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  64. Frederick Zaugg THE PLOT TO BETRAY AMERICA How Russia saw Trump: ‘A potential asset and an exploitable victim’

‘Wow,” Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow, exclaimed on Twitter in late October. “We still need to understand why Trump remains so intent on appeasing Putin.”
What set off McFaul was testimony from a top State Department official that “senior officials in the White House” had blocked the department from condemning Moscow for attacking Ukrainian ships in the Azov Sea. And on that day it was telling that even McFaul, a Kremlin-watcher for nearly 40 years, was struggling to put his finger on exactly what had driven the president of the United States into the Russian strongman’s arms, tugging the Republican Party along with him.
Trump’s affinity for Vladimir Putin seemed to glow red during a now-notorious 2018 Helsinki news conference when he sided with the former KGB agent’s denials of election interference over U.S. intelligence agencies’ findings. But so much else has erupted before and since, from revelations that he was secretly pursuing a Moscow hotel deal during the 2016 campaign, to exposĂ©s of his business relations with Russian oligarchs, to his continuing criticism of the NATO alliance, to his acquiescence to Russian troops taking over abandoned U.S. bases in Syria, to his pressure on Ukraine’s president to say publicly that Kyiv, not Moscow, had hacked the computers of the Democratic National Committee. 
Why do once-loyal men go bad? Mole hunters have an acronym for it: MICE, which stands for money, ideology, coercion/compromise and ego/excitement. Trump qualifies for three out of four, in the telling of Nance (and many others who’ve long followed Trump’s career), that explain his attachment to Moscow. Ideology’s not one of them, notwithstanding Trump’s crude nationalist populism that in many ways apes Putin’s kleptocratic rule. According to New York state records revealed by the Smoking Gun, he changed party registrations at least five times over the years. 
His first wife, Ivana, a native of communist Czechoslovakia, whose Moscow-controlled spy service, the StB, had long counted her father as an informant. Her 1977 marriage to Trump had prompted the Czechs to open a dossier on him. “We knew that Trump was influential. He didn’t hide that he wanted to become president one day,” the StB’s then-chief said years later. “We were interested in learning more things about him.”
Especially his weaknesses. In Trump, they found two, a hunger for money and a raging ego, not to mention a lust for beautiful women. They began dangling opportunities — the Miss Universe contest, Trump Tower Moscow. They treated him like a potentate, affording him the bedroom suite reserved for princes and presidents at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton. Then, in the wake of Trump’s Atlantic City bankruptcies, Trump found new sources of cash from Russian sources, including the Kremlin-connected Deutsche Bank, Russian oligarchs who bought luxury condos in Trump Tower and “New York City allies from the former Soviet Union” who partnered with him in real estate deals from SoHo to Baku. One of them, Felix Sater, would eventually be accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from a Kazakhstan bank “to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow,” according to a lawsuit reported by the Associated Press.

That Trump wanted the details of his financial sources kept secret (along with his tax returns) was all the better, Nance notes: It gave Putin a better hold on him, a tool for coercion.
From the beginning, Russia had used “the MICE strategy to bring him under its sway, as his interest in Russia clearly blinded him,” Nance theorizes. “He was a potential asset and an exploitable victim worth keeping.”
Judging by his Russia-related decisions and pronouncements, the strategy has worked. Trump has dismissed Moscow’s subversion of American politics and pursued debunked conspiracy theories tying Ukraine to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Equally important to Moscow’s strategic goals, he’s disparaged NATO and, by championing Brexit, undermined the European Union.
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  68. Trump and Epstein shared “girls” at parties. They were the best of friends until a business deal went south and Trump ran for president. See below: It was supposed to be an exclusive party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald J. Trump’s members-only club in Palm Beach, Fla. But other than the two dozen or so women flown in to provide the entertainment, the only guests were Mr. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. “I arranged to have some contestants fly in,” Mr. Houraney recalled in an interview on Monday. “At the very first party, I said, ‘Who’s coming tonight? I have 28 girls coming.’ It was him and Epstein.” Mr. Houraney, who had just partnered with Mr. Trump to host events at his casinos, said he was surprised. “I said, ‘Donald, this is supposed to be a party with V.I.P.s. You’re telling me it’s you and Epstein?’” “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Mr. Trump told New York magazine in 2002. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” “I said, ‘Look, Donald, I know Jeff really well, I can’t have him going after younger girls,’” Mr. Houraney remembers. “He said, ‘Look I’m putting my name on this. I wouldn’t put my name on it and have a scandal.’” Mr. Houraney said he “pretty much had to ban Jeff from my events — Trump didn’t care about that.” Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Mr. Houraney accused Mr. Trump himself of inappropriate behavior toward his girlfriend and business partner, Jill Harth, during their business dealings. He also dismissed Mr. Houraney’s warning about his friend’s conduct. “I said, ‘Look, Donald, I know Jeff really well, I can’t have him going after younger girls,’” Mr. Houraney remembers. “He said, ‘Look I’m putting my name on this. I wouldn’t put my name on it and have a scandal.’” Mr. Houraney said he “pretty much had to ban Jeff from my events — Trump didn’t care about that.” Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Mr. Houraney accused Mr. Trump himself of inappropriate behavior toward his girlfriend and business partner, Jill Harth, during their business dealings.
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  84. Trump and Epstein shared “girls” at parties. They were the best of friends until a business deal went south and Trump ran for president. See below: It was supposed to be an exclusive party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald J. Trump’s members-only club in Palm Beach, Fla. But other than the two dozen or so women flown in to provide the entertainment, the only guests were Mr. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. “I arranged to have some contestants fly in,” Mr. Houraney recalled in an interview on Monday. “At the very first party, I said, ‘Who’s coming tonight? I have 28 girls coming.’ It was him and Epstein.” Mr. Houraney, who had just partnered with Mr. Trump to host events at his casinos, said he was surprised. “I said, ‘Donald, this is supposed to be a party with V.I.P.s. You’re telling me it’s you and Epstein?’” “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Mr. Trump told New York magazine in 2002. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” “I said, ‘Look, Donald, I know Jeff really well, I can’t have him going after younger girls,’” Mr. Houraney remembers. “He said, ‘Look I’m putting my name on this. I wouldn’t put my name on it and have a scandal.’” Mr. Houraney said he “pretty much had to ban Jeff from my events — Trump didn’t care about that.” Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Mr. Houraney accused Mr. Trump himself of inappropriate behavior toward his girlfriend and business partner, Jill Harth, during their business dealings.
