Dear MAGA: Open Topic 20181218

This SPECIAL D18 QUPER TUESDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

Say what you want, comment on what other people said, comment on people’s comments.  Keep it civil.  Treehouse rules, but expect lots of QAnon.

We appear to have reached a hardened state with no threats, doxxes or other communist provocations in recent memory.  Continue praying that we keep it so.

Today (Tuesday, December 18) is the SEVENTEENTH day of Advent.

Yeah, that’s suspicious.

Five Suspicious Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaats
Four LARPing Nerds
Three French Vests
Two Turtle Heads
And a Wolf Moo-oon in a Q Tree.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/advent-2018-what-meaning-how-13663762

The 146th day of next year, which shall be celebrated here as Ma Cankles Uranium Day, is:

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2019

Lastly, we dedicate this special Q post to ROBERT BARNES, ESQ. and LONG FALL SALLY.

‘Cause we’re leavin’ a light on in Gitmo for ya, Sally! 😎

W

Freedom.  Peace.  Understanding.  Make it so.
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realsauce

Way?!?!

NUTHA-VYOO

Is this what you’re referring to?

Just trying to understand. THX for your kind attention, it’s a bit early and I’m without coffee.

singularZoe

I just love love love your new version of the wolfmoo-oon in a q tree. Can’t stop smiling.

wheatietoo

That video of the Venezuelan money lying in the road…and no one picking it up…was really something, wasn’t it.
What a stark illustration of how socialism always Fails.
Always.
Their money is so worthless, that it takes wheelbarrow loads of it to buy anything.
And that’s if there is anything on their store shelves to buy.

Anonymoushorse

Now I’m confused- it seems that not long ago it was reported that there was a severe T.P. shortage in Venezuela, and all that lovely paper “money” now just blowin’ in the wind?

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Not absorbent enough.

wheatietoo

Lou Dobbs show for Mon night, 12/17/18.
Good intro about what China and Russia are doing.
Several good segments…one with James Kallstrom is very good at the 14:04 mark.
But the Most Exciting Part for me, was hearing Sidney Powell talk about…
“The Scandal of the Century…goes back to 2012, Comey gave private contractors…Fusion GPS and CrowdStrike…access to raw NSA data base probably for private profit.”
Finally! Someone is saying it! Thank you, Sidney!
The segment with Sidney Powell starts at the 35:18 mark.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpZsjnahssI&w=560&h=315%5D

wheatietoo

Weather Weapons?
Doesn’t Lou know that’s just a “conspiracy theory”?

Linda

It’s about time someone said that out loud on the air.

wheatietoo

Yes! Yes it is.
And also the mention of “frequencies” that could be harmful to humans….and “Hyper-Sonic Weapons”.

Sylvia Avery

The frequency thing, that has to be what the Cubans and the Chinese have been using on our diplomats, right?

wheatietoo

Right, Syl…it’s got to be.

Sylvia Avery

I really hope we have them, too. And what about those hypersonic thingies?

wheatietoo

Yes, I hope we have them too…or something better.
The thing is, our traitorous leaders probably gave them US technology to create those with!
They discontinued our SR-71 Blackbird program, which was utilizing super-sonic technology…and they didn’t replace it with anything.
Not that we know of, anyway.
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There have been other hypersonic aircraft on the drawing board, but I don’t know if they are being developed:comment image
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But it sounds like Russia and China have developed hypersonic Missile technology.
Which would be missiles that fly at hypersonic speeds.
😯

scott467

The SR-71 Blackbird looks like a product of the early 1960s. It’s beautiful. Like so many 1960s cars, they are works of art. Now look at the styling of the SR-72 just below the SR-71 above. It’s ugly by comparison. Like so many modern cars today.
It doesn’t need to be ugly, just like so many cars today don’t need to be ugly. But they have no character, no soul, because they are designed by computers and by committees, instead of by artisans.
The SR-71 Blackbird was conceived of and designed by men.
And it looks like it.
It is beautiful, and awesome to behold 🙂

wheatietoo

You’re so right about that, Scott.
A work of art, indeed.
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/1/8/0722816.jpg

Pat Frederick

Hubby and I bought a Harley in 2003 have enjoyed many, many trips with it, but with his back aging and me not being able to drive it, we’re looking into getting a classic car to tool around in when we travel. So we discuss cars he loved and had growing up–and you’re so right! The older cars had personality and style…these days I cannot distinguish between many sedans and lately all SUV’s and similarly all trucks look alike. Like blobs on the road…how boring they’ve become.
btw hubby’s thinking corvette, I’m thinking thunder bird, but a classic mustang would be awesome too!

Sylvia Avery

Corvettes are gorgeous, but depending on hubby’s back they can be problematic. You sit very flat, very low. Can be difficult to get in and out of the car and riding for any distance can be hideously uncomfortable. I’m sure a lot depends on what year you are looking at as far as what kind of seats they have, but it is just something I have noticed.

Deplorable Patriot

Corvettes from certain time periods were beautiful cars. Some still are.
When it comes to SUVs, etc., yes, they all now resemble tanks after a fashion, but there are differences in the grills. The Dodge ones are easier to tell apart from the others.

Pat Frederick

yes, the lowness is one of the things preventing us from purchasing one–the other is we either have to find a garage to store it or build a small bridge…lol. our driveway runs through a small creek (that’s pronounced crik here in PA)

A Fortiori (@AFortiori16)

As Jay Leno says, the late 1960s was the high point of car design because car designers could build and sell anything they wanted. Governments began dictating design elements after that, destroying automotive design.
Jerry Seinfeld captured it well in one of his Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee videos. As he is walking through a parking lot full of modern cars, he waves his hand and says “This is just oatmeal.”

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Any low car–or even an ordinary sedan–means you get blinded by a zillion headlights these days, because of trucks, SUVs, and those cockroach-looking transition vehicles.

Gudthots

How about an old pickup truck all chromed up and with flames on the sides?

Sylvia Avery

Yes. Missiles that go like 4-5 times the speed of sound. Yikes. I think this is a horrible example of what those wretched Clintons and BO were up to selling our secrets and tech. We are obviously very vulnerable.
Gordon Chang was saying he thinks there is really no was for Xi to save face in our economic war; he is pushed into quite a corner. That sort of desperation makes me think some of this military acting out is to scare us off.
We seem to be in quite a spot.

rayzorbak

Hypersonic thingies are Fast….. but We have Lazers that are INSTANT

Sylvia Avery

Ah, you give me hope!

Sylvia Avery

This was excellent. Sidney sang it out loud and clear for everyone.

Sylvia Avery

Same here. Wasn’t Samantha Powers responsible for thousands all by her little old self?
I was glad to hear Jim K. speak up.

wheatietoo

This is why our VSG President was so intent on getting that funding for our Military.
And it also explains why he is gung-ho on getting us a Space Force!

wheatietoo

Yes…very interesting read. Thanks!
I wonder who JrSenatorAnon could be..?
A ‘Junior Senator’ means first term.
It might mean someone who was just elected.
Hmm…Josh Hawley maybe?
He’s young and just beat Claire McCaskill.
There may be other ones out there to consider, Hawley was just the first one to come to mind.

NYGuy54

Well a junior senator could be Ted Cruz or Rand Paul. It doesn’t just mean first term. All it has to do with is seniority. So if this is real, then I think it is Rand Paul. He is the junior senator from Kentucky.

