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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS Comey has said in the past year are the ones no one's talking about: ProPublica was right, McCabe *did* tell Comey there were Clinton emails on Weiner's PC *36 days before the election*. And Comey *ignored him* because "how could that be possible." (WTF?) pic.twitter.com/NdcCzBa99q
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 18, 2018
The intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow has precedent
— Hanna Notte (@HannaNotte) February 29, 2024
Russia's hosted such meetings in the past, most recently Feb 2019
Russia has long lamented the US' "monopolization" of the peace process & tried to carve out a niche for itself: mediating among the disunited Palestinians/2
Here's what I told them: https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force https://t.co/pCoDg05irX
— Gareth Harris (@garethharr) December 28, 2023
Location: U.S. Embassy and residential compounds
Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.
Actions to take:
- Avoid the area;
- Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;
- Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and
- If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.
By The Editorial Board @ Bloomberg.com, December 8, 2023
A mass expulsion of Afghan migrants could destabilize the region and fuel radicalization. The West should pressure Islamabad to change course.
All eyes on #Chad right now
Chad has two internet trunks coming into the country: One from the Red Sea via Sudan; the other from Cameroon. Not possible for the totality of the country's internet network to be shut unless done centrally. A lot of rumors swirling; few facts. https://t.co/N6bDJZ2ixO
BREAKING: Three loss prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed, one of them has died from stab wounds, @PhillyPolice sources tell me. Police converged on the store as the three workers were rushed to Jefferson Hospital. pic.twitter.com/4U1eKycL4W
Former US Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba https://t.co/LDwo4ZJI1K
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 4, 2023
[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]
You don’t get it.
— George Deek (@GeorgeDeek) December 2, 2023
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
It’s all about how for 75 years you have destroyed the future of generations of Palestinians, including my family.
My cousins in Arab countries are still not citizens - not even the… https://t.co/nv6anubGhc
Note 'Community Notes' attached to UNWRA's statement.
Imperialism for me but not for thee?
It's wild that Venezuela is now holding a vote on whether 2/3 of Guyana actually belongs to them! Analysts suggest that Modoru may want military action to pump up his sinking popularity.
Could we have a war in South America?!?
"The people who live in Essequibo are largely… pic.twitter.com/QvMEjkkgwy
The lack of a cohesive delegation has allowed attention-seeking lawmakers to act on their own.
McCarthy: “You have [Rep. Matt] Gaetz, who belongs in jail…”
Gaetz: “Tough words from a guy who sucker punches people in the back. The only assault I committed was against Kevin’s fragile ego.”https://t.co/LctPuz6Pcf
By Martinn Pengelly in Washington DC for TheGuardian.com, Nov. 30
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Ryan Grim life in Congress ‘completely transformed’ after Democratic leader stepped down
"Both the AU and the intl community place more weight on whether elections are held than whether they are free and fair. Sanctions/expulsions occur when there is a coup but not necessarily when elections are rigged or if an “institutional coup” occurs." https://t.co/m9dNimJP0D
— Cameron Hudson (@_hudsonc) November 28, 2023
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Curious member of Congress or journalist: Mr. Comey, were you are aware that there were Secretary Clinton emails on Rep. Weiner's computer 36 days before the election? As you know ProPublica has reported that Mr. McCabe communicated this to you 36 days before the election.
Mr. Comey: ?
CMC or CJ: (if Comey acknowledges this was the case): In that case, why did you refrain from taking action, and specifically from making the public announcement you said you felt compelled to make, for over 3 weeks?*(see note below)
Mr. Comey: ?
CMC or CJ: Mr. Comey, in explaining your reasons for making your public announcement concerning Secretary Clinton's emails 11 days prior to the election, you have acknowledged that you felt pressure to announce publicly from congressional Republicans in particular. Did you also experience pressure to make your announcement prior to the election from individuals working for the New York city branch of the FBI, with a non zero chance of having associations with Mr. Giuliani?
Mr. Comey: ?
CMJ or CJ: In explaining your actions why did you choose not to acknowledge this source of pressure you were experiencing?
Mr. Comey: ?
CMJ or CJ: Do you believe it is appropriate for employees of the FBI to seek to apply pressure on the Director of the FBI to make a potentially high-stakes public decision which could have influenced the outcome of a presidential election and ran contrary to FBI policy commenting on investigations in the three months leading up to an election?
Mr. Comey: ?
CMJ or CJ: You have stated in recent days, in response to Mr. Stephanopolous' questions, that you sent your Chief of Staff to speak with the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General's Chiefs of Staff on the matter of whether to make the 11 days before the election announcement or not? (** see note below) On a matter of this much import why did you decide not to speak directly with the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General? Did you believe it was incumbent upon them to speak with you about this matter rather than the other way around? Does this sort of understanding of lines of authority strike you as in any way unusual or potentially problematic?
