Eatin’ Good in the Neighborhood.
. Eatin’ Good in the Neighborhood.
. >>> IN MARCH THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE FBI
ISSUED AN ALERT ANNOUNCING THAT
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT CYBER ACTORS
WERE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE U.S.
THIS WAS NOT ABOUT RUSSIA
ATTACKING OUR ELECTIONS AND
POLITICAL PARTIES.
POLITICAL PARTIES. THIS ALERT FROM MARCH WAS THAT
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WAS USING
ATTACKERS TO TARGET AMERICA’S
ENERGY SECTOR, OUR QUOTE,
COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, AND OUR
NUCLEAR SECTOR.
NUCLEAR SECTOR. HOW ABOUT CONGRESS HOLD HEARINGS
TO INVESTIGATE THAT?
THAT SEEMS LIKE A SERIOUS THING
AND SOMETHING CONGRESS COULD DO
RIGHT NOW IF THEY WERE SO
INCLINED.
INCLINED. IF THEY WANTED TO FIND A WAY OUT
OF THE CRISIS WE FIND OURSELVES
IN.
IN. THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF SUPER
PRACTICAL, SUPER SPECIFIC DONE
CAN KNOW CAN DO.
HERE’S ANOTHER IDEA.
LAST MONTH IN SINGAPORE,
PRESIDENT TRUMP SURPRISED
VILLONE BY ANNOUNCING
UNILATERALLY THAT HE HAD AGREED
TO CANCEL JOINT MILITARY
EXERCISES BETWEEN THE U.S.
MILITARY AND OUR ALLIES IN SOUTH
KOREA.
KOREA. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING HE
UNILATERALLY OFFERED.
UNILATERALLY OFFERED. WE LEARNED THAT NOT ONLY HAD THE
PRESIDENT NOT CONSULTED NORTH
KOREA, HE HADN’T CONSULT THE
U.S. MILITARY BEFORE HE MADE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT. WE KNOW FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL
REPORTING THAT THE CANCELING OF
U.S. MILITARY EXERCISES WITH
SOUTH KOREA WAS SOMETHING
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ASKED TO DO
BY ANOTHER WORLD LEADER.
ACCORDING TO THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL," VLADIMIR PUTIN HAD
ASKED PRESIDENT TRUMP TO STOP.
HOW ABOUT THE NATIONAL POLICY
CHANGE?
CHANGE? AND HOW THAT POLICY CHANGE CAME
ABOUT?
ABOUT? WHO WAS CONSULT ON IT?
HOW WAS THE PRESIDENT ADVISED?
WHERE DID THAT IDEA COME FROM?
SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP, THE PRESIDENT AGAIN
SURPRISED EVERYONE WITH HIS
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT IS THE NEW
POSITION OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
THAT THE G-7 SHOULD BECOME G-8
AGAIN.
AGAIN. THEY SHOULD INVITE RUSSIA IN
AGAIN.
AGAIN. RUSSIA SHOULD BE BACK IN THAT
ALLIANCE NOW.
ALLIANCE NOW. THAT WOULD SUIT RUSSIA VERY WELL
BUT THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT
THEY WERE CONSULTED ABOUT IT OR
EVEN HAD NOTICE FROM THE
PRESIDENT THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO
MAKE THAT RADICAL U-TURN IN U.S.
POLICY AND ANNOUNCE IT PUBLICLY.
THAT’S A RADICAL CHANGE IF AN
IMPORTANT U.S. POLICY.
HOW ABOUT HOLDING CONGRESSIONAL
HEARINGS ON WHERE THAT POLICY
CHANGE CAME FROM THE HOW WERE
NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS IN
OUR GOVERNMENT INVOLVED IN THAT
SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT?
SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT? IF THEY WEREN’T, WHY NOT?
IF CONGRESS IS FEELING UP TO IT,
THEY MIGHT CONSIDER HOLDING A
HEARING ON WHY SENIOR WHITE
HOUSE OFFICIAL JARED KUSHNER
TOOK A MEETING WITH THE HEAD OF
A SANCTIONED RUSSIAN BANK WHO
PERSONALLY HAS A RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE BACKGROUND.
INTELLIGENCE BACKGROUND. THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE BANK
GAVE COULD THAT AFFLICTING
ANSWERS WHY IT HAPPEN SO WE
DON’T KNOW WHY.
THAT WAS A MEETING WITH A
SANCTIONED RUSSIAN ENTITY AND WE
DON’T KNOW WHY.
HOW ABOUT A HEARING ABOUT THAT?
AND A CONDUIT TO INFLUENCE
LEADERS ON BEHALF RUSSIA
LITERALLY ON THAT SAME ZMA THE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT IS THAT THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED
NEW RULES THAT WOULD ALLOW THE
NRA TO STOP DISCLOSING ITS
DONORS TO THE IRS.
RIGHT?
RIGHT? THESE RED HOT CONCERNS AND WHAT
APPEARS TO BE OPEN
CONVERSATIONS.
CONVERSATIONS. POTENTIALLY AS A CONDUIT FOR
RUSSIAN MONEY INTO THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ON THAT SAME DAY WE LEARNED THAT
A RUSSIAN SPY WAS BEING
CRIMINALLY ACCUSED OF PULLING IT
OFF.
OFF. NO, NO, WE NO LOCKER NEED TO
KNOW.
KNOW. IF CONGRESS WAS LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE TO DO
HERE, INSTEAD OF SENDING SAD
TWEETS, THEY COULD STOP THE
TREASURY FROM MAKING THAT
CHANGE.
CHANGE. AT LEAST NOT UNTIL WE’RE CLEAR
ON WHAT’S GOING ON HERE.
