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Hmm.

Related? Pelosi making a pit stop in Italy?

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Confirmed. Pelosi is in Venice. Papadop is pretty well dialed in in Italy.

aggiehawg said:

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Confirmed. Pelosi is in Venice. Papadop is pretty well dialed in in Italy.

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Not sure how much to read into her Italy trip ... almost all US flights to West Africa have connections via a major European hub ... and US Army Africa HQ is near Venice.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will lead a U.S. congressional delegation to Ghana and the U.S. Army Africa headquarters in Italy next week to mark the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans landing in America.

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Not sure how much to read into her Italy trip ... almost all US flights to West Africa have connections via a major European hub ... and US Army Africa HQ is near Venice.

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You mean other than a free vacay for her on the taxpayers' dime?

You can bet that because Mueller dropped the ball , the Democrat Lawyers are worried about Barr, Durham and Graham a told Pelosi & Schumer to take " Spygate " seriously since it has the potential of destroying the Democrat party. It was crystal clear that the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are hot on their trail, like those riders when Butch said to Sundance " Who are those guys "

How about a little contempt of court action?

drcrinum said:

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How about a little contempt of court action?

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Mueller himself did the same. Don't know what the judge might do. Doubt she dismisses but some fines may be in order.

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drcrinum said:

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How about a little contempt of court action?

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Mueller himself did the same. Don't know what the judge might do. Doubt she dismisses but some fines may be in order.

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Isn't that one of the reasons for Mueller's press conference?

Declas, IG Report, Durham Report

Buckle up.

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Isn't that one of the reasons for Mueller's press conference?

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He was asked but refused to answer.

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Not sure how much to read into her Italy trip ... almost all US flights to West Africa have connections via a major European hub ... and US Army Africa HQ is near Venice.

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You mean other than a free vacay for her on the taxpayers' dime?

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Any mention of how many of their extended family members are accompanying them on this MilAir junket? She loves bringing the clan for shopping opportunities.

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Not sure how much to read into her Italy trip ... almost all US flights to West Africa have connections via a major European hub ... and US Army Africa HQ is near Venice.

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You mean other than a free vacay for her on the taxpayers' dime?

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LOL ... pretty much ...nothing like marking the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans landing in America with hors d'oeuvres and fine Italian wine at a nice Venetian restaurant ... courtesy of 50% of Americans that actually pay income tax.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/07/28/breaking-odni-dan-coats-gone-president-trump-nominates-john-ratcliffe-as-replacement/

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.....Representative John Ratcliffe is a member of the House Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee. Ratcliffe is one of only a few people who has seen all of the unredacted DOJ and FBI evidence within the documents congress has previously asked the President to declassify.

Representative John Ratcliffe currently holds a top-level security clearance. John Ratcliffe is very even tempered albeit direct by natural disposition.

Ratcliffe's nomination, and confirmation should be unremarkable.

However, due to the information that Ratcliffe already holds about the overall intelligence community operation in 2015 through 2019, we can expect the deepest part of the Deep State https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/2912732/0to immediately begin a process to impede any confirmation effort. Ratcliffe is a risk, and he will likely be controversialized in a political effort to block his nomination......

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So the hold up has been Coates' reluctance to over rule the underlying agencies when they balk at declass?

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So the hold up has been Coates' reluctance to over rule the underlying agencies when they balk at declass?

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https://www.vox.com/2019/7/28/1499627/coats-trump-fired-intelligence-north-korea-iran

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.....This was most evidence on January 29, when Coats and other top US intelligence officials presented their annual "Worldwide Threat Assessment" report to the Senate Intelligence Committee. That report is supposed to present "the collective insights" of the entire intelligence community about the biggest threats currently facing the United States.

But the picture Coats and his colleagues presented that day was in stark contrast to the picture of the world Trump and his administration have been trying to sell to the American people.

One after the other, Coats and the others testified that ISIS isn't on the verge of defeat; that North Korea isn't likely to give up its nuclear arsenal anytime soon; that Iran isn't currently trying to acquire a nuclear weapon.

They also testified that climate change is not only real but also a genuine national security threat. And they reaffirmed that Russia continues to interfere in US politics and plans to do so again in the 2020 election.

All those assessments, stunningly, countered Trump's own stated positions and worldview. And he was furious......

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Here's a link to Coats' Threat Assessment Report:

https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/2019-ATA-SFR---SSCI.pdf

So you can see, Coats hasn't been on board with Trump's ideas for a long time. Coats was obviously one of the hires based upon poor recommendations made by the Deep State when Trump took office. Trump wanted him gone in January, but Mueller was still ongoing at the time & Trump didn't need any more bad press, so he had to wait. And you can best believe that there were willing accomplices to Coats' Assessment Report, & they need to be removed too...ASAP.

stunningly

Already going after Ratcliffe.

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requires intelligence expertise & non-partisanship

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No way Trump could pick a good candidate, but I bet ole Chuck has a bunch of 'em.

Seriously, no such person exist. It's freakin' WASHINGTON DC!

Global warming is real and an issue but vastly overblown
Iran IS trying to go nuclear long term. No doubt.
North Korea will go nuclear also, due to the ego boost it provides.
Russia always meddles in our elections, but facebook isn't how they do it. They have done it by feeding the idiots in the Democrat. Party just enough to keep their moronic narrative alive and plausible to some, this fomenting ongoing internal discord. The Dems are stupid tools, errr, useful idiots.

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Already going after Ratcliffe.

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Schumer has press releases for every possible position Trump may nominate someone for. All call the person an extremist, unqualified, partisan, etc. etc. etc. All he has to do is fill in the name as needed.

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$&@k Chuck.

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Actually, it's Two Buck Chuck...

Of course, that's asSchuming you savor fine wines...

Here is the entire thread in threadreader:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1125128387792711689.html


Very compelling case made in the above thread that the "traitor" who wrote the NYT article was.....Dan Coats.
(Note: The above thread was written in May.)

/and the twitter page has been removed.../

GOT HIM!!!! (A little humor to start your week!)

I think there is a hidden message in this tweet.

The 'confirmation' hearings for Ratcliffe may end up be 'confrontation' hearings. The Dems are going to go ballistic over "what crimes were committed' during the Obama Administration. It will be a close vote.

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I think there is a hidden message in this tweet.

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I don't know which makes me want to punch that dude - his face, his weird conversion to islam, or his excessive use thesauruses.

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Would be nice if Brennan could let us know everyone he likes in Trump's current organization. It would save a lot of time.

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Found it.

With "deep" integrity, huh, Brennan? Wouldn't want to be too obvious there.

https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/29/7-times-robert-mueller-played-dumb-congress-partisan-advantage/

Good read from Professor Cleveland. Quote from an accompanying tweet:

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Also, it was a lot easier to "see" what Mueller was up to because I didn't watch or listen to much of the testimony--I read the cold transcript. The inconsistencies and inconsistent hedging came out much more clearly that way.

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Her summary conclusion is pretty damning.

It's unclear to me how Mueller benefits (or doesn't lose) by playing along with the Democrats? Why go along with this charade?