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It's the employees' fault for not being millions of dollars wealthier in advance of the tax cuts. That's just poor planning.
How Devin Nunes Turned the House Intelligence Committee Inside Out
In inquiries on Benghazi and Russia and beyond, the California congressman has displayed a deep mistrust of the expert consensus on reality — a disposition that has helped him make friends in the current White House.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/...-house-intelligence-committee-inside-out.html
This is a long but interesting read on Devin Nunes. Wish there was an easy way to tldr it, but the general overview is how Nunes is a lot like Trump in that he loves a good conspiracy, continuing to press on said conspiracies even when members of his own party tell him he's wrong. I'm not even sure how someone like him can continue to be chairman of such an important committee.
His beginning into public office begin while he was in college. He was a farmer growing up and the college he went to had a large farm that he claims they were trying to sell off to get rid of the course. Running for board of trustee's, he claimed that the college was selling the land and ended up winning against a four-term incumbent. Turns out that while yes, the college was selling the land, they were going to purchase a larger piece of land for the farm. So right from the beginning he uses lies to get into office. I guess even 20 years ago people didn't bother doing any research.
Anyways, the article goes on to describe his time in the intelligence committee and how he continued to push for things that that either were found to be untruthful, like his beliefs that the Obama administration was covering up stuff they found in Osama bin Laden's hideout, or what happened in Benghazi. Once he became chairman he tried to use that for personal reasons by moving a drone base and listening post for the intelligence community to a small Portuguese island in the Atlantic that he had personal ties. Even though none of these ideas made sense he continued to believe people were out to get him.
And then of course there is the current investigation into Russian collusion and how he has practically turned what has historically been a bipartisan committee into a shell of its former self.
In inquiries on Benghazi and Russia and beyond, the California congressman has displayed a deep mistrust of the expert consensus on reality — a disposition that has helped him make friends in the current White House.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/...-house-intelligence-committee-inside-out.html
This is a long but interesting read on Devin Nunes. Wish there was an easy way to tldr it, but the general overview is how Nunes is a lot like Trump in that he loves a good conspiracy, continuing to press on said conspiracies even when members of his own party tell him he's wrong. I'm not even sure how someone like him can continue to be chairman of such an important committee.
His beginning into public office begin while he was in college. He was a farmer growing up and the college he went to had a large farm that he claims they were trying to sell off to get rid of the course. Running for board of trustee's, he claimed that the college was selling the land and ended up winning against a four-term incumbent. Turns out that while yes, the college was selling the land, they were going to purchase a larger piece of land for the farm. So right from the beginning he uses lies to get into office. I guess even 20 years ago people didn't bother doing any research.
Anyways, the article goes on to describe his time in the intelligence committee and how he continued to push for things that that either were found to be untruthful, like his beliefs that the Obama administration was covering up stuff they found in Osama bin Laden's hideout, or what happened in Benghazi. Once he became chairman he tried to use that for personal reasons by moving a drone base and listening post for the intelligence community to a small Portuguese island in the Atlantic that he had personal ties. Even though none of these ideas made sense he continued to believe people were out to get him.
And then of course there is the current investigation into Russian collusion and how he has practically turned what has historically been a bipartisan committee into a shell of its former self.
Yep. Glad we spent all the years and money on the F-22 only to end that program early.
Yet somehow Republicans are "fiscally conservative."
It's a huge BS line that only means anything to hard red supporters.
Near to no policies in the last 10 years made any impact on my life since I was in school (high school to college) or working at the always understaffed elementary schools.
But nowadays it seems like every new thing to come out of this administration has been about a giant corporation and the ones at the top of it getting some big government break. Meanwhile the people I worked with are getting laid off due to budget concerns.
How is it that their party line is always "small government, less welfare" while their government is all but mandating massive payouts to people already at the top, and nothing but a pat on the back for everyone else? To say nothing of the regularly scheduled spending scandals.
You just know carson wouldn't have gotten rid of that table if he hadn't been caught.
But nowadays it seems like every new thing to come out of this administration has been about a giant corporation and the ones at the top of it getting some big government break. Meanwhile the people I worked with are getting laid off due to budget concerns.
How is it that their party line is always "small government, less welfare" while their government is all but mandating massive payouts to people already at the top, and nothing but a pat on the back for everyone else? To say nothing of the regularly scheduled spending scandals.
