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They may want to have a look at the fine print on that contract. If Hilly's charging $100K per I'd estimate Biden could well be looking at a windfall that could easily reach into the hundreds.
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Yes. People who know the founder & the company well tell me the only reason it got traction was that it was the sole videoconferencing tool that worked seamlessly in China. Otherwise, it never would have succeeded
#8
Re #2: Yep. Given some creative accounting (borrowed from Hollywood) it wouldn't surprise me if the Hildabeast presented Joe with a bill rather than a check.
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Grifter raises money for grifter. Hildabeest has another scheme to get into the White House. How about a WH petition for the Beest to choke herself?
#7
...Cal OES replied that if any details of the contract were to be made public now it could jeopardize the agreement.
WTF? How and Why? If the contract is on the up and up it could surely survive a little daylight. If not, then it's hinky as hell and needs to be exposed. Since it's a contract with Chicoms, the suspicion must be that it's crooked.
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Look for how much CalPers money is invested in the Chinese electric car company. That is your answer to this mystery.
[Just the News] Two senior Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a stinging letter Monday to FBI Director Chris Wray, suggesting he has failed to lead his agency past the abuses uncovered in the Russia scandal and demanding new access to witnesses and documents.
The letter, largely symbolic since Republicans are in the House minority, is nonetheless the latest signal that Wray's hold on his job may be in jeopardy after a series of devastating revelations about misconduct inside the nation's premier law enforcement agency.
"The American people continue to learn troubling details about the politicization and misconduct at the highest levels of the FBI during the Obama-Biden Administration," the wrote. "Even more concerning, we continue to learn these new details from litigation and investigations—not from you," the lawmakers wrote. "It is well past time that you show the leadership necessary to bring the FBI past the abuses of the Obama-Biden era."
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Wray should be asked to expain his behavior re Flynn, and continued redaction of what seems almost certain to be information that should have been given to Flynn's attorneys.
Why does the DOJ and FBI now continue the case. Unless there is a rational explanation, Wray must be asked to resign.
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"Two senior republicans".... I'm sure the smug, arrogant Wray is losing a great deal of sleep.
[Just the News]Republican members of the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees sent a letter Tuesday to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, requesting the release 53 transcripts from its Russia investigation.
The request follows recent news reports that Intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is thwarting attempts to release the 53 transcripts of witnesses in the Russian collusion investigation, despite a bipartisan vote in September 2018 to release them.
"We understand now that Chairman Schiff is blocking the release of these transcripts," the letter reads. "This news, if accurate, is disturbing — especially in light of Chairman Schiff’s cries in 2019 for transparency regarding allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia."
Depriving Slow Joe of those delegates would keep him from a first ballot win at the DNC Convention, allowing hi-jinx to swap in a Super-Delegate-chosen candidate
[NY Post] A federal court judge has ordered New York Democrats to reinstate the presidential primary election for June 23 after one-time candidate Andrew Yang challenged its cancellation.
Judge Analisa Torres in her decision Tuesday ruled that the New York Board of Elections' decision to cancel the vote was unconstitutional and that all qualified candidates as of April 26 must be on the ballot.
"[T]he removal of presidential contenders from the primary ballot not only deprived those candidates of the chance to garner votes for the Democratic Party's nomination," Torres wrote in her opinion.
"…but also deprived their pledged delegates of the opportunity to run for a position where they could influence the party platform, vote on party governance issues, pressure the eventual nominee on matters of personnel or policy, and react to unexpected developments at the Convention."
Yang sued the New York State Board of Elections last week, claiming the cancellation "fundamentally denie[d] [voters] the right to choose our next candidate for the office of President of the United States."
Arthur Schwartz, an attorney for plaintiffs in the case, called the decision an "extraordinary victory for the democratic process."
"This decision is not a win for Andrew Yang or Bernie Sanders. It is a win for democracy," Schwartz said in a statement. "And it is also a warning to President Trump not to mess around with our right to vote him out in November."
Schwartz and other counsel called on Jay Jacobs, the Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee, to not appeal the decision.
