Over the weekend, Palmer Report spelled out the evidence which strongly suggests that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sitting on at least one sealed indictment against Donald Trump, even as he openly pursues Trump’s various underlings. I’ve since been chewing on why Mueller would take this particular path. It’s now become more clear: it’s all about blocking Trump from being able to pardon anyone.
As I laid out earlier, court records list the indictment against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates as “Indictment (B)” means there’s also an “Indictment (A)” floating around out there, still under seal (link). By definition, Indictment (A) has to be against someone of higher value in the investigation than Manafort, which shortens the list to Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, and maybe Jared Kushner. The target of the sealed indictment also has to be someone whose crimes relate to the crimes that Manafort and Gates are charged with, which essentially narrows it down to just Donald Trump himself. In other words, Mueller is sitting on a sealed indictment against Trump. But why?
It was a Palmer Report reader who helped me put the pieces together, as I’m once again reminded that I’m fortunate to have the smartest audience in all of politics. Various respected legal experts are of the belief that if Donald Trump tries to pardon his own alleged co-conspirators in the Trump Russia scandal, the courts will rule that those pardons are unconstitutional. Of course that puts the legal burden on Mueller to demonstrate that Trump’s underlings truly are his co-conspirators.
Special counsel Robert Mueller subpoenas the Trump campaign for more Russia-related documents, two sources say https://t.co/6p5tGZEtDm pic.twitter.com/lv9alnwRsP
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 17, 2017
The shortest route to get there: each time Robert Mueller gets a grand jury to indict one of Donald Trump’s underlings (Manafort, Gates, Michael Flynn, etc) for any given crime, he’s having that grand jury indict Donald Trump as part of that same criminal conspiracy. That way, if Trump does try to pardon any of these people, Mueller can immediately unseal the indictment against Trump, thus blocking that pardon. This is almost surely why Mueller has a sealed “Indictment (A)” against Trump in the Manafort-Gates case.
Hey, Chicas! I am so tired. Feet hurt. Just exhausted. And I haven’t started cooking yet. Poor me tomorrow. I want to cook my turkey necks and gizzards and make potato salad, cornbread tonight. I really need to get those things out of the way. Jonne called and she picked up the honey baked ham. I picked up my Brownie cake today too. I’ll be cooking all day tomorrow.
I love that name Jonne. Very unique.
:) Thank you, Vitamin. I went by the post office early this morning and took her some donuts and a ham, egg and cheese croissant. She was happy.
A soulless, hollow, dishonest bullshitter of the first order..
Stone and the Russian benefactors have obviously pulled off the Franken and Conyers stuff to help muddy up the conversation .. to divert attention from an unrepentant serial child molester ..
This American comfort food leads a double life – but only some of us know the secret. Do you?
BY KATHLEEN PURVIS
NOVEMBER 15, 2017 06:48 PM
It was one of those volunteer duties, the one where you agree to talk to your kid’s class about your job. I figured it would be easy: I’d ask the kids what their family eats at Thanksgiving and we’d do a middle-school version of Brillat-Savarin’s old saw, “Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you who you are.”
I stood at the wipe-off board and wrote down what the kids called out: Turkey, dressing, pumpkin pie.
Then it happened: One child called out, “Macaroni & cheese.”
Across the room, every white child said a version of “Say what?” And every black child said a version of “Well, sure.”
The person who really got educated that day wasn’t the kids. I’d learned that America’s beloved comfort food leads a double life.
In black culture, for the most part, macaroni & cheese is the pinnacle, the highest culinary accolade. Who makes it, how it’s made and who’s allowed to bring it to a gathering involves negotiation, tradition and tacit understanding. It’s made from scratch and usually involves multiple kinds of cheese, secret touches (eggs and evaporated milk may be involved) and debates over toppings. It’s baked, and it’s a side dish, but it’s the side dish of honor, present at every important occasion.
Just rip the top off a blue box? It would be like ripping through your grandmother’s heart.
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Mimi Beal, 52, sums up macaroni & cheese simply: “It’s EVERYTHING.”
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In her family, macaroni & cheese was “a sacred thing.” It wasn’t until she went to an integrated high school that she learned that her white friends did it differently.
