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Originally posted by flashguy:

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Originally posted by PASig:
An Obama leftover, I’m shocked...shocked.

Trump needs to clean house. Seriously.

If you worked for Obama, you’re gone. No exceptions. Out the goddam door!

Should have been initiated on Day One of his Presidency.

flashguy

Could not agree more!! Look at all the trouble these assholes have caused. Maybe the asshole will finally be dealt with. Would have been easier and a lot more productive to just have thrown him the hell out on day one. You know, presidential orders.

1,014.

Such a beautiful number.

Such a beautiful day.

Today is the 1,014th day since Hillary Clinton was not inaugurated as President.

I think that Lt Col was Whistleblower #2 and he was in cahoots with #1 and Shifty Schiff the entire time.

The Adam Schiff Empowerment Act

https://www.washingtonexaminer...hiff-empowerment-act



House Democrats plan to pass their Trump impeachment inquiry resolution Thursday. Its full description is "Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes."

A better, and much shorter, title would be The Adam Schiff Empowerment Act.

The resolution gives Rep. Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, far-reaching power over the Trump impeachment. Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains the ultimate authority, of course, but, like a chairman of the board choosing a chief executive officer, she has picked Schiff to run the show. And in the resolution, Democrats will give him near-total control.

The first thing the resolution will do is give the impeachment inquiry to the Intelligence Committee. Until now, three committees -- Intel, Oversight, and Foreign Affairs -- have been conducting impeachment inquiry interviews. Going forward, Oversight and Foreign Affairs will be out of the interview picture, in favor of Intel.

Among other things, that would mean that some Republicans who have been persistent critics of the process but who have been allowed into depositions by virtue of their membership in other participating committees -- two examples are Oversight Committee members Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep. Mark Meadows -- will no longer be allowed in the interview room.

"It's totally one-sided," Meadows told me Wednesday evening. "They can continue to do secret depositions. They have noticed depositions for John Bolton and others next week in anticipation of a positive vote Thursday. All it does is limit the committees that will be involved in the depositions."

The resolution also gives Schiff total control over whether transcripts of depositions already completed and those yet to be done will be made public. "The chair is authorized to make publicly available in electronic form the transcripts of depositions conducted by the [Intelligence Committee] in furtherance of the investigation," says the resolution. That means Schiff can release transcripts, but it does not mean he must release transcripts.

"It says they are authorized to disclose depositions," Meadows noted, "which means they can pick and choose which depositions they will release." Perhaps Schiff will release them all. But he doesn't have to.

The resolution would also give Schiff the authority to call and conduct public hearings on impeachment. Schiff will control the witnesses. Although there has been some discussion about whether Republicans will have the right to call witnesses, the resolution only gives the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Community, Rep. Devin Nunes, the right to ask Schiff to call a witness.

"To allow for full evaluation of minority witness requests, the ranking minority member may submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for witness testimony relevant to the investigation," the resolution says. "Any such request shall be accompanied by a detailed written justification of the relevance of the testimony of each requested witnesses to the investigation." Republicans will get nothing that Schiff does not approve.

"There's no guarantee we can call any witnesses," said Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup, a member of the Intelligence Committee, in an interview Wednesday.

"The rules the Democrats rammed through simply confirm the absolute control Schiff has been exercising this entire time," Nunes said. "He shouldn't be involved in impeachment at all, since none of this has any intelligence component, but Pelosi obviously thinks Nadler is incompetent."

That was a reference to Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. The judiciary panel traditionally handles impeachments, but after disastrous hearings with Robert Mueller and Corey Lewandowski, Nadler did not inspire confidence that he could run a successful impeachment effort. So Pelosi passed him by in favor of Schiff.

In the end, Republicans expect Democrats to hold a small number of public hearings, picking a few of the witnesses they believe will be most effective on television and excluding the rest. It will all be run by Schiff, who will be, Republican Rep. Doug Collins said on Fox News Wednesday, "the sole arbiter of everything impeachment."

Republicans can't say for sure, but they expect GOP lawmakers to unanimously vote against the impeachment resolution. Even members who have some doubts about Trump will likely take a stand against the Democratic one-sidedness of the process.

Of course, that won't be enough to stop it. Democrats control the House, and they control the way impeachment will be run. That's what the 2018 election was about. And now, there's nothing Republicans can do to change it.
Opinion

These kinds of articles-- "Is the US Headed for a Violent Revolt in 2020?-- are starting to appear and will no doubt increase as we move closer. I don't know exactly what will happen after Trump wins reelection, but the premise of this article is that the left will not accept that result, and that seems indisputable. The only question is, how bad will it be?

Without launching into total speculation, I'll say that there will be widespread and serious violence in the big cities. Democrat support is concentrated there, with Democrat mayors and police chiefs who will do nothing to quell the violence, and in many cases will work to expand it.

