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[_EAllusion]

On the topic of Russia - Trump is seriously considering accepting a Putin invitation to join the next May Day military parade in Red Square, Moscow.

I kid you not.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/liv ... d1f80dc32b

3h ago
15:37
Trump considers attending Russian military parade

The president just told pool reporters on the White House lawn that Russian president Vladimir Putin invited him to the Russian military parade in May and he is considering attending.

Manu Raju
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@mkraju
Trump tells reporters this morning that he’s considering visiting Russia in May. Putin invited him to the May Day parade; Trump is thinking about going

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4:24 PM - Nov 8, 2019


Jim Sciutto
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@jimsciutto
Trump says he’s thinking of attending Russia’s May Day parade. This is a celebration of Russian military power, which Putin is using to undermine US national security interests across the globe. Why attend? What benefit does Trump perceive to the US? To himself?

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4:19 PM - Nov 8, 2019

Trump at one point admitted that Russia helped elect him as president, though he quickly backtracked on that statement. “Russia, Russia, Russia!” he once tweeted in May in a fury Tweetstorm in the wake of the release of the special counsel’s report.

Robert Mueller said in public remarks that his investigation established that the “Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome.” It’s no wonder Putin invited him to the parade...

A lot of Trump’s actions seem nonsensical unless you assume he is working to advance Russian interests.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

So, by trotting out Obama and Hillary are you suggesting what Mr. Trump is doing is ok? And if not, why would you support it tacitly?

- Doc

I think it was you that implied Obama would not be able to withstand a scandal as massive as being ordered to pay a fine because...racism.

Can you be clear in your own words and say what exactly I am supposed to not be ok with? Just one good example please.

Sure. I'll allow you to pick one, though:

0–9
2018 Brussels summit
2018 forest raking phenomenon
2018 Washington Veterans Day Parade
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
2020 United States Census
A
Nawar al-Awlaki
Alternative facts
American Manufacturing Council
List of short-tenure Donald Trump political appointments
Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections
B
Ben Carson office furnishing scandal
Bikers for Trump
Bowling Green massacre
C
Casa Padre
CNN v. Trump
Michael Cohen (lawyer)
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
Covfefe
D
Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal
Data rescue
Directive-type Memorandum-19-004
Donald Trump's disclosures of classified information
Dismissal of James Comey
Dismissal of Sally Yates
2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys
List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations
Dorado Ground Water Contamination Site
E
Efforts to impeach Donald Trump
2017 electronics ban
Jeffrey Epstein
Executive Order 13767
Executive Order 13769
Executive Order 13780
F
Fake News Awards
Trump administration family separation policy
Fear: Trump in the White House
The Fifth Risk
Fire and Fury
Foreign interference in the 2020 United States elections
G
Matthew Q. Gebert
H
Raid on Al Hathla
Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children
Hurricane Dorian–Alabama controversy
Criticism of government response to Hurricane Maria
I
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
Immigration policy of Donald Trump
Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump
IP3 International
J
Donald Trump judicial appointment controversies
K
Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
Carl Kline (White House official)
Kremlin Annex
L
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman
LGBT protests against Donald Trump
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump
M
Hurricane Maria
2018 missile strikes against Syria
N
National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States
2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit
O
Occupy ICE
October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts
P
Pardon of Joe Arpaio
Rob Porter abuse allegations
President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
Tom Price private jet scandal
Protests against Executive Order 13769
Protests against the Trump administration family separation policy
Scott Pruitt EPA controversies
R
Raid on Yakla
Reactions to the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel
Red Hen restaurant controversy
2018 Russia–United States summit
Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections
S
Salute to America
2017 United States–Saudi Arabia arms deal
Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations
2019 shipping of humanitarian aid to Venezuela
Donald Trump on social media
Volfefe index
Spygate (conspiracy theory)
Strategic and Policy Forum
American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War
T
Killing of Mollie Tibbetts
Tongo Tongo ambush
Trump administration migrant detentions
Trump Tower meeting
Trump tariffs
Trump Tower wiretapping allegations
Trump travel ban
Trump wall
Trump–Ukraine scandal
U
Ukrainian corruption conspiracy theory
Unhinged (book)
Unite the Right rally
2018–19 United States federal government shutdown
United States recognition of the Golan Heights as part of Israel
Ursula (detention center)
W
Otto Warmbier
United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
Y
Li "Cindy" Yang

- Doc

[_canpakes]

Months before President Trump pressed Ukraine’s newly installed president to investigate Joe Biden’s son and alleged 2016 U.S. election interference, two associates of Rudy Giuliani urged Ukraine’s prior president to announce similar probes in exchange for a state visit to Washington, according to people familiar with the matter.

A late February meeting in Kyiv between Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman and then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko took place at the offices of Ukrainian general prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko, the people said. It came soon after Messrs. Parnas and Fruman met with Mr. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, and Mr. Lutsenko in New York in late January and again in Warsaw in mid-February, Mr. Giuliani has said.

