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Vindication: Two for the Price of One?

 
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by Daveda Gruber:

On Friday a man who stirred up some controversy during the impeachment hearings by the House of Representatives was fired by the National Security Council and escorted off of the White House grounds.

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was on detail to the National Security Council from the Department of Defense may go back there.

Vindman’s attorney, David Pressman stated, “There is no question in the mind of any American why this man’s job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House. LTC Vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth. His honor, his commitment to right, frightened the powerful.”

It has been reported that Vindman’s twin brother Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman has also left the National Security Council. Yevgeny Vindman had been assigned to the office that vetted publications such as books, such as former national security adviser John Bolton’s book.

Vindman has maintained that he was not involved in the vetting of the Bolton manuscript.

When questioned about the Friday reports President Trump told reporters that he was “not happy with him. You think I’m supposed to be happy with him? I’m not.

Trump added that a decision would be made soon.

There were reports that the White House was juggling their options to dismiss Vindman from the NSC in an effort to downsize its foreign policy bureaucracy and the action had no bearing with retaliation.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, “We welcome back all of our service members wherever they served to any assignment they’re given. As I said, we protect all of our persons, servicemembers from retribution or anything like that. We have already addressed that in policy and other means.”

We all know what Vindman testified to during the House impeachment hearings. His twin brother was in the room listening in support of his brother.

My own thoughts are that if the Vindman brothers were in Russia, they may have been sent to Siberia.

I believe that explains my views of the twins.

I can always be reached on Twitter to discuss your political views.

@DavedaGruber

Federal Appeals Court has Good News for Trump

 
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by Daveda Gruber:

On Friday over two hundred Democratic congressional lawmakers got some bad news but on the other hand, it was great news for President Trump.

A Federal appeals court ruled unanimously that the lawmakers do not have a standing to sue the president for allegedly violating the Emoluments Clause over foreign payments to his businesses.

In its ruling, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said, “Because we conclude that the Members lack standing, we reverse the district court and remand with instructions to dismiss their complaint.”

The ruling went on to say. “The [House] Members can, and likely will, continue to use their weighty voices to make their case to the American people, their colleagues in the Congress and the President himself, all of whom are free to engage that argument as they see fit. But we will not –indeed we cannot – participate in this debate.”

Added to the document was “the Constitution permits the Judiciary to speak only in the context of an Article III case or controversy and this lawsuit presents neither.”

The Emoluments Clause is appears in Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution and states that “No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title of any kind whatsoever, from any King, Prince, or foreign state.”

It appears that the two hundred Democrats were certain that Trump had broken the law when they filed the complaint.

Trump was on his way to North Carolina for an event when he held the papers that showed that he won the case. He was outside the White House going to board Marine One.

He stopped to chat with reporters and told them, “It was a total win.”

I can always be reached on Twitter to discuss political views.

@DavedaGruber

Rand Paul Reads Question Blocked by Roberts in Senate

 
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by Daveda Gruber:

Last week I wrote an article that showed that Senator Rand Paul R-Ky., tried to submit a question to Chief Justice John Roberts during the impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump in the Senate.

Roberts rejected the question and it was disallowed.

The question was tweeted by Paul after it was blocked by Roberts.

On Tuesday, after describing his question and the fact that it was blocked by Roberts, Paul announced that he would read his question on the Senate floor.

Paul said, “Now during the proceedings, I asked a question that was disallowed. And I’m going to ask that question again this morning, because the Constitution does protect debate and does protect the asking of questions. I think they made a big mistake not allowing my question. My question did not talk about anybody who is a whistleblower. My question did not accuse anybody of being a whistleblower.”

Paul is known as a leaning Libertarian type of Republican and he’s also known to be well versed in the Constitution.

He went on to say, “And you say, well we should protect the whistleblower, and the whistleblower deserves anonymity. The law does not preserve anonymity. His boss is not supposed to say anything about him, he’s not supposed to be fired. I’m for that.”

The reasoning behind Paul naming the two name was that of concern of a plot to take down President Trump.

Paul continued, “My point is, is by having such protection, such overzealous protection, we don’t get to the root of the matter of how this started. Cause this could happen again.”

