Tag Archives: Russia

Today, in the Unites States of Trump, as we prepare for the pardoning of Roger Stone, we learn of something even worse

By Mark | February 20, 2020

This afternoon, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Trump friend and advisor Roger Stone to three years and four months in prison for having lied to Congress and threatened a witness in relation to the federal investigation into the hacking of Clinton campaign emails by Russian agents during the 2016 presidential campaign. [As you’ll […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, Amy Berman Jackson, cover-up, Department of Justice, Director of National Intelligence, election interference, Joseph Maguire, Lawrence Tribe, Lindsey Graham, lying to Congress, Matt Gaetz, obstruction of justice, pardons, Randy Credico, rat fucking, Richard Grenell, Rick Wilson, Robert Mueller, Roger Stone, Russiagate, treason, Wikileaks, William Barr, witness intimidation, witness tampering | 50 Comments

Every single American should watch Adam Schiff’s impassioned appeal to his Republican colleagues last night. Please share this.

By Mark | January 24, 2020

Every American should watch @RepAdamSchiff’s closing at Thursday’s session. pic.twitter.com/N5ulp0bL7Y — Justin Amash (@justinamash) January 24, 2020 Here, for those of you who can’t listen to the above video at work, is the transcript of what I think may go down in history as one of the most important political speeches given in our lifetimes. […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Schiff, Alexander Vindman, call to action, Christopher Wray, Constitution, deep patriotism, Donald Trump, impeachment, intelligence community, national security, patriotism, Rudy Giuliani, Russiagate, Senate | 25 Comments

Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump’s defense attorney, conceded in 1998 that there “certainly doesn’t have to be a crime” for impeachment to be pursued. “If you have somebody who completely corrupts the office of president, and who abuses trust, and who poses great danger to our liberty,” he said, that’s all the justification you need.

By Mark | January 21, 2020

Now that the articles of impeachment have been relayed from the House to the Senate, and all of our Senators have sworn under oath to provide “impartial justice,” we’re ready for the trial of Donald J. Trump to commence. While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet to come forward with the rules that will […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, abuse of power, Adam Schiff, Alan Dershowitz, Constitution, constitutional law, corruption, cover-up, criminal defense, Donald Turmp, election interference, George Stephanopoulos, high crimes and misdemeanors, impartial justice, impeachment, Jeffrey Epstein, Joe Biden, massage, military aid, Mitch McConnell, national security, Senate, Ukraine, underwear | 106 Comments

Introducing my great, great, great grandfather, Joseph Phillip Florian

By Mark | December 28, 2019

This, I’ve been told, is my great, great, great grandfather, Joseph Phillip Florian. From what I’ve been able to ascertain, he was born in Poland on November 22, 1831, and arrived at the Port of New York on June 9, 1840 aboard a ship from Le Havre, France called the Robert Parker. [This would have […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1840, 1867, 1931, Anna Skokan, big families, Castle Garden, Civil War, Curtis Florian, DNA, Elizabeth "Betty" Brock, Elizabeth Brock, Ellis Island, family tree, Florian, France, Franklin County, genealogy, immigration, Jacobus Florian, Joseph Phillip Florian, Kentucky, Le Havre, Mark's ancestors, Mary Bell Florian, Ollie "Ettie" Florian, Peaks Mill Christian Church Cemetery, Poland, Robert Parker, slavery, Slovakia | 53 Comments

The Horowitz report on the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation

By Mark | December 11, 2019

On Monday, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his long-awaited 433-page report into whether or not the FBI was justified in opening their investigation into contacts between Russian operatives and members of the Trump campaign in the run-up to the 2016 election. And, guess what? It wasn’t the “atomic bomb” that Donald Trump’s supporters […]