“They had not been previously allowed to be released. He’s constantly hoped they would be.”
–Mark Denbeaux, Attorney for Abu Zubaydah
“These torture techniques were specifically approved for use on Abu Zubaydah… This wasn’t a one-off, they weren’t freelancing here. This was all authorized, in-specific and in-detail, by government lawyers.”
–Rachel Maddow, TRMS (12-5-2019)
“Our torture memos were written to torture ONE PERSON… Abu Zubaydah.”
“When terrorists flew planes into three different targets in the United States on September 11, 2001, it quickly became clear that only massive intelligence failures could account for the fact that no government agencies had become aware of the plot in time to stop it. It ran contrary to American expectations of our intelligence agencies that neither the FBI, which had a warrant for the arrest of Osama bin Laden dating back to 1998, nor the CIA, which had a specific station dedicated to tracking the same man, had realized that his organization was planning the most devastating and spectacular attack on U.S. civilians in modern history.”
“After officially approving the use of ALL these techniques against Abu Zubaydah specifically, the U.S. Government determined he was NOT a member of Al-Qaida.
He did NOT have any information on the 9/11 attacks.
He’s STILL being held in Guantanamo today.
He was NEVER CHARGED with a crime, and the government never intends to charge him with ANYTHING.”
–Rachel Maddow, TRMS (12/5/2019)
3000 people DIED
THOUSANDS of U.S. soldiers have DIED
TENS OF THOUSANDS of civilians have DIED
This poor S.O.B. was TORTURED for YEARS
… have we not yet extracted our pound of FLESH?
How many more YEARS should this man wait?
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Every unjustifiable act we’ve deemed “necessary” in order to “fight terror” is now seen by our adversaries as “acceptable behavior” in the theater of war.
In FOUR YEARS, my eldest son will be able to serve in the United States Armed Forces. I want to ensure none of this can happen again.
We must CLOSE Guantanamo Bay. DAY ONE.
If I had been one of those who died that day… I would not want THIS done in MY name.
In the late 2000’s, Professor Turley appeared regularly on MSNBC as a legal analyst. Even though his opinion had a conservative lean to it, he always seemed fair and straight forward with his positions.
Flash forward 10 years…
From the beginning of my campaign I’ve attempted to start conversations with legal experts via social media about my proposals, and Prof. Turley was one of the first. I did so because I was familiar with his legal opinions in 2008. I was NOT familiar with his opinions SINCE that time.
Prof. Turley appeared on MSNBC a few times in the spring of 2018. That motivated me to reach out, publicly, on Twitter. He did not respond.
I have not sought his advice SINCE that time, and I will not be seeking it in the future.
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Donald Trump’s actions as President make NO SENCE when viewed in isolation. Random, chaotic, contradictory… even self-defeating. He acts as if he is POWERLESS in situations where historically, we’ve looked to our President for action. He asserts himself into situations where NO President has before, causing more harm to others than he would if he had just stayed SILENT. He embraces EVERY opportunity to ENRICH HIMSELF through the powers of OUR Office, and he seeks to remove programs designed to provide aid and comfort for those who need it most.
The ends of ANY evil plan hatched by the most VILE among us could be carried out with EASE and in SHORT ORDER if they were to ascend to the Office of President… yet Donald Trump, with his party holding ALL THREE BRANCHES of government, could not deceive enough people to Repeal and Replace Obamacare, a talking point issue supported by the GOP for just shy of a DECADE.
Losing the MAJORITY in the House does NOT advance the agenda of Donald J. Trump.
Not compromising on FUNDING for the Border Wall and SHUTTING DOWN the Federal Government for over a month does NOT advance the agenda of Donald J. Trump.
Advancing the dis-credited theory of Ukrainian Interference in the 2016 US Presidential Election does NOT advance the agenda of Donald J. Trump.
Using a personal cell phone, known by the Intelligence Community to be monitored by the heads of State of foreign adversaries, to conduct illicit political activities, does NOT advance the agenda of Donald J. Trump.
Welcoming the Russian Ambassador into the White House while barring all US reporters and allowing Russian media EXCLUSIVELY into the Oval Office, does NOT advance the agenda of Donald J. Trump.
None of this creates effective governance, and none of this lends itself to success. None of these actions would help ANY President find success or achieve their goals… whether their intentions were to do GOOD or create TYRANNY.
They make the President of the United States look WEAK.
They make the President of the United States look CORRUPT.
They make the President of the United States look DANGEROUS.
They make the President of the United States look UNSTABLE.
They make the President of the United States look INEFFECTIVE.
They make the President of the United States look IMPOTENT.
