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https://sports.yahoo.com/rep-devin-nunes-spent-15000-campaign-finances-three-celtics-games-174009415.html Nunes spends $15000 of campaign/re-election funds on the Celtics...because, well, the GOP can do whatever the hell it wants. This is why we needed Citizens United so badly.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/maxine-waters-warns-supporters-possible-armed-protests-against-090504635--abc-news-topstories.html The greatest gift in the world for Trump right now would be for these so-called Oath Keepers (militia group protesting Maxine Waters) to be attacked by BLM or Antifa...except I’m not sure how many on the left are willing to lay down their lives for her in this case.

Don’t see the title “journalist” anywhere near his Wikipedia entry...maybe Rabbit can amend it and see what happens, haha. Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (born 27 November 1982[3]), known by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson, and previously as Andrew McMaster and Paul Harris,[4]is an English far-right activist[5] who co-founded and served as spokesman and leader of the English Defence League (EDL),[6] from which he resigned in 2013. For a short time in 2012, he was joint party vice-chairman of the British Freedom Party. He led the EDL from 2009 until 8 October 2013. He continued as an activist, and in 2015 became involved with the development of Pegida UK, a British chapter of the German-based Pegida organisation (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West).[7] In May 2018, Robinson was sentenced to 13 months imprisonment for contempt of court after publishing a Facebook Live video of defendants entering a law court, contrary to a court order to prevent reporting those specific trials while proceedings are ongoing.[8]That sentence included activation of an earlier 3 month suspended sentence for a similar earlier contempt of court. He wrote for The Rebel Media and wrote an autobiography, Enemy of the State, and Mohammed's Koran: Why Muslims Kill for Islam, together with Peter McLoughlin.

Well, yeah...no REAL consequences, unless they somehow lose control of the Senate as well. The Founding Fathers seriously underestimated the ability of politicians to care more for themselves than their country. https://www.yahoo.com/news/ronald-reagan-patriot-call-trump-090044618.html “This was right there for everyone to watch for themselves, live on all the channels. And unless you’re one of those 25 percent of Americans who would continue to support Trump even if he ripped off his face to reveal a lizard alien sent from some distant galaxy to subjugate humanity because, you know, even an insatiable carnivorous alien lizard is better than Obama, then what you saw had to leave you a little nauseated. This was Trump presenting a united front with one of the world’s most repressive and deceitful leaders, throwing the men and women who quietly and bravely defend our country under the grinding wheels of a Russian limousine. This was Trump, a disastrous 24 hours later, trying to undo the damage by claiming that when he had said he had no reason to think it would be Russia hacking our computers, what he meant was that he had no reason to think it wouldn’t be Russia.

What are they going to do with Seager and Turner?

Except they never claimed to be “draining the swamp.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-making-clintons-look-clean-193314744.html Trump is actually making the Clintons look clean in comparison...

Speed painter Michael Israel, white shirt, poses at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida in front of a painting he made of Trump. Trump spent $20,000 that belonged to his charity — the Donald J. Trump Foundation — to buy the six-foot-tall portrait. (Michael Israel) In 2007, Donald Trump bought a six-foot-tall portrait of himself at a fundraiser auction, and paid with $20,000 from his namesake charity, the Donald J. Trump Foundation. Now, at last, we can see what he got for his money. On Tuesday, artist Michael Israel -- the "speed painter" who painted the portrait of Trump -- released the first public photos of the portrait. Israel painted the piece in just five or six frenetic minutes, during a charity gala at Trump's own Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla. Inside The Post's investigation of Donald Trump's charitable giving(Peter Stevenson, Julio Negron/The Washington Post) Afterward, Israel auctioned the portrait off. Trump's wife Melania won the auction, with a bid of $10,000. Then the auctioneer convinced her to double it. Half of the proceeds went to Israel... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/01/this-is-the-portrait-of-himself-that-donald-trump-bought-with-20000-from-his-charity/?utm_term=.2e559dc58579

That said, basically shuttering it after her political viability ended doesn’t exactly line them up with the Carters philanthropically, post-presidency. They’re in their 70’s, but Carter is admirably still at it in his early 90’s. But the CF did a lot in Africa and combined with Gates/UN Millenium Goals...so you could certainly argue MOST of it was legit, at the very least. Still, more about speeches/fundraising than direct action programs, boots on the ground, so to speak. Lots of collaborations, but the quantifiable outcomes are harder to assess from outside.

