly a mega disaster. https://t.co/EmSiZbOgOa
These homes will be destroyed. There is nothing from keeping a hurricane from destroying these homes then the water surge that will flood the area. I see these homes on HGTV of beach homes going for $400k which is affordable. Now I know why.
I love the sweet message of our FLOTUS. When you finish writing a book, it’s exhilaration. Then a little bit of fear creeps in because you’re not sure how it will be received. I know our FLOTUS will be honest and true to herself and it will be a breath of fresh air. I’m so excited for her and for us!!
So excited for our FLOTUS and the release of her forthcoming book, Becoming. Excited for her and excited for us. I know it will be a breath of fresh air. https://t.co/zNO8ddXghfpic.twitter.com/im1q2vjrE2
Breaking News: The U.S. is holding a record 12,800 migrant children in detention, a fivefold increase from May 2017, data obtained by The Times shows https://t.co/ZHoOKQgUUR
Very much looking forward to reading the last REAL @FLOTUS’s book. Interesting that she begins her book tour 7 days after an election that, without any doubt, is the most consequential since the initial election of Washington, and the subsequent election of Lincoln.
Obama read 10 letters every day and responded to many of them. As I dug through his mail, I was stunned by the level of attention he paid to everyday Americans. I’m so grateful @barackobama gave me access to these intimate conversations for TO OBAMA.#ToObama#ToObamaBookpic.twitter.com/TI4SsdLOnV
America, are we going to wait until 6+ MILLION children & their immigrant parents are dead before we STOP ALL BUSINESS AS USUAL & REMOVE @realdonaldtrump + @VP Pence + THEIR @GOP CRIMINAL enablers?
Vote on 6Nov18 & THEN – JUST DO IT – PROSECUTE ALL OF THEM.
This is incredible…..maybe it is just me…but i ALWAYS see these things as precursor for the larger population…black folks in particular….if we as Americans are ok with dropping bombs on brown people…it does not take much to drop bombs on blk folks…etc….they always attack the low lying fruit first….
Also, incumbent Democratic Rep. David Cicilline easily defeated his challenger, marking another good night for the Democratic establishment in New England.
Talked to @voguemagazine about how I earned my wheelchair, the odd jobs I worked as a teenager to help put food on the table, and how lucky I am to be a mother and a US Senator. You can read it here: https://t.co/SyA65v5mJL
.@DeidreDeJear has fought back against efforts to suppress voter turnout and restrict voting rights in Iowa. I know if elected Iowa’s Secretary of State, she’d work to defend the right to vote. pic.twitter.com/jrFlDXlHI7
In a #RoshHashanah sermon, Stephen Miller's childhood rabbi admonished him for Trump's ruthless immigration policy: “You’ve set back the Jewish contribution to making the world spiritually whole through your arbitrary division of these desperate people." https://t.co/C9GdVILyCx
Fact: immediate response to Maria in Puerto Rico was less and slower than for Harvey in TX & Irma in FL. 3,000 Americans died. For almost a year, the gvt lied and told us it had been 64 deaths. It was not an “unsung success”. It was a mismanaged tragedy. https://t.co/X8VBRWdujL
We just received this dismissal filed by Michael Cohen in the arbitration. This is the same arbitration that I said from day one was bogus. It is also the same arbitration that Sarah Sanders falsely claimed in March Trump had won. She lied and they lied. Repeatedly. pic.twitter.com/1Oc4F9XmdL
Congratulations to the Seattle Storm on their third WNBA championship. The common denominator is Sue Bird, the No. 1 draft pick in 2002 who at age 37 – the oldest player in the league – has once again won a title.
I say crowd source Kavanaugh answers to written questions. Just my non-lawyer thought. What’s up with that league gambling response, & that NJ question? Ahem! Many red flags waving yikes thru my mind.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The campaign for Richard Cordray released more details on Sunday about President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit.
Obama will appear with Cordray, a Democrat running for governor, Thursday night at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District East Professional Center Gymnasium at 1349 E. 79th St. in Cleveland. An exact time for the program has not been announced, but doors to the public event will open at 5 p.m.
Rachel Maddow reports on a DHS document from Senator Merkley that shows nearly $10 million dollars being transferred from FEMA’s budget to fund ICE detentions, and $29 million being taken from the Coast Guard, ahead of the 2018 hurricane season. Moira Whelan, a former DHS official, joins to discuss how FEMA budgets its money.
