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Re: State subverters
By: guest55 Date: September 20, 2021, 11:05 pm
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GOP operatives accused of funneling Russian cash to Trump
[quote]A former senior aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul was indicted this month for
allegedly funneling $25,000 from a wealthy, unnamed Russian to
former President Trump's reelection efforts.
The big picture: The Justice Department alleges that Jesse
Benton, 43, the husband of Paul's niece and a veteran Republican
staffer, orchestrated a scheme to conceal the illegal foreign
donation with another GOP operative, Doug Wead.
The details: The indictment, unsealed on Monday, outlines
allegations of a convoluted money trail from the unnamed Russian
national through a consulting firm run by Benton and to a Trump
joint fundraising committee.
The Russian national was determined to underwrite a Trump
fundraising event in order to get a photo with the former
president, according to communications between Benton and Weed
cited in the indictment.
The indictment alleges that Benton received $100,000 from
the Russian national and passed on $25,000 to the joint
fundraising committee, allegedly pocketing the remaining
$75,000.
Wead and Benton each face six criminal charges, including
conspiracy and abetting illegal foreign political contributions.
For the record: Efforts to reach Wead were not immediately
successful. Benton did not immediately respond to requests for
comment.
Benton was previously convicted of filing false statements
in connection with a scheme to funnel money from Ron Paul's 2012
presidential campaign to an influential Iowa politician who
backed Paul in the state's presidential caucus.
Trump pardoned Benton in December, shortly before leaving
office.[/quote]
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Re: State subverters
By: guest55 Date: September 21, 2021, 10:55 am
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A Rosa Parks Book Is Banned In Pennsylvania Schools, Cawthorn
Brings A His Knife To A School
[quote]A Rosa Parks book is banned in a Pennsylvania district
and students are fighting back. A Black police chief faces
intense criticism for pushing to reform the Waterloo police
department. Madison Cawthorn allegedly carries a knife on his
person and brings it to a school. 9 Oakland cops suspended
after probe into ‘racist and sexist’ posts. A Canadian ‘Karen’
goes ballistic on McDonald's workers. A White woman calls a
Black restaurant patron the N-word, and police coddle her. A
shoplifting White woman punches a Dollar General employee in the
face, cops handle her with care. [/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTYljbSrwf0
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Re: State subverters
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 28, 2021, 10:11 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/texas-republicans-seem-pretty-much-164513881.html
[quote]Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to crack down on
undocumented immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border has led
to the arrests of hundreds of migrants who are now languishing
in Texas prisons, often without being charged with a crime or
assigned legal representation in violation of both their
constitutional rights and Texas state law.
The Texas Tribune reported that as of Friday, almost 900 male
migrants captured as part of Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” have
been imprisoned for weeks without charges. Dozens more have been
held for over a month without an assigned attorney.
...
As the Tribune puts it: “Defense attorneys have started asking
courts to set migrants free because local justice systems,
overwhelmed by arrests under Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security
push, are routinely violating state law and constitutional due
process rights.”
...
“They didn’t have anyone communicating to them about their cases
or their process,” Jindal told the Tribune. “You’re just sitting
in jail, and the clerk doesn’t have records of you existing.”
“The system crumbles without due process,” she said.[/quote]
As if the above were not bad enough:
[quote]The U.S.-Mexico border has made news in recent weeks as
thousands of migrants, including many coming from Haiti, had
gathered there seeking shelter in the United States. Last week,
disturbing footage showed U.S. Border Patrol on horseback
swinging their reins at the migrants. This led Homeland Security
to open an investigation into the incident, and President Biden
promised that “those people will pay.” But on Sunday, during an
appearance on Fox News Sunday, Abbott told the agents who may
soon be fired that he would happily hire them as part of his
Texas Border Patrol.
“You have a job in the state of Texas,” Abbot said, adding, “I
will hire you to help Texas secure our border.”[/quote]
About Abbott:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Abbott
[quote]In November 2015, Abbott announced that Texas would
refuse Syrian refugees following the Paris terrorist attack that
occurred earlier that month. In December 2015, Abbott ordered
the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to file a lawsuit
against the federal government and the International Rescue
Committee to block refugee settlement, but the lawsuit was
struck down by a federal district court.[150]
On February 1, 2017, Abbott blocked funding to Travis County,
Texas, due to its recently implemented sanctuary city
policy.[151][152] On May 7, 2017, Abbott signed Texas Senate
Bill 4 into law, targeting sanctuary cities by charging county
or city officials who refuse to work with federal officials and
by allowing police officers to check the immigration status of
those they detain if they choose.[153][154]
In January 2020, Abbott made Texas the first state to decline
refugee resettlement under a new rule implemented by the Trump
administration.[155] The move was condemned in a joint statement
by all 16 Catholic bishops of Texas.[156]
...
Abbott rejects the scientific consensus on climate change.
