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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2019 21:51:05 GMT
Mueller spin-offs
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 21, 2019 21:57:02 GMT
"A judge ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors — among them, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta — broke federal law when they signed a plea agreement with a wealthy, politically connected sex trafficker and concealed it from more than 30 of his underage victims. U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra, in a 33-page opinion, said that the evidence he reviewed showed that Jeffrey Epstein had been operating an international sex operation in which he and others recruited underage girls — not only in Florida — but from overseas, in violation of federal law. " www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577419.html@bergdorfblonde There are several posts at the bottom of page 15
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Post by flute4peace on Feb 21, 2019 21:58:57 GMT
"A judge ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors — among them, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta — broke federal law when they signed a plea agreement with a wealthy, politically connected sex trafficker and concealed it from more than 30 of his underage victims. U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra, in a 33-page opinion, said that the evidence he reviewed showed that Jeffrey Epstein had been operating an international sex operation in which he and others recruited underage girls — not only in Florida — but from overseas, in violation of federal law. " www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577419.htmlSo does this mean the case can be re-opened?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 21, 2019 22:05:13 GMT
"A judge ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors — among them, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta — broke federal law when they signed a plea agreement with a wealthy, politically connected sex trafficker and concealed it from more than 30 of his underage victims. U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra, in a 33-page opinion, said that the evidence he reviewed showed that Jeffrey Epstein had been operating an international sex operation in which he and others recruited underage girls — not only in Florida — but from overseas, in violation of federal law. " www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577419.htmlSo does this mean the case can be re-opened? I don't know, I haven't gotten through the 33 pages... Should be addressed by the DOJ and/or some parts can be appealed all the way to SCOTUS (maybe?)!! Think NYC — not only in Florida — dt, allegedly!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2019 22:09:35 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 21, 2019 22:33:20 GMT
His hit list is scary as is his kill as many people as possible!!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 21, 2019 23:08:00 GMT
North Carolina will have a NEW election for US House of Representatives .... fraud found..... GOP candidate tears up as son testifies in fraud hearingwww.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/02/21/mark-harris-tears-nc-election-voter-fraud-hearing-es-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/During a voter fraud hearing before the North Carolina State Board of Elections, the son of Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris brought his father to tears with his testimony. Source: CNN ** The decision comes shortly after Mark Harris, the Republican leading in the contested race, said a new election should be called. He told the state board he does not condone the activities that have come to light after testimony this week and he feels that the public's confidence in the process is shaken. Harris also said he is struggling with recall and confusion during his testimony to the state elections board due to two recent strokes. "Though I thought I was ready to undergo the rigors of this hearing, and I'm getting stronger, I clearly am not," Harris said during Thursday's hearing. "And I struggled this morning with both recall and confusion. Neither I nor any of the leadership of my campaign were aware of, or condoned, the improper activities that have been testified to in this hearing. Through the testimony I've listened to over the past three days, I believe a new election should be called. It's become clear to me that the public's confidence in the 9th District seat general election has been undermined to an extent that a new election is warranted." The new election will come after months of chaos in which North Carolina remained the only state without settled election results from November. ** www.cnn.com/2019/02/21/politics/mark-harris-son-north-carolina-9th-district-hearing/index.html
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 21, 2019 23:21:33 GMT
This guy makes all other Federal/public employees ....... not bad, HE was the bad one! The Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) analyst for illegally disclosing financial reports related to President Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen. John C. Fry, 54, was charged with unlawful disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California said in a news release. Fry allegedly provided the documents to Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against Trump and Cohen. Prosecutors said Fry, who worked in San Francisco as an investigative analyst for the IRS’s law enforcement arm, logged on to his work computer in May 2018 and conducted searches for records related to Cohen. According to the complaint, Fry downloaded five SARs, including one related to a bank account for Essential Consultants LLC. Fry then allegedly contact Avenatti with the information. ** thehill.com/regulation/finance/431042-irs-analyst-charged-with-leaking-cohens-financial-records-to-avenattiAvanatti should be charged with whatever is available, least of which, disbarred!!
