Q Anon: 12/31/18 Trust Trump's Plan

apeaking of ‘accepting’, I’m working on an intermittent tagline to be used when appropriate:

Your offended by what I say? I refuse to accept such Marxist privilege.

1,601 posted on 01/04/2019 8:09:52 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)

Apple seems like they made some really dumb business decisions playing with China the way they have.

1,602 posted on 01/04/2019 8:11:46 AM PST by marajade (Skywalker)

To: JockoManning

Hurd of TX? Good grief. Why haven’t Texas good ole boys paid him a visit to educate him on realities of life. Does he represent Austin? God have mercy.

No, he represents the Texas side of the Mexican border.

1,603 posted on 01/04/2019 8:12:05 AM PST by AZLiberty (218 House seats or bust! Bust. But the Dems will be busted for election fraud.)

That’s the body-double, folks.

1,604 posted on 01/04/2019 8:12:59 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)

To: Cats Pajamas

1,605 posted on 01/04/2019 8:17:35 AM PST by bitt

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3716545/posts?page=1497#1497

Regarding the UCMJ CHANGE graphic - do you have link? I’d like to save it bigger.

1,606 posted on 01/04/2019 8:19:26 AM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)

Read this for later bookmark.

1,607 posted on 01/04/2019 8:20:05 AM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)

To: Cats Pajamas

EXCLUSIVE: Sen Pat Roberts Will Announce Retirement today at 11:15

Laying another stepping stone for Mike Pompeo to become President in 2024.

"Senator Pompeo" has a nice ring to it.

1,608 posted on 01/04/2019 8:21:53 AM PST by AZLiberty (218 House seats or bust! Bust. But the Dems will be busted for election fraud.)

Interesting but Q told us that major disruptions aren’t imminent. I’m prepared for a couple of weeks anyhow.

1,609 posted on 01/04/2019 8:22:28 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)

Yes Q did, he also has said that misinformation is necessary and for us o trust ourselves!

1,610 posted on 01/04/2019 8:23:54 AM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

1,611 posted on 01/04/2019 8:25:00 AM PST by bitt

1,612 posted on 01/04/2019 8:25:35 AM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

-Fits in with what we read about the election, ie: the DEMs -were running people with CIA ties for Congress, and some -with military service in addition to the CIA ties.

-One of my favorites in Congress, Dave Brat, was defeated by -one of these Clowns.

Brian Fitzpatrick (PA) former FBI, till 2016 ran & lost, 2018 ran in different district and won...

1,613 posted on 01/04/2019 8:28:38 AM PST by Kay Ludlow (Government actions ALWAYS have unintended consequences.)

Powerful Chicago alderman indicted for attempted extortion

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/powerful_chicago_alderman_indicted_for_attempted_extortion.html

For many who don’t live in Chicago, the indictment of Alderman Ed Burke may be a minor example of public corruption in a corrupt city.

But there is nothing minor about Ed Burke. He has served as an alderman since 1969, when Richard J. Daley not only ruled the city of Chicago and Cook County with an iron fist, but was a Democratic Party kingmaker, controlling more than a dozen congressmen and having a huge say in national politics.

Over the decades, Burke amassed unparalleled influence – and got hugely rich in the process. Everyone in the city knew he was dirty. The only question was, would the feds ever gather enough evidence to put him away? Burke has watched over the decades as dozens of his city council colleagues were marched off to prison. Now, it seems, it’s his turn.

In late November, the FBI raided his City Hall office, as well as the offices of his law firm. Agents returned to search his law offices again in December. What they found led to the incredible scene in a Chicago courtroom as the prosecutor read out charges and Burke stood stoically listening. Those charges included the attempted extortion of a business-owner that has ensnared not only Burke, but one of the major candidates running for mayor of Chicago.

Chicago Tribune:

A federal criminal complaint unsealed Thursday charged Burke with attempted extortion for allegedly using his position as alderman to try to steer business to his private law firm from a company seeking to renovate a fast-food restaurant in his ward. The charge carries a maximum of 20 years in prison on conviction.

The complaint also alleged Burke asked one of the company’s executives in December 2017 to attend an upcoming political fundraiser for “another politician.” Sources identified the politician as Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who is running for Chicago mayor.

The case filed in U.S. District Court comes five weeks after the FBI carried out a stunning raid on Burke’s City Hall office, working for hours behind windows covered with brown butcher paper before leaving down a back staircase with computers and files.

The unveiling of the highly anticipated charges touched off a wild scene Thursday at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, where Burke turned himself in to federal prosecutors before appearing before a magistrate judge in a packed courtroom on the building’s 17th.

For 50 years, Burke has avoided the hangman’s noose by never soiling his hands with the details. He has had a firm grasp on the levers of power, allowing him to use his influence in barely legal “pay to play” schemes that no one could ever accuse him of directly using his office for personal aggrandizement. He has used his power to nudge a lot of business toward his personal law practice, making him very wealthy and very powerful.

Prosecutors are hinting that these charges are just the tip of the iceberg:

While the allegations have a familiar ring, the details in the 37-page complaint hint that it could be the tip of the iceberg for Burke. According to the complaint, the FBI had won a judge’s approval to wiretap Burke’s cellphone and was already recording his calls before the alleged shakedown at the center of the charge began to unfold in May 2017. It’s unknown what other evidence federal prosecutors presented in the application for the wiretap because that filing remains under seal.

Some of the recordings from those wiretaps makes Burke sound like a mob boss directing a shakedown operation:

In several recordings, Burke allegedly could be heard strategizing with his staffers on how to play “hard ball” with the executives once he realized they had moved forward with construction without hiring his law firm as promised.

“I took ‘em to lunch,” Burke allegedly told one assistant, identified as Ward Employee 1, in a phone call in October 2017. “I was playing nice with ‘em – never got back.”

“All right, I’ll play as hard ball as I can,” the staffer replied, according to the complaint.

Burke’s mastery of machine politics made him what he is. He was meticulous in amassing favors from his friends – favors he repaid by greasing the skids of the city’s bureaucracy. Ultimately, this was his downfall.

Burke could go to prison for the rest of his life, but everyone in the city is wondering: will he be able to beat the rap and walk away? Not, apparently, this time.

1,614 posted on 01/04/2019 8:29:03 AM PST by Steven W.

To: Cats Pajamas

How much longer is his term? IIRC, Kansas now has a DEM governor - right? So we’ll be getting another DEM. from the appointment for the rest of his term.

1,615 posted on 01/04/2019 8:29:13 AM PST by greeneyes

https://gab.com/NeonRevolt

whoa, Neonrevolt has some pngs that purport to be items that the DarkOverlord has supplied to someone (blackmailed)

1,616 posted on 01/04/2019 8:29:39 AM PST by bitt

Everytime I enter Chicago, I buy ANYTHING I may need on whatever state I’m leaving.

Its a beautiful town to be sure, but the place makes my skin crawl because its run, with impunity, by people like this guy.

1,617 posted on 01/04/2019 8:32:02 AM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

“I hope the lady in front of me at the checkout last month knows this so she’s not buying cart of crab legs and shrimp this month. She may have to make that card stretch a bit.”

`~~~~~

Yeah, I was pizzed after watching someone taking all the frozen shrimp in one cart, while I was hoping to celebrate with the 1 pound bag for $10.

1,618 posted on 01/04/2019 8:32:04 AM PST by bitt

So, with Romney, this makes the senate 51/49 again.

1,619 posted on 01/04/2019 8:33:50 AM PST by Black Agnes

The Republicans have 53 seats.

1,620 posted on 01/04/2019 8:34:31 AM PST by marajade (Skywalker)

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