#1 An anonymous Senior Government Official allegedly writes an article in the NYT reporting how he and a stalwart band of brave patriots are all that stand between the American Way and the insane chaos of Donald Trump.
#2 Secretary of Defense Mattis states that reports claiming he believes Trump to be a dangerous moron and remains in his service only to prevent WWIII are utter nonsense.
Half the population of this nation doesn't hesitate for a moment in accepting #1 to be true (at least the part about Trump being dangerously irrational), but dismisses #2 out of hand. The Anonymous Source writing for a leading voice in the Resistance is, of course, to be believed, but a 4 Star general who has served his country with honor and distinction and makes his statement on the record is, of course, lying.
This nation is doomed, but not because Donald Trump is going to leap from bed one night, grab the Nuclear Football, and start WWIII.
Assuming there is an Anonymous Source, and he holds a position higher than Assistant to the Assistant White House Kitchen Manager, I'm afraid his fantasies about being seen as an American Hero are going to be dashed once his name is learned.
Trump fans and most conservatives will view him very negatively. Even Never-Trumpers writing for the National Review or Weekly Standard who might believe that the nation is being saved from Trump by the rational adults surrounding and restraining him are not buying that he had to write the article in order to reassure the American people. (Well, maybe Bill Kristol is, but then he's become a catty little bitch)
Trump-Haters and most liberals will view him very negatively: "Thanks for confirming what we already know and creating a new ****-storm for the White House, but you should have quit. You all should quit. And you approve of most of his policies so you're a white supremacist yourself!"
The conceit, not to mention the perfidy, of this fellow is stunning. He thinks of himself as the nameless patriot risking it all to save America. He would, I'm so sure, love to stand up and make these accusations to Trump's face, but then his cover would be ruined and the nation would suffer. His honor is a small price to pay for the country he loves!
Oh, and just how insane is POTUS? How are they stopping him from making these reckless and dangerous moves? Do they walk around the White House with syringes in their pockets; ready to incapacitate him if he starts talking about declaring war? How does an underling stop the most powerful, irrational megalomaniac in the world from doing what he wants?
I wouldn't be surprised if we learn this guy's identity pretty quickly. Not because the White House Gestapo will stop at nothing to flush the rat from cover, but because I bet he's already been under suspicion of being a major leaker and the Chief-of-Staff is closing in on him. He was close to being fired anyway, but now when he is it will quickly be revealed that he was the Time's Anonymous Op/Ed Writer. He'll gain fame (or infamy) & fortune appearing, non-stop, on CNN and MSNBC and, of course, he will make the rounds of all of the Sunday News Shows, and even the Late Night "comedy" shows. He's already written a book and has been in secret negotiations with a publisher for months.
This is the state of politics in this nation.
Check out the Kavanagh Hearings (Or should I say the recording of Corey Booker's campaign ads for his 2020 run for the White House?) and you will either be entertained or dismayed by the circus that is in progress. Check out the social media "buzz" about the half Mexican; half Jewish female lawyer sitting behind Kavanagh who, yesterday, flashed a White Supremacist hand signal as a secret message to all of her fellow neo-Nazis out there and you will either laugh or weep.
Trump is a glaring symbol of the degradation, but not the cause.
Trump is a glaring symbol of the degradation, but not the cause.
Trump has bought the real scum into the light, and the MSM and the politicians will do any thing they can to dim that light including pulling the plug on a duly elected president. This just one more try. They are going to fail.
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coldjoint
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Thu 6 Sep, 2018 11:37 am
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‘Anonymous’ Mole Tries to Take Down President Trump
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Mr. Mole and His Junta
The faceless, nameless author (let’s call him Mr. Mole) represents a junta, which discussed a coup, and this is their pronunciamento. That’s the kind of speech colonels in failed states read from the presidential palace after they’ve seized the state TV network and locked the elected leader in a closet. Or assassinated him, as Mr. Mole is assassinating President Trump’s character with unverifiable anecdotes and rumors.
The coup-plotters are acting in a dank, un-American fashion. We aren’t a nation of secret intrigues, Deep State permanent government, and paternalistic castes that ignore the will of the people. At least that’s not what we were founded to be. That country which Mr. Mole and the rest of his colony want to inhabit, and rule in secret, deserves another name. Let’s label it accurately.
Nothing to argue with there. If someone can say those statements above are not true, let's hear it.
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Okay, who gets to decide what’s “detrimental to the health of our republic”? Who makes that call, in America? The voters, every four years. In extreme cases, the Congress, with its power to impeach and remove a president. And to some degree the Supreme Court, which can rein in unconstitutional abuses. Below is a list of people who don’t get to decide that:
Newspapers, TV networks, and social media companies.
Hollywood actors and pop music icons.
FBI agents.
Power-hungry, frustrated supporters of losing presidential candidates who’ve wormed their way into the administration of the winning one.
That is who Trump haters want running things. That is not what I want, and I have the Constitution backing my argument. And a shitload of Americans who understand what is really going on. https://stream.org/anonymous-mole-tries-take-president-trump/
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Thu 6 Sep, 2018 11:53 am
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In the morning of April 21, 2016, a staffer at the Center for the National Interest, a Washington D.C., think tank, wandered into the office of Dimitri Simes, the group’s president.
