The “billionaire” who hides his tax returns. The “genius” who hides his college grades. The “businessman” who bankrupted 3 casinos and lost over $1B in 10 yrs. The “playboy” who pays for sex. The “Christian” who doesn’t go to church. The “philanthropist” who defrauds charities. The “patriot” who dodged the draft five times. The “innocent man” who refuses to testify. The “President” who takes no responsibility. The “tough, strong man“ who wears makeup and hairspray. The “deal maker” who has yet to close a deal.
Several Republican senators say they will not attend the Republican National Convention to re-nominate President Trump in Jacksonville, Fla., in August.
So far, Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Susan Collins of Maine are expected to skip the August 24 gathering, and there could be more. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, who voted for Trump's removal during the Senate impeachment trial, also won't be there, according to an aide.
Grassley, 86, said on a call with local reporters on Monday he'll miss the convention as a result of pandemic fears. He also noted it will mark the first time he won't attend in 40 years.
"I'm not going to go. And I'm not going to go because of the virus situation," Grassley told the Des Moines Register and others.
This year's Republican convention has faced a turbulent path. It was originally slated for Charlotte, N.C., but the bulk of it was moved last month to Jacksonville following Trump's demands for fewer safety precautions from COVID-19. Official convention business will still be conducted
JUST IN: Millions of dollars in federal coronavirus aid through the Paycheck Protection Program meant to help small businesses stay afloat during the pandemic were given to businesses owned by major donors to President Trump.
As much as $273 million in federal assistance went to more than 100 companies owned or operated by major donors to Trump and his campaigning efforts.
Roger's ignorance shows again. Any busi3 getting a ppp loan must spend 75% on employee payroll, or they must repay it. And those employees cannot make more than 100K.
Roger hates seeing lower wage employees being kept on payrolls. Financial and economic experts have been declaring the loans a huge success.
The “billionaire” who hides his tax returns. The “genius” who hides his college grades. The “businessman” who bankrupted 3 casinos and lost over $1B in 10 yrs. The “playboy” who pays for sex. The “Christian” who doesn’t go to church. The “philanthropist” who defrauds charities. The “patriot” who dodged the draft five times. The “innocent man” who refuses to testify. The “President” who takes no responsibility. The “tough, strong man“ who wears makeup and hairspray. The “deal maker” who has yet to close a deal.
you forgot - THE PRESIDENT who kicked Hillary's fat, wrinkled, pant-suited ass.
Roger hates seeing lower wage employees being kept on payrolls. Financial and economic experts have been declaring the loans a huge success.
the alky is among those who is willing to watch a complete economic collapse as a means to rid us of trump. that's how far he's willing to go from the comfort of his nursing home.
Soon to be Marquette University freshman Samantha Pfefferle has yet to even step foot on campus, yet she said she is already facing possible dismissal from the school.
The threat to cancel Pfefferle’s admission came after she posted a video to her account on the popular social media site TikTok showing her support for President Donald Trump.
The video, titled “When the libs find their way to your page,” lists captions such as “When people see that I support Trump,” “Then try to hate on me,” and “And think I’ll change my views,” over a video of Pfefferle dancing.
The video features a Trump 2020 flag as well as a sign reading “Marquette 2024.” The song used in the video is rapper 6ix9ine’s GOOBA, and plays lyrics such as “ He’s mad, she’s’ mad, big sad, haha, don’t care, stay mad.”
Pfefferle’s post has been watched nearly 600,000 times and has since caught the attention of the Marquette community, some of whom began harassing Pfefferle. Others threatened her life.
“I hope you get shot,” one commenter told Pfefferle. “I’d pray for you but you’re not worth it,” another user added.
“I was extremely disappointed by the incendiary comments,” Pfefferle told The College Fix in an interview. “The response from my peers has been repulsive.”
Pfefferle explained that following the TikTok, she was contacted by Brian Troyer, dean of undergraduate admissions at Marquette, who she said told her her acceptance to the school was far from certain.
“[He] had the heart to tell me I wasn’t a student,” Pfefferle said. “This means that my classification is still in limbo and is currently being decided by the administration. I have been accepted, I paid for my housing, I have my roommates, I even have a complete class schedule. If that doesn’t make me a student, what does?”
Robert Redford says that he will vote for Joe Biden for president, warning in a new op ed that another four years of Donald Trump “would accelerate our slide toward autocracy.”
“I don’t make a practice of publicly announcing my vote. But this election year is different,” Redford wrote in an essay published on CNN.com. “And I believe Biden was made for this moment. Biden leads with his heart. I don’t mean that in a soft and sentimental way. I’m talking about a fierce compassion — the kind that fuels him, that drives him to fight against racial and economic injustice, that won’t let him rest while people are struggling.”
but somehow you're exempt, seeing as how you murder logic every time you show up here.
The American Academy of Pediatrics:
With the above principles in mind, the AAP strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with a goal of having students physically present in school. The importance of in-person learning is well-documented, and there is already evidence of the negative impacts on children because of school closures in the spring of 2020. Lengthy time away from school and associated interruption of supportive services often results in social isolation, making it difficult for schools to identify and address important learning deficits as well as child and adolescent physical or sexual abuse, substance use, depression, and suicidal ideation. This, in turn, places children and adolescents at considerable risk of morbidity and, in some cases, mortality. Beyond the educational impact and social impact of school closures, there has been substantial impact on food security and physical activity for children and families.
Policy makers must also consider the mounting evidence regarding COVID-19 in children and adolescents, including the role they may play in transmission of the infection. SARS-CoV-2 appears to behave differently in children and adolescents than other common respiratory viruses, such as influenza, on which much of the current guidance regarding school closures is based. Although children and adolescents play a major role in amplifying influenza outbreaks, to date, this does not appear to be the case with SARS-CoV-2. Although many questions remain, the preponderance of evidence indicates that children and adolescents are less likely to be symptomatic and less likely to have severe disease resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition, children may be less likely to become infected and to spread infection. Policies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within schools must be balanced with the known harms to children, adolescents, families, and the community by keeping children at home.
Finally, policy makers should acknowledge that COVID-19 policies are intended to mitigate, not eliminate, risk. No single action or set of actions will completely eliminate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, but implementation of several coordinated interventions can greatly reduce that risk. For example, where physical distance cannot be maintained, students (over the age of 2 years) and staff can wear face coverings (when feasible). In the following sections, we review some general principles that policy makers should consider as they plan for the coming school year. For all of these, education for the entire school community regarding these measures should begin early, ideally at least several weeks before the start of the school year.
The Covid situation is out of control in America (far more than in any comparable country) and Trump knows it but has no other response than usual bluster & bullying. It's going to be very rocky (with real long tail risks) untiml November, or possibly January 21.
In regard to Coronavirus. Why is it safe for kids to be in school? But not safe for Paul Manafort to be in prison.
dumb fuck -
Although many questions remain, the preponderance of evidence indicates that children and adolescents are less likely to be symptomatic and less likely to have severe disease resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition, children may be less likely to become infected and to spread infection. Policies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within schools must be balanced with the known harms to children, adolescents, families, and the community by keeping children at home.
manafort is 71 years old, idiot.
also, he landed in jail on bogus, trumped-up process crimes.
that's what you clowns have been reduced to alky. jailing people for spitting on the fucking sidewalk. all because you've found no way to control your TDS.
Banana republic has been created by the President.
Exclusive: Key impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is retiring from the US Army. His lawyer cites a “campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation” led by the President. https://t.co/LztjztkMWi
“Although we have seen an increase in the number of hospitalizations, the systems are reporting that they are not concerned about the need for surge yet as a system. It could be that a hospital has more cases than another and things have to reshuffled on readjust[ed].”
so while the media and the left (redundant, i know) have done their very best to try and scare the living shit out of the american people, the FACTS tell a very different story.
