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I Spy with My Little Eye Something Beginning with T. - Traitorous Treasonweasels in Trumptown (Trump cont'd.)

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ohmymimi · 24/05/2018 11:18

All out effort to shore up the 'Spygate' false narrative today. I see the F and F interview is pre-recorded I wonder whyWink
Previous thread:
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SheGotBetteDavisEyes · 30/05/2018 10:24

Re Browder: I agree. V worrying. Will he go before a Spanish judge before he crosses any borders though?

Lweji · 30/05/2018 10:27

Will he go before a Spanish judge before he crosses any borders though?

I should think so. Extradition requires authorization by local courts who examine the evidence, and the conditions of the recipient country.

PerkingFaintly · 30/05/2018 10:46

Here are Browder's exact words to the DCMS committee investigating Fake News, on 6 Mar 2018:

Q853 Christian Matheson: Mr Browder, a quick question, in the current context. Do you ever fear for your own personal safety?

Bill Browder: I do. The title of my book is “How I Became Putin’s No. 1 Enemy”. It’s sort of tongue-in-cheek, but at the same time it’s very real, in the sense that I have been threatened. I have been threatened on a number of occasions with death, including by Dmitry Medvedev, the Prime Minister of Russia, at the World Economic Forum in Davos. When a group of journalists asked him about Sergei Magnitsky, he said, “It’s a shame that Sergei Magnitsky is dead and Bill Browder is still alive and running around.” I have received kidnapping threats. That is on the unofficial side. On the official side, what the Russians would like to do with me more than anything would be to arrest me, get me back to Russia and then kill me within the control of their own system. So, as Ed mentioned, I have been the subject of six Russian Interpol red notices and the British Government have been approached 12 different times for mutual legal assistance from Russia, including my extradition. Russia has gone to a number of other countries: I was recently detained in Switzerland, based on a Russian information request at Geneva airport.

data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/fake-news/oral/79824.html

Gumpendorf · 30/05/2018 10:49

@Billbrowder
Good news. Spanish National Police just released me after Interpol General Secretary in Lyon advised them not to honor the new Russian Interpol Red Notice. This is the 6th time that Russia has abused Interpol in my case twitter.com/Billbrowder/status/1001755983075577856/photo/1

Ironically, the reason I’m in Madrid is to give evidence to senior Spanish anti Russian mafia prosecutor Jose Grinda about the huge amount of money from the Magnitsky case that flowed to Spain. Now that I’m released my mission carries on. Meeting with Prosector Grinda now

SheGotBetteDavisEyes · 30/05/2018 10:52

Excellent news. Blimey. What a morning for Browder.

PerkingFaintly · 30/05/2018 10:54

Oh thank goodness.

And yeah, not a surprise this happened when Browder was about to give evidence in a case against Russian mafia.

Litvinenko was killed when he was about to testify in Spain.

Fresh evidence suggests Litvinenko was killed to keep him quiet
Spanish prosecutor says former KGB agent was due to spill the beans on Russian links to the mafia a week after his poisoning
www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/12/alexander-litvinenko-russia-murder

PerkingFaintly · 30/05/2018 10:58

From the same article:

Late last year Grinda filed an indictment of the top mafia figures in Spain, which listed Russian state officials allegedly involved in their activities, among them current and former senior government ministers and top law enforcement officials.

The indictment also claimed to reveal wide business connections between the notorious Tambov crime family and billionaire members of the powerful Ozero cooperative founded by Putin. This group has been designated Putin’s “inner circle” by US and EU authorities, who imposed sanctions on some of them in connection with Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

ohmymimi · 30/05/2018 11:13

Agree timing was suspicious, but huge sigh of relief for Mr. Browder.
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'Holy shit, Shep is on a roll today.

In just 2 minutes Shep dismantles almost every single recent Fox News narrative.

"Trump claimed Feds spied on his campaign ... calls it Spygate. Fox News can confirm it is not. Fox News knows of no evidence to support the president's claim"
mobile.twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1001551623938805763

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ohmymimi · 30/05/2018 11:44

'A key pillar of Sanctuary dogma is the importance of owning a gun, particularly the lethal, lightweight AR-15 semiautomatic, which the National Rifle Association has proclaimed “the most popular rifle in America.” Last fall, Pastor Sean had studied the Book of Revelation. It makes multiple references to how Christ one day will rule his earthly kingdom “with a rod of iron.” Although Revelation was written long before the advent of firearms, Pastor Sean concluded that “rod of iron” was Bible-speak for the AR-15 and that Christ, not being a “tyrant,” will need armed sovereigns to help him keep the peace in his kingdom. .........

