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Nope....no such thing as a 2 tiered justice system. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/government-drops-charges-against-all-inauguration-protesters-n889531 July 6, 2018, 6:48 PM CDT / Updated July 6, 2018, 6:48 PM CDT / Source: The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Friday moved to drop charges against the last 39 people accused of participating in a violent protest on the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration. The motion to dismiss charges by the U.S. attorney's office seemingly ends an 18-month saga that started with the Justice Department attempting to convict more than 190 people.

Agreed should have happened quicker. He had some good plans that couldn't get thru congress. Travel ban from which everyone said was racist was previously instituted by Obama. Changes to legal immigration[edit] The Trump administration embraced the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act in August 2017.[43][44] The RAISE Act seeks to reduce levels of legal immigration to the United States by 50% by halving the number of green cards issued. The bill would also impose a cap of 50,000 refugee admissions a year and would end the visa diversity lottery. A study by Penn Wharton economists found that the legislation would by 2027 "reduce GDP by 0.7 percent relative to current law, and reduce jobs by 1.3 million. By 2040, GDP will be about 2 percent lower and jobs will fall by 4.6 million. Despite changes to population size, jobs and GDP, there is very little change to per capita GDP, increasing slightly in the short run and then eventually falling."[43][44] the RAISE Act did not receive a vote in the Senate. A separate bill to restrict legal immigration, supported by Trump, Cotton, and Perdue, was defeated in the Senate by a 39–60 vote. Kate's Law[edit] Kathryn Steinle was killed in July 2015 by an illegal immigrant, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, who had multiple convictions and had been previously deported on five occasions.[47] During the election campaign, Trump promised to ask Congress to pass Kate's Law, named after her, to ensure that criminal aliens convicted of illegal reentry received strong, mandatory minimum sentences. A Senate version of the bill was previously introduced by Ted Cruz in July 2016, but it failed to pass a cloture motion.[48][49][50][51]

We went back to life as normal prior to July 2020. The 2020 July 4th celebration on the river boating was nuts.

Beyond bad. https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/09/25/denise-george-breaks-silence-around-epstein-case-and-her-firing/ George, who was widely lauded when she won a $105 million lawsuit against the Epstein estate in November — believed to be the largest monetary settlement in the history of the territory — subsequently filed suit for $190 million against his onetime bank, JPMorgan Chase, on Dec. 27 in Manhattan federal court, alleging violations of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Bryan fired George four days later, on New Year’s Eve, saying nothing at first but later admitting that he was “blindsided” by the lawsuit that has opened V.I. officials to scrutiny for their dealings with Epstein. That includes Bryan himself, who approved Epstein’s lucrative Economic Development Authority benefits when he was head of the EDA board and has been deposed by JPMorgan’s attorneys, along with a host of other territory officials. George tells the paper that she followed the facts and the money, which led her to men such as Leon Black, 72, a billionaire private equity investor who paid $62.5 million to the V.I. government to be released from any claims related to the territory’s investigation of Epstein, as first reported by the New York Times in July. George said talks with him began in September 2022, telling the Sunday Times that “there were significant facts to show that Leon Black had been giving millions and millions of dollars to Epstein.” Black, who has been accused of a violent rape by one Epstein victim, has denied any wrongdoing, and a spokesperson has said he paid Epstein for legitimate investment services.

So business insider, CNN and a Pro Ukrainian study is your proof. The CNN article is using US intelligence sources not Russian. Our MI is completely accurate and trustworthy. As for the BI....capturing Kyiv isn't taking the whole country dude. From your first link. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has provided an invaluable opportunity to assess the capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (AFRF) and the implications of a range of capabilities for modern warfare. Many publicly made judgements on these issues have lacked supporting data or insight into Ukrainian operational planning and decision-making. To ensure that those drawing lessons from the conflict do so from a solid foundation, this report seeks to outline key lessons, based on the operational data accumulated by the Ukrainian General Staff, from the fighting between February and July 2022. As the underlying source material for much of this report cannot yet be made public, this should be understood as testimony rather than as an academic study. Given the requirements for operational security, it is necessarily incomplete. Not one person with military experience. https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-resources/preliminary-lessons-conventional-warfighting-russias-invasion-ukraine-february-july-2022?ssp=1&darkschemeovr=1&setlang=en-US&safesearch=moderate

