Everyday Treasoning: We've Only Just Begun (The Treason Thread, Part 43)

Link to previous thread for reference.

Thank you, OP! And let's call for another look-out for FCI...

I’m here. I’m not a subscriber so I couldn’t post on the other thread.

Thank you for making a new one, OP!

So, FCI is a scab?

I am weary of leaving behind my identify for various sites I visit. Using my credit card to become a subscriber is something I am weary of doing. I appreciate what Muriel does although he’s never put one of the Treason threads on subscribe.

Guess what's going to be the topic of Donald's next self-pity rally.

If you plan to run for office that’s probably a wise decision R5. Glad to hear that you are well.

So what does everyone make of the charges? Are there more to come?

Oh I hope so!!! I am so scared to jinx it though by being too optimistic.

FCI, got any news?

I could see one of the alt right loons whacking the guy to prevent him bringing down the diapered overlord, ala Capone’s accountant.

Thank you, Elderlez!

There will be more charges. That’s my hunch. This is the tip of the iceberg. They have so much information already it is a matter of getting cooperation from key figures. I predict the money trail will lead to some mind blowing places and show deep, disgusting corruption.

Behind the scenes, Manchin and Sinema are feeling the heat. Name them when you are on social media. If you do a blanket statement about Dems not getting things done, it takes the heat off the few who are preventing progress. The Dem House caucus is remarkably united. You can thank Nancy for that. She is an extremely effective leader in holding such a big tent caucus together in such a unified way. I fear the day she is gone in leadership. If you’ve never been on the House side in politics you have no idea how effective she is. The other DC insider can back this up.

Glad to see you back, FCI! I couldn't post in the other thread either, so I figured that's why you vanished too.

I'm hoping we get some support in the Senate or we'll never get anything done.

It's long but good insights fr Eichenwald

Though Manchin, Sinema and a few other Dems have some major pressure from corporate donors, in the end, they will buckle under specific pressure aimed at them. Manchin has already said he is likely to support a separate infrastructure bill with all the things that were left out of the bipartisan bill. The bipartisan bill was brilliantly played and Pelosi saying she’ll withhold voting on the bipartisan bill until the other one is passed is a boss move. President Biden knows what he’s doing, too.

I find it interesting that the indictments started with Weisselberg. Indictments usually start with the bottom fish to help bring out the big fish. It would seem to me that if they're starting with Weiselberg, they must have major, solid, stuff on someone bigger.

Who could be bigger in that organization?

I think the real fun will come when they get Matthew Calamari on the stand!

I mean come ON! Calamari!! Will they call him "Mister Gala Mah" so he knows when to place his hand on the bible?

Look at this fucking mamaluke!

Here's his picture.

The gang is back together.

I always knew they would eventually get justice but I had no idea it would be so rapid.

They finally got Nixon after all his years of scumbagery.

Along with the Mafia dons.

Nobody gets away forever.

[quote]I am weary of leaving behind my identify for various sites I visit. Using my credit card to become a subscriber is something I am weary of doing.

I'm leery of your understanding of the word "weary".

R19, Nixon wasn't punished. He was pardoned. He never paid a price. They're even trying to rehabilitate his image now. Ooh, China. Ooh, the environmnent. Ooh, he was practically a progressive.

I'll believe anything will happen to these assholes when something actually happens to these assholes. Look at Cosby. They always find a way to pay no price. Money makes everything go away. It's only when money comes up against money, you get an Epstein. And, fuck, as far as we know, he's just on some island raping little girls after getting some plastic surgery.

Poor Madoff. He was the toast of the town. Until he wasn’t.

I’ve seen this play a thousand times if I’ve seen it once. They might not be hung from the rafters, but they all will pay a price.

Forgive my skepticism, but the indictments and all the press that led up to their being unsealed seemed more theatrical and performative than substantive. The talking heads of MSNBC were awash in "will he/won't he" conjecture over the possibility of Weisselberg's flipping on Trump. If that were going to happen, it would have already. I think SDNY were cautious about casting a wider net because they are either a) saving some of the more sensational stuff for superseding indictments or b) the Teflon Don has once again insulated himself to the point that charges will be hard to make stick. The Former Guy has certainly done enough to support an "insanity defense." I pray I'm wrong and that I WILL live to see him (with DJr, Eric, Ivanka and Jared) in a perp walk.

Nixon was Teflon too. For a while.

So was Bernie made off. Many people knew he was a crook and stated it publicly.

Same for the original Teflon Don.

They are all Teflon until they aren’t anymore.

That Teflon coating isn't scratch-proof. Get those Chore Boys scrubbin'...stat!

I don't think we'll ever see Trump doing the handcuffed perp walk a la Weisselberg, because I don't think this country has the political will to do that to a former president. But anyone who thinks that anything less than that is no big deal doesn't understand the situation that Trump's in. He's not a Nixon or a George W. Bush who can go sit on a pile of money in a secluded compound. For one thing, he doesn't have that much money; ever since he ran through his inheritance he's been living from grift to grift and the occasional loan from Russian oligarchs. For another, he's a malignant narcissist who doesn't have the self-discipline to be able to disappear when it's to his advantage. He's already grossly overexposed. People who aren't already sick of him are getting that way.

If Trump were smart, he would have already left the country. I guess it's good he's not smart.

Even seeing one or more of the Trump kids get convicted would be awesome.

R20 I am thoroughly embarrassed but thank you for pointing out my misuse of weary. It sounded right-ish. Oh, dear myself. Ugh

8 armed guys, on their way to DC? 6 on the loose. Why isn't this on CNN?

^ I tried to start a thread on this but it didn't take.

Anyone want to guess what color they are? Anyone? Bueller?

^The group says they are "Moorish American Arms", so they could be non-white, we'll see if the rest of them make it out alive. I tried posting thread twice, maybe I'm blocked for some reason. 2 hours later and I still don't see in on national news.

R33, if they’re non-white I’ll eat my hat.

Somebody started a thread....

I thought of you all immediately! These latest allegations and indictments are certainly tantalizing, but I'd like them to be an amuse bouche, rather than the entree. Certainly NOT the just desserts, because I need Don Jr and Ivanka in cuffs at the least. I need my Season of the Witch thread, because I've been a very good boy, and so patient.

Hi FCI- your hair looks fabulous, as always!

Yes, they're African Americans. White homicidal maniacs tend to hog the spotlight but the arena of American terrorism has a richly diverse history. Who remembers the D.C. snipers, who brought actual skill and daring to their reign of terror? *chef's kiss*

Matt Gaetz Says He'll Nominate Donald Trump to Be Next Speaker of the House

Please, please, please, please indict Gaetz for something. Please!

[quote] The Constitution—which states that "the House of Representatives shall chuse (sic) their Speaker and other Officers"—does not expressly state that the House Speaker must be a member of the chamber. However, many legal experts who have examined the issue believe that the founders intended for the speaker to be chosen from a pool of elected representatives.

[quote] "It would have been unthinkable for the most populous house not to have its leader be part of the representatives who were elected by the people," said David Forte, a constitutional scholar at Cleveland State University, according to NBC News.

I read somewhere that there is a contingent of MAGAs who consider nominating 45 for Speaker their best course of action, R39. They believe the courts would be compelled to let him out of jail to accept the post--nd then, once Joe & Kamala are impeached, the Speaker becomes president.

Independence Day

Supreme Court Protects Dark Money Donors From Being Revealed

Yes, the discussion of Speaker of the House being anyone the party in charge chooses, has been brought up before.

People talked about it, probably on these threads, back in 2016, when it was suggested the Dems make HRC Speaker of the House to piss Orange off.

No discussion on Orange and his even stupider children essentially incriminating themselves this weekend?

All of them did interviews basically admitting that they committed the fraud.

Part of me thinks it had to be intentional, perhaps to get ahead of the story and claim ignorance of the law... but then I remember they really could just be that stupid.

Funny that Orange played the, "I don't know her," card in his speech when talking about Tax Codes.. but remember in 2016 he claimed that nobody knew tax laws better than him!

Being ignorant of the law does not make one exempt from the law.

They’re actively trying to normalize what they’ve done in the court of public opinion. Admitting their crimes, they believe, makes them no big deal.

r39, I'm pretty sure that the entire strength of the Republican party is working hard to give Matt the Epstein treatment. Daddy Gaetz is/has been the most powerful man in FL, he has deep pockets and connections to every Republican in the state. They will not let Matt go to jail. Another way to own the libs.

It's a mandatory sentencing crime so they'll probably rule out the evidence or declare mistrial if it gets that far.

Admit the crime but deny there's nothing wrong with it. Get you fans to say "fake news" or "no collusion". Matt's friends will say, so what, he fucked a porn star 6 months early, she was already a whore when she met him.

“"As I was reading the indictment, the one thing I kept thinking was: 'My God, this is some street-level mobster bulls--t,'" one former New York prosecutor told The Independent. "Two sets of books? That's like 'How to Commit Tax Fraud 101' at crime college." University of Chicago law professor Daniel Hemel added, "This is Leona Helmsley-level stuff”

Don Gaetz defrauded Medicare of about A BILLION dollars for billing for fake hospice patients up to 170k each. FAKE PEOPLE, not mistakes.

He denied it, sold the HOSPICE company for 400million or something to ROTO ROOTER. This is America where plumbers are in charge of your death.

The lawsuit is settled confidentially (!!!) in 2018 after admitting no wrong. Later, Don Gaetz had a bill passed to make himself in charge of a half billion dollar oil spill/ slush fund. So you rob a billion and pay back an undisclosed amount back to the state where you are the leader of the Senate, and everything is fine.

His kid's not going to jail for fucking a porn star. I'm sure he owns a lot of Fl. Democrats as well.

Didn’t Senator Rick Scott defraud Medicare too?

^Rick Scott's FINES were 1.7 Billion dollars so how much do you think he stole to begin with? Stealing from the federal government is not a crime as long as you pay off your cronies in your home state.

For some reason these stories get buried after a day and a half, unlike people stealing shopping carts or stuff from Walgreens, those images are replayed hundreds of times a day.

Remember the time Trump pocketed a check for 17 million dollars from the ins. company for (no) hurricane damage? The ins agent, and MALago founding member, became Ambassador to Dominican Republic. "I had a great policy, I didn't have to pay it back". Trump's 17million dollar theft was one of 20 scandals that week.

How many shopping carts could you buy for 17 million?

R52, everything in our society is unequal, even evil. The rich have the ability to commit crimes ordinary people cannot even imagine.

"Sovereign Citizens" groups, if identified, should be forbidden from using or invoking any Federal or other government entity, e g.:

Highways; USPS; US passport; State Driver's License or ID; Constitutional and other legal rights; access to courts as Plaintiffs; public water; etc.

IOW, treat them as utterly illegal squatters.

Peter Doocy aka Douchebag being school by Jan Psaki. Way to eat it, Petie..

r53 Why the fuck do we STILL not know to whom Trump owes 900 million dollars? How can a secret this big not be leaked? It's as if they don't want to know.

At the speed our "justice" system moves, any white guy over 40, especially if he's rich, is pretty much free to do whatever he wants because he'll be dead before he faces any consequences.

Gee, let's guess, r56!

Margarine Three Names is having a meltdown!

[quote] 1. Most of the people that I talk to daily are regular Americans and I like it that way because I am one of them. This is everything people are saying that DC can't even come close to understanding because Washington can't relate.

