[OpsLens] As reporters and pundits push Trump narratives, the Democratic Party gets a whopping pass.
While the mainstream media have been doggedly and extensively covering any narrative that casts President Donald Trump in a negative light, there is one story the reporters and pundits largely have spurned: the lawsuit looming over the Democratic National Committee alleging it favored former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The DNC came under fire in June 2016 after damning evidence surfaced from documents leaked by Guccifer 2.0 showing that the party and DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz heavily favored Clinton over Sanders.
A class action suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in October by residents of 45 states against both the committee and Wasserman Schultz for "intentional, willful, wanton, and malicious" conduct in violating Article 5, Section 4 of the DNC Charter.
[The Hill] A group of current and former FBI agents on Saturday endorsed former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) to lead the FBI following the ouster of director James Comey.
"Chairman Rogers exemplifies the principles that should be possessed by the next FBI Director," Thomas F. O’Connor, president of the FBI Agents Association, said in a statement.
The association cited Rogers’ experience previously serving in the FBI in addition to his time in Congress to explain their endorsement.
"It is essential that the next FBI Director understand the details of how Agents do their important work," the statement continued. "Rogers’ unique and diverse experience will allow him to effectively lead the men and women of the Bureau as we work to protect our country from criminal and terrorist threats."
"During his time in Congress he showed a commitment to confronting threats to our country Hillary Clinton in a nonpartisan and collaborative manner."
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In other words, they have something on him to force compliance.
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05/14/2017 5:14 Comments ||
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This organization is a pro-Employee style union that supports agents regardless of their failures for the most part. Therefore their members come first, the American citizen, second and their dislike of the President is clearly evident.
Even though Rogers has several planks on the right as his platform, when it comes time to make hard decisions he compromises too much with the Democrats. In other words he is all talk when it comes to what the right wants to hear but at 1am of an all night marathon legislative session when the final vote is taken, he chokes and compromises too much with the hard nose Democrats.
A snippet from the article is found below. Don't neglect the closing paragraph:
” In interviews Rogers “downplayed” the testimony CIA contractors gave in closed session, Lake noted, and has said he did not believe the CIA had stonewalled his committee. Lake reported that “the chairmen of the House Intelligence, Armed Services, and Government Reform committees — Reps. Rogers, Buck McKeon, and Darrell Issa, respectively — all opposed the formation of a select committee on Benghazi.”
Rogers is a plankholder in the Washington 'swamp.' If he is confirmed as Director, any hope (however distantly remote) of bringing the Hildebeest to justice will be dashed.
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Sure wish they'd state what principles the FBI is supposed to exemplify. I haven't seen any since the days when Whitey Bulger was ruling over Boston.
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2013: Rogers' wife, Kristi Clemens Rogers, was, until recently, the president and CEO of Aegis LLC a "security" defense contractor company, whom she helped to secure a $10 billion (with a b) contract with the State Department. The company describes itself as "a leading private security company, provides government and corporate clients with a full spectrum of intelligence-led, culturally-sensitive security solutions to operational and development challenges around the world."
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What does anyone think/know about Ray Kelly, registered Independent and former Comish of NYPD as head of FBI? I heard him suggested as a good choice.
[Politichicks] A controversial billboard depicting President Donald Trump as a Nazi was funded with taxpayer dollars and was commissioned by an "arts advocate" paid by a U.S. city to "diminish barriers," records obtained by Judicial Watch reveal. The massive billboard caused a ruckus when it was unveiled in downtown Phoenix, Arizona in mid-March because it features a menacing portrait of Trump surrounded by mushroom clouds--in the shape of laughing clowns--and swastikas modified as dollar signs. A pin of a Russian flag appears on the president’s lapel.
The huge display towers over Grand Avenue and Taylor Street in downtown Phoenix and will remain there throughout Trump’s presidency, according to the local art gallery that claims to own it and conveniently omits that public money is involved. A multitude of local and national media outlets covered the controversy surrounding the artist that created it and the contentious image it portrays, but all have failed to uncover the important fact that taxpayer dollars are behind it. Instead, the media has reported that the Trump Nazi billboard was commissioned by the billboard owner, Beatrice Moore, a longtime patron of the arts on Grand Avenue. Moore’s deep ties to the city and the cash she receives for her various public art endeavors have remained secret. The news reports have also focused on the death threats that the artist, Karen Fiorito, has received. A local paper reported that the billboard went up during an annual art event and that the artist aimed to stir up a controversy.
Mainstream national media also failed to report the important fact that taxpayer dollars contributed to the offensive billboard. The Washington Post opted to serve as a mouthpiece for Fiorito’s anti-Trump tirade. In a piece published days after the billboard controversy hit the artist calls Trump supporters "scumbags" and says the country is on a "very dangerous path" toward "total annihilation." A California news outlet focused on Fiorito’s death threats and her interpretation of the art, which "represents global destruction, warfare and annihilation of the planet." The dollar swastikas represent "corporate power and greed and how our society has become all about money and corporatism," the artist says in the story.
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What is building Security?
Is the poster sign made of flammable materials?
How many people will you need for how longs to do the job?
Who would respond in case the sign went up in flames at 2 in the morning?
What can be devised to inhibit response to the fire?
What are the plans to disperse the team that sets the fire?
Who will complain and in what manner if anyone is apprehended?
How sympathetic is the Police Dept. to the fire possibility?
What sort of PR can be arranged to counter any investigation?
No threats no warnings. Plans and equipment and drill.
Minimum number necessary and separate dispersal for each individual team member. Resources and evidence destroyed. Systematic and silence. Compartmentalized intel of all involved. No traceback of plans or resources.
Follow up on persons and properties of the artist and art gallery after the event if necessary. Phoenix is the city where they had the OK Corral event, right? Workable venue.
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Phoenix is the city where they had the OK Corral event, right?
No. Tombstone. It's just shy of 200 miles from Phoenix and 60 miles SE of Tucson. Moderately successful tourist town now, though they have conflicts with certain Federal bureaus who think everything should remain untouched since the Earps were there.
S'okay, tho, Hemingway. I understand history and geography are hard for some folks.
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[Politichicks] A controversial billboard depicting President Donald Trump as a Nazi was funded with taxpayer dollars and was commissioned by an "arts advocate" paid by a U.S. city to "diminish barriers," records obtained by Judicial Watch reveal. The massive billboard caused a ruckus when it was unveiled in downtown Phoenix, Arizona in mid-March because it features a menacing portrait of Trump surrounded by mushroom clouds--in the shape of laughing clowns--and swastikas modified as dollar signs. A pin of a Russian flag appears on the president’s lapel.
