Murdoch-owned outlets bash Mueller, seemingly in unison
After resisting opportunities to take Trump's line on Russia, the Wall Street Journal editorial page goes all in.

The points made in the pieces in the Journal, owned by Rupert Murdoch, not only tracked with White House talking points but were similar to those being hawked on other Murdoch properties, including the New York Post and Fox News. ...

Paul Gigot, the editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall Street Journal, declined to comment. Mark Cunningham, the New York Post’s Executive Editorial Page Editor, also declined comment. Both did not answer questions regarding whether Murdoch had any input in editorial direction.
“There is a general flabbergastedness about the drift of the edit page,” said one former senior Wall Street Journal editor. “What is fascinating to a lot of people is, why are they now coming around to being sycophants to Trump, aping some of these things that are part of the Republican echo chamber?”

...“I don’t know a single WSJ alum who’s not agog at where that edit page is heading,” former Journal editor Neil King posted on Twitter.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/3...er-trump-244333

Climate-denying nominee for top USDA science post gets caught in Russia controversy
Sam Clovis, who emailed with George Papadopoulos about Russia, is going before the Senate on November 9.

... But on Monday, Clovis’ nomination took on new meaning when it was revealed that, while working as national co-chairman of the Trump campaign, he had encouraged George Papadopoulos, a campaign foreign policy adviser, to meet with Russian nationals in a potential effort to bolster the campaign. On Monday, unsealed court documents revealed that Papadopoulos had plead guilty to lying to federal agents about his communication with Russia.

“I would encourage you” to “make the trip, if it is feasible,” Clovis wrote in an August email to Papadopoulos, in response to plans suggested by Papadopoulos to go to Russia and meet with Russian officials off the record. Clovis also praised Papadopoulos’ outreach efforts, telling him “great work” in regards to a March 2016 meeting during which Papadopoulos and a London professor, as well as a Russian woman incorrectly described as “Putin’s niece,” discussed plans for a potential meeting between the campaign and “Russian leadership.” ...
https://thinkprogress.org/clovis-usda-ru...n-3e9bd33bacfd/

Ist natuerlich nur eine humorvolle fiction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXMhbNZiSSA

Bislang.

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Ist natuerlich nur eine humorvolle fiction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXMhbNZiSSA

Bislang.

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Russlandaffäre - Trumps mögliche Exit-Strategie

Tatsächlich hätte Trump laut Gesetz wohl die Möglichkeit, Mueller zu entlassen. Schon bei der Entlassung von FBI-Direktor James Comey im Frühjahr zeigte er, dass er auch in einer so heiklen Frage keinerlei Skrupel kennt. Bislang hält sich der Präsident bei Mueller jedoch zurück. Noch.

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/do...-a-1175840.html

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Zitat von mbockstette im Beitrag #2579

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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #2578

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Ist natuerlich nur eine humorvolle fiction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXMhbNZiSSA

Bislang.

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Was für ein Zufall! Habe gerade eine Doku über das Leben, Denken und Wirken von Steve Bannon angesehen und anschließend noch den Beginn einer Doku zu Trumps Wahlkampf. Da ich dieses Thema schon reichlich kenne, habe ich mich entschieden rüber zu gehen und kurz hier herein zu schauen und siehe da, auf dem Weg an den PC gingen mir Bilder von Trumps Verhaftung durch den Kopf, und die Anklage lautete: Landesverrat, "Fired" and "locked-up" at once.

Wird Trump Mueller jetzt absetzen? Murdoch´s Medien und Bannon´s Breitbart haben sich schon ans Werk gemacht und ihre Propaganda-Bataillone gegen den Sonderermittler in Marsch gesetzt.

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Russlandaffäre - Trumps mögliche Exit-Strategie

Tatsächlich hätte Trump laut Gesetz wohl die Möglichkeit, Mueller zu entlassen. Schon bei der Entlassung von FBI-Direktor James Comey im Frühjahr zeigte er, dass er auch in einer so heiklen Frage keinerlei Skrupel kennt. Bislang hält sich der Präsident bei Mueller jedoch zurück. Noch.

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/do...-a-1175840.html

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Eine Entlassung zu diesem Zeitpunkt kaeme quasi einem Schuldeingestaendis gleich. Es gibt zumindest unter den GOP Senatoren noch einige, die das nicht hinnehmen wuerden.
Auf jeden Fall haetten wir dann die Verfassungskrise, die jeder befuerchtet.