[quote] Here is a message from America to the Swamp:

[quote] 2. People have stopped watching the news bc they are sick & tired of the fake news media, including Fox News. People feel like the mainstream media is the most destructive dividing force in our country. They know the media only reports what they want you to see. It's sad.

[quote] 3. Democrats are in major trouble going into '22 for putting America in peril and danger on 2 fronts: The border & attacking the police. And Americans don't buy Democrats lies about either issue. All voters want safe communities, not drug infested, gang controlled, violence.

[quote] 4. The 2020 election is still #1 to Republican voters. Many want it fixed before '22 & even democrat voters admit there was fraud with absentee ballots.

[quote] Rep voters are furious at elected Republicans that won't listen or do anything about it & they are most vulnerable in '22.

[quote] 5. Republicans are angry at the biggest Republican fundraising giants who are raising money to protect House members who voted to impeach Pres Trump and kick me off committees. Donors & voters want a fighting GOP, not spineless GOP, & they don't want their money going to RINOs.

[quote] 6. No one cares about the Delta Variant or any other variant.They are over covid & there is no amount of fear based screaming from the media that will ever force Americans to shut down again. Forced masks and vaccines will cause Dems to lose big. All voters are over covid.

[quote] 7. Americans don't care how many scoops of vanilla choc chip ice cream Biden can eat & see the media covering up his pathetic failures as POTUS. Everyone knows he's weak & puts America last. The media's kid gloves approach makes the media look corrupt, just like Hunter & Joe.

[quote] 8. No one likes Kamala. Not even the Democrats. She failed miserably as a Presidential candidate. Even people that work for her hate her. Big liability for Democrats in 2024.

[quote] 9. Dems embrace of the Progressive Squad aka Communists are going to be their downfall. People don't want the Green New Deal & don't want to be forced into dependency on Chinese batteries in their government mandated EV's. No matter how many lies AOC tells on Chinese tik tok.

[quote] 10. Everyone hates Ilhan Omar, both sides of the aisle.She is an anti-semitic, hate-America, ungrateful refugee, who married her brother and broke the law to get him in the country. Pelosi's protection of Omar is making her look BAD, and America should send Omar back.

[quote] 11. The non-stop dog whistle labeling everything racist is broken. We've had a black POTUS, VP woman of color, black members of Congress, and so many successful & wealthy black Americans. We don't care about color, we care about character.

[quote] MLK's dream came true, thank God!

[quote] 12. Your identity is not your sexual preference or what you like to do in the bedroom. Most Americans don't agree with the invasion of Trans biological men in girls/women's sports. Don't forget Dem voters have daughters too, and do NOT want biological men beating their girls.

[quote] 13. The persistent hate the American flag vomit coming from the radical left makes the Democrat party look really really bad. The Stars and Stripes stands for freedom all over the world and every U.S. soldier that died fell on a battlefield defending our flag and our freedoms.

[quote] 14. If you don't like America or our flag, then get the hell out of our GREAT country & go live in some other shithole Socialist or Communist country that shares your hate for America, our flag, & our God given freedoms. You don't deserve to be an American if you hate our flag.

[quote] 15. Signed,

[quote] The American People.

[quote] *who pay ALL the taxes that fund the federal government.

R47 and it's already worked. Thousands of people already shouting, "Who cares, every business does it!"

It's like they're too stupid to know that they're poor and protecting people who should be paying more in taxes so they don't have to.

What are the odds Boebert

Oops! Sorry...posted accidentally before I finished the thought.

What are the odds Boebert had this thought in and of herself, let alone actually wrote anything? Raise your hand if you think she is mostly a puppet.

[quote] At present, the U.S. protects 26 percent of its coastal waters and 12 percent of its land. President Joe Biden has committed to increasing those numbers to 30 percent each by decade’s end, through his environmental initiative nicknamed “30 x 30.” It will be difficult to pull off, as the additional area required for conservation comprises twice the size of Texas.

[quote] Many Republicans criticize it as a massive federal intervention and land grab. (Although much, though not all, of the initiative is actually just lending federal support to existing local, state, private, and tribal conservation initiatives.)

[quote] The 30 x 30 Termination Act would overturn Biden’s Executive Order 14008, which created the 30 x 30 program.

You people are obsessed and delusional…

R63 is pathetic and irrelevant.

Go die in a fire, R63. You fucking Republican piece of shit.

I have r63 blocked so yeah… it’s a deplorable.

Most deplorables stay away from this thread. They know DL’s smartest posters post here.

We're not only smart, we're winners!

Why the Trump Org Criminal Charges May Open the Indictment Flood Gates: A Matter of Precedent

It's always 'this might happen' or 'this might open the floodgates' or 'now they're going down'.

Something better actually happen to these fuckers soon.

Casual admission of domestic terrorism

Trump Is Screwing Over Republicans Who Want To Run For President

Trump has been a loser and a failure all his life. He couldn't even manage a second term in the White House with all the resources of the Republican Party behind him. Now all he has to look forward to is life as a geriatric Covid long hauler while watching whatever future prospects he and his crime family had shrivel up and blow away.

[quote]Certainly NOT the just desserts,

Oh, dear!

Trump friend and golfing partner charged with misdemeanor indecent assault

[quote] Albert Hazzouri Jr., a 65-year-old dentist from Scranton, Pa., is best known for a 2017 note he wrote Trump, using stationery from Trump’s own Mar-a-Lago Club, to push a proposal for an oversight committee on dental spending.

[quote] The note, which addressed Trump as “Dear King,” came to symbolize the way that Trump blended business with government, giving his customers and friends an audience to lobby for their private causes.

[quote] In charging documents filed last week, police said Hazzouri had groped a female patient after a dental procedure in May.

[quote] In an affidavit, Scranton Police Detective Dina Albanesi wrote that Hazzouri offered to walk the woman to her car. Then — when the two were in a stairwell — Hazzouri allegedly told the patient to “get on his back.” The woman told him no, police said.

[quote] “Hazzouri backed up into her, wrapped his hands around her and grabbed her buttocks and squeezed them,” Albanesi wrote. At the bottom of the stairs, she wrote, Hazzouri also grabbed the woman’s breasts and groin.

[quote] The woman went to police headquarters the same day, according to a police affidavit. Albanesi had the woman call Hazzouri on a recorded line.

[quote] “He stated it was a mistake and [he] didn’t realize he did it until after it was over,” the detective wrote. “He apologized and offered her free dental needs as long as she lives.”

[quote] The three misdemeanor charges against Hazzouri each carry a penalty of up to two years in prison, or up to a $5,000 fine. He was released on $75,000 bail, according to court records, and his next hearing is July 20. The charges against Hazzouri were first reported by the Times-Tribune newspaper in Scranton.

Kevin McCarthy nailing down GOP members for Capitol riot panel as Republicans' defense strategy comes into view

Whom will he choose?

Gomert, Gym, Matty, Boebert and Marj?

Can they just put anyone they want onto the committee or does Nancy get veto power?

Nancy has veto from what I’ve heard.

R63, Republicans are the obsessed.

Obsessed with protecting lies, greed, racism, murderous cops, and the ultra-wealthy.

Republicans are the delusional ones.

Deluded in thinking that it is patriotic to attempt an overthrow of Congress; that it is Christian to cut social programs for the poor, the unemployed, the infirm; that it is democratic to restrict access to voting; that it is moral to support, fervently even, a man of obvious pride, gluttony, lust, avarice, wrath, sloth, and envy, forgiving him when he has not expressed remorse.

Someone should force-feed these morons, as with foie-gras geese, lessons on American history between the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria of 1492 and the Mayflower of 1620.

Is McCarthy even allowed to appointment (such as Boebert) that are suspected of being part of the insurrection?

ugh

*allowed to APPOINT PEOPLE

R77, I can see him appointing Jordan from that group, but not the others. There's only so much stupid you can put on a committee.

Nowhere else to put this so I'll just leave it here:

I find it oddly sweet.

Thanks r84. Definitely sweet. Definitely not odd.

BOENYC asked NYS AG @TishJames and feds to probe if City Council candidate Marko Kepi of Staten Island ran an illegal ballot-harvesting and forgery operation in the June GOP primary

[quote] The city’s Board of Elections has asked the US Department of Justice and the state Attorney General’s office to investigate whether a candidate for a City Council seat on Staten Island ran an illegal ballot-harvesting and forgery operation in last month’s primary – including registering dead people to vote for him

...

[quote] With many absentee ballots still in dispute, Kepi, a former aide to ex-state Sen. Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn), trails David Carr by less than 200 votes for the Republican line in November’s general election to replace term-limited Councilman Steven Matteo.

R86, just more proof that whatever Repugs accuse others of doing, they are themselves guilty of...over and over and over.

[quote] more proof that whatever Repugs accuse others of doing, they are themselves guilty of...over and over and over

...and over, and over, and over...

Texas Charges Man Who Waited Six Hours To Vote With Illegal Voting

R90, I saw that story on Rachel's show last night and it's utterly disgusting. That poor man.

^^^Message to Texas minorities: Don't even THINK of voting!

Mehdi Hasan On The Most Dangerous Republican In Congress

Why was Bobert hanging around that construction site?

What is the story there?

Michigan AG To Probe 'Election Fraud' Grifters; Trump Lawyers May Face Reckoning

Acosta to Trump: Take your fake WH seal and play president elsewhere

R98, this is all performance to these people. They’re getting off on being offensive, but nothing actually means anything to them.

r98, that is absolutely unreal and really frightening. To think she has supporters.

r98, you are so right. This is all just entertainment to them.

This is all entertainment for many in his cult. They like being in a cult. They like sharing in the mockery, cruelty, and ignorance. They like having their white grievances aired and challenged. Trump himself is a sociopathic con and grifter, his adoring cult knows it at some level, but they focus on how they feel. The feeling of power openly hating gives them.

Think of the crowds of whites, attending lynchings like they were at a state fair. Bringing their families, posing for pictures. Shared hatred and the power to harm. Same thing.

[quote]Think of the crowds of whites, attending lynchings like they were at a state fair.

No need to be there in person, these days it's usually recorded on audio and/or video so you can enjoy it over and over in the comfort of your own home!

To the Deplorable base, it might be entertainment. It’s also justification and reassurance that it’s okay to indulge their worst instincts. But to the politicians hawking this crap, it’s all about money. This is how they get and keep power. Power = $$$

[quote] Fox News aired a legal disclaimer when Trump started airing 2020 election conspiracy theories in his CPAC speech

[quote] The disclaimer, which ran for nearly 40 seconds, read: "The voting system companies have denied the various allegations made by President Trump and his counsel regarding the 2020 election."

Wouldn't it have been easier and more accurate for the chyron to say Trump is lying?

The He said/She said wording makes the disclaimer meaningless.

[quote]Shared hatred and the power to harm.

To date, this is the defining motto of the twenty-first century.

Trump just told 12 lies about January 6 on Fox News

[quote] Wouldn't it have been easier and more accurate for the chyron to say Trump is lying?

Yup.

There is an openness and joy to be seen with the cult and, as has been pointed out, their shared experiences. They’re a true team. Strength in numbers. This is all alarming, but there is hope. I truly think this is turning off or energizing groups of voters who may not have voted before or who may not have voted for Dems.

Thanks, FCI. That just gave me a glimmer of hope!

I agree with you that this is all going to really backfire on them and will end up energizing Democrats and Independents to vote in large numbers for the midterms.

I think we will end up keeping both the House and pick up seats in the Senate.

R110 Hey DCgay!

