It's too bad you stopped reading because the article contained information
about precisely your points, including the disenfranchisement of people of
color. Really, if your political belief system is so intrenched that one phrase
in an article prevents you from finding out what the article actually says,
then what's the point of posting articles. No, we never had the kind of
Democracy that we were told that we had, but let's not throw out the baby with
the bath. All of the problems that we've always had, the Trump administration
and this Republican majority congress, are making significantly worse. The anti
Immigrant actions of ICE are worse. The cuts to social programs like housing
and food stamps are worse. The anti-Muslim feelings and behavior are worse. The
attacks on people of color are more numerous, and being committed by more
people. The anti-Semitism is worse. The attack on voting rights is worse. The
attack on women's health resources is worse. The movements toward total and
continuous war are worse, the threat of nuclear catastrophe is worse. The
functioning of the executive branch of our federal government is chaotic and
out-of-control. Yes, whatever semblance of Democracy we had, is slipping away!
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 10:39 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Orange Is the New Orange: Why Trump Must Resign
by Nagasaki/Nixon Day
Well, I didn't do more than begin this article, when the sentence about Trump
destroying our democracy hit me between the eyes. I can buy something like,
"The destruction of our White Only Democracy".
But my experiences lead me to believe that many, many persons of color do not
enjoy such a government. And, for that matter, neither do most members of the
Working Class, which includes most of us.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/27/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The information about money laundering and connections with Oligarchs
from Russia and other countries has been in several articles.
Miriam
Trump at a campaign rally. (photo: John Sommers II/Getty) Orange Is
the New Orange: Why Trump Must Resign by Nagasaki/Nixon Day
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
27 July 17
To prevent nuclear war, ecological collapse, economic ruin and the Jim
Crow destruction of our democracy, August 9 has been designated for
demonstrations to demand Trump's resignation.
Flagship rally will be at the world famous CHAIN REACTION sculpture
in Santa Monica, California, at 7 pm PST. Demonstrators are encouraged
to wear orange jump suits and t-shirts, and yellow wigs or hats, in
solemn evocation of the likely upcoming indictments of Trump and his
mafia family, Russian and otherwise.
Group photos with "RESIGN" signs are also encouraged.
Please notify us through freepress.org and solartopia.org about
upcoming events.
Angst, fear, and loathing are the overwhelming emotions six months
into the disastrous Trump presidency. Just exactly who or what do we
have at the helm of the United States Ship of State, and the little
red button that could end life as we know it?
The planet and its leaders are watching in horror as the ship appears
to be capsizing. Trump and his fools enrich themselves, all the while
gleefully decimating domestic social programs, dooming the
environment, and destroying our nation's relationships around the
world.
Simply put, what we have is an international criminal hell-bent on
continuing his crime spree within and without his corrupt administration.
Making the world safe for oligarchy.
Casinos, luxury hotels: Money laundering
Let's see, casinos, pricey real estate, the Russian mob, the U.S. mafia ...
hmmm. One plus one plus one equals money laundering.
The notorious meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Paul
Manafort, and assorted Russian operatives spawned new allegations and
suspicions that the Trump family colluded with Russian intelligence to
try to gain electoral victory over Hillary Clinton. The details remain
murky but the truth is likely more diabolical.
Not that Clinton wasn't busy demonizing the Russians and using the
Clinton Foundation for political payoffs.
The meetings with Putin's comrades and Trump's entourage may indicate
the president may merely be a bagman and money washer for the Russian mafia.
This perception is magnified by Trump's unprecedented refusal to
release his tax forms, which may indicate his net worth to be largely
in rubles.
Trump has a long history of involvement with the Russian government.
Trump's
first visit to Russia was in 1987 at Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubin's
invitation.
Craig Unger's New Republic article, "Trump's Russian Laundromat,"
essentially argues that Trump's money laundering for Russian mobsters
is what propelled his worldwide real estate empire.
Trump's closely-held private real estate holdings, according to Unger,
provide the perfect resources for illegal money laundering. Unger
cites "a flow of highly suspicious money from Russia." He points out,
"Over the past three decades at least 13 people with known or alleged
links to Russian mobsters or oligarchs have owned, lived in, and even
run criminal activities out of the Trump Tower and other Trump
properties. Many used his apartments and casinos to launder untold
millions in dirty money."
Business Insider noted that U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions and
the Department of Justice recently settled a major money-laundering
case involving a real estate company owned by the son of powerful
Russian government official Pyotr Katsyz, former vice governor of the
Moscow region.
