THREAD 5 pages 401-500 of the 966 page Senate Intelligence Committee’s #Volume5 counterintelligence report into Russian interference. In this section we learn about relationships between trump and Russians. Please read this report for yourself and draw your own conclusions.
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Pg408 is one for the history books. Not only do we see Russia intelligence agent Akmetshin attend a party with republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher on Inauguration Day, there is admission of ‘friendly news outlets’ and a Russian agent coordinating testimony with jr’s attorney
Pg 410 one harkens back to page 375 where a Russian knew trump would be running for President before Americans. Turns out that Russian was found to be a bot developer who participated in online influence campaigns. The republican led senate intel cmte ‘have significant concerns.’
Pg 411 Footnotes. It is lamentable that the news media is not taking this seriously enough. Volume5 should be in every news room at every anchor desk and discussed hourly. It should be used to fact check every interview they conduct. Apples and bananas aren’t going to save us.
Pg 420 Wry cough worked for the bot developer to influence voters. This is evidence that the operations did not just happen in the US. These guys were in France trying to elect their right winger of choice, Le Pen. Why won’t Boris Johnson release UK’s report regarding Brexit?
Pg 421 trump tower Moscow. Remember when trump said he had no dealings with Russia during the campaign? That was a lie. I sense things are going to go from bad to worse soon in this report. Enter Felix Sater. What to say about Felix Sater? Seriously, what is his deal?
Felix Sater was arrested for injuries caused in a bar fight.
Investigated for money laundering.
FBI informant.
May have had info regarding Bin Laden if I’m remembering.
He’s like Forrest Gump of Intel ops.
He lived in Trump tower, had office access to trump and trump org cards.
He walked in to trump tower without an appointment and walked away from a meeting with trump with a real estate deal where Sater offered Trump Tower Phoenix. It seems Sater dangles towers to hook trump. This is the carrot.
Pg 423 Oh good. I wasn’t making it up. Phew.
Pg 427 When I hear Felix Sater, the image I conjure in my mind is that of Austin Powers in a Vegas bathroom desperately trying to find out who Number 2 works for.
Pg 433 Just a side vignette, according to Sater, Yes, Ivanka spun in Putin’s chair.
Pg 465 The preceding 30 pages reveals a deep series of connections, contacts, deals. jr. said everything is about relationships. This shows the players that the Senate Intel Committee has significant concerns about,knew trump. And he knew them. This entry is how we know him.
Pg 472 CNN had Boris Ephsteyn on as a surrogate talking on behalf of trump. Gaslighting viewers, spreading the message of trump campaign, deriding what they were doing as ‘fake news’. Boris is mentioned with Eric Trump [REDACTED]. Usually redactions mean ongoing investigations.
Pg 475 The thing about Joint Defense Agreements is they have to exist. Back in Thread 1 on page 30 the committee states no one could produce a JDA therefore the protections of privilege don’t apply. The committee was hampered by what is likely an obstruction of justice.
Pg 479 Enter George Papadopolous. Again here we have the same Republicans who claimed hoax, finding that the campaign foreign policy team exposed to significant counterintelligence vulnerabilities. But trump only hires ‘the best people’, right?
Pg 481 Where exculpatory comments or evidence exist, I will highlight in green to ensure fair representation of the findings in this report. Just note we are nearly halfway through now, and this is the first time I felt compelled to make this distinction.
Pg 499 This conversation when taken in the context of the whole however, is less exculpatory.
This last 100 pages sums up many contacts and relationships. It builds a foundation for all that was to come. Those close to Russian intel were also close to trump and seemingly dangling a tower as some sort of carrot. Any conversation or email gathering, the stick of kompromat.
This was no witch hunt. This was an investigation of those contacts trying to understand them and being thwarted by refusals to cooperate and obstructive behavior all along the way. If this was a witch-hunt, they were in an environment guaranteed to bag witches.
Please read Senate Intel’s vol5 report for yourself. Watch the House hearing on USPS with DeJoy. Ask yourself why the people found in these pages would want to keep power. Remember these things this week as we enter #TrumpCon2020. Ask why the republicans offer no platform.
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“There is no place for political violence” has been a pretty common refrain throughout the weekend. It really got me thinking. ”Political violence” must be one of those “you know it when you see it” types of things.
Let’s see…
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Political violence strikes me as a visual medium but there are so many things that occur before we see the blood that I think might be political violence. Are we just numb to it? How do we define what is political violence and what is just violence? Why is it different?
Are Texas Gov Greg Abbott’s razor balls floating in the river, considered “political violence”? Kind of. I mean, the idea is people from south of the US shouldn’t be allowed to come here and take our jobs.
Political.
To deter from this, razor balls in the river.
Violence.
There’s been a lot said about Joe Biden since the debate. I, along with so many of you, watched it play out in real time as respected news transmitters read out ‘inside texts’ from knee jerk reactionaries.
After much thought, I won’t be voting for Joe Biden because he’s old.
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I’ll be voting for Joe Biden because he’s team democracy. I’m voting for ideas he represents. I’m voting for the team of people he can put together. I’m voting for my own interests and for your ability to vote for your own interests. I didn’t vote for him last time either, btw.
In 2020, I voted for a November 5th, 2024 election. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were the only options on the ballot that allowed this. I colored in Joe and Kamala’s bubble to keep the lights on long enough for us to have this election. Like many of you, I voted team democracy.
I am loathe to do predictions. However, there are some things you just can’t help but see coming. Project 2025 is a blinking red alarm and we all need to be aware of the stakes of this election. Please familiarize yourself with EO11246, be discriminating voters.
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On September 24th, 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signed Executive Order 11246. EO11246 established Equal Opportunity Employment. It includes Non-Discrimination in Government. It includes Non-Discrimination Employment by Government Contractors and Subcontractors.
Focus on Non-Discrimination Employment by Government Contractors and Subcontractors. In Sub Part B under Contractor’s Agreements, contractors agree to not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Trust me…
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The above is the oath the President takes at 12 noon on January 20. Typically, it is administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court but there is no law that makes that a requirement. You could have your gran do it. So why is it *usually* the Chief Justice?
For this thread let’s assume the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is there as a symbol of the law. Chief Justice Roberts in a way represents the Judicial Branch of our government on the day it grants power to the person who will symbolize the Executive Branch.
If trump wins, the period between Biden and trump would see the installation of trump acolytes in every corner of our government ready to begin the dismantling of institutions on January 20, 2025.
Have you ever heard of a Blackie’s Warrant?
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Of course not because it has no impact on your life whatsoever. Or does it? Because it totally does. If you have ever eaten in a restaurant, or eaten food from a grocery store or stayed in a hotel, or had a loved one being cared for, you may want to keep reading.
On March 17, 1978, a warrant was served upon Blackie’s restaurant as Immigration and Naturalization Services removed 15 employees. 10 of those were proven to be subject to deportation. What was the probable cause to issue such a warrant?
You may have recently seen an article @mtredden wrote in the Huffington Post about Judges going to a fancy West Virginia resort with the Koch funded Judicial Education Institute picking up the tab.
The article discusses how a newly appointed federal judge (who is married to an Affinity Partner of Jared Kushner, btw) did away with mask mandates on airplanes with the help of something called the Corpus of Historical American English.
The COHAE is a database of words and their meaning throughout history. According to Corpus of Founding-Era American English and former Chapman University (👀) professor James Phillips, “Corpus linguistics is the tool that originalists have been waiting for.”