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Just finishing the Times article -- and there's a lot of wrong information in there (Durham has subpoena power as an example, and I'm 90% certain they've spoken to several Langley folk already but I have no way to confirm that). It seems like an attempt to get ahead of Durham's report. That implies to me that we're going to see something more than just scathing from Barr/Durham. But that's the million dollar question. There is a lot of chatter that the fear is no DC GJ would indict anyone on the left side of the aisle... which is why Huber has had three GJ's empaneled outside of DC. I'm still in the camp expecting charges to be brought against multiple people, starting with McCabe and Strzok -- likely reaching up to Comey and Yates with some middle men in between. We'll get the Horowitz report first, but Horowitz does not have the power to indict only refer people for indictments. That should be the canary in the coal mine so to speak. If Horowitz comes out with a report as thick as a telephone book but it's majorly redacted and lacks any referrals for criminal prosecutions -- then we are in a bit of trouble. If it's lightly redacted and there are a few referrals -- it shows we're on track for Durham to really bring the heat. I stand by what I've always said about not predicting a precise date -- but my spidey sense is tingling that we'll get the OIG report this coming week. Total guess on my part, not a prediction.

On that I only have suspicions, rather than concrete (no pun intended) proof. But based on the symbolism attached to the temple, it's statues, the imagery on the sun dial, and the weird berm seen below, I would classify my suspicions as strong. This is a really weird feature of the island and I'm open to any and all ideas on it. I have some experience in construction and heavy equipment and I could see this being used for excavation and heavy equipment parking purposes -- but I think that's a big stretch. What makes this even more strange is that prior to his arrest, Google Maps deliberately placed a fake tennis court over this area: Look how poorly that photoshop is done. That area is much too big for a single court... it's an obvious fake -- but it brings up questions about why Google would go out its way to cover up an empty berm... I can't answer that for certain other than to say it's ***** strange. Where have we seen structures like that in the past? Berms like that were used a lot in 20th century extermination camps and operations from WW2 through Serbia. Is it a dumping ground for bodies? Is it some sort of fighting pit where spectators are above? Is it a shooting range of some kind? The only thing I know for sure is that it's not a ***** tennis court. My point is there's a lot about the island that we still don't know. And there's a lot of rumor and "conspiracy" nonsense thrown into that vacuum which confuses the issue when you try to dive in and see for yourself. But knowing what I know about the belief system Epstein and his closest confidants follow, it would not shock me in the least to discover there were people killed there and Epstein never bothered to remove the remains because he never had reason to fear exposure since he was blackmailing (or providing a supply line for) swaths of global leaders and elites.

More fear.

Lawfare is the heart of the resistance. Never forget that when sourcing them. (Not saying this is not his statement at all, and thank you for sharing it ) I was hesitant to call this whole fiasco a set up, by the Trump team, for the last two months but now it's harder than ever not to see certain tell tale signs of a counter-intel operation unfolding. Specifically a mole hunt. Consider the sequence of events: * The (second) call came on July 25th call, that day Vindman (from DC) calls Kent and tells him his concerns (violating classification protocols) after hearing Trump use specific buzz words like CrowdStrike and Biden. * The very next day, Kent calls Yovanovitch and brings her up to speed, assuring the fears would spread within her department/office (as well as to various NGOs on the ground in the Ukraine who have ears there). * That SAME day, Sondland invites a junior diplomat to lunch -- and then takes a call from Trump which he allows him to overhear. And that call specifically highlights the very same buzz words that motivated Vindman. Now, step back and recall when that July 25th call happened in terms of the bigger picture. It took place the day immediately following the Mueller cloud clearing from over Trump's head... It's been asked, why would Trump do this so soon after Mueller many times by both sides. And it's a valid question. Certainly you could chalk it up to his hubris/egomania -- but there's another possibility. Just because Mueller's probe was done -- which meant the surveillance attached to it was also done -- doesn't mean the rats, moles, and others who worked with the coup plotters had been cleared out of the White House, NSC, and other positions of import. So what do you do? You smoke them out. Trump makes a call -- lays some bait knowing that there's a leak/snitch on the NSC (Vindman). Meanwhile, Sondland gathers the suspected leakers on the ground in Ukraine and let's them hear a call with Trump reinforcing all the same trigger words which motivated Vindman. Then you sit back and watch what happens. You have certain people under surveillance already (cough - Schiff) and thus are able to watch as they take secret meetings and plot their moves for a month before letting the world know about a "whistle blower". The rats expose themselves, come to testify to take down the president -- and get blown up instead because the entire playbook is known ahead of time due to this counter-intel op. In the end, they walked the dems right into an agenda/ploy which ultimately helps Trump going into the election and cleans out more riff raff at State and on the NSC. Can't prove any of that, not stating it's fact or anything like that -- consider it Friday night speculation. But there's some teeth to this, I can feel it.

I don't think it was bad judgement. I think it was fear. They were forced to do this now because of the OIG report (and the fear of Biden being the nominee). Trump baited them into this, and they fell for it. Hook, line, and sinker.

