[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #702 Wag the Dog!

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Op dinsdag 7 januari 2020 18:49 schreef Montov het volgende:
Michael Flynn deserves up to 6 months in prison, U.S. says in reversal for former Trump national security adviser
https://www.washingtonpos(...)al-security-adviser/

Drain the Swamp.

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Op dinsdag 7 januari 2020 18:49 schreef Montov het volgende:
Michael Flynn deserves up to 6 months in prison, U.S. says in reversal for former Trump national security adviser
https://www.washingtonpos(...)al-security-adviser/

Drain the Swamp.

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Grass Valley Charter is a tiny school in the Sierra foothills of Northern California. Every year they hold the Blue Marble Jubilee fundraiser, an adorably named outdoor fair beloved by the community. Sadly, this year's fair had to be abandoned after QAnon believers decided former FBI Director James Comey was planning to overwhelm the fairground with waves of suicide bombers as part of his sinister deep state war on the president. Because if you want to take down the most powerful people in the world, you obviously start with small-town bake sales.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 07-01-2020 om 21:00:18 Chuck Schumer: "Whoever heard of a trial without witnesses and documents? It's unprecedented ... Witnesses and documents? Fair trial. No witnesses and no documents? Cover-up. That simple sentence describes it all." Via ABC https://t.co/eKhKoBjIVP reageer retweet

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blakesmustache twitterde op dinsdag 07-01-2020 om 21:17:16 Assuming the House wants Bolton to testify, they should not subpoena him without an agreement that he will comply. Otherwise, they should take the McGahn case through SCOTUS, invalidate “absolute immunity,” and then subpoena him. That’s why they dropped the Kupperman subpoena. reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op dinsdag 07-01-2020 om 21:23:26 BREAKING NEWS: Trump Inaugural Donor Zuberi Charged in Federal Court with Obstruction of Justice; There Are Indications Zuberi Plans to Cooperate with What Has Been a Sprawling Investigation of Significant Crimes Associated with Trump's 2017 Inauguration https://t.co/ZGdzwjYKas reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 7 januari 2020 21:37 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 07-01-2020 om 20:56:33 On not targeting cultural sites, Trump now says, "If that's what the law is, I like to obey the law." reageer retweet

Het enthousiasme spat er weer van af.

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rgoodlaw twitterde op dinsdag 07-01-2020 om 18:49:38 "If I were a Democrat in the House, I would be moving to reopen the impeachment on the basis of newly acquired evidence…these new emails of people getting instructions directly from the president" @Judgenap referencing @K8brannen reporting @just_securityhttps://t.co/iLNDd2Fxhy reageer retweet

Napolitano Says He’d Re-Open Impeachment Based on New Evidence: Could Add ‘New Articles’

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rgoodlaw twitterde op dinsdag 07-01-2020 om 18:56:12 @Judgenap @K8brannen @just_security 2. We've also published a piece by Professor Philip Bobbitt, who argues in his view the new emails and other bipartisan considerations should point the House toward subpoenaing a new round of witnesses.(h/t @EvanHurst for @Judgenap video)https://t.co/rRCRJkX3zA reageer retweet

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The Constitution dodged a bullet in December, but I wonder how many people noticed.

With so much background noise from the media clamoring for fresh news on impeachment, public officials stating conclusions about evidence yet to be collected, daily tweets from a president anxious for vindication, and confident answers by academics on difficult questions, or worse, confident pronouncements that are plainly in error—perhaps it’s not surprising that the main constitutional import of the last weeks has been neglected. That overlooked significance is Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s rationale for taking the initiative to pause the unfolding sequence of impeachment, a decision for which she will likely someday be honored by those who seek to preserve and protect the Constitution.

Indeed, Pelosi’s decision should appeal to all of us across the political divide. If you are a Republican who thinks the charge of abuse of power is too vague and obstruction of Congress is an effort to upset the balance among the political branches; or if you are a Democrat who deplores the statements by senators that they have no intention whatsoever of considering the evidence against the president because it is the result of a rushed and unfair process; if you are a Trump supporter who thinks that testimony by witnesses at one remove from the president is insufficient to support the awful step of impeachment; if you are a Never Trumper or member of the Resistance who thinks that other significant counts should have been part of the indictment; or if you are an Independent who is sick of the circus-like atmosphere including the antics of Congressmen protesting the “impeachment circus”—you should applaud the Speaker’s pause.

But you probably won’t. That’s because the best rationale for that pause has been obscured by attempts to figure out how the Speaker has gamed the law of impeachment to win the electoral upper hand rather than any effort by commentators to accept that she is taking potentially politically costly steps in order to defend the Constitution.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 00:00:17 Inbox: Rep. Eliot Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has announced that the committee will hold a hearing January 14 on the Trump admin's policy toward Iran. Chairman Engel has called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify. reageer retweet

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farnazfassihi twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 00:17:06 #BREAKING: Iran Revolutionary Guards begin "fierce revenge" on US. Iranian ballistic missiles hit Al Assad military base in #Iraq, largest US base.And It Begins.#Soleimani reageer retweet

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farnazfassihi twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 00:21:47 Attacks were timed around 1.20 am exact same time the US assassinated Gen. Soleimani.#Iraq #AlAssadBase #Iran reageer retweet

