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🎃GameOn!🎃

House voted to move forward with Impeachment

Trump bribes GOP with fundraising cash if they agree to defend him

Confirmation of Ukraine quid pro quo allegations keeps piling up

Parliamentary Report re RU interference in Brexit is being held hostage at No.10
🎃GameOn2🎃

Nadler: “It is the duty of this House to vindicate the Constitution and to make it crystal clear to future Presidents that such conduct, if proven, is an affront to the great public trust placed in him or her.”

Dowd: “Impeachment isn’t reversing an election.”
🎃GameOn3🎃

📌Impeachment is holding an elected president accountable.

Ex: If someone gets accepted to college then cheats while he is there, kicking him out isn’t reversing his acceptance.

Timothy Morrison, a NSC aide Confirms He Saw Signs of a Quid Pro Quo on Ukraine
🎃GameOn4🎃

Morrison is a top diplomat close to Trump suggested a military aid package for UKR was conditioned on inv’n into his political rivals.

Morrison confirms Sondland did tell him that the military aid was conditional on the UKR committing to the Burisma investigation.
🎃GameOn5🎃

📌On September 1, 2019, Morrison & Sondland had a convo whereby Sondland confirmed the security sector assistance would be conditioned on a PUBLIC STATEMENT about the reopening the Burisma investigation.

📌Sondland took his direction straight from Trump.
🎃GameOn6🎃

Trump and his lawyer Rudolph Giuliani didn’t just want an investigation of Biden.

They wanted a public announcement of it, to get news organizations to start treating the allegations seriously and help them create a whiff of corruption around Biden. #Propaganda
🎃GameOn7🎃

The key to weaponizing propaganda is to make any accusation, no matter how spurious, then get it out & into MSM to “weaponize” it, this helps create the “whiff of corruption.”

TeamTrump weaponized propaganda to tarnish HRC’s credibility.

The Biden Op is a redux.
🎃GameOn8🎃

There were extensive negotiations with the Ukrainians over what that public statement might look like, precisely because Giuliani, acting as Trump’s consigliere, cared about it so much

Running Covert Propaganda Op Against Americans Is Illegal.

Trump Tried It Anyway
🎃GameOn9🎃

The whistleblower stopped a covert psychological operation against the American public dead in its tracks

“The White House was attempting to employ an illegal, covert propaganda operation against the American public.”

📌”This is explicitly against the law.”
🎃GameOn10🎃

The 1991 Intel Authorization Act prohibits the U.S. gov’t from using covert actions — which include propaganda — to “influence US political processes, public opinion, policies, or media.”

There are at least 8 instances explicit & publicly expressed quid pro quo.
🎃GameOn10🎃

This setting aside acting WH COS Mulvaney’s assertion re QPQ “we do that all the time.”

Pelosi wants Americans to see the trial of Trump

Once uncertain about holding an impeachment-related vote on the floor, Speaker Pelosi is moving to show evidence to the public.
🎃GameOn11🎃

The biggest impeachment challenge?

Commitment.

Freedom takes work.

That’s the first and most important thing to remember.

It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

One has to remember why one wants to be part of a community of free and equal citizens.
🎃GameOn11🎃

House approves rules for the more public phase of the impeachment investigation Trump impeachment inquiry

House Passes Resolution 232-196 Formalizing Impeachment Inquiry

Trump and his lawyers would be allowed to participate more in the next steps of the inquiry
🎃GameOn12🎃

Q: Trump said you and Schiff are guilty of treason. Is he guilty of treason?

PELOSI: I don’t know.

But I do know that he projects.

Everything he says - ‘She’s in meltdown’ - means that he’s in meltdown.

Everything he says, understand that he’s projecting”
🎃GameOn13🎃

Bill Barr’s Stupid Great Mifsud Conspiracy Story

Barr’s interest is all part of a broader effort pushed obsessively by Trump in an effort to prove, at least in the public mind, that he was the victim of a conspiracy in 2016 rather than the beneficiary of one
🎃GameOn14🎃

Top State Department Official Confirms Smear Campaign Against Ousted Ukraine Envoy

John Sullivan, the deputy secretary of state, told lawmakers he believed the president’s personal lawyer was involved in the plot to remove the ambassador to Ukraine.
🎃GameOn15🎃

John Eisenberg, the White House’s legal adviser on national security issues, restricted access to the document after Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman expressed concerns about the president’s statements on the call with the Ukrainian president
🎃GameOn15🎃

Remember Eisenberg is one of two of the WH lawyers who reviewed intelligence documents gathered by Ezra Cohen-Watnick & then leaked to Nunes.

