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The Trump administration maintains that it won’t tolerate chemical weapons attacks by Bashar al-Assad’s regime and its partners in Syria, despite reported widespread use of https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/after-reports-of-chemical-attacks-white-house-considers-new-military-action-against-syrian-regime/2018/03/05/d5d2de2e-1d7a-11e8-b2d9-08e748f892c0_story.html?utm_term=.32f1e93bd863 (chlorine gas), along with credible reports of the nerve agent sarin. But there’s no real plan to stop these war crimes, and America’s credibility is on the line.
As the Syrian war enters its eighth year, national security adviser H.R. McMaster https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-ltg-h-r-mcmaster-united-states-holocaust-memorial-museum-simon-skjodt-center-syria-worst-yet-come/ Thursday for punishing Moscow and Tehran for their part in ongoing atrocities in Syria. Such actions, he suggested, should have serious political and economic consequences.
“All civilized nations must hold Iran and Russia accountable for their role in enabling atrocities and perpetuating human suffering in Syria,” McMaster said at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Assad should not have impunity for his crimes, and neither should his sponsors,” he continued.
The high priest of this faith-based movement is Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate who has been preaching his gospel of deception to Republican lawmakers for years. He has won plenty of converts, even though he has failed to identify more than a tiny handful of possible cases of fraud. In his eight years as secretary of state, he has secured a total of nine convictions, only one of which was for illegal voting by a noncitizen; most were for double-voting by older Republican men.
For the past two weeks, however, Mr. Kobach has been forced to make his case in a far more rigorous setting — the fact-finding process of a federal trial. In a Kansas City courtroom, Mr. Kobach and his fellow true believers have struggled to defend a 2013 state law that requires prospective voters to prove their citizenship before they can register.
It has not gone well for Mr. Kobach. The lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Kansas residents who were blocked from voting under the new law, contends that the legislation violates federal law, which requires only that prospective voters attest to their citizenship under penalty of perjury. Meanwhile, it disenfranchised tens of thousands of Kansans, who were disproportionately younger voters or voters with no party affiliation.
And how many noncitizens did the law stop from voting? Squint really hard. One would think that after all these years, Mr. Kobach would have something to show for his dogged efforts. Yet according to his own witnesses, Kansas, which has 1.8 million registered voters, has identified 129 noncitizens it says registered or tried to register since 2000. Of those 129 people, 11 actually voted, and it’s not clear how many of these cases represent intentional fraud, as opposed to honest mistakes or clerical errors. But Mr. Kobach is convinced, calling these findings “the tip of the iceberg.” If so, the iceberg is melting fast.
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The crisis begins, as Trump starts to reframe the final Mueller showdown
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/03/19/the-crisis-begins-as-trump-starts-to-reframe-the-final-mueller-showdown/ (Opinion | The crisis begins, as Trump starts to reframe the final Mueller showdown)
While it is hard to predict with exactitude what President Trump will or won’t do, it’s very hard to see how he plans to deal with the ongoing Mueller investigation without setting off a national crisis. This is how that would work:
Trump continues to undermine both generalized norms of behavior and people’s expectations of him to act rationally. Then he frames the fully legal investigation as nothing more than a partisan battle, with his opponents as illegitimate, biased aggressors. We’ve seen this much already. Then he threatens or removes obstacles between him and an outright assault on the probe or Mueller himself, one by one. Meanwhile, the possible forces who could stop him divide into three camps:
· Craven supporters who will blindly support whatever he does, legal or otherwise.
· Wavering, timid temporizers who fear Trump’s retribution or the pain and disruption of a constitutional crisis.
· Outright opponents who may be too few or too powerless to stop him.
And then one day, Trump strikes. People in the first category flood the zone with blanket support that his actions were not only justified but also absolutely necessary. People in the second group start equivocating because that’s what they do, calculating that maybe this one particular action may not be so very bad that it’s worth a full-blown, bloody governmental or constitutional crisis. And the third group makes statements of alarm and indignation and resolution, which will read in the history books as correct, though quite possibly insufficient.
