[Washington Examiner] The lawyer representing the anonymous CIA employee who blew the whistle on President Trump's dealings with Ukraine once assisted a whistleblower who worked with Joe Biden's staff to accuse the military of failing to provide armored vehicles to the troops in Iraq.
Whistleblower Franz Gayl, a Marine Corps civilian ground combat advocate, went public in 2007 with a now-disputed claim that the military had ignored or slow-walked requests for life-saving equipment, such as mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles and nonlethal offensive gear, that would have saved Iraqi civilians.
Gayl was assisted by Andrew Bakaj, a former CIA officer who specializes in supporting whistleblowers. Bakaj is now the principal attorney for the career CIA officer who worked on the National Security Council under Presidents Barack Obama and Trump before departing and filing a whistleblower complaint with the Intelligence Community inspector general.
The claim from Gayl helped build opposition to the war and President George W. Bush, who was portrayed as incompetent, and fueled Obama's 2008 victory, which propelled Biden into the vice presidency. But it has come under renewed scrutiny in recent years.
[NYPOST] Kay Hagan ...Niece of former senator and Florida governor Lawton Chiles, married to a transaction lawyer, who has a net worth between $10.7 million and $40 million. He is a former Democrat ward heeler, which explains a lot. She defeated the listless Elizabeth Dole in 2008... , a former bank executive from North Carolina who served one term in the US Senate, died Monday of encephalitis, or brain inflammation, which was caused by the Powassan virus. She was 66.
Hagan had been diagnosed in 2016 with the rare tick-borne virus and the inflammation made it difficult for her to speak and walk, said her former Senate spokeswoman, Sadie Weiner, who now works for Gov. Roy Cooper.
"We are heartbroken to share that Kay left us unexpectedly this morning," her family said in a statement. "We are deeply grateful for the support shared with our family as Kay worked to regain her strength these last few years after her illness, and we appreciate your continued prayers.
"Kay meant everything to us, and we were honored to share her with the people of North Carolina whom she cared for and fought for so passionately as an elected official. Most of all, we already miss her humor and spirit as the hub of our family, a role she loved more than anything. Nobody could light up a room and make people feel welcome like Kay."
The Democrat served a single term in the Senate when she beat Republican Elizabeth Dole in 2008. She lost her 2014 re-election bid to Republican North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis.
[DAILYCALLER] The city of Cupertino, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, will host a "Poverty Simulation" with two organizations designed to help the residents of Silicon Valley understand the poverty that surrounds the wealthy community.The City of Cupertino and West Valley Community Services will sponsor the two-hour Poverty Simulation on Nov. 2 in joint partnership with Step Up Silicon Valley, an organization focused on reducing poverty in the community. The event aims to immerse participants in the "reality of a Silicon Valley that grows in disparity as much as prosperity," according to its advertisement. I want to sign up for the Filthy Rich simulation.
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10/29/2019 4:58 Comments ||
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#4
Sort of like white boys trying to be gangsters in the hood?
Poverty in America is predicated by four primary aspects
- Alcohol and drug abuse
- Procreating before you have the means to put food on the table, clothes on your back, and a roof over your head
- Blowing off real education opportunities
- Doing the same stuff that your parents, grand parents, great grand parents did to limit their opportunities in the world
They are victims of their own human free will. If you don't believe in human free will, then you'll be a very happy prol in an oppressive controlling hierarchical system cause that is the alternative.
#7
A Jacobin Scotsman, MacDougal,
Helps Alphabet's geeks to be frugal:
How the nondairy flows
In their new LEED hameaus
As they grok getting by on a googol!
"Ramen? Little Debbie?"
"Like, choose? Hella plebby!"
"So, dude, this is totally Bruegel."
Posted by: Thrash Omereter1637 ||
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Finally! A political figure, rising star Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, has challenged the false premise that there was anything wrong with President Trump asking for Ukrainian help in an investigation of corruption in the 2016 election undertaken by Joe Biden. Just because it would potentially help discredit a potential political opponent is no reason to override the public benefit from investigating corruption.
For some reason, no other national politician has bothered making this point. Crenshaw did so yesterday on CNN, and faced intense opposition from CNN’s Chris Fredo Cuomo: Video at the link
#1
Last time I read the Constitution, the Executive Branch, not the Legislative was responsible for and had authority over, foreign relations, so butt out congresscritters.
#2
Interesting point. Does becoming a potential political opponent of the sitting president shield a politician from investigation of his or her political corruption, exposure of which could harm his/her electoral prospects?
Answer: Only if it makes Trump look bad.
Posted by: Bobby ||
10/29/2019 15:11 Comments ||
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It cannot be that a potential candidate is shielded from investigation into his or political corruption. If this were true, everyone would be running for office just to be shielded from investigation.