Abbott has said that the climate is changing, but does not
accept the consensus that human activity is the primary
contributor to climate change.[169][170]
In early 2014, Abbott participated in strategy sessions held at
the headquarters of the United States Chamber of Commerce,
devising a legal strategy for dismantling climate change
regulations.[171] In 2016, Abbott supported the appointment of
Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
noting "He and I teamed up on many lawsuits against the
EPA."[172] As Attorney General of Texas, Abbott frequently sued
the federal government over environmental regulations.[173]
After Joe Biden was elected President, Abbott vowed to pursue an
aggressive legal strategy against environmental regulations
implemented by the Biden administration.[174]
...
Abbott pressed for a purge of nearly 100,000 registered voters
from Texas voter rolls. Texas officials initially claimed that
the voters to be purged were not American citizens. The purge
was canceled in April 2018 after voting rights groups challenged
the proposed purge, and officials at the Office of the Texas
Secretary of State publicly admitted that tens of thousands of
legitimate voters (naturalized citizens) were wrongly flagged
for removal. Abbott claimed that he played no role in the voter
purge, but emails released in June 2019 showed that Abbott was
the driving force behind the Department of Public Safety
voter-purge effort.[175]
In September 2020, Abbott issued a proclamation providing that
each Texas county could only have a single location where voters
could drop off their early voting ballots. Abbott justified the
decision by claiming it would prevent "illegal voting" but cited
no examples of voter fraud. Election security experts say voter
fraud is extremely rare.[176][177] Also in September 2020,
Abbott extended the early voting period for that year's general
election due to COVID-19; his decision was opposed by the
Republican Party of Texas.[178]
Abbott, a political ally of Donald Trump, made "election
integrity" a legislative priority following President Trump's
failed attempts to overturn the election results of 2020 United
States presidential election by using baseless claims that the
results were fraudulent.[179] The resulting legislation was
denounced by voting rights advocates and civil rights groups,
who accused it disproportionatly affecting voters of color and
people with disabilities.[180][/quote]
The answer:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/re-demographic-blueshift-548/msg8900/#msg8900
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Re: State subverters
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 29, 2021, 10:10 pm
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Previously:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/state-subverters/msg8904/#msg8904
Now:
HTML https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/574534-senate-parliamentarian-rules-out-democrats-immigration-plan-b
[quote]The Senate parliamentarian has nixed Democrats' back-up
plan for getting immigration reform into a sweeping spending
bill, handing them a second setback.
Democrats had pitched parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on
legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants by making a
change to the date for when undocumented immigrants within the
United States can apply to adjust their legal status.
But MacDonough told Democrats that the option was a non-starter,
according to a copy of the guidance obtained by The Hill.
Democrats are pursuing other back-up plans with the Senate
referee, according to a source familiar with Democrats'
strategy.
...
MacDonough's latest ruling immediately renewed calls from
outside groups for Democrats to overrule her — something they
could do with total unity from their 50 members plus Vice
President Harris presiding over the Senate.[/quote]
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Re: State subverters
By: guest55 Date: September 30, 2021, 7:52 pm
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Why Haven't You Resigned?': Tom Cotton Slams Mark Milley To His
Face Over Afghanistan
[quote]At today's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Sen.
Tom Cotton (R-AR) told Gen. Mark Milley he should
resign.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM-fo38sAEw
'YOU SHOULD BE FIRED!' Matt Gaetz rips military commanders
during fiery hearing exchange
[quote]Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) grills Defense Secretary Lloyd
Austin and General Mark Milley at a House Armed Services
Committee, "Ending the U.S. Military Mission in
Afghanistan".[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxDsSSL1zfw
The only thing Cotton has going for him here is the fact that he
actually served honorably himself....
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Re: State subverters
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 30, 2021, 10:38 pm
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It's OK to be a "white" driver:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/ran-over-blm-protesters-apparently-001605192.html
[quote]He Ran Over BLM Protesters—but Apparently That’s Not a
Crime
Jared Benjamin Lafer, who last September drove his SUV through a
tiny assemblage of Black Lives Matter protesters in Johnson
City, Tennessee, and then sped away — leaving behind a man with
a concussion, brain bleed, and two broken legs — will face no
charges.
...
Lafer never returned to the scene to check on his victim, but
instead drove to his home state of North Carolina, hired a
lawyer to talk with the cops on the case, and turned himself in
two days after committing the crime.
By the time of the arrest, Lafer’s earlier social media posts
joking about running over protesters had been scrubbed from the
internet, preserved only in screengrabs captured by a local
progressive news site.
...
“Run them over” had become a rightwing social media catchphrase
as far back as 2015, after the Ferguson uprising, and memes
about vehicular homicide against protesters — like those Lafter
promoted before his accounts were deactivated — have
proliferated since.
...
In recent years, conservative legislators around the country
have responded to demonstrations and uprisings with anti-protest
bills that, in addition to threatening folks’ constitutional
rights, protect drivers who used their cars in attacks against
protesters.
...