"I saw the opinion came down. I haven't read it yet and obviously from a policy point of view I disagree on it," Jacobs told The Post. "I'll have to review it."
A spokesman for the BOE declined to comment, saying its lawyers are reviewing the decision and considering options.
"I hope that the New York Board of Elections takes from this ruling a newfound appreciation of their role in safeguarding our democracy," Yang said in a statement.
#2
Certainly not beyond the realm of possibility that they might want to "react to unexpected developments at the Convention". They way Joe's going, voters might want to respond to unexpected developments before the primary.
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[BREITBART] A newly-launched committee called "Draft Michelle Obama" is pushing for Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden ...Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.... , the apparent Democrat presidential nominee, to select the former first lady as his running mate.
"Joe Biden has said he would choose Michelle Obama as his running mate ’in a heartbeat.’ The aim of this campaign is to build on the substantial grassroots support for a potential Michelle Obama candidacy and help garner media attention for a vice-presidential nominee who has the power to beat Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... ," the group said in a statement released Monday.
The statement adds: "The Committee to Draft Michelle Obama firmly believes that Ms. Obama will not only benefit the Democratic ticket this November but also help lead this country to be more just and caring. However strongly we support Ms. Obama as Vice President Biden’s running mate, we will transfer our resolve to whoever joins the ticket to defeat the most dangerous incumbent in the history of our nation."
The group, which filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in late April, is supported by Democratic fundraisers Nadine Hack and Mack Wilbourn, spokesperson Drew Zuckerman told The Hill.
Biden has said he would undoubtedly pick Obama to be his running mate, affirming in an April interview that he would "take her in a heartbeat."
"She’s brilliant. She knows the way around. She is a really fine woman. The Obamas are great friends," the former vice president told CBS Pittsburgh.
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I was hoping it was the Bee. Gawd, the world is getting stupider. We're talking about a woman whose biggest accomplishment is forcing schoolchildren to eat kale.
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Play 'second fiddle' to an old white micro-predator, who doesn't have a snowballs chance of hell of becoming president? Possible I suppose, but unlikely.
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Why would she subject herself to that kind of public humiliation?
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Pretty sure that while the Wookie would love the job, she lacks the work ethic and ability to lose the Imperial personality that lurks just under the surface of every public appearance. Also, not sure Champ can withstand the visibility of his post presidential personal lifestyle.
[BIZPACREVIEW] Former CIA operative Bryan Dean Wright
...he went from Langley to serving as a contract instructor for the Pentagon, which clearly impacted his outlook...
isn’t pussyfooting around when it comes to fired FBI Director JamesThe spine of the FBI is the rule of law Comey The disgraced, except in his own mind, former head of the FBI... and former CIA Director John Brennan ...director of the CIA under the Obama administration. One of the deeper dwelling denizens of the Deep State, probably the guy who lit the match that launched the Russiagate coup attempt... , and their actions in the Russian collusion hoax.
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Too much time has past and Durham's investigation has no targeted completion date and no one yet indicted. The trail leads back to a former president's wife, a former CIA director, and Soetoro, all democrats.
It's dead Jim, the investigation is a mindless, calendar burning, Kabuki dance. If any of these people are held accountable I will be shocked.
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Former CIA operative Bryan Dean Wright said he was a life-long Dem too. Anymore of the inane B.S. such as seen during the last 3-1/2 years and I'll be cheering for Bryan Dean Wright.
They're half the rate of Britain's, concentrated in New York and other places where they put the infected in nursing homes with the frail.
[BREITBART] Monday on MSNBC’s "The Last Word," House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff ...Showboating U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has served in Congress since 2001. He currently serves as the chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In a manner reminiscent of Joe McCarthy, on March 22, 2017, in a interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC Schiff claimed there was “more than circumstantial evidence now” that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia." Todd followed up by asking if he had seen direct evidence of collusion and Schiff responded that there was "evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation"... (D-CA) said had the Senate removed President Donald Trump ...the Nailer of NAFTA... as a result of his impeachment trial, coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... casualties in America would not be on some days the "equivalent of the number of people we lost on 9/11."
