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Jan 23, 2022Rep. Bennie Thompson tells New Day the committee has had conversations with Bill Barr, and hearings will begin in the spring; the committee has all the documents from the national archives and they include an executive order for the DoD to seize voting machines; Mike Flynn allegedly worked to extort election fraud cooperation out of Republican members of Congress from Pennsylvania; Giuliani associate Igor Fruman is sentenced to one year in prison; and the Arizona Dems censure Kyrsten Sinema; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.Follow our guest:Mary Trumphttps://twitter.com/MaryLTrumpAmazon.com: Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir (Audible Audio Edition) Check out other MSW Media podcastshttps://mswmedia.com/shows/Subscribe for free to MuellerSheWrote on Substackhttps://muellershewrote.substack.comFollow AG and Dana on Social MediaDr. Allison Gill Substack|Muellershewrote, Twitter|@MuellerSheWrote, Threads|@muellershewrote, TikTok|@muellershewrote, IG|muellershewrote, BlueSky|@muellershewroteDana GoldbergTwitter|@DGComedy, IG|dgcomedy, facebook|dgcomedy, IG|dgcomedy, danagoldberg.com, BlueSky|@dgcomedyHave some good news; a confession; or a correction to share?Good News & Confessions - The Daily Beanshttps://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?Supercasthttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/Patreon https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr subscribe on Apple Podcasts with our affiliate linkThe Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts

After Bill Barr buried the Mueller Report and went to work suffocating the remaining prosecutions in the Russia investigation, Donald Trump and his “lawyer,“ Rudy Giuliani, shifted their main narrative focus from Hillary Clinton to Hunter Biden—also with the help of Bill Barr. The first flailing attempts to smear Joe Biden with his son's connections to a corrupt Ukrainian business resulted in Donald Trump's impeachment and the arrests of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. But MAGA hit paydirt with the “discovery” of Hunter Biden's “laptop,” which first appeared mysteriously right around the time of Trump's first trial in the US Senate and then reappeared the following year, just in time to be the election year October Surprise. At first, the laptop, with its endless supply of digital proof of the depravity to which Hunter Biden had descended before he got sober the year before, didn't work out the way John Podesta's emails had. At first, journalists actually demanded proof the files were authentic and also tested whether they proved what Rudy Giuliani or NY Post claimed they did. But over the years, egged on by Fox News and enticed by the promise of easy sensation, they came to chase the dick pics because they were there, just as Murdoch's propagandists had done.  And the process by which icky dick pics came to stand in for unsubstantiated claims that Joe Biden was corrupt sucked all the air out of DC reporting for years … and laid the groundwork for Trump's reelection.  For the first time, Marcy Wheeler ties together the story of what is actually known about Hunter's laptop(s) and hard drives and the baffling characters who got their hands on them. She explains how the shameless leaking of the private data of the son of a former vice president and future president to his father's political opponents was never really treated as a crime. She also exposes how Trump's plot succeeded in sucking all the air out of Joe Biden's presidency and fueled problematic political prosecutions that haunt America and still twist our discourse today. This Ball of Thread also attempts to do what almost no one has. It shows how the press joined in an effort to dehumanize Joe Biden's kid and, in the process, abdicated their primary job.  