I wish I shared your optimism about the House. We can keep it but it will come down to some sort of Federal voting rights bill or redistricting blowing up in republicans’ faces. There is real uncertainty about how to draw some districts in the suburbs now that the suburbs are changing more Dem. I don’t have much information on the Senate side but there is a sense Dems will carve out the filibuster for voting rights. I do think we have a strong chance to pick up a seat or two in the Senate. I worry about Warnock in GA and Hassan in NH, though.

7 Point Plan To Reinstate Trump Handed Out At CPAC

[quote] Just landed in Memphis on our way to DC. Thank y’all for your well wishes.

[quote] We left behind our families, our livelihoods, & our beloved Texas. But our sacrifice is nothing compared to the sacrifices brave Americans have made throughout history to protect the sacred right to vote.

[quote]Trumps attorneys are now arguing DeJoy was the reason. Seriously pointing to Postal Service Corruption. WOW.

I’ve met James Talarico. Very talented guy. Keep your eye on him. He’s going places in politics.

Milquetoast cultist releases $13.97 launch ad for his quest to unseat Democrat Lucy McBath.

That Georgia scumbag Jake Evans looks like a Sean Cody pig bottom and his wife looks like she was eliminated in the first round of Ru Paul's Drag Race. It would surely be a terrible thing if folks down there start flinging mud back at them when they do campaign appearances.

The gold digger wife is too much.

FCI (or others) - Is there a way we can help the Texas Democrats fighting the GOP’s “New Jim Crow” laws.

They’ve been flown to Washington DC to deprive Trump’s supporters of a quorum and to try to energize Congress. Many of them are small town regular Joes and Josephines who probably can’t afford weeks away from home, and the expense of extra housing, food, and so forth.

Some in greater Washington DC area may offer to put a few of them up, if they’ve space (I hope).. But I suspect even modest contributions toward the cost of meals, local travel and other essentials would be welcome.

Any ideas on who we could contact?

[quote] Is there a way we can help the Texas Democrats fighting the GOP’s “New Jim Crow” laws.

Thanks!

You're definitive guide to debunking Trump's big lie | John Avlon

R122 Thanks for posting that!

Did you hear about Abbott’s bounties on abortion?

I did, FCI @ R125.

And in other related wanna-be authoritarian news:

Can Abbott really have the Democratic members arrested for going to DC to prevent a quorum?

[quote] Can Abbott really have the Democratic members arrested for going to DC to prevent a quorum?

From what I understand, yes.

The Democrats previously agreed to quorum rules after the GOP Reps fled the state to avoid voting on climate change legislation ('cuz, oil, I assume). I'm not sure, but it seems to me that while they went to DC because they could lobby the US Senate, they may have also gone there because it is literally under federal jurisdiction and there is no chance Texas Rangers can touch them with President Biden allowing it.

[quote] there is no chance Texas Rangers can touch them with President Biden allowing it.

Oh, I don’t think President Biden would have them at the White House. Unless they won the World Series that is.

10 minutes of Gov. AssButt lying about how Democrats are evil.

Oh, and NOBODY (elected nor staff) in the TX legislative branch is getting paid or receiving healthcare because he line item vetoed it.

[quote] I’ve met James Talarico. Very talented guy. Keep your eye on him. He’s going places in politics.

Hey FCI @ R117,

Here's your boy doin' the DAMN THING!

R131 He’s phenomenal.

r126- These people are sick. They are making laws in order to justify killing Democrats or anyone who doesn't fall in line.

If I'm a pedestrian in a crosswalk and a car runs a red light can I shoot the driver to stand my ground?

Give it back to Mexico.

More on R131.

(ps: isn’t Hegseth the guy who cheated on his mistress?)

[quote] Hegseth was divorced from his first wife, Meredith Schwarz, in 2009. He married his second wife, Samantha Deering, in 2010; they have three children. During his marriage to Deering, Hegseth had a daughter with Fox executive producer Jennifer Rauchet, with whom he was having an extramarital relationship, in August 2017. He and Deering divorced in August 2017. Hegseth and Rauchet, who has three young children from her first marriage, married in August 2019.

[quote] Hegseth identifies as a Christian.

Only the best people. = pond scum

It's laughable to see Gov. Abbott threatening to arrest Democrats. If anyone should be marched off to jail, it's him and the rest of the insurrectionist Rethug trash in Texas and across this country. They're all traitors.

It would be nice if Abbott's stupidity pushed Manchin and Sinema into removing the filibuster in order to pass voting rights. It's a longshot, I know. =(

Guest challenges Fox News host to tell viewers Trump lost

No one wanted Rudy at Dump debate prep because of his big stinky farts!

^^^ You mean they're worse than the Orange Gasbag's?

"Get away from me. You fucking caused this" should become the Democrats rallying cry.

Joint Chiefs chairman feared potential ‘Reichstag moment’ aimed at keeping Trump in power

[quote] In the waning weeks of Donald Trump’s term, the country’s top military leader repeatedly worried about what the president might do to maintain power after losing reelection, comparing his rhetoric to Adolf Hitler’s during the rise of Nazi Germany and asking confidants whether a coup was forthcoming, according to a new book by two Washington Post reporters.

[quote] As Trump ceaselessly pushed false claims about the 2020 presidential election, Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, grew more and more nervous, telling aides he feared that the president and his acolytes may attempt to use the military to stay in office, Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker report in “I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year.”

[quote] Milley described “a stomach-churning” feeling as he listened to Trump’s untrue complaints of election fraud, drawing a comparison to the 1933 attack on Germany’s parliament building that Hitler used as a pretext to establish a Nazi dictatorship.

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[quote] ...conversations put Milley on edge, and he began informally planning with other military leaders, strategizing how they would block Trump’s order to use the military in a way they deemed dangerous or illegal.

[quote] If someone wanted to seize control, Milley thought, they would need to gain sway over the FBI, the CIA and the Defense Department, where Trump had already installed staunch allies. “They may try, but they’re not going to f---ing succeed,” he told some of his closest deputies, the book reports.

[quote] In the weeks that followed, Milley played reassuring soothsayer to a string of concerned members of Congress and administration officials who shared his worries about Trump attempting to use the military to stay in office.

[quote] “Everything’s going to be okay,” he told them, according to the book. “We’re going to have a peaceful transfer of power. We’re going to land this plane safely. This is America. It’s strong. The institutions are bending, but it won’t break.”

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[quote] After the failed insurrection on Jan. 6, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called Milley to ask for his guarantee that Trump would not be able to launch a nuclear strike and start a war.

[quote] “This guy’s crazy,” Pelosi said of Trump in what the book reported was mostly a one-way phone call. “He’s dangerous. He’s a maniac.”

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[quote] Less than a week later, as military and law enforcement leaders planned for President Biden’s inauguration, Milley said he was determined to avoid a repeat of the siege on the Capitol.

[quote] “Everyone in this room, whether you’re a cop, whether you’re a soldier, we’re going to stop these guys to make sure we have a peaceful transfer of power,” he told them. “We’re going to put a ring of steel around this city and the Nazis aren’t getting in.”

[quote] At Biden’s swearing-in on Jan. 20, Milley was seated behind former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, who asked the general how he was feeling.

[quote] “No one has a bigger smile today than I do,” Milley replied. “You can’t see it under my mask, but I do.”

DOJ Press Release: Insurrection Investigation Update. Here's How Prosecutors are Building the Case.

Sharing horizons that are new to us…. watching the signs along the way…

Little Jimmy is a little hottie, r140!

This...

Carl Sagan Predicted The Mess 2021 Would Be 25 years Ago

A thread of about 60 candidates to follow:

R147 I don't know very much about the legal system, but isn't it a bad idea to publicly reveal how you're building a case against someone? Doesn't that just give the opposition the chance to build the perfect counter defense?

“I feel like we’re being set up for a Liz Cheney presidency”- from a top Dem staffer.

Oh FCI, gawd, NO!

And, to that end, how do we get Manchin to stop squawking about 800 pages and touch base with reality?

[quote] Manchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, has for weeks been at the center of the conversation on voting rights because of his opposition to eliminating the filibuster. Removing the legislative hurdle would allow Democrats to pass legislation with a simple majority.

[quote] After meeting with members of the Texas delegation, Manchin said the next step is to put together a pared-down bill that focuses solely on protecting the right to vote and the procedure of voting.

[quote] "We work with the Voting Rights Act that we had, started in 1965, and what we've evolved into, and basically make a piece of legislation, one piece of legislation that protects the rights of voting, the procedure of voting, democracy, the guardrails on democracy, that's all. And there shouldn't be a Republican or Democrat should oppose it," Manchin said.

[quote] Asked why he thinks Republicans would support a pared down bill, Manchin said: "You know why? Because they've had a bill that's 800 pages long, they've had everything thrown at them. Let's get back to the basic rights of voting, protecting voting rights."

Kompromat Trump did not want found...

(forgive me if this has been posted)

R156 Were they leaked? Nothing leaks from the Kremlin. I think there is some truth in this “leak” but I think the Kremlin is trying to create a legend or narrative.

Yes it’s always easier to make people think you’ve done something rather than actually do it. Classic Russian move.

To add to R157....what's the point of Putin making Trump the US President if nobody realizes he was the one responsible?

I believe Putin always wanted it known, eventually. It was his endgame, (which is still playing out in real time).

Anything that comes out now points to them being done with Trump. Maybe he'll die soon, the Russian way.

Manchin is the perfect fool to take the mantle of that other idiot from W.V. - Robert Byrd.

The best thing about C-Span and all the news shows is that people like that are exposed to the general public as the dumb asses they are instead of being venerated for years as a "statesman and patriot...."

But then of course.....some voters LIKE them.

Sinema seems more concerning. WTF is up with her?

Holy shit, r150. Carl nailed it.

Rather amazing, r163, wasn't it?

What is Justice Breyer thinking!

I imagine he's thinking about what to have for lunch r165

R166 Certainly not about the make up of the SC beyond this year.

R157, but this isn’t the old Soviet Union, this is just Russia. It’s ruled by gangsters. They’re not the tidiest people in the world. Plus, we’re in a hacking war with them, so it could be legitimate.

My understanding is that there's no evidence that Russia managed to successfully hack into U.S. voting systems and switch votes from Clinton to Trump, if that's your only criterion for Russia influencing the election. However it's well documented that they gave Trump, with his knowledge and consent, both funds and material support via psy ops, mostly on social media. And it's both illegal and immoral for an American candidate to accept help from a foreign power.

R170, they hacked all 50 states voting systems. Did they just do that for funzies?

r169, The Recons decided to throw him a party after they saw the tape of the lobbyist 2 weeks ago.

Will we get the voting act passed? Is democracy doomed? Why are the GOP not thrown out of office as enemies of the state?

R173, because one of the biggest mistakes the Founders made was the Senate. It gives all the power to the smallest states through massive overrepresentation. Same with the electoral college. Both done to appease slave states. If counting black people as 3/5ths of a person is unconstitutional, how is counting Californians (and other residents of big blue states) as 1/10th, 1/25th, 1/50th a person not?

The Founders hated parties and thought they'd created a system that avoided them. It was their biggest mistake.

I'm a native Californian who deeply resents that my vote is worth less than someone in smaller state. CA is filled with people who left other states to come here, thus losing a percentage of their voting personhood by doing so. People move around in the US, they always have. Your vote in a national election should fully count whatever state you live in.

If these things aren't corrected, democracy will fall. McConnell is an obscenely to all things fair and decent. I hate him as much I hate Trump and Tinydick Putin. There has to be an option to rid the government of such a dangerous blight on humanity and remove him from office.

