Charlie Brown (查理布朗) | July 26, 2020

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Steele dossier source outed: Researcher Igor Danchenko

July 25 - Among the claims: Mr. Trump funded Russian hacking, his lawyer secretly visited Prague to meet with Vladimir Putin operatives, and there was a well-developed conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

The Prague trip claim came from a lifelong female friend of Mr. Danchenko. The conspiracy claim came in an anonymous 15-minute phone call.

Mr. Graham said the FBI document showed the primary source relied on second and third-hand information and that Mr. Steele embellished some narratives before delivering report memos to Fusion GPS, his handler in Washington.
A Justice Department Inspector General report said intelligence agencies warned the FBI that the dosser contained Kremlin disinformation.

The dossier’s importance to the Russia probe cannot be overstated. It was the critical piece of information the FBI needed to gain wiretaps on Trump volunteer Carter Page. It supplied the foundation for allegations against Mr. Page and other Trump associations. And it fed the mainstream news media and Democrats a basket full of Trump allegations to repeat until government reports ultimately disproved Mr. Danchenko’s and Mr. Steele’s work....      source

James Comey on His Infamous Dinner with Trump and the Steele Dossier | The New Yorker

•Apr 24, 2018

Charlie Brown (查理布朗) | July 25, 2020

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/michael-cohen-released-from-prison-retaliation/2020/07/23/f8adefe8-ccf9-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html

Michael Cohen to be released from prison after judge sides with claims of retaliation
July 25 - NEW YORK — A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen released from prison to home confinement, saying the Justice Department's move to take him back into custody earlier this month was retaliation for writing a book about his former boss.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said Cohen must be released by 2 p.m. Friday, after he is tested for the novel coronavirus. He has been held in a solitary setting at the federal prison in Otisville, N.Y., since being rearrested July 9....   more

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8557035/Michael-Cohen-FREE-jailed-stop-tell-book-Donald-Trump.html

Michael Cohen is FREE and returns home to finish his tell-all book on Donald Trump AG Bill Barr tried to stop by jailing him - and which the fixer says will reveal president's race slurs against Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela

Charlie Brown (查理布朗) | July 24, 2020

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8554651/Donald-Trump-CANCELS-Jacksonville-convention.html

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he was cancelling the Jacksonville, Florida portion of the Republican National Convention due to the state becoming a COVID-19 hotspot. 'So I told my team it's time to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida component of the GOP convention, we'll be starting in North Carolina for the Monday as has always been planned,' Trump said at the top of his Thursday press briefing.

BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump CANCELS his Jacksonville convention and puts his own coronation as candidate ONLINE with 'tele-rallies' for supporters - admitting Florida's virus spike means 'it's not the time'

President Trump announced Thursday he was calling off the Jacksonville, Florida component of the Republican National Convention

July 24 - President Donald Trump announced Thursday he was cancelling the Jacksonville, Florida portion of the Republican National Convention due to the state becoming a COVID-19 hotspot.
 
'So I told my team it's time to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida component of the GOP convention,' Trump said at the top of his Thursday press briefing.

Here's President Trump announcing the cancelation of the Jacksonville portion of the GOP Convention, citing the "flare up" of #COVID19 in Florida. #RNC2020

"The timing of this event is not right ... to have a big convention, it's not the right time." pic.twitter.com/IT4gn85gLw

— Kevin Frey (@KevinFreyTV) July 23, 2020

Charlie Brown (查理布朗) | July 23, 2020

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Trump Invading Chicago | NowThis
Jul 23, 2020

Lightfoot Reacts To Trump's "Surge" Of Federal Agents
Lightfoot: Chicago doesn't need "secret federal agents roaming around the streets. ... I'm glad to see that the president got the message."

July 23 - CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot said President Trump "got the message": Secret federal police his administration deployed to Portland don't belong in Chicago.

https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/lightfoot-reacts-trumps-surge-federal-agents

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that more federal agents are being sent to Chicago and Albuquerque, NM, to tackle violence in cities. He said FBI, ATF, DEA, and other agents were involved - as are Homeland Security agents. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted she won't let federal troops 'terrorize' the city, but welcomed anti-crime help. 'What cities are doing is absolute insanity,' Trump said, blasting calls to defund police departments,' Trump said, connecting the efforts to his political pitches.

Donald Trump orders 'immediate surge' of hundreds of feds into Chicago calling it a violence-scarred 'disaster' - then threatens to order them into other Democratic-controlled cities including Detroit and Philadelphia over mayors' objections

Charlie Brown (查理布朗) | July 22, 2020

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Cruz on GOP proposal: I'm not only a no, I'm a hell no
In an interview with CNN, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) criticized his colleagues for the outlines of the $1 trillion stimulus proposal currently under consideration.
Source: CNN

Republicans and White House divided on stimulus proposal: 'I'm not a no, I'm a hell no

July 21 - (CNN)Senate Republicans and the White House remain at odds over several central components of their next stimulus proposal after a full day of negotiations on Capitol Hill.

With fewer than three weeks to go until the August recess -- and with the virus still ravaging many corners of the country -- Tuesday's negotiations marked little progress, and instead evolved into a day of venting sessions for rank-and-file members, each with his or her own idea of how to tackle the next chapter of spending. It all comes just days before a $600 federal enhancement to unemployment insurance is set to expire.

The splits come on key issues, from President Donald Trump's insistence on a payroll tax cut to the administration's push to tie education money to the reopening of schools. There are also several Republicans deeply opposed to moving forward on a proposal pegged to start around $1 trillion."Everyone has their own idea," Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, as he emerged from a closed-door conference meeting.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, is pressing for Republicans to coalesce around a proposal that would serve as a starting point for negotiations with congressional Democrats, who already passed a $3 trillion measure in May. He told reporters Tuesday the proposal that he is pushing "enjoys fairly significant support among Republican senators." But he acknowledged, "not everyone."

McConnell, in a floor speech earlier in the day, outlined key components expected to be in the GOP plan, including $105 billion for schools, a second round of targeted funding for the forgivable small business loan program, another round of direct payments and liability protections for businesses, hospitals, health care workers and schools. It's a proposal a large portion of the Republican conference is eager to get behind, but several key components remain under discussion with the White House...    more

Really??!?

NBA is telling everyone who stands for the flag, who honors our cops and our veterans, to “piss off”? In Texas, no less?

Good luck with that. pic.twitter.com/AVWLMZIqu0

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 20, 2020