“I never knew it’s a cultural thing,” she says. “I never knew that people ate macaroni & cheese for dinner, not as a side item, until I got into high school. The white kids were having it just for dinner. No, it’s a side dish!”
A side dish, but special.
“I associate mac & cheese with every holiday. Winter and summer. If there’s a barbecue, somebody has mac & cheese. Easter. July the Fourth. In black families, you associate macaroni & cheese with comfort, with your mother, your aunts. Not just anybody is allowed to make the mac & cheese. If you’re invited to someone’s house, especially for a holiday, you can’t just bring the mac & cheese, you know. You have to be assigned.
“You have to be a tested, tried-and-true, mac-&-cheese maker.”
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“I hate to brag, but people really love my cooking,” she says. “I do everything – I’ll do any sides, the meat, I plan the menu, I am my mother’s assistant. We’re in charge of the meal.”
She’s the cook, with one exception: Her sister Lauren makes the macaroni & cheese. She’s the only one in the family who has perfected their mother’s version. Beal doesn’t even have the recipe.
Christian Activist Flip Benham: Roy Moore Dated Teens Because There’s Something About Their Purity [AUDIO] – https://t.co/xCEj9LG1al pic.twitter.com/YRtuVDspN7
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) November 21, 2017
And now the cowardly, 5 prong-tongued buffoon who’s been dodging questions about Moore, is now flapping his jaw emboldened after a chat with his Russian boss and benefactor ,..and coaching from Bannon..
Curious to see what John Kelly – patron saint of women of yore, thinks of his ward’s yammering in defense of a serial child molester..
Not only was he banned from the Mall, they had someone watching him at the local high school football games.
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Alabama ex-cop says she was tasked with keeping Roy Moore away from cheerleaders at high school games
A retired Alabama police officer told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday that she had to keep an eye on Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in the 1980s at local high school football games because he would regularly harass the team’s teenage cheerleaders.
Faye Gary, who for 37 years was an officer at the Gadsden Police Department, explained to Mitchell that Moore’s reputation for pursuing underage girls was widely known throughout the community.
“We were also told to watch him at the ballgames, and make sure that he didn’t, you know, hang around with the cheerleaders,” said Gary.
Gary also said she learned that Moore had been barred from entering the local shopping mall because he had been “harassing” young women who worked there.
Moore faces multiple allegations that he inappropriately pursued teenage girls when he was in his 30s, including allegations from two women that Moore tried to force them to have sexual contact with him when they were both under the age of consent
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/alabama-ex-cop-says-she-was-tasked-with-keeping-roy-moore-away-from-cheerleaders-at-high-school-games/
For anyone interested in the Zimbabwe- Mugabe saga.. A quick overview of how it all came to be..
White supremacy, racism, colonialism, propaganda …bright, articulate rebel native son.. fleeting good intentions, ambition, power, greed, intoxication …paranoia, affairs, secretary turned mistress turned second wife..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t1OzfpPtJoQ
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0S2NKlMW0vc
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g3u5CxS3j5M
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g3u5CxS3j5M
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JsWQF2ZXOrA
REMAINS OF SGT. LA DAVID JOHNSON FOUND IN NIGER WEEKS AFTER HIS FUNERAL
Human remains belonging to slain Army Sgt. La David Johnson were discovered in Niger earlier this month, according to reports. The parts were found about month after the soldier and three of his comrades were killed in an early October ambush, CNN reported, and more than two weeks after his funeral. …
MORE: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/remains-sgt-la-david-johnson-found-weeks-funeral-article-1.3648483?utm_content=buffer0f4c5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=NYDailyNewsTw
Saw that on the news..
Tragic..
They didn’t even bring back the whole of the young man..
Must be just so horrifying for his wife and family..
Horrible..
Tea Partier Joe Walsh Just Made A Racist Tweet About Marshawn Lynch And Immediately Paid For It
BY NATALIE DICKINSON
PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Former Tea Party Congressman and infamous right-wing talking head Joe Walsh took to Twitter this afternoon to complain about how a football player stood for the Mexican anthem and not the American anthem – and immediately got smacked down by the
Five-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl XLVII champion Marshawn Lynch of the Oakland Raiders chose to stand for the Mexican national anthem during Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots, which was played in Mexico City as part of the NFL’s new international game series.
