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THE STORY THAT COLORADO MEDIA REFUSES TO REPORT:

COLORADO LINKS TO 9/11 PAST AND PRESENT

R. Roy Blake and Michael Jurgens

Perhaps one of the most shocking, cynical, dangerous and cowardly cover-ups in the history of American journalism is the Colorado and especially Denver’s media refusal to investigate and report on the extensive involvement of Colorado based actors in 9/11.  While none of the 9/11 hijackers are known to have traveled to Colorado, pre-9/11 communications between bin Laden and Al Qaeda operatives in the US and several Colorado based actors were key to 9/11 including one that the FBI considered at “the heart of the 9/11 story.”  Shockingly, while downplaying or ignoring altogether the Colorado connection to 9/11, the media has become a shill for the Denver organization whose members likely played a major role in the event. 

After 14 years of pressure, the Obama Administration finally declassified a heavily redacted version of the 28 missing pages of the 9/11 report. The redacted version did not mention names such as Anwar al-Awlaki, that had been mentioned as being in the 28 pages by a 60 Minutes report on the subject.  Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico, the son of New Mexico State University professor who had been born in Yemen.  Awlaki attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where he was President of the Muslim Student Association.  He later served as Imam (Islamic minister) at the Denver Islamic Society on Birch Street just south of Evans Avenue in Denver. 

In the months prior to 9/11 Awlaki left Denver and became the spiritual advisor to two of the 9/11 hijackers that had summered in San Diego and met with three others who were in Fall Church, Virginia and attended the notorious Saudi financed mosque there.  It was also reported that Awlaki was in constant contact with the Saudi embassy in the months immediately prior to 9/11.  An FBI agent had said that he felt that Awlaki was “at the heart of the 9/11 story.” 

When in 2002, al Awlaki attempted to flee the US to avoid answering more questions about 9/11 he was briefly detained at JFK airport in New York, accused of passport fraud before being released to a Saudi government representative.  Awlaki then fled to the UK and two years thereafter to Yemen. 

While in Yemen, Awlaki joined up with Al Qaeda’s franchise there, known as Al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).  During Awlaki’s association with AQAP the went on to conduct terrorist attacks throughout the Arabian peninsula that killed Americans, Belgians, Spaniards, South Koreans and hundreds of Saudis and Yemenis.  AQAP also trained the underwear bomber and plotted attacks on Jewish community centers in the US using mail bombs loaded into printer cartridges, plotted using smuggled explosive liquids onto US bound airlines.  Awlaki was also the spiritual inspiration for the Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas that killed 12 and wounded 31.

Others had reported that among the missing names was Homaidan al Turki, a member of the Saudi royal family who had relocated to Denver, Colorado.  Al Turki is currently serving a life sentence in Federal prison for holding an underage Indonesian girl that he had purchased in Saudi Arabia as a slave in his Aurora, Colorado basement.  Al Turki also founded a company called “Al Bashir Publications and Translations” that featured the speeches and sermons of Anwar al Awlaki urging Muslims to violence against non-Muslims and especially the US and the West.  It is difficult to overestimate the effect of Awlaki’s speeches and sermons had, and even after his death, continues to have in terms of inspiring terrorism. 

Even in view of the fact that a significant amount of the 28 pages remained classified, some witting or unwitting Saudi apologists claimed that the redacted portion of the 28 pages “contained no smoking gun” and argued that the matter ought be put to rest. Senator Graham, however, said it did in fact did confirm Saudi government links to the hijackers and that the redacted portions of the 28 pages  ought to be released along with the over 80,000 pages from 9/11 investigations.

The FBI also learned that the two Saudis traveled to Washington to attend a symposium hosted by the Saudi Embassy in collaboration with the Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America, which was chaired by the Saudi ambassador. Before being shut down for terrorist ties, IIASA employed the late al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki as a lecturer. Awlaki ministered to some of the hijackers and helped them obtain housing and IDs.