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juliamacfarlane twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 00:32:44 US official confirms to ABC that ballistic missiles have been fired from inside Iran at multiple US military facilities in Iraq including Erbil in northern Iraq and Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq, the official said. No information on casualties - @Elizabeth_McLau @LMartinezABC reageer retweet

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vermontgmg twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 01:15:09 Reminder that as this crisis escalates, we have no Director of National Intelligence, no Dep Dir, no Homeland Security Secretary, no Dep Sec, no head of CBP or ICE, no State Dept Under Sec of Arms Control, no Asst Sec for Europe, and no Navy Sec. reageer retweet

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dandrezner twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 02:02:21 “Before Iran’s apparent retaliation, Trump argued to aides that the attack on Soleimani would be politically popular and that Iran would not ‘do anything too stupid,’ in the words of one senior administration official who had spoken to the president.” https://t.co/z9GAilhUV7 reageer retweet

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rgoodlaw twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 03:17:39 CNN’s @fpleitgenCNN: “The Iranians don’t want to escalate this any further.” reporting from Baghdad that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is saying they want it to end here—and threatening more attacks only if U.S. further retaliates. reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 8 januari 2020 03:28 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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rgoodlaw twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 03:17:39 CNN’s @:fpleitgenCNN: “The Iranians don’t want to escalate this any further.” reporting from Baghdad that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is saying they want it to end here—and threatening more attacks only if U.S. further retaliates. reageer retweet

Hopelijk blijft het hierbij.

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Op woensdag 8 januari 2020 03:35 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

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Had Donald toch weer gelijk

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Op woensdag 8 januari 2020 03:51 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Dat was ook niet erg moeilijk te voorspellen, niemand wil nog een oorlog daar. De vraag is of hij nu zo verstandig is om het hierbij te laten. Neemt niet weg dat het van zijn kant een volkomen gestoorde, onbezonnen en onnodig riskante actie was, een president onwaardig. Maar dat hij niet geschikt is voor die baan wisten we al lang.

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Op woensdag 8 januari 2020 03:54 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

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Mooi dat jij dat zo goed kan beoordelen

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JZarif twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 03:32:32 Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched.We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression. reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 8 januari 2020 03:55 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Met zoveel beschikbare informatie kan iedereen dat

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 03:45:24 All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq. Assessment of casualties & damages taking place now. So far, so good! We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning. reageer retweet

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NickKristof twitterde op woensdag 08-01-2020 om 03:52:34 Good to see a measured statement from President Trump that avoids threats and bluster. https://t.co/ncLPcamYLO reageer retweet

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN that Soleimani was "actively plotting" actions which "would have put dozens if not hundreds of American lives at risk. We know it was imminent."
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said on Friday that the threat was measured in "days, weeks."
"It all depends on what you call imminent," one official told CNN on Saturday, "but we believe he [Soleimani] was in the final stages" of ordering attacks when he visited Beirut and Damascus in the days before he was killed.
A senior State Department official, speaking on background, told reporters there was "overwhelming evidence that [Soleimani was] going to launch a military or terrorist attack" against US interests, and that arresting him was out of the question: "There's no way anybody was going to stop Qasem Soleimani in the places he was running around. And so you take lethal action against him."

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Op dinsdag 7 januari 2020 21:25 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:
Even tussendoor wat luchtiger (en zowel hilarisch als verontrustend) leesvoer over waar de Qanon-gekte het laatste jaar zoal toe heeft geleid:

6 Conspiracy Theories That Had 'Yikes' Real-World Effects

Alvast een tipje van de sluier:
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Op woensdag 8 januari 2020 04:15 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

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Maar nee hoor... volkomen gestoord, totaal onbezonnen en onnodig riskant aldus de experts van Fok! met al hun beschikbare info.

Lijkt erop dat Trump dit gewoon weer perfect uitgespeeld heeft. Dat is moeilijk te accepteren voor sommigen.

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Op woensdag 8 januari 2020 05:08 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Dan begreep ik jou verkeerd. Er is genoeg info om te beoordelen dat Trump volkomen ongeschikt is voor zijn baan. Dat was mijn laatste zin en jouw reactie leek daarop te slaan

Voor de rest: het was Trump die uit het nucleaire akkoord stapte, Iran sancties oplegde en daarmee alle gebeurtenissen in gang zette. Het verhaal dat de generaal ineens een 'imminent threat' was moet nog blijken, de details daarvan zijn om één of andere duistere reden nog steeds niet gedeeld met het Congres en 'imminent' blijkt helemaal niet zo imminent meer te zijn.

De actie is volkomen gestoord, onbezonnen en onnodig riskant omdat hij er Amerikanen mee in gevaar bracht. Bovendien is de generaal al vervangen dus hoezo is er nu dan geen directe bedreiging meer? Of denkt POTUS dat al die plannetjes samen met de generaal begraven zijn? Dat lijkt me eerlijk gezegd niet erg waarschijnlijk. Wat heeft het dan allemaal voor zin gehad? Misschien kwam het hem wel goed uit ivm impeachment en de komende verkiezingen?

Maar goed ook de info/ details over deze miskleun van POTUS komt vanzelf boven drijven.

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'imminent' blijkt helemaal niet zo imminent meer te zijn.

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Op woensdag 8 januari 2020 05:21 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

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Ik zie eigenlijk alleen maar vraagtekens en aannamens in deze post.
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