NYGuy54

As an example, here is a list of senators ranked by seniority. It’s slightly older but it gives people an idea of who is a junior senator
https://www.periodicalpress.senate.gov/seniority/

wheatietoo

That’s true.
I just have a little trouble picturing Rand Paul or Ted Cruz, engaging in a Q & A with Anons on the /pol/ board.
😛
Did you read it?
It didn’t really sound like Rand Paul.

NYGuy54

Yes I did. I have no idea if the poster is real. The comment about Israel fits Rand like a glove. That being said, I don’t know. Hawley would be too new to be plugged in like that.

Deplorable Patriot

A lot of it fit Rand Paul far more than Cruz, but there have to be other junior senators that could be candidates.

NYGuy54

yeah just a WAG on my part.

Deplorable Patriot

I like this better than Josh Hawley. I’m glad he beat Blondie, but he has not been in position to know much of anything. Rand Paul…. He played golf with VSG…hmm…..

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

And he’s not even a Senator, not until he’s sworn in next month.

Deplorable Patriot

True. To be honest, he’s a bit of a dweeb, but my contacts in the local party offices tell me he was the only electable one in the primary.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

And he’s almost certainly an improvement. So, good enough.

A Fortiori (@AFortiori16)

This lines up with my theory, posted here a week ago, that the source of much of the Steele dossier was NSA data, washed through Steele, Fusion GPS, Perkins Coe and the DNC into State, the FBI, select Senators (Reed, McCain & Warner). Comey is more of a foot soldier than a mastermind. Brennan came before Comey, in my view, in collusion with MI6.

Johnny

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Beautiful. Was a great Clint Eastwood movie 🙂 He’d like this alot better than hanging an ’empty chair’.
from: https://twitter.com/SwampysGhost/status/1074028547465916416

Johnny

“No-name is gone. ”
Time for a YABUT
Ya, but we could still dig him and hang him anyway, just to be sure.

Anonymoushorse

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Johnny

Claire McCaskill doesn’t give a damn about dead soldiers, or live ones for that matter.
https://twitter.com/S_D_Ranch/status/1074852898239102977
Speculation whe wants to soften the effect of some soon to be bad news?

Deplorable Patriot

McCaskill is a hack. Don’t ever think otherwise. If “stem cell research” had not been on the MO ballot in 2006, she never would have won.

wheatietoo

Mike Huckabee gave a really good monologue on his latest show:
[youtube

phoenixRising

I heard cabal’s ‘bolt hole” is under the graves at Arlington…
https://twitter.com/IncarnatedET/status/1074527456982224896
I’ve been out-of-pocket for few days… hope this has not already been posted

Gudthots

Been missing you Phoenix Rising.

phoenixRising

nice to be missed 😉

wheatietoo

Welcome back, phoenixRising!

phoenixRising

thanks wheatietoo…
missed you guys!

wheatietoo

Missed you too…hope you’re doing okay.
🙂

Marica

Wondered where you were Phoenix!! So glad to see you!! I remember back at the OT that you would be gone for a while…then POP back in! to my great relief!!!

Anonymoushorse

Some discussion of this recently on Voat Qrv.

Pat Frederick

still blows my mind.
I, like most of America I believe, have carefully constructed realities: we concentrate on our homes, our families, our jobs and while we believe that government is corrupt–we have no idea the scope of that corruption or the extent to which we have been sold out. That’s why this deconstruction of that reality has to happen slowly, imo…
you all are way ahead of the curve

Deplorable Patriot

This came up on another thread yesterday. Not sure yet that this is anything but speculation.

Gudthots

Repost from Green Star at Dawn…
.Too.Much.Winning.

phoenixRising

yeeaaayyyy!
So proud of these students!!!!

Gudthots

It’s a theme that seems to be rolling out today…
Mocking the Russia troll farm influence on 2016 elections allegations.comment image

Linda

Anonymoushorse

Unfortunately for Texas many Californians will follow those companies there, essentially importing Cali “culture” into Texas like a plague.

Gudthots

From the article:

In another experiment on June 12, the temperature of thin, ionised gas in high altitude increased more than 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit) because of the particle flux.
The particles, or electrons, were pumped into the sky by Sura, an atmospheric heating facility in Vasilsursk built by the former Soviet Union’s military during the cold war.
The Sura base fired up an array of high-power antennas and injected a large amount of microwaves into the high atmosphere. The peak power of the high frequency radio waves could reach 260 megawatts, enough to light a small city.
Zhangheng-1, a Chinese electromagnetic surveillance satellite, collected the data from orbit with cutting-edge sensors.

wheatietoo

What other possible ‘use’ could there be for this…other than to threaten other countries?
China is the one who should be careful about using heavy-handed tactics.
It will make companies start fleeing their country.
They have been acting like big friendly Panda, to lure Western companies into building factories in China.
Those companies will start heading for the exits…if China starts acting scary.

wheatietoo

Lamar Alexander announced his retirement from the Senate:

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Hmm…

singularZoe

So that Rino Alexander will be gone.

Deplorable Patriot

Another reminder that the 17th amendment needs to be repealed as stated by another member of this household.

wheatietoo

But the problem with repealing the 17th, is that state legislatures are often corrupt too…so having them choose our Senators is not an ideal situation.

CM in TN

Yup, and our state legislature is full of uniparty RINOs. Still glad to see him go…

CM in TN

Slam or Boyd wait in the wings unfortunately.

CM in TN

<Haslam

wheatietoo

New song…”Make America Great Again”.
I like it. What do you think?

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Full song here:
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About A Mile <— is the name of the group.

Plain Jane

Surprise, surprise!
“SOROS ORG GAVE $500K TO ACTIVISTS WHO ACCOSTED PAM BONDI AT MOVIE THEATER”
https://www.dailycaller.com/2018/12/17/george-soros-org-pam-bondi/

Deplorable Patriot

No surprise. First off it’s revealed long enough later that many people have forgotten, and secondly, a British publication is the one letting it be known. Further proof of fake news.

Plain Jane

Yes. That man needs mega prayers and deportation to GITMO.

itswoot

On the twelfth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Twelve eagles posing…comment image
At any rate, the photo does have a Christmas tree feel about it.

itswoot

Alternatives:
Twelve eagles sitting…
Twelve eagles conversing…

GA/FL

They are roosting or resting, in modern English. Resting from the hunt after capturing their prey.

itswoot

Yes, roosting is the perfect word, and best describes. Thank you!
“Twelve eagles roosting…”

wheatietoo

What a great picture!
There would have to be a huge abundance of food nearby, for that many eagles to be peacefully hanging out together.
During a salmon run maybe?
Eagles are normally very territorial about their food supply…and will fiercely defend their exclusive claim to a feeding area.
These guys look rather fat and happy.

Sylvia Avery

About an hour from us every January is a Bald Eagle Festival. You can drive along the river and see trees full of eagles like that. It is such a thrilling sight.

Pat Frederick

how awesome!!!
I live in northern PA but drive into NY to grocery shop–I have recently seen 2 bald eagles in NY–along stream banks–they are so beautiful to watch while they are soaring!

Sylvia Avery

They give me a thrill every time I see them! Magnificent birds.

GA/FL

Bald Eagles are also seen roosting on St. George Island on the FL Panhandle, where they find plenty of fish in the Appalachicola bay.

Pat Frederick

Love this! thanks for posting!

rayzorbak

Looks like the Q Tree to me………..