In 1994, well prior to 9/11 and just following the first attack large attack on the World Trade Center, the London based “Advice and Reformation Committee” (ARC), widely considered Osama bin Laden’s publicity office, established a “secure system for communications between Saudi Arabia and London for Osama bin Laden.  Incredibly, the system reportedly made use of US Army lines!  In the US the system was centered in Denver, Colorado and initially set up by Denver resident Lujain al-Imam, wife of London based Islamic “activist” Mohammad al Massari.  The calls are routed from Saudi Arabia to Britain through Denver using “toll free lines established for US servicemen during the Gulf War.” 

In addition to al Turki and al Awlaki, other Denver residents suspected of involvement with al Qaeda prior to 9/11 include Khalid al Fawwaz who will later be indicted for his involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa.  Another is Ziyad Khaleel, vice president of the Denver Islamic Society until 1994.  Together with al Fawwaz, Khaleel is suspected of purchasing a satellite phone for bin Laden. 

No doubt the one of the reasons that the Denver and Colorado media have ignored the Colorado 9/11 connection has to do with behind the scenes Saudi Arabian money, such as checks written to Denver super law firm Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber and Schreck.  On its website the Brownstein firm touts its “…deep experience…and political connections” which include hosting major Colorado Republican events.  What the website does not disclose is the fact that the Saudi Arabian government pays the firm to fight off the lawsuits of 9/11 victim families and to otherwise lobby on behalf of the Saudis. 

The Denver Post did a few articles on Anwar al Awlaki that were characterized as would be “puff pieces” by talkshow host Rev. Bob Enyart.  One, written before a drone strike in Yemen killed, the man whom after bin Laden was the world’s most wanted terrorist, contended that Awlaki made little impression in Denver despite the fact that the speeches he gave while in Denver inspired and continue to inspire terrorism to this day. 

The Post article made much of the fact that a Denver Islamic Society elder who wished to remain anonymous stated that he had opposed Awlaki’s recruitment of a young Muslim to fight in Chechnya where he was killed.  A careful reading of the article, however, revealed that the reason for the opposition to the young man’s recruitment wasn’t a rejection of jihadi warfare.  It was the fact that due to the age of the young man, he should not go off to jihad without his parent’s consent. 

The fact that the elder at the Denver Islamic Society did not feel safe enough to reveal his identity speaks volumes about the fact that the influence of Awlaki, al –Turki and the others continue to have on the Denver Islamic Society.  Perhaps the worst part of all of this is that the refusal of the Colorado media to report this allows for influence and infiltration that endangers us all.  The current president of the Denver Islamic Society, Mohammed Malki, has held, and probably continues to hold a sensitive position as an “information security officer,” in the Colorado state government. 

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Bob Graham, Ex-U.S. Senator And Florida Governor, Dies At 87

Bob Graham, Ex-U.S. Senator And Florida Governor, Dies At 87

Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who chaired the Intelligence Committee following the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq invasion, has died. He was 87.

His family announced the death Tuesday in a statement posted on X by his daughter Gwen Graham.

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Bob Graham

Physique: Average Build Height: 5’ 9” (1.76 m)

Daniel Robert Graham (November 9, 1936 – April 16, 2024; aged 87) was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 38th governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005. He was a member of the Democratic Party. His tenure as a three-term senator included chairing the Senate Intelligence Committee and co-leading the congressional investigation into the September 11 terrorist attacks.

A cute, gray haired public servant for nearly four decades at the local, state and national level, and was one of the most accomplished politicians in Florida’s history. Graham was bright, bookish and, as it turns out, would be notably skilled at “reaching across the aisle.” Mmm… he could have crossed the aisle to me. I bet he'd look adorable in bed… with me on his cock.

What? It’s not like you didn’t know I wanted to get him in bed.

After politics, Graham taught at Harvard University, wrote a book and focused on founding a center to train future political leaders at the University of Florida. Graham's health declined after a stroke in 2020 and on April 16, 2024, he died at a retirement community in Gainesville, Florida, at the age of 87. He is survived by his wife, four children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Nick Anderson

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

October 8, 2024

Heather Cox Richardson

Oct 08, 2024

“It’s been a tradition for more than half a century that the major party candidates for president sit down with 60 Minutes in October,” host Scott Pelley said to the camera last night before 60 Minutes aired an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. This year, both Harris and Republican nominee former president Donald Trump accepted an invitation for an interview.

