Bolton noted that the Trump campaign has so far lost all but two of more than 30 legal challenges in various states. “Right now Trump is throwing rocks through windows, he is the political equivalent of a street rioter,” Bolton said.
Trump faces pressure from Republicans to drop ‘corrosive’ fight to overturn election | US news | The Guardian
Verification of known facts Sarah Palin was a Mensa genius compared to Donald Trump (ODT)
via John Bolton’s bombshell Trump book: eight of its most stunning claims | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Trump’s Revenge John Bolton…. his unpublished book and what he might say between now and the election. (ODT
Momentum is growing to call witnesses to Donald Trump’s impeachment trial after it was revealed his former national security advisor has written a book manuscript saying Trump directly tied military aid to Ukraine to politically-motivated investigations.
The revelations about John Bolton’s forthcoming book have shaken up the Senate impeachment trial, which appeared to be moving toward a speedy acquittal for Trump as early as the end of the week.
via ‘This is a game-changer’: John Bolton revelations upend Trump’s impeachment trial
The signal being sent here by Bolton and Pompeo (Bolpeo? Pomton?) is that no one willing to talk to the West will be allowed to, forcing the hard liners to the fore, since the hard liners are easier to set up as comic book villains, so as to rush everyone into a war against Iran.
Germany, at least, understands exactly what is going on, and if Berlin can’t stop it, at least refuses to be part of a plot to stage a war of aggression. Germany remembers the crime it itself committed in Poland in 1939, even if Americans seem to have forgotten it, starting with the Bush war of aggression on Iraq in 2003. That was another one Germany sat out.
Ironically, it was in Poland that German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas made the announcement that Germany would reject participation in the American Gulf force.
Germany knows fascism when it sees it.
via Iran: Germany and France Refuse to be Inducted into Trump’s Gulf Naval Operation against Tehran
Why, it’s as if I’d fallen asleep and woke up back in 2002!
State Department orders non-essential staff to leave Iraq amid escalating tensions with Iran
U.S. Military Says It’s on ‘High Level of Alert’ with Iran, Contradicting Its Own Coalition
Skeptical U.S. Allies Resist Trump’s New Claims of Threats From Iran
British General Contradicts U.S. Claim of Increased Threat From Iran-Backed Militias
Pentagon disputes British general’s assessment on Iranian threat
Key Commander in ISIS Fight Sees No Increased Threat from Iran-Backed Troops
Remember when George Tenet, head of the CIA, did his National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and Congress used it as the basis for supporting the war?
And then, after the war was underway, the Senate Intelligence Committee found the key findings were either exaggerated or unsupported by the actual evidence?
The only thing that will stop this is a massive public outcry. Pick up the phone today and call your elected officials. Tell their staffers you are absolutely opposed to a replay of the disastrous Iraq war and you will be certain to vote against anyone who accepts this flimsy rationale for another war.
(202) 224-3121
via It’s All So Familiar: U.S. Building Up To Armed Conflict With Iran | Crooks and Liars
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