You know I think a beer with Vlad could be quite interesting, he certainly seems to have a sense of humour.
If the objective was the nullify and disrupt the US it's working a treat.
its a win win for vlad what he wants to do is to destroy the confidence in the system/faith in the US and that has been achieved whether trump colluded or not.
With trump in power he also has the added bonus of the west being divided and trump isolating the US more - both through choice in terms of protectionism and just because no one wants to cosy up to him as he is odious.
Its quite clever [ Machiavellian] to use democracy against democracy and sow the seeds of dissent and distrust. They have done it very very well.
Surprised FB is getting away with all of this - apart from here i dont do social media but they seem to be complicit in it all
I worry when folk get all their " news" from the internet its an echo chamber of confirmation bias propped up by fake news and not at all fact based.
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getting closer to Trump
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/sam-clovis-department-of-agriculture/index.html
Greek media reporting that papadoplous worked for Trump for much longer than Trump claims
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Well seems like he is back in the sexual harrassment/abuse game too
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/politics/trumps-female-accusers-feel-forgotten-a-lawsuit-may-change-that.html
I hope they get what they want in that one. Death by a thousand cuts seems to be the best approach
Sessions feeling the heat today
Former twitter employee (on their last day) deleted his account for 11, glorious, minutes.
Ensures he never has to buy another drink in a pub/bar ever again
Trump's denial that he knows nothing about Russia contact's at odds with Papadopoulos testimony- that he wanted to set up Russia deal- at the Trump towers meeting, also backed up by others present.
Trump's denial that he knows nothing about Russia contact's at odds with Papadopoulos testimony- that he wanted to set up Russia deal- at the Trump towers meeting, also backed up by others present.
The biggest thing about all these populist politicians, is that they actually don't give a flying **** about how "great" their respective country's could be, they don't care about education or health care or even the actual standard of living, they would rather cripple those who they are compared to rather than do the real work make their own country's better. They would rather win a 15 second race than come second in a 10 second race.
Yep the guy with 'one of the greatest memories' suddenly can't remember what was discussed in that meeting..
Former twitter employee (on their last day) deleted his account for 11, glorious, minutes.
If only...
Sessions is toast. 2 sets of evidence given under oath contradicting each other
Must be very worrying times in the Whitehouse, everyone of them will have taken a bribe somewhere, not least trump himself who's had decades in the corrupt NY property business, not to mention his dubious foreign ventures.
And then there's the ones that may have taken cash or info on Hillary from the Russians....
Would love Manafort to see some proper jail time,not just to make the rest of them sweat but he's douchebag
Trumps well toasted....
The amount of detail in the indictments showing the money movements and shell companies etc sorta shows they are really digging into the detail.
Should be very interesting reading when Trumps details get released to the public.
Good timing as well as he’s on his tour ,
bet he’s really enjoying this, I don’t think I’d get under the spotlight of politics if I had any skeletons in my cupboard but hey ho these people seem to be strangely naive or arrogant.
How much did Putin spend to get Trump into power?
then of course... the remix
Meuller has Trumps tax returns 😆
https://www.ft.com/content/b44507f8-c08e-11e7-9836-b25f8adaa111
This week Mr Trump said that he barely knew Mr Manafort before he became his campaign manager. In fact, they were introduced in 1979 by Roy Cohn, the legendary New York lawyer, who was Mr Trump’s mentor, and who represented the city’s largest mafia figures, including John Gotti and Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno. Mr Trump used Salerno’s construction company, S & A Concrete, to build many of his towers. When Mr Manafort set up his lobbying firm in 1980, Mr Trump was his first client. The firm’s first job was to lobby Atlantic City to dredge its waterway to accommodate Mr Trump’s yacht, the Trump Princess.
Mr Cohn, who was disbarred from practising law for witness tampering and perjury, introduced Mr Trump to Rupert Murdoch in the 1970s. Mr Murdoch’s media outlets are now relentlessly casting doubt on Mr Mueller’s objectivity. In an ironic twist, it was Mr Mueller who led the FBI investigation that resulted in the conviction of John Gotti in 1992, which remains the largest mafia scalp in history.
America and the world are watching the Mueller probe unfold with the fascination viewers once held for weekly episodes of The Sopranos. In his indictment, it was alleged that Mr Manafort used methods reminiscent of organised crime to launder his money. For example, he spent almost $1.4m on clothes and another $934,000 on antique carpets. Even Mr Manafort’s pompadour hairstyle fits the bill. “Sophisticated Russian and Chinese buyers use limited liability companies to disguise their names and convert their cash into property,” said a New York lawyer. “The mob prefers to keep their assets liquid by buying cars, clothes and the like.”
Roy Cohn in 1964. The legendary New York lawyer introduced Donald Trump to Paul Manafort in 1979
In the coming weeks, we will learn a great deal more about how Mr Trump has handled his money. Mr Mueller is already thought to be sifting through Mr Trump’s tax records, which he has refused to disclose. He is also looking at the finances of Jared Kushner, Mr Trump’s son-in-law, whose declared net worth — together with his wife — is at least $241m. His father, Charlie Kushner, was jailed in 2005 for witness tampering and tax evasion.Mr Mueller’s probe is as tentacular as Mr Trump’s business history. Whether he can prove Mr Trump directly colluded with Russia — let alone submit a charge sheet for impeachment — is secondary at this point. The world is being offered an X-ray vision of Mr Trump’s circle that tarnishes America’s values. “From China or Russia’s point of view, the Mueller probe is the gift that keeps on giving,” said the former Bush official.
