Posted on 05/22/2019 11:37:31 AM PDT by ransomnote

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President Donald Trump on Thursday made an unannounced trip to Arlington National Cemetery, where he and first lady Melania Trump planted American flags at the graves of several fallen U.S. service members.
The presidents outing came ahead of Memorial Day on Monday, when he will be in Japan for a state visit and summit meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Trump departs for Tokyo on Friday.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/23/trump-visits-arlington-national-cemetery-1342357
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President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump made a surprise trip to Arlington National Cemetery Thursday afternoon ahead of Memorial Day, placing flags at headstones of late members of the military.
The president and first lady placed flags at the headstone of Frank Buckles, the last surviving World War I veteran. In the days leading up to Memorial Day, the U.S. Army places more than 260,000 flags at headstones to mark the somber occasion.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-visits-arlington-national-cemetery-ahead-of-memorial-day-today-2019-05-23-live-updates/
If that was really payback for Barr, I have to say well played, ya old hag, well played.
First FLOTUS that literally floats a little off the ground when she walks. How does she do that?
Did the Mooch ever go to Walter Reed? I really dont know but wouldnt be surprised to learn she didnt.
A paucity of near-real-time reporting from the courthouse, lack of media interest, and delays in journalists that are covering the trial receiving transcripts have put us behind a little in reporting. I've covered Monday and Tuesday this week, today's update will be yesterday's events and what's happened so far this morning.
Lauren Salzman continued her testimony through Wednesday morning. The prosecution played audio with Raniere discussing the branding of slaves. Salzman testified about a lot of details on the formation of DOS, those involved, and some of the things they did. Interestingly, Raniere mentioned the movie "Eyes Wide Shut" in his discussion on audio with the slaves. Where have we heard that before? I think the audio was from a video. The video wasn't shown in court, probably because all the women would have been naked to meet and discuss the branding with Keith.
We finally got a glimpse of the types of cooperation agreements the other co-defendants made with the government for their plea deals. Lauren Salzman is to testify fully and truthfully, or her agreement would be nullified. The prosecution entered her plea agreement as evidence, though I've not seen a transcript. We also found out that India Oxenberg and Allison Mack provided thumb drives to the government which were also entered as evidence. India Oxenberg has not been charged with any crimes in the NXIVM indictments, but Allison Mack was. I wonder how many other un-charged conspirators have agreed to cooperate with the prosecution? Other details at the link above include the facts that Keith envisioned an 'army' of DOS Slaves possibly numbering in the millions at 'sorority houses' across the country.
Wednesday morning, there was a lot of questioning about Daniela and her punishment. Daniela is the Mexican national, one of three sisters, who was in NXIVM and 'punished' by being held captive for almost two years in a bedroom at Keith's house in Clifton Park. Her younger sister Camila is the one Raniere started having sex with when she was 13. Daniela (aka Dani) is not to be confused with Daniella Padillo who bought all the sex toys. Daniela was ultimately dropped off on the Texas-Mexico border with no documents and a couple hundred bucks to continue her punishment after she left the bedroom. Her father dropped her off at the behest of Keith. The prosecution completed their questioning Wednesday and the defense counsel began cross-examination. Raniere's lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, brought Salzman to tears throughout five hours of cross. He was trying to get Lauren to talk about all the good things NXIVM and Raniere did not just for her, but for everyone. Agnifilo kept hammering until she was a sobbing mess and the judge put a stop to it. The Judge was really mad and finally told Agnifilo to be quiet and sit down.