All foreign governments hedge their bets and make “investments” in both Presidential candidates through various financial means. Been that way since the beginning of time...not changing anytime soon. We can debate the efficacy of the Clinton Foundation’s charitable results just as easily as we can Trump’s shady real estate and banking deals.

And no different than all the foreign delegations staying at Trump’s hotel to curry favor with him. Or this... Donald Trump has blasted Hillary Clinton for accepting money from Saudi Arabia through her foundation, but a Daily News investigation reveals he has padded his bank account with cash from the same country. Trump sold the 45th floor of Trump World Tower to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for $4.5 million in June 2001, according to a city Finance Department spokeswoman. In 2008, the apartments became part of the Saudi Mission to the United Nations, records show. The five apartments included 10 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms at the time of the sale, and had yearly common charges of $85,585 for building amenities, documents obtained by The News show. If those common charges remain the same, Trump was paid at least $5.7 million by the Saudi government since 2001. ... Saudi Arabia — and I get along great with all of them. They buy apartments from me," Trump said in Mobile, Ala. "They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much." http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/exclusive-donald-trump-made-millions-saudi-government-article-1.2777211

Its not the worst thing if the contention window is pushed back one year to 2021, but it does leave a huge issue with both Rodon and Moncada to a lesser extent. Cleveland SHOULD be pretty much dead in the water after two more years, unless that system has more Lindors and Jose Ramirezes in the pipeline (F. Mejia?). Actually, looked it up, Anderson and Moncada are theoretically gone after 2024 and 2023. Not quite lining up like the Cubs with Bryant/Baez/Contreras being together as contenders for 6-7 years, though. So yeah...what to do with Rodon? For now, just stay healthy and hopefully put up a 3.5ish ERA.

Was this editorial written by Balta? https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/opinions/tucker-carson-mexico-lame-deflect-trump-russia-outrage-reyes/index.html

Shawon Dunston Javier Baez Sosa was nothing close to a power hitter...it was all projected. He was The Panther and more known for his right arm and defense. Juan Gonzalez was the one everyone in the Rangers’ organization was looking at as a .300/30+/100 RBI guy. And Sosa’s walk rates were abysmal. Like Uribe, breaking balls off the plate when down in the count killed him.

But the Democratic Party was for slavery and then segregation during Reconstruction. It was the Republicans who freed the slaves. That was the wisdom of a conservative talk show host on WOC 1420 in the Quad Cities on the topic of Trump/Russia tonight. Oh, and Antifa/BLM are both terrorist groups.

Why? This is about Nelson Mandela and apartheid...the quotes aren’t even accurate or are completely taken out of context. He’s talking about African leaders in South Africa not automatically discounting the opinions of whites (the huge minority in that country.)

Of course, you have the many cases of spying against the US or being double agents...but that’s a bit different from treason by a government officer/official/executive. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in 1951 Born May 12, 1918 (Julius) September 25, 1915 (Ethel) Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. (both) Died June 19, 1953(aged 37) Ethel June 19, 1953(aged 35) Julius Ossining, New York, U.S. (both) Resting place Wellwood Cemetery Suffolk County, New York Occupation Actress, singer, secretary (Ethel); electrical engineer(Julius) Criminal charge Conspiracy to commit espionage Criminal penalty Death Criminal status Executed Children Michael Meeropol, Robert Meeropol Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were United States citizens who spied for the Soviet Unionand were tried, convicted, and executed by the Federal government of the United States. They provided top-secret information about radar, sonar, and jet propulsion engines to the USSR and were accused of transmitting nuclear weapon designs to the Soviet Union; at that time the United States was the only country in the world with nuclear weapons.[1][2][3]