The United States reported an all-time high of 60,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the U.S. to over 3 million. https://cbsn.ws/2BSq4dj
Exclusive: Key impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is retiring from the US Army. His lawyer cites a “campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation” led by the President.
trump's fault, eh?
i thought it was because the US Military is no place for lying, traitorous pieces of shit.
now he can finally return the uniform to the costume shop.
Florida, Texas post daily COVID-19 records as 'positivity' rates climb Florida and Texas, two states that have emerged as the latest hot spots of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, both reported record daily increases in confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday - with nearly 20,000 additional infections combined. For a sixth straight day, Texas also registered an all-time high in the number of people hospitalized with the highly contagious respiratory illness - 7,890 patients after 238 new admissions over the past 24 hours.
By comparison, New York state - the U.S.
epicenter of the outbreak months ago, reported just 844 hospitalizations on Saturday, far below the nearly 19,000 hospital beds occupied by CtOVID-19 patients at the peak of its coronavirus crisis.
While impeached Trump screams for schools to open, showcases public praise from lackeys, ignores health experts, and lies about coronavirus (and, of course, everything), confirmed US coronavirus cases top 3,000,000 and the US pandemic death toll continues to rise.
NEW THREAD SUGGESTION: IT'S A ROUGH TIME TO BE A TRUMPSTER
EVIDENCE FOLLOWS
CREDIT: COOK POLITICAL REPORT New Electoral College Ratings 8:41 am EDT
The Cook Political Report has updated its Electoral College ratings moving Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska’s 2nd district into the Democratic column.
In addition, Georgia has joined Arizona, North Carolina and Florida in the Toss Up column, although, at this point, Biden would be slightly favored to win at least Arizona and Florida.
The consensus electoral map now shows Biden already with 280 electoral votes.
this, ladies and gentlemen, is the BOMBSHELL we've all been waiting for.
*GASP!*
dare i even post it???
ok, i shall.:
JUST IN: Republican Sen. Susan Collins said she will not campaign against Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
holy mother of God, whatever will trump do without a parkinson's patient like susan colling willing to take ol' stinkfinger joe HEAD ON in a raucous presidential campaign.
CREDIT: CNN AND THE LIAR TRUMP HIMSELF Trump Says U.S. ‘In a Good Place’ on the Virus
President Trump rebuked Dr. Anthony Fauci’s blunt assessment of the US’ coronavirus response, claiming that the country is “in a good place” even as new cases surge, CNN reports.
Said Trump: “Well, I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him… Dr. Fauci said don’t wear masks and now he says wear them. And he said numerous things. Don’t close off China. Don’t ban China. I did it anyway. I didn’t listen to my experts and I banned China. We would have been in much worse shape.”
He added: “We’ve done a good job. I think we are going to be in two, three, four weeks, by the time we next speak, I think we’re going to be in very good shape.”
On Twitter, Trump falsely claimed the coronavirus death rate is “down tenfold.” _________ rrb believes that.
btw... Covid Tracking Project reported 51,888 new cases yesterday (some being a catch up from the long weekend). Worldometer reported 55,442 yesterday. CDC has yet to report their numbers.
The election is looking more like a Democratic tsunami than simply a Blue wave. President Trump, mired in some of the lowest job approval ratings of his presidency, is trailing Biden by significant margins in key battleground states like Pennsylvania (8 points), Michigan (9 points), and Wisconsin (9 points). He’s even running behind Biden in his firewall states of Florida and North Carolina.
We’ve made changes to our Electoral College ratings to reflect this reality.
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska’s 2nd district move from Toss Up to Lean Democrat. Maine, once in Lean Democrat, moves to the safer Likely Democratic category. Georgia has joined Arizona, North Carolina and Florida in the Toss Up column, although, at this point, Biden would be slightly favored to win at least Arizona and Florida. Maine’s 2nd district has moved from Likely Republican to a more competitive Lean Republican. These moves alone push Biden over the 270 electoral vote threshold (to 279).
Just Security: “Why would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response that Moscow received when the Trump administration learned of a precursor to the bounty operation…
“First, President Trump decided not to confront Putin about supplying arms to the terrorist group. Second, during the very times in which U.S. military officials publicly raised concerns about the program’s threat to US forces, Trump undercut them. He embraced Putin, overtly and repeatedly, including at the historic summit in Helsinki.
“Third, behind the scenes, Trump directed the CIA to share intelligence information on counterterrorism with the Kremlin despite no discernible reward, former intelligence officials who served in the Trump administration told Just Security.” ___________
HOW MANY REPUBLICANS ARE NOW SAYING, IF ONLY WE HAD IMPEACHED HIM WHEN WE COULD HAVE!
The racist rodent bastard continues to compare the Swine flu with the COVID-19 infection.
well alky, i prefer to stay on the numbers that actually fucking matter - you know, hospitalizations and deaths, but if you clowns want to keep making it about positive test cases then yes, i will feel free to mock.
and only a moron sees that a defense of the president.
If we reach the 100,000 cases per day, will you quite defending the President?
see above.
oh, and by the way, covid deaths, specifically deaths per million consistently have republican governors out-performing democrat governors by better than 2 - 1.
and my governor, king cuomo, well he's killed over 10,000 nursing home resident so thank your lucky stars you're a nursing home patient in CA and not NY.
CREDIT: AMY WALKER Trump Is Close to the Point of No Return
“This election is looking more like a Democratic tsunami than simply a Blue wave… Republican strategists we’ve spoken with this week think Trump is close to the point of no return. A couple of others wondered if Trump had reached his ‘Katrina’ moment: a permanent loss of trust and faith of the majority of voters.
“In talking with strategists on both sides this last week, it’s also clear that Trump is dragging Republican congressional candidates with him as well.” ________
Trump Threatens to Cut School Funding If Not Open
President Trump threatened to cut off funding to schools if they do not open in the fall.
Said Trump: “In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!”
would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response that Moscow received when the Trump administration learned of a precursor to the bounty operation. From mid-2017 and into 2018, Pentagon officials became increasingly confident in intelligence reports that the Kremlin was arming the Taliban, which posed a significant threat to American and coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
President Trump’s actions in the face of the Russia-Taliban arms program likely signaled a weak US resolve in the eyes of Putin and Russian military intelligence.
Three dimensions of Trump’s response are described in detail in this article, based on interviews with several former Trump administration officials who spoke to Just Security on the record.
First, President Trump decided not to confront Putin about supplying arms to the terrorist group. Second, during the very times in which U.S. military officials publicly raised concerns about the program’s threat to US forces, Trump undercut them. He embraced Putin, overtly and repeatedly, including at the historic summit in Helsinki. Third, behind the scenes, Trump directed the CIA to share intelligence information on counterterrorism with the Kremlin despite no discernible reward, former intelligence officials who served in the Trump administration told Just Security.
Most of these officials emphasized, as a caution, the significant qualitative difference between arming the Taliban and paying bounties to kill American service members—a massive escalation. Unlike bounties, the Russian-Taliban arms program could also be potentially explained, or plausibly denied, by Moscow as an effort to assist the Taliban’s fight against the common enemy of ISIS. That said, the arms also reportedly became increasingly sophisticated in what appears to provide the Taliban an edge against NATO and Afghan government forces.
The failure to push back on the weapons program signaled to Putin that he could press further, said Michael Carpenter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for Russia in the Obama administration. “When Western powers fail to push back, the Kremlin keeps prodding and probing — until it meets resistance, or until the costs for President Putin and his regime exceed the perceived benefits,” Carpenter wrote in Just Security on Friday.
What we now know is that President Trump not only failed to push back against Russia’s arming the terrorist group. That extraordinary act of omission was coupled with the president’s effort to push the CIA to cooperate with Russia by providing U.S. intelligence to the Kremlin on counterterrorism operations despite getting nothing in return, according to former officials.
A. Top Military Officials Sounds the Alarm
President Trump has denied being informed of U.S. intelligence reports on the Russian bounty operation, but the same can’t be so easily claimed about the Russian weapons to the Taliban. Over the course of 2017 and 2018, senior military officials began speaking openly, in media interviews and before Congress, about their increasing confidence in the intelligence picture of the Russian arms and the significant concerns it raised for U.S. and Coalition troops.
