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🚌OutOfControl🚌

Sondland corrects testimony & confirms Quid Pro Quo.

He told Ukrainian officials military aid was contingent on their commitment to open inv’ns & public announcement of same, Trump wanted for personal political reasons.

Volker dictated desired announcement.
🚌OOC🚌

DOJ, DOD, DHS, DNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA release joint statement on 2020 election security, warning, "Russia, China, Iran, and other foreign malicious actors all will seek to interfere in the voting process or influence voter perceptions."
🚌OOC3🚌

The Barr JDOJ is trying to finish the (bogus conspiracy theory that UKR hacked/interfered w/ the 2016 election instead of RU) report on Russia probe b/4 Thanksgiving 🙄

Putin’s Top Spy, Russian FSB Chief Alexander Bortnikov:

We’re Teaming Up With DC on Cybersecurity
🚌OOC4🚌

“We are maintaining working contacts by our experts & special unit heads with the CIA, the FBI & the DEA,” says (FSB) Bortnikov.

The #Ukrainegate scheme is corrupting multiple government agencies & effectively placing them at the disposal of Trump’s reelection effort.
🚌OOC5🚌

The 2nd goal is getting UKR to validate a conspiracy theory absolving RU of 2016 sabotage, & to manufacture smears of Trump’s leading 2020 rival.

At the core of this narrative is Trump’s continuing reliance on foreign help in corrupting our democracy to his advantage,
🚌OOC6🚌

Through two presidential elections, & the covering up of all of it.

Pompeo played a key role in ousting Amb Yovanovitch, to clear the way for Trump & Giuliani to create a shadow foreign policy to pressure Ukraine to carry out Trump’s corrupt political bidding,
🚌OOC7🚌

Inc’g making RU’s 2016 interference disappear.

Pompeo was briefed by agency officials on the extensive evidence — including US intercepts of convos showing that RU hackers working for the gov’t of. Putin had interfered in the 2016 American presidential campaign.
🚌OOC8🚌

In May 2017, Pompeo testified in a Senate hearing that he stood by that conclusion.

As Trump’s second SOS, he now supports an inv’n into a discredited, partisan theory that UKN, not RU, attacked the DNC, so Trump can falsely say he was elected without Moscow’s help.
🚌OOC9🚌

Mike Pence knew & was mixed up in it, too.

We know that Pence read, or at least was given a transcript of,

Trump's call with Zelensky.

We know he met with the Ukrainian president in Warsaw.

And we know that Pence had his own call with Zelensky

Pence meet barrel
🚌OOC10🚌

Joe Biden: Trump has no idea what he’s doing on foreign policy

'The next president will face the enormous responsibility of picking up the pieces of America’s foreign policy.'

Trump, the weakling in chief

Democratic presidential contenders extend leads over Trump:
🚌OOC11🚌

Trump is the first president in never to have achieved majority approval, with the lowest average approval rating on record. #Loser

The scope of Trump’s corruption is mind-boggling. New developments show how.

The NRA’s charity arm raffles off weapons in US schools
🚌OOC12🚌

FB profits partly by amplifying lies & selling dangerous targeting tools that allow political operatives to engage in a new level of information warfare.

FB’s business model exploits our data to let advertisers custom-target people, show us each a different versions
🚌OOC13🚌

of the truth and manipulate us with hyper-customized ads — ads that can contain blatantly false & debunked information.

Steyer staffer resigns after downloading Kamala Harris info in data breach

The Steyer staffer used access he had to get access to the data.
🚌OOC14🚌

Democratic Strategists Set Up $75 Million Digital Campaign to Counter Trump

David Plouffe, the former Obama campaign manager, will advise the effort, which aims to compete with the president on his terms.
🚌OOC15🚌

Erik Prince an informal adviser to Trump, is in discussions to purchase a Ukrainian aerospace manufacturer that the U.S. is trying to prevent China from buying it. 🙄

Fun fact: Prince’s company is half owned by the Chinese.
🚌OOC15🚌

Mulvaney Summoned to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry

House investigators asked Trump’s acting chief of staff to voluntarily appear on Capitol Hill for a deposition. It’s unlikely he’ll comply.

Lawyer: Trump's phone records back details of Summer Zervos’ claim
🚌OOC16🚌

Egypt’s president lavishly praises Trump on social media

France to Set Quotas for Immigrant Visas

President Emmanuel Macron is trying to balance the need for skilled foreign workers against a perception the government isn’t protecting French workers
🚌OOC17🚌

MbS announced on Tuesday an agreement between Yemen's government and southern separatists to end a power struggle in the south of the country that had opened a new front in Yemen's war.

Companies plan net zero emissions industrial zone in UK by 2040
🚌OOC18🚌

Report on RU interference in Brexit vote roils UK politics
“This is disturbing,” Bill Browder wrote, explaining that he, too, had given evidence and had expected it to be released before the election.

