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Whoa! treason? (Original Post) chowder66 Feb 2017 OP
Interesting........ VMA131Marine Feb 2017 #1
Agreed. Could be self-promotion. nt babylonsister Feb 2017 #2
might be fitzmas. mopinko Feb 2017 #4
So true, but this is one frog march that could be slightly more satisfying than the one that never MANative Feb 2017 #6
Yep! We didn't get the gift we wanted on that Fitzmas in the 2000's Chasstev365 Feb 2017 #7
No kidding Jarqui Feb 2017 #3
Yes, sounds kind zentrum Feb 2017 #9
They are digging up old articles and published documents chowder66 Feb 2017 #13
True. Thanx. zentrum Feb 2017 #40
Atlee is the president of a biotech company according to google. triron Feb 2017 #20
Man oh man. I've been reading Louise Mensch's tweets alllllllll day today - she's taking DFT Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #5
I saw that. It was pretty great. She is a former Conservative MP who now lives in NY chowder66 Feb 2017 #11
Well cheeze, chowder, I just spent the entire day with her!! Every tweet, all the comments - Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #18
You bet! nt chowder66 Feb 2017 #24
I wouldn't trust her. She's a shameless self publicist. OnDoutside Feb 2017 #43
How so? chowder66 Feb 2017 #44
Because that's what she was when she was a Tory MP. OnDoutside Feb 2017 #45
Thanks. I dug further and found chowder66 Feb 2017 #47
A jaundiced eye is required ;) She's trying to make a name for herself in US, just like she did in OnDoutside Feb 2017 #49
Yes, I agree. I don't 'follow' her but I have seen her posts in other twitter accounts chowder66 Feb 2017 #50
I don't know if there has been treason or not. But if there has been, I sure want it uncovered joet67 Feb 2017 #8
If true Liberalagogo Feb 2017 #10
True. If and when the media uncovers all this shit... Beartracks Feb 2017 #15
He might shake up the domestic press Ccarmona Feb 2017 #26
I want to hear it from nadin. greytdemocrat Feb 2017 #12
: ] chowder66 Feb 2017 #14
. Squinch Feb 2017 #16
Or Mika................. George II Feb 2017 #17
KNR Lucinda Feb 2017 #19
This seems to mesh with much of what has been going on lately triron Feb 2017 #21
That's one reason I decided to post from these tweeters. Plus they are posting documents chowder66 Feb 2017 #25
Like you BadgerMom Feb 2017 #36
I don't begrudge them for trying to make sense of what is already out there chowder66 Feb 2017 #38
kick for visibility triron Feb 2017 #22
knr triron Feb 2017 #23
knr triron Feb 2017 #27
im telling you MFM008 Feb 2017 #28
agree triron Feb 2017 #30
I wish but I don't believe this would be discussed in public until all the evidence was rock solid. Kablooie Feb 2017 #29
Maybe not. nt chowder66 Feb 2017 #31
otoh maybe triron Feb 2017 #33
Hopefully respected papers are picking up some of the research these people are doing. nt chowder66 Feb 2017 #34
It looks to me that they are only piecing information together that is already out there, working.. chowder66 Feb 2017 #32
Of course Dworkin has been doing this for awhile triron Feb 2017 #35
So, McConnell's dirty. What other PACs accepted $$$ from foreign entities? Tatiana Feb 2017 #37
Yep, if you click the tweet it will take you to the whole thread chowder66 Feb 2017 #39
Wow! Thanks. $4 million combined in Russian $$$ to Rubio, McConnell and Walker. Tatiana Feb 2017 #41
: ) chowder66 Feb 2017 #42
How much did Tulsi and Bernie get? nt fun n serious Feb 2017 #46
I also wondered if they would find any democratic pacs that accepted money from chowder66 Feb 2017 #48
Yep yep. fun n serious Feb 2017 #52
So I looked up money from Blackstone and found they gave chowder66 Feb 2017 #53
Thank you! fun n serious Feb 2017 #54
I just hope something significant comes of all of their work. chowder66 Feb 2017 #55
knr triron Feb 2017 #51
Kicking for exposure KewlKat Feb 2017 #56
K&R bdamomma Feb 2017 #57
there is so much to read and compare to the dossier! KewlKat Feb 2017 #58
They are trying to pull it together for you here chowder66 Feb 2017 #59

VMA131Marine

(4,139 posts)
1. Interesting........
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 10:48 PM
Feb 2017

I'll be curious to see if this goes anywhere. If I was the reporter, I don’t know if I would be posting partial details on Twitter.

