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The Whack-Job Whisperer |
Can anyone tell me why, when Sleepy Creepy Joe Biden is on video, bragging (cause he is a tough guy, you know) that he threatened to withold US aid to Ukraine, unless they fired the prosecutor looking into his son and the company his son is on the board of, that he isn't under indictment or charged? I mean other than the fact that he is a democrat. Charge the dopey bastard! He already made an admission against penal interest! WTF? Regards 18DAI 7+1 Rounds of hope and change | |||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
I agree. But, because he is a Dem, his campaign gets to call it "a debunked myth" that he ever threatened Ukraine. | |||
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That was my first thought when the 2nd whistle blower showed up. | |||
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Lawyers, Guns and Money |
That was fantastic! "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Since it's public, any member of the intelligence community can now secretly report it as a whistle blower. If it helps, they can cite me as a source. Because you read the news reports, they could cite you as an authoritative source, too. I think an ICIG investigation needs to start on Pelosi and Schiff as well. Get a whistle blower to secretly claim that Pelosi et al are causing an immediate threat to national security. Oh, and "ABUSE of POWER!" Any intelligence file clerk will do. Just an absurd process they've initiated. _______________________________ NRA Life Member NRA Certified Range Safety Officer | |||
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Admin/Odd Duck |
There are several whistleblowers in the bull pen. They never figured Trump would release a transcript and the WBs pre arranged to drop at different times and string the damage to Trump out over several months. Problem is, we have already read the transcript. ____________________________________________________ New and improved super concentrated me: Proud rebel, heretic, and Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal. There is iron in my words of death for all to see. So there is iron in my words of life. | |||
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Giuliani to file civil suit against Schiff on behalf of Trump and himself. Schiff made comments slandering both of them while not on the floor of congress. So Schiff has no immunity since he was speaking to the press. Apparently supported by a SCOTUS ruling. I saw this on Lou Dobbs. Sorry but no link at the moment on my iPhone. | |||
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Peace through superior firepower |
If you're talking about Giuliani's appearance with Lou Dobbs a few days back, Giuliani said he was considering filing suit. Giuliani saying this publicly was a warning to Schiff to shut his fat mouth, but, as far as I know, no such action has yet been taken. | |||
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wishing we were congress |
revealing interview w REP John Ratcliffe video at link https://theconservativetreehou...diciary/#more-172995 lots of good info Ratcliffe strongly implies Schiff met w the "whistleblower" and helped craft the "complaint" We need the transcripts from Thu and Fri released (Volker and Intel IG Atkinson) | |||
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goodheart |
Another superb interview with Mark Levin tonight: Robert Ray, former Independent Counsel for the Whitewater investigation. Will be repeated next Saturday. Levin lets him speak with minimal interruption, and Ray is highly articulate and specific about how the current pseudo-impeachment process differs from the historic examples and the Constitution. He’s emphasizing that investigations by DOJ need to go forward to their conclusion even in an election year, even if it involves a candidate. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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Muzzle flash aficionado |
^^^^^ I also watched that episode. Really informative. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Intel Community IG Stonewalling Congress On Backdated Whistleblower Rule Changes https://thefederalist.com/2019...anges/#disqus_thread Collusion Intel Community IG Stonewalling Congress On Backdated Whistleblower Rule Changes Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for U.S. intelligence agencies, acknowledged that his office secretly changed key whistleblower forms and rules in September, but refused to explain to lawmakers why those changes were backdated to August. Sean Davis By Sean Davis October 7, 2019 In tense testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) on Friday, the inspector general for federal spy agencies refused to disclose why his office backdated secret changes to key whistleblower forms and rules in the wake of an anti-Trump whistleblower complaint filed in August, sources told The Federalist. As The Federalist reported and the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) confirmed, the spy watchdog secretly changed its whistleblower forms and internal rules in September to eliminate a requirement that whistleblowers provide first-hand evidence to support any allegations of wrongdoing. In a press release last week, the ICIG confessed that it changed its rules in response to an anti-Trump complaint filed on August 12. That complaint, which was declassified and released by President Donald Trump in September, was based entirely on second-hand information, much of which was shown to be false following the declassification and release of a telephone conversation between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community inspector general, told HPSCI lawmakers during a committee oversight hearing on Friday that the whistleblower forms and rules changes were made in September, even though the new forms and guidance, which were not uploaded to the ICIG’s website until September 24, state that they were changed in August. Despite having a full week to come up with explanations for his office’s decisions to secretly change its forms to eliminate the requirement for first-hand evidence and to backdate those changes to August, Atkinson refused to provide any explanation to lawmakers baffled by his behavior. When