“Then a week ago,” Pelley said, “Trump backed out. The campaign offered shifting explanations. First it complained that we would fact-check the interview. We fact-check every story,” Pelley said. “Later, Trump said he needed an apology for his interview in 2020. Trump claims correspondent Leslie Stahl said in that interview that Hunter Biden’s controversial laptop came from Russia. She never said that.

“Trump has said his opponent doesn’t do interviews because she can’t handle them. He had previously declined another debate with Harris, so tonight may have been the largest audience for the candidates between now and election day. Our questions addressed the economy, immigration, reproductive rights, and the wars in the Middle East and Europe. Both campaigns understood this special would go ahead if either candidate backed out.”

And with that, 60 Minutes aired its interview with Vice President Harris.

Trump broke a fifty-year tradition so his false world would not be challenged by reality. He apparently wants to make sure voters cannot base their decisions about the country’s future on facts. Hiding reality is in keeping with his continued refusal to release his tax returns or a medical report—even after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania—or the video from the incident at Arlington National Cemetery, instead insisting that people take him at his word about what happened. 

If voters trust his disinformation campaign, rather than thinking things through for themselves, who will his policies help? 

A bombshell story from a forthcoming book by veteran journalist Bob Woodward today revealed that in 2020, when he was president, Trump secretly shipped Covid-19 testing equipment to Russian president Vladimir Putin for his own personal use at a time when Americans could not get it.  

A Trump aide told Woodward that Trump and Putin have spoken as many as seven times since Trump left the White House, prompting Edward Luce of the Financial Times to comment: “What possible business could an out-of-office U.S. president have to call Vladimir Putin seven times?” Woodward recounts a moment when Trump told a senior aide to leave the room so “he could have what he said was a private phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin.” 

The Woodward book also says that when South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham was visiting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, in March 2024, Graham said “Hey, let’s call Trump.” According to Woodward, an aide brought MBS a bag full of burner phones, one of which was labeled “TRUMP 45.”

This news highlights the fact that Trump retained classified documents when he left the White House, carrying them with him to Mar-a-Lago, where he tried to hide them from federal officials. A grand jury indicted him on 37 felony counts for those actions, but Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, dismissed the case in July after concluding that Special Counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed.  

Trump’s campaign came out swinging after the story broke, with Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung calling Woodward “a total sleazebag who has lost it mentally.”

In contrast to Trump’s disinformation campaign, Vice President Harris is running a normal campaign, offering policy proposals. Today she proposed a plan to permit Medicare to help cover the costs of long-term home health care aides for seniors. Harris announced the plan on ABC’s The View, where she spoke of the so-called sandwich generation, people—mostly women—who are taking care of their elderly parents at the same time they are also taking care of children. “[I]t’s just almost impossible to do it all, especially if they work,” Harris said, adding that many end up having to leave their jobs. She also called for Medicare to cover vision and hearing care to enable seniors to live independently for longer.  

Harris said the money to pay for the new services will come from savings realized through Medicare’s new ability to negotiate drug prices—an ability Republicans are eager to end—and through cracking down on Medicare fraud. A fact sheet about the plan emphasizes that it will enable the government to work with the private sector to expand the home care workforce and provide more access to telehealth. 

Her plan also calls for stopping states from seizing family homes of recently deceased Medicaid beneficiaries to restore funding, a program called “Medicaid estate recovery.” Those seizures particularly hurt rural and minority populations, she noted, preventing them from building wealth. 

Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times note that both expanded home care benefits and drug negotiations are popular. KFF, which conducts health policy research, reports that Medicaid estate recovery has been criticized because it “falls primarily on individuals with limited incomes, raises little revenue, and is applied very unevenly across the states.” 

Deepa Shivaram of NPR noted that a relatively large percentage of middle-aged and older women remain undecided in this race and Harris’s plan speaks to their needs. The plan would also bring more money and care workers into rural towns with aging populations, giving those areas an economic boost.  