You just know carson wouldn't have gotten rid of that table if he hadn't been caught.
It is corporate socialism, and it has been going on since Reagan. They've just gotten much more blatant with it.
Of course if you try to tell many people that a centrist Democrat is actually fairly fiscally responsible, their heads explode.
The GOP's bulls*** talk sounds great, but their actions don't have anything even close to do with being fiscally conservative.
Reports out now that the Ukrainians paid Cohen to get to Trump, and in return agreed to kneecap their investigation into Manafort.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...p-lawyer-for-talks/ar-AAxHnkC?ocid=spartandhp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...p-lawyer-for-talks/ar-AAxHnkC?ocid=spartandhp
Wasn't part of "lock her up" because Killary did "pay for play"? I'm certain trump fans will say the same now, right?
Trump lawyer 'paid by Ukraine' to arrange White House talks
The payment was arranged by intermediaries acting for Ukraine's leader, Petro Poroshenko, the sources said, though Mr Cohen was not registered as a representative of Ukraine as required by US law.
Mr Cohen denies the allegation.
The meeting at the White House was last June. Shortly after the Ukrainian president returned home, his country's anti-corruption agency stopped its investigation into Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort.
A high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer in Mr Poroshenko's administration described what happened before the visit to the White House.
Mr Cohen was brought in, he said, because Ukraine's registered lobbyists and embassy in Washington DC could get Mr Poroshenko little more than a brief photo-op with Mr Trump. Mr Poroshenko needed something that could be portrayed as "talks".
This senior official's account is as follows - Mr Poroshenko decided to establish a back channel to Mr Trump. The task was given to a former aide, who asked a loyal Ukrainian MP for help.
He in turn used personal contacts in a Jewish charity in New York state, Chabad of Port Washington. This eventually led to Michael Cohen, the president's lawyer and trusted fixer. Mr Cohen was paid $400,000.
The payment was arranged by intermediaries acting for Ukraine's leader, Petro Poroshenko, the sources said, though Mr Cohen was not registered as a representative of Ukraine as required by US law.
Mr Cohen denies the allegation.
The meeting at the White House was last June. Shortly after the Ukrainian president returned home, his country's anti-corruption agency stopped its investigation into Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort.
A high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer in Mr Poroshenko's administration described what happened before the visit to the White House.
Mr Cohen was brought in, he said, because Ukraine's registered lobbyists and embassy in Washington DC could get Mr Poroshenko little more than a brief photo-op with Mr Trump. Mr Poroshenko needed something that could be portrayed as "talks".
This senior official's account is as follows - Mr Poroshenko decided to establish a back channel to Mr Trump. The task was given to a former aide, who asked a loyal Ukrainian MP for help.
He in turn used personal contacts in a Jewish charity in New York state, Chabad of Port Washington. This eventually led to Michael Cohen, the president's lawyer and trusted fixer. Mr Cohen was paid $400,000.
http://thehill.com/regulation/389021-judge-rules-trump-cant-block-users-on-twitter
Judge rules trump can't block users on Twitter
A federal district court judge on Wednesday ruled that trump can't block people from viewing his Twitter feed over their political views.
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, said trump’s Twitter account is a public forum and blocking people who reply to his tweets with differing opinions constitutes viewpoint discrimination, which violates the First Amendment.
The court’s ruling is a major win for the Knight Foundation, which brought the lawsuit on behalf of seven people who were blocked from the realDonaldTrump account because of opinions they expressed in reply tweets.
Buchwald, who was appointed by former President Clinton, rejected Trump’s argument that the First Amendment does not apply in this case and that the trumps’s personal First Amendment interests supersede those of the plaintiffs.
She suggested in her 75-page opinion that Trump could have ignored his opponents’ reply tweets.
“No First Amendment harm arises when a government’s 'challenged conduct' is simply to ignore the [speaker], as the Supreme Court has affirmed ‘that it is free to do,’ ” she wrote. “Stated otherwise, 'a person’s right to speak is not infringed when government simply ignores that person while listening to others,' or when the government ‘amplifies’ the voice of one speaker over those of others.”
Buchwald explained that blocking someone on Twitter someone goes further than just muting them.