And so here we are. It is almost as if we are watching a rerun, because in a sense we are. Trump isn’t predictable in the particular, but entirely familiar in the pattern.
But this moment is different. If Trump can derail perhaps the only remaining check in government against his abuse of power, he and we will truly have crossed the national Rubicon. What isn’t yet known is whether he will get away with it, as he has every other time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/03/19/the-crisis-begins-as-trump-starts-to-reframe-the-final-mueller-showdown/ (Opinion | The crisis begins, as Trump starts to reframe the final Mueller showdown)
While it is hard to predict with exactitude what President Trump will or won’t do, it’s very hard to see how he plans to deal with the ongoing Mueller investigation without setting off a national crisis. This is how that would work:
Trump continues to undermine both generalized norms of behavior and people’s expectations of him to act rationally. Then he frames the fully legal investigation as nothing more than a partisan battle, with his opponents as illegitimate, biased aggressors. We’ve seen this much already. Then he threatens or removes obstacles between him and an outright assault on the probe or Mueller himself, one by one. Meanwhile, the possible forces who could stop him divide into three camps:
· Craven supporters who will blindly support whatever he does, legal or otherwise.
· Wavering, timid temporizers who fear Trump’s retribution or the pain and disruption of a constitutional crisis.
· Outright opponents who may be too few or too powerless to stop him.
And then one day, Trump strikes. People in the first category flood the zone with blanket support that his actions were not only justified but also absolutely necessary. People in the second group start equivocating because that’s what they do, calculating that maybe this one particular action may not be so very bad that it’s worth a full-blown, bloody governmental or constitutional crisis. And the third group makes statements of alarm and indignation and resolution, which will read in the history books as correct, though quite possibly insufficient.
And so here we are. It is almost as if we are watching a rerun, because in a sense we are. Trump isn’t predictable in the particular, but entirely familiar in the pattern.
But this moment is different. If Trump can derail perhaps the only remaining check in government against his abuse of power, he and we will truly have crossed the national Rubicon. What isn’t yet known is whether he will get away with it, as he has every other time.
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PUTIN HAS GAS
https://claytoonz.com/2018/03/19/putin-has-gas/
No one respects women more than Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is the least racist person he knows.
Donald Trump is a stable genius.
Donald Trump has been much more tougher on Vladimir Putin and Russia in one year than Barack Obama was in eight.
Each of those statements (and many others) are laughable and contrary to facts, but none may be more so than saying Trump has been tough on Russia.
It's a claim Trump and Sarah Huckabee Sanders have both made.
During the presidential campaign, Trump said Putin was a leader while Obama was not. When informed that Putin had journalists killed and arrested, Trump replied, "you think our countrie's so innocent?"
Trump spent over a year downplaying Russian meddling in our election. He allowed Russians into the Oval Office at Putin's request where he disclosed classified intelligence to them that we gained from an ally. Russia has continued to spread "fake news" through social media in further attempts to meddle in our upcoming midterm elections.
After Congress passed veto-proof sanctions against Russia, Trump signed them but failed to enact. That is, until pressure from our allies after a nerve agent was used against a former Russian spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom. Many are blaming Russia for the attack.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found on a park bench in Salisbury, England. They remain in critical condition and several of the rescue personnel attending them were also contaminated. Prime Minister Theresa May says the UK government has identified the poison as a Russian-made Novichock agent. May told Parliament, "Either this was a direct action by the Russian state against our country, or the Russian government lost control of its potentially catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others." The UK expelled 23 Russian diplomats after that nation refused to meet a deadline to explain the use of the substance.
The United States has joined Britain and other European allies in condemning Russia. The Trump administration has finally enacted some of the sanctions Congress authorized, but not all of them. Max Bergmann, a former Obama administration official who heads the investigative Moscow Project at the Center for American Progress called the sanctions "a mirage to make it look like they have implemented sanctions."
Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to say whether Russia was a friend or a foe, but she was able to say Andrew McCabe was a "bad actor" a couple days before he was fired from the FBI.
While Trump has slightly criticized Russia, he hasn't said one negative word regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin, who just won another six-year presidential term.
Retired four-star Army general Barry McCaffrey tweeted, “Reluctantly I have concluded that President Trump is a serious threat to US national security. He is refusing to protect vital US interests from active Russian attacks. It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of Mr Putin.”
Trump publicly asked for Russia to help him win the presidency. His campaign invited Russian spies into Trump Tower. Members of the Trump team were meeting Russians overseas and in the states to establish back channels to communicate with Putin's government.
Yes, Putin has something on Trump and Republicans say they don't see any evidence of collusion.
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a report describing sophisticated Russian government attempts to target American and European power plants, nuclear facilities, airports and other critical infrastructure for cyberattacks. Trump has yet to address these attacks, instead opting to attack the FBI, Robert Mueller, and others in our law enforcement.
https://claytoonz.com/2018/03/19/putin-has-gas/
No one respects women more than Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is the least racist person he knows.
Donald Trump is a stable genius.
Donald Trump has been much more tougher on Vladimir Putin and Russia in one year than Barack Obama was in eight.
Each of those statements (and many others) are laughable and contrary to facts, but none may be more so than saying Trump has been tough on Russia.
It's a claim Trump and Sarah Huckabee Sanders have both made.
During the presidential campaign, Trump said Putin was a leader while Obama was not. When informed that Putin had journalists killed and arrested, Trump replied, "you think our countrie's so innocent?"
Trump spent over a year downplaying Russian meddling in our election. He allowed Russians into the Oval Office at Putin's request where he disclosed classified intelligence to them that we gained from an ally. Russia has continued to spread "fake news" through social media in further attempts to meddle in our upcoming midterm elections.
After Congress passed veto-proof sanctions against Russia, Trump signed them but failed to enact. That is, until pressure from our allies after a nerve agent was used against a former Russian spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom. Many are blaming Russia for the attack.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found on a park bench in Salisbury, England. They remain in critical condition and several of the rescue personnel attending them were also contaminated. Prime Minister Theresa May says the UK government has identified the poison as a Russian-made Novichock agent. May told Parliament, "Either this was a direct action by the Russian state against our country, or the Russian government lost control of its potentially catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others." The UK expelled 23 Russian diplomats after that nation refused to meet a deadline to explain the use of the substance.
The United States has joined Britain and other European allies in condemning Russia. The Trump administration has finally enacted some of the sanctions Congress authorized, but not all of them. Max Bergmann, a former Obama administration official who heads the investigative Moscow Project at the Center for American Progress called the sanctions "a mirage to make it look like they have implemented sanctions."
Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to say whether Russia was a friend or a foe, but she was able to say Andrew McCabe was a "bad actor" a couple days before he was fired from the FBI.
While Trump has slightly criticized Russia, he hasn't said one negative word regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin, who just won another six-year presidential term.
Retired four-star Army general Barry McCaffrey tweeted, “Reluctantly I have concluded that President Trump is a serious threat to US national security. He is refusing to protect vital US interests from active Russian attacks. It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of Mr Putin.”
Trump publicly asked for Russia to help him win the presidency. His campaign invited Russian spies into Trump Tower. Members of the Trump team were meeting Russians overseas and in the states to establish back channels to communicate with Putin's government.
Yes, Putin has something on Trump and Republicans say they don't see any evidence of collusion.
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a report describing sophisticated Russian government attempts to target American and European power plants, nuclear facilities, airports and other critical infrastructure for cyberattacks. Trump has yet to address these attacks, instead opting to attack the FBI, Robert Mueller, and others in our law enforcement.