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Post by sabrinae on Feb 21, 2019 23:59:16 GMT
"A judge ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors — among them, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta — broke federal law when they signed a plea agreement with a wealthy, politically connected sex trafficker and concealed it from more than 30 of his underage victims. U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra, in a 33-page opinion, said that the evidence he reviewed showed that Jeffrey Epstein had been operating an international sex operation in which he and others recruited underage girls — not only in Florida — but from overseas, in violation of federal law. " www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577419.htmlSo does this mean the case can be re-opened? Nobody knows yet. The next set of hearings will determine what happens now that the judge has found the government violated the victim notification rights. Personally, I hope that ethical complaints are also filed against every attorney that participated in this traversty. That’s the least of what they should face. Unfortunately I don’t think there is any criminal prosecution for the attorneys. There are lots of issues with reopening the criminal cases including concerns of double jeopardy re: Epstein.
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Post by sabrinae on Feb 22, 2019 0:03:58 GMT
Documents on Epstein here: This is disgusting. The levels of collusion and cooperation between prosecutors and defense attorneys to protect a known sexual abuser is disgusting. I found it interesting that Ken Starr was one of Epstein’s attorneys. I hope that at the very least all the details about Epstein and the people who he provided young girls to comes out. Unfortunately this is likely to get lost in the on-going news cycles.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 0:13:10 GMT
I think Americans are finally waking up to the point that there are two systems of justice in this country - one for the rich and one for the poor. The poor have always said this, but I think most of the country didn't believe it until we started paying more attention to court filings, video taped police arrests, etc.
You have to acknowledge there is a problem BEFORE you can address it.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Feb 22, 2019 1:17:28 GMT
For some reason I was thinking about the question earlier, regarding what “they” have on Lindsey graham. When I hear that question I usually think of “they” as being Russia. Is that what others think? Or do you think “they” is the trump team, and that they are holding things over members of congress to get their support?
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Post by heather on Feb 22, 2019 1:56:12 GMT
Documents on Epstein here: This is disgusting. The levels of collusion and cooperation between prosecutors and defense attorneys to protect a known sexual abuser is disgusting. I found it interesting that Ken Starr was one of Epstein’s attorneys. I hope that at the very least all the details about Epstein and the people who he provided young girls to comes out. Unfortunately this is likely to get lost in the on-going news cycles. Maybe people should stop looking in pizza joints.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 2:41:46 GMT
"A judge ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors — among them, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta — broke federal law when they signed a plea agreement with a wealthy, politically connected sex trafficker and concealed it from more than 30 of his underage victims. U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra, in a 33-page opinion, said that the evidence he reviewed showed that Jeffrey Epstein had been operating an international sex operation in which he and others recruited underage girls — not only in Florida — but from overseas, in violation of federal law. " www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577419.html@bergdorfblonde There are several posts at the bottom of page 15 Thank you for tagging me. You know my interest in this topic! i appreciate it. I haven't been on news-alerts these past few days!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 22, 2019 2:50:06 GMT
Much easier to read........... Prosecutors broke law by not informing victims of Jeffrey Epstein plea bargain, judge rulesSamuel Chamberlain By Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News | Feb 21, 2019 Today’s order represents long-overdue vindication for all of the victims of Mr. Epstein and his co-conspirators," the victims' attorney, Brad Edwards, said in a statement. "Unfortunately, this decision also highlights the failure of the United States Government to acknowledge its obvious wrongdoing. Rather than work to correct the injustices done to the victims, the Government spent 10 years defending its own improper conduct. It is time for the Government to work with the victims, and not against them, to hold everyone who committed these crimes accountable. Hopefully, the victims will finally receive the strong and direct apology they deserve for the flagrant depravation of their rights under the Crime Victim’s Rights Act." Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Oversight Subcommittee, said in a statement that he was "relieved" at the judge's ruling. "Jeffrey Epstein is a monster and his victims deserve justice," Sasse said. " ... The fact that it’s taken this long to get this far is heartbreaking and infuriating. The Department of Justice should use this opportunity to reopen its non-prosecution agreement so that Epstein and anyone else who abused these children are held accountable." In addition to his Palm Beach mansion, Epstein, now 66, allegedly operated his sex ring at a residence in New York City and his private island estate on the 72-acre Virgin Islands home dubbed “Orgy Island.” by some. Court documents obtained by Fox News in 2016 showed former President Bill Clinton took at least 26 trips flying aboard Epstein's private jet, known as the "Lolita Express," and apparently ditched his Secret Service detail on some of the excursions. Epstein and President Trump also had a friendship, and one of Epstein's accusers told the Miami Herald newspaper that she was 16 years old and working at Mar-a-Lago as a locker room attendant when a female Epstein associate approached her in the summer of 2000 to offer her a job as a masseuse. The accuser, Virginia Roberts, told the Herald that Epstein and the associate sexually abused her and claimed she was "lent out to politicians and academics and royalty." ** More at the FOX link: www.foxnews.com/politics/prosecutors-broke-law-by-not-informing-victims-of-jeffrey-epstein-plea-bargain-judge-rules
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Post by flute4peace on Feb 22, 2019 3:01:49 GMT
For some reason I was thinking about the question earlier, regarding what “they” have on Lindsey graham. When I hear that question I usually think of “they” as being Russia. Is that what others think? Or do you think “they” is the trump team, and that they are holding things over members of congress to get their support? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was some of both!
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Post by flute4peace on Feb 22, 2019 3:06:24 GMT
Much easier to read........... Prosecutors broke law by not informing victims of Jeffrey Epstein plea bargain, judge rulesSamuel Chamberlain By Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News | Feb 21, 2019 Today’s order represents long-overdue vindication for all of the victims of Mr. Epstein and his co-conspirators," the victims' attorney, Brad Edwards, said in a statement. "Unfortunately, this decision also highlights the failure of the United States Government to acknowledge its obvious wrongdoing. Rather than work to correct the injustices done to the victims, the Government spent 10 years defending its own improper conduct. It is time for the Government to work with the victims, and not against them, to hold everyone who committed these crimes accountable. Hopefully, the victims will finally receive the strong and direct apology they deserve for the flagrant depravation of their rights under the Crime Victim’s Rights Act." Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Oversight Subcommittee, said in a statement that he was "relieved" at the judge's ruling. "Jeffrey Epstein is a monster and his victims deserve justice," Sasse said. " ... The fact that it’s taken this long to get this far is heartbreaking and infuriating. The Department of Justice should use this opportunity to reopen its non-prosecution agreement so that Epstein and anyone else who abused these children are held accountable." In addition to his Palm Beach mansion, Epstein, now 66, allegedly operated his sex ring at a residence in New York City and his private island estate on the 72-acre Virgin Islands home dubbed “Orgy Island.” by some. Court documents obtained by Fox News in 2016 showed former President Bill Clinton took at least 26 trips flying aboard Epstein's private jet, known as the "Lolita Express," and apparently ditched his Secret Service detail on some of the excursions. Epstein and President Trump also had a friendship, and one of Epstein's accusers told the Miami Herald newspaper that she was 16 years old and working at Mar-a-Lago as a locker room attendant when a female Epstein associate approached her in the summer of 2000 to offer her a job as a masseuse. The accuser, Virginia Roberts, told the Herald that Epstein and the associate sexually abused her and claimed she was "lent out to politicians and academics and royalty." ** More at the FOX link: www.foxnews.com/politics/prosecutors-broke-law-by-not-informing-victims-of-jeffrey-epstein-plea-bargain-judge-rulesAnyone involved in illegal activities with this man should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Current and former presidents included.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 3:27:09 GMT
Meanwhile the Sacklers make bank on the pain of the miserable, while the services that could help addicts and families crumbles as the Sacklers pay Congress to make sure they pay as little tax as possible.