Court drawing of Salzman testifying and Raniere
The judge stopping the cross-examination of a lead witness and telling defense to sit down doesn't bode well. Judge Garaufis did this in front of the jury and court observers. Agnifilo immediately filed for a mistrial which the judge turned down almost as fast. Discussion of the mistrial is here. The risk is that the judge's intemperate decision will give Agnifilo and Raniere stronger grounds for an inevitable appeal. Temper, temper, judge.
Now it becomes apparent why the prosecution spent so much time with Lauren Salzman discussing her and Keith's treatment of Daniela. The prosecution has called their next witness Thursday morning and....it's Daniela. The now 33 year old Mexican national that Keith kept in a room for almost two years and ultimately delivered to Mexico with not papers. She gave up a scholarship to an elite Swiss university to join NXIVM in 2002 and left in 2012. Her father introduced her to NXIVM and her father was the one that dropped her off on the Mexican border with no ID. Keith had asserted in 2002 that the world would end in 10-15 years and only his followers could help him change things. Where have we heard that kind of rhetoric before?
*Note, in previous posts I was very doubtful that Daniela would testify and even stated my belief that she was probably still loyal to the cult. I'm glad to see that's not the case. Her story of imprisonment and abandonment is the root of the "document servitude" charges against Raniere.

Daniela and Raniere in court Thursday
https://newsbreakinglive.com/2019/05/23/breaking-tornado-warning-issued-for-washington-d-c/
A tornado warning has been issued for Washington, D.C., as well as Arlington, Virginia.
Also listed in the warning is Hyatsville and Silver Hill, Maryland. A population of around 915,000 is covered by the warning, which was prompted after radar detected a tornado.
The public is urged to seek shelter immediately.
https://twitter.com/NWStornado/status/1131647862498926592/photo/1
Even if he's not, it makes for a juicy rumor.
WWG1WGA
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
But this...
I couldn't help but snicker at the horrible CBS journalist-writing.
"The president and first lady placed flags at the headstone of Frank Buckles, the last surviving World War I veteran"
No disrepect to Corporal Buckles, but if he's surviving why does he have a headstone?
[I'm sure Frank would get a kick out of that!]
How about, "...Frank Buckles, the longest surviving WWI Veteran who passed away in 2011 at the age of 110."
English today.
Judge unseals records in Jussie Smollett criminal case
https://wgntv.com/2019/05/23/judge-unseals-criminal-records-in-jussie-smollett-case-report/
Attorneys for Smollett, 36, previously succeeded in sealing the records, citing the actors privacy rights. But Judge Steven Watkins on Thursday ruled those rights were trumped when Smolletts legal team conducted multiple interviews, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.
The very last thing in the world that freak wants to see is this big ol' dude in real life.
I frequently consider making a sojourn out in the Flatlands to give 'em all that opportunity.
...and lately the frequency of those considerations is going up exponentially.
That's not an ankle bracelet.
It's his right man-boob what slipped it's bro.
#ManzierreMalfunction
I'm thinking just a hole in his pocket and a box of twinkies fell down through.
He's only around 5 feet tall. Mebbe less.
Q “The Constitution says ‘treason is punishable by death’. You’ve accused your adversaries of treason. Who specifically are you accusing of treason?”
DJT “I think a number of people. When you look is that they have unsuccessfully tried to take down the wrong person. If you look at Comey, McCabe, (etc),
people higher than that..
they talked openly, used gov’t server, the insurance policy..should she ever happen to lose, we’ll get this guy out of office”: That’s treason. That’s what happening now, so they’re trying tio use a thousand stabs.”
That's wild. I wonder if a house is going to drop on Pelousi & Hitlary.
CGato
My Twitter peeps seem to think Nadler is wearing a ankle bracelet. Ala McNoName.
Thanks for the update, Kit.
Trump just-completed comments at WH on agriculture and other topics.
Said, “Nancy Pelosi has lost it”
Mentioned Strzok and Page “lovers”; repeated their text discussion about an “insurance policy”; described dems as, “They can’t beat me in an election, tried other means. That’s treason.” (paraphrasing).
Quoted a dem rep who said, “the only way they can get rid of me is to impeach” -
He was still holding his punches though. Still, good to see him tossing out the “T” word with more frequency.
Q The Constitution says treason is punishable by death. Youve accused your adversaries of treason. Who specifically are you accusing of treason?
DJT I think a number of people. When you look is that they have unsuccessfully tried to take down the wrong person. If you look at Comey, McCabe, (etc),
people higher than that..
they talked openly, used govt server, the insurance policy..should she ever happen to lose, well get this guy out of office: Thats treason. Thats what happening now, so theyre trying tio use a thousand stabs.
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Is that a direct quote? Would love to have source.
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Hillary?
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