["there's no evidence that Russia managed to successfully hack into U.S. voting systems and switch votes from Clinton to Trump,"]

Because they did a bang-up job! There is plenty of circumstantial evidence, but it's never been fully investigated.

Seriously, I'm not trying to start a fight here; and I am aware I'm coming off as a left-wing conspiracy theorist, but in my heart I truly believe this.

R178- As do I.

As do I, r178 and r179.

R178 here.

I want to add something else. "The Big Lie", Trump's insistence and all the Republican elected officials following him and continuing to perpetrate it. Why? I suspect it's mostly because they know the truth of the 2016 election; if they don't know the truth for certain, they know for certain they benefitted and will continue to benefit from it; and they're out-and-out complicit! The only way this country can truly stay a Democracy, (which it probably hasn't been for many years), is to investigate the crimes that put us in the situation we're in now. And that means destroying the wealth and power that people like Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, and upstarts like Ron DeSantis are currently enjoying. It could also mean prison sentences. It should!

But we know that's never gonna happen.

Speaking of treason...

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Castro: Joe Manchin Heading To Texas GOP Fundraiser Sends The Wrong Message

R178, I can't find the article now, but I posted it back in 2016 after Trump's "win". Some election official was arrested and removed from a polling place after someone found him while he was connecting his laptop to the voting machines. The story stuck with me for years, and I am still suspicious, even though we do have plenty of dumb voters in America.

But, you could definitely tell that the online trolls were allover the internet to sell Trump and shit on Hillary. It didn't even matter what website you were on, there were always pro Trump comments that didn't belong there.

uh oh...Floriduh

Every level of security failed us. Why? The justice department, national security, law enforcement, CIA, FBI, ect. Massive failure at every level. Failed or complicit? We deserve answers.

Stupid's gonna stupid, r184...

Acosta: When we have entered the realm of coups and Hitler, we have to pause

Trump Supporters Freak Out After Republican Leader Says Biden Actually Won The Election

It's like he's trying to make his base smaller. From paywalled Wapo opinion piece, but essentially this is the key takeaway: "People are refusing to take the Vaccine because they don’t trust his Administration,” the former president said in a statement Sunday, referring to President Biden. “They don’t trust the Election results, and they certainly don’t trust the Fake News. "Trump is telling his supporters that they are correct not to trust the federal government on vaccines, because this sentiment should flow naturally from their suspicion that the election was stolen from him. Expressing the former has been magically transformed into a way to show fealty to the latter."

Joe Manchin Is Taking Money From A Fox News Super PAC

R189, then someone should ask him, "Well, if they're untrustworthy, why did you take it?"

It’s really shocking to me that Republicans are willfully contributing to lessening their numbers by not supporting vaccination.

Defendant Hodgkins Receives Lenient Sentence. How Will It Impact Other Insurrection Prosecutions?

TPUSA advisor Rip McIntosh has resigned from the board of trustees of the Smithsonian-affiliated @centerofthewest after it was revealed he runs a racist newsletter.

[quote] News of McIntosh’s newsletter came out earlier this month in article from The Informant, a newsletter dedicated to original reporting on hate and extremism in the U.S. The Informant also reported that McIntosh is a member of Turning Point USA’s advisory council, a pro-Trump organization founded by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, that has had a number of racist scandals itself. Before his recent death, Foster Friess, Wyoming-based GOP megadonor, used to also be a member of Turning Point leadership.

[quote] “Constant Contact has felt the need to deplatform (cancel) me due to an article I published,” McIntosh said in an email to the Star-Tribune. “Consequently, I’m afraid I’ll be dark until I can engage another service that will facilitate my posting articles...that are so well received by my subscribers.”

[quote] The installment he is referring to in the email was an essay he ran in the newsletter titled, “On the Question of Systemic Racism in the United States,” written by someone under a pen name. The essay stated that Black people have “become socially incompatible with other races” and “American Black culture has evolved into an un-fixable and crime-ridden mess.” The essay also said that white people aren’t racist rather “just exhausted” with Black people.

[quote] “Speaking bluntly, it is an incontrovertible fact that through the years, too many black people continue to show an inability to function and prosper in a culture manifestly unsuited to them,” the essay continued. “Interestingly, blacks never seem to take responsibility for their failures. Instead, they lash out in anger and resentment and blame someone else.”

Swalwell tells what it's REALLY like working with Gaetz, Jordan, Cruz, etc..

Felons still can't vote. Also, he gets caught with another weapon and goes bye bye for long time!

Third, most places don't want to hire felons. Especially people who have shown poor judgement and a propensity to violence.

They're ALL fucked, no matter how you try to spin it.

R196, I think you are overestimating the consequences in red state America.

R197 I agree. They will be just fine. I’m not saying their lives will be wonderful but they’ll be heroes in many of their communities.

The felon thing is real. Large and medium size businesses do background checks and unless they’re an organization that helps with rehabilitation, they won’t hire an ex felon. Even smaller businesses do background checks. A record is a big deal—these people might be heroes among their friends but a company is not going to risk the liability of hiring a felon.

R199, do you live in a red state? You're talking about normal places.

R200 I live in a blue state, but many large companies are relocating to red states because it’s cheaper. I think a felony conviction will nullify a lot of people from decent jobs.

DOJ Refuses To Prosecute Trump Officials For Lying To Congress

R203 It was reported that the decision was not Biden’s DOJ but TFG’s DOJ. I think Matthew Miller reported it on Twitter.

What's TFG?

Garland is heading the DOJ in a way that will encourage the end of democracy by allowing everyone to get away with everything. They'll do it all again next time because there were no consequences. Garland needs to grow some fucking balls. Fire him and get Sally Yates in there. She's got plenty of balls.

R205 The Former Guy= TFG.

It was not Garland to declined to prosecute Ross it was Barr. The decision was made last year. This from Matthew Miller on Twitter.

The Former Guy seems to nice a way to refer to that piece of shit.

Can't Garland go and prosecute them all now? He's not doing anything to anyone. He's been there long enough now to have started the prosecutions.

IMHO the reason they didn't go after Wilber Ross for lying is that they are going to bag a few other people for bigger things and want to avoid the appearance of a political witch hunt

We don’t know what is going on behind the scenes or how fast charges could be brought on certain individuals. We have to understand there was and is a lot a TFG stooges still at DOJ. The real Deep State are republicans in positions of power in our institutions. Seeing how extreme the vast majority of republicans are now you can only imagine the damage being done in those institutions. I’m willing to give Garland some time seeing what he is up against.

[quote] Thomas Joseph Barrack, 74, of Santa Monica, California; Matthew Grimes, 27, of Aspen, Colorado; and Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, aka Rashid Al Malik and Rashid Al‑Malik, 43, a UAE national, are accused of acting and conspiring to act as agents of the UAE between April 2016 and April 2018. The indictment also charges Barrack with obstruction of justice and making multiple false statements during a June 20, 2019, interview with federal law enforcement agents.

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[quote] “As alleged, the defendants, using their positions of power and influence in a presidential election year, engaged in a conspiracy to illegally advance and promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates in this country, in flagrant violation of their obligation to notify the Attorney General of their activities and in derogation of the American people’s right to know when a foreign government seeks to influence the policies of our government and our public opinion,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Jacquelin M. Kasulis for the Eastern District of New York. “These arrests serve as a warning to those who act at the direction of foreign governments without disclosing their actions, as well as those who seek to mislead investigators about their actions, that they will be brought to justice and face the consequences.”

And as I posted on the “reinstatement” thread: CNBC reported;

Tom Barrack is 74 years old, five years divorced after SIX children, and has a [italic] “close personal relationship” [/italic] with his 27 year old co-defendant Grimes, who gives his address as Barrack’s $15 million Aspen, CO ski house.

Trump ally arrested and charged with illegal foreign lobbying

Nothing leaks from Nancy’s office. My friend thinks she’ll leave McCarthy’s picks because he would just pick another equally repugnant republican to replace Gym or the other two who voted overturn the election.

Btw- Troy Nehls is from my area in Houston. Believe it or not, we could have gotten much worse. The person he beat for the GQP nomination, Kathleen Wall, has tons of money and is off her rocker. Hardcore Ter. The most grating personality you’ll find anywhere. Kathleen tries to move around to buy a seat. She has so far struck out because her personality is that loathsome for even the red parts of Suburban Houston. She’d win easily in a rural district.

Jim Jordan doesn’t bring anywhere near that Jan 6th committee.

Come on Nancy, show some of those balls we know you have!

[quote]The Former Guy seems to nice a way to refer to that piece of shit.

That Fuckwad Grifter?

Trump Associate Tom Barrack Indicted for 7 Felony Crimes, Unlawfully Acted as Foreign Agent

$2.4 billion is a staggering amount of money for Donald Trump's company to have made during his presidency--with much of that coming from the clubs and golf courses that he made clear were prime, and encouraged, ways to buy influence and access.

[quote] In April 2017, Press Secretary Sean Spicer took the podium in the White House briefing room and announced that the president was donating his first-quarter salary to the National Park Service. With a serious look on his face, Spicer pulled out an oversize check with an oversize signature. It was the first of several checks that Donald Trump signed while in office, handing over his $400,000 salary in exchange for good publicity.

[quote] His real money came from the business he refused to divest, not from his government salary. An analysis of documents, some of which only became public in recent weeks, shows just how much Trump’s businesses raked in while he was in office. Dig through everything—including property records, ethics disclosures, debt documents and securities filings—and you’ll find about $2.4 billion of revenue from January 2017 to December 2020.

[quote] The biggest portion of Trump’s revenue flowed through his clubs and golf properties, which generated approximately $940 million over four years. Trump National Doral, the golf resort in Miami, contributed roughly $270 million to that total. Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s club in Palm Beach, brought in about $90 million. A New Jersey golf club, where the former president has been spending time this summer, took in $60 million or so. Those top-line figures didn’t all end up in Trump’s pocket, however. Golf clubs and resorts are expensive to manage, with operating profit margins running at 20% in good times. During the pandemic, Trump’s traditional courses fared reasonably well, but his golf resorts had to contend with long shutdowns, causing his overall golf and club revenues to drop 27% to an estimated $190 million in 2020.

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[quote] Fortunately for Trump, he also had high-margin commercial real estate holdings to bolster his bottom line. That proved especially critical in 2020, as commercial tenants—many locked into long-term leases—continued to pay rent. At 555 California Street, a San Francisco office building in which Trump holds a 30% stake, his rent actually inched up last year, from $42 million to $43 million, according to an analysis of filings. The same thing happened at New York City’s 1290 Avenue of the Americas, where Trump’s haul increased from roughly $55 million to $58 million.

[quote] The hotel, licensing and management businesses, on the other hand, didn’t fare so well. Estimated revenues stayed well above $100 million from 2017 to 2019 but dropped closer to $50 million in 2020. No part of Trump’s portfolio was more poorly positioned to withstand such a blow, given the debt load against his hotels. Inside his Washington, D.C., hotel, revenues flatlined at about $52 million from 2017 to 2019. With the top line stalled out, the hotel didn’t seem to be producing enough profit before the pandemic to cover the interest on its $170 million loan from Deutsche Bank. Things only got worse when Covid-19 hit, and revenues plunged to less $20 million. It’s no wonder the Trump Organization tried to sell the place.

