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emmaverybo's JournalFormer CIA director: Russia and China are collaborating
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/russia-and-china-are-collaborating-to-undermine-stability-of-the-us-on-trumps-watch-former-cia-director/On Saturday, Axios reported that former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is warning Russia and China have formed a de facto alliance to destabilize the United States and threaten national security.
“What I consider two of our strongest adversaries are now working together to try to undermine stability in the United States of America,” said Panetta on “Axios on HBO.” “This is not like dealing with some kind of rogue nation.”
China’s intelligence services have been implicated in a number of cyberattacks on U.S. government agencies. Russia, meanwhile, was extensively involved in undermining the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with their efforts documented in detail by former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
Line of Duty series 4 and 5. Acorn. Well done all the way around. A bit of a challenge to follow the
plot twists, figuring out the forensics along the way—or not. But I like that it has narrative complexity and depicts a hierarchical, military-style, cut throat police culture, refreshing because it’s Brit. Lovely sense of paranoia pervades if you like that sort of thing.
McCabe talks Russian Crime and Trump, unanswered questions:
McCabe talks about going after Russian organized crime in Brighton Beach as a young agent — and how some of those characters showed up in the Mueller report.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-andrew-mccabe-russia-donald-trump
Biden tweets on abortion issue:
Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) Tweeted:
States across the nation are passing extreme laws that violate a woman’s constitutional right to choose. These bills are a blatant attempt to overturn Roe v Wade. It's wrong. It's pernicious. We must #StopTheBans and ensure this choice remains between a woman and her doctor. https://t.co/J4FL9nQgol
Amash extended tweet on Mueller report and Barr's misrepresentation of it. Good read.
http://www.alternet.org/2019/05/start-pushing-back-gops-amash-unloads-on-bill-barrs-false-narrative-about-the-mueller-report-in-epic-tweet-storm/For Memorial Day, the legendary Vera Lynn
Trump's legal strategy to fight House Doomed to Fail
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trumps-stonewalling-of-the-democrats-is-actually-speeding-the-courts-up-to-shoot-him-down-ex-federal-prosecutorIn a column for Politico, former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti explains that President Donald Trump and his legal team’s strategy to stonewall the Democrats and run out the clock by using the courts until after the election is backfiring spectacularly.
Trump couldn't stop Tillerson testifying, hah, hah. A hopeful development:
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/rex-tillerson-meltdown-gives-away-trump/18179/POC: A useful term for Whites, but not for
political discussions when making assumptions about positions, allegiances, and voting behaviors across non-white voting groups. And not so much for people of many different non-white identities. I wouldn’t use it with friends, would you?
https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/02/people-of-color-phrase-history-racism.html
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