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Republicans Involved in Cover-up of January 6 Insurrection

Republicans are actively involved in a Cover-up of the January 6 Insurrection to keep their responsibility and complicity hidden from the American people

 

Daniel Goldman Calls For A Criminal Investigation Into Trump

Former assistant U.S. attorney for SDNY Daniel Goldman says that he believes the January 6 is not enough and calls for the criminal investigation of Trump for real accountability.

 

GOP Officials Confronted With Evidence Of MAGA Riot Lies

A growing number of Republican members of Congress are minimizing, dissembling, and lying about the January 6th insurrection. This fact-check by MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber confronts recent statements by those officials with the factual record, documenting 10 key examples of the Orwellian effort to deny the reality of the insurrection, and debunking each one with documentary footage, evidence from legal cases, and independent reporting.

 

 

 

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Illegitimate Supreme Court Upholds Destroying Voting Rights

The Illegitimate, Rigged by Republican Supreme Court Upholds Republican laws designed to undermine & destroy the Voting Rights Act of 1965

 

Republicans have hijacked the highest court in the land. First, they stole a Supreme Court seat from President Obama. Then, they changed a 70-year old rule to install two of Donald Trump’s far-right justices and confirmed Brett Kavanaugh despite credible allegations that he committed sexual assault and lied under oath.

Now, the politicized Supreme Court is enacting a far-right, partisan agenda that favors corporate interests and Republican Party special interests. Reproductive freedom, civil rights, environmental justice, common sense gun safety laws, and our right to vote are all at risk. And the Court has eroded confidence in our system of government with ethical lapses and lack of transparency.

 

 

Supreme Court Justices should be appointed by Presidents who were elected to office by the majority of Americans so their viewpoints reflects the majority. That has NOT been the case due to the Electoral College, which made Republicans Bush & Trump President (who received less votes than their opponent)… and the Senate, which doesn’t represent the majority.

 

DARK MONEY CONTROL OVER SUPREME COURT

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse gives outstanding presentation how Big Business “Dark Money” has been playing a role in the Supreme Court nomination process.

 

The United States Supreme is a Illegitimate Kangaroo Court because 5 of the Justices were appointed by Illegitimate Presidents NOT supported or elected to office by the majority of Americans.

  • The Majority voted for Al Gore in 2000 by over 500,000 votes yet George W. Bush was crammed down the American Majority’s Throats. The election was STOLEN by the Electoral College, PLUS Florida Republicans illegally purged thousands of minorities off voters rolls and vote counting was stopped by the Republican Majority Supreme Court. The installation of George W. Bush caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis due to the misguided and unjustified war with Iraq. Trillions was added to the National Debt due to George W. Bush’s incompetence.
  • Bush appointed 2 Justices against the will of the MAJORITY = 2 Supreme Court Seats Stolen

  • Republicans STOLE a 3rd Supreme Court Seat from the American Majority by blocking President Obama’s Supreme Court appointment stating “The people should decide” during an election year.

  • The Majority voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 by over 2.84 Million votes yet Donald Trump was crammed down the American Majority’s Throats. The election was once again STOLEN by the Electoral College which made the LOSER the “winner”.
  • Trump filled Obama’s Supreme Court Seat, plus a 4th Supreme Court Seat against the Will of the Majority
  • After Ruth Ginsburg died Republicans proved to be PARTISAN HYPOCRITES by committing to fill her seat weeks before the 2020 election with Conservative Supreme Court nominee Amy Barrett who is being appointed SOLELY because she’s expected to rule on issues like Roe V. Wade & “Affordable Healthcare” a certain way
  • Appointing & confirming “Justices” because they are expected to rule on issues a particular way is not justice
  • The Majority is NOT Conservative and does not support BACKWARD, REPRESSIVE, CONSERVATIVE, 1800’s ideologies and values
  • The Senate is RIGGED for Republicans and doesn’t represent the Majority. Half of the US population lives in just nine states yet is only represented by 18 Senators. Democrats led Republicans by more than 12 million votes in Senate races in the 2018 election, yet suffered losses due to our UN-Democratic Rigged-for-Republicans Government
  • The Supreme Court is now Rigged for Republicans and doesn’t represent the Majority. It’s become another tool to cram unpopular conservative ideologies down the Majority’s Throats.
  • Republicans are behaving like Fascist Authoritarians, who only care about power and cramming what they want down citizens throats, lacking decency, fairness, ethics and integrity.

 

Former Judge Resigns From the Supreme Court Bar in a Letter to John Roberts

The letter describes why he’s lost faith in the Supreme Court.

Per the above article; “James Dannenberg is a retired Hawaii state judge. He sat on the District Court of the 1st Circuit of the state judiciary for 27 years. Before that, he served as the deputy attorney general of Hawaii. He was also an adjunct professor at the University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law, teaching federal jurisdiction for more than a decade. On Wednesday, Dannenberg tendered a letter of resignation from the Supreme Court Bar to Chief Justice John Roberts. He has been a member of that bar since 1972. Here’s some of his letter;

“Dear Chief Justice Roberts:

I hereby resign my membership in the Supreme Court Bar.

This was not an easy decision. I have been a member of the Supreme Court Bar since 1972, far longer than you have, and appeared before the Court, both in person and on briefs, on several occasions as Deputy and First Deputy Attorney General of Hawaii before being appointed as a Hawaii District Court judge in 1986. I have a high regard for the work of the Federal Judiciary and taught the Federal Courts course at the University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law for a decade in the 1980s and 1990s. This due regard spanned the tenures of Chief Justices Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist before your appointment and confirmation in 2005. I have not always agreed with the Court’s decisions, but until recently I have generally seen them as products of mainstream legal reasoning, whether liberal or conservative. The legal conservatism I have respected– that of, for example, Justice Lewis Powell, Alexander Bickel or Paul Bator– at a minimum enshrined the idea of stare decisis and eschewed the idea of radical change in legal doctrine for political ends.

I can no longer say that with any confidence. You are doing far more— and far worse– than “calling balls and strikes.” You are allowing the Court to become an “errand boy” for an administration that has little respect for the rule of law.

The Court, under your leadership and with your votes, has wantonly flouted established precedent. Your “conservative” majority has cynically undermined basic freedoms by hypocritically weaponizing others. The ideas of free speech and religious liberty have been transmogrified to allow officially sanctioned bigotry and discrimination, as well as to elevate the grossest forms of political bribery beyond the ability of the federal government or states to rationally regulate it. More than a score of decisions during your tenure have overturned established precedents—some more than forty years old– and you voted with the majority in most. There is nothing “conservative” about this trend. This is radical “legal activism” at its worst”.

 

Brian Fallon: Roberts Court is Facing a Crisis of Legitimacy

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 13, 2020 – On Friday, Demand Justice Executive Director Brian Fallon released the following statement in response to news that a former Hawaii judge has joined a federal district court judge and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in criticizing the Roberts Court’s recent actions: The Roberts Court is facing a crisis of […]

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman published a paper entitled “The Roberts Court’s Assault on Democracy”

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman published a paper entitled “The Roberts Court’s Assault on Democracy” in the forthcoming issue of the Harvard Law & Policy Review blowing the whistle on the Roberts Court’s partisan, anti-democratic bias. “The Court’s hard right majority is actively participating in undermining American democracy,” he wrote. “Indeed, the Roberts Court has contributed to insuring that the political system in the United States pays little attention to ordinary Americans and responds only to the wishes of a relatively small number of powerful corporations and individuals.

Both of these judges followed Justice Sotomayor in sounding the alarm on the five Republican justices’ allegiances to the Trump administration. Issuing a scathing dissent to a 5-4 decision permitting the Trump administration to institute a wealth test for immigrants, she wrote, “perhaps most troublingly, the Court’s recent behavior on stay applications has benefited one litigant over all others.

 

Experts and Friends Say Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath | Law & Crime

Legal experts, pundits and former peers of Brett Kavanaugh believe the Supreme Court nominee lied under oath during his re-hearing on Thursday.

 

Experts agree that Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath numerous times, so he can be be removed from the bench and could face prison time.

 

Did Russia Affect the 2016 Election? It’s Now Undeniable

In the wake of the Mueller indictment of a Russian troll farm, any attempt to claim that the 2016 election wasn’t affected by Russian meddling is laughable.

Trump is also a Illegitimate President because it has been established that Russia hacked, interfered with and likely influenced the outcome of the 2016 Election.

Five (5) Republican appointed Supreme Court Judges are Illegitimate because the Presidents who put them in office (Republicans Bush & Trump) were not supported or voted for by the Majority of Americans.

 

Justices of the Supreme Court should be allowed to serve for a maximum of 12 years. NO ONE should be guaranteed a job for life. Anyone appointed should non-political and not affiliated with any political party.

We need a Supreme Court that can be trusted to be fair, nonpolitical, and ethical. We need to reform the Supreme Court.

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Republicans Pass Laws Making Protesting a Crime

 

Republicans are destroying democracy & violating the First Amendment by passing over 90 laws to make protesting a felony offense and immunity to motorist who runs over & kills protestors.

