Barry R McCaffrey
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Biden Will Make America Lead Again
We need a president with decency and a sense of respect.
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Barry R McCaffrey
Admiral McRaven is an icon to our Armed Forces of courage, integrity, and good judgment. This OP ED is a powerful statement against a lawless, crude, unstable Trump. Biden will be civil. Use common sense. Have a vision. Listen.
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Slamming Trump, G.O.P. Senator Warns of a ‘Republican Blood Bath’
Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska issued a scathing takedown of President Trump during a telephone town hall with constituents, saying he cozied up to dictators and white supremacists.
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Barry R McCaffrey
Sen Ben Sasse (R) Nebraska savages Trump and his lack of values. Says Covid disaster a leadership failure. Predicts Trump driving young people to Democratic Party and a “Blue Wave.”
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Why is Pelosi suddenly talking about the 25th Amendment? - Roll Call
Why would Speaker Pelosi unveil legislation 25 days before the election to establish a commission under the 25th Amendment to decide presidental fitness?
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Barry R McCaffrey
Speaker Pelosi (who is a distinguished political leader) has FAILED IN JUDGMENT by proposing a 25th Amendment Commission to remove a President a few weeks before the election. Biden/Harris will win. This is a provocative distraction.
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‘Where are all of the arrests?’: Trump demands Barr lock up his foes
The day-long run of tweets and retweets marked the most frantic stretch of Trump’s public activity since he left Walter Reed.
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Barry R McCaffrey
‘Where are all of the arrests?’: Trump demands Barr lock up his foes - Trump is revealing himself to be a third world strongman. He believes the Attorney General can punish his political enemies. A danger to our democracy.
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Trump says he and first lady will begin 'quarantine process' after top aide Hope Hicks tests positive for Covid-19
President Donald Trump confirmed on Thursday night that top aide Hope Hicks has tested positive for coronavirus and said he and first lady Melania Trump will begin their "quarantine process" while waiting for their own test results.
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Barry R McCaffrey
President Donald Trump tweets he and first lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19 - CNNPolitics— (Trump shocking behavior to leave himself and others on his staff so vulnerable to this dreadful virus. DANGER. Older. Obese.)
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Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election. “We’re going to have to see what happens,”...
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Barry R McCaffrey
Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses —-it’s likely that Trump will lose both the popular vote and the Electoral College. He is announcing his renunciation of democracy. He is signaling violence.
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White House asked VA secretary about running Pentagon if Trump fires Esper
Trump has told aides for months he's unhappy with Mark Esper and wants to fire him. Trump's allies have told him doing so before the election would create turmoil.
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Barry R McCaffrey
White House has talked to VA secretary about taking Pentagon job if Trump fires Esper— (100% of the authority to give legal ORDERS to the military lies in hands of SEC DEF and Trump. JCS has ZERO command power. Senate oversight?)
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Trump praises QAnon conspiracists, appreciates support
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the supporters of QAnon, a convoluted, pro-Trump conspiracy theory, and suggested he appreciates their support of his...
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Barry R McCaffrey
Trump praises QAnon conspiracists, appreciates support (from @AP) (IT APPEARS AS IF TRUMP NOW SUPPORTS THIS DANGEROUS FRINGE MOVEMENT. I HOPE HE IS NOT LEADING US TO BLOODSHED.)
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Trump defends disproved COVID-19 treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a stout defense Tuesday of a disproved use of a malaria drug as a treatment for the coronavirus, hours after social media companies moved to take...
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Barry R McCaffrey
Trump again pushes disproven drug as COVID-19 treatment (from @AP). (TRUMP IS IRRESPONSIBLE. Still pushing an ineffective drug that can be dangerous. Says Dr Fauci is an ALARMIST. Nearly 150,000 dead. Undermining science. Shameful.
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Barry R McCaffrey
Philadelphia's Top Prosecutor Is Prepared to Arrest Federal Agents. (A DANGEROUS, PROVOCATIVE, STUPID IDEA. Go to a Federal Court. You’re a lawyer.)
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Donald Trump Is a Broken Man
Asked to identify the good his presidency has done, he could offer only a gusher of discontent.