The following Timeline shows the series of public statements by senior military officials about the Kremlin’s provision of weapons to the Taliban.
oh, and by the way, covid deaths, specifically deaths per million consistently have republican governors out-performing democrat governors by better than 2 - 1.
BAAAHHH!! Stop licking Trump's ass and making excuses. Every death is the fault of the bad orange man! Especially those deaths from the states that didn't listen to him! Those are very much his fault
Timeline Feb. 9, 2017: Gen. John Nicholson, Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan and NATO’s Resolute Support Mission, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee made headlines by drawing attention to Russian efforts to support the Taliban; over the following months, senior military officials would specifically identify the problem of Russian provision of weapons to the Taliban
Note on President Trump: On Feb. 16, 2017 President Trump says in a press conference, “by the way, it would be great if we could get along with Russia;” “If we could get along with Russia, that’s a positive thing. We have a very talented man, Rex Tillerson, who is going to be meeting with them shortly. And I told him, I said, I know politically it’s probably not good for me;” “if we could get along, it would be a positive thing, not a negative thing.”
March 23, 2017: Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee raises the Russian arms issue
March 29, 2017: Gen. Joseph L. Votel, Commander, U.S. Central Command in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee raises the Russian arms issue
April 24, 2017: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Gen. John Nicholson, Commander, Resolute Support and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, in a press conference held in Afghanistan raise the Russian arms issue
Note on President Trump: On May 10, 2017, Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office, where the President reportedly passes highly classified information to the two Russian officials
Note on President Trump: On May 25, 2017, in Europe, Trump chastises NATO leaders for their “chronic underpayments” to the alliance and fails to reaffirm U.S. commitment to Article 5 of the Atlantic Charter for collective self-defense in a speech; the omission surprises Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and National Security Advisor McMaster, who endeavored to include language supporting Article 5 in Trump’s remarks prior to the summit, Politico reports
Note on President Trump: On July 9, 2017: Upon returning from his first face-to-face meeting with Putin at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, Trump tweets, “Now it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia!”
Note on President Trump: July 19, 2017: US officials announce that Trump has decided to end a program to arm Syrian rebels. An anonymous current official tells the Washington Post, “This is a momentous decision. … Putin won in Syria.” A former White House official tells the Post, “People began thinking about ending the program, but it was not something you’d do for free.” “To give [the program] away without getting anything in return would be foolish.” These statements are even more relevant in consideration of Russia’s arming of the Taliban at the time.
Sept. 28, 2017: Sec. Mattis in a joint press conference with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg raises the Russian arms issue
Note on President Trump: On Jan. 29, 2018: The White House announces it will not impose new sanctions on Russia
March 23, 2018: Gen. John Nicholson, Commander, Resolute Support and U.S. Forces Afghanistan in an interview with the BBC raises the Russian arms issue
Note on President Trump: On July 5, 2018: President Trump says at a political rally, “I might even end up having a good relationship, but they’re going, ‘Will President Trump be prepared? You know, President Putin is KGB and this and that.’ You know what? Putin’s fine. He’s fine.”
Note on President Trump: On July 16, 2018, in a very friendly summit between the two leaders at Helsinki, President Trump publicly sides with President Putin over the U.S. intelligence community on the Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections
He's a traitor who should charged with treason and hung by his neck.
“While President Trump has continuously railed against voting by mail, a Republican National Committee robocall in April voiced by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump said voting by mail could be done ‘safely and securely,'” CNN reports.
“Third, behind the scenes, Trump directed the CIA to share intelligence information on counterterrorism with the Kremlin despite no discernible reward, former intelligence officials who served in the Trump administration told Just Security.”
huh.
reminiscent of when the kremlin offered our FBI intel and a very early warning about the tsarnaev brothers - the boston marathon bombers. intel and warnings the FBI promptly ignored that could've thwarted the plot.
that's how it's done, asshat. we do, on occasion, where appropriate and mutually beneficial, share intel with the russians.
that this is scandalous news to you exposes you for the fucktard you really are.
Just Security: “Why would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response that Moscow received when the Trump administration learned of a precursor to the bounty operation…
BAAAAHHHHH! THIS WAS ON DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND AND POLITICAL WIRE SO IT MUST BE TRUE! ANYONE WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IT IS SUCKING TRUMP'S NUT SACK
I WROTE ALL OF THIS IN CAPITALS BECAUSE IT'S MORE CONVINCING FOR OTHER LIBERALS!!
The type of equipment the Russians transferred to the Taliban also shows how the Kremlin was becoming increasingly confrontational over time. At first, the Russians were mostly providing excess AK-47s, weapons that are found in almost every major global conflict. More recently, however, they also started transferring night-vision equipment, which is both in shorter supply in Russia but also specifically intended to equalize the gap between NATO forces and the Taliban. Throughout the conflict in Afghanistan, U.S. special forces have always “owned the night.” The Russians wanted to change that to the detriment of the U.S. and its NATO allies.
New Electoral College Ratings July 8, 2020 at 8:41 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 17 Comments
The Cook Political Report has updated its Electoral College ratings moving Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska’s 2nd district into the Democratic column.
In addition, Georgia has joined Arizona, North Carolina and Florida in the Toss Up column, although, at this point, Biden would be slightly favored to win at least Arizona and Florida.
The consensus electoral map now shows Biden already with 280 electoral votes. --- Trump Says U.S. ‘In a Good Place’ on the Virus July 8, 2020 at 9:13 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Lara Trump Robocall Urged Vote by Mail July 8, 2020 at 10:45 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
CREDIT: ROLLING STONE: What GOP Strategists Really Think About Their Chances
Rolling Stone spoke to nine GOP campaign consultants about the Republicans chances in November. A sampling of comments:
“Every shred of evidence points to a likely ass kicking in the fall.”
“Well it’s as bad as it gets right now.”
“Right now most campaigns are thanking baby Jesus every day the election isn’t held today.”
“I’ve got Trump down in Texas. Daines down in Montana.”
“It’s certainly better than public polling, but it’s not good.”
“I told very high ranking people in the Trump Administration that it hasn’t been like this since October of ’06.”
Most importantly, the GOP is backed into a corner: “But in 2006, Republican candidates could strategically distance themselves from an unpopular president without facing a mutiny within the ranks. That won’t work in 2020, as — though Trump’s numbers are plummeting with some demos — they are solidifying or improving among his core support demographic. Which makes running afoul of Trump fatal in the eyes of these strategists.”
The type of equipment the Russians transferred to the Taliban also shows how the Kremlin was becoming increasingly confrontational over time. At first, the Russians were mostly providing excess AK-47s, weapons that are found in almost every major global conflict. More recently, however, they also started transferring night-vision equipment, which is both in shorter supply in Russia but also specifically intended to equalize the gap between NATO forces and the Taliban. Throughout the conflict in Afghanistan, U.S. special forces have always “owned the night.” The Russians wanted to change that to the detriment of the U.S. and its NATO allies.
alky's source 'just security' lifted much of this out of a rand corporation report. likely without attribution.
I can see why YOU would give the credit to him... rather than those specially trained soldiers who actually risked their lives on the mission.
I figure you just want to bend them over and fuck them up the ass for that effort, huh Rog? Because in your feeble mind, all of the "real" hard work and heroism goes to Obama!
Screamed the party and pundits who spent the last three years tormenting, slandering and bankrupting General Michael Flynn as they attempted to put him in prison for the rest of his life.
Silence, you moral and ethical degenerates
and silence on the now declassified emails showing Obama officials openly admitting Rice was lying about Benghazi and they were leaking false talking points to a compliant press to protect Obama.
If this was Nixon's team it would have been HEADLINES everywhere and the lead story on the news.
the new state media...silence...democracy may die in darkness. Of course they are complicit.
This is another reason as to why we have to win in a landslide election.