Aus einem Artikel der VANITY FAIR:

“Here’s what Manafort’s indictment tells me: Mueller is going to go over every financial dealing of Jared Kushner and the Trump Organization,” said former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg. “Trump is at 33 percent in Gallup. You can’t go any lower. He’s fucked.”

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/...ear-impeachment

Michael Flynn Followed Russian Troll Accounts, Pushed Their Messages in Days Before Election
Trump’s notoriously Kremlin-friendly national security adviser amplified Russian messages right when they mattered most—in the days leading up to Nov. 8, 2016.

Over 2,750 troll accounts based out of the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency were made public by House investigators on Wednesday. The accounts, some of which had previously been identified by The Daily Beast as Russian-generated, were pulled from Twitter due to their ties to the troll factory over the past three months.

The Daily Beast had previously discovered Flynn, Donald Trump Jr., Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, and Trump campaign digital director Brad Parscale retweeted Ten_GOP several times in the month before the election.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-fl...before-election

The social media ads Russia wanted Americans to see
A batch of the ads was released Wednesday by members of the House intelligence panel.

Russian accounts bought thousands of social media ads on hot-button U.S. issues ranging from Black Lives Matter to illegal immigration, according to a batch of the ads released Wednesday by members of the House intelligence panel.
Here is a sampling of ads purchased by Russian-linked accounts and aimed at U.S. Facebook and Instagram users:
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/0...s-to-see-244423


House Drops Motherlode of Russian Propaganda
House Democrats released a trove of data, metadata, Facebook ads, and Twitter accounts run out of the Kremlin’s troll farm.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-demo...witter-accounts


Russia hackers had targets worldwide, beyond US election
The hackers who upended the U.S. presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton’s campaign, targeting the emails of Ukrainian officers, Russian opposition figures, U.S. defense contractors and thousands of others of interest to the Kremlin, according to a previously unpublished digital hit list obtained by The Associated Press.

The list provides the most detailed forensic evidence yet of the close alignment between the hackers and the Russian government, exposing an operation that stretched back years and tried to break into the inboxes of 4,700 Gmail users across the globe — from the pope’s representative in Kiev to the punk band Pussy Riot in Moscow.
https://apnews.com/3bca5267d4544508bb523...nd-US-elections

Hackers Compromised the Trump Organization 4 Years Ago—and the Company Never Noticed
The perpetrators have possible ties to Russia.

In 2013, a hacker (or hackers) apparently obtained access to the Trump Organization’s domain registration account and created at least 250 website subdomains that cybersecurity experts refer to as “shadow” subdomains. Each one of these shadow Trump subdomains pointed to a Russian IP address, meaning that they were hosted at these Russian addresses.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017...-never-noticed/

Hidden bombshell in Papadopoulos’ plea indicates Trump’s role may soon take center stage
There was no evidence that Trump knew about any campaign contacts with Russians or their intermediaries. Until now.

Aus dem Indictment Text:
"...9. On or about March 31, 2016, defendant PAPADOPOULOS attended a “national security meeting” in Washington, D.C., with then-candidate Trump and other foreign policy advisors for the Campaign. When defendant PAPADOPOULOS introduced himself to the group, he stated, in sum and substance, that he had connections that could help arrange a meeting between then-candidate Trump and President Putin. ..."
https://thinkprogress.org/the-hidden-bom...a-8b59601200ac/

Jeff Sessions reportedly shut down the idea of a Trump-Putin meeting. There’s just one problem.
Papadopoulos plea includes more evidence that Sessions lied under oath.

https://thinkprogress.org/papadopoulos-p...h-05fc02506be9/

Lying under oath = Meineid.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016...riends-social-/

Passt zu den "Toleranten". :-)

"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views." - William F. Buckley, Jr.

Hillary = Mafia

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/...cks-2016-215774

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Hillary = Mafia

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/...cks-2016-215774

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]Das wäre vielleicht interessant oder gar relevant, säße Frau Clinton im White House, so ist es nur ein blasser Versuch von Trump´s Verbindungen zur Unterwelt abzulenken

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]Das wäre vielleicht interessant oder gar relevant, säße Frau Clinton im White House, so ist es nur ein blasser Versuch von Trump´s Verbindungen zur Unterwelt abzulenken

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Nö, es ist auch so relevant, denn es sagt viel über die Demokratische Partei aus. Eines muss man den Oligarchen des DNC lassen: Sie haben ihren Laden besser im Griff als die Republikaner, bei denen sich nicht der Kandidat des Establishments, Jeb Bush, durchsetzte. Was vielleicht daran liegt, dass Konservative mehr Widerstandsgeist haben als die "liberals".

