“READERS FORUM” OCTOBER 18, 2019

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  1. State Department provided ‘clearly false’ statements to derail requests for Clinton docs, ‘shocked’ federal judge says
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    “In a combative exchange at a hearing Friday in Washington, D.C., a federal judge unabashedly accused career State Department officials of lying and signing “clearly false” affidavits to derail a series of lawsuits seeking information about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server and her handling of the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

    U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth said he was “shocked” and “dumbfounded” when he learned that FBI had granted immunity to former Clinton chief of staff Cheryl Mills during its investigation into the use of Clinton’s server, according to a court transcript of his remarks.

    “I had myself found that Cheryl Mills had committed perjury and lied under oath in a published opinion I had issued in a Judicial Watch case where I found her unworthy of belief, and I was quite shocked to find out she had been given immunity in — by the Justice Department in the Hillary Clinton email case,” Lamberth said during Friday’s hearing.”

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-department-provided-clearly-false-statements-to-derail-hillary-clinton-doc-requests-federal-judge-says

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdpJXO_AyOg

    • Are the Trumpettes and the right-wing STILL obsessed over Clinton? Hillary has been investigated dozens of times, and there has NEVER EVER been anything substantiated. We all know this is to deflect from Drumpf being impeached and jailed, but it’s not going to work

      But since the Trumpettes seem eager to go after issues in the past, maybe we can start with the Bush administration, since they were CONVICTED of war crimes.

      “Bush and seven key members of his administration were found guilty of war crimes. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and their legal advisers Alberto Gonzales, David Addington, William Haynes, Jay Bybee and John Yoo were tried in absentia in Malaysia. At the end of the week-long hearing, the five-panel tribunal unanimously delivered guilty verdicts against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and their key legal advisors who were all convicted as war criminals for torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. This was addressed to the International Criminal Court, as well as the United Nations and the Security Council”

      So we know in a COURT OF LAW that the former president of the United States was responsible for initiating two illegal wars of aggression, which killed 7,000 American servicemen and at least 210,000 civilians, displaced more than 10 million people from their homes, condoned torture, initiated a global drone assassination campaign, and imprisoned people for years without substantive evidence or trial in Guantanamo Bay.

      Per the United Nations Convention Against Torture, the United States is obligated to hold those responsible for prisoner abuse to account under criminal law.

      So I guess we are REQUIRED to apprehend Bush and the rest of the above-named folks and allow LEGAL punishment to begin immediately!

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes

      • Dem Mayor Arrested for Fraud: ‘I’m Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty’
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        “The mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts is refusing to resign after his arrest on suspicion of fraud, which he allegedly used to fund a luxurious lifestyle.

        “I am presumed innocent until proven otherwise,” Mayor Jasiel Correia said at a Tuesday press conference. “I will not allow political enemies to remove me from office.”

        Thank goodness for the fundamental American right to due process, which protects Democrat Correia, mere weeks after his party attempted to destroy it during the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

        Once again, Democrats seem to have one set of rules for themselves, and another for their political adversaries. Kavanaugh, you might remember, was branded by Democrats and their mouthpieces in the left wing media as a gang rapist and sexual abuser over unprovable allegations of sexual assault stemming from an alleged incident that happened 36 years ago.

        https://bigleaguepolitics.com/dem-mayor-arrested-for-fraud-im-presumed-innocent-until-proven-guilty/

        • Oh please, another distraction considering how many right-wingers have been CONVICTED and SENTENCED

          General David Petraeus (R) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. On April 23, 2015, a federal judge sentenced Petraeus to two years’ probation plus a fine of $100,000 for providing classified information to Lieutenant Colonel Paula Broadwell.

          Steve Stockman (R-TX) was convicted of fraud.

          Dennis Hastert (R-IL) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives pleaded guilty in court for illegally structuring bank transactions related to payment of $3.5 million to quash allegations of sexual misconduct with a student when he was a high school teacher and coach decades ago.

          Michael Grimm (R-NY) pleaded guilty of felony tax evasion. This was the fourth count in a 20-count indictment brought against him for improper use of campaign funds. The guilty plea had a maximum sentence of three years; he was sentenced to eight months in prison.