We need Medicare for all. This Supreme Court decision is another step toward repealing Roe v Wade and Obamacare.
Today’s ruling is a setback for reproductive health. As our country continues to face an unprecedented public health crisis, we should be building upon the success of the ACA and expanding access to affordable health care for everyone in America. Instead, the Trump administration has relentlessly attempted to rip health care away from millions of people across the country, including the 61.4 million people whose contraception has been covered without out-of-pocket costs thanks to the ACA.
For scores of workers, the Court ruled that whether their health insurance covers birth control is up to their boss. This decision is dangerous, particularly for people of color, low-wage workers, and LGBTQ+ people who are more likely to face financial and other barriers to care. Now, more than ever, Congress must take action to protect and expand access to contraception and other reproductive health care.
if a USA Today/Ipsos poll conducted in May is any indication, plenty of teachers will walk away from the profession rather than risk their health. That survey showed that 1 in 5 teachers said they would not return to the classroom if schools reopened in the fall, a number that could well cripple any attempts to reopen schools anyway. The reality is that school opening decisions are made by governors and local officials, not the President of the United States. And, even if schools do reopen, it's not at all clear that enough teachers will show up to make it feasible.
Here is the second crack in the separation of church and state. Allowing the "boss" to impose religious beliefs on employees! This is the consequence of a conservative dominated court who's members seem to think that women should be dominated. AND if a woman become pregnant while employed, she will be fired by that same "boss".
The reality is that school opening decisions are made by governors and local officials, not the President of the United States. And, even if schools do reopen, it's not at all clear that enough teachers will show up to make it feasible.
Wanna bet!
You know how many part time and substitute teachers are out their dreaming for a full time gig? This is a no brainer. For every teacher who walks off the job there will be a half dozen applications to fill that spot.
You don't care how many people will die because you support the President.
BHAAAAAHHH!!!!
I was just reading on Politicalwire that ball licking Trump supporters actually want Teachers to die horrible deaths. It was a link to a site where there were at least four different anonymous sources that confirmed this!
Trump tweeted that he may withhold federal funding from schools that do not resume in-person classes this fall. Moments later Trump said his own CDC's guidelines for safely reopening schools are too expensive and too impractical. Vice President Mike Pence later announced that the CDC will be issuing five new documents next week that contain guidelines for schools and parents that are not as "tough" as the existing ones.
Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) offers a conspiracy theory in The Hill in which he warns of a “coup” in which “socialist” and “far left” figures in the Democratic party install a running mate for Joe Biden and then use the 25th Amendment to topple Biden.
The Kremlin reacted the same way the White House did to news reports that U.S. intelligence had allegedly found Russia offered bounties on American troops in Afghanistan.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the initial story in The New York Times demonstrated the "low intellectual abilities of U.S. intelligence propagandists." President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, called subsequent reports "hoaxes" that damage the reputation of the media that publish them.
Russian officials spend a lot of time refuting allegations of malfeasance, from the poisoning of a former Russian spy in England to election interference in the United States. That Russian military intelligence may have paid bounties for killing U.S. and allied troops in Afghanistan appears to be just the latest accusation Moscow has categorically denied.
"Of course, they're going to deny. They're in the unfortunate position of having cried wolf so often that it becomes hard to know quite what to believe," said Mark Galeotti, a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. "There is a sense of 'How stupid do you think we are?' "
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The “billionaire” who hides his tax returns.
The “genius” who hides his college grades.
The “businessman” who bankrupted 3 casinos and lost over $1B in 10 yrs.
The “playboy” who pays for sex.
The “Christian” who doesn’t go to church.
The “philanthropist” who defrauds charities.
The “patriot” who dodged the draft five times.
The “innocent man” who refuses to testify.
The “President” who takes no responsibility.
The “tough, strong man“ who wears makeup and hairspray.
The “deal maker” who has yet to close a deal.
Several Republican senators say they will not attend the Republican National Convention to re-nominate President Trump in Jacksonville, Fla., in August.
So far, Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Susan Collins of Maine are expected to skip the August 24 gathering, and there could be more. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, who voted for Trump's removal during the Senate impeachment trial, also won't be there, according to an aide.
Grassley, 86, said on a call with local reporters on Monday he'll miss the convention as a result of pandemic fears. He also noted it will mark the first time he won't attend in 40 years.
"I'm not going to go. And I'm not going to go because of the virus situation," Grassley told the Des Moines Register and others.
This year's Republican convention has faced a turbulent path. It was originally slated for Charlotte, N.C., but the bulk of it was moved last month to Jacksonville following Trump's demands for fewer safety precautions from COVID-19. Official convention business will still be conducted
No matter about this situation?
JUST IN: Millions of dollars in federal coronavirus aid through the Paycheck Protection Program meant to help small businesses stay afloat during the pandemic were given to businesses owned by major donors to President Trump.
As much as $273 million in federal assistance went to more than 100 companies owned or operated by major donors to Trump and his campaigning efforts.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/506213-millions-in-coronavirus-aid-went-to-major-trump-donors-ap
How many people who support the President had B average in high school?
Kanye West says he no longer supports Trump and that he had coronavirus
Roger's ignorance shows again. Any busi3 getting a ppp loan must spend 75% on employee payroll, or they must repay it. And those employees cannot make more than 100K.
Roger hates seeing lower wage employees being kept on payrolls. Financial and economic experts have been declaring the loans a huge success.
Roger Amick said...
The “billionaire” who hides his tax returns.
The “genius” who hides his college grades.
The “businessman” who bankrupted 3 casinos and lost over $1B in 10 yrs.
The “playboy” who pays for sex.
The “Christian” who doesn’t go to church.
The “philanthropist” who defrauds charities.
The “patriot” who dodged the draft five times.
The “innocent man” who refuses to testify.
The “President” who takes no responsibility.
The “tough, strong man“ who wears makeup and hairspray.
The “deal maker” who has yet to close a deal.
you forgot - THE PRESIDENT who kicked Hillary's fat, wrinkled, pant-suited ass.
LOL.
Roger hates seeing lower wage employees being kept on payrolls. Financial and economic experts have been declaring the loans a huge success.
the alky is among those who is willing to watch a complete economic collapse as a means to rid us of trump. that's how far he's willing to go from the comfort of his nursing home.
his TDS really is that bad.
liberal "tolerance":
Soon to be Marquette University freshman Samantha Pfefferle has yet to even step foot on campus, yet she said she is already facing possible dismissal from the school.
The threat to cancel Pfefferle’s admission came after she posted a video to her account on the popular social media site TikTok showing her support for President Donald Trump.
The video, titled “When the libs find their way to your page,” lists captions such as “When people see that I support Trump,” “Then try to hate on me,” and “And think I’ll change my views,” over a video of Pfefferle dancing.
The video features a Trump 2020 flag as well as a sign reading “Marquette 2024.” The song used in the video is rapper 6ix9ine’s GOOBA, and plays lyrics such as “ He’s mad, she’s’ mad, big sad, haha, don’t care, stay mad.”
Pfefferle’s post has been watched nearly 600,000 times and has since caught the attention of the Marquette community, some of whom began harassing Pfefferle. Others threatened her life.
“I hope you get shot,” one commenter told Pfefferle. “I’d pray for you but you’re not worth it,” another user added.
“I was extremely disappointed by the incendiary comments,” Pfefferle told The College Fix in an interview. “The response from my peers has been repulsive.”
Pfefferle explained that following the TikTok, she was contacted by Brian Troyer, dean of undergraduate admissions at Marquette, who she said told her her acceptance to the school was far from certain.
“[He] had the heart to tell me I wasn’t a student,” Pfefferle said. “This means that my classification is still in limbo and is currently being decided by the administration. I have been accepted, I paid for my housing, I have my roommates, I even have a complete class schedule. If that doesn’t make me a student, what does?”
https://www.thecollegefix.com/marquette-university-threatened-to-rescind-students-admission-over-pro-trump-tiktok-video/
56 Florida hospitals have hit ICU capacity, COVID-19 cases are spiking daily, and Governor DeSantis wants to reopen all schools next month.
