AUGUST 27, 2022
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PROGRESSIVE OPINION AND NEWS
WHAT PAPERS DID TRUMP SO TREASURE, VALUE AS A CUDGEL OVER
OTHERS OR PERHAPS FEAR AS PROOFS OF HIS OWN GUILT? WHAT WAS IN THOSE DOCUMENTS
THAT WOULD MAKE HIM BREAK FEDERAL LAW IN OVER A HUNDRED INSTANCES TO KEEP THEM
HIDDEN? BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM CONTAIN GOVERNMENT SECRETS, THE PUBLIC WILL NOT
COME TO KNOW MORE THAN A SMALL PORTION OF THEIR CONTENT EVEN WHEN THE TRUMP
INVESTIGATIONS ARE OVER, I FEEL SURE, BUT IF THEY ARE SUFFICIENTLY CONVINCING
THAT HE WILL BE UNABLE TO WRIGGLE OUT OF THIS SITUATION, THEY WILL HAVE DONE THE
JOB. I AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO SEE DONALD TRUMP GET THE JUSTICE HE
DESERVES, AND ABSOLUTELY NEVER BE ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE AGAIN AT THE VERY
LEAST.
FURTHER, I FEEL WE MUST HAVE A CLEARING OUT OF THE RANKS OF
COOPERATING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS, THOUGH IT WILL NECESSARILY BE
GRADUAL. TRUMP PARTY ENTHUSIASTS ARE NOW IN POSITIONS SUCH AS LOCAL ELECTION
WORKERS, SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MILITARY AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND MORE ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE STATE AND FEDERAL SYSTEMS. MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS WERE INVOLVED IN THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION. TRUMP IS NOT THE ONLY
PROBLEM.
FIRST, HOWEVER, WE MUST PUT HIM INTO A POSITION IN WHICH HE
WILL BE UNABLE TO DO THIS AGAIN. IT IS QUITE APPROPRIATE THAT THAT PLACE SHOULD
BE A PRISON. THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN SIMPLY A SCANDAL OR AN EMBARRASSMENT. WE
MUST NOT LET UP THE PRESSURE UNTIL THE SOUND OF THE LOCK CLOSING IS HEARD AND
THE GUARD'S SHAPE RECEDES DOWN THE HALLWAY.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPM4RvEmKlE
#msnbc #trump #maralago
‘Mr. Trump Went Through The Boxes Himself’, 09:32 MIN.
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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell reports on the breaking news
from The New York Times that former President Donald Trump had over 300
documents at Mar-a-Lago and that he personally went through the boxes himself
in 2021.
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MTP NOW Aug. 26 – Judge Unseals Trump Affidavit; Biden On
Campaign Trail; Eased Price Pressures, 49:59 MIN.
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A judge unsealed the affidavit justifying the FBI search of
former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. Sarah Chamberlain, Navin Nayak
and Eugene Scott join the Meet the Press roundtable to discuss President
Biden’s first midterm campaign trip. A new economic report shows that price
pressures eased in July. Gen. Frank McKenzie reflects on the 20-year war in
Afghanistan exactly one year after 13 U.S. troops were killed following an
attack at the Kabul airport. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) joins Meet the Press
NOW to discuss student loan forgiveness.
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https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/why-trump-must-hate-fbi-s-redactions-mar-lago-affidavit-n1298382
Opinion
What we can read between the lines of the redacted
Mar-a-Lago affidavit
The many (many) redactions reveal the scope of the DOJ's
concerns — but keep Trump from seeking revenge.
Aug. 26, 2022, 4:14 PM EDT
By Hayes Brown, MSNBC Opinion Columnist
The affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for former
President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence was unsealed Friday afternoon by
a federal court in Florida. Reading between the many, many blacked out lines of
the affidavit and reading the Department of Justice’s related filings shows
just how serious the FBI’s investigation is, how flimsy some of Trump’s legal
arguments are and how worried the government is that obstruction of justice is
yet occurring.
The Aug. 5 document was heavily redacted, with roughly
two-thirds of its paragraphs at least partially obscured. Even so, it makes
slightly clearer the timeline of events leading to the unprecedented search of
a former president’s home. The affidavit also clarifies why the FBI was so
worried about what remained at Mar-a-Lago after Trump handed over 15 boxes to
the National Archives and Records Administration in January. “Of most
significant concern was that highly classified records were unfoldered,
intermixed with other records, and otherwise unproperly [sic] identified,"
NARA’s referral letter to the FBI in February read.
In those boxes surrendered in January were “184 unique
documents bearing classification markings,” including 25 that were marked “Top
Secret.” Those recovered Top Secret documents marked “HUMINT Control System,”
or "HCS,” and “Special Intelligence,” or “SI” were most likely to be a
national security threat.
HCS is information recovered from spies in the field, any
of whom could be threatened or flipped if their identity is revealed. Special
Intelligence is material derived from tapping into foreign communications,
including phones, emails and other messages. Exposure of those sources would
compromise any further information that could have been gleaned from them. The
unredacted portions of the affidavit do not make clear how many documents with
each label were recovered.
VIDEO -- Mar-a-Lago affidavit reveals who could be endangered
by classified documents, AUG. 26, 2022 03:39
The document also shows that DOJ was ready to knock down
the arguments already coming from Trump’s camp, like the claim from former
Trump administration lackey Kash Patel that Trump had already declassified all
of the documents that were recovered. That same claim was made in a May 25
letter attached to the affidavit from Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran.
