The Walls Are Closing In On Trump Again!

After a brief respite the media is back to Waiting For The Mueller Report: sources NOT on Mueller's now-disbanded team tell the Times that some of the team think the Barr summary went too easy on Trump. This is impressive 'sources say other sources say' journalism. High school - the wonder years! As in, I wonder why Times reporters never outgrew that.

Whatever. Mueller ran a tight ship for two years but now his gang is dispersed. Some are back in private practice and no one is worried that Mueller will fire them for chatting a bit. We'll see the report soon enough. Another week or two of staring down their rabbit hole won't hurt the Democrats any.

 

Comments

[Threadkiller]

Trump planned for this to happen when he a Felix Sater were taking down the mob.

He has the swamp right where he wants them.

[Narciso79]

One thinks of Indiana Jones in temple of doom in the thuggee temple, I think the journolist have been having second helpings of monkey brains

[henry]

cues Gateway Pundit:

Charles Ortel @CharlesOrtel
1m

BREAKING: Russian Historian Svetlana Lokhova Breaks Silence - Says Deep State FBI and Stephan Halper Set Up Gen. Flynn (VIDEO)

https://twitter.com/CharlesOrtel/status/1114179757661401089

(I didn't watch the vid, nor even follow the link to GP... just funny to see what click bait pops up).

[henry]

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ
9s

Gordon Caplan, the former co-chairman of a top law firm, said he plans to plead guilty for his role in the college-admissions cheating scandal, the highest-profile parent yet to plead guilty

[Captain Hate]

Ol' Yeller pointed out last night, again, that members of Mueller's team have been working with Barr on deciding what can be released and that legally Congress has no right to anything.

[henry]

cmon Mitch... make her happy today!

CNBC @CNBC
2m

2020 candidate Elizabeth Warren calls for ending Senate filibuster rule

https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1114181061150412800

Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Friday called for eliminating a Senate filibuster rule for legislation when the next Democrat takes over the White House.

[sbwaters]

when the next Democrat takes over

But not now?

[henry]

sbw, Republicans don't work for the people, they only obstruct the people.

[joan]

henry: I read that story on Lukhova, the Russian woman, last night. She has a lot to say about Stefan Halper and it wasn't good. Interesting, though. He must be a devious, conniving piece of brain and fat.

[henry]

joan, that sounds right. I have never heard of Lukhova, thus have no reason to trust anything said by her.

[Captain Hate]

Willowed

Anyone have a strong opinion on why Trump was targeted?

Because of the point you've been making: he's an outsider who's crashing the party and isn't owned by the financiers of both sides.

[sbwaters]

Anyone have a strong opinion on why Trump was targeted?

Because he threatened the thugocracy both sides practice.

[Narciso79]

She was a subject of Russian lawfare years before:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3062954/amp/Banker-dubbed-Crazy-Miss-Cokehead-bosses-claims-3million-pay-sexual-harassment-not-worth-stress-legal-battle.html

[MissMarple2]

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/mrc-latino-staff/2019/04/05/taking-deep-dive-border-crisis-univisi%C3%B3n-reveals-disturbing

Univision is covering the border crisis and with some valuable and upsetting information. Transcripts and accounts in this article.

[Narciso79]

Halper has as many direct ties as any of these players to Russian intelligence a deputy svr head for instance

[Threadkiller]

Anyone have a strong opinion on why Trump was targeted?

Because he is a Birther.

[Gentlejim]

I like JiB’s prize for Beasts, but I thought his prize would include something like this: https://media1.tenor.com/images/60cfcd8a3e2f9a42d5c3b99792706801/tenor.gif?itemid=4988736

Now who shares a birthday with this other public broadcasting artist: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/I/m/William_Alexander.png

The Dems aren’t happy unless they’re running around with their hair on fire. They expect people to believe the right started the fire. However, we know it’s the Dems that started it because they can’t resist playing with matches while huffing glue and paint fumes.

