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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1047387)	1/9/2018 11:41:59 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575466

Do we need to shut down the FBI because it was turned into a KGB-type operation" No; you need to shut it down beause it is exposing a KGB operation led by Putin, comrade. CIA's Pompeo says Russia and others trying to undermine U.S. elections Reuters Staff WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Central Intelligence Agency said on Sunday that Russia and others are trying to undermine elections in the United States, the next major one being in November when Republicans will try to keep control of Congress. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to try to help President Donald Trump win, in part by hacking and releasing emails embarrassing to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and spreading social media propaganda. CIA Director Mike Pompeo told CBS that the Russian interference is longstanding, and continues. Asked on “Face the Nation” if Moscow is currently trying to undermine U.S. elections, Pompeo responded: “Yes sir, have been for decades.” “Yes, I continue to be concerned, not only about the Russians, but about others’ efforts as well,” Pompeo said, without giving details. “We have many foes who want to undermine Western democracy.” Moscow denies any meddling in the 2016 elections to help Republican Trump win. U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether any crimes were committed. Two Trump associates, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and campaign aide George Papadopoulos have pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents in the probe. Trump denies any campaign collusion with Russia. Trump has at times suggested that he accepts the U.S. intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia sought to interfere in the election but at other times has said he accepts Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials that Moscow meddled. Trump has frequently spoken of wanting to improve relations with Putin, even though Russia has frustrated U.S. policy in Syria and Ukraine and done little to help Washington in its standoff with North Korea. Pompeo told CBS that the CIA had an important function as a part of the national security team to keep U.S. elections secure and democratic. “We are working diligently to do that. So we’re going to work against the Russians or any others who threaten that very outcome,” he said. Trump said on Saturday that he planned an active year on the campaign trail on behalf of Republican candidates running in the mid-term elections, in which all of the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate will be up for election. Republicans hold majorities in both. Reporting by Susan Cornwell; editing by Grant McCool reuters.com

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1047387)	1/9/2018 8:43:51 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575466

The dossier was created by a long time British intelligence agent operating against Russia. The information in it all came from Russian sources. Some of them were killed for talking to Steele. You fools don't know or care that you're working for the Kremlin. During the Cold War, these types were called dupes and useful idiots.

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1047387)

1/9/2018 10:18:16 PM

From: Brumar89

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Trump: I’m Open To Comprehensive Immigration Reform *And* Bringing Back Earmarks

ALLAHPUNDITPosted at 4:01 pm on January 9, 2018

He’ll be attending the World Economic Forum in Davos too, arguably the single most elitist and “globalist” event on Earth. Damn, that’s good MAGAing.

Matt Fuller
?@MEPFuller

Donald Trump is a hand grenade.

He is going to go to Washington and [checks notes] sign a corporate tax cut and endorse comprehensive immigration reform as well as bringing back earmarks??

12:21 PM - Jan 9, 2018

Easy prediction: Nationalists will rewrite history to claim that Trump’s interest in amnestizing DREAMers and other illegals began only after the divine influence of Steve Bannon was excised from the White House, leaving POTUS to be manipulated by “globalist” traitors. (That history’s being rewritten already, in fact.)

In reality Trump has been chattering about DREAMers and comprehensive reform since the first few months of his presidency, when Bannon was still the chief strategist. If you believe BuzzFeed, Bannon himself supported a deal legalizing DREAMers on the theory that they’re incidental to nationalist concerns about illegal immigration. DREAMers have been here since they were kids; they’re already largely assimilated. It’s the new illegals you need to watch out for. Besides, long before Bannon was a political glint in Trump’s eye, super-hawk Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Stephen Miller, were both part of Team Trump. If you don’t like which way Trump’s policy is going, don’t absolve them of blame by pinning everything on the shadowy influence of “Javanka.” Either Trump’s not listening to the border hawks around him or those border hawks aren’t being nearly as vocal as you’d expect.