And his administration keeps getting more stupid
[url= http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/358640-epa-names-industry-state-officials-to-advisory-boards ]New chairman of Trump EPA science board says air quality in the US is too clean[/url]
Another member of Trump's campaign changing his story on meeting Russians
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/us/politics/trump-campaign-page-russian.html?
and more links being exposed
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/nov/04/boris-johnson-brexit-russia-trump
It's all a bit messy when you get into it.
Wait, what, Brexit was Putin's idea?
No but instability and in fighting across Europe serves his purposes quite well, just like kicking off stuff in the US and paralysing them at a government level.
anything that sows division in a country or between countries serves his purpose
Putin is delighted with Brexit and with trump - even if he was not involved = tbh he is delighted folk think he may have been involved
He wants to weaken western democracy - would you say we are stronger now or weaker than say 5 years ago
He has either played a blinder or events have favoured him massively
Wait, what, Brexit was Putin's idea?
No but it suits his expansionist goals and evidence now indicates that he assisted in its facilitation
Forcing a wedge between us an the EU for little wedge......win win for him.
Trump has kicked off "Native American Month" by referring to Senator Elizabeth Warren as "Pocahontas" (again)
Does seem the new art of war is social media rather than bothering with old school ways.
Stir it up then find willing backers leave.eu an feed them some money just to tip the balance.
Sometimes I wonder if I’m turning in a conspiracy theory nut when I read /spout this stuff but the cost to cause mischief is low and worth doing just to see what opportunities are thrown up to exploit in the future.
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Struggling....
and more dropping each day
Mr Ross is a powerful figure within the Trump administration, handpicked and described by the President as “a killer” for his tough approach to business.The documents reveal that Mr Ross continues to hold a stake in a shipping company that has a multi-million-dollar deal with a Russian firm part-owned by Putin cronies currently subject to US sanctions.
The latest revelations about Mr Ross feed into concerns that the Trump administration is too closely linked with powerful Russian figures, and come a week after investigators laid charges against one-time Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates over alleged Russian involvement to skew the 2016 presidential election in favour of Mr Trump.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-06/leaked-documents-link-trumps-commerce-secretary-to-russia/9075622
WASHINGTON — Federal investigators have gathered enough evidence to bring charges in their investigation of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser and his son as part of the probe into Russia's intervention in the 2016 election, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation.Michael T. Flynn, who was fired after just 24 days on the job, was one of the first Trump associates to come under scrutiny in the federal probe now led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mueller-has-enough-evidence-bring-charges-flynn-investigation-n817666
Good job he is out of the country otherwise he might have to answer some questions
ooooo, this is getting interesting...
Remember that business interest (Cadre) that Jared Kushner "forgot" to declare a couple of times on his WH disclosure forms?
Turns out that it received an 850K investment from Yuri Milner
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/russia-funded-facebook-twitter-investments-kushner-associate
I'm sure it will turn out to be nothing 🙄
Also this little gem:
Cadre operates from the Puck Building in the Nolita section of Manhattan. The Kushners’ father, Charles, bought the building in the 1980s before being jailed for a string of crimes including 18 counts of tax evasion
^ didn't know that
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Just keep chipping away at the foundations there, one brick at a time.
and once again he shows his lack of knowledge and basic stupidity
Trump also took aim at Japanese carmakers in Tokyo on Monday."Try building your cars in the United States instead of shipping them over. That's not too much to ask," the US president said at the briefing, adding, "is that rude to ask"?
But data from the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, a non-profit trade group, shows that a large proportion of its cars are built in the US.
In 2016, three-quarters of Japanese branded cars sold in the US were manufactured in North America, it said.
^ didn't know that
Kushners dad was jailed by Chris Christie, which is allegedly why Christie never made it to the White House despite having been loyal to trump in the election.
Baby-face kushner is just as more swamp life
Baby-face kushner is just as more swamp life
WHAT? I thought the swamp had been drained.
It's hard to feel too sorry for Chris Christie though. If anything, knifing Christie is one of the few positive achievements of the Trump presidency so far.
I enjoyed the 'Welcome to Kenya' signs when Trump landed in Hawaii.
Had the orange fuknugget commented n his advisors ties to Russian investors yet?
Also some interesting developments re Papadopoulos, he & sessions & other members of Trump's national security team met at least 2 more times.
Papadopoulos met Greek president & Defence minister on behalf of trump, same week that Putin was visiting Greek Defence minister.
A few days later Trump changed GOPs official stance on Ukraine & Russia to drop further sanctions.
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/927174696470061057
Had the orange fuknugget commented n his advisors ties to Russian investors yet?
Which ones, they are not advisors, never met them before!!
Trump Jr's ****ed
[i]A Russian lawyer who met with President Donald Trump’s oldest son last year says he indicated that a law targeting Russia could be re-examined if his father won the election and asked her for written evidence that illegal proceeds went to Hillary Clinton’s campaign.[/i]
Remember the woman on the bike who gave Trump the finger? She's been sacked as a result: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41892544
I wanna have a Trump card lol
great analysis of Carter Pages testimony here
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/927711248346738693
theyre in a world of shit
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/inside-ivanka-and-jareds-first-year-in-washington
If these elections are going to be viewed as a sort of trump referendum then he's toast.