In a fact sheet, the Harris-Walz campaign noted that Trump is focused on tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, has repeatedly called for cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and gave clemency to those abusing the system. As Amy B. Wang and Azi Paybarah explained in the Washington Post: “In his last year in office, Trump commuted the sentences of at least five people who collectively filed nearly $1.6 billion in fraudulent claims through Medicare or Medicaid.”

On The View, Harris said, “In this election, people are ready for a new generation of leadership that’s about fixing problems.” 

The 2020 60 Minutes interview for which Trump demanded an apology last week was the one in which he promised his health care plan was “fully developed,” then angrily walked out. His exit was apparently planned, for shortly after his departure, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany walked up to Stahl with a giant book, saying: “Lesley, the President wanted me to deliver his health care plan. It’s a little heavy.”

Trump and McEnany likely expected that the audience would remember their theatrical move rather than the reality, which was that the book contained no Trump healthcare plan because one didn’t exist. 

Four years later, it still doesn’t. Trump said at the September 10 presidential debate that he has the “concepts of a plan.”

CNN today set a deadline of Thursday for Trump to accept its invitation for an October 23 presidential debate. Harris has already accepted. 

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

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After test flights of the A-12 at Area 51, which was way above sea level in Nevada, it was decided that the Blackbird should be taken to Orlando, Florida For further testing. They wanted to see how she flew at sea level.

They wanted to know if there would be any problems before they flew the A-12 over to Kadena, Okinawa, for its first deployment,

There were problems, but that’s another story.

Paul Crickmore‘s book “ Lockheed Blackbird Beyond the Secret Missions.” Paul talks about the reaction to the public's first look at this “science fiction-looking jet.” Passenger planes at the Airport in Orlando, Florida, could see the A-12 takeoff.

Can you guess what happened next?

All of the passengers rushed to the other side of the airplane, causing a noticeable dip in one side of that passenger airplane.😳

The A-12 remained top-secret until around 1992 When there was a freedom of information act ongoing .The YF 12 and the SR 71 were both announced by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 but they were rarely seen at a public airport, and it was hard for anyone to decipher one Blackbird from another. It’s still hard to do that today.

President Johnson announced an A11, which technically did not exist. He mentioned that several A1 1 aircraft were being flight tested at Edwards Air Force Base in California. This announcement was made on February 29, 1964. To back up a Presidental announcement, two of the three YF-12 aircraft, 934 and 935, were positioned at Edwards Air Force Base by Lou Schalk and Bob Gilliland

Lou remembers taxing into the assigned hangar as eyes bulged and head shook and utter disbelief at the site of two sleek aircraft that had never been seen before by anyone outside the program, except possible desert dwellers and incredulous airline crews. Lou continues to explain our supposed low-key, rather laid-back positioning flight lost a touch of elegance when to aid in push-back into the hangar. We turn the aircraft 180° at the entrance. This turnaround maneuver sent hot engine exhaust gases into the hangar, which caused the overhead fire extinguisher valves to open. These valves were like a big flood on the hangar decks of airline carriers. The desert hadn’t seen so much water since Noah’s embarkation!

The SR 71 had not flown Its first flight, yet, it would not occur until December 22,1964.

President Johnson made another announcement on July 25, 1964 in reaction to Senator Berry Goldwater, saying that Johnson had neglected the defense needs of America, this was during a Presidential election,. He retaliated with the announcement of an airplane that had not even flown yet. The SR-71.

In case you didn’t know President Johnson became president when John Kennedy was assassinated on Nov 22, 1963. He was elected on his own accord in 1964. He refused to accept the nomination in 1968 for the Presidency. Although the aftermath of the Vietnam war chances are he would not have been asked to be the Democratic nominee.

SR 71 pilot and author Rich Graham investigated the rumor that President Johnson had misspoken when he said SR 71. The rumor… It’s simply not true. The President said SR 71. It was written RS 71 in the notes for the press release . General Curtis LeMay had decided that he liked the sound of SR 71 better. The four-star General changed the name from RS to SR! Any of the Blackbird books by Paul Crickmore or Rich Graham I would high recommend if you’d like to know more about the SR 71 program.

written by Linda Sheffield

@Habubrats71 via X

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the usa senate passed the budget that banned all aid to UNRWA and Biden signed it.

the senators who voted for this budget (preventing usa from funding UNRWA) are under the readmore. if your senator is on this list, call (202) 224-3121 and demand they find another way of funding relief to palestine.