          Trey Radel (R-FL) was convicted of possession of cocaine in November 2013. As a first-time offender, he was sentenced to one year probation and fined $250. Radel announced he would take a leave of absence, but did not resign. Later, under pressure from a number of Republican leaders, he announced through a spokesperson that he would resign.

          Rick Renzi (R-AZ) was found guilty on 17 of 32 counts against him June 12, 2013, including wire fraud, conspiracy, extortion, racketeering, money laundering and making false statements to insurance regulators.

          Mark E. Fuller (R) U.S. District Judge was found guilty of domestic violence and sentenced to 24 weeks of family and domestic training and forced to resign his position.

          J. Michael Farren (R) Deputy White House Counsel, convicted of the attempted murder of his wife.

          Scott Bloch (R) United States Special Counsel, pleaded guilty to criminal contempt of Congress for “willfully and unlawfully withholding pertinent information from a House Committee investigating his decision to have several government computers wiped….” Bloch was sentenced to one day in jail and two years’ probation, and also ordered him to pay a $5000 fine and perform 200 hours of community service.

          Felipe Sixto (R) Special Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs, convicted of misusing money. Sentenced to 30 months.

          Robert E. Coughlin (R) Deputy Chief of Staff for the Criminal Division, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes relating to the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal.

          David Safavian (R) Administrator for the Office of Management and Budget. He was found guilty of blocking justice and lying, and sentenced to 18 months.

          Lewis Libby (R) Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (R). ‘Scooter’ was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the Plame Affair on March 6, 2007 and was sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000. His sentence was commuted by George W. Bush (R) on July 1, 2007.

          Lester Crawford (R) Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, pleaded guilty to conflict of interest and received 3 years suspended sentence and fined $90,000.

          Claude Allen (R) Director of the Domestic Policy Council, was arrested for a series of felony thefts in retail stores. He was convicted on one count

          John Korsmo (R) Chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Board, pleaded guilty to lying to congress.

    • And? Unemployment filings has ALWAYS been a misleading number, since it does NOT account for those folks who have exhausted their unemployment benefits.

      “Jobless claims figures released Thursday show a drop in claims but remain well above levels associated with a healthy economy”

      “The 1% drop at an annual rate, while representing a record fourth consecutive decline, was far smaller than the previous two quarters”

      “The report Thursday found that businesses slashed their inventories more than first reported and cut back more sharply on investment in new plants and equipment”

      “The 1% overall rate of decline in the April-June quarter followed decreases of 6.4% in the first quarter and 5.4% in the final three months of 2008, sharpest back-to-back declines in a half-century. The four straight quarterly declines in GDP mark the first time that has occurred on government records that date to 1947”

      “Economists expect the unemployment rate, currently 9.4%, to keep rising through the spring of next year”

      “White House economic adviser said Tuesday that the unemployment rate is likely to hit 10% this year. That could dampen consumer spending and weaken any recovery”

      https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/18/us-weekly-jobless-claims-total-210000-vs-212000-expected.html

    • After being egged on by Drumpf, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of a DNA test that indicated that she had a Native American ancestor.

      The results, which identified Native American DNA from six to 10 generations ago, were immediately misinterpreted the right-wing and the Trumpettes. But reporters and right-wingers are not very good at understanding genetics.

      Warren’s DNA was sequenced and analyzed by a group led by Carlos Bustamante, a well-regarded Stanford University geneticist. He PROVED that five genetic segments were identified, with 99 percent confidence, as being associated with Native American ancestry. The results strongly support the existence of a Native American ancestor in the individual’s pedigree

      The media bungled the interpretation of the results, and Drumpf and the right-wing Warren opponents used the uninformed reporting to undermine the test results even further.

      Senator Warren has repeatedly stated she was not claiming to be eligible for membership in the any Native American nation,she was simply corroborating the family stories of Native American lineage that she has often recounted

      Having DNA proving your heritage is NOT the same as claiming to be a Native American. However, we know the right-wing loves semantics when it is not in their favor

      Sad…

  4. Former Facebook security chief says U.S. not ready for 2018 elections

    “Alex Stamos told NBC News that the U.S. has not done enough to shore up its vulnerabilities to election attacks and has not prepared to deal with whatever fresh techniques hackers may launch to mess with the midterms, now just 19 days away. He likened what happened in the 2016 election to what happened at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the terror attacks of 9/11/2001, but says the hacking attacks did not spur an aggressive reaction to prevent a repeat. “​There’s been small improvements in campaign security,” Stamos said. “But we have not seen the kind of massive upgrade in campaign infrastructure that you would need to stand against a professional hacking agency like that.” This situation is worsened by Donald Trump’s elimination of the cybersecurity czar in May.

