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nuckin futz » 09 Nov 2017 12:21 pm » wrote:
The investigative journalists at veteranstoday concluded long ago that Alex Jones steals RT articles and is a tool of the MOSSAD!That's beside working for the Rethuglican party and the financial elite!

Conservatives, Don’t Dismiss the Sexual Misconduct Claims Against Roy Moore

Today (yesterday) the Washington Post dropped a bombshell.

A woman has come forward to claim that decades ago Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore initiated a sexual encounter with her when she was only 14 years old.

He was 32 at the time, a prosecutor in Etowah County, Ala.

The details are horrifying.

According to his accuser, Leigh Corfman, Moore took her back to his house, stripped off most of her clothes, touched her sexually, and tried to force her to touch him.

Three other women have also come forward, alleging that Moore tried to date them or kiss them when they were teenagers ranging from 16 to 18 years old.

Moore is vigorously denying the accusations, claiming they’re “fake news” and a “desperate political attack by the National Democrat Party and the Washington Post.”

Conservatives, be careful. Don’t dismiss the claims. While I don’t know if the allegations are true, I’m deeply troubled on a number of grounds.

‌First, these women didn’t seek out the press.

According to the Post report, its reporters reached out to them after hearing that “Moore allegedly had sought relationships with teenage girls.”

So far as we know, they weren’t put forward by the opposing campaign, and the woman who made the most serious allegations against Moore says that she voted for Trump in 2016.

None of the women have donated to Moore’s primary or general-election opponent.

Second, if you read the report, it includes validation from a number of witnesses who say that they were aware of the relationships at the time. While this isn’t proof of guilt of course, it bolsters the credibility of the accusers.

Third, the youngest accuser’s explanation for her decision not to come forward earlier rings tragically true.

She told the Post that “she did not share her story about Moore partly because of the trouble in her life.

She has had three divorces and financial problems.”

It’s a sad and terrible truth that childhood abuse can have catastrophic effects on young lives — effects that last for years.

She told reporters, “I felt like I had done something bad.

And it kind of set the course for me doing other things that were bad.”

This is so very often the case.

An ambitious abuser sails on, accumulating fame and fortune.

In the meantime, his victims are left shattered, picking up the pieces as the power imbalance only grows and grows.

One person spirals downward. The other person climbs upward.

We are in the midst of a unique and important national moment.

Each day seems to bring a new story of yet another powerful person facing a string of accusations.

While there is a danger of a witch hunt, the presence of multiple claims of misconduct from multiple sources should always make us pause — regardless of whether the alleged abuser comes from the Left or the Right.

It’s a moral imperative that we not determine the veracity of the allegations by the ideology of the accused.

Roy Moore is a dangerous man who never should have received the GOP nomination.

Republican primary voters selected as their champion a person who seeks to suppress the civil rights of his fellow citizens and defies the law whenever it suits his ideological and political purposes.

Even before today’s allegations, he was unfit to be a United States senator. Now the question is whether he’s dangerous, unfit, and vile.

The Alabama GOP options for replacing him on the ballot are limited, at best.

It’s time to consider a write-in challenge, and if he wins the election, the Senate should consider expelling him from the body.

He does not belong in American government.

http://amp.nationalreview.com/article/4 ... servatives

Trump chooses Putin's word over the US intelligence community — again.

President Donald Trump just sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the US intelligence community.

That’s because in one of their conversations during an international summit in Vietnam, Putin denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election — and Trump bought it.

“He said he didn't meddle, he said he didn't meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times,”

Trump told reporters on Air Force One today. “Every time he sees me he says I didn't do that and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it.”

https://www.vox.com/2017/11/11/16636906 ... telligence

Misty » 08 Nov 2017 11:20 pm » wrote:GOP=GRAND OLD PEDOPHILES

Misty » 10 Nov 2017 7:35 pm » wrote:Conservatives, Don’t Dismiss the Sexual Misconduct Claims Against Roy Moore

Roy Moore Accuser Is 3X Divorcee Who — ‘Claimed Several Pastors Made Sexual Advances At Her’
November 10, 2017 by Joshua Caplan 299 Comments
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Leigh Corfman says she was 14 years old when a 32-year-old assistant district attorney, Roy Moore, made a sexual advancement on her. According to reports, Corfman appears to be a ‘real piece of work.’

Corfman has been divorced three times, filed for bankruptcy three times and has reportedly “claimed several pastors at various churches made sexual advances at her.”
...On Friday, Newsmax columnist James Hirsen tweeted the “Washington Post failed to disclose that one of Moore’s accusers was a sign language interpreter for Joe Biden and is a volunteer for Moore’s Democrat opponent.”
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/11 ... -advances/

Termin8tor » 11 Nov 2017 7:26 pm » wrote:These accusations are starting to look a little suspicious.

Misty » 12 Nov 2017 1:41 pm » wrote:
Debbie Wesson Gibson says she was 17 when Moore spoke to her high school civics class and asked her out on the first of several dates.

Wendy Miller says she was 14 and working as a Santa’s helper at the Gadsden Mall when Moore first approached her, and 16 when he asked her on dates.
Hmmmm.

The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks

Just before the stroke of midnight on September 20, 2016, at the height of last year’s presidential election, the WikiLeaks Twitter account sent a private direct message to Donald Trump Jr., the Republican nominee’s oldest son and campaign surrogate.

“A PAC run anti-Trump site putintrump.org is about to launch,” WikiLeaks wrote.

“The PAC is a recycled pro-Iraq war PAC.

We have guessed the password.

It is ‘putintrump.’ See ‘About’ for who is behind it. Any comments?”

(The site, which has since become a joint project with Mother Jones, was founded by Rob Glaser, a tech entrepreneur, and was funded by Progress for USA Political Action Committee.)