Lynch earned the ire of President Trump and of angry right-wingers like Walsh, who were quick to take to Twitter to make shamelessly racist and unwarranted attacks against Lynch.
Social media was quick to take issue with Walsh, who rudely insinuated that Lynch was “uneducated” even though he graduated from Cal-Berkely with a degree in social welfare and is making his way through graduate school.
http://verifiedpolitics.com/tea-partier-joe-walsh-just-made-racist-tweet-marshawn-lynch-immediately-paid/
#TuesdayThoughts
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Ask your 2 Senators for 3 things
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If its a staffer be polite
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— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) November 21, 2017
Found at BJ:
GOP plan will ultimately raise taxes on 50% of Americans, nonpartisan assessment says
“We’re going to give the American people a huge tax cut for Christmas,” President Donald Trump said Monday, speaking before a cabinet meeting
But a nonpartisan tax analysis group said the Senate package would leave half of taxpayers facing higher levies by 2027
The group also said the proposal would generate enough growth to produce additional revenue of $169 billion over a decade
That number falls far short of the $1.5 trillion estimate over the same period by Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation
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“…Psychopaths, on the other hand, are unable to form emotional attachments or feel real empathy with others, although they often have disarming or even charming personalities. Psychopaths are very manipulative and can easily gain people’s trust. They learn to mimic emotions, despite their inability to actually feel them, and will appear normal to unsuspecting people. Psychopaths are often well educated and hold steady jobs. Some are so good at manipulation and mimicry that they have families and other long-term relationships without those around them ever suspecting their true nature.
Unlike their sociopathic counterparts, psychopathic criminals are cool, calm, and meticulous. Their crimes, whether violent or non-violent, will be highly organized and generally offer few clues for authorities to pursue. Intelligent psychopaths make excellent white-collar criminals and “con artists” due to their calm and charismatic natures….”
There are far too many to be found in the upper echelons of our society…They abound in our politics, our bureaucracy, our entertainment industry…
Psychopathy is the most dangerous of all antisocial personality disorders indeed. You never really see them coming, but in spite of their well-laid plans, if you look close enough, some things just don’t add up with most psychopaths…There are telltale signs to be seen – for people with eyes…
I just can’t.
Hot dogs IN THE GREENS?!😠
https://youtu.be/BryRhj19m_I
Eeeew..
I don’t eat at potlucks either..
I’ll do a salad and dessert, but everything in between…nope.
No salad for me outside my home, family and a very select few restaurants… ..I’m so, so picky about who makes my salads…washing stuff properly…hygiene in general ..especially since salads aren’t cooked ..and so no heat to destroy stuff that’s potentially lurking.. And salmonella from poorly handled dressing..
I’ll usually bring dessert …and may have some of it …as long as I get a piece and scoop.. before anyone else gets to it…I’ve got serious ocd.. LOL..
More from Attorney General White Citizens Council:
The Justice Department Just Announced Millions Of Dollars For Police Who Promise To Report Undocumented Immigrants
The Trump administration is taking a carrot-and-stick approach to making local police department’s crack down on illegal immigration. This was nearly $100 million in carrots.
The stuff about Conyers was leaked to a guy named Cernovich.
A comment about him and this happenings:
Tweets about him:
so who’s feeding him this shit https://t.co/feipYknfAQ pic.twitter.com/fVwcMfluoK
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) November 21, 2017
Whoever gave the stuff to Cernovich could have gone directly to Buzzfeed, or any other news org. That they went to him says everything about motive. Good that it’s out, but what DIDN’T come out.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) November 21, 2017
I hope we’re not about to relive 2016: where material was selectively leaked to news orgs eager for scoops, and only a year later did how media got played come into focus (for some. I mean, seemed clear at the time for some)
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) November 21, 2017
Cernovich is part of the Kremlin/Alt-Right ‘influencer’ trolls..
