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Detention of UK's ambassador to Tehran (released an hour later)
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Dems Nervous About Peter Schweizer‘s' New Book ‘Profiles in Corruption'
[Breitbart] Top Democrats are signaling not-so-subtly that they are nervous as a forthcoming book from Peter Schweizer that will expose widespread corruption in the Democrat Party drops in just ten days.

The cover features photos of 2020 Democrat presidential frontrunners former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), as well as fellow 2020 candidates Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and former 2020 candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA).

Schweizer is a Breitbart News contributing editor and the president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI). He has written multiple bestselling books exposing corruption in Washington.

While little is known publicly about the book thus far, Allen quotes Schweizer as saying he spent a year and a half investigating for it, and that it is "a sweeping, detailed look at how the leading figures of progressivism have leveraged the power of their positions." Allen reported that the book features chapters on each of them, as well as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH).

It has also been revealed that the book will expose the "Biden Five," a group of Biden’s family members beyond son Hunter Biden who have siphoned tens of millions of dollars from taxpayers and from guaranteed loans. As Breitbart News reported, the Burisma Ukrainian natural gas company scandal surrounding Hunter Biden that was at the center of the House Democrats’ partisan impeachment push in Congress is just "the tip of the iceberg" when it comes to Biden corruption, and much more will be exposed in this book.

Schweizer’s last two books were filled with explosive revelations about career politicians. Clinton Cash, his 2015 book, uncovered significant corruption swirling around the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative and how the Clintons orchestrated a massive international pay-for-play political scheme. Secret Empires, his most recent book, uncovered much about Joe and Hunter Biden as well as other career politicians. Much of the revelations about Hunter Biden’s role with Burisma originated in Secret Empires.

So it’s no surprise that since these initial revelations about the explosive Profiles in Corruption book out on Jan. 21, the book has rocketed near the top of Amazon’s bestseller list, and interest in it has spiked considerably.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/12/2020 02:56 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/12/2020 3:24 Comments || Top||

#2  I prefer HNO3 in this case.
Posted by: Mercutio || 01/12/2020 6:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Documenting a criminal organization. Fortunately, for them DoJ has been institutionally captured and is now on the team.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/12/2020 7:13 Comments || Top||

#4  A suppository of information. Democrats just need to relax and everything will come out at the end.
Posted by: Dale || 01/12/2020 9:41 Comments || Top||

#5  Much of this is known already; it's just that the media SS has refused to give legs to these appalling, in-your-face, hidden in plain sight Global Grifter stories.

Case in point: Biden's brother was given a cushy gig as VP of a homebuilding company shortly after it scored a $1.5 billion -- yes, BILLION - Iraq Reconstruction contract while Plugz was VP.

And then there's Zero's sweetheart payola deal with Netflix, a company whose entire business model hinges on favorable regulatory treatment by the FCC: $68 MILLION for being a "producer." Leave aside the fact that the man has zero experience in creative film or documentary production. What did Soetoro ever produce in his life except BS and choom-smoke?

Hidden in plain sight. Most corrupt era since the Robber Barons.
Posted by: Lex || 01/12/2020 10:33 Comments || Top||

#6  The Dems must be worried that Scheizer is over the target and hitting danger-close.

So far they are a bunch of nervous ninnies as nothing has happened to others in the coup cabal and with the corruptocrats who tried to steal a nation.
Posted by: JohnQC || 01/12/2020 10:59 Comments || Top||

#7  Schweizer wrote a book several years ago entitled "Throw Them All Out" about crony capitalists and how Congress (D & R) folk enrich themselves and their families--all legit per the respective "ethics" committees but would put you and me and Martha Stewart in jail.
Posted by: Clem || 01/12/2020 16:54 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Mollie: Spy Court Picks FISA Abuse Denier To Tackle FISA Abuse
The fix is in
[Federalist] The nation's top spy court appointed an Obama-era Justice Department official who has denied and downplayed FBI surveillance abuse to assess the FBI's response to a scathing new report cataloguing problems with how the agency secured authority to spy on a Donald Trump campaign affiliate.

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) presiding Judge James Boasberg appointed David Kris to review the FBI's proposed changes to its surveillance application process even though he spent the past few years running interference for the FBI as substantive criticism of the agency mounted.

Lengthy investigations in the House of Representatives and by the Department of Justice inspector general showed major problems with the claims the FBI made as part of an investigation into whether Trump was a traitor who had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election. Those problems include withholding exonerating evidence, undue reliance on shady sources, and outright alteration of evidence.

Kris, who served as assistant attorney general for the DOJ's National Security Division, recently claimed the IG report that catalogued egregious abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) powers actually vindicated the FBI. He also smeared Rep. Devin Nunes in 2018, saying his initial sounding of the alarm about those abuses was incorrect, threatened national security, and should be harshly punished.

Kris appeared in locations that pushed the false Russia collusion narrative, such as Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show, the Lawfare blog, and Twitter, to defend the FBI and attack President Trump and other critics of the harmful surveillance campaign. He once wrote that Trump "should be worried" that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into treasonous collusion with Russia meant "the walls are closing in."

The appointment of a former official who served as an apologist for the FBI signals that the court isn't particularly concerned about the civil liberty violations catalogued by Inspector General Michael Horowitz's investigation into the year-long surveillance of Carter Page. Page is the Trump campaign affiliate whose phone and email communications federal agents wiretapped, and who had confidential human sources and overseas intelligence assets placed against him. False claims that Page was a Russian spy were leaked to the media by government officials as part of a years-long campaign to paint President Trump as a traitor who had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.