Rachel Maddow describes reporting in Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear,” that reveals that there were 37 witnesses sharing a joint defense agreement with Donald Trump, and describing Trump’s efforts to get Mueller to back off the investigation because it was cramping his international credibility.
Sep.12.2018
Rachel Maddow reports on some of the follow-up written questions submitted to Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh and newly published answers.
Rachel Maddow reports on how Senator Mazie Hirono’s questioning of Brett Kavanaugh alerted the Alaska Federation of Natives to have concerns about Kavanaugh’s legal views on indigenous people, which will likely influence Senator Lisa Murkowski’s important vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
Now trump is claiming the death toll in Puerto Rico is fake news. That deaths are not real. Republicans-stay under your rocks and watch your party be dismantled because of your silence. Cages for babies, and deaths for people of color. This is your president. What a horrible man.
Since Trumputin “launched his presidential campaign in June 2015, businesses owned by Trump or bearing his name have sought to hire more than 570 foreign guest workers, including more than 280 for Mar-a-Lago”. (politicus) So while falsely accusing Mexicans of terrible things and detaining 12,800 non-white children who now live in prison camp hell – he is hiring cheap staff for his resorts. Shut Him Down!
Florence is now a Category 2—but is continuing to grow larger and more dangerous.#HurricaneFlorence is morphing into a Carolinas version of Hurricane Sandy—a huge, sprawling storm with low peak winds, but massive storm surge and potential damage. Terrifying. pic.twitter.com/nptXzq24ub
Yesterday GOP Kasich said this:
“When you’re the president of the United States, people look to you as a father, they look at you as somebody who’s a consoler, they look at you as somebody that can bring harmony, they look at you as somebody that can bring peace. … The sense is that our president is a special person who’s not supposed to engage in name-calling or fighting or chaos all the time. That president is supposed to be somebody that is a healer and brings the country together. This is one of the reasons why I had never supported the guy. You know, one of the few in my party that didn’t support him, because I believe people need to be lifted. I don’t believe that people need to be divided and all the name calling and all that is just wrong and it continues. There’s going to be Republicans who are going to pay a price for it. If they want to do better, then these individual Republicans need to start being their own man or woman, their own person, and talking about the things they believe in and knock it off, and don’t be afraid. If the president does something they don’t like, tell people!”
Kasich was one of those new 2011 Republican governors like Walker, Scott, Christie, Snyder who did their very worst instead of their best, when we were trying to recover from a 2nd Depression. (e.g. They fired one million federal workers instead of increasing their number as previous modern presidents have done in recessions.) imo it was a radical turning moment for inequality and for the gop architects.
We know KOCH has paved Scott Walker’s way since he sold computers. They are behind all the grossities. And we know their Oil ties to Russia go back with their father to the 1930’s. So how long has Russia been involved in our elections? Norquist has obliged GOP officials to sign Anti-Tax pledges ever since Reagan gave him the job. Koch apparently enforces hundreds of pledges. All of this is connected. Putin goes back to the 1980’s with Trump. How long has Putin been calling the shots?
OMG, please check with family and friends. BE SAFE, everyone. BE SAFE.
YES this is exactly right.
Florence will bring a rainstorm unseen in all of East Coast recorded weather history, dating back to 1851. That’s "Category 5” in my book — after all, it’s water, not wind, that’s by far the deadliest impact of any hurricane. https://t.co/JLw6f3l3yK
Exactly names, ages, photos just like obituaries. I spoke to someone recently that have family in PR and she said everything was back to normal except for the rural areas that rarely had electricity in the first place. I wish the media would truly investigate this for the American people so we know the truth. Why in the hell did water sit at an airport ALL this time? I know the FEMA head does not give a shit but what about the Governor and the local politicians? Who has access to this airport? We only get bits and pieces of a story from PR.
Trump's incessant need to make everything about himself, to deny the urgent truth, to blame others to protect his wounded ego, is corrupt. The danger to us, to our country and to our democracy is incalculable. His worst instincts & incompetence will touch every single American.
It’s regarding a woman and she has a lawyer. This was sent to a state representative in CA last week. The only thing that will bring him down is a sexual harassment charge. I was hoping for thing like this.
Ryan’s digging deep to excuse the 3,000 dead (which he is hey OK about acknowledging):
Ryan: “Casualties don’t make a person look bad”.