[Jane]

Clarice,

From the last thread:

Clarice,

I will have to read that a few times before I comment on it, but I have some questions: Anyone have a strong opinion on why Trump was targeted?

It makes sense to me that they targeted Trump to take the microscope off their own dealings when he won the Presidency. Everything was a fall-out from that.

But I also wonder if there is a push to make sure only politicians win office, because there is so much to hide.

Altho my 2nd theory may be a result of my first theory.

I'm ready to pass a law saying only NON-politicians can run for president, because it is so bloody obvious how much more effective they are.

I'll try and keep reading - but it hurts my eyes.

[joan]

I'm reading Clarice's post from 'DC Whispers', and even after all these months of following this story it still takes my breath away. So much of it we knew; but, as I said, it is still shocking.

I've hardly gotten into it and had to stop and consider this:

"Obama administration Director of National Intelligence James Clapper held a meeting in his last days in office to discuss the idea of going to a Supreme Court justice to block President Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to a high-level member of the intelligence community who spoke with a Big League Politics source.

"Clapper discussed blocking the inauguration on the grounds that Trump was an illegitimate president due to alleged Russian interference in the election, according to the sources. It is not known whether Clapper ever actually convened a meeting with a Supreme Court justice to discuss the Russia case, or whether he simply discussed the idea of doing so. By the time Trump entered office on January 20, the Russia narrative was already underway."

I keep asking myself, "how evil are these people?" -- they knew they had created a lie, that there was no truth to their plan. I've used every word to describe them in the past 2-1/2 years, but to have the immoral arrogance to consider approaching a Supreme Court justice to block an inauguration almost stuns me. These people were dishonorable, corrupt, and depraved.

They couldn't love this country. Just think how much turmoil that would have thrown our country into. They weren't worried about civil unrest, all they wanted was to hold on to their power.

There is not one democrat or member of the media who is honorable.

[Jane]

Gee,

You guys are quick!

[matt - deplore me if you must]

I think that sums it up well Gj.

Apparently the kids are a passport to entry and then in 21 days, voila! everybody's out and in the States and headed to LA for free shit.

There was a news item this morning that DHS now has an instant DNA test to see if these families are in fact related. The coyotes have been recycling kids and it's all a scam.

[Jim Eagle]

reposting as the last comment on other thread (sigh!)

Men Are Just Happier People!

What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park.

Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress - $5,000. Tux rental - $100. People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks.

A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend. Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Two pairs of shoes are more than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck.

You can play with toys all your life One wallet and one pair of shoes - one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache... You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.

No wonder men are happier!

[Narciso79]

She parted ways with sberbank which is as nov connected as it comes Podesta represented it, you think they would have anything to do with her.

[Captain Hate]

I keep asking myself, "how evil are these people?" -- they knew they had created a lie, that there was no truth to their plan. I've used every word to describe them in the past 2-1/2 years, but to have the immoral arrogance to consider approaching a Supreme Court justice to block an inauguration almost stuns me. These people were dishonorable, corrupt, and depraved.

I made the statement about Comey during 2016 in the middle of one of the many times he appeared in front of Congress: he's created such a structure of lies that they're going to start contradicting each other. Anyone with a functioning sense of right and wrong would quickly go insane trying to maintain such a crazy quilt and would just want to admit it's all lies so they can live a normal life. I think they're all criminally insane.

[Gentlejim]

I spoke with a retired cop over the weekend. He has a nephew who works for CBP out of Tucson. The nephew says there is absolutely a crisis on the border. He adds that a physical barrier works with personnel in the area. The problem now is that when a barrier is placed personnel are tasked to a different area making it possible for illegals to cross the border. Nephew adds that sensors/cameras work well. CBP gets an alert of activity, agents are dispatched and arrest illegals. He didn’t mention anything about post-collection issues.

I’m all in favor of a melange of personnel, barrier, and sensors.