[Hot Air] nterestingly, Pelosi’s calling this audible just three days after a federal judge affirmed that House Democrats *don’t* need to hold a vote formally opening an impeachment inquiry in order for the inquiry to be valid for constitutional purposes.
A noteworthy bit from her letter to the Democratic caucus this afternoon is that the forthcoming resolution "establishes the procedure for hearings that are open to the American people." We’d already heard rumblings lately that the inquiry was about to enter a more public phase and now here’s Pelosi confirming it. And a good thing too: I spent 15 minutes on Sunday trying to convince a Trump-supporting family member that yes, Republican congressmen really are attending these closed-door depositions, and yes, they really are being allowed to question the witnesses extensively. He was incredulous. I guess that Matt-Gaetz-led stunt at the SCIF last week had the desired effect of convincing casual news watchers that Republicans have been so completely shut out of the Democrats’ process that they had no choice but to barge in on a hearing to gain access.
#2
So as I understand it, and I could be wrong, this vote is to formalize the secret hearing, not formally start the impeachment. What they seem to be voting on is to codify the secret proceedings, make them an approved process. The truth is not in this vote. What they are voting on is much more sinister that an impeachment, it give them the capability to act in secret, I.E. no transparency.
Posted by: 49 Pan ||
10/29/2019 12:36 Comments ||
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#3
Where are the Tea Party Mohawks when you need them?
#8
my question is. How can anyone stand too listen too NPR? I got a little high awhile ago an my uber had it on they talking about a killer rabbit. I lost my shit, interesting ride. :)
Posted by: chris ||
10/29/2019 18:59 Comments ||
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h/t Instapundit
While the Democrats continue their impeachment pantomime war dance in the mirror-clad corner in order to keep up their spirits, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is ginning up a much more fateful danse macabre on health care. He has promised to force a vote this week on various Trump Administration directives that have injected flexibility into Obamacare. As The Hill reports, "Senate Democrats plan to force vulnerable Republicans to vote on legislation that would overturn a controversial Trump administration directive on ObamaCare."
Well, lot of things were happening and simply putting a date on the events is rather hard, but most people look back and tag it with the Coup vote initiated by the Left on that day in October to do away with the old Constitution and substitute power by any means necessary.
Just galvanizing Trump's support with the voters. Unless, Pelosi has counted the votes and they are not there, letting her off the hook for a form of political suicide called Impeachment.
#7
Good. Get the demoncrats on the record, especially those "moderates" in the mid-west. Let the process be exposed to sunlight. The dems only picked up the house due to Trump union and blue collar voters, which still identify as democrats, voted moderate Ds into the house.
Forcing them to vote for impeachment is already pissing off those union and blue collar voters that put them in there and have already said they are voting for Trump in 2020.
This has potential D bloodbath written all over it for 2020.
#8
LOL, Stoyer apparently won't commit to the vote. So if the House Majority Whip says no vote, will Nancy fight or shrug her shoulders and claim she tried?
#9
I see an extended fight over impeachment investigation rules. However, at some point, that is going to interfere with the upcoming election if it goes on too long.
I heard Rush talking about internal polling by the RNC that said neither Dem or Pub voters are in favor of an impeachment by the House. Also polling at Trumps's rally indicate a large number of his potential voters going to these rallys are Dems.
IMHO, the voters are going to punish the Dems severely in the upcoming election if they continue down the impeachment path. Landslide for Trump!
[DAILYCALLER] Democratic Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Sen. Kámala Harris Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's former mistress, now a senatrix from California and 2020 Dem presidential hopeful, indistinguishable from the others... appeared to suggest that racism and sexism have hurt her chances to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Last refuge of the political lo-o-o-o-ser.
Harris told Axios on HBO that Americans have "a lack of ability" to imagine a black, female president in a video posted Sunday. Sure they have, Senatrix. Just not you.
"I have also started to perhaps be more candid talking about what I described and what I believe to be the elephant in the room about my campaign," Harris said. "Electability. You know, essentially, is America ready for a woman and a woman of color to be president of the United States?"
#3
In the back room of the DNC HQ, is a big 'Wheel of (mis) Fortune,' complete with interchangeable triangular inserts. Instead of Vanna, you can have Debbie poodle hair, od Donn brassire, halping. The candidate down on his/her/cis luck, simply spins and whicheveer excuse of the day the clicker lands on, why that is what is trotted out. And with removeavle inserts, the list never expires.....sort of like a FEC-funded 'Dog ate my homework' thing.
#9
We are ready for a woman president. We are ready for a woman of color. We are not ready for a vindictive political hack the screwed her way up the ladder to be responsible for the safeguarding of our constitution.
