[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #503 Donald the Dove

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Inside Michael Cohen's aggressive pitch promising access to Trump

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On November 8, 2016, Cohen's stock suddenly soared: He was now the personal attorney to the President-elect of the United States, with unique understanding of a man that everyone was scrambling to get access to.

Cohen quickly got to work. According to multiple people familiar with Cohen's conduct following the election, he aggressively pitched himself to potential clients, reminding them of his proximity to the most powerful man in the world. Those efforts landed Cohen lucrative consulting deals. New reporting this week revealed that in the months following the 2016 election, Cohen received hundreds of thousands of dollars from powerful entities based in and outside of the United States.

"I don't know who's been representing you, but you should fire them all. I'm the guy you should hire. I'm closest to the President. I'm his personal lawyer," was how one GOP strategist described Cohen's sales pitch.

One company that Cohen immediately sought out was pharmaceutical giant Novartis. "He was shopping himself around," a source familiar told CNN.

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We are Republican, Democratic and independent. We come from the East, South, Midwest and West. We are conservative, progressive and liberal. We are men and women. We include eight members of the Circle of Chiefs, the highest conservation honor of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. We are all different in many ways, but we have important commonalities. We are Americans; we are gun owners; we are hunters; and we support responsible firearm regulation.

Yes, the Second Amendment conveys a right to “keep and bear” firearms. But rights come with responsibilities, and we all have a moral responsibility to address America’s crisis of gun violence.

We avoid the term ”common sense,” understanding the wisdom in Voltaire’s words ― “Common sense is not so common.”

We are at a turning point. There are now 265 million guns in private ownership — more than at any time in our nation’s history, and owned by a smaller proportion of the population than ever. Only about 30 percent of Americans own guns, and about 60 percent live in gun-free households. The long-term trend away from gun ownership will continue. As people who own and use guns respectfully, we feel an urgency to speak up for a simple, sensible approach.

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"We do not need AR-15s or any assault-style weapon to hunt game."

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Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer, the head of global health security on the White House’s National Security Council, left the Trump administration on Tuesday. The news was announced one day after an Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The departure comes amid a reshuffling of the NSC under newly named national security adviser John Bolton, which includes a change in organizational structure that eliminates the office Ziemer led. Ziemer’s staff has been placed under other NSC departments.

Ziemer, who had been described as “one of the most quietly effective leaders in public health,” was widely lauded in the global health community for his work on the President’s Malaria Initiative, which helped save 6 million lives, before joining this administration.

“Admiral Ziemer’s departure is deeply alarming, especially when the administration is actively working to cut funds that addressed past pandemics like Ebola,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.), the vice ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, told HuffPost in a statement. “Expertise like his is critical in avoiding large outbreaks.”

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"It is unclear in his absence who at the White House would be in charge of a pandemic."

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 08:41 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
"Drain the swamp"

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Betekent wel nog meer juridische problemen voor Cohen, aangezien hij zich niet registreerde als lobbyist en dat een overtreding van de Lobbying Disclosure Act is.

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 15:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Dat Novartis 1,2 miljoen betaalde voor iets dat na zeer korte tijd een nothingburger bleek te zijn baart me zorgen. Een gigant als Notaris geeft niet zomaar geld weg. Novartis heeft genoeg advocaten.

Dus waarmee dreigde Cohen?

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 15:40 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Kandidaat in de Democratische primaries voor gouverneur van Maryland overlijdt plotseling:
https://politi.co/2KLCUKd

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 15:40 schreef thesiren.nl het volgende:

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Verplichte prijsverlaging natuurlijk, de industrie verdient miljarden op medicijnen met een veel te hoge winstmarge om goed te zijn voor de volksgezondheid of verzekerings industrie.

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On April 9, the FBI raided Mr. Cohen’s home, office and hotel room. Within 48 hours, Mr. Cohen sent the below email to Mr. Davidson. Why? They had no ongoing legal matter at the time. Was it part of an attempt by Mr. Cohen to obstruct justice or worse? #basta

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 16:23 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Hoe komt Avenatti aan die mail??

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 16:27 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Wikileaks

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 16:23 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Hoe komt Avenatti aan die mail??

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 16:32 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Nah, ik zie niet echt in hoe de Russen hier baat bij hebben.

Maar stel dat iemand binnen de DOJ/de FBI zit te lekken naar Avenatti, zou dat dan geen invloed hebben op eventuele strafvervolging van Cohen?

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This returns to the basic who-is-paying-whom question. Trump, at one point, said that he did not know where the money that Cohen used to pay Clifford came from. Perhaps he just let other people take care of the getting-it-back-to-Michael part; using other people’s money is a prime Trump business directive. But, again, Cohen took care of Trump’s problems—Trump’s expenses. That’s what he was being paid back for, and that is the transaction that the companies that paid him risk being drawn into.