The next morning, about 12 hours later, Trump Jr. responded to WikiLeaks.

“Off the record I don’t know who that is, but I’ll ask around,” he wrote on September 21, 2016. “Thanks.”

The messages, obtained by The Atlantic, were also turned over by Trump Jr.’s lawyers to congressional investigators.

They are part of a long—and largely one-sided—correspondence between WikiLeaks and the president’s son that continued until at least July 2017.

The messages show WikiLeaks, a radical transparency organization that the American intelligence community believes was chosen by the Russian government to disseminate the information it had hacked, actively soliciting Trump Jr.’s cooperation.

WikiLeaks made a series of increasingly bold requests, including asking for Trump’s tax returns, urging the Trump campaign on Election Day to reject the results of the election as rigged, and requesting that the president-elect tell Australia to appoint Julian Assange ambassador to the United States.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... ks/545738/

Misty » 13 Nov 2017 10:34 pm » wrote:45 appoints a man who has never tried a case and was rated 'not qualified by' the American Bar Association to a lifetime appointment to the federal bench.

Brett J. Talley was asked on his Senate questionnaire to disclose family members who are likely to present potential conflicts of interest if he is confirmed.

He failed to mention that his wife is one of President Trump’s attorneys.
Annie Donaldson is White House Counsel Donald McGahn’s chief of staff.

The Judiciary Committee approved Talley’s nomination on a party-line vote.

His nomination is now headed to the Senate for a full confirmation vote.

Mr. Talley is the fourth of 45's judicial nominees to be rated 'not qualified' by the ABA.

But he only hires the best people.

https://www.nytimes.com/?WT.z_jog=1&hF=t&vS=undefined

Misty » 13 Nov 2017 10:34 pm » wrote: Mr. Talley is the fourth of 45's judicial nominees to be rated 'not qualified' by the ABA.

But he only hires the best people.

Misty » 06 Nov 2017 11:46 pm » wrote: Is there something seriously wrong with you?
For the thousandth time, it's not my **** party.

why aren’t (Never Trumpers) cheering what Donald Trump has accomplished with his judicial appointments?


Why? Well, why NOT?


Not that his accomplishments end there. I don’t want to rehearse again all that he has accomplished in his first ten months. It is true that he has had to deal with a recalcitrant Congress, which has refused to proffer much legislation for him to sign.


But just think about these subjects: illegal immigration (down by more the 60 percent), energy (America is now the world’s biggest producer of energy), unemployment (4 and a bit percent), growth (3 percent for two quarters running), the market (up more than 5,000 points since November 2016), regulation (huge progress in turning back the counterproductive regulatory environment that has stymied American business), consumer confidence (the highest it’s been in a generation), the military (revitalized), taxes (a bracing if imperfect plan wending its way through Congress), Iran (declining to recertify a deal that paved the way for Iran to become a nuclear power). Et, need I say, cetera.


And beyond the raft of particular accomplishments, Trump has also articulated some important larger principles. In Riyadh, he rallied large parts of the Arab world against Islamic terrorism. At Warsaw, he underscored the importance of defending the values of Western civilization—values that include cultural as well as political values. Before the United Nations, he defended the value of national sovereignty as the most reliable guarantor of liberty. Just a few days ago in South Korea, he reminded the world that when it came to defending America’s interests, his administration had committed itself to policies very different from the accommodationist policies of past administrations.
https://amgreatness.com/2017/11/14/why- ... n-trumpism

Misty » 06 Nov 2017 1:52 pm » wrote:It was all part of God's plan.

Justice Dept. to Weigh Inquiry Into Clinton Foundation
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMA
The Justice Department said Monday that prosecutors were looking into whether a special counsel should be appointed to investigate political rivals President Trump has singled out for scrutiny, including Hillary Clinton.


The department, in a letter sent to the House Judiciary Committee, said the prosecutors would examine allegations that donations to the Clinton Foundation were tied to a 2010 decision by the Obama administration to allow a Russian nuclear agency to buy Uranium One, a company that owned access to uranium in the United States, and other issues.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/us/p ... unsel.html

A conspiratorial web site shared a story based solely on unsourced tweets claiming the venerable newspaper paid off sources.



https://www.snopes.com/did-washington-p ... roy-moore/

Misty » 15 Nov 2017 1:12 am » wrote:This is how gateway pundit, one of the deplorable's favorite sources operates.

Misty » 15 Nov 2017 1:12 am » wrote:This is how gateway pundit, one of the deplorable's favorite sources operates.

‘It’s grotesque’: Justice Dept. veterans recoil at idea of another special counsel

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s public suggestion of a special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton has alarmed current and former Justice officials who fear it would further politicize the agency. “I think the vast majority of people at DOJ would be completely disgusted and demoralized by it,’’ one former deputy special counsel said.
By Devlin Barrett
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/na ... story.html

Fox Analyst Steps Down From Management at Her Law Firm After Saying Women Regularly Lie About Sexual Harassment



The Fox News legal analyst who told Sean Hannity that women regularly lie about sexual harassment and that actual victims of predators are rare has stepped down from management at her law firm following the controversy over her comments.

Mercedes Colwin, an employment lawyer who specializes in defending corporate executives accused of harassment, will no longer serve as the managing partner of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani’s New York office, according to a report on the American Lawyer.

Colwin appeared on Hannity’s show last week to discuss the Washington Post’s report that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore had dated teenagers and allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl.

Colwin, who has been a Fox analyst since 2005, told the host that women “definitely” make up sexual harassment claims in order to milk money from corporations.

When Hannity tried to hedge by saying that “there are women who are victims of predators,” Colwin responded that they were “very few and far between.”

https://slate.com/business/2017/11/merc ... rance.html