 

 

 

All the Ways Republicans Are Trying to Make Protesting a Crime

So far this year, GOP lawmakers in 32 states have introduced over 80 anti-protest bills. This segment is a round-up of those bills, from the ones that could take your student loans to the ones that could make it a crime to taunt a cop. It explores the GOP’s go-to way of responding to protests: making them a crime.

This is another example of how Republicans are Anti-Democratic Authoritarian Fascist who are imposing harsh prison sentences to deter freedom of speech, protesting & decent, similar to dictatorships like China, North Korea and Russia.

 

Cops brutalize school students on campus with pepper spray and a taser.

 

FULL VIDEO: Cops brutalize school students on campus with pepper spray and a taser.

This what the United States is becoming under REPUBLICAN rule… a Anti-Democratic POLICE STATE where protesting can get you TASED, BEATEN, ARRESTED and MURDERED

 

Florida Republicans pass Anti-Democratic Authoritarian “Rioting Bill” to quash Freedom of Speech.

 

Thanks to Republicans, the U.S. incarcerates more people than any other country in the world… even more than Communist China.

 

 

 

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Trump / Barr DOJ Caught Investigating Political Enemies

The New York Times reported that Barr’s DOJ issued subpoenas to Apple for the metadata for Congressmen Schiff and Swalwell and members of their staff and families. This allegedly was part of an investigation into leaks coming from the House Intelligence Committee, yet no Republican members of that committee had their information subpoenaed. This looks more like the weaponization of the DOJ for Trump’s political advantage than it looks like a legitimate leaks investigation.

 

Trump/Barr’s DOJ Issued Subpoenas for Rep. Adam Schiff’s and Rep.Eric Swalwell’s Electronic Data

In a stunning revelation, even for the Trump/Barr Department of Justice, the New York Times reported that Barr’s DOJ issued subpoenas to Apple for the metadata for Congressmen Schiff and Swalwell and members of their staff and families. This allegedly was part of an investigation into leaks coming from the House Intelligence Committee, yet no Republican members of that committee had their information subpoenaed. This looks more like the weaponization of the DOJ for Trump’s political advantage than it looks like a legitimate leaks investigation.

 

‘Terrible abuse of power’: Schiff rips Trump, DOJ for reportedly seeking his private data

Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about a breaking report from the New York Times that the Department of Justice under Donald Trump in investigating leaks to the media subpoenaed Apple for his data and that of his staffers as well as a child.

 

As More DOJ Abuses Are Exposed, Demands For Answers Grow

Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that the DOJ seized private data on members of Congress and their staff members and families, and still fresh revelations that the data of reporters was also subpoenaed in other investigations.

 

‘Terrible abuse of power’: Schiff rips Trump, DOJ for reportedly seeking his private data

Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about a breaking report from the New York Times that the Department of Justice under Donald Trump in investigating leaks to the media subpoenaed Apple for his data and that of his staffers as well as a child.

 

Dems Blast Reported Data Seizure By Trump DOJ

A stunning New York Times report reveals that Trump’s Justice Department subpoenaed data on House Intelligence Democrats, along with their aides and family, while searching for leaks. MSNBC’s Brian Williams discusses with Katie Benner who co-wrote the Times report – plus Frank Figliuzzi and Jeremy Bash.

 

DOJ inspector general launches investigation into Trump’s use of subpoenas

 

William Barr Tried To Undermine Michael Cohen Prosecution

According to multiple different sources who spoke with The New York Times, one of the first orders of business for William Barr when he took over as Attorney General was to try to undermine the prosecution of Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer/fixer. Trump has repeatedly gone after Cohen since he testified before Congress, but it appears that he was more worried about Cohen than he let on publicly.

 

 

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How the Rich Exploit Tax Loopholes & Pay No Taxes

IRS documents show Bezos, Musk and Buffett pay almost no taxes.

We now have a map of how the wealthiest people exploit it thanks to a bombshell report from ProPublica, the investigative journalism nonprofit, which claims to have obtained years of tax returns for the wealthiest people in the country from an anonymous source.

 

Robert Reich has a special Tax Day message, explaining why the wealthiest 1% pay a much lower tax rate than the rest of us

 

 

Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity are paid millions of dollars a year. It’s no wonder they are staunch defenders of the rich and tax cuts for the rich.

It also explains why they say anything to keep being paid those millions

 

The Republican Party Exists to Protect Millionaires and Billionaires

The Republican Party’s attacks on the IRS budget are depriving the government of revenue, according to a new Atlantic-ProPublica report.

The Republican Party Exists to Protect Millionaires and Billionaires

Per the above article: “Other than “downplaying federal crimes committed by the president,” the modern Republican Party cherishes nothing more than finding innovative ways to lighten the financial burdens of the millionaires and billionaires who support it. This is most evident, of course, in its signature accomplishment of the 115th Congress: a $1.5 trillion tax cut for very wealthy people, propped up by the usual gamut of vague, Reaganomics-type assurances that the gaping new hole in the federal deficit would “pay for itself.”

An astonishing new report from The Atlantic and ProPublica, however, reveals that the party’s most prominent display of corporate generosity is not necessarily the most lucrative one. Thanks to the GOP’s decades-long war on the Internal Revenue Service, the federal government’s ability to collect legally-owed taxes has reached a historical nadir, as deep budget cuts have hamstrung efforts to fulfill basic responsibilities—like, among many others, hiring professionals to catch people who might be good at evading taxes.

Corporations and the wealthy are the biggest beneficiaries of the IRS’s decay. Most Americans’ interaction with the IRS is largely automated. But it takes specialized, well-trained personnel to audit a business or a billionaire or to unravel a tax scheme—and those employees are leaving in droves and taking their expertise with them. For the country’s largest corporations, the danger of being hit with a billion-dollar tax bill has greatly diminished. For the rich, who research shows evade taxes the most, the IRS has become less and less of a force to be feared”.

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Republicans Are the Ones Who Commit Voter Fraud

In the few cases where voter fraud actually occurs, it’s usually Republicans who commit the fraud

Even as Republican conspiracy theories in support of Donald Trump’s big lie about voter fraud and a stolen election have fallen apart and been debunked, actual individual instances of voter fraud appear to have mostly involved Trump voters. That pattern continued with an Ohio Trump supporter who is accused of voting twice two times.

 

3 Residents of Trump-Loving Florida Retirement Community Arrested for Voting Twice

Three members of The Villages, two of which are registered Republicans (according to a Rolling Stone report), were nabbed for allegedly casting two ballots during the 2020 election.

 

Another Trump Supporter Has Been Arrested For Voter Fraud

 

Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa

In the few cases where voter fraud actually occurs, it’s usually Republicans who commit the fraud

 

Five Republicans Kicked Off Michigan Ballot For Election Fraud

Five Republican gubernatorial candidates in Michigan – including the two frontrunners – have been kicked off the ballot for using fraudulent names on their petitions to be on the ballot in the first place. One Republican already voluntarily dropped out after being implicated in the scandal, which means that the majority of the candidates in the race likely committed election fraud.

 

Mark Meadows Suspected of VOTER FRAUD. Listed mobile home he’s never been to as his Home

 

Former Trump Aide VOTED TWICE in 2016 Election, Now Running for Congress in New Hampshire

Jesse talks about the latest reporting surrounding Matt Mowers who is a former aide to Donald Trump and is running for Congress in New Hampshire. According to reporting, Mowers voted twice in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. He voted once in New Jersey and then once in New Hampshire after registering at his parent’s address

 

GOP Election Fraud Hype Collapses As Figurehead Is Charged With Voter Fraud

Rachel Maddow shares the story of a man who became a Republican symbol of anti-Trump election fraud when it was discovered that an absentee ballot had been cast in the name of his deceased wife. That man has now been charged with voting in his wife’s name.

 

Man At Center Of GOP Vote Fraud Hype Lied, Pleads Guilty

 

Mesa County Grand Jury Indicts Clerk Tina Peters In Election System Breach Investigation

A Mesa County grand jury has returned an indictment against Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters stemming from an investigation into allegations of election equipment tampering and official misconduct

 

Mesa County Grand Jury Indicts REPUBLICAN Clerk Tina Peters In Election System Breach Investigation

A grand jury in Colorado indicted a Republican local elections official on a laundry list of felony charges related to election fraud following the 2020 election.1

Prosecutors allege the official, Tina Peters, tampered with voting machines and leaked sensitive election information to right-wing conspiracy theorists in order to fuel Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the election.

It gets worse: Peters is running for Colorado secretary of state—the office that oversees elections, counts the votes, and declares winners and losers of elections.

Thankfully, given her indictment, it seems unlikely that Peters will continue as a candidate. But around the country, far-right white supremacists are running for important offices that oversee elections—including with Trump’s official endorsement.

 

PA Republican reveals there was fraud in state’s election … by GOP

GOP Pennsylvania state Representative Seth Grove said that the state did see small-scale election fraud in the 2020 election, but that it was done by Republicans. CNN’s John Berman speaks to Philadelphia’s election commissioner Al Schmidt about Rep. Grove’s comments.

