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Re: Democrats, Republicans and Elections
Bernie Sanders is RACIST!
Baltimore a 3rd world country.
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Re: Democrats, Republicans and Elections
"Baltimore a 3rd world country."
BUT its the United States problem Its in your backyard
Remeber the moto
"Lets Make AMERICA Great Again"
Its NOT
"Lets Make America Great Again minus Baltimore"
BUT its the United States problem Its in your backyard
Remeber the moto
"Lets Make AMERICA Great Again"
Its NOT
"Lets Make America Great Again minus Baltimore"
Re: Will Trump make the Grade.
"Can somebody tell me what's about this story. Was on Thaivisa today."
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tom Barrack, a billionaire friend of U.S. President Donald Trump, pursued a plan to buy Westinghouse Electric Corp even as he lobbied Trump to become a special envoy to promote the building by the firm of nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia, said a congressional report released on Monday.
While Barrack failed in both efforts, the report provides fresh evidence of the ease with which some corporate and foreign interests have gained access to Trump and other senior members of his administration.
Documents obtained by the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee raise "serious questions about whether the White House is willing to place the potential profits of the President's friends above the national security of the American people and the universal objective of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons," the report said.
The report is the second from the panel's investigation into the plan to construct 40 nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East. The plan was supported by Trump’s first national security adviser Michael Flynn, Barrack, Trump's inaugural committee chairman, and a consortium of firms led by retired U.S. military commanders and former White House officials called IP3.
One company was Westinghouse, the only U.S. manufacturer of large reactors, which was bought out of bankruptcy by Brookfield Asset Management last August.
The report comes alongside a number of other investigations into the administration being conducted by the panel chaired by Representative Elijah Cummings - including into the use of personal texts and emails for official business byTrump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner.
Trump attacked Cummings, an African American from Baltimore, in weekend tweets that the president’s critics denounced as racist.
Monday's report was based largely on thousands of documents provided by unidentified private companies. The White House, the report said, provided no documents, while other federal agencies submitted some.
The committee may subpoena White House documents, it said.
Documents showed that Barrack negotiated with Trump and other White House officials to seek "powerful positions," including special Middle East envoy, as he took steps to profit from the civil nuclear scheme he advocated.
A previous committee report, published in February, said efforts to advance the nuclear power scheme began duringTrump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump officials have continued meeting with IP3 even though White House lawyers in January 2017 instructed staff to cease work on the plan over concerns that Flynn was breaking conflict of interest laws, according to that report. Flynn, fired by Trump in February 2017, advised IP3 while serving on his campaign and transition team, said both reports.
White House lawyers also worried that promoters of IP3's so-called "Middle East Marshall Plan" sought to transfer U.S. nuclear know-how to Saudi Arabia even as they pushed back on Riyadh's behalf against certain safeguards, the reports said. Known as the "Gold Standard," the safeguards are designed to prevent nuclear weapons development. IP3 called the standard a "total roadblock," Monday's report said.
A Barrack spokesman said the billionaire has been cooperating with the oversight committee and had provided it with requested documents. Barrack's investments and business development in the region are for a "better aligned Middle East," he said. "This is not political it is essential."
The White House and IP3 did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
EARLY INFLUENCE
Texts and emails showed that Barrack sought to shape Trump’s approach to Gulf Arab states early on by sharing a draft of a Trump campaign speech with Rashid al-Malik, an Emirati businessman. Malik circulated the draft to Emirati and Saudi officials, Monday's report said.
Barrack then shared Malik’s suggestions about the speech with Paul Manafort, a political consultant who chairedTrump’s campaign at the time, the report said. Manafort was convicted in 2018 of bank fraud and tax evasion in charges that grew out of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
The New York Times on Sunday reported that federal prosecutors investigating foreign influence on Trump's campaign are examining Barrack's exchanges with Malik.
Neither Barrack, chairman of Colony Capital, a private equity firm, nor Malik are registered as lobbyists for foreign interests with the Justice Department.
Barrack, the report said, began communicating days before Trump’s inauguration with IP3 co-founder Robert "Bud" McFarlane, a national security adviser to the late President Ronald Reagan. In an email to Barrack following a Jan. 23, 2017, meeting, McFarlane said it would be fitting for Trump to name Barrack as his "personal representative to promote the execution" of the nuclear reactor scheme.
Documents also showed that in mid-2017, Barrack, his company and IP3 discussed purchasing Westinghouse out of bankruptcy in partnership with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, which is headed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and other investors, the report said.
Barrack ultimately failed, with two other U.S. investment firms, to purchase Westinghouse.
But after Brookfield Asset Management announced in January 2018 its winning bid for the company, Barrack asked Brookfield Chief Executive Bruce Flatt whether he could join the venture, the report said. There is no evidence Barrack was successful.