“Muting preserves the muted account’s ability to reply to a tweet sent by the muting account, blocking precludes the blocked user from ‘seeing or replying to the blocking user’s tweets’ entirely,” she said.
In addition to Trump, the lawsuit named White House Social Media Director and Assistant to the President Daniel Scavino.
“Because no government official is above the law and because all government officials are presumed to follow the law once the judiciary has said what the law is, we must assume that and Scavino will remedy the blocking we have held to be unconstitutional,” Buchwald wrote.
Jameel Jaffer, director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, tweeted a screen shot of that line from Buchwald's opinion.
“Clock’s ticking realDonaldTrump & @DanScavino,” he wrote.
A federal district court judge on Wednesday ruled that trump can't block people from viewing his Twitter feed over their political views.
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, said trump’s Twitter account is a public forum and blocking people who reply to his tweets with differing opinions constitutes viewpoint discrimination, which violates the First Amendment.
The court’s ruling is a major win for the Knight Foundation, which brought the lawsuit on behalf of seven people who were blocked from the realDonaldTrump account because of opinions they expressed in reply tweets.
Buchwald, who was appointed by former President Clinton, rejected Trump’s argument that the First Amendment does not apply in this case and that the trumps’s personal First Amendment interests supersede those of the plaintiffs.
She suggested in her 75-page opinion that Trump could have ignored his opponents’ reply tweets.
“No First Amendment harm arises when a government’s 'challenged conduct' is simply to ignore the [speaker], as the Supreme Court has affirmed ‘that it is free to do,’ ” she wrote. “Stated otherwise, 'a person’s right to speak is not infringed when government simply ignores that person while listening to others,' or when the government ‘amplifies’ the voice of one speaker over those of others.”
Buchwald explained that blocking someone on Twitter someone goes further than just muting them.
“Muting preserves the muted account’s ability to reply to a tweet sent by the muting account, blocking precludes the blocked user from ‘seeing or replying to the blocking user’s tweets’ entirely,” she said.
In addition to Trump, the lawsuit named White House Social Media Director and Assistant to the President Daniel Scavino.
“Because no government official is above the law and because all government officials are presumed to follow the law once the judiciary has said what the law is, we must assume that and Scavino will remedy the blocking we have held to be unconstitutional,” Buchwald wrote.
Jameel Jaffer, director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, tweeted a screen shot of that line from Buchwald's opinion.
“Clock’s ticking realDonaldTrump & @DanScavino,” he wrote.
This is what happens when someone gets all of their information from Faux News.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/...ml?rref=collection/sectioncollection/politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/...ml?rref=collection/sectioncollection/politics
Trump Incorrectly Quotes James Clapper to Falsely Claim F.B.I. Spied On Campaign
President Trump tweeted on Wednesday that Mr. Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, said he “should be happy that the F.B.I. was spying on his campaign.” Mr. Clapper did not say that.
THE FACTS
False.
Mr. Trump is referring to comments by James R. Clapper Jr., who was the director of national intelligence under former President Barack Obama, that were made on “The View” on Tuesday. But Mr. Clapper never said what Mr. Trump claimed he did. In fact, he said the opposite.
Here’s the exchange:
Joy Behar: “So I ask you, was the F.B.I. spying on Trump’s campaign?”
Mr. Clapper: "No, they were not. They were spying on, a term I don’t particularly like, but on what the Russians were doing. Trying to understand were the Russians infiltrating, trying to gain access, trying to gain leverage or influence, which is what they do.”
Ms. Behar: “Well, why doesn’t he like that? He should be happy.”
Mr. Clapper: "He should be. I mean, Russia — it’s one of the reasons I wrote my book, was the threat Russia poses because they are bent on undermining our system. And that’s what they did, and had a lot of success during the course of the election.”
In other words, Mr. Clapper used the word “spy” to describe intelligence gathering on Russian efforts to influence the election. He explicitly denied that the F.B.I. “spied” on Mr. Trump’s campaign.
There is no evidence that the intelligence agents planted an informant inside Mr. Trump’s campaign to spy on him for political purposes.
As The New York Times has reported, “F.B.I. agents sent an informant to talk to two campaign advisers only after they received evidence that the pair had suspicious contacts linked to Russia during the campaign.”
The informant, an American academic who teaches in Britain, did not secretly infiltrate the Trump campaign. He met with Trump campaign aides who were under scrutiny for their links to Russia.