[quote] But the former president didn’t have much luck offloading that hotel or other assets last year. Trump ditched $32 million of real estate in 2017, an estimated $53 million in 2018, then $32 million in 2019. In 2020, however, he pocketed just $435,000, by selling condos in Vegas. The lack of deals was one reason revenues dropped about 25% to an estimated $450 million. A smaller sum, to be sure, but still more than 1,000 times the annual salary he gave away.

Secret Service protection for the 4 adult grifter children ends today, after Dump extended it for 6 months on Jan 21. Cost: $140,000 per month.

Extent Of Trumpworld Legal Trouble Defies Precedent In U.S., Maybe Anywhere

Yet, R219, I still don't believe anything will really happen to any of these assholes.

Nancy rejects Jim Jordan & Jim Banks from the Jan 6 insurrection investigation panel. Go Ms. Nancy!

Exactly, R220. The news about Barrack yesterday was nice but I'm frankly tired of getting news bulletins about someone close to Trump getting indicted but never Trump himself. It astounds me that one man can have an entire crooked enterprise all around him, yet miraculously appears to be completely untouchable.

McCarthy To Pull All Republican Appointees To Jan. 6th Committee

[quote]McCarthy To Pull All Republican Appointees To Jan. 6th Committee

Pics please.

Nancy does it again! She’s the best. She was not going to let this turn into a circus. McCarthy is in meltdown mode. He’s going to try to turn this to be about bipartisanship but it won’t work. He’s out of moves.

FCI, his next move will be to refuse to testify when called before a bi-partisan Committee of the House.

Of course, that’ll just make it clear, for all the world to see, that he’s a bigger coward than Hillary.

Or R225 and R226:

R226 He really needs to tread lightly since he actually spoke to Former President Bone Spurs while the insurrection was happening. McCarthy likely told some people what was said. They could be called to testify. This is a Select Committee so refusing to testify isn’t quite as “easy.”

I predict jaw dropping findings that will even shock us vets of the Mueller/Treason threads. There is zero doubt republican members of Congress aided and abetted this insurrection wanting blood and it will come out.

R227 I don’t think that dog will hunt this time. (Sorry, I just saw somebody use that saying so it is stuck in my head). The GQP is so extreme now and 1/6 changed a lot of the dynamics. Also, the branding of Dems as radicals and socialists was already starting to lose its power by 2018. In fact, that rhetoric was ramped up as high as I have ever seen it with our Former President using his bully pulpit to amplify it. Add in the Russians, Saudis, Chinese, UAE and others actively using social media with experts in propaganda yet Dems took power and stayed in power, gaining the Senate and WH.

Point taken, FCI

[quote] It is also difficult not to appreciate this latest burst of resolve from late-stage, post-Jan. 6 Nancy Pelosi, who continues to spend what’s likely her final term in Congress simply going for it. She has wholly abandoned the thumb-twiddling anxiety that typically defines Democratic leadership. This Congress, she’s impeached a president for the second time, stripped a Republican member of their committee positions along near-partisan lines, and pledged to sit on a bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill for as long as she pleases. Now she’s actually played the “consultation” veto card on minority committee appointments because she thinks the appointees are scumbags. Part of this is a longtime party leader operating at the height of confidence. But it’s also an extension of a post-Jan. 6 attitude change among House Democrats: House Republicans can’t just abet Trump’s effort to overturn an election and expect to be afforded their traditional privileges.

R228, McCarthy’s half of the conversation was overheard by multiple witnesses, and McCarthy revealed some of Trump’s comments immediately after the call.

Pelosi has felt for the last three years that THIS is what she has been working toward. She feels she was born to This Moment in History and she is going to rise to the occasion.

She's all out of fucks, she's tired of dealing with these goddamned brats and it's time to bust some heads.

Just stand back and watch her school that punk ass bitch, McCarthy. She's gonna roll him using the House rules and procedures and he's gonna scream, cry and threaten but there's not a fucking thing he's going to be able to do to stop her.

I just hope she's got the stones to let these committee meetings be PUBLIC on CSPAN (as a poster on another thread suggested) so that there can be no traction for the lies.

Out there, every motherfucking DAY like the watergate hearings were. Let there be NO DOUBT who planned, aided, and executed and then covered up this coup attempt.

Obviously the Trump clan would have been thrilled if the rioters had killed the vice-president, gloating in their power. They are insane. The “children” are completely out-of-touch with reality. Trump is like Caligula or Nero.

[quote]Trump is like Caligula or Nero.

Considering his enormous bulkitude, I think he is more like Caligula AND Nero all smashed together into one big roly-poly pile of hate.

[quote]The “children” are completely out-of-touch with reality.

Of whom do you speak? Moi? Surely, not.

[quote] The FBI acknowledged receiving more than 4,500 tips during its background investigation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, prompting a new wave of criticism from Senate Democrats who have long questioned the bureau's vetting process.

[quote]"The admissions in your letter corroborate and explain numerous credible accounts by individuals and firms that they had contacted the FBI with information highly relevant to ... allegations’ of sexual misconduct by Justice Kavanaugh, only to be ignored,” Whitehouse and Coons said in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray that was joined by five other Senate Democrats. “If the FBI was not authorized to or did not follow up on any of the tips that it received from the tip line, it is difficult to understand the point of having a tip line at all.”

FBI Admits Failing to Investigate 4,500 Citizen Tips About Kavanaugh's Suitability to join SCOTUS

[quote] Kyle Rittenhouse fired Pierce in February. And the Rittenhouse team has accused Pierce of stealing money meant for his ex-client.

[quote] Another ex-client said, “until the day he dies, [Pierce] should be in a penitentiary.”

[quote] And yet another ex-client accused Pierce of running a “Ponzi Scheme,” and a fourth ex-client recently posted harsh opinions about Pierce on twitter.

[quote] On top of this, Pierce basically pilfered $2.5 million from a lender in February 2020.

[quote] The massively indebted attorney also repeatedly pledged the same collateral in exchange for millions in loans. Several lenders sued. The collateral, purported future firm receivables, perhaps warrants scrutiny.

[quote] Pierce related entities have been sued about 15 times, with default judgments and money judgments totaling around $8 million.

r236/r237. It's okay because democrats wrote a "stern letter" and Susan Collins expressed concern.

If all of that is true about Kavanaugh, is he allowed to stay on the bench?

Because Dems have no balls and won't roast him alive like he should be roasted.

They'll be all "let's move past this" then fucking Beyer will kick the bucket after Dems lose the Senate and there will be MORE hand wringing but NOTHING will happen to FIX IT.

Republicans Push Dangerous Conspiracies Over Trump Riot Probe

Boyj he and Thomas need to be impeached qnd removed.

Is it the Senate or the House that would have to look into this?

R244, it’s the same process as Presidential impeachments. The House investigates and votes on impeachment. If the House does vote to impeach, the case is then tried in the Senate.

If Kavanaugh is still in the habit of getting drunk and trying to shove his dick into random unconsenting people's mouths, I doubt very much he'll be able to stick out his lifetime appointment on the Court.

Delusional Biden Still Thinks Republicans Will Do The Right Thing

R247 I think he is playing a smart political game. Look, President Biden knows they won’t. As president, he is not going to say that. He has nothing to lose saying what he did.

Thanks, FCI, I'm hoping that's the case. It's funny, I think I posted that hoping for your reassurance.

R249 Not a problem. I have to talk my friends off ledges over President Biden’s bipartisan talk. He’s a changed man. He is under no illusion about what the GQP are now. He hopes for a breakthrough with them- who wouldn’t? When I say breakthrough I am speaking of their few sane members all the way down to mayors. For infrastructure, he has a lot of republican support from some Govs and especially from mayors/county officials.

[quote]For infrastructure, he has a lot of republican support from some Govs and especially from mayors/county officials.

All of whom will take the money and then endlessly spew about the evil Democrats lead by the horrible Biden come time for the next election. Lying, grifting hypocrites, all of them. And the Democrats should stop being afraid of hurting their feelings by saying so.

^ Not to mention the Repugs like Susan Collins who'll string Dems along in infrastructure negotiations, getting concession after concession, then when the rubber hits the road, they'll vote it down anyway.

R252 We still have our separate bill already voted out of committee plus we can still vote for this bipartisan one in reconciliation if the republicans fuck around.

Then why don't we go straight to voting on it through reconciliation and say that we have other important things to do while the country falls down around us and burns with a plague, so we're not going to play the Repug's stupid fucking games anymore.

Next.

Fuck them.

R254 Manchin and Sinema

If "wrong and strong" beats "right and weak", imagine what "right and strong" would do. I've never understood why Democrats can't seem to figure that out. It's what FDR did. He did what was right and it did it with passion and strength and the people followed him.

FBI Give Citizen Tips About Kavanaugh to White House Rather Than Investigate Them. What Now?

[quote] Dr. Mercola, 67, an osteopathic physician in Cape Coral, Fla., has long been a subject of criticism and government regulatory actions for his promotion of unproven or unapproved treatments. But most recently, he has become the chief spreader of coronavirus

[quote] An internet-savvy entrepreneur who employs dozens, Dr. Mercola has published over 600 articles on Facebook that cast doubt on Covid-19 vaccines since the pandemic began, reaching a far larger audience than other vaccine skeptics, an analysis by The New York Times found. His claims have been widely echoed on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

[quote] The activity has earned Dr. Mercola, a natural health proponent with an Everyman demeanor, the dubious distinction of the top spot in the “Disinformation Dozen,” a list of 12 people responsible for sharing 65 percent of all anti-vaccine messaging on social media, said the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate. Others on the list include Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, and Erin Elizabeth, the founder of the website Health Nut News, who is also Dr. Mercola’s girlfriend.

[quote] “Mercola is the pioneer of the anti-vaccine movement,” said Kolina Koltai, a researcher at the University of Washington who studies online conspiracy theories. “He’s a master of capitalizing on periods of uncertainty, like the pandemic, to grow his movement.”

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[quote] And rather than directly stating online that vaccines don’t work, Dr. Mercola’s posts often ask pointed questions about their safety and discuss studies that other doctors have refuted. Facebook and Twitter have allowed some of his posts to remain up with caution labels, and the companies have struggled to create rules to pull down posts that have nuance.

[quote] “He has been given new life by social media, which he exploits skillfully and ruthlessly to bring people into his thrall,” said Imran Ahmed, director of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which studies misinformation and hate speech. Its “Disinformation Dozen” report has been cited in congressional hearings and by the White House.

[quote] In an email, Dr. Mercola said it was “quite peculiar to me that I am named as the #1 superspreader of misinformation.” Some of his Facebook posts were only liked by hundreds of people, he said, so he didn’t understand “how the relatively small number of shares could possibly cause such calamity to Biden’s multibillion dollar vaccination campaign.”

[quote] The efforts against him are political, Dr. Mercola added, and he accused the White House of “illegal censorship by colluding with social media companies.”

[quote] He did not address whether his coronavirus claims were factual. “I am the lead author of a peer reviewed publication regarding vitamin D and the risk of Covid-19 and I have every right to inform the public by sharing my medical research,” he said. He did not identify the publication, and The Times was unable to verify his claim.

At what point does it become medical malpractice? They should take his fucking license away.

R259 Yes they should.

If this thread get Muriel’d, please start another.

Congress MUST Now Investigate FBI/Kavanaugh Tips to See What The White House May Have Covered Up

An osteopath's "research"! *SNORT!*

Speaker Pelosi plans to name more Republicans to Jan. 6 commission | ABC News

When are the authorities going to start taking these lunatics seriously?

