Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen's very short stint as law firm partner

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Friday March 03, 2017 · 12:16 AM PST

2017/03/03 · 00:16

A number of profiles of Michael D. Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney, note he was a partner at NYC law firm, Phillips Nizer before signing on with Trump. I checked the PN website in the internet archive and he was only first listed as partner in October 2006.

By May 2007, Cohen’s title was changed from partner to counsel. He remained in the PN directory as counsel until some time in late 2008.

One Cohen profile indicates he joined the Trump organization in 2007.

Another article noted Cohen worked at a personal injury law firm before joining PN but the firm’s name wasn’t provided. Unfortunately, the same article stated Cohen joined the Trump organization in 2006 which is flat out wrong.

How do you go from a PI firm to PN “partner in the Corporate Department, and co-Chair of the firm’s Distressed Debt and Claims Trading Group” ?

Read Cohen’s PN bio. Guy went to a third rate law firm. Did he buy his way into PN?

Josh Marshall at TPM has an excellent article on Cohen’s family wealth and links to a 2/2007 NY Post story about Cohen, Nizer Phillips partner, buying up Trump properties.

A 2/2015 article on a NY real estate news site reported Cohen bought an Upper East Side apartment complex for $58 million.

I think it might be time for more investigative work into Michael Cohen’s background.

Best debunking of latest Clinton "scandals" I've read

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Tuesday October 18, 2016 · 5:30 AM PDT

2016/10/18 · 05:30

In a series of tweets, T. R. Ramachandran lays out the reasons why the latest FBI/State story is a bunch of nothing.

His tweets are summarized on his website:

electionado.com/…

His other pieces on the Clinton Foundation et al are also worth a look.

School Trump visiting tomorrow suddenly changes website

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Wednesday September 07, 2016 · 2:34 PM PDT

2016/09/07 · 14:34

Shades of John Oliver’s expose on Ohio charter schools!

Trump is scheduled to visit the Ohio charter school, Cleveland Arts & Social Sciences Academy, tomorrow. While I was visiting the site to see what CASSA was about, the site changed dramatically.

Here’s the current version:

clevelandartsocsci.org

Here’s the one from January 2016 in the wayback machine:

web.archive.org/…

Note the reference to accreditation has been eliminated. That’s probably because the school was not accredited by AdvancEd as it claimed.

Also note the “Results” and “Events” pages are blank.

The original site claimed the school was managed by Mosaica, a for-profit company that went belly up and was bought by another for-profit company, Pansophic Learning. It is not clear if Pansophic manages CASSA.

According to its 2014 990, CASSA had a deficit of $1.8 million.

In its 2014 990, CASSA did not disclose rent but in 2013 it paid $812k in rent. The property is owned by a for-profit Oregon company. Charter School Capital which buys property and then rents to charter schools.

If CASSA is an example of what Trump thinks a school should be, education in this country is in big trouble!

Update:

Cleveland Arts & Social Sciences Academy was rated “D” for performance index and “F” for indicators met by the Ohio Board of Education in 2014:

www.toledoblade.com/…

The company that manages CASSA, ACCEL, is a subsidiary of Pansophic Learning which is owned by a Saudi Businessman:

ireport.cnn.com/...

Why is Obama golfing and not in Baton Rouge? This is Bad!

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Thursday August 18, 2016 · 12:32 PM PDT

2016/08/18 · 12:32

Per WH pool: Obama is golfing with Larry David, Robert Wolf (former President of UBS) and Jonathan Lavine (co-managing partner of Bain Capital)

The Advocate, a Baton Rouge paper on Obama:

www.theadvocate.com/...

“Now that the flood waters ravaging Louisiana are receding, it's time for President Barack Obama to visit the most anguished state in the union.

Last week, as torrential rains brought death, destruction and misery to Louisiana, the president continued his vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, a playground for the posh and well-connected.

We’ve seen this story before in Louisiana, and we don’t deserve a sequel. In 2005, a fly-over by a vacationing President George W. Bush became a symbol of official neglect for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The current president was among those making political hay out of Bush’s aloofness...”

