All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!(Part II)

[PaulBullion]

Hmmmmm...



Trump Rally tonight too.

What a year this week is.

[Mecegirl]

What a year this week is.

That's it...that's the way to put it.

[BeastieRunner]

Cohen (campaign finance), McGahn (obstruction), and Manafort (criminal conspiracy) are expected to be taking plea deals today and tomorrow.

BTW: The Manafort jury has reached a consensus on all but 1 count.

Gonna be a fun day in Trumpland.

[PaulBullion]

In related news:

Special counsel Mueller's team has told a court (again!) that Michael Flynn is not ready for sentencing, likely indicating that he is still providing useful information to prosecutors.

https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1031957018712649729

[BeastieRunner]

In related news:


https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1031957018712649729

The birdies are singing today.

[Tami]

A Candidate Backed Medical Marijuana. Wells Fargo Closed Her Bank Account.

Nikki Fried, a Democrat running for agriculture commissioner in Florida, has made no secret of her support for medical marijuana.

Further expansion of the state’s program is the highest priority on her campaign website. Before entering the race, she ran a lobbying firm, Igniting Florida, and described herself as “one of most visible faces and key activists in Florida’s burgeoning medical cannabis industry.”

Even so, employees at Wells Fargo, where her campaign held an account, had questions about her platform.

The bank, which says it has a policy against serving marijuana-related businesses, had noticed that Ms. Fried was “advocating for expanded patient access to medical marijuana.” It asked the campaign in July whether it would be receiving money from “lobbyists from the medical marijuana industry in any capacity.”

The campaign replied that, yes, Ms. Fried would be receiving donations from lobbyists as well as “executives, employees and corporations in the medical marijuana industry.”

Last week, the campaign said it had received written notice that Wells Fargo was closing its account.

On Monday, Ms. Fried urged her supporters to consider pulling their money from the bank.

“This is absolutely unprecedented,” she said in a telephone interview. “I’ve been in this campaign since the beginning of June. Everybody in Florida knows that I’m one of the main proponents of the expansion of medical marijuana.”

Wells Fargo isn’t the first bank to close a customer’s account over money that could be related to the sale of marijuana, which is legal in some form in states including Florida but still prohibited by federal law.

That conflict has had banks large and small walking a line for more than a decade, since the first states began changing their cannabis laws. Marijuana growers have struggled to open and maintain bank accounts, and dispensaries have relied on cash to do business instead of credit cards. Businesses like construction companies and electricians that provide services to the growers and distributors have also had problems.

Wells Fargo, I would never do business with them.

[Rob Allen]

Even if he [Robert E. Lee] was he still got his butt whooped in the war of northern aggression for states' rights.

He might be the most celebrated loser in all of History.

I'd give that title to Hannibal of Carthage.

[Gray Lensman]

I'd give that title to Hannibal of Carthage.

Hannibal at least had Cannae. Tactical genius followed by strategic idiocy.

[PaulBullion]

Verdict on 8 counts against Manafort!

Jury cannot agree on 10 counts.

[Coin Biter]

[Removed; I’m a bit more interested in the Manafort news than in my original post]

[PaulBullion]

Verdict on 8 counts against Manafort!

Jury cannot agree on 10 counts.

Judge declared mistrial to the 10 counts the jury cannot agree on. Looks like a partial verdict. At least one guilty verdict.

[PaulBullion]

Judge declared mistrial to the 10 counts the jury cannot agree on. Looks like a partial verdict. At least one guilty verdict.

Jury found him guilty on all the 8 counts they could agree on.

[ZombieHavoc]

I like that people think the Manafort thing means anything is happening to Trump.

The Cohen thing too.

Nothing is coming to save the country, guys. Pack it in.

[PaulBullion]

Guilty on:

5 charges of tax fraud
1 of hiding a foreign bank account
2 charges of bank fraud

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

I like that people think the Manafort thing means anything is happening to Trump.

The Cohen thing too.

Nothing is coming to save the country, guys. Pack it in.

Cohen might mean something. Manafort won’t