This all starts to sound pretty much like the textbook definition of a slush fund. The amounts, by Trump standards, might not be so high—what's two hundred thousand dollars to either him or A.T. & T.?—but, at least from Trump’s perspective, it is hard to calculate the premium on the availability of funds for the discreet payment of expenses of a “personal nature.” One reason that the Reagan Administration diverted money to the Contras was that it was hard, otherwise, to think of an inconspicuous place to put the cash. Money laundering, like influence peddling, can take many strange forms. Perhaps economists should get to work calculating the hush-fund multiplier effect—or perhaps prosecutors already are.

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 16:41 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Maar wat is die Trumpkliek een allejezus zwaar corrupt zooitje tuig zeg. Godskolere.

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Mr. Giuliani claims that Mr. Cohen is no longer Mr. Trump's lawyer. As of when? Because as of April 11, 2018 this year, he was still his lawyer as evidenced by the email I just posted (see also Mr. Trump's comments on AF1 that same month). #basta

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annafifield twitterde op donderdag 10-05-2018 om 00:27:17 Did Kim Jong Un just call Trump the "supreme leader" of the U.S.? Yes he did."He exchanged with Mike Pompeo the appraisal and view on the acute situation of the Korean peninsula... and the stance and opinions of the supreme leaderships of the DPRK and the U.S. on their summit." https://t.co/ZzVjFPv7Cx reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 17:47 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Kim weet wel hoe hij Trump moet bespelen. Ik ben benieuwd wanneer Trump hem complimentjes gaat geven.

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FoxNews twitterde op donderdag 10-05-2018 om 14:57:00 .@nytimes: 5 top ISIS officials captured. https://t.co/GJugYdbl84 reageer retweet

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charliekirk11 twitterde op donderdag 10-05-2018 om 16:39:57 3.9% unemploymentKorean War is overLargest tax cut everISIS destroyedUS energy independent 3 million + jobs created99 stock market record highsApproval rating over 50%Black male approval doubledSounds like a President who will be re-elected convincingly reageer retweet

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LACaldwellDC twitterde op donderdag 10-05-2018 om 18:05:41 NEWS: A Trump Treasury nominee, Adam Lerrick, with controversial ties to Argentina's sovereign debt crisis withdraws. But he is still expected to be a senior adviser to Mnuchin, per a Finance Committee Democratic aide. reageer retweet

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NBCNews twitterde op woensdag 09-05-2018 om 11:30:31 Iranian lawmakers set fire to the U.S. flag inside the country's parliament following President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement. https://t.co/z3vo5f3oLq https://t.co/aYLPdYMpgG reageer retweet

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De score kaart na minder dan 2 jaar

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charliekirk11 twitterde op donderdag 10-05-2018 om 16:39:57 3.9% unemploymentKorean War is overLargest tax cut everISIS destroyedUS energy independent 3 million + jobs created99 stock market record highsApproval rating over 50%Black male approval doubledSounds like a President who will be re-elected convincingly reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 18:14 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Waarom trollt een troll lijkt me een beetje een onzinnige vraag.

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 18:14 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Misschien is dan de vraag beter gericht aan de mods waarom een troll hier mag trollen.

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 18:12 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Geloof je dit nou echt? Dat is ook weer moeilijk te geloven...

- De oorlog tussen de Korea's is nog niet over, slechts de intentie is uitgesproken.

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 18:17 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Ze zijn per direct gestopt met schieten en hebben zelfs de propaganda luidsprekers weggehaald. Noord Korea en Zuid Korea vliegen elkaar voorlopig niet meer in de haren. Grootste vraagteken is de economische sancties / toekomst van het land. Kim en Moon waren het al prima eens.

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 17:47 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Kim weet wel hoe hij Trump moet bespelen. Ik ben benieuwd wanneer Trump hem complimentjes gaat geven.

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 18:06 schreef Nintex het volgende:
ISIS leiders opgepakt

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FoxNews twitterde op donderdag 10-05-2018 om 14:57:00 .@nytimes: 5 top ISIS officials captured. https://t.co/GJugYdbl84 reageer retweet

Can't Stump the Trump

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 18:38 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Kijk wie weer van zich laat horen:

Cheney calls for US to restart interrogation programs

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 18:58 schreef Barbusse het volgende:

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Goddomme, leeft die fossiele oorlogsmisdadiger nog?

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Op donderdag 10 mei 2018 18:21 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Is al gebeurd

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