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Sessions now says he was aware of Papadopoulos-Russia contacts — contradicting his sworn testimony: report
Attorney General Jeff Sessions reportedly now admits that he was aware of George Papadopoulos’s efforts to arrange meetings between the Trump campaign and Russia — a seemingly direct contradiction of sworn testimony he gave to the Senate.

Sources tell NBC News that Sessions now remembers rejecting a proposal by Papadopoulos to set up a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian, appearing on MSNBC Thursday afternoon, explained that this was significant because “he testified under oath that he was aware of no discussions with Russians, at least concerning collusion in the election.”

Dilanian then reported that many in Congress now want Sessions to come back and clarify his testimony — which would mark the third time that Sessions has had to “amend his recollections” of known contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/session...stimony-report/

https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v...4bd&oe=5AA7005E
https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v...996&oe=5A73B012
https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v...ce9&oe=5A67E083

Franken Blasts Sessions: Papadopoulos Docs Show ‘You Failed To Tell The Truth’
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), whose questioning of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in his January confirmation hearing kicked off a chain of events that ultimately led to the appointment of a special counsel, on Thursday had some more pointed questions for Sessions.

Franken included his questions in a scathing letter to Sessions after court documents unsealed Monday revealed that President Donald Trump’s former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos in March 2016 floated the idea of setting up a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to several reports, Sessions was present at the meeting when Papadopoulos made the suggestion, though Sessions previously denied being aware of any communications between members of Trump’s campaign and the Russian government. Papadopoulos claimed he had “connections” that could help arrange the meeting between Trump and Putin.
“Once again, developments in the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election have brought to light evidence that you failed to tell the truth about your interactions with Russian operatives during the campaign, as well as your awareness of Russian contacts by other members of the Trump campaign team,” Franken wrote.

He called it “another example in an alarming pattern” in which Sessions “apparently failed to tell the truth, under oath, about the Trump team’s contacts with agents of Russia—a hostile foreign power that interfered in the 2016 election.”
“We must get to the bottom of what happened so that we can prevent it from happening again,” Franken wrote. “I am deeply troubled that this newest revelation strongly suggests that the Senate—and the American public—cannot trust your word.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fr...-tell-the-truth

49 percent of Americans think Trump likely committed a crime (POLL)

The poll finds substantial support for the investigation, with 58 percent approving of how special counsel Robert Mueller is handling it, and more — 68 percent — approving of the filing of federal charges against Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and one of his associates.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/49-percen...ory?id=50884867

Mueller Reveals New Manafort Link to Organized Crime
Trump’s former campaign manager didn’t just do business with accused gangsters. One of them transferred millions into a Manafort account, allegedly used for money laundering.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-re...organized-crime

Zitat von mbockstette im Beitrag #2588

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Hillary = Mafia

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/...cks-2016-215774

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Das wäre vielleicht interessant oder gar relevant, säße Frau Clinton im White House, so ist es nur ein blasser Versuch von Trump´s Verbindungen zur Unterwelt abzulenken

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Amerikaner vertrauen Trump immer weniger

Das Verhältnis der Amerikaner zu Donald Trump wird immer desaströser. Nur noch 34 Prozent stimmen seiner Arbeit als Präsident zu, 59 Prozent lehnen sie ab, wie eine aktuelle nationale Umfrage des renommierten Pew Research Centers in Washington ergab. Damit ist Trumps Ansehen binnen des ersten Jahres nach seiner Wahl auf einen Tiefpunkt gesunken – und so schlecht wie bei keinem anderen Präsidenten vor ihm.

Nur 25 Prozent der Befragten gaben in der aktuellen Studie an, Trumps Arbeit sehr stark zuzustimmen – mehr als doppelt so viele (51 Prozent) lehnen sie aber sehr stark ab.

