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originally posted by: FamCore
a reply to: Skyfloating
Thank you for sending this - no wonder I couldn't find it.. I was looking for John F Kennedy Jr.'s gravesite.
originally posted by: Skyfloating
1. What crime did Julian Assange commit to not be allowed free movement or even communication?
originally posted by: RelSciHistItSufi
a reply to: MRinder
Just copied about 30 of them... other Q drop tasks to do first and need some sleep now. So will pick up tomorrow.
Alternatively, anyone else can use their copy of the s/sheet... add a post into an empty line and give it a dummy chan post num then decode.
US History [ABCs] SIS [FBI] > C_A Did the 'covert' counterintelligence branch of the FBI end? Or, was it expanded into a new agency? Double meanings exist. SIS is good? UK:US US:UK Q
originally posted by: RelSciHistItSufi
a reply to: tiredoflooking
Implication... People are, by nature, good but are turned bad by their environment or bad actors.
Make a safe environment, get rid of bad actors and you create an increasingly safer cycle of goodness?
originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: Perfectenemy
Hm, I wonder if Trump giving Obama rations of # for using Hurricane Sandy to buy re-election has anything to do with the naming of the operation?
One, two!
I was born in a crossfire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the drivin' rain
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas
But it's all right, I'm jumpin' jack flash
It's a gas, gas, gas
Set against the backdrop of the pre-Glasnost Cold War, Terry receives the message, "Knock, Knock," and is contacted by a man calling himself "Jumpin' Jack Flash" who turns out to be a British Intelligence agent in Eastern Europe who is being pursued by the KGB.
The Freedom Caucus, also known as the House Freedom Caucus, is a congressional caucus consisting of conservative and libertarian Republican members of the United States House of Representatives.[1][3][2] It was formed in 2015 by what member Jim Jordan called a "smaller, more cohesive, more agile and more active" group of conservative Congressmen.[12]
Many members are also part of the much larger Republican Study Committee.[12][13] The caucus is sympathetic to the Tea Party movement.[14] The Freedom Caucus is considered the farthest-right grouping within the House Republican Conference.[15][16]
The origins of the caucus lie at the mid-January 2015 Republican congressional retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Nine conservative active Republican members of the House began planning a new Congressional caucus separate from the Republican Study Committee and apart from the House Republican Conference. The group ultimately became the nine founding members and the first board of directors for the new caucus consisting of Republican Representatives Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Jim Jordan of Ohio, John Fleming of Louisiana, Matt Salmon of Arizona, Justin Amash of Michigan, Raúl Labrador of Idaho, Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, Ron DeSantis of Florida and Mark Meadows of North Carolina.[17]
The group debated a name for their new caucus eventually settling on "House Freedom Caucus" (HFC) because, according to founding member Mick Mulvaney, "it was so generic and universally awful that we had no reason to be against it." The group of nine founding members in Hershey set as a criterion for new members that they had to be willing to vote against Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Boehner on legislation that the group opposed.[18]
During the crisis over the funding of the Department of Homeland Security in early 2015, the Caucus offered four plans for resolution, but all were rejected by the Republican leadership. One of the caucus leaders, Labrador of Idaho, said the Caucus will offer an alternative that the most conservative Republican members could support.[19][needs update]
Speaker of the House John Boehner resignation in 2015
The House Freedom Caucus was involved in the resignation of Boehner on September 25, 2015 and the ensuing leadership battle for the new Speaker.[20] Members of the Caucus who had voted against Boehner for Speaker felt unfairly punished, accusing him of cutting them off from positions in the Republican Study Committee and depriving them of key committee assignments.[21][22] Boehner found it increasingly difficult to manage House Republicans with the fierce opposition of the Freedom Caucus, and he sparred with House Republican members in 2013 over their willingness to shut down the government in order to accomplish goals such as repealing the Affordable Care Act. These members later created and became members of the Freedom Caucus when it was created in 2015.[18][23][24][25]
After Boehner resigned as speaker, Kevin McCarthy, the House Majority Leader, was initially the lead contender to succeed him, but the Freedom Caucus withheld its support.[26] However, McCarthy withdrew from the race on September 28, 2015.[27] On the same day as McCarthy's withdrawal, Reid Ribble resigned from the Freedom Caucus saying he had joined to promote certain policies and could not support the role that it was playing in the leadership race.[28]
On October 20, 2015, Paul Ryan announced that his bid for the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives was contingent on an official endorsement by the Freedom Caucus.[29] While the group could not reach the 80% approval that was needed to give an official endorsement, on October 21, 2015, it announced that it had reached a supermajority support for Ryan.[30] On October 29, 2015, Ryan succeeded John Boehner as the Speaker of the House.[31]
On November 16, 2015, Jim Jordan was re-elected chairman of the caucus.[32]
On October 30, 2017, Vanity Fair published an interview with former Speaker Boehner, who said of the Freedom Caucus: "They can’t tell you what they’re for. They can tell you everything they’re against. They’re anarchists. They want total chaos. Tear it all down and start over. That’s where their mindset is."[33]
Inspector General Michael Horowitz has submitted the “Draft Report” of his OIG investigation to the principals involved. The IG investigation encompasses the FBI and DOJ conduct during the 2015/2016 Hillary Clinton investigation. The Draft Report encompasses the findings.
The Draft Report review is the last review phase prior to the Final report being released. The Draft Report review allows the principals to provide input on the facts identified and outlined within the draft.
originally posted by: Perfectenemy
originally posted by: imthegoat
originally posted by: SonOfThor
a reply to: Perfectenemy
When you view the image of the pen, it looks like in the lower right area the letter "a" and maybe "r" are visible. Assuming these letters will be used as another Q proof when whatever this document is (letter, E.O., etc.) is revealed?
Looks like "rth" at top and an "a" at the bottom.
I don't think it's a r. Compare the letters to the Jim Jordan request. The uth in authority and the a in all allign with the pen pic.
originally posted by: Perfectenemy
The hits keep on coming. Inspector General Horowitz Submits Draft Report of Clinton Email Investigation For Principal Review… Any bets if anything of it will leak before the report is released?
Inspector General Michael Horowitz has submitted the “Draft Report” of his OIG investigation to the principals involved. The IG investigation encompasses the FBI and DOJ conduct during the 2015/2016 Hillary Clinton investigation. The Draft Report encompasses the findings.
The Draft Report review is the last review phase prior to the Final report being released. The Draft Report review allows the principals to provide input on the facts identified and outlined within the draft.