Yes they do if there was gross neglect, mismanagement, penny pinching, denial that the victims were Americans and WH indifference.
Donald didn’t give a flying fk.
Dianne Feinstein: "I have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh … That individual strongly requested confidentiality … I have honored that decision. I have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities."
NEW: Sen. Feinstein: “I have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court" and "referred the matter to federal investigative authorities.” pic.twitter.com/ORpIeiNhpI
Is it better to confirm Kavanaugh and Impeach him after Dems take back control? Hoping that they do. And then hold off another SC nomination just like Turtle did until after next election.
The damage that could be done on the very first day a Kavanaugh appointment is the point. Nyet. No. Not.
Cut GOP off from getting any more of their traitorous butts on the Supreme Court.
Agreed! Keep that bastard off the bench and get him removed off the Court of Appeals while were at it. Don’t want that asshole brought back under any circumstances. His main goal is to get Trump and the GOP off the hook for colluding with the Russians and all their other crimes.
That orange turd, Sessions, and Nielson (sp?) will be responsible for more deaths because of these fears:
WATCH: @craigmelvin reports that some migrants are fearful over rumors of ICE being at shelters during Hurricane Florence, and speaks to officials about those concerns. pic.twitter.com/QudI6GtktT
I wouldn’t trust THIS administration because they are doing things “other” administrations have never done before. ICE is out of control they answer to no one! Plus who is to stop the white people who feel entitled that will video Hispanics and call ICE not knowing these people status.
And PBO was reducing the use of private prisons.
ICE aren’t just unqualified (and some are white supremacists) employees “enforcing the law”: They’re enforcing Trump’s version of the law.
Brennan Center for Justice: “private prisons are not covered by the same freedom of information and open records laws as are other government functions, making it difficult for the public to learn the most basic information about what life is like behind its doors.”
And yet they’re taxpayer funded and go into the coffers of Trump donors. The word ‘scam’ shivers at the fkn barbarism and corruption.
“Focus on the future damn storm! Stop looking in the rear view mirror!”
–Russel Honoré, retired lt. general who oversaw Hurricane Katrina Joint Task Force, on his advice to President Trump about the president’s tweeting today about hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico in 2017. pic.twitter.com/04Hihz6Wwu
We should be ashamed of ourselves as a country and those that vote politicians into office and all they do is tax cuts for the wealthy as long as they can safe fetuses but children and parents starve.
This leaked video of Google executives speaking soon after the election of US President Trump is fueling conservative claims of political bias from tech giants https://t.co/F1QYguERQ6pic.twitter.com/L4MjP6553D
I want to thank Ellen @theellenshow for just being AMAZING May God Bless you because of your HUGE heart & you have always used your platform to make ppl smile like Mary Halsey who is 1 of the sweetest ppl I’ve met! thank you Ellen😘 Mary u are a gem!🤗❤️”My Funky White Sister” pic.twitter.com/HtOWTudVVr
NOTABLE: The lawyer who represented MANAFORT & GATES in their fight with @TheJusticeDepartment, Melissa Laurenza of @Akin_Gump, later fought MUELLER's efforts to compel her to testify against Manafort. Mueller continues pushing for access to her emails with Manafort. pic.twitter.com/ngWlhq0xCU
Don't forget #Gorsuch, who is just as compromised. He is no more LEGITIMATE than any appointment (or other action) by @realdonaldtrump should the #MuellerInvestigation prove the 2016 Election was 'hacked' or otherwise compromised.
BREAKING – Tentative deal reached – Manafort and Mueller. Deal expected to be announced in court Friday- remains unclear whether Manafort has agreed to cooperate w/ prosecutors or simply conceding to a guilty plea.. @KFaulders@caphilltrish@mattmosk & me https://t.co/2TSS6EY2qd
Respectfully, that would be quite contrary to Robert Mueller’s ‘mo.’ He has no reason to enable Manafort to think that Trump will survive long enough to pardon him.
I surely hope I’m wrong, but I just don’t see him cooperating. For me, it remains to be seen what he’s exactly pleading to and on that score, Mueller isn’t about to soften the blow.
As far as we know, Mueller was running down Manafort’s ties to Russians:
Work he did for Ukraine/Yanukovych and work done for Deripaska.
Contacts with Kilimnik.