MANative

(4,112 posts)
6. So true, but this is one frog march that could be slightly more satisfying than the one that never
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 11:18 PM
Feb 2017

happened.

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
13. They are digging up old articles and published documents
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 11:58 PM
Feb 2017

and putting things together which is a little different than Moby. The post articles and the found documents in their threads to bolster their points. There are others contacting them with information/docs, etc. It seems to me that they are getting the right pieces of information out there and other reporters are picking up on it.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
5. Man oh man. I've been reading Louise Mensch's tweets alllllllll day today - she's taking DFT
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 11:14 PM
Feb 2017

lawyer Michael Cohen apart piece by piece in regards to his Prague trip mentioned in the Steele Dossier. She is relentless. Pissed off carnivore sniffing for blood, and she's connected to intel (I discovered her via Malcolm Nance last weekend), reporters like Joy Reid - etc etc ETC

Anywho, she has mentioned this Khanoisseur person again and again as being one of THE top go-to people during this whole Putin/DFT nightmare, so I wouldn't be surprised if much of what's being posted here is....pretty reliable.

As usual, "time will tell" if this is all just wacky shit or real life - !!!

Louise's twitter acct:
https://mobile.twitter.com/LouiseMensch?p=s

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
11. I saw that. It was pretty great. She is a former Conservative MP who now lives in NY
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 11:54 PM
Feb 2017

and she worked for/advised Hillary Clinton. She writes for the Guardian.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
18. Well cheeze, chowder, I just spent the entire day with her!! Every tweet, all the comments -
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 12:09 AM
Feb 2017

she's wild! And yes, I knew she publishes in the Guardian and is an ex MP, but had no idea she worked for/advised Clinton - boy, that gig right there puts her smack in the middle of thousands of contacts, doesn't it?! Thanks for that tidbit!!

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
45. Because that's what she was when she was a Tory MP.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 03:43 AM
Feb 2017

Last edited Mon Feb 20, 2017, 04:31 AM - Edit history (1)

She's out to do the same in the US.

Edit : I should also have added that as well as being pro brexit, she's the editor of the Rupert Murdoch backed Heat St. I wouldn't trust her.

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
47. Thanks. I dug further and found
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 04:28 PM
Feb 2017

The article below. It's interesting. I definitely do not support her views or who she works for or has worked for but I also won't throw the baby out with the bath water. I will however keep a closer eye on what she posts knowing more about her background.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/17/louise-mensch-trump-russia-ties-media-scoop

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
49. A jaundiced eye is required ;) She's trying to make a name for herself in US, just like she did in
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 04:59 PM
Feb 2017

the UK.

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
50. Yes, I agree. I don't 'follow' her but I have seen her posts in other twitter accounts
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 05:09 PM
Feb 2017

and was enjoying her calling out Michael Cohen who was responding to her.

joet67

(624 posts)
8. I don't know if there has been treason or not. But if there has been, I sure want it uncovered
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 11:37 PM
Feb 2017

sooner than later. Illegitimate POTUS? That means no SCOTUS picks in my mind. At all. Everything must stop until this is sorted out.

 

Liberalagogo

(1,770 posts)
10. If true
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 11:53 PM
Feb 2017

then it would explains RUMP's massive attempt to discredit the press at any cost.

Sadly, I think he's going to get away with it.

Beartracks

(12,814 posts)
15. True. If and when the media uncovers all this shit...
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 12:00 AM
Feb 2017

... our so-called president wants to have swiftboated them as much as possible in advance.

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Ccarmona

(1,180 posts)
26. He might shake up the domestic press
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 12:44 AM
Feb 2017

But he can't touch the Foreign Press. His wife is trying, but that's an entirely different issue.

triron

(22,003 posts)
21. This seems to mesh with much of what has been going on lately
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 12:21 AM
Feb 2017

and what some others are saying or implying.
Lends credence.