Tammy Baldwin Wis.

Richard Blumenthal Conn.

Cory Booker N.J.

John Boozman Ark.

Katie Britt Ala.

Sherrod Brown Ohio

Laphonza Butler Calif.

Maria Cantwell Wash.

S. Capito W.Va.

Benjamin L. Cardin Md.

Tom Carper Del.

Bob Casey Pa.

Bill Cassidy La.

Susan Collins Maine

Chris Coons Del.

John Cornyn Tex.

C. Cortez Masto Nev.

Tom Cotton Ark.

Kevin Cramer N.D.

Tammy Duckworth Ill.

Dick Durbin Ill.

Joni Ernst Iowa

John Fetterman Pa.

Deb Fischer Neb.

Kirsten Gillibrand N.Y.

Lindsey Graham S.C.

Chuck Grassley Iowa

M. Hassan N.H.

Martin Heinrich N.M.

John Hickenlooper Colo.

Mazie Hirono Hawaii

John Hoeven N.D.

Cindy Hyde-Smith Miss.

Tim Kaine Va.

Mark Kelly Ariz.

Angus King Maine

Amy Klobuchar Minn.

Ben Ray Luján N.M.

Joe Manchin III W.Va.

Edward J. Markey Mass.

Mitch McConnell Ky.

Robert Menendez N.J.

Jeff Merkley Ore.

Jerry Moran Kan.

Markwayne Mullin Okla.

Lisa Murkowski Alaska

Chris Murphy Conn.

Patty Murray Wash.

Jon Ossoff Ga.

Alex Padilla Calif.

Gary Peters Mich.

Jack Reed R.I.

Mitt Romney Utah

Jacky Rosen Nev.

Mike Rounds S.D.

Brian Schatz Hawaii

Charles E. Schumer N.Y.

Jeanne Shaheen N.H.

Kyrsten Sinema Ariz.

Tina Smith Minn.

Debbie Stabenow Mich.

Dan Sullivan Alaska

Jon Tester Mont.

John Thune S.D.

Thom Tillis N.C.

Chris Van Hollen Md.

Mark R. Warner Va.

Raphael G. Warnock Ga

Elizabeth Warren Mass.

Peter Welch Vt.

Sheldon Whitehouse R.I.

Roger Wicker Miss.

Ron Wyden Ore.

Todd Young Ind.

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Bob Graham was not only THE BEST GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA but also THE GREATEST SENATOR FLORIDIANS EVER HAD.

Bob Graham was ahead of his time in caring for the environment, especially in protecting the Florida Everglades.

Americans need more elected officials like Bob Graham.

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Lee Moran at HuffPost:

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday repeated the same sentiment over and over again after being challenged over retired Army Gen. Mark Milley’s reported assessment of Donald Trump as being “fascist to the core.” Trump toady Graham vehemently disagreed with Milley’s comment, which was reported in Bob Woodward’s new book, “War.” Graham told NBC’s “Meet the Press” anchor Kristen Welker that Milley, whom he has known for years, was “wrong” about Trump being a “fascist” and so were other former Trump White House officials who have spoken out against the ex-president and current GOP presidential nominee. [...] Also in the interview, Graham fumed at Republicans who are backing Democratic nominee Kamala Harris over Trump in the 2024 election. “What the hell are you doing?” Graham asked, later adding, “I can’t take four more years of this crap.” “What the hell are you doing as a Republican blessing this stuff?” he also asked.

Appearing on NBC’s Meet The Press yesterday, gutless Trump simp Lindsey Graham (R-SC) lost his temper over being asked by host Kristen Welker about Gen. Mark Milley’s “fascist to the core” comments that were reported in Bob Woodward’s new book War.

From the 10.20.2024 edition of NBC's Meet The Press:

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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB GRAHAM, U.S. SENATOR

FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Chairman GRAHAM. I call the meeting to order.