Or, always a third possibility, he’s either pandering to the Democrats and media around him in praising “comprehensive immigration reform” or, uh, has no real idea what that term means. Apparently he got confused during today’s summit when Dianne Feinstein proposed a standalone amnesty bill for DREAMers:

Peter Baker
?@peterbakernyt

This discussion about immigration is fascinating — Feinstein proposes a DACA-only bill to be followed by more comprehensive reform, Trump seems to agree, McCarthy quickly tries to walk him back, explaining that it wouldn’t include security.

12:25 PM - Jan 9, 2018

A “clean” DACA bill with no security attached, only promises from Democrats of security to come, might be the one thing Trump could do on policy that would deeply shake MAGA nation’s faith in him.

NBC Politics
?@NBCPolitics

President Trump: “Maybe all of you should starting thinking about going back to a form of earmarks,” says the current system “really lends itself to not getting along.”

Who’s been whispering in the president’s ear about earmarks? He’s not mentioning this out of the blue. It’s on the minds of some House Republicans who are tired of the faint gestures towards fiscal responsibility of the tea-party era and are eager to get the ooze flowing fully again.

[T]here has long been an argument that, despite their abuse, earmarks served an important legislative function in lubricating the processes of government. (See Jonathan Rauch’s thoughtful 2014 piece “The Case for Corruption.”) After the 2016 election a group of House Republicans who advocate a return to earmarks demonstrated they had enough support to force a vote on the matter. House Speaker Paul Ryan convinced them to back down at the time, but according to the Washington Times, some lawmakers are hoping to move forward on the effort in the coming days…

Members pushing to restore earmarks, such as Texas Republican John Culberson, argue that the corruption of the past could be avoided this time around through changes—for instance, requiring earmark spending to be requested by local officials in advance. And that such provisions would have to be included in legislation from the beginning of the legislative process—approved by committee in the first draft of a bill, rather than manifesting in last-minute negotiations on the House floor.

Small-government conservatives despise earmarks, seeing them as a “gateway drug to Washington’s spending addiction,” as Tom Coburn likes to say. But small-government conservatives make up, what — 10 percent of the electorate, maybe? Trump’s not part of that 10 percent. He’s a dealmaker, and the return of fiscal bribes would grease the wheels of dealmaking by enabling the congressional GOP leadership to purchase recalcitrant members’ votes on major legislation. I think Liam Donovan’s right that the potential effect of earmarks on restoring comity and compromise to Congress is grossly exaggerated, but you can see why Trump might like it as a symbolic gesture. Earmark-hungry congressmen are telling him, falsely, that the ban on earmarks is the only thing standing between him and endless “wins” in Congress. Well, then, bring back the earmarks! Try to imagine the reaction of the right-wing base had any other Republican, say, Mitch McConnell or John Boehner, made that case circa 2011.

Here’s Trump seemingly agreeing to Feinstein’s proposal of a “clean” DACA bill, only to have Republican Kevin McCarthy jump in to correct him: Security too, Mr. President! Exit quotation: “We don’t need a 2,000-mile wall.”

https://hotair.com/archives/2018/01/09/trump-im-open-comprehensive-immigration-reform-bringing-back-earmarks/

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1047387)

1/9/2018 10:26:24 PM

From: Brumar89

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.... Sen. James Lankford (OK) told the media that Trump didn’t mean he would build an actual “2,000-mile long, 30-foot high wall of concrete.” Instead, according to the Oklahoma senator, Trump’s wall promise only meant “border fencing,” a few “vehicle barricades,” new “technology,” and “greater manpower.”Well, that’s not quite true.

For the record, Lankford co-sponsored the Solution for Undocumented Children Through Careers, Employment, Education, and Defending our Nation ( SUCCEED) Act with Thom Tillis (NC) and Orrin Hatch (UT). If it becomes law, SUCCEED will allow DREAMers to stay in the country, work legally, and become lawful residents.

One final thought. In an interesting bit of coincidence, Hillary’s immigration plan preserved and defended DACA which is the same plan we now have from “not-Hillary.”

http://www.stridentconservative.com/trump-abandons-border-wall-to-save-daca/