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Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/JaredRizzi/status/867728253498380288

edit:
https://twitter.com/MatthewNussbaum/status/867728926986129408
https://twitter.com/Billbrowder/status/867713219972001793

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 14:16 on May 25, 2017

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Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/867729666924269568

Ho boy!

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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Sessions is a monster part 9438

quote:

The government has agreed not to prosecute Citigroup’s Mexico-based subsidiary despite damning evidence it aided a cross-border money-laundering scheme for years, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. The non-prosecution agreement is in sharp contrast with the hard line that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has already laid out for blue-collar criminals.

Under the non-prosecution agreement, Citigroup-owned Banamex USA will pay $97.4 million and admit it broke the Bank Secrecy Act for years.

Banamex and Citi officials knew of some 18,000 separate suspicious account activities from 2007 to 2012 yet reported just six to regulators, according to the description of the crimes in the deal. The transactions mostly involved remittance payments from people in the United States to account holders in Mexico — a standard class of transaction relied upon heavily by immigrants.

The transactions Citigroup failed to police internally or report to external authorities, however, were not typical worker remittances. Those usually involve small sums and scattered movements of money — as one would expect to see when a large group of individual workers are sending some of their pay back home to a large number of families.

Citigroup’s subsidiary noticed that very large remittances were flowing into the same bank account—;as one might expect to see if illicit, scattered profits earned in the United States were being consolidated across the border by the person or organization who had made them possible.

Bankers were well aware of more than a billion dollars in suspicious remittances but did almost nothing to draw law enforcement attention to the transactions, on which the bank itself was of course earning profit.

Citigroup, which took control of Banamex some years prior to the bank’s criminal failings on money laundering oversight, plans to close the subsidiary down for good later this summer. But Citi itself was not required to plead guilty to a crime.

Corporate crime enforcement watchdogs immediately hammered the Trump administration.

“Again, a crime and no crooks,” Bart Naylor of Public Citizen told the Corporate Crime Reporter. The deal sparks fears of “a kid-gloves approach towards corporate crime in the new administration,” Too Big To Jail author Brandon Garrett told the paper. Roughly eight times out of nine that the government builds up a Bank Secrecy Act case, Garrett said, it chooses to resolve it through sterner means than the non-prosecution deal Citigroup struck this week.


Sell a tiny amount of crack? 30 years in the slammer.
Launder a billion dollars in cartel drug money? Slap on the wrist.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/867735204638707712
https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/867732133632233473
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/867382292322320384
https://twitter.com/donnermaps/status/867735046106488832
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/867734611408900096
https://twitter.com/BrentBozell/status/867727265966301184
https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/867734607692779521

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 14:50 on May 25, 2017

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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ReidRansom posted:

The CBO score dropped like 30 minutes before his show ended. Not that he probably would have said much anyway until the RNC gave him notes on how to spin it, but there's a chance you get the show on delay.

The CBO is too complicated to be put on the Two Minutes Hannity. You got to have visceral hard hitting news to talked about.

Like body slamming.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
God drat it, I had the popcorn all bought and everything:
https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/867742604254949377
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/867744438642065408
https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/867744418945798145

https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/867571241523200000

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 15:13 on May 25, 2017

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/867745776528756738
The White House is so full of plagiarism at this point that if it was a college student it would have been expelled three times over.

Also, threatening reporters over twitter:
https://twitter.com/TonyRomm/status/867740038964154368
https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/867749598848331776



https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/867749083875880960
https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/867744418945798145

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/owillis/status/867752196271726593


https://twitter.com/yashar/status/867753108868386816

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/867758571882258432
https://twitter.com/LissandraVilla/status/867743713518333952
https://twitter.com/MCJalonick/status/867750282276605953
https://twitter.com/HenryJGomez/status/867761100607172608
https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/867761183016853506

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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nerox posted:

Did they just end it there or did they hold his feet to the fire and make him define when a reporter "deserves it".

https://twitter.com/BenSasse/status/867763252519985153

C'mon and slam (welcome to Trump Land)

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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Truancy-Bot posted:

I gotta feeling Chuck Todd will be just fine with Greg's behavior. Jeremy Scahill said Todd once shoved him backstage on Real Time with Bill Maher because he "embarrased" him.

He cancelled his appearance.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/867767673106649089
https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/867768036714921984
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/867767844968202241
https://twitter.com/JFXM/status/867766990785654784
https://twitter.com/OKnox/status/867763687485874177


Your joke for the morning:
https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/867767303248674816
https://twitter.com/davecatanese/status/867745495044771840

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/867789093421416448
https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/867797726628655106
https://twitter.com/RosieGray/status/867785003710722048
https://twitter.com/markfollman/status/867802346725662720


https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/867805620875005952

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/mathieuvonrohr/status/867828649302642688

Basically my reaction:
https://twitter.com/Bitchpuddingpie/status/867830214063030272

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/mitchellreports/status/867831270495080449
https://twitter.com/stuartpstevens/status/867832255951011840

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/867834138258272256
https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/867837027680743424

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/bdetrick/status/867825968752275456

(jeb!)