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  100. CB BC In these last days, Scripture warns that false prophets will arise and deceive many. Believers who are not well-grounded make easy targets for doctrines that may sound good but are filled with error. Some doctrines are deadly: those that alter the Deity of Christ, redefine the Trinity — or even deny the Trinity. Sometimes a charmer will lead the susceptible off into error that results in physical death — Jonestown and Waco come to mind. [The Cult of Trump] We must sharpen our awareness and be alert — not just for ourselves but for our loved ones who might otherwise be drawn to a false prophet. Last time, we looked at five tests you can apply to any teacher’s message: the Source, Savior, Subject, Salvation, and Sanctification tests. But even if the teacher’s message passes these tests, we still should examine his method, manner, and motive. Know them by their method. They “
privily shall bring in damnable heresies
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: (2 Peter 2:1-3) [Trump?] Peter is describing the way they operate. privily means “secretly, clandestinely, in a way that’s hard to spot.” Give the devil credit for being clever. His helpers lay false teaching alongside good teaching in order to confuse. feigned words. The word feigned in the Greek is plastos, from which we get our word “plastic.” Plastic is pliable, molding itself just simply to fit and to imitate
plastic preachers with plastic words. Know them by their manner. And many shall follow their pernicious ways
 (v. 2) Pernicious is a word we don’t use much today. It literally means “unbridled lust.” The center, sum and substance of their message is themselves. [Trump?] Have you noticed that apostasy and immorality go hand in hand? Often you’ll hear about false teachers being caught in adultery. Or, within their belief system, they advocate immorality, multiple wives, or some sort of “free sex.” We see it over and over again. We hear news reports of a cult under the spell of a leader who, it is revealed, has been engaging in shocking immorality with members of his flock. High-profile evangelists preaching easy-believe-ism or a health-and-wealth gospel have sometimes been exposed as leading double lives. [Trump?] They call themselves prophets, but they’re living in sin. Note their methods, manner, and way of life. Are they above reproach? I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none of them doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants therefore as Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 [Trump?] Success in ministry does not necessarily mean they’re doing God’s work. Statistics are no proof that something is of God, because “many will follow” (2 Peter 2:2). Some people love the sensual rather than the spiritual. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many people lead double lives. They are counterfeits. Know them by their motive. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
. 2 Peter 2:3 What is the false teacher’s motive? They want to use and manipulate you. Why? Because they themselves are covetous. [Trump?] For their own motivation and wicked heart, Peter says, they make merchandise of the Gospel. You’ve perhaps seen some of these hucksters on TV who merchandise the Gospel of Christ. In my estimation, the hottest part of hell is reserved for these plastic preachers who, for whatever reason, merchandise God’s people. With great swelling words they exploit the ignorant. They are prophets, spelled “P-R-O-F-I-T-S.” Lastly, in verses 4-5 Peter gets very serious. He says God will surely judge and not spare them. Don’t get caught up in counterfeit Christianity. God will not spare sin or the sinner, for He did not spare His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, so that you and I might have eternal life. The world is full of counterfeits. Every counterfeit dollar is a tribute to the worth of the real — or men wouldn’t be printing counterfeits! And every counterfeit Christian is a tribute to the value of salvation. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. And you can make sure you have the real thing if you repent of your sin and trust Him. [Spurn the Antichrist, Spurn Trump]
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  194. CB BC In these last days, Scripture warns that false prophets will arise and deceive many. Believers who are not well-grounded make easy targets for doctrines that may sound good but are filled with error. Some doctrines are deadly: those that alter the Deity of Christ, redefine the Trinity — or even deny the Trinity. Sometimes a charmer will lead the susceptible off into error that results in physical death — Jonestown and Waco come to mind. [The Cult of Trump] We must sharpen our awareness and be alert — not just for ourselves but for our loved ones who might otherwise be drawn to a false prophet. Last time, we looked at five tests you can apply to any teacher’s message: the Source, Savior, Subject, Salvation, and Sanctification tests. But even if the teacher’s message passes these tests, we still should examine his method, manner, and motive. Know them by their method. They “
privily shall bring in damnable heresies
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: (2 Peter 2:1-3) [Trump?] Peter is describing the way they operate. privily means “secretly, clandestinely, in a way that’s hard to spot.” Give the devil credit for being clever. His helpers lay false teaching alongside good teaching in order to confuse. feigned words. The word feigned in the Greek is plastos, from which we get our word “plastic.” Plastic is pliable, molding itself just simply to fit and to imitate
plastic preachers with plastic words. Know them by their manner. And many shall follow their pernicious ways
 (v. 2) Pernicious is a word we don’t use much today. It literally means “unbridled lust.” The center, sum and substance of their message is themselves. [Trump?] Have you noticed that apostasy and immorality go hand in hand? Often you’ll hear about false teachers being caught in adultery. Or, within their belief system, they advocate immorality, multiple wives, or some sort of “free sex.” We see it over and over again. We hear news reports of a cult under the spell of a leader who, it is revealed, has been engaging in shocking immorality with members of his flock. High-profile evangelists preaching easy-believe-ism or a health-and-wealth gospel have sometimes been exposed as leading double lives. [Trump?] They call themselves prophets, but they’re living in sin. Note their methods, manner, and way of life. Are they above reproach? I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none of them doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants therefore as Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 [Trump?] Success in ministry does not necessarily mean they’re doing God’s work. Statistics are no proof that something is of God, because “many will follow” (2 Peter 2:2). Some people love the sensual rather than the spiritual. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many people lead double lives. They are counterfeits. Know them by their motive. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
. 2 Peter 2:3 What is the false teacher’s motive? They want to use and manipulate you. Why? Because they themselves are covetous. [Trump?] For their own motivation and wicked heart, Peter says, they make merchandise of the Gospel. You’ve perhaps seen some of these hucksters on TV who merchandise the Gospel of Christ. In my estimation, the hottest part of hell is reserved for these plastic preachers who, for whatever reason, merchandise God’s people. With great swelling words they exploit the ignorant. They are prophets, spelled “P-R-O-F-I-T-S.” Lastly, in verses 4-5 Peter gets very serious. He says God will surely judge and not spare them. Don’t get caught up in counterfeit Christianity. God will not spare sin or the sinner, for He did not spare His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, so that you and I might have eternal life. The world is full of counterfeits. Every counterfeit dollar is a tribute to the worth of the real — or men wouldn’t be printing counterfeits! And every counterfeit Christian is a tribute to the value of salvation. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. And you can make sure you have the real thing if you repent of your sin and trust Him. [Spurn the Antichrist, Spurn Trump]
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  195. Dale Hansen In these last days, Scripture warns that false prophets will arise and deceive many. Believers who are not well-grounded make easy targets for doctrines that may sound good but are filled with error. Some doctrines are evil, we must sharpen our awareness and be alert — not just for ourselves but for our loved ones who might otherwise be drawn to a false prophet. Five tests you can apply to any false prophet’s message: the Source, Savior, Subject, Salvation, and Sanctification tests. But even if the teacher’s message passes these tests, we still should examine his method, manner, and motive. It is method, manner, and motive that Trump fails and his parse knowledge of scripture. Know them by their method. They “
privily shall bring in damnable heresies
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: (2 Peter 2:1-3) Peter is describing the way they operate. Privily means “secretly, clandestinely, in a way that’s hard to spot.” Give the devil credit for being clever. His helpers lay false teaching alongside good teaching in order to confuse. Feigned Words. The word feigned in the Greek is plastos, from which we get our word “plastic.” Plastic is pliable, molding itself just simply to fit and to imitate
plastic preachers with plastic words. Trump uses all of these tricks. Know them by their manner. And many shall follow their pernicious ways
 (v. 2) Pernicious is a word we don’t use much today. It literally means “unbridled lust.” The center, sum and substance of their message is themselves. Have you noticed that apostasy and immorality go hand in hand? Often you’ll hear about false teachers being caught in adultery. Or, within their belief system, they advocate immorality, multiple wives, or some sort of “free sex.” We see it over and over again (Note Trump’s Adultery and Howard Stern talk). We hear news reports of a cult under the spell of a leader who, it is revealed, has been engaging in shocking immorality with members of his flock. High-profile evangelists preaching easy-believe-ism or a health-and-wealth gospel have sometimes been exposed as leading double lives. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude, verse 4 They call themselves The Chosen One, but they’re living in sin. Note their methods, manner, and way of life. Are they above reproach? I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none of them doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants therefore as Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 Success in ministry does not necessarily mean they’re doing God’s work. Statistics are no proof that something is of God, because “many will follow” (2 Peter 2:2). Some people love the sensual rather than the spiritual. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many people lead double lives. They are counterfeits. Know them by their motive. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
. 2 Peter 2:3 What is the false teacher’s motive? They want to use and manipulate you. Why? Because they themselves are covetous. For their own motivation and wicked heart, Peter says, they make merchandise of the Gospel. A very Trumpian description. Trump is surrounded by Prosperity Preachers. These hucksters are on TV and merchandise the Gospel of Christ. The hottest part of hell is reserved for these plastic preachers who, for whatever reason, merchandise God’s people. With great swelling words they exploit the ignorant. They are prophets, spelled “P-R-O-F-I-T-S.” Lastly, in verses 4-5 Peter gets very serious. He says God will surely judge and not spare them. God is saying: Here is My solemn warning to every counterfeiter. When the angels fell, I judged them. When civilization in Noah’s day became polluted, I judged them. When Sodom and Gomorrah became perverted, I judged them. And I’m going to judge these false prophets. Don’t get caught up in counterfeit Christianity. God will not spare sin or the sinner, for He did not spare His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, so that you and I might have eternal life. The world is full of counterfeits. Every counterfeit dollar is a tribute to the worth of the real — or men wouldn’t be printing counterfeits! And every counterfeit Christian is a tribute to the value of salvation. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. And you can make sure you have the real thing if you repent of your sin and trust Him. Is it possible that Trump is the Antichrist?
