August 17, 2018

Papadopolous' Wife Wants Him To Scrap Deal With Mueller

Hmmm, why would she say this? Now?

Simona Mangiante, the wife of former President Trump campaign official George Papadopolous, reportedly wants her husband to stop cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller, according to MSNBC.

Mangiante told MSNBC on Thursday that she no longer trusts the government and that “shady individuals” with a “specific agenda” were “targeting” her husband.

“I trusted these institutions until they proved me wrong,” she said, adding there is “exculpatory evidence that fully justifies him to drop off his plea agreement.”

Papadopolous pleaded guilty in October 2017 to charges of lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials and has been cooperating with Mueller’s team ever since. He is set to be sentenced next month.

August 16, 2018

Do you need a good laugh? At Mike Pence?

So last night a fellow DU'er posted that Mike Pence's official website had been hacked - it still hasn't been corrected this morning and it is the funniest thing ever! It starts with "are you a homosexual?" and ends with "this is a reminder to kill all your tiny dogs"


http://www.officialmikepence.com/

August 16, 2018

Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism

According to Vox, Elizabeth Warren has a big idea that challenges how the Democratic Party thinks about solving the problem of inequality.

Instead of advocating for expensive new social programs like free college or health care, she’s introducing a bill Wednesday, the Accountable Capitalism Act, that would redistribute trillions of dollars from rich executives and shareholders to the middle class — without costing a dime.

Warren’s plan starts from the premise that corporations that claim the legal rights of personhood should be legally required to accept the moral obligations of personhood.

Warren wants to create an Office of United States Corporations inside the Department of Commerce and require any corporation with revenue over $1 billion — only a few thousand companies, but a large share of overall employment and economic activity — to obtain a federal charter of corporate citizenship.

(Read More)

https://www.vox.com/2018/8/15/17683022/elizabeth-warren-accountable-capitalism-corporations

August 15, 2018

John Brennan responds!

Just now on MSNBC Nicolle Wallace, he called in and Wallace read this tweet:

"This action is part of a broader effort by Mr. Trump to suppress freedom of speech & punish critics. It should gravely worry all Americans, including intelligence professionals, about the cost of speaking out. My principles are worth far more than clearances. I will not relent."

August 15, 2018

Roger Stone Posts, Deletes Swastika-Filled Image Of Trump Crew

Trump confidante Roger Stone on Tuesday posted on Instagram, and then deleted, a photoshopped image prominently showing him and other Trump affiliates wearing swastikas.
The caption reads: “I love this — proud to be in this crew — but the only lies being told are by the liberal scumbags #maga #republican #infowars”

From left to right, the image shows Stone, House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA), White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Fox News host Sean Hannity.


https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/roger-stone-posts-deletes-swastika-filled-image-of-trump-crew

August 14, 2018

So Kasich may run against Trumpy, hmmmm

Splitting the repug votes just might help us Dems....

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) on Sunday didn't rule out a presidential run in 2020, saying he's not sure what he's going to do, in part because the mood of the country changes so frequently.

"What I’m doing now is -- look, I'm staying alive. I'm speaking out. But every time I say anything or observe something, people want to say, 'oh, well, that's because he's running for president,' " Kasich said on NBC's "Meet the Press" when asked about the prospect of a 2020 campaign.

"I really don't know what I'm going to do," he continued. "Maybe I will. Maybe I won't. I don't know. But here's what I do know. My job as a human being, ultimately, is to serve the Lord. And if I'm helping people to realize their God-given purpose and destiny, then I'm striking tin, and that's good."


http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/401431-kasich-on-2020-bid-maybe-i-will-maybe-i-wont

August 12, 2018

Against All Odds: Democrats Pour Money Into Longshot Races

Snip

The November midterms are on pace to shatter records for political spending. While more than $1 billion raised so far nationally is helping finance battlegrounds that are poised to decide control of Congress, restless donors aren’t stopping there — they’re also putting cash into races and places they never have before to help underdog Democrats.

But driving donors’ eagerness to open their wallets to longshot candidates, supporters say, is a mix of anti-Trump enthusiasm and optimism following upsets like Democrat Doug Jones’ last year in a Senate race in Alabama. Campaigns, meanwhile, say donors are simply responding to finally having better candidates in historically lopsided districts that previously attracted only fringe contenders who made little effort to professionally fundraise or run hard.

In few places is the surge of money more evident than in Texas. At the top of the ticket, Rep. Beto O’Rourke is outraising Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in a state where Democrats have not won a statewide race since 1994. Seven Democrats also outraised their GOP opponents between April and June in districts held by Republicans, bolstered by primary runoffs that forced campaigns to double down on fundraising. (Read more)

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/against-all-odds-democrats-pour-money-into-longshot-races

August 12, 2018

After Saying Trump Asked Comey To Give Flynn 'A Break,' Giuliani Denies Comment

Talk about verbal gymnastics.

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that he definitely didn’t say what he said President Donald Trump said last month, but that if he did say what he said Trump said — which he did — he was saying what former FBI Director James Comey said Trump said, and that he would never have said Trump said that himself.

Huh?

In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper Sunday, Giuliani denied ever saying that Trump had at one point asked Comey to give fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn “a break.”

In fact, Giuliani did say that to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos last month.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/after-saying-trump-asked-comey-to-give-flynn-a-break-giuliani-denies-comment

August 10, 2018

Russia Doesn't Need to Change Votes -- Just Sow Confusion!

Two states left nearly 200,000 people off voter rolls earlier this year, leading to confusion and anger when those people tried to cast a ballot in the primaries. Election security experts fear it could happen again in November. While the problems stemmed mainly from computer glitches and human error, the chances of a repeat could be even greater if foreign adversaries, like the Russian government, successfully hack voter registration information.

The confusion in primary elections in Maryland and California illustrated that Russia wouldn’t need to change votes to disrupt America’s electoral process, said Maurice Turner, a senior technologist at the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, D.C. Simply changing voter registration information or spreading disinformation about voting places and times could be catastrophic, he said.

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To sow confusion in the fall, Russia could hack voter registration systems, altering names, addresses or party affiliations, said Jonathan Brater, a counsel at the New York University School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice.

“If there is some sort of successful effort, the consequences could be significant on Election Day,” Brater said. “Incorrect information leads to long lines, which could mean they leave and give up on voting.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russia-doesnt-need-to-change-votes-just-sow-confusion_us_5b6c4496e4b027b231c4fdbf

August 10, 2018

Improperly recorded vote counts found in Kansas

These repugs are really something else!

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach saw his lead in the Republican gubernatorial primary shrink to just 91 votes after Kobach’s office said it had improperly recorded vote counts from a county in northwest Kansas.

The adjustment is the latest development in the race between Colyer and Kobach, who are separated by a razor-thin margin following Tuesday’s primary. While ballots are still being counted, the contest will likely go to a recount. As the state’s chief election official, Kobach is responsible for overseeing that process, but some say it would be appropriate for him to step aside. Kobach has no legal obligation to do so, however, and has suggested that he will not do so because county officials oversee the nuts and bolts of the recount process.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kris-kobach-kansas-governors-race_us_5b6ca1aae4b0ae32af968225