Month: December 2018

Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Headlines Pro-Russian Conference In Armenia

Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Headlines Pro-Russian Conference In Armenia

talkingpointsmemo.com
NEW: The President’s lead lawyer for the Russia probe is at a pro-Russia economic forum w/ a sanctioned Putin adviser who said the day after the 2016 election Trump would end Russia sanctions.

ALSO – the version of the program linked to on the forum’s website lists Russia’s current finance minister as another participant on Giuliani’s panel and it lists Giuliani as cybersecurity adviser to POTUS. (he claimed he was there in a private capacity).

Same tactics in Hungary, Ukraine, Turkey, Brexit, etc. This is an authoritarian playbook written by Russia. 

Same tactics in Hungary, Ukraine, Turkey, Brexit, etc. This is an authoritarian playbook written by Russia.

The “migrant caravan” story might sound familiar for a reason. Hungary—like Trump, backed by Kremlin-friendly media outlets happy to blame all the world’s woes on George Soros—pushed a very similar story back in 2015. This is the same reason Russia pushed for Brexit as well.

Focus on what matters. Not on shiny objects like this.
Matthew Csaki's photo. Matthew Csaki's photo.
Matthew Csaki's photo.Matthew Csaki's photo.

They look like cops, but they’re not. And they’re all over Michigan.

They look like cops, but they’re not. And they’re all over Michigan.

freep.com
‘Across Michigan, police departments have enlisted civilians to work alongside licensed officers to patrol communities and even assist real cops with arrests. But unlike the regular officers licensed by the state, these armed civilians are unregulated.

The Free Press found a convicted felon who could not legally carry a gun actually patrolled as an armed reserve police officer in Highland Park, the former leader of a hate group volunteered as a reserve with western Michigan police agencies, and a Flint reserve officer was convicted after running a vigilante force that once illegally detained teens, holding them at gunpoint’

Exclusive: In Leaked Audio, Brian Kemp Expresses Concern Over Georgians Exercising Their Right to Vote

Exclusive: In Leaked Audio, Brian Kemp Expresses Concern Over Georgians Exercising Their Right to Vote

rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone has a recording of Republican, Brian Kemp, stating he is concerned about Stacey Abrams’ campaign.

In the recording Kemp says, “(Abrams) continues to concern us, especially if everybody uses and exercises their right to vote”

Supreme Court shields Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from answering questions in census controversy

Supreme Court shields Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from answering questions in census controversy

washingtonpost.com
‘The Supreme Court on Monday shielded Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from answering lawyers’ questions in a lawsuit challenging his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census form.

The government had asked the Supreme Court to block questioning of Ross as part of a lawsuit filed by several states, including New York, and civil rights groups. The groups are seeking to stop the administration from adding a citizenship question to the decennial count.’

U.S. Begins First Cyberoperation Against Russia Aimed at Protecting Elections

U.S. Begins First Cyberoperation Against Russia Aimed at Protecting Elections

nytimes.com
‘The United States Cyber Command is targeting individual Russian operatives to try to deter them from spreading disinformation to interfere in elections, telling them that American operatives have identified them and are tracking their work, according to officials briefed on the operation.

The campaign, which includes missions undertaken in recent days, is the first known overseas cyberoperation to protect American elections, including the November midterms.’