Rectitude...

Day...

Doris Day (April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown & His Band of Renown. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967.

Setups...

Obama-era officials like former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper have cast the effort to investigate Russian influence in the Trump campaign as a standard counterintelligence operation. As such, they were just doing their duty.

If foreign entities were attempting seriously to subvert the Trump campaign, it would have made most sense immediately to warn Donald Trump. Once alerted he could have insulated his campaign, and worked actively with the Intelligence Community to expose the malign foreign network.

But the intelligence community treated his campaign like a target. Instead of helping Trump block Russia from penetrating his organization, it seems more like the agencies were hoping to discover that a collusion network was up and running.

The CIA’s Counterintelligence Mission Center soon became a “conduit to the FBI” feeding information about alleged contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians. But as House testimony from Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos reveals, many such contacts were setups seeking to entrap people tied to Trump. Papadopoulos recently tweeted to Brennan that the assets the CIA “weaponized … are being outed in London, Canberra and Rome,” and that “foreign governments are now cooperating with the Trump administration to out the rest.

” Does the activity Papadopoulos alleges sound like “spying?” It certainly uses the tools of the trade,

Esketamine...

A novel antidepressant, heralded as a breakthrough drug only two months ago, may not be a cost-effective way of battling treatment-resistant depression (TDR), according to a new study.

Esketamine, a nasal spray, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in March for people who do not respond to traditional anti-depressants. Marketed as Spravato, the drug was subject to eight years of research by Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals.  

According to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), Spravato may be overpriced for the benefits it delivers.  

Each treatment, which must be administered in a physician’s office, costs between $590 and $885.    And that price doesn’t cover the doctor’s time.

The regimen requires twice-weekly office visits that can take up to 90 minutes each plus 2 hrs waiting in the office. Afterwards, a patient may not drive a motor vehicle for the rest of day.

Even when covered by health insurance, out-of-pocket costs can remain considerable and may prevent access to those who may benefit from esketamine.

Blackmail...

Barr is correct on both counts, there was snooping on the Trump campaign, and  an ongoing intelligence investigation became public.

The abuse of power here is what happened after Trump won the election. This is when the investigations themselves and other kinds of surveillance were disclosed to the press. Details about incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition leaked. So did the FBI’s probe of Trump associates and their contacts with Russia, along with the existence of the surveillance warrant on Page himself.  

The New York Times reported in early 2017 that, in the days and weeks leading up to Trump’s inauguration, intelligence and White House officials distributed intelligence on contacts between Russia and Trump associates far and wide.


Brennan briefed was then-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, who a few days later released a letter to then-FBI director James Comey, urging him to make public intelligence about the Trump campaign and Russia. 

After the election, Brennan became a TV pundit and used his platform to accuse Trump of treason and claim the Russian government was blackmailing him. 
[Eil Lake, Bloomberg]

Beto...

Give it...

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said that she would not participate in a Fox News town hall, calling the media outlet “a hate-for-profit racket.” 

Ms. Warren accused the network of giving “a megaphone to racists and conspiracists” and providing cover for corruption.

The Democratic National Committee announced it was boycotting Fox News as a potential primary debate partner. 

But since, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., participated in a Fox News town hall. And other presidential candidates, have since agreed to town halls on the network.

Sanders' Fox News town hall earned the highest ratings of any candidate town hall this cycle.

Warren didn't describe the other networks.    Just a thought.

Economy...

Hold...

Let us stop Barr before opening Pandora's box. Last chance to stop him is now before 2020 blow up in the face of the Dems..

There is a lot of rumors about "Spying" on the Trump clan during the political season of 2016. This would be the worst act against a political candidate for the president of the United States of America. This may be as close to what Richard Nixon did, spying on the Dems in the "Watergate" fiasco. Now the shoe appears to be in the other foot.
Just a thought.

Stop...

This must stop no matter what.