This meeting of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is

for the purpose of hearing testimony on legislation that was intro-

duced on Friday relative to law changes as it relates to American

intelligence and counterterrorism.

The horrific events of September 11 demonstrate America’s vul-

nerability to international terrorism. But the warning signs of our

vulnerability have been evident for some time—the bombing of the

U.S. Embassy and the Marine Barracks in Beirut as long ago as

1983; the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center; the 1996 bomb-

ing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia; the 1998 bombing of the

U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania; and last year’s terrorist

attack against the U.S.S. COLE in Yemen.

These and other terrorist incidents have made it increasingly im-

portant for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to focus on

the adequacy of the Intelligence Community’s response to the ter-

rorist threat.

Our Committee has called this hearing today to discuss with gov-

ernment officials and outside experts and civil libertarians the pro-

visions of S. 1448, The Intelligence to Prevent Terrorism Act of

Started the ball rolling exclusively our stuff 911 a combined effort now his suffered in Russia German we did too

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And the date will come out shortly it's amazing ok

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lindsay graham once said “If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you.”

Is Ted Cruz really “Lucifer in the flesh,” as House Speaker John Boehner declared earlier this week, or is he merely — as 38 percent voters in Florida are willing to believe — a serial killer? Based on the way his 8-year-old daughter, Caroline, recoils from his touch, we could easily be convinced of either possibility.

At a rally in South Bend, Indiana, Thursday, young Caroline was happy to dance with her sister Catherine, but scampered away in horror when her father attempted to scoop her up in a hug. Such behavior has become a recurring theme on the trail: At a February campaign stop in Iowa, Caroline flicked her dad away when he tried to come in for a kiss, screeching, “Ow, ow, ow!”

It’s hard to blame Caroline. If your father subjected you to this woman’s singing voice, or divulged embarrassing secrets to the world, like the fact that your first sentence was “I like butter,” you’d probably despise him too. The fact that he’s Ted Cruz — a person who almost no one in the world likes — is secondary.

As Cruz’s former college roommate, Craig Mazin, once put it, “One thing Ted Cruz is really good at: uniting people who otherwise disagree about everything else in a total hatred of Ted Cruz.”

To wit, a treasury of people who really, really hate Ted Cruz:

George W. Bush: “I just don’t like the guy.”

Bob Dole: “I don’t know how he’s going to deal with Congress. Nobody likes him.”

John Boehner: “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”

Peter King: “I hate Ted Cruz, and I think I’ll take cyanide if he ever got the nomination.”

Donald Trump: “He’s a nasty guy. Nobody likes him. Nobody in Congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him.”

Marco Rubio: “Ted has had a tough week because what’s happening now is people are learning more about him.”

Rand Paul: “He is pretty much done for and stifled, and it’s really because of personal relationships, or lack of personal relationships, and it is a problem.”

Chris Christie: “For him to somehow be implying that certain values are more appropriate, more American, depending upon what region of the country you’re from, is to me just asinine.”

Carly Fiorina (aka, Cruz’s hypothetical running mate, as of this week): “Ted Cruz is just like any other politician. … He says whatever he needs to say to get elected, and then he’s going to do as he pleases.”

Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer: “Everybody who knows him in the Senate hates him. And I think hate is not an exaggeration.”

Conservative columnist Ann Coulter: “Cruz is a sleazy, Rovian liar.”

Former Republican staffer John Feehery: “Cruz is an army of one, alienating anybody who is in his path. He advocates losing strategies purely to further his own career at the expense of the party.”

Princeton classmate Mikaela Beardsley: “There are not that many people in my life who I can think of who I didn’t actually have extensive interactions with who bring up such bad feelings.”