[MissMarple2]

https://apnews.com/8ad7e036dd51487ba0a88a919f591436

White House unexpectedly withdraws nominee to head ICE

There seems to be some confusion and it may be just a paperwork snafu.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

We are talking Game of Thrones evil with the Dems. Think about Seth Rich. Huge data dump, dead employee. Too convenient.

Destroying evidence a la HRC. Burying the truth on Benghazi. Politicizing almost every agency. Uranium One and $150 million in donations from oligarchs.

And now we have Clapper and Brennan, who was a known political skeezix from the day he started at the center of a conspiracy.

And the media are in it up to their eyeballs. I would say burn it all down, but I've mellowed over the years.

They did their best to undermine democracy and should pay the price.

[Jim Eagle]

GentleJim,

That is why Trump keeps his language "visual". It is much easier to communicate "a wall" then a sensor or human LEO to the LIV. He is a master of keeping it simple. No fancy words, cryptic nick-names, colorful illustrations, etc. The Dems, on the other hand, call him ignorant, stupid, insulting, not understanding how he connects with people.

I hope they never catch on. Can't wait to compare the 18 Dem rhetoric and language with Trumps. The GOP or Parscales should do a survey after a speech by Klobuchar or Mayor Pete, pick out a few erudite words and ask the people what they mean.

[MissMarple2]

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6022907849001/#sp=show-clips

No confusion. The President wants to go in a tougher direction, although the former nominee was a nice guy.

This is the video of what he said before boarding Marine One this morning.

[JM Hanes]

LOL!

Green horsewoman of the environmental apocalypse declares climate emergency at Tate:

I can just imagine the planning session for that one.

[Gentlejim]

JiB,
Agreed. His use of “bullshit” to describe the whole Russia fiasco was brilliant. We commoners know it was exactly that never mind what the elitists on both sides say. We know exactly who Trump is because he puts it out there. We won’t be hearing a change of dialect, tone, etc depending on his audience unlike 404, Curbdive, etc.

[henry]

The groups, including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Netherlands, handed over a court summons to Shell at its headquarters in The Hague, demanding it stop extracting oil and gas and cut its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.

https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1114200471965769728

[D]

Trump was never supposed to win, ergo he must be removed at once.

[joan]

I pulled out some highlights from the DC Whispers article -- they only go part-way along the 'Crime of The Century' because the democrat's plan is so corrupt and convoluted, it becomes almost overwhelming.

Also, I was a little concerned I was going to post too much or that the parts I copied might mess up because of formatting:

"Big League Politics recently reported on an audiotape in which Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh admitted that slain DNC staffer Seth Rich was the source for Wikileaks’ release of DNC emails in 2016, not a Russian hack. Hersh also said that Clapper and Obama administration CIA director John Brennan helped to create the Russia narrative against Trump.
So, how did the conspirators do it? They used a set-up agent named Natalia Veselnitskaya, the fabled “Russian lawyer.”

"The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, then led by anti-President Trump activist Preet Bharara, played a key role in getting Natalia Veselnitskaya into the country in 2015-2016 on special Obama administration passes. Now, fired U.S. Attorney Bharara’s former office has charged Veselnitskaya with obstruction of justice in an unrelated case. They did this to force Natalia to remain in Russia and not come back to the United States to testify, according to high-level FBI sources.

"Robert Mueller, Bharara, and the anti-Trump conspirators want to focus on Michael Cohen as a witness and block out any witnesses that would unravel their entire invented narrative — like Natalia, the spy who was used to set up the phony meeting that led to the fraudulent FISA warrants on the Trump team.

"But the very people who wanted to get Natalia in now very much want to keep her out. Natalia Veselnitskaya was charged with obstruction of justice Tuesday to prevent her from coming back to the United States to testify in the Robert Mueller-related cases because her statements have already contradicted Mueller’s narrative, according to high-level FBI sources.

