antifa supersoldiers

schuylaar said:

dear vet-

because of Bernie Sanders' efforts you now receive COLA's from his bill which was signed into law in 2013.

hugs and kisses

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/president-signs-veterans-cola-bill_

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schuylaar said:

dear vet-

because of Bernie Sanders' efforts you now receive COLA's from his bill which was signed into law in 2013.

hugs and kisses

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/president-signs-veterans-cola-bill_

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schuylaar said:

PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THE FACTS!!!!- WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?????

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scumrot derelict said:

Hello, sycophant.

I am a vet who currently relies on social security to function as a citizen. I go to physical rehabilitation 3 times a week to help train my body to deal with the limbs i lost when I was shipped off to serve in the Iraq war.

The Trump admin has ensured that i will not receive my benefits for the next 24 months bcoz I am currently not of the correct gender to serve. I have spent the last 12 years of my life serving my country. i believe that i have done my country a service in regards to its defense. So I think it would be fair to ask you on a scale of 1- 10: how would you rate my service to this country and how can I make enough noise for you to finally take my questions seriously?

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schuylaar said:

PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THE FACTS!!!!- WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?????

dear vet-

because of Bernie Sanders' efforts you now receive COLA's from his bill which was signed into law in 2013.

hugs and kisses

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/president-signs-veterans-cola-bill_

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schuylaar said:

PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THE FACTS!!!!- WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?????

dear vet-

because of Bernie Sanders' efforts you now receive COLA's from his bill which was signed into law in 2013.

hugs and kisses

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/president-signs-veterans-cola-bill_

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tangerinegreen555 said:

That was nice of him.


You'd think a Hall of Famer like Bernie would have put up bigger numbers though.

Like, 500 home runs is something. If you only hit 2 or 3 you aren't getting in.

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Unclebaldrick said:

What has Bernie done to lead the Post Office renaming revolution outside of Vermont?

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GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC NEWS CHIEF ANCHOR: This morning.

We just heard Congresswoman Omar saying the president is failing to lead in this crisis and glorifying violence with his tweets and statements.

Your response?

AMB. ROBERT O'BRIEN, WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: Well, that's really too bad because as soon as I was on Air Force One, when we saw that horrifying -- I was with the president when we saw that horrifying video of what happened to George Floyd and -- and the president immediately tweeted out and demanded an investigation and got on the phone with General Barr and asked him to get to the bottom of it.

The first thing I want to say, on behalf of the president, he said this to the family, that our hearts and -- and prayers are going out to the Floyd family. We mourn with them and we grieve with them and -- and what happened there was horrific and I can't even imagine what that poor family's going through as this video is played over and over again. That should have never happened in America and it's a -- it's a tragic thing. The president said that from the start and -- and we're with the family.

And as the president said, we're with the peaceful protesters who are out demanding answers and petitioning their government about what happened to -- to Mr. Floyd.

STEPHANOPOULOS: The president did reach out to the family. But, as you know, he's also had a series of tweets where he talks about far left thugs. He's attacked many of the protesters, attacked a Democratic mayor saying they are weak. And, of course, that tweet earlier in the week he -- where he echoed Miami Beach in 1967 with the phrase, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts."

Does the president -- should he be -- should he be taking responsibility for those tweets as well?

O'BRIEN: Well, I think what the president said, and the reason he uses Twitter is to get directly to the American people. And I think what he said about those tweets is that he wants to de-escalate violence and doesn't want people looting. And I want to make a big distinction between peaceful protesters, these great Americans, and that's the difference between our country and many of the authoritarian countries out there, when something like this happens, we investigate it. Our people protest. They petition their government for redress. And we stand with the protesters.

It's the violent ANTIFA radical militants that are coming out, under cover of night, traveling across state lines, using military-style tactics to burn down our cities. And they're especially targeting the most venerable parts of our cities, George. The minority section, the African-American sections and Hispanic areas and burning down businesses of people that are trying to get a leg up. And -- and the president's outraged by that. And we all are. And -- and that has to stop. And we're calling on the FBI to investigate ANTIFA and -- and get to the bottom of these -- these violent rioters. And I don't want them confused with peaceful protesters that have every right to go out to the streets. That's -- that's what makes America different from -- from any other countries around the world.