Anonymoushorse

I’m beginning to think more and more that the whole of Q 2018 was meant to to be a “pre-game show” for what will actually transpire in 2019. As itchy as we have been for the actual game to begin, this was the necessary prelude to provide context, structure and comprehension for us and a growingly(?) aware public.

wheatietoo

We’ve been counting down to Jan 1st when the EO to allow military tribunals becomes effective.
The table is set, with 2 new conservatives on the Supreme Court.
Pres Trump could start Declas at any time…and blow the whole thing up in the black hat’s faces.
We may need to organize a Deplorables March on DC sometime in the new year.
This would include, of course, the QArmy filling in the ranks.
It would be glorious…but Pres Trump would have to let us know somehow, that he approved.
The Swamp Creatures have been acting far too arrogant and full of themselves…and for too long.
They don’t fear us.
And they should.

wheatietoo

NYGuy54

Meet Aisha…the world’s first sharia compliant version of Alexa…hint: it’s a goof…but very funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93oq-VRm_w

wheatietoo

Interesting video.
You can see the entrance to a tunnel…big enough for an 18-wheeler to use.

Sylvia Avery

I haven’t been able to keep up today. What on earth is this about tunnels and Arlington Cemetery or whatever?

wheatietoo

Some Anons are wondering if the cabalists have been burying bodies in Arlington…in the graves of our fallen.
Part of the theory is that they’re using tunnels to do this.
The thing about Tunnels…a secret tunnel system…has been rumored for decades.
There are a lot of videos about these tunnels, from people who have been researching them.
This particular tunnel entrance in the video, is in Missouri.

Pat Frederick

on the news this morning, Gillebrand was yakking about the bodies in the graves might be mixed–known with unknown–some such nonsense–I didn’t pay attention, but I’m guessing she’s trying to lay plausible framework for why the cemetery might be dug up in the future…

Pat Frederick

oops it was McCaskill…I get these airheads mixed up…sorry!

Sylvia Avery

I can TOTALLY see how you confused the two of them!!!

Cuppa Covfefe

There are many, MANY tunnels under the Denver Airport (the one with the Satanic Horse just outside). Some report there’s an entire large city under there, as the amount of concrete and materials shipped to the site far outstripped that which would be needed for even a mega-airport…
https://vigilantcitizen.com/sinistersites/sinister-sites-the-denver-international-airport/
There’s a lot more going on than we can imagine (Ephesians 6:10-18). We need to pray and remain in prayer, and that GOD confounds the evil at every turn, and shines HIS Light onto it, and exposes and eliminates it.

wheatietoo

Yes, and people have found air vent shafts out in the surrounding countryside, where there are no structures to be seen anywhere close by.

Mary Morse

Protective construction has a long history; it’s the sandbox of Herman Kahn, the Hudson Institute, Panero, and Weidlinger. Excellent book on the subject: Protective Construction in the Nuclear Age, by J.J. O’Sullivan.
I posted a video in a previous thread of some young artists/architects splitting a house in the ’70s. In part of the video, they film themselves in tunnels below Manhattan. They’re looking for evidence of tunnel connections for the occupants of the buildings above.
Why would they be doing that? Where they looking for the “underground city” that Hugh Ferris rendered in Power in Buildings?
Did they know that their Dean was rumored to be CIA, or that the previous Dean designed the roadways of DC and sited the Pentagon. It’s reported that this Dean stopped the Pentagon from being sited adjacent to Arlington Cemetery.

NYGuy54

This is kind of frightening for Great Britain. Brexit’s drop dead date is March 29, 2019. That is the date they leave the EU. And there is still no plan (unless you call Theresa May’s stupid proposal a deal). They might actually leave without it. Unfathomable that British leadership would let that happen.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46600850

NYGuy54

It’s rare when you run into someone as cocky as Michael Avenetti who loses this much. There are no words really. I guess there are many stupid people out there.

Pat Frederick

his brand? A big old “L” on the forehead…

GA/FL

There you have it…..

churchmouse

Trump Was Right Again… Today’s Deep State Charges on Foreign Lobbying Could Spell Doom for John Kerry
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/12/trump-was-right-again-todays-deep-state-charges-on-foreign-lobbying-could-spell-doom-for-john-kerry/
1/ Gen. Flynn:
‘On Monday the Deep State retaliated against General Flynn.

‘The Deep State made sure these charges would be announced and linked to General Flynn ONE DAY before a federal judge will sentence the former Trump official for lying to the FBI.’
2/ John Kerry:
‘These Monday charges could spell doom for John Kerry.
‘Barack Obama’s former Secretary of State, John Kerry held secret meetings in May 2018 with Iranian officials to salvage Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
‘Kerry was working against the Trump administration to salvage the Iranian nuclear deal.
‘Kerry did not register as a foreign lobbyist.
‘President Trump slammed the former Secretary of State for not registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

‘… So is justice blind? Will John Kerry be charged with foreign lobbying violations? Our does the US legal system only apply to Republicans and their acquaintances?’

churchmouse

NYGuy54

There is a theory out there the FIG is actually a cointel sting run by Flynn to flush these guys out. Which is why Flynn was not charged.

churchmouse

Thank you!

Pat Frederick

that would certainly explain all the assistance he was giving in “other criminal investigations”…Dems were pontificating that it was criminal investigations about POTUS.

NYGuy54

that’s why I am inclined to believe it.

Pat Frederick

looking over the 302 documents…anybody know what is redacted in the beginning of every paragraph? Is that the agent’s name or initials?

Pat Frederick

and oh yeah…where exactly does it say in that 302 that Flynn was not lying (or as Comey said “obviously lying”) — or was jovial and at ease? I saw none of that.

NYGuy54

That’s why the doc has the words “draft” on it. Probably has been edited. Wonder if Judge Sullivan catches that.

Pat Frederick

i hope so…and the last pages look different–cleaner looking and slightly off type face…
I wanna see Pientka’s notes!

churchmouse

This might help, esp. the last sentence:

Pat Frederick

this (from Techno Fog) was from almost a week ago–I meant in looking over the redacted 302’s just released by Mueller—there is nothing in them that states whether or not they had the impression Flynn was lying or not. I know McCabe said it, I know Comey said the opposite (Flynn was “obviously lying”) but there is nothing in the newly released 302’s that says anything at all about their impression of him…

churchmouse

Thanks, Pat.
Sorry I can’t help more.

Pat Frederick

thank you! I’m grateful for any details!

churchmouse

YW!

GA/FL

This is disturbing.
More @ Sperry’s twitter feed:

and here:

churchmouse

Why Is The FBI Muzzling The Only Person With Credibility Left in The Flynn Investigation: FBI SSA Joe Pientka III
https://saraacarter.com/why-is-the-fbi-muzzling-the-only-person-with-credibility-left-in-the-flynn-investigation-fbi-ssa-joe-pientka-iii/#.XBgW0fmAYbI.twitter

Pat Frederick

in a perfect world, they would be keeping Pientka off limits because he is a witness in the case against Strzok…dare we hope?

churchmouse

Hadn’t thought of that.
Hope you are right!

Pat Frederick

he could be a witness against McCabe too, especially if McCabe is the one who wanted him to alter the original 302’s on Flynn.

churchmouse

‘sunnydaze says:
December 17, 2018 at 7:58 pm
‘Rally to “Clear Flynn Now” tomorrow in DC, before the trial and in front of the Courthouse.’
https://www.clearflynnnow.com

NYGuy54

Rudy makes me laugh sometimes. “….as part of the DOJ’s evidence destruction program.”

wheatietoo

NYGuy54

Check out Michael Flynn Jr.’s response to the POTUS tweet. BTW, notice how he does not have a blue checkmark next to his name.
https://twitter.com/mflynnJR/status/1075004209509093376

churchmouse

Not every genuine Twitter user does.

