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July 13, 2018

In light of today's news please read this

https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2017/01/23/russians-suspected-hacking-local-dems/96965824/

Russia was into Wisconsin at the county level in 2016 and they left their fingerprints their too.
July 13, 2018

Now where, when, and how did the GRU members contact team Trump, the RNC, and Fox News?

And does this rule out the 400 lbs man on his bed in his mother's basement in N.J.?

During the 2016 campaign the RNC released anti Hillary talking points that were based
on information Russia got from hacking HRC and the DNC so I wonder if any of the
indicted Russians were part of that information chain?

July 12, 2018

ATTN D. Trump Renewables cover about 100% of German power use for first time ever

D. Trump, “Germany, as far as I’m concerned, is captive to Russia because it’s getting so much of its energy from Russia,” he said. “So we’re supposed to protect Germany but they’re getting their energy from Russia.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/world/europe/trump-germany-russia-gas.html

On Jan. 1, 2018 Germany made 100% of energy from renewables
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/renewables-cover-about-100-german-power-use-first-time-ever

Germany has crossed a symbolic milestone in its energy transition by briefly covering around 100
percent of electricity use with renewables for the first time ever on 1 January. In the whole of last
year, the world’s fourth largest economy produced a record 36.1 percent of its total power needs
with renewable sources.

July 12, 2018

Trump, I'm a very stable genius

Source: The Hill

President Trump called himself a “very stable genius” again on Thursday while discussing his social media habits after the NATO summit in Brussels.

Trump was asked during a press conference if he will take to his Twitter page while boarding Air Force One and send out his own comments after meeting with international leaders.

“No, that’s other people that do that,” Trump said. “I don’t. I’m very consistent.”

“I’m a very stable genius,” the president added.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/396628-trump-calls-himself-a-stable-genius



The man is full on barking @ the moon crazy.
July 11, 2018

Manafort/Trump are trying to gaslight us with their Paul is doing great in jail.

Don't let them gas light you with their story that jail Manafort is having a good
time in jail. The man spent $1,000,000 on clothes in a few years so I would
think being locked up in jail is quite the adjustment for Pauli Walnuts.

Now I might be wrong but Manafort's "private suite" story is about keeping him
safe from the general population and or any "hit" that Putin has put out on him.

Manafort's other extra privileges might very well be from team Mueller so as to
allow him to get ready from his trials and not giving Manafort a chance to appeal
any convictions that happen to him in his upcoming trials because he was denied
his legal rights.

July 10, 2018

Trump pardons ranchers in case that inspired 2016 occupation of national wildlife refuge in Oregon

Source: Chicago Tribune

President Donald Trump has pardoned two ranchers whose case sparked the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon.

Dwight and Steven Hammond were convicted in 2012 of intentionally and maliciously setting fires on public lands. The arson crime carried a minimum prison sentence of five years, but a sympathetic federal judge, on his last day before retirement, decided the penalty was too stiff and gave the father and son much lighter prison terms.


Prosecutors won an appeal and the Hammonds were resentenced in October 2015 to serve the mandatory minimum.

The decision sparked a protest from Ammon Bundy and dozens of others, who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near the Hammond ranch in southeastern Oregon from Jan. 2 to Feb. 11, 2016, complaining the Hammonds were victims of federal overreach.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-pardon-dwight-steven-hammond-20180710-story.html



July 10, 2018

Another former OSU wrestler says Jim Jordan knew about alleged abuse

Source: CNN

(CNN)A fifth former OSU wrestler has told CNN that Jim Jordan knew about the actions of Dr. Richard Strauss, the former Ohio State University medical doctor who treated athletes, and called Jordan, who is now a US Congressman, a "phony" for saying he was not aware of any sexual abuse allegations.

"Jordan is denying this because obviously it would be political suicide for him," the former wrestler said. "He's still denying it. Jim Jordan knew. He didn't do anything about it."

snip

"I remember coming up and saying, 'Strauss held my balls longer than normal.' He just snickered."

The former wrestler recalled one time when he went into the wrestling room at OSU and a few athletes and Jordan were "clumped together." He said he remembered saying, "something to the effect of 'his hands are cold as s**t; he checked out every hair on my ball,'" and said Jordan replied, "I have nothing to do with this" and walked away.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/us/ohio-state-university-wrestling-jim-jordan/index.html



But really what about Hillary, her email server, and Benghazi? I can not forgot when Jim Jordan
yelled @ Sec. Clinton in Trey Gowdy's kangaroo court.
July 9, 2018

My stupid prediction within 1 year to 18 months nobody will want to be seen w/or associated .....

... D. Trump. He is a traitor who sold out his country.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210846643



Was this some of the information that McConnell blocked from the public knowing in 2016?

"The first intimations that Trump might harbor a dark secret originated among America’s European allies, which, being situated closer to Russia, have had more experience fending off its nefarious encroachments. In 2015, Western European intelligence agencies began picking up evidence of communications between the Russian government and people in Donald Trump’s orbit. In April 2016, one of the Baltic states shared with then–CIA director John Brennan an audio recording of Russians discussing funneling money to the Trump campaign. In the summer of 2016, Robert Hannigan, head of the U.K. intelligence agency GCHQ, flew to Washington to brief Brennan on intercepted communications between the Trump campaign and Russia."

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html

July 9, 2018

Gas lighting by the GOP and Russian bots

Either vote for a right winger or you will lose your job.

Very soon people will be scrambling to not be seen as pro Republican which = pro Russian

July 9, 2018

Was this some of the information that McConnell blocked from the public knowing in 2016?

"The first intimations that Trump might harbor a dark secret originated among America’s European allies, which, being situated closer to Russia, have had more experience fending off its nefarious encroachments. In 2015, Western European intelligence agencies began picking up evidence of communications between the Russian government and people in Donald Trump’s orbit. In April 2016, one of the Baltic states shared with then–CIA director John Brennan an audio recording of Russians discussing funneling money to the Trump campaign. In the summer of 2016, Robert Hannigan, head of the U.K. intelligence agency GCHQ, flew to Washington to brief Brennan on intercepted communications between the Trump campaign and Russia."

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html

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