Can President Trump agree to go before Mueller for his interrogation...umm I mean questioning and just do this the whole time for ol' Bob?



I read that this number of questions would be something like two full days at 8-12 hours each day. It's a trap!

^^^^

For a minute there I thought we already had footage! "FIF"

Trump should invite Mueller's entire team to the White House for the interview, but have a contingent of Marines standing by to arrest, and ship them to Gitmo.

j/k

sort of

regarding the Iran nuclear secrets

https://www.timesofisrael.com/...ties-on-their-tails/

The warehouse storing the files was located in the Shorabad suburb in southern Tehran, in an industrial area. Mossad discovered the warehouse in February 2016, and had had the building under surveillance since then. Before arriving at the site, the secret archives had been moved by Iranian authorities several times in a bid to keep their whereabouts a secret.

In late January of this year, Mossad agents received pinpoint information pointing them to certain safes in a specific container inside the warehouse. The team then broke in, removed the files and transferred them to a secondary location.

According to Hadashot, Iranian officials realized that information had been taken before the files were out of the country. Mossad agents managed to smuggle the data out of Iran with authorities “on their tails,” searching for them.

According to a New York Times report Monday, agents broke into the building, took the documents and moved them back to Israel that same night.

Intelligence Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday said the operation was unprecedented in Israel’s history.

“When the idea of ​​the operation was first presented, I did not believe they could achieve it,” he told the Ynet news site. “They did something unprecedented here. They took tons of authentic documents here — and brought them here.”

The warehouse was maintained by the Revolutionary Guard’s Intelligence Organization, formed in 2009 by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and headed by cleric Hossein Taeb.

Hadashot Arab affairs analyst Ehud Ya’ari said Western officials now believe a reckoning is in store for Taeb and other officials under whose watch the top secret files were taken.

Channel 10 News’s Arab affairs correspondent Zvi Yehezkeli said Tuesday Iranian authorities had launched a wave of arrests following Netanyahu’s exposé, and that those responsible could face execution.

Hadashot further reported that though Israel was anxious to provide the data it has obtained to the US, Europe and other allies, its most important audience may be the International Atomic Energy Agency. Israeli leaders are intent on demonstrating to the atomic watchdog the depth of Iranian deception, and to reveal to them the infrastructure of lies upon which Tehran based its 2015 nuclear accord with world powers.

Hadashot said that the decision to publicize the contents of the intelligence heist was taken at a meeting involving Netanyahu, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, Mossad head Yossi Cohen, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, and head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, Tamir Hayman.

All reportedly agreed that the data should be publicized with “as much noise as possible.”

Netanyahu on Monday night appeared on TV to present the file trove, saying it was a vast archive of Iran’s own documentation demonstrating that Tehran worked to develop a nuclear weapons arsenal and brazenly lied to the international community about it — facts which, the prime minister claimed, totally undermined the legitimacy of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers.

US President Donald Trump has until May 12 to decide whether to pull the US out of that deal.

It’s Time For The Right To Realize The Left Is A Much Greater Threat Than Trumpism

Ideas and persuasion alone are as insufficient to stem the tide of illiberalism sweeping across the country as a few liquor raids were to bringing down Al Capone.

National Review
John Ericsson

A new front has opened in the culture war that differs from yesterday’s battles over specific issues like abortion or marriage equality. Progressives are now working to stigmatize individuals and groups that are not—and I’m using this as a shorthand—sufficiently woke. This has prompted a backlash among populists who want to “Make America Great Again.” Both sides seek to impose their will upon the other through the power of government and cultural institutions.

Progressives have made gains by building upon their cultural capital. They dominate the commanding heights of many shaping institutions: mass media, entertainment, and academia. Their cause commands significant support from government bureaucrats, like the Obama-era Health and Human Services employee who told Politico in December 2016: “Do you stay and try and be the internal saboteur, or do you stay and try to be the last defender at the table?” Conservatives, by contrast, have Fox News, the Wall Street Journal op-ed page, and a few prominent radio shows.

In a column exploring bias against conservatives, Megan McArdle describes how “conservatives spend the first few decades of their lives in a left-skewed educational system, and the rest consuming cultural products made by liberals, so that liberal cultural hegemony barrages them daily with their ‘otherness.’ Which is how they can sincerely feel powerless despite holding a great deal of political power.

