Posted on 11/26/2019 11:32:30 AM PST by ransomnote
The DS media is reporting that the House Oversight Committee filed a lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross today over the Trump administration’s refusal to provide documents re the admin’s decision to include a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., sez - “President Trump and his aides are not above the law,” and that “They cannot be allowed to disregard and degrade the authority of Congress to fulfill our core Constitutional legislative and oversight.....”
Is the general public as sick of this as we are? We focus on the maneuverings but I think even if I hadn’t been, to hear that same ol saw, after 3 years of this nonsense just stands my hair on end. Garsh the DS is really worried about that census - stacking it with foreigners and fighting with lawsuits! :D
Jerry Nadler invites Donald Trump and his lawyers to first Judiciary Committee hearing
President's attorneys will likely be permitted to question witnesses, unlike in the Intelligence Committee's 'impeachment inquiry' hearings
But Nadler warns that taking part is 'not a right but a privilege,' suggesting he can reverse course at any time Trump could face multiple articles of impeachment, and he would be the third U.S. president impeached, out of 45, if the Democrat-led House passes them
#Baby
“.....—but warns president that he doesn’t have the ‘right’ to participate”
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I must confess I laughed like a banshee when I read that. It’s just too SOVIET to be ignored! :D
Again, you’re choosing great art for the top. Thanks.
In for lunch.
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*boop*
IN! (Tag, you're it.)
https://twitter.com/timozinga/status/1199417221359046657
“[The turkeys] have already received subpoenas to appear in Adam Schiff’s basement on Thursday... unlike previous witnesses, [the turkeys] and I have actually met.”
Donald Trump! Yet another reason we love him!
We meet again.
In with the cool kids!
In right after fiddy
Anywhere in the fiddies is good.
On the back of a one dollar bill:
Where we go
ONE
We go all
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OOOOOOHHH. I LOVE IT. POTUS has GOT to make that happen in his SECOND TERM! :D
Copying the most recent Q drop, from yesterday, along with my little dig on it.
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Q
!!mG7VJxZNCI
25 Nov 2019 - 2:35:45 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRFHyBXEbhY&feature=youtu.be
Russian bots?
Why are the biggest media co’s in the world continually attacking if we are simply a conspiracy/LARP?
Who controls the media? [6]
Who controls [6]?
Logical thinking.
Q
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My digging, more could be done if someone wants, lots of info and connections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRFHyBXEbhY&feature=youtu.be
Suspected bots push conspiracy theories during impeachment hearings
I am watching sort of the youtube Q posted. The bots doing the presentation are so obviously fake, knowingly lying, and displaying very bad acting, that I would be so ashamed to be them. Anyway, the “male” of the duo mentions this organization, although he got the name wrong and then corrected “him”self.
A mine of derps and derp organizations. I didn’t look at “our team” because I’m already on the verge of puking.
https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/
Securing Democracy From Authoritarian Interference
We develop comprehensive strategies for government, private sector, and civil society to defend against, deter, and raise the costs on foreign state actors’ efforts to undermine democracy and democratic institutions. The Alliance works to publicly document and expose these actors’ ongoing efforts to subvert democracy in the United States, in Europe, and around the world.
The Advisory Council:
https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/about-us/advisory-council/
MIKE CHERTOFF
Mike Chertoff was U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security from 2005 to 2009. There, he worked to strengthen U.S. borders, provide intelligence analysis, and protect infrastructure. He increased the Department’s focus on preparedness ahead of disasters, and implemented enhanced security at airports and borders. Following Hurricane Katrina, Chertoff helped to transform FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) into an effective organization. He also served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals Judge from 2003–05. He co-founded the Chertoff Group, a risk-management and security consulting company, and works as senior of counsel at the Washington, DC law firm Covington & Burling.
TOOMAS ILVES
Toomas Hendrik Ilves was elected president of the Republic of Estonia in 2006 and in 2011. During his presidency, Ilves was appointed to serve in several high positions in the field of information and communication technology in the European Union. He previously served as minister of foreign affairs and as the ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the United States and Canada in Washington. Ilves was also a member of the Estonian Parliament, as well as a member of the European Parliament, where he was vice president of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He now co-chairs the World Economic Forum working group The Global Futures Council on Blockchain Technology. He is currently a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
DAVID KRAMER
David J. Kramer joined Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs as a senior fellow in the Vaclav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy in May 2017. Before moving to Miami, Kramer had worked in Washington, DC for 24 years, most recently as senior director for Human Rights and Democracy with The McCain Institute for International Leadership. Before that, he served for four years as president of Freedom House. Prior to that, he was a senior transatlantic fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States. Kramer served eight years in the U.S. Department of State during the George W. Bush administration, including as assistant secretary of state for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs; professional staff member in the Secretary’s Office of Policy Planning; and senior advisor to the undersecretary for Global Affairs. Kramer is a member of the board of directors of the Halifax International Security Forum and a member of the advisory council for the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Human Freedom Project.