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  196. BLacK CaT Dale Hansen In these last days, Scripture warns that false prophets will arise and deceive many. Believers who are not well-grounded make easy targets for doctrines that may sound good but are filled with error. Some doctrines are evil, we must sharpen our awareness and be alert — not just for ourselves but for our loved ones who might otherwise be drawn to a false prophet. Five tests you can apply to any false prophet’s message: the Source, Savior, Subject, Salvation, and Sanctification tests. But even if the teacher’s message passes these tests, we still should examine his method, manner, and motive. It is method, manner, and motive that Trump fails and his parse knowledge of scripture. Know them by their method. They “
privily shall bring in damnable heresies
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: (2 Peter 2:1-3) Peter is describing the way they operate. Privily means “secretly, clandestinely, in a way that’s hard to spot.” Give the devil credit for being clever. His helpers lay false teaching alongside good teaching in order to confuse. Feigned Words. The word feigned in the Greek is plastos, from which we get our word “plastic.” Plastic is pliable, molding itself just simply to fit and to imitate
plastic preachers with plastic words. Trump uses all of these tricks. Know them by their manner. And many shall follow their pernicious ways
 (v. 2) Pernicious is a word we don’t use much today. It literally means “unbridled lust.” The center, sum and substance of their message is themselves. Have you noticed that apostasy and immorality go hand in hand? Often you’ll hear about false teachers being caught in adultery. Or, within their belief system, they advocate immorality, multiple wives, or some sort of “free sex.” We see it over and over again (Note Trump’s Adultery and Howard Stern talk). We hear news reports of a cult under the spell of a leader who, it is revealed, has been engaging in shocking immorality with members of his flock. High-profile evangelists preaching easy-believe-ism or a health-and-wealth gospel have sometimes been exposed as leading double lives. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude, verse 4 They call themselves The Chosen One, but they’re living in sin. Note their methods, manner, and way of life. Are they above reproach? I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none of them doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants therefore as Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 Success in ministry does not necessarily mean they’re doing God’s work. Statistics are no proof that something is of God, because “many will follow” (2 Peter 2:2). Some people love the sensual rather than the spiritual. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many people lead double lives. They are counterfeits. Know them by their motive. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
. 2 Peter 2:3 What is the false teacher’s motive? They want to use and manipulate you. Why? Because they themselves are covetous. For their own motivation and wicked heart, Peter says, they make merchandise of the Gospel. A very Trumpian description. Trump is surrounded by Prosperity Preachers. These hucksters are on TV and merchandise the Gospel of Christ. The hottest part of hell is reserved for these plastic preachers who, for whatever reason, merchandise God’s people. With great swelling words they exploit the ignorant. They are prophets, spelled “P-R-O-F-I-T-S.” Lastly, in verses 4-5 Peter gets very serious. He says God will surely judge and not spare them. God is saying: Here is My solemn warning to every counterfeiter. When the angels fell, I judged them. When civilization in Noah’s day became polluted, I judged them. When Sodom and Gomorrah became perverted, I judged them. And I’m going to judge these false prophets. Don’t get caught up in counterfeit Christianity. God will not spare sin or the sinner, for He did not spare His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, so that you and I might have eternal life. The world is full of counterfeits. Every counterfeit dollar is a tribute to the worth of the real — or men wouldn’t be printing counterfeits! And every counterfeit Christian is a tribute to the value of salvation. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. And you can make sure you have the real thing if you repent of your sin and trust Him. Is it possible that Trump is the Antichrist?
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  197. Umbrella Corporation Dale Hansen In these last days, Scripture warns that false prophets will arise and deceive many. Believers who are not well-grounded make easy targets for doctrines that may sound good but are filled with error. Some doctrines are evil, we must sharpen our awareness and be alert — not just for ourselves but for our loved ones who might otherwise be drawn to a false prophet. Five tests you can apply to any false prophet’s message: the Source, Savior, Subject, Salvation, and Sanctification tests. But even if the teacher’s message passes these tests, we still should examine his method, manner, and motive. It is method, manner, and motive that Trump fails and his parse knowledge of scripture. Know them by their method. They “
privily shall bring in damnable heresies
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: (2 Peter 2:1-3) Peter is describing the way they operate. Privily means “secretly, clandestinely, in a way that’s hard to spot.” Give the devil credit for being clever. His helpers lay false teaching alongside good teaching in order to confuse. Feigned Words. The word feigned in the Greek is plastos, from which we get our word “plastic.” Plastic is pliable, molding itself just simply to fit and to imitate
plastic preachers with plastic words. Trump uses all of these tricks. Know them by their manner. And many shall follow their pernicious ways
 (v. 2) Pernicious is a word we don’t use much today. It literally means “unbridled lust.” The center, sum and substance of their message is themselves. Have you noticed that apostasy and immorality go hand in hand? Often you’ll hear about false teachers being caught in adultery. Or, within their belief system, they advocate immorality, multiple wives, or some sort of “free sex.” We see it over and over again (Note Trump’s Adultery and Howard Stern talk). We hear news reports of a cult under the spell of a leader who, it is revealed, has been engaging in shocking immorality with members of his flock. High-profile evangelists preaching easy-believe-ism or a health-and-wealth gospel have sometimes been exposed as leading double lives. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude, verse 4 They call themselves The Chosen One, but they’re living in sin. Note their methods, manner, and way of life. Are they above reproach? I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none of them doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants therefore as Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 Success in ministry does not necessarily mean they’re doing God’s work. Statistics are no proof that something is of God, because “many will follow” (2 Peter 2:2). Some people love the sensual rather than the spiritual. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many people lead double lives. They are counterfeits. Know them by their motive. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
. 2 Peter 2:3 What is the false teacher’s motive? They want to use and manipulate you. Why? Because they themselves are covetous. For their own motivation and wicked heart, Peter says, they make merchandise of the Gospel. A very Trumpian description. Trump is surrounded by Prosperity Preachers. These hucksters are on TV and merchandise the Gospel of Christ. The hottest part of hell is reserved for these plastic preachers who, for whatever reason, merchandise God’s people. With great swelling words they exploit the ignorant. They are prophets, spelled “P-R-O-F-I-T-S.” Lastly, in verses 4-5 Peter gets very serious. He says God will surely judge and not spare them. God is saying: Here is My solemn warning to every counterfeiter. When the angels fell, I judged them. When civilization in Noah’s day became polluted, I judged them. When Sodom and Gomorrah became perverted, I judged them. And I’m going to judge these false prophets. Don’t get caught up in counterfeit Christianity. God will not spare sin or the sinner, for He did not spare His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, so that you and I might have eternal life. The world is full of counterfeits. Every counterfeit dollar is a tribute to the worth of the real — or men wouldn’t be printing counterfeits! And every counterfeit Christian is a tribute to the value of salvation. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. And you can make sure you have the real thing if you repent of your sin and trust Him. Is it possible that Trump is the Antichrist?