Here is Rand Paul telling the Senate his question:

I can always be reached on Twitter to discuss your political views.

@DavedaGruber

Chess Not Checkers

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Recently someone said to me that they were born in the wrong century.

I just smiled and told them there has never been a better time to be alive.

The combination of technology and the growth of the animal known as Human has allowed for incredible discoveries and inventions.

At the blink of an eye we can communicate with others around the country, nay, the world.

Information can be deciphered, corrected if need be, and it usually needs to be, and shared at a moments notice.

Electricity, the Internet, the eventual reality of Space Travel.

Truly amazing things yet we sit here today in the greatest country in the history of Man being dictated to by a bunch of soulless clowns who struggle to maintain sobriety on a daily basis.

We are being told that laws are selective, borders don’t matter, genders are fluid depending upon how much tofu one had in a twenty-four hour period, inanimate objects commit assaults, and that sanctuary must be provided to Mexicans, Russians, Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis, etc., but Americans have to suck it up and live on the streets.

The parasites telling us these things are known as Representatives and Senators and they think we are Pawns in their struggle to become Kings and Queens.

We are not.

We are not the Pawns, the Rooks, the Knights, or the Bishops.

We certainly aren’t Kings and Queens.

We are the BOARD.

We are the ones that afford the movement of the pieces, in which direction they are allowed, and ultimately who gets to play.

We decide when the game starts and when it is completed, and as I say this, I want to be clear.

If now, or in the future, the Senate is able to collect 67 votes and removes our piece, one President Donald J. Trump, we will come and clear the board.

We won’t be coming to march, talk, or clean up the trash.

We will be coming to TAKE THE TRASH OUT!

In one word.

Checkmate.

So call or don’t call your little witnesses, you little Pawns, in our game.

None of these people matter, to those of us, who do.

There is a saying I very much enjoy.

Aim small miss small.

I will say this much to you putrid chicken pecking pissants in Congress.

You won’t have to worry about our aim as you’ll be experiencing the whites of our eyes.

Up close and personal, and the rage that will rain down on you, will be more than you can bear.

So continue to lie, cheat, steal, and ignore us.

That pounding you hear coming from the floorboards isn’t Poe, your imagination, or your conscience, as we know you don’t possess one.

That pounding you hear is America coming to cleanse her Jeffersonian soul.

The Patriots have given enough.

67 votes and it’ll be the Tyrants turn.

There is a trial happening right now.

Yours.

Jason Kraus

www.aleadernotapolitician.com

www.freeamericanetwork.com

Where’s Docs of 18th House Impeachment Inquiry Witness?

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by Daveda Gruber:

It appears that we understand that the House had witnesses during the impeachment hearings. Lead manager Adam Schiff D-Ca., has brought up the seventeen witnesses quite a few times.

As a matter of fact, along with Schiff, other managers have brought up these seventeen witness who were interviewed during the House’s secret depositions.

Why is the eighteenth witness never brought up? Michael Atkinson, who is the intelligence community’s inspector general, has firsthand knowledge of the origins of the whistleblower complaint that led to the impeachment.

The members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence interviewed Atkinson under oath. Unfortunately, they are not allowed to give any information on that deposition.

Republicans wanted that information to be heard in the Senate trail but it was denied to them.

The information in the testimony was heard by Representative John Ratcliffe, R-Tx., and the transcript of the questioning is 179 pages long and Republicans demanded that it be put into evidence.

That did not happen. The idea was rejected by Schiff It is alleged that the briefing with Atkinson was not conducted with the other two committees involved in the impeachment investigation, which are the Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Reform committees, and for that reason it did not qualify as a deposition.

You can see why Schiff got the nickname “Shifty Schiff” as he was the one who did the questioning and deciding which committee heard or did not hear testimony.

Ratcliff calls the “Q and A” period a deposition or a transcribed interview. Whatever it is described as, I’d like to see it and so would the American people.

The information allegedly holds information that could exonerate President Trump of the crimes the House determined would impeach the president.

During one of the breaks in the trial, Senator Joni Ernst, R-Ia., said House Democrats should have submitted the transcript.

