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August sounds about the right amount of time for the plot to thicken. There is a much higher chance of Trump being indicted by August, than of him becoming POTUS then!
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Texas Senate removes requirement to tell students that the KKK are 'morally wrong'
In a bill that just passed the state’s Senate, Texas public school students would no longer be required to learn about the Ku Klux Klan or that the group’s white supremacy is “morally wrong.”
In the Republican-controlled state, two dozen curricula that were once required in public schools, like teaching about Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the accomplishments of labor leader and leftist activist Cesar Chavez, the writings of women’s suffragist movement leader Susan B. Anthony, and Native American history, are no longer required staples of Texas education, according to The Huffington Post.
Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick praised the legislation for rejecting “philosophies that espouse that one race or sex is better than another.”
The language of the bill specifically mirrors other CRT preventable measures presented by a Texas Republican House Bill, H.B. 3979. Teachers cannot “be compelled” to discuss current events or “controversial issue of public policy or social affairs” and that if they do, they can’t give “deference to any one perspective.”
However, state Democrats say the measure “tie the hands of our teachers,” state Sen. Judith Zaffirini said on the new bill.
“How could a teacher possibly discuss slavery, the Holocaust, or the mass shootings at the Walmart in El Paso or at the Sutherland Springs church in my district without giving deference to any one perspective?” she asked.
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In a bill that just passed the state’s Senate, Texas public school students would no longer be required to learn about the Ku Klux Klan or that the group’s white supremacy is “morally wrong.”
In the Republican-controlled state, two dozen curricula that were once required in public schools, like teaching about Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the accomplishments of labor leader and leftist activist Cesar Chavez, the writings of women’s suffragist movement leader Susan B. Anthony, and Native American history, are no longer required staples of Texas education, according to The Huffington Post.
Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick praised the legislation for rejecting “philosophies that espouse that one race or sex is better than another.”
The language of the bill specifically mirrors other CRT preventable measures presented by a Texas Republican House Bill, H.B. 3979. Teachers cannot “be compelled” to discuss current events or “controversial issue
However, state Democrats say the measure “tie
“How could a teacher possibly discuss slavery, the Holocaust, or the mass shootings at the Walmart in El Paso or at the Sutherland Springs church in my district without giving deference to any one perspective?” she asked.
Texas Senate removes requirement to tell students that the KKK are 'morally wrong'
The move is one of about two dozen curricula that are being removed from requirements.
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Budzbuddha
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That is my thinking also , catch them with their pants down while mike lindell eats crow around that prediction. Indictments/ arrests of any trump associate leading to zero hour.
Trump charters to vlad land ?
I heard methhead mike was supposed to RELEASE the kraken ( guppy ) info on aug 10-12 . Lets see what Trainwreck happens.
DIY-HP-LED
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So much crime and so little life to serve the time for it.
Behold Trump's buddy Barrack, head of his sleazy inauguration too! Wanna bet he won't try to sell Donald's ass for a walk? This is just the tip of the iceberg for this sleazebag, more indictments will come, unless he squeals.
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Trump adviser Tom Barrack arrested on foreign-agent charges - POLITICO
Trump adviser Tom Barrack arrested on foreign-agent charges
Prosecutors say a wealthy investor traded on ties to the administration to benefit the United Arab Emirates.
Tom Barrack, a longtime supporter of and adviser to former President Donald Trump, was arrested Tuesday on charges he secretly acted in the U.S. as an agent for the United Arab Emirates.
Barrack, 74, is accused of failing to register as a foreign agent, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and four counts of making false statements to the FBI.
A federal indictment issued by a grand jury in Brooklyn, N.Y., charged that Barrack put pro-UAE language into a Trump campaign speech in May 2016, took direction from UAE officials about what to say in media appearances and an op-ed piece he published just before the 2016 election, and agreed to promote a candidate for ambassador to UAE backed by UAE officials.
Prosecutors say Barrack used his insider access to White House officials that he gained through roles like his position as chair of Trump’s inaugural committee to give the UAE “non-public information about the views and reactions of senior U.S. government officials following a White House meeting between senior U.S. officials and senior UAE officials.”