Beyond that, it's anyone's guess. There are many possible scenarios, all bad. "Civil war" would be the worst, and, although I go back and forth on this possibility, I don't see that as happening. At least, this morning I don't.

This much seems sure: If you can avoid being in a big city right after the election, avoid it. Keep your kids out of school the day after the election. If you can take a personal day out of work, that would be a good idea.

Maybe Democrats will calmly accept the election result, and Antifa will realise the futility of violence, and the Democrat parasites in big cities will behave themselves. And maybe pigs will fly.


https://www.americanthinker.co..._revolt_in_2020.html

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Originally posted by wcb6092:
The Adam Schiff Empowerment Act

Meuller 2.0

Para wrote some excellent advice.

Take Wednesday, November 4, 2020 off, in my case I'll work from home. Encourage like-minded people to do the same.

President Trump will be re-elected and the communists will lose their shit.

Hearing about Eric Ciaramella the dirtbag/whistleblower, and the fact several of his colleagues at NSC were hired by Adam Schiff, it is as if there is a shadow government set up. there has been no peaceful transition of power. I am dreading all future elections.

This is not the government established by our Constitution.

I am not advocating it, encouraging it, or condoning it- I am merely stating an opinion, that someone from the far right will do what Timothy McVeagh thought he was doing. I hope it never happens.

I hope we can get back on track as a country based on our Constitution and the rule of law. If someone takes the other route, we will descend into chaos because the left will get emotion on their side.

EDIT----Even worse, it has been out in the open. that dirtbag is even mentioned in Politico of all places:
Underground Government in the Whitehouse run by NSC

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Antifa will realise the futility of violence

I'm convinced Antifa is a complete paper tiger. They have never experienced any real push back of any kind. They know exactly where they can get away with their bullying and where law enforcement will not interfere. I believe in a lot of cases this is pre arranged with the mayor of the city and the organizers of Antifa that they will experience minimum resistance from law enforcement. I think this was clearly the case in Trumps recent visit to Minneapolis. So they can confidently go into a place knowing there is no real opponent.
I mean they even caught pictures of Ilhan Omar and her boyfriend in the Antifa crowd mix after Trumps Mpls. rally. I don't think Ilhan and Timmy would expose themselves to any real danger.

I watch many of the video's that chronicle Antifa's modus operandi and they always greatly out number their chosen victim by 4 to 1 or more. They intimidate and frighten the average mom and pop with their black masks and aggressive attitude but they have yet to really experience push back by equal numbers who are not intimidated by masks and black jeans.

My guess is when that does happen the vast majority run like little girls. Other than that the average Dem mom and pop voter has no more desire to engage in street fighting than the average mom and pop Trump voter. I don't see any major sustained street violence after the election but hey, you never know. It's a good excuse to keep those shot guns and rifles clean.

Politico put out a report that was meant to bolster Lt Col Vindman, but actually provided insight into why he was an unhappy camper.

https://www.politico.com/news/...kraine-expert-061763

Background: Kash Patel used to be staff to Devin Nunes. Patel has been credited w doing outstanding work in uncovering the Russian collusion hoax.

In Feb 2019 Patel switched to supporting the WH. "Patel joined the National Security Council’s International Organizations and Alliances directorate in February and was promoted to a senior counterterrorism role around the same time as Trump’s July 25 call with Zelensky"

"Patel had previously served as Nunes’ top staffer on the House Intelligence Committee and worked to discredit the FBI and DOJ officials investigating Russia’s election interference"

Politico makes that seem like a bad thing. Maybe they haven't noticed the entire upper management of the FBI has been replaced because they were "discredited"


The decorated Army officer (Vindman) who testified to House investigators on Tuesday told lawmakers that a close associate of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes “misrepresented” himself to President Donald Trump in an effort to involve himself further in Ukraine policy, according to two people familiar with his closed-door deposition.

Vindman, the National Security Council’s top Ukraine expert, told lawmakers that after attending Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inauguration in May as part of a delegation led by Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Vindman had been looking forward to debriefing Trump and giving a positive account of Zelensky’s vision for Ukraine’s future.

But he was instructed “at the last second” not to attend the debriefing, Vindman told lawmakers, because Trump’s advisers worried it might confuse the president: Trump believed at the time that Kashyap Patel, a longtime Nunes staffer who joined the White House in February and had no discernible Ukraine experience or expertise, was actually the NSC’s top Ukraine expert instead of Vindman.

Vindman testified that he was told this directly by his boss at the time, NSC senior director for European and Russian affairs Fiona Hill.

Hill told Vindman that she and national security adviser John Bolton thought it best to exclude Vindman from the debriefing to avoid “an uncomfortable situation,” he said.

So Bolton and Fiona Hill didn't explain Vindman's role to President Trump ?

POLITICO previously reported that Hill testified that Trump thought Patel was in charge of Ukraine policy for the NSC, but Vindman’s exclusion from a key Ukraine meeting because of concerns over a potential conflict with Trump has not been disclosed before.

