Weary Throat

Remarks by the President at Presentation of the Medal of Freedom The East Room 2:22 P.M. EST

"And while they are often remembered for how they died, we honor them today for how they lived -– with the idealism and the courage of youth… And here today, inspired by their sacrifice, we continue to fight for the ideals of equality and justice for which they gave their lives."

U.S. to require some travelers post up to $15,000 bonds to enter: What to know The United States is launching a pilot program that could see some inbound travelers paying bonds of up to $15,000 to enter.

"Overstay rates will be based on the Department of Homeland Security’s 2023 Entry/Exit Overstay Report. This report, published on Aug. 5, 2024, shows countries with high overstay rates include Chad (50%), Laos (35%) and Haiti (31%)."

Rep. Devin Nunes (R., Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and leader of one of the main congressional probes, confirmed he was one of the lawmakers asked by the White House to combat a New York Times story earlier this month that alleged frequent contacts between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russian officials. https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-dismisses-russia-ties-1488250160

Kash Patel’s opportunistic career took off in February 2017, when his boss, Devin Nunes, agreed to follow a request from Trump’s White House to push back against reporters. The NYT story "Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence" was later confirmed by the Mueller report.

YouTube video by djmambito2 Los Lobos - La Bamba (Original Videoclip)

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba se necesita
Una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia y otra costa
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The song likely originated in the Mexican state of Veracruz at the end of the 17th century during a slave uprising known as the Bambarria.

Remarks by the President at Presentation of the Medal of Freedom The East Room 2:22 P.M. EST

"And while they are often remembered for how they died, we honor them today for how they lived -– with the idealism and the courage of youth… And here today, inspired by their sacrifice, we continue to fight for the ideals of equality and justice for which they gave their lives."

Belarus-born businessman sought proximity to Trump’s world in 2016 Congressional Democrats plan to renew efforts to interview Sergei Millian, who has largely disappeared from public view.

"In a July 2016 email exchange, Millian told Morgulis that he would soon be meeting with Trump’s campaign and offered to pass along messages." wapo.st/40QUDIL In June 2016, Morgulis was in Moscow and promised to deliver five million votes from Russian Americans. ria-ru.translate.goog/20160614/144...

Belarus-born businessman sought proximity to Trump’s world in 2016 Congressional Democrats plan to renew efforts to interview Sergei Millian, who has largely disappeared from public view.

"In a July 2016 email exchange, Millian told Morgulis that he would soon be meeting with Trump’s campaign and offered to pass along messages." wapo.st/40QUDIL In June 2016, Morgulis was in Moscow and promised to deliver five million votes from Russian Americans. ria-ru.translate.goog/20160614/144...

Carol Leonnig was a co-author of one of the Pulitzer-winning articles: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru... ("Trump dictated son's misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer"). The Mueller report later confirmed the Washington Post reporting.

WHAT'S FAIR ON THE AIR? (Published 1975)

The Fairness Doctrine was one of the tools, legal and illegal, that JFK and LBJ used to keep the far-right propaganda at bay. In 1964, secretly DNC-funded Arthur Larson led the National Council for Civic Responsibility: "We decided to use radio and the fairness doctrine to harass the extreme right."

Carol Leonnig was a co-author of one of the Pulitzer-winning articles: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru... ("Trump dictated son's misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer"). The Mueller report later confirmed the Washington Post reporting.

WHAT'S FAIR ON THE AIR? (Published 1975)

The Fairness Doctrine was one of the tools, legal and illegal, that JFK and LBJ used to keep the far-right propaganda at bay. In 1964, secretly DNC-funded Arthur Larson led the National Council for Civic Responsibility: "We decided to use radio and the fairness doctrine to harass the extreme right."

The real scandal is that the fake Russian document pushed the FBI director to take actions that affected the 2016 election in Trump's favor. James Comey admitted to it in his book. www.politico.com/story/2018/0...

United Empire Loyalist - Wikipedia

After the American Revolution, Loyalists moved to Canada. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...

"Our exceptionalism hasn’t anything to do with what we are—prosperous, powerful, envied—but with who we are: a people united by ideals, not ethnicity or geography, and determined to stand by those values, not just here at home but throughout the world."

July 5, 2024: Orban meets with Putin in Moscow.
July 11, 2024: Orban meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
July 15, 2024: Trump announces JD Vance as a running mate.

These events don’t seem to be unconnected.

"Our exceptionalism hasn’t anything to do with what we are—prosperous, powerful, envied—but with who we are: a people united by ideals, not ethnicity or geography, and determined to stand by those values, not just here at home but throughout the world."