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Barry R McCaffrey
Trump Is Wallowing in Self-Pity - The Atlantic. (THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST PERCEPTIVE ARTICLE YET WRITTEN ABOUT TRUMP.)
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WSJ News Exclusive | Trump Administration Weighs Troop Cut in South Korea
The Pentagon has presented the White House with options to reduce the American military presence in South Korea as the two countries remain at odds over President Trump’s demand that Seoul greatly increase how much it pays for the U.S. troops...
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Barry R McCaffrey
Trump Administration Weighs Troop Cut in South Korea - WSJ. — (The damage Trump is doing to US global alliances is incalculable. The objective of our forces in the Pacific is DETERRENCE of war. Trump is mugging our allies in public.)
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Trump cheated on his SATs by paying someone to take it for him, according to Mary Trump's new book
President Trump's niece describes "cheating as a way of life" in her upcoming tell-all book, including Trump paying someone to take his SAT for him.
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Barry R McCaffrey
Trump cheated on SAT by paying someone to take it for him: new book - Business Insider. —— (TRUMP GOT INTO WHARTON BUSINESS SCHOOL BY CHEATING ON SAT EXAM BY USING A PROXY.)
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Trump Defends Confederate Flag in Latest Race-Based Appeal to White Voters
President Trump implied that NASCAR’s decision to prohibit Confederate flags at its races was a mistake while also falsely asserting that a top Black driver, Bubba Wallace, had engaged in a hoax involving a noose found in his stall.
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Barry R McCaffrey
Trump Defends Confederate Flag in Latest Race-Based Appeal to White Voters - The New York Times —(TRUMP NOW HAS GONE EXPLICITLY RACIST. He deliberately divides America. Does not believe in American values. This will linger for years.)
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239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne
The W.H.O. has resisted mounting evidence that viral particles floating indoors are infectious, some scientists say. The agency maintains the research is still inconclusive.
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Barry R McCaffrey
239 Experts —The Coronavirus Is Airborne - The New York Times. (MAJOR EMERGING SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS. Tough to deal with airborne transmission. VENTILATION. Upgrade to M95 masks. Such a terrible virus. Trump is killing us.)
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Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stunning reversal, the Navy has upheld the firing of the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, the Navy's top...
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Barry R McCaffrey
Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak (from @AP) —-A DISAPPOINTING DECISION BY SENIOR NAVY LEADERSHIP. From the start the central issue was a ship’s Captain trying to protect his crew from being incapacitated.
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Home - BR McCaffrey Associates, LLC
CONSULTING On a retainer basis, BR McCaffrey Associates will provide strategic planning support to clients (to include CEOs, Board Chairmen, and senior corporate leadership).LEARN MORE SPEAKING General McCaffrey is exclusively represented by the...
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Barry R McCaffrey
Check my blog. mccaffreyassociates.com TRUMP AND NATIONAL SECURITY. 8 JUNE 20
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Backlash grows as more military leaders speak out against Trump's protest response
Former Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson and retired Four-Star Army General Barry McCaffrey join Andrea Mitchell to discuss the continued criticisms from military leaders against Trump's response to protests within the country, particularly in the...
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Barry R McCaffrey
Backlash grows as more military leaders speak out against Trump's protest response. MCCAFFREY INTERVIEW 8 JUNE 29
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Colin Powell: Trump 'lies all the time'
He also says Trump is not following the Constitution.
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Barry R McCaffrey
Colin Powell: Trump 'lies all the time' - POLITICO. —- (Gen Powell is a superb public servant and man of integrity. It is astonishing that Trump utters these bald faced, stupid, comical lies. He is a menace to our values.”
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Trump Was Wrong to Deploy Troops. Will the Military Push Back?
An apolitical army is central to American democracy. But the president is using the armed forces to subvert it.
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Barry R McCaffrey
Trump denunciation by former Sec Def Jim Mattis stunning in intensity and focus. We are dealing with a lawless President who has no allegiance to our Constitution or values. Trump is igniting a fire of violence. He is sewing division.
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