Robert Burrows Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, Steve Thomas said: The President’s Taxes How Reality-TV Fame Handed Trump a $427 Million Lifeline By Mike McIntire, Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig Sept. 28, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/28/us/donald-trump-taxes-apprentice.html “What makes the world a safe place right now?” Mr. Burnett said. “I think it’s American dollars, which come from taxes, which come because of Donald Trump.”” Steve Thomas Nauseating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Barrett tied to faith group ex-members say subjugates women https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-donald-trump-amy-coney-barrett-us-supreme-court-courts-1be61f7c3427e41326038e5cdab54839 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burrows Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Robert Wheeler said: It gets a little difficult to rely on the word of The NY Times at this point. They are “tainted” to say the least. When I think back on how the The New York Times covered (up) the events of 9/11 and the build up to the war in Iraq (the reporting of Judith Miller) I have to agree with you on that point. Edited September 29, 2020 by Robert Burrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Trump supporters who took hydroxychloroquine for COVID could be denied health insurance if GOP kills Obamacare Published on September 28, 2020 By Bob Brigham https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/trump-supporters-who-took-hydroxychloroquine-for-could-be-denied-health-insurance-if-gop-s-obamacare/ "One of the bizarre reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic was President Donald Trump continually pushing supporters to take Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate. While there never evidence the drug could successfully treat coronavirus, Trump began pushing it regardless — even after his own agencies issued warnings the drug could harm patients. The people who took the drug, including the president himself, could be denied health insurance. Larry Levitt, the executive vice president for health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, noted that patients who had taken Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate used to receive automatic “medication denials” before Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act during the Obama administration. This means, if Trump’s Department of Justice is successful in overturning the Affordable Care Act, Republicans who listened to Trump may have a hard time buying insurance in the individual market. “I was just looking through an insurance underwriting manual from before the ACA. You know what would have gotten you denied individual insurance? Using hydroxychloroquine in the previous 12 months. pic.twitter.com/y55Ya6ftfd — Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) September 28, 2020”" Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Turkey Sends ISIS Warlord to Azerbaijan to Face-Off Against Putin’s Armenian Allies WHOEVER WINS… WE LOSE Former ISIS fighters have been dispatched to fight in a European showdown between Turkish and Russian proxies. by Muhammad al-Binshi Updated Sep. 29, 2020 https://www.thedailybeast.com/turkey-sends-sayf-balud-isis-warlord-to-azerbaijan-to-face-off-against-putins-armenian-allies?ref=home “500 Hamza Brigade fighters were flown last Tuesday from southern Turkey to the Azeri airbase at Sumqayit [30 kilometers north of the Azeri capital of Baku]”, according to a source within the Syrian National Army (SNA) rebel outfit who requested anonymity. “Two days later, on Thursday, another 500 fighters from the Sultan Murad brigades rebel faction were similarly flown out to Azerbaijan.” These claims were echoed by the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a Syrian opposition body that monitors human rights violations in the country. SOHR sources suggest more batches of Syrian rebel fighters are preparing to be deployed to Azerbaijan. In Azerbaijan, Turkey is looking to demonstrate loyalty and prop up an oil-rich regime with which it has maintained close military ties since the 1994 ceasefire. Since 2005, they have launched numerous lucrative oil and gas initiatives including a pipeline that exports 1.2 million barrels of Azeri oil per day to the European Union (EU), earning Turkey upwards of $200 million in annual transit fees. In 2006, this cooperation expanded following the launch of the South Caucasus natural gas pipeline that annually exports 8.8 billion cubic meters of much needed Azeri gas to the Turkish market, a net importer of energy. In 2011, Turkey began work on an expansive natural gas production network called the Trans Anatolian Pipeline, which is projected to export 31 billion cubic meters of Azeri gas to the EU by 2026. Turkish shareholders, who own a 30 percent stake in the project, stand to make huge profits. Turkey’s push to transform Azerbaijan into a lucrative oil and gas export hub is also motivated by Ankara’s desire to come out from under Russia’s shadow. Turkey depends on Russia for 40 percent of its fossil fuels, a reliance that has forced Ankara to treat Russia as a friendly nation despite the fact that the two countries share almost no common interests. The “Southern Gas Corridor,” a term referring to the various pipelines emerging out of Azerbaijan, has been heavily cheered on by the EU, which also wants to break its dependence on Russian gas. No surprise then that Russia is on the other side in the ongoing dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.” Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) - Eric Trump - https://twitter.com/LornestoToledo/status/1310916725312020483 "The LGBT community, they are incredible. And you should see how they come out in full force for my father every single day. I'm part of that community, and we love the man. Thank you for protecting our neighborhoods, thank you for protecting our cities” I wonder if he thinks the LGBTQ people are part of Chad Wolf's force of Little Green Men? I don't think Eric's upcoming deposition is going to go very well. Steve Thomas Edited September 29, 2020 by Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 EXCLUSIVE: Hospitalized Brad Parscale 'is under investigation for stealing up to $40M from Trump's campaign and $10M from the RNC', as he spirals out of control over 'gravy train' ending and mounting debt from his lavish lifestyle https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8782463/Brad-Parscale-investigation-stealing-40M-Trumps-2020-campaign.