(This account, Will They Suspend MTG, is re-tweeting her *verbatim* to see if it gets suspended...when she doesn't because she's verified. When he did it for TFG he got suspended about four or five times before TFG was permanently banned)

You gotta love the projection whenever members of the Trump trash parade call other people traitors.

[quote] The articles The Daily Wire publishes don't normally include falsehoods (with some exceptions), and the site said it is committed to "truthful, accurate and ethical reporting."

[quote] But as Settle explains, by only covering specific stories that bolster the conservative agenda (such as negative reports about socialist countries and polarizing ones about race and sexuality issues) and only including certain facts, readers still come away from The Daily Wire's content with the impression that Republican politicians can do little wrong and cancel culture is among the nation's greatest threats.

[quote] An NPR review of stories on The Daily Wire about the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two months found numerous stories about potential side effects from COVID-19 vaccines, but none that portrayed the scientifically demonstrated efficacy of the vaccines or that focused explicitly on the hesitancy that has slowed the U.S. rollout.

[quote] Often the site's headlines seem like a conglomeration of conservative buzzwords: "CNN Medical Expert Urges We Must Make Life 'Hard' For Unvaccinated, Test Them Twice-Weekly" and "DeSantis Team Offers 'Don't Fauci My Florida' T-Shirt, Triggers Leftists."

[quote] NewsGuard, a company started by journalists that rates the credibility of news sites based on a number of factors, scores The Daily Wire a 57/100.

[quote] "They tend to not provide very much context for the information that they are providing," Settle said. "If you've stripped enough context away, any piece of truth can become a piece of misinformation."

...

[quote] "For most people, they're doing it for some combination of entertainment purposes and wanting to display their knowledge to their social group."

[quote] That means people want to consume the news that other people in their group consume and trust, and trust in mainstream news has dwindled in recent years among conservatives.

[quote] A recent Pew Research Center study found that roughly 70% of Republicans said news organizations don't care about the people they report on, and 56% said they hurt democracy.

[quote] That opens the door for less-established conservative websites and personalities to siphon off an ideologically minded audience.

[quote] Monica Stephens, a social media expert at the University at Buffalo, said the shrinking number of local news sources nationwide also helps a site such as The Daily Wire.

[quote] People have shifted over the past two decades, she said, from getting information based on where they live to getting information tailored to their ideology.

[quote] "You're more likely to read the same news as somebody who lives a thousand miles away from you, but holds the same perspective, than share news and share information with your next-door neighbor," Stephens said.

[quote] In practice, that means a society with more division and conflict.

[quote] Stephens mentioned the battles going on in school boards and town halls across the country over critical race theory and how history is taught and represented.

More so on the Right, the grift machine is lucrative. There is so much money to be made on the Right with lying, gaslighting, whataboutism, than the Left. People on the Right are so easily grifted.

[quote] Even before the latest blow-up, McCarthy and Pelosi weren't close and their contact was minimal, with most communication done at the staff level. During the coronavirus aide negotiations last year, for example, Pelosi worked directly with then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. And McCarthy often prefers to do business with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, especially when it comes to floor matters.

Not only did Qevin have Liz Cheney booted from her leadership role, when he has to deal with Democrats, he STILL bypasses the most powerful woman in American history to work with the number 2 white male...

Article is paywalled. Is it safe to assume the headline says enough?

Archived copy of R271's article:

File this one under "Are these bitches for real?"

Great T-shirt:

Trump's Friend Tom Barrack Is Arraigned in Court on 7 Felony Charges, Released on $250 Million Bail

Authorities say 87 people were indicted after single largest gang bust in Georgia’s history called Operation Kibosh.

[quote] Police say 77 of them are a part of the Ghostface Gangsters street gang. It’s one of the fastest growing gangs in the country and a group mostly made up of white supremacists. The crimes range from attempted murder, drug trafficking, to aggravated assault to an officer.

[quote] “This was happening in literally every corner of our state,” said Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.

[quote] Sixty-six of those 87 have been arrested and police are still looking for 21 more.

Looks like there is a Hispanic guy and an Arab in that motley crew @r276

Smh.

R277 Depending on their ancestry, they could be classified as Caucasian but will NEVER be truly accepted though those others will gladly use them. Useful idiots.

I am glad they are calling white supremacists for what they have always been- gang members. Look at those pics! The tats! These “whites” have so much privilege yet they turn to gangs and crime. Speaks volumes and is very illuminating.

[quote] A confidential informant had infiltrated the group, and his recordings provide a rare, detailed look at the inner workings of a modern klan cell and a domestic terrorism probe.

[quote] That investigation would unearth another secret: An unknown number of klansmen were working inside the Florida Department of Corrections, with significant power over inmates, Black and white.

[quote] The very existence of a plot to murder a Black man by Ku Klux Klan members working in law enforcement evokes past tragedies like the 1964 ”Mississippi Burning″ case, where three civil rights workers were slain by klansmen. Sheriff’s deputy Cecil Price Sr. was implicated in the deaths and was convicted of violating the young men’s civil rights.

[quote] Today, researchers believe that tens of thousands of Americans belong to groups identified with white supremacist extremism, the klan being just one. These groups’ efforts to infiltrate law enforcement have been documented repeatedly in recent years and called an “epidemic” by legal scholars.

Wayne Berman

[quote]Republican says he wasn’t involved in fatal crash despite motorcycle stuck to the front of his car

R282

r282 is delighted that you have blocked him r283!

Wow R195. Everything is fake....trump is a huge fake. FOX is fake. It's all a tacky, blood fest performance to satiate the blood thirsty, sick Q repub crowd. I'm not surprised. We knew it all along, but to hear it brings it to another light.

Trump Tells McConnell To Be Even MORE Obstructive

Josh Hawley Introduces Insane ‘Love America Act’ To Pander To Idiots

R275, I knew that was Glenn and I thought you had misidentified him as Barrack, the indicted friend of Trump's. Phew!

Democrats Fear Annihilation In Midterms From Republican Voter Suppression

“He could turn on the charm and be a very pleasant person. But writ large? Not a nice person.”

[quote] Miller, 32, is the poster child of Trump’s post-impeachment retribution tour. In his mounting efforts to punish Republican apostates in next year’s midterms and to bolster his political sway for a potential run of his own in 2024, Trump has endorsed an array of supportive candidates in House, Senate and state-level races—but there’s nobody on the list like Miller. He’s not merely a loyalist—he’s a loyalist who worked on both Trump campaigns as well as in the White House and used proximity to the president to foster by all accounts an actual affinity and rapport. He’s not just one of Trump’s “Complete and Total” House endorsements—he was the first. And he’s pitted against one of the impeachment voters who galls Trump the most—in a state he won twice. While the statement that accompanied Trump’s late February endorsement called Miller “a wonderful person,” this rally on a sweltering summer Saturday marked a yet more full-throated and visual showing of his backing.

[quote] ...according to police records, court records and interviews with more than 60 people. Ranging from people who grew up with Miller in the affluent Cleveland inner suburb of Shaker Heights to those he worked with and for in the White House and on Trump’s campaigns—some of whom were granted anonymity because they fear retaliation from Miller, Trump or both—these people told me Miller can be a cocky bully with a quick-trigger temper. He has a record of speeding, underage drinking and disorderly conduct—documented charges from multiple jurisdictions that include a previously unreported charge in 2011 for driving under the influence that he subsequently pleaded down to a more minor offense.

[quote] And barely more than a year ago, according to three people familiar with the incident, Miller’s romantic relationship with former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham ended when he pushed her against a wall and slapped her in the face in his Washington apartment after she accused him of cheating on her.

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[quote] He was born an heir of two of the most important families and arguably the most important company in the modern history of Cleveland, the grandson of business kingpin and political power broker Sam Miller and Ruth Ratner Miller, the oldest of the two sons of Abe and Barb Miller and a namesake of Max and Leonard Ratner—the original president and chair, respectively, of Forest City Enterprises, the colossal real estate firm and a font of the clan’s riches, privilege and prestige. Miller lived on a lush corner lot in a large tan home with first-rate real-estate-listing features like a grand foyer and a greenhouse and a sauna and an indoor pool.

I thought that was about Stephen at first, R291.

My favorite detail is the "soiled pants" that had to be replaced, in the college arrest record in the link at r291

A Trump endorsed candidate lost in Texas last night

DOJ Deals Devastating Blow To Donald Trump

[quote] A Trump endorsed candidate lost in Texas last night

Even more surprising as the loser Susan Wright was the widow of the incumbent who had died of Covid, and Dump poured in money to get her elected. Also, the guy who won, a Repug, has said he and Wright take identical positions on the issues. She lost by 6 percentage points.

[quote]Dump poured in money to get her elected.

I wonder whose money he used?

Not his for sure, r297.

Make it make sense: The Rep who is on the record as being in favor of lynching gives an impassioned (but factually suspect) floor speech, calls a vote to adjourn so he can take his toys and go home, and then demands an hourlong vote because Democrats are wasting time "playing footsie" with masks on the House floor.

Related: Margarine Three Names positions herself for peak clout chasing with a standing ovation.

[quote] House votes against Rep. Chip Roy’s (R-TX) motion to adjourn to protest mask requirement, 197-225. 7 Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against.

i hope Miss Delta Variant finds her way to MTG, Roy and that guy Clyde from GA.

WE HAVE A CRISIS AT THE BORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They’ve overplayed that bullshit.

Yet, we’ve had 600,000 die of a virus that is now, ONCE AGAIN, spreading and killing. That’s not a crisis? I really fucking hate republicans.

[quote] When Boebert came to the floor, she threw a mask back at a floor staffer when she was offered one while trying to walk onto the floor maskless, according to a witness account relayed to CNN.

[quote] Boebert’s office defended the Colorado freshman’s actions in a statement to CNN: “Rep. Boebert refuses to comply with Speaker Pelosi’s anti-science, totalitarian mask mandate. When offered a mask, she returned it with a quick slide across the table.”

[quote] Asked later by CNN if she plans to keep defying the rules and get fined, Boebert said, “If we cede our freedoms here, there is no chance for the people that I represent back home.”

[quote] Greene was defiant when asked by CNN if she plans to put a mask on. “Do you see a mask on my face?” she asked. “I think that’s the answer to your question.”

[quote] The resentment from Republicans over mask wearing also led to an exchange of insults between each party’s leadership. Pelosi called McCarthy a “moron” on Wednesday morning after being asked by a reporter about the California Republican’s criticism of the Capitol physician’s mask mandate in the House.

[quote] McCarthy responded by saying, “Well, if she’s so brilliant can she tell me where the science in the building changes between the House and the Senate?” – pointing out that masks are now required in the House but only recommended in the Senate.

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[quote] Underlying the mask debate that is back to being front and center among members in the House is the question of how many members are still not vaccinated. CNN reported in May that 100% of House Democrats had been vaccinated but only 44.8% of House Republicans were known to have gotten the shots. Just last week, still nearly half of House Republicans would not share their vaccination status.

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[quote] When Roy’s motion to adjourn failed, Democratic Rep. Joe Morelle of New York admonished his Republican colleagues for refusing to wear masks on the House floor.

[quote] “I note a great irony, Mr. Speaker,” Morelle said. “We face enormous challenges in our country and in our world, but the members who refuse to wear masks on the floor in the face of rising infections of a deadly Delta variant, particularly in states with low vaccination rates, respond to all of this by making a motion to adjourn, to go home, to quit, to stop working. How ironic.”

^^ these people are really mental.

My GOD they are mental. Charles Darwin where are thee.