Ernst said, “We should be allowed to take a look at that, but again they have stated numerous times in their brief they had overwhelming evidence, it would be so clear to everyone, and I haven’t seen that yet.”

I believe more people should be aware of this witness and the Democrats’ need to hide what he said and that they felt so strongly not to divulge it because it was not going to help their case.

Somewhere in the basement of Congress allegedly lies possible exoneration documentation of a duly elected president but Schiff and his cohorts have them well hidden.

Every American should be disgusted over this cherry picking of witness and documents that get brought into evidence. I don’t feel badly at all that more witnesses were denied by a Senate vote.

Karma can be a bitch!

I can always be reached on Twitter. Please reach out to discuss your views with me but never tell me how or what to write. Thank you.

@DavedaGruber

Sen. Paul Blocked by Justice Roberts

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by Daveda Gruber:

Holding the gavel in the Senate impeachment trial is Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts and he just made a move that blocked a question from Senator Rand Paul R-Ky., that would have revealed the whistleblower.

The impeachment proceedings against President Donald J. Trump started its journey with a whistleblower filing a complaint.

Roberts had allegedly initially sought to block even general questions of the intelligence community whistleblower but then Republicans threatened a vote rebuking Roberts on the record.

Roberts then allegedly backed down and decided to disallow mentioning the whistleblower’s name but not other information.

It is alleged that Paul’s voice raised and his displeasure was noted by reporters and Senators.

Paul said, “If I have to fight for recognition, I will.”

Paul may have not been satisfied with this. He did try to force the matter during the question and answer session that began on Thursday afternoon.

On Thursday afternoon, early into the proceedings, Roberts refused to read the first question presented in writing by Senator Paul.

Paul tweeted out this:

Under the Constitution Roberts presides over the impeachment trial. His authority is not defined. Democrats may even attempt a motion that would give Roberts the unprecedented power to approve or reject witnesses.

Whistleblowers are protected under federal law from retaliation in the workplace but does not ensure their anonymity.

Mark Zaid, the attorney for the whistleblower, in 2017 stated that a “coup” had started against the president from within the administration, and that CNN’s coverage would play a “key role” in the effort.

Years before the Ukraine call in question in this impeachment trial, Zaid has openly solicited intelligence to help him get rid of Trump.

Zaid has acknowledged that the whistleblower had contact with a prominent Democratic presidential contender. There have been reports that alleged that he had served closely with former Vice President Joe Biden when he was in office.

I’m still watching this circus and it’s getting more and more disturbing. How many clowns can there be in D.C.? Too many, I believe.

I can always be reached on Twitter. Please reach out to discuss your views with me but never tell me how or what to write. Thank you.

@DavedaGruber

Nadler Will Not be at the Entire Senate Trial

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by Daveda Gruber:

It appears the Representative Jerrold Nadler, D-NY., has personal issues that come before a Senate trial.

Nadler has chosen to be with his wife Joyce Miller, in New York and did not travel back to Capitol Hill.

Nadler is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and is one of the managers who were placed into the impeachment trial in the Senate by Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, but he chose to stay and support his wife who is suffering from pancreatic cancer.

Miller was diagnosed with the disease in December. Nadler has also missed a day of preparation of the articles of impeachment on Dec. 17, 2019  for what was called a family emergency.

Nadler said, “On Monday, I will be in New York with her to meet with doctors, determine a path forward, and begin her treatment. I am sorry to miss some of the Senate impeachment trial, which is of critical importance to our democracy.

He went on to say, “I plan to return to Washington late Monday and appreciate the support of my colleagues and staff as I take this time to be with my wife and begin the long fight against her cancer. She has undergone surgery and is taking further steps to address the spread of the cancer.”

Pancreatic cancer can move through the body quickly and in some cases is considered to be fatal. Miller was diagnosed with the disease in December.

Nadler and Miller were married in December of 1976 while the couple were students. Nadler had just been elected to the New York State Assembly and Miller has held positions on several New York City and New York state government boards. She has also taught at Columbia University in Manhattan.

I am not one to judge others but I can tell you that if a member of my family had been diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease, I’d stay by their side.