Vindman also testified that he was told Patel had been circumventing normal NSC process to get negative material about Ukraine in front of the president, feeding Trump’s belief that Ukraine was brimming with corruption and had interfered in the 2016 election on behalf of Democrats.

That upset Vindman, along with Hill and Bolton, he testified, because they were constantly having to counter that narrative with the president.

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So after getting snubbed in May 2019, Vindman files "concerns" twice in July 2019 to NSC legal counsel.

The heroic dog who helped chase down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi goes by the name Conan and he'll be making an appearance at the White House soon, President Donald Trump tweeted.

Trump on Thursday declassified the name of the US military dog who was injured in the raid against Baghdadi. Trump also shared that Conan, a Belgian Malinois, will be leaving the Middle East next week and then visiting the White House

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just a few years ago, Conan looked something like this:



Time flies fast in dog world

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Antifa will realise the futility of violence

I'm convinced Antifa is a complete paper tiger. They have never experienced any real push back of any kind. They know exactly where they can get away with their bullying and where law enforcement will not interfere. I believe in a lot of cases this is pre arranged with the mayor of the city and the organizers of Antifa that they will experience minimum resistance from law enforcement. I think this was clearly the case in Trumps recent visit to Minneapolis. So they can confidently go into a place knowing there is no real opponent.
I mean they even caught pictures of Ilhan Omar and her boyfriend in the Antifa crowd mix after Trumps Mpls. rally. I don't think Ilhan and Timmy would expose themselves to any real danger.

I watch many of the video's that chronicle Antifa's modus operandi and they always greatly out number their chosen victim by 4 to 1 or more. They intimidate and frighten the average mom and pop with their black masks and aggressive attitude but they have yet to really experience push back by equal numbers who are not intimidated by masks and black jeans.

My guess is when that does happen the vast majority run like little girls.

Don't underestimate the violence of the left. The 20th C is a dark tribute to their murderous capabilities. In the 1970's the Weathermen set off a LOT of bombs, injured and killed people, and the division in our country, and the level of anger and hatred, is far worse now than the '60's and 70's, which were mainly one issue: the Vietnam war.

Better to overestimate your enemy. Worst thing is to be surprised.

The former president of American University recently described American campuses as "ideological fascism." I never imagined I would see -- on such a widespread scale-- the mindset of the Stalinists, the Red Guard, here in America.

I'm no Chickenlittle, but we are in the most dangerous time in American history since 1860.

One other thing. I see in a lot of posts on websites an eagerness to get it on. No sane person who has seen civil war up close, from the middle of it all, would ever wish for it, ever. It's the worst thing you can't imagine.

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The resolution would also give Schiff the authority to call and conduct public hearings on impeachment. Schiff will control the witnesses. Although there has been some discussion about whether Republicans will have the right to call witnesses, the resolution only gives the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Community, Rep. Devin Nunes, the right to ask Schiff to call a witness.

This should more accurately be referred to as the Star Chamber act. (Emphasis mine).

so what if these seditionists held a hearing and no one showed up?

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the level of anger and hatred, is far worse now than the '60's and 70's, which were mainly one issue: the Vietnam war.

disagree
IMO larger force on the violent end of the racial divide was the Civil Rights activists; their violence 'probably' would have occurred regardless of the Vietnam issue.

We have now commonly, practice maneuvers after various ball games, regardless of which side wins or loses.

If memory serves correctly, those violent acts were most often met with actual LEO action at the time. City specific riots with wide swath destruction and numerous large scale LEO responses were headlines.

What would the response be today?

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Originally posted by sdy:
Politico put out a report that was meant to bolster Lt Col Vindman, but actually provided insight into why he was an unhappy camper.

Also saw an article that helped prove the point that this is a complete circus and SHAM the Dems are running.

That LTC is to show up each day in a civilian suit and that's how he's done it for years now in his current role.

The Dems had him dress up in his blues to play the whole "HOW DARE YOU ATTACK A BRAVE WAR HERO!" angle they tried yesterday anytime a Republican tried to get tough with him.

Ivanka Trump tweet:

“…surrounded by enemies and spies catching and perverting every word that falls from my lips or flows from my pen, and inventing where facts fail them.”

-Thomas Jefferson’s reflections on Washington, D.C. in a letter to his daughter Martha.

Some things never change, dad!

Islamic State confirmed Baghdadi’s demise in an audio tape posted online and said a successor it identified only as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi had been appointed.

“Beware vengeance (against) the apostates, the lifting of injustice from the oppressed and getting closer to God with the blood of polytheists,” a militant was heard saying in the tape.

https://www.oann.com/islamic-s...ps-news-agency-amaq/

Wouldn't hurt to clean&lube rifles, and refresh mags.

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Originally posted by RichardC:
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi

Man, ISIS must drive crazy the guy who makes their softball jerseys.

I would avoid hand writing a letter to that mofo too