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/trump...r-15275442.html

Trump is leading the most corrupt Administration in U.S. History, one of first class Kleptocrats.
... So as the presidential inauguration approached, anticipation bubbled through the sulfurous nexus of Capitol Hill politicians, special interest groups and their K Street lobbyists, the media, the establishment and just about everyone else who had dismissed Trump and his slogans as a publicity stunt. There was now a question, rather urgently in need of an answer: Was he serious about all that “swamp” stuff?
Not really, revealed former House Speaker and loyal Trump supporter Newt Gingrich, admitting to NPR on December 21 that “drain the swamp” was never a genuine promise. “I'm told he now just disclaims that,” Gingrich said a month before Trump was to assume the Oval Office. “He now says it was cute, but he doesn't want to use it anymore.”

... Now, a year after the election—and more than a year after Trump first made that pledge to the American people—many observers believe the swamp has grown into a sinkhole that threatens to swallow the entire Trump administration.
The number of White House officials currently facing questions, lawsuits or investigation is astonishing:
Trump, being sued for violating the “emoluments clause” of the U.S. Constitution by running his Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.; Paul J. Manafort, the second Trump campaign manager, indicted on money laundering charges in late October; Flynn, for undisclosed lobbying work done on behalf of the Turkish government; son-in-law and consigliere Jared Kushner, for failing to disclose $1 billion in loans tied to his real-estate company; and at least six Cabinet heads being investigated for or asked about exorbitant travel expenses, security details or business dealings....

... “What makes this different,” Dallek says, “is that the president can’t seem to speak the truth about a host of things.” Trump isn’t just allowing corruption, in Dallek’s view, but encouraging it. "The fish rots from the head," he reminds.
http://www.newsweek.com/2017/11/10/trump...ory-698935.html

Trump and Sessions Denied Knowing About Russian Contacts. Records Suggest Otherwise.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Trump stated in early 2017 that no campaign advisers had contact with Russians. However, new court documents show that a foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos, had contacts that he told them about in 2016.

For months, journalists have revealed evidence that associates of Mr. Trump met with Russians during the campaign and the presidential transition. But the court documents represent the first concrete evidence that Mr. Trump was personally told about ties between a campaign adviser and Russian officials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/us/po...ons-russia.html

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Nö, es ist auch so relevant, denn es sagt viel über die Demokratische Partei aus. Eines muss man den Oligarchen des DNC lassen: Sie haben ihren Laden besser im Griff als die Republikaner, bei denen sich nicht der Kandidat des Establishments, Jeb Bush, durchsetzte. Was vielleicht daran liegt, dass Konservative mehr Widerstandsgeist haben als die "liberals".

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Establishment? There is nowone more established then the Trumps. Donlad der Sonnenkönig als Repräsentant der kleinen Leute zu inszenieren, das ist eine Art von besonders dreister Verarschung. Etabliert: einen sicheren Platz innerhalb einer bürgerlichen Ordnung, Gesellschaft innehabend, sich irgendwo festgesetzt, breitgemacht habend. (Duden)

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Ethics watchdog: Trump contacts with Bannon could lead to obstruction of justice
President Trump's contacts with former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon could raise potential conflicts of interest, according to three former White House ethics lawyers.

An op-ed in Politico Friday by former White House ethics attorneys Richard Painter, Norman Eisen and Virginia Canter warns that Trump's contacts with Bannon, if they touched on Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation, could violate the law.
"We are deeply troubled by the news reports that Bannon, with the evident support of his cohort at Brietbart News, is urging the president to take action against Robert Mueller," the three attorneys write.
"Bannon may be taking on a representation role that would place him in conflict with his post-employment restrictions," they add.

Former White House officials are barred from "contacting any part of the executive branch, including the president, with the intent to influence official decisions in any particular party matter in which the former official participated personally," according to the attorneys.
That would include the Russia investigation, which Bannon had a hand in coordinating the administration's response towards before he was ousted by Trump's chief of staff John Kelly.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrati...-to-obstruction

Donald Trump to Fox News: “The one that matters is me. I’m the only one that matters.”
In what barely passes for an interview — with almost no questions, but plenty of praise — Donald Trump told new Fox News host Laura Ingraham why he hasn’t bothered to fill a number of empty positions at the State Department.
“The one that matters is me,” he said. “I’m the only one that matters.”
It was a revealing but not surprising moment from the man who claimed, during his nomination speech at the Republican National Convention, “I alone can fix it.”
https://shareblue.com/donald-trump-to-fo...e-that-matters/