My special guest today is my good friend, Lev Parnas. Lev is a Soviet-born businessman who along with Rudy Giuliani and Igor Fruman played a central role in the campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump's political rivals…including the Biden's. Parnas then worked with federal prosecutors to bring down both Giuliani and Trump. And ended up serving a 20-month sentence for crimes related. Lev's written several books, including TRUMP FIRST: How the President and His Associates Turned Their Backs on Me and My Family” and his newest book, “Shadow Diplomacy” about how the world works for mob bosses like Trump. You might have seen Lev last week testifying brilliantly before the House Oversight Committee. He's here to talk with us about that and more.Thanks to Tommy John! Save 25% SITEWIDE at https://TommyJohn.com/COHEN Thanks to Smileactives! Visit https://smileactives.com/cohen to get this exclusive offer! Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalBeatdown Add the NEW Mea Culpa podcast feed: https://linktr.ee/meaculpapod Support Michael's Legal Fund: http://donald4prison.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mea Culpa welcomes my friend, Lev Parnas to the show. Lev is a Soviet-born businessman who along with Rudy Giuliani and Igor Fruman played a central role in the campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump's political rivals…including Hunter Biden. Parnas was thrown into Trump's first impeachment drama, but he ended up working with federal prosecutors against Giuliani and the former president. Parnas served a 20-month sentence for Campaign Finance, Wire Fraud, And False Statements Offenses. Lev's explosive new memoir, TRUMP FIRST: How the President and his associates turned their backs on me and my family” is out now and it promises to be a great read. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mea Culpa welcomes Lev Parnas from the wilds of Boca Raton, Florida. Lev is a Soviet-born businessman who along with Rudy Giuliani and Igor Fruman played a central role in the campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump's political rivals…including Hunter Biden. Parnas was thrown into Trump's first impeachment drama, but he worked with federal prosecutors against Giuliani and the former president. Parnas is currently serving a 20-month sentence for Campaign Finance, Wire Fraud, And False Statements Offenses, and is speaking to us today while on home confinement. Lev is a truth-teller and unafraid to remember the things that most folks wish he would forget. Sorry folks but there's a hashtag that Parnas deploys that says it all, “LEV REMEMBERS.” What that means for Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump and the rest of these criminals is that they are in deep shit because LEV REMEMBERS. 

David Oscar Markus sits down with former President Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, who has not yet spoken in detail with the media.Todd Blanche was a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, prosecuting violent criminals in federal court. He then left for the oldest law firm in New York – Cadwalader. There, he quickly developed a reputation for being able to handle hot button cases, like Paul Manafort's and Igor Fruman's. Now, on his own, he is representing the former President of the United States. Although he is very reluctant to speak with any press, he sat down with David Oscar Markus for an hour in this entertaining back and forth to discuss the difficulties in representing a defendant in a politically charged case.

Mea Culpa welcomes back from the wilds of Boca Raton, Florida. Lev Parnas Lev is a Soviet-born businessman who along with Rudy Giuliani and Igor Fruman played a central role in the campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump's political rivals, including Hunter Biden. Parnas was thrown into Trump's first impeachment drama, but he ended up working with federal prosecutors against Giuliani and the former president. Parnas is currently serving a 20-month sentence for Campaign Finance, Wire Fraud, And False Statements Offenses, and is speaking to us today while on home confinement. Lev is a truth-teller and unafraid to remember the things that most folks wish he would forget. Sorry folks but there's a hashtag that Parnas deploys that says it all, “LEV REMEMBERS.” What that means for Rudy Giuliani and the allegations against him from Noelle Dunphy that include sexual assault and the selling of pardons could prove problematic for AMERICAS FORMER MAYOR. And then there's Ron DeSantis who in typical Ron DeSantis fashion is trying to distance himself completely from the fact that he took a lot of money from Lev Parnas. Sorry buddy. But LEV REMEMBERS. 