Anchor Lawrence O’Donnell said, "We can’t act even slightly surprised by this because you told us this was going to happen in your argument in the Senate impeachment trial."
Schiff said, "Well, we certainly told the senators that he was not going to change, and there was no way to constrain him. That he is who he is, and he would continue to operate the way he had, and indeed, that’s exactly what we’ve seen since. The one thing we dramatically understated is when we asked the question if you found him guilty, do you really need to remove him given there is another election only nine months away, how much damage could he really do?"
He continued, "We said a lot, but little did we know just how great the casualties would be. Some days we lose the equivalent of the number of people we lost on 9/11. You know, I think that there is no way we could have foreseen just how tragic his malfeasance would be in his remaining months in the administration." Maryland cases by county (not my figures, confirmed cases, not deaths):
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You know, Schiff is right. Those numbers would be worse.
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Yeah, Trump has to go. In addition to the 300 million dead Americans, my last Amazon delivery was late, the goat has stopped giving milk, and my goldfish has the dropsy.
/eye roll
Seriously, how does this stuff play with Mr & Mrs Middle America? Especially in the middle of a national crisis. It's raw meat for the Dem base, but Schiff is starting to be that guy you see hanging around the bus station always ranting about chem trails.
#6
We'll never know what they really might have done had they not been forced to take the opposite of what Trump says/does, but judging from their comments things would have been a lot worse with the globalists in charge.
Trump names his dream opponents: A senile liar and a female liar.
[DAILYCALLER] President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... suggested Monday that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden ...The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body... should tap former competitor Elizabeth Being Native American has been part of my story since the day I was born Warren ...The Great White Squaw, Lizzie is the Dem Senatrix from Massachussetts. She traces her noble lineage all the way back to Big Chief Spouting Bull. She has high cheekbones that stretch all the way to the top of her head. It has been alleged that she speaks with forked tongue but she denies that. She had a DNA test to prove her lineage and it turns out she's colorless... as his running mate ahead of the 2020 election.
The president told The New York Post that Warren was "responsible" for Biden’s win due to her refusal to drop out of the race and endorse Bernie Sanders ...The only first openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords. He ran for the 2016 nomination for president, to be cheated out of it by Hillary Clinton, then went back to being an Independent socialist, waiting for 2020 to roll around... . (RELATED: Joe Biden Says America Needs More ’Economic Intercourse’)
"I think Elizabeth Warren is responsible for Joe Biden’s win because she didn’t drop out and [Democratic Vermont Sen.] Bernie [Sanders] would have won every single state on Super Tuesday," Trump said. "I think he should pick Elizabeth Warren because Elizabeth Warren, more than any other person, including [Democratic South Carolina Rep.] Jim Clyburn ...Democratic Representative-for-Life from South Carolina. He has been warming his safe seat since 1993... and including anybody you can name, is responsible for the win of Joe Biden."
Trump’s comments signal a rare agreement between the president and the Democratic Party’s base. A significant plurality of Democratic voters want to see Biden pick Warren as his running mate, according to a poll published Monday by CBS News. The poll found that 36% of Democratic voters prefer Warren as vice president, followed by 19% who prefer 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 former 2020 Dem presidential hopeful... Warren said Monday that she does not believe a recent sexual assault allegation levied against Biden by former Senate staffer Tara Reade. She said she found Biden’s denial "credible and convincing." (
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Joe Biden and his top staff start interviewing Harris, Clinton and Warren for the VP position. Biden and top staff discuss the candidates, all have the qualities they want but none seem to separate from the other and they struggle to agree on whom to select. Joe says “let’s take a break and when we come back we can sniff their hair once again”.
The article suggests one possibility for why crime is lower in areas historically settled by English people... I can think of one more obvious and less immigration/ diversity friendly reason.
#2
A pair of researchers with New York University Abu Dhabi has found a connection between the location of post offices in the formative years of the United States and modern crime rates. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
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[BIZPACREVIEW] Former CIA operative Bryan Dean Wright 
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
...The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body...
