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Anonymous ID: eccf68 Dec. 16, 2019, 9:32 p.m. No.7531708   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1895 >>2138

July 30, 2019 – Secret McCabe texts with MI-5 counterpart emerge, spotlighting UK’s early role In Russiagate

 

“Newly surfaced text messages between Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and his counterpart at MI-5, the UK’s domestic security service, have cast new light on Britain’s role in the FBI’s 2016 ‘Russiagate’ investigation, according to The Guardian. Two of the most senior intelligence officials in the US and UK privately shared concerns about “our strange situation” as the FBI launched its 2016 investigation into whether Donald Trump’s campaign was colluding with Russia, The Guardian has learned. Text messages between Andrew McCabe, the deputy director of the FBI at the time, and Jeremy Fleming, his then counterpart at MI5, now the head of GCHQ, also reveal their mutual surprise at the result of the EU referendum, which some US officials regarded as a “wake-up call”, according to a person familiar with the matter. –The Guardian

 

McCabe and Fleming’s texts were “infrequent and cryptic,” but “occurred with some regularity” after the June 2016 Brexit referendum. In his text message about the August 2016 meeting, Fleming appeared to be making a reference to Peter Strzok, a senior FBI official who travelled to London that month to meet the Australian diplomat Alexander Downer. Downer had agreed to speak with the FBI about a Trump campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, who had told him that Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee in the race. –The Guardian

 

Seen here:

Secret texts cast light on UK's early role in Trump-Russia inquiry

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/30/secret-texts-cast-light-uk-early-role-trump-russia-inquiry

 

In 2017, The Guardian reported that Britain’s spy agencies had played a key role in alerting their American counterparts of communications between members of the Trump campaign and “suspected Russian agents,” which was passed along to the US in what was characterized as a “routine exchange of information.” (Read more: Zero Hedge, 7/30/2019)

 

Seen Here:

Secret McCabe Texts With MI-5 Counterpart Emerge, Spotlighting UK's Early Role In 'Russiagate'

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-31/secret-mccabe-texts-mi-5-counterpart-begin-trickle-out-spotlighting-uks-early-role

Anonymous ID: eccf68 Dec. 16, 2019, 9:49 p.m. No.7531814   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1824 >>1838 >>1840 >>1851 >>1862 >>1895 >>2138

Congress Quietly Considers A De Facto Bailout For Tesla And GM

 

As many of us scramble in the next few days to finish our holiday shopping, Congress is also scrambling to make up for a year of legislative inaction with its own Christmas presents for some important constituents. The items on Congress’s wish list include a new budget deal, President Trump’s new North American trade deal, and re-authorization of the National Defense Authorization Act. Also quietly included in those budget considerations is potentially an expanded carve out – effectively a bailout – for a few electric vehicle (EVs) manufacturers like Tesla and General Motors.

 

When President Obama announced during his 2011 State of the Union address that the United States would see 1 million EVs on our roads by 2015, that prediction came with heavy payouts to EV owners and manufacturers, to the tune of as much as $7,500 per vehicle. But even with that added incentive, dozens of new EV models, and frequently reduced pricing, that promise fell far short. Only about 400,000 EVs were on American roadways by the end of 2015. EV sales have increased in the years since, but they still account for less than 2 percent of all U.S. vehicle sales. Historically, Americans’ reservations about EVs typically include range anxiety from batteries that limit some vehicles to less than 200 miles on average, lack of EV charging infrastructure, and high price tags. Obama’s deal with auto manufacturers was limited to the first 200,000 vehicles sold by each manufacturer. After that limit is met, the payout phases out over the following year. Popular brands like Tesla and General Motors, who makes the Chevy Bolt and Cadillac ELR and CT6, have already hit their limits, meaning people who want to buy these models will now only be eligible for a smaller taxpayer handout.

 

That’s where Congress is trying to step in. Despite the fact that major auto manufacturers like Ford, Honda, and Toyota, among many others, have not hit their limit, some in Congress are proposing an extension of the EV tax credit, bumping up the manufacturer limit to 600,000 vehicles and reducing the overall payout to $7,000. Put in plain English, what Congress is considering is a bailout for Tesla and GM, one that overtly discriminates against these other automakers. Setting aside the fact that the last government bailout of GM wound up costing taxpayers $11.2 billion, Congress’s current bailout plan seems incredibly short-sighted since data shows the EV payout system is deeply flawed. For starters, the vast majority of these tax breaks are going to the top 20 percent of income earners. About 80 percent of federal EV tax credits went to those earning $100,000 or more, according to a Congressional Research Service study. These are individuals who can and should buy an electric vehicle with their own money, not yours and mine.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2019/12/16/congress-quietly-considers-a-de-facto-bailout-for-tesla-and-gm/#51c2cf4697fe

Anonymous ID: eccf68 Dec. 16, 2019, 10:12 p.m. No.7532010   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>7531841

 

I wonder if this statement will be completed:

 

Q Drop #3059

 

AG BARR "DISGUSTED" BY WHAT HE'S DISCOVERED (SO-FAR).

"IN ALL MY YEARS, IN ALL MY LIFE, I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT [ ] BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE HALLS OF THESE PRESTIGIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES."

PRESS CONF COMING?

THEY WILL CLAIM POLITICAL ATTACK