Days after buying Westinghouse, Brookfield announced it agreed to a 99-year lease on a Manhattan building owned by Kushner’s family - a deal that saved the Kushner Companies' property.
The report also cites a series of documents showing how the nuclear power scheme was discussed between IP3, Barrack and senior administration officials. Those talks appear to have included a White House meeting betweenTrump, Barrack and other Colony employees on the same day that Trump met with the Saudi crown prince, on March 14, 2017 the report said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Landay and Timothy Gardner; Editing by Tom Brown)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tom Barrack, a billionaire friend of U.S. President Donald Trump, pursued a plan to buy Westinghouse Electric Corp even as he lobbied Trump to become a special envoy to promote the building by the firm of nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia, said a congressional report released on Monday.
While Barrack failed in both efforts, the report provides fresh evidence of the ease with which some corporate and foreign interests have gained access to Trump and other senior members of his administration.
Documents obtained by the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee raise "serious questions about whether the White House is willing to place the potential profits of the President's friends above the national security of the American people and the universal objective of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons," the report said.
The report is the second from the panel's investigation into the plan to construct 40 nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East. The plan was supported by Trump’s first national security adviser Michael Flynn, Barrack, Trump's inaugural committee chairman, and a consortium of firms led by retired U.S. military commanders and former White House officials called IP3.
One company was Westinghouse, the only U.S. manufacturer of large reactors, which was bought out of bankruptcy by Brookfield Asset Management last August.
The report comes alongside a number of other investigations into the administration being conducted by the panel chaired by Representative Elijah Cummings - including into the use of personal texts and emails for official business byTrump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner.
Trump attacked Cummings, an African American from Baltimore, in weekend tweets that the president’s critics denounced as racist.
Monday's report was based largely on thousands of documents provided by unidentified private companies. The White House, the report said, provided no documents, while other federal agencies submitted some.
The committee may subpoena White House documents, it said.
Documents showed that Barrack negotiated with Trump and other White House officials to seek "powerful positions," including special Middle East envoy, as he took steps to profit from the civil nuclear scheme he advocated.
A previous committee report, published in February, said efforts to advance the nuclear power scheme began duringTrump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump officials have continued meeting with IP3 even though White House lawyers in January 2017 instructed staff to cease work on the plan over concerns that Flynn was breaking conflict of interest laws, according to that report. Flynn, fired by Trump in February 2017, advised IP3 while serving on his campaign and transition team, said both reports.
White House lawyers also worried that promoters of IP3's so-called "Middle East Marshall Plan" sought to transfer U.S. nuclear know-how to Saudi Arabia even as they pushed back on Riyadh's behalf against certain safeguards, the reports said. Known as the "Gold Standard," the safeguards are designed to prevent nuclear weapons development. IP3 called the standard a "total roadblock," Monday's report said.
A Barrack spokesman said the billionaire has been cooperating with the oversight committee and had provided it with requested documents. Barrack's investments and business development in the region are for a "better aligned Middle East," he said. "This is not political it is essential."
The White House and IP3 did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
EARLY INFLUENCE
Texts and emails showed that Barrack sought to shape Trump’s approach to Gulf Arab states early on by sharing a draft of a Trump campaign speech with Rashid al-Malik, an Emirati businessman. Malik circulated the draft to Emirati and Saudi officials, Monday's report said.
Barrack then shared Malik’s suggestions about the speech with Paul Manafort, a political consultant who chairedTrump’s campaign at the time, the report said. Manafort was convicted in 2018 of bank fraud and tax evasion in charges that grew out of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
The New York Times on Sunday reported that federal prosecutors investigating foreign influence on Trump's campaign are examining Barrack's exchanges with Malik.
Neither Barrack, chairman of Colony Capital, a private equity firm, nor Malik are registered as lobbyists for foreign interests with the Justice Department.
Barrack, the report said, began communicating days before Trump’s inauguration with IP3 co-founder Robert "Bud" McFarlane, a national security adviser to the late President Ronald Reagan. In an email to Barrack following a Jan. 23, 2017, meeting, McFarlane said it would be fitting for Trump to name Barrack as his "personal representative to promote the execution" of the nuclear reactor scheme.
Documents also showed that in mid-2017, Barrack, his company and IP3 discussed purchasing Westinghouse out of bankruptcy in partnership with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, which is headed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and other investors, the report said.
Barrack ultimately failed, with two other U.S. investment firms, to purchase Westinghouse.
But after Brookfield Asset Management announced in January 2018 its winning bid for the company, Barrack asked Brookfield Chief Executive Bruce Flatt whether he could join the venture, the report said. There is no evidence Barrack was successful.