EPISODE 169: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN I EXPECT TO BE UPDATING THIS EDITION IN LATE AFTERNOON  A-Block (1:42) SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump leaks details of the 34-count indictment and tries to blame D.A. Bragg for the leak, but inadvertently confesses by screwing up the number. Anyhow, ALL the counts are felonies, not just one. The judge also rules against video cameras during the arraignment, though still photographers can come in to do a "spray" before the action start, and ONE video camera will be permitted in the hallway. No holding cell, no handcuffs, no mugshot - unless there is a mugshot. The Trumpers were demanding one while the Trump Lawyers were demanding the opposite. And again, the REAL threat to Trump comes out of Washington where the Jack Smith Grand Jury will now hear from a bunch of Secret Service agents about the classified documents Trump stole and stashed at Mar-a-Lago, maybe as early as Friday. And while Sean Hannity tries to shush him, Trump not only confesses he did what the latest reports accused him of (rifling through the boxes and keeping the secret documents he wanted to keep) he even simplifies the motive we've all been kept up at night worrying about. He notes with the gleam of avarice, "They ended up paying Nixon 18 million for what HE had!" B-Block (16:26) It is 14 years to the day since my mother Marie passed away. She was not only the baseball fan in the family; she was one of the most prominent baseball fans in the country, all because of one bad throw by Chuck Knoblauch in 2000. Plus: advice learned from bitter experience about why the loss of a parent can hit you twice: you are remembering the very first fear you had as a child. Marie Olbermann, In Memoriam. C-Block (34:35) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Cuda, in the South Los Angeles pound for TWO YEARS and finally cracking up. (35:30) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: CNN and MSNBC did not show Trump in a car, then Trump in a plane, then Trump in another car, for three hours yesterday just because it was a comparatively shiny object. They're both trying to cozy up to Trump viewers, just in case they have to go Hard Right to protect their owners. As crazy as it sounds, it's happened before: let me recount for you the saga of the time MSNBC tried to go further fascist than Fox and hired this psycho Michael Savage to host a TV show, at the direct orders of the president of NBC.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mea Culpa welcomes Lev Parnas to the show. Lev is a Soviet-born businessman who along with Rudy Giuliani and Igor Fruman played a central role in the campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump's political rivals, including Hunter Biden. Parnas was thrown into Trump's first impeachment drama, but he ended up working with federal prosecutors against Giuliani and the former president. Parnas is currently serving a 20-month sentence for Campaign Finance, Wire Fraud, And False Statements Offenses, and is speaking to us today while on home confinement. Micheal and Lev dig deep into the Trump crime syndicate. 

In this bonus episode, Simone explores the backstory behind a case of foreign interference in U.S. elections which had far reaching consequences, both in America and abroad. Joined by two former Campaign Legal Center staff members who uncovered the scheme, she examines the case of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman – the Trump allies who laundered a six-figure contribution to a super PAC through a shell corporation and pushed for the removal of the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. Guests:Brendan Fischer currently serves as Deputy Executive Director at Documented, having served as Director, Federal Reform at CLC from 2016-2022. He has expertise in campaign finance, government ethics, lobbying and political transparency issues, and is a frequent commentator for national news publications. He also has spoken at conferences and events nationwide on money-in-politics issues. Before CLC, Brendan was General Counsel with the Center for Media and Democracy, where he led the watchdog group's legal research and advocacy efforts.Maggie Christ is a law student at New York University School of Law. For four years prior to attending law school, she worked at the Campaign Legal Center as Campaign Finance Researcher (2017-2020) and Senior Researcher (2020-2021). At CLC, she investigated campaign finance violations, researched money-in-politics trends, and supported the campaign finance program's enforcement, litigation, and advocacy work. Maggie is a graduate of Swarthmore College, where she received a bachelor's degree with high honors in History and Economics.Tara Malloy is CLC's Senior Director of Appellate Litigation & Strategy. She litigates a wide range of campaign finance and election law cases in courts across the United States, and has expertise in campaign finance, political disclosure and ethics issues. Tara has represented parties or amici curiae in many recent campaign finance cases that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, including Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC, as well as in political disclosure cases involving laws from various states and municipalities. Links:“CLC Complaint Results in Arrest of Two Ukrainian-American Trump Donors Connected to Giuliani” (Campaign Legal Center)“What the Impeachment Inquiry Has Highlighted About Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, and Rudy Giuliani's Corrupt Activities in Ukraine” (Campaign Legal Center)“The Real Backstory to the Arrest of Two Ukrainian-American Trump Donors” (Campaign Legal Center)“Who was Rudolph Giuliani really working for?” Op-Ed by CLC's Trevor Potter and Delaney Marsco (Washington Post)“Ex-Giuliani Buddy Lev Parnas Convicted in Illegal Foreign Influence Operation” (The Daily Beast) “Lev Parnas Sentenced To 20 Months In Prison For Campaign Finance, Wire Fraud, And False Statements Offenses” (U.S. Department of Justice) About CLCDemocracy Decoded is a production of Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization which advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every American's right to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic process. You can visit us on the web at campaignlegalcenter.org.