It’s really funny how they (republicans) are all for having a dress code in Congress but wearing a mask is ceding their freedom? They make no sense. Conor Lamb should start wearing only a jock strap in Congress and should scream MY FREEDOM if challenged. Not only would it make a great point, but it would also look hot asf.

Good points, R305.

More good points here from (gawd willing) soon-to-be Senator Ryan

Adam Kinzinger should show his support by wearing a jockstrap too.

Did any of you see the story about the Parkland shooting survivor being called a crisis actor by his own father? His own father now believes the shooting wasn’t real and all the students were paid by a shadowy group to lie about it. He just graduated and said he is moving out because his dad is too far gone down the Q hole.

I can’t link for some reason. It was in HuffPo.

FCI, I saw the story earlier today on Crooks & Liars:

R309 It is horrifying.

FCI, I agree -- horrifying and indicative of the crazy times we live in.

Rep. Thomas Massie, who is suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the chamber’s mask penalties, said Clyde changed his tax withholding in a way that makes it nearly impossible for the House to collect the thousands of dollars in fines Clyde has racked up for refusing to mask up on the House floor.

Normally fines are taken out of a member’s congressional salary, but Massie says Clyde, who owns a firearms business, “went to payroll and had his federal withholding raised to $11,284 a month. So he only gets $1 of pay.”

The maneuver is designed to prevent the House from garnishing his wages.

Massie added, “Of course, it all goes to his mask fine. But he’ll have to be elected until 3,324 A.D. for Pelosi to collect $15,000 in fines. Then when he files his tax return, he gets all his money back.”

Clyde’s office did not respond to a request for comment. The House Ethics Committee declined to comment.

Based on the House rules, members first get a warning for evading mask rules, then a $500 fine for a second offense, and $2,500 for offenses after that.

Clyde’s elaborate effort to avoid paying fines is just the latest example of how Republicans have been lashing out over covid protocols: Dozens of Republicans refused to wear a mask on the House floor on Wednesday in defiance of the new rules, while the House GOP conference hauled in the Capitol physician for a tense meeting later that afternoon to press him about his decision to issue the new guidance.

The House Committee on Ethics has issued a considerable amount of fines and warnings since the mask rule was first instated. Members had been allowed to be on the House floor without masks since June 11, but the House attending physician reversed that guidance on Tuesday night as the Delta variant emerges as dominant strain of Covid across the country and in light of the new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance.

^^ more mental people.

Then let every GQP shitstain drop dead on the house floor so Miss Nancy can casket dance on their bloated corpses.

We need some seriously harsh punishments for these people. They don't bother to do any actual work and prevent others from doing theirs.

Wonder if Clyde and Miss Lindzebelle are well-aquainted? ☎️ ☎️

Speaking of Miss Lindz, she's been relatively quiet since the hearings started. Why isn't she out there, on the barricades, defending the honor of her Big Daddy?

Just a guess, r317...

If Lady G is subpoenaed to testify, will they bring a fainting couch into the Capitol?

[quote] If Lady G is subpoenaed to testify, will they bring a fainting couch into the Capitol?

With Kinzinger's last boyfriend already on it...

My guess is that Liz Cheney (and, maybe, Adam) has the receipts on a number of high profile GQPers. That's why the trolling against them is mostly the most basic, dumb one, coming from Roller Nazi, MTG, PaedoGaetz, and their ilk, i.e. the low hanging, retarded fruit.

Love me some Carol Leonnig, and have actually developed a warm place in my heart for Phil Rucker...

r319, a ball washer.

Yep.....

Where are the fucking Trump family indictments? Where the fuck are the TrumpCo. arrests?

If the Repugs cheat their way into taking over the House next year, I can't even imagine the utter criminal chaos that will reign.

Ooh, Clyde!

Another Andy that tickles my fancy!

And Jim & Jim, Ladybug?

Madison Cawthorn endorses Kinzinger's challenger.

That will boost Adam's already impressive fundraising.

^different story link

The Trump administration desperately wanted to cut government benefits, and it had outside help to do so. But very few of its new rules held up.

[quote] The Trump administration seems to have fundamentally underestimated the difficulty of changing U.S. government policy: As of April, out of the 259 regulations, guidance documents, and agency memoranda it issued that were challenged in court, 200, or 77 percent, were unsuccessful, according to a tracker from the Institute for Policy Integrity, a think tank at New York University that researches regulatory policy. A typical administration loses more like 30 percent of the time, the group says. (Though it is nonpartisan, the institute submitted critical comments and briefs on the Trump Department of Agriculture’s rules.)

[quote] Part of the reason so many of Trump’s changes were short-lived is simply that he was a one-term president. It’s easier for your successor to reverse your policies if they have only a few years to set in. But that doesn’t explain the huge number of times his regulations were struck down by courts. Trump’s team fell short because it often made mistakes in the nitty-gritty work of rule-making, experts told me. That might come as a relief to Democrats, but it’s actually a warning: All it will take is someone with the same priorities as Trump, but better discipline, to reshape the way the government works.

“Absent the passage of HR1,” says TargetSmart CEO Tom Bonier, “the GOP is poised to gerrymander their way to a House majority.”

[quote] Republicans could pick up anywhere from six to 13 seats in the House of Representatives—enough to retake the House in 2022—through its control of the redistricting process in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Texas alone, according to a new analysis by the Democratic data firm TargetSmart that was shared exclusively with Mother Jones. Republicans need to gain just five seats to regain control of the House.

[quote] The Republican redistricting advantage goes far beyond those four states: They’ll be able to draw 187 congressional districts, compared to 75 for Democrats. (The rest will be drawn by independent commissions or divided state governments.) But those states are at the highest risk of extreme gerrymandering, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, and they have 94 seats, roughly a fifth of the House. Republicans could draw as many as five new GOP congressional districts in Florida alone, giving them control of the House by redrawing maps in just one state. They’re also likely to gain two to three seats through new maps in Texas, one to three in Georgia, and one to two in North Carolina, according to TargetSmart.

Dr. Faisal Khan, acting director of the St. Louis County Department of Public Health, spoke in favor of a mask mandate on Tuesday night during a county council meeting.

[quote] After completing my medical training, I chose to focus my work on public health. I have committed myself — over my entire 25-year career — to improving health status indicators for entire communities, particularly in the most vulnerable segments of society. I have worked to improve public health around the world, working in Australia, Vietnam, Pakistan, South Africa, the People's Republic of China, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the United States (West Virginia, Massachusetts and Missouri). I have been a proud citizen of the United States since 2013.

[quote] In all that time and in all those places, I have never been subjected to the racist, xenophobic, and threatening behavior that greeted me in the County Council meeting last night. My time before the Council began with a dog-whistle question from Councilman Tim Fitch, who said he wanted to emphasize for the assembled crowd that I was not from this country. As you know — and as Mr. Fitch surely knew since he was the crowd's leader — the great majority of the people in the raucous crowd appeared to be from the “MAGA” movement, as evidenced by their “Trump 2024” chants. The MAGA movement is well-known for xenophobia and discriminatory treatment of racial minorities and has engaged in violent acts against government institutions like in our nation's capital on January 6.

[quote] I later saw that around the time that Mr. Fitch asked his question, his friend Mark McCloskey — who was seated right behind me and situated near Mr. Fitch's position on the dais — posted on social media that mask mandates are “un-American.” One cannot help but see the connection between the efforts of Mr. McCloskey and Mr. Fitch to stoke xenophobia against me. I'm sure you are aware that Mr. McCloskey — like Mr. Fitch — is a well-known MAGA movement figure.

[quote] In line with Councilman Fitch's incendiary comments and Mr. McCloskey's social media post, several audience members then started mocking my accent while I was presenting to the Council. I heard people doing their impersonation of Apu, a caricature character from The Simpsons television show that mocks people from South Asia such as myself.

[quote] While I was presenting my analysis of COVID-19 to the Council, two politicians (Mr. McCloskey and Paul Berry) seated right behind me consistently berated me and tried to distract me from my presentation. When I asked you to intervene to prevent Mr. McCloskey and Mr. Berry from interfering with my presentation, you lectured me — not them. Such demeaning treatment was surprising to me, as I had heard that you were sensitive to issues of race and treating people equitably.

[quote] After my presentation was completed, I tried to leave the chamber but was confronted by several people who were in the aisle. On more than one occasion, I was shoulder-bumped and pushed. As I approached the exit and immediately outside the chambers, I became surrounded by the crowd in close quarters, where members of the crowd yelled at me, calling me a “fat brown cunt” and a “brown bastard.” After being physically assaulted, called racist slurs, and surrounded by an angry mob, I expressed my displeasure by using my middle finger toward an individual who had physically threatened me and called me racist slurs.

Oh, Kevin. Monkey do.

Why did they vote against the package?

R336 Being assholes. I do get the progressive wing needs to flex their muscles like the conservative tea party wing has done forever. It works. But progressives don’t believe in incrementalism (neither does the conservative tea party wing). Gay rights and health care saw huge moves once you cracked the ceiling. ACA went from why Dems lost huge in ‘10 and ‘14 to why they won big in ‘18.

If Bannon knew...

Ron...

Those stupid fucking Democrats that voted against the Capital Security Package not only look like assholes, they also kneecapped the Democrats by taking away the message of the Democrats voting for it unanimously along with the ability to use the Repugs voting against it against them in the future. I wish these stupid, immature fuckers would grow up.

A heated confrontation between Reps. Madison Cawthorn and David McKinley over cosponsorship of a bill has escalated to a McKinley staffer filing an ethics complaint against Cawthorn, according to two sources familiar with the move.

[quote] The spat began Thursday afternoon when the freshman Cawthorn (R-N.C.) went to find McKinley (R-W.Va.) in his office to discuss what Cawthorn said was his mistaken addition to a bill that he didn't want his name attached to. But when Cawthorn found McKinley out of the office, the youngest member of Congress instead got into a back-and-forth with the West Virginian’s staff.

[quote] The exchange was witnessed by multiple McKinley aides, who saw Cawthorn as raising his voice and dressing down their colleague — telling a legislative staffer to lower her voice because she was speaking to a member of Congress.

[quote] The exact allegation in the new ethics complaint that resulted is unclear, and it now falls on the House Ethics Committee to decide whether or not to investigate the complaint. The Cawthorn-McKinley dust-up, however, is only the latest evidence of fraught relations in the House that have begun causing intra-party as well as across-the-aisle friction, with one House conservative challenging Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday over the chamber's "bulls---" mask mandate.

[quote] Cawthorn and McKinley's melee continued beyond the latter Republican's office on Thursday. At one point, the conflict turned into a yelling match on the House floor filled with slights and suggestions of retaliation, according to four sources. One onlooker thought the two men's floor altercation would devolve into a fistfight at one point; it ended Thursday with Cawthorn taking a shot at McKinley as a career politician in an interview.

So Sinema says she doesn’t support the larger infrastructure bill and she will take her vacation regardless if the Senate stays in session during their scheduled summer recess. Who has what on her?

I have a feeling Madison has some prison time in his future. Somebody that psychopathic tends to fck up big and often.

Cawthorne better be careful around those big marble staircases they have in the Capitol. Just sayin'.

Don't they carry guns, some of them? I know "Threes" (MTG) does, right? If so, there is every reason to be very concerned about innocent people being killed. The Russian Asset Party, never know as a bastion of sanity, is acting more psychotic than usual. I would love to know why. Where is their other overlord in all of this, Putin? Wouldn't Putin want his crew to not fall apart? It seems that would be in his interest for the GOP to continue to overthrow democracy.