NYGuy54

Twitter plays games.

churchmouse

Indeed.

wheatietoo

I think twatter withholds ‘certifying’ and giving the blue checkmarks, to people they don’t like.

NYGuy54

Gen Flynn’s brother also active today. The family seems to be using 3 stars as a unity thing.
https://twitter.com/FlynnJack515/status/1075007820313948161

GA/FL

Yep, that’s what is happening in our courts at the behest of the deep state/corrupt law enforcement/judiciary.

churchmouse

Brian Cates thinks the Flynn Intel Group — FIG — is a counterintel op:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1074781257408634880.html

(cont’d)

churchmouse

Brian Cates on Flynn (cont’d):

NYGuy54

I see you are digging today…good job.

churchmouse

Thanks.

churchmouse
churchmouse

Here it is, redacted:

churchmouse

After Monday’s testimony, Comey is PO-ed:

churchmouse

churchmouse

churchmouse

churchmouse

GA/FL

YOU GO, Madam Press Secretary!

churchmouse

Yes!

GA/FL

Kallstrom said it – Comey is a loony-bin-level narcissist.

churchmouse

The videos were unsettling.

Pat Frederick

goodness, how much do you wanna take a 2 x 4 to that puss?

Sylvia Avery

A little keyed up about Flynn’s court date. Hoping so much for the judge to do the right thing.

wheatietoo
churchmouse

Christopher Steele (Dec. 12, excerpted):
Anti-Trump dossier author was hired to help Hillary challenge 2016 election results
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/12/christopher-steele-hillary-clinton-was-preparing-t/
‘British ex-spy Christopher Steele, who wrote the Democrat-financed anti-Trump dossier, said in a court case that he was hired by a Democratic law firm in preparation for Hillary Clinton challenging the results of the 2016 presidential election.
‘He said the law firm Perkins Coie wanted to be in a position to contest the results based on evidence he unearthed on the Trump campaign conspiring with Moscow on election interference.
‘His scenario is contained in a sealed Aug. 2 declaration in a defamation law suit brought by three Russian bankers in London. The trio’s American attorneys filed his answers Tuesday in a libel lawsuit in Washington against the investigative firm Fusion GPS, which handled the former British intelligence officer.
‘In an answer to interrogatories, Mr. Steele wrote: “Fusion’s immediate client was law firm Perkins Coie. It engaged Fusion to obtain information necessary for Perkins Coie LLP to provide legal advice on the potential impact of Russian involvement on the legal validity of the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election.
‘“Based on that advice, parties such as the Democratic National Committee and HFACC Inc. (also known as ‘Hillary for America’) could consider steps they would be legally entitled to take to challenge the validity of the outcome of that election.”’

Pat Frederick

laughable that made accepting the election results such a HUGE deal in the debates…hypocrites!

churchmouse

That was the first thing I thought of when PDJT gave his acceptance speech in 2016!
How we all laughed! Meanwhile, Hillary was inconsolable.

Pat Frederick

I did not stay up to watch the returns…I went to bed and prayed and got the most wonderful surprise in the morning!
and we’ve spent the last 2 years watching the Dems gracefully admit their defeat–/s

Pat Frederick

hate to harp on the 302’s…but does anyone know—why are they written in the third person?
as in “the interviewing agents asked Flynn…” Is this how 302’s are normally “voiced”? in third person?

wheatietoo

That seemed weird to me too, Pat.
You would think that they would be written in 1st person.
Or at least together, using “we”.
And who is this invisible 3rd person who is writing this up for the 2 agents?
Are they identified underneath some of those redactions?
This whole ‘Method’ is obviously designed to be able to make up whatever they want to, about an interview.

Pat Frederick

I agree…this sounds like hearsay to me…If this was transcribed from notes, the notes should be made available to ensure accuracy. Otherwise this is simply another interview of the agents…

NYGuy54

too much editing

Deplorable Patriot

Re “keystone” here’s an interesting headline:
Flynn sentencing marks keystone moment in Mueller investigation
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/421774-flynn-sentencing-marks-keystone-moment-in-mueller-investigation
Not sure that it means anything, but….

Deplorable Patriot

Since the choir director skipped this one this week, I’ll just put this here.

CM in TN

Enjoy sing that one.

CM in TN

<singing…bad reception on the phone…😞

churchmouse

churchmouse

GA/FL

Barnes has dissected and exposed the tactics/fraud/corruption of the DoJ/FBI in the Flynn case.

churchmouse

He’s done sterling work in that regard.

Deplorable Patriot

Here’s to hopefully, an easy day in the mine. (Easy peasy coaster day.)

wheatietoo

Miracles *do* happen.
Texas girl’s inoperable brain tumor disappears…and doctors are at a loss as to why.
https://twitter.com/PsychoMetalHed/status/1074885514551975942

Pat Frederick

Praise God!

churchmouse

Remember how Kislyak sat with the Dems at PDJT’s early 2017 address to both houses of Congress and how nearly every Dem greeted him afterwards? Pepe Farm remembers. (What was he even doing there?)
The article below doesn’t mention that, but it would fit in, if true.
Is Sergey Kislyak Central to the Set-Up of Michael Flynn?
https://amgreatness.com/2018/12/17/is-sergey-kislyak-central-to-the-set-up-of-michael-flynn/
‘ … For his part, Kislyak has been purposefully coy about his ties to Trump associates. He told a Russian late-night host that he his list of Trump contacts was so long that he would “not be able to go through it in 20 minutes.”
‘Considering that Kislyak’s brief encounters with Sessions and Page helped fuel the Trump-Russian collusion plotline—as well as Kislyak’s claim that during a December 2016 meeting at Trump Tower, Kushner proposed setting up a secret communications channel between the transition team and the Kremlin—Kislyak and his role in this affair should be scrutinized more closely.
‘Did a Trump foe prompt Kislyak to call Flynn on December 28 and raise the sanctions issue? Was he then prompted to call Flynn again and specifically credit him for Putin’s reaction to the sanctions announcement, setting in motion the ludicrous Logan Act accusations? Or was Kislyak hoping Flynn would say the sanctions would be revisited once Trump was inaugurated, which would’ve led to a serious crisis?
‘Given the nefarious web of international players involved in the sabotage of Trump’s presidency, those questions are not out of bounds. In fact, they are quite necessary, regardless of the outcome of Flynn’s sentencing this week.’

Gudthots

EXCELLENT. 2 + 2 = 4

churchmouse

Now we’re talkin’. 🙂

churchmouse

Good comment from Over There on Pientka thread:
‘linda4298 says:
December 17, 2018 at 9:48 pm
https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/michael-flynns-ordeal-and-ours/ I’ve been told, I believe reliably, that General Flynn had either ordered, or intended to order, a full accounting of decades of intelligence community malfeasance. This was likely to reveal vast sums of money that were never spent to carry out the missions for which they were appropriated. This would have intensified the IC’s desire to get rid of him.
‘Then there is the Robyn Gritz scandal. Ms Gritz is a decorated retired FBI agent, who worked the counterterrorism beat, with laudable results. Then she found that she’d been singled out for harsh treatment. She filed a sexual discrimination suit, and the bureau—think Comey and McCabe—poured it on. Flynn, who had worked with Gritz, voluntarily wrote a letter to the court that attested to her high moral and ethical standards. No doubt the men atop the bureau feared Flynn might testify against their judgment, providing yet another motive to go after him.
‘In short, we need to know a lot more, but what we do know paints a very ugly picture of an FBI that makes up stories to fit their current political dreams, whether just to get rid of General Flynn, or to thwart Trump’s election, or to somehow get him out of the White House. The bureau acts as if it has a lot to hide, and I hope that Judge Sullivan knows the details, or will know them when he pronounces sentence.’