I thought premeditated murder was illegal.
Robert Redford says that he will vote for Joe Biden for president, warning in a new op ed that another four years of Donald Trump “would accelerate our slide toward autocracy.”
“I don’t make a practice of publicly announcing my vote. But this election year is different,” Redford wrote in an essay published on CNN.com. “And I believe Biden was made for this moment. Biden leads with his heart. I don’t mean that in a soft and sentimental way. I’m talking about a fierce compassion — the kind that fuels him, that drives him to fight against racial and economic injustice, that won’t let him rest while people are struggling.”
I thought premeditated murder was illegal.
it is, alky.
but somehow you're exempt, seeing as how you murder logic every time you show up here.
The American Academy of Pediatrics:
With the above principles in mind, the AAP strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with a goal of having students physically present in school. The importance of in-person learning is well-documented, and there is already evidence of the negative impacts on children because of school closures in the spring of 2020. Lengthy time away from school and associated interruption of supportive services often results in social isolation, making it difficult for schools to identify and address important learning deficits as well as child and adolescent physical or sexual abuse, substance use, depression, and suicidal ideation. This, in turn, places children and adolescents at considerable risk of morbidity and, in some cases, mortality. Beyond the educational impact and social impact of school closures, there has been substantial impact on food security and physical activity for children and families.
Policy makers must also consider the mounting evidence regarding COVID-19 in children and adolescents, including the role they may play in transmission of the infection. SARS-CoV-2 appears to behave differently in children and adolescents than other common respiratory viruses, such as influenza, on which much of the current guidance regarding school closures is based. Although children and adolescents play a major role in amplifying influenza outbreaks, to date, this does not appear to be the case with SARS-CoV-2. Although many questions remain, the preponderance of evidence indicates that children and adolescents are less likely to be symptomatic and less likely to have severe disease resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition, children may be less likely to become infected and to spread infection. Policies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within schools must be balanced with the known harms to children, adolescents, families, and the community by keeping children at home.
Finally, policy makers should acknowledge that COVID-19 policies are intended to mitigate, not eliminate, risk. No single action or set of actions will completely eliminate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, but implementation of several coordinated interventions can greatly reduce that risk. For example, where physical distance cannot be maintained, students (over the age of 2 years) and staff can wear face coverings (when feasible). In the following sections, we review some general principles that policy makers should consider as they plan for the coming school year. For all of these, education for the entire school community regarding these measures should begin early, ideally at least several weeks before the start of the school year.
https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/clinical-guidance/covid-19-planning-considerations-return-to-in-person-education-in-schools/
so alky, you would have us believe you're smarter and more accomplished than a medical doctor specializing in pediatrics?
you know who DOESN'T want schools to re-open?
teachers unions.
you know why?
they're demanding more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
oh, and they don't want to go back to work because they're fucking LAZY.
In regard to Coronavirus. Why is it safe for kids to be in school? But not safe for Paul Manafort to be in prison.
Do you want your kids to get infected with the virus just because you support the President?
The Covid situation is out of control in America (far more than in any comparable country) and Trump knows it but has no other response than usual bluster & bullying. It's going to be very rocky (with real long tail risks) untiml November, or possibly January 21.
The rest of the story Roger’s pilfered XiNN didn’t tell him
But the picture is more promising when all available ICU beds are averaged for each county: Orange County had 17% overall ICU bed availability, Lake had 17%, Osceola had 12% and Seminole had 10%.
“I know we always have a concern about beds and what is available in the county for our residents,” said Dr. Raul Pino, health officer at the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, during a press briefing on Monday. “Although we have seen an increase in the number of hospitalizations, the systems are reporting that they are not concerned about the need for surge yet as a system. It could be that a hospital has more cases than another and things have to reshuffled on readjust[ed].”
He said as of Monday morning, Orange County hospitals had 511 beds available, with 499 ventilators, 58 ICU beds for adults and 46 ICU beds for children.
In Orange County, 357 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 with 72 in intensive care, according to the Florida Department of Health in Orange County. On June 28, there were 164 hospitalizations with 35 in the ICU.
In Seminole County, 137 patients are being treated in the hospital for COVID-19, up from 110 patients on Thursday. Lake and Osceola county have not released any hospitalization data.
In regard to Coronavirus. Why is it safe for kids to be in school? But not safe for Paul Manafort to be in prison.
dumb fuck -
Although many questions remain, the preponderance of evidence indicates that children and adolescents are less likely to be symptomatic and less likely to have severe disease resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition, children may be less likely to become infected and to spread infection. Policies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within schools must be balanced with the known harms to children, adolescents, families, and the community by keeping children at home.
manafort is 71 years old, idiot.
also, he landed in jail on bogus, trumped-up process crimes.
that's what you clowns have been reduced to alky. jailing people for spitting on the fucking sidewalk. all because you've found no way to control your TDS.
LOL.
fucking losers.
Banana republic has been created by the President.
Exclusive: Key impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is retiring from the US Army. His lawyer cites a “campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation” led by the President. https://t.co/LztjztkMWi
Obamagate
How many people who support the President had B average in high school?
Now THAT'S the really pertinent question!
“Although we have seen an increase in the number of hospitalizations, the systems are reporting that they are not concerned about the need for surge yet as a system. It could be that a hospital has more cases than another and things have to reshuffled on readjust[ed].”
so while the media and the left (redundant, i know) have done their very best to try and scare the living shit out of the american people, the FACTS tell a very different story.
nice try alky.
THIS is XiNN...
I bet that fat fuck Vindman couldn’t pass the PT test
The United States reported an all-time high of 60,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the U.S. to over 3 million. https://cbsn.ws/2BSq4dj
Exclusive: Key impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is retiring from the US Army. His lawyer cites a “campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation” led by the President.
trump's fault, eh?
i thought it was because the US Military is no place for lying, traitorous pieces of shit.
now he can finally return the uniform to the costume shop.
just over 3 million.
fuck.
only a little more than 5% of 0linsky's high score.
trump must be pissed because i know he hates to lose.
LOL.
I thought it was because the US presidency is no place for lying, traitorous pieces of s**t.
A couple weeks ago Doctor Fauxi said that we would reach over 100,000 cases per day.
You keep saying that he's a never Trump supporter.
His niece says that he would end our democracy.
She has a PhD.
Rapist Racist Rat says:
just over 3 million.
fuck.
only a little more than 5% of 0linsky's high score.
trump must be pissed because i know he hates to lose.
LOL.
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Now give us the number of DEATHS comparisons, rapist racist rat.
Your beloved Trump sure is WINNING on that one.
Florida, Texas post daily COVID-19 records as 'positivity' rates climb
Florida and Texas, two states that have emerged as the latest hot spots of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, both reported record daily increases in confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday - with nearly 20,000 additional infections combined.
For a sixth straight day, Texas also registered an all-time high in the number of people hospitalized with the highly contagious respiratory illness - 7,890 patients after 238 new admissions over the past 24 hours.
By comparison, New York state - the U.S.
epicenter of the outbreak months ago, reported just 844 hospitalizations on Saturday, far below the nearly 19,000 hospital beds occupied by CtOVID-19 patients at the peak of its coronavirus crisis.
Now give us the number of DEATHS comparisons, rapist racist rat.
why, pederast?
you've been hell-bent on focusing on CASES from the beginning. not deaths.
suddenly you need to move those goalposts to protect the "legacy" (LOL) of your mocha messiah, the one, the only, magic fucking negro?
uh...........NO.
you set the focus on cases, so we're sticking with cases.
go fuck yourself.
THE PRESIDENT who kicked Hillary's fat, wrinkled, pant-suited ass.
He's also the television personality who had a show that was more popular than Kimmel, Colbert, and Oliver all put together.
A PhD that was left out of her grandad’s will?