Philip Vigol and John Mitchell, convicted of treason and sentenced to hanging; pardoned by George Washington; see Whiskey Rebellion. John Fries, the leader of Fries' Rebellion, convicted of treason in 1800 along with two accomplices, and pardoned that same year by John Adams. Governor Thomas Dorr 1844, convicted of treason against the state of Rhode Island; see Dorr Rebellion; released in 1845; civil rights restored in 1851; verdict annulled in 1854. John Brown, convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1859 and executed for attempting to organize armed resistance to slavery. Aaron Dwight Stevens, took part in John Brown's raid and was executed in 1860 for treason against Virginia. William Bruce Mumford, convicted of treason and hanged in 1862 for tearing down a United States flag during the American Civil War. Walter Allen was convicted of treason on September 16, 1922 for taking part in the 1921 Miner's March with the coal companies and the US Army on Blair Mountain, West Virginia. He was sentenced to 10 years and fined. During his appeal to the Supreme Court he disappeared while out on bail. United Mineworkers of America leader William Blizzard was acquitted of the charge of treason by the jury on May 25, 1922.[12]

https://www.milb.com/milb/news/nick-madrigal-intimidates-with-bat-in-kannapolis-debut/c-286252246 Story on Madrigal debut. Entire OSU career, 40 doubles and 37 strikeouts. That’s a crazy-time stat.

If not for the mainstream media coverage: 1) There wouldn’t have been an end to the Vietnam War 2) Watergate would have been successfully covered up 3) the true depths of the evil going on during the Civil Rights movement in the South would have never seen the light of day 4) there would have been no Church Committee pushing back on CIA-backed executions in Africa, Central/South America and the Caribbean The modern media has always been the greatest check on the expansion of absolute power...especially with the invention of radio, television and finally, the Internet. When did the media start becoming culpable, exactly?

Less susceptible to abuse? Wtf? How?

On the plus side, we can practically cut our defense budget down to near zero because North Korea, China and especially Russia are not our foes...the European Union is.

It’s not Trump and it’s not Congress...who else is left, the Supreme Court? Trump has many business aspirations in Russia that Putin can make or break. In 1986, Trump met with the Soviet ambassador about building a luxury hotel in Moscow, and announced a potential Trump International complex there. At the 2008 Russian Real Estate Summit, Trump touted plans for condos and hotels in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sochi. In 2011, he licensed his name to an aborted Azerbaijan hotel for $1 million and promoted a Trump Tower in Kazakhstan. Even as he campaigned for the Republican nomination, Trump signed a letter of intentto build Trump Tower in Moscow. Trump’s business depends heavily on Russian money. Donald Trump Jr. said in 2008 that “Russians make up a … disproportionate cross-section of … our assets,” and later added, “We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.” Eric Trump told a journalist, “We don’t rely on American banks; we have all the funding we need out of Russia.” (He later denied saying that.) In 2008, Deutsche Bank’s real estate group stopped lending to Trump after he defaulted on a $330 million loan. Inexplicably, he subsequently borrowed $75 million from another DB group. European and American regulators punished DB for laundering billions from Moscow. It’s not a huge leap to suspect that Trump’s DB money came from Russia. ... Throughout the 2000s, Russians bought many apartments in Trump Tower and $100 million worth of Trump properties in Florida. But these sales dropped precipitously in 2014 after the U.S. imposed sanctions on Russian oligarchs for the Crimean incursion. Lifting sanctions would likely restore these sales, and the profits would flow through a trust run by Trump's sons, with the president as sole beneficiary. Indeed, Trump admitted that he’d “be looking at” lifting them. salon.com

House of Cards

Lol...US allies are basically begging for the formation of a shadow government! So it is significant that Maas used the words "White House" rather than the United States -- because it reflects how Europeans are increasingly looking for ways to engage Washington through other centers of power rather than through the capricious President. Beneath the uproar of Trump's disruptive blast through Europe, strong links remain between the military, business, intelligence agencies and civil society groups on either side of the Atlantic. Those may be crucial to riding out the Trump storm. Nicholas Dungan, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council who teaches at the prestigious French research university Sciences Po, said it was time for America's friends in Europe and for the US leadership class -- political figures, CEOs, heads of think tanks and universities -- to take action. "Stop wringing your hands ... get your act together and start doing things that are going to repair the situation, rather than just sitting around and talking about how bad the situation is with Trump," he said. Dungan argued that America's friends -- like French President Emmanuel Macron, Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe -- need to adopt a dual track approach: "You need two different policies. You need one policy to the individual Donald Trump, because it's clear that he doesn't make the distinction between himself and his office. You need another policy toward the United States of America." Source: Fake news CNN (even though an intelligence expert appearing on one of their programs was recently quoted in this thread)