Today, Rep Bennie Thompson tells New Day the committee has had conversations with Bill Barr, and hearings will begin in the spring; the committee has all the documents from the national archives and they include an executive order for the DoD to seize voting machines; Mike Flynn allegedly worked to extort election fraud cooperation out of Republican members of Congress from Pennsylvania; Giuliani associate Igor Fruman is sentenced to one year in prison; and the Arizona Dems censure Kyrsten Sinema; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Follow our guest: Mary Trump https://twitter.com/MaryLTrump The Mary Trump Show Follow AG and Dana on Twitter: Dr. Allison Gill  https://twitter.com/allisongill https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote https://twitter.com/dailybeanspod Dana Goldberg https://twitter.com/DGComedy Follow Aimee on Instagram: Aimee Carrero (@aimeecarrero) Listener Survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Have some good news, a confession, a correction, or a case for Beans Court? https://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Want to support the show and get it ad-free and early? https://dailybeans.supercast.tech/ Or https://patreon.com/thedailybeans Promo Codes Tom Boy X makes brazenly unapologetic underwear for all bodies, all shapes, all genders, and all sizes. REALLY – ALL SIZES. Go to TomBoyX.com and enter code DAILYBEANS to get an extra 20% off. Helix is offering up to 200 dollars off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners at helixsleep.com/dailybeans Thanks  Reel Paper.  Get 30% off your first order when you subscribe at http://reelpaper.com/dailybeans and use code dailybeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 21-1: Igor Fruman gets a year and a day, oligarch pot law$, UN more corrupt, @AntonioGuterres presser, pro #Saudi and GMax, to #GenocideOlympics

There's been a lack of thumb-headed henchmen news on the show for a bit… so this week, Ken and Josh check in on one. Igor Fruman, a sometime associate of Rudy Giuliani, has pleaded guilty to one count of soliciting foreign campaign contributions. In his indictment, it was alleged that Fruman, along with Lev Parnas and others, illegally funnelled millions of dollars from Russia to U.S. political candidates in an attempt to obtain licenses to operate marijuana businesses. What's Fruman facing with this guilty plea, and what's ahead for Lev Parnas, whose trial is set to begin in a few weeks? Yep, it's time to talk about the company “Fraud Guarantee” again. Popular January 6 lawyer John Pierce is back after mysteriously disappearing for a week, and he won't tell anybody where he went. He's representing nearly 20 Capitol riot defendants, even though he's never tried a criminal case before. Josh and Ken answer a question from a listener about whether there's an ineffective assistance of counsel claim to worry about here. Plus: you can pay Rudy to make a Cameo that goes against his clients, apparently, and the telecomm/social media companies appear to be listening to Congress...so far.

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, September 10, and reports on President Biden's new vaccine mandate, MAGA's plans for a new rally in D.C., a judge's decision to block Gov. DeSantis' "anti-riot" law and Giuliani associate Igor Fruman's recent guilty plea. Actress Vivica Fox joins.

Tiny Republican minds are exploding over Biden's COVID orders. In a typical Mayor Pete move, the Secretary dunked on a FOX News "personality" during an interview regarding tailpipe admissions. Denmark has lifted COVID restrictions because most of its population is vaccinated. A whacked-out Christian prophet explained how Obama was "prophetically removed" two years into his first term. The Cyber Ninjas put off handing in their fraudulent election report yet again. Rudy G.'s associate Igor Fruman plead guilty to solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national. A fascist released a creepy video calling on fellow MAGATS to violently resist COVID mandates. Pillow Nazi Lindell met with Trump on one of Shitler's fake reinstatement days. An anti-masker yelled at a school board over mask mandates and then mentioned something about the Nuremberg Trials. RWNJ loon Boebert was caught on tape allowing her spawn to play with cigarette lighters in close vicinity to a firearm. Coach Dave has been suffering from rona for more than a minute but still wants his radicalized followers to purchase his COVID prevention supplements.