 

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pays illegal voting bounty to Democrat who caught a Republican voting twice for Trump

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick offered up to a 1 million dollar bounty to anyone who could prove voter fraud in the 2020 election. This was an attempt to expose a DEMOCRAT voting twice for Biden.

So far, not one case of a Democrat voting twice in the 2020 elections has been found. Instead, a Pennsylvania poll worker whose report of a Trump voter trying to vote twice led to a voter fraud conviction, and has now received a check for $25,000 from Patrick’s campaign.

 

Why is it only Republicans who commit voter fraud?

Description from YouTube; “In those few cases where voter fraud actually occurs – it tends to be Republicans committing it. Meet John Enright, Republican candidate for supervisor in Pinal County, Arizona. Enright just dropped out of the race after accusations surfaced that his companion – whom he lived with until her death in 2007 – has been voting from the grave for five years since her death. Enright claims he’s dropping out of the race for other reasons – and denies any role in illegally voting on behalf of his former companion. Seems fishy, though. And then there’s Ann Coulter – one of the most shrill, hateful Conservative voices on television. As reported by the BradBlog – in both 2002 and 2004 – Coulter illegally cast absentee ballots in Connecticut – despite her ACTUALLY being a resident of – and living in – New York. That’s voter fraud.

Just like it was voter fraud when former Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman voted in 2010 – claiming his Governor’s mansion in Utah as his official address – even though he no longer was Governor – and no longer lived in the mansion. Just like it was voter fraud when Indiana’s Republican Secretary of State – Charlie White – the top election official in the state – was found guilty of several felony charges like lying on voter registration forms, voting in the wrong precincts, and submitting false ballots”.

 

Election fraud scandal brings new election in North Carolina

 

Republican’s Election Rigging and Fraud In North Carolina

 

REPUBLICANS RIGGING VOTING MACHINES

In the above video, a computer programmer (Clint Curtis) testified to a Congressional Committee that in October of 2000, he wrote a program for a prominent Florida Republican, Tom Feeney which could flip votes and would be undetectable. In September 2006, Feeney was named one of the “20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress”.

 

Note how this voting machine is rigged for Mitt Romney in 2012.  It appears when a voting machine is rigged, it’s usually rigged for republicans. Most companies which makes voting machine are owned by republican owners.

 

REPUBLICANS PROVE TO BE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC BY KEEPING PEOPLE FROM VOTING

A Tea Partier admits on tape, Republicans don’t want people to vote who isn’t likely to vote for them

 

Former FL GOP chair says ‘right-wing crazies’ want to suppress black vote

Former Florida Republican Party Chair Jim Greer testified in a lawsuit filed against his former party that “whack-a-do, right-wing crazies” wanted to suppress the black vote through Voter ID and tactics like current state Gov. Rick Scott’s efforts to purge voter rolls.

Jim Greer, stated “I sat in on many meetings where it was discussed how to make sure what happened in 2008, when Obama brought out the college-aged voters, the minority voters, never happened again”.

 

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Republicans Cut Benefits to Millions of Unemployed Citizens

Republicans in GOP Controlled States Cut Benefits to Millions of Unemployed Citizens

 

Millions of unemployed in US face hardship under Republican benefit cuts

 

Alan Grayson Crushes GOP On Unemployment Benefits

 

Tennessee Republicans Cut Off Unemployment Benefits for Struggling Families

 

Republicans Support Tax Cuts for the Wealthy but Block Assistance for the Unemployed

Republicans Kill Unemployment Benefits – Why?

On January 14th, 2014 the Senate led by Democrat Harry Reid voted to extend Unemployment benefits to the 1.3 million people who lost their benefits in December 2013. Republicans filibustered to prevent those people from getting benefits. This filibuster made a super majority of 60 votes necessary to pass the bill. Click here to read article

Here’s a list of Senators who voted against extending benefits and as you can see, they are almost exclusively Republicans. Goes to show how Republicans don’t care about regular people.

VOTED AGAINST EXTENDING BENEFITS

Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kirk (R-IL)
Lee (R-UT)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Reid (D-NV)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

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Republicans Responsible for Wasteful Military Spending

Republicans have no problem spending trillions on the military and wars, but they want to cut programs like social security, medicare, medicare, food stamps, etc which benefits middle class and poor Americans

 

 

The Senate is debating an $886,000,000,000 defense budget. Here’s why I intend to vote against it.

 

Despite the fact that the United States has enough Nuclear Weapons to destroy the earth many times over, in 2021 the Pentagon wants MORE. (July 2, 2021)

 

$716B Defense Bill Take Wasteful Military Spending to New Heights

 

 

Sen. Sanders on ‘No’ Vote to $778 Billion Defense Budget

 

What’s needed more than planes, tanks, ships, bombs etc is enhanced cyber security. Cyber is where current and future wars will be fought. We saw it in the 2016 election.

 

https://countercurrents.org/2020/01/trillions-of-dollars-in-u-s-military-spending-are-unaccounted-for/

Per the above article; “Before documenting that many trillions of dollars in U.S. Government military spending have been and are unaccounted-for, and that by far the most corrupt U.S. federal Department is the ‘Defense’ Department, it is important to document here, by means of the links that will be provided in this article, that, at least after the 9/11 event, the most respected institution in America has been and is the military, and so there exists in the United States a profoundly deceived public, which is a reflection of America’s having also a thoroughly corrupt national press or ‘news’-media, a U.S. press that is controlled by the same group of individuals who control the ‘defense’ contractors such as Lockheed Martin — the firms that derive all or almost all of their incomes from sales to the U.S. Government and to its allied governments.

In other words: the U.S. is controlled by a racket, and is not (in any other than the formal sense — e.g., its Constitution) a democracy. Consequently, this article will document in its links, that the publicized and widespread view that the U.S. is a democracy instead of a dictatorship is false and results from the dictatorship’s control over America’s press, with support from also the press in countries that are allied with and vassals of America’s dictatorship.”

 

The United States spent 900 Million a week on Afghanistan

 

Much of the Pentagon’s waste is due to contractors, which is a nice word for mercenaries. Their salaries are much higher than normal soldiers, and the owners of these private military companies have to get their cut of your tax dollars too

 

Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste

The military feared Congress would use the confidential data as an excuse to slash defense spending.

No one in congress has said anything about the Billions in Military Waste as reported in the above article “Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste

Republicans never say a word about Billions in Military Waste and don’t seem to give a damn. They keep giving MORE money to the Military to WASTE while giving Tax Breaks to the Rich, increasing the Nation Debt to over 20 Trillion Dollars… the highest it’s ever been.

 

Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Grills Military Contractor for Wasting Tax Dollars (June 3, 2019)

Unlike Republicans, who don’t give a damn about taxpayer money being wasted, Democrats DO CARE and try to hold Government Money Wasters accountable.

 

We need to defund the Pentagon and end this kind of wasteful military spending. Instead of writing blank checks for the Pentagon, let’s invest in education and jobs.

 

In 1991, Bernie Sanders made the above speech demanding that congress stop wasteful military spending. Since that time the military budge has only increased.

Our military should be used for the DEFENSE of this country only and unless we are attacked, all troops should be brought home… no more using our troops to police the world.

Unnecessary wars, trillions wasted on the military and Tax Breaks for the Rich is why we’re trillions in debt and have crumbling infrastructure.

 

Military Spending Cuts Needed

 

 

As shown in the above graph, the United States spends more on the military than Russia, China, the UK and 11 more countries COMBINED.  We don’t need more Bombs, Ships, Planes or any of the ridiculous Military items Republicans has no problem wasting tax payer’s money on. Because most countries have nuclear weapons, “mutually assured destruction” makes most of the items used by the military in the 20th century obsolete.

We need to cut military spending but Republicans disagree. Republicans “conservative” ideologies, values and thinking is rooted in the past. The same is true with their ideas about our military.

Our military should be used for the DEFENSE of this country only and unless we are attacked, all troops should be brought home… no more using our troops to police the world.

Unnecessary wars, trillions wasted on the military and Tax Breaks for the Rich is why we’re trillions in debt and have crumbling infrastructure.

If it weren’t for the trillions of dollars wasted on the military and trillions spent on past failed wars such as Viet-Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan and others, plus the Bush Tax cuts, we wouldn’t have a 20 Trillion Dollar debt.

Republicans are being RECKLESS by cutting taxes on the Rich and corporations when we have a 20 Trillion Dollar debt. That debt needs to be paid down.  The cold war is over… we don’t need to spend trillions on the military any more.   That money should be spent on the American people, the poor, the homeless, not bombs and wars.

The number of agencies contained in the United States Federal Government is mind boggling.  Here’s a list of US Government Agencies.

 

 

If we were shut down some of the agencies which are unnecessary and cut wasteful military spending, there would be a lot more money to help the poor & homeless in this country and increase Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits for American citizens.