Days after buying Westinghouse, Brookfield announced it agreed to a 99-year lease on a Manhattan building owned by Kushner’s family - a deal that saved the Kushner Companies' property.
The report also cites a series of documents showing how the nuclear power scheme was discussed between IP3, Barrack and senior administration officials. Those talks appear to have included a White House meeting betweenTrump, Barrack and other Colony employees on the same day that Trump met with the Saudi crown prince, on March 14, 2017 the report said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Landay and Timothy Gardner; Editing by Tom Brown)
Re: Will Trump make the Grade.
It's about GET TRUMP.Domat wrote: ↑July 30, 2019, 8:20 pm"Can somebody tell me what's about this story. Was on Thaivisa today."
Tom Barrack, a billionaire friend of U.S. President Donald Trump . . . Trump and other senior members of his administration . . . Documents obtained by the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives . . . the President's friends . . . Trump’s first national security adviser Michael Flynn, Barrack, Trump's inaugural committee chairman, and a consortium of firms led by retired U.S. military commanders and former White House officials called IP3 . . . One company was Westinghouse, the only U.S. manufacturer of large reactors . . . Representative Elijah Cummings . . . Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband . . . White House lawyers . . . Rashid al-Malik, an Emirati businessman . . . Paul Manafort, a political consultant who chaired Trump’s campaign at the time . . . IP3 co-founder Robert "Bud" McFarlane, a national security adviser to the late President Ronald Reagan . . . Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and other investors . . .
Barrack ultimately failed, with two other U.S. investment firms, to purchase Westinghouse.
But after Brookfield Asset Management announced in January 2018 its winning bid for the company, Barrack asked Brookfield Chief Executive Bruce Flatt whether he could join the venture, the report said. There is no evidence Barrack was successful.
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Lots of names mentioned. It's interesting that the only source is "the report." On its face, it's a lot of nothing. Ultimately failed . . . no evidence Barrack was successful. Hell, anyone could've written that and substituted any other names.
Some committee Democrat probably leaked it. Democrats need something to keep their impeachment train running. If it was worthy of investigation and prosecution, why give Trump a heads up? Because Democrats need another media circus to take them into 2020.
Wonder why Mueller didn't hear about this? All those Hillary supporters were bound to hear about it -- especially with Manafort's name mentioned. The Special Counsel was working together with the media and Democrats.
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Re: Will Trump make the Grade.
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Word coming out of DC is that Trump will have appointed and had confirmed over 175 federal judges in just three years in office. Of course, all of that was done with the help of a Republican majority in the Senate. Trump will only be surpassed in his endeavor -- percentage wise -- by George Washington, who appointed 100% of the judges who sat on the court during his tenure as POTUS.
I look forward to the continued confirmations of Originalist judges to the federal court.
STEADY WINNING.
Word coming out of DC is that Trump will have appointed and had confirmed over 175 federal judges in just three years in office. Of course, all of that was done with the help of a Republican majority in the Senate. Trump will only be surpassed in his endeavor -- percentage wise -- by George Washington, who appointed 100% of the judges who sat on the court during his tenure as POTUS.
I look forward to the continued confirmations of Originalist judges to the federal court.
STEADY WINNING.
AMERICA: One of the Greatest Stories Ever Told.
Re: Lone Star News *Trigger Warning*
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You know that "far right White Nationalism" in America is a LIB creation when "hate crimes" against LIBs have to be fabricated and made up by whackos.
However, anarchists -- the REAL far right of no government -- like Antifa are alive and well and promoting the very fascism (with violence and threats and property destruction) that they claim to be against. It's what Marxists do.
You know that "far right White Nationalism" in America is a LIB creation when "hate crimes" against LIBs have to be fabricated and made up by whackos.
However, anarchists -- the REAL far right of no government -- like Antifa are alive and well and promoting the very fascism (with violence and threats and property destruction) that they claim to be against. It's what Marxists do.
AMERICA: One of the Greatest Stories Ever Told.
Re: Will Trump make the Grade.
What about Rockn Ronny with 402 Confirmations?
Seems 402 is more than 175
Seems 402 is more than 175
Re: Lone Star News *Trigger Warning*
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Bernie Sanders' comments about Baltimore being a 3rd world country were made in 2015 with 2 years left in Bayrack's reign as president.
In 2018 alone, three years after Bernie's comments, Baltimore has received over $15 billion in federal grants through the Trump administration. Someone in the Baltimore community must be pocketing the money that was intended to make Baltimore Great Again.
Bernie Sanders' comments about Baltimore being a 3rd world country were made in 2015 with 2 years left in Bayrack's reign as president.