Biden implements vaccine mandate to blunt COVID surge; Republicans reject Biden's vaccine mandate as “overreach”; GOP Govs promise legal action over Biden's vaccine order; Appeals court sides with FL Gov, allows ban of school mask mandates; 21 U.S. citizens & 11 permanent residents onboard flight leaving Kabul; State Dept: at least 100 Americans still in Afghanistan; Jan 6 committee: “majority” of social media companies are cooperating but “much more information” needed; Social media and telecom companies vague about their response to records request from January 6 committee; Rudy Giuliani associate Igor Fruman pleads guilty to solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national; America's evolution after the attacks on September 11, 2001; A military family's transformation after the Pentagon attack; White House calls discussion “candid in tone” but not lecturing; China says Xi told Biden U.S. policy is causing “serious difficulties”; Communist leader pushes nationalism, orders sweeping crackdowns; China cracks down on businesses, accuses celebrities of disloyalty; China steps-up policing of what people say on the internet; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Sept 10: Igor Fruman pleads guilty, Parnas trial Oct 12, UNSG @AntonioGuterres censors Press

The top-rated weekly law and politics podcast, Legal AF, produced by MeidasTouch and anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, is back for another hard-hitting, thought-provoking yet entertaining look at the most compelling developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this week's real-time, filled-to-the-brim episode, Ben and Popok explore and explode: 1. A Michigan Federal judge throwing the book at Trump attorneys' Sydney Powell, Lin Wood and others for bad faith and meritless conduct in challenging Biden's win, including possibly pulling their law licenses. 2. The House January 6th Special Committee issuing demands, and soon subpoenas, to investigate Trump, his cabinet, and members of congress, including whether Trump was mentally-unfit. 3. The FCC's $5mm fine (and criminal charges) against notorious “robo-callers” and Trump conspiracy theorists who used 1200 robocalls to interfere with mail in voting. 4. A Florida judge's ruling to overrule Gov. DeSantis' efforts to block mask use in public schools. 5. SCOTUS' 6-3 decision to invalidate the current CDC eviction moratorium as improper rule-making without Congressional action. 6. SCOTUS' 6-3 decision to block President Biden's efforts to end Trump's “stay in Mexico” policy for asylum-seekers, as “arbitrary and capricious” and,  7. Rudy Giuliani associate Igor Fruman's decision to change his “not guilty” plea to “guilty” in the New York federal prosecution case against him related his fraudulent conduct concerning Ukraine, and Trump, and what it means for the two pending related Giuliani prosecutions. Special Easter Eggs Alert: Ben throws a ‘yellow” card at Popok, but also admits that he sometimes dreams of LegalAF and Popok. Reminder and Programming Note:  All past episodes of Legal AF originally featured on the MeidasTouch podcast can now be found here. Follow Legal AF on Twitter here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[Explicit Content] Michigan judge destroys Lin Wood and Sydney Powell over The Big Lie. Wood and Powell will have to pay attorneys' fees and attend continuing legal classes. The California Recall and Dianne Feinstein. The House is requesting documents from Trump and 30 members of Trump's team. Afghanistan bombing and the lead-up to the withdrawal. Who's suing Trump today? Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are totally screwed. Igor Fruman pleads guilty. Lev Parnas is hitting on Kimberley again. Red Hat craps his pants over the mask mandate. The COVID medical debt. The Sturgis superspreader. The Red Hat endgame against Biden. With Jody Hamilton and David 'TRex' Ferguson. And summer music from Bob Malone and Marina Rocks. And more!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pretty sure Maureen forgot what was discussed on this episode.

