The week that was
Last week was a bad week for all that threaten America, it's values and the rule of law. Let's just sit back and digest the week that was.
I will arrange the stories in order of importance.
1) The framing of a three star general by rogue FBI agents:
This past February the Attorney General announced there would be a review of the troubling FBI case against Michael Flynn. The man in charge of that review, former St. Louis Federal prosecutor Jeffrey Jensen recommended that the charges be dropped based on the fact that the questioning of Flynn by agents "was untethered to, and unjustified by, the F.B.I.'s counterintelligence investigation of Flynn. He additionally claimed that the lies Flynn had told to the Federal Bureau of Investigation were not "materially" related to the matter under scrutiny - Russian interferrence in the 2016 election.
Heads on the left are exploding! The left wing media has tried to paint the decision to dismiss the case as a raw political act by Attorney General Bill Barr. CNN featured one of the rouge agents, Andrew McCabe (CNN analyst!!!), who proceeded to make outrageous and false statements. McCabe was essentially left unchallenged in saying that at that time there was a "close question" as to whether to close "Crossfire Razor" when his investigators found nothing. Nothing. That made it a close question for McCabe whether to continue to investigate the incoming Trump National Security Adviser? The stuffed hack who conducted the discussion with McCabe was John Berman. CNN viewers don't seem to care that McCabe was also accused of lying to the FBI. They also don't seem to mind being lied to.
One final voice was heard. The displeasure or the radical president who we now know knew of all these dastardly details, which he may have ordered:
“The news over the last 24 hours I think has been somewhat downplayed — about the Justice Department dropping charges against Michael Flynn,” Obama said in a web talk with members of the Obama Alumni Association.
“And the fact that there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. That’s the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic — not just institutional norms — but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. And when you start moving in those directions, it can accelerate pretty quickly as we’ve seen in other places.”
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2) The release of transcripts, which revealed multiple Obama-era intelligence officials admitted under oath that there was no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
This was a major embarrassment for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. It was Schiff who famously told the nation that " there was significant evidence of Trump-Russia collusion." It was a blatant lie! The transcripts now show that not one individual who was in any way connected with investigating or covering the Russia/collusion story could demonstrate any evidence of collusion. The question then becomes why was there a Mueller investigation and why did it go on for 3 years?
3) The disposal of the "Bridgegate Scandal" convictions by the Supreme Court.
This travesty was obviously another political prosecution by the Obama/Clinton team to discredit a one time front runner in the GOP primary - Chris Christie. The Supreme Court was unanimous in tossing the convictions:
"The evidence the jury heard no doubt shows wrongdoing - deception, corruption, abuse of power. But the federal fraud statutes at issue do not criminalize all such conduct," liberal Justice Elena Kagan wrote on behalf of the court in the 9-0 ruling.
Trash in/ Trash out.
4) A strong willed Dallas woman was set free after an elitist Judge ordered her to either apologize to him for being "selfish" or go to jail. The brave mother refused to be intimidated or shamed and took her jail sentence. In the state of Texas decency prevails and she was freed after one night in jail.
“I have much respect for this court and laws,” Luther respond via phone to the judge. “I have never been in this position before and it’s not someplace that I want to be. But I have to disagree with you sir, when you say that I’m selfish because feeding my kids — is not selfish. I have hair stylists that are going hungry because they’d rather feed their kids. So sir, if you think the law is more important than kids getting fed, then please go ahead with your decision but I’m not going to shut the salon.” ....Shelly Luther
5) The allegation that just won't go away!
Dogging the Biden campain are the allegations made by former staffer Tara Reade. Reade, who has accused former Vice-President Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993, taped an interview with Megyn Kelly that will air on the former Fox anchor’s YouTube channel and Instagram account. She has also found herself an attorney - the esteemed Douglas Wigdor who previously defended some of the Harvey Weinstein victims. We are now even hearing from democrats who say they believe Reade, but they are voting for Biden anyway. In other words Biden is on a vehicle for them, they don't support Biden per say, he is but another means to an end. Our resident progressives don't want to acknowledge this fact.
Biden remain locked away from the media glare.
6) As of today Rhode Island will become the first state in the northeast coalition to lift it's stay-at-home order!
"My goal is to get as many people back to work as quick as possible without ever jeopardizing our public health and without ever having to go backwards to where we’ve just come from, which is shutting down our economy,” Gov. Gina Raimondo said Thursday.
Clearly this Governor is a bit different from the progressive elites that rule the northeast. She seems to have also been vindicated in her concerns about travel from NY coming into RI. It now appears that NY was the center for the spread of the pandemic nationwide. God bless her.
That is a wrap for the week.
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biden has some serious splainin to do.
he knew about obamas admin spying on trump
people do not forgive traitorous bs like that.
disclaimer: normal people do not forgive traitorous bs like that.
there is simply no way anyone from obamas admin gets elected president
will be interesting to see if and how the dnc replaces ol quid pro joe
if they replace him they better get at it with a swiftness - the clock is not on their side
if they wait too long it will be the same as forfeiting the election to trump
Some will call it "mansplanin", but they will vote for him anyway!
he knew about obamas admin spying on trump
In his present condition, the question is what can he remember?
people do not forgive traitorous bs like that.