........That latest tragedy [Parkland] was freshly imprinted on millions of minds, among them Pastor Sean’s. He eased into his hour-long Sunday morning sermon by reminding everyone of what President Trump had pointed out after the Parkland shooting: “He said if the teachers were armed, they would have shot the hell out of that guy. This is the first time we’ve heard a president talk like that. This is God’s grace, folks.” '

www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2018/05/21/feature/two-sons-of-rev-moon-have-split-from-his-church-and-their-followers-are-armed/?utm_term=.9498d85bdeb2

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Gumpendorf · 30/05/2018 12:21

OMG! 😱

ohmymimi · 30/05/2018 12:49

Leakers leaking about leaking leakersGrin

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ohmymimi · 30/05/2018 12:54

'House official said. “But what Kelly did, that takes [a] gigantic pair of balls.” '
She should give them back to her namesake, he needs them.Wink

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ohmymimi · 30/05/2018 13:14

'I’ve never held a story for nine months'
mobile.twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1001648851311300608

No idea what this about, some inter-journo snark from Haberman, maybe, but i threw up this on the thread:

'Except Trump’s relationships in the mafia. You still haven’t written it. Why?'
mobile.twitter.com/mememoreme/status/1001654284713381888

To busy focusing on HC's emails, or ........... ?

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ohmymimi · 30/05/2018 13:36

Mags is not alone in keeping things to herself, though:

Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour
@camanpour
Why didn’t Lesley Stahl reveal this 18 months ago? Would have given us much needed knowledge. Thanks for the moral support...
The Intercept
@theintercept
“You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you,” Donald Trump told Lesley Stahl after the 2016 election when she asked him why he attacks the media. (link: interc.pt/2GHB3mg) interc.pt/2GHB3mg

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ohmymimi · 30/05/2018 13:48

Joshua Benton
@jbenton
'It is interesting that by far the worst American natural disaster (in terms of lives lost) of the past century is being treated as a weird regression-driven footnote'
mobile.twitter.com/jbenton/status/1001650320181784577

'Interesting'? It's an abomination that this WH has not been called to account on this.

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ohmymimi · 30/05/2018 14:01

Bit of a surprise about that burger joint, though.

'CIA report says North Korea won't denuclearize, but might open a burger joint'
www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/cia-report-says-north-korea-won-t-denuclearize-might-open-n878201

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Roussette · 30/05/2018 15:45

Excuse expletives Grin

Has the world gone fucking mad???

edition.cnn.com/2018/05/30/politics/kim-kardashian-jared-kushner-white-house/index.html

Let's wheel in Heidi Montag to consult on opioid abuse and maybe Kelly Osbourne to talk infrastructure??

PerkingFaintly · 30/05/2018 15:55

WTF!

Hope this is true, but also ShockConfusedShock

'Murdered' Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is alive
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44307611

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, widely reported to have been assassinated in Kiev on Tuesday, is alive and well.
Mr Babchenko, a high-profile critic of of the Kremlin, appeared at a press conference on Ukrainian television on Wednesday.
The head of Ukraine's security services, Vasyl Hrytsak, said at the press conference that the 'murder' had been staged to expose Russian agents.
"According to information received by the Ukrainian security service, the killing of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was ordered by the Russian security services themselves," Mr Hrytsak said.
Mr Babchenko's wife had earlier said he'd been shot in the back as he left their apartment in the city.
The journalist apparently did not tell his wife that the murder had been staged. "Special apologies to my wife," he said.

Roussette · 30/05/2018 16:00

This has been unearthed. His Nashville rally was poorly attended.

There was a Craigslist ad for crowd fillers for this event. $100 a person, bonuses if they reach certain decible levels and wanted people of "european heritage". Requested they wear red shirts and baseball caps, and here's the pic of that.

I Spy with My Little Eye Something Beginning with T. - Traitorous Treasonweasels in Trumptown (Trump cont'd.)
lionheart · 30/05/2018 16:52

Blimey.

cozietoesie · 30/05/2018 17:27

Thanks, lion.Smile