Posted on 04/30/2016 5:47:00 AM PDT by HomerBohn
Bernie never had a dime until he got elected to the low paying job of mayor of Burlington, Vermont. He started raking in the big bucks after idiotic Vermonters elected him their senator.
Trump, on the other hand, has never fed at the government trough. He realizes the peril this sinking nation is in. Our political class has put us on the road to ruin and would never go along with lowering our taxes or reducing the empire they helped build.
At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...
“...a republic if you can keep it.”
We couldn’t.
We failed miserably.
The purpose is to facilitate "evaluation by the government and the American people of the statements and activities of such persons." The law is administered by the FARA Registration Unit of the Counterespionage Section (CES) in the National Security Division (NSD) of the United States Department of Justice.[1] As of 2007 the Justice Department reported there were approximately 1,700 lobbyists representing more than 100 countries before Congress, the White House and the federal government.[2]
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History of the Act----- The Act originally was administered by the Department of State until transferred to the Department of Justice in 1942.[3] From passage in 1938 until 1966 when the Act was amended, enforcement focused on propagandists for foreign powers, even if it was not "for or on behalf of" those powers. It was used in 23 criminal cases during World War II. For cases not warranting prosecution, the Department of Justice sent letters advising prospective agents of the law.[3][4]
In 1966 the Act was amended and narrowed to emphasize agents actually working with foreign powers who sought economic or political advantage by influencing governmental decision-making. The amendments shifted the focus of the law from propaganda to political lobbying and narrowed the meaning of "foreign agent".[5] From that moment on, an organization (or person) could only be placed in the FARA database if the government proved that it (or he or she) was acting "at the order, request, or under the direction or control, of a foreign principal" and proved that it (or he or she) was engaged "in political activities for or in the interests of such foreign principal," including by "represent[ing] the interests of such foreign principal before any agency or official of the Government of the United States."[6]
This increased the government's burden of proof; since 1966 there have been no successful criminal prosecutions under the FARA act.[5] However, a civil injunctive remedy also was added to allow the Department of Justice to warn individuals and entities of possible violations of the Act, ensuring more voluntary compliance but also making it clear when the law has been violated. This has resulted in a number of successful civil cases and administrative resolutions since that time.[3]
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In 1995, the term "political propaganda" was removed from Subsection 611 following the 1987 Supreme Court case, Meese v. Keene, in which a California State Senator wanted to distribute three films from Canada about acid rain and nuclear war, but felt his reputation would be harmed if he distributed films that had been classified officially as "political propaganda".[4][7] The Court backed up an earlier lower court ruling in favor of one of the film's distributors in Block v. Meese.[8] The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA), 2 U.S.C. § 1601, removed from the Act certain agents engaged in lobbying activities who register under that Act, which is administered by Congress.[9]
In 2004 the Justice Department stated that the Foreign Agent Registration Unit's database for tracking foreign lobbyists was in disrepair.[10] However, in 2007 The Justice Department launched an online database which can be used by the public to search filings and current reports.[2]
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Scope of the Act------ The Act requires periodic disclosure of all activities and finances by people and organizations that are under foreign control ("agents") of a foreign government, of organizations or of persons outside of the United States ("foreign principal"), if they act "at the order, request, or under the direction or control" of this principal or of persons who are "controlled or subsidized in major part" by this principal.[6]
Organizations under such foreign control can include political agents, public relations counsel, publicity agents, information-service employees, political consultants, fundraisers or those who represent the foreign power before any agency or official of the United States government.[6]
SNIP---more at WIKI
“the near-control of Mid-Eastern policy by Israel”
Strongly disagree there but otherwise this mostly nails it.
....posted on the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) website....
"I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters......it’s good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department. We get a lot of advice from the CFR, so this will mean I won’t have far to go to be told what we should be doing and how we should think about the future."
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State - July 15, 2009 -
- speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations -
On that note I think he is off base, but the rest is sport on.
This is one of Fred Reed’s best, hands down. The last two full paragraphs are a perfect summary.
sport should be spot. Hit 2 keys at the same time I guess with my fat fingers.
What Do You mean “You People “ ?
“Wall Street, the Israeli lobby, and those who want the US to control the world at any cost–except, of course, to them. They are panicked at the rise of someone who might put first the interests of America. “
“But within the clubhouse of insiders, at the level of the anointed, of the Adelsons and Epsteins and Clintons and Bushes, there is putrefaction most foul.”
“the near-control of Mid-Eastern policy by Israel “
Given the Muzzie, Mexican, and Neocon Globalist backed radical groups in the country, won't be all settled according to polite Roberts Rules of Order with Master Debaters in a Harvard auditorium scoring points with a panel of judges.
It's Money, Guns, and Lawyers time for the Sh* t has hit the fan.
The scum in charge are just starting to realize that, too, so it's gonna get worse before it gets better. The only question for folks is, will we stand fast or fold.
JMHo
Agree.
I don't care which candidate he votes for--he has every right to favor whoever he pleases.
It's his business if he chooses not to endorse. Fine
What I cannot handle is all the facts he leaves unaddressed when he claims to bring his audience the information it needs...for ex: He won't mention that Paul Ryan has a viable primary opponent. It's not that I want him to endorse--but it makes me sick that he won't even mention the fact.
He talked yesterday about Trump and the Mainstream Media mistreating Cruz, and McConnell's hatred of Cruz-- the same breath--without noting that McConnel's wife sits on. the Board of Fox.
Last year during the obamatrade vote--he refused to discuss it!! Would not talk about it when there was still time.
He's starting to babble..."anyone is better than Hillary"--so sick of that.
And that full-throated garbage. What garbage. If anything is in Marco's throat, it probably once belonged to Chuck Schumer.
It's dismaying to keep losing allies..
It is always true follow the money. GOPe made Rush and he owes.
yup....just another reason Trump is doing as well as he is
I remember when the wife of a sitting Republican Senator was forced to register as an agent of a foreign gov't. It was the mid 70s and the Senator sat on the Foreign Relations Committee. The wife worked for a PR firm, but she had only one client...Iran Air. The Senator claimed that he and his wife had separate professional lives.
Oh yeah....The Senator was Jakob K. Javits (R) NY
Jakob = Jacob
You.
Thanks.
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