"“Mueller’s team of partisans has a problem. They want to get Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner so they are working hard to prove that Jr and Kushner lied about the June 9th 2016 Trump Tower meeting. The Special Counsel has their version (Fusion GPS’ version) of what happened in the meeting but Veselnitskaya and Manafort’s versions don’t support their version. They tried to squeeze Manafort into reciting their version but in the end he resisted. So they claimed to the Judge that Manafort lied in his proffer to them. Veselnitskaya already met with Senate investigators and gave testimony about the meeting. This testimony doesn’t fall in line with the Special Counsel’s version so they have to discredit her and keep her from coming to the U.S. for any future hearings hence the strange indictment today by holdovers of Preet Bharara.
Veselnitskaya only mentioned dirt on Hillary as a rouse to get the Trump campaign to meet with her regarding the Magnitsky scheme. Fusion GPS, Brennan and Comey were trying to set Trump up to commit a serious crime related to Russia but they were unsuccessful. After Trump was elected they dug through all of their attempts to find something useful and realized they could spin several setup meetings with Trump Campaign officials as somehow being related to hacked emails.

"Stone’s lawyer Grant Smith wrote the following in a letter to Rep. Devin Nunes: “By way of example, as you know, back in June I sent this Committee a letter regarding a longtime FBI informant named Gennadiy Vasilievich Vostretsov who, under the alias “Henry Greenberg”, was sent to approach my client in May 2016 with claims of having access to information that could impact the election. Mr. Stone not only immediately and forcefully declined to participate in anything this FBI informant was proposing, but never saw or spoke to the informant again. Mr. Stone believes it highly likely that Mr. Vostretsov/Greenberg’s status as an FBI informant was not “former”, and that Vostretsov/Greenberg was, in fact, actively working on behalf of the FBI at the time of their meeting, acting upon a calculated effort to entrap Mr. Stone and, further, to infiltrate and compromise the Trump effort. Notably, Vostretsov was admitted to the country nine separate times on an FBI Informant’s visa.”

"The Philadelphia-based Cozen O’Connor law firm also has a political action committee that donated to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election, in addition to Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, John Kasich, and Martin O’Malley. In the 2018 election cycle, the Cozen O’Connor PAC donated more money to Hillary Clinton’s dormant campaign.
Cozen O’Connor’s connections to the anti-Trump “Operation Crossfire Hurricane” plot are wide-ranging, and show up in unexpected places.
James Comey’s friend, Columbia University professor Daniel Richman, leaked classified information that Comey gave him. During this leaking period, Richman was apartment-building neighbors with a partner at the Cozen O’Connor law firm that strategized with Fusion GPS operative Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian plant who set up Don Jr. in Trump Tower.
Veselnitskaya and Fusion GPS, led by Glenn Simpson, were part of John Brennan and Peter Strzok’s CIA-led “Operation Crossfire Hurricane” plot aimed at President Donald Trump and the Trump campaign."

[Old Lurker]

The scary thing to ponder, the greatest of unknown unknowns, is what percentage of our dumbed down population understands the constitutional crimes committed in recent decades against WeThePeople by our Uniparty Reps and especially those of Uniparty-L Wing, and if they do have even a glimmer of it, are they just fine because the short term gain to them is imagined to be positive?

I know that the 63M who voted for Trump get it, but I have grave concerns about the 66M said to have voted for Hillary and serious concerns about the youngsters who now get to vote...not to mention all the illegals who will be allowed to vote illegally.

[Captain Hate]

Think about Seth Rich. Huge data dump, dead employee. Too convenient.

Have you ever heard one word of outrage or regret about Seth Rich's murder for someone in the donk party infrastructure? Doesn't anyone think that's unusual?

[JM Hanes]

Joan:

Thanks so much for the excerpts! It's gotten so that my eyes just glaze over at the sheer quantity of detail and roster of players you have to keep in mind to follow all the tracks in any "comprehensive" report. I finally gave up trying and pretty much rely on other people to do that for me now.

[joan]

They targeted Trump because they didn't really understand him. They miscalculated and thought his veneer, his bluster was a sign of weakness, and didn't realize the force of his will or the sharp mind and steel spine he possessed. Who else could have ridden through these past month of treason and spite and perfidy.