In 2018 alone, three years after Bernie's comments, Baltimore has received over $15 billion in federal grants through the Trump administration. Someone in the Baltimore community must be pocketing the money that was intended to make Baltimore Great Again.
AMERICA: One of the Greatest Stories Ever Told.
Re: Lone Star News *Trigger Warning*
Trump only says what most Americans have been saying for decades -- but whose voices have been drowned out by the outraged, offended, butthurt, whining, pansy snowflakes.
Ashli Babbitt -- SAY HER NAME!
Re: Did Clinton email faux pas cost 20 agents lives?
FBI Director Wray still stonewalling to protect the FBI. Comey is under investigation for leaking and disseminating classified information. California Tax Return bill for presidential candidates unconstitutional.
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Re: U.S. - Foreign Trade
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China’s manufacturing contracted for the third straight month in July.
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) uses a median of 50 determine exoansion and contraction. For tge third straight month, China came in below a PMI of 50 at 49.7.
It apoears more and more likely that there will be no trade deal between China and the US. However, there are predictions that Trump will not raise tariffs considerably until the USMCA trade deal is approved by Congress.
A key date to watch will be October 21, 2019, which is Canada's election. Trudeau appears to be working in concert with Pelosi to delay approval of USMCA. If Trudeau loses his reelection bid, look for his successor to move to pass it quickly. Pelosi will not have any excuse for delaying it further.
Stay tuned.
China’s manufacturing contracted for the third straight month in July.
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) uses a median of 50 determine exoansion and contraction. For tge third straight month, China came in below a PMI of 50 at 49.7.
It apoears more and more likely that there will be no trade deal between China and the US. However, there are predictions that Trump will not raise tariffs considerably until the USMCA trade deal is approved by Congress.
A key date to watch will be October 21, 2019, which is Canada's election. Trudeau appears to be working in concert with Pelosi to delay approval of USMCA. If Trudeau loses his reelection bid, look for his successor to move to pass it quickly. Pelosi will not have any excuse for delaying it further.
Stay tuned.
AMERICA: One of the Greatest Stories Ever Told.
Re: U.S. - Foreign Trade
" Trudeau appears to be working in concert with Pelosi to delay approval of USMCA" where did you get this idea from? Are you not taking your naps again?
June 2019
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week is set to meet with Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, in a bid to fast-track passage of a delayed trade deal, two congressional aides said on Monday.
Trudeau is to travel to Washington on Thursday to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss ratification of the new North American trade accord, known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Read Newsmax: Sources: Canada's Trudeau to Meet with Pelosi, McConnell on USMCA | Newsmax.com
June 2019
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week is set to meet with Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, in a bid to fast-track passage of a delayed trade deal, two congressional aides said on Monday.
Trudeau is to travel to Washington on Thursday to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss ratification of the new North American trade accord, known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Read Newsmax: Sources: Canada's Trudeau to Meet with Pelosi, McConnell on USMCA | Newsmax.com
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Re: Will Trump make the Grade.
Here is an article for civilized debate by ex-Lord, ex-con and excellent political commentator, Conrad Black,
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad ... d-he-wouldConrad Black: The inconvenient truth about Trump — he's doing what he said he would
To the extent to which his record in office conforms to pre-electoral promises, Trump’s record has been the best of any U.S. president since Calvin Coolidge
You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore.
Re: Will Trump make the Grade.
Conrad Black say what? "Here is an article for civilized debate by ex-Lord, ex-con and excellent political commentator, Conrad Black" Yes definitely EX Something
" In 2007, he was convicted on four counts of fraud in U.S. District Court in Chicago. While two of the criminal fraud charges were dropped on appeal, a conviction for felony fraud and obstruction of justice were upheld in 2010 and he was re-sentenced to 42 months in prison and a fine of $125,000. In 2018, he wrote a glowing book about President Donald Trump. On May 15, 2019, he was granted a full pardon by GUESS WHO The Golden Wonder Boy "
I still dont think he has made his annual $5CDN donation to the Democrats
His word isnt worth a plug nickle. Some Canadian or is he British Both nations keep saying he belongs to the other
" In 2007, he was convicted on four counts of fraud in U.S. District Court in Chicago. While two of the criminal fraud charges were dropped on appeal, a conviction for felony fraud and obstruction of justice were upheld in 2010 and he was re-sentenced to 42 months in prison and a fine of $125,000. In 2018, he wrote a glowing book about President Donald Trump. On May 15, 2019, he was granted a full pardon by GUESS WHO The Golden Wonder Boy "
I still dont think he has made his annual $5CDN donation to the Democrats
His word isnt worth a plug nickle. Some Canadian or is he British Both nations keep saying he belongs to the other
Re: Lone Star News *Trigger Warning*
Winston Churchill on Socialism... That could be San Fran or L.A.!
Dave