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  198. mumbai jaan Dale Hansen In these last days, Scripture warns that false prophets will arise and deceive many. Believers who are not well-grounded make easy targets for doctrines that may sound good but are filled with error. Some doctrines are evil, we must sharpen our awareness and be alert — not just for ourselves but for our loved ones who might otherwise be drawn to a false prophet. Five tests you can apply to any false prophet’s message: the Source, Savior, Subject, Salvation, and Sanctification tests. But even if the teacher’s message passes these tests, we still should examine his method, manner, and motive. It is method, manner, and motive that Trump fails and his parse knowledge of scripture. Know them by their method. They “
privily shall bring in damnable heresies
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: (2 Peter 2:1-3) Peter is describing the way they operate. Privily means “secretly, clandestinely, in a way that’s hard to spot.” Give the devil credit for being clever. His helpers lay false teaching alongside good teaching in order to confuse. Feigned Words. The word feigned in the Greek is plastos, from which we get our word “plastic.” Plastic is pliable, molding itself just simply to fit and to imitate
plastic preachers with plastic words. Trump uses all of these tricks. Know them by their manner. And many shall follow their pernicious ways
 (v. 2) Pernicious is a word we don’t use much today. It literally means “unbridled lust.” The center, sum and substance of their message is themselves. Have you noticed that apostasy and immorality go hand in hand? Often you’ll hear about false teachers being caught in adultery. Or, within their belief system, they advocate immorality, multiple wives, or some sort of “free sex.” We see it over and over again (Note Trump’s Adultery and Howard Stern talk). We hear news reports of a cult under the spell of a leader who, it is revealed, has been engaging in shocking immorality with members of his flock. High-profile evangelists preaching easy-believe-ism or a health-and-wealth gospel have sometimes been exposed as leading double lives. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude, verse 4 They call themselves The Chosen One, but they’re living in sin. Note their methods, manner, and way of life. Are they above reproach? I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none of them doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants therefore as Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 Success in ministry does not necessarily mean they’re doing God’s work. Statistics are no proof that something is of God, because “many will follow” (2 Peter 2:2). Some people love the sensual rather than the spiritual. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many people lead double lives. They are counterfeits. Know them by their motive. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
. 2 Peter 2:3 What is the false teacher’s motive? They want to use and manipulate you. Why? Because they themselves are covetous. For their own motivation and wicked heart, Peter says, they make merchandise of the Gospel. A very Trumpian description. Trump is surrounded by Prosperity Preachers. These hucksters are on TV and merchandise the Gospel of Christ. The hottest part of hell is reserved for these plastic preachers who, for whatever reason, merchandise God’s people. With great swelling words they exploit the ignorant. They are prophets, spelled “P-R-O-F-I-T-S.” Lastly, in verses 4-5 Peter gets very serious. He says God will surely judge and not spare them. God is saying: Here is My solemn warning to every counterfeiter. When the angels fell, I judged them. When civilization in Noah’s day became polluted, I judged them. When Sodom and Gomorrah became perverted, I judged them. And I’m going to judge these false prophets. Don’t get caught up in counterfeit Christianity. God will not spare sin or the sinner, for He did not spare His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, so that you and I might have eternal life. The world is full of counterfeits. Every counterfeit dollar is a tribute to the worth of the real — or men wouldn’t be printing counterfeits! And every counterfeit Christian is a tribute to the value of salvation. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. And you can make sure you have the real thing if you repent of your sin and trust Him. Is it possible that Trump is the Antichrist?
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  199. Named Dale Hansen In these last days, Scripture warns that false prophets will arise and deceive many. Believers who are not well-grounded make easy targets for doctrines that may sound good but are filled with error. Some doctrines are evil, we must sharpen our awareness and be alert — not just for ourselves but for our loved ones who might otherwise be drawn to a false prophet. Five tests you can apply to any false prophet’s message: the Source, Savior, Subject, Salvation, and Sanctification tests. But even if the teacher’s message passes these tests, we still should examine his method, manner, and motive. It is method, manner, and motive that Trump fails and his parse knowledge of scripture. Know them by their method. They “
privily shall bring in damnable heresies
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: (2 Peter 2:1-3) Peter is describing the way they operate. Privily means “secretly, clandestinely, in a way that’s hard to spot.” Give the devil credit for being clever. His helpers lay false teaching alongside good teaching in order to confuse. Feigned Words. The word feigned in the Greek is plastos, from which we get our word “plastic.” Plastic is pliable, molding itself just simply to fit and to imitate
plastic preachers with plastic words. Trump uses all of these tricks. Know them by their manner. And many shall follow their pernicious ways
 (v. 2) Pernicious is a word we don’t use much today. It literally means “unbridled lust.” The center, sum and substance of their message is themselves. Have you noticed that apostasy and immorality go hand in hand? Often you’ll hear about false teachers being caught in adultery. Or, within their belief system, they advocate immorality, multiple wives, or some sort of “free sex.” We see it over and over again (Note Trump’s Adultery and Howard Stern talk). We hear news reports of a cult under the spell of a leader who, it is revealed, has been engaging in shocking immorality with members of his flock. High-profile evangelists preaching easy-believe-ism or a health-and-wealth gospel have sometimes been exposed as leading double lives. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude, verse 4 They call themselves The Chosen One, but they’re living in sin. Note their methods, manner, and way of life. Are they above reproach? I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none of them doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants therefore as Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 Success in ministry does not necessarily mean they’re doing God’s work. Statistics are no proof that something is of God, because “many will follow” (2 Peter 2:2). Some people love the sensual rather than the spiritual. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many people lead double lives. They are counterfeits. Know them by their motive. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
. 2 Peter 2:3 What is the false teacher’s motive? They want to use and manipulate you. Why? Because they themselves are covetous. For their own motivation and wicked heart, Peter says, they make merchandise of the Gospel. A very Trumpian description. Trump is surrounded by Prosperity Preachers. These hucksters are on TV and merchandise the Gospel of Christ. The hottest part of hell is reserved for these plastic preachers who, for whatever reason, merchandise God’s people. With great swelling words they exploit the ignorant. They are prophets, spelled “P-R-O-F-I-T-S.” Lastly, in verses 4-5 Peter gets very serious. He says God will surely judge and not spare them. God is saying: Here is My solemn warning to every counterfeiter. When the angels fell, I judged them. When civilization in Noah’s day became polluted, I judged them. When Sodom and Gomorrah became perverted, I judged them. And I’m going to judge these false prophets. Don’t get caught up in counterfeit Christianity. God will not spare sin or the sinner, for He did not spare His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, so that you and I might have eternal life. The world is full of counterfeits. Every counterfeit dollar is a tribute to the worth of the real — or men wouldn’t be printing counterfeits! And every counterfeit Christian is a tribute to the value of salvation. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. And you can make sure you have the real thing if you repent of your sin and trust Him. Is it possible that Trump is the Antichrist?
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  275. skip 0464a 2. Sondland testified that top officials were "in the loop" on this Giuliani-led channel. Sondland testified that he was not operating in a vacuum — he said the leadership in the State Department, the National Security Council, and the White House were informed about Ukraine efforts between May and Sept. 11, when the stalled military aid to Ukraine was released. Sondland specifically said that those who were kept "informed of our activities" included Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, then-National Security Adviser John Bolton, and then-National Security Council officials Fiona Hill and Tim Morrison. "They knew what we were doing and why," he said. Sondland said that he and others who worked with Giuliani were doing so at the "express direction" of Trump. According to Sondland, Giuliani wanted President Volodymyr Zelensky to publicly commit to an investigation, specifically mentioning a conspiracy theory that claims the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike hid a server of Hillary Clinton’s emails, and Burisma, the company where Hunter Biden served as a board member. "Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret," Sondland testified, citing WhatsApp messages and emails. Sondland also testified — and was backed up by David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat stationed in Ukraine — that Trump called him while he was at a restaurant in Ukraine. In that overheard call, Sondland testified to having said that Zelensky was "very willing to work with the United States and was being very amicable."