They shouldn't!
if they replace him they better get at it with a swiftness - the clock is not on their side
Sadly, the NY nursing home scandal all but destroyed Gov Cuomo's chances.
I am totally OK with that
cheers
All the Democrats need to do is adopt the tactics of the Lincoln Project "never Trump" Republicans. You have to hit Trump and his supporters hard. If they do that, all will be well.
Its sad for the country that the campaign will have to be conducted from the gutter, but that is likely what it will be. Trump has no intention of being honest or accurate during this election campaign, and the Democrats need to constantly point out Trumps dishonesty and inaccuracies.
Touche! And you'll reap what you sow!
and the Democrats need to constantly point out Trumps dishonesty and inaccuracies.
"Trump, "Trump, "Trump isn't working, John!
If I were in charge of Democratic messaging Trump never would have been elected in the first place. He has never for one minute been qualified or fit to be president of the United States. That is the issue and it is pretty much the only issue.
You think your rants are convincing? LOL I'm afraid not, John. I can get the same thing over on CNN.
He has never for one minute been qualified or fit to be president of the United States. That is the issue and it is pretty much the only issue.
So you've said on every seed with which you've had a chance. You are now commercializing this seed. I warn you now to cease. Sell it to the Biden Campaign. TERMS OF SERVICE!
LOL
the lincoln project has not yet matched the bs the "never trumpers" and the entire left threw at trump in 2016
the lincoln project is as irrelevant as every single attack the left has thrown at trump.
but you have fun with that theory of yours
That is one of the funnier and minimally self aware things you have said on NT.
If you were in charge of Democratic messaging, democrats would have thrown in the towel months ago.
Well, they probably did anyway by nominating Basement Joe.
that is just too funny.
even you can not compete with the amount of bs thrown at trump in 2016
voters will be even less likely to believe the left and never trumpers this go round.
The problem is that every attempt failed. Not working out so well for them and the left is trying to spin even the slightest thing in a futile attempt to obtain a win.
"Dishonesty and inaccuracies"? Trying to change your vernacular by using synonyms for lying? You have been stuck on this since the beginning all the while ignoring the "dishonesty and inaccuracies" of those you support. Time to move on.
What we see in this article are essentially right wing media talking points.
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Hardly a sweeping end to the stay at home directives.
Address the article. We can label you too!
Hardly a sweeping end to the stay at home directives.
There are no "sweeping ends" to what was supposed to be a two week shut down. None anywhere!
BTW, Only those over 65 should have been staying at home. Fauci screwed it up!
You can characterize the situation however you want. The governor of Rhode Island did not end the basics of the "stay at home" directives and her actions are simply in line with what other states are doing.
The Governor is cautiously reopening, as ALL governors have strived to do. Can you show us a governor who has said let's just open it all up willy nilly?
You see John, there is a huge distance between complete lockdown and wide open back to normal.
no, he did exactly what globalists wanted
he fuked up our economy right on cue - that was no mistake or accident. it was the plan from the word go.
if they had their way? we would be locked down for the rest of the year with mandatory testing mandatory tracking and mandatory vaccine provided by bill gates. - thank god trump told gates to shove those plans up his ass. hillary would have sold us down the river.
That is exactly what they want - at least until the election! What was a shut down supposed to be for? We were told - So that hospitals wouldn't be overwhelmed. Now we are hearing about a vaccine? A vaccine may be a year or two away? A lockdown for a year or two? That would effectively destroy this nation!
it would not take a year or two to destroy our country.
a couple more months of that bs and we were toast.
business here is picking back up fast. business parking lots full from one side of the city to the other.
the left loses again
Correct!
a couple more months of that bs and we were toast.
Correct again!
business here is picking back up fast. business parking lots full from one side of the city to the other.
The same in most of the nation. Florida, Texas and CA equates to about one third of the US population. Those states are functioning economically again!
the left loses again
Amen brother!
he said knowing every article he ever posted for over 3 yrs was leftwing talking points.... LOL
As I have said, I dont have a feel for if Biden molested this woman or not. I do find it strange that her complaint surfaced on a podcast that is hosted by two extremely anti Biden pro sanders "Democrats". Tara Reade herself was/is a strong Sanders supporter.
Lacking "proof" of her allegation, which seems to be the case, voters should disregard Reade's allegations. The reason to disregard them is because that was what Republican voters did to the allegations made against Donald Trump which surfaced during the 2016 campaign. America is not going to apply a standard to Biden that they didnt and dont apply to Trump. Watching the right try to be aghast at Biden when they were indifferent at best to the allegations against Trump is amazing. Its just another continuation of their blind loyalty to a known liar, crook, bigot, moron and cheat.
I agree with you on all of that.