Posted by: 49 Pan ||
10/29/2019 12:38 Comments ||
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#10
The post of chief executive of the world's leading superpower shouldn't be a prize in SJ sweepstakes.
#14
Well, your party is plagued with racism and sexism, so you may have come up with something here, in suspecting it is against you because of that.
You would have been wiser to have become a Republican if you wanted to get away from bias in your party.
Posted by: Daniel ||
10/29/2019 18:37 Comments ||
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If she has a tatoo of a potato on each boob does she have tater tats or tater tits?
Posted by: Deacon Blues ||
10/29/2019 9:56 Comments ||
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#8
Here's this freak libeling a good man by promoting the lies and slander committed by an even bigger nutjob, Julie Swetnick.
From Katie Hill's official congressional (no stage name a la Danger" or "Delecto") Twitter account, Sept. 26, 2018:
Julie Swetnick risked everything to come forward with her story and she is not alone. This is not just about the Supreme Court, this is about believing women and protecting survivors. I've lived this reality and I know why so many of us never report.
10:56 AM · Sep 26, 2018·Twitter Web Client
Just to remind you/her constituents: Swetnick recanted her bullshit in an interview less than a week after Avenatti the extortioner and swindler put her up to making ludicrous false accusations out of whole cloth against Kavanaugh.
Katie Hill is not just a ridiculous figure.
She is a disgusting POS who defamed a good and innocent judge. She should be scorned by anyone who cares about the integrity of our justice system.
#9
If she were a man, she would be headed to jail. We call sleeping with an employee a sexual predator. Her embarrassment and her family shame is the least of her crimes.
Posted by: 49 Pan ||
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[DAILYCALLER] Republican Utah Sen. Willard Mitt Romney, aka Pierre Delecto ...former governor of Massachussetts, the Publican nominee for president in 2012, now Senator from Utah. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney has a record as a successful businessman, heading Bain Capital, and he rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the midst of bribery and mismanagement scandals. He is currently a member of the Never Trump Party and is attempting to assume the mantle of the late John McCain... says his constituents think he’s being too tough on President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... .Romney told USA Today on Monday that he has surveyed constituents in dominant Republican areas of Utah during town halls.
"How many of you in the room think I’m being too tough on the president?" Romney asked voters. About half the room reportedly responded by raising their hands.
The Utah senator noted that he did not do this poll because he regrets criticizing Trump, but because he wanted to show voters you can respectfully disagree with each other. You backstabbing lil GOPe c*^t. If you ever fought Democrats as hard as you fight your own party, you'd be a success. But, no....
"People tend to associate with people of like mind, and they assume everyone thinks the way they do," Romney said. "And so, our town hall meetings have been quite civil." "People tend to associate with people of like mind"
Like in political parties.
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Who was it who expressed his political philosophy in so many words as "Half of the people are scum... My job is not to pay attention to those people"?
#5
g(r)omgoru, I believe the exact way they said were more along the lines "are you f$#*& crazy you idiot! Look at the conservative judges he's put in place and shut up and support him so he can continue and stop pandering to the folks that hate you!"
[NYPOST] The former Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, GOP congressman who lost his seat to Katie Hill in a 2018 election says he is "absolutely considering" running for the office again now that she’s resigning amid a sex scandal.
Ex-US Rep. Steve Knight told the Signal of Santa Clarita Valley after Hill announced her resignation Sunday that he would make a formal announcement "very quickly" about his plans for California’s 25th Congressional District.
Hill had defeated the two-term Republican by 9 percentage points last year, flipping the district blue for the first time since 1990.
"It’s a very interesting situation, and we need representation here," Knight said. "It looks like there’s going to be that special election, and we need to have a representative there so we can have our voice in Congress."
When asked whether he was weighing a run, Knight replied, "Yes, I’m absolutely considering that. Let’s say I’m more than considering that."
Hill was touted as one of the faces of a millennial wave in Washington, DC, before she came under fire last week for allegedly having an affair with an underling, male legislative aide Graham Kelly, as well as engaging in a "throuple" with her now-estranged husband, Kenny Heslep, and a younger female campaign staffer. Hill has denied having a romantic relationship with Kelly but admits to the three-way with Heslep and the campaign worker.
#2
Dunno... Hill probably represents the views of her constituents better than the GOPer, but I guess we'll have to wait until we see nude photos of him before we can make up our minds.
#3
California's 25th Congressional District is considered a toss-up. After Horn Puppy Hill's sex scandal, it might be even too much for this district of California. There's a lot to like about Steve Knight. There might be opportunity here.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's former mistress, now a senatrix from California and 2020 Dem presidential hopeful, indistinguishable from the others...
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
