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[basilio]

So Donald Trump had been cultivated as an asset by the Russians for 40 years. Wonder if this will come up in his impeachment trial ?

Russia has been cultivating Trump as an asset for 40 years, former KGB spy says​

• The KGB cultivated Trump as an asset for 40 years, a former operative told The Guardian.
• Yuri Shvets told The Guardian that the KGB had identified Trump as a potential asset in the 1980s.
• Shvets said it was stunning when Trump took out an ad repeating anti-Western talking points after a trip to Moscow.
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The KGB cultivated Donald Trump as an asset for 40 years, and he proved a highly valuable asset in repeating anti-Western Russian propaganda in the United States, a former KGB operative told The Guardian.

Yuri Shvets is a key source in “American Kompromat,” a new book detailing the decades-long relationship between Trump and Russia by the journalist Craig Unger.

The book, which is based on interviews with former Russian and US operatives, details the KGB’s attempts in the 1980s to cultivate dozens of unwitting businesspeople in the United States as useful Russian assets.

Shvets told The Guardian that the KGB had identified Trump, then an up-and-coming property developer, as a potential asset in the 1980s.

“This is an example where people were recruited when they were just students and then they rose to important positions; something like that was happening with Trump,” Shvets told the paper.

Russia has been cultivating Trump as an asset for 40 years, former KGB spy says

Yuri Shvets told The Guardian that the KGB had identified Trump as a potential asset as far back as the 1980s.

www.businessinsider.com.au

 

[basilio]

This is the story of the three full page ads that Trump placed in major US newspapers in 1987 after he visited Moscow. The content represented the talking points made to Trump during that trip.

Trump: U.S. Should Stop Paying To Defend Countries that Can Protect Selves​

JOHN SHANAHAN September 2, 1987

NEW YORK (AP) _ Real estate developer Donald J. Trump bought full-page ads in three major U.S. newspapers to say the United States should stop paying to defend countries that can afford to protect themselves.

The advertisements appeared in Wednesday’s New York Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe at a total cost of $94,801, said Trump spokesman Daniel Klores.

The ads bore the headline, ″There’s nothing wrong with America’s Foreign Defense Policy that a little backbone can’t cure.″

″For decades, Japan and other nations have been taking advantage of the United States″ and that it has been costing this nation in terms of the economy, deficit and taxes, the ad said. ″The saga continues unabated as we defend the Persian Gulf.″

Trump described the Gulf as ″an area of only marginal significance to the United States for its oil supplies, but one upon which Japan and others are almost totally dependent.″

″Why are these nations not paying the United States for the human lives and billions of dollars we are losing to protect their interests? ... The world is laughing at America’s politicians as we protect ships we don’t own, carrying oil we don’t need, destined for allies who won’t help.″

Trump’s name has been mentioned for various public offices, including mayor of New York City, governor and the presidency.

Asked if Trump’s letter had anything to do with political aspirations, Klores said, ″Right now Donald Trump has no ambition to seek political office of any kind.″

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NEW YORK (AP) _ Real estate developer Donald J. Trump bought full-page ads in three major U.S. newspapers to say the United States should stop paying to defend countries that can afford to protect themselves...

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Trumps Russian business dealings

Trump says he has no financial interests in Russia. Here's a run-down of the decades his businesses have spent trying make his mark there.

Former President Donald Trump has a long, complex history of attempting to break into the real estate world in Russia.

www.businessinsider.com.au

 

[basilio]

Trump can't retain lawyers who will defend him at the Senate impeachment trial because they won't run his "the election was stolen" line.

Perhaps he will have to run that argument and the evidence behind it himself in the impeachment trial because it's clear no recognised lawyer wants to be disabarred for presenting a clear lie to a court ?

First on CNN: Five of Trump's impeachment defense attorneys leave team less than two weeks before trial​

A person familiar with the departures told CNN that Trump wanted the attorneys to argue there was mass election fraud and that the election was stolen from him rather than focus on the legality of convicting a president after he's left office. Trump was not receptive to the discussions about how they should proceed in that regard.

First on CNN: Five of Trump's impeachment defense attorneys leave team less than two weeks before trial

Five of former President Donald Trump's impeachment defense team attorneys have stepped aside a little more than a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, according to people familiar with the case, amid a disagreement over his legal strategy.

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[satanoperca]

Karma is a b----h.

Might teach people that lying does not bring positive results.

 

[basilio]

There is fight in the Republican Party between the Trump extremists who still fervently believe the election was stolen and the Son of God will rise again and what once seemed to the rational elements of the Party.

Check it out.