Also charged in the case were an aide to Barrack at his investment firm Colony Capital, Matthew Grimes, and a businessman from UAE, Rashid Al-Malik.
Prosecutors allege that early in the Trump administration, Barrack sought to be appointed to a high-profile role in Middle East policy, while telling his allies in UAE that such an appointment would be good for them.
"in his communications with Al Malik, the defendant framed his efforts to obtain an official position within the Administration as one that would enable him to further advance the interests of the UAE, rather than the interests of the United States," prosecutors wrote in a court filing.
While the indictment gives numerous examples of Barrack working closely with Al-Malik to advance UAE interests, it is vague about Barrack’s motivation for doing so. However, the indictment suggests that Barrack's public relations and lobbying efforts for UAE were intertwined with his financial and investment interests. Prosecutors contend that in December 2016, Grimes sent Al-Malik a proposal that said implementing the plan could "achieve outsized financial returns."
In addition, the three men charged in the case were working at the time on efforts to help a UAE ally, Saudi Arabia, acquire nuclear power technology from the U.S. That project, which became the focus of a House Oversight Committee investigation, included an effort to use UAE and Saudi funds, along with U.S. investments to take over the U.S.-based energy firm Westinghouse. The House probe found that Al-Malik was acting both on behalf of UAE and Saudi officials.
Prosecutors contend that in May 2016, Barrack shared with the UAE what he called a "totally confidential" draft of a Trump speech on energy and that Al-Malik later attended the inauguration festivities as a "personal guest" of Barrack.
The indictment alleges that Barrack and Grimes obtained a "dedicated cellular phone" for their communications with top UAE officials and installed a secure messaging application on it for that purpose.
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There are so many, the FBI sprung one on us, Barrack, BINGO!
If this guy wants a deal he has to fess up to all his past crimes plus any he knows about and Donald is about the only thing he has to sell to reduce his sentence. His trouble might be the DOJ doesn't want to buy and is content to let Donald rot in Sing sing where he can't be federally pardoned. I figure NY will have enough on Donald to put him away for life anyway and the DOJ must know it for sure!
rkymtnman
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wanna bet the OAN and FOX crew confuse tom barrack with barack obama and say the DOJ issued it to the wrong person????
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Montana GOP lawmaker told cops he was 'constitutionally exempt' from arrest after being pulled over for reckless driving
On Tuesday, the Montana Free Press reported that Jason Ellsworth, the Republican President Pro Tempore of the Montana Senate, has been charged with reckless driving and obstructing a peace officer following an incident that took place in May.According to the report, Ellsworth was clocked at...
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DIY-HP-LED
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Once indicted the court owns his ass and a judge sets conditions for release. I'm hoping something will spook Donald and he'll make a dash for Russia via Europe, his problem is he has nowhere to go, unless Vlad will take him in. Once Trump is indicted it will be very hard for him to leave the country by any means, legal or illegal, right now he's free to go, until the indictment drops.
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Trump's Legal Nightmare Continues: Inaugural Chief Indicted After CFO Indicted
The billionaire fundraiser Donald Trump tapped to run his inauguration has been indicted on lobbying and obstruction charges. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber is joined by Mother Jones’ David Corn, The New York Times’ columnist Michelle Goldberg, and political strategist Chai Komanduri to discuss the case.
The billionaire fundraiser Donald Trump tapped to run his inauguration has been indicted on lobbying and obstruction charges. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber is joined by Mother Jones’ David Corn, The New York Times’ columnist Michelle Goldberg, and political strategist Chai Komanduri to discuss the case.
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Trump Swamp: A Look Back At The Criminals Around Trump
In the wake of the arrest of Trump ally Thomas Barrack, here’s a reminder of some of the people surrounding Trump who were accused of, convicted of, or pleaded guilty to crimes.
In the wake of the arrest of Trump ally Thomas Barrack, here’s a reminder of some of the people surrounding Trump who were accused of, convicted of, or pleaded guilty to crimes.
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Trump Associate Tom Barrack Indicted for 7 Felony Crimes, Unlawfully Acted as Foreign Agent
Longtime friend and associate Tom Barrack has been indicted for unlawfully acting as a foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates, (UAE) conspiracy, obstructing justice and repeatedly lying to the FBI to cover up his crimes.