That is a complete crock of shit. Prior to COVID his admin was heading towards one of the most successful in our history. What I find most hilarious is all the so called "conservative" Trump haters ALL are the same pro covid jab people who believed every ridiculous statistic on the pandemic. Its like a genetic deformity. One Hundred And Twenty One Accomplishments By President Trump And His Cabinet. Here you go. Easy to Google and double check. Checking for yourself is always best. This list is not all inclusive. There are more to add to this list every week. Trump recently signed 3 bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana. Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch. Trump signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences. Prior to the recent violent Antifa protests, violent crime has fallen every year he’s been in office after rising during the 2 years before he was elected. Trump signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal. Trump’s EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan. Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil. Trump signed a law ending the gag orders on Pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money-saving information. Trump signed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking. Trump signed a bill to require airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding Moms. The 25% lowest-paid Americans enjoyed a 4.5% income boost in November 2019, which outpaces a 2.9% gain in earnings for the country's highest-paid workers. Low-wage workers are benefiting from higher minimum wages and from corporations that are increasing entry-level pay. Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection & conservation bill in a decade and designated 375,000 acres as protected land. Trump signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean. He signed a bill this year allowing some drug imports from Canada so that prescription prices would go down. Trump signed an executive order this year that forces all healthcare providers to disclose the cost of their services so that Americans can comparison shop and know how much less providers charge insurance companies. When signing that bill, he said no American should be blindsided by bills for medical services they never agreed to in advance. Hospitals will now be required to post their standard charges for services, which include the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept. In the eight years prior to President Trump’s inauguration, prescription drug prices increased by an average of 3.6% per year. Under Trump, drug prices have seen year-over-year declines in nine of the last ten months, with a 1.1% drop as of the most recent month. He created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans. VA employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far. Issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life. Because of a bill signed and championed by Trump, In 2020, most federal employees will see their pay increase by an average of 3.1% — the largest raise in more than 10 years. Trump signed into a law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers. Trump administration will provide HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years. All-time record sales during the 2019 holidays. Trump signed an order allowing small businesses to group together when buying insurance to get a better price. President Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act that provides funding for states to develop maternal mortality reviews to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions & largely focuses on reducing the higher mortality rates for Black Americans. In 2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice bill which enacted reforms that make our justice system fairer and help former inmates successfully return to society. The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes. The First Step Act expanded judicial discretion in sentencing of non-violent crimes. Over 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans. The First Step Act provides rehabilitative programs to inmates, helping them successfully rejoin society and not return to crime. Trump increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by more than 14%. Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs. New single-family home sales are up 31.6% in October 2019 compared to just one year ago. Made HBCUs a priority by creating the position of executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs. Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments. The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment. Poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting such data. President Trump signed a bill that creates five national monuments, expands several national parks, adds 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Trump’s USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure. Consumer confidence & small business confidence is at an all-time high. Prior to the COVID shut down more than 7 million jobs created since election. More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history. More than 400,000 manufacturing jobs created since his election. Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors. Trump ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe. Through Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative, Federal law enforcement more than doubled convictions of human traffickers and increased the number of defendants charged by 75% in ACTeam districts. In 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismantled an organization that was the internet’s leading source of prostitution-related advertisements resulting in sex trafficking. Trump’s OMB published new anti-trafficking guidance for government procurement officials to combat human trafficking more effectively. Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking. Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims the help they need. The hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases. Trump’s DOJ provided grants to organizations that support human trafficking victims – serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018. The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping victims get resources and support. President Trump has called on Congress to pass school choice legislation so that no child is trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip code. The President signed funding legislation in September 2018 that increased funding for school choice by $42 million. The tax cuts signed into law by President Trump promote school choice by allowing families to use 529 college savings plans for elementary and secondary education. Under his leadership ISIS has lost most of their territory and been largely dismantled. ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed. Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs. Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers. Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians or punishing expressions of faith. Signed an executive order that allows the government to withhold money from college campuses deemed to be anti-Semitic and who fail to combat anti-Semitism. President Trump ordered a halt to U.S. tax money going to international organizations that fund or perform abortions. Trump imposed sanctions on the socialists in Venezuela who have killed their citizens. Finalized new trade agreement with South Korea. Made a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe. Withdrew the U.S. from the job killing TPP deal. Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam. Approved up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation. Has had over a dozen US hostages freed, including those Obama could not get freed. Trump signed the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in decades. Trump secured Billions that will fund the building of a wall at our southern border. The Trump Administration is promoting second chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment. Trump’s DOJ and the Board Of Prisons launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers directly with former prisoners. President Trump’s historic tax cut legislation included new Opportunity Zone Incentives to promote investment in low-income communities across the country. 8,764 communities across the country have been designated as Opportunity Zones. Opportunity Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country. Trump directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core. Trump signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law. Trump signed measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide. Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed. Manufacturing jobs are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years. Stock Market has reached record highs. Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded. African American unemployment is at an all-time low. Hispanic-American unemployment is at an all-time low. Asian-American unemployment is at an all-time low. Women’s unemployment rate is at a 65-year low. Youth unemployment is at a 50-year low. Prior to the COVID shutdown we have the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded. The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans. 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future— the highest ever. As a result of the Republican tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years. Record number of regulations eliminated that hurt small businesses. Signed welfare reform requiring able-bodied adults who don’t have children to work or look for work if they’re on welfare. Under Trump, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. Reformed Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors 100’s of millions of $$$ this year alone. Signed Right-To-Try legislation allowing terminally ill patients to try experimental treatment that wasn’t allowed before. Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic. Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care. S. oil production recently reached all-time high so we are less dependent on oil from the Middle East. The U.S. is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957. NATO allies increased their defense spending because of his pressure campaign. Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord in 2017 and that same year the U.S. still led the world by having the largest reduction in Carbon emissions. Has his circuit court judge nominees being confirmed faster than any other new administration. Had his Supreme Court Justice’s Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh confirmed. Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Agreed to a new trade deal with Mexico & Canada that will increase jobs here and $$$ coming in. Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports. Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices, has agreed to a Part One trade deal with China. Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline. Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by Trump doubled the maximum amount of the child tax credit available to parents and lifted the income limits so more people could claim it. It also created a new tax credit for other dependents. In 2018, President Trump signed into law a $2.4 billion funding increase for the Child Care and Development Fund, providing a total of $8.1 billion to States to fund childcare for low-income families. The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) signed into law by Trump provides a tax credit equal to 20-35% of child care expenses, $3,000 per child & $6,000 per family + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) allow you to set aside up to $5,000 in pre-tax $ to use for child care. In 2019 President Donald Trump signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) into law which allocates $1.8 billion in funding over the next five years to help people with autism spectrum disorder and to help their families. In 2019 President Trump signed into law two funding packages providing nearly $19 million in new funding for Lupus specific research and education programs, as well an additional $41.7 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most Lupus funding EVER. Another upcoming accomplishment to add: Trump signed the first major anti-robocall law in decades called the TRACED Act (Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence.) TRACED Act will extend the period of time the FCC has to catch & punish those who intentionally break telemarketing restrictions. The bill also requires voice service providers to develop a framework to verify calls are legitimate before they reach your phone. US stock market continually hits record highs