No axe to grind there
JUST IN: Republican Sen. Susan Collins said she will not campaign against Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
The United States reported an all-time high of 60,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day on Tuesday
Sorry Roger...
The Reverend, you and I agreed the other day that "cases" don't matter.
Unless you want to go back to comparing it to the 60 million cases of Swine Flu?
While impeached Trump screams for schools to open, showcases public praise from lackeys, ignores health experts, and lies about coronavirus (and, of course, everything), confirmed US coronavirus cases top 3,000,000 and the US pandemic death toll continues to rise.
NEW THREAD SUGGESTION:
IT'S A ROUGH TIME TO BE A TRUMPSTER
EVIDENCE FOLLOWS
CREDIT: COOK POLITICAL REPORT
New Electoral College Ratings
8:41 am EDT
The Cook Political Report has updated its Electoral College ratings moving Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska’s 2nd district into the Democratic column.
In addition, Georgia has joined Arizona, North Carolina and Florida in the Toss Up column, although, at this point, Biden would be slightly favored to win at least Arizona and Florida.
The consensus electoral map now shows Biden already with 280 electoral votes.
there it is.
the beginning of the end.
the walls are closing in.
this, ladies and gentlemen, is the BOMBSHELL we've all been waiting for.
*GASP!*
dare i even post it???
ok, i shall.:
JUST IN: Republican Sen. Susan Collins said she will not campaign against Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
holy mother of God, whatever will trump do without a parkinson's patient like susan colling willing to take ol' stinkfinger joe HEAD ON in a raucous presidential campaign.
sweet Jesus, how will we survive?
MORE EVIDENCE:
CREDIT: CNN AND THE LIAR TRUMP HIMSELF
Trump Says U.S. ‘In a Good Place’ on the Virus
President Trump rebuked Dr. Anthony Fauci’s blunt assessment of the US’ coronavirus response, claiming that the country is “in a good place” even as new cases surge, CNN reports.
Said Trump: “Well, I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him… Dr. Fauci said don’t wear masks and now he says wear them. And he said numerous things. Don’t close off China. Don’t ban China. I did it anyway. I didn’t listen to my experts and I banned China. We would have been in much worse shape.”
He added: “We’ve done a good job. I think we are going to be in two, three, four weeks, by the time we next speak, I think we’re going to be in very good shape.”
On Twitter, Trump falsely claimed the coronavirus death rate is “down tenfold.”
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rrb believes that.
The racist rodent bastard continues to compare the Swine flu with the COVID-19 infection.
If we reach the 100,000 cases per day, will you quite defending the President?
btw... Covid Tracking Project reported 51,888 new cases yesterday (some being a catch up from the long weekend). Worldometer reported 55,442 yesterday. CDC has yet to report their numbers.
The election is looking more like a Democratic tsunami than simply a Blue wave. President Trump, mired in some of the lowest job approval ratings of his presidency, is trailing Biden by significant margins in key battleground states like Pennsylvania (8 points), Michigan (9 points), and Wisconsin (9 points). He’s even running behind Biden in his firewall states of Florida and North Carolina.
We’ve made changes to our Electoral College ratings to reflect this reality.
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska’s 2nd district move from Toss Up to Lean Democrat.
Maine, once in Lean Democrat, moves to the safer Likely Democratic category.
Georgia has joined Arizona, North Carolina and Florida in the Toss Up column, although, at this point, Biden would be slightly favored to win at least Arizona and Florida.
Maine’s 2nd district has moved from Likely Republican to a more competitive Lean Republican.
These moves alone push Biden over the 270 electoral vote threshold (to 279).
OMG!
Trump Pushed CIA to Give Intelligence to Kremlin
Just Security: “Why would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response that Moscow received when the Trump administration learned of a precursor to the bounty operation…
“First, President Trump decided not to confront Putin about supplying arms to the terrorist group. Second, during the very times in which U.S. military officials publicly raised concerns about the program’s threat to US forces, Trump undercut them. He embraced Putin, overtly and repeatedly, including at the historic summit in Helsinki.
“Third, behind the scenes, Trump directed the CIA to share intelligence information on counterterrorism with the Kremlin despite no discernible reward, former intelligence officials who served in the Trump administration told Just Security.”
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HOW MANY REPUBLICANS ARE NOW SAYING, IF ONLY WE HAD IMPEACHED HIM WHEN WE COULD HAVE!
The American Academy of Pediatrics:
BAAAAHHHH!!!!
Who care what those losers think!
They are sucking Trump's ball sack or something!
The racist rodent bastard continues to compare the Swine flu with the COVID-19 infection.
well alky, i prefer to stay on the numbers that actually fucking matter - you know, hospitalizations and deaths, but if you clowns want to keep making it about positive test cases then yes, i will feel free to mock.
and only a moron sees that a defense of the president.
If we reach the 100,000 cases per day, will you quite defending the President?
see above.
oh, and by the way, covid deaths, specifically deaths per million consistently have republican governors out-performing democrat governors by better than 2 - 1.
and my governor, king cuomo, well he's killed over 10,000 nursing home resident so thank your lucky stars you're a nursing home patient in CA and not NY.
MORE EVIDENCE
CREDIT: AMY WALKER
Trump Is Close to the Point of No Return
“This election is looking more like a Democratic tsunami than simply a Blue wave… Republican strategists we’ve spoken with this week think Trump is close to the point of no return. A couple of others wondered if Trump had reached his ‘Katrina’ moment: a permanent loss of trust and faith of the majority of voters.
“In talking with strategists on both sides this last week, it’s also clear that Trump is dragging Republican congressional candidates with him as well.”
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Trump Threatens to Cut School Funding If Not Open
President Trump threatened to cut off funding to schools if they do not open in the fall.
Said Trump: “In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!”
would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response that Moscow received when the Trump administration learned of a precursor to the bounty operation. From mid-2017 and into 2018, Pentagon officials became increasingly confident in intelligence reports that the Kremlin was arming the Taliban, which posed a significant threat to American and coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
President Trump’s actions in the face of the Russia-Taliban arms program likely signaled a weak US resolve in the eyes of Putin and Russian military intelligence.
Three dimensions of Trump’s response are described in detail in this article, based on interviews with several former Trump administration officials who spoke to Just Security on the record.
First, President Trump decided not to confront Putin about supplying arms to the terrorist group. Second, during the very times in which U.S. military officials publicly raised concerns about the program’s threat to US forces, Trump undercut them. He embraced Putin, overtly and repeatedly, including at the historic summit in Helsinki. Third, behind the scenes, Trump directed the CIA to share intelligence information on counterterrorism with the Kremlin despite no discernible reward, former intelligence officials who served in the Trump administration told Just Security.
Most of these officials emphasized, as a caution, the significant qualitative difference between arming the Taliban and paying bounties to kill American service members—a massive escalation. Unlike bounties, the Russian-Taliban arms program could also be potentially explained, or plausibly denied, by Moscow as an effort to assist the Taliban’s fight against the common enemy of ISIS. That said, the arms also reportedly became increasingly sophisticated in what appears to provide the Taliban an edge against NATO and Afghan government forces.
The failure to push back on the weapons program signaled to Putin that he could press further, said Michael Carpenter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for Russia in the Obama administration. “When Western powers fail to push back, the Kremlin keeps prodding and probing — until it meets resistance, or until the costs for President Putin and his regime exceed the perceived benefits,” Carpenter wrote in Just Security on Friday.
What we now know is that President Trump not only failed to push back against Russia’s arming the terrorist group. That extraordinary act of omission was coupled with the president’s effort to push the CIA to cooperate with Russia by providing U.S. intelligence to the Kremlin on counterterrorism operations despite getting nothing in return, according to former officials.
A. Top Military Officials Sounds the Alarm
President Trump has denied being informed of U.S. intelligence reports on the Russian bounty operation, but the same can’t be so easily claimed about the Russian weapons to the Taliban. Over the course of 2017 and 2018, senior military officials began speaking openly, in media interviews and before Congress, about their increasing confidence in the intelligence picture of the Russian arms and the significant concerns it raised for U.S. and Coalition troops.