Turkey's Erdogan says Kurdish YPG have not left Syria 'safe zone
🚌OOC19🚌

Iran Plans to Breach Nuclear Deal Again

Iranian President Rouhani said Iran will start injecting gas into the centrifuges at one of its nuclear facilities. Gas accelerates the process of making high-grade nuclear material from uranium
🚌OOC20🚌

Indicted Yahoo Hacker’s Case Shows Pitfalls of Extradition Efforts

The case of Alexsey Belan is demonstrating how for-profit hackers arrested while traveling abroad can return to Russia to rejoin the battlefield, as intelligence-service operatives.
🚌OOC21🚌

Tech giant Huawei inks deal with China’s digital currency unit

Netanyahu told ministers Trump can’t be counted on to act against Iran

Statement from Bibi Iran is growing bolder given lack of US response was public hint at growing unease expressed privately,
DOJ, DOD, DHS, DNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA release joint statement on 2020 election security, warning, "Russia, China, Iran, and other foreign malicious actors all will seek to interfere in the voting process or influence voter perceptions."
Sondland Updates Impeachment Testimony, Describing Ukraine Quid Pro Quo

In a substantial update to his initial account, Sondland recounted how he told Ukrainian officials military aid was tied to their commitment to investigations Trump wanted.

nytimes.com/2019/11/05/us/…
WTF?

Putin’s Top Spy, Russian FSB Chief Alexander Bortnikov: We’re Teaming Up With D.C. on Cybersecurity

“We are maintaining working contacts by our experts & special unit heads with the CIA, the FBI & the DEA,” says Bortnikov.

thedailybeast.com/putins-top-spy…
Dershowitz & Freeh have registered to lobby the US gov’t on behalf of Dan Gertler an Israeli who has been accused of getting rich from corrupt deals in Africa.

Gertler was sanctioned in 2017 & 2018 by the Trump adm for his business dealings in the DRC

cnbc.com/2019/11/05/ala…
The inside story of Glencore’s hidden dealings in DRC
Leaked files reveal for the first time how the secretive firm enlisted a controversial diamond tycoon – ignoring ‘red flags’

theguardian.com/business/2017/…
The Panama papers expose in forensic detail how Gertler, whose previous diamond monopoly in DRC was described by the UN as a “disaster” for the country, held Glencore’s imprimatur as key negotiator with Congolese authorities.
#BloodDiamonds

theguardian.com/business/2017/…
Erik Prince an informal adviser to Trump, is in discussions to purchase a Ukrainian aerospace manufacturer that the U.S. is trying to prevent China from buying it. 🙄

Fun fact: Prince’s company is half owned by the Chinese.

wsj.com/articles/secur…
Transcript of Sondland Testimony

docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG…
Transcript of Volker Testimony

docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG…
Transcript Log of
Texts & Doc provided by Volker

docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG…
Joe Biden: Donald Trump has no idea what he’s doing on foreign policy

'The next president will face the enormous responsibility of picking up the pieces of America’s foreign policy.'

desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/…
Speaker Pelosi has said that there is not even enough support for Medicare-for-All in the DEM House. “We can’t create real change for people if we can’t win elections, and in 2018 we won back the House promising to protect the Affordable Care Act.” Ouch.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
The scope of Trump’s corruption is mind-boggling. New developments show how.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Pompeo Faces Political Peril and Diplomats’ Revolt in Impeachment Inquiry
The secretary of state has been drawn deeply into the Ukraine affair, with a parade of his diplomats testifying. He is sticking by the president.

nytimes.com/2019/11/04/us/…
Iranian President Rouhani said Iran will start injecting gas into the centrifuges at one of its nuclear facilities. Gas accelerates the process of making high-grade nuclear material from uranium

reuters.com/article/us-ira…
Democratic Strategists Set Up $75 Million Digital Campaign to Counter Trump
David Plouffe, the former Obama campaign manager, will advise the effort, which aims to compete with the president on his terms.

nytimes.com/2019/11/04/us/…
France to Set Quotas for Immigrant Visas
President Emmanuel Macron is trying to balance the need for skilled foreign workers against a perception the government isn’t protecting French workers

wsj.com/articles/franc…
Report on Russian interference in Brexit vote roils U.K. politics

“This is disturbing,” Bill Browder wrote on Twitter last Thursday, explaining that he, too, had given evidence and had expected it to be released before the election.

washingtonpost.com/world/2019/11/…
Mike Pence knew & was mixed up in it, too.

We know that Pence read, or at least was given a transcript of, Trump's call with Zelensky.

We know he met with the Ukrainian president in Warsaw.

And we know that Pence had his own call with Zelensky

newsweek.com/mike-pence-kne…
Lawyer: Trump's phone records back details of Summer Zervos’ claim

apnews.com/06969275522340…
FB’s business model exploits our data to let advertisers custom-target people, show us each a different version of the truth and manipulate us with hyper-customized ads — ads that can contain blatantly false and debunked information.

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/1…
Tech giant Huawei inks deal with China’s digital currency unit

decrypt.co/11047/tech-gia…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced on Tuesday an agreement between Yemen's government and southern separatists to end a power struggle in the south of the country that had opened a new front in Yemen's war.

reuters.com/article/yemen-…
The case of Alexsey Belan is demonstrating how for-profit hackers arrested while traveling abroad can return to Russia to rejoin the battlefield, as intelligence-service operatives.

wsj.com/articles/indic…
🌳Breathe🌳

The blue wave triumphs tonight!

Another excellent day!

Tomorrow the Stone trial should begin in earnest! Keep the popcorn handy.

Tomorrow I will roll out a thread re another side of TeamTrump shadow foreign policy play to pay schemes aka TeamTrump Swamp Monsters
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