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The least surprising news ever: In the run-up to the 2016 election, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature, pushed racist immigration stories and obsessed over the loss of Confederate symbols after Dylann Roof’s murderous rampage, according to leaked emails reviewed by Hatewatch. The emails, which Miller sent to the conservative …
Update on Very Fine People on Both Sides- I Did NAZI This ComingPost + Comments (163)
by Adam L Silverman| 222 Comments
This post is in: 2020 Elections, America, Election 2016, Foreign Affairs, Impeachment Inquiry, Open Threads, Politics, Silverman on Security, The Trump Doctrine, The Whistleblower Saga
The New York Times has reported greater detail of how the Intelligence Community whistleblower went about bringing his complaint. We already knew, from previous reporting, that he or she first tried to go through the anonymous internal whistleblower complaint hotline at their own, home agency. This then triggered that agency’s counsel to coordinate with the …
This post is in: Books, I'm With Her, Impeachment Inquiry, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, All Too Normal
(John Deering via GoComics.com) . INBOX: Pelosi *and Schiff to hold a press conference tomorrow at 10:45AM ET — Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) October 1, 2019 It's before. IG meeting is currently schedule for the afternoon. pic.twitter.com/vThcUaPw6u — Miranda Binewski (@superlorna69) October 1, 2019 The Inspector General of the State Department does not seek a meeting …
by Adam L Silverman| 154 Comments
This post is in: 2020 Elections, America, Election 2016, Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Open Threads, Politics, Silverman on Security
Secretary Pompeo appears to be scheduled to have a very, very bad Wednesday, Earlier today he released a letter he sent to Congressman Engel, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he made it very clear that the State Department was not going to comply with his and Congressman Schiff’s requests for information …
Apparently Secretary Pompeo’s Swagger Has Waddled Off Without HimPost + Comments (154)
This post is in: Impeachment Inquiry
Acting DNI Joseph Maguire testified to the House Intelligence Committee on his handling of the whistleblower memo. He confirmed that he consulted with the Department of Justice and the White House on how to handle it, although the law says he shall (important word) pass such complaints on to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. …
Acting DNI Joseph Maguire’s Testimony To Congress 9/26/19Post + Comments (149)
by Adam L Silverman| 223 Comments
This post is in: 2020 Elections, America, Domestic Politics, Election 2016, Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Information Warfare, Open Threads, Politics, Russia, Silverman on Security, The Trump Doctrine
Vice Admiral (ret) Maguire, the Acting Director of National Intelligence and Senate confirmed Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is testifying publicly before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) at 9:00 AM EDT this morning. HPSCI’s own live stream for you all is below. HPSCI has also now posted both the now declassified …
by David Anderson| 128 Comments
This post is in: Impeachment, Impeachment Inquiry, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome
The Intelligence Community Inspector General in late August referred a criminal complaint to the Justice Department to investigate whether the president’s pushing for Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, a potential 2020 rival, was a violation of campaign finance law. — Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) September 25, 2019 Mueller was never sure he could prove that Donald …