https://www.dailykos.com/user/ljm/rss/index.xml News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Sun, 26 Jan 2020 06:15:02 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 06:15:02 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/26/1614666/-You-Can-Help-David-Cay-Johnston-Help-Us <p>   David Cay Johnston is starting a news site called DCReport, which is meant to do more than write about tweets.  He plans to have a staff of writers, lawyers and significant others to write about the administration and congress in regard to what they do and to write about it before they do it.  They will then include things we can do to keep our America our America.</p> <p>   He responded in an e-mail to me:</p> <div></div> <div>Please tell others about this project and urge them to donate as I am trying to build a broad base of small donors to persuade some big pockets donors who are interested, but have not yet written the larger checks needed to do the task at hand.</div> <div></div> <div>   Look at DCReport.org</div> <div></div> <div>You can also send a donation to</div> <div>DCReport</div> <div>P.O. Box 10311</div> <div>Rochester, NY  14610</div> <div></div> <div>Please spread this news far and wide</div> <div></div> <div> <div> <div> <div></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <figure class="image-captioned width-sm"><img alt="" class="width-sm" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1476579612/dcj_bigger.jpeg"> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure> <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidCayJ"><strong>David Cay Johnston<span> <span>Verified account</span> </span></strong> <span>‏</span><span><s>@</s><strong>DavidCayJ</strong></span> </a></div> </div> <div> <p>THANKS again to <a href="https://t.co/TD4kQk05UB" target="_blank">DCreport.org</a> donors. Long way to go, but on right path. Please tell you friends &amp; ask them to join in.</p> </div> </div> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Recommended WashingtonDCgovernment _1614666 Mon, 26 Dec 2016 18:28:35 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/19/1612741/-Follow-The-Money-Panama-Papers-Motherload-of-Ties-Between-Trump-and-Russian-Mobster-Oligarchs <p>   This lengthy but enlightening article with a forward by David Cay Johnston and written by James Henry, shows just how important the Panama Papers were, if people had wanted to delve into the links between Russian oligarchs and Trump.  Too bad people were all focused on “trade deals” that weren’t there to haunt us.  All of this information should have been front and center.  These people have been Trump’s business cohorts for decades.  Some of them are apparent family friends.  The kids hang out with them, too.  It’s a long article and the source allows one free article, so take your time and read it.  If only investigative journalists had been doing what James Henry has done and not gone for that shiny object...e-mails.  There should be a massive Church Commission to investigate these relationships.  Crimes and misdemeanors look like shiny objects to me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/12/19/the-curious-world-of-donald-trumps-private-russian-connections/" target="_blank">www.the-american-interest.com/…</a></p> <p>Who has the cajones to investigate and prosecute?</p> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) TrumpandRussianOligarchs _1612741 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 20:36:45 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/12/1610231/-Mother-Jones-Found-PEOTUS-Trail-of-Debt <p>We never got the taxes, but now Mother Jones has identified the debt PEOTUS owes various banks and the numbers are Uuuuge.  Not counted in this story is the nearly $1 billion in various deals with China.  No wonder he wants to provoke a war with them.  If he could use our military to threaten China, maybe he could get them to cancel his debt.  Maybe he wants an neo-nazi to win in Germany via dirty tricks by Russia, to cancel his debt.  This man is in debt way beyond his eyeballs.  This doesn’t even take into account all the Russian money ties he’s got that lead a path to Putin. </p> <p><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/12/guide-donald-trump-debt" target="_blank">www.motherjones.com/...</a></p> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) moneyanddebt Recommended _1610231 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 19:34:31 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/27/1604634/-President-Elect-s-Name-Creates-Conflict-of-Interest <p>What to call our president-elect, seriously, we can’t use his name.  It’s trademarked.  To use his name with the name reserved for the highest office in America automatically advertises his brand with his government job.  From now on, I will call him P-E.  I will refer to the office of president at POTUS.  I will not use his name.  It’s trademarked.  He can sue.  Besides, he’s gotten enough free advertising and billions of dollars in free media.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/31/donald-trump-taxes-trademarks-delaware-loophole" target="_blank">www.theguardian.com/…</a></p> <p>He’s also found a way to avoid paying taxes for his various brands by being incorporated in Deleware, one of the US tax havens.