Pootie got dirt on Miss Lá Poosie.

I know for a fact many of the House Dems feel a few republicans (the usual suspects) could and would resort to violence against them.

R347-I truly pity them. Since when is this acceptable behavior? This lawlessness and unaccountability is something we had to tolerate with the previous admin, but why is it acceptable now? I am truly baffled. The entire GOP should be banned from office and all political positions. They should be on a watch list. I do not understand why we are forced to endure this dangerous mockery of our institutions and democracy, health while our money enables their salaries, perks, the best healthcare. All the while they price us out of a decent, healthy life. This is not the time in history to tolerate this. Get the media back into the hands of us, the people. That's isn't normal or acceptable behavior and it shouldn't be normalized as such. No complacency.

[quote] I have a feeling Madison has some prison time in his future.

Ya think?

DOJ Releases Notes Showing Trump Asked To Declare The Election Corrupt

More on R349:

[quote] The Republican congressman representing Western North Carolina's 11th District was attempting to board a plane Feb. 13 when Transportation Security Administration workers found an unloaded gun in his carry-on bag, along with a loaded magazine, according to Asheville Regional Airport officials.

[quote] The weapon was described in a redacted incident report and police radio traffic recordings as a "Glock 9mm handgun."

[quote] Cawthorn, whose spokesman responded to questions July 30 saying he brought the gun by mistake, was not charged with any crime, according to reports and other information on the incident obtained this month through a public records request. That is a normal outcome, said spokeswoman Tina Kinsey. ...

[quote] In the recordings, an officer can be heard repeating several times to another officer that there was an elected official found with a gun.

[quote] "Elected official, Madison Cawthorn, with a firearm," he said.

[quote] Police then discuss what to do with the gun, at one point saying they might have Cawthorn take it out to his car. Later they say because his flight is in seven minutes, they will secure it.

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[quote] TSA rules say guns can be transported unloaded in special checked bags with hard sides and cases. In almost every incident, people found with guns on their person or in checked bags say they brought the weapon by mistake, said Howell.

[quote] Cawthorn's spokesman Micah Bock said that happened with the congressman.

[quote] “Five months ago, while boarding a flight, Rep. Cawthorn erroneously stowed a firearm in his carry-on (that often doubles as a range bag) instead of his checked bag. The firearm was secured, and unchambered," Bock said July 30.

[quote] Cawthorn tries to always follow TSA guidelines, he said, and "quickly rectified this situation before boarding his flight."

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[quote] Regardless of reasons people give, in almost all cases those found to be improperly transporting guns face federal civil fines, said Howell, noting an elected official would not be excluded from the potential punishment.

[quote] He declined to comment on Cawthorn's case but said the Feb. 13 incident was "still pending." The process can take months, Howell said.

[quote] Fines are typically $2,000 for an unloaded firearm and $4,000 for a loaded firearm for the first incident, he said, though Smith said they can be as big as $30,000 in more egregious cases.

[quote] It is not clear if this was Cawthorn's first violation.

Meanwhile with Miss Lindz,....

How the fuck do you pack a gun "by mistake"?

Re: R341

^ Jesus Christ

I really hate Cawthorn, but his bad handwriting has to do with his generation using computers rather than writing. I have a couple of nieces his age and their handwriting is just as atrocious. It’s like they never progressed past 7th grade. In fact my own handwriting has deteriorated with my work being done entirely on a computer.

R356 That, and he's a fucking cunt idiot!

Can’t argue with you r357.

I can’t believe Asheville is in his district

I agree, r359. What possessed them to vote him in? Did he not perhaps reveal his looniness until he was elected? I also attribute it to the notoriety factor--same as the congressman with the eye patch and Dump's former doctor. None of them are qualified, but they have notoriety that raises them among the dreck.

Zero.

Fucks.

Left!

Former AG Rosen Avoided Questions In Select Committee To Protect Trump

[361] Perhaps a subpoena will help job his failing memory!!

Why haven't they subpoenaed anyone yet? Is it too early? Pelosi seems like the type to know how to trap people under Oath.

Trump Viciously Smears Capitol Police Who Fought Capitol Insurrectionists

Checking in on Pastor Psychopath:

Why, oh why hasn’t the virus got him, r366? Oh yeah, he’s probably vaccinated.

I'm an atheist but all this ridiculous pastor shit reminds me of a parable I heard once on an episode of West Wing. A man was in his house while flood waters came in. He had gotten weather warnings, a man in a boat who came by to save him, and, finally, a helicopter. He turned them all away saying that God would save him. He died. Got to heaven and was angry that God didn't save him. God said I sent you a warning, a man in a boat, and a helicopter...what the hell are you doing here?

Maybe some message from some other pastors along the lines of "God sent you scientific knowledge to create a vaccine, companies to make a vaccine, a country wealthy enough to get you the vaccine and you're choosing to die while spitting in the face of God's gifts?" would work with some of these people. If nothing else, they do seem to love a good parable.

Lindsey has Covid.

He stated he's vaccinated...pity.

Texas AG Backs Off Trump's Election Fraud Claims After Facing Punishment

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joked Saturday night that it "will be hard not to hit" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the Speaker's gavel, if the GOP wins back the House

Giuliani Tells Interviewer He's "Willing to go to Jail". Even Rudy Knows Justice is Coming for Rudy

Imagine if a GOP governor appointed TFG to replace DiFi...

Also, why TF are we allowing these fossils to stay so long past their expiration date?

Re: R375--At least it probably won't be Governor Jenner.

McCarthy Joking ‘It Would Be Hard Not To Hit' Pelosi Meant To Incite Base Says Rep. Ryan

[quote] McCarthy Joking ‘It Would Be Hard Not To Hit' Pelosi Meant To Incite Base Says Rep. Ryan

Rep Dean echoing the same line of thought and going even further.

McCarthy shows his stupidity often. He needs to go back to running a sub shop in Fresno.

[quote] JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Governor Mike Parson has pardoned a pair of St. Louis attorneys who drew international fame and infamy for waving guns at protesters outside their Central West End home last year.

[quote] The pardons were issued on Friday, July 30, but announced Tuesday.

[quote] Mark and Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanors for the June 2020 incident. Mark pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault. His wife pleaded guilty to harassment. They were sentenced to pay the maximum fines: $750 for him, $2,000 for her. The weapons they brandished were destroyed as a condition of their pleas.

[quote] The McCloskeys emerged as celebrities in conservative circles and gave a pre-taped address during the 2020 Republican National Convention.

[quote] Mark McCloskey has since declared himself a Republican candidate for the US Senate from Missouri in the wake of the incident.

Even Fox doesn't want Sidney Powell & Mike Lindell on their network anymore.

"Huck", the Arkansas gubernatorial candidate, is spotted at a Phish Concert in Fayetteville.

There are very high Covid #s in Arkansas.

Paul Gosar's siblings call for him to resign.

Alabama Online commentary on body armored Mo Brooks on the day of insurrection.

Will fast yapping, "don't recall" Gym ever tell the truth about Jan. 6?

Run A-Rod run! Some thing wants you!

Gaetz, Greene, and Gohmert!

Good Grief!

Trump's Economic Growth Was Officially The Worst Since The Great Depression

I think I hate those bozos more than Dump, R388.

Without a wrinkle......

Brad Parscale took her money and ran?

Trump's New Lawyer, Doug Collins, Sends a Remarkable Letter to Jeff Rosen on Executive Privilege

Brad Parscale is a grifter?!? Really?

They're going after Junior Mint and Daddy's Little Whore now...

Junior has been on a coke filled bender and Van Van has been completely MIA.

She flipped on them already, didn't she?

Yes, r394.

That's why mandroid Jared is trying to start some other business. He wants as far away as possible from the stench but it's going to catch up to him.

I'd expect one or both of these cunts to attempt to flee to UAE. Vanky won't do well in Saudi.

She doesn't want her kids raised by her grifting, fucked up family anymore than the mandroid does. So she's cut a deal but I doubt we know the extent for at least a year or so.

They will turn on each other.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I call him Mr. Weaselberg. I also like plain ole, Weasel.

R396, I don't think so. Eric is too stupid too and Junior wants daddy's love too much.

Vanka and Papa though? They'll both throw everyone under the bus,.

No abortions aren't going to fix the roads and Covid pandemic in South Carolina, Governor McMaster.

Concerning Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis....I'm going purely on gut instinct here. I don't believe he legitimately won his race. There have been so many close races "won" by Republicans, (including a very famous one in 2000!), I bet there were shenanigans involving the voting machines.

I invite anyone to convince me otherwise.

I still don't believe Cruz won his race against Beto.

MAGA Governors are a big reason why many refuse the vaccine. They also are facilitating the Delta spread.

^^^^

R governors are responsible for the spread the delta variant ..all to blow up Biden’s agenda it is truly a death cult

[quote] R governors are responsible for the spread the delta variant ..all to blow up Biden’s agenda it is truly a death cult

and we all have to deal with that

The actions of these Governors are directly responsible for the deaths of many people. Why are they legally allowed to do this?

I get the feeling that these grifters will attempt to flee the country some time next year. Once that happens, a lot more people will start paying attention to what the GQP has been up to this whole time.

Honestly, fellow DLers, most people don't pay as much attention to politics as we do. They're oblivious. Faux won't cover facts so their viewers have no clue what's going on.

But a former "president" and his family attempting to flee the country is something that would be difficult to ignore. No matter how they try to deny or cover it up. Especially if other members of the GQP are also attempting to flee at the same time.

You'd have to wonder why all of these people are trying to sneak away in the middle of the night to a foreign country if they're such "patriots" and were speaking "the truth".

Trump Tells DOJ Officials to Lie About Election, DOG Official Jeffrey Clark Does as Trump Directed

[quote] The actions of these Governors are directly responsible for the deaths of many people.

[quote]The following governors joined Governor McMaster’s brief: Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama, Governor Douglas A. Ducey of Arizona, Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, Governor Brian K. Kemp of Georgia, Governor Brad Little of Idaho, Governor Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Governor Michael L. Parson of Missouri, Governor Greg Gianforte of Montana, Governor J. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, and Governor Greg Abbott of Texas.

They can "brief" to save the lives of those not yet born, but won't "brief" to save lives due to Covid.

At what point is Tuckums considered an international terrorist?

Lindsey talks daily with HER President. Trump checks on Lindsey daily. Must be feeling better.

^ he should have worn that tan suit 2 days ago, on Obama's birthday.

The key figures in Donald Trump's coup attempt

It's so frustrating to hear all of the details about how Trump and Clark almost brought democracy to its knees (Chris Hayes has been on a rant damn near all week) because, again and again, it comes back to the same question: why the fuck haven't they been arrested? They attempted to sabotage the election, overthrow the government, and all of the evidence is in fucking black and white. And yet no one does anything except talk about it and spout off about "how close we came!" to utter chaos.

What the fuck is Merrick Garland doing? Does he even know what his job duties are? Perhaps he should take a moment to read the article below:

R419 I honestly think they're trying to make sure they can take down some of the Senators before going after the others. It seems like the Republicans in the Senate would end up blocking some of the prosecution stuff otherwise.

Nobody wants to hear this but have patience. Justice can be agonizingly slow. Maybe they aren’t doing anything about this. Or, maybe they are building the best case they can.

It’s truly frightening how close we are to losing it all.

That's the point, though, R421. It's how close we ARE to losing it all, not how close we WERE, but they are acting like it is the latter.

How many liberal judges has Schumer forced through like McConnell was doing with conservative judges for years?

This