Katsyz's son Dennis owns the real estate company Prebezon, which was
accused of laundering millions of dollars through New York City real
estate when the case was "unexpectedly settled two days before going
to trial in May,"
according to Business Insider.
The attorney representing the Katsyz family was none other than
Natalia Beselnitskaya, who met with Donald Trump Jr. on June 9, 2016,
to allegedly disclose damaging information concerning Hillary Clinton.
She was described as a "Russian government attorney" in Trump Junior's
emails. Democratic House Judiciary Committee members sent a letter to
Sessions inquiring about Beselnitskaya's involvement in the settlement.
Also in attendance on June 9 was Renat Akhmetshin, described by CNN as
"a U.S. citizen lobbyist promoting Russian interests and a former
Soviet military officer," and Aras Agalarov, owner of the Crocus
Group, a Moscow-based property company.
The mystery man, or the 8th person who emerged at Donald Trump Jr.'s
meeting with Russians, turned out to be Irakly "Ike" Kaveladze, a
Crocus Group vice president accused of laundering more than $1.4
billion into the U.S. from Eastern Europe. Kaveladze allegedly used
2,000 shell companies to launder money into the U.S.
Essentially, Trump Jr.'s meeting was a perfect Russian triumvirate
representing an alleged money launderer, the Russian military, and a
pro-Putin oligarch.
If Trump is to be impeached and his clumsy cover-up of Russian ties
revealed, it will be because the laundered money was easy to follow
from the election tampering to Putin meddling.
Forget about the Russians, Trump supports American-made election
riggers
(photo: Reader Supported News)
While Trump's apparent law-breaking focuses on the Russians, his
primary anti-American assault is his bogus Election Integrity
Commission led by Kris Kobach, whose Crosscheck program stripped
countless non-millionaire citizens from the voter rolls in at least 30
states, critical to putting Trump in the White House. The man who
rigged Ohio's 2004 election, Ken Blackwell, also serves on the
Commission.
As Americans, we cannot allow this high-tech Jim Crow destruction of
the electoral process to lead to a permanent, one-party dictatorship.
This official lynch mob must be replaced by a national commission to
promote universal hand-counted paper ballots and universal automatic
voter registration, with legally protected, transparent voter rolls.
At least now the media and establishment have to admit U.S. election
systems can be and have been hacked - a fact the Free Press has
investigated and reported for over 15 years.
Resign or be convicted
All of this raises the blackmail issue. Which foreign entities,
including crime syndicates, have information to compromise Trump and
his close personal entourage?
It's not just the Russian connections we should be investigating. As
The New Yorker pointed out, "Throughout the Presidential campaign,
Trump was in business with someone that his company knew was likely a
partner with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard."
Trump's "Trump Tower Baku" was a failed luxury hotel project in
Azerbaijan, considered one of the world's most corrupt nations. His
partner was Zaya Mammadov, a billionaire oligarch tied to Iran's
Revolutionary Guard, who worked as the Azerbaijan Transportation Minister for
$12,000 a year.
The Guardian reported in mid-June that "Donald Trump - like Richard Nixon"
is now "under investigation for obstruction of justice." There is
already speculation that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is also
investigating Trump's alleged money laundering.
Trump has questioned Mueller's impartiality regarding the Russian
investigation and has contemplated firing Mueller in perhaps his own
version of the infamous "Saturday Night Massacre," when Nixon fired
Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox.
Donald Trump must resign the presidency by August 9, the anniversary
of the bombing of Nagasaki and the resignation of Richard Nixon.
In Trump's brief tenure, he's already fired James Comey, the FBI
Director, for failing to pledge personal loyalty. Trump went on to try
to intimidate Comey by suggesting he might have "tapes" of their
conversations. The Washington Post reported that Trump then tried to
get CIA director Mike Pompeo and Director of National Intelligence
Daniel Coats to kill the FBI investigation into Trump's Russian connections.
Trump's coverups must stop. If by August 9 he hasn't resigned, he
needs to be convicted, perp-walked, and removed.
Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman are co-authors of THE STRIP & FLIP
DISASTER OF AMERICA'S STOLEN ELECTIONS (www.freepress.org) where Bob's
FITRAKIS FILES are also available. Harvey's SOLARTOPIA! is at
www.solartopia.org, along with HARVEY WASSERMAN'S HISTORY OF THE US.
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