It's a big week for Michael Avenatti. A mistrial! Judge Selna ruled that the government had withheld financial evidence they should've made available to Avenatti as he defended himself in the case where he was being tried for embezzling funds from his clients. He's going to be tried again in October. Is it a major factor that each side has seen the other's hand? Does this make the case much more expensive, and is that to Avenatti's advantage? And is Michael Avenatti a good lawyer now??? In other Southern California legal proceedings … Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz got married on Santa Catalina Island. How romantic! Ken reviews the spousal privilege for us because, as you might remember, Gaetz is also part of a sex trafficking investigation. Also: thumb-headed henchman Igor Fruman (remember him?) is expected to change his plea to guilty in the criminal case where he's accused of advancing Ukrainian business interests in the U.S, including soliciting campaign contributions. Should Rudy be more freaked out ...or less freaked out? Finally: Ken and Josh discuss charges for Infowars host Owen Shroyer and the sentencing of Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio, and follow up on a “criminal complaint” about Jeffrey Clark.

Two good news stories broke today on the justice front: 1. Rudy Giuliani's criminal associate, Igor Fruman, will be pleading guilty in federal court in New York on Wednesday. This spells real trouble for not only Rudy Giuliani but for Donald Trump as well. 2. The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection took steps today signaling that the committee will be subpoenaing the cell phone records of members of Congress to explore their possible complicity in the insurrection. These two stories move us, if only incrementally, in the direction of justice. For our Team Justice and Justice Matters merchandise shop, please visit: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/glennkirschner/ Please consider becoming a #TeamJustice patron at: https://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner My podcast, "Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner" can be downloaded where you get your podcasts. Follow me on: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glennkirschner2 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glennkirschner2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glennkirschner2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Two good news stories broke today on the justice front: 1. Rudy Giuliani's criminal associate, Igor Fruman, will be pleading guilty in federal court in New York on Wednesday. This spells real trouble for not only Rudy Giuliani but for Donald Trump as well. 2. The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection took steps today signaling that the committee will be subpoenaing the cell phone records of members of Congress to explore their possible complicity in the insurrection. These two stories move us, if only incrementally, in the direction of justice. For our Team Justice and Justice Matters merchandise shop, please visit: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/glennkirschner/ Please consider becoming a #TeamJustice patron at: https://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner My podcast, "Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner" can be downloaded where you get your podcasts. Follow me on: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glennkirschner2 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glennkirschner2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glennkirschner2

Today, in the Hot Notes; Igor Fruman is set to change his plea this Wednesday; the FDA gives full approval to the Pfizer vaccine; the Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to extend the eviction moratorium; the Pentagon gives an update on the Afghanistan evacuation; the Minnesota GOP is in ruins; plus Dana and AG deliver your good news. Follow our guest: Glenn Kirschner https://twitter.com/Glennkirschner2 Justice Matters - https://link.chtbl.com/JusticeMatters Follow AG and Dana on Twitter: Dr. Allison Gill (@allisongill) Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) Follow Aimee on Instagram: Aimee Carrero (@aimeecarrero) Have some good news, a confession, a correction, or a case for Beans Court? https://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Want to support the show and get it ad-free and early? https://dailybeans.supercast.tech/ Or https://patreon.com/thedail Promo Codes Visit bollandbranch.com to get 15% off your first set of sheets with promo code dailybeans. This will definitely become your favorite go-to snack! Seriously, the taste is incredible! Visit toodaloo.com/BEANS to try it today. Toodaloo is Grain-Free, Non GMO, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, processed sugar free and their packaging is Plastic Neutral.  Design like a pro with Canva Pro! Right now, you can get a FREE 45-day extended trial when you use my promo code! Just go to Canva.me/beans to get your FREE 45-day extended trial. The best quality clothes that look and feel great are at American Giant. Get your new favorite tees at american-giant.com today and use promo code DAILYBEANS for 15% off your first order. Everlane has all the everyday essentials you need—from damn good denim to super-soft loungewear. Go to everlane.com/DAILYBEANS and sign up for 10% off your first order plus free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lachlan Markay liked being a contrarian at Hamilton College and that experience of seeking the other side of the story has served him well as a journalist. This week he shares a bit about his career path from conservative media outlets like the Washington Free Beacon to the Daily Beast and now Axios. Throughout the conversation Lachlan  shares insights into the world of modern media and reporting. Read Lachlan's latest workhttps://www.axios.com/authors/lmarkay/Get Lachlan's bookhttps://www.amazon.com/Sinking-Swamp-Minions-Poisoned-Washington/dp/1984878565Music by Doctuh Michael Woodshttps://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/aUjfAXesyh3PyD6a8