RIGHT?
RIGHT? IF THEY’RE TOO SCARED TO
INVESTIGATE ANYTHING DIRECTLY
RELATED TO THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, MAYBE CONGRESS
COULD JUST BE PERSUADED TO
INVESTIGATE THEMSELVES A LITTLE
BIT.
BIT. IN THE INDICTMENT FROM FRIDAY,
ALL THE RUSSIAN MILITARY
INDICTED, A CANDIDATE FOR U.S.
CONGRESS SOLICITED AND RECEIVED
STOLEN HACKED INFORMATION FROM
RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
REASONABLY SPEAKING, YOU MIGHT
THINK THAT THE HOUSE ETHICS
COMMITTEE COULD LOOK INTO A
CHARGE LIKE.
CHARGE LIKE. THAT ESPECIALLY ONCE IT IS
INCLUDED IN AN UNSEALED
INDICTMENT.
INDICTMENT. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS SAYING
THAT HACKED INFORMATION,
PRESUMABLY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, WAS STOLEN
BY RUSSIA, AND THEN USED IN A
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN.
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN. REASONABLY SPEAKING YOU MIGHT
THINK THAT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE
THE CONGRESS COULD HOLD A
HEARING OR TWO ON WHETHER ANY
SERVING MEMBER OF CONGRESS LIST
IS PITTED STOLEN INFORMATION
FROM RUSSIAN MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE AND THERE BY
KNOWINGLY BENEFITED FROM THAT
STOLEN INFORMATION TO SECURE
THEIR OWN ELECTION.
THAT’S A PERSON IN THE JEOPARDY
ELECTION WHO EITHER WON THAT
SEAT OR LOST IT.
SHOULDN’T THE ETHICS COMMITTEE
LOOK INTO IT?
WHETHER OR NOT THAT PERSON KNEW
IT WAS RUSSIAN MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE, HE OR SHE WAS
SOLICITING THE INFORMATION FROM,
TO TROY TO WIN YOUR ELECTION --
PICK ONE.
PICK ONE. ALL OF THESE SPECIFIC, DOABLE.
ANY OF THESE COULD BE, WE CAN
FEEL HELPLESS BUT YOU’RE IN
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. BOY THERE’S A LOT OF STUFF YOU
CAN DO.
CAN DO. TAKE YOUR PICK.
ONE THING CONGRESS CAN DO IS
LEVY AGAINST THE RUSSIANS.
MICHAEL IT IS COACH REPORT THAT
IN THE FIRST DAYS OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, THEY TRIED ON
UNILATERALLY GET RID OF RUR
SANCTIONS.
SANCTIONS. TOP RUSSIAN OFFICIALS, ALMOST AS
SOON AS THEY TOOK OFFICE, TASKED
STATE DEPARTMENT STAFFERS WITH
DEVELOPING PROPOSALS FOR THE
LIFTING OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS,
THE RETURN OF DIPLOMATIC COME
POUNDS.
POUNDS. IT WAS ALL DONERING IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT THE
KNOWLEDGE OF CONGRESS.
HOW ABOUT A HEARING ON WHAT
HAPPENED THERE WITH THE OTHER
ECHELONS OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, AND THE FIRST
ORDERING OF IT?
HOW ABOUT A HEARING ON THAT?
CONGRESS CARES ABOUT SANCTIONS.
DO YOU CARE ABOUT TRYING TO
UNDERMINE SANCTIONS?
UNDERMINE SANCTIONS? THIS IS STUFF TO DO.
WE ARE NOT BEETLES ON OUR BACK
UNABLE TO FLIP OVER.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP THIS COUNTRY
GET OUT OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY
CRISIS, YOUR HANDS ARE NOT TIED.
GETTING THE TRUTH, GETTING
CLARITY, STOPPING MORE BAD STUFF
FROM HAPPENING NOW AND IN THE
IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
IMMEDIATE FUTURE. THAT’S AT HAND.
IT IS NOT AN IMPOSSIBLE LIST.
IT IS PRACTICAL.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER ANYONE
WILL DO IT.
THEORETICALLY THERE IS NO CASS.
AND WHY DON’T WE HAVE A CYBER
SECURITY CHIEF ANYMORE?
WHY DID RUSSIANS MEET WITH
AMERICANS?
AMERICANS? REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS YOU
CAN IMAGINE WORKING TOGETHER ON
STUFF LIKE THAT.
IN THE REAL WORLD THOUGH, IN
ORDER FOR THAT STUFF TO ACTUALLY
HAPPEN, WE’RE PROBABLY WAITING
ON DEMOCRATS.
ON DEMOCRATS. AND TONIGHT YOU SEE THE ENERGY
TRYING TO FUEL THAT ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
WHERE THERE IS A SECOND DIAW OF
SPONTANEOUS PROTESTS AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT AND HIM SIDING WITH
RUSSIA OVER THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. YOU WILL SEE IT A LOT MORE
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. WE ALSO SAW IT TODAY IN A RARE
SIGN OF NATIONAL COOPERATION BY
WILL HE BE RAL GROUND TROOP.
A BIG JOIN EFFORT CALLED THE
LAST WEEKEND TO TRY TO RECRUIT
EVERY DAY AMERICANS OTHER ARE
FREAKED OUT ABOUT WHAT’S GOING
ON IN THE COUNTRY.
TRYING TO MAKE THE LARGEST
GRASSROOTS EFFORT, TO GET OUT
THE VOTE BUT ALSO TO VOLUNTEER
FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
IT CAN BE SCARY BECAUSE HOT
WATER IS HOT BUT IT CAN BE
USEFUL IF IT MEANS THINGS ARE