Mr. Clapper described the use of this informant as “a fairly benign tool” that the F.B.I. employs “all the time.”
President Trump tweeted on Wednesday that Mr. Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, said he “should be happy that the F.B.I. was spying on his campaign.” Mr. Clapper did not say that.
THE FACTS
False.
Mr. Trump is referring to comments by James R. Clapper Jr., who was the director of national intelligence under former President Barack Obama, that were made on “The View” on Tuesday. But Mr. Clapper never said what Mr. Trump claimed he did. In fact, he said the opposite.
Here’s the exchange:
Joy Behar: “So I ask you, was the F.B.I. spying on Trump’s campaign?”
Mr. Clapper: "No, they were not. They were spying on, a term I don’t particularly like, but on what the Russians were doing. Trying to understand were the Russians infiltrating, trying to gain access, trying to gain leverage or influence, which is what they do.”
Ms. Behar: “Well, why doesn’t he like that? He should be happy.”
Mr. Clapper: "He should be. I mean, Russia — it’s one of the reasons I wrote my book, was the threat Russia poses because they are bent on undermining our system. And that’s what they did, and had a lot of success during the course of the election.”
In other words, Mr. Clapper used the word “spy” to describe intelligence gathering on Russian efforts to influence the election. He explicitly denied that the F.B.I. “spied” on Mr. Trump’s campaign.
There is no evidence that the intelligence agents planted an informant inside Mr. Trump’s campaign to spy on him for political purposes.
As The New York Times has reported, “F.B.I. agents sent an informant to talk to two campaign advisers only after they received evidence that the pair had suspicious contacts linked to Russia during the campaign.”
The informant, an American academic who teaches in Britain, did not secretly infiltrate the Trump campaign. He met with Trump campaign aides who were under scrutiny for their links to Russia.
Mr. Clapper described the use of this informant as “a fairly benign tool” that the F.B.I. employs “all the time.”
So, not only is our President getting his news from The View, he's not even really paying attention anyway.
I was following before he locked it so if you didn't see this Tweet:
"FYI - I purposely locked my account due to the following: a) bots; b) abusive trolls; and c) we will be releasing some sensitive info in the coming weeks and I want to somewhat control who has initial access to it. #Basta"
The hero we all need.....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...vda-business-months-before-scorning-the-media
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...vda-business-months-before-scorning-the-media
If state filings are any guide, Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk wasn’t joking about setting up a site that would enable news consumers to evaluate the veracity of media reports.
“Going to create a site where the public can rate the core truth of any article & track the credibility score over time of each journalist, editor & publication,” the chief executive officer wrote Wednesday on Twitter. “Thinking of calling it Pravda...”
Pravda means “truth” in Russian and was the name of the official newspaper of the former Soviet Union. The California Secretary of State’s website shows a Pravda Corp. was registered in October in Delaware. The filing agent and the address listed -- 216 Park Road, Burlingame, California -- are identical to the name and location used for at least two other Musk entities: brain-computer interface startup Neuralink Corp. and tunnel-digging company Boring Co.
“Going to create a site where the public can rate the core truth of any article & track the credibility score over time of each journalist, editor & publication,” the chief executive officer wrote Wednesday on Twitter. “Thinking of calling it Pravda...”
Pravda means “truth” in Russian and was the name of the official newspaper of the former Soviet Union. The California Secretary of State’s website shows a Pravda Corp. was registered in October in Delaware. The filing agent and the address listed -- 216 Park Road, Burlingame, California -- are identical to the name and location used for at least two other Musk entities: brain-computer interface startup Neuralink Corp. and tunnel-digging company Boring Co.
President Donald Trump sat down with "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade in Long Island on Wednesday afternoon, an interview the network aired Thursday morning.
It wasn't hard-hitting (you didn't expect it to be unless you have lived on another planet for the last decade straight) but it was interesting.
Here are the 14 most, um, memorable lines.
1. "We're bringing them out by the thousands, as you know, they're setting records. It's just a record that I'm not even -- I don't even like talking about because it's so ridiculous."