The staffer saw a pile of papers on the desk titled “FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENSE OUTLINE.” The staffer realized the papers were the detailed outline, in bullet-pointed paragraphs, of a major foreign policy address that then-candidate Donald Trump was set to deliver six days later as a guest of the center. The staffer used a cellphone to snap pictures of all five pages of the document.
More than two years later, Maria Butina, who once wrote for the center’s magazine and occasionally emailed with Simes, was arrested as an accused Kremlin agent. Subsequently, the person provided the photos to The Daily Beast. The photos’ metadata confirm they were taken on a cellphone in the morning of April 21, 2016. A second former staffer told The Daily Beast that he saw the same documents on Simes’ desk.
The pictures provide new insight into the creation of Trump’s historic foreign policy speech. They also indicate that Simes was closer than previously known to the drafting of that speech. (Jacob Heilbrunn, the editor of the center’s magazine, wrote for Politico shortly after the speech that he didn’t know what was going to be in it. “I was curious as anyone to see what Trump would actually say,” he wrote.)
It isn’t unusual for a think tank chief to preview drafts of a speech presented at their invitation. But Simes’ proximity to the speech shows that a person Vladimir Putin once called a “friend and colleague” had an early view into the crafting of a speech that would have historic significance for American foreign policy. Democrats on the House intelligence committee tried to investigate Simes’ relationship to Trump’s campaign, but Republican committee chairman Devin Nunes blocked their efforts.
Presented with this account and with the pictures of the document, the Center’s executive director, Paul Saunders, declined to comment. Heilbrunn emailed that he did not receive any preview of the speech. Simes did not respond to a request for comment but wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Sept. 5, 2018, that his think tank’s interaction with the Trump campaign had a “small scope.” Michael Glassner, the chief operating officer at Donald J. Trump for President, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. J.D. Gordon, a foreign policy adviser to Trump on the 2016 campaign, told The Daily Beast he was not familiar with the document.
The pictures demonstrate that significant changes were made from the speech’s detailed outline to its final version—including the removal of lines condemning bigotry, praising legal immigration, and disparaging Russia.
It isn’t unusual for a think tank chief to preview drafts of a speech presented at their invitation. But Simes’ proximity to the speech shows that a person Vladimir Putin once called a “friend and colleague” had an early view into the crafting of a speech that would have historic significance for American foreign policy. Democrats on the House intelligence committee tried to investigate Simes’ relationship to Trump’s campaign, but Republican committee chairman Devin Nunes blocked their efforts.
How did Nunes try to do that? The article leaves that part out. Why?
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coldjoint
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Thu 6 Sep, 2018 01:46 pm
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Three Reasons Why the Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed Is a Major Media Blunder
Blundering is nothing new since Trump was elected.
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Absolutely Nothing Is a Bombshell
If there’s one good reason to publish a behind-the-scenes look at politics inside the White House while offering complete protection for the author, it’s because the revelations are entirely shocking. The contents would have to be utterly damaging to justify the secrecy. With this op-ed, that kind of material is just not there.
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The Author’s Self-Interest Is Glaringly Apparent
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This Would Never Be Published During Another Administration Can you imagine the uproar if a senior Obama administration official had petitioned a major media outlet to publish a scandalous piece about the commander-in-chief? The piece, the author, and the outlet would be dismissed as a serious breach of precedent and protocol. There would be endless roundtable discussions about how sad and dangerous it is to give in to that sort of partisan journalism. The mole would be disgraced and hounded on front pages and front covers nationwide until they quietly stepped down, afraid of what they had begun.
I have said that myself. Is this the new Russia, Russia? What happened to Russia and how come this person says nothing about collusion. By what he or she says they would know, wouldn't they? I bet no one answers on one of these questions until more talking points come out. https://www.redstate.com/kimberly_ross/2018/09/06/reasons-anonymous-op-ed-media-blunder/
A more recent caricature from the same paper (Nebelspalter) as above
That is laughable, just like the Meuller investigation. Or do you know where the collusion is?
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Germany: Case dropped against Muslim migrant rapist because he is “too young to prosecute”
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German authorities have dropped a case in which a 10-year-old Afghan boy raped a classmate during a school trip while Syrian and Afghan accomplices held him down, as the perpetrators are apparently not old enough to be tried.
Twitter says it has permanently suspended the accounts of Alex Jones and his Infowars website.
It made the move after a number of tweets that violated Twitter's abusive behaviour policy, the company said.
A number of tech giants, including YouTube and Facebook, deleted the right-wing conspiracy theorist's content last month, citing hate speech.
The radio host is best known for spreading unsubstantiated allegations about tragic events, including 9/11.
He is currently being sued for defamation by the parents of two children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which he has repeatedly claimed was a "giant hoax". Twenty children under the age of seven and six adults died in the attack.
Twitter said the ban was a result of "new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behaviour policy, in addition to the accounts' past violations".
Crazy, crazy, crazy, cj, coming from a guy, you, who supports, unequivocally, a serial pants on fire liar.
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Builder
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Thu 6 Sep, 2018 04:13 pm
Running scared; the whole house of cards falling. LOL.
Tiffany FitzHenry @Tiff_FitzHenry
For almost 2 years we’ve watched the entire Washington establishment desperately and openly trying to find some way to impeach a duly-elected, sitting President. You’ve got to admit, that’s really weird.
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