Buffalo_Gal

It isn't the call options and making money off them, that is fine. He may/may not have used insider info, the world will never know. It is the hypocrisy from good ole Nancy: Nancy Pelosi discloses her husband spent $5.52 million on Amazon, Facebook stock * Paul Pelosi, Senator Nancy Pelosi's husband, bought 3,000 shares of Amazon and 5,000 shares of Facebook in January, the Senator disclosed in a February filing. * Paul Pelosi, who is a businessman and investor, used call options to buy the shares at prices below what the market was trading at that date, the filing shows. </snip> On the same day Paul Pelosi made the purchases, Senator Pelosi criticized Facebook for "schmoozing" with the Trump administration. "I think that they have been very abusive of the great opportunity that technology has given them," she said in a press conference, adding, "My thought about them is that all they want is their tax cuts and no antitrust action against them." "They intend to be accomplices for misleading the American people with money from god knows where," she said. </snip>

Team Coup is complaining.

Cause he's a frail, 1000 year old old-school Senator with a voice that sounds like weak rusty nails. (Makes me laugh, too)

Only one is listed, not a dozen. ?‍♀️ AOC calls for ‘turnout machine’ as 12 Dem rivals eye her House seat </snip> Ocasio-Cortez is considered difficult to beat. In addition to national media attention, she also amassed more than $5.3 million in campaign funds by the end of 2019, according to OpenSecrets.org. </snip> In January, Fox News reported that Ocasio-Cortez was building her own fundraising operation for fellow progressives – candidates who would run against moderate incumbents in hopes of replicating her victory over Crowley. As part of that effort, she has reportedly refused to contribute to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the party’s fundraising organization. After the Fox News report surfaced, Ocasio-Cortez tried to downplay the situation by saying she remained a “proud” Democrat and “team player.” But come June, at least a dozen Democrats will be hoping to join that team in place of Ocasio-Cortez – with the most recent entry being former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, who reportedly filed paperwork Feb. 10 for her House bid.

I think she's more than a day drinker. Yikes.

People have speculated that either he worked a deal or a DC grand jury refused to indict him. If he worked a deal, that means they went after bigger fish (although McCabe is a pretty big fish, IMO). If the DC grand jury refused to indict with him being on tape lying his ass off, that does not bode well for indictments for anyone involved in this soft-coup.

Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country. The Trump administration is deploying law enforcement tactical units from the southern border as part of a supercharged arrest operation in sanctuary cities across the country, an escalation in the president’s battle against localities that refuse to participate in immigration enforcement. The specially trained officers are being sent to cities including Chicago and New York to boost the enforcement power of local Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to two officials who are familiar with the secret operation. Additional agents are expected to be sent to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, New Orleans, Detroit and Newark, N.J. The move reflects President Trump’s persistence in cracking down on so-called sanctuary cities, localities that have refused to cooperate in handing over immigrants targeted for deportation to federal authorities. It comes soon after the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security announced a series of measures that will affect both American citizens and immigrants living in those places. Lawrence Payne, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, confirmed that the agency was deploying 100 officers to work with ICE, which conducts arrests in the interior of the country, “in order to enhance the integrity of the immigration system, protect public safety, and strengthen our national security.” The deployment of the teams will run from February through May, according to an email sent to C.B.P. personnel, which was read to The New York Times by one official familiar with the planning. </snip> The agents will not be busting down doors or engaging in shootouts, said one official with direct knowledge of the operation, who like the other official would not be identified because he was not authorized to discuss it. </snip>

Interesting thread:

Some info (apparently this has been going on for close to a month!) The reason is.... climate change. Locust swarm: UN warns of food crisis in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia The East African region could be on the verge of a food crisis if huge swarms of locusts devouring crops and pasture are not brought under control, a top UN official has told the BBC. A massive food assistance may be required, Dominique Burgeon, director of emergencies for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said. Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are affected. Efforts to control the infestation have so far not been effective. Aerial spraying of pesticides is the most effective way of fighting the swarms but countries in the region do not have the right resources. There are fears that the locusts - already in the hundreds of billions - will multiply further. The FAO says the insects are breeding so fast that numbers could grow 500 times by June. </snip>

LOL

SDNY Withdraw as Attorney, Doyle et al v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, No. 1:17-cv-02542 (S.D.N.Y. Feb 14, 2020) Dear Judge Failla: I write to inform the Court that I will be leaving the United States Attorney’s Office. Accordingly, I respectfully request the entry of an order terminating my appearance in this matter. My colleague, Assistant United States Attorney Sarah S. Normand, who previously entered her appearance as counsel of record, will continue to handle this case. I thank the Court for its consideration of this request. Respectfully submitted, GEOFFREY S. BERMAN United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

I think the original posts on this went bye-bye when Tibs deleted the original version of this thread:

I'm not sure the Three Stooges would provide worse representation. ?

Three House Dems on Judiciary Committee hit with ethics allegations </snip> Rep. Madeline Dean of Pennsylvania, Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, and Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia all had ethics complaints filed against them by a watchdog nonprofit group on Wednesday. Americans for Public Trust asked for investigations as to whether the trio violated House rules and federal law. “All three of these members have engaged in disturbing activities that appear to us to be violations of federal law and House rules. This is especially alarming given all three sit on the prestigious House Judiciary Committee, which has direct oversight responsibilities over the U.S. Department of Justice and, by extension, the nation’s law enforcement,” said Adam Laxalt, former Nevada attorney general and counsel to the group. “We’re calling on the Federal Election Commission and the Office of Congressional Ethics to immediately investigate these suspicious activities.” The charges against Dean are that she used funds from one campaign, for lt. governor of PA, in another campaign, a race for Congress. The law says only funds for federal races can be used for other federal races. The PA race was not federal, thus violating FEC rules. Jayapal is charged with soliciting campaign funds connected with performing an official duty. She did so in a C-SPAN broadcast on healthcare where she used the time given to her as a member of the House to ask for campaign donations. That is a clear violation of House rules. McBeth allegedly worked for a gun control group up to and during her congressional campaign. She did not report that employment when filing her papers to run and thus was making campaign appearances while both a candidate and an employee of a gun control group. Her non-reported double dipping is against FEC rules. </snip>

huh

Follow-up: Cuomo, Trump leave border crossing talks unresolved Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Donald Trump did not come to an agreement on restoring expedited border-crossing programs for New Yorkers during a White House meeting on Thursday, but both sides said in statements that they haven't given up negotiating. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, who participated in the meeting, called it “productive.” </snip>

Well, whatever makes you both happy!

LAWFAREBLOG!!! ? ? ?

LOL I bought Hubby chocolates for Valentine's Day. The jerk put them on my desk. He's only getting a card next year!

I retired at 40. I do not ever plan on heading back to work. But thanks for the life-advice!