Oh, look at that. The Ukraine asked for Rudy. Not Trump. Ukrainian prosecutors say they have tried to get this information to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) since the summer of 2018, fearing it might be evidence of possible violations of U.S. ethics laws. First, they hired a former federal prosecutor to bring the information to the U.S. attorney in New York, who, they say, showed no interest. Then, the Ukrainians reached out to President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/463307-solomon-these-once-secret-memos-cast-doubt-on-joe-bidens-ukraine-story#.XY02ewYDEV8.twitter Ouch. Another narrative bites the dust: Some media outlets have reported that, at the time Joe Biden forced the firing in March 2016, there were no open investigations. Those reports are wrong. A British-based investigation of Burisma's owner was closed down in early 2015 on a technicality when a deadline for documents was not met. But the Ukraine Prosecutor General's office still had two open inquiries in March 2016, according to the official case file provided me. One of those cases involved taxes; the other, allegations of corruption. Burisma announced the cases against it were not closed and settled until January 2017.

The largest interference in the 2016 election came not from Russia, but from our own Intelligence Community. That's the real threat. Not Russia. The ICA proves that (to me) beyond any doubt. They lied. Knowingly. To save their own asses, not because they feared for the country. Everything Trump has been doing in terms of battling the "deep state" (however you wish to define it, in this case strictly speaking DC bureaucracy) has been about securing 2020's elections from the same malfeasance. (Even if you buy into GG's stance -- which has meat on the bone -- that even the Steele Dossier was Russian disinformation, it was still pushed knowingly by our own IC against our own election efforts). The media denies this fundamental truth -- because they were in on it with the IC. THAT'S the threat. **************************

Schiff and the coup plotters already tried to destroy the republic -- and failed. And you supported them doing so. Now you care. Again, had you and Schiff not been crying wolf for three years, lying to the public and gaslighting them -- then this would be a bigger story. But since he's the origin, no one believes him. Nor should they. He's a proven liar and traitor to his country. He's a liar. He betrayed every oath he swore into office -- and did so knowingly. He knowingly abused his access as a Gang of 8 member to gaslight the country. Sorry, not sorry no one believes him. But the fear mongering on this is right on book for people who are terrified about their malfeasance being exposed (which it's about to be on a very wide scale)

Fear not, truly. They've been kinetically fighting Iran and its proxies (with our help) for going on 2.5 years now. It's just not covered in the news. The attack by Iran was a death rattle, not the beginning of a new phase of instability. Their country has been in open revolution for over a year (again, not covered properly by western media -- ask yourself why), the people want the Mullahs gone and the GCC (which are our allies, led by KSA), Israel, and US forces have been wiping up Hamas and Hezbollah without fanfare, defanging Iran for precisely this reason. Their ability to retaliate -- short of all out war (which is what the establishment DC wants, the media wants, the DNC wants, and the Mullahs), there's not much left in the Iranian terror toolkit. And if they go the all out war route, it won't be Iraq 3. It won't be an invasion. It'll be a surgical strike(s) to wipe out the Mullahs and the IRGC. (And Israel will do the bulk of that with our spooky support.)

If you don't see the spin there's nothing I can do for you my friend. https://www.mrctv.org/videos/foxs-charles-payne-slams-medias-deliberate-attempt-stoke-recession-fears (And both sides spin, never once have I said anything but that)

Do you acknowledge that confidence in the economy is a key factor in its well being? If so, do you acknowledge the media has proven, time and time again, to be able to shape public opinion and confidence on any number of issues -- even when false? There's reporting on numbers objectively, and then there's what's happening now on the establishment media feeds: pushing unnecessary panic and doom and gloom. The goal is not to inform or report, but to influence in order to get the result they want. Recessions are always possible and usually cyclical. Acknowledging that isn't a problem. Hyping fear and drama over facts is. That's not the battle I'm fighting. It's not about the numbers, it's about the motivations of the messengers who have proven themselves to be allergic to truth for the past three years at the expense of partisanship.

That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is you're witnessing (yet another) influence campaign designed to sow fear, division, and to "get Trump". When the recession hits, we can talk. Until then, the sudden turn to 11 in volume on this issue is tied directly to the media's failure to make Trump/Russia stick or Trump=Racist stick in the minds of voters. ....Voters. Not readers. Not citizens. Their goal is not to inform or pursue truth. It's to control your mind. Stop letting them.

We know he's had remsvidor, melatonin, and zinc. We don't know if he had HCQ (this time, he took a course of it earlier in the year) or plasma yet. I don't even play a doctor on TV so I have no clue what they'll do next, but I'd guess when he comes out of this he'll be touting all of them (and hope over fear).

The entire leftist belief system is based on projection, fear, and hypocrisy.

I would argue anyone that lets the media -- who have proven to be liars and manipulators on socially engineered issues such as this -- drive their fears about any group really hasn't thought through the problem far enough. They want us divided. They want us fighting each other instead of solving actual problems. Why give in to their agenda?