I’m sure that most people hope that Nadler can spend some quality time with his wife during this difficult period.

I guess Nadler will let his wife face the bulk of this treatment for this horrible form of cancer mostly on her own.

Nadler is due back in Washington late Monday.

I can always be reached on Twitter. Please reach out to discuss your views with me but never tell me how or what to write. Thank you.

@DavedaGruber

Did President Trump Commit a Crime?

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by Daveda Gruber:

Many of those who are watching or paying attention to the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump have formed some sort of opinion as to how all the research, time and money will come together and turn out in the end.

So far, we who have some intelligence have noticed the lack of first hand information given by witnesses. That seems to be clear.

The other thing we seemed to have noticed is repetition by the left, especially by Adam Schiff, D-Ca., the lead manager.

Unfortunately, the Democrats seemed to have carefully planned that the words or talking points that they wanted to be heard by the public, were heard at prime time hours.

The mainstream media do play a big role in putting information into people’s heads. People don’t have to understand what a TV is telling them, as long as they get the general drift of the information. If every time they look at the screen viewers are being told that President Trump did horrible things, they start to get brainwashed into thinking that he must have done something bad.

The charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, which are the charges that the House impeached Trump on in December have no fact and actually seem vague, to say the least.

There have been no impeachable offenses mentioned. There is no treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors to be found by sane and intelligent human beings.

I didn’t see criminal-like conduct being alleged except in outright lies made by Schiff. I did also see that there were at least four managers, who voted against military aid to Ukraine in the past, get themselves in a tizzy about Trump allegedly withholding military aid that was not, in fact, held back.

I saw managers show and read from the transcript of the now famous, Ukraine phone call but it was never referred to in its entirety ony select sections were read to the public at large out of context.

On Monday, we will start to hear the president’s defense team try to explain this whole mess. I started briefly on Saturday but TV rating are not good on Saturday afternoon and I’m relieved that the president’s team had that figured out.

After the defense finishes its response to the hours on end of testimony that truly has no actual substance, there will be voting.

The charges against the president will either be dismissed because of insufficient evidence or witnesses will be called.

It would take four Republican senators to join the Democratic minority voting  to seek witnesses. Republicans in general don’t want witnesses.

Honestly, if there is no case, you don’t call witnesses. But if there are witnesses, who would they be? Well that depends if the Democrats get their own way and after a hypothetical decision is reached to call witnesses, Democrats will want those who may help their case.

But then GOP leaders should want witnesses too, in that case, and if played right, this game of chess could abstractly be played to give better odds to one side over the other.

Which side will have the edge? We’ll all have to wait and see but from the short the Saturday preview, I did notice a professionalism from the right, mostly I noted Jay Sekulow’s demeanor as apposed to fair facts that were simply non-existent in the voices of Adman Schiff, Jerrold Nadler D-NY., et al.

This coming week should be interesting and possibly even gratifying. Let’s see how this chess game pays out.

I’m love to hear your opinions. You can always find me on Twitter.

@DavedaGruber

Just Stop Talking

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As if the behavior of Progressives wasn’t ridiculous enough the titles to their articles are even worse.

“Sanders gains in poll as he pauses campaigning for Impeachment.”

I’ve read a lot of captions over the years but this one made me laugh.

In other words the Liberal voters like him more when he stops talking.

I have a strong feeling if fantasy rape Bernie dropped out of politics and took a lifetime vow of silence his polls would shoot to the moon.

Their next write up states “Tulsi Gabbard files 50 million dollar lawsuit against Hillary Clinton for Russian Asset claim.”

I know some Republicans and Independents think fondly of Gabbard as they believe she doesn’t always line up with the Liberals and also served in the military.

So did John Kerry, John McCain, and Buttigiggy.

Gabbard supports Bernie and believes in man made Climate Change.

Two strikes is enough.

Still the entire premise is hilarious.

Gabbard said Hillary is lying and slandered her and these lies cost her 50 million dollars?

So much for public service.

It appears Tulsi was eyeing the Obama plan.

Come in worth fifty bucks and leave worth millions.

Barack filled his own pockets and gave billions to Iran.