Eisenberg, along with Michael Ellis, is another White House Council lawyer previously worked for Nunes.
🎃GameOn16🎃

Why John Bolton and his ex-colleagues are crucial witnesses

This was not about Trump changing US policy for national security reasons; his motives were personal & political, although Trump no doubt cannot grasp that there is a difference between the two.
🎃GameOn17🎃

Giuliani Associate Left Trail of Troubled Businesses Before Ukraine Probe Push

Lev Parnas pointed to relationship with ex-New York mayor to show investors he could ‘get things done’

⚠️U.S. SEC considers relaxing post-crisis structured mortgage product rules
🎃GameOn18🎃

📌GOP senator blocks sweeping election reform bill

📌Trump's administration is withholding $105 million in security aid for Lebanon, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, two days after the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.
🎃GameOn19🎃

Raleigh Russian millionaire Leonid Teyf indicted in Utah in alleged bribery scheme

Obama calls out call-out culture: "That's not activism"

Lindsey Graham will give Judiciary chairmanship back to Chuck Grassley
🎃GameOn20🎃

Former CIA Director Brennan: Votes were swayed by Russian influence operation

But he said there was no question there was some effect – possibly affecting the final result itself, which brought Republican Donald Trump to the presidency.

#WeaponizedPropaganda
🎃GameOn22🎃

Bob Livingston now a lobbyist, is said to have called the NSC about the former U.S. Amb to Ukraine.

Foreign agents & lobbyists accused of orchestrating a disinfo campaign attacking former Ukrainian PM & 2019 presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko
🎃GameOn23🎃

PBO urged people to be more compromising and accepting because "the world is messy, there are ambiguities, and people who do really good stuff have flaws."

In major shift, U.S. now exports more oil than it ships in, thanks Obama!
🎃GameOn24🎃

Deutsche Bank Approved Silicone Valley Property Sale to Russian Businessman Despite Internal Objection

The buyer of the property was Vitaly Yusufov, Russian financier and son of former energy minister Igor Yusufov.
🎃GameOn24🎃

DOJ inv’n into aspects of those RU relationships & the bank’s handling of internal red flags is ongoing.

DB shares sink 8% after 3rd-quarter loss

Bitmain quietly filed for a US IPO with DB as its sponsor

WhatsApp hacked to spy on top gov’t officials at US allies
🎃GameOn24🎃

Security firm says Chinese hackers intercepted text messages

BoJo has been accused of preventing the publication of a report assessing the security threat posed by Russia to the UK & whether a future general election could be affected by Kremlin-sponsored disinfo.
🎃GameOn24🎃

Red hot bust: Australian police seize 400 kilos of 'ice' hidden in chili sauce bottles

Exclusive: Iran intervenes to prevent ousting of Iraqi prime minister - sources

Hong Kong's first recession in a decade could be even worse than feared
🎃GameOn26🎃

Confirmed: NK malware found on Indian nuclear plant's network

Rumors of a malware infection at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant surfaced on Twitter, the plant's parent company confirms the security breach.

Boom Times for Turkey’s Lobbyists in Trump’s Washington
🎃GameOn27🎃

Catholic Bishops Agree: Anything but a Woman

The push to allow married men to serve as priests isn’t progress. It’s another form of misogyny.

Judge throws out conspiracy theorist's lawsuit against Mueller
WH Aide Confirms He Saw Signs of a Quid Pro Quo on Ukraine

Timothy Morrison, a NSC aide, said a top diplomat close to Trump suggested a military aid package for Ukraine was conditioned on investigations into his political rivals.

nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/… via @NYTimes
Trump Is Committing 'Felony Bribery' by Giving Fundraising Cash to GOP Senators Ahead of Impeachment Trial: Ex-Bush Ethics Lawyer

newsweek.com/trump-committi…
The House voted Thursday to adopt rules for the next, more public phase of the impeachment investigation.

Trump and his lawyers would be allowed to participate more in the next steps of the inquiry

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
State Department agrees to turn over Ukraine documents, potentially providing Democrats with impeachment fodder

news.yahoo.com/state-departme…
Former CIA Director Brennan: Votes were swayed by Russian influence operation

But he said there was no question there was some effect – possibly affecting the final result itself, which brought Republican Donald Trump to the presidency.

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Deutsche Bank Approved Silicone Valley Property Sale to Russian Businessman Despite Internal Objections

Department investigation into aspects of those Russia relationships and the bank’s handling of internal red flags is ongoing.

wsj.com/articles/deuts…
White House Official Says Trump Phone Call to Ukraine Leader Was Concerning

Tim Morrison says he was concerned how call would ‘play out,’ though heard nothing he thought was illegal while also backing up testimony that linked held-up aid to Biden probe

wsj.com/articles/white…
Pelosi: U.S. House close to approving trade deal with Mexico, Canada

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
The biggest impeachment challenge? Commitment.

Freedom takes work.