BILL KRISTOL
William Kristol is the editor at large of the influential political journal, The Weekly Standard. Before starting that magazine in 1995, Kristol served in government, first as chief of staff to Secretary of Education William Bennett during the Reagan administration, and then as chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle in the George H. W. Bush administration. Kristol has also served on the board of the Project for the New American Century (1997–2005) and the Foreign Policy Initiative (2009–17). Before coming to Washington in 1985, Kristol taught government at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University.
RICK LEDGETT
Rick Ledgett has four decades of experience in intelligence, cybersecurity, and cyber operations, including 29 years with the National Security Agency where he served as deputy director from January 2014 until his retirement in April 2017. In that capacity he was responsible for providing foreign intelligence and protecting the nation’s most important national security-related networks. Rick is a senior visiting fellow at The MITRE Corporation, a director on the Board of M&T Bank, serves as a trustee on the Board of the Institute for Defense Analyses, and is a member of several corporate advisory boards.
MIKE MCFAUL
Michael McFaul served for five years in the Obama administration, first as special assistant to the president and senior director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House from 2009 to 2012, and then as U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 2012–14. He is currently professor of political science, director, and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Peter and Helen Bing senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1995. He is also an analyst for NBC News and a contributing columnist to The Washington Post.
MICHAEL MORELL
Michael Morell was acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2011 and again from 2012 to 2013, and had previously served as deputy director and director for Intelligence at the Agency. In his over thirty years at the CIA, Morell played a central role in the United States’ fight against terrorism, its initiatives to halt the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and its efforts to respond to trends that are altering the international landscape — including the Arab Spring, the rise of China, and the cyber threat. He was one of the leaders in the search for Osama bin Laden and participated in the deliberations that led to the raid that killed bin Laden in May 2011. He has been with Beacon Global Strategies as a senior counselor since November 2013.
ANA PALACIO
Ana Palacio is an international lawyer specializing in international and European Union law. Ms. Palacio is a Member of the Council of State of Spain and is the Founding Partner of the law and public affairs firm Palacio y Asociados.
Between 1994 and 2002, Ms. Palacio was a Member of the European Parliament, where she chaired the Legal Affairs and Internal Market Committee as well as the Citizens Rights, Justice and Home Affairs Committee. She participated as member of the Presidium of the Convention for the Future of Europe (2001-2003) in the debate and drafting of the European Constitution. In 2002, Ms. Palacio became the first woman to serve as Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain (2002-2004). She was a Member of the Spanish Parliament (2004 to 2006), where she chaired the Joint Committee of the Two Houses for European Union Affairs. She has been Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of the World Bank Group and Secretary General of ICSID (2006-2008), and she has been a member of the Executive Committee and Senior Vice-President for International Affairs of AREVA (2008-2009).
She is a member of the Board of Enagás (Spanish gas system), Pharmamar (biotechnology), and AEE Power (energy infrastructure). She is a member of the International Advisory Boards of Investcorp (a world-leading manager of alternative investments) and Office Chérifien des Phosphates – OCP – (fertilizers); and of the Governing Council of the Instituto de Empresa (business school). She is a member of the Board as well as of the Executive Committee of the Atlantic Council of the United States. Further, Ms. Palacio serves as member of the External Advisory Board of the US former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz’s Energy Futures Initiative, of the Advisory Board of the Sandra Day O’Connor Justice Prize and of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Human Sciences. She has recently been appointed as member of the Global Leadership Foundation.
Ms. Palacio publishes regularly in periodicals and journals. In particular, she maintains a monthly column at Project Syndicate. She is a visiting professor at the Edmund E. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She is also a recurrent participant and speaker at international conferences and fora, most recently giving evidence on post-Brexit foreign and defense cooperation before the UK House of Lords’ European Union External Affairs Sub-Committee.