Longtime friend and associate Tom Barrack has been indicted for unlawfully acting as a foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates, (UAE) conspiracy, obstructing justice and repeatedly lying to the FBI to cover up his crimes.
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A pedophile's best friend is a Trump Republican - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism
A pedophile's best friend is a Trump Republican
Of all the lurid nonsense circulating among conspiracy-addled Republicans, none of their theories is viler than the libel of child sexual abuse that began under the rubric of "Pizzagate" and became the basis of the cult ideology of QAnon. So successful was the smear campaign begun by followers of Donald Trump that millions of deranged people now believe those gothic horror tales targeting the likes of Hillary Clinton, Chrissy Teigen, and Tom Hanks, with the connivance of Republican politicians in search of Jewish space lasers.
Then there's real life, in which actual, detestable pedophiles and other sex offenders can depend on their reliable defender Kenneth W. Starr to shield them from the punishment they deserve. Yes, it's that Ken Starr, the Savanarola of sexual propriety, who is the pedophiles' best friend.
What we have learned in recent days about the sanctimonious Starr, from his alleged sexual infidelities to his zealous defense of the late Jeffrey Epstein, not only strips away his pious pretensions as sheer hypocrisies but also raises serious questions about his conduct that must still be answered.
A former public relations executive named Judi Hershman opened the latest inquest into Starr's iniquities on July 13 when she published an essay on Medium titled "Ken Starr, Brett Kavanaugh, Jeffrey Epstein and Me" that detailed, among many other things, her own illicit affair with the former independent counsel. Her account of an episode with the borderline Kavanaugh and his uncontrollable temper when they both worked for Starr on the Clinton prosecution, as well as her disillusionment with the misogynistic Starr, is worth reading. Yes, that Ken Starr, who, she says, took her hand and "placed it on his crotch."
Hershman recalls Starr's attempt in 2010 to deceive her into "counseling" Epstein, whom he whitewashed as "a very wealthy, very smart businessman who got himself into trouble for getting involved with a couple of underage girls who lied about their ages." He explained that "everyone deserves representation" and that the very smart businessman had "promised to keep it above 18 from now on." By then Epstein had raped scores of underage girls, and thereafter continued to do so.
Hershman writes that at the time, it didn't occur to her that Starr himself would be lying about Epstein, or that he might have been involved in executing the "secret and egregious sweetheart deal" that allowed the very smart businessman to evade justice for so many years.
But according to a new book by Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown, who first blew the lid off that deal, Starr was zealously committed to the Epstein defense. Her earlier reporting led to the dismissal of Alex Azar, the U.S. Attorney in Florida who signed off on that agreement, from former President Donald Trump's cabinet.
In Perversion of Justice, Brown writes that Epstein brought on Starr and Jay Lefkowitz, his longtime associate and partner at Kirkland & Ellis, because of their connections in the Bush Justice Department. Starr's campaign on behalf of Epstein included a "brutal" smear of a female prosecutor and an insider lobbying effort at the department's Washington headquarters.
Apparently, Starr has a strangely protective attitude toward molesters and rapists, even when he isn't being paid big money to defend them. A few years after his crusade on Epstein's behalf, he and his wife sent a letter to a county judge urging leniency for Christopher Kloman, a retired school administrator and friend of the Starrs who pled guilty to molesting five girls at the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia. They thought he should be sentenced to community service, but the judge instead gave him 43 years in prison.
Americans first glimpsed the dark side of Starr's character when he published the salacious Starr Report (co-authored by Kavanaugh) that led to the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton. They learned more about him when he was booted from the presidency of Baylor University for covering up the rampant sexual abuse of women on campus, including a gang rape by football players. With his partisan fanaticism and his bogus religiosity, he was a natural for Trump's impeachment defense.
Considering the smears perpetrated against Hillary Clinton in recent years, it is ironic indeed to review the unsavory conduct of a man who spent so much public time and money attempting to frame her for crimes she didn't commit as first lady. But these revelations about Starr should evoke more than bemused contempt.
