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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 14:38:54 GMT
The Hill..
”President Trump: "I don't want to have spies in the White House. I want to be free to make calls."
Evan McMullin’s translation.
”‘I don’t want patriotic staff in the White House. I just wanna be free to live that thug life.’”
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 14:42:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 15:02:29 GMT
Kyle Griffin...
”Breaking via WSJ: The White House gave a politically appointed official the authority to keep aid to Ukraine on hold after career budget staff members questioned the legality of delaying the funds, according to people familiar with the matter.”
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Post by rodeomom on Oct 10, 2019 15:08:33 GMT
This from Jennifer Griffin... ”I just spoke to a distraught US Special Forces soldier who is among the 1000 or so US troops in Syria tonight who is serving alongside the SDF Kurdish forces. It was one of the hardest phone calls I have ever taken. "I am ashamed for the first time in my career." Prompted this from... Brit Hume... ”One can hardly blame this soldier. A slaughter of Kurds will leave a stain on Trump that will not go away. As will the escape of thousands of ISIS prisoners. And what is mind blowing to me is that a LOT (most?) military voted for Trump. Even with his "bone spurs" because you know Benghazi!
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Post by thundergal on Oct 10, 2019 15:37:29 GMT
None of us will ever understand the trauma our military men and women who have been serving side by side with the Kurds will feel as this all plays out. I can't presume to imagine the devastation. It's trump in name only...THEY are the ones actually being forced to turn their backs and walk away. It turns my stomach.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 15:40:59 GMT
Fox News Headline..
“Turkey’s military assault in Syria leaves more than 100 Kurdish fighters dead, Erdogan says”
trump..
”Turkey has been planning to attack the Kurds for a long time. They have been fighting forever. We have no soldiers or Military anywhere near the attack area. I am trying to end the ENDLESS WARS. Talking to both sides. Some want us to send tens of thousands of soldiers to....”
”the area and start a new war all over again. Turkey is a member of NATO. Others say STAY OUT, let the Kurds fight their own battles (even with our financial help). I say hit Turkey very hard financially & with sanctions if they don’t play by the rules! I am watching closely.”
1. Turkey’s army is the second largest in NATO behind the US. So what kind of “stable genius” thinks the Kurds stand any chance against that, even with the marginal help provided by the US, if that is even true?
2. I’m sure the hitting Turkey hard financially with sanctions will bring great comfort to families of the 100 Kurds Turkey has already killed. As well to the Kurds fighting, knowing if they are killed, trump will hit Turkey hard financially in their name.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 10, 2019 15:41:25 GMT
Aaron Rupar.. ”Trump notes that the Kurds "didn't help us in the Second War War, they didn't help us with Normandy" -- the idea being that this justifies not helping them against Turkey” Yes he did, I listened to him say on a video. Asshole. I think it's ironic he mentions they didn't help us with World War 2/Normandy, when he didn't serve in Vietnam for a BS medical excuse! Dt's grandfather tried to go back and stay Germany, but they deported him because he dodged his military service in Germany.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 10, 2019 15:45:15 GMT
2. I’m sure the hitting Turkey hard financially with sanctions will bring great comfort to families of the 100 Kurds Turkey has already killed. As well to the Kurds fighting, knowing if they are killed, trump will hit Turkey hard financially in their name. And the 10,000 killed fighting ISIS FOR us! MORE killed than all of ours lost in Iraq AND Afghanistan in all these years. Our greater loss will be, no one will trust the USA again , they will not be there to help if we are in need. We will be ALONE on dt's world.
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Post by hop2 on Oct 10, 2019 16:37:40 GMT
2. I’m sure the hitting Turkey hard financially with sanctions will bring great comfort to families of the 100 Kurds Turkey has already killed. As well to the Kurds fighting, knowing if they are killed, trump will hit Turkey hard financially in their name. And the 10,000 killed fighting ISIS FOR us! MORE killed than all of ours lost in Iraq AND Afghanistan in all these years. Our greater loss will be, no one will trust the USA again , they will not be there to help if we are in need. We will be ALONE on dt's world. Honestly, why did people trust ‘us’ in the past? Have ‘we’ kept a single treaty with the Native American Tribes? I’ve lost count of the ones we’ve broken, in all seriousness is there one ‘we’ kept? If he creates a NATO vs NATO issue with countries choosing sides etc. why would any choose ‘our’ side?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 17:16:32 GMT
Kyle Griffin...
”Trump's Treasury Department is considering rolling back an Obama-era tax rule aimed at preventing American companies from moving money offshore to avoid U.S. taxes, several people familiar with discussions tell Bloomberg.”
Of course they are...
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 10, 2019 18:42:32 GMT
Kyle Griffin... ”Trump's Treasury Department is considering rolling back an Obama-era tax rule aimed at preventing American companies from moving money offshore to avoid U.S. taxes, several people familiar with discussions tell Bloomberg.” Of course they are... It's not like they are already saving oodles of dollars with the tax cuts they got!