In 2016, Ms. Palacio was presented with the Sandra Day O’Connor Justice Prize for extraordinary contributions to the rule of law, justice and human rights by the O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University, and was awarded the insignia of Officier of the Order of the Legion of Honor of the French Republic.
JOHN PODESTA
John Podesta served as Chair of Hillary for America. Prior to joining Hillary Clinton’s campaign he served as Counselor to President Barack Obama.
In 2008, he served as co-chair of President Obama’s transition team, where he coordinated the priorities of the incoming administration’s agenda, oversaw the development of its policies, and spearheaded its appointments of major cabinet secretaries and political appointees.
He is the former Chair of the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Prior to founding the Center in 2003, Podesta served as White House Chief of Staff to President William J. Clinton.
He also recently served on the President’s Global Development Council and the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Additionally, Podesta has held numerous positions on Capitol Hill, including counselor to Democratic Leader Sen. Thomas A. Daschle (1995-1996).
A Chicago native, Podesta is a graduate of Knox College and the Georgetown University Law Center, where he is currently a visiting professor of law.
He is the author of The Power of Progress: How America’s Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate and Our Country.
MIKE ROGERS
Mike Rogers is a former member of Congress, officer in the Army, and FBI special agent. In the U.S. House he chaired the Intelligence Committee, becoming a leader on cybersecurity and national security policy, and overseeing the 17 intelligence agencies’ $70 billion budget. Today Mike is a CNN national security commentator, and hosts and produces CNN’s “Declassified.” He serves as Chief Security Adviser to AT&T, sits on the board of IronNet Cybersecurity and MITRE Corporation, and advises Next Century Corporation and Trident Capital. He is Distinguished Fellow and Trustee at Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, and a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard University.
KORI SCHAKE
Kori Schake has served in various policy roles including at the White House for the National Security Council, at the Department of Defense for the Office of the Secretary and Joint Chiefs of Staff, and at the State Department for the Policy Planning Staff. During the 2008 presidential election, she was senior policy advisor on the McCain–Palin campaign. She is now a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. She is the editor, with Jim Mattis, of the book Warriors and Citizens: American Views of Our Military. She teaches at Stanford, is a contributing editor covering national security and international affairs at The Atlantic, columnist for Foreign Policy magazine, and a contributor to War on the Rocks.
JULIE SMITH
Julianne “Julie” Smith served as the deputy national security advisor to the U.S. vice president from 2012 to 2013, acting national security advisor to the vice president in 2013, and principal director for European and NATO policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. Smith is currently senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.
ADM JIM STAVRIDIS (RET.)
Admiral James Stavridis, U.S. Navy (Ret.) served as commander of European Command and as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe from 2009 to 2013. He commanded U.S. Southern Command in Miami from 2006–09 and commanded Enterprise Carrier Strike Group, conducting combat operations in the Arabian Gulf in support of both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom from 2002–04. He was a strategic and long-range planner on the staffs of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has also served as the executive assistant to the secretary of the navy and as senior military assistant to the secretary of defense. He is now dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and chairman of the U.S. Naval Institute board of directors.
JAKE SULLIVAN
Jake Sullivan served in the Obama administration as national security advisor to Vice President Joe Biden and director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State, as well as deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He was the senior policy advisor on Secretary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. He is now a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Martin R. Flug visiting lecturer in law at Yale Law School.
NICOLE WONG
Nicole Wong served as deputy U.S. chief technology officer in the Obama administration, where she focused on internet, privacy, and innovation policy. Prior to her time in government, Nicole was Google’s vice president and deputy general counsel, and Twitter’s legal director for products. She frequently speaks on issues related to law and technology. Nicole chairs the board of Friends of Global Voices, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting citizen and online media projects globally. She also sits on the boards of WITNESS, an organization supporting the use of video to advance human rights, and the Mozilla Foundation, which promotes open internet. Nicole currently serves as an advisor to the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard Business School Digital Initiative, the Democratic National Committee Cybersecurity advisory board, Refactor Capital, and the Albright Stonebridge Group.
Here’s their team if anyone wants to delve.
https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/about-us/team/
From wikipedia:
The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) is a bipartisan transatlantic national security advocacy group formed in July 2017 with the stated aim of countering efforts by Russia to undermine democratic institutions in the United States and Europe.[1][2] The organization is chaired and run primarily by former senior United States intelligence and State Department officials.[3] Its daily operations are led by Laura Rosenberger, a former senior State Department official who worked in the George W. Bush administration and later in the Obama administration[4], and Jamie Fly, who also worked in the Bush administration[5] and later as a national security counselor to Senator Marco Rubio.[3] The ASD is housed at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and pursues its work in both the United States and Europe.[2]
The ASD publishes a web dashboard called “Hamilton 68” showing the activity of Twitter accounts that the organization claims are linked to Russian propaganda.