1. He was on the Jan 6 most wanted list not the FBI overall most wanted list. All this time and yet no charges when 1000+ others have been. Was he in hiding or was it difficult to find him? Maybe they could have arrested him when he was at the Senate? 2. Publicity and claim his innocent in public. Its not illegal to lie to the media. 3. Likely felt he was a target from some. 4. Just what exactly do you think the Senate could or would do to him for lying. Fuck man people do it all the time including officials in high govt positions. 5. Dude his face was all over social media. His family was already involved. 6. Money...look how quick they settled previously with Dominion. 7. See number 6. 8. See number 6. Every lawsuit automatically means the are innocent. 9. He claimed that in early July and guess what....hasn't been charged yet. No offense man but damn you a good little gov. minion. Mr Epps's image was included on the FBI Capitol Violence most wanted list, but it was removed around July last year. While there is any number of reasons as to why he is no longer on the FBI's list or hasn't been charged, none have been given by either Mr Epps's attorneys or the authorities.

People seem to forget what can be included in that group that believe the election was unconstitutional in some states. Its not corrupt voting or counting machines. Its not dems voting for dead people. Its not suspicious changes to the count totals on live TV. Its state and local leaders changing voting rules without the consent or passing by state legislatures. Something completely unconstitutional. Just because the courts didn't have the courage to take this up on procedural grounds doesn't mean its not valid. A few did rule that changes to voting was unconstitutional just long after the fact. https://will-law.org/teigen-v-wisconsin-elections-commission/ On July 8, 2022, Wisconsin Supreme Court held that absentee ballot drop boxes, used widely in the 2020 election, have no statutory authorization and Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) guidance encouraging their use was unlawful.

$3.5 million consultancy agreement. Reported association with Hunter Biden[edit] In 2020, in the midst of President Donald Trump's reelection campaign against challenger Joe Biden, two committees of the majority-Republican US Senate jointly released a report which stated that Hunter Biden had received 3.5 million dollars from Baturina.[53] Baturina had wired that money in 2014 as payment for a "consultancy agreement" to Rosemont Seneca Thornton LLC, which is a consortium combining the Massachusetts-based Thornton Group[54] and the investment firm Rosemont Seneca Partners; the latter was co-founded by Hunter Biden and others in 2009.[55] The consortium's current connection with Hunter Biden is not clear.[56] On July 31, 2023, Hunter Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer, testified to congress that Joe Biden, while he was Vice-President, attended a business dinner with Hunter Biden, his associates and Baturina at Café Milan in Washington, D.C. in the Spring of 2014. Notably, the Biden Administration’s public sanctions list for Russian oligarchs does not contain Baturina. [57]

Hardly. The Permian Basin is one of the oldest and most well-known hydrocarbon-producing areas. Since the first well drilled in the basin in July of 1920, over 30 billion barrels of crude have been recovered, with experts predicting there are at least 20 billion barrels remaining. https://www.enverus.com/permian-basin/#:~:text=The Permian Basin is one,least 20 billion barrels remaining.