The following Timeline shows the series of public statements by senior military officials about the Kremlin’s provision of weapons to the Taliban.
https://www.justsecurity.org/71279/trump-pushed-cia-to-give-intelligence-to-kremlin-while-taking-no-action-against-russia-arming-taliban/
oh, and by the way, covid deaths, specifically deaths per million consistently have republican governors out-performing democrat governors by better than 2 - 1.
BAAAHHH!! Stop licking Trump's ass and making excuses. Every death is the fault of the bad orange man! Especially those deaths from the states that didn't listen to him! Those are very much his fault
BAAAAHHH!!!!
Timeline
Feb. 9, 2017: Gen. John Nicholson, Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan and NATO’s Resolute Support Mission, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee made headlines by drawing attention to Russian efforts to support the Taliban; over the following months, senior military officials would specifically identify the problem of Russian provision of weapons to the Taliban
Note on President Trump: On Feb. 16, 2017 President Trump says in a press conference, “by the way, it would be great if we could get along with Russia;” “If we could get along with Russia, that’s a positive thing. We have a very talented man, Rex Tillerson, who is going to be meeting with them shortly. And I told him, I said, I know politically it’s probably not good for me;” “if we could get along, it would be a positive thing, not a negative thing.”
March 23, 2017: Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee raises the Russian arms issue
March 29, 2017: Gen. Joseph L. Votel, Commander, U.S. Central Command in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee raises the Russian arms issue
April 24, 2017: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Gen. John Nicholson, Commander, Resolute Support and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, in a press conference held in Afghanistan raise the Russian arms issue
Note on President Trump: On May 10, 2017, Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office, where the President reportedly passes highly classified information to the two Russian officials
Note on President Trump: On May 25, 2017, in Europe, Trump chastises NATO leaders for their “chronic underpayments” to the alliance and fails to reaffirm U.S. commitment to Article 5 of the Atlantic Charter for collective self-defense in a speech; the omission surprises Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and National Security Advisor McMaster, who endeavored to include language supporting Article 5 in Trump’s remarks prior to the summit, Politico reports
Note on President Trump: On July 9, 2017: Upon returning from his first face-to-face meeting with Putin at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, Trump tweets, “Now it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia!”
Note on President Trump: July 19, 2017: US officials announce that Trump has decided to end a program to arm Syrian rebels. An anonymous current official tells the Washington Post, “This is a momentous decision. … Putin won in Syria.” A former White House official tells the Post, “People began thinking about ending the program, but it was not something you’d do for free.” “To give [the program] away without getting anything in return would be foolish.” These statements are even more relevant in consideration of Russia’s arming of the Taliban at the time.
Sept. 28, 2017: Sec. Mattis in a joint press conference with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg raises the Russian arms issue
Note on President Trump: On Jan. 29, 2018: The White House announces it will not impose new sanctions on Russia
March 23, 2018: Gen. John Nicholson, Commander, Resolute Support and U.S. Forces Afghanistan in an interview with the BBC raises the Russian arms issue
Note on President Trump: On July 5, 2018: President Trump says at a political rally, “I might even end up having a good relationship, but they’re going, ‘Will President Trump be prepared? You know, President Putin is KGB and this and that.’ You know what? Putin’s fine. He’s fine.”
Note on President Trump: On July 16, 2018, in a very friendly summit between the two leaders at Helsinki, President Trump publicly sides with President Putin over the U.S. intelligence community on the Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections
He's a traitor who should charged with treason and hung by his neck.
CREDIT: CNN
Lara Trump Urged Vote by Mail
“While President Trump has continuously railed against voting by mail, a Republican National Committee robocall in April voiced by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump said voting by mail could be done ‘safely and securely,'” CNN reports.
SHE CUT HIM OFF AT THE KNEES!
“Third, behind the scenes, Trump directed the CIA to share intelligence information on counterterrorism with the Kremlin despite no discernible reward, former intelligence officials who served in the Trump administration told Just Security.”
huh.
reminiscent of when the kremlin offered our FBI intel and a very early warning about the tsarnaev brothers - the boston marathon bombers. intel and warnings the FBI promptly ignored that could've thwarted the plot.
that's how it's done, asshat. we do, on occasion, where appropriate and mutually beneficial, share intel with the russians.
that this is scandalous news to you exposes you for the fucktard you really are.
Just Security: “Why would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response that Moscow received when the Trump administration learned of a precursor to the bounty operation…
BAAAAHHHHH! THIS WAS ON DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND AND POLITICAL WIRE SO IT MUST BE TRUE! ANYONE WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IT IS SUCKING TRUMP'S NUT SACK
I WROTE ALL OF THIS IN CAPITALS BECAUSE IT'S MORE CONVINCING FOR OTHER LIBERALS!!
BAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
BAD ORANGE MAN!!!
BAAAHHHHHH!!!
The type of equipment the Russians transferred to the Taliban also shows how the Kremlin was becoming increasingly confrontational over time. At first, the Russians were mostly providing excess AK-47s, weapons that are found in almost every major global conflict. More recently, however, they also started transferring night-vision equipment, which is both in shorter supply in Russia but also specifically intended to equalize the gap between NATO forces and the Taliban. Throughout the conflict in Afghanistan, U.S. special forces have always “owned the night.” The Russians wanted to change that to the detriment of the U.S. and its NATO allies.
LOL
NEW POLL JUST CAME OUT ON POLITICAL WIRE!
BIDEN 100%
BAD ORANGE MAN 0%
BAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Go suck Trump's nut sack you racist losers!
that's how it's done, asshat. we do, on occasion, where appropriate and mutually beneficial, share intel with the russians.
I hope we are sharing intel on a bunch of moslems
New Electoral College Ratings
July 8, 2020 at 8:41 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 17 Comments
The Cook Political Report has updated its Electoral College ratings moving Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska’s 2nd district into the Democratic column.
In addition, Georgia has joined Arizona, North Carolina and Florida in the Toss Up column, although, at this point, Biden would be slightly favored to win at least Arizona and Florida.
The consensus electoral map now shows Biden already with 280 electoral votes.
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plagiarizing, lying, dishonesty?
Who cares, he's a "pastor"
Must be real worried Hillary had more "consensus" electoral votes at this point than Biden does.
How did she finish up???
ROFLMFAO !!!
Obama killed Osama bin Laden.
They had a 50% confidence on the location of the target.
Russia but also specifically intended to equalize the gap between NATO forces and the Taliban.
Russia was our friend and helped us out when the magic negro was President. But now that the bad orange man is President, all I can say is...
BAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
Obama killed Osama bin Laden.
And here I thought it was special forces...
how silly of me!
AND HERE'S SOME REALLY STRONG EVIDENCE:
STUCK WITH TRUMP:
CREDIT: ROLLING STONE:
What GOP Strategists Really Think About Their Chances
Rolling Stone spoke to nine GOP campaign consultants about the Republicans chances in November. A sampling of comments:
“Every shred of evidence points to a likely ass kicking in the fall.”
“Well it’s as bad as it gets right now.”
“Right now most campaigns are thanking baby Jesus every day the election isn’t held today.”
“I’ve got Trump down in Texas. Daines down in Montana.”
“It’s certainly better than public polling, but it’s not good.”
“I told very high ranking people in the Trump Administration that it hasn’t been like this since October of ’06.”
Most importantly, the GOP is backed into a corner:
“But in 2006, Republican candidates could strategically distance themselves from an unpopular president without facing a mutiny within the ranks. That won’t work in 2020, as — though Trump’s numbers are plummeting with some demos — they are solidifying or improving among his core support demographic. Which makes running afoul of Trump fatal in the eyes of these strategists.”
BUT THE RATS SURE WISH THEY COULD ABANDON SHIP.
I hope we are sharing intel on a bunch of moslems
so do i, but our FBI is WAY too smart for that.
they have bigger fish to fry... like roger stone.
