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September 17, 2018

Kavanaugh to Sen. Hatch .. rough quote

"I wasn't even at that party."

Gee, I don't remember any specific party being mentioned so how did Kavanaugh i.d. the one where the victim said she was assaulted at?

Years ago when I was a kid in North West PA in a very middle class neighborhood our next door neighbor was the county D.A. and his brother was Governor of PA, Ray Shafer and he was a class act and a Republican too. Those days are long gone. The GOP's support for such an odious person such as Kavanaugh shows how far they have fallen.

September 14, 2018

Manafort will cooperate with Mueller as part of guilty plea, prosecutor says

Source: Washington Post

President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is pleading guilty Friday to two criminal charges Friday, under terms of a plea deal that includes his cooperation as a potential witness for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

The decision by Manafort to provide evidence in exchange for leniency on sentencing is a stunning development in the long-running probe into whether any Trump associates may have conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election.

Manafort’s defenders have long insisted that he would not cooperate with Mueller, and didn’t know any incriminating information against the president.

Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said at the beginning of Friday’s plea hearing that Manafort has agreed to cooperate with investigators.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/manafort-plans-to-plead-guilty-to-second-set-of-charges/2018/09/14/a1541068-b5c9-11e8-a7b5-adaaa5b2a57f_story.html?utm_term=.5c07c526af41



September 14, 2018

I just heard on the Stephanie Miller show that Manafort has signed a cooperation deal .....

..... w/ Mueller. LOCK 'EM UP!















Manafort's plea deal includes a cooperation agreement!


September 14, 2018

Thought for the day. Manafort, "Conspiracy against the United States."

Donald Trump's campaign manager is about to plead guilty to conspiracy
against the United States of America. No way to spin it except for, "What
about Hillary's email server?"


https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/prosecutors-file-new-charges-against-paul-manafort-signaling-a-plea-deal

The charges include conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to obstruct justice.


September 13, 2018

Dianne Feinstein Acknowledges Having A Secret Brett Kavanaugh Document

Source: Huffington Post

“I have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court,” Feinstein said in a statement. “That individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further, and I have honored that decision. I have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities.”

The California Democrat, who is the senior minority member on the committee, had thus far refused to answer questions about the document, which was first reported by The Intercept.

Multiple sources have told HuffPost that the document in question is a letter sent to Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) that concerns a decades-old incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman. Eshoo’s office has also declined to comment, saying the letter was considered casework ― and thus wouldn’t be made public ― since it came from a constituent.

snip

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told BuzzFeed Thursday that the matter had been referred to the FBI. The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dianne-feinstein-brett-kavanaugh-document_us_5b9a90eee4b01151973bca90



September 12, 2018

Mayor Cruz @ work after Hurricane Maria



Trump is not worthy of cleaning Mayor Cruz's bathroom.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1039828966595616768
September 12, 2018

It gets worse. Trump @ 9/11 memorial park yesterday.

https://twitter.com/dbalsz/status/1039548795787259905

I just saw this image. WTF is wrong with that guy?
September 11, 2018

On this 9-11 please remember that 9-11 would never have happened w/out bush v Gore.

w bush and Cheney were both told about bin Laden's plan to attack NYC and Washington D.C.
using hijacked planes and did nothing. They had over 70 warnings.

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB116/pdb8-6-2001.pdf

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