WALLACE: You also use a phrase which I have to say that I only heard for the first time in the last couple of weeks, "the deep state". And that’s the notion that there’s an Obama shadow government embedded in the bureaucracy that is working against this new president. I think that some folks are going to think that’s right on and some folks will think it’s awfully conspiratorial. LIMBAUGH: Well, I would love to claim credit for that, but actually, I think a reporter by the name of Glenn Greenwald at "The Intercept" who has got a relationship with -- what’s his name? Assange. I think he actually coined the term. And I think it works. I don’t think -- who is driving this business that the Russians hacked the election? It’s the Democrat Party. It’s Hillary. It’s Obama. It’s all those people who just can’t accept -- https://web.archive.org/web/20170222065142/https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2017/02/19/reince-priebus-on-flynn-russia-and-president-trump-agenda-rush-limbaugh-talks/

https://theintercept.com/2017/01/11/the-deep-state-goes-to-war-with-president-elect-using-unverified-claims-as-dems-cheer/

The term "Deep State" in the SVR emails was not commonly used in American media in 2016. It became widespread in 2017, specifically for fighting Trump’s Russiagate.

The word "loyal" appears dozens of times in the Hazony interview. Trump’s grandfather was famously disloyal to Bavaria, to the point of being deported for dodging the draft. That is actually normal—most Americans are here because of their ancestors’ lack of loyalty to their old countries and tribes.

Alexander Litvinenko - Wikipedia

"The terrorism infection creeps away worldwide from the cabinets of the Lubyanka Square and the Kremlin… I know only one organization, which has made terrorism the main tool of solving of political problems. It is the Russian special services."

YouTube video by Levellers - Greatest Hits Levellers - Beautiful Day (feat. Imelda May) Official Music Video

It was on the fifth of November, when time it went back
Some say that that's impossible, but you and I we never looked back
And wasn't it incredible, so beautiful and above all
Just to see the fuse get lit this time
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The revolutionary optimism came out of the 1997 Tories’ defeat.

July 5, 2024: Orban meets with Putin in Moscow.
July 11, 2024: Orban meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
July 15, 2024: Trump announces JD Vance as a running mate.

These events don’t seem to be unconnected.

WALLACE: You also use a phrase which I have to say that I only heard for the first time in the last couple of weeks, "the deep state". And that’s the notion that there’s an Obama shadow government embedded in the bureaucracy that is working against this new president. I think that some folks are going to think that’s right on and some folks will think it’s awfully conspiratorial. LIMBAUGH: Well, I would love to claim credit for that, but actually, I think a reporter by the name of Glenn Greenwald at "The Intercept" who has got a relationship with -- what’s his name? Assange. I think he actually coined the term. And I think it works. I don’t think -- who is driving this business that the Russians hacked the election? It’s the Democrat Party. It’s Hillary. It’s Obama. It’s all those people who just can’t accept -- https://web.archive.org/web/20170222065142/https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2017/02/19/reince-priebus-on-flynn-russia-and-president-trump-agenda-rush-limbaugh-talks/

https://theintercept.com/2017/01/11/the-deep-state-goes-to-war-with-president-elect-using-unverified-claims-as-dems-cheer/

The term "Deep State" in the SVR emails was not commonly used in American media in 2016. It became widespread in 2017, specifically for fighting Trump’s Russiagate.

The word "loyal" appears dozens of times in the Hazony interview. Trump’s grandfather was famously disloyal to Bavaria, to the point of being deported for dodging the draft. That is actually normal—most Americans are here because of their ancestors’ lack of loyalty to their old countries and tribes.

The GOP playbook for character assassination is to attack the opponent’s strongest trait and cover it with dirt. In 2004, they attacked John Kerry, a war hero, with lies about his military service. Biden lost his other children. His strongest trait was devotion to his family. It had to be smeared.

A tweet from Nov 1, 2019, with a Fox News chyron "Trump: Tulsi Gabbard is not agent of Russia"

In his 1996 campaign, Buchanan suggested building a wall on the Southern border ("Listen, Jose, you're not coming in this time!") and used the America First slogan. "Why does he specifically invoke the term America First, when it is so intimately tied to anti-Semitism?" wondered the New York Times.

One of the young beauties the two pals (Trump and Epstein) passed between themselves. Another one was Celina Midelfart.

One of the young beauties the two pals (Trump and Epstein) passed between themselves. Another one was Celina Midelfart.

Trump, Slinging Fries and Smearing Harris, Takes Turn Behind a McDonald’s Counter

When a person from the elite (not only a billionaire but also a TV star) breaks with the elite to be on the side of the ordinary people, it has a certain populist appeal. That’s why the Epstein story is so damaging.

Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal In this riveting standalone from Edgar finalist MacNeal (the Maggie Hope WWII mysteries), mother and daughter Violet (“Vi”) and ...

Steven Ross’s book was one of the primary sources for Rachel Maddow’s Prequel, which doesn’t mention the scene at the Women’s Republican Club, and several fiction books. www.publishersweekly.com/9780593156957 One day, we can hope to see the scene enacted in a movie.