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Post by lucyg on Oct 10, 2019 19:48:29 GMT
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Post by hop2 on Oct 10, 2019 19:53:43 GMT
Kyle Griffin... ”Trump's Treasury Department is considering rolling back an Obama-era tax rule aimed at preventing American companies from moving money offshore to avoid U.S. taxes, several people familiar with discussions tell Bloomberg.” Of course they are... Yeah, because the deficit isn’t large enough or growing fast enough.
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Post by hop2 on Oct 10, 2019 19:55:37 GMT
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Post by artgirl1 on Oct 10, 2019 20:18:30 GMT
It is now being reported that Kevin McCarthy also received substantial campaign donations from these two.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 10, 2019 21:56:26 GMT
Sooooooooo................ Barr met privately with Murdoch amid impeachment scrutiny: report BY MARTY JOHNSON - 10/10/19 05:33 PM EDT Attorney General William Barr met privately Wednesday night with Rupert Murdoch, the media giant and known confidant of President Trump, at Murdoch's home in New York, The New York Times reported on Thursday. It is unclear what the two discussed, as aides of both men declined to speak with the Times. The move comes amid House Democrats' impeachment inquiry into Trump over his interactions with Ukraine, matters with which Barr played an integral role. ** Barr has also contacted multiple foreign governments asking them for assistance into the Justice Department's probe into the origins of the Russian interference investigation. ** thehill.com/homenews/media/465299-barr-met-privately-with-murdoch-amid-impeachment-scrutiny-report
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 10, 2019 22:07:06 GMT
It is now being reported that Kevin McCarthy also received substantial campaign donations from these two. Couldn't be happier if he gets caught in this! And we know that former Rep Pete Sessions, son of former FBI director, wrote a letter to Pompeo to get rid of the Ambassador to the Ukraine, Marie Yovanovich(sp?) Seems it is easier to get the givers than it is to get the takers!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 10, 2019 23:11:35 GMT
WP: At least 4 national security officials were alarmed by dt efforts to pressure Ukraine before and after call and reported it to NSC lawyer Isenberg(SP). Seems nothing was done, in essence it was buried.
Some went to CIA and reported it to who became Whistleblower. CIA 'leader' called NSC Isenberg and he knew what was being talked about because it had been reported to him.
Sorry I cannot type fast enough...!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 0:37:40 GMT
Phillip Rucker...
”Fiona Hill, Trump’s former Russia policy adviser, to testify to Congress that Giuliani and Sondland circumvented official process to pursue shadow policy with Ukraine, via @joshnbcnews @carolelee & @kwelkernbc”
This could get interesting.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 11, 2019 2:02:34 GMT
Phillip Rucker... ”Fiona Hill, Trump’s former Russia policy adviser, to testify to Congress that Giuliani and Sondland circumvented official process to pursue shadow policy with Ukraine, via @joshnbcnews @carolelee & @kwelkernbc” This could get interesting. Hopefully Monday!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 11, 2019 3:09:17 GMT
Long long read on the Villages and their healthcare plan.... UnitedHealthcare.... MedicareAdvantage..
They’re Retired. They’re Insured. The Government Pays for It. And Trump Loves It. Trump talks Medicare in a retirement enclave where doctors are a golf-cart ride away. by Akilah Johnson Oct. 3, 12:30 p.m. EDT
** It is a community of 115,000 residents that decided to make medical care a golf-cart ride away in 2013 by creating its own health system, paid for by Medicare but managed by the Minnesota-based health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare. The company is a leader in a movement intended to give patients more choice, while offering insurers a big share of federal Medicare dollars.
Now, as President Donald Trump campaigns for reelection while fighting an impeachment effort in Washington, it is the place he’ll visit on Thursday to trumpet this privately run alternative as a model of what Medicare should look like. Under Medicare Advantage, the federal government still foots the bill, but it is a starkly different model than the universal, Medicare-for-all plans some Democratic presidential candidates are pushing.
Medicare Advantage has come under scrutiny recently from everyone from health care advocates to the U.S. Department of Justice. Insurers in the program have been criticized for cherry-picking customers by moving into the healthiest communities that offer the best chance of profit and for overbilling the government for unjustified services.
Advantage plans were initially billed as a way to contain costs, but it’s unclear if that actually happened. Some studies found the average annual costs were about the same between the two programs, while others have said Medicare Advantage is actually more expensive.
The Villages, experts say, is exactly the kind of well-to-do, relatively healthy community that Medicare Advantage insurers have focused on — and it’s where Trump will sell his approach before an invitation-only crowd.
Billed as an official White House visit, the president can expect a supportive political audience in a pocket of Florida an hour northwest of Orlando where seniors like Hahn praise Trump for his efforts to, as she puts it, “straighten this country out.” (Me: so an invitation only rally we pay the full tab for but we can't go?) ** Like traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage is part of the current federal health insurance program for most adults over 65 and young people who meet federal disability requirements. The idea of allowing private insurers to offer Medicare benefits has been around since the 1970s but wasn’t christened with the name until 2003.