And away we go! Trump is talking about his policy of forcing members of the MS-13 gang out of the country. According to PolitiFact, more than 5,000 gang members were removed from the US in 2017. But the government doesn't track what specific gangs those removed from the country are affiliated with, meaning there is no way of knowing whether "thousands" of MS-13 members have been removed. Also, it's not clear what "record" Trump is referring to having broken.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2. "The Democrats are sticking up for MS-13 -- you heard Nancy Pelosi the other day, right, trying to find all sorts of reasons they should be able to stay. "
Um, no. What Pelosi said is "calling people 'animals' is not a good thing" -- in reference to Trump calling members of MS-13 "animals."
3. "The border's down over 40%, and don't forget, we have a great economy, probably the best economy the country's ever had."
Nope! There were three times as many illegal border crossings in April 2018 as there were in April 2017. And the number of illegal crossings went up by 2% from March 2018 to April 2018. Also, the economy!
4. "Unless it improves a wall, and I mean a wall, a real wall, and unless it improves very strong border security, there'll be no approvals from me, because I have to either approve it or not."
Trump reiterates his opposition to any DACA deal that doesn't include substantial wall funding. The question is how hard he will hew to that oath as a government shutdown looms this fall.
5. "They take people from the lottery where you can imagine these countries are not putting their finest in that lottery, so I don't like the lottery."
This is a common Trump rhetorical hobbyhorse. It is also not true.
6. "Chain migration is a disaster, and you look at what's going on where somebody comes in who's bad and yet they'll have 23 members of a family, not one of them do you want in this country."
Experts have repeatedly said that the idea that one person can bring almost two dozen relatives into the US by him or herself is totally implausible.
7. "So chain migration is terrible, the lottery is terrible, we certainly would like to have it end."
In summary: Everything is terrible. The end.
8. "Other countries laugh at us, and it's because of the Democrats. It's because of Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi."
So that's why they are laughing? Got it!
9. "It's time to get the whole package."
Trump on an immigration bill. Which, again, if he goes through with this pledge, could lead to major brinksmanship and a potential government shutdown in September.
10. "You are a victim of your success in one way."
I'm cheating here because this isn't a Trump quote, it's from Kilmeade. You know, the objective journalist putting questions to the President.
11. "You need thousands of judges based on this crazy system. Who ever heard of a system where you put people though trials."
Um, well, so, um....
12. "Maybe they shouldn't be in the country."
The President of the United States offering comment on NFL players -- and, I suppose, anyone else -- who doesn't stand for the National Anthem. So, that happened.
13. "How is he going to explain to his grandchildren all of the lies, the deceit, all of the problems he has caused for this country."
This is Trump talking about James Comey. Why, who did you think this quote was about?
14. "We're doing a great job."
"I would give myself an A-plus." -- Donald Trump
I always give myself an A++. The extra "+" is for my math skills.
It wasn't hard-hitting (you didn't expect it to be unless you have lived on another planet for the last decade straight) but it was interesting.
Here are the 14 most, um, memorable lines.
1. "We're bringing them out by the thousands, as you know, they're setting records. It's just a record that I'm not even -- I don't even like talking about because it's so ridiculous."
And away we go! Trump is talking about his policy of forcing members of the MS-13 gang out of the country. According to PolitiFact, more than 5,000 gang members were removed from the US in 2017. But the government doesn't track what specific gangs those removed from the country are affiliated with, meaning there is no way of knowing whether "thousands" of MS-13 members have been removed. Also, it's not clear what "record" Trump is referring to having broken.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2. "The Democrats are sticking up for MS-13 -- you heard Nancy Pelosi the other day, right, trying to find all sorts of reasons they should be able to stay. "
Um, no. What Pelosi said is "calling people 'animals' is not a good thing" -- in reference to Trump calling members of MS-13 "animals."
3. "The border's down over 40%, and don't forget, we have a great economy, probably the best economy the country's ever had."
Nope! There were three times as many illegal border crossings in April 2018 as there were in April 2017. And the number of illegal crossings went up by 2% from March 2018 to April 2018. Also, the economy!
4. "Unless it improves a wall, and I mean a wall, a real wall, and unless it improves very strong border security, there'll be no approvals from me, because I have to either approve it or not."
Trump reiterates his opposition to any DACA deal that doesn't include substantial wall funding. The question is how hard he will hew to that oath as a government shutdown looms this fall.
5. "They take people from the lottery where you can imagine these countries are not putting their finest in that lottery, so I don't like the lottery."