'It's endemic': state-level Republican groups lead party's drift to extremism

Despite national failures at the ballot box, radicalised state parties are fighting for Trump’s election lies and defending QAnon followers

www.theguardian.com

 

[dutchie]

I think it would be a good idea if the Democrats reinstated Trump as President so that their Impeachment trial was Constitutional.

 

[rederob]

I think it would be a good idea if the Democrats reinstated Trump as President so that their Impeachment trial was Constitutional.

Like letting the killing continue until his guilt is confirmed?
That makes as much sense as his call of victory before all the votes were counted.
It defies common sense that a President could actually incite insurrection after an election was lost, yet remain unaccountable.
Trump's legal defence is full of holes, and relies on procedure rather than events.
However, many Republicans are willing to stand behind Trump on this matter, just as many deluded people stood by Hitler for over 15 years.

 

[basilio]

It defies common sense that a President could actually incite insurrection after an election was lost, yet remain unaccountable. Redrob

It is going to be really interesting to see the replay of the Jan 6th attack on Congress at the Senate Impeachment trial next week.

Will Donald continue to say he made the "Perfect Speech" ? Who will ask the awkward questions about security around Congress before the riot ? Will Donald stand up on oath and explain just why the election was stolen and how he is going to prove the dastardly behaviour of the Dominion and Smartmatic ?

And while he is at it will he give a call out to his latest acolyte Q Anon Taylor Greene who was helping her friends breach Congress and round up the Squad ?

 

[basilio]

An on Topic post about the Trumping Tweeter, why he hasn't turned up on Parler and how he has managed to lay yet another ground for corruption to the 3,687 items already on the books.

House passes budget resolution, paving way for Covid relief – as it happened

House votes 219-209 along mostly party lines to approve resolution as amended by the Senate – follow all the latest politics news

www.theguardian.com

Parler Wanted Donald Trump On Its Site. Trump’s Company Wanted A Stake.

Documents seen by BuzzFeed News show that Parler offered Trump 40% of the company if he posted exclusively to the platform. The deal was never finalized.

www.buzzfeednews.com

 

[basilio]

Following the impeachment trial of Donald Trump.
Live blog. Also attached the ongoing video from the Senate

US Senate votes Trump impeachment trial is constitutional and will proceed – as it happened

Senate votes 56-44, with six Republican senators joining Democrats

www.theguardian.com

 

[basilio]

How investigative journalists set up the mechanisms to identify insurrectionists at the Capitol on Jan 6 th.

How Open Source Experts Identified the US Capitol Rioters

Open source investigation teams around the world sprang into action as they watched a pro-Trump mob violently storm the US Capitol on January 6. A senior investigator with Bellingcat told GIJN how his team was able to scrape and preserve hundreds of social media videos from the attack, and...

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[bellenuit]

Perhaps we need a new thread on Trump post presidency, something like "Trump On Trial". I won't create one as Joe seems to have had enough of Trump related stuff. Anyway, this is probably going to be one of many on that topic.

Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Final Bid to Block Release of Financial Records

Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Final Bid to Block Release of Tax Returns (Published 2021)

The former president’s accountants will give New York prosecutors the financial records he has spent years trying to shield.

www.nytimes.com

 

[basilio]

Perhaps we need a new thread on Trump post presidency, something like "Trump On Trial". I won't create one as Joe seems to have had enough of Trump related stuff. Anyway, this is probably going to be one of many on that topic.

Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Final Bid to Block Release of Financial Records

Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Final Bid to Block Release of Tax Returns (Published 2021)

The former president’s accountants will give New York prosecutors the financial records he has spent years trying to shield.

www.nytimes.com

A quick update on the Many Trials of Donald Trump.

Given the range and depth of his activities across business, personal life, tax, Government and everything else it isn't a surprise to realise citizen Donald Trump is now facing legal reckoning across the board.
Neat update here

 

[bellenuit]

It seems we must have a few unreasonable people on these forums.

Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims​

Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims

Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell is claiming in a new court filing that reasonable people wouldn't have believed as fact her assertions of fraud after the 2020 presidential election.

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Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell is claiming in a new court filing that reasonable people wouldn't have believed as fact her assertions of fraud after the 2020 presidential election.

The election infrastructure company Dominion Voting Systems sued Powell for defamation after she pushed lawsuits and made appearances in conservative media on behalf of then-President Donald Trump to sow doubt about the 2020 election results. Dominion claims that Powell knew her election fraud accusations were false and hurtful to the company.

 

[basilio]

It seems we must have a few unreasonable people on these forums.

Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims​

Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims

Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell is claiming in a new court filing that reasonable people wouldn't have believed as fact her assertions of fraud after the 2020 presidential election.

edition.cnn.com

Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell is claiming in a new court filing that reasonable people wouldn't have believed as fact her assertions of fraud after the 2020 presidential election.

