The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump

[E.H. Ruddock]

Is the NSA leaker's name really Reality Winner?

[Strat]

Is the NSA leaker's name really Reality Winner?

CNN)The Justice Department announced charges Monday against a federal contractor with Top Secret security clearance, after she allegedly leaked classified information to an online media outlet.

Reality Leigh Winner, 25, a contractor with Pluribus International Corporation in Georgia, is accused of "removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet," according to a federal complaint.

[Green Habit]

Is the NSA leaker's name really Reality Winner?

CNN)The Justice Department announced charges Monday against a federal contractor with Top Secret security clearance, after she allegedly leaked classified information to an online media outlet.

Reality Leigh Winner, 25, a contractor with Pluribus International Corporation in Georgia, is accused of "removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet," according to a federal complaint.

So she would have been born in 1992, the year the earliest show that we could even call reality television (The Real World) first aired. And it wasn't a contest. We need more info on how she got her name.

[Bi_3]

That above tweet to the mayer of london is so fucking angering/humiliating/embarrassing/hateful/absurd on so many fucking levels.

While it's a clear Brietbart style misreading of Kahn statements, it's not an entirely false reading of the broad situation in the U.K., Belgium, and other places where the debate on how to respond to terrorism is raging. It would be fascinating to hear the game of telephone that occurs prior to his tweets.

[jwfocker]

That above tweet to the mayer of london is so fucking angering/humiliating/embarrassing/hateful/absurd on so many fucking levels.

While it's a clear Brietbart style misreading of Kahn statements, it's not an entirely false reading of the broad situation in the U.K., Belgium, and other places where the debate on how to respond to terrorism is raging. It would be fascinating to hear the game of telephone that occurs prior to his tweets.

That people are approaching the situation like pathetic, selfish, children?

[McParadigm]

[bune]

At this point he should just represent himself.

[Anders]

[Jorge]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing- ... tleblowers

Michael Moore launches 'Trumpileaks' website for whistleblowers

TRUMPILEAKS.

[Norah]

What happened to the good old days of sending your leaks to well respected institutions of journalism for dissemination?

[Simple Torture]

Trump is apparently planning to live-Tweet Comey's testimony on Thursday:

Trump will live-tweet during testimony of former FBI Director James Comey: report

President Donald Trump will reportedly respond live on Twitter as former FBI Director James Comey testifies to a Senate committee this week.

On Thursday, Comey is expected to testify to the Senate Intelligence Committee about his firing and whether Trump attempted to influence the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

The White House had initially said that it would be setting up a “war room” to deal with Comey’s testimony, but sources this week revealed that officials had failed to follow through with the plan.

Washington Post reporter Robert Costa told MSNBC on Tuesday that the president would directly respond to Comey on Twitter as the testimony is underway.

“I was just talking to some White House officials this morning and their view is that the president himself wants to be the messenger, his own warrior, his own lawyer, his own spokesman,” Costa explained. “Some outside people, some surrogates will be available.”

“But the president is expected to be tweeting on Thursday in response to Comey, not to stay quiet during the testimony,” he added. “Because he himself wants to be the one driving the process.”

Watch the clip below.

[bune]

So what's the odds on him having another stroke/covfefe moment during this?

[Strat]

This will go well

[McParadigm]

[Norah]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/politics/ ... index.html

[McParadigm]

Best defense yet

[BurtReynolds]

Heh I actually have to agree.

[wease]

This will go well

Hopefully

[wease]

It's funny because it's true

[McParadigm]

How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexand ... iness/amp/

The real star of the day is Eric Trump, the president’s second son and now the co-head of the Trump Organization, who has hosted this event for ten years on behalf of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. He’s done a ton of good: To date, he’s directed more than $11 million there, the vast majority of it via this annual golf event. He has also helped raise another $5 million through events with other organizations.

The best part about all this, according to Eric Trump, is the charity’s efficiency: Because he can get his family’s golf course for free and have most of the other costs donated, virtually all the money contributed will go toward helping kids with cancer. “We get to use our assets 100% free of charge,” Trump tells Forbes.

That’s not the case. In reviewing filings from the Eric Trump Foundation and other charities, it’s clear that the course wasn’t free–that the Trump Organization received payments for its use, part of more than $1.2 million that has no documented recipients past the Trump Organization. Golf charity experts say the listed expenses defy any reasonable cost justification for a one-day golf tournament.

Additionally, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which has come under previous scrutiny for self-dealing and advancing the interests of its namesake rather than those of charity, apparently used the Eric Trump Foundation to funnel $100,000 in donations into revenue for the Trump Organization.

And while donors to the Eric Trump Foundation were told their money was going to help sick kids, more than $500,000 was re-donated to other charities, many of which were connected to Trump family members or interests, including at least four groups that subsequently paid to hold golf tournaments at Trump courses.

All of this seems to defy federal tax rules and state laws that ban self-dealing and misleading donors. It also raises larger questions about the Trump family dynamics and whether Eric and his brother, Don Jr., can be truly independent of their father.