pressed on the curious changes and attempts to obscure the timeline of his revisions, Atkinson refused to explain why the forms were backdated to August even though they were not made until September. The ICIG previously stated that it changed its forms and guidance “in response to recent press inquiries regarding” the anti-Trump complaint, of which Congress was not even notified until the second week of September. The new forms, which were not uploaded to the ICIG website until September 24, nonetheless stated that the revisions were made back in August. Lawmakers honed in on the discrepancy during Atkinson’s appearance on Capitol Hill on Friday. How could the forms have been changed back in August if they were changed in response to press inquiries that could not have been made until mid-September at the earliest? “[T]he timing of the removal of the first-hand information requirement raises questions about potential connections to this whistleblower’s complaint,” three House Republican lawmakers wrote in a letter to Atkinson on September 30. “This timing, along with numerous apparent leaks of classified information about the contents of this complaint, also raise questions about potential criminality in the handling of these matters.” In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the top Republican on HPSCI, intimated the secret changes to eliminate the requirement for first-hand information were intentionally made to accommodate the anti-Trump complainant, who offered no first-hand evidence of wrongdoing by the president. “This guideline, they changed it because of this whistleblower,” Nunes, who said on Fox News last week. “[Atkinson] admits it in his own press release.” Several top lawmakers in the Senate raised similar concerns about Atkinson’s behavior in a separate letter. “Why did the IC IG initially require first-hand information in its May 2018 disclosure form?” the senators asked. “Why did the IC IG remove the requirement for first-hand information?” Atkinson has not answered their questions, either, raising questions that his behavior following his receipt of the anti-Trump complaint might not be completely above board. Atkinson ignored legal guidance from both the director of national intelligence and the Department of Justice that the anti-Trump complaint was statutorily deficient and forwarded it to HPSCI even though it did not meet the legal definition of an “urgent concern” that is required to be given to Congress. The embattled ICIG also admitted on Friday that the anti-Trump complainant lied on his whistleblower complaint form by concealing the complainant’s previous secret interactions with House Democratic staff prior to submitting the complaint. Atkinson never even bothered investigating potential coordination between the complainant, whom DOJ said showed evidence of partisan political bias, and House Democrats prior to the filing of the anti-Trump complaint. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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goodheart |
Lee Smith has the entire blow-by-blow of Russiagate, Huntergate, Ukrainegate and all right here. Long but worth it.
Used with permission: Real Clear Investigations _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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Ammoholic |
Who's in agreement with leaving the Kurdish fighters on their own against an entire country? I don't know enough to make any informed conclusions about it, but on the surface it looks like a bad move. These people died in an effort to help us (and avoid being annihilated), they worked side by side with US troops. I feel like they earned our support. Also it destroys our credibility, how many times has the US asked a local group or country to aid us only to withdraw and leave them on their own, and likely to be slaughtered? How much does this affect our ability to recruit local help in the future? On the surface this looks really dumb to me, someone please educate me. The only benefit I see, our troops are being removed and not used as shields, but Turkey wouldn't launch any attacks that would result US casualties. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Yes, and thank you for clarifying what Giuliani said. No action has been taken yet. It will be interesting to see if it goes anywhere. | |||
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Get my pies outta the oven! |
Looks like this is going to the SCOTUS and soon: Trump Wins Emergency Stay Of Tax Release Ruling As Appeal Begins This asshole in NY state wants 8 YEARS of Trump's tax returns even though this is from BEFORE he was even President and there is no law starting that Presidential candidates have to release them. I don't get the obsession with his taxes, as if they are going to find something to "GET" him on? | |||
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Crusty old curmudgeon |
I wonder about the wisdom of this move myself. I'm a little perplexed that Trump would do this considering Turkeys dealings with Russia and their promise to annihilate the Kurds in the past. I hope someone can put a positive spin on the this move. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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I think we screwed the Kurds before, post Gulf 1, and probably post Saddam. I think the bigger picture is that the UK is going out of the EU, and if Turkey does invade, it will further kill the EU. they are not members, but want to be, and are a source of cheap labor there. the EU will have to step in and work with them or sanction them. There is something good and motherly about Washington, the grand old benevolent National Asylum for the helpless. - Mark Twain The Gilded Age #CNNblackmail #CNNmemewar | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Crusty old curmudgeon |
Alan, that is all fine and good, but the Kurds are watching over 10,000 ISIS prisoners and they say if the Turks invade they will leave them unguarded. That and it seems that Trump is trusting Erdogan to fold over a threat from him regarding their economy, a man who has sold out his own people and his responsibility to NATO. It's not enough to convince me that this is a good idea. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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