STEPHANOPOULOS: And there are peaceful protesters, as you said. But it -- the Department of Homeland Security, which reports to you, has put out intelligence notes over the weekend warning that domestic terrorists from the far right and the far left both are looking to exploit this. It's not just ANTIFA and the left. They're saying they are worried about the far right as well.

O'BRIEN: Well -- well, listen, everything I've seen in -- and that we're being reported were -- the reports we're receiving is that this is ANTIFA. They're crossing state lines.

And we've seen this happen before. We saw it in Portland. We saw it in Seattle. We saw it in Berkley. So, look, we'll keep our eyes open for anyone else that wants to take advantage of the situation, whether it's domestic or foreign. But right now I think the president and Attorney General want -- Barr want to know what the FBI has been doing to surveil, to disrupt, to take down ANTIFA, to prosecute them. This isn't the first time they're out there and they're using military-style tactics and traveling around the country to take advantage of these situations and burn down our cities. And -- and that can't be tolerated.

So the FBI has got to come up with a plan to deal with ANTIFA. This is not the first time that they've engaged in this activity. It needs to stop. I mean they're throwing bricks at park police and -- and uniformed Secret Service officers. I know you know a lot of those guys, George, from when you worked here. These are good men and women who are trying to protect the White House and there are great police men and women around the -- around the country that are being attacked.

There was an officer, a federal protective service officer was shot in Oakland. And our hearts and our prayers go out to him and his family, Patrick Underwood. This ANTIFA violent activity has to stop and we need to get to the bottom of it. We're calling on law enforcement to do it.

STEPHANOPOULOS: And no -- no question, it should be condemned, right? I completely agree with that. But you said you hadn't heard about any other incitement from the right. But the DHS warning that went out this week noted specifically that the white supremacist, extremist telegram channel was inciting the violence as well. They are saying it is both sides that are inciting violence from the outside.

O'BRIEN: Yes, I think the actual perpetrators of the violence, the ones that are on the street, that are burning down minority-owned businesses and restaurants, who have already suffered through this terrible Covid situation and -- and are at risk of losing their business and now they're seeing them burn to the ground, those are ANTIFA radical militants. And we've seen them before in other protests and we need to get to the bottom of it.

Look, I condemn all extremists, on the right or on the left. But -- but the ones who are out on the streets throwing the Molotov cocktails and attacking our police, who are acting with -- you know, for the most part, with restraint, and heroically, you know, that has to stop.

And -- and, look, we condemn the police brutality of -- of that officer who killed George Floyd. I mean why that guy was still in the police force -- I'm told he had a long record of bad conduct. And there are a few bad apples out there that are -- that are -- whether they're racist or they're -- they're ill trained or they're just -- just vicious, they've got to be rooted out of law enforcement because 99.9 percent of our law enforcement officers are heroes and they're doing -- doing great work protecting the American people. Many of them come from minority communities and -- and we stand with them. The president stands with them and -- and we're going to support them through this violent time that we're facing.

STEPHANOPOULOS: One -- one of the things that was so shocking about that video -- and Congresswoman Omar just mentioned it, is that the other officers stood by, even as George Floyd was saying I can't breath and the other officers stood by and did nothing. She believes they should be charged as well.

Do you agree?

O'BRIEN: Oh, it's an absolute outrage. And I want to know where the investigation is going with those officers. What were they thinking? I mean just as human beings, putting aside being first -- first responders and police officers. So I -- I think they're under investigation, both by the local authorities and the federal authorities. And -- and I can't imagine that they won't be charged. I don't want to prejudge anything, but -- but it's -- it's -- what -- what we saw was horrific and to have stood by and allowed that to happen is -- is, you know -- and that just shows a lack of humanity.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: What evidence do we have that foreign adversaries are also trying to exploit the situation? I want to put up a tweet that Senator Marco Rubio put out last night. He's the acting chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. And he said, tonight we're seeing very heavy social media activity on protests and counter-reactions from social media accounts linked to at least three foreign adversaries. They didn't create these divisions, but they are actively stoking and promoting violence and confrontation from multiple angles.