In other words: you may not be interested in the culture war, but the culture war is interested in you. Progressives offer a choice: submission to their ideology, or banishment. Former Google employee James Damore learned this the hard way, as did former Atlantic writer Kevin Williamson, as did several bakery owners with religious convictions.

A former Army ranger turned National Football League lineman had to apologize for taking the field to stand for the national anthem. Even Taylor Swift has come under fire for not vocally embracing the zeitgeist. Where does it stop?

Trump Noticed Half of America Didn’t Like Being Bullied

Donald Trump took advantage of the market opportunity to appeal to Americans who feel differently about their country than the cultural left does. He offered validation that America could be great once again, and that the clock could be turned back to better days. In a country that has changed dramatically in even the last 10 years, this appealed to those seeking cultural affirmation. And thus did a reality TV star secure election as our 45th president.

In an interview with Bill Kristol, Jonah Goldberg explains how progressives and conservatives alike share blame for Trump’s rise, and highlights the unfortunate contributing factor of racial politics. I share nearly all of his conclusions, as well as his dismay at the current state of events. But I part ways with the response that Goldberg and Kristol suggest for ideological liberals (the real kind, not American progressives).

They essentially argue that Paul Ryan should have followed Thích Quảng Đức’s example in response to Trump’s rise, the same Ryan who did more to condemn his party’s nominee than any other party leader in recent memory. Arguing that the remnant of right-liberals and conservatives should make a priority of fighting and dying gallantly against Trumpism is foolish. Goldberg and Kristol have the luxury of floating above the political fray. After all, punditry is not zero-sum in the way that an election or a congressional vote is.

If Goldberg and Kristol want to secure a future for individual liberty and human flourishing in American life, they’ll need to learn the lesson that allowed Elliot Ness to realize his goal in The Untouchables. Ideas and persuasion alone—the path forward Goldberg offers—are as insufficient to stem the tide of illiberalism sweeping across the country as a few liquor raids were to bringing down Al Capone. To echo the challenge made to Ness by Malone, the streetwise Chicago cop who helped him bring down the crime boss, “What are you prepared to do?”

Make Common Cause Where Possible

Donald Trump is the president, and right-liberals should make common cause with him when compatible with their beliefs. When it violates deeply held principles, they should withhold this support or work to oppose him. But right-liberals must not reflexively oppose him, as Kristol does, or deceive themselves into thinking that some other faction will ride to our rescue.

A resurgent progressivism is a far greater threat to the American idea than Trump’s populism. Progressives are doing what every out-group does when it finally comes to power: use public institutions to suppress dissent. Their project comes down to one word: control.

Progressives want to deploy their immense cultural power to shape the way you think. Raise questions about climate change? You’re a denier. Condemn the terrorists who murdered the staff of Charlie Hebdo? You must be an Islamophobe. Suggest making old-age programs financially sustainable? Stop throwing granny off the cliff!

Stop Firing On Allies You Need Badly

Even if you agree with the progressive critique on these issues, the tactics of otherizing conservatives begins down a slippery slope. All movements need pushback to be held accountable, and removing conservatives from the public square would mean that progressives are effectively beyond reproach. The Right, with limited cultural capital, primarily uses political speech to impact society. Take that away, and at least 40 percent of the country becomes voiceless. This isn’t a recipe for social stability.

Some of progressives’ aims are laudable. Greater social inclusion, for instance, is a worthy goal, and it’s beyond debate that certain groups continue to be unjustly denied access to the full promise of America. But stigmatizing those with good-faith objections to how this is carried out will only perpetuate a cycle of grievance and disillusionment.

Politics is downstream of culture, and it always has been. I’d rather think about ways to change policy to help poor and working-class people through free markets and rebuilding community. But alas, I’ve become a reluctant culture warrior for the right to earn a living and have a place in society even for people who believe things that violate the beliefs of the new class. This is a fight we can’t afford to lose.

Link

"I don't recall".

44 times.

In all seriousness, I hope that there will not come a time that Trump regrets not firing Mueller.

We are so caught up in this crap with Mueller, and all those involved, that we think and talk about it as if it made some kind of sense. If we take a few steps back, it is bizarre, truly Kafkaesque-- like his The Trial in which Joseph K. is told that he is on trial, but never told what he is charged with, or accused of. From time to time he is informed that his trial is not going well, but he has never been to a courtroom. One day he sneaks into a courtroom just to see what's what, and he takes down some law books to examine them. They are pornographic books.