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Don't miss the Ivanka Trump bombshell buried in the Times tax story Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Updated September 28, 2020 https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/politics/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-tacves/index.html “But there's another massive revelation contained in the Times' reporting that isn't getting nearly enough attention: Trump wrote off $26 million in unexplained "consulting fees" between 2010 and 2018, with almost $750,000 apparently going to his daughter, Ivanka, in one disclosure.” “But it appears as though the Times may only have found the tip of the iceberg here. Why? Because of the $26 million that Trump wrote off as "consulting fees" between 2010 and 2018, none is allocated to any specific person or entity. (The Times figured out the $747,622 payment by matching an amount paid in Trump's tax returns to the same sum reported by Ivanka Trump on her financial disclosure forms filed when she went to work in the White House in 2017.) So we don't know who received the other $25-ish million that Trump wrote off to "consulting fees" during that time. (Worth noting: The Times reports that Trump wrote off roughly 20% of all income he made on projects over that time to "consulting fees.") Given the apparent payment to Ivanka Trump revealed by the Times, however, it's not terribly far-fetched to wonder whether all (or much) of those "consulting fees" went through a similar process: Paid to one of Trump's offspring who were serving as both managers of these operations for the Trump Organization and as consultants to the projects as well.” Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Prutsok Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 How about the charismatic, not-the-least-bit-arrogant-or-unlikable Tulsi Gabbard publicly touting Project Veritas? She was always wrong, which was clear to anyone who paid attention from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Niederhut Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Bill Barr should be drawn and quartered. GHWB's Iran-Contra pardoner is a psychopath. DOJ Altered an Exhibit in the Mike Flynn Case to Support a False Smear of Joe Biden https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/09/29/doj-altered-an-exhibit-in-the-mike-flynn-case-to-support-a-false-smear-of-joe-biden/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Gallaway Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) got it W. "Trump Deep State DOJ" Flynn, when saved from jail, had a "Q epiphany". He always seemed like a moonie. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/politics/michael-flynn-qanon-video/index.html Russia's top state TV anchor weighs in on US elections Hear Trump's response to NYT story about his taxes Stelter: Trump will call this 'fake news.' Here's the truth Could Trump go to jail over his taxes? Watergate prosecutor weighs in Edited September 29, 2020 by Kirk Gallaway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Burrows Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) On 9/29/2020 at 11:46 AM, W. Niederhut said: Bill Barr should be drawn and quartered. GHWB's Iran-Contra pardoner is a psychopath. DOJ Altered an Exhibit in the Mike Flynn Case to Support a False Smear of Joe Biden https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/09/29/doj-altered-an-exhibit-in-the-mike-flynn-case-to-support-a-false-smear-of-joe-biden/ Edited May 2, 2021 by Robert Burrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Prutsok Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Robert Wheeler said: A Sanders / Gabbard ticket would have had a lot of appeal. Bernies energy would have matched Trumps and Gabbard’s charisma would have killed Pence, whom we’re not all that confident in to begin with. Alas, the Deep State has 99 years of crimes to cover up (the Birth of the CFR in 1921 is as good a date as any IMHO). Can’t have another administration that upsets our overlords. Harris will do though. She is on the hook for more than a few favors. Still like Bernie. Never liked/trusted her cult "past." Country has had enough of cults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) A town in Romania reelects their dead mayor Carla Sinclair 10:49 am Tue Sep 29, 2020 https://boingboing.net/2020/09/29/after-a-romanian-mayor-dies-of-covid-19-his-town-reelects-him-anyway.html On Sunday, 57-year-old Ion Aliman was reelected as mayor of Deveselu, Romania. A member of the Social Democrat Party, he won by an overwhelming landslide. The only glitch is that he had died 10 days before the election from COVID-19. From AP: His death came too late to remove his name from Sunday's ballot, but the news of his passing spread fast through the village, home to just over 3,000 people… To honor the man they admired, hundreds of Deveselu villagers went to the polling stations Sunday and voted for Aliman anyway. After preliminary election results showed late Sunday that Aliman had won 1,057 out of the 1,600 votes cast in Deveselu, a large group of villagers visited his grave to light candles and pay their respects. A video shared widely on social media showed people with flashlights and candles gathered around Aliman's grave, some of them saying "This is your victory" and "We will make you proud, we know that from somewhere up there you are watching." Steve Thomas Edited July 13, 2021 by Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Joe Biden, the Republican. https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/09/29/joe-biden-the-republican/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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