Its cute you think NATO just sits back and acts as a defensive only organization of its members. Might want to re-think that. In the 1990s, the organization extended its activities into political and humanitarian situations that had not formerly been NATO concerns.[32] During the Breakup of Yugoslavia, the organization conducted its first military interventions in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995 and later Yugoslavia in 1999.[33] These conflicts motivated a major post-Cold War military restructuring. NATO's military structure was cut back and reorganized, with new forces such as the Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps established. Bosnia and Herzegovina intervention Main article: NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina A USAF aircraft taking off during Operation Deliberate Force after the Srebrenica massacre The Bosnian War began in 1992, as a result of the Breakup of Yugoslavia. The deteriorating situation led to United Nations Security Council Resolution 816 on 9 October 1992, ordering a no-fly zone over central Bosnia and Herzegovina, which NATO began enforcing on 12 April 1993 with Operation Deny Flight. From June 1993 until October 1996, Operation Sharp Guard added maritime enforcement of the arms embargo and economic sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On 28 February 1994, NATO took its first wartime action by shooting down four Bosnian Serb aircraft violating the no-fly zone.[50] On 10 and 11 April 1994, the United Nations Protection Force called in air strikes to protect the Goražde safe area, resulting in the bombing of a Bosnian Serb military command outpost near Goražde by two US F-16 jets acting under NATO direction.[51] In retaliation, Serbs took 150 U.N. personnel hostage on 14 April.[52][53] On 16 April a British Sea Harrier was shot down over Goražde by Serb forces.[54] In August 1995, a two-week NATO bombing campaign, Operation Deliberate Force, began against the Army of the Republika Srpska, after the Srebrenica genocide.[55] Further NATO air strikes helped bring the Yugoslav Wars to an end, resulting in the Dayton Agreement in November 1995.[55] As part of this agreement, NATO deployed a UN-mandated peacekeeping force, under Operation Joint Endeavor, named IFOR. Almost 60,000 NATO troops were joined by forces from non-NATO countries in this peacekeeping mission. This transitioned into the smaller SFOR, which started with 32,000 troops initially and ran from December 1996 until December 2004, when operations were then passed onto the European Union Force Althea.[56] Following the lead of its member states, NATO began to award a service medal, the NATO Medal, for these operations.[57] Kosovo intervention Main articles: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and KFOR German KFOR soldiers on patrol in southern Kosovo in 1999 KFOR-MSU Carabinieri Patrols in front of the Ibar Bridge in Mitrovica, Kosovo, 2019 In an effort to stop Slobodan Milošević's Serbian-led crackdown on KLA separatists and Albanian civilians in Kosovo, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1199 on 23 September 1998 to demand a ceasefire. Negotiations under US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke broke down on 23 March 1999, and he handed the matter to NATO,[58] which started a 78-day bombing campaign on 24 March 1999.[59] Operation Allied Force targeted the military capabilities of what was then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. During the crisis, NATO also deployed one of its international reaction forces, the ACE Mobile Force (Land), to Albania as the Albania Force (AFOR), to deliver humanitarian aid to refugees from Kosovo.[60] The campaign was criticized over whether it had legitimacy and for the civilian casualties, including the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. Milošević finally accepted the terms of an international peace plan on 3 June 1999, ending the Kosovo War. On 11 June, Milošević further accepted UN resolution 1244, under the mandate of which NATO then helped establish the KFOR peacekeeping force. Nearly one million refugees had fled Kosovo, and part of KFOR's mandate was to protect the humanitarian missions, in addition to deterring violence.[61] In August–September 2001, the alliance also mounted Operation Essential Harvest, a mission disarming ethnic Albanian militias in the Republic of Macedonia.[62] As of 2023, around 4,500 KFOR soldiers, representing 27 countries, continue to operate in the area.[63] The US, the UK, and most other NATO countries opposed efforts to require the UN Security Council to approve NATO military strikes, such as the action against Serbia in 1999, while France and some others claimed that the alliance needed UN approval.[64] The US/UK side claimed that this would undermine the authority of the alliance, and they noted that Russia and China would have exercised their Security Council vetoes to block the strike on Yugoslavia, and could do the same in future conflicts where NATO intervention was required, thus nullifying the entire potency and purpose of the organization. Recognizing the post-Cold War military environment, NATO adopted the Alliance Strategic Concept during its Washington summit in April 1999 that emphasized conflict prevention and crisis management.[65] War in Afghanistan Main articles: International Security Assistance Force and War in Afghanistan The September 11 attacks in the United States caused NATO to invoke its collective defence article for the first time. The September 11 attacks in the United States caused NATO to invoke Article 5 of the NATO Charter for the first time in the organization's history.[66] The Article states that an attack on any member shall be considered to be an attack on all. The invocation was confirmed on 4 October 2001 when NATO determined that the attacks were indeed eligible under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty.[67] The eight official actions taken by NATO in response to the attacks included Operation Eagle Assist and Operation Active Endeavour, a naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea designed to prevent the movement of terrorists or weapons of mass destruction, and to enhance the security of shipping in general, which began on 4 October 2001.[68] The alliance showed unity: on 16 April 2003, NATO agreed to take command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which included troops from 42 countries. The decision came at the request of Germany and the Netherlands, the two countries leading ISAF at the time of the agreement, and all nineteen NATO ambassadors approved it unanimously. The handover of control to NATO took place on 11 August, and marked the first time in NATO's history that it took charge of a mission outside the north Atlantic area.[69] General Austin S. Miller (right) became commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan in September 2018 and oversaw the withdrawal until July 2021. Lloyd Austin, the 28th United States Secretary of Defense, is on the left. ISAF was initially charged with securing Kabul and surrounding areas from the Taliban, al Qaeda and factional warlords, so as to allow for the establishment of the Afghan Transitional Administration headed by Hamid Karzai. In October 2003, the UN Security Council authorized the expansion of the ISAF mission throughout Afghanistan,[70] and ISAF subsequently expanded the mission in four main stages over the whole of the country.[71] On 31 July 2006, the ISAF additionally took over military operations in the south of Afghanistan from a US-led anti-terrorism coalition.[72] Due to the intensity of the fighting in the south, in 2011 France allowed a squadron of Mirage 2000 fighter/attack aircraft to be moved into the area, to Kandahar, in order to reinforce the alliance's efforts.[73] During its 2012 Chicago Summit, NATO endorsed a plan to end the Afghanistan war and to remove the NATO-led ISAF Forces by the end of December 2014.[74] ISAF was disestablished in December 2014 and replaced by the follow-on training Resolute Support Mission.[75] On 14 April 2021, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance had agreed to start withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan by May 1.[76] Soon after the withdrawal of NATO troops started, the Taliban launched an offensive against the Afghan government, quickly advancing in front of collapsing Afghan Armed Forces.[77] By 15 August 2021, Taliban militants controlled the vast majority of Afghanistan and had encircled the capital city of Kabul.[78] Some politicians in NATO member states have described the chaotic withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan and the collapse of the Afghan government as the greatest debacle that NATO has suffered since its founding.[79][80] Iraq training mission Main article: NATO Training Mission – Iraq Italian Major General Giovanni Armentani, Deputy Commanding General for the NATO Training Mission, meets with a U.S. Advise and Assist Brigade. In August 2004, during the Iraq War, NATO formed the NATO Training Mission – Iraq, a training mission to assist the Iraqi security forces in conjunction with the US-led MNF-I.[81] The NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) was established at the request of the Iraqi Interim Government under the provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546. The aim of NTM-I was to assist in the development of Iraqi security forces training structures and institutions so that Iraq can build an effective and sustainable capability that addresses the needs of the country. NTM-I was not a combat mission but is a distinct mission, under the political control of the North Atlantic Council. Its operational emphasis was on training and mentoring. The activities of the mission were coordinated with Iraqi authorities and the US-led Deputy Commanding General Advising and Training, who was also dual-hatted as the Commander of NTM-I. The mission officially concluded on 17 December 2011.[82] Turkey invoked the first Article 4 meetings in 2003 at the start of the Iraq War. Turkey also invoked this article twice in 2012 during the Syrian Civil War, after the downing of an unarmed Turkish F-4 reconnaissance jet, and after a mortar was fired at Turkey from Syria,[83] and again in 2015 after threats by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to its territorial integrity.[84] Gulf of Aden anti-piracy Main article: Operation Ocean Shield USS Farragut destroying a Somali pirate skiff in March 2010 Beginning on 17 August 2009, NATO deployed warships in an operation to protect maritime traffic in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean from Somali pirates, and help strengthen the navies and coast guards of regional states. The operation was approved by the North Atlantic Council and involved warships primarily from the United States though vessels from many other countries were also included. Operation Ocean Shield focused on protecting the ships of Operation Allied Provider which were distributing aid as part of the World Food Programme mission in Somalia. Russia, China and South Korea sent warships to participate in the activities as well.[85][86] The operation sought to dissuade and interrupt pirate attacks, protect vessels, and to increase the general level of security in the region.[87] Libya intervention Main article: 2011 military intervention in Libya Libyan Army Palmaria howitzers destroyed by the French Air Force near Benghazi in March 2011 During the Libyan Civil War, violence between protesters and the Libyan government under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi escalated, and on 17 March 2011 led to the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which called for a ceasefire, and authorized military action to protect civilians. A coalition that included several NATO members began enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya shortly afterwards, beginning with Opération Harmattan by the French Air Force on 19 March. On 20 March 2011, NATO states agreed on enforcing an arms embargo against Libya with Operation Unified Protector using ships from NATO Standing Maritime Group 1 and Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 1,[88] and additional ships and submarines from NATO members.[89] They would "monitor, report and, if needed, interdict vessels suspected of carrying illegal arms or mercenaries".[88] On 24 March, NATO agreed to take control of the no-fly zone from the initial coalition, while command of targeting ground units remained with the coalition's forces.[90][91] NATO began officially enforcing the UN resolution on 27 March 2011 with assistance from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.[92] By June, reports of divisions within the alliance surfaced as only eight of the 28 member states were participating in combat operations,[93] resulting in a confrontation between US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and countries such as Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Germany with Gates calling on the latter to contribute more and the latter believing the organization has overstepped its mandate in the conflict.[94][95][96] In his final policy speech in Brussels on 10 June, Gates further criticized allied countries in suggesting their actions could cause the demise of NATO.[97] The German foreign ministry pointed to "a considerable [German] contribution to NATO and NATO-led operations" and to the fact that this engagement was highly valued by President Obama.[98] While the mission was extended into September, Norway that day (10 June) announced it would begin scaling down contributions and complete withdrawal by 1 August.[99] Earlier that week it was reported Danish air fighters were running out of bombs.[100][101] The following week, the head of the Royal Navy said the country's operations in the conflict were not sustainable.[102] By the end of the mission in October 2011, after the death of Colonel Gaddafi, NATO planes had flown about 9,500 strike sorties against pro-Gaddafi targets.[103][104] A report from the organization Human Rights Watch in May 2012 identified at least 72 civilians killed in the campaign.[105] Following a coup d'état attempt in October 2013, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan requested technical advice and trainers from NATO to assist with ongoing security issues.[106]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/national-debt-explodes-higher-biden-signs-debt-ceiling-deal According to Treasury Department data, the total national debt stood at $32.47 trillion on July 6, $1 trillion more than the $31.47 trillion level last seen on June 2. The national debt had been stuck at or near that June 2 level for months because the government had hit the debt ceiling and was legally prohibited from borrowing any more money. On June 3, however, Biden signed legislation reflecting negotiations with House Republicans that requires a small spending cut next year and allows unlimited federal borrowing until 2025. With no debt ceiling in effect, federal borrowing jumped more than $350 billion in a single day and crossed the $32 trillion mark in less than two weeks.

