Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Trump’s July 4th extravaganza has bankrupted the DC government’s special fund that’s supposed to be used to protect the nation’s capital from terrorist threats


Transcript: Italian Far-Right-Russia Oil Deal Meeting - in which @RussianEmbassy prove how hard they suck at spying. Open discussions in a bloody hotel! In English!


.@RepAlGreen: "I believe he will be impeached."


Here’s the ‘smoking gun’ that Alex Acosta broke the law by helping Epstein: Ex-prosecutor


Labor Secretary Alex Acosta is expected to make a statement this afternoon on the renewed scrutiny over his role in Jeffrey Epstein's plea deal, an administration official confirms.


BREAKING: Appeals court sides with President Trump, dismisses 'emoluments' lawsuit involving his D.C. hotel


Folks are obviously excited to see Marine Corps veteran @AmyMcGrathKY take on Mitch McConnell.


.@RepMaxineWaters: "If you got a call from the president, today or tomorrow, and he said, 'I am firing you, pack up, it's time to go.' What would you do?" Fed Chair Powell: "Of course, I would not do that." Waters: "I can't hear you." Powell: "My answer would be no."


Now we know what happen to the boy who pointed out the Emperor had no clothes.


New Jeffrey Epstein accuser: He raped me when I was 15


don't just read the tweet, watch the clip. this monologue is drenched in racist hatred. it's almost like he had to restrain himself from issuing an actual call to violence.


Justice Dept. Tells Mueller Deputies Not to Testify, Scrambling an Agreement


So Epstein will argue that the sweetheart deal that Acosta gave him in Florida protects him from later prosecution in New York for crimes committed in New York. Nice try -- he can argue that from the slammer.


Epstein accuser says she was recruited outside her high school


My Op Ed for the @washingtonpost: Saudi Arabia is making the world complicit in a miscarriage of justice


Many lawmakers admitted to @politico that they have not read the Mueller report. “It’s tedious,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski.


Ivanka for sure


US Customs just seized a ship owned by JPMorgan after authorities found $1 billion worth of drugs on it


Donald Trump reportedly once hosted a party for just himself, Jeffrey Epstein and “28 girls,” according to the event’s organizer


Trump’s newest ‘central casting’ general


Trump has been credibly charged with sexual assault (including rape), obstruction of justice, and violations of federal campaign finance laws. Yet he has suffered no real repercussions. His approval rating has actually gone up!


Jeffrey Epstein’s long overdue indictment is deeply satisfying. But as long as Trump sits in the White House, unindicted and unimpeached, justice in America will remain a chimera.


Bethany Christian Services is an adoption agent taking in refugee children so thay in 6 months an "abandonment" form may be used to make them legal for adoption by Christian-only homes. This is in line with DeVos' desire to "build god's kingdom." They are stealing kids.


Where will these extra kidneys come from? Over 114k Americans are waiting for a transplant and 20 die each day.


The sister of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is on trial in Paris where she’s accused of ordering a brutal beating of a local craftsman


Jeffrey Epstein’s fortune is built on fraud, a former mentor says, by @heathat Epstein’s former mentor/boss and Ponzi scheme ex-felon Steven Hoffenberg is on the loose talking to reporters


People are calling for Alex Acosta's resignation Can't we call for Acosta's Indictment for Corruption? By not notifying the victims he broke the law You can't give the head of a child sex trafficking ring special treatment & just lose your job And we need to know WHY he did it?


Nothing to see here. Just more witness tampering in plain view.


New in PLAYBOOK W.H. tells me BEN GARRISON will no longer be invited # White House social media summit Thursday. He was invited as of yesterday morning and admin was privately defending his inclusion Garrison drew a cartoon widely condemned as anti-Semitic.


Labor secretary wants to slash funding to anti-sex trafficking agency by 80% Alexander Acosta, under fire for his plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein, proposed a drastic cut that experts say will put children at risk


We have obtained a secret audio recording of a Moscow meeting between three Russian operatives and a close aide to Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini negotiating a plan to pump money from a Russian oil deal into Salvini’s far-right Lega party


Deep Mob Thoughts: What if Manafort & Stone’s “Torturers’ Lobby” not only repped the world’s worst despots, but also helped those dictators & thugs secret away their blood money? I bet they knew moneymen w/offshore, laundering networks.


Euro zone sees economic outlook worsening amid uncertain U.S. trade policy


Trump is ranting against Fox, “particularly annoyed by Fox correspondent Greg Palkot’s live report from a sports bar in France, where patrons erupted in a “F-- Trump” chant, according to two advisers.”


Trump pushing conspiracy theory that Mueller was a ‘hitman’ in a plot to ‘frame’ the president


Jeffrey Epstein "used his vast wealth to avoid justice once before. Surely, he assumed, he could do it again. Look at the president,"


Trump hosted an exclusive party with Jeffrey Epstein at his Mar-a-Lago estate, a new report claims. It was just the 2 of them and '28 girls'


Alaska's Hess Creek Fire is burning 145,321 acres, according to officials. It's been burning since June 21


To get trade talks moving with China, President Trump reportedly agrees to be quiet over Hong Kong protests. Is the US signaling a green light for a crackdown, to get American products sold in China?


