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🇺🇸DemocracyIsMessy🇺🇸

There is no higher crime than for the president to use the power of his office to corrupt our elections. Period.

Trump was never interested in (fighting) corruption in UKR. He was only interested in weaponizing corruption for his own personal benefit.
🇺🇸Messy🇺🇸

Bipartisan Spending Deal Reached

Eric Holder: Wm Barr is unfit to be AG

Barr has made a series of public statements and taken actions that are so plainly ideological, so nakedly partisan and so deeply inappropriate for America’s chief law enforcement official
🇺🇸Messy🇺🇸

Pence rejects calls to declassify new Imp’t testimony

Merkley:”Trump leased public lands in the Arctic Nat’l Wildlife Refuge to oil & gas COs for just $11 an acre!

This is an outlandish & unacceptable giveaway that threatens one of US’ greatest natural treasures.”
🇺🇸Messy4🇺🇸

Ukrainian police arrested several suspects in the car-bomb killing of a prominent journalist three years ago, but officials said they haven’t yet determined who ordered the killing.

Belarus-born journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in Kiev on 7/20/16.
🇺🇸Messy5🇺🇸

Mexico’s former security minister has been arrested in the United States on charges of cocaine trafficking and accepting millions in bribes to help the Sinaloa cartel traffic drugs.

Australia tells Facebook and Google to commit to competition rules, or else
🇺🇸Messy6🇺🇸

Australia’s Central Bank Sees China Slowing to About 3% by 2030

United Kingdom votes to decide the fate of Brexit, again

Randall Schriver, Pentagon’s Top Asia Official, Resigns Post
The top Asia hand at the Pentagon has criticized China’s repression in Xinjiang.
🇺🇸Messy7🇺🇸

The case for impeachment
There is abundant evidence of the president’s abuse of power on Ukraine.

Saudi Aramco hits Crown Prince's $2 trillion goal despite valuation doubts

Lachlan Murdoch Buys ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Home for $150 Million
🇺🇸Messy8🇺🇸

Some federal law enforcement officials are warning of a chilling effect inside the FBI amid attacks by Trump & AG William Barr over the bureau's handling of the Russia inv’n

Antitrust concerns lead the FTC to consider seeking a preliminary injunction against Facebook
🇺🇸Messy9🇺🇸

YouTube bans insults based on race, gender expression and sexual orientation

The change comes after the company was forced to publicly address a harassment claim one of its creators lodged against another.
🇺🇸Messy9🇺🇸

Trump’s hotel in D.C. is at the center of anti-corruption, emoluments lawsuit

The indictment states that many of the classified docs were disclosed in an Oct 2015 news article.

Jeremy Scahill, a founding editor of The Intercept, is the reporter who received them.
🇺🇸Messy10🇺🇸

'Two missing' as Russia’s only aircraft carrier catches fire

Fmr Turkish PM Davutoglu forms new party in challenge to Erdogan

GJ convened amid federal inv’n into money missing from Chabot campaign

🐢’s plan for sham trial reveals depths of Trump’s corruption
🇺🇸Messy11🇺🇸

Alphabet Lawyer Sold $145 Million of Stock Before Page Exit

Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier won an important victory in his feud with Russian billionaire client Dmitry Rybolovlev, after a Monaco judge threw out charges of fraud and money laundering.
🇺🇸Messy12🇺🇸

Investment bankers the world over are paying close attention to court hearings in Sydney in a landmark legal case that alleges cartel activity by Citigroup and Deutsche Bank employees, with JPMorgan witnesses appearing for the prosecution.
🇺🇸Messy13🇺🇸

Russian TV pulls Ukrainian president's sitcom after editing out joke about Putin

Jersey City Shooting Was ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Officials Say
The two attackers were “fueled both by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs.” #KerikOp
🇺🇸Messy14🇺🇸

Trump’s demands that the families of US service members in SK be evacuated, which the NK regime would have interpreted as a clear move towards war. In both cases, Trump’s impetuous diktats were ignored.

Aurelia Skipwith Confirmed to Run U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
🇺🇸Messy15🇺🇸

📌For the third time this year, GOP rejects election-security bill

Fox’s Chris Wallace: Trump is ‘Engaged in the Most Direct, Sustained Assault on Freedom of the Press in Our History’

Accused Funder of Russian Troll Farm Loses Subpoena Objection
🇺🇸Messy16🇺🇸

📌Trump is getting played by China on trade

A U.S. government watchdog is raising fresh concerns that health insurers are exaggerating how sick Medicare patients are, receiving billions of dollars in improper payments as a result. #MedicareCashCow4Mob
🇺🇸Messy17🇺🇸

Mexico’s former security minister has been arrested in the United States on charges of cocaine trafficking and accepting millions in bribes to help the Sinaloa cartel traffic drugs.