Pat Frederick

gives more understanding to the “first we f*** Flynn, then we f*** Trump” text…
they hated Flynn and wanted him destroyed…

churchmouse

Yes, indeed.

churchmouse
churchmouse

This Brandon Van Grack, an attorney working for Mueller, was also communicating with the Trump transition team.
Van Grack’s signature has appeared more than once on Mueller docs. Here’s the latest, the 302 cover letter:

churchmouse

Sorry, Wolfmoon, I posted too many links.
I have broken these up into two comments below.
You can delete this and the one in moderation.
Many thanks!

churchmouse

Two-parter — first:
This Brandon Van Grack, an attorney working for Mueller, was also communicating with the Trump transition team.
Van Grack’s signature has appeared more than once on Mueller docs. Here’s the latest, the 302 cover letter:

churchmouse

Second part:

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Pat Frederick

and they refuse to allocate 25 Billion to fully fund the wall? is that Common Core math again???

churchmouse

IKR?!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

Communist Core Math.

churchmouse

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churchmouse

Sidney Powell on Flynn and why innocent people plead guilty (excellent article, excerpted):
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/17/prosecutors-michael-flynn/
‘… Between the willingness of Congress to turn almost everything into a federal crime, and the ability of federal prosecutors to stretch those statutes beyond imagination, there is no one in this country who could not be indicted were a prosecutor like Robert Mueller or Andrew Weissmann to scour their life’s records.
‘It happened to Ted Stevens. It happens to people the Innocence Project exonerates. The national registry of exonerations is full of names. It is happening in front of our eyes.
‘There are innocent people in our prisons right now — many on guilty pleas. Selective political persecutions with concocted crimes against people who have been targeted is contrary to everything the Department of Justice is supposed to represent. It is imperative that we not send another one.’

Tonawanda

The imbalance of power wrongly exploited goes further. For example, in the case of overcharging, where a person guilty of something winds up being punished for a more serious crime, sometimes a much more serious crime. The difference can mean many years in prison.
And woe to the person whose victim can be the sympathetic subject of a campaign to vilify the culprit. Americans will cheer on every sort of unfairness in those cases, and the local leftist media will lead on the cheers.
The opposite happens also, where the guilty are FALSELY exonerated because of overwhelming publicity which the public cheers in in throes of virtue signaling without knowledge or understanding of the facts.
Government in every department has learned to game the system and to overreach, allowed because that is what is politically demanded by Americans in general, often unwittingly, just emotionally, and in a suffusion of satisfaction in being at the front of the stone throwing line.

churchmouse

Did you ever think anything like this would have happened in our lifetimes?
I certainly didn’t. Well, thinking back, actually I did in high school when I read 1984 at the age of 16.
My classmates and family told me I had an overly active imagination. I believed them, but my impressions of Orwell’s book and the 1980s film Brazil never left me.
Anyway, enough about me.
The points you make, Tonawanda, are prescient. I agree with them 110%, more than you might ever know.
Thank you very much.

Tonawanda

YW, very much.

A Fortiori (@AFortiori16)

A lefty civil rights lawyer named Harvey Silverglate wrote a good book about this called “Three Felonies A Day.” His thesis is that there are so many laws, many of which are vague and/or contradictory, so that a while collar professional commits three felonies every day going about his normal activities. This about this, any white collar professional could conduct his life so as to sail through the pearly gates, and yet be charged with multiple felonies at any time by the feds.
We need to return to the concept of scienter in our legal system. Before life, liberty or property could be taken by the government, they would have to prove someone knowingly violated the law. AND, in order to prove that, the government would need to prove the laws were understood by the person charged. Imagine how our world would change if only laws we were able to comprehend could be enforced.

A Fortiori (@AFortiori16)

Ack. Think about this; not This about this.

Tonawanda

If you pick up a beautiful blue robin’s egg from your front yard to admire its divine origins, you have committed a felony.
And do not tell the government you “didn’t know.”

A Fortiori (@AFortiori16)

Worse yet, if you loan your car to a nephew, and the nephew drives a friend to a drug deal, the government can take your car under the civil forfeiture laws.

Tonawanda

YW, very much.

churchmouse

Yes, a thousand times over! Thank you!
There’s a Chinese saying about this (paraphrased), ‘When there are too many laws, everyone breaks the law’. Even the Chinese recognised some time ago that too many laws spoil a properly run society.

churchmouse
wheatietoo

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GA/FL

We don’t need a movie star to give our troops a thrill….
Just send our First Lady!

NYGuy54

That dress she wore at the WH holiday party was simply amazing. What a spectacular woman

wheatietoo

https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1074992673080123404
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You can watch the launch here:
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Should be happening in a few minutes.

wheatietoo

Uh oh…they had to scrub the launch.
That’s gotta be awkward, since VP Pence was there in person to watch it.
They lost their window for launch this morning…but said they will try again tomorrow morning.

NYGuy54

How is the morning crew doing today? Excited…confident…hopeful? Trying to get a read on your attitudes.

Deplorable Patriot

Spent way too much time awake in the middle of the night thinking about all of this. Will explain.

wheatietoo

I’m hopeful.
Hoping that Judge Sullivan will do the right thing and exonerate Flynn.
It would be icing on the cake if the Judge charged Mueller & team with doing a malicious prosecution.

Pat Frederick

oh absolutely!!!
Santa Sullivan…bring me a malicious prosecution charge against Mueller…I’ve been good all year…unlike Mueller!

Pat Frederick

waiting to read the Comey transcript today…

CM in TN

Nursing a sore back and a little grumbly, but confident that things will play out in our favor.

Plain Jane

Hoping you feel better fast. Sendind a little prayer up to Him for you.

CM in TN

Thank you!

Gil

Out of commission yesterday for a long family day, plus workwd through the weekend. So here we are today. Hopeful, but a bit on edge. Could this be our own yellow vest jump off?

NebraskaFilly

Speaking of our own yellow vest jump off….it begins in CA!
“The socialist model in Europe is not working,” Preston also said, criticizing the socialist government elected by the French democracy.
Preston compared the similarities of heavy tax and big government between France and California in his speech. The activists in the movement believe that California also has a socialist government.
Preston pointed out that America has a republic instead of a democracy and is based on the Constitution.
The activists for New California claim that California state has become a one-party controlled state, and therefore fails to comply with Article 4 Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the republican form of government in every state in the union.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-california-yellow-vest-movement-joins-french-citizens-against-socialism-and-globalism_2741403.html

Gil

Had that conversation w mr gil too. Many similarities, esp lising jobs, having to move to the burbs, and gas taxes n traffic. Our taxes paid for toll roads but are nit being turned over to public use even after the costs are returned for the additiinal construction by the private companies. I dont use them, but a drive on 1 particular toll road that is in very very heavy use is between 10 and 20 dollars 1 way!

tessa50

Whoa. That’s a lot of money for a toll road.