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/20/17
Trump moving stealthily to privatize the VA, alarming vets groups
Rachel Maddow relays reports that the Donald Trump White House is looking at the possibility of merging the VA with the private health care system used by the Pentagon
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/20/17
Trump to start paying own legal fees, Junior’s tab less clear
Shannon Pettypiece, White House correspondent for Bloomberg News, talks with Rachel Maddow about why the Trump re-election campaign and the RNC have been paying the legal fees of Donald Trump and Trump Jr., and what it means that Trump is now going to be taking some of that on himself.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/20/17
Trump FCC to revoke net neutrality: Politico
Rachel Maddow relays a Politico report that the FCC will revoke the net neutrality rule that gives everyone equal access to everything online, and will propose a system favored by internet service providers that could change the face of how the internet is used.
Ajit Pai …We talked about this sorry pos a while back fam..
He’s surrounded by Non-White Slave Catchers.
Fascinating and tragic to watch how eager and willing a cruel and useful idiot he is for those who think even less of him..
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/20/17
Mueller turns attention to Justice Department, asks for documents
Paul Rosenzweig, former senior counsel on Ken Starr’s investigation, talks with Rachel Maddow about the relationship between Robert Mueller’s investigation of Donald Trump and the Justice Department, and the mechanics of Mueller asking the his own department for documents.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/20/17
Trump ignores Nixon lesson with public pressure on DoJ, Sessions
Rachel Maddow looks at how Richard Nixon’s disregard for the independence of the Department of Justice contributed to his downfall, and reports on two fresh instances of Donald Trump appearing to exert improper influence on the DoJ to serve his political ends.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/20/17
Kushner’s Trump Russia hole deepens, Hicks to testify soon
Rachel Maddow reports on the latest developments in the Trump Russia investigation, including Jared Kushner extending his string of being caught not being honest with investigators, and expectations that Trump assistant Hope Hicks may testify as early as this week.
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/10/17/4622E78400000578-5070881-Sartorial_The_style_war_between_Melania_and_Hope_waged_on_as_the-a-18_1510335028860.jpg
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/20/17
Trump to close self-dealing charity pending investigation
Rachel Maddow reports that Donald Trump intends to shut down his disgraced eponymous charitable foundation, but can’t actually do so while the foundation remains under criminal investigation.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/20/17
Sex harassment accusations continues to rock media, politics
Rachel Maddow reports on the latest wave of sexual harassment and assault accusations against prominent media and political figures.
At some point hopefully, we’ll have a real discussion here about all of this fam..
I’d love to hear all your thoughts ..
I’ve got a few of my own …on not just this, but a few other things I’ve been dying to share/discuss..
Long overdue..
Some of it potentially uncomfortable..
I know SG, Ametia and Rikyrah have often said that it’s ok to be honest here..
But still..
I’m not so sure everyone’s quite ready for some of my brand of brutal honesty ..or the acute observations, cathartic unburdening that come with it..
I really don’t want to hurt feelings …or unmask/take-down other people’s ‘heroes’..or the hypocrisy ..double standards.. selective, often inconsistent ‘morality’ and ‘outrage’ that ignores active complicity, participation ..
I welcome your honesty. I continue to say keep it coming. You are deep, and I always think after reading your thoughts.
Thank you..
BLACK PEOPLE…
who are the BASE of the Democratic Party…
Are…
By every measurement…
THE MOST RELIGIOUS PEOPLE IN AMERICA…
So….
GET THE ENTIRE PHUCK OUTTA HERE WITH THIS BULLSHYT!!
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Why Democrats Must Regain the Trust of Religious Voters
If the party wants to win back votes in the Trump era, it will need to stop ignoring people of faith.
https://twitter.com/splcenter/status/932987007625842689
Ha ha ha. People are funny…
https://twitter.com/MotherJones/status/932778730656804866
LOL..
Love it..
My kind of woman..