They didn't understand his love for the United States of America because they've never possessed it.

They have no patriotism -- they've worked to consolidate power, that's all. Their president wanted to fundamentally change this country. One of the closest people to him said, "This was the first time I've been proud of this country." Imagine saying that. His pastor cried, "Gawd damn this country."

Just like the foolish GOPe still sneers at President Trump, the previous administration, the Justice Department, the FBI, the State Department started out sneering and let their spite turn them into the worst villains ever to walk through our country's corridors of power. I pray to God Above that they all pay for their crimes against this country and this president.

[Gentlejim]

OL,
I’m very concerned about 2020. The Dems have proven their ability to steal elections. I’m shocked they didn’t win the WI Supreme Court election Tuesday.

Captain,
The Seth Rich murder? Don’t worry about that little murder over there. That was just a normal DC robbery. Did you know Trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th ave and get away with it? The horror...

[henry]

Gentilejim, the left in WI hasn't given up yet. I'm sure they are staging chaos and "oh gee more ballots in my trunk" events ahead after asking for a recount.

[Narciso79]

Except Assange almost never got any data from hacks, inside jobs manning Snowden et al

[JM Hanes]

Lest we forget:

The Top 5 Investigations Obstructed by the Obama Administration

5. The investigation of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation
4. The investigation of the illegal firing of Inspector General Walpin
3. The investigation of Fast & Furious
2. The investigation of the Iran ransom payments
1. The investigation of Benghazi and the Hillary Clinton email scandal

I had almost forgotten about the Walpin firing. Didn't that have something to do with his questioning some Michelle project? That's just the top 5 of course. Obstructing the public's right to know by claiming ongoing investigations was SOP in the Obama Administration, as were promises to "look into" allegations and report back at some undetermined future date, meaning never.

[Narciso79]

Yes the mayor of Sacramento who would later dispossess Donald sterling also the husband of Michelle rhee.

[Gentlejim]

Henry,
Right, you are. The left’s post election activities are no surprise. My shock was that it wasn’t an outright loss especially after waking up and seeing some precincts still out. I pictured trunk loads of ballots being discovered ala Franken.

[Old Lurker]

Me too, Gentlejim.

Ought to be a McGovern level blowout, but our electorate is not what it was back then.

By design of course, while we got up and went to work every day and raised our kids.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
2m2 minutes ago

Congratulations to Brian Hagedorn on his big surprise win over a well funded Liberal Democrat in the Great State of Wisconsin for a very important Supreme Court seat. Republicans are producing big for Wisconsin!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
1m1 minute ago

I’ve employed thousands of Electrical Workers. They will be voting for me!

[Captain Hate]

Damn, I somehow missed that Kevin Johnson was married to that shrill biznotch Michelle Rhee.

[MissMarple2]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1113577243152998401.html

This is a thread ChiTown wanted me to get unrolled and post here.

It demonstrates how big money changed hands to promote regime change i Ukraine. Also involved: a subsidiary of the US Chamber of Commerce.

[Narciso79]

That's what I'm here for with the pushpins and the string

[Captain Hate]

When you've lost Deadspin:

https://deadspin.com/the-man-who-helped-bring-down-donald-sterling-is-an-ass-1576960521

[Michael (fpa P4F) Stop the WitchHunt-Stop the Coup]

I've been away from JOM for the past month, dealing with some serious, debilitating medical problems.

I came by this morning to post some pictures of bad's beloved bluebells, in her memory, for the JOM family to remember her by.
Although I may have missed the right day (I think it was April 4), I really wanted to post the pictures in her honor, to bring back the wonderful memories everyone has of her.

And then I read something that made me say "Ohh, NO".

Reading that daddy passed away on March 5 is just heartbreaking.

I don't have it in me to post the bluebell pictures right now . . .

Who said that (would-be) tough guys don't cry?
Damn, just damn.

I'll try to be back later when the tears are over.