Pat Frederick

A man was in his front yard mowing grass when his attractive blond neighbor came out of her house and went straight to her mailbox. She opened it, then slammed it shut and stormed back into the house.
A little later she came back out and repeated the process—slamming her empty mailbox shut and storming back inside.
After the third time of watching her do this, the man approached her curiously. “Is something wrong?” he asked.
“There certainly is!” she exclaimed. “My stupid computer keeps saying “YOU’VE GOT MAIL!”

NYGuy54

ok Here’s mine. Donald Trump rolls his limosine up to a Manhattan bank and parks it. He goes into the bank and asks if he can borrow $1k. The loan officer looks at him and asks if he has collateral. Trump points to his limo and says you can keep it until I pay the loan back. Shocked, the loan officer gives him the cash and tells him the interest rate is 5%.
2 weeks later, Trump goes back to the bank to pay back the loan and pick up his limo. As the car is being pulled back up, the shocked loan officer says, “Mr. Trump, I looked you up and you have more money than the bank, why would you need to borrow $1K?
Looking directly at the loan officer, Trump says, “where else could I spend $50 to park a car in Manhattan for 2 weeks?’

Pat Frederick

(grinning from ear to ear) LIKE A BOSS! LOL

Gil

Thats pretty good.

tessa50

LOL

Deplorable Patriot

After the dogs went out at 2 am, someone over here couldn’t sleep, but had a tangent thought to the tunnels/Arlington theory of the funeral messages.
The people who got them were W, Karen Pence, Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, and Hillary Clinton. Correct? They were the only ones so far as we know.
What do these people have in common? They have all lived in either the White House or the Naval Observatory. We don’t know all that much about the living quarters there or any kind of messages left behind, etc. It might have been that personal.
Just a shot in the dark here, but that did occur to me as well as the Naval Observatory being renovated after Gore vacated it, I think.
There were other thoughts related to who in the Nixon/Ford years worked under GHWB and NOT Reagan, but those I haven’t fleshed out yet. Rumsfeld is the big name followed by James Baker. Cheney was in the House. Interesting given that the Cheneys apparently did not get a note.
Like I said, it was the middle of the night, and me thinking can hurt the ballclub, or so I am told by siblings who have no idea what is going on in my head.

rayzorbak

I think Laura Bush got a letter too.
And the naval observatory reference got me thinking about the observatory in New Mexico that was suspiciously closed earlier this year…… then covered up as: a Janitor downloading porn?
I’d sure like to more about these two incidents.

pgroup

Not just porn. Kiddie porn. Always gets a heavy reaction.

Marica

DP–Q always said “follow the wives…”

Deplorable Patriot

I know. And to be honest, Lynne Cheney is the smartest of the lot.
It’s all just curious.

A Fortiori (@AFortiori16)

This whole envelope thing has got me stumped. I agree with Razorback in that it appears Laura got the envelope and not W, so each note was given to the wives. And it does not appear Lynn Cheney, Tipper Gore, Rosalynn Carter or Marilyn Quayle received one. So to start with something basic, why communicate through the wives?

pgroup

Pics of husbands doing immoral acts?

Deplorable Patriot

I don’t think Tipper Gore was there. She and Al split years ago. The others were earlier enough in history, they may not have been on the hot seat. But Lynne Cheney not getting one when Bush did is curious.
I think it was W who got the note not Laura. Remember, he didn’t look down when she asked him about it.
What ever it was, it was personal which is why I suspect living in the quarters they did was part of it.

wheatietoo

Something to entertain while we wait:
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Deplorable Patriot

People like this are part of why America is such a great place. His tone is a little too self-congratulatory, but hey, it ain’t bragging if you’ve done it, right?

Pat Frederick

this was a hoot! thanks for posting!!

wheatietoo

That was brilliant…and hilarious. 😆
I hope he/they pressed charges against the thieves!

GA/FL

I don’t think he’s one bit too proud of his invention.
I want to buy one.
Too bad there isn’t a virtual version to catch cyber crooks…and hackers.

NebraskaFilly

Don’t need one of those where I live – my neighbor across the street calls me when I get a package delivered and don’t go outside to get it right away! I gotta tell ya’ – living in such a small town can be a real trip!

trumpismine

Too funny 🙂

wheatietoo
Marica
NYGuy54

Man I do not like this if it is true. The DC thinks it is.

wheatietoo
NebraskaFilly

As expected, unfortunately. Now we have a female McShame!

pgroup

Let’s cut back on the heat, shall we? Cindy was rumored to be lobbying for the seat so the appt of McSally is most certainly LES McCain than would otherwise have been.

NebraskaFilly

Why? I prefer my enemies in the open rather than behind my back. And she is an enemy to our Republic, IMO. Simply a matter of degree. TBH, AZ would know exactly where it stands w/Cindy – who knows with the McShame clone!

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

AZ had plenty of time to figure out where it stood with McStain…and never did the right thing.
I’ll take McSally over Cindy McStain any day.

NebraskaFilly

I hear ya.’

NYGuy54

That’s funny. I think she was told she has the seat before the election. That is why she did not challenge Sinema’s obvious cheating.

Elizabeth Carter

John and Cindy McCain held the Sedona Forum every year.
2018 Speakers were:
https://www.thesedonaforum.org/speakers/
2018 Participants were:
https://www.thesedonaforum.org/speakers/
The Rothschilds are very busy in AZ
Jonathan Rothschild will not seed 3rd term as Mayor of Tucson
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/2018/12/16/tucson-mayor-wont-seek-third-term-staff-confirms/
NXIVM
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/rothschilds-and-nxivm-sex-cult-tied-to-alleged-sex-trafficking-land-in-tuscon/
Wolfmoon, here are 4 links to moderate. I remember something about a Sheriff Rothschild in the mix but didn’t really need 5 links to get moderated.

Elizabeth Carter

Thanks, I don’t want to post anything that causes trouble and I like the 4 link idea.
Cement is a word that was being used on Twitter by all of these people, including O, Clinton, the Pope and many others. Q was tracking it. It seems CEMEX owns almost all the cement companies in the world. Convenient for underground tunnels, I would guess.

Pat Frederick

Priceless!
wtd says:
December 18, 2018 at 10:30 am
A former Florida elections official removed from office by Gov. Rick Scott is asking a federal judge to reinstate her.
A former Florida elections official removed from office by Gov. Rick Scott is asking a federal judge to reinstate her. https://t.co/15RYN6Hso9
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 18, 2018

tessa50

I started to say unbelievable, but from her it is believable.

Marica
Pat Frederick

wow, Flynn not fighting anything…
judge is still probing, asking Flynn’s attorneys:
“My question is, how is raising those contentions about the circumstances [of the FBI interview] consistent with his acceptance of responsibility?”
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) December 18, 2018!

NYGuy54

Yeah it’s over. We are not going to get what we want.

NYGuy54
phoenixRising

a fight will mean that much longer before Flynn can testify against cabal/deep state, right?

Pat Frederick

never thought of that!

Marica

thanks Phoenix!! The General is Brilliant, a Patriot and NOT a quitter… this too shall play out…

NYGuy54

well not if the Jude threw out the charges. He could testify the very next day.

NYGuy54

Jude = Judge

NYGuy54

ok the NDAs that Flynn signed are the reason he wants to go forward. If the judge throws out the charge, Flynn has to abide by the NDAs.

Marica
phoenixRising

NYGuy54

Gen Flynn takes the stand…let’s see what happens.