The type of equipment the Russians transferred to the Taliban also shows how the Kremlin was becoming increasingly confrontational over time. At first, the Russians were mostly providing excess AK-47s, weapons that are found in almost every major global conflict. More recently, however, they also started transferring night-vision equipment, which is both in shorter supply in Russia but also specifically intended to equalize the gap between NATO forces and the Taliban. Throughout the conflict in Afghanistan, U.S. special forces have always “owned the night.” The Russians wanted to change that to the detriment of the U.S. and its NATO allies.
alky's source 'just security' lifted much of this out of a rand corporation report. likely without attribution.
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1800/RR1879/RAND_RR1879.pdf
Assessing Russian Reactions to U.S. and NATO Posture Enhancements
but with 'just security' 'guest authors' like george conway and andrew weissman, you kind gotta go into it thinking it's a con anyway.
good one alky.
What GOP Strategists Think About Their Chances
July 8, 2020 at 11:12 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
The lying, dishonest POS "pastor" sure comes up with a lot on his own.
what a man of the cloth he is
ROFLMFAO !!!
sure fools us.
https://youtu.be/mQwuhuMTaEw
Obama was the commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces
Rolling Stone spoke to nine GOP campaign consultants about the Republicans chances in November. A sampling of comments:
BHAAAAAHHH!!!!
See!! These very real people without names who will otherwise not identify themselves are for sure telling us exactly what is going to happen.
You Trump-ass-licking idiots shouldn't even bother to vote and Trump should just step down now!
These people without names know more than everyone IN THE WHOLE WORLD COMBINED (and would I be willing to up that in all caps if it wasn't true)!!
BHAAAAAHHH!!!!
He gave the orders to kill Osama bin Laden.
He gave the orders to kill Osama bin Laden.
From the comfort and safety of the White House??
I can see why YOU would give the credit to him... rather than those specially trained soldiers who actually risked their lives on the mission.
I figure you just want to bend them over and fuck them up the ass for that effort, huh Rog? Because in your feeble mind, all of the "real" hard work and heroism goes to Obama!
Benny
@bennyjohnson
"YOU CANNOT CRITICIZE A VETERAN IN POLITICS!"
Screamed the party and pundits who spent the last three years tormenting, slandering and bankrupting General Michael Flynn as they attempted to put him in prison for the rest of his life.
Silence, you moral and ethical degenerates
and silence on the now declassified emails showing Obama officials openly admitting Rice was lying about Benghazi and they were leaking false talking points to a compliant press to protect Obama.
If this was Nixon's team it would have been HEADLINES everywhere and the lead story on the news.
the new state media...silence...democracy may die in darkness. Of course they are complicit.
This is another reason as to why we have to win in a landslide election.
We need Medicare for all. This Supreme Court decision is another step toward repealing Roe v Wade and Obamacare.
Today’s ruling is a setback for reproductive health. As our country continues to face an unprecedented public health crisis, we should be building upon the success of the ACA and expanding access to affordable health care for everyone in America. Instead, the Trump administration has relentlessly attempted to rip health care away from millions of people across the country, including the 61.4 million people whose contraception has been covered without out-of-pocket costs thanks to the ACA.
For scores of workers, the Court ruled that whether their health insurance covers birth control is up to their boss. This decision is dangerous, particularly for people of color, low-wage workers, and LGBTQ+ people who are more likely to face financial and other barriers to care. Now, more than ever, Congress must take action to protect and expand access to contraception and other reproductive health care.
OBAMAGATE !!!
We have evidence that the President has let the Russian Intelligence Agency in put a bounty on American troops and allied forces.
You have been denying that reality show Presidency is allowing the Russians to kill our troops.
Roger Amick said...
Obama was the commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces
who called ISIS the JV team.
trump took office and promptly KILLED THEM.
if a USA Today/Ipsos poll conducted in May is any indication, plenty of teachers will walk away from the profession rather than risk their health. That survey showed that 1 in 5 teachers said they would not return to the classroom if schools reopened in the fall, a number that could well cripple any attempts to reopen schools anyway.
The reality is that school opening decisions are made by governors and local officials, not the President of the United States. And, even if schools do reopen, it's not at all clear that enough teachers will show up to make it feasible.
We need Medicare for all. This Supreme Court decision is another step toward repealing Roe v Wade and Obamacare.
That was a 7-2 decision Rog...
Not that difficult of a question.
Sometimes the rule of law and the constitution is just too much for even liberal USSC justices to put their personal politics above.
Here is the second crack in the separation of church and state. Allowing the "boss" to impose religious beliefs on employees! This is the consequence of a conservative dominated court who's members seem to think that women should be dominated. AND if a woman become pregnant while employed, she will be fired by that same "boss".
The reality is that school opening decisions are made by governors and local officials, not the President of the United States. And, even if schools do reopen, it's not at all clear that enough teachers will show up to make it feasible.
Wanna bet!
You know how many part time and substitute teachers are out their dreaming for a full time gig? This is a no brainer. For every teacher who walks off the job there will be a half dozen applications to fill that spot.
We have evidence that the President has let the Russian Intelligence Agency in put a bounty on American troops and allied forces.
no, YOU have evidence alky.
WE have some unverified, anonymously sourced CLAIM from the NYT, who, by all appearances is striving to become the next "gawker" or "buzzfeed."
Scalia put his personal political beliefs on his decisions, using original intent philosophy.
The original intent allowed slavery.
It took a Civil War to overturn slavery.
A significant percentage of the teachers are over 40 years ago and they are often exposed to the virus.
You don't care how many people will die because you support the President.
Here is the second crack in the separation of church and state. Allowing the "boss" to impose religious beliefs on employees!
My god the abject stupidity of this, boggles....
Scalia put his personal political beliefs on his decisions, using original intent philosophy.
Six of the eight other Justices, including Kagan and Breyer agreed with his irrational viewpoint.
You don't care how many people will die because you support the President.
BHAAAAAHHH!!!!
I was just reading on Politicalwire that ball licking Trump supporters actually want Teachers to die horrible deaths. It was a link to a site where there were at least four different anonymous sources that confirmed this!
BHAAAAAHHH!!!!
Bad orange man!!!!
Trump tweeted that he may withhold federal funding from schools that do not resume in-person classes this fall.
Moments later Trump said his own CDC's guidelines for safely reopening schools are too expensive and too impractical.
Vice President Mike Pence later announced that the CDC will be issuing five new documents next week that contain guidelines for schools and parents that are not as "tough" as the existing ones.
He's disagreeing with the medical experts.
For scores of workers, the Court ruled that whether their health insurance covers birth control is up to their boss.
Well, in this case their boss is Jesus Christ, and liberals were trying to mandate birth control coverages for (checks notes) nuns!!
Trump tweeted that he may withhold federal funding from schools that do not resume in-person classes this fall.
No playing politics with school children. That's Trump's message.
Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) offers a conspiracy theory in The Hill in which he warns of a “coup” in which “socialist” and “far left” figures in the Democratic party install a running mate for Joe Biden and then use the 25th Amendment to topple Biden.
"Fake." "Nonsense." "Lies."
The Kremlin reacted the same way the White House did to news reports that U.S. intelligence had allegedly found Russia offered bounties on American troops in Afghanistan.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the initial story in The New York Times demonstrated the "low intellectual abilities of U.S. intelligence propagandists." President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, called subsequent reports "hoaxes" that damage the reputation of the media that publish them.
Russian officials spend a lot of time refuting allegations of malfeasance, from the poisoning of a former Russian spy in England to election interference in the United States. That Russian military intelligence may have paid bounties for killing U.S. and allied troops in Afghanistan appears to be just the latest accusation Moscow has categorically denied.
"Of course, they're going to deny. They're in the unfortunate position of having cried wolf so often that it becomes hard to know quite what to believe," said Mark Galeotti, a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. "There is a sense of 'How stupid do you think we are?' "
Scott A**hole believes the Russians
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