Category: Right Wing Coup

Mueller investigation: Kellyanne violated Hatch Act twice

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Kellyanne Conway

Nothing will happen, of course, because Trump won’t enforce it:

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act on two occasions, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) informed the Trump administration Tuesday.

Appearing in her official capacity, Conway endorsed and advocated against political candidates, the watchdog said, referring its findings to President Trump “for appropriate disciplinary action.”

The violations occurred during two television appearances in 2017, one on Fox News’s “Fox and Friends,” and one on CNN’s “New Day.”

“While the Hatch Act allows federal employees to express their views about candidates and political issues as private citizens, it restricts employees from using their official government positions for partisan political purposes, including by trying to influence partisan elections,” OSC says in its report.

“Ms. Conway’s statements during the “Fox & Friends” and “New Day” interviews impermissibly mixed official government business with political views about candidates in the Alabama special election for U.S. Senate.”

The report goes on to state that Conway received “significant training” on the Hatch Act and possible violations. OSC says it gave Conway, a former GOP pollster who served as Trump’s campaign manager, the opportunity to respond as part of its report, but she did not.

Second Steele memo: Kremlin blocked Romney for State

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Romney endorsed by U.S President Trump for the U.S. Senate

A in-depth piece from the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer this morning has some stunning news. In a deep dive into the credibility of Christopher Steele and his famous memo, she reports that one of his Russian memos was never made public: One subject that Steele is believed to have discussed with Mueller’s investigators is a memo… Continue reading “Second Steele memo: Kremlin blocked Romney for State” →

NSA chief: Trump hasn’t authorized fighting Russian attacks on next election

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Admiral Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump had not given him the authority to fight back against Russian attacks on the 2018 U.S. election. In testimony before a Senate committee, Rogers was asked by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) about the… Continue reading “NSA chief: Trump hasn’t authorized fighting Russian attacks on next election” →

Toomey wants to impeach PA Supreme Court judges for overturning gerrymandered map

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Sen. Toomey On Lagging Health Care Reform: ‘I Didn’t Expect Donald Trump To Win’

This piece of shit Republican pretty much admits members of his party can’t win unless they cheat:

Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey (R) called for a “conversation” about impeaching state Supreme Court justices over their new congressional map, which both parties say will benefit Democrats.

At a press conference, Toomey said it was “inevitable” that state lawmakers would consider impeachment over the redrawing of the state’s new congressional maps, which he called a “power grab” by state Democrats.

“Look, I think it’s inevitable that that conversation’s going to take place,” Toomey said. “I think state House members and state senators are going to be speaking amongst themselves and their constituents, and the fundamental question is does this blatant, unconstitutional, partisan power grab that undermines our electoral process, does that rise to the level of impeachment?”

The new map released this week redraws congressional boundaries, throwing out a map written by Republicans that gerrymandered lines to benefit their party. Ten of the state’s 13 districts are now held by Republicans.

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are expected to sue to overturn the new maps, which were put in place by the state’s Supreme Court after Democrats and Republicans in the state were unable to agree on a new map.

Here are the numbers where PA residents can call and let this ginger twat know what they think of his extreme views.

Russian trolls, etc.

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No one can tell Russian bots from average trolls on Twitter, and that’s a very bad thing

I’m feeling sadly vindicated today. Because I worked for David Brock for four weeks during the primaries, I was labeled a “Hillary shill” when I talked about the Russian trolls on Twitter.

It wasn’t as if it was subtle. And I had a pretty reliable trick for confirming their origins.

Anyway, so here we are. The Russian trolls were told to attack Clinton, but not Trump, Sanders, or Stein — because it was useful to divide the Democratic party. And it did a good job suppressing minority turnout in the general.

I wish it hadn’t worked, but here we are.

This specific indictment says it provides no proof the Russians affected election results; I think that’s coming.

Mueller indicts 13 Russians for election meddling

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Mueller wants to hear from Trump. What could possibly go wrong?

Breaking news out of the Special Counsel’s office today. 13 Russians were indicted for “election meddling” in the 2016 election meddling. MSNBC’s Ken Dilanian and Watergate prosecutor, Jill Wine-Banks, broke it down: Dilanian: That’s a crucial point. The more this seems like a road map to at least — for at least part of the way,… Continue reading “Mueller indicts 13 Russians for election meddling” →