Of course the Biden family makes them both look like pikers.

Groping Joe has reportedly set himself and his son Hunter up with millions of American tax dollars, and even more from corrupt countries and criminal organizations, outside of the U. S. A.

Talk about a poorly named little boy.

Poacher would be a more appropriate forename as Joe’s son is better known as a dead beat dad, taking money for nothing, and sleeping with his deceased brother’s wife.

This is also referred to as the Progressive Trifecta or the Bill and Hillary playbook.

Not to be outdone Hillary, always known as one with tact, created her own headline with “Nobody likes Bernie”.

This is remarkable coming from the most hated politician in these United States.

Unlike Bernie, Biden isn’t sitting in the Senate gaining votes because his mouth is closed.

Due to having most of the attention to himself Joe in his infinite wisdom decided to fire off with his support of Criminal Foreign Nationals known as DACA by saying, “They’re more American than most Americans are because they have done well in school.”

Had a Republican said this it would be called speaking in code, taking shots at American students who happen to have black skin, yet because he is a Democrat he reportedly continues to get the support of the people he slandered and tried to scare with, “Y’all being put back in chains.”

Elizabeth Warren was blasted by the truth and an American father and then fell back on the Social Security ruse that too many Americans continue to believe.

The reality of Social Security is this.

When the ability of the United States to borrow trillions of dollars stops, so does Social Security.

Medicare does too, by the way.

Black face Ralph Northam declared a “State of Emergency” in Virginia and was then surrounded by reportedly thousands of Americans exercising their Constitutional Rights and practicing their Free Will.

As fast as they assembled they departed, leaving the situation better and cleaner with their arrival, showing the Liberals a very simple lesson.

Tens of thousands can move quickly in and out of any area at any time and unlike Liberals don’t leave feces, trash, and urine behind.

Finally the Progressives floated the title “Oust Trump or it’s not going to stop”.

Now, I’ve been very clear on the actions that will be taken if President Trump is removed but I thought it a better fit to use another title that was found in Newsweek a few months ago.

“Pastor warns if Trump is removed from office, guys that know how to fight will hunt down Democrats.”

Yep.

Jason Kraus

www.aleadernotapolitician.com

www.freeamericanetwork.com

Oklahoma Bans State-Funded Travel to California

 
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by Daveda Gruber:

Planning a trip to California? If you live in Oklahoma, the trip may be a problem for you depending on the circumstances.

Republican Kevin Stitt is serving as the 28th Governor of Oklahoma since January 2019. He founded and is a former chairman and CEO of Gateway Mortgage Group. He was elected governor in 2018 when he defeated Democratic nominee and former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson.

The governor has banned all state-funded travel to California. This comes after the state of California placed a similar ban on travel to Oklahoma.

On Thursday the ban was announced in an executive order and it bars all non-essential travel by state employees to California.

There are exceptions to the new law as follows:

Business recruiting trips

College sports games

Trips by schools to participate in out-of-state programs

Stitt said, “Enough is enough. If California’s elected officials don’t want public employees traveling to Oklahoma, I am eager to return the gesture on behalf of Oklahoma’s pro-life stance.”

California imposed travel bans and in 2018 Oklahoma was added after Oklahoma passed a law that allows adoption agencies to deny placement services to same-sex parents.

San Francisco, last year, extended the ban to states with restrictive abortion laws which included Oklahoma.

California’s blacklist also includes the states of Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas and Mississippi.

In September California declared that it added Iowa to the list of states on its travel ban list because of the state’s prohibition against funding gender-transition surgeries under Medicaid.

The restrictions do not end here. California list of states under the travel ban include Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas and Mississippi.

So now, depending on your political beliefs, you can’t travel to certain states? Really? Well, yes if it is government funded.

If you’re driving, who is going to stop you? Even if you’re on another mode of transportation is someone standing at each entry point of all the states that I have mentioned? No, not it wasn’t government funded.

But this brings me to another point. Will states be labeled RED or BLUE depending on personal beliefs that are not necessarily political, but to them, morally important?

Contact me on Twitter to give me your views. I’d love to hear from you!

@DavedaGruber