Lacking "proof" of her allegation, which seems to be the case, voters should disregard Reade's allegations. The reason to disregard them is because that was what Republican voters did to the allegations made against Donald Trump which surfaced during the 2016 campaign.
WRONG! The reason to disregard her allegations is because they are as of yet UNPROVEN. It is a right we have all been granted under the Constitution!
America is not going to apply a standard to Biden
America is going to apply a standard to Biden that Biden wrongly denied to many others. Biden was at the center of the Obama policy of rape allegations on campus. The policy which granted little due process rights to the accused. America is too good for the progressive hypocrisy Biden represented and he will benefit from it.
I dont think many people will vote against Biden because of his position about rape on college campuses. The ones that will were never going to be Biden voters anyway.
I never said they would. I only said that the American people would apply the proper standard in judging him - something he never did for others.
Innocence until proven guilty is the proper standard.
Although none of the elements in your article are convincing, this one is the easiest to dispose of.
"The evidence the jury heard no doubt shows wrongdoing - deception, corruption, abuse of power."
The evidence no doubt shows wrongdoing. The prosecutors seemingly didnt view the statute the way the Supreme Court does. It happens.
And if wrongdoing were a crime, it would not have been so difficult to bring charges against a boat load of rogue FBI agents. The Court got it correct - even the 4 solid progressive votes had to come over and speak truth to power!
They SEEM incredibly stupid - particularly so when stomped by NINE supremes.
"...Rhode Island will become the first state in the northeast..."
Open the Twin Oaks and they'll all come.
Flynn told the Russian ambassador not to react to the Obama sanctions against Russia related to punishing Russia for interfering in the US election. The implication was that after Trump took office those particular sanctions would be removed.
How does one conclude that such a conversation was not "materially" related to the matter under scrutiny - Russian interferrence in the 2016 election. ?
Conservatives are under the delusion that what they read in right wing media about the Flynn case is the true story. I would say that what appeared in the Mueller Report is much closer to the true story. Russia helped Trump win the election, and the Trump people knew it was happening and welcomed it. That , along with his lies about his business interest in Russia, and the contacts between Trump campaign people and dozens of Russians, and things like the Trump Tower meeting where the Trump campaign thought they were going to receive dirt on Clinton from someone in the Russian government, are why Trump was investigated by the FBI. There was nothing wrong with it.
The same people who think it was wrong to investigate Trump on "Russia" are the same ones who think Trump was innocent in the Ukrainian affair. They are complete ideologues who support Trumpism no matter what.
Even if that were true, so what? That is not a crime, if it was Flynn would have been arrested for it right then! Full stop! Nor is it a predicate for an investigation. Does it bother you that the National Security Advisor was being wire tapped?
How does one conclude that such a conversation was not "materially" related to the matter under scrutiny - Russian interferrence in the 2016 election. ?
Because it simply isn't! Furthermore, the prosecutors committed clear and flagrant violations of the both Brady and the orders of Judge Emmet Sullivan.
Here John:
Brady v. Maryland is a 1963 decision of the Supreme Court that prosecutors must under the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments disclose favorable evidence to defendants upon request, if the evidence is “material” to either guilt or punishment. There are also d ue process rights requiring the disclosure of any evidence that would allow the defense to attack the reliability, thoroughness, and good faith of the police investigation or to impeach the credibility of the state’s witnesses. Kyles v. Whitley , 514 U.S. 419 (1995).
You still believe in "collusion"??? Really John? Or is it just a case of removing a President, as you once admitted to me?
Everyone Obama official who was questioned is on the record - they saw no evidence of collusion!
Mueller addressed collusion in terms of what was prosecutable, since his purpose was to see if crimes had been committed. No evidence was found of the level of collusion that would result in prosecutions. Clearly the Trump campaign knew the Russians were helping them and not only did not blow the whistle on the Russians, they welcomed it.
Mueller did? You heard the senile old man speak...Do you really think it was Mueller who waited 2 years for dems to win the House and wrote in all that trivia you just posted?
Clearly the Trump campaign knew the Russians were helping them
There is no evidence that Russia helped the Trump campaign and btw no evidence that Putin ever said he wanted Trump to win. All we have is a statement by Obama tool John Brennan.
lol. That comment isnt even worth responding to.
And here I thought someone was going to contest the premise of all 6 stories! Let's simply credit the only one who had the fortitude to try.
tds caused by 3 yrs of lies being peddled as truth by msm
people should sue for reparations
Full of Schiff
"I’ve been going through the interview transcripts that ODNI forced Adam Schiff to release. It’s now clear why every Republican on his committee in 2019 called for his resignation. He knew the closed door witnesses didn’t support his innuendo and fakery on Russia collusion.".. ..Eli Lake
He lied for 3 years!
after this week and the next 6 months of info, arrests and prosecutions?
we will flatten the curve on TDS and build herd immunity to leftwing bs.
not many votes will switch to trump but many democrats will not be voting for biden
the show goes on