 

 

 

After Years of Wasted Spending, Congresswoman Lee Calls to Cut Pentagon Budget, Reprioritize Programs that Keep Us Safe | Barbara Lee – Congresswoman for the 12th District of California

Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California’s 12th District

Rep. Barbara Lee introduced a ambitious nonbinding resolution, which calls for $350 billion in cuts to the Pentagon. Similarly, the Breathe Act championed by Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib recommends “dramatically” reducing the Department of Defense’s budget.

While many would dismiss the idea of defunding the armed forces as beyond the pale, some perspective is needed. The Pentagon’s bloated budget could, in fact, be lopped in half, and the United States would still have the largest military in the world, by far.

 

Eisenhower’s Warning: Military Industrial Complex’s Growing Budget

United States military spending has ballooned since World War II, although Americans have historically been reluctant to go to war.

 

This was the Republican Party Platform in 1956 when President Eisenhower was campaigning to be re-elected as President. This is the platform Republicans should have TODAY.

If Republicans would make cutting wasteful spending a top priority, there would be funds to pay down our huge debt, fix our crumbling infrastructure and for programs which help average Americans such as SNAP, Health Insurance, Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security.

 

 

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Trump Admin Obtained CNN Reporter’s Phone and Email Records

Trump administration secretly obtained CNN reporter’s phone and email records

The Trump administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent, the latest instance where federal prosecutors have taken aggressive steps targeting journalists in leak investigations.

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GOP Party of Obstruction

The GOP is the party of obstruction which obstructs helping the Middle Class & Poor while only helping the RICH with Tax Breaks & Government Hand-outs

 

Republicans obstruction is why democrats can’t implement programs like Build Back Better which would help the Middle Class & Poor

Rep. Katie Porter explains the Build Back Better Bill as a series of building blocks investing in roads, bridges, cybersecurity, green energy, child care and home healthcare – and the people who do that work. “All of these things put together are what’s gonna build that strong, table, globally competitive economy,” Porter tells Lawrence. “I hope we see Republicans step up and vote for this because every American benefits from a strong, stable, competitive economy.”

 

National Debt exploded under REPUBLICANS Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush due to excessive military spending and tax breaks for the RICH.

This was all part of the “Two Santa Clauses” plan whereby they run up the debt & cut taxes when a Republican is President so they are viewed as a good “Santa Clause”. Then when a Democrat is President, Republicans scream about the National Debt, refuse to increase the debt ceiling, shut down the government if necessary to stop Democrats from spending any money on social programs which could help working Americans. Be sure to watch the SHOCKING video below about this.

 

 

REPUBLICANS increase the National Debt with excessive military spending and tax breaks to the RICH so there’s no money for Social Programs which benefit the middle class & the poor

 

 

The above video explains how for the past 40 years since Ronald Reagan was President, Republicans have been victimizing Americans using a tactic called the “Two Santa Clauses”, whereby they run up the debt & cut taxes when a Republican is President so they are viewed as the good “Santa Clause”. Then when a Democrat is President, Republicans scream about the National Debt, refuse to increase the debt ceiling, shut down the government if necessary to stop Democrats from spending any money on social programs which could help working Americans.

In this way, Republicans are literately punishing Americans for voting for Democrats who are dedicated to helping the middle class and the poor while doing everything possible to make sure Democrats can’t help the middle class and the poor, to make them look like the “Bad Santa Clause”.

This is another example of how Republicans are RUTHLESS… ONLY caring about seizing, maintaining power, being subservient to Corporate Interests and the RICH.

 

Republicans are Debt Ceiling Hypocrites who spend more & raise the debt when a REPUBLICAN is President then demand cuts in spending when a Democrat is President

 

GOP demolished with debt facts: Trump and Bush drove the trillion dollar deficits

After Trump’s historic spending spree, the GOP now calling for cuts under Biden. MSNBC’S Ari Melber shows you how Trump is responsible for 25% of U.S. debt, rising by $7 trillion and explains how the party of Reagan became the party of MAGA brinksmanship.

 

The national debt was increased by a projected 8 Trillion by Trump and Republicans due to military spending and tax breaks for the RICH

 

Inventor Of Trickle Down Economics Says Trump’s Tax Plan Is “Dead on Arrival”

David Stockman, the economist who developed the theory of trickle down economics during the Reagan administration, says that Trump’s tax plan is a giveaway to the wealthy elite and that it will result in an economic downturn. Stockman has admitted that his theory of trickle down economics is implausible, and he regrets the damage that his policy has caused this country.

 

Trump Tax Cuts Add WAY More Debt Than Advertised

“Experts” low-balled the amount of debt the Republican tax plan would entail.

 

Republicans vote to De-fund the IRS

 

Republicans Lying About Social Security

 

The above video explains how George W. Bush took Democrat’s and Bill Clinton’s budget surplus and exploded the debt by almost 10 Trillion, doing what Republicans always do…. giving Tax Breaks to the Rich (as shown in the graphs below) and then tanked the economy.

 

Republicans are demanding stricter work requirements in the debt ceiling fight, which also include GOP demands for cuts targeting the poor. “You’re taking people off of SNAP, off of food stamps, and Medicaid,” MSNBC’s Ali Velhi tells Joy Reid. “What kind of country is looking to have fewer people have enough.”

 

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As shown in these graphs, Republicans are responsible for reckless spending and will NEVER have a balanced budget due to their “Trickle Down Economics”, “Starve the Beast” and “Two Santa Clauses” tactics.

 

 

Obama calls out Republicans for Causing Deficits and Debts

 

The Grover Norquist Tax Pledge which says Republicans shall never raise taxes helped skyrocket the Debt.

 

In an original broadcast essay, Bill says there’s more to Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge than ideology or principle — it’s also about Norquist’s efforts keep taxes low for his donor base of billionaires.

 

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In this chart, the RED lines on the left side – the ones that keep doing DOWN – show what happened to jobs under the policies of Bush and the Republicans. We were losing lots and lots of jobs every month, and it was getting worse and worse. The BLUE lines – the ones that just go UP – show what happened to jobs when the stimulus was in effect. We stopped losing jobs and started gaining jobs, and it was getting better and better.

The leveling off on the right side of the chart shows what happened as the stimulus started to wind down: job creation leveled off at too low a level.

It looks a lot like the stimulus reversed what was going on before the stimulus. We have gone from losing around 850,000 jobs a month to gaining over 200,000 jobs a month.

Conclusion: THE STIMULUS WORKED BUT WAS NOT ENOUGH!

More False Things

These are just three of the false things that everyone “knows” because places like Fox News repeat them over and over and over. Some others are (click through): Obama bailed out the banks, businesses will hire if they get tax cuts, health care reform cost $1 trillion, Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme or is “going broke”, tax cuts grow the economy, government spending “takes money out of the economy.”

Actually This Reduced Spending And Lower Deficit Have Hurt The Economy

Government spending is literally, by definition, the things that government does to make our lives better. People have been tricked into thinking that government spending is somehow bad. The billionaires and giant corporations spread this nonsense around because they are greedy and just want their taxes lower. The top income tax rate used to be more than 90 percent and the top corporate tax rate used to be more than 50 percent. That was back when we built this country’s great infrastructure, had good schools and defended the world against the Soviet Union. We also had higher economic growth and a growing middle class.

Government spending does not “take money out of the economy.” In fact it puts money into the economy, creates jobs and lays the foundation for future prosperity. The decline in government spending shown in the charts above is the reason that the economy remains sluggish and jobs are still hard to get. Just look at that chart showing what the stimulus spending did for the job situation. But since the stimulus ended, Republicans have obstructed every effort to continue to use our government to help our economy.

 

Presidential Data 2024

Data updated for 2024 – Click on a chart to see the facts Ten of the last eleven recessions have begun under Republican Presidents (https://www.nber.org/cycles.html) More than twice as many jobs are created per year under Democratic Presidents than Republican Presidents (2.25 million jobs/year under Democratic Presidents versus 796,000 jobs/year under Republican Presidents.)

Shows much higher job growth under Democrats

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U.S. Postal Service Monitoring Social Media Posts

Postal Service running a ‘covert operations program’ that monitors Americans’ social media posts

Per various news reports and videos; “The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts, including those about planned protests, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.

The details of the surveillance effort, known as iCOP, or Internet Covert Operations Program, have not previously been made public. The work involves having analysts trawl through social media sites to look for what the document describes as “inflammatory” postings and then sharing that information across government agencies.
A USPS logo is seen on a mailbox on February 24, 2021, in New York City. (John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Images)
A mailbox in New York City. (John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

“Analysts with the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) monitored significant activity regarding planned protests occurring internationally and domestically on March 20, 2021,” says the March 16 government bulletin, marked as “law enforcement sensitive” and distributed through the Department of Homeland Security’s fusion centers. “Locations and times have been identified for these protests, which are being distributed online across multiple social media platforms, to include right-wing leaning Parler and Telegram accounts.”