But as the affidavit makes clear, the term “classified
information” isn’t entirely relevant here. Instead, it explains that one of the
relevant statutes that authorities believe may have been violated “criminalizes
the unlawful retention of ‘information relating to the national defense.’” So
even if a document has been “declassified” it is still not legal to possess
documents that likely contain national defense information (NDI) without
properly securing them.
Why so much of the document is redacted is newsworthy
itself and almost more revealing that the text that remains.
We can make guesses about what information is still being
withheld. Given what we know, the redactions are likely obscuring the actual
events of a June visit to Mar-a-Lago from Jay Bratt, the FBI’s
counterintelligence director. So far, we’ve only heard Trump’s account of that
visit. His lawyers claimed in a filing last week that an agent accompanying
Bratt told Trump, “You did not need to show us the storage room, but we
appreciate it. Now it all makes sense.” Given the DOJ’s concerns and the search
warrant that was executed after that visit, that story feels all the more
unlikely.
Why so much of the document is redacted is newsworthy
itself and almost more revealing than the text that remains. Before unsealing
the affidavit the court released the DOJ’s explanation for those redactions,
which itself was heavily redacted. The reasons given included concerns about
potential witness tampering or harassment, destruction of evidence and the
safety of law enforcement personnel.
VIDEO -- Affidavit says classified documents stored at
Mar-a-Lago weren’t in secure location, AUG. 26, 2022 02:53
Those concerns aren’t hypothetical amid the rhetorical
attacks against the FBI that Trump and his allies have launched since the
search. Right-wing media published unredacted copies of the search warrant,
which contained the names of the FBI officials who signed off on it. Since
then, “FBI agents who have been publicly identified in connection with this
investigation have received repeated threats of violence from members of the
public,” the Justice Department noted.
Judge Bruce Reinhart agreed that “the government has
well-founded concerns that steps may be taken to frustrate or otherwise
interfere with this investigation if facts in the affidavit were prematurely
disclosed.” That is why so much of the section laying out probable cause is
still obscured, to prevent a subject of the investigation (including Trump)
from seeing the full “road map” of its investigation. That the affidavit’s
contents were enough to grant a warrant in the first place means the DOJ convinced
Reinhart both that evidence would be destroyed if Trump is given a chance to
know what is still being investigated and that it’s likely “a statute
prohibiting obstruction of justice has been violated.”
In all, the information released Friday strikes the balance
between what the public has a right to know and what the FBI and DOJ says it
must keep secret. None of what was revealed Friday makes Trump look good,
despite his repeated entreaties to release the affidavit and warrant in full.
Even former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove made clear in a Fox News
appearance that Trump was in the wrong for holding onto the documents recovered
so far.
The former president is likely to be rattled at this point
— but without learning where the FBI got its information, he’s only able to
lash out in every direction, more likely to injure himself than anyone
cooperating with the investigation.
Hayes Brown
Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily, where
he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed
News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State
University.
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Read the full redacted affidavit the FBI used as a basis
for Mar-a-Lago search
Politics Aug 26, 2022 12:35 PM EDT
MOTHER NATURE IS FIGHTING BACK. WE NEED TO STOP THE HUMAN
COLONIZATION AS AN EXTENSION OF CITIES FOR 20 OR MORE MILES INTO THE HABITAT OF
WILD ANIMALS.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/pet-owners-warned-after-coyote-attacks-massachusetts/
LOCAL NEWS
Pet owners warned after coyote attacks in Massachusetts
boston
AUGUST 25, 2022 / 7:36 PM / CBS BOSTON
By Mike Sullivan, WBZ-TV
CONCORD -- In recent weeks, there have been three incidents
of suspected coyote attacks on dogs in Massachusetts. They happened in Sudbury,
Wayland, and Concord. In some instances, those attacks were deadly.
"[If you hear a coyote howling in the woods], at that
point, if you have an animal outside you should go get it and bring it
inside," suggests Concord Police Lt. Kevin Monahan
Mass Wildlife says coyotes can live in suburban, urban, and
rural areas. It means anyone can run into one.
"Don't be intimidated by a coyote if they approach
you. Try to scare them off or intimidate them by loud noises, bright lights, or
spray them with a garden hose," tells Lt. Monahan.
A Sudbury family is adjusting to their new quiet. Their dog
Scamp brought joy and laughter, filling their home and their hearts.
"For us he was just a bundle of love," said Paul
Reising.
It was during an evening lap of the backyard last week,
that a coyote came. The dog didn't survive. "I said 'Scamp, it's Dad.' So
he let me pick him up," Reising said.
For the Reisings, rather than dwell on what was taken,
they're finding some comfort in what Scamp gave them. "I walked him around
this block twice a day. He got me through COVID. That was my being out. The gym
was closed," Reising said.
Police suggest all pet owners keep their animals on a
leash, and to only walk your furry friends outside if the area is well lit.
"It seems like every year, this time of year, we have
the similar calls for service," adds Lt. Monahan.
They are opportunistic feeders that will seek out anything
that is available. Lt. Monahan says all coyotes need is a small place to call
home. If you are a homeowner with an open porch or shed, make sure those areas
are secured.
In: Concord News
First published on August 25, 2022 / 7:36 PM
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