You don't think its one of the most secure buildings in the world? Hunter was the only drug addict known to the public to frequent the WH. And while I'm doubtful its his its not that significant of jump to mention him. https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/07/06/editorial-coke-discovery-points-to-white-house-security-flaw/ Reporters are asking and they have no answer. Not some right wing conspiracy. WEIJIA JIANG: I wonder if the cocaine episode has prompted the White House to ask the Secret Service to review its security protocol — MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I mean — WEIJIA JIANG: — for visitors coming in. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, let’s go — let them do their investigation. Again, this is under their purview. Let’s see exactly what occurred and what happened. They’re get — going to get to the bottom of this. “They” meaning the Secret Service. Not going to get ahead of — of any changes in protocol or anything like that. Let’s let the Secret Service do their job, which we believe and have all the confidence that they will get to the bottom of this. WEIJIA JIANG: Maybe this episode kind of shines a light on the fact that you can bring in illegal substances into the White House. So what’s preventing a visitor from bringing in anthrax or something that’s not magnetic into the White House? MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, look, Weijia, I totally understand the question, but it is under investigation. We’re going to get to the bottom to exactly what happened — the Secret Service will, not us. And so, we’re going to let the Secret Service do their job. I’m just not going to get ahead of if or — or whens or changes. We just have to let the Secret Service do their job, which they are. https://www.mediaite.com/news/white-house-cocaine-makes-reporter-ask-whats-keeping-anthrax-from-being-smuggled-in-at-briefing/ Weijia Jiang (Chinese: 姜伟嘉; pinyin: Jiāng Wěijiā; born June 6, 1983) is an American television journalist and reporter.[1] She is based in Washington, D.C., and has served as the Senior White House Correspondent for CBS News since July 2018.[2]

Don't even get me started on that one. His wife did a documentary on Michelle Obama. I mean no conflict of interest at all. In July 2011, he married Katy Chevigny, a documentary filmmaker known for Becoming, a 2020 documentary of Michelle Obama. They have a daughter. The couple lived in the Netherlands from 2018 until Jack Smith moved to Washington in December 2022.