What a country.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 22, 2019 3:37:02 GMT
Yesterday! Where is Congress?!?!?!?!?!??! Washington (CNN)The White House is moving forward with plans to shift existing federal funds to pay for construction of a wall on the southern border, a senior administration official and source close to the White House said. But in the face of several lawsuits challenging Trump's authority to declare a national emergency to reallocate billions of dollars toward a border wall, the White House does not plan to spend any of the funds that hinge on Trump's national emergency declaration, a source close to the White House told CNN. Instead, the White House plans to focus on building new portions of border wall using funds from the Defense Department's drug interdiction program and Treasury Department's asset forfeiture fund, which do not rely on the national emergency declaration. Those two sources of funding alone amount to $3.1 billion. ** www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/politics/trump-wall-funding-emergency-lawsuits/index.html
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Post by sassyangel on Feb 22, 2019 3:49:31 GMT
This is absolutely surreal and scary to me. That a drug can go from affordable to completely out of reach for people, all based on a new patent with a minor change to the chemistry of the drug. And that said patent company gets to dictate that the formerly affordable version can no longer be sold. And the drug company "magnanimously" get to be the ones that decide if they are going to offer discounts on drugs to those who desperately need it. I understand that there is R&D that goes into every new drugs development, but this is not really that, its sort of piggybacking onto work already done. There is something wrong with the fact the people who are willing to charge insane amounts for drugs in the first place, are also the ones making decisions over who can afford them like that. So many parts of the healthcare system are broken and need addressing badly.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 22, 2019 4:15:21 GMT
So many parts of the healthcare system are broken and need addressing badly. You are so right! There is no excuse for what is happening the cost of Rx drugs!! $10 co-pay with insurance. No way to pay without insurance.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 22, 2019 4:19:06 GMT
Documents on Epstein here: This is disgusting. The levels of collusion and cooperation between prosecutors and defense attorneys to protect a known sexual abuser is disgusting. I found it interesting that Ken Starr was one of Epstein’s attorneys. I hope that at the very least all the details about Epstein and the people who he provided young girls to comes out. Unfortunately this is likely to get lost in the on-going news cycles. IT’S ALWAYS OK IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 22, 2019 5:42:07 GMT
How the national emergency declared by Trump may cost New Jersey $51M in military projectsUpdated Feb 20; Posted Feb 21, 11:00 AM ** That threatens two projects in New Jersey for which Congress earlier approved funding, according to the House Administration Committee. They are $41 million for a munitions disassembly complex at Picatinny Arsenal and $10.2 million for a new refueling system for planes with hazardous cargo at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. “There is no emergency, period, and there’s no need for the president’s wall — it’s why the public doesn’t support it, why his own party couldn’t be convinced to pay for it, and why he specifically said he ‘didn’t need to do this,'" said Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-12th Dist., a new member of the appropriations committee. “This power grab will undermine our military readiness and the quality of life of our military and their families, including projects in New Jersey,” she said. ** www.nj.com/politics/2019/02/how-the-national-emergency-declared-by-trump-may-cost-new-jersey-51m-in-military-projects.htmlJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is a staging area for many military flights in and out, for those returning from overseas.. Major refueling too! How much is your state losing? How is it affecting your local Military personnel?
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Post by pyccku on Feb 22, 2019 12:30:17 GMT
For some reason I was thinking about the question earlier, regarding what “they” have on Lindsey graham. When I hear that question I usually think of “they” as being Russia. Is that what others think? Or do you think “they” is the trump team, and that they are holding things over members of congress to get their support? "They" are one and the same. Both the DNC and RNC were hacked, but only the DNC's stuff was leaked. So what was done with the RNC stuff? It's probably be using for blackmail. Don't be surprised if Putin's minions have shared certain things with Trump, and he's using it to keep Graham and others in line. All it takes is a little "I heard you have a problem with ________" and they know you can expose them. Trump doesn't even have to know all of the details, just enough to let Graham know that he's got information that Graham would rather keep quiet. The information is coming from a Russian hack, but Trump is the tool being used to let Graham et al know that they need to stay in bounds unless they want their business made public.