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  276. skip 0464a 3. Several witnesses testified that they perceived a quid pro quo. Witnesses testified that they interpreted two possible quid pro quos. Ukraine’s part of the deal would be to announce an investigation into the Bidens. In exchange, the United States would lift the hold on military aid, or hold a White House meeting with Zelensky, or both, depending on the testimony. Sondland testified that, based on his communications with Pompeo, he told a senior aide to Zelensky that "resumption of U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine took some kind of action on the public statement that we had been discussing for many weeks." (Upon questioning, Sondland acknowledged that Trump did not directly tell him about preconditions for the aid to be released.) Sondland also portrayed Vice President Mike Pence as in the know, at least at a later point. Sondland testified that before a Sept. 1 meeting with Zelensky, he told Pence that he had concerns that the delay in aid had been tied to the investigations. (Pence told a Wisconsin TV station that he didn’t recall such a discussion with Sondland.) Meanwhile, Holmes, testified that top Ukrainian officials were well aware of the hold on military funding and felt stiff-armed about a long-discussed White House meeting. Hill testified similarly. "It became very clear that the White House meeting itself was being predicated on other issues, namely investigations and the questions about the election interference in 2016," she said. Sondland added that he believed the deal was predicated on the announcement of investigations, rather than the actual undertaking of investigations. Zelensky "had to announce the investigations. He didn’t actually have to do them, as I understood it." This testimony undercuts the argument that the president cared about rooting out all corruption in Ukraine. Focusing on the announcement rather than the follow through would suggest an interest in a campaign talking point rather than full-fledged reform. Example: Wells Fargo Employees never had Sr. Management say in the clearest possible words “Go cheat the customer as many times as you can possibly get away with or you will be fired” But there was absolutely No One who didn’t know what was expected of them.
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  277. skip 0464a 4. The information in the whistleblower report has been largely upheld in the public testimony. The public testimony backed up many of the key elements of the report filed by the unnamed whistleblower who kicked off the impeachment inquiry The complaint said that Trump spoke with Zelensky July 25 and used the call to initiate or continue an investigation into the activities of former Vice President Joseph Biden and his son, Hunter. Most witnesses testified they were concerned about the call for these reasons. Hill called the contours of the phone call "surprising." Army Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a Ukraine expert who was detailed to the National Security Council, said he "couldn't believe what I was hearing" as he listened to the call. He added, "It is improper for the President of the United States to demand a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen and a political opponent." Jennifer Williams, a foreign policy aide to Pence, had already testified during her deposition that what Trump said was "unusual and inappropriate." And Tim Morrison, a National Security Council official, testified that "it's not what we recommended the president discuss." Vindman also backed another point in the whistleblower’s report — that Trump asked Zelensky to speak to Giuliani. And the whistleblower’s report also said Trump asked Zelensky to uncover allegations that Russian interference in the 2016 election originated in Ukraine, and alluded to a theory that Ukraine controlled Hillary Clinton’s email server. The public testimony backed up that these issues had been raised in U.S.-Ukrainian discussions.
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  278. skip 0464a 5. Witnesses agreed that the theory being circulated by Trump’s allies — that Ukraine, rather than Russia, meddled in the 2016 election — is simply not true. Several witnesses made a point of knocking down an argument made by Trump’s allies, that Ukraine had interfered in the 2016 election, rather than Russia. Former special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s report reaffirmed the intelligence community’s prior conclusion about Russia being the country that meddled in the 2016 election. This includes a conspiracy theory that claims the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike hid a server of Clinton’s emails from the intelligence community’s investigation — and that Ukraine somehow controlled Crowdstrike. We have found no evidence to support it. "This is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves," Hill testified. "The unfortunate truth is that Russia was the foreign power that systematically attacked our democratic institutions in 2016. This is the public conclusion of our intelligence agencies confirmed in bipartisan congressional reports. It is beyond dispute, even if some of the underlying details must remain classified." George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, agreed, testifying that "there is no factual basis" that Ukraine interfered in the election. Hill added that Russia has geared up to repeat interference in the 2020 election.
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  280. skip 0464a Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer requested in a letter to Senate Majority Leader on Sunday that: They’d like to kick things off on January 6 — and include the testimony of at least four witnesses. Those witnesses are acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, former National Security Adviser John Bolton, Mulvaney’s senior adviser Robert Blair, and Associate Director for National Security at the Office of Management and Budget Michael Duffey. They’re all current or former members of President Donald Trump’s administration who are believed to have direct knowledge of his discussions with Ukraine about political investigations and military aid. All four were called to testify as part of the House inquiry, though they declined to show up. [On the orders of the president] Schumer’s letter sets up Democrats’ demands and follows recent comments from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who’s said he’s working in “total coordination” with the White House to conduct the trial. “There will be no difference between the president’s position and our position as to how to handle this to the extent that we can,” McConnell said during a Fox News appearance last week. Senate Republicans have emphasized that they’re interested in an expedited process that doesn’t include witnesses and moves quickly to acquittal. These Senate Republicans are supposed to be impartial jurors but according to Moscow Mitch they are Defense Attorneys for the President. The prior precedent, the Clinton Senate trial, had Trent Lot and Tom Daschle working together to produce a fair trial in the Senate.
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  287. Dale Hansen In these last days, Scripture warns that false prophets will arise and deceive many. Believers who are not well-grounded make easy targets for doctrines that may sound good but are filled with error. Some doctrines are evil, we must sharpen our awareness and be alert — not just for ourselves but for our loved ones who might otherwise be drawn to a false prophet. Five tests you can apply to any false prophet’s message: the Source, Savior, Subject, Salvation, and Sanctification tests. But even if the teacher’s message passes these tests, we still should examine his method, manner, and motive. It is method, manner, and motive that Trump fails and his parse knowledge of scripture. Know them by their method. They “
privily shall bring in damnable heresies
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: (2 Peter 2:1-3) Peter is describing the way they operate. Privily means “secretly, clandestinely, in a way that’s hard to spot.” Give the devil credit for being clever. His helpers lay false teaching alongside good teaching in order to confuse. Feigned Words. The word feigned in the Greek is plastos, from which we get our word “plastic.” Plastic is pliable, molding itself just simply to fit and to imitate
plastic preachers with plastic words. Trump uses all of these tricks. Know them by their manner. And many shall follow their pernicious ways
 (v. 2) Pernicious is a word we don’t use much today. It literally means “unbridled lust.” The center, sum and substance of their message is themselves. Have you noticed that apostasy and immorality go hand in hand? Often you’ll hear about false teachers being caught in adultery. Or, within their belief system, they advocate immorality, multiple wives, or some sort of “free sex.” We see it over and over again (Note Trump’s Adultery and Howard Stern talk). We hear news reports of a cult under the spell of a leader who, it is revealed, has been engaging in shocking immorality with members of his flock. High-profile evangelists preaching easy-believe-ism or a health-and-wealth gospel have sometimes been exposed as leading double lives. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude, verse 4 They call themselves The Chosen One, but they’re living in sin. Note their methods, manner, and way of life. Are they above reproach? I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none of them doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants therefore as Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 Success in ministry does not necessarily mean they’re doing God’s work. Statistics are no proof that something is of God, because “many will follow” (2 Peter 2:2). Some people love the sensual rather than the spiritual. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many people lead double lives. They are counterfeits. Know them by their motive. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
. 2 Peter 2:3 What is the false teacher’s motive? They want to use and manipulate you. Why? Because they themselves are covetous. For their own motivation and wicked heart, Peter says, they make merchandise of the Gospel. A very Trumpian description. Trump is surrounded by Prosperity Preachers. These hucksters are on TV and merchandise the Gospel of Christ. The hottest part of hell is reserved for these plastic preachers who, for whatever reason, merchandise God’s people. With great swelling words they exploit the ignorant. They are prophets, spelled “P-R-O-F-I-T-S.” Lastly, in verses 4-5 Peter gets very serious. He says God will surely judge and not spare them. God is saying: Here is My solemn warning to every counterfeiter. When the angels fell, I judged them. When civilization in Noah’s day became polluted, I judged them. When Sodom and Gomorrah became perverted, I judged them. And I’m going to judge these false prophets. Don’t get caught up in counterfeit Christianity. God will not spare sin or the sinner, for He did not spare His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, so that you and I might have eternal life. The world is full of counterfeits. Every counterfeit dollar is a tribute to the worth of the real — or men wouldn’t be printing counterfeits! And every counterfeit Christian is a tribute to the value of salvation. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. And you can make sure you have the real thing if you repent of your sin and trust Him. Is it possible that Trump is the Antichrist?