Another Princeton dormmate: “He was just sort of an odious figure lurking around.”

had a dream the other day that america decided to bring back the poena cullei (death penalty where you sew someone up in a sack with a bunch of animals and then throw the sack into a river) but only for us senators and so every senate meeting just devolved into people shouting "THE SACK! THE SACK!" whenever ted cruz talked

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Unanswered Questions About 911 

1. Why are FBI-listed suicide hijackers still alive,  giving interviews,  and calling family?

2. Why did Senator Bob Graham  have breakfast on 911 with hijacker moneyman Mahmud Ahmad?

3. Why did George H. W. Bush meet with Osama bin Laden's brother on 911?

4. Why did the bin Laden's fly out of the US without FBI questioning, while all US flights were still grounded?

5. Who profited on 911 by insider trading through a firm once managed by A.B. Krongard, CIA Executive Director?

6. What are the large seismic spikes at the start of the collapse of WTC1 and WTC2?

7. Why do jets of debris shoot from the right side of WTC 1 during its collapse?

8. What are the flashes during the collapse of WTC 7, clearly seen in closeup?

9. Who warned Mayor Willie Brown and Pentagon officials not to fly on 911?

10. How could the Pentagon be hit by an aircraft at 9:40, when it had been on crisis alert for 50 minutes?

11. General Myers: "At the time of the first impact on the World Trade Center, we stood up our crisis action team. That was done immediately." President Bush: "I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on.  And I used to fly, myself, and I said, well, there's one terrible pilot.  I said, it must have been a horrible accident." How can both be true? How did Bush see the first impact on TV, when it wasn't televised until the next day?

12. Dr. Rice: "And the director of the FBI and the director of the CIA, had they received information, I am quite certain _ given that the director of the CIA met frequently face to face with the president of the United States _ that he would have made that available to the president or to me. " NPR Correspondent David Welna  (on 9/11): " I spoke with Congressman Ike Skelton—a Democrat from Missouri and a member of the Armed Services Committee—who said that just recently the Director of the CIA warned that there could be an attack—an  imminent attack—on the United States of this nature. So this is not entirely unexpected." How can both be true?

Further Reading:  The New Pearl Harbor, by David Ray Griffin, 2004.

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Tucker Carlson to Headline RNC in Milwaukee

Trump Family Members

Donald Trump Jr.

Eric Trump

Co-Chairman Lara Trump

Kimberly Guilfoyle

 Entertainers, Celebrities, & Industry Leaders

Matt Brooks, CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition

Tucker Carlson, Television Host

Savannah Chrisley, TV Personality and Criminal Justice Reform Advocate

Franklin Graham, Renowned Faith Leader

Lee Greenwood, Country Music Star 

Alina Habba, Trump Campaign Senior Advisor

Diane Hendricks, Owner of ABC Supply 

Tom Homan, Former Acting ICE Director

Chris Janson, Country Music Star

Perry Johnson, Businessman 

Charlie Kirk, CEO of TPUSA

Sean O’Brien, President of TEAMSTERS 

Vivek Ramaswamy, Businessman  

Amber Rose, Rapper & Influencer

David Sacks, CEO of Yammer

Bob Unanue, CEO of Goya Foods 

Dana White, CEO of UFC

Steven and Zach Witkoff, Businessman

RNC Leadership

RNC Chairman Michael Whatley 

COA Chairwoman Anne Hathaway 

Host Committee Chairman Reince Priebus

GOP Officials & Candidates

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) 

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) 

U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) 

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) 

U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) 

U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), NRSC Chairman 

U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) 

U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) 

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) 

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) 

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) 

U.S. Senate Candidate Kari Lake (R-AZ) 

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Bob Graham, former Florida governor and U.S. senator, dies at 87 - The Washington Post

* Bob Graham, former Florida governor and U.S. senator, dies at 87  The Washington Post * Bob Graham, Folksy Florida Governor and U.S. Senator, Dies at 87  The Wall Street Journal * Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham dies at 87  Fox News * Bob Graham, former US senator and Florida governor who opposed Iraq war, dies at 87  The Guardian US * Former Senator and Florida Governor Bob Graham dies at 87  ABC News

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Bob Graham, Florida governor and U.S. senator with a common touch, dies at 87 - Tallahassee Democrat http://dlvr.it/T5c58H

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Bob Graham Florida governor and U.S. senator dies at 87

Bob Graham, perhaps the most peculiar and popular politician in modern Florida history, died Tuesday. The Democratic two-term governor (1979-87) and three-term U.S. senator (1987-2005) was 87. He passed away at 8:30 p.m. with his wife, Adele, and family by his side in a retirement community in Gainesville.