Now the criticism is being taken up by national media:

www.nbcnews.com/…

You’d think, at the least, he would go to support a Democratic governor. He hightailed it to NJ fast enough after Superstorm Sandy and made sure he had a photo-op with Christie.

Very disappointed.

LOL-Trump wannabe WH press secretary screws up again!

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Saturday August 13, 2016 · 9:19 AM PDT

2016/08/13 · 09:19

Can the Trump campaign go a day without screwing up?

Today on CNN, Trump campaign spokesperson, Katrina Pierson, claimed President Obama started war in Afghanistan in 2009:

www.mediaite.com/…

CNN anchor, Victor Blackwell, was astounded and, just in case he misheard, asked Pierson again if she meant what she said and she stuck to her guns.

Pierson last set Twitter afire when she claimed Obama was responsible for starting the Iraq war in 2003. Obama, of course, was an Illinois state senator at the time.

Yes, indeedy, Trump hires all the best people!

Update: #KatrinaPiersonHistory is trending on Twitter again!

twitter.com/...

Update: Several commenters mentioned Pierson’s shoplifting violation in 1997 which is not a big deal, imo. What was overlooked was the fact that Pierson collected unemployment benefits while working for Cruz in 2012.

www.texasobserver.org/...

Proof the GOP had to know about the Iranian payment

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Friday August 05, 2016 · 7:05 AM PDT

2016/08/05 · 07:05

From the WSJ:

‘Revolutionary Guard commanders boasted at the time that the Americans had succumbed to Iranian pressure. “Taking this much money back was in return for the release of the American spies,” said Gen. Mohammad Reza Naghdi, commander of the Guard’s Basij militia, on state media.”

The idea that Republican members of the House and Senate intelligence committees did not know what Naghdi said on Iranian television in January is preposterous.

Every last member of those committees should be forced to acknowledge they knew about the payment or admit their gross incompetence.

9/11: The only time NATO Treaty Article 5 ever invoked

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Wednesday August 03, 2016 · 10:07 PM PDT

2016/08/03 · 22:07

On the Insurgent site , Eric Erickson wrote a blistering article, blasting Trump for asking if NATO countries “have paid” if they want American protection from a potential Russian invasion. Erickson brought up an interesting piece of history that I was unaware of.

theresurgent.com/…

Erickson asked if Trump supporters knew the only time NATO has ever invoked Article 5 of the 1949 Washington Treaty that established NATO. That’s the article that recognizes an attack on one NATO ally as an attack on all NATO allies requiring defense.

The answer is:

“The only time NATO has ever invoked Article 5 and rushed to the aid of a NATO ally in response to an attack was on September 11, 2001.”

Erickson rips Trump supporters a new asshole:

“Donald Trump wants to turn NATO into a damn shakedown scheme and you people are cheering him on. You should be ashamed of yourselves. You should be ashamed of the fact that your cult leader who claims to have been personally affected by 9/11 does not even know our NATO allies protected his ass that day. You should be ashamed that he wants to turn one of the strongest military alliances in the history of the world into a racket where protection is bought. You should be ashamed that you are not ashamed.”

WSJ: Obama paid $400m to Iran as US sailors freed

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Tuesday August 02, 2016 · 11:38 PM PDT

2016/08/02 · 23:38

Drudge has a screaming headline tonight linking to a WSJ article on a transfer of $400m to Iran in January 2016 that coincided with the release of US sailors captured by Iran. The payment was the first installment of an $11.9 billion agreement to reimburse Iran for arms purchased by the shah and never delivered after the Iranian revolution.

According to the WSJ, the $400m was paid at the time of the sailors release as a show of good faith.

Drudge, of course, is trying to make it look like Obama paid a ransom.

Expect Trump and the right wing to go nuts over this and claim Obama paid ransom.

The WSJ is subscriber only. If anyone is interested, I will post article. Interesting that the article was not on the front page of the WSJ but in its “World” section.

The NY Daily News also has article on the payment:

www.nydailynews.com/...

Melania's "charitable" endeavors

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Thursday July 28, 2016 · 8:15 AM PDT

2016/07/28 · 08:15

News the Trump campaign took down Melania’s website isn’t the most important story in the world today but I’m feeling particularly ill disposed towards Trump today so here goes:

web.archive.org/…

Everyone assumes the website was taken down because the bio falsely claimed Melania had a degree. I don’t know about that. I think maybe someone in Trump’s organization realized how ridiculous the description of Melania as a philanthropist made her look.