[joan]

Here are a few more excerpts:

"A whistleblower case currently in federal court in Washington, D.C. stands to bring out incredible allegations of John Brennan and James Clapper’s moves against Trump, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and the former presiding judge of the FISA court Reggie Walton.

"Real estate mogul Timothy Blixseth admitted that he saw records from CIA and NSA whistleblower Dennis Montgomery proving that Clapper and Obama CIA director John Brennan oversaw repeated spying on the phone calls of President Donald Trump and millions of other private American citizens, including Supreme Court Justice John Roberts and FISA court judge Reggie Walton. Fired former FBI director James Comey received evidence from the whistleblower’s lawyer but sat on it."

AND (kudos to Gus) NOT ONLY DID PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN THIS COUNTRY, HE WAS FIGHTING THE WHOLE WORLD:

"OBAMA Kept The Scheme Going Overseas

"House lawmakers are zeroing in on a meeting that German chancellor Angela Merkel held with President Obama at a key moment as one of the FISA warrants against Trump was set to expire. Lawmakers are aware of the role of foreign governments in collaborating with U.S. intelligence agencies in the Trump investigation as recently as 2017.

"Germany provided information beginning in 2015 to aide British spies and the Obama administration in compiling the Christopher Steele “dossier.”
"
Obama had been called out by the Drudge Report for visiting foreign leaders in Europe in the spring of 2017 right before President Trump visited those leaders in Europe. It turns out that one of those Obama meetings is now under scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

"Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein gave a redacted document to Rep. Devin Nunes, showing two major redactions about the creation of the Trump “Dossier” and the launch of FISA warrants and Robert Mueller’s investigation during the 2016 campaign. The redactions were: “the name of a country and the name of a foreign agent who supplied information.”

"Now we know: the country is Germany and the foreign agent was either Angela Merkel or someone who worked for Angela Merkel in foreign intelligence.

"The redacted sections will be referencing one of the European countries and agents that share SIGINT (signal intelligence) to US Intelligence,” says Chuck Marler, a longtime agent of the FBI Special Surveillance Group under Robert Mueller, who is an official whistleblower in this case.
SIGINT countries were involved in sharing information that helped the Christopher Steele dossier to come together. The Guardian reported in an amazingly under-covered article: “Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said. The European countries that passed on electronic intelligence – known as sigint – included Germany, Estonia and Poland. Australia, a member of the “Five Eyes” spying alliance that also includes the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, also relayed material, one source said.”

"So Germany helped build the dossier. When does Merkel re-emerge in this picture?

"“Fast forward to April/May 2017, roughly the same time the fourth and final FISA warrant was running out (because the Carter Page story was determined false). Rosenstein and McCabe were in desperate need of renewed help from intelligence to keep the Russian Collusion narrative alive,” Marler reports.

"“Well they weren’t going to get help from the CIA because Pompeo was now CIA Director and wouldn’t help with a faux collusion narrative. In comes Obama to the rescue. He meets with Merkel in private (the US no longer monitored her communications because of the previous mishap) to beg for some more Sigint information to keep the collusion narrative alive. Conveniently he meets her hours prior to Trump’s meeting and his stay in her heavily monitored territory.”

"Here’s an article from The Independent describing how President Trump visited Brussels the same day Angela Merkel met with Obama in Berlin:

"“Barack Obama is to visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on his first trip to Europe since leaving office.

"The former US President will travel to Germany for the launch of a summer of special events to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant church.

"He will arrive in Germany on the same day as his successor Donald Trump is due in Brussels for a meeting with other NATO leaders – the first scheduled foreign visit for the President since taking office.

"Mr. Obama is due to give a speech in the German capital and take part in a discussion on democracy with Ms Merkel, who he once called his “closest ally.’”"

The article closes with a photo of Obama leaning down to plant a kiss on Merkel's lips. (Totally gag-inducing.)

[Captain Hate]

Also involved: a subsidiary of the US Chamber of Commerce.

Please, God, I don't ask for much but a bright orange dot between the beady eyes of Tom Donohue would curtail subsequent requests for a long time.