This is a common Trump rhetorical hobbyhorse. It is also not true.
6. "Chain migration is a disaster, and you look at what's going on where somebody comes in who's bad and yet they'll have 23 members of a family, not one of them do you want in this country."
Experts have repeatedly said that the idea that one person can bring almost two dozen relatives into the US by him or herself is totally implausible.
7. "So chain migration is terrible, the lottery is terrible, we certainly would like to have it end."
In summary: Everything is terrible. The end.
8. "Other countries laugh at us, and it's because of the Democrats. It's because of Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi."
So that's why they are laughing? Got it!
9. "It's time to get the whole package."
Trump on an immigration bill. Which, again, if he goes through with this pledge, could lead to major brinksmanship and a potential government shutdown in September.
10. "You are a victim of your success in one way."
I'm cheating here because this isn't a Trump quote, it's from Kilmeade. You know, the objective journalist putting questions to the President.
11. "You need thousands of judges based on this crazy system. Who ever heard of a system where you put people though trials."
Um, well, so, um....
12. "Maybe they shouldn't be in the country."
The President of the United States offering comment on NFL players -- and, I suppose, anyone else -- who doesn't stand for the National Anthem. So, that happened.
13. "How is he going to explain to his grandchildren all of the lies, the deceit, all of the problems he has caused for this country."
This is Trump talking about James Comey. Why, who did you think this quote was about?
14. "We're doing a great job."
"I would give myself an A-plus." -- Donald Trump
I always give myself an A++. The extra "+" is for my math skills.
Interesting read - an analysis of Avenatti's latest filing seeking the judge to modify the 90-day hold order and allow him to depose Trump (while leaving the stay in place in regards to Cohen).
https://www.popehat.com/2018/05/24/...ase-in-los-angeles-is-this-just-more-theater/
https://www.popehat.com/2018/05/24/...ase-in-los-angeles-is-this-just-more-theater/
From what was described, he and Kelly were there at the beginning and addressed some things but it doesn't seem like they were able to stay for the actual briefing.
On the topic of the meeting, incidentally, despite "Spygate" being the worst thing since liberal homosexuals tricked Cain into aborting Abel, even Mitch McConnell says he's still in favor of the Mueller investigation after hearing this briefing.
I think we're approaching endgame here. The DOJ doesn't need to stonewall any longer, and giving this info on stuff that they were leery about early in 2016 in no way affects what they're doing now.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-nonsensical-spygate-conspiracy-theory-ends-whimper
If this campaign to deceive the public were in any way unique, it might be less offensive. But consider the other conspiracy theories related to the Russia investigation that Trump has peddled:
* Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. (He didn’t.)
* There were improper unmaskings. (There weren’t.)
* The FISA warrants related to Carter Page were improper. (They weren’t).
* It was Democrats who actually colluded with Russia. (They didn’t.)
* Conspiring FBI officials may be guilty of “treason.” (They aren’t.)
* “Uranium One” is a real scandal. (It isn’t.)
* Senate Intelligence Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) had improper communications with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch. (He didn’t.)
* Every member of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team is a rabid Democratic partisan. (Mueller is a Republican.)
* Law enforcement officials ”infiltrated” the Trump campaign, “implanting” a “spy” in the Republican operation. (They didn’t.)
Each of these false claims were presented in bad faith. We’re not talking about mistakes; we’re talking about deliberate efforts to create a smoke screen in order to distract and deceive.
Innocent people don’t generally find it necessary to behave this way.
* Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. (He didn’t.)
* There were improper unmaskings. (There weren’t.)
* The FISA warrants related to Carter Page were improper. (They weren’t).
* It was Democrats who actually colluded with Russia. (They didn’t.)
* Conspiring FBI officials may be guilty of “treason.” (They aren’t.)
* “Uranium One” is a real scandal. (It isn’t.)
* Senate Intelligence Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) had improper communications with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch. (He didn’t.)
* Every member of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team is a rabid Democratic partisan. (Mueller is a Republican.)
* Law enforcement officials ”infiltrated” the Trump campaign, “implanting” a “spy” in the Republican operation. (They didn’t.)
Each of these false claims were presented in bad faith. We’re not talking about mistakes; we’re talking about deliberate efforts to create a smoke screen in order to distract and deceive.
Innocent people don’t generally find it necessary to behave this way.
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