Mr. Lutsenko also attended the February meeting, the people said. Mr. Poroshenko didn’t ultimately announce that he was opening those investigations. Mr. Lutsenko, the prosecutor, in March said he was investigating the Bidens and election interference, but in May said he had no evidence of wrongdoing. No White House meeting resulted from the discussions.

The meeting, which hasn’t previously been reported, shows associates of the U.S. president’s personal lawyer as early as February were pressing the president of Ukraine to open investigations that could benefit Mr. Trump politically in exchange for a White House visit.

[_Icarus]

Wow. Trump offered to scratch the Dunns a check to get them to stop seeking extradition of the woman who killed their son.

Harry Dunn parents say they rejected Trump offer of cheque

[_Smokey]

Covfefe

- Doc

I can see you’re not a thinking person and simply parrot other ideas you encounter through your government approved entertainment.

Maybe you’ll prove me wrong and explain in some fantastically convincing way how in any universe the word “Covfefe” is something to not “be ok with.”

More likely, you’ll resort to Alinskyism and post some Boomer-tier meme or wall of text from Plebbit.

[_Maksutov]

Covfefe

- Doc

I can see you’re not a thinking person and simply parrot other ideas you encounter through your government approved entertainment.

Maybe you’ll prove me wrong and explain in some fantastically convincing way how in any universe the word “Covfefe” is something to not “be ok with.”

More likely, you’ll resort to Alinskyism and post some Boomer-tier meme or wall of text from Plebbit.

That's really deep, Earl Turner.

[_Smokey]

Your obsession with the Turner Diary is a strange one.
(Maybe a deflection from the Anne Frank Diary hoax?)

I haven’t read that book, not really my cup of tea, but based on your comments, I’m sure you have read it and can tell me exactly what is wrong with it in a clear and concise way.

Feel free to start a separate thread if you wish on Dr. Pierce, I’m happy to participate with my limited knowledge. Don’t know much about the guy, except for his comments on the Anne Frank hoax, which are spot on and indisputable, which is why your attacking his other work and quoting a Netflix documentary about Timothy McVeigh as a deflection.

For the record, before we move on and lose track of wherever we are, let’s all agree that Anne Frank did not write the Diary of Anne Frank but it doesn’t matter because we all like the message in the book. Right?

[_canpakes]

I can see you’re not a thinking person and simply parrot other ideas you encounter through your government approved entertainment.

... said the tool who does nothing more than copy and paste someone else's memes from a 'government-approved' website.

; )

[_canpakes]

Steven J. Menashi, who worked as a senior official at the U.S. Department of Education in 2017, has been nominated to a lifetime judicial appointment on a federal appeals court.

Menashi is the former General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Betsy DeVos. And in his capacity, he made concerted efforts in 2017 to deny student loan forgiveness to thousands of borrowers – efforts that a federal court found to be illegal.

The loan forgiveness program in question pertains to Borrower Defense to Repayment. This program was formalized through regulations in 2016 at the tail end of the Obama administration to provide relief to student loan borrowers who had been defrauded by their schools. When DeVos took over as Secretary in 2017, her administration tried to rewrite the rules governing the program to make it easier to deny people student loan forgiveness.

Menashi was integral in the Department’s efforts to water down Borrower Defense to Repayment. He drafted a memo, which formed the basis of formal Department policy, advocating for pulling employment earnings data of student loan borrowers from the Social Security Administration – without their permission. That data was then used to deny relief to student loan borrowers on the basis that they were making too much money – a factor that is not relevant to the 2016 governing regulations.

This practice was ultimately challenged in court by consumer rights advocates, and a federal district court judge struck down the practice. The judge held that Menashi’s policy was illegal and violated the federal Privacy Act.

After that, Menashi left the Department of Education and became part of the White House legal team. He has now been nominated to be a federal appeals court judge.

[_Maksutov]

Your obsession with the Turner Diary is a strange one.
(Maybe a deflection from the Anne Frank Diary hoax?)

I haven’t read that book, not really my cup of tea, but based on your comments, I’m sure you have read it and can tell me exactly what is wrong with it in a clear and concise way.

Feel free to start a separate thread if you wish on Dr. Pierce, I’m happy to participate with my limited knowledge. Don’t know much about the guy, except for his comments on the Anne Frank hoax, which are spot on and indisputable, which is why your attacking his other work and quoting a Netflix documentary about Timothy McVeigh as a deflection.

For the record, before we move on and lose track of wherever we are, let’s all agree that Anne Frank did not write the Diary of Anne Frank but it doesn’t matter because we all like the message in the book. Right?

Wrong, Earl. You've read it. Everybody should read it, with a barf bag handy. It really is a window into the "mind' of people like you. But keep babbling about Anne Frank. Pretty soon you'll get around to Leo Frank, too.