NYGuy54

uh oh. This is not going the way it should.

NYGuy54

ok I get what is happening. Yesterday’s indictments gave Flynn the idea that new charges would be levelled at him. Very strong Deep State countermeasure.

NYGuy54

oh jeez..his attorneys did not want to enter exculpatory evidence according to Dilley. Omg….Flynn’s counsel is close friends with Glenn Simpson (Fusion GPS)!!!!

Deplorable Patriot

I have a different take. If we are actually seeing it playing out in public, it is a shiny red ball distraction. Something else is going on elsewhere today. Don’t worry about Flynn. If needed, there will be a pardon in the works for him.

NYGuy54

I think Flynn is out of money. He will take the bullet for his family.

phoenixRising

they may, probably did, threaten his family…

NYGuy54

stay tuned PR. this is exciting

Pat Frederick

so what Flynn did with Russia is perfectly legal but what he has done with Turkey is not…yet Mueller has to go after him for the Russia thing in any way he can because Turkey is out of his scope?

NebraskaFilly

Nothing is out of Mueller’s scope, per RR’s revised letter to him. Here is my question: the claim apparently is that Flynn accepted $$$ from Turkey, whether directly or indirectly, AFTER he was appointed as the National Security Adviser. Now, if that IS the case, I have to say that was a VERY stupid thing to do and, indeed, quite illegal. And IF PDJT was unaware of it? Having said that, I have not seen that to be a proven fact at this point so…..hmmmm….sure wish OANN would provide better coverage. I have to go to the lesser-evil Fox to keep up on this.

Deplorable Patriot

I have no idea and at this point, I honestly believe this is cover for the real work going on elsewhere. Out of money or not, none of it is adding up. Something is off.

Deplorable Patriot

Sure, but this is one I’m watching play out simply because I don’t believe any of us can guess what is coming.

phoenixRising

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Emeraldstar

“Arguably, this undermines everything this flag over here stands for!”
I would ask that everyone take a CLOSE look at this Sullivan quotation.
First, the word “[a]rguably”. It doesn’t mean a d*** thing! Is this “undermining” what Sullivan thinks? He didn’t say so. Is it what anyone else, specifically, thinks / believes? Again, no – with the use of the caveat “arguably”, Sullivan uses parsel-tongue lawyer-speak, and puts the idea out there without ANY attribution whatsoever.
Snowflakes can “arguably” blame a statue for their acts of vandalism. This applies to both of Sullivan’s exclamations.
Second, I would wager that the “flag” that Sullivan refers to has that tell-tale gold fringe. This makes the physical symbol a “pennant”, NOT a “flag”, and I believe that Sullivan knows this all too well – as do almost ALL Federal judges. So – Judge Sullivan LIED. (Provisionally, of course, since I haven’t SEEN the courtroom, and the flag he cited; and, since I cannot “prove” his knowledge of flag-lore.)
I’ve brought up before, here, the difference between a “pennant” and a “flag”. The former means CAPTURED; the latter means FREE.
In this light, I’m HAPPY that Patriot Extraordinaire Lt. Gen. Flynn has done what he’s done … and that Sullivan’s SPECIOUS accusation against him was worded as it was.
Lastly, Judge Sullivan ISN’T privy to classified intel, especially that intel which has the highest classification. So, he must rule ONLY on what the facts of the case present.
The over-the-top grandstanding, by Judge Sullivan, was superfluous, and entirely unnecessary. He’s DEMOTED accordingly, in MY Book-of-Respect.
Let’s see how this plays out, as the day continues.

phoenixRising

Gil

ALBANY — President Trump’s family foundation will soon be dissolved under an agreement with the New York state Attorney General.
The AG’s office had sued the Trump Foundation, claiming the President and his family had used it as a vehicle for his presidential campaign.
AG Barbara Underwood also charged in the suit that the Trump family had used the fund has their personal piggybank.
“Our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation – including unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing, and much more,” Underwood said. “This amounted to the Trump Foundation functioning as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump’s business and political interests,” Underwood said in a statement.
A source close to the situation say that the Trumps were already prepared to shut down the foundation, but wanted to do it without judicial or attorney general oversight.
The agreement announced Tuesday will require such oversight.
“Today’s stipulation accomplishes a key piece of the relief sought in our lawsuit earlier this year,” Underwood said. “Under the terms, the Trump Foundation can only dissolve under judicial supervision – and it can only distribute its remaining charitable assets to reputable organizations approved by my office.”
The foundation in its 2017 tax filing reported having $1.75 million left in its coffers.
The agreement comes less than two weeks before Underwood is set to leave office. She will be succeeded by current New York City Public Advocate Letitia James.
Unless there is a surprise resolution before the end of the year, the rest of the lawsuit should carry into James’ term.
The state is still seeking restitution for the $2.8 million in misspent money along with additional penalties, including a 10-year ban on Trump running a not-for-profit organization.
The lawsuit also seeks to prohibit Trump’s oldest kids — Ivanka, Donald Jr. and Eric, who were all foundation board members — from similar involvement with any charity for one year.
The suit, filed in June by Underwood in Manhattan Supreme Court, alleged the Donald J. Trump Foundation funneled its cash into Trump’s personal dealings rather than assisting those less fortunate as part of its “pattern of illegal conduct” that was “in persistent violation” of federal and state laws for more than a decade.
The misdeeds included $2.8 million spent to promote Trump’s presidential campaign, along with supposed charitable funds used instead to “pay off the legal obligations of entities (Trump) controlled, to promote Trump hotels, (and) to purchase personal items,” the lawsuit charged.
The court filing specifically accused Trump, along with daughter Ivanka and sons Donald Jr. and Eric, of “improper and extensive political activity, repeated and willful self-dealing transactions, and failure to follow basic fiduciary obligations.”
The suit stemming from a probe begun under former AG Eric Schneiderman just months before the presidential election in June 2016.
Underwood had also notified the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Election Commission about possible federal law-breaking by the Trumps that falls into their bailiwick.
The stipulation to shutdown the foundation with legal oversight comes weeks after a court decision allowed the case to move forward.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-trump-foundation-lawsuit-nys-attorney-general-barbara-underwood-20181218-story.html

Cuppa Covfefe

Isn’t that special.
Accusing President Trump and his family of doing what the Klintoons have been doing for YEARS, if not DECADES, unprosecuted, unaccused, unindicted (which is enough for the full force of the DEMONcRATs to be brought to bear)…
Time to take the perps down. Release the Kraken. Spray them with squid ink, sparkles, and fart spray.
Then lock ’em up and throw away the key… and spray ’em again and again and again…

Gil

And th eyre still going after eric trump foundation too.

Deplorable Patriot

When John Moyihan and Larry Doyle conclude the same thing, I’ll believe it. Until then, this really looks like tit for tat sore loser games. $1.75 million in ANY charitable foundation’s coffers is not that much, TBH. When spend downs happen, they usually start at nine figures.
Color me really not impressed with the NY people.

NYGuy54

wth..the judge just backtracked. Now he says he misspoke that Flynn was an unregistered foreign agent. OMG…this is going to flip back towards Flynn.

NYGuy54

is this orchestrated???? it’s like a tv writer wrote the script

NYGuy54

The judge just apologized to Flynn…wow

Pat Frederick

hanging on every word you write…lol

NebraskaFilly

Are you watching this live somewhere? If so, a link would be very much appreciated.

