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Category Archives: Congress
TCS: Déjà Vu All Over Again – 1991
Good Morning! ___________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
Posted in SCOTUS, Senate, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Anita Hill, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Déjà Vu All Over Again - 1991, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, National Walk-Out, TCS
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“As I have initiated the destruction of the republic…” DoJ OIG report: mistakes were made…
By ann summers The FBI wasn’t biased, but they sure were influenced by forces with complex alliances, some Russian. The DoJ Inspector General’s report seems to indicate that at the unclassified level, the FBI comes off as hamstrung by … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, DOJ, FBI, Government, History, Justice, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged comey, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, FBI, Politics, trump, trumprussia
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Will Trump return Philippine war trophies
By ann summers Trump could salvage what has been a mediocre trip to Asia by a small political act, even if it might give him the same Executive Order troubles he’s experienced with Congress. There have been several decades … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Celebrity, Congress, Countries, Foreign Policy, Government, History, Imperialism, Media, Political Science, Politics, Society, Uncategorized, US Military
Tagged Donald Trump, duterte, Media, Philippines, Politics
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Today in Heightened Contradictions … McMaster bait
By ann summers The national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, has removed three NSC aides loyal to Trump aide Steve Bannon in the last three weeks. Bannon allies inside and outside the administration have fired back, starting rumors that McMaster is … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, Countries, Fascism, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, Holocaust, Immigrants, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Russia, Society, Treason, Uncategorized, United States, War on "Terror"
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Media, Politics, stephen miller, trumprussia
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President Bait and Vice President Switch
By ann summers we may be seeing the rise of a particular strategy on the right—sometimes gripping part of the GOP, and sometimes all of it—that can be traced back to that noted conservative Vladimir Lenin. I speak of “heightening … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Courts, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Jurisprudence, Media, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Russia, Society, Treason, United States
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, coup d'etat, Donald Trump, elections, History, Media, Politics, trumprussia
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So many Trump mistakes, so little time left
By ann summers Joshua Green’s book Devils Bargain contains a hypothetical about Bannon’s failure to drive yet another wedge in the Democrats is a bit fantastic because the havoc aimed at immigration was always a much easier lift at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Congress, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, History, Immigrants, Media, Political Science, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, GOP, Media, Politics, Steve Bannon, White House
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#TrumpRussia gets even more tangled with dark web, deep state, and dim-orange-wit
By ann summers Apparently there was an actual corporation (LLC) for a possible conspiracy- what HRC called a “factory for conspiracy-theory machines”. The late Peter W. Smith created an entity to acquire stolen emails that included: Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Sam Clovis, … Continue reading
#TrumpRussia … Agent Orange whines about his lies hoping you won’t notice Kaspersky’s problems
By ann summers a full page of the Sunday NY Times was devoted to Trump’s lies Trump is beginning to get touchy about the tabulation of verifiable lies … as the history of other network shenanigans occurs online and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, Corruption, DOJ, History, Internet, Jurisprudence, Media, NSA, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Russia, Society, United States
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, Politics, trumprussia
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Day 31 of Trump’s war against ISIS … Twenty-Twenty … Fore!
By ann summers Trump surviving Kremlingate until 2020 remains a possibility, even as he obstructs justice, lies, and demonstrates either incompetence or malevolence. And then there’s all that golfing against ISIS. If he sacrifices enough underlings (and the American Experiment … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, CIA, Congress, Countries, Crime, DHS, DOJ, Foreign Policy, Government, History, Jurisprudence, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Russia, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, golf, Politics, Religion, trumprussia
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#TrumpRussia … President Outliar … Watergate wasn’t performed by the KGB
By ann summers There is so much there, there … so much still not known, but what is known are money-laundering, data-laundering, and more recently verification of intention to disrupt the 2016 election with a preference for Trump. And then … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Congress, Crime, DOJ, FBI, Financial, Government, History, Media, NSA, Organized Crime, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Russia, Society, Treason, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, Mainstream Media, Media, News Media, Politics, Russia, trumprussia, Ukraine
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