What Julie Brown's book demands is a full investigation of an authentic conspiracy to pervert justice by Republican prosecutors and lawyers, including Starr. The Justice Department and the House and Senate judiciary committees must not let them get away with it.
A pedophile's best friend is a Trump Republican
Of all the lurid nonsense circulating among conspiracy-addled Republicans, none of their theories is viler than the libel of child sexual abuse that began under the rubric of "Pizzagate" and became the basis of the cult ideology of QAnon. So successful was the smear campaign begun by followers of Donald Trump that millions of deranged people now believe those gothic horror tales targeting the likes of Hillary Clinton, Chrissy Teigen, and Tom Hanks, with the connivance of Republican politicians in search of Jewish space lasers.
Then there's real life, in which actual, detestable pedophiles and other sex offenders can depend on their reliable defender Kenneth W. Starr to shield them from the punishment they deserve. Yes, it's that Ken Starr, the Savanarola of sexual propriety, who is the pedophiles' best friend.
What we have learned in recent days about the sanctimonious Starr, from his alleged sexual infidelities to his zealous defense of the late Jeffrey Epstein, not only strips away his pious pretensions as sheer hypocrisies but also raises serious questions about his conduct that must still be answered.
A former public relations executive named Judi Hershman opened the latest inquest into Starr's iniquities on July 13 when she published an essay on Medium titled "Ken Starr, Brett Kavanaugh, Jeffrey Epstein and Me" that detailed, among many other things, her own illicit affair with the former independent counsel. Her account of an episode with the borderline Kavanaugh and his uncontrollable temper when they both worked for Starr on the Clinton prosecution, as well as her disillusionment with the misogynistic Starr, is worth reading. Yes, that Ken Starr, who, she says, took her hand and "placed it on his crotch."
Hershman recalls Starr's attempt in 2010 to deceive her into "counseling" Epstein, whom he whitewashed as "a very wealthy, very smart businessman who got himself into trouble for getting involved with a couple of underage girls who lied about their ages." He explained that "everyone deserves representation" and that the very smart businessman had "promised to keep it above 18 from now on." By then Epstein had raped scores of underage girls, and thereafter continued to do so.
Hershman writes that at the time, it didn't occur to her that Starr himself would be lying about Epstein, or that he might have been involved in executing the "secret and egregious sweetheart deal" that allowed the very smart businessman to evade justice for so many years.
But according to a new book by Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown, who first blew the lid off that deal, Starr was zealously committed to the Epstein defense. Her earlier reporting led to the dismissal of Alex Azar, the U.S. Attorney in Florida who signed off on that agreement, from former President Donald Trump's cabinet.
In Perversion of Justice, Brown writes that Epstein brought on Starr and Jay Lefkowitz, his longtime associate and partner at Kirkland & Ellis, because of their connections in the Bush Justice Department. Starr's campaign on behalf of Epstein included a "brutal" smear of a female prosecutor and an insider lobbying effort at the department's Washington headquarters.
Apparently, Starr has a strangely protective attitude toward molesters and rapists, even when he isn't being paid big money to defend them. A few years after his crusade on Epstein's behalf, he and his wife sent a letter to a county judge urging leniency for Christopher Kloman, a retired school administrator and friend of the Starrs who pled guilty to molesting five girls at the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia. They thought he should be sentenced to community service, but the judge instead gave him 43 years in prison.
Americans first glimpsed the dark side of Starr's character when he published the salacious Starr Report (co-authored by Kavanaugh) that led to the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton. They learned more about him when he was booted from the presidency of Baylor University for covering up the rampant sexual abuse of women on campus, including a gang rape by football players. With his partisan fanaticism and his bogus religiosity, he was a natural for Trump's impeachment defense.
Considering the smears perpetrated against Hillary Clinton in recent years, it is ironic indeed to review the unsavory conduct of a man who spent so much public time and money attempting to frame her for crimes she didn't commit as first lady. But these revelations about Starr should evoke more than bemused contempt.
What Julie Brown's book demands is a full investigation of an authentic conspiracy to pervert justice by Republican prosecutors and lawyers, including Starr. The Justice Department and the House and Senate judiciary committees must not let them get away with it.