[Narciso79]

Dennis Montgomery is a scan artist with a smaller audience than Steele, he pretended to discern a wave of attacks in December 2003, with secret codes buried in websites

[Captain Hate]

For all the Nervous Nellies about 2020, it's like Wisconsin didn't happen earlier in the week.

[MissMarple2]

“America Created 196,000 Jobs in March, Beating Expectations for 170,000” https://t.co/TQ2LecXgfi

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 5, 2019

Link goes to Breitbart article.

[Buckeye]

Assuming all of these accusations against Zero are true, who thinks the Justice system in this country will dole out the appropriate punishment?

[Narciso79]

No I dont you might catch some low level 0layers

[Marlene]

I read the DC Whispers post. It makes me sick to my stomach,because I've always known that Hillary is an evil witch. Also,several years ago I attended an "event" with the daughter. I think I mentioned here that my jaw dropped when Boehner belittled the Tea Party. We've seen what happened to the Tea Party. The daughter has been working in DC for almost 20 years,so I've had a good look at how the sausage is made. It isn't a pretty sight. It has been a hard lesson to learn.

[Extraneus]

That Merkel thing seemed like the sketchiest part of that piece. What evidence do they cite other than Obama's European visit?

[jimmyk]

Hopelessly behind, but since I missed the birthday roundup last night, top this:

Johannes Brahms, Peter Tchaikovsky, Traci Lords.

[jimmyk]

And best wishes for KK's MIL and for PD's health.

[Captain Hate]

my jaw dropped when Boehner belittled the Tea Party.

One of the key reasons we got DJT.

[Narciso79]

Sorry to hear that Michael,

Yes I dont see the bnd context, in that story.

[Beasts of England]

'By design of course, while we got up and went to work every day and raised our kids.'

Even worse, because the left has taken over almost all of our institutions, they're getting paid (often by us or at least subsidized by us) to destroy the American experience.

[Gentlejim]

Michael,
Sorry to hear about your medical problems. I hope they’ve been resolved.

[Beasts of England]

Too bad JiB already handed out the award, jimmyk - you may have me beat!! :)

[Old Lurker]

Wisconsin happened so Nervous Nellies should relax about WW2020.

Okey Doke.

[Narciso79]

I was surprised hes still around:

https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/282679/democrats-need-new-eugene-mccarthy

Who expected hagedorm would win?

[Jim Eagle]

Just as the Boston Tea Party in 1773 was a precursor to the Declaration of Independence, as well as the rise of George Washington, the American Revolution, and the U.S. Constitution so has today's Tea Party provided space for the Trump ascension.

I see a lot of parallels. No shots fired and heard around the world but lots of patriotic rhetoric. Make America Great Again may not have the cache of Henry's "liberty or death" but by got it had the same rallying cry.

[fdcol63 🇺🇸]

More crack journalism from CNN:

[Old Lurker]

fdcol...the really scary thing is that all of our military planes have exactly the same flaw.

[jimmyk]

Next up on CNN: cars have difficulty with velocity when they run out of gas.

[Threadkiller]

My printer has difficulty printing when it runs out of ink.

[lyle]

lyle has difficulty when his wine glass runs out...

[Jane]

Michael,

I hope you are doing okay. We have also lost Frau and Pagar, which I'm confident is not going to help.

[fdcol63 🇺🇸]

Sorry to hear about everyone's health problems.

Prayers and best wishes for all of you!

[Texas Liberty Gal]

Subbing for preschool teacher😬. Just catching up on the news during nap time. Are other news sources reporting on this??

[lyle]

Mirengoff at Powerline has the vapors over Trump nominating Herm Cain to the Fed. Horrors!

I just think it would be nice to have maybe one more non Keynesian on the board but that’s just me.

[lyle]

Hang in there, Michael. Wishing got the best for you.

[fdcol63 🇺🇸]

My dream girl ...

