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NYT reports that Trump asked Matthew Whitaker to put his ally Geoffrey Berman, who had already recused himself, in charge of the Cohen investigation.

OBSTRUCTION: Trump was implicated as a co conspirator.

PERJURY: Whitaker claimed he’d had no talks with WH on investigations.
NYT has several officials with direct knowledge of a call between Trump and Whitaker about putting Geoffrey Berman of SDNY, a recused ally, in charge of the Cohen investigation.

That makes SEVERAL instances of Trump committing obstruction, some publicly.

nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/…
Whitaker: “at no time has the White House asked for nor have I provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsel investigation or any other investigation.”

House Dems weighing whether this constitutes perjury. I don’t see how it isn’t.

cnbc.com/2019/02/19/tru…
Trump has now attacked the Mueller investigation publicly more than 1,100 times!!!

nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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Matthew Wolff 🏳️‍🌈
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu spilled the beans on the Warsaw Summit, to “advance the common interest of war with Iran.”

In panic, his office shortly deleted the tweet.

The usual neocons are singing the regime change chorus.

All the President’s ghouls frothing at the mouth.
To say that Netanyahu is wagging the dog wouldn’t be an exaggeration. Israeli Police recently recommended that he be indicted on bribery charges.

Not unlike Trump. Indeed, the GOP may judge it’s prospects improved with a middle east war.

nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna9…
The agenda of the Warsaw summit, now underway, was scrapped after Europe chided it was not a good idea to highlight discord between US and EU on Iran.

The US pulled out of the Iran nuclear treaty, but Iran remains compliant with the EU.

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Matthew Wolff 🏳️‍🌈
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In 1962, JFK set a goal to land men on the moon by decade’s end. Meeting it developed tech that powers our age.

Climate change is our generation’s moon shot. Not a challenge harder or too costly to meet, but a chance to develop the energy that will power this century.
Big goals we’ve met:
Adjusted for inflation, the Apollo program cost $200 bil in 2019 dollars.
New Deal = $653 bil.
The US won WW2 for $4 tril over 4 years.

The estimated cost for converting to 100% renewables is $2 tril in 10 yrs, same as GOP tax cuts for the rich in one bill.
Apollo program cost: extremetech.com/extreme/186600…

New Deal Cost: stlouisfed.org/publications/r…

WW2 Cost: warhistoryonline.com/history/cost-u…

100% renewable cost: thehill.com/policy/energy-…
(Contested by conservative critics. Nevertheless, cost of failure to act outweighs the cost of positive action)
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Matthew Wolff 🏳️‍🌈
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Rumor has it that AMI may have blackmailed Bezos to stave WaPo’s coverage of MBS’s ordered murder of Jamal Khashoggi, rather than to protect Trump.

I’d argue that Trump’s, MBS’s & Putin’s interests are intertwined. To further one is to further all, against American interests.
Feds are determining whether AMI violated an immunity deal by blackmailing Bezos. Ronan Farrow has also come forward with a claim of attempted blackmail.

AMI avoided prosecution by cooperating with an investigation into the bribery of Trump’s mistresses.

cnbc.com/2019/02/08/jef…
Is it a surprise that a publication with such a pro-Trump conservative lean is also selling favorable coverage to murdering dictators like MBS?

Just like the GOP.
Selling out America to the highest bidder.

How much foreign money can any press take and still remain free?
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Okay, this is a blockbuster article you just have to sit down and read through slowly.

You gotta believe @nytimes fact-checked the hell out of it before printing.

Here are the highlights (or lowlights):
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Creepy acting AG #Whitaker told people his role at @TheJusticeDept was to “jump on a hand grenade” for @realDonaldTrump.

His real job is exactly the opposite: rule of law, fearlessly followed.

This merits further investigation. OPR/@JusticeOIG are you awake?
.@realDonaldTrump tried to put a “loyalist” in charge of the SDNY investigation (doing Cohen case and more), obviously to protect himself.

This is strong evidence of an attempt to obstruct justice, also meriting further investigation.
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"Trump called Whitaker with a question... whether Geoffrey S. Berman, the US attorney for the Southern District of NY and Trump ally, could be put in charge of the investigation, according to several American officials with direct knowledge of the call."
nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/…
"Whitaker, who had privately told associates that part of his role at the Justice Department was to “jump on a grenade” for the president, knew he could not put Mr. Berman in charge because Mr. Berman had already recused himself from the investigation."
HOW LONG? #NationalEmergency @realDonaldTrump
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#Cohen postpones testifying due to alleged threats. Thread on elimination witness. It is called "bespredel" and is practiced in the 90s and until now in Russia. Thread. cnbc.com/2019/01/23/mic…
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2. There is a long-standing Russian tradition of eliminating witnesses and people who know too much. Below is an incomplete list of murders and sudden deaths of people relevant to the elections 2016:
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Zach Everson
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Trump Hotels' website still lists Trump SoHo New York among its properties in the Our Hotels menu. Select its name though to access its page and there's a message about it being renamed

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