Douglas Caddy

Will Richard Grenell Destroy the Intelligence Community? President Trump selected an unqualified loyalist as his top spy. We know what happens next. From the article: In terms of process as distinct from substance, the outlook is similarly bleak: Mr. Grenell recently applauded the president’s unrestrained tweeting after Attorney General William Barr — considered one of Mr. Trump’s staunchest bureaucratic allies — had criticized the practice. It’s hardly fanciful to imagine the president commanding his new acting DNI to provide tailored intelligence that he can include in a provocative tweet, and readily getting it. To make matters worse for the national security bureaucracy, Mr. Grenell will continue to serve as ambassador to Germany while trying to direct and coordinate the United States’ vast and complex array of intelligence of intelligence agencies. Thus, in a single stroke, Mr. Trump has appointed an official who is unsuited to the job and has rendered it circumstantially impossible for him to do that properly, even if he had the ability. This absurdly cavalier arrangement, even if it lasts just a few months, manages to denigrate the role of both the State Department and the intelligence community. Mr. Trump’s contempt for and evisceration of the interagency process putatively coordinated by the National Security Council staff — serially showcased, last month with the strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani — are again on display. And his increasingly autocratic inclinations ominously shine through. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/opinion/richard-grenell-trump.html

Jean Daniel, Leading French Journalist and Humanist, Dies at 99 In France, where news and opinion are blurred, Mr. Daniel, a self-described non-Communist leftist, used journalism as a means of advocacy. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/business/media/jean-daniel-dead.html

The New York Times: Russia Backs Trump’s Re-election, and He Fears Democrats Will Exploit Its Support http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/russia-backs-trumps-re-election-and-he-fears-democrats-will-exploit-its-support/ar-BB10dlYV?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UE07DHP

Trump tapping social media ‘clown’ Grenell to lead intelligence agencies even has Trump allies concerned: MSNBC’s Morning Joe https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trump-tapping-social-media-clown-grenell-to-lead-intelligence-agencies-even-has-trump-allies-concerned-msnbcs-morning-joe/

Stone sentenced to more than 3 years. https://www.axios.com/roger-stone-sentencing-prison-trump-f59a2ad0-4583-4089-89db-d6822ffaa8dc.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100&fbclid=IwAR2SW1sHb9oZ51vE77Dkas5aNjWgIH-_k5VnYvRwEl0POmTKjPd_1xSvhYE

Judge calls Stone's threats intolerable as she prepares to sentence him. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-calls-trump-adviser-stones-threats-intolerable-as-lawyer-asks-for-mercy/ar-BB10c66R?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=UE07DHP

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Nevada Democratic debate was the greatest debate in human history By John Podhoretz https://nypost.com/2020/02/19/nevada-democratic-debate-was-the-greatest-debate-in-human-history/

Rohrabacher confirms he offered Trump pardon to Assange for proof Russia didn’t hack DNC email http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rohrabacher-confirms-he-offered-trump-pardon-to-assange-for-proof-russia-didnt-hack-dnc-email/ar-BB10cxji?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UE07DHP

Our democracy is dying. Irreplaceable TrineDay with its unique books plays a key role in keeping the lamp of liberty burning. Let us hope it can overcome the crisis that it faces today.

The Powers-That-Be would like TrineDay to go away … http://trinedaily.com/2020/02/17/the-powers-that-be-would-like-trineday-to-go-away/?fbclid=IwAR2dV4rLp-sVCGT5fqT3rUEnM-d_yqEYuNDYlF_6jJqmyOwrF49vKMQupaE

"The Day Democracy Died" sung by our Founding Fathers

Judge says sentencing of Stone will go ahead for Thursday: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/roger-stone-will-be-sentenced-thursday-despite-his-ongoing-bid-to-overturn-conviction/ar-BB107HG1?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UE07DHP

DARK TOWERS [New book released today] DEUTSCHE BANK, DONALD TRUMP, AND AN EPIC TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-enrich/dark-towers/

The U.S. legal community of federal judges and 1.16 million lawyers are mobilizing to save our democracy from Trump, his organized crime operation, and the hard core domestic terrorists that comprise much of his base. Federal judges' association calls emergency meeting after DOJ intervenes in case of Trump ally Roger Stone http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-judges-association-calls-emergency-meeting-after-doj-intervenes-in-case-of-trump-ally-roger-stone/ar-BB1068Le?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UE07DHP

A prominent historian this past week predicted that Trump may postpone the November election. Most likely it will be an emergency event dreamed up by Putin's think tank in Moscow and passed along to Trump to implement. So how would this be carried out? Read on. The Alarming Scope of the President's Emergency Powers From seizing control of the internet to declaring martial law, President Trump may legally do all kinds of extraordinary things. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/?fbclid=IwAR3IrBLHIWYMF0ZGEE7eTvxeAgTHU3AOUd7D32IaF4O-jJ6jPQ6hKf8pAYo

Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press for Barr to Step Down More than 1,100 former prosecutors and officials who served in Republican and Democratic administrations signed an open letter condemning the president and the attorney general over the Stone case. The New York Times Feb. 16, 2020 WASHINGTON — More than 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials called on Attorney General William P. Barr on Sunday to step down after he intervened last week to lower the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr. They also urged current government employees to report any signs of unethical behavior at the Justice Department to the agency’s inspector general and to Congress. “Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration of justice,” the former Justice Department lawyers, who came from across the political spectrum, wrote in an open letter on Sunday. Those actions, they said, “require Mr. Barr to resign.”

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/02/15/jimmy-hoffa-associate-who-was-suspect-in-disappearance-dies/23927505/

Andrew McCabe defeats Trump and Barr https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/andrew-mccabe-just-defeated-donald-trump-and-bill-barr/25208/?fbclid=IwAR2qnhUeMqLGSXwzQ0cEGawpoC3azQdw3BVffv4fWaRhUtcJLtASsO2oZqM

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2020/feb/11/muckrock-tenth-anniversary/

MuckRock: Solving the mystery of the Hunt/Dallas CIA memo hoax https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2018/may/29/huntdallas-cia-memo-hoax/?fbclid=IwAR3QAZZabZeGAwinmlP8mGU33RTh6g-AxFor_cBLWpP6QBSDPZsqBB9kwiE

There is an old saying that ignorance of the law is no excuse. Here is an explanation of jury selection that was applicable to Stone's criminal trial.. https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/jury-selection-criminal-cases.html

Then why didn't Stone's lawyers object when he was proposed for serving on the jury? If this were true, they had every right to do so.

Richard Branson: Donald Trump told me he wanted 'to spend the rest of his life' getting revenge https://www.businessinsider.com/richard-branson-on-meeting-donald-trump-2016-10?fbclid=IwAR1hNfDIpjCIe35w2Dpj-lriQQGEAGZ-mHgIVuMvil66bcO3Momb2Xg3Z1g

American Bar Association Goes After Trump For Blasting Roger Stone Sentencing On Twitter The organization put out a pointed statement about “public officials who personally attack judges or prosecutors” after the president did just that. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/american-bar-association-trump-interfering-roger-stone-case_n_5e448f2cc5b61ef3adcef17c?fbclid=IwAR2iIpEgfQZ0FtDcut_ccSz8Gc7FbXyO3-UekkM1-jEmtfErhtcEA6-zDJE [There are 1,116,000 lawyers in America and we are not going quietly into the night as Trump and Barr destroy the rule of law and the constitution.]