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  303. Tom Perkins We share age, education, and experience - Masters in Finance. I voted Republican all my life until Treasonous Trump came along - granted I by then I had serious concerns about trickle down economics and Bush’s War on WMDs. However, for me GOP was becoming too fanatical, driven by a touch of crazy, and a large dose of immorality for my taste. As for Treasonous (a synonym fo betrayal) no one seeks help from, receives help from, or try’s to justify any of the before from the Russian GRU and not fall from grace in my eyes. To add insult to injury he said in his own words that what he did with the Russians was perfect and he would do it again. As a military officer such associations would have rightly terminated my career with extreme prejudice - and rightly so. Source of Trump’s Collusion, Cooperation, Tango Dancing, Betrayal, or what ever word you care to call it. Vol I Mueller Report pages 1 - 198. I have always had concerns about both parties but Treasonous Trump is a totally new animal, unrestrained by knowledge, ideology, norms, or morality. If you read history he demonstrates many the characteristics of a petty would be Dictator. As a Polly Sci major surely you studied Hitler’s rise to power in the 30s, or Francisco Franco, or Benito Mussolini. Not everything these dictators did was bad for the electorate but on the whole their rule was devastating. Note: Yes I am aware that these Dictators showed a pension for violence and brute force early on in their careers but TT has hinted a time or two that he would love to unleash the faithful with their guns - puffery or wishful thinking?
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  348. THE PLOT TO BETRAY AMERICA How Russia saw Trump: ‘A potential asset and an exploitable victim’

‘Wow,” Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow, exclaimed on Twitter in late October. “We still need to understand why Trump remains so intent on appeasing Putin.”
What set off McFaul was testimony from a top State Department official that “senior officials in the White House” had blocked the department from condemning Moscow for attacking Ukrainian ships in the Azov Sea. And on that day it was telling that even McFaul, a Kremlin-watcher for nearly 40 years, was struggling to put his finger on exactly what had driven the president of the United States into the Russian strongman’s arms, tugging the Republican Party along with him.
Trump’s affinity for Vladimir Putin seemed to glow red during a now-notorious 2018 Helsinki news conference when he sided with the former KGB agent’s denials of election interference over U.S. intelligence agencies’ findings. But so much else has erupted before and since, from revelations that he was secretly pursuing a Moscow hotel deal during the 2016 campaign, to exposĂ©s of his business relations with Russian oligarchs, to his continuing criticism of the NATO alliance, to his acquiescence to Russian troops taking over abandoned U.S. bases in Syria, to his pressure on Ukraine’s president to say publicly that Kyiv, not Moscow, had hacked the computers of the Democratic National Committee. 
Why do once-loyal men go bad? Mole hunters have an acronym for it: MICE, which stands for money, ideology, coercion/compromise and ego/excitement. Trump qualifies for three out of four, in the telling of Nance (and many others who’ve long followed Trump’s career), that explain his attachment to Moscow. Ideology’s not one of them, notwithstanding Trump’s crude nationalist populism that in many ways apes Putin’s kleptocratic rule. According to New York state records revealed by the Smoking Gun, he changed party registrations at least five times over the years. 
His first wife, Ivana, a native of communist Czechoslovakia, whose Moscow-controlled spy service, the StB, had long counted her father as an informant. Her 1977 marriage to Trump had prompted the Czechs to open a dossier on him. “We knew that Trump was influential. He didn’t hide that he wanted to become president one day,” the StB’s then-chief said years later. “We were interested in learning more things about him.”
Especially his weaknesses. In Trump, they found two, a hunger for money and a raging ego, not to mention a lust for beautiful women. They began dangling opportunities — the Miss Universe contest, Trump Tower Moscow. They treated him like a potentate, affording him the bedroom suite reserved for princes and presidents at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton. Then, in the wake of Trump’s Atlantic City bankruptcies, Trump found new sources of cash from Russian sources, including the Kremlin-connected Deutsche Bank, Russian oligarchs who bought luxury condos in Trump Tower and “New York City allies from the former Soviet Union” who partnered with him in real estate deals from SoHo to Baku. One of them, Felix Sater, would eventually be accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from a Kazakhstan bank “to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow,” according to a lawsuit reported by the Associated Press.

That Trump wanted the details of his financial sources kept secret (along with his tax returns) was all the better, Nance notes: It gave Putin a better hold on him, a tool for coercion.
From the beginning, Russia had used “the MICE strategy to bring him under its sway, as his interest in Russia clearly blinded him,” Nance theorizes. “He was a potential asset and an exploitable victim worth keeping.”
Judging by his Russia-related decisions and pronouncements, the strategy has worked. Trump has dismissed Moscow’s subversion of American politics and pursued debunked conspiracy theories tying Ukraine to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Equally important to Moscow’s strategic goals, he’s disparaged NATO and, by championing Brexit, undermined the European Union.
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  365. In addition to working with the Russian GRU Spy Agency Treasonous Trump has committed these additional crimes: 1. Trump inaugural committee donations and spending Southern District of New York Inauguration 2. Trump inaugural committee donations / committee chairman’s ties to Middle East Eastern District of New York Associate Inauguration 3. Business and political dealings of top fund-raiser for Trump’s campaign and inauguration Justice Department’s public integrity section Associate Campaign Inauguration Presidency 4. Possible role of Trump and others in concealing hush money payments Southern District of New York Business Campaign Presidency 5. Whether Trump’s lawyers offered presidential pardon to Cohen Southern District of New York Presidency 6. Allegations of inflated insurance claims Southern District of New York Business 7. Pending prosecution of Roger J. Stone Jr. United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia Campaign 8. Possible lobbying violations by firms recruited by former Trump campaign chairman Southern District of New York 9. Pending prosecution of former Manafort associate United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia 10. Bank officer who sought Trump administration job Southern District of New York State and Local Investigations Authorities in New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., are also examining Mr. Trump, his businesses and associates through various — mostly civil — investigations. 11. Trump Organization insurance practices New York Department of Financial Services Business 12. Contributions to Trump inaugural committee New Jersey attorney general Inauguration 13. Role of Trump’s children and businesses in Trump’s inauguration District of Columbia attorney general Business Inauguration 14. Pending criminal prosecution of Manafort on state mortgage fraud charges Manhattan district attorney Associate 15. Allegations of misused charitable assets, self-dealing and campaign finance violations by the Trump Foundation New York attorney general Business Campaign 16. Allegations that the Trump Organization inflated financial assets New York attorney general Business 17. Trump family’s tax schemes New York attorney general Business 18. Whether Trump and his family underpaid taxes New York City Business Congressional Investigations In the months since Democrats took control of the House, several committees have opened inquiries that could turn up politically damaging or embarrassing material or, in the case of the obstruction investigation, lead to impeachment proceedings. 19. Potential foreign influence over Trump and possible attempts to obstruct justice House Intelligence Committee Business Campaign Inauguration Presidency 20. Possible role of Trump and others in concealing hush money payments House Oversight and Reform Committee Business Campaign Presidency 21. Possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by Trump and his administration House Judiciary Committee Business Campaign Inauguration Presidency 22. Possible abuses of the White House security clearance process House Oversight and Reform Committee Presidency 23. Whether Trump misrepresented his net worth House Oversight and Reform Committee Business 24. Alleged use of private messaging by White House officials House Oversight and Reform Committee Presidency 25. Trump’s tax returns House Ways and Means Committee Business 26. Trump’s communications with Putin House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Reform Committees Presidency 27. Possible money laundering House Intelligence and Financial Services Committees Business 28. Russian interference in the 2016 election Senate Intelligence Committee Campaign 29. Proposed U.S. nuclear venture in Saudi Arabia House Oversight and Reform Committee Presidency