[Jim Eagle]

New Border Wall Starts Construction in Texas:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-border-wall-construction-starts-in-texas_2867181.html?ref=brief_News&utm_source=Epoch+Times+Newsletters&utm_campaign=a71ec08e2b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_04_09_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4fba358ecf-a71ec08e2b-238870225

Read the full article. Crisis? More like an invasion by 44 countries.

[jimmyk]

Lyle, the ideal would be a non-Keynesian who knows where the Keynesian bodies are buried, and who can actually sway (and get under the skin of) others on the Board. Someone like John Cochrane, for example. He blogs at https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/. Not sure Cain can do that. But he’s a smart guy and I’m sure will do fine.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
19m19 minutes ago

The press is doing everything within their power to fight the magnificence of the phrase, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! They can’t stand the fact that this Administration has done more than virtually any other Administration in its first 2yrs. They are truly the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
18m18 minutes ago

Will soon be landing in Calexico, California to look at a portion of the new WALL being built on our Southern Border. Within two years we will have close to 400 miles built or under construction & keeping our Country SAFE – not easy when the Dems are always fighting to stop you!

[Jim Eagle]

Oh, BTW, I just walked out to the mailbox and I have received a wonderful note from Barbara and Zoey for my donation to the Anchorage Library Foundation.

From Barbara's note:

"Thank you for your donation to the library. Every time Rob landed, he would dash off to return books, pay his notorious overdue fines, and grab another stack for his next trip. He used the library to read, research, vote, and often to nap." LOL.

[henry]

At least a Cain nomination gets under Romney’s skin.

[lyle]

I agree, jimmyk. What is your opinion of John Taylor?

[Captain Hate]

My beer cellar's never run empty but I'm sure it would have a negative impact.

[henry]

@CNBC

Trump's pick to head the World Bank wins election

[MissMarple2]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/russian-collusion-look-to-joe-biden_2858519.html

[henry]

That is David Malpass.

[Captain Hate]

Another reason to be glad these jackholes got smoked by Auburn:

https://nypost.com/2019/04/03/university-offering-class-on-the-angry-white-male/

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Mirengoff at Powerline has the vapors over Trump nominating Herm Cain to the Fed. Horrors!--

Yeah. It's hard to keep inflating and popping massive asset bubbles while destroying the middle class without true experts at the levers.
Top. Men.

[Melinda]

Here’s why DJT got targeted, from the Chicago perspective.

We’ve all discussed the StingRays and DRTBoxes in use, but especially in Chicago, making it the most heavily surveilled city in the US., 4th Amendment rights aside. All financed through the DoJ under The auspices of the Patriot Act, the surveillance has served two purposes, grabbing a skim of the drug trade, and enforcing non-compliance, and the more important part, keeping tabs on all political upstarts, lest they upset the gravy train. When iBama was sworn in, the lessons learned in chicago were applied to the country as a whole. This was what most of the Chicago Crew knew from practice, and could thereby apply it, with just a few added, very loyal, personnel. So, in essence, they watched ALL their opponents, and only had to apply more resources to the routine takedown when a true opponent emerged. Hello, DJT.

What the iBamabots weren’t conscious of, fortunately, was that they themselves were being watched, by men such as Adm Rogers.

It’s easier to surveil everyone, then act when the data coalesces, than try and guess who will emerge and go live on the fly.

I believe this is what transpired after January 21, 2009.

[Jim Eagle]

If it wasn't for Cain, Romney would have had smooth sailing for the nomination but little old Herman had to be dealt with cut-throat DC way: #MeToo, before it was #me too. I believe Romney sicked the dogs on him with salacious rumors of flirting, touching, etc. At least Ron Paul stayed in but for naught.

I used to listen to Cain in the mornings after Boortz.

[MissMarple2]

https://nypost.com/2019/04/05/grandfather-goes-to-garbage-dump-comes-home-with-10-million/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

[lyle]

Anything that rankles Der Mittster tickles me. What a maroon.

[Jane]

Fdcol,

Your dream girl looks an awful lot like AOC!