Many Advantage plans bring together the various parts of Medicare — hospital care and doctor visits, prescription drug coverage — into a single package that usually offers additional benefits such as dental and vision coverage. They differ in how the government pays for those benefits, paying by the service in traditional Medicare versus giving insurance companies a lump sum per person annually with Medicare Advantage. Another difference is that beneficiaries are restricted to a defined network of providers like an HMO or preferred provider organization.
Today, more than one third of all Medicare beneficiaries, or about 22 million people, opt for privately managed health care plans, a dramatic increase from 5.3 million at the advent of the program in 2003. ** Link:https://www.propublica.org/article/the-villages-trump-visit-medicare-advantage-retired-insured-the-government-pays-for-it It is long, but better to read the whole piece.. Digest it and read it again and understand it all...
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 11, 2019 4:05:48 GMT
Class act! President Trump blasted former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday at a campaign rally in Minneapolis over his legacy as vice president and affection for former President Obama. During his rally, Trump accused Biden of only being viewed favorably because Biden "understood how to kiss Barack Obama's ass," a charge that was met with loud cheers and scattered boos for the Democratic presidential contender."He was never considered smart. He was never considered a good senator," Trump added of Biden, while also taking aim at Hunter Biden, the vice president's son whom the president has accused Biden of using his office to help. * thehill.com/homenews/campaign/465335-trump-knocks-biden-he-was-only-a-good-vp-because-he-would-kiss-barack
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Oct 11, 2019 6:59:01 GMT
Class act! President Trump blasted former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday at a campaign rally in Minneapolis over his legacy as vice president and affection for former President Obama. During his rally, Trump accused Biden of only being viewed favorably because Biden "understood how to kiss Barack Obama's ass," a charge that was met with loud cheers and scattered boos for the Democratic presidential contender."He was never considered smart. He was never considered a good senator," Trump added of Biden, while also taking aim at Hunter Biden, the vice president's son whom the president has accused Biden of using his office to help. * thehill.com/homenews/campaign/465335-trump-knocks-biden-he-was-only-a-good-vp-because-he-would-kiss-barackProjecting, as usual. Yes, dear, we know you are not smart. We get it.
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Post by gar on Oct 11, 2019 7:25:21 GMT
On our news last night they showed the hundreds of ISIS prisoners being held and said it wasn't so much a prison as an ISIS training camp. Only a matter of time...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 13:18:55 GMT
linkMSNBC... “Trump goes to war with Minneapolis over $500,000 security bill”
Trump tweeted Tuesday that the security bill was "probably illegal!" ” That report detailed 10 city governments that were still waiting on the Trump campaign to pay similar, albeit cheaper, invoices in connection with Trump rallies as of June. The Trump campaign did not say Tuesday if it has since paid any of those bills.In total, Trump's campaign as of June owed city governments a sum of more than $841,000. The largest invoice came from the president's El Paso, Texas, rally from earlier this year, in which city officials billed the campaign more than $470,000.The Secret Service does not reimburse local governments for assistance during campaign events because it is not funded to do so, a spokesman told NBC News in June. The brouhaha took place amid the backdrop of a new Minneapolis Police Department policy, announced last week, which prevents off-duty officers from wearing their official uniforms at political rallies or when publicly endorsing candidates. Ahead of the president's Minnesota rally, the local police union is showing its support for Trump by selling red "Cops for Trump" shirts after the city implemented that policy” So if I understand this correctly, the trump campaign is stiffing the cities for the cost of security and other costs associated with trump’s rallies . Costs that are separate from the Secret Service costs of providing security for the asshole.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 13:20:51 GMT
NPR..
”NEW: Gordon Sondland, the US Ambassador to the European Union, says he will comply with a subpoena and testify in the House impeachment inquiry next week.
Sondland was blocked earlier this week from appearing in a closed door interview.”
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 13:26:52 GMT
Kyle Griffin...
”Gordon Sondland doesn't plan to turn over documents to investigators: "He respects the Committees’ interest in reviewing all relevant materials; however, federal law and State Department regulations prohibit him from producing documents concerning his official responsibilities."
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 11, 2019 13:35:23 GMT
So if I understand this correctly, the trump campaign is stiffing the cities for the cost of security and other costs associated with trump’s rallies . Costs that are separate from the Secret Service costs of providing security for the asshole. Yes. Apparently has been done even during the campaign. It's like the campaign has multi millions of dollars in their hands to spend! We know the towns/cities will continue to provide some form of security, traffic control etc for the sake of their own residents and infrastructure. Heaven forbid someone should get hurt.
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Post by casii on Oct 11, 2019 13:38:58 GMT
In these dark days, we all need some hope. I present to you the mayors of Minneapolis & St Paul...
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