NYGuy54

it’s over

NYGuy54

ok man I will look,

redlegleader68

What now seems like a long time ago, over on Lucianne.com, I would frequently end a comment with the phrase, “buy more ammo.”
My friends, not trying to be an Eeyore, W, but we just might be reaching the boiling point. I’m not sure how much more of this we’ll stand. I do know one thing:
NOT MUCH MORE!

NYGuy54

ok it’s over…Flynn’s attorneys decided to accept the delay. What a story. No verdict today.

NYGuy54

delayed until March 13th

Emeraldstar

GOOD.
That’s what we wanted.
I.e., a decision that would work in our FAVOR … or NO decision at all.
Some type o’ Kabuki, yes?

phoenixRising

NYGuy54

omg..it’s just a status hearing…that means he won’t be sentenced then

Deplorable Patriot

Scott Free, Ridley Scott, etc.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000631/
This is Ridley Scott’s Internet Movie Database body of work. Yes, White Squall is on the list, just like Q said, but so are a number of other projects that are worth noting in the context of the CIA, crime solving, and futuristic syfy”
Blade Runner
G.I. Jane
Black Hawk Down
Kingdom of Heaven
The Company – TV series
The Andromeda Strain
Numb3ers – TV series
Killing Lincoln
Killing Kennedy
Killing Reagan
And much more. What ever Q is trying to tell us about Ridley Scott and Scott Free productions is much bigger than just White Squall.

phoenixRising
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Pat Frederick

LOL from the other tree…
Jake says:
December 18, 2018 at 1:44 pm
The sky is falling crowd around here is overwhelming. The positive people were all ran off, only the dooms sayers remain. Sad.

Sylvia Avery

Very true! Although I’m feeling a little doomy and gloomy myself right now. Struggling to get that garbage under control because I don’t want to infect anyone else, especially since it is pure emotional reaction not intellect based.
This little tidbit made me smile a bit!!

Sylvia Avery

Well, if that meme doesn’t cheer one up…. nothing will!

Gil

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daughnworks247

What in the he$$ is this?
AP is reporting.
Announcement from our State Dept and Mexico – joint statement.
US is doubling is AID to Mexico and their southern region to stimulate economy (shovel ready jobs) to 5.8 BILLION
Total to region of Guat, ElSalvador, Nic, right now 10.6 BILLION. Public and private investment. Excuse me, we need that investment HERE. America FIRST!
Obrador is thrilled, of course, and Ebrard, his Sec —– thinks about 25 BILLION should be about right for total investment in the region.
They want a train.
What the hell?
And who in the heck at State Dept thought TODAY was a good time to release this news.
Talk about a huge middle finger to President Trump.
They make me so mad………
https://apnews.com/0fcda32812024680ad98676379c47233

A Fortiori (@AFortiori16)

I read somewhere that the caravan has prompted the Mexican government to beef security on its southern border. I wonder if they are building a wall there?

sobriquet3

Yes and their hair is on fire over at CTH !

sobriquet3

Cause I just dropped in to see what condition their condition was in regarding this news. I was shocked when I saw this but SD sprayed em down before they hit the comments. Of course the article pissed me off because I can’t be reasoned with at this moment,

NebraskaFilly

“The White House on Tuesday released its long-awaited school safety report, recommending, among other things, that Department of Education scrap Obama-era guidance aimed at reducing the number of students of color who are disciplined – a move that ignited a firestorm among civil rights groups.
“Ultimately governors and state legislators should work with school leaders, teachers and parents to address their own unique challenges and develop their own solutions,” Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Tuesday morning on a call with reporters. “It does not impose one-size-fits-all solutions. The primary responsibility naturally rests with states and local communities. Local problems need local solutions.”
https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2018-12-18/white-house-scrap-obama-era-school-discipline-guidance

phoenixRising

Can I get an AMEN!!!! ?????
Thank you…

GA/FL

Thank you, Mr. President!

Thank GOD for a serious President – who is not a political hack – but cares about the health, prosperity, safety, and security of our nation and its citizens, especially protecting our children!!!

GA/FL

From my Inbox:
“A U.S. Marine enters the Catholic Church confessional booth in Manitowish Waters, WI.
He says, “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. Last night, I beat the ever living crap out of a flag burning, cop hating, anti-Trump protester.”
The priest says, “My son, I am here to forgive your sins, not to discuss your community service.”

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Gudthots

I hope this works.
Found it on 8ch.net just nowcomment image

Gudthots

Don’t forget that other word that starts with “Q” … Qumbersome.

Johnny

It works in a magnificently sensible way 🙂

Gudthots

Hmmmm. Oracle.

para59r

Wonders how that would compare with a graph on the number of H-1B visa holders in the same companies. Then if it looks as I assume it might, I’d ask why are those peoples allowed to be so close to the controls over the public square?

Gudthots

God bless Donald Trump Jr.

Gudthots

The spigots are now open…

wheatietoo

I had to look up “vitiated”:
vitiate (vĭshˈē-ātˌ)►
v.
To reduce the value or impair the quality of.
v.
To corrupt morally; debase.
v.
To make ineffective; invalidate.

singularZoe

Wheatie, lol, glad you looked that up. I knew the third definition but not the first two. It takes me back to English comp class in high school where we had word lists every week with words like that. Some I still remember, some I don’t. I looked at this post about the ruling and knew it was good about the spigot, but I decided I need more coffee before I try to really comprehend the whole thing. You kind of helped.

para59r

That was a funny thread, but hey, the spigots are open and maybe now we can get some place holders filled. Fingers crossed 🙂

Gudthots

https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-bill-announcement-1831189598
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 18, 2018
On Tuesday, December 18, 2018, the President signed into law:
S. 245, the “Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017,” which amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and other laws to make changes to programs related to energy development on tribal lands and tribal energy self-governance;
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Gudthots

:
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S. 3119, the “Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act,” which authorizes the Department of Commerce to issue permits to the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho and the Nez Perce Tribe and certain Confederated Tribes for the lethal taking of certain sea lions on waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries to protect endangered or threatened species of salmon.
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singularZoe

Haven’t studied this, but just on the service it sounds wonderful.

Gudthots

Wolf, I have a photo for tomorrow’s open if you like…

Who did all this while the morning stars sang together?
Who did this while the angels shouted with joy?
Job 38:7

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Original here: https://www.pexels.com/photo/sky-space-milky-way-stars-110854/

Gudthots

Signing off early tonight. G’nite all.comment image

singularZoe

Wheatie, love this. Would you be willing to give a brief description when you do post the photo? If that’s too hard, I understand. Thanks in advance. I know sometimes it’s just impossible.

Gudthots

Zoe, I’m not sure what you are asking about, the milky way photo itself or the process to post it here.
This is the process I am using: (1) each night I select a “pairing” of a photo and a scripture that relate in some way to current events or the liturgical calendar, (2) I download the photo to my hard drive (usually from pexels.com) and resize it a little smaller, (3) I then upload the photo into a new Gab.com post containing the selected scripture, (4) finally, I create a new post here at the Q Tree with the scripture and a link to the photo which is now online at Gab.com which means there is a backup if/when this site gets scrubbed.
I’ve chosen Pexels.com as the source for most of my photos because of their open licensing policy and ease of use. I haven’t found them to be very helpful for descriptions of when/where/what on the photos, but they truly are stunning.
I find the creative process quite satisfying. 🙂comment image

miss zoe

Well, Wheatie, that process is interesting, but I was really asking what was in the photo as I cannot see, but Milky Way kind of explained it. Sorry.