Congress’ Office of Compliance (OOC) has paid $17M to victims of harassment & discrimination.Members of Congress who are certain that no sexual harassment or assault cases have been settled on their behalf by the OOC should say so.See who stays silent.https://t.co/xpV5myRaoj— Adam Jentleson (@AJentleson) November 21, 2017
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HOLY SHIT. Stephen Moore of the Heritage Foundation just tried to “both sides” the Alabama Senate race and compared Doug Jones’ stance on abortion to Roy Moore molesting kids.
I’ve been waiting for this to get ugly.
It’s already far gone ugly..
Kyle Griffin
CBS News confirms that Don Jr. met with Kremlin ally Alexander Torshin at an NRA event in May 2016.
Kyle Griffin
Forgot about this. Shortly before the election, Don Jr. flew to Paris for lunch at the Hotel Ritz Paris with a Syrian activist (who says she meets regularly with Russian officials) and her husband (who once nominated Putin for a Nobel Peace Prize).
Donald Trump Jr.’s 2016 trip to Paris for lunch with Moscow-linked couple remains a puzzle
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Journalists who framed narrative of Hillary Clinton as corrupt, inauthentic, flawed?
Glenn Thrush (Politico/NYT)
Mark Halperin (Game Change, Circus)
Hamilton Fish/Leon Wieseltier
(New Republic)
Sam Kriss (Vice)
Jordan Chariton (TYT)
ALL facings sexual harassment allegations.🤔
https://twitter.com/mrsmaris/status/932650491447840769
https://twitter.com/tanehisicoates/status/932792408873381888
Rebecca Traister
@rtraister
Chilling. Note the women in it who left journalism. & also, again, consider power that Rose (& regular guests, incl Halperin, including Thrush) had to shape narrative of HRC. The news here isn’t just individual; it’s structural.
Could you imagine if 44 had done this to ANYPLACE IN AMERICA?
Donald Trump’s Response to Disaster Aid for California: Nothing
KEVIN DRUM
NOV. 20, 2017 10:17 PM
A few weeks ago, California requested $7.4 billion in disaster aid following the massive series of wildfires in the northern part of the state that killed 43 people and destroyed nearly 9,000 structures. Actually, let’s back up. That’s not quite accurate. California’s Democratic governor, its two Democratic senators, and its 39 Democratic members of Congress asked for $7.4 billion. With only one exception, California’s Republican delegation boycotted a request for disaster funding for their own state.
Yesterday the Trump administration responded to California’s request:
Outrageous. Blue states must be punished in Donald Trump’s America.
There’s never been any pretense about it..
The buffoon and co. have never made any bones about his and their endless versions of quid quo pro…
Even with taxpayer monies and institutional resources.. reward or punishment for ‘fealty’ or the absence of it..
1977 is when three of Roy Moore’s accusers say he propositioned or assaulted them as teenagers. It is also the year, *by his own description*, he first noticed, at a dance recital, the pretty girl who would later become his wife.
He was 30. She was 16.
https://twitter.com/orrchris/status/932805762140733442
Told on himself in the telling of his creepy, deviant, predatory ‘meet-cute’ with his much younger wife..
Creepy!
F.C.C. Is Said to Plan Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules
By CECILIA KANG
NOV. 21, 2017
Trash. Every one of these muthaphuckas.
Reuters: Exclusive – State Dept. revolt: Tillerson accused of violating U.S. law on child soldiers:
The Nationalist’s Delusion
Trump’s supporters backed a time-honored American political tradition, disavowing racism while promising to enact a broad agenda of discrimination.
ADAM SERWER NOV 20, 2017
UH HUH
UH HUH
Leading Trump Census pick causes alarm
The 2020 count might be put in the hands of an inexperienced professor who wrote that ‘Competitive Elections are Bad for America.’
By DANNY VINIK and ANDREW RESTUCCIA
11/21/2017 05:06 AM EST
REALLY?!!!
Chris Matthews doesn’t remember the show very well when he thinks that Archie Bunker was made fun of because Archie was a White working class individual. Chris Matthews said in the video above:
“You know, ever since we started this Archie Bunker thing in the early ’70s, making fun of white working people, we kissed them goodbye,” ”
The Show “made fun of” Archie Bunker because of his racism and sense of White superiority.
Massa Chris..
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Good Morning, Rikyrah , 3 Chics Family & Friends!