Now: USDOJ won't pursue charges against Andrew McCabe. Letter from prosecutors: https://t.co/Rt7c1SZVnj Statement from McCabe's lawyers @mrbromwich and David Schertler: pic.twitter.com/L1QclMUdTq — Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) February 14, 2020 Here’s the letter from the DOJ to Deputy Director McCabe’s attorneys: As we know from both his statements and tweets this week, as well as AG Barr’s …
Public Service Announcement: Ignore the National Polls
The 2020 presidential election IS NOT A NATIONAL ELECTION! It will truly be contested in anywhere from about 5 to 20 states depending on who is the Democratic nominee, what is happening with the economy, and what else may or may not be going on in October and November of 2020. The national polls …
Public Service Announcement: Ignore the National PollsPost + Comments (70)
Not To Promote War, But To Preserve Peace… LTC Alexander Vindman’s Next Chapter
Elihu Root, the father of the US Army War College (USAWC) stated that its purpose is: Not to promote war but to preserve peace by intelligent and adequate preparation to repel aggression Today The Washington Post has reported that: Both of the Vindmans were detailed to the NSC and will return to jobs in the Defense Department, …
Not To Promote War, But To Preserve Peace… LTC Alexander Vindman’s Next ChapterPost + Comments (117)
Important Metrics To Get Us Through the Weekend
Given this afternoon’s and evening’s Executive Branch reassignments and terminations, we’re going to need these to get through the weekend. I believe we’re somewhere in the elevated range on the advisory system. We’ll have to wait to Monday to see if Senator Collins makes it all the way to sternly worded letter. So stay tuned. …
Important Metrics To Get Us Through the WeekendPost + Comments (46)
State of the Union Live Feed and Open Thread
The Raucous Caucus, Which Is Not In Caracas, Open Thread
Looks like we could use a new open thread. Just a quick note, they have changed the way that they are reporting the Iowa Caucus results tonight. They will report the initial result. Then the final result after the second round when caucus goers redistribute themselves after their first choices don’t make the 15% cut …
The Raucous Caucus, Which Is Not In Caracas, Open ThreadPost + Comments (178)
The Best Laid Schemes o’ McConnell an’ Men Gang Aft Agley
Let’s step back a bit and take stock of what has happened today. First and foremost a battle was won. Specifically that there will be no vote tonight, in fact there will be no vote until Wednesday, on the final disposition of the impeachment of the President. While I’m sure this seems like cold comfort …
The Best Laid Schemes o’ McConnell an’ Men Gang Aft AgleyPost + Comments (125)
Breaking: John Bolton Tries To Get Himself Out of His Self Constructed Bind
The New York Times has just reported new information regarding the President’s attempt to extort Ukrainian President Zelensky to announce an investigation into the Bidens in exchange for both US military and other aid, as well as a White House visit. EXCLUSIVE: Bolton book contains new, earlier, allegation of Trump's involvement in pressure campaign. Trump asked …
Breaking: John Bolton Tries To Get Himself Out of His Self Constructed BindPost + Comments (42)
The Black PSYOP Part VII: Pam Bondi Brings Russia’s Agitprop to the United States Senate
In every one of the Black PSYOP posts I’ve done, I’ve referenced Paula Chertok’s reporting that the earliest mention of Vice President Biden having a potential ethical and/or legal problem was Russian agitprop first reported in Russian state backed media RIA Novosti. I have also referenced in several of these earlier posts that Secretary Kerry’s …
Ambassador John Bolton is a Coward, Has No Professional Ethics, Could Care Less About the Security of the United States, and Cares Only for His Personal Profit
Ambassador Bolton, the Frank Burns of American national security, has allowed his unpublished manuscript to be selectively leaked to Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt at The New York Times. Bolton’s book deal reportedly came with a $2 million advance! Haberman and Schmidt have excerpted the material that is pertinent to the President’s impeachment and which Bolton …
Lordy It’s The Tape: The President’s Fundraising Dinner Tape Has Been Released
The entire tape is out! The closest I’ve found to a transcript is from Susan Simpson’s, a DC attorney, Twitter feed, which I’ll excerpt below and provide snarkmentary on: Here’s the clip/part about Ambassador Yovanovitch. The bleeped out part was apparently "the ambassador of Ukraine." Okay who the hell bleeped that out and why?https://t.co/ANIEhCuVm9 — …
Lordy It’s The Tape: The President’s Fundraising Dinner Tape Has Been ReleasedPost + Comments (128)
The Black PSYOP Part VI: The President’s Defense in the Senate
The ongoing Black PSYOP by the President, his Congressional defenders, his surrogates, and his supporters is set to enter its next phase: using the defense of the President in the Senate trial of his impeachment to launder the Russian misinformation and agitprop about Vice President Biden, Hunter Biden, and the conspiracy theory that the Clinton …
The Black PSYOP Part VI: The President’s Defense in the SenatePost + Comments (121)
Information Security Is Essential!
The Guardian has now reported that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hacked Jeff Bezos’s cell phone, which is what many of us who work in the information warfare area of national security had assessed shortly after The National Enquirer ran their hit piece on him. What we got in today’s reporting, however, were important and disturbing details! (emphasis …
McConnell Has Released His Motion for the Senate Impeachment Trial Rules
Senate Majority Leader McConnell has released the motion, which will be voted on tomorrow, that delineates the rules for the Senate’s impeachment trial. Also, as expected, there will be a debate of up to four hours on the question of "whether it shall be in order to consider and debate under the impeachment rules any …
McConnell Has Released His Motion for the Senate Impeachment Trial RulesPost + Comments (73)
WhitePeoplePalooza 2020 Has Ended
WhitePeoplePalooza, doing business as The Virginia Citizen’s Defense League’s (VCDL) annual day of lobbying in Richmond, Virginia, has come to an end. Without, apparently any acts of extremist domestic terrorism. Aaaaand I think that is about it. The rally is mostly dispersed. Random groups of heavily armed men and women will continue to traipse about …