The court "finds it appropriate to appoint David S. Kris, Esq., to serve as amicus curiae to assist the Court in assessing the government's response to" a Dec. 17, 2019, order to "inform the Court . . . of what it has done, and plans to do, to ensure that the statement of facts in each FBI application accurately and completely reflects information possessed by the FBI that is material to any issue presented by the application."

The pick was justified on the grounds that he is one of the few officials with FISA experience. But Kris has repeatedly shown himself to be a reflexive defender of the FBI, even as evidence mounted of its malfeasance.
Posted by: Frank G || 01/12/2020 11:33 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Outcomes are vitally important. David is a man we can trust He will ensure the correct outcomes prevail. What are your questions.

[Sarc off]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) presiding Judge James Boasberg appointed David Kris to review the FBI’s proposed changes to its surveillance application process even though he spent the past few years running interference for the FBI as substantive criticism of the agency mounted.
Emphasis added.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/12/2020 12:44 Comments || Top||

#2  We need a fox to clean out the hen house. Why do they they make everything in Washingon so friggin complex? You ask them what time it is and they tell you how to build a clock rather than just give you the time. The bad apples should have been cleaned out already and had their day in court.
Posted by: JohnQC || 01/12/2020 16:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Obfuscation and abstract insulation in complex hierarchies
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/12/2020 18:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Why do they they make everything in Washingon so friggin complex?

This isn't about complexity. It's about rigging the game.

And remember, this is all happening while we're all paying attention to Iran.

I'll be thrilled if the mullahs are all strung up, but what good will it do us if the Swamp preserves itself and turns us into Nortemexico while we're distracted?
Posted by: charger || 01/12/2020 19:22 Comments || Top||


AOC, sworn enemy of dark money, now pushing her own PAC
Lying hypocrite with the voice and maturity of an 11 yr old
[NY Post] Dark money for me, but not for thee?

Socialist superstar Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday began a fundraising push for her very own political action committee ‐ despite her status as the party's leading foe of big money in politics.

"We are pushing the envelope in DC by rewarding those who reject lobbyist money, fight for working families, & welcome newcomers," AOC tweeted Saturday while announcing Courage to Change, a leadership PAC she set up within weeks of her 2018 election victory.

The post came a day after Ocasio-Cortez was slammed for refusing to pay dues to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, despite her bulging campaign coffers.

Leadership PACs have been decried as slush funds for lawmakers, who routinely use the loosely regulated accounts to pay for luxe travel and pricey meals ‐ as well as a means of distributing cash to political allies.

And AOC's fundraising for Courage to Change will benefit her even more directly.

The website she directed her followers to in her tweet notes that contributions will be divided evenly between the PAC and Ocasio-Cortez's personal campaign fund.
Posted by: Frank G || 01/12/2020 11:16 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Just like the communist she is. First enter the party claiming the money is all corrupt. Then starts her own party with corrupt money. Soon she will be getting millions in single doner credit card payments from China.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 01/12/2020 11:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Is anyone in her district even paying attention to what she says and does?? Is she going to be reinstated with another 6000 low info voters?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 01/12/2020 16:53 Comments || Top||


Reserve the Date; Next Dem Prez Debate Jan 14 - fun times
The Democratic stage will be the smallest yet for next Tuesday's Iowa debate, with just six candidates...

Biden
Buttigieg
Klobuchar
Sanders
Steyer
Warren.

probably will start with a moment of silence to mourn the death of Qasem Soleimani and the lack of dead American Soldiers.
Posted by: lord garth || 01/12/2020 09:53 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I watched a couple of Dem debates but then quit as it seemed a great waste of time.
Posted by: JohnQC || 01/12/2020 16:45 Comments || Top||

#2  I just can't bear to even consider watching such blather and rubbish.

And, what, no "Mike" Bloomberg? What a joke.
Posted by: Clem || 01/12/2020 16:55 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Sun 2020-01-12
  Detention of UK's ambassador to Tehran (released an hour later)
Sat 2020-01-11
  Iran fesses up, admits they shot down airliner
Fri 2020-01-10
  Iran invites American investigators to take part in the probe into PS752 plane incident that killed 176 people on board
Thu 2020-01-09
  U.S. Officials Confirm Iran Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner
Wed 2020-01-08
  Iran informs the United Nations and #UNSC that they ''do not seek war and warn of any military adventures"
Tue 2020-01-07
  Iraq Under Missile Attack From Iran
Mon 2020-01-06
  3 Americans Dead, 6 Aircraft Destroyed Or Damaged, Including A Rare Spy Plane, In #Kenya Attack
Sun 2020-01-05
  Iran Puts $80M Bounty on Trump's Head for Soleimani Hit
Sat 2020-01-04
  6 More Iran-Backed Leaders Zapped, incl. Shibl al-Zaidi, commander of Kataib Imam Ali
Fri 2020-01-03
  Lebanon Hizbullah: "It's war!"
Thu 2020-01-02
  Qassim Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds force, zapped in Iraq
Wed 2020-01-01
  Hashid Al Shaabi #PMF leader Abo Alaa Al Walae threatens to attack Embassies of #Saudi, #UAE, #Bahrain and others in #Baghdad.
Tue 2019-12-31
  Crowd storms US Embassy compound in Baghdad
Mon 2019-12-30
  Qais al-Khazali was a close associate of Qassem Suleimani - killed by USAF.
Sun 2019-12-29
  Iraq launches new military operation against ISIS 4 provinces


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