Opinion: Debunking Trump’s tariff claims


BREAKING! Retweet: TRUMP ONLY THE BEST! SEE BELOW! IN ONLY 901 DAYS: 6 campaign or Admin officials in prison; 3 WH COS resign/quit; 2 Sec State quit; 3 Sec DHS quit; 2 AG resign/quit; 2 Sec DoD resign/quit/; 2 Sec HHS resign/quit; 4 Press/ Comm resign/quit; 3 in jail/trial!


‘Mother Is Not Going to Like This’: The 48 Hours That Almost Brought Down Trump The exclusive story of how Trump survived the Access Hollywood tape.


Republicans shamelessly supported an accused pedophile for a seat in the United States Senate. The party of Roy Moore is now standing by the disgraced Secretary of Labor. What’s wrong with these people?


Republican lawyers are arguing today that insurance companies shouldn’t be required to cover prescription drugs.


Murkowski says she won't be calling on Acosta to resign. Also tells me she likes him. She's clearly irritated with all the questions she's getting about him.


Tom Steyer mastered markets. Now he wants his shot at Trump


Heard from an Epstein victim harmed after the Miami “deal” and have permission to say she hesitates coming forward because like Dr Ford, who explored coming forward then was outed against her consent, she fears for her family’s personal safety. The pain is real.


"You have incredible responsibility as the chief of this country to take care of every single person. And, you need to do better for everyone," Rapinoe said about Trump.


They worked on plans to use fake social media accounts to win Trump the election. No wonder the Senate’s Russia probe is interested in them


October 7, 2016, was one of the most important days in American political history. This week on #TheAsset: How the Trump team and Russia ran their campaign of collusion all the way to the White House


Mueller found “numerous links” between Russia and Trump campaign. Hardly a “bogus narrative” as Barr portrays.


Ayanna Pressley To Kellyanne Conway: ‘Keep My Name Out Of Your Lying Mouth’


Christopher Steele, behind the infamous “dossier”, was interviewed for 16 hours in June by the DOJ IG M. Horowitz The interview was contentious at first, but investigators ultimately found Steele’s testimony credible and even surprising


Mitch McConnell has a real challenger


So much terrible Trump news flying by so fast that E. Jean Carroll’s credible account of Trump rape seems like months ago. Its only two weeks.


Pelosi on A.G. Barr: "I don't even want to address him," Pelosi said. "He has lied to Congress as the attorney general of the United States. He's lied under oath. I'm not speaking to anything more that he has to say."


Could this DOJ act any more afraid of the truth?


Sorry, who pushed a Russian intelligence theory on Seth Rich to @60Minutes - while @emzanotti was the first journalist in America to debunk it for @heatstreet? I did not catch the name of Russia’s collaborator. Can you say it louder?


BREAKING: The judge in our #2020Census case has DENIED the Trump Admin from replacing their attorneys in an attempt to add a citizenship question to the Census. Once again, this serves as a reminder that no one is above the law.


If Barr can intimidate these former DOJ attnys who worked with Mueller from testifying before the House committees, the politicalization of DOJ is complete. And we’re all in serious jeopardy! Very troubling story. Barr is evil!


"I don't know enough about it to say," GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told me when asked if he thinks Acosta should resign as labor secretary over the Epstein deal


Dear @SecretaryAcosta: I see you've taken to Twitter to try to defend yourself. Would you be willing to testify under oath in Congress to explain why you gave an unusual and super lenient plea deal to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein? If not, why not?


EXCLUSIVE: Migrant kids in Arizona border station allege sexual assault and retaliation by U.S. agents.


These white teens wore masks so they wouldn't get caught committing a hate crime. Little did they know: When they snuck on campus to paint swastikas and slurs, their phones auto-connected to the school’s WiFi. Under their individual usernames


Hoffenberg is on the loose! This is a big piece of the puzzle. In add. to Epstein NOT being charged for securities fraud in ‘81 (w/ E. Bronfman), he escaped being charged for the Ponzi scam he set up for Hoffenberg. Ask yourselves how. And who would benefit keeping him in play.


New: Deutsche Bank provided Epstein significant financial loans to launch his investment firm, according to his former mentor.


here’s the event poster, laying out the pricing for the tournament. Trump Org & NBA/WNBA say they didn’t approve use of logos.


NEW: How are things at @realDonaldTrump’s Doral resort? On Sat., it’s hosting a golf tourney run by a strip club.


“For me, it’s deep grief—having eyes wide open to what is playing out in our world, and we have a lukewarm response to it. There is no way for me not to have a broken heart most days.” —climate change activist and scientist Katharine Wilkinson


Secretary Acosta needs to step down immediately. No one can give an incredibly generous plea deal to a remorseless child molester and still expect to hold the public’s trust. He failed Jeffrey Epstein’s victims. He failed the people of South Florida. He cannot continue to serve.


Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is privately urging Trump to dismiss Acosta


Also, on DOJ being afraid of the truth,Judge Furman has required each attorney in the census case who has sought to withdraw from the case to explain why. These attys must be free to do so, without interference from Barr or others, and answer the Judge's questions w/full details


Current reporting is that Barr is not recusing, despite the fact that Epstein is a former client of Barr's firm in essentially the same case in FL that is now filed in NY.


Let's brighten the mood just a bit. Epstein is in jail after raping and slaving dating back to at least the early 2000s. The Acosta/Dersh story is out in the wild. The victims are now ready to step forward. SDNY's PUBLIC CORRUPTION unit is on it and should give Barr pause.