Whether these ties amounted to a motive to coordinate, given plenty of evidence of surreptitious communications and meetings.
What was discovered following the money trail.
There are 7 counts
lying to the FBI, money laundering and foreign lobbying.
2 counts Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to launder money
3 counts Unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements
2 counts Obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice (witness tampering re Konstantin Kilimnik, who has also been charged)
He has yet to be sentenced for the verdicts in VA and Mueller has gotten more time to decide whether to file again for the remaining 10 counts that were remaining from the hung jury.
Would be entirely out of line with #RobertMueller's track record for #Manafort to been given any reason that pleading & waiting for @realdonaldtrump to pardon him is anything but a fantasy — rather than the harsh outcome of dying in jail which is Manafort's most likely fate.
Can’t wait!!
hey Judith…too bad i am on a different coast or we could all go together…but i did sign up to be a favored fan…so did Alycee….so did Nancie….Woot!!….i hope we all get in…
I did, too, and hope we can all get in.
Congrats, Judith….Au ⭐ is you Gem.
Thanks, NW for a new post.
These homes will be destroyed. There is nothing from keeping a hurricane from destroying these homes then the water surge that will flood the area. I see these homes on HGTV of beach homes going for $400k which is affordable. Now I know why.
I love the sweet message of our FLOTUS. When you finish writing a book, it’s exhilaration. Then a little bit of fear creeps in because you’re not sure how it will be received. I know our FLOTUS will be honest and true to herself and it will be a breath of fresh air. I’m so excited for her and for us!!
Can’t wait to buy her book.
It’s on my pre-order list.
i signed up to be a favored fan to get first crack at the tickets
She’s not coming to SF so I’m bummed. I’m wondering how much the tickets are. You have to join Ticketmaster to find out and I don’t want to do that.
you could un-join after the event
Can’t wait to read her book.
So what do they plan to do with these kids? Deport them at age 18yrs old?
Refugees within our country…..My God…i can’t stand it…..WE must flip Congress…WE MUST!!
Oh Wow. I can not wait for her book to come out. Can not wait.
Very much looking forward to reading the last REAL @FLOTUS’s book. Interesting that she begins her book tour 7 days after an election that, without any doubt, is the most consequential since the initial election of Washington, and the subsequent election of Lincoln.
Thank you, Bobfr. I’m RTing again!
-and does he ever know his stuff!
Folk having lots of fun with this one … #MAGARallyRules
Let’s go Michigan.
Valerie’s memories of Colin Johnson. RIP.
May he rest in peace.
my best to his family and friends who love him so much.
This is incredible…..maybe it is just me…but i ALWAYS see these things as precursor for the larger population…black folks in particular….if we as Americans are ok with dropping bombs on brown people…it does not take much to drop bombs on blk folks…etc….they always attack the low lying fruit first….
THIS CAN NOT BE ACCEPTABLE!!
OMG, Kamala doesn’t play!!
Recall that Judge Kozinski sat on the 9th Circuit and was forced to resign due to sexual harassment claims by several women.
An amazing woman.
One of my U.S. Senators! Yay!
HHHAHAHHAHAAAAAA
A Storm of a different kind expected to hit on 2 Oct …
Oh my! Might have to wear my shades on 10/2! 😎
Impressive …
Good for Willie – still going! Go Beto!
I say crowd source Kavanaugh answers to written questions. Just my non-lawyer thought. What’s up with that league gambling response, & that NJ question? Ahem! Many red flags waving yikes thru my mind.
Then they closed the only office in DC & reporter who covers Alaska? Ahem! 😏
Trump has empowered racists. But they are losing their jobs so that’s the good news.
Today!!
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The campaign for Richard Cordray released more details on Sunday about President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit.
Obama will appear with Cordray, a Democrat running for governor, Thursday night at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District East Professional Center Gymnasium at 1349 E. 79th St. in Cleveland. An exact time for the program has not been announced, but doors to the public event will open at 5 p.m.
In case anyone needed a reminder about what a farce they are. Morning everyone
https://mobile.twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1039937032020213760
On Tuesday, Senator Merkely uncovered $10 million being transferred from FEMA to ICE for the internment camps.
Last night, it was up to $29 million.
……………………….