What Donald Trump has done as President of the United States thus far, creates GRIDLOCK. What Donald Trump has done as President of the United States thus far creates DIVISION.
What Donald J. Trump has done as President of the United States thus far does NOT advance the agenda of the President, the Congress, OR the people.
It advances the agenda of the ONE person who worked the hardest to secure his election.
It advances the agenda of Vladimir Putin.
LOOK… the President of the United States is just as flawed and weak as every other democratically elected leader… they’re ALL THE SAME- CORRUPT.
American Exceptionalism is just a MYTH…
… is there anyone in this nation who believes a President should EVER say that?
Vladimir Putin does NOT believe it is POSSIBLE… Vladimir Putin does NOT believe in American Exceptionalism.
Vladimir Putin suppresses the VOICE of his people, seeks to take away retirement benefits from retirees, and STEALS the wealth generated by the sale of the nation’s resources. And when the PEOPLE of Russia RISE UP en masse and demand FREE and FAIR elections… he sees the handiwork of the C.I.A. He doesn’t see his people pleading for a BETTER LIFE.
He sees PARANOIA and ESPIONAGE.
He does not believe in the ability of the Russian people to STAND UP and SPEAK OUT and hold him accountable… so they must have been HELPED by someone else… of course! It was “THEM!” It’s EASY to make America the scapegoat when you feed your people LIES… and America has a PUPPET serving as President.
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Government by-proxy… EVERYONE’S got a hidden agenda. Political party proxies, business proxies, non-disclosure proxies, and just plain GREED, self-centered and selfish.
I have a mortgage that’s UNDERWATER from all the bullshit that went down in 2008.
I have TWO teenaged boys who will (hopefully) have to pay for college in a few years.
I have a car payment.
I worry about my boys when I drop them off at school, I worry about the divisive conversations they’re seeing online.
I raise the kids and take care of the house while my wife is the breadwinner.
I am the husband of a PICU nurse who saves the lives of babies born with broken hearts.
I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) in 2016. (…of all the things I THOUGHT I could someday get, childhood diabetes was NOT on that list at age 36!)
I have a pre-existing condition.
This is MY AGENDA. That’s what’s on the FRONT of my mind. THESE are my constituents.
I was BORN and RAISED in this city, and I am proud to call Kansas City my HOME. The problems faced by me and my family are the SAME problems faced in California, or in Dallas, or in Detroit. Racism happens NORTH of the Mason-Dixon Line and sexual discrimination in the work place happens to MEN, too… especially when it comes to raising a family.
I have NO PROXY INTERESTS. I have no DARK MONEY hidden agendas holding me DOWN. FREE and CLEAR… I plan on aiming for the STARS.
We must CLARIFY what it means to be an American. We must REMEMBER who we are!
LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!
Long live the OFFICE of the President of the United States.
22 Veterans commit suicide everyday in the United States of America.
Why.
Is it a lack of leadership in the VA? Is it the political games played by elected officials with the FUNDS allocated for their care? Is it a lack of opportunity back here in the States when they’ve finished deployment? Is it an incompatibility between training received in the military and training required in the private sector?
While I believe all of these play some role, I believe it’s DEEPER than that. I believe pride in our mission objectives has been lost. When we see our soldiers ordered to abandon a key ally, abandoning families and communities… we see only a small piece of an even larger, camouflaged problem.
When it’s reported that FUNDING for military defense in Ukraine was being withheld until their government complied with demands made by OUR elected officials, remember… there’s MORE to that story. What’s NOT being reported? We are lucky that we have this SMALL glimpse of what is being done in our name. They stored transcripts of conversations in a highly classified server in the White House, specifically conversations they KNEW could put them in legal jeopardy…
What else is on that server?
The corruption suffered in our government now bleeds over into our military, forcing men and women of HONOR to do DIS-honorable things… because they know the dangerous place where we STAND today, and they want this nation to endure.
Blood AND treasure expended… and members of the Senate say, “The President did nothing wrong. I see no quid pro quo. Well OF COURSE I didn’t read the transcripts… even if I did they would show he did nothing wrong.”
… and we STILL fight in Afghanistan.
Would President Trump have asked Osama Bin Laden for dirt on his political opponents? Would the GOP find THAT acceptable? What IS “acceptable”? Is there NOTHING sacred to them anymore, other than retaining POLITICAL power?
What would it take… is there STILL a red line that no one should be allowed to cross?
STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT!
Thank you to the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces for securing my right to STAND here today and do just that. FOR THEM… let us restore HONOR in our mission abroad and hold OURSELVES accountable, raising the bar for everyone else.
End The Electoral College NOW!! 