From the site:

“This passion can only be surpassed by her dedication to helping others, and her generosity has been noted.

”Melania's philanthropic interests more and more represent her humanitarian side, and she remains an indefatigable and dedicated New Yorker.”

The list of Melania’s honors belies the extravagant claims. Most of her accomplishments occurred in 2005 and 2006 and consist of being an honorary chairperson or other title bestowed on anyone who gives a reasonably sized donation.

The funniest bit in the bio is the description of Melania ringing the bell at NASDAQ as a contribution to charity:

“In April of 2008, she was asked by Love Our Children USA and NASDAQ to participate in the Fifth Annual National Love Our Children Day and the beginning of National Child Abuse Prevention month by ringing the closing bell at NASDAQ.”

Apparently, the renowned philanthropist, Melania Trump, has been inactive since 2008.

Trump & Manafort: FBI is corrupt

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Friday July 22, 2016 · 11:42 AM PDT

2016/07/22 · 11:42

Little has been said about Trump’s claim last night that Clinton was guilty of “terrible” crimes covered up because “corruption has reached a level like never before”.

On the same day, Manafort told CNN the FBI’s crime statistics cannot be trusted after what it did for Clinton.

This attack on the integrity of government and the rule of law is unprecedented, dangerous and another reason why Trump can’t be president.

Link to Manafort’s CNN interview:

www.cnn.com/…

Excerpt from Trump’s speech:

“And when a secretary of state illegally stores her emails on a private server, deletes 33,000 of them so the authorities can’t see her crime, puts our country at risk, lies about it in every different form and faces no consequence — I know that corruption has reached a level like never before.

When the F.B.I. director says that the secretary of state was “extremely careless” and “negligent,” in handling our classified secrets, I also know that these terms are minor compared to what she actually did. They were just used to save her from facing justice for her terrible crimes.”

National Republican Trust PAC - How Was $5.3 Million Media Buy for Vicious Anti-Obama Ads Financed?

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Saturday November 15, 2008 · 10:29 AM PST

2008/11/15 · 10:29

Stop Pelosi, Obama In Georgia!

"...Liberal Jim Martin is the final vote they need for total control to force crushing new tax hikes, to give illegals social security and citizenship, to impose their radical abortion agenda, to take away your Second Amendment rights."

At least that's what the National Republican Trust PAC is claiming in its latest 30-second ad.

Even worse, Obama will reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine to get rid of Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly, Savage, Boortz, Beck and all the major hosts once and for all if you don't send money to the National Republican Trust PAC a.s.a.p.

Remember the vile ad about Obama giving a driver's license to Mohamed Atta? FactCheck.org, via NPR, accused the National Republican Trust PAC of producing "one of the sleaziest false TV ads of the campaign." The other two PAC ads were every bit as despicable.

But where did the Republican National Trust PAC get the cash to pay for very expensive airtime? It only registered with the FEC on 9/29/08 and, as of 10/15, had $205,000 in the bank.

More below.

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 1:44 PM PDT

2008/10/13 · 13:44

Hmm...Patricia Allen just happened to use Mark Foley's attorney to settle her case with Rep. Tim Mahoney and Brian Ross just happened to have the scoop a month before Election Day.

If Patricia Allen of Hobe Sound is Patricia Lynn Allen of Hobe Sound in Martin County, somebody ought to take a closer look at the case against Mahoney.

How was Patricia L. Allen's ex-husband, William C. Allen, able to pay off a $100k mortgage in April of 2007 that he only took out in June 2006?

The property is in Jupiter which is in Palm Beach County.

William C. Allen is also the long-time owner of Allen Cabinetry at 1029 25th Court in West Palm Beach. I wonder how business is these days, given the state of South Florida's real estate market.

Have the Allens been doubledipping? Worth a look, imho.

(Reference: Martin County Clerk, Martin County Property Appraiser, Palm Beach County Clerk. Copies of pertinent records are available on request.)

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