A number of groups were expected to gather in cities around the globe on March 20 as part of a World Wide Rally for Freedom and Democracy, to protest everything from lockdown measures to 5G. “Parler users have commented about their intent to use the rallies to engage in violence. Image 3 on the right is a screenshot from Parler indicating two users discussing the event as an opportunity to engage in a ‘fight’ and to ‘do serious damage,’” says the bulletin.

Source: news.yahoo.com/the-postal-service-is-running-a-running-a-covert-operations-program-that-monitors-americans-social-media-posts-160022919.html

 

Outcry over US Postal Service reportedly tracking social media posts

Report obtained by Yahoo says USPS surveilling via covert program social media activity it describes as ‘inflammatory’

 

 

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Trump & RNC Scammed Donors Out of Millions

Shocking report by the New York Times involving a scam run by the Republican National Committee and Donald Trump to defraud campaign donors of over $122,000,000.00

 

Trump 2020 Exposed For Defrauding Own Fans, Echoing Trump U. Debacle

Trump is under fire for conning over $100 million dollars from his most loyal supporters. The New York Times has released a new bombshell report busting his re-election campaign for a scheme mixing some of Trump’s oldest con artist tricks with his desperation during the election when he was clearly trailing Biden in the money race. MSNBC’s Ari Melber explains Trump’s latest grift and discusses the significance of this deception with journalists Max Boot and Joan Walsh

 

How The Trump Campaign Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations: NYT

NYT reporter Shane Goldmacher discusses how the Trump campaign last September set up recurring donations by default for online donors, for every week until the election and how contributors had to dig through fine print to manually uncheck a box to opt out.

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Republicans Oppose & Lie About HR1 Voting Rights Bill

Republicans are Opposing and Lying about the HR1 Voting Rights Bill because they don’t want people to vote who aren’t likely to vote for THEM

 

Democrats’ marquee voting rights legislation expands early voting, tackles gerrymandering, and increases campaign finance transparency. But the bill faces long odds in the Senate.

 

Dems React to For the People Act Getting Blocked

 

Republicans SLAMMED By Constituents In Polls

Polling shows support for pro-democracy reforms. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report.

 

Leaked Phone Call Reveals Ted Cruz Lied About HR1 Voting Rights Bill Legislation

 

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Republicans Responsible for Mass Shootings

Republicans are responsible for mass shootings and deaths since 2004 because President George W. Bush let the Assault Weapons Ban expire in 2004. Republicans have refused since then to allow it to be renewed.

Under the 1994 Clinton Administration Assault Weapons Ban, the maximum capacity of a magazine was set at 10 rounds.  AR-15s were one of 18 semiautomatic weapons banned under the 1994 law that expired in 2004 during the Republican George W. Bush administration  despite broad public support and a drop in gun fatalities.

Since then, killers have used semiautomatics to target victims en masse at Virginia Tech in 2007; the Fort Hood military base in 2009; the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado in 2012; a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in 2012; Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, CT in 2012, the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando in 2016, the 2017 Las Vegas shooting which left 58 people dead, the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fl in which 17 students died, mass shooting on March 22, 2021 at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, CO in which 10 people were killed, May 14, 2022 a gunman shot 13 people killing 10 at a grocery store in Buffalo and May 24, 2022 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde TX which left 21 people dead and 17 more injured.

 

America on track for record year in mass shootings

 

Mass murder has become a regular occurrence in red states like Texas, as Republicans apparently keep trying to gaslight us about how the guns somehow have nothing to do with it.

 

Red Republican States respond to shootings by taking away restrictions and passing laws making it easier to get more guns

 

NBA Coach Gregg Popovich calls out Republicans for Inaction on Gun Reform

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich on Sunday plead for gun control before his team’s before final regular season game in Dallas.

 

Inside the NRA’s impact on Republican politics

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins breaks down the ways the National Rifle Association’s longtime chief, Wayne LaPierre, influenced Republican politics over his long tenure.

 

 

 

 

When the 2nd amendment was written, muskets were the “arms” the writers of the constitution were referring to, not semi-automatic weapons with a hundred rounds of ammunition

 

Deadly start to 2023 as mass shootings pervade nation

 

 

 

REPUBLICANS GLORIFY & PRAISE “Weapons of Death”

 

Republicans believe any weapon you can think of should be legal so they can overthrow a ‘Tyrannical Government’ if necessary.

 

Club Q Shooting Survivor ‘Disgusted’ Over Republicans ‘Gun Reform Inaction’

A Club Q shooting survivor testified in front of the House Oversight Committee about the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ violence in the U.S

 

Republican Senator Brags About Stonewalling Gun Control While Multiple Mass Shootings Are Happening

During a day in which 60 shootings occurred, including multiple mass shootings, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas tweeted that gun control was “not gonna happen.” He and his Party are going to do everything they can to block gun control legislation that the majority of Americans support, all because they love their money from the gun industry.

 

Republicans don’t care that a clear majority of Americans has supported banning Assault Weapons for years. They’ve put their allegiance to the NRA above doing what the American people want. This is more proof that Republicans don’t believe in Democracy or representative government. Similar to Fascist Authoritarian Dictator Regimes, it’s about cramming what they want down their subjects throats.

Since Republicans have consistently refused to make assault weapons illegal, refused to pass legislation which demands tests & minimum requirements for gun / weapons ownership, Republicans are responsible for ALL mass shootings in the United States in which assault weapons were used.

People have to get a license to drive a car… they also should be required to pass some kind of tests to own a gun.

 

REPUBLICAN Trump signed law to help Mentally Ill Get Guns

Rachel Maddow points out the irony of Donald Trump’s remarks that the Las Vegas shooter was “sick and demented” when one of Trump’s only legislative accomplishments was a law to make it easier for the mentally ill to get guns.

 

NRA’s ‘Good Guy With A Gun’ Theory Failed In Real Time In Uvalde

In addition to the police response being an unfathomable failure, it is also proof that the ‘good guy with a gun’ theory doesn’t work.

 

Texas rampage is among deadliest school shootings in U.S. history

In 2020, there were more than 19,000 gun-related homicides in the U.S., according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s an average of 53 per day. There have been 213 mass shootings so far this year. The death toll in school mass shootings is also startling — since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, 77 students have been killed.

 

 

 

Eric Swalwell SHREDS Republicans in SPEECH OF THE YEAR over inaction after Uvalde. Republicans are truly DESPICABLE and responsible for everything which is wrong in our country.

 

REPUBLICANS Have No Answer to Eric Swalwell’s Simple Question!

Jesse talks about Eric Swalwell’s simple question to Republican members of his committee, including Jim Jordan and Louie Gohmert. He asked, “Are you here for our kids, or are you here for the killers?”

 

U.S. Gun Culture Wasn’t Always Like This

 

A Political Party That Doesn’t Care If You Get Shot

Despite clear evidence to the contrary, the GOP continues to push the idea that liberal policy is the culprit for gun violence in America. Fred Guttenberg, who lost his daughter in the mass shooting in Parkland, FL, joins Katie Phang to discuss.

 

Lawrence: Republicans Don’t Want You To Know The Truth About TX School Massacre

For years, Republicans have argued that the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why the mass murder of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, has again proven that Republican plan will never work.

 

Being Murdered In School Is A Uniquely American Way Of Death

May 24, 2022 MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell covers the tragic news of yet another mass shooting in an American school, this time an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and looks back at the history at this uniquely American way of death.

 

Lawrence: GOP Position Is Kids Have To Die Because The Constitution Says So

Texas Democratic candidate for Governor Beto O’Rourke interrupted a press conference in Uvalde, Texas, being chaired by his political rival, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, telling Abbott the Uvalde shooting was “totally predictable.” MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell covers that and how the Republican solution to school shootings didn’t work in Uvalde, Texas.

 

Florida student arrested for plotting school shooting

The Daytona Beach Police Department said that they have arrested 19-year-old John Hagins, an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student, for plotting to shoot up the school on the final day before winter break. Dec 9, 2021

 

A 15-year-old sophomore from Oxford High School has been charged in connection with a shooting inside the school that left 4 students dead and 7 injured.  Dec 1, 2021

 

Manslaughter charges filed against parents of accused killer in Michigan school shooting; authorities search for couple

Hours after a prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges against the parents of the suspect in the Oxford High School shooting, authorities claimed they appeared to be fleeing from authorities.

Jennifer and James Crumbley were each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter after the prosecutor said they bought the firearm for their son as a Christmas gift. Their 15-year-old son, Ethan, is accused of fatally shooting four students and injuring seven others at Oxford High School on Tuesday.

 

Sen. Chris Murphy on school shooting in Michigan that left 3 dead, and at least 8 injured: “I’m at my wits end about why Republicans’ concern for life seems so limited when the choices we could make to try to protect our kids are so obvious, are so politically popular, are so possible.”

 

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy Makes Passionate Case For Gun Control Following Oxford High School Shooting In Michigan

 

Mass Shootings In The U.S.

 

Mass shooting at grocery store in Boulder, Colorado

Colorado police arrested a person of interest after a shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder. Police confirmed 10 people were killed, including an officer.