So there is something else to consider here - why did the Russians leak the DNC and not the RNC? Was it that the RNC stuff wasn't that bad? Was it that the RNC stuff was much worse - and therefore more useful as blackmail material? Or was it that the Democrats were less willing to play ball than the Republicans? Or was it simply that Putin had already approached Trump about dropping sanctions and wanted him to win, so they released DNC stuff to help him win the election?
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Feb 22, 2019 13:34:27 GMT
This is absolutely surreal and scary to me. That a drug can go from affordable to completely out of reach for people, all based on a new patent with a minor change to the chemistry of the drug. And that said patent company gets to dictate that the formerly affordable version can no longer be sold. And the drug company "magnanimously" get to be the ones that decide if they are going to offer discounts on drugs to those who desperately need it. I understand that there is R&D that goes into every new drugs development, but this is not really that, its sort of piggybacking onto work already done. There is something wrong with the fact the people who are willing to charge insane amounts for drugs in the first place, are also the ones making decisions over who can afford them like that. So many parts of the healthcare system are broken and need addressing badly. I wholeheartedly agree. There were stories about Epi-pens last year and I’m sure these aren’t the only meds that this has happened with. Even the cost of insulin and diabetic supplies is high. My mom was on a new med for lung cancer that was $28,000 a month. I thought that was outrageous but the med in the article is even more and not new. There are so many breakdowns in the system. People only look at what they are paying out of pocket, not the big picture. Like was said in the article, everyone’s premiums are affected by price gouging. We also have to recognize that the high number of health issues in this country affect premiums as well. It is great that we have access to all kinds of testing tools, meds and treatments. But that also comes at a cost. It benefits us individually as well as a society to have healthy people. It’s also important to look at what will happen when pre-existing conditions can affect rights to insurance coverage again.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 22, 2019 13:35:32 GMT
Glad you have expanded 'they'.... Lots more to think about... dt is vindictive enough to do it, but he also has trouble keeping is mouth shut, so I am guess he doesn't have all the info..... just tidbits...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 14:07:47 GMT
The original story of why the Russians meddled in our elections was Putin didn’t want Hillary elected president after she , as Secretary Of State, gave a speech or a couple about the legitimacy of Putin’s election.
And history shows us how Putin treats those he sees as an enemy.
In other words it was more about keeping Hillary out then putting trump in.
The fact that the Republicans put up trump as their nominee ended up being a gift to Putin. How big a gift remains to be seen. But with the instability trump has caused with our allies, I’m thinking it’s a pretty big gift.
As to the DNC emails vs the RNC emails, I suspect they are evenly matched in what is in them. Maybe a bit more desperate sounding on the RNC side when it became clear trump could win enough primaries to win the nomination.
In the end, accordingly to polling FiveThirtyEight had been doing, what caused Hillary to lose the election was Comey’s letter about nothing released 11 days before the election. Once that letter was released, her lead over trump tanked. It started to recover, but the damage was done.
Personally I believe Russia’s meddling was to stop Hillary from becoming president, and FiveThirtyEight was correct in their assessment on why Hillary ultimately lost.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 14:13:23 GMT
ABC News..
”The president far and away was the better candidate," Press sec. Sarah Sanders says, "and he outworked Hillary Clinton. That's why he's president."
"He didn't need to, nor did he, collude with the Russians. Pretty simple."
Boy, someone is sure brainwashed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 14:14:41 GMT
Somewhere evangelicals lost the script.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 14:16:30 GMT
MSNBC...
”.@joenbc on Coast Guard lieutenant’s alleged plot to kill prominent journalists and Democratic politicians: “Not a word from the president -- that silence is not only deafening ... it just speaks volumes.”
Of course he is not mentioning it, it doesn’t push his agenda.
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