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  377.  @klaldailova4162  Hebrew Bible In the Hebrew Bible, Sodom was a city destroyed by God because of the evil of its inhabitants. No specific sin is given as the reason for God's great wrath. The story of Sodom's destruction—and of Abraham's failed attempt to intercede with God and prevent that destruction—appears in Genesis 18–19. The connection between Sodom and homosexuality is derived from the described attempt by a mob of the city's people to rape Lot's male guests. Some suggest the sinfulness for which Sodom was destroyed might have consisted mainly in the violation of obligations of hospitality, which were important for the original writers of the Biblical account.[18] In Judges 19–21, there is an account, similar in many ways, where Gibeah, a city of the Benjamin tribe, is destroyed by the other tribes of Israel in revenge for a mob of its inhabitants raping and killing a woman. Neither view about why Sodom was destroyed takes into account the fact that its destruction was planned before the guests arrived in the city, Genesis 18:17. Many times in the Pentateuch and Prophets, writers use God's destruction of Sodom to demonstrate His awesome power. This happens in Deuteronomy 29; Isaiah 1, 3, and 13; Jeremiah 49 and 50; Lamentations 4; Amos 4.11; and Zephaniah 2.9. Deuteronomy 32, Jeremiah 23.14, and Lamentations 4 reference the sinfulness of Sodom, but do not specify any particular sin. Specific sins which Sodom is linked to by the prophets of the Old Testament are adultery and lying (Jeremiah 23:14). In Ezekiel 16, a long comparison is made between Sodom and the kingdom of Judah. "Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or done according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you acted more corruptly in all your conduct than they." (v. 47, NASB) "Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. (vss. 49–50, NASB) (Note that the Hebrew for the word "thus" is the conjunction "Ś•" which is usually translated "and", thus KJV, NIV, and CEV omit the word entirely.) There is no explicit mention of any sexual sin in Ezekiel's summation and "abomination" is used to describe many sins. The Authorized King James Version translates Deuteronomy 23:17 as: "There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel," but the word corresponding to "sodomite" in the Hebrew original, Qadesh (Hebrew:ڧړک), does not refer to Sodom, and has been translated in the New International Version as "shrine prostitute"; male shrine prostitutes may have served barren women in fertility rites rather than engaging in homosexual acts; this also applies to other instances of the word sodomite in the King James Version.[19][20]
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  406.  @hawk4813  1. Mueller Report and Media Coverage: I could find no retractions by the NYT or WAPO on Trump/Russia coverage. Both sites have a list for each year the number and type of mistakes they made. The majority are misspellings and minor corrections that do not alter the reporting in any fundamental way. If you have examples I would be more that happy to read them. But again, I would like to point out that all NYT and WAPO Reporting was substantiated by the Mueller Report, The House Intel Committee Report, CIA, FBI, and the Republican Controlled Senate Intel Report - excellent reading if you are inclined. Note: As for whether the Republican Controlled Senate choosing to impeach or not impeach is strictly a political call. The Senate does not set as a Jury and is under zero obligation to find fault using fact. Even in our Courts of Law a Real Jury can go rouge as in the case of OJ Simpson. Very few people believe he was "Not Guilty" but yet the Jury refused to find him Guilty - Acquittal is the proper term. 2. CNN and The Scaramucci story: On June 26, 2017, CNN investigative journalists Thomas Frank, Eric Lichtblau, and Lex Haris voluntarily resigned after the network retracted an online article which incorrectly connected Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci to a $10 billion Russian investment fund. The network apologized to Scaramucci and admitted that the online story did not meet their editorial standards. 3. Nick Sandman, Seth Richie law suits, etc. Occasionally the news gets some things wrong and that is why we have liable laws. An interesting question here is one of intent. Was the reporting for the sole purpose of malice, feeding red meat to the audience, or just plain mistaken reporting. The NYT Opinion Op Ed. Nothing expressed in the opinion article could not be supported by either the House Intel Report, FBI, CIA, and Senate Intel Report. Granted one must always keep in mind that these are Opinion pieces. To me a better question are the Talking Head Opinion People AKA Tucker, Hannity, Rush, Ingraham (I am sure you have some leftwing people in mind as well). Personally, I would not be opposed to higher journalistic requirements of Opinion Talking Heads. I can find no examples of a flagging situation that occurred without reason - perhaps you could share one with me. No president, congressman, or public servant should ever be allowed to peddle outright lies. Any who do so should have a warning label slapped on them and a link to reliable evidence to the contrary. Suggesting the Chopping the heads off of public officials be it a former presidential advisor or a terribly un funny comedian is just plain wrong. Politicians have always told partial and half truths but very rarely did they ever outright lie and lie in a very obvious manner - Trump has changed the world in this regard. In summary, this issue is a very difficult issue to regulate. If it helps you any, I voted for every Republican President or Candidate prior to Trump. I am currently opposed to the GOP because of what I see as crazy extreme rightwing politics, an abandonment of principles, and Tax Cut & Spend foolishness. To me the Democrats do not offer perfection but sanity. On a side note, the other day Zoom chose to not host a former Palestinian woman who had hijacked two planes in the past and currently belongs to a Palestinian Organization that is on the U.S. Terrorist list. She and others had set up a 1,500 person streaming event that Zoom Canceled. Do you agree or disagree?
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  432. CB BC In these last days, Scripture warns that false prophets will arise and deceive many. Believers who are not well-grounded make easy targets for doctrines that may sound good but are filled with error. Some doctrines are deadly: those that alter the Deity of Christ, redefine the Trinity — or even deny the Trinity. Sometimes a charmer will lead the susceptible off into error that results in physical death — Jonestown and Waco come to mind. [The Cult of Trump] We must sharpen our awareness and be alert — not just for ourselves but for our loved ones who might otherwise be drawn to a false prophet. Last time, we looked at five tests you can apply to any teacher’s message: the Source, Savior, Subject, Salvation, and Sanctification tests. But even if the teacher’s message passes these tests, we still should examine his method, manner, and motive. Know them by their method. They “
privily shall bring in damnable heresies
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: (2 Peter 2:1-3) [Trump?] Peter is describing the way they operate. privily means “secretly, clandestinely, in a way that’s hard to spot.” Give the devil credit for being clever. His helpers lay false teaching alongside good teaching in order to confuse. feigned words. The word feigned in the Greek is plastos, from which we get our word “plastic.” Plastic is pliable, molding itself just simply to fit and to imitate
plastic preachers with plastic words. Know them by their manner. And many shall follow their pernicious ways
 (v. 2) Pernicious is a word we don’t use much today. It literally means “unbridled lust.” The center, sum and substance of their message is themselves. [Trump?] Have you noticed that apostasy and immorality go hand in hand? Often you’ll hear about false teachers being caught in adultery. Or, within their belief system, they advocate immorality, multiple wives, or some sort of “free sex.” We see it over and over again. We hear news reports of a cult under the spell of a leader who, it is revealed, has been engaging in shocking immorality with members of his flock. High-profile evangelists preaching easy-believe-ism or a health-and-wealth gospel have sometimes been exposed as leading double lives. [Trump?] They call themselves prophets, but they’re living in sin. Note their methods, manner, and way of life. Are they above reproach? I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none of them doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants therefore as Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 [Trump?] Success in ministry does not necessarily mean they’re doing God’s work. Statistics are no proof that something is of God, because “many will follow” (2 Peter 2:2). Some people love the sensual rather than the spiritual. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many people lead double lives. They are counterfeits. Know them by their motive. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
. 2 Peter 2:3 What is the false teacher’s motive? They want to use and manipulate you. Why? Because they themselves are covetous. [Trump?] For their own motivation and wicked heart, Peter says, they make merchandise of the Gospel. You’ve perhaps seen some of these hucksters on TV who merchandise the Gospel of Christ. In my estimation, the hottest part of hell is reserved for these plastic preachers who, for whatever reason, merchandise God’s people. With great swelling words they exploit the ignorant. They are prophets, spelled “P-R-O-F-I-T-S.” Lastly, in verses 4-5 Peter gets very serious. He says God will surely judge and not spare them. Don’t get caught up in counterfeit Christianity. God will not spare sin or the sinner, for He did not spare His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, so that you and I might have eternal life. The world is full of counterfeits. Every counterfeit dollar is a tribute to the worth of the real — or men wouldn’t be printing counterfeits! And every counterfeit Christian is a tribute to the value of salvation. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. And you can make sure you have the real thing if you repent of your sin and trust Him. [Spurn the Antichrist, Spurn Trump]