CunningCanuk
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Ted Cruz is blocking diplomats from being confirmed, and it has nothing to do with their qualifications
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Ted Cruz is blocking diplomats from being confirmed, and it has nothing to do with their qualifications
An extraordinary effort by Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz to block nominees from being confirmed to vital jobs in the State Department is creating hurdles for the Biden administration and hindering US diplomacy, according to Democrats and Republicans who spoke to CNN.
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hanimmal
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GQP once again making America as weak as possible for as long as possible.Ted Cruz is blocking diplomats from being confirmed, and it has nothing to do with their qualifications
Ted Cruz is blocking diplomats from being confirmed, and it has nothing to do with their qualifications
An extraordinary effort by Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz to block nominees from being confirmed to vital jobs in the State Department is creating hurdles for the Biden administration and hindering US diplomacy, according to Democrats and Republicans who spoke to CNN.
DIY-HP-LED
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New indictment could open 'Pandora's box' for other Trump officials -- including Ivanka
New indictment could open 'Pandora's box' for other Trump officials -- including Ivanka: CNN analyst - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism
New indictment could open 'Pandora's box' for other Trump officials -- including Ivanka: CNN analyst
Former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe told CNN's Erin Burnett on Tuesday that the indictment of longtime Trump ally Tom Barrack could pose trouble for former Trump officials if he chooses to cooperate with prosecutors.
During the interview, Burnett noted that Barrack was the chairman of former President Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration, which has also come under scrutiny from prosecutors for potential illegally spent funds.
"They are investigating possible misuse of funds and this could relate to members of the Trump family, right?" she asked McCabe. "Jared and Ivanka were intimately involved with the inaugural committee. Barrack knows anything there is to know about this. Could that be part of what this is about, for Barrack to give information on Trump or Trump family members?"
McCabe said it's not clear that's where this case is headed since the charges against Barrack are not related to his work on the inauguration.
However, he did not shut the door on the possibility all together.
"The indictment itself puts the government in a position of enormous leverage over Tom Barrack, and one of the ways he might try to resolve this big problem he's got is to provide information or evidence to the government on any other investigation," he explained. "That could include the ongoing investigation of the inaugural committee or really anything else. So it really could open up a Pandora's box for other people in the administration."
New indictment could open 'Pandora's box' for other Trump officials -- including Ivanka: CNN analyst - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism
New indictment could open 'Pandora's box' for other Trump officials -- including Ivanka: CNN analyst
Former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe told CNN's Erin Burnett on Tuesday that the indictment of longtime Trump ally Tom Barrack could pose trouble for former Trump officials if he chooses to cooperate with prosecutors.
During the interview, Burnett noted that Barrack was the chairman of former President Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration, which has also come under scrutiny from prosecutors for potential illegally spent funds.
"They are investigating possible misuse of funds and this could relate to members of the Trump family, right?" she asked McCabe. "Jared and Ivanka were intimately involved with the inaugural committee. Barrack knows anything there is to know about this. Could that be part of what this is about, for Barrack to give information on Trump or Trump family members?"
McCabe said it's not clear that's where this case is headed since the charges against Barrack are not related to his work on the inauguration.
However, he did not shut the door on the possibility all together.
"The indictment itself puts the government in a position of enormous leverage over Tom Barrack, and one of the ways he might try to resolve this big problem he's got is to provide information or evidence to the government on any other investigation," he explained. "That could include the ongoing investigation of the inaugural committee or really anything else. So it really could open up a Pandora's box for other people in the administration."
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Extent Of Trumpworld Legal Trouble Defies Precedent In U.S., Maybe Anywhere
With the arrest of Donald Trump's friend and inaugural committee chair Tom Barrack, Rachel Maddow reviews the litany of campaign staff, personal businesses, Cabinet members, and lawyers for Donald Trump who have found themselves in legal trouble.
With the arrest of Donald Trump's friend and inaugural committee chair Tom Barrack, Rachel Maddow reviews the litany of campaign staff, personal businesses, Cabinet members, and lawyers for Donald Trump who have found themselves in legal trouble.
and they all, no matter how big or small, must come up with attorney retainers thanks to Donald J. Trump 45th President of the United States of America.
many Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck.
who's in for 2024?