The election infrastructure company Dominion Voting Systems sued Powell for defamation after she pushed lawsuits and made appearances in conservative media on behalf of then-President Donald Trump to sow doubt about the 2020 election results. Dominion claims that Powell knew her election fraud accusations were false and hurtful to the company.

That is absolutely fricking priceless. Where does this leave Trump ? Is he a totally unreasonable person for believing and repeatedly claiming the election was stolen ? Or on the other hand is he a quite sane person who understood he lost the election but was determined to use every ounce of denial to undermine peoples confidence in the electoral system.

And the same argument does for Sidney Powell. I'm going to have to stock up on more popcorn if we are to properly enjoy this trial.

 

[bellenuit]

Fox News faces a second defamation suit over its election coverage.​

Fox News Faces Second Defamation Suit Over Election Coverage (Published 2021)

Dominion Voting Systems, an election technology company, accused the channel of advancing lies that devastated its reputation and business.

www.nytimes.com

Fox News and its powerful owner, Rupert Murdoch, are facing a second major defamation suit over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election, a new front in the growing legal battle over media disinformation and its consequences.

Dominion Voting Systems, an election technology company that was at the center of a baseless pro-Trump conspiracy about rigged voting machines, filed a lawsuit on Friday that accused Fox News of advancing lies that devastated its reputation and business.

Dominion, which has requested a jury trial, is seeking at least $1.6 billion in damages. The lawsuit comes less than two months after Smartmatic, another election tech company, filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit against Mr. Murdoch’s Fox Corporation and named several Fox anchors, including Maria Bartiromo and Lou Dobbs, as defendants.

In a 139-page complaint filed in Delaware Superior Court, Dominion’s legal team, led by the prominent defamation firm Clare Locke, portrayed Fox as an active player in spreading falsehoods that Dominion had manipulated vote counts and manipulated its machines to benefit Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the election.

Those claims were false, but they were relentlessly pushed by Mr. Trump’s lawyers, Rudolph Giuliani and Sidney Powell, including during appearances on Fox News programs. In January, Dominion individually sued Mr. Giuliani and Ms. Powell for defamation.

“The truth matters,” Dominion’s lawyers write in the complaint. “Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”

Fox News did not immediately respond on Friday to a request for comment.

In February, Fox Corporation filed a motion to dismiss the Smartmatic lawsuit, arguing that the false claims of electoral fraud made on its channels were part of news coverage of a matter of significant public interest. “An attempt by a sitting president to challenge the result of an election is objectively newsworthy,” Fox’s legal team wrote in the motion.

 

[bellenuit]

 

[basilio]

So not even Fox news can stomach Trumps election lies. Or perhaps they don't want to face another law suit ?

This week in US politics: Why 19 Republicans ignored Trump to give Biden his biggest win yet

US President Joe Biden delivered on a key election promise. But his battle to make it a reality isn't over yet.

www.abc.net.au

 

[noirua]

The United States probably needed Joe Biden as President straight after Barack Obama and need Donald Trump as President now. Unfortunately 'The Donald' didn't have enough to do as a peacetime President and screwed up his Presidency in the last year. President Biden has too much to handle even though he could never lie as much as his predecessor or have such doubtful credentials.​

 

[basilio]

Couldn't resist this story

Comedy group The Chaser suspended by Twitter after impersonating Donald Trump

November 3, 2020

WRITTEN BY
Cam Smith
twitter: @cams_myth

Australian comedy troupe The Chaser has today been unverified and suspended by Twitter, removing the blue check mark used to identify celebrities and noteworthy individuals, after the group changed their profile to impersonate Donald Trump and urged the public not to vote for him.

“Don’t vote for me, I’m a massive idiot” the tweet claiming to be Donald Trump read, wracking up over 5000 likes and shares before the social network took action.

“We understand why twitter would do this,” said the Chaser’s website editor Cam Smith. “After all, it would not be out of the ordinary for Trump to tweet something so outlandish. If anything this would have been one of his more reasonable tweets, so we could see how people might get mixed up.”

“It’s impressive that twitter only took 20 minutes to unverify our tweet – given it took them almost four years to start fact checking the actual President. I guess that’s to be expected though, we all know comedians words are much more dangerous than those of the guy who controls 50% of the world’s nukes.”

The controversial comedy group is no stranger to trouble involving international politicians. In 2007, members of the group dressed as Osama Bin Laden were arrested outside the hotel of President George W. Bush after driving a fake Canadian motorcade into the APEC conference to demonstrate the futility of the event’s security.

https://theshot.net.au/politics/the-chaser-suspended-by-twitter-after-impersonating-donald-trump/