I'm saying there is zero way to correlate that directly to man....especially at ONE observation point located near a volcano that spew's 8500 metric tons of it PER FUCKING DAY. I even find that "measurement" difficult to do accurately....it could be far greater of which the study below admits they has estimated low. Earth and all the natural emitters of CO2 make it impossible to quantify man's contribution to something that is such a infinitesimal part of our atmosphere to begin with. On top of that you are taking a snapshot of what has occurred over a blink of the eye of earths history. Correlating that to what is "normal" is absurd at best. Funny we never hear of them weed out what CO2 massive eruptions might put into the atmosphere over time. Nope any change gets pointed at mankind alone and that I have a problem with. A CO2 emission rate of 77.1 ± 49.6 kt day−1 was estimated from volcanic and other emission sources on 11 July 2018 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2001jb000407 [1] We report a CO2 emission rate of 8500 metric tons per day (t d−1) for the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, several times larger than previous estimates. Another Study. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL090507 Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas that plays a predominant role in climate change. Volcanoes emit CO2 and play a role in the global carbon cycle; however, the amount of CO2 they emit is highly uncertain. One of the main reasons for this uncertainty is the limited amount of volcanic emission measurements available to estimate these CO2 emissions

I didn't make up ANYTHING. Might want to check out his daughters diary dude. It was proven hers when someone got convicted for taking it. While stealing it I fully disagree with but once the information was out its hard to dispute. She has not denied any of the content. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/25/guilty-trafficking-ashley-biden-diary-00053770 https://www.wtrf.com/top-stories/alleged-showers-with-my-dad-president-joe-bidens-daughter-reportedly-writes-of-abuse-in-diary/ The DailyMail.com states that The New York Times confirmed that the Ashley Biden diary is authentic after the newspaper “reported a Justice Department probe over the diary in November 2021.” The Ashley Biden diary is the most recent example of a blanket media blackout, a July 2019 excerpt going viral two weeks ago. Read this and defend it as non-newsworthy: “Was I molested,” the author writes. “I think so — I can’t remember specifics but I do remember trauma. Hyper-sexualized @ a young age . . . I remember being somewhat sexualized with Caroline; I remember having sex with friends @ a young age; showers w/my dad (probably not appropriate).”

Isn't the solve rate in Shitcago about 30%. Bet its like that in any inner city. People won't come forward so I can't feel sorry for those areas. https://www.npr.org/local/309/2019/10/09/768552458/chicago-s-dismal-murder-solve-rate-even-worse-when-victims-are-black The data, obtained by WBEZ under Illinois' open-records law, show the city had 849 murders between the beginning of 2018 and this past July. When the victim was white, 47% of the cases were solved during those same 19 months. For Hispanics, the rate was about 33%. When the victim was African American, it was less than 22%.

Not all. GOP was in recognition in 2003 which the dems stopped. I won't argue the GOP did not do enough to reign things in. Recognition of the govt entities in trouble surely should have spilled over into public entities. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/11/business/new-agency-proposed-to-oversee-freddie-mac-and-fannie-mae.html New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae By Stephen Labaton Sept. 11, 2003 The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry. The new agency would have the authority, which now rests with Congress, to set one of the two capital-reserve requirements for the companies. It would exercise authority over any new lines of business. And it would determine whether the two are adequately managing the risks of their ballooning portfolios. The plan is an acknowledgment by the administration that oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- which together have issued more than $1.5 trillion in outstanding debt -- is broken. A report by outside investigators in July concluded that Freddie Mac manipulated its accounting to mislead investors, and critics have said Fannie Mae does not adequately hedge against rising interest rates. ''There is a general recognition that the supervisory system for housing-related government-sponsored enterprises neither has the tools, nor the stature, to deal effectively with the current size, complexity and importance of these enterprises,'' Treasury Secretary John W. Snow told the House Financial Services Committee in an appearance with Housing Secretary Mel Martinez, who also backed the plan. Mr. Snow said that Congress should eliminate the power of the president to appoint directors to the companies, a sign that the administration is less concerned about the perks of patronage than it is about the potential political problems associated with any new difficulties arising at the companies. The administration's proposal, which was endorsed in large part today by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, would not repeal the significant government subsidies granted to the two companies. And it does not alter the implicit guarantee that Washington will bail the companies out if they run into financial difficulty; that perception enables them to issue debt at significantly lower rates than their competitors. Nor would it remove the companies' exemptions from taxes and antifraud provisions of federal securities laws. The proposal is the opening act in one of the biggest and most significant lobbying battles of the Congressional session. After the hearing, Representative Michael G. Oxley, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, and Senator Richard Shelby, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, announced their intention to draft legislation based on the administration's proposal. Industry executives said Congress could complete action on legislation before leaving for recess in the fall. ''The current regulator does not have the tools, or the mandate, to adequately regulate these enterprises,'' Mr. Oxley said at the hearing. ''We have seen in recent months that mismanagement and questionable accounting practices went largely unnoticed by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight,'' the independent agency that now regulates the companies. ''These irregularities, which have been going on for several years, should have been detected earlier by the regulator,'' he added. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, which is part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, was created by Congress in 1992 after the bailout of the savings and loan industry and concerns about regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which buy mortgages from lenders and repackage them as securities or hold them in their own portfolios. At the time, the companies and their allies beat back efforts for tougher oversight by the Treasury Department, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Reserve. Supporters of the companies said efforts to regulate the lenders tightly under those agencies might diminish their ability to finance loans for lower-income families. This year, however, the chances of passing legislation to tighten the oversight are better than in the past. Reflecting the changing political climate, both Fannie Mae and its leading rivals applauded the administration's package. The support from Fannie Mae came after a round of discussions between it and the administration and assurances from the Treasury that it would not seek to change the company's mission. After those assurances, Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae's chief executive, endorsed the shift of regulatory oversight to the Treasury Department, as well as other elements of the plan. ''We welcome the administration's approach outlined today,'' Mr. Raines said. The company opposes some smaller elements of the package, like one that eliminates the authority of the president to appoint 5 of the company's 18 board members. Company executives said that the company preferred having the president select some directors. The company is also likely to lobby against the efforts that give regulators too much authority to approve its products. Freddie Mac, whose accounting is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and a United States attorney in Virginia, issued a statement calling the administration plan a ''responsible proposal.'' The stocks of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fell while the prices of their bonds generally rose. Shares of Freddie Mac fell $2.04, or 3.7 percent, to $53.40, while Fannie Mae was down $1.62, or 2.4 percent, to $66.74. The price of a Fannie Mae bond due in March 2013 rose to 97.337 from 96.525.Its yield fell to 4.726 percent from 4.835 percent on Tuesday. Fannie Mae, which was previously known as the Federal National Mortgage Association, and Freddie Mac, which was the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, have been criticized by rivals for exerting too much influence over their regulators. ''The regulator has not only been outmanned, it has been outlobbied,'' said Representative Richard H. Baker, the Louisiana Republican who has proposed legislation similar to the administration proposal and who leads a subcommittee that oversees the companies. ''Being underfunded does not explain how a glowing report of Freddie's operations was released only hours before the managerial upheaval that followed. This is not world-class regulatory work.'' Significant details must still be worked out before Congress can approve a bill. Among the groups denouncing the proposal today were the National Association of Home Builders and Congressional Democrats who fear that tighter regulation of the companies could sharply reduce their commitment to financing low-income and affordable housing. ''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.'' Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, agreed. ''I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing,'' Mr. Watt said.

Just got back from a vacation where we talked to some people from California that are big into skiing. They said lots of resorts there are advertising already that they will have open runs on the 4th of July.

I've been to Florida probably 20-30 times testing equipment of which at least half were in July/August. Fucking miserable.

Think there is a bit a fear mongering going on with all this. I keep seeing the prediction but no reasoning behind why it would happen. Makes it harder for us to borrow.....good. Makes it harder for us to impose sanctions....could be good as well. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/dollar-worlds-currency What are the costs? The heightened demand for the dollar increases its value, but this comes at a cost. A stronger currency makes imports cheaper and exports more expensive, which can hurt domestic industries that sell their goods abroad and lead to job losses. During times of economic turmoil, investors seek the safety of the dollar, which squeezes exporters at an already difficult time. “When there’s a big international role for your currency, you lose control over it,” Meg Lundsager, a former U.S. executive director at the IMF, told NPR. Some experts argue that the cost of the dollar’s dominance to manufacturing-heavy regions such as the Rust Belt are too high and that the United States should voluntarily abdicate. Some research has shown that the dollar’s outsize role in international trade can also have negative consequences for the global economy. As a country’s currency weakens, its goods exports should become cheaper and thus more competitive. But because so much trade is conducted in U.S. dollars, other countries do not always see this benefit when their currency depreciates. This phenomenon is likely to amplify the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, IMF researchers said in a July 2020 report, as emerging and developing economies are unlikely to gain from the drop in their currencies’ value. The United States is also harmed by currency manipulation—when another country holds down the value of its currency to maintain a large trade surplus. A country that is running a trade surplus can face pressure to let its currency appreciate, making its goods more expensive and curbing exports. It can instead keep the value of its currency artificially low by accumulating dollar reserves, hurting U.S. exporters in the process. In 2012, when global reserve growth was high and many countries were intervening heavily in the foreign exchange market, economists C. Fred Bergsten and Joseph E. Gagnon of the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) found that foreign currency manipulation [PDF] caused the U.S. trade deficit to balloon by up to $500 billion per year, resulting in between one million and five million lost jobs. China has been among the worst offenders, though most experts agree that it has not been heavily intervening to hold its currency down in recent years. Across Asia, however, currency intervention is on the rise again amid the coronavirus pandemic, as countries that have enjoyed relatively strong recoveries have been adding to their reserves.

Man you are good little minion. Your selective memory is priceless. So the FBI/DOJ harmed Hillary as much as Trump by announcing they wouldn't be charging her vs. leaking the fake dossier to the press? Did the FBI/DOJ send spy agents to meet with Hillary campaign officials? The FBI knew in July of 2016 the dossier was all created by the Hillary campaign and did NOTHING and still used it to spy on the campaign. GMAFB the FBI was willing to pay someone $1 million for proof of something it knew was coming from dubious sources and continued to use it to acquire FISA warrants. Its backup data to the dossier as backup proof....articles in the news it leaked information too. https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CFH Timeline w Updates 20201203 (FINAL).pdf July 26, 2016: o U.S. intelligence community reporting describes the “alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 26, 2016 of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services.”23 July 28, 2016: o FBI HQ counterintelligence division (CD) receives FFG information that Trump campaign official George Papadopoulos “suggested the Trump team had received some kind of suggestion from Russia that it could assist . . . with the anonymous release of information during the campaign that would be damaging to [Hillary] Clinton (and President Obama).”24 o FBI NYFO receives two Steele election reports.25 o Lisa Page texts McCabe: “You should read this – the D[irector] surely has by now. Some of the internal links are well worth your time. [] Trump a Russian Agent? A Legal Analysis[,] https://www.lawfareblog.com/trump-russian-agentlegal-analysis.”26  July 28-31, 2016:27 o Neither CD Assistant Director Bill Priestap nor Executive Assistant Director Michael Steinbach want Strzok to lead the investigation because of his personal relationship with Lisa Page and instances of Strzok and Page bypassing the chain of command to advise FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.28 o McCabe overrules decision to exclude Strzok.29 o Priestap rejects the idea of defensively briefing Trump campaign.30 July 31, 2016: o FBI opens the “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation (CFH).31 o Strzok texts Lisa Page “And damn this feels momentous. Because this matters. The other one did, too, but that was to ensure we didn’t F something up. This matters because this MATTERS. So super glad to be on this voyage with you.”32 o Case Agent 1 begins 90 day temporary assignment to CFH.33 o Nellie and Bruce Ohr meet with Christopher Steele for breakfast in Washington, DC, where Steele “conveyed his fears that there . . . were contacts between the Russian government and the Trump campaign,” and Bruce Ohr admitted to “probably [being] aware from the beginning” that Steele was sharing his information with the Clinton campaign.34  Early August 2016: o Perkins Coie partner Michael Sussman, counsel for the DNC, meets with Christopher Steele and discusses a possible connection between Alfa Bank and Trump Tower.35 o Strobe Talbott, former Deputy Secretary of State for President Clinton and the then-President of the Brookings Institution, cold calls Christopher Steele to ask about his election reporting.36 o According to Christopher Steele, Talbott had learned about Steele’s election reporting from National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland.37  Aug 5, 2016: Strzok texts Lisa Page: “Went well, best we could have expected. Other than [REDACTED] quote, ‘the White House is running this.’”38 Aug. 6, 2016: Lisa Page texts Strzok: “And maybe you’re meant to stay where you are because you’re meant to protect the country from that menace.”39  Aug. 8, 2016: Lisa Page texts Strzok, “[Trump's] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!,” and Strzok replies, “No. No he's not. We'll stop it.”40 Aug. 11, 2016: o Strzok texts Lisa Page: “So. You come up with a codename?” Page responds, “Latitude.” Strzok responded, “[REDACTED] Yuuuuuge. Though we may save that for the man, if we ever open on him.”43 o FBI analysts discuss that, “some of these guys want a [C]linton presidency” and call Trump a “wild card.”44 o CFH team has initial meeting with Source 2 and “couldn’t believe [their] luck” that Source 2 knew three of the four CH subjects (Manafort, Page, and Flynn). Source 2 tells the CH team that he “had been previously acquainted with [] Flynn.”45 Aug. 15, 2016: o CFH Case Agent 1 tells FBI Office of the General Counsel (OGC) there is “a pretty solid basis” for requesting FISA authority on Carter Page.47 o FBI OGC responds that they “need more for P[robable C[ause].”48 o Strzok texts Lisa Page: “I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy [McCabe]’s office—that there’s no way he gets elected—but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk. It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40 . . . .”49 o Comey is briefed on CFH.50

How many did we kill in Iraq again? What right did we have again? Iraqi combatant dead (invasion period): 7,600–45,000[39][40] Insurgents (post-Saddam) Killed: 26,544+ (2003–11)[41] (4,000 foreign fighters killed by Sep. 2006)[42] Detainees: 12,000 (Iraqi-held, in 2010 only)[43] 119,752 insurgents arrested (2003–2007)[44] Total dead: 34,144–71,544 Documented deaths from violence: Iraq Body Count (2003 – 14 December 2011): 103,160–113,728 civilian deaths recorded[45] and 12,438 new deaths added from the Iraq War Logs[46] Associated Press (March 2003 – April 2009): 110,600 Iraqi deaths in total[47] Statistical estimates Lancet survey** (March 2003 – July 2006): 654,965 (95% CI: 392,979–942,636)[48][49] Iraq Family Health Survey*** (March 2003 – July 2006): 151,000 (95% CI: 104,000–223,000)[50] Opinion Research Business**: (March 2003 – August 2007): 1,033,000 (95% CI: 946,258–1,120,000)[51] PLOS Medicine Study**: (March 2003 – June 2011): 405,000 (60% violent) (95% CI: 48,000–751,000)[52]

Agree but by April 1st 2021 30% of the US population was fully vaccinated. By end of July 163 million had been fully vaccinated which included almost 80% of those over 65. In 2020 basically nobody but those in trials.

Can you name some NATO countries that don't have missiles pointed at Russia? https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_37750.htm Dialogue and cooperation started when newly independent Ukraine joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (1991) and the Partnership for Peace programme (1994). Relations were strengthened with the signing of the 1997 Charter on a Distinctive Partnership, which established the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) to take cooperation forward. Since 2009, the NUC has overseen Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration process, including reforms under the Annual National Programme (ANP). Cooperation has deepened over time and is mutually beneficial, with Ukraine actively contributing to NATO-led operations and missions. Priority is given to support for comprehensive reform in the security and defence sector, which is vital for Ukraine's democratic development and for strengthening its ability to defend itself. Since the NATO Summit in Warsaw in July 2016, NATO's practical support for Ukraine is set out in the Comprehensive Assistance Package (CAP) for Ukraine. In June 2017, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted legislation reinstating membership in NATO as a strategic foreign and security policy objective. In 2019, a corresponding amendment to Ukraine's Constitution entered into force. In September 2020, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved Ukraine's new National Security Strategy, which provides for the development of the distinctive partnership with NATO with the aim of membership in NATO.