Document shows DHS transferring $29M from Coast Guard to ICE
Rachel Maddow reports on a DHS document from Senator Merkley that shows nearly $10 million dollars being transferred from FEMA’s budget to fund ICE detentions, and $29 million being taken from the Coast Guard, ahead of the 2018 hurricane season. Moira Whelan, a former DHS official, joins to discuss how FEMA budgets its money.
Trump argued Mueller hurt his overseas credibility: Woodward
Rachel Maddow describes reporting in Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear,” that reveals that there were 37 witnesses sharing a joint defense agreement with Donald Trump, and describing Trump’s efforts to get Mueller to back off the investigation because it was cramping his international credibility.
Sep.12.2018
Kavanaugh answers questions about gambling in written response
Rachel Maddow reports on some of the follow-up written questions submitted to Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh and newly published answers.
Alaska Natives, a key Murkowski constituency, oppose Kavanaugh
Rachel Maddow reports on how Senator Mazie Hirono’s questioning of Brett Kavanaugh alerted the Alaska Federation of Natives to have concerns about Kavanaugh’s legal views on indigenous people, which will likely influence Senator Lisa Murkowski’s important vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
Soon: Former VP Biden delivers keynote at wage summit – https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-10
Release all the names of the dead.
RELEASE THE NAMES.
Reminder to all!
https://mobile.twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1040231588729180161
Let’s release all the names and put them on the front pages. Hello media!!
Rep. Swallwell is done with the lies and passing the buck
https://mobile.twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1040232483403513862
Since Trumputin “launched his presidential campaign in June 2015, businesses owned by Trump or bearing his name have sought to hire more than 570 foreign guest workers, including more than 280 for Mar-a-Lago”. (politicus) So while falsely accusing Mexicans of terrible things and detaining 12,800 non-white children who now live in prison camp hell – he is hiring cheap staff for his resorts. Shut Him Down!
Sen. Booker is still doing his job for the people
https://mobile.twitter.com/CoryBooker/status/1040011000236236802
This is not acceptable. He needs to go
https://mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1040255068644233216
Good news for a change. The ACLU is doing amazing, amazing work
https://mobile.twitter.com/jacobsoboroff/status/1040221684442095616
Yesterday GOP Kasich said this:
“When you’re the president of the United States, people look to you as a father, they look at you as somebody who’s a consoler, they look at you as somebody that can bring harmony, they look at you as somebody that can bring peace. … The sense is that our president is a special person who’s not supposed to engage in name-calling or fighting or chaos all the time. That president is supposed to be somebody that is a healer and brings the country together. This is one of the reasons why I had never supported the guy. You know, one of the few in my party that didn’t support him, because I believe people need to be lifted. I don’t believe that people need to be divided and all the name calling and all that is just wrong and it continues. There’s going to be Republicans who are going to pay a price for it. If they want to do better, then these individual Republicans need to start being their own man or woman, their own person, and talking about the things they believe in and knock it off, and don’t be afraid. If the president does something they don’t like, tell people!”
Kasich was one of those new 2011 Republican governors like Walker, Scott, Christie, Snyder who did their very worst instead of their best, when we were trying to recover from a 2nd Depression. (e.g. They fired one million federal workers instead of increasing their number as previous modern presidents have done in recessions.) imo it was a radical turning moment for inequality and for the gop architects.
We know KOCH has paved Scott Walker’s way since he sold computers. They are behind all the grossities. And we know their Oil ties to Russia go back with their father to the 1930’s. So how long has Russia been involved in our elections? Norquist has obliged GOP officials to sign Anti-Tax pledges ever since Reagan gave him the job. Koch apparently enforces hundreds of pledges. All of this is connected. Putin goes back to the 1980’s with Trump. How long has Putin been calling the shots?
OMG, please check with family and friends. BE SAFE, everyone. BE SAFE.
Hello U.S. media.
RELEASE THE THREE THOUSAND NAMES.
Exactly names, ages, photos just like obituaries. I spoke to someone recently that have family in PR and she said everything was back to normal except for the rural areas that rarely had electricity in the first place. I wish the media would truly investigate this for the American people so we know the truth. Why in the hell did water sit at an airport ALL this time? I know the FEMA head does not give a shit but what about the Governor and the local politicians? Who has access to this airport? We only get bits and pieces of a story from PR.
UGH!
WUT
It’s regarding a woman and she has a lawyer. This was sent to a state representative in CA last week. The only thing that will bring him down is a sexual harassment charge. I was hoping for thing like this.