In Oklahoma — where last June, the driver of a pickup truck
pulling a horse trailer drove through a crowd of BLM protesters,
paralyzing one, but faced no charges because he claimed to be
scared for the safety of him and his family — a recently signed
law gives immunity to drivers who run protesters over.
...
That’s the thing about all these anti-protest laws: they deny
the most vulnerable the right to demand that their personhood be
recognized, while protecting the same people who are always
allowed to deny that personhood. We already know how the system
works. This whole anti-protest legislative movement takes pains
to explicitly tell folks to stay in their place and put up with
the various injustices this country inflicts upon them — or to
suffer the consequences.
I asked Hewlett how she reacted upon finding out that Lafer
would face no charges. She expressed a similar jaded lack of
surprise.
“I’m obviously appalled by the whole process,” she said. “But I
had been getting trickles of information that the charges were
getting reduced, so I already wasn’t super hopeful.
“It’s just been a slow burn of they’re going to let this guy get
away with this. That’s how it always goes. I don’t really know
what else to say at this point.”[/quote]
You could say something about how all it takes to give Lafer
what he deserves is one person willing to use a firearm.
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Re: State subverters
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 4, 2021, 11:30 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-t-want-desantis-tells-100000371.html
[quote]We don’t want you, DeSantis tells desperate Haitians
trying to migrate to Florida
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order preventing any state
agencies from “aiding or abetting in any way what the federal
government is doing right now.”
...
The state’s reaction put the responsibility entirely on the
shoulders of South Florida’s churches, charities, state
representatives and community organizers. They’ve helped take in
dozens of families who were not turned away at the border, and
they’re calling for accountability for those who were, as well
as for what they described as border patrol officers’ horrific
treatment of them at the border in Del Rio, Texas.
What’s most critical is that the government is not allowed to
walk right through asylum seekers’ rights to due process, they
say.
...
“Why aren’t they granting these people due process where they
can apply for political asylum? Why is there a double standard
from Haitians to Afghans to Cubans?” he asked. “We want the
administration to stop the deportation, treat them with dignity,
investigate the abuses that were perpetrated against our
brothers and our sisters at the border. It’s inhumane. That’s
not what America is.”
...
“We’re all saying let’s work cooperatively. We can absorb and
help meet the needs of these families, but we can’t do it if we
don’t know where they are, where they’re coming out of, and
whether they’re receiving due process or were deported.”
...
“We are asking the president to immediately pause all
deportation flights,” he said. “We want more transparency for
this entire process.”
Rep. Dotie Joseph, D-Miami, was on the trip as well. Joseph, an
attorney, stressed that the Haitians who arrived at the border
did exactly as the asylum law instructs them to do when they
legally presented themselves at a port of entry.[/quote]
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Re: State subverters
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 6, 2021, 9:40 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IxqCCduw_E
In other news:
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Re: State subverters
By: guest55 Date: October 8, 2021, 8:01 pm
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Open Racist Given Prestigious Federal Job
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-dauruIDJQ
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Re: State subverters
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 12, 2021, 10:22 pm
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HTML https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/09/tory-mp-says-using-term-white-privilege-should-be-reported-as-extremism
[quote]A Conservative MP has said anyone using the term “white
privilege” should be reported to the government’s counter-terror
programme, and that teachers who criticise the Conservative
party should be sacked.
Jonathan Gullis told a fringe meeting during the party’s
conference in Manchester last week that anyone using the phrase
should be referred to the government’s Prevent programme, which
is used to track potential terrorists.
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“It’s racist to actually suggest everyone who’s white somehow is
riddled with privilege.”[/quote]
So pointing out who benefits from unfairness is "racist". But
actually getting away with unfairness is fine (but only if you
are "white"). Got it.
About Guillis:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Gullis
[quote]In June 2020, Gullis introduced a Ten Minute Rule bill
which would introduce custodial sentences of up to 14 years for
those who desecrate war memorials.[14]
In October 2020, after voting against a Labour Party Opposition
Day Motion to extend free school meals until Easter 2021, Gullis
said that he would not address a "baying mob" in response to an
alleged planned protest during his visit to a church foodbank.
...
In October 2020, Gullis stated on his Facebook page that
research by the National Maritime Museum into the Royal Navy's
links to slavery was "leftwing ideological nonsense".[16]
In November 2020, following an interim report on the connections
between colonialism and properties now in the care of the
National Trust, including links with historic slavery, Gullis
was among the signatories of a letter to The Telegraph from the
"Common Sense Group" of Conservative Parliamentarians. The
letter accused the National Trust of being "coloured by cultural
Marxist dogma, colloquially known as the 'woke agenda'".[17]
...
In October 2021, Gullis suggested at a fringe meeting during the
Conservative Party conference that people using the term "white
privilege" should be reported to the Home Office as extremists
and that teachers found criticising the Conservative Party
should be sacked.[22][23][24]
Gullis has described Black Lives Matter as "a Marxist
organisation that wants to abolish the nuclear family and defund
the police".[25][/quote]
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