History
In 2016, the CIA, FBI, NSA, and the Director of National Intelligence[6] asserted that Russia had interfered in US elections. The Alliance for Securing Democracy declared that it will develop strategies to “defend against, deter, and raise the costs” on any attempts by Russia or “other state actors” to undermine democracy.[1][2] Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell stated that the group will fulfill some of the role that ideally would have been handled by a national investigative commission.[7]
Hamilton 68
The “Hamilton 68” Dashboard on the ASD website tracks in real-time 600 Twitter social media accounts that the ASD asserts are “linked to Russian influence,” whether knowingly or unknowingly.[8][9][10] In September 2017, the group launched a similar German-language website focused on possible Russian influence in German politics.[11] The ASD’s tracking encompasses social media accounts it suspects are related to the Russian government or Russian state media, as well as accounts it believes to be unconnected to Russia, but which repeat what it sees as Russian government views.[11] ASD does not disclose which accounts “Hamilton 68” tracks, citing its desire to “focus on the behavior of the overall network rather than get dragged into hundreds of individual debates over which troll fits which role.”[12][13]
The then newly formed ASD said in August 2017 that it was “exploring ways” to similarly analyze Facebook, Reddit, and YouTube.[1]
Advisory council and staff
The ASD is governed by an Advisory Council and an operating staff who are drawn from the American Marshall Fund. The Washington Post called the membership of the advisory council “a who’s who of former senior national security officials from both [the Democratic and Republican] parties.”[3] Members of the advisory council include Michael Chertoff (a Republican who worked in the George W. Bush administration as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security) and Mike McFaul (a Democrat who worked in the Obama administration as U.S. Ambassador to Russia),[14] former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves,[15][16] neoconservative political analyst and commentator William Kristol, and Hillary Clinton foreign-policy adviser Jake Sullivan.[17]
This org is tightly connected to this thing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Marshall_Fund
German Marshall Fund
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan American public policy think tank and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting cooperation and understanding between North America and Europe.
Founded in 1972 through a gift from the West German government on the 25th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, GMF contributes research and analysis on transatlantic and global issues; convenes policy and business leaders at international conferences; provides exchange opportunities for emerging American and European leaders; and supports initiatives to strengthen democracies.[1] GMF focuses on policy, leadership, and civil society.[2]
GMF is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has offices in several European cities.[1]
Here’s the own site, obviously another deep derp nest:
http://www.gmfus.org/
Rudy
https://mobile.twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1199404135097020417?s=09
Biden’s family enriched themselves every place he was “point man.” A $1.5B housing deal in Iraq, a massive partnership with the Bank of China, and much more! This has been in front of the swamp press for years! Where has the coverage been?
Disturbing to find John Podesta and Bill Kristol in the same group. The whole group is disturbing but indicative of the swamp. Not all Republicans are good.
Thank you.
Plan SOUNDS great...but time BEFORE the election is running out to accomplished these goals and change mindsets!
With the MSM and and all of big tech “promising” this (TRUMPs election) will not happen again (in the open with target censorship of conservatives and TRUMP supporters) this election won’t be anything like the last one. The element of surprise was the factor then. Now ALL of the great power are gunning for and working (cheating) against him (illegally) and the cheating will be massive and mostly unchecked - I see nothing large scale that’s been done since 2016 to stop it as promised!
I just don’t see THE PLAN completing, in time, before the election to do what it is suppose to do on a scale to turn the tables to beat the cheating and change the % to TRUMP’s favor enough to beat the dumb *sses who are socialists and hate TRUMP.
And then there will be the fight over who won...dems stick and win and the whole damn thing is covered up and gone...by that I mean our country and investigations!
Sorry I’m am such a pessimist, just going by what has happened so far with all the successes of the CIA and other govt ABCs ,the deep staters and other evil b*stards and our lack of success!
Who’s paid yet...where are the big evil guys...protected in the TWO TIERED JUSTICE SYSTEM!
TELL ME I’M WRONG - I WANT TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT THINGS!
You heard about indicting a ham sandwich? Now you can impeach one, too.
Oh good, a letter from the guy with the belt problems.
High belt.....
Odd belt....
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