 

Mass shootings in the US: A timeline

Here’s a timeline of the other tragic, deadly mass killings in the United States from Pulse to the University of Texas clock tower massacre

 

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in which 20 children were massacred with a semi-automatic weapon demonstrates the need for legislation restricting such weapons.

 

UCSB Victim’s Dad: ‘My Kid Died’ Because Nobody Acted After Sandy Hook

 

How A Handgun Is Different To An AR-15

Stephanie Ruhle takes a look at what teachers would be up against, if they were armed with a handgun and confronted with an AR-15. MSNBC Terrorism Analyst Malcolm Nance explains just how outgunned these teachers would be.

 

As shown in the above video, a bullet fired from a AR-15 travels at speeds of over 2,182 miles per hour.

 

AR-15: The Gun Behind So Many Mass Shootings

The AR-15 assault rifle is commonly used in mass shootings in the United States. Here’s a closer look at likely reasons why.

 

Proof That AR-15s Are Weapons Of War

The death toll from the shooting in Colorado may be unusual in most countries, but it’s common in the U.S. because the alleged killer used an “AR-15 style rifle,” a weapon explicitly meant for going on offense and not defense. In this special report, MSNBC’s Ari Melber traces the origins of the weapon and its intended use, how civilians came about using it in increasing numbers, and what makes it so deadly. This is an excerpt from a longer special report. Aired on 03/23/2021.

 

Two days before the deadly riots at the Capitol, the NRA sent a letter to its members claiming that under the Biden administration, armed government agents would “storm your house, take your guns and haul you to prison.”

The LIE that the NRA and Republicans continue to peddle that… “Democrats want to take your guns away is TOTAL BS!

They use this ridiculous lie to make sure low-information people ALWAYS vote for Republicans, who want to take away their Healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security while giving Tax Breaks to the Rich.

Amazing how almost half of the people in this country are so stupid that they consistently vote for Republicans… who consistently do NOTHING for them.

 

Per an article at; wpr.org/survey-only-3-percent-americans-own-half-guns-us;

“Only 3 Percent Of Americans Own Half The Guns In US. The percentage of Americans who own guns decreased from 25 percent to 22 percent, according to the report. It also found about 78 percent of Americans don’t own guns, and 19 percent of adults in the U.S. own the remaining half of firearms in the country.

The Guardian newspaper referred to the 3 percent group as “super-owners” and said they own an average of 17 guns each”.

A small portion of the population who believe there should be NO regulations are bullying and forcing their radical demands of “no regulations” down the throats of the majority.

 

83 Percent of Americans support background checks on people purchasing guns and limiting access to semi-automatic weapons.  The NRA and Republicans are doing everything possible to thwart the will of the American people.

 

GOP, Fox News Lie About Gun Control After Boulder, Atlanta Shootings

Seth takes a closer look at Republicans, the gun lobby and Fox News once again lying and making ridiculous excuses for why they oppose wildly popular gun safety measures after two horrific shootings in the span of less than a week.

 

Why Arming Teachers Is A Fantasy War Game

Today at a listening session with school shooting survivors and family of victims at the White House, President Donald Trump suggested arming school personnel with handguns. Lawrence O’Donnell breaks down why this an unrealistic solution to school shootings.

 

 

 

Trump signed law to help Mentally Ill Get Guns

Rachel Maddow points out the irony of Donald Trump’s remarks that the Las Vegas shooter was “sick and demented” when one of Trump’s first legislative accomplishments was a law to make it easier for the mentally ill to get guns.

 

Texas Loosening Gun Laws Weeks After Mass Shooting

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defended new gun laws that ease restrictions on gun owners in that state, hours after the laws went into effect and hours after a gunman shot at least 21 people, killing seven, in and around Odessa, Texas.

The new laws loosen restrictions on gun ownership and use in schools, foster homes, apartment buildings, and houses of worship.

 

Republican Tells THE TRUTH About Gun Control

Republicans are owned by the NRA and gun lobbies. Although over half of Americans want Assault Weapons banned and enhanced background checks to stop mentally ill people from getting guns, Republicans don’t care and will continue to do nothing. The only solutions is to vote Republicans out of office.

 

90% of Americans and 92% of gun owners want gun reform, but the NRA has found clever ways to block that in Washington.

 

Far-right militias and domestic terrorism in America

 

As shown, Republican congressmen are bought & paid for by the NRA.

 

The NRA is also responsible because they also do not want any restrictions on the sale / purchase of assault weapons and have used their lobbying power to make sure Republicans don’t support assault weapons bans.

 

Florida school shooting: Details emerge in timeline, what we know about suspect

 

Florida student to NRA and Trump: ‘We call BS’

Emma Gonzalez, a student at the Parkland, Florida high school where 17 people were left dead after a mass shooting, calls out President Trump and the NRA by name at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

 

Republican Florida lawmakers refuse to consider assault weapons ban despite call for tougher gun control laws

 

President Obama Speaks on Common-Sense Measures to Reduce Gun Violence

 

Parkland Shooting Survivor Sam Zeif, who lost a close friend three years ago in the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, joins MSNBC’s Brian Williams to discuss the mass shooting in a Colorado supermarket

 

 

 

Donald Trump Jr. Blames Victims Of School Shooting

 

Bill Moyers calls out and exposes the NRA

 

 

Title from Youtube: “NRA Should Be Classified As A Terrorist Organization”

 

 

Senators Who Blocked Universal Background Checks

WARNING GRAPHIC AUDIO Columbine Massacre Recording of shooting inside Columbine High School April 20, 1999.

 

Republicans do not care that 80% of Americans want Gun Control legislation to be passed

Here’s a list of  Senators Who Voted Against the Background Checks Proposal. Doing NOTHING to stop gun violence and criminals firing 30 to 100 rounds in seconds is OK, fine with them. They have proven that they could CARE LESS about the children who were massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary.

Every Senator who voted NO should be voted out of Congress.

Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
John Boozman (R-AR)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Dan Coats (R-IN)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Dean Heller (R-NV)
John Hoeven (R-ND)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Mike Lee (R-UT)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Rand Paul (R-KY)
Rob Portman (R-OH)
James Risch (R-ID)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Timothy Scott (R-SC)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
John Thune (R-SD)
David Vitter (R-LA)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)

 

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NRA TO REPUBLICAN SENATORS

 

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NRA TO REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES

 

GUNS RUIN LIVES

Gun advocates love to claim guns save lives and are necessary for self protection. Here’s just a few examples of how guns ruined lives and how if the shooters didn’t have a gun, none of these events would have happened…

Columbine High School Massacreclick here to read

Colorado Theater Shootingclick here to read

Sandy Hook Elementary School shootingclick here to read

Florida man gets life in prison for killing teen over loud musicclick here to read

Pennsylvania Road-rage killing after lane mergeclick here to read

The most notable examples above of killings which could have been avoided are the Pennsylvania road-rage killing and Killing teen over loud music. These were rage and out-of-control temper cases. If the shooters hadn’t had a gun these events wouldn’t have happened. Their having a gun caused their lives & their families, the people they shot and their families to be destroyed.

I’m not against having a gun for self protection, but as shown in the above examples, not everyone is emotionally stable enough to own deadly weapons. People have to get a license to drive a car… they also should be required to pass some kind of tests to own a gun.

Also, military grade weapons which can rapid fire over 20 rounds of ammo should not be allowed to be owned by Average Joe citizens.

 

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Republicans War on Democracy & Freedom of Speech

Republicans have declared War on Democracy & Freedom of Speech passing Dystopian Laws to SILENCE & SUE Critics, Anti-Protesting Laws making protesting a felony & allowing protestors to be run over & killed with no consequences, to silence / intimidate anyone from protesting against Republican’s oppression, Laws limiting what can be discussed in classrooms (such as ‘Don’t say Gay’ Law), Book Banning’s & 3rd Degree Felony offenses for Teachers who display unapproved books, Voting Police to intimidate people so they’re afraid to vote in Florida, Anti-Choice Laws against Women’s Rights, Transgender athlete discrimination Laws, Florida Senate Bill 254 would allow the state to take away Trans children from their Parents, receiving gender-affirming care, Law Surveying University Students and Faculty about their Political Beliefs

 

Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial nominee Tim Michels saying he’d ensure “Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I’m elected governor” PROVE Republicans are Anti-Democratic Fascist who are determined to SEIZE and maintain POWER by any means necessary.

 

Republicans Not Willing To Risk 2024 Outcome With A Fair Election

Rachel Maddow shares passages from new reporting by Barton Gellman in The Atlantic in which he lays out the ways in which Donald Trump and his supporters have infiltrated the election apparatus in the United States to ensure a Trump victory, and primed Trump’s base for violence to take victory by force.

 

Why Republicans Don’t Want A Democracy

 

Robert Reich on why Republicans are the Greatest Threat to American Democracy

 

Similar to Russia and North Korea, Republicans Anti-Protest Laws Violates Freedom of Speech

Similar to how Russia & North Korea stifles Freedom of Speech, Republicans are doing the same in the United States by passing more than 80 Anti-Protest Bills in 34 States they control.