That’s the first and most important thing to remember. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

One has to remember why one wants to be part of a community of free and equal citizens.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-b…
Boom Times for Turkey’s Lobbyists in Trump’s Washington

courthousenews.com/boom-times-for…
Giuliani Associate Left Trail of Troubled Businesses Before Ukraine Probe Push

Lev Parnas pointed to relationship with ex-New York mayor to show investors he could ‘get things done’

wsj.com/articles/giuli…
Boris Johnson has been accused of preventing the publication of a report assessing the security threat posed by Russia to the UK and whether a future general election could be affected by Kremlin-sponsored disinformation.

theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
Report on Russian Interference in the Brexit Referendum - Currently BoJo is holding it hostage at No. 10

Pelosi wants Americans to see the trial of Donald Trump
Analysis: Once uncertain about holding an impeachment-related vote on the floor, the House speaker is moving to show evidence to the public.

nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
FireEye said that the Chinese hackers belong to the group designated Advanced Persistent Threat 41 , or APT41, which it says has been involved in spying and cybercrime for most of the past decade. It said some of the targets were “high-value.”

apnews.com/3d4ee72038f640…
WhatsApp’s internal investigation into the breach said a “significant” portion of the known victims are high-profile government and military officials spread across at least 20 countries on five continents.

reuters.com/article/us-fac…
3/19: Jared Kushner using WhatsApp to speak to foreign contacts, top Democrat says

Elijah Cummings, chair of the House oversight committee, also alleges Ivanka Trump is not preserving all her official emails

theguardian.com/us-news/2019/m…
Tim Morrison, the former WH national security adviser who engaged in multiple crucial conversations with Ambassador William B. Taylor Jr. about the quid pro quo that withheld military aid to try to leverage Ukraine into doing Trump’s political bidding,

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
As those texts show, there were extensive negotiations with the Ukrainians over what that public statement might look like, precisely because Giuliani, acting as Trump’s consigliere, cared about it so much.

Texts:

games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/def…
🏆Excellent Explainer🏆

Re Tim Morrison’s Testimony

The Trump campaign was the prototype for Finkelstein’s pan-European biz initiative that hoped to undermine liberal regimes & capitalize on the rising tide of radical RW populism in all of the transatlantic nations

Gave rise to propaganda to undermine HRC

hungarianfreepress.com/2017/05/02/cre…
🏆 “It is not only a quid pro quo, it's an illegal attempt to use official channels to conduct *a propaganda operation* against the American public”
Running Covert Propaganda Against Americans Is Illegal. Trump Tried It Anyway.

The whistleblower stopped a covert psychological operation against the American public dead in its tracks

gen.medium.com/running-covert…
A Shakedown for Weaponized Propaganda

This is why TeamTrump pressed the Ukrainians to publicly announce they were opening an investigation into the Bidens.

Top State Department Official Confirms Smear Campaign Against Ousted Ukraine Envoy

John Sullivan, the deputy secretary of state, told lawmakers he believed the president’s personal lawyer was involved in the plot to remove the ambassador to Ukraine.

nytimes.com/2019/10/30/us/…
John Eisenberg, the White House’s legal adviser on national security issues, restricted access to the document after Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman expressed concerns about the president’s statements on the call with the Ukrainian president

washingtonpost.com/politics/white…
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is withholding $105 million in security aid for Lebanon, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, two days after the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Jared Kushner Attending Saudi Conference Raises 'Red Flag' With Saudi Arabia in His Financial Disclosure:

newsweek.com/jared-kushner-…
Bitmain quietly filed for a US IPO with Deutsche Bank as its sponsor

thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/…
U.S. SEC considers relaxing post-crisis structured mortgage product rules

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
ING's Polish unit involved in 131 FX mortgage court cases: CEO

reuters.com/article/us-ing…
In major shift, U.S. now exports more oil than it ships in

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Confirmed: North Korean malware found on Indian nuclear plant's network
Two days after rumors of a malware infection at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant surfaced on Twitter, the plant's parent company confirms the security breach.

zdnet.com/article/confir…
President Obama calls out call-out culture: "That's not activism"

He urged people to be more compromising and accepting because "the world is messy, there are ambiguities, and people who do really good stuff have flaws."

cbsnews.com/news/president…
GOP senator blocks sweeping election reform bill

thehill.com/homenews/senat…
Raleigh Russian millionaire Leonid Teyf indicted in Utah in alleged bribery scheme

abc11.com/raleigh-millio…
Catholic Bishops Agree: Anything but a Woman

The push to allow married men to serve as priests isn’t progress. It’s another form of misogyny.

nytimes.com/2019/10/30/opi…
‼️Reminder‼️

Eisenberg is one of two of the WH lawyers who reviewed intelligence documents gathered by Ezra Cohen-Watnick and leaked to Nunes.

Eisenberg, along with Michael Ellis, another White House Council lawyer who previously worked for Nunes.

investigaterussia.org/players/john-e…
Bob Livingston thrust back in impeachment glare after grabbing headlines in Clinton era
The former lawmaker, once in line to be House speaker and now a lobbyist, is said to have called the NSC about the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

politico.com/news/2019/10/3…
Statement of the NATO-Ukraine Commission

nato.int/cps/en/natohq/…
Judge throws out conspiracy theorist's lawsuit against Mueller

thehill.com/regulation/cou…
A United Auto Workers official was charged on Thursday with embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in an alleged scheme that a person familiar with the case said involved union President Gary Jones.

reuters.com/article/us-aut…
🌳Breathe🌳

Today is one for the history books.

The @GOP traitors who ran interference & some irresponsibly called for violence will be condemned for generations, if not centuries, when the truth abt Trump crimes—all of them—is exposed for the world to see. #TOC

xoxo, Karol
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