Oh, wow. I hadn’t heard about this. Thanks.
If they try to push him through the DEMS should alert the GOP that no matter how long it takes HE WILL BE IMPEACHED!
Ryan’s digging deep to excuse the 3,000 dead (which he is hey OK about acknowledging):
Ryan: “Casualties don’t make a person look bad”.
Yes they do if there was gross neglect, mismanagement, penny pinching, denial that the victims were Americans and WH indifference.
Donald didn’t give a flying fk.
ut oh!!
Don’t let the GOP know or they will blab it and then she’ll go into hiding. Please let it be something that will stop him from getting nominated!
I mean confirmed!
Thank you for posting that! OMG. Please.
Is it better to confirm Kavanaugh and Impeach him after Dems take back control? Hoping that they do. And then hold off another SC nomination just like Turtle did until after next election.
The damage that could be done on the very first day a Kavanaugh appointment is the point. Nyet. No. Not.
Cut GOP off from getting any more of their traitorous butts on the Supreme Court.
Agreed! Keep that bastard off the bench and get him removed off the Court of Appeals while were at it. Don’t want that asshole brought back under any circumstances. His main goal is to get Trump and the GOP off the hook for colluding with the Russians and all their other crimes.
wi’ you jojo.
That orange turd, Sessions, and Nielson (sp?) will be responsible for more deaths because of these fears:
I wouldn’t trust THIS administration because they are doing things “other” administrations have never done before. ICE is out of control they answer to no one! Plus who is to stop the white people who feel entitled that will video Hispanics and call ICE not knowing these people status.
And PBO was reducing the use of private prisons.
ICE aren’t just unqualified (and some are white supremacists) employees “enforcing the law”: They’re enforcing Trump’s version of the law.
Brennan Center for Justice: “private prisons are not covered by the same freedom of information and open records laws as are other government functions, making it difficult for the public to learn the most basic information about what life is like behind its doors.”
And yet they’re taxpayer funded and go into the coffers of Trump donors. The word ‘scam’ shivers at the fkn barbarism and corruption.
One hundred percent agree! Can’t wait until they’re all gone and removed from the history books.
Saw this earlier. Check it out, if you haven’t.
Good grief!
Guardian reports Russia behind illnesses of US staff in China + Cuba. Just saying.
I heard that yesterday on MSNBC. I figured Russia was behind it.
ICE HAS TAKEN $169 MILLION FROM FEMA, TSA AND OTHER AGENCIES TO FUN THOSE INTERNMENT CAMPS!
FUND THOSE CAMPS
Good Afternoon, TODbots.
So there’s something going on with Brett K. the current SCOTUS nominee.
Wow!
Interesting.
We should be ashamed of ourselves as a country and those that vote politicians into office and all they do is tax cuts for the wealthy as long as they can safe fetuses but children and parents starve.
🙏 Thanks, Doc.
That was so much fun to watch. Ellen’s breath of fresh air!
Hmmmm………waiting for details.
I’m guessing he’s taking a plea without cooperation just to avoid the trial and expecting a pardon.
Respectfully, that would be quite contrary to Robert Mueller’s ‘mo.’ He has no reason to enable Manafort to think that Trump will survive long enough to pardon him.
I surely hope I’m wrong, but I just don’t see him cooperating. For me, it remains to be seen what he’s exactly pleading to and on that score, Mueller isn’t about to soften the blow.
As far as we know, Mueller was running down Manafort’s ties to Russians:
Work he did for Ukraine/Yanukovych and work done for Deripaska.
Contacts with Kilimnik.
Whether these ties amounted to a motive to coordinate, given plenty of evidence of surreptitious communications and meetings.
What was discovered following the money trail.
There are 7 counts
lying to the FBI, money laundering and foreign lobbying.
2 counts Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to launder money
3 counts Unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements
2 counts Obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice (witness tampering re Konstantin Kilimnik, who has also been charged)
He has yet to be sentenced for the verdicts in VA and Mueller has gotten more time to decide whether to file again for the remaining 10 counts that were remaining from the hung jury.
We’ll know a lot more tomorrow!!
So he’ll get his pardons now, his money, and didn’t flip on O’Satan.
From earlier today. ICYMI…
Joe Biden speech “Building a High Wage America”
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/09/13/dear-mr-president/