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December 23, 2020
"I WAS THERE" - Erik Prince and his Blackwater asshole goons are pieces of shit
Erik Prince and his #Blackwater asshole goons are pieces of shit. Most people don’t know the details about what happened in Iraq. Well I was there. This is just another slap in the face to the Iraqi people and to the honorable men and women of our military. #Airborne
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/Ojeda4America/status/1341553595318153216?s=20
December 23, 2020
DonaldTrump just pardoned his killers. I represented Ali’s and five other families in a civil lawsuit against Blackwater and Erik Prince for the killings.
Ali was sitting in the back seat of his father’s SUV with two of his cousins. Blackwater riddled the car with bullets. Ali’s father was driving. When the shooting stopped they thought they had experienced a miracle that they were safe.
One of Ali’s cousins said that Ali had been shot. His father opened the door after seeing blood on the window - and Ali’s brain fell out onto the pavement between his father’s feet.
None of the victims had weapons. They were all shot and killed or wounded in their cars.
https://twitter.com/adamnlawyer/status/1341577554382249997?s=20
https://twitter.com/adamnlawyer/status/1341577559016927234?s=20
https://twitter.com/adamnlawyer/status/1341577563798441991?s=20
Trump just pardoned this young boy's killers.
Ali Kinani was 9 years old when he was shot in the head by Blackwater guards on September 16, 2007 in Baghdad Iraq.DonaldTrump just pardoned his killers. I represented Ali’s and five other families in a civil lawsuit against Blackwater and Erik Prince for the killings.
Ali was sitting in the back seat of his father’s SUV with two of his cousins. Blackwater riddled the car with bullets. Ali’s father was driving. When the shooting stopped they thought they had experienced a miracle that they were safe.
One of Ali’s cousins said that Ali had been shot. His father opened the door after seeing blood on the window - and Ali’s brain fell out onto the pavement between his father’s feet.
None of the victims had weapons. They were all shot and killed or wounded in their cars.
https://twitter.com/adamnlawyer/status/1341577554382249997?s=20
https://twitter.com/adamnlawyer/status/1341577559016927234?s=20
https://twitter.com/adamnlawyer/status/1341577563798441991?s=20
December 22, 2020
from:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/how-stimulus-bill-got-done-449722
PELOSI: "I plan to pull him out of there by his hair, his little hands and his feet."
“I’m counting down the hours ‘til he’s gone,” Pelosi told her leadership team as they strategized this weekend. “I plan to pull him out of there by his hair, his little hands and his feet.”from:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/how-stimulus-bill-got-done-449722
December 22, 2020
The $600 isn't help, it's a message.
When I was a kid, I was told that leaving only a quarter as a tip on a meal was actually more insulting than not leaving one, because it means the person didn't just forget a tip, it means they deliberately decided to give you almost nothing.
https://twitter.com/OweeeeenDennis/status/1340896942507716609?s=20
updated to add:
December 22, 2020
The incoming president is expected to quickly draw a contrast with Trump's coddling of Russia.
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Biden has no plans to try to forge a close relationship with Putin, as Trump attempted. And his administration's Russia policy won't be complicated, as Trump's was, by an investigation into whether he or his allies had nefarious links to Moscow.
Instead, Biden is expected to quickly work to draw a contrast with Trump's handling of Russia, including renewed scrutiny of reports of bounties offered to extremists in Afghanistan to kill U.S. troops. The U.S. commander overseeing the region has said the allegations haven't been fully corroborated by intelligence, but the utter lack of concern from Trump about even the possibility has incensed Democrats and some Republicans.
"Donald Trump's entire presidency has been a gift to Putin, but this is beyond the pale," Biden tweeted in June. Addressing the issue during the first presidential debate, Biden called Trump "Putin's puppy."
Biden is also likely to slap new sanctions on Russia for election meddling and human rights violations, although it's unclear how much further he can turn the screw given that Moscow is already under intense U.S. sanctions that have isolated it from the American financial system.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-called-trump-putin-s-puppy-president-elect-may-put-n1251983
Biden called Trump 'Putin's puppy.'
The president-elect may put Moscow on a tighter leash.The incoming president is expected to quickly draw a contrast with Trump's coddling of Russia.
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Biden has no plans to try to forge a close relationship with Putin, as Trump attempted. And his administration's Russia policy won't be complicated, as Trump's was, by an investigation into whether he or his allies had nefarious links to Moscow.
Instead, Biden is expected to quickly work to draw a contrast with Trump's handling of Russia, including renewed scrutiny of reports of bounties offered to extremists in Afghanistan to kill U.S. troops. The U.S. commander overseeing the region has said the allegations haven't been fully corroborated by intelligence, but the utter lack of concern from Trump about even the possibility has incensed Democrats and some Republicans.
"Donald Trump's entire presidency has been a gift to Putin, but this is beyond the pale," Biden tweeted in June. Addressing the issue during the first presidential debate, Biden called Trump "Putin's puppy."
Biden is also likely to slap new sanctions on Russia for election meddling and human rights violations, although it's unclear how much further he can turn the screw given that Moscow is already under intense U.S. sanctions that have isolated it from the American financial system.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-called-trump-putin-s-puppy-president-elect-may-put-n1251983
December 22, 2020
Final mortality data for this year will not be available for months. But preliminary numbers suggest that the United States is on track to see more than 3.2 million deaths this year, or at least 400,000 more than in 2019.
U.S. deaths increase most years, so some annual rise in fatalities is expected. But the 2020 numbers amount to a jump of about 15%, and could go higher once all the deaths from this month are counted.
That would mark the largest single-year percentage leap since 1918, when tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers died in World War I and hundreds of thousands of Americans died in a flu pandemic. Deaths rose 46% that year, compared with 1917.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/2020-us-deadliest-year_n_5fe1a0dcc5b6e1ce83356cfe
2020 Was The Deadliest Year In U.S. History
NEW YORK (AP) — This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic.Final mortality data for this year will not be available for months. But preliminary numbers suggest that the United States is on track to see more than 3.2 million deaths this year, or at least 400,000 more than in 2019.
U.S. deaths increase most years, so some annual rise in fatalities is expected. But the 2020 numbers amount to a jump of about 15%, and could go higher once all the deaths from this month are counted.
That would mark the largest single-year percentage leap since 1918, when tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers died in World War I and hundreds of thousands of Americans died in a flu pandemic. Deaths rose 46% that year, compared with 1917.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/2020-us-deadliest-year_n_5fe1a0dcc5b6e1ce83356cfe
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