This members-only episode was originally published on September 6, 2020 and moved to this feed for full member access.Lev Parnas has been a major character in the ongoing Trumpworld corruption saga and was even arrested for his role in it all. These days, he is choosing to spill the tea. The former ally of Trump lawyer Rudy Guiliani joined this bonus members-only episode of The New Abnormal to come clean about his complicity in the Trump “cult,” how he started to “drink the Kool-Aid” (“I was approached by a couple of gentlemen in Florida to hold a fundraiser for [Trump]”) and what he knows about Ukraine. “Rudy is very key. He has the president's ear,” Parnas says. “That's the most important part.” He says Rudy was the person who approached him and “basically started asking us some questions about Ukraine and Igor [Fruman.]” But despite the circle of shady players that continues to revolve around Trump, they all talk behind his back. The subject varies depending on the new cycle. “We would talk about his bad decision making, the stubbornness. Like I remember with Charlottesville, for instance, when he came out and said there were people on both sides. I thought half the RNC was going to fall off their head,” he said. “It was not off limits to anybody as long as [Trump] wasn't around or [Donald Trump] Jr. wasn't around,” says Parnas. “I mean, he was laughed at. It was funny to watch how nobody had the strength to go up against him” Plus! Parnas also name drops the people still caught in Trump's inner circle and who is in his ear (besides Rudy—“It's not only Sean Hannity.”) and why he literally thanks God he got out of it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week there's a ton of impeachment related news with the revelations from Bolton's upcoming book and the film stylings of Igor Fruman playing a role in the trial. Will there be witnesses? Will there be whiskey allowed on the floor for question time? Tune in this week as EJ and Steve head over to the All Rise Brewing to catch you up on the latest.

In this episode, novelist Susan Choi and journalist Garrett Graff talk to Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about henchmen in political headlines and political literature. Graff talks about the word's mob connotations, as well as its connections to the Trump and Nixon administrations; Choi talks about degrees of loyalty, and henchmen in literature, from Falstaff to Trust Exercise and American Woman.  To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Guests: Garrett Graff Susan Choi Selected readings for the episode: Garrett Graff The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11   The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller's FBI and the War on Global Terror  Susan Choi Trust Exercise: A Novel American Woman: A Novel Camp Tiger Others Trouble Is My Business by Raymond Chandler, including the story “Finger Man” Thumb-headed henchman | LRC Presents: All the President's Lawyers Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine Henchman Lev Parnas Roped in Everybody, But the Funniest Is Devin Nunes The Godfather: 50th Anniversary Edition All the President's Men Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh, Kate, David, and Matt look ahead to the next phase of the impeachment inquiry spearheaded by Jerry Nadler's House Judiciary Committee. Matt also shares his notes from the courthouse, where he sat in on a hearing for Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.

On July 25, 2019, Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and asked him for a favor: a public announcement of investigations into Trump's political opponents. After he hung up, White House lawyers immediately sprang into action, burying the records of the incriminating phone call on a secret server and swearing those on the line to secrecy.That call was part of a broader effort, a shadow foreign policy agenda in which a coterie of Trump advisers—including Rudy Giuliani, Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, and Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker—demanded political favors in exchange for first a White House meeting and, later, $400 million in desperately needed military aid. In this episode, host Max Bergmann outlines how that extortion scheme came to be, starting with the Trump administration's attempts to build a relationship with the new Ukrainian government and leading to the infamous July 25 call that prompted a whistleblower complaint and launched impeachment proceedings. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On October 9, 2019, two Soviet-born Florida businessmen, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were arrested in Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C. It would soon turn out that these two men had been involved for months in Rudy Giuliani's quest to find dirt on the Biden family.In this episode of The Asset, host Max Bergmann outlines the origins of Trump's conspiracy theories surrounding Ukraine and Biden and explores the involvement of Parnas, Fruman, and exiled Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash in pushing these theories.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Joshes, Kate and David discuss a week replete with impeachment developments, from the first current White House official's testimony (against the administration's wishes) to the Republicans' fearless storming of the SCIF. The group also parses the arraignment of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, as well as the Baghdadi raid.