Mr. Comey:?
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*This is what Comey said in his Stephanopoulos interview relevant to this question of the timing of when he acquired the additional information: http://abcnews.go.com/Site/transcript-james-comeys-interview-abc-news-ch...
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: At the same time, the Hillary Clinton email investigation comes back. When did you first know you were going to have to deal with this again?
JAMES COMEY: Really, October 27th. Somebody earlier in October, the b-- in the beginning of October sometime, mentioned to me that there may be a connection between emails found on Anthony Weiner's laptop and the Clinton email investigation. I don't remember.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Was this Andrew McCabe?
JAMES COMEY: I think it was Andy McCabe, but I'm not certain. I didn't store that in any prominent place in my brain 'cause how could that possibly be true?
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: But how could that not be something you remember?
JAMES COMEY: That's a great question. I think the answer is because how could that possibly be true? How could there be a connection between Anthony Weiner's laptop and Hillary Clinton's emails? And so I think it was sort of a passing comment to me, and I'm sure I stored it away thinking, "Okay, well, that doesn't make any sense, but I'm sure they'll tell me if it does." And they did. They c--
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: It's l-- it's led your critics to say that the FBI, for several weeks, sat on the knowledge that they had several thousand Hillary Clinton emails.
JAMES COMEY: Yeah, more than several thousand, hundreds--
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Hundreds of thousands.
JAMES COMEY: --of thousands on Anthony Weiner's laptop. And I don't know the answer to that criticism. I don't know whether the Bureau team could have moved faster to-- to bring it to me for a decision. All I know is that they did bring it to me on the morning of October 27th. And so, there's an inspector general investigation going on-- about our work on that investigation. I'm sure they'll say, which I think is great. But I don't know the answer to that now--
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: So th-- and-- and-- and-- and to be clear, between that first mention and October 27th, you didn't hear anything about Hillary Clinton's--
JAMES COMEY: Yeah, I don't--
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: --emails?
JAMES COMEY: --remember hearing anything else about it until I walked into a conference room early in the morning on October 27th. So we're now less than two weeks from the election. The deputy director emailed me at about 5:30 in the morning and said, "The midyear team," which was the code name for the Clinton email investigation, "needs to meet with you."
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** And this is what Comey said to Stephanopoulos recounting whether he spoke with the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney General in deciding whether to make his 11 days prior announcement (source is same transcript as linked to above):
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Senior Justice officials weren't convinced that you actually had an obligation to tell Congress that at that time. What was their argument, what was your response?
JAMES COMEY: Their argument was that it was not consistent with our policy, and that we don't normally comment on investigations, all of which I agree with. And that they would advise against it. Actually never spoke to me about it personally. I had my chief of staff call over to the leadership's chief of s-- staffs of th-- the attorney general and the deputy and say, "The director thinks that is between speaking and concealing.
by AmericanDreamer on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:24am
Part of my motivation for bothering to write up what some may view as old and now irrelevant business is that it would not surprise me a bit if Comey runs for high office some day. And so a full accounting of his public record may turn out to be relevant going forward and not just in assessing the past and what we can learn from it.
Another part of my motivation is that I dislike and distrust powerful, high visibility public figures with out of control egos and apparently unbounded self regard.
And part of it is that it is now increasingly offensive to me that Comey is, in my view, implicitly portraying himself as a model ethical leader, or allowing himself to be portrayed by others as such, given a number of his actions. I don't believe an exemplary leader needs to be perfect. If that were the case, we might decline to study and try to learn from anyone in a position of high authority and responsibility. If Comey evinced any real sense of humility I might be less bothered. But I don't have that feeling.
by AmericanDreamer on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:50am
It would have been better if he had titled the book: I Learned The Hard Way.
Comey is a poster child for what happens when you become a spokesperson in a job that is supposed to stay out of politics. Comey frets about the influence he had during the process but doesn't concede that he himself was played like a banjo at a square dance.
by moat on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:23pm
Perhaps. I am not sure what he has really learned, though.
by AmericanDreamer on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 6:46pm
I was describing an alternate history. A path untraveled by sort of thing.
by moat on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 9:26pm
Oh ok. Got it.
by AmericanDreamer on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 10:17pm
JAMES COMEY: That's a great question. I think the answer is because how could that possibly be true? How could there be a connection between Anthony Weiner's laptop and Hillary Clinton's emails?
I don't get that. How could he not make the obvious connection between Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner and Clinton? It just doesn't ring true.
by barefooted on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 7:14pm
THIS IS GOOOD STUFF.
I mean the beginning as well as the comments.
THIS IS GOOOOOOOOD STUFF.
I will add something later. I never saw this coming.
You know, the 'left' hates the FBI and now (for the first time?) hates the FBI?
And me?
I still like Comey?
by Richard Day on Mon, 04/30/2018 - 1:27pm