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
25. That's one reason I decided to post from these tweeters. Plus they are posting documents
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 12:44 AM
Feb 2017

that can be found at the FEC online, etc. Which shows they are trying to source as they go along.
They are working from the dossier info.
Right now they are finding super pacs linked to McConnell and Rubio that got donations from a Ukrainian mentioned in the dossier.

Whoever they are, it looks there they are talking to each other and trying to untangle and piece together how everything fits and links to Trump. It's a hell of a job to do and it's really interesting watching them connect the dots. I set up a twitter account to follow Joy Reid and other reporters and journalists. Malcolm Nance and Joy (I think) retweeted from a couple of the researchers which led me to them.

They're trying at least.

BadgerMom

(2,771 posts)
36. Like you
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:20 AM
Feb 2017

I have been following them on Twitter. Although I'd had an account for a while, I've become addicted lately. I don't think I'm easily duped or a raging conspiracy theorist. Much of what's posted is backed with documentary evidence. Some seems far fetched but solid. That's the nature of this story. Some seems beyond the pale, but, again, this is such strange territory. I've concluded that I am educated, aware, skeptical and that I will continue to read these tweets. If they pan out, even a little, I think they may be hero investigative reporters.

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
38. I don't begrudge them for trying to make sense of what is already out there
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:35 AM
Feb 2017

even if they are off the mark in some cases. At least they are trying to source everything from what exists.

Imagine how hard it must be to link all of this information without it sounding like a conspiracy. Then again everything is writing itself when it comes to Trump.

I admit that I haven't combed over everything carefully - there's too much! However, I see them tweeting to each other and people like Malcolm Nance and Joy Reid, etc. who are engaging with them.

There are stories popping up left and right as well... so either other journalists are working on their own front and/or using the research to produce articles.

If some of their investigation turns out to be valid I hope they get recognition - if they want it.



MFM008

(19,808 posts)
28. im telling you
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 12:51 AM
Feb 2017

something BIG is coming down the pipes, whether this is part of it , I dont know.
You can feel it, like electricity before one hell of a thunder and lightening
storms we used to get in southern Illinois.

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
29. I wish but I don't believe this would be discussed in public until all the evidence was rock solid.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 12:52 AM
Feb 2017

and secure.

No. I expect nothing to come of this.

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
32. It looks to me that they are only piecing information together that is already out there, working..
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:04 AM
Feb 2017

from the dossier and various Russian connections. Here's another person working on it.


Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
37. So, McConnell's dirty. What other PACs accepted $$$ from foreign entities?
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:25 AM
Feb 2017

I suspect at least a fourth, if not a third of the Republican Congresscritters are involved in some way.

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
39. Yep, if you click the tweet it will take you to the whole thread
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:44 AM
Feb 2017

which also shows Scott Walker, Ted Cruz and John McCain.


Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
41. Wow! Thanks. $4 million combined in Russian $$$ to Rubio, McConnell and Walker.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:55 AM
Feb 2017

Why are Republicans accepting so much Russian money? (rhetorical question)

It would be so nice if McConnell and Walker, in particular, got caught up in this treasonous web.

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
48. I also wondered if they would find any democratic pacs that accepted money from
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 04:31 PM
Feb 2017

these same donors. I suppose we will find out soon enough.

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
53. So I looked up money from Blackstone and found they gave
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 08:30 PM
Feb 2017

to Hillary. At that point I asked the tweeters about them donating to her and they responded that she wasn't implicated or involved with Rosneft which is what they are focusing on. All the Russian connections that lead back to the Dossier in one way or another.
The donations may be why Ryan, McConnell, Rubio, etc are reluctant to investigate Trump's ties.

A report has been compiled by Scott Dworkin and published in google docs with corroborating info/evidence.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RbpBxJ3QNyvts_w16UcSSGeH7cSrXK9U3wIq0OOq-Xs/preview

chowder66

(9,068 posts)
55. I just hope something significant comes of all of their work.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 08:49 PM
Feb 2017

It would be a big bummer to volunteer all of that time and end up with a dud.

Though looking through some of this stuff it truly is amazing that no one has ever been able to prosecute Trump or had the will to.
There are stories all over from old to fairly recent that are seriously troubling. Some we know, some have been buried but it's good to see the bigger picture being painted.

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