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) ConflictOfInterest _1604634 Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:06:39 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/27/1520776/-Trump-Yada-Yada-Foreign-Policy <p>    Julia Louis Dreyfus did a wonderful bit on SNL when she asked the character in a debate played by Larry David how he’d get something done.  The response was a typical Trump type of answer like his usual, “It will be beautiful, trust me.”  He never said how he’d do it.  At that point Julia Louis Dreyfus called him on giving a non-answer saying, “You yada yada yada’d over the best parts!”  That in a nutshell is Trump’s foreign policy plans.  He says he’ll make America great by “Putting Americans and America first.”  He’ll get Russia and China in a room to show them his strength.  He’ll get all the other NATO members to pay for NATO, etc…  He never says how he’d do anything.  It’s always “Trust me.  It will be beautiful.”  “I’m a winner.”  Everybody else is a “loser.”  He never says how or that he’s even given how much thought.  He’s “yada yada yada’s over the best parts,” when it comes to foreign policy or any other policy.  When it comes to interviewing this man for the top job in our government, which includes CIC, can’t imagine anybody ticking the box for him that says, “You’re hired.”</p> <p>From The Guardian:</p> <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/27/donald-trump-foreign-policy-speech" target="_blank">www.theguardian.com/...</a></p> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) ForeignPolicy trump _1520776 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:57:34 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/5/1510961/-David-Cay-Johnston-Money-Porn <p>    It’s been years since I’ve written a diary.  David Cay Johnston has been writing about tax havens and tax evasion for decades.  He’s written about the Panama Papers, which he says is basically a tale of “money porn” that puts names to the people hiding money around the world and one law firm who helps them do it.  He calls them “one room” in what would otherwise be “a mansion” of this type of activity.  He says the problem is congress and parliament. He doesn’t mention trade agreements.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/05/panama-papers-tip-of-the-iceberg-as-congress-aids-tax-cheats-terrorists.html" target="_blank">www.thedailybeast.com/...</a></p> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) panamapapersdavidcayjohnston _1510961 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 20:49:40 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/1/318365/-Inside-Iraq-most-excellent-blog <p>McClatchy has a blog for their staffers in Baghdad to tell their stories. &nbsp;They write about their lives and don't pull any punches. &nbsp;Some of what they write about their experiences are in graphic detail. &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/iraq/">http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/...</a></p> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Baghdad Blogs McClatchy _318365 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:49:19 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/2/9/300302/-Would-Dubya-bomb-Iran <p>Read this article in The Guardian and you'll find more than one reason to think it could happen.</p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2010086,00.html">http://www.guardian.co.uk/...</a></p> <p>Now, think about who you would want to become president if The Guardian article is right?</p> <p>more on the flip</p> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) George W. Bush GeorgeWBush Guardian Iran WesleyClark _300302 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:02:53 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/3/286822/-Kudos-To-Jesse-Lee <p> &nbsp; I've been reading and commenting at The Stakeholder, the DCCC blog since it's inception. &nbsp;It has been brilliant in putting the issues of the day front and center, keeping us current on all the hot races in 2004 and 2006. &nbsp;This has mostly been done by a very very good blog master, Jesse Lee.</p> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) DCCC JesseLee _286822 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:40:43 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/4/266659/-Chalabi-Chalabi-Chalabi Here is the NYTs article on Chalabi and us getting into the war in Iraq joined at the hip with this guy. &nbsp;It's 12 pages online to read, but certainly well worth it. &nbsp;The writer spend time with Chalabi over a number of years. &nbsp;He even made a trip with him to Iran. &nbsp;(more on flip) rss@dailykos.com (ljm) AhmedChalabi incompetent Iraq Neocons Republicans _266659 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:12:42 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/22/248853/-Target-will-match-Wal-Mart-on-drug-prices &nbsp; &nbsp;Target has announced it will match Wal-Mart on the $4 a month generic Rx drugs that Wal-Mart will start in the Tampa area. &nbsp;We can only hope this will go nationwide soon. &nbsp;Even at $4 a month on these generic drugs they are making a profit. &nbsp;It only goes to show what a rip-off these drug prices have been for all of us. &nbsp;This USA Today article links to the list of drugs that will be available at the $4 price. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Big Pharma BigPharma genericdrugs Target Wal-Mart _248853 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:18:30 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/29/240923/-History-of-US-Money-and-Debt &nbsp; &nbsp;The economy team at the Clark Community Network has been writing the history of debt in America, aka the history of money. &nbsp;Today is the debut of the third part in the series. &nbsp;Please be sure to go back and read parts one and two. &nbsp;It's history about this part of the world I'll bet you didn't know. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Debt History Money _240923 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:16:31 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/1/232412/-I-would-help-Mel-Gibson &nbsp; &nbsp; I've read the release of the statement from Mel Gibson asking for help from Jewish leaders in helping him to understand "where those words came from" when he was drunk the other night.</p><p> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-08-01-gibson-statement_x.htm?csp=27">http://www.usatoday.com/...</a> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Hate Help Jewish MelGibson _232412 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:04:31 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/8/225602/-Crashing-the-Gates-of-Justice-tin-foil-hat-edition &nbsp; &nbsp;It doesn't take a crystal ball for this picture to become any clearer. &nbsp;In the White House (signing statements by Bush) and both chambers of Congress (Frist and Hastert as leaders) the rule of law seems to be dead. (See the SCOTUS ruling on Hamden v Rumsfeld and John Dean's latest FindLaw piece about what Graham and Kyl were up to with the WH to get that one dismissed and got caught in the act) Now a court is going to hear arguments about why the government (Justice Dept. same one who used the Graham Kyl fraud in the Hamdan case) should be dismissed. &nbsp;This is regarding the Deficit Reduction Act that Bush signed into law knowing the congress didn't vote for the same version as the senate. (Cheney was a tie breaker in the senate). </p><p> More on the flip rss@dailykos.com (ljm) BillFrist Deficit DennisHastert Fraud George W. Bush GeorgeWBush Hamdan v. Rumsfeld HamdanvRumsfeld _225602 Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:09:02 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/4/224493/-Revolutionary-War-British-NY-was-first-GITMO &nbsp; &nbsp; The New York Times had an excellent op-ed, which I blogged about at the Clark Community Network. <a href="http://www.securingamerica.com/ccn/node/7318">http://www.securingamerica.com/...</a> </p><p> &nbsp; &nbsp; (This takes you to my blog and link to the article.) It seems that more Patriots<br> died in British NY prisons than during battle. &nbsp;The conditions were beyond horrible. &nbsp;Many of these men were locked away on prison ships where they died. &nbsp;This is something we just don't learn about from our school history books. &nbsp;After the war, of course King George III was not held accountable for "war crimes" as he was the king of the British Empire. &nbsp;After this war, nations did start to establish rules on treatment of POWs and who counts as a POW. &nbsp;England called our Patriots, "insurgents" or "enemy combatants" not deserving of POW status. &nbsp;These are my words more or less. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Insurgents Memorial New York NewYork Patriots POWs RevolutionaryWar UK _224493 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:45:58 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/14/210302/-We-can-do-both-a-50-state-strategy-and-fund-the-DCCC-for-November &nbsp; &nbsp;Yesterday I wrote a comment about how well I think the 50 state strategy is working in Kansas. &nbsp;I got a lot of positive feedback for my comment. &nbsp;Now, I am a believer that we can do two things at once. &nbsp;We can have a 50 state strategy and also give the money to the DCCC that they will need to help all these great congressional candidates win in November. &nbsp;If 600,000 people send the DCCC $100 (you know the spiel) they will have the $60 million they need to do the great work they do. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Congress DCCC Democraticleadership DNC Victory _210302 Sun, 14 May 2006 21:25:30 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/6/207918/-Please-Google-Economy-CSI &nbsp; &nbsp;The Clark Community Network bloggers are forming teams and starting some excellent blog series at www.securingamerica.com then click on Community to get to the CCN. &nbsp;The Real Science team has a fabulous thing going now on Global Warming. &nbsp;We are forming other teams as well. &nbsp;The economy team is just forming and starting out as a blog entry on my blog. &nbsp;I've done three so far and hope our regular team entry can start in June. &nbsp;If anyone has an economics background or interest in the subject from the viewpoint of our US eoconomy and the impact the rest of the world has on us and visa versa, please check us out and make some useful comments. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Economy Google Smoke and Mirrors SmokeandMirrors _207918 Sat, 06 May 2006 17:18:58 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/15/202411/-MSOC-You-Go-Girl &nbsp; &nbsp;It was so exciting to see a blogger, one of us featured in a very long article in the WAPO. &nbsp;If anyone has a right to be angry with the Bush administration for repeating the mistakes of the Nixon administration, it's MSOC. &nbsp;How many of us lost our fathers to "an unfortunate incident" such as the war in Vietnam? &nbsp;She held her own on FOX too! rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Anger Blogging Left MSOC Washington Post WashingtonPost _202411 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:23:09 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/5/184657/--quot-The-Common-Good-and-The-Commonwealth-quot &nbsp; &nbsp;It's time for us to become a unified Democratic party with one very central message. &nbsp;Last summer at a grassroots meetup in Little Rock, Arkansas of the National Clark Community, George Lakoff told us that our frame for our party is "the common good." He also talked about the early states being called a commonwealth in that everyone was working together and using their resources to work for the common good of their state. Then, that expanded to include the common good of the entire nation through a system of taxation that was to benefit everyone. The words made absolute sense to me. &nbsp;Everything that matters to us as a party and a nation fits into the "common good." &nbsp; rss@dailykos.com (ljm) 2006 2008 elections 2008elections CommonGood commonwealth Democratic Party DemocraticParty GeorgeLakoff National Security NationalSecurity unifiedmessage WesleyClark _184657 Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:47:06 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/25/181277/-Wes-Clark-today-on-Cavuto-FOX-3-00-Central-Time &nbsp; &nbsp;Wes Clark has been speaking out about Iran being the real threat in the middle east and not Iraq since at least 2002. &nbsp;People are finally taking notice and listening to him. &nbsp;He will be on Cavuto today talking about Iran. &nbsp;It's always worth tuning in to hear what he has to say if you can. &nbsp;If not, usually someone posts the video on CCN. There is a thread up now that will include discussion about what he has to say today. &nbsp; rss@dailykos.com (ljm) ForeignPolicy Iran WesleyClark _181277 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:10:48 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/5/169835/-New-Wes-Clark-Op-Ed-on-Iraq &nbsp; &nbsp;General Clark has written an Op-Ed now up at the New York Times Website. &nbsp;He wrote it from Qatar, where he's attended a conference with others from the middle east. &nbsp;From his most recent contacts he has written a very interesting position on what we now need to do in Iraq. &nbsp;I hope General Pace reads it and pays very close attention. &nbsp;Rummy and Cheney won't even read it, I suspect. &nbsp;If everyone in the Senate and Congress looks it over, it will give them food for thought along with the rest of us. &nbsp;Hint... it's about Iran. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/opinion/06clark.html?hp rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Iran Iraq MiddleEast WesleyClark _169835 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:48:50 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/31/161198/-Alito-Shmalito-with-poll &nbsp; &nbsp;It seems to me that we need to keep our focus on Treasongate. &nbsp;As Krugman has said very well, "illegal or not, outing a CIA operative is unpatriotic." (paraphrasing) We know she was outed, as well as her husband having told us the truth about the reasons for going to war in Iraq. &nbsp;Nominating Alito is from the Rove playbook to appease the radical religious right and rally them around Dubya. &nbsp;Meanwhile, activity was happening with some of the same Treasongate players in the Vice's office today. Why don't we focus on our own important issues that should be on the front page of every paper in the country. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) Dick Cheney DickCheney Iraq War IraqWar Karl Rove KarlRove Lies SamuelAlito ScooterLibby Supreme Court SupremeCourt Treasongate _161198 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:17:01 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/1/143814/-Something-people-could-do &nbsp; I read a really heart wrenching story on Drudge about the people going to the AstroDome not being able to take their pets. &nbsp;One of the Clarkies living in Baton Rouge posted that the shelter there has lots of these pets and they are looking for foster homes for them until they can be reunited with their owners. &nbsp;Perhaps contacting the Humane Society where you live could get you in touch with that shelter if you live within 300 miles of the area to house a pet. &nbsp;If someone lives in Houston, I hope they will take in a dog named Snowball for the little boy who went to the AstroDome and "cried until he vomited" when they took his dog. &nbsp;At least he could visit him until they get a new place. &nbsp;I don't have any phone numbers, but a Kossack living closer than I do (Kansas) could perhaps research this and let people know what they can do to house pets or people with pets. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) _143814 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:15:48 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/26/141762/-New-CCN-General-Discussion The Clark Community Network has moved to http:www.securingamerica.com/ccn with a new format and new log in required. &nbsp;For those who are waiting to comment there and still can't, please use my diary here as an open thread. &nbsp;Recommend so we can keep it going tonight. &nbsp;Anyone who wants to sign on there as a newbie, please do so and sign up for WesPAC. &nbsp;Be patient, it's similar to here, but still working out the kinks. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) _141762 Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:26:48 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/4/136004/-I-support-the-DCCC &nbsp; &nbsp;I can't tell you how much I wish we'd run the election in Ohio. &nbsp;Those of us at the Clark Community Network pulled together like the rest of the netroots with donations, calling, boots on the ground and Wes Clark's endorsement for Hackett. &nbsp;Heck the DCCC did a robocall of Wes for Hackett in Ohio. &nbsp;Read why I support the DCCC as do many many of us who support Wes Clark on the flip. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) _136004 Thu, 04 Aug 2005 20:27:47 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/3/135673/-Wes-Clark-quot-Get-some-starch-quot &nbsp; Those of us who support Wes Clark and asked him to run for president in 04 appreciate his succinct and plain spoken manner. &nbsp;He told a crowd of people in a speech that Democrats need to "get some starch!" &nbsp;We agree and gladly supported Paul Hackett who obviously has a lot of "starch."<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;We've learned some valuable lessons from the OH-02 race and I hope we can learn more with a win in CA-48's special election on Nov. 8th. &nbsp;In the meantime, for those Kossacks who have come to appreciate Wes Clark as we have, please visit</p><p> www.securingamerica.com and sign up with WesPAC</p><p> click on community and get a user account to blog with us on the Clark Community Network</p><p> BTW, General Clark will be on FOX, Friday, Aug. 5th at 10:30 AM ET.<br> rss@dailykos.com (ljm) _135673 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 18:31:15 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/13/130413/-Joe-Wilson-on-Today &nbsp; &nbsp;According to Bradblog in an interview today with Joe Wilson, he will be on The Today Show tomorrow. &nbsp;He will be fighting back with guns blazing in a manner of speaking. &nbsp;He has a letter from Bush, Sr. written to him regarding the lead up to the war in Iraq and also something from Scowcroft saying they agreed with much he had to say in another editorial months after his Niger trip. &nbsp;Does anybody besides me wonder if Fitzgerald and his team watch TV and wonder, "is that it? &nbsp;That's their defense?" &nbsp;The public smear of Wilson and his wife are classic Rove. &nbsp;Actually, classic government management, what a shame. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) _130413 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 02:19:17 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/9/129205/-Frank-Rich-Worse-Than-Watergate &nbsp; &nbsp;Frank Rich has an excellent op-ed up now at The New York Times about the Plame case. &nbsp;Sorry I don't have the link, but you know where to find it. &nbsp;Rich totally gets it! Now all we need is for Fitz to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. &nbsp;I understand that's his area of expertise. &nbsp;Please go to the New York TImes site and read this editorial. rss@dailykos.com (ljm) _129205 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 05:10:38 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/27/95622/-Hold-your-nose-and-read-Drudge &nbsp; &nbsp;Drudge has his own story that then seems to come from a Newsweek story about Putin nailing Bush over the firing of the reporters at CBS. &nbsp;Bush apparently was open mouthed at the suggestion and the BushCo line is that Putin doesn't understand that he doesn't have the power to fire anyone in the American free press, but I suspect Vladimir looked into his soul and saw the truth. &nbsp;Strike a blow for liberty, Putipoot! rss@dailykos.com (ljm) _95622 Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:20:50 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/26/95521/-Is-there-a-smart-plan-for-giving &nbsp; &nbsp;This is my first diary here, so here goes...<br> We are in an off year, 2005, but I am already deluged with requests for donations to various candidate PACs and party organizations. &nbsp;My question is this, is there a logical way for us to give to benefit the many? &nbsp;I live in Kansas, which is not a densely populated state and a red one to boot, so aren't my dollars needed more in my state for the state Democratic party and candidates running here in 2006? &nbsp;Do people living in blue states with larger populations have a better chance to give to the national organizations in bigger numbers than they need to give their state party? &nbsp;I'm just curious, because it seems like there could be a way to do this so we all get the most bang for our collective bucks in this off year. &nbsp;Ideas? rss@dailykos.com (ljm) _95521 Sun, 27 Feb 2005 05:21:45 +0000