Our president who has done nothing wrong is endlessly-- endlessly!-- investigated. Those who initiated his investigation with this --pornographic-- dossier are guilty of countless crimes, including those of which he is accused-- in as much as he is accused of anything at all. And the guilty skate Scott free. His own party, which is in the majority, stand around with their thumbs up their asses.

Schumer just gave a speech on the Senate floor in which he said that his party is "the party of the truth." James Comey acts like he is Mahatma Gandhi.

Sometimes I almost need to pinch myself to be sure this is not a bad dream.

oh, its a bad dream alright

Guiliani just admitted that the President reimbursed Cohen? That is a complete 180 from prior positions that Trump did not know about the arrangement, and that Trump was not the party to the agreement, is it not?

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Originally posted by TAllen01:
Guiliani just admitted that the President reimbursed Cohen? That is a complete 180 from prior positions that Trump did not know about the arrangement, and that Trump was not the party to the agreement, is it not?

The story on Drudge says Guiliani says Trump was not aware of the payment, that payments like that are not unique, he isn’t bother by every situation the fixer handles, etc.

“Asked if Trump knew about the arrangement, Giuliani said: "He didn't know about the specifics of it, as far as I know. But he did know about the general arrangement, that Michael would take care of things like this, like I take care of things like this for my clients. I don't burden them with every single thing that comes along. These are busy people." Link

Did he not say that?

Maybe Mueller has a slot open for you, TAllen01. You might get lucky.

quote:

The warehouse was maintained by the Revolutionary Guard’s Intelligence Organization, formed in 2009 by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and headed by cleric Hossein Taeb.

TOP. MEN.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Maybe Mueller has a slot open for you, TAllen01. You might get lucky.

No interest in being employed on either side of this process. I am fascinated by the legal aspects of all these twists and turns, and what they mean. My day-to-day cases are so much more boring.

Well, I'm rootin' for you anyway.

quote:

Originally posted by JALLEN:
“Asked if Trump knew about the arrangement, Giuliani said: "He didn't know about the specifics of it, as far as I know. But he did know about the general arrangement, that Michael would take care of things like this, like I take care of things like this for my clients. I don't burden them with every single thing that comes along. These are busy people." Link

Did he not say that?

Yes, he said that too. (I am not trying to mislead anyone. This was just a new fact that I thought was worth getting input on in this thread.) I'll just slink back into my hole now.

"a reckoning is in store for Taeb and other officials under whose watch the top secret files were taken."

I'll bet on that one.

I wonder what part of Chris Matthews’ body did this tingle come from...

http://www.breitbart.com/big-j...g-surprisingly-well/

Matthews, the Pennsylvania native who has always understood what motivates blue-collar voters in elections and the types of candidates who appeal to them, said it will be difficult for Democrats to beat Trump in 2020 in a one-on-one matchup because “the man with the sun on his face always beats the guy behind the desk.”

“Who are the Democrats going to put up who has a face, the sun on his face, who comes across as Mr. America—the guy or woman who just smiles and is American, is so healthy and happy to be an American, and wants to knock this guy off his throne? Who is that person?” Matthews reportedly asked. “That’s a hell of a question, isn’t it? A helluva question. Because if it is somebody with a dark suit on and it looks like they belong behind a desk somewhere, who may be very good on full funding for Title X programs—you know, who’s one of those people, you know? It’s very hard to figure out. I can think of a lot of running mates.”

quote:

Originally posted by signewt:
"a reckoning is in store for Taeb and other officials under whose watch the top secret files were taken."

I'll bet on that one.

I’m pretty certain they’ve been dead for some time now.

long article from WaPo

interview w Giuliani

explains much more about the payment from Donald Trump to Michael Cohen

worth a read

https://www.washingtonpost.com...m_term=.a4953f40b5c5

“What they’re really trying to do is trap him in perjury,” Giuliani added. “And we’re not suckers.”



and Donald Trump tweets:

Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA.

These agreements are very common among celebrities and people of wealth. In this case it is in full force and effect and will be used in Arbitration for damages against Ms. Clifford (Daniels).

The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair, despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair. Prior to its violation by Ms. Clifford and her attorney, this was a private agreement. Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-g...n-among-celebrities/

I'll be pleased when all this democrat generated BS is done with. I wish a train would run the whole bunch of them over, trash clinton, previous fake president, this head fucked phoney prosicutor, the whole lot. Saw this piece of trash porno thing on tv. I wouldn't pay a wooden nickle for its rotten crotch. She most likely cant even feel a dick no more. Nothing but trash.