Who are these foreign adversaries?

O'BRIEN: Well, Senator Rubio is spot on. And I've seen a number of tweets from the Chinese today that are -- are taking some sort of pleasure and solace in -- in what they're seeing here.

And I want to tell our foreign adversaries, whether it's a -- you know, Zimbabwe or a China, that the difference between us and you is that that -- that officer who killed George Floyd, he'll be -- he'll be investigated and he'll be prosecuted and he's going to receive a fair trial. The American people that want to go out and protest peacefully, they're going to be allowed to seek redress from their government. They're not going to be thrown in jail for peaceful protesting.

There's a difference between us and you. And when this happens, we'll get to the bottom of it and we'll clean it up. It's not going to be covered out. And this wasn't done on behalf of the party or on behalf of the state. You know, this was a -- this was a bad apple who, you know, you know, solely the reputation of our heroic law enforcement officers and we're going to get to the bottom of it. That's the difference between us and you. The American people are going to come together after this. We're going to get to the bottom of the -- the militant radicals that are attacking our police and -- and our neighborhoods on the street. But there's a big difference between us and our foreign adversaries. But you can -- Marco Rubio is 100 percent correct that our foreign adversaries are going to take advantage of this crisis to sew discord and to try and damage our democracy. We're not going to let that happen.

STEPHANOPOULOS: We -- you mentioned China. We also know that Russia has been actively trying in the past to spark racial unrest. Are they one of the adversaries who are now exploiting the situation as well?

O'BRIEN: Yes, there -- there -- there may be Russian activists who are doing that, but the difference that I've seen so far is that, for example, we saw a Chinese foreign -- foreign ministry spokesman trolling the State Department about this. So it's -- it's open. It's coming straight from the government. So it's something we're keeping an eye on.

But, listen, to our adversaries, the American people, we may have our political differences, and we've gone through these crises before, but we'll overcome it.

And take a look at what we did yesterday in Florida, sending two heroic astronauts into space for the first time in 10 years from American soil, on an American rocket. Look, American overcomes and -- and even in the midst of these crisis, we're going to do great things for the country. And our adversaries aren't going to be able to take advantage of this crisis to harm us.

STEPHANOPOULOS: What are we doing right now to counter those adversaries as they try to foment more unrest here in the United States, China, Russia, you mentioned Zimbabwe.

O'BRIEN: Yes, look, Iran is -- has certainly been active in this -- you know, in this -- in this realm as well. And we've got a number of tools in our tool kit, George, but we're -- we're working very closely with our allies. I've been on the phone with our -- my colleagues, national security advisors, over the weekend. We'll be meeting with them in the coming days. The democracies will stick together.

We've got a series of measures that we're going to deal with China and the way that they've choked out freedom in -- in Hong Kong. The president made a very important announcement on that front on Friday and -- and the -- the U.S. government is looking at all of our relations with Hong Kong and China. So there will be a response and it will be proportional, but this is not something that -- that our adversaries are going to get away with for free.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Final question, do you -- should we expect to see an Oval Office address from the president addressing this crisis.

O'BRIEN: You know, the president, I thought, gave extraordinarily eloquent remarks yesterday as the preface to his speech about the space program in -- in Florida. I believe ABC carried it, and you saw that, George. And I thought those were -- those were really wonderful remarks. It talked about bring the American people together and how we stand with the family of George Floyd, we stand with the family of Patrick Underwood, the officer who was killed in -- in Oakland, and how we have to come together as a country. We stand with the peaceful protesters.

And so the president has been eloquent on that front. He's accessible. He'll be speaking to the press regularly. I don't know if he'll speak from the Oval or he'll speak to the press from the podium or -- or as he does daily to the American people through Twitter. But I -- I -- you can expect the president will remain involved and will remain communicate -- will continue to communicate with the American people throughout this crisis.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Robert O'Brien, thanks for your time this morning.

O'BRIEN: Thank you, George. Thanks for having me.

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hanimmal said:

Here is the rest of the interview, this is when he starts to deflect for Russia.

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