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

TPM investigative reporter Josh Kovensky joins Josh, Kate and David to talk about the drip, drip, drip of revelations out of witness testimonies in House Democrats' impeachment inquiry. Josh Kovensky also breaks down the backstory of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two associates of Rudy Giuliani who were arrested last week. Finally, Josh, Kate and David dissect the 12-person Democratic debate.

US President Donald Trump said Friday that the US and China have reached what he called a substantial “phase one“ trade deal in which Beijing agreed to limited measures to improve trade ties between the countries. In exchange, Trump will not move forward with another round of tariff increases against roughly $250 billion in Chinese goods that had been set to take effect on Tuesday. Who really won in this deal?The May dismissal of Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, is now a subject of interest to House of Representatives impeachment investigators. In prepared remarks to Congress Friday, Yovanovitch said Trump pressured the State Department to oust her. "She told lawmakers that she was forced to leave Kiev on “the next plane” this spring and subsequently removed from her post, with the State Department's No. 2 official telling her that, although she had done nothing wrong, the president had lost confidence in her and the agency had been under significant pressure to remove her since the summer of 2018," the Washington Post reported Friday. What are we to make of her testimony? Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, two associates of Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, were arrested Wednesday at Virginia's Dulles International Airport while trying to leave the country. They were charged Thursday with "conspiring to make contributions in connection with federal elections in the names of others, and with making false statements to and falsifying records to obstruct the administration of a matter within the jurisdiction of the Federal Election Commission," according to the Department of Justice. How bad is this, not just for Igor and Lev but for Rudy?Turkey is now in its third day of ground and air strikes against Syrian Kurdish groups who were key allies in the US fight against Daesh. How big of a mistake is this? What about the mixed messages? "Mr. Trump acquiesced to the Turkish operation in a call with Turkey's president on Sunday, agreeing to move American troops out of Turkey's way despite opposition from his own State Department and military. On Wednesday, hours after the operation began, he condemned it, calling it 'a bad idea,'" the New York Times reported.Two missiles reportedly struck a National Iranian Oil Company tanker in the Red Sea off of Saudi Arabia's coast Friday, causing an explosion and an oil spill. Saheb Sadeghi, head of public relations for the National Iranian Tanker Company, told Iranian state-run outlet Press TV that the projectiles were "possibly" launched from Saudi soil, but Tehran has not yet provided any public evidence regarding the incident. According to global ship tracking service Marine Traffic, the tanker in question is traveling south, and the Iranian government has yet to blame the strike on anyone.GUESTS:Jim Kavanagh — Political analyst and commentator and editor of The Polemicist.Caleb Maupin — Journalist and political analyst who focuses his coverage on US foreign policy and the global system of monopoly capitalism and imperialism.Dr. Jack Rasmus — Professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California.

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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits Fridays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, with the arrests at Dulles International Airport, prominent conservatives exclaim, “there comes a tipping point where you look at this and say my country first, the party comes second.”Then, on the rest of the menu, invited to a White House event, an anti immigrant Texas sheriff stated that ICE stands 'between good and evil;' a North Carolina sheriff banned unmarried staff from living with their partners, then later refused to answer why he changed his mind; and, described as international flight risks, a federal magistrate judge ordered Giuliani henchmen, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, held in custody until a lengthy list of conditions are met on a bail package.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where India's Modi and China's Xi eye new border security steps during summit talks in New Delhi today; and, the United States has partnered with Greenland to assess the arctic island's vast mineral resources. All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/11/1891690/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays