Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2

[Richard Smith]

A lame response. All deflection. Like McConnell, Graham, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Fox News ...

BTW, you still haven't shown your place of residence beneath your name, as I have done. Also, what state(s) did you grow up in. This is important because it would tell us how racist your upbringing was.

The "indigenous graves" issue is headed your way:

"Feds may investigate Native American boarding school in Nevada after discovery of Canadian mass graves" ( Link )

As in Canada, indigenous children sent to boarding schools (between around 1883 and the phase-out by 1996) who died there did so mostly due to disease and inflection (about ten per year on average). Not much worst than the infant mortality rate overall for those times. The schools were run by religious groups and some extremists are now torching churches that serve native communities.

Would be hard put to find an indigenous leader or council who hasn't condemned the arson and pledged to rebuild the churches. However, the out-of-control "reclaimers" breaking the law might appeal to a Trump-supporter like you who's gaslighting the January-6 attack.

Wait until they start excavating some of the dozens (hundreds?) of massacre sites of indigenous natives throughout the United States. Forensics will show many died brutal execution-style deaths, often at the hands of US Calvary "death squads".

See if American schools teach what really happened to the natives, blacks (to name a few).

So much hate for America.  We even have the Stanley Cup!  Again.  So much winning here while Canadians were killing indigenous people until 1996!  That's not 1886 but 1996.  Wow. 

[Rick Plant]

Trump allies face police investigation for alleged 2020 election scams outlined in damning report

Allies of Donald Trump are facing investigations by state police and the Michigan attorney general for alleged scams related to the 2020 presidential election.

Bridge Michigan reports that Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and state police agencies have agreed to investigate claims outlined in a damning report issued by a GOP-led committee in the Michigan State Senate that concluded Trump allies were "purposefully defrauding people" with lies.

Two figures likely to come under scrutiny, Bridge Michigan writes, are attorney Matthew DePerno and former state Sen. Patrick Colbeck, hardcore Trump allies who received blistering criticism in the Michigan State Senate report for lying about the 2020 election.

Republican State Sen. Ed McBroom, who chaired the committee, told Bridge Michigan that "we found circumstantial, but substantial, evidence that some people were committing fraud and extorting people for money," which is why he and his fellow commissioners recommended the Michigan AG run a criminal investigation into the matter.

In addition to criticizing Trump allies for spreading misinformation about the election, the Michigan State Senate report also concluded that "there is no evidence presented at this time to prove either significant acts of fraud or that an organized, wide-scale effort to commit fraudulent activity was perpetrated in order to subvert the will of Michigan voters."

https://www.rawstory.com/michigan-elections-2020/

[Rick Plant]

Weisselberg out in Scotland: First indication that indictment affects Trump Organization operations

Allen Weisselberg, the indicted Trump Organization executive, was removed today as a director of Donald Trump's golf resort in Aberdeen, Scotland, public records show. The move is the first to indicate how the indictment is affecting operations of the Trump Organization.

His removal comes as Scottish lawmakers and Avaaz, a global do-gooder organization, are pushing for an "unexplained wealth" inquiry into how Trump got the money to buy and refurbish both of his money-losing Scottish golf courses.

A 2018 British law lets investigators examine company and personal financial records to determine sources of money and riches that they deem suspicious. It's been called the McMafia law.

Trump's Aberdeen course lost nearly $1.5 million (£1.1 million) in 2019, up slightly from 2018. The property has lost money for seven years in a row.

The course also has an interest-free loan from the Trump Organization of $61.1 million (£44.4 million), disclosure documents show. Manipulating interest expenses is a common tax avoidance technique that can justify criminal charges of tax fraud unless executed with extreme care.

There are only two ways Weisselberg could be removed as a director of the Trump International Golf Club Scotland, Ltd. Weisselberg could have done so on his own. In that case, his lawyers may have advised him to do so for reasons not yet clear.

The other way would have been on orders from Donald Trump and executed through his sons Don Jr. and Eric, who remain as the only directors. That, too, may indicate a criminal defense strategic move. Since Weisselberg remains on the Trump Organization payroll it almost certainly does not suggest a split between the interests of Weisselberg and his boss.

The move suggests that Trump may be trying to make sure only he and his family members exercise any legal control over the Trump Organization.

Removing Weisselberg would not block or limit any Scottish inquiry or the investigation by the New York County district attorney's special grand jury, which on July 1 indicted Weisselberg and the Trump Organization.

The New York indictment detailed a calculated 15-year scheme using two sets of books to cheat the federal, state, and city governments out of more than $800,000 of taxes.

Weisselberg and the Trump Organization face 15 counts of grand larceny, tax fraud, and conspiracy. Weisselberg could get 15 years on conviction, but he also could get probation without even home confinement. None of the crimes Weisselberg is charged with come with a mandatory prison sentence upon conviction.

Weisselberg plead not guilty when brought in handcuffs before a state judge in Manhattan. The judge released the 73-year-old chief financial officer of the Trump Organization on his own recognizance.

The 25-page indictment is the first in what I'm sure will be multiple cases as prosecutors try to persuade insiders that they will be better off turning state's evidence than sticking with Trump.

often involving no prison time. Those who hold out may face prison even if they eventually cooperate. The indictment signals that prosecutors have solid evidence against tax cheats in the Trump Organization as well as anyone who took part in manipulating business records cold should they choose to seek their indictment.

As I read it, the indictment hints at future charges against Trump's two oldest sons, Ivanka Trump and Weisselberg's son Barry, who runs the ice rink and carousel in Central Park for Trump.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is trying to cancel that lucrative contract and another Trump has for a municipal golf course.

Ivana was a Trump Organization vice president when she was paid more than $700,000 in consulting fees, which may be a disguised gift subject to tax.

Barry Weisselberg got a free apartment near Central Park, a car, and other perks on which his ex-wife has said no taxes were paid. Jennifer Weisselberg is cooperating with prosecutors, supplying them with extensive financial documents.

Donald Trump and his lawyers have tried to minimize the criminal charges while not disputing that Weisselberg received $1.7 million in noncash compensation that was never reported to tax authorities as required by law.

I critiqued Trump's cavalier attitude in this earlier column.

The United Kingdom requires private companies, like the Trump Organization, to make more disclosures than American law requires, including total revenue (called "turnover") and profits, fees paid to directors, dividends paid to owners, and loans outstanding.

In America, only companies with publicly traded stock or bonds must make such disclosures. As Donald Trump's personal property, the Trump Organization and its more than 500 affiliated enterprises are not required to make similar public disclosures in America.

https://www.rawstory.com/weisselberg-scotland/


Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg has been terminated as the director of one of Trump's golf courses in Scotland
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-organization-allen-weisselberg-terminated-scotland-golf-course-2021-7

Mary Trump: Ivanka 'much less likely to stay loyal' to father than Weisselberg
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/561725-mary-trump-ivanka-trump-much-less-likely-to-stay-loyal-to

[Rick Plant]

What a sick and evil scumbag Criminal Donald is.


Trump joked about Jamal Khashoggi's grisly murder in phone calls to Saudi prince: report

Former president Donald Trump cracked a joke about the grisly murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi operatives, according to a new report.

The October 2018 murder of the U.S.-based journalist set off a crisis inside the White House, and Trump personally called Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and his father King Salman seeking answers about the slaying in Turkey, reported Yahoo's "Conspiracyland" podcast.

"The president had multiple calls with MBS and with King Salman, specifically asking them, did you know anything about this?" said Kirsten Fontenrose, then the director of Gulf affairs at the National Security Council. "The president would flat-out ask, I mean, up to a dozen times on any individual phone call, whether it was with King Salman or with MBS or both of them, 'Did you have any knowledge of this operation?' 'Did you know this was going to happen?' 'Did you give this order?'"

The royal duo repeatedly insisted they knew nothing of Khashoggi's murder and assured Trump, using his first name, that they would fully investigate the crime, but the ex-president became fixated on the conclusion by U.S. officials that the Saudi-born journalist's body was hacked up with a bone saw.

"I mean, he would go back to it and back to it and back to it, trying to press them and telling them, you know, 'This will change everything, you guys. We've got to know. We're with you. We're standing behind Saudi Arabia ... but we've got to get to the bottom of this. 'Was there a bone saw? Was there a bone saw?'" Fontenrose said.

He then joked about the gruesome detail.

"'I've been in difficult negotiations," Trump said. "I've never had to take a bone saw.'"

Trump turned at one point to then-secretary of state Mike Pompeo, and joked again, which drew a chuckle from the Cabinet official.

"'Have you ever had to take a bone saw into negotiations?'" Trump said, according to Fontenrose. "'No Mr. President, ha ha,' and pressing, pressing, pressing, and every time, 'No, no, no, Donald, we didn't know anything about it. We're still trying to get to the bottom of this.'"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-jamal-khashoggi/

[Jerry Freeman]

The ILO Monitor terms of full-time job units, the job loss figure is more like 225 million.

World wide, I would have figured a lot more. I don't care for all this international stuff... I am a globalist government opponent.

BTW, you still haven't shown your place of residence beneath your name, as I have done. Also, what state(s) did you grow up in. This is important because it would tell us how racist your upbringing was.

I can do that? [in addition to "I am not a CT"]?
 I saw JFK. I grew up in Dallas Texas years ago. You can't get any more racist than that. When I get time I will tell stories that will curl your toes.

https://www.rawstory.com/

Rick Plant [any relation to Robert?] Listen... get away from rawstory for awhile. It will turn you into a sick Rick.

[Rick Plant]

Well, what do you expect when these sheep listen to the lying right wing media and Criminal Donald's corrupt administration telling them the virus is "fake" and a "hoax". All them should be brought up on criminal charges for the 600,000+ deaths they caused. People still reduse to wear masks or get vaccinated because of their lies.


Unvaccinated Americans are catching COVID-19 and telling doctors they're 'shocked' the virus is real

Doctors are voicing frustration as Americans continue to be hospitalized for coronavirus despite the widespread availability of a free, safe, and effective vaccines.

"It is heart-wrenching to see unvaccinated individuals come into the hospital with regret," Dr. Ryan Dare of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock told NBC News.

He told the network the hospitalizations are "nearly 100 percent preventable."

He noted treating clients who, "if they could do it all over again, would have had the vaccine in a second."

On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson admitted his state was "losing ground" in the battle against the pandemic.

Across the border, public health professionals are also struggling to deal with the Detla variant of the virus.

"It's just a mess," said Dr. Mayrol Juarez told NBC News. "Everybody in the hospital is doing extra shifts, calling out for other hospitals to help."

Juarez reported he has patients who are "shocked" that coronavirus exists and can be fatal.

"A comment they make all the time is that they wish that they knew they were going to end up in the hospital this sick and they would have made a different choice and got the vaccine," he said.

Wyoming is also suffering, with only a 35% vaccination rate.

Dr. Andy Dunn, a family physician and chief of staff at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, said he is "beyond frustrated."

"Whether it's the cowboy way or whatever, the mentality of so much of Wyoming is just 'we're not doing it.' It's really horrible and heartbreaking," he told NBC News.

https://www.rawstory.com/anti-vaxxer-hospitalization/


Americans will need masks indoors as U.S. heads for ‘dangerous fall’ with surge in delta Covid cases
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/08/us-heading-for-dangerous-fall-with-surge-in-delta-covid-cases-and-return-of-indoor-mask-mandates.html

[Rick Plant]

Don't let right wingers attempt to rewrite history. Criminal Donald was a disaster and his failed policies destroyed America including a deep manufacturing recession in 2019. Not to mention the millions of jobs he lost in 2020. Criminal Donald is the worst jobs "President" in modern day history.


Trump pledged to revive the manufacturing sector. But it just fell deeper into a recession

Dec 2, 2019

Donald Trump pledged to revive American manufacturing.

But the sector slipped deeper into a recession in November, with a key gauge of factory activity contracting for the fourth straight month.

New orders and employment in the sector dropped at a faster pace last month.

Manufacturing slipped deeper into a recession in November, with a key gauge of factory activity contracting for the fourth straight month.

The Institute for Supply Management said on Monday that its factory-activity index fell to 48.1 from 48.3 a month earlier, sliding back toward a decade low in September. A reading below 50 indicates contraction.

New orders and employment in the sector dropped at a faster pace last month. A tit-for-tat tariff dispute between the Trump administration and China has piled onto pressure in the manufacturing sector, which has also grappled with a broader slowdown in factory activity abroad.
   
"Global trade remains the most significant cross-industry issue," said Timothy R. Fiore, the chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. "Overall, sentiment this month is neutral regarding near-term growth."

Donald Trump won over Rust Belt states in 2016 on pledges to revive American manufacturing, arguing that tariffs would ultimately help win fairer policies for the sector. Select factories benefited from those measures in 2017, but the support was only temporary.

A spate of manufacturing companies has over the past two years requested relief from those tariffs, which have raised costs for importers and disrupted global supply chains. Manufacturers shed 2,000 jobs in September, with those losses concentrated in swing states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

"We doubt the gap will close anytime soon, absent a resolution to the trade war," said Ian Shepherdson, the chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

The US and China announced an interim trade agreement in October but have clashed over key economic stipulations. Manufacturing accounts for less than 12% of gross domestic product, but it is deeply tied to broader activity in the economy.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/the-manufacturing-sector-just-fell-deeper-into-recession-ism-pmi-2019-12


U.S. manufacturing is in a recession. What does that mean for the rest of the country?
September 6, 2019
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-manufacturing-is-in-a-recession-what-about-the-rest-of-the-country/

U.S. manufacturing dives to 10-year low as trade tensions weigh
October 1, 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-manufacturing-dives-to-10-year-low-as-trade-tensions-weigh-idUSKBN1WG47G

U.S. manufacturing plunges deeper into recession
January 3, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/economy/december-manufacturing-downturn/index.html

Why the Manufacturing “Recession” Matters
October 5, 2019
https://slate.com/business/2019/10/manufacturing-recession-matters-factory-jobs-trade-war.html

[Richard Smith]

Where is the link to the story about Avenatti going to prison for extortion?  The liberal darling of CNN who tried to blackmail Trump.  He should have gone to jail for that shakedown but karma is a beyatch as they say.  He apparently cried during his sentencing.