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Politics : A Hard Look At Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (19087)	2/18/2020 11:12:42 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 47120

Trump adm is effectively writing commercials for WI Dems: Ben Wikler @benwikler Turns out, Trump’s target to pay for the wall isn’t Mexico. It’s Wisconsin. Sen. Baldwin blasts plan to divert millions for Oshkosh Defense to border wall OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - Updated with a statement from Oshkosh Defense president John Bryant Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) is objecting to a U.S. Department of Defense plan to divert millions of dollars appropriated for Oshkosh Corporation to fund President Donald Trump's border wall. "The President’s unilateral action takes $101 million that was appropriated by Congress for Oshkosh Defense to build Heavy wheeled defense vehicles for the Army," says Baldwin in a statement. Baldwin is a member of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee and helped secure the funding for Oshkosh's military truck program. In its "reprogramming" document, the DOD states it plans to divert from the heavy truck program because "The procurement of legacy vehicles is inconsistent with the goals to modernize the Tactical and Support Vehicle fleet in support of the National Defense Strategy." In all, the DOD plans to transfer $3.8 billion from other areas to fund the southwest border wall. “President Trump promised the people of Wisconsin that Mexico would pay for his border wall and now he is making American taxpayers fund it,” Sen. Baldwin said. “Wisconsin manufacturers strengthen our national defense and create jobs, but Trump is taking funding away from our economy and the workers that build it.” Baldwin says the DOD also diverted $650 million for a new Navy ship. Fairbanks Morse in Beloit was set to provide engines for the ship. Baldwin and other Democrats on the committee sent a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper in objection to the diversion and going around Congress to do so. Oshkosh Defense president John Bryan provided a statement to Action 2 News saying he can't comment on the planned diversion of funds: "While we can’t comment on the U.S. Government’s plans, what we can tell you is that our 3,100 team members and 750 direct suppliers are working hard each day to support our U.S. military customer. Of those 750 suppliers, over 160 are located right here in Wisconsin, in addition to many indirect suppliers that provide critical support to our manufacturing facilities. At Oshkosh Defense, we execute our tactical wheeled vehicle (TWV) programs on time and on budget. We are committed to our mission to build the world’s best TWVs that protect our brave men and women in uniform, so that they may complete their missions and return home safely." wbay.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (19087)	5/6/2021 4:18:15 PM
From: scion	Respond to of 47120

Rod Rosenstein is about to go through some things Bill Palmer \| 4:00 pm EDT May 6, 2021 Palmer Report » Analysis palmerreport.com Arguably the biggest heel turn during the entire Trump debacle was when Rod Rosenstein – who had appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the first place – was revealed to have been sabotaging Mueller’s investigation from the start, and then helped Bill Barr bury Mueller’s findings. We’ve long been wondering when Rosenstein would finally get called to the carpet for his role in one of the most egregious instances of felony obstruction of justice in American history. It turns out that when a federal judge slam dunked Bill Barr this week, the judge also made things rather ugly for Rosenstein. Attorney Dirk Schwenk dug through the judge’s ruling and came to this conclusion on Twitter: “I have just begun to dig into Judge Jackson’s ruling re: the March 24, 2019 Memo on prosecuting Trump for obstruction. It looks very bad for Rod Rosenstein. I have always been ready to change opinions in light of evidence. This is evidence.” Schwenk then posted a lengthy thread detailing how Rod Rosenstein appears to have played a particularly ugly role in the conspiracy to obstruct justice in the name of protecting Donald Trump. The thread is well worth reading. If the DOJ ends up indicting Trump and Barr for obstruction, Rosenstein could end up indicted with them. palmerreport.com Dirk Schwenk (Esq) @DirkSchwenk I have just begun to dig into Judge Jackson's ruling re: the March 24, 2019 Memo on prosecuting Trump for obstruction. It looks very bad for Rod Rosenstein. I have always been ready to change opinions in light of evidence. This is evidence. THREAD twitter.com Dirk Schwenk (Esq) Musical note @DirkSchwenk · 5 May This indicates that the RR, O'Callaghan, and the Office of Legal Counsel were ALL working together with Barr to craft the "no obstruction" narrative. This is a horrifying betrayal by DOJ leadership. This is damning. Dirk Schwenk (Esq) Musical note @DirkSchwenk · 5 May With that out of the way, let's take a look at what Judge Jackson concludes about this memo: SHE VIEWS IT AS AN AFTER-THE-FACT COVER UP OF A DECISION BARR HAD ALREADY MADE. citizensforethics.org Dirk Schwenk (Esq) Musical note @DirkSchwenk · 5 May And she believes the authors KNEW it was an after the fact cover up of a decision Barr had already made. This paints the the authors and Barr in a terrible-to-criminal light, and puts RR dead smack in the middle of that. Dirk Schwenk (Esq) Musical note @DirkSchwenk · 5 May This indicates that the RR, O'Callaghan, and the Office of Legal Counsel were ALL working together with Barr to craft the "no obstruction" narrative. This is a horrifying betrayal by DOJ leadership. Dirk Schwenk (Esq) Musical note @DirkSchwenk · 5 May And when I say horrifying. I mean HORRIFYING. Dirk Schwenk (Esq) Musical note @DirkSchwenk · 5 May And here it is - I am out of the RR fan club. It's over. THEY WERE ALL IN ON IT.