Reminder: The CIA, FBI, DOJ, and the Special Counsel's Office spent three years combined investigating Donald Trump and his family. These investigations were looking for any connections, financial or otherwise, to enemies of this country. They found nothing. Nada. Zero. Yet they spread fear, disinformation, and division for three years through the media pretending that they found something. Now, we have an interim Senate report that found exactly what they were looking for with Donald and his family, only it's Joe and his family who did the country dirty. Instead of reporting the facts, the media is choosing to spin it as disinformation from... Russia. They are doing this because they think we are stupid. Don't be stupid. Learn what's happening. Identify your true enemies. It's not a political party or candidate. It's the people you trust to give you information.

100% The fear is palpable. Barr and Pompeo are the biggest targets right now outside of 45 himself. "Wrap up smears" happening all over the place -- but so far none are sticking. It's a dangerous tactic for the coup-plotters to employ... and I hope/suspect it's going to cost them in the end.

He led the Iranian backed insurgency into Iraq since the war began, he provided them with logistics, supplies, and intelligence. 2 out of every 3 IEDs on the ground which took out troops can be traced back to his hands (per boots on the ground in theater). We lost more Americans to the IRGC and its proxies than to AQ or ISIS. He also led the brutal crackdown on the Iranian people inside Iran the past two years (and longer). He also helped plan/fund the Benghazi operation. He also was heavily involved in the atrocities in Syria. Suleimani was the head of their IRGC, head of their intelligence services (defacto), as well as the "chosen" successor to the Mullahs should they fall. He was a MAJOR bad guy. Removing him from the board makes peace more likely, not less. He's not easily replaced because by his nature he was a paranoid SOB who had cut himself out a large swath of power -- and he didn't share well with others. This will help the protesters on the ground in both Iraq and Iran, it'll speed up the Mullah's exit. Will the Mullahs do something stupid in response? Maybe... if they can. But it'll be meek because we've been kicking their ass for three years with almost zero coverage of it in several theaters. Fear not. This was a good day for the world. Not a bad day.

This is what fear sounds like. "I'm the president's wingman."

FEAR (end of a longer thread)

Sure are. It's fear mixed with weaponized ignorance. Bob still believes Russia/Trump was real -- "they just didn't find enough evidence to convict him". That's what they programmed him to think and believe, despite the absence of evidence and facts to support that position (and despite the fact that in order to believe that position in the first place requires a complete inversion of the entire system of justice in this country). Bob uses the tarmac as an apples to apples comparison, as an example, when it's anything but apples to apples. It's a poor comparison which demonstrates how little he understands about what is happening now and what happened then. He has no one but himself to blame for his continued ignorance though. No one.

Fear. https://mobile.twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1214991222009409536

Fear of the truth. Fear of being exposed as hypocrites. Fear of their coup being exposed to the public and being held responsible for the biggest scandal in US history. I'll keep going, thank you.

Fear. Gotta wonder how people on the left can continue to support this fear based approach to governance. But the ones here aren't big into thinking for themselves and thus are likely unaware of how weak, sad, and pathetic they look supporting these tactics.

There are two things at play with this review. Both related, but also separate. The first, and headline piece is that the review is damning to the entire "it was all done by the books" narrative regarding Crossfire Hurricane and the subsequent Mueller probe. It shows, without a doubt, that what happened to Page was an oddity. Not just a statistical anomaly, but something which can only be explained by people within the FBI putting their thumbs on the scale. The original take, way back in 2017 when issues over FISA abuse were starting to bubble up was that "it's impossible to fraudulently get a FISA, there are too many checks in the system! It's a conspiracy theory to think someone could rig the FISA process!" You had every "national security expert" and talking head on both sides of the aisle making this case for a year. That there was NO way the system could be abused. This was not just the left and never Trumpers, but also those in the middle who hadn't seen the full picture quite yet. And that defense, to those not paying attention, made sense to most. But then starting in 2018 and after Horowitz's report came out and found 17 grave/material errors in just Carter Page's FISA application, the spin doctors switched to "those were simple errors, probably happens all the time!" type defenses (while glossing over the deliberate deception committed by Clinesmith). This "final" review looked at 29 other FISAs within that same time period and found NONE of them had the type of grave/material errors which Page's FISA had. Not one -- which blows the second spin attempt out of the water. So, on this level -- the headline level -- what this review shows is that what happened with Page's warrant was deliberate, unusual, and specific. In other words, they knew the corners they had to cut to make it happen, and did. They didn't do it with any of the other applications on any other number of cases -- just Page and Trump. This makes it clear that what happened was a specific abuse of the surveillance system to target a political enemy of the administration. That lays the ground work (imo) for seditious conspiracy. The other level to this review/story, is that it also bolsters the arguments that the FISA/FISC system works better than many feared when the safeguards are adhered to. In many ways this is damage control for those people, the people in the middle who thought the system was secure but came to be alarmed with what they learned from the Page discoveries.This review helps the cause of the National Security people who have long argued (with merit) that the FISA/FISC are necessary tools and aren't abused often, and thus should not be scrapped entirely. So you have those types pushing this hard, not for the Trump/Russia angle, but for the "protect the FISA/FISC" angle. To that point, imo, the issue, as we saw with CH/Mueller was that when the FBI wants to abuse the system, they know how to do it in a way not easy to detect. THAT makes the entire FISA/FISC system terrifying... but I still don't have an answer as to a fix.