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crickets's JournalNot the first time the question of foreign influence has been dodged recently.
See Bill Barr's mealy-mouthed testimony -- he knows better, but he's a fascist jackass:
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/07/bill-barr-just-fine-foreign-help-police-brutality-vet
See also Devin Nunes:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/nunes-declines-answer-foreign-information-damage-biden/index.html
They're all in it up to their necks.
"You can bet Trump plans on selling state secrets to the highest bidder upon leaving"
Hadn't thought of it before now (should have) but this is a huge national security concern. National security is something trump has shown he does not care about a bit. He's got no compunction about selling anything not nailed down, including information. There's no telling when it comes to the rest of the trump clan and hangers-on. What a nightmare.
Here's Interior Sec. telling Grijalva he'll only debrief in person and the flight to D.C. was 'easy'
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213841895Outrageous. This is in spite of a rules change that allowed for virtual attendance and proxy voting.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2020/05/house-set-to-vote-on-temporary-measure-for-proxy-voting-remote-committee-work/ May 15
The resolution aims to reduce the number of days members of the House need to be physically present, and opens the door for committees holding virtual markups for must-pass legislation in the coming weeks and months.
The temporary rules change would allow voting by proxy, which would enable some members to designate a colleague to vote for them if they can’t return to Capitol Hill safely to cast their vote in person.
“This House must continue legislating,” House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said on the House floor. “And we have to do so in a way that is safe for all those around us.”
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Bernhardt and the trump administration are responsible for Grijalva's exposure and illness.
They are responsible for any future detriment to Grijalva’s health due to COVID. Bernhardt, along with every committee member who refused to wear masks, especially Gohmert, deliberately put Grijalva and everyone else on the committee in mortal danger. Rep. Grijalva may not directly blame them, but I certainly do. It was reprehensible.
He never got the promotion he deserved.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/alexander-vindman-promotionBoth Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Defense Secretary Mark Esper had approved the promotion of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman before he retired, defense officials confirmed on Wednesday. Still, the White House tried at least once to derail his promotion to colonel, according to Politico, which his attorney seemed to allude to as a reason for Vindman's retirement.
eta another article with more detail:
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/07/13/as-vindman-retires-army-officers-demand-lawmaker-stops-holding-up-their-promotions/
It seems he decided to leave before giving trump another opportunity to turn him down.
Your service is greatly appreciated, Lt Colonel Vindman. We need more citizens of integrity like you looking out for us; may you have an opportunity to serve again in some way very soon.
Great video! Found among the replies:
This 2016 letter proves that GOP attacks on Biden over Ukraine are nonsense Vox, 10/03/19In other words, both Republicans and Democrats in the US — and many European nations — wanted Shokin gone for failing to clamp down on graft.
The letter is a major blow to Trump’s argument that Biden somehow went rogue and tried to get Shokin fired to protect his son. Biden himself has been incredibly consistent on this point, saying he legitimately pushed for the prosecutor’s ouster with international backing and that he never spoke to his son about his Ukraine work.
Rather, it’s the Republicans who have changed their tune. Portman is backing President Donald Trump’s assertion that he didn’t withhold military aid for Ukraine in order to extract Kyiv’s help to investigate the Bidens. And Johnson signed a September 2019 letter asking Attorney General Bill Barr to look into possible Biden-Ukraine corruption.
Agreed. We will never regain standing in the world as a nation if we allow
the trump administration's actions and criminal lack of reaction to go unchallenged and unpunished. The entire world is paying the price for the US removing the CDC representatives from China, disbanding the pandemic team, and disregarding the pandemic strategies already in place and proved to be effective in prior outbreaks. It is not just our mountains of dead but the death rate all over the world that is, in large part, a direct result of the willful and intentional disregard of qualified personnel along with the destruction of US policies that normally would have handled this situation in a starkly more skilled and competent fashion.
There is no question charges should be brought and prosecuted. None.
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