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  435. Chris Dumont CB BC In these last days, Scripture warns that false prophets will arise and deceive many. Believers who are not well-grounded make easy targets for doctrines that may sound good but are filled with error. Some doctrines are deadly: those that alter the Deity of Christ, redefine the Trinity — or even deny the Trinity. Sometimes a charmer will lead the susceptible off into error that results in physical death — Jonestown and Waco come to mind. [The Cult of Trump] We must sharpen our awareness and be alert — not just for ourselves but for our loved ones who might otherwise be drawn to a false prophet. Last time, we looked at five tests you can apply to any teacher’s message: the Source, Savior, Subject, Salvation, and Sanctification tests. But even if the teacher’s message passes these tests, we still should examine his method, manner, and motive. Know them by their method. They “
privily shall bring in damnable heresies
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: (2 Peter 2:1-3) [Trump?] Peter is describing the way they operate. privily means “secretly, clandestinely, in a way that’s hard to spot.” Give the devil credit for being clever. His helpers lay false teaching alongside good teaching in order to confuse. feigned words. The word feigned in the Greek is plastos, from which we get our word “plastic.” Plastic is pliable, molding itself just simply to fit and to imitate
plastic preachers with plastic words. Know them by their manner. And many shall follow their pernicious ways
 (v. 2) Pernicious is a word we don’t use much today. It literally means “unbridled lust.” The center, sum and substance of their message is themselves. [Trump?] Have you noticed that apostasy and immorality go hand in hand? Often you’ll hear about false teachers being caught in adultery. Or, within their belief system, they advocate immorality, multiple wives, or some sort of “free sex.” We see it over and over again. We hear news reports of a cult under the spell of a leader who, it is revealed, has been engaging in shocking immorality with members of his flock. High-profile evangelists preaching easy-believe-ism or a health-and-wealth gospel have sometimes been exposed as leading double lives. [Trump?] They call themselves prophets, but they’re living in sin. Note their methods, manner, and way of life. Are they above reproach? I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none of them doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants therefore as Gomorrah. Jeremiah 23:14 [Trump?] Success in ministry does not necessarily mean they’re doing God’s work. Statistics are no proof that something is of God, because “many will follow” (2 Peter 2:2). Some people love the sensual rather than the spiritual. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many people lead double lives. They are counterfeits. Know them by their motive. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
. 2 Peter 2:3 What is the false teacher’s motive? They want to use and manipulate you. Why? Because they themselves are covetous. [Trump?] For their own motivation and wicked heart, Peter says, they make merchandise of the Gospel. You’ve perhaps seen some of these hucksters on TV who merchandise the Gospel of Christ. In my estimation, the hottest part of hell is reserved for these plastic preachers who, for whatever reason, merchandise God’s people. With great swelling words they exploit the ignorant. They are prophets, spelled “P-R-O-F-I-T-S.” Lastly, in verses 4-5 Peter gets very serious. He says God will surely judge and not spare them. Don’t get caught up in counterfeit Christianity. God will not spare sin or the sinner, for He did not spare His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, so that you and I might have eternal life. The world is full of counterfeits. Every counterfeit dollar is a tribute to the worth of the real — or men wouldn’t be printing counterfeits! And every counterfeit Christian is a tribute to the value of salvation. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. And you can make sure you have the real thing if you repent of your sin and trust Him. [Spurn the Antichrist, Spurn Trump]
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  438. Trump and Epstein shared “girls” at parties. They were the best of friends until a business deal went south and Trump ran for president. See below: It was supposed to be an exclusive party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald J. Trump’s members-only club in Palm Beach, Fla. But other than the two dozen or so women flown in to provide the entertainment, the only guests were Mr. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. “I arranged to have some contestants fly in,” Mr. Houraney recalled in an interview on Monday. “At the very first party, I said, ‘Who’s coming tonight? I have 28 girls coming.’ It was him and Epstein.” Mr. Houraney, who had just partnered with Mr. Trump to host events at his casinos, said he was surprised. “I said, ‘Donald, this is supposed to be a party with V.I.P.s. You’re telling me it’s you and Epstein?’” “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Mr. Trump told New York magazine in 2002. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” “I said, ‘Look, Donald, I know Jeff really well, I can’t have him going after younger girls,’” Mr. Houraney remembers. “He said, ‘Look I’m putting my name on this. I wouldn’t put my name on it and have a scandal.’” Mr. Houraney said he “pretty much had to ban Jeff from my events — Trump didn’t care about that.” Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Mr. Houraney accused Mr. Trump himself of inappropriate behavior toward his girlfriend and business partner, Jill Harth, during their business dealings.
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  457. THE PLOT TO BETRAY AMERICA How Russia saw Trump: ‘A potential asset and an exploitable victim’

‘Wow,” Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow, exclaimed on Twitter in late October. “We still need to understand why Trump remains so intent on appeasing Putin.”
What set off McFaul was testimony from a top State Department official that “senior officials in the White House” had blocked the department from condemning Moscow for attacking Ukrainian ships in the Azov Sea. And on that day it was telling that even McFaul, a Kremlin-watcher for nearly 40 years, was struggling to put his finger on exactly what had driven the president of the United States into the Russian strongman’s arms, tugging the Republican Party along with him.
Trump’s affinity for Vladimir Putin seemed to glow red during a now-notorious 2018 Helsinki news conference when he sided with the former KGB agent’s denials of election interference over U.S. intelligence agencies’ findings. But so much else has erupted before and since, from revelations that he was secretly pursuing a Moscow hotel deal during the 2016 campaign, to exposĂ©s of his business relations with Russian oligarchs, to his continuing criticism of the NATO alliance, to his acquiescence to Russian troops taking over abandoned U.S. bases in Syria, to his pressure on Ukraine’s president to say publicly that Kyiv, not Moscow, had hacked the computers of the Democratic National Committee. 
Why do once-loyal men go bad? Mole hunters have an acronym for it: MICE, which stands for money, ideology, coercion/compromise and ego/excitement. Trump qualifies for three out of four, in the telling of Nance (and many others who’ve long followed Trump’s career), that explain his attachment to Moscow. Ideology’s not one of them, notwithstanding Trump’s crude nationalist populism that in many ways apes Putin’s kleptocratic rule. According to New York state records revealed by the Smoking Gun, he changed party registrations at least five times over the years. 
His first wife, Ivana, a native of communist Czechoslovakia, whose Moscow-controlled spy service, the StB, had long counted her father as an informant. Her 1977 marriage to Trump had prompted the Czechs to open a dossier on him. “We knew that Trump was influential. He didn’t hide that he wanted to become president one day,” the StB’s then-chief said years later. “We were interested in learning more things about him.”
Especially his weaknesses. In Trump, they found two, a hunger for money and a raging ego, not to mention a lust for beautiful women. They began dangling opportunities — the Miss Universe contest, Trump Tower Moscow. They treated him like a potentate, affording him the bedroom suite reserved for princes and presidents at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton. Then, in the wake of Trump’s Atlantic City bankruptcies, Trump found new sources of cash from Russian sources, including the Kremlin-connected Deutsche Bank, Russian oligarchs who bought luxury condos in Trump Tower and “New York City allies from the former Soviet Union” who partnered with him in real estate deals from SoHo to Baku. One of them, Felix Sater, would eventually be accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from a Kazakhstan bank “to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow,” according to a lawsuit reported by the Associated Press.

That Trump wanted the details of his financial sources kept secret (along with his tax returns) was all the better, Nance notes: It gave Putin a better hold on him, a tool for coercion.
From the beginning, Russia had used “the MICE strategy to bring him under its sway, as his interest in Russia clearly blinded him,” Nance theorizes. “He was a potential asset and an exploitable victim worth keeping.”
Judging by his Russia-related decisions and pronouncements, the strategy has worked. Trump has dismissed Moscow’s subversion of American politics and pursued debunked conspiracy theories tying Ukraine to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Equally important to Moscow’s strategic goals, he’s disparaged NATO and, by championing Brexit, undermined the European Union.
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