My Kushner tinfoil hat currently revolves around him wanting to have information to hand over to one of those non-extradition countries, should he need to seek asylum. Because he is a spineless piece of garbage.
That, or if you want to go for a deep dive into worries, maybe he is Trump's "handler" for some foreign agency. Or both.
(no, I don't really think that, but it would be a possible reason for all of this weirdness)
My mind can’t even go there to think about all of intelligence information 45 and Kush have. The possibilities of them giving this info freely out to help in their businesses gives me chills. One day when they leave office the blackmail opportunities that will arise and the risk our country will be under or is already.
The PSA guys make it sound like lying on your security clearance form is the worst thing you can do, it almost guarantees that you won't be granted clearance. I assume that's the main reason he won't be given clearance.
Also, is there a special prison for people who know so many state secrets?
You can't lie but you can "amend," which is what Kushner claims he has been doing (for a year?!?!?) I assume if they know he's lying its because they have proof (they being FBI et al), and then I come back to - why is he lying? if lying is enough to jeopardize your clearance, why lie? Unless you are lying to cover up something bigger and you're confident that your FIL will overlook some "omissions" (because your FIL doesnt really understand the concept of "telling the truth") and let you in the situation room anyway.
I hate him so much. He's such a little turd. When I think about this too much I start to feel a bit like Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory and I need to take a step back lol.
Federal investigators are probing whether Paul Manafort promised a Chicago banker a job in the Trump White House in return for $16 million in home loans, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News.
"The sources say the three loans were questioned by other officials at the bank, and one source said that at least one of the bank employees who felt pressured into approving the deals is cooperating with investigators."
"On Aug 19, 2016, Manafort left the Trump campaign... That same day, Manafort created a holding company called Summerbreeze LLC. Several weeks later, a document called a UCC filed... shows that Summerbreeze took out a $3.5 million loan on Manafort's home."
Someone(s) is/are cooperating: “New charges have been filed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's criminal case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and aide Rick Gates, but the charges were put under seal.”
Paul Manafort is so fucking messy. And when you think about how someone this messy not only willingly chose to expose themselves to scrutiny by taking a high profile political job, but took that job *unpaid*, it really makes you think about what the fuck is wrong with that man. And the way I see it ,there are two explanations: either he's one dumb ass entitled mofo, or he was forced into it by his Russian overlords.
Someone(s) is/are cooperating: “New charges have been filed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's criminal case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and aide Rick Gates, but the charges were put under seal.”
I wonder if those new charges against Gates are part of his plea deal that they’ve been working on. More charges against Manafort and lesser charges against Gates for cooperating. And under seal until the deal is signed...
By the way, did we know that Tad Devine worked with Paul Manafort on that Ukrainian Putin puppet's presidential campaign? I saw that mentioned on Twitter this morning.
This article is broader than a today discussion, but it answered a lot of questions I had about whoTF Paul Manafort really is, and why he would not just take the campaign manager job (unpaid!), but really hustle to get it.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
By the way, did we know that Tad Devine worked with Paul Manafort on that Ukrainian Putin puppet's presidential campaign? I saw that mentioned on Twitter this morning.
So there's that.
There are either a lot of little dots being connected or a lot of total coincidences.
Another former Bernie staffer is working on the campaign for Putin’s hand-picked opponent which is probably nothing but I still trust no one!
Why on earth would you send Pence to deal with North Korea? That mushy mole-faced dingus can't even deal with the media in a savvy manner. Then again, maybe they thought he'd be great, since he would parrot exactly whatever they told him to say and wouldn't dare improvise in any way. Blech.
At least he wouldn't set himself up for blackmail by meeting alone with Kim Jong Un's sister.
Ditto. LOL.
But I also think it's to show some form of diplomacy - just like the Korean teams being together at the Olympics. It's not terrible to send a VP of the US to talk with a leader's rep for NK if it stops war-like actions or starts a discussion... even if it is Pence. And NPR was reporting this weeks ago about the possibility and the US and NK talking about a potential meeting.
Post by downtoearth on Feb 21, 2018 14:27:11 GMT -5
WTF, Sanders?!?! I can't listen to that, but he is word-vomit as much as Trump sometimes and he acts brand new about ish like campaigns and financing those while trying to be an expert on Wall Street and financial inequality. He doesn't ever take credit for the shit he brings to the table, and that includes how much women and minorities saw both Trump and Sanders fans using the same ignorant rants and articles in the campaign. Bullshit that he didn't know and bullshit that he didn't use that to his advantage even after he lost the primary.
Post by WanderingWinoZ on Feb 21, 2018 14:32:18 GMT -5
A interesting, in-depth discussion of all the "skeptics" lately in media that dont' think we will ever find a smoking gun or hard evidence of collusion.
But none of these are the key thing. That is this: For the second half of 2016 Donald Trump himself and his campaign knew that Russia was engaged in a wide ranging effort to subvert the 2016 campaign and to work to get him elected. Yet despite this knowledge he and his campaign continued to approve numerous contacts with Russian government officials, clandestine meetings, receive offers of assistance. He also continued to push a decidedly Russia friendly policy agenda, even to the point of threatening to short-circuit or abandon the NATO alliance – probably Russia’s principal foreign policy goal not only today but decades back into the Cold War. They continued to authorize all of this, continued to feel out the possible dimensions of the relationship and, critically, made no effort to contact the FBI or other relevant federal agencies about a plot they knew these agencies were tracking and trying to combat.
I have not listened to the interview but check out this quote.
I did not know Russian bots were promoting my campaign."
"The real question to be asked is" why the Clinton campaign didn't do something.
— @sensanders
Listen live
I cannot wait for the day this asshole gets taken out. If he's a serious candidate in 2020, my blood pressure (and my liver) will not be able to handle it.
I have not listened to the interview but check out this quote.
I did not know Russian bots were promoting my campaign."
"The real question to be asked is" why the Clinton campaign didn't do something.
— @sensanders
Listen live
I need the "The fuck you say" gif. Then I need Mueller to nail this asshole to the wall.
I'm not here. I know we are a group of Bernie haters, but I do not want Bernie to go down with the Russia investigation. I believe he was complacent and needs to know that and I WANT HIM TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS AND HIS FOLLOWERS PART in this - if they don't learn from it, they'll fall for it again in 2020.
Bernie is not my cup-of-tea (actually he makes my blood boil b/c he is so old-dude savoir), but he also has some political capital and a huge following that need to see that he is not a God and instead is human and makes mistakes that can hurt the US. He also is a champion of the uninsured, environment, and has moved the Dem platform to the left on some issues, so he needs to take some damn ownership in his part of this and realize that his revolution is weak without coalition and compromise (and that it's, so far, not producing the next line of leaders so much).