I’ve now done a first read through of both the whistleblower complaint and the Intelligence Community Inspector General’s accompanying letter. I think the following from the whistleblower’s complaint and the Intelligence Community Inspector General’s letter are the key takeaways. Emphasis is my own. Here’s the key takeaway that sets up why this is an “urgent …
An Unexamined Scandal
Another One Bites The Dust: Joi Ito, MIT, and Jeffrey Epstein
I haven’t said anything here about events at my home institution, MIT around the news that Joi Ito, the director of the ‘tute’s Media Lab had taken donations for the lab and cash for investments under his control from Jeffrey Epstein — after his conviction for various forms of the sexual predation of girls and very …
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Dark Pre-Dawn Open Thread: Trump Rallies His (Extremely) Base
new Quinnipiac Florida poll as President Trump announces his 2020 re-election campaign at Orlando rally: Biden 50%, Trump 41% also, Sanders 48%, Trump 42%Warren 47%, Trump 43%Harris 45%, Trump 44%O’Rourke 45%, Trump 44%Buttigieg 44%, Trump 43% — John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 18, 2019 MSNBC is not carrying the Trump re-election event live. — Kyle Griffin …
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C.R.E.A.M. Open Thread: Beating Our Plowshares Into Swords
In an interview with Jared Kushner, @jonathanvswan brings up Saudi Crown Prince MBS and says 1. He orders the murder of a WaPo journalist 2. Kidnaps the Lebanese Prime Minister 3. He indiscriminately bombs civilians in Yemen Then he asks, "What do you see in this guy?" pic.twitter.com/Bw9pO93Xhh — Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) May 31, …
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Social Media Open Thread: ‘President’ Grampa Has PROBLEMS!!! With You People…
"Two people close to Trump told The Daily Beast that Trump has repeatedly griped to associates about how President Obama had more Twitter followers than he has, even though—by Trump’s own assessment—he is so much better at Twitter than Obama is." https://t.co/GwAVXB3OxF — Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) April 23, 2019 Trump spent a "significant portion" of …
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Oleg Deripaska Comes To Kentucky
Do you remember Oleg Deripaska, Paul Manafort’s business partner to whom he owed $17 million? The Russian aluminum oligarch? Well, he’s building an aluminum plant in, of all places, Kentucky, the home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Sanctions have been lifted, of course. Here’s the announcement from Deripaska’s company, RUSAL. Just a matter of …
The Electoral College: Kill It With Fire
(Tom Toles via GoComics.com) . Not that it has many defenders among the BJ commentariat, I’m guessing, but here’s some interesting tidbits if you care to share: The Electoral College is a relic of slavery & the 3/5 compromise. It let slave states wield more influence than their voting population merited. We need to move …
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