    Sitting and former U.S. officials told NBC News last summer that the Trump regime has NO SOLID PLANS to shield our elections from cyber attacks”

    Typical right-wing antics, which are wanting to steal elections. Sad

    https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-s-former-security-chief-u-s-unprepared-2018-elections-n921396

    • Kristen Cooper has it figured out;

      https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=410624146023256&set=a.242005109551828.1073741828.100012270210356&type=3

      Along with The National Review;
      The budget outlook is already perilous: After gradually declining since 2010, annual budget deficits are projected by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to soar past $1.4 trillion a decade from now, and then keep growing thereafter. And that is the rosy scenario; it assumes no recessions, wars, terrorist attacks, tax cuts, or federal spending expansions.
      It also assumes only modest interest rate increases, which is important given that the national debt already sits at $20 trillion and is slated to increase by another $10 trillion over the next decade. CBO estimates that each one-point rise in interest rates adds $1.6 trillion to the ten-year budget deficit — $262 billion of which comes in the tenth year, as costs accelerate. Thus, a four-point interest-rate hike would cost taxpayers $6.4 trillion over the decade, and more than $1 trillion in the tenth year alone — far more than the cost of defense or Medicaid spending.

      Last 3 Federal Reserve Chairmen and present one say our debt is un-sustainable.

      With that I certainly agree. Time for a $2 trillion dollar no-bid war with Iran to MAGA and let Mop Head show why he claimed he was smarter than all the generals.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwB8ph7VAXw

      Yey it do….

      • Look what Mexico is paying for:
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        Mexico Sends Federal Police To Intercept Caravan After Trump Threatens Border Closing

        After a stern warning from President Donald J. Trump about the consequences of a caravan of Honduran migrants swarming the U.S. border, Mexico has reportedly dispatched two Boeing 727s filled with Federal Police to intercept the mob.

        “Five hundred federal police officers in riot gear arrived on Wednesday in Tapachula, Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, where some 4,000 migrants are now marching northward,” the report said

        “The group reached Guatamala City on Wednesday, about 180 miles from the Mexican border, where Mexican officials greeted leaders of the march,” the report said. “Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said that at the meeting, ‘reliable and updated information was provided on the procedures required by the Government of Mexico to allow regular entry of migrants to Mexico and the process to be followed for those who wish to request recognition of refugee status.’”

        Wednesday, Big League Politics reported on a video shared by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) which showed members of the migrant caravan being paid along their journey.

        Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz shared footage Wednesday showing women and children being paid cash to join the migrant caravan that is hurdling toward the U.S. Southern border.

        Gaetz suspected that George Soros cash was being used, based on very clear-cut evidence of George Soros involvement in recent political matters including the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process.

        https://bigleaguepolitics.com/mexico-sends-federal-police-to-intercept-caravan-after-trump-threatens-border-closing/

  6. Trump More Involved In Stopping FBI HQ Move Than Previously Known, Emails Show

    “President Donald Trump was more instrumental than previously known in scrapping plans to move the FBI headquarters out of Washington to the DC suburbs, according to newly released internal government emails”

    Trump tries to allege that not moving the FBI would save money, however, “A financial analysis conducted by the GSA’s inspector general, however, concluded that constructing a new FBI building in downtown DC would actually be more costly than relocating the bureau”

    Trump had a clear interest in the FBI property being developed before he was President, but after he became President and was not allowed to invest in the project, his interest became ensuring no other developer could buy the property, convert it and compete with the Trump hotel

    “Many years before becoming President, Donald Trump expressed interest in the FBI headquarters moving out of Washington, D.C. so he could acquire the land on Pennsylvania Avenue and redevelop the property, which is directly across the street from the Trump International Hotel. However, after he was sworn in as President, and became ineligible as a federal employee to obtain the property, he reportedly became ‘dead opposed’ to the government selling the property, which would have allowed commercial developers to compete directly with the Trump Hotel”

    https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/18/politics/trump-fbi-building/index.html

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