House Passes Voting Rights Bill Despite Near Unanimous Republican Opposition
In a new twist, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, a recent court filing suggested that the pair might have drawn on foreign funds from South Korea in addition to Russian funds that federal prosecutors say the pair used as part of a straw donor scheme.

mcclatchydc.com/news/investiga…
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano explains the relationship between his org & Trump/TrumpOrg

@RepDougCollins

Eric Holder: William Barr is unfit to be attorney general

washingtonpost.com/opinions/eric-…
William Barr & The Real Whitewater Shocker

House Panel Grinds Through G.O.P. Objections to Impeachment Articles
The House Judiciary Committee is moving toward the expected party-line approval of two articles of impeachment, which will send the charges to the full House for a vote.

nytimes.com/2019/12/12/us/…
12/6/19: House Passes Voting Rights Bill Despite Near Unanimous Republican Opposition

The legislation restores the core of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil rights statute to guard against racial discrimination in elections.

nytimes.com/2019/12/06/us/…
Trump’s True Betrayal: A Pattern of Soliciting Foreign Interference in US Elections

justsecurity.org/67581/trumps-t…
Fox’s Chris Wallace: Trump is ‘Engaged in the Most Direct, Sustained Assault on Freedom of the Press in Our History’

mediaite.com/trump/foxs-chr…
Trump is getting played by China on trade

washingtonpost.com/opinions/globa…
Lachlan Murdoch Buys ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Home for $150 Million

Deal sets California record and is the second priciest in U.S.

The Bel-Air property was originally listed for $350 million

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Australia tells Facebook and Google to commit to competition rules, or else

reuters.com/article/us-aus…
Daniel Hale of Nashville, Tennessee, is charged in federal court in Alexandria under the World War I-era Espionage Act. That law makes it a crime to disclose national defense information to those not entitled to receive it.

mynorthwest.com/1635097/prosec…
THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS

A secret history of the war

CONSUMED BY CORRUPTION

The U.S. flooded the country with money — then turned a blind eye to the graft it fueled

washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/…
Mexico’s former security minister has been arrested in the United States on charges of cocaine trafficking and accepting millions in bribes to help the Sinaloa cartel traffic drugs.

occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/…
Investment bankers the world over are paying close attention to court hearings in Sydney in a landmark legal case that alleges cartel activity by Citigroup and Deutsche Bank employees, with JPMorgan witnesses appearing for the prosecution.

reuters.com/article/us-aus…
President Trump’s hotel in D.C. is at the center of anti-corruption, emoluments lawsuit

washingtonpost.com/local/public-s…
Daniel Hale of Nashville, Tennessee, is charged in federal court in Alexandria under the World War I-era Espionage Act. That law makes it a crime to disclose national defense information to those not entitled to receive it.

House Republicans' Trump impeachment strategy is simple: Distract, deceive and yell
GOP lawmakers have treated the hearings like Fox New segments, delivering loud, rambling monologues in a deliberate attempt to wear down participants and viewers.

nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…
Pence rejects calls to declassify new impeachment testimony

politico.com/news/2019/12/1…
The case for impeachment
There is abundant evidence of the president’s abuse of power on Ukraine.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Some federal law enforcement officials are warning of a chilling effect inside the FBI amid attacks by President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr over the bureau's handling of the Russia investigation.

cnn.com/2019/12/12/pol…
Trump eased public lands in the Arctic Nat’l Wildlife Refuge to oil & gas companies for just $11 an acre

For the third time this year, GOP rejects election-security bill

msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…
McConnell’s plan for sham trial reveals depths of Trump’s corruption

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Ukrainian police arrested several suspects in the car-bomb killing of a prominent journalist three years ago, but officials said they haven’t yet determined who ordered the killing.

Belarus-born journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in Kiev on 7/20/16.

apnews.com/595bab4ec553e5…
Trump 'Enjoys Comparing Himself to a Mass Murderer:' Thanos Creator Reacts to Trump 'Avengers' Ad
The Trump War Room Twitter account pushed out a new campaign ad depicting Trump as Marvel supervillian Thanos

haaretz.com/us-news/trump-…
Trump’s demands that the families of US service members in South Korea be evacuated, which the North Korean regime would have interpreted as a clear move towards war. In both cases, Trump’s impetuous diktats were ignored by his top officials.

theguardian.com/us-news/2019/d…
Jersey City Shooting Was ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Officials Say
The two attackers were “fueled both by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs.” nytimes.com/2019/12/12/nyr… via @NYTimes
Pentagon watchdog plans to review award of $400M border wall contract to firm touted by Trump
Fisher Sand & Gravel has been publicly and privately endorsed to build the wall by members of the Trump administration, including the president himself.

nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
2016:

Saudi prince says he twice saved Trump from bankruptcy

Saudi billionaire Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal said he twice saved US presidential candidate Trump from bankruptcy, describing him as a “bad and ungrateful person”.

middleeastmonitor.com/20160825-saudi…
Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier won an important victory in his feud with Russian billionaire client Dmitry Rybolovlev, after a Monaco judge threw out charges of fraud and money laundering.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
A U.S. government watchdog is raising fresh concerns that health insurers are exaggerating how sick Medicare patients are, receiving billions of dollars in improper payments as a result.

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Senate recognizes Armenian genocide over objections of Trump and Turkish government

usatoday.com/story/news/wor…
🌿#PAM #PAMFAM🌿

What’s behind this sky scene observed in France?

washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/1…
🌿#PAM #PAMFAM🌿

Beautiful' dinosaur tail found preserved in amber - BBC News

bbc.com/news/science-e…
🌳Breathe🌳

Yowza! Democracy is so messy!

Get some rest and recharge tomorrow.

We need a status quo change to break the logjam.

The good news is @HouseJudiciary is sitting on the right side of history & @HouseGOP will cry & cry when the legal carpet bombing begins.
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December 12, 2019

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