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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Somebody tried to blow up the former Greek premier with a car bomb which might have mattered at some point but not in these turbulent times.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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WeAreTheRomans posted:

I'm sure this will be a big story for Hannity to get to the bottom of

He was just searching for shells on the beach and found himself a .38.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/867850324979142656
https://twitter.com/cwarzel/status/867850163762733056
https://twitter.com/SimonMaloy/status/867841941077188610

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/867845234738307073

edit: holy gently caress
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/867852119499431936

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/868098467079495680

Doesn't Trump watch Morning Joe for some reason?

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/868088473856724992
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/868085382310756352
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/868099013165363200
https://twitter.com/jonward11/status/867542451409612800

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/868080653778264065
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/867954968480763905


And finally
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/868082816118128640

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 14:56 on May 26, 2017

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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mcmagic posted:

I would bet that a non zero amount of Republican candidates for congress in 2018 will punch or engage in some other sort of physical violence or intimidation against their Democratic opponents. They know exactly what their base rewards them for.

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/868103743228825604
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/868105147116789760
https://twitter.com/mikedebonis/status/867779339626196992


edit:
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/868105277291339778

Trump is like a Matryoshka doll of Russian connections isn't he?

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe

Al Borland Corp. posted:

Democratic voters even dumber than Republicans (he clarifies the question specifically refers to Russia hacking vote totals)

While dumb, we're in our second decade of 'electronic voting machines are unsecured unaudited pieces of poo poo' articles. Every election they pop up.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe

I mean it's not like Republicans aren't actively loving the people of Texas over

https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/867884277815533572

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/868114828266754048

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/868117225613479937

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/MatthewNussbaum/status/868222190654828548
https://twitter.com/MatthewNussbaum/status/868223049648275460
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/868207966083850240
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/868130713715003398

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/868219040585658369

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
:stare:

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/868159479304642560

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe

At this point we're just waiting for Notch's body to be discovered hanging in his mansion; dude really went off the deep end of depression/moronism after moving to LA and realized he's sitting in a 6000 sq foot multimillion dollar home and knows nobody.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/868241396494368772

A bit late for the regular 5 pm news hour but I'll take it.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/costareports/status/868241827069140992
https://twitter.com/costareports/status/868242232985477120
https://twitter.com/costareports/status/868242655397990400



https://twitter.com/FactCheck/status/868123660590211072

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/868247151788384258
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/868248415809003520
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/868249102852784128
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/868247843752095744

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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Doctor Butts posted:

I don't know how trusting I'd be of a report from the Russians.

https://twitter.com/nickconfessore/status/868255544632635394

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/868269546637021185

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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Spacebump posted:

Has anyone ever been prosecuted for violating the Logan Act?

quote:

The only actual indictment under the Logan Act was one that occurred in 1803 when a grand jury indicted Francis Flournoy, a Kentucky farmer, who had written an article in the Frankfort Guardian of Freedom under the pen name of "A Western American." In the article, Flournoy advocated a separate nation in the western part of the United States that would ally with France. The United States Attorney for Kentucky, an Adams appointee and brother-in-law of Chief Justice John Marshall, went no further than procuring the indictment of Flournoy, and there was no further prosecution of the Kentucky farmer.

No.

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/868507209508036609

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/868481036656705536
https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/868509584465514496
https://twitter.com/nytimesbusiness/status/868508422429388800
https://twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/868141732889714691
https://twitter.com/21logician/status/868331235311054848


And Harwood throwing a bit of shade
https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/868508374601785346

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/868512127882887169
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/868513769621790720
https://twitter.com/margbrennan/status/868522267939962880




https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/868514546436235270

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 18:42 on May 27, 2017

Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/868506735430037506
https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/868486448563015685

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Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:

More importantly, government "back channels" are still monitored, they aren't the same kind of setup you'd try to use to share kiddie porn with Putin

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/868458800428331008

Reminder Trump/the GOP is still going on about the HILLARY GAVE 20% OF OUR NUCLEAR STOCKPILE TO THE RUSSIANS fake news.

edit: lol location services are on on Trump's phone? The gently caress

https://twitter.com/nedprice/status/868495030456991744

https://twitter.com/KateAronoff/status/868109757009330176
https://twitter.com/KateAronoff/status/868110830583369728
https://twitter.com/KateAronoff/status/868114203118379008
https://twitter.com/KateAronoff/status/868121288786706433

Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 19:04 on May 27, 2017

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