 

The Dark Reason The Rich Hate Democracy Revealed

If working people were a bit more desperate about their economic situations, the wealthy believe, they’d be less likely to organize, protest, or even vote.

 

Republicans admitting they want a dictatorship and want to eliminate Democracy

 

The Republican MAGA mandate has been about democracy denying, undermining our elections and institutions, sowing division and chaos.

 

You’re Not Voting For Republicans, You’re Voting For Autocracy.

 

Ohio Republicans try to change state rules to keep abortion off ballots

Ahead of any potential ballot initiatives to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio constitution, Republicans are trying to raise the passage threshold for constitutional amendments—which has been in place for over 100 years—from a simple majority to 60%. This proves Republicans don’t give a DAMN about the “Will of the People” and Democracy. They are the party of FASCISM and OPPRESSION using BIG GOVERNMENT to force their oppressive, unpopular policies down people’s throats. This is why Terrorists, Murder and Fascist dictator of Russia helped Trump get elected in 20216. Because Russia’s Anti-Democratic oppressive regime aligns well with Republicans.

 

Republicans laws making it harder to vote is part of their War on Democracy

 

Republicans know the only way they can win, is if you lose.

 

Republicans Push To Give Trump Allies Power Over Elections

More than a dozen Republican state legislatures have passed new restrictive voting laws that would give allies of former President Donald Trump more power over election results.

 

BOMBSHELL: Secret audio exposes Republican plan to steal 2024 election

 

Republicans Organizing To Disrupt Elections With Poll Watchers, Poll Workers

Jocelyn Benson, Michigan secretary of state, talks about how election officials are maintaining election transparency and ensuring elections are properly staffed, while guarding against nefarious actors like those reportedly being recruited by Republicans to disrupt the integrity of elections in Democratic voting districts.

 

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why Pennsylvania’s Democratic candidate for governor, Josh Shapiro, has the job of saving work done in Pennsylvania 235 years ago by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention who created the government that some Republicans are trying to destroy.

 

The Electoral College Is A Plague On America

After Pennsylvania’s Republican voters gave State Senator Doug Mastriano their party’s nomination for Governor, the Washington Post’s Editorial Board said Mastriano represents a unique threat to American democracy. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell shares his thoughts on Mastriano’s nomination and explains how the electoral college enables our elections to be stolen.

 

Kurt Bardella who used to be a Republican and media consultant for Right Wing Breitbart News is now sounding the alarm about Republican extremism stating; “Democracy is dying at the hands of the GOP”.

 

DeSantis who pretends to celebrate free speech and business, used the power of the government to PUNISH Tampa Bay Rays after they spoke out in support of gun safety.

 

Furious that Disney spoke out against Florida Republicans anti-freedom of speech “Don’t say Gay” law, Florida’s Fascist Governor Ron Desantis signed legislation to Punish Disney for exercising their “Freedom of Speech”.

 

REPUBLICANS DESTROYING 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO PROTEST

 

Republicans are destroying democracy by passing over 90 laws to make protesting a felony offense and immunity to motorist who runs over & kills protestors.

 

Florida Republicans pass Anti-Democratic Authoritarian “Rioting Bill” to quash Freedom of Speech.

 

New Anti-Protest Laws Sweeping The US: Fines, Felonies & Freedom of Speech

This is another example of how Republicans are Anti-Democratic Authoritarian Fascist who are imposing harsh prison sentences to deter freedom of speech, protesting & decent, similar to dictatorships like China, North Korea and Russia.

 

‘Backsliding’ Of American Democracy With ‘Existential Threat’ Of Vigilante Justice

For the first time, think tank labeled the United States as a “backsliding democracy.” Meanwhile, many on the right attempt to celebrate Kyle Rittenhouse.

 

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Trump & Republicans Lies about 2020 Russia Election Interference

New report shows Trump & Republican’s claims about China being more of a threat to 2020 election interference than Russia were false.

Rachel Maddow shows how Trump officials repeatedly accused China of running a massive campaign to interfere in the 2020 election even though intelligence gathered during the Trump’s time in office (some of which is now declassified) concluded the exact opposite. Aired on 03/19/2021.

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Trump History of Racism

Trump’s history of Racism, falsely accusing ‘Central Park Five’ of murder, refusing to appologize after found innocent, discrimination against minorities at residential properties he owned.

Description from MSNBC / YouTube: Rachel Maddow shares an exclusive NBC News interview with Stanley Leibowitz, Fred Trump’s rental agent, describing the instructions he received from Fred Trump, with his son Donald by his side, about keeping black people out of the residential properties he owned.

 

Title from YouTube: “How The Trumps Brought Death And Destruction To Coney Island”

Description from YouTube: “The Trumps once forced 900 mostly Black families living in Coney Island out of their homes. Here’s how the Trump family used taxpayer money to decimate a New York neighborhood”

 

Title from MSNBC / YouTube: Trump Still Thinks ‘Central Park Five’ Are Guilty

Description from MSNBC / YouTube: Chris Hayes talks with one of the men wrongfully convicted in the Central Park jogger case, Yusef Salaam, about Donald Trump and his latest comments.

 

Title from MSNBC / YouTube: “Trump still refuses to apologize on calling for execution of exonerated Central Park 5”

Description from MSNBC / YouTube: “Trump, who once called for the five to get the death penalty, offered no apology even though the convictions were vacated”.

 

Title from MSNBC / YouTube: Exonerated Central Park Five man takes on Trump

Description from MSNBC / YouTube: Yusef Abdus Salaam joins Joy Reid to discuss how Donald Trump’s campaign appears to be dredging up destructive elements in our society, urged on in part by the GOP nominee’s ongoing, erroneous claims that Salaam and the other men in the Central Park Five are not really innocent.

 

Donald Trump and the Central Park Five: the racially charged rise of a demagogue

In 1989 five black and Latino boys were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman jogging in New York City. Leading the charge against them was a real estate mogul whose divisive rhetoric can be found in his presidential campaign today

According to the above article, two weeks after the Central Park attack, before any of the boys had faced trial and while Meili remained critically ill in a coma, Donald Trump paid a reported $85,000 to take out advertising space in four of the city’s newspapers, including the New York Times. Under the headline “Bring Back The Death Penalty.

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Political Interference at U.S. Attorneys’ Office In Washington DC

Rachel Maddow looks at some of the politically driven interference into the law enforcement responsibilities of the U.S. Attorneys’ Office in Washington D.C.

US Intelligence Agencies Confirm Russia Helped Trump’s Campaign

17 Intelligence Agencies confirmed Russia helped Trump’s Campaign. Reports claim the Trump Campaign colluded with the Russians

 

David Frum On Why Trump-Russia Wasn’t A Hoax

The Atlantic’s David Frum joins Morning Joe to discuss his latest piece ‘It Wasn’t a Hoax,’ on ‘…the suddenly red-hot media campaign to endorse Trump’s fantasy that he was the victim of a ‘Russia hoax.”

 

Many themes of Trump dossier have borne out over time

Rachel Maddow reviews how recent revelations and admissions by Trump team members have shown many of the themes of the Trump dossier to have merit.

 

More Pieces Of Donald Trump Russia Dossier Check Out

Rachel Maddow notes that while the dossier of intelligence about Donald Trump ties to Russia remains unconfirmed, pieces of it have checked out upon investigation by the press, though the primary government investigators are former Trump campaign officials.

 

Trump’s long history of fawning over Putin

More and more Republican lawmakers are siding with Russia, seemingly at the behest of former President Trump, who has a long history of fawning over Vladimir Putin.

 

Hillary Clinton: Mueller Report Shows That The Russians Were Successful

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with Rachel Maddow about the successful Russian interference in the 2016 election and the dangers of Republicans putting partisanship ahead of national security just because their candidate was the beneficiary of that interference.

 

The Evolution of Russian Meddling in U.S. Elections

 

Russia’s 2016 cyber tactics, explained

Russian trolls and hackers targeted social media networks, political organizations and state election systems during the 2016 election. Here’s what we know about the Kremlin’s playbook for creating division in the U.S.

 

The history of Russia’s 2016 election meddling in 4 minutes

 

Senate Intelligence Committee releases final report on Russian interference in 2016

The report concluded that the 2016 Trump campaign had repeated contacts with Russian operatives, and said campaign chairman Paul Manafort “represented a grave counterintelligence threat.”

 

 

US intelligence report says Russia attempted to interfere in the 2020 election but not China as Trump and his cronies claimed.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its declassified report on foreign threats to 2020 federal elections, which concludes that foreign adversaries including Russia, did attempt to interfere in the 2020 election.

 

Trump Collusion Exposed In 2021: Aide Caught Red-Handed In Russia Back Channel

For the first time ever, the U.S. Government is linking the 2016 Trump Campaign directly to the Russian government. The U.S. Treasury now states that an ally of convicted Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort funneled internal campaign polling directly back to the Kremlin.

 

Putin aspired to help Trump

The US intelligence community found that Russia tried to influence the outcome of the 2016 US election by boosting Donald Trump and harming Hillary Clinton, according to the declassified intelligence report released by the Director of National Intelligence.

 

Title from YouTube: “The Trump-Russia Ties Hiding In Plain Sight”

Description from YouTube: “Trump’s in-plain-sight embrace of Russia gets obscured by the Trump news avalanche. But long before running for president, Trump relied on Russian money. Trump also consistently defends Russia and attacks U.S. officials investigating Russia”.

 

Glenn Kirschner: ‘Vladimir Putin Owns President Donald Trump’

 

How Trump ‘Was Extraordinarily Weak In The Face Of Putin’s Aggression’

Former chief of staff at the CIA and Department of Defense Jeremy Bash and editor-at-large at the Bulwark Charlie Sykes highlight Fiona Hill’s breaking essay in Foreign Affairs where she argues Trump forged dangerous relations with Russia.

 

 

Trump had secret meetings with Putin in which he demanded no notes or records be kept. This has never happen before with past presidents, and raise concerns of inappropriate quid pro quo agreements.

 

Trump & Putin both obtained things they wanted…. Trump got the Presidency, and Putin, a long list of things in return.

Here’s a list of things Putin and Russia has gotten as a result of helping Trump to become President.

Source: themoscowproject.org/reports/putins-payout-10-ways-trump-has-supported-putins-foreign-policy-agenda

Putin’s Goal: Weaken and divide the transatlantic alliance.
Putin’s Payout:Trump undermines US relationships with European allies and calls the US’s commitment to NATO into question.

Putin’s Goal: Degrade the European Union and foster pro-Russian political movements.
Putin’s Payout:Trump attacks the EU and actively supports anti-EU, Kremlin-backed parties.

Putin’s Goal: Disrupt American leadership and dominance of the global economic order.
Putin’s Payout: Trump is eagerly pushing for an all-out trade war with Europe

Putin’s Goal: Build global resentment and distrust towards the US and stoke anti-American sentiment.
Putin’s Payout: America’s closest allies are explicitly suspicious and distrusting of the US because of Trump’s rhetoric and actions.

Putin’s Goal: Relieve economic and domestic political pressure from US sanctions on Russia.
Putin’s Payout: Trump tries to roll back, impede, and blunt the impact of sanctions at every step.

Putin’s Goal: Legitimize his regime in the eyes of the world.
Putin’s Payout: Trump repeatedly praises and defends Putin, lending the credibility of the US presidency to Putin’s standing.

Putin’s Goal: Revive Russia’s status as a great power and gain international recognition for its illegal seizure of Crimea.
Putin’s Payout:Trump publicly says that Crimea is part of Russia and calls for Russia to be welcomed back into the international community with no concessions.

Putin’s Goal: Continue to sow discord in Western democracies and avoid repercussions for interfering in American and European elections.
Putin’s Payout: Trump dismisses Russian interference and has done nothing to prevent future interference, putting him at odds with his own intelligence community.

Putin’s Goal: Soften America’s adversarial stance toward Russia.
Putin’s Payout: Trump is shifting the Republican Party’s generations-long hawkish views on Russia.

Putin’s Goal: Destabilize the US from within.
Putin’s Payout: Trump attacks US institutions while driving divisive politics and eroding democratic norms.

Putin’s goal: Advance the Kremlin’s narrative to shape global perceptions.
Putin’s payout: Trump has repeatedly, and inexplicably, parroted Kremlin talking points across a range of global issues.

Putin’s goal: Undermine international norms and democratic values abroad.
Putin’s payout: Trump has repeatedly failed to respond to human rights violations or support democracy abroad, creating a more permissive environment for autocrats to crack down.

 

Did Russia help elect Trump?

 

Revelation of Trump-Russia Collusion via Manafort/Kilimnik is a Sign we are Trending Toward Justice

The Biden administration just revealed additional proof that the Trump campaign colluded with Russian intelligence to cheat/gain unfair advantage in the 2016 presidential election. It turns our that Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign chairman, provided confidential polling data and campaign strategy information to Konstantin Kilimnik who then provided it to Russian intelligence. But even more important than the substance of the information is the Biden administration’s decision to release the information to the American public.

 

Proverbial ‘Smoking Gun’ Of Trump Camp Giving Info To Russia Seen In Documents

Rachel Maddow reports on what is revealed in newly removed redactions for court documents in the case of Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, showing Manafort giving campaign polling data to Konstantin Kilimnik, who U.S. intelligence now says gave that information to the Russian government, which was trying to help Donald Trump get elected.

 

New documents released by a federal judge show the “degree of collusion” between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Russian operatives, says Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

 

‘When Did US Government Figure This Out?’: Collusion Revelation Raises New Questions

Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about how the newly connected dot in the 2016 Trump campaign’s collusion with Russia changes what we know and sharpens the questions about what we don’t yet know.

 

Trump Camp Cooperation With Russia Explicated In New Senate Intel Report

Rachel Maddow reports on some of the highlights of the fifth and final installment of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in the 2016 election that provides new insights on how the Donald Trump campaign cooperated with Russian efforts to help Trump win. Aired on 08/18/2020.

 

Report Sheds Light On Timing Of Wikileaks’ Release Of Emails

A bipartisan report from the Senate Intelligence Committee also sheds some light on the timing of Wikileaks’ release of emails belonging to then-Clinton campaign chair John Podesta. The panel discusses.

 

Senate Intel Report, Vol. 5: Trump Lied, Manafort Spied, Democracy Nearly Died

 

What Senate Intel Report Reveals About Paul Manafort

Former U.S. Attorneys Joyce Vance weighs in on the bipartisan from the Senate Intelligence Committee and it what it reveals about Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager.

 

Mueller Prosecutor Calls Senate Intel’s Report On Russian Interference ‘A Remarkable Document’

Andrew Weissmann, who served on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team, reacts to the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s final report on Russian interference in the 2016 election where they describe a vast web of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia, and call Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort a “grave counterintelligence threat”.

 

Defiant Trump Seeks Putin Meeting After Report Finds He Lied To Mueller About Russia

As Trump seeks a meeting with Vladimir Putin just months before the election, the Senate Intelligence Committee finally published a sweeping report on what went down between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.

 

Collusion Back In Focus As Robert Mueller Connects President Trump Campaign To Russian Agent

MSNBC analyst Elise Jordan and NYT’s Nick Confessore on the many secretive connections between the Trump campaign and Russian officials

 

Trump campaign rhetoric aligned with Russian propaganda

Clinton Watts, former FBI special agent, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Donald Trump’s parroting of Russian fake news and propaganda aided the Russian effort to interfere in the U.S. election.

 

Political Strains In West Serve Vladimir Putin Goals

Rachel Maddow looks at the role of NATO and the European Union keep Russian power in check and how the weakening of those institutions serve Vladimir Putin’s global power strategy.

Russian Report Confirms Attack On US Election

Rachel Maddow shares the details of a Russian media report that explains that the reason Russian intelligence cyber experts were arrested for treason a year ago is that they were the sources that helped the U.S. figure out who was responsible for the DNC hack.

 

17 Intelligence Agencies Has Confirmed Russia Engaged in Hacking to Influence the 2016 Election, yet TRUMP denies it.

 

Trump’s Hidden Calls with Putin

 

ABC News In-depth – It’s the story of the century: The US President and his connections to Russia.

In part one of this three-part series, Four Corners follows the money trail from New York to Moscow, tracking the ties between Donald Trump, his business empire and Russia.

 

Trump/Russia: Secrets, spies and useful idiots (2/3) | Four Corners

In episode two of this three-part series, Four Corners speaks to key protagonists at the centre of the unfolding drama over members of Donald Trump’s team accused of being compromised by Russia.

 

Trump/Russia: Moscow rules (3/3) | Four Corners

Four Corners investigates Russia’s endgame and the motivation behind its extraordinary interference in the US Presidential elections.

 

Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say

Researchers say sophisticated tools were used to boost Trump and undermine Clinton.

 

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Study Shows Red States Depend Heavily On Blue States

Robert Reich explains how states that vote Democratic send money to states that vote Republican.

 

Study shows how Red Republican States do not produce near the income of Blue Democrat States and how Red States could not Survive Economically without Blue States

 

The above graph shows the stark economic disparities between red and blue areas across the country. For instance, the counties Biden won are responsible for over SEVENTY PERCENT of the country’s economy, whereas Trump counties represent only 29%! (Source; brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/11/09/biden-voting-counties-equal-70-of-americas-economy-what-does-this-mean-for-the-nations-political-economic-divide

What this means is that BLUE States & Counties are responsible for creating most of America’s Wealth & Economy.

 

Republicans has claimed for years that the welfare system is making people dependent on government handouts. Turns out more Red States rely on welfare more than Blue States.

 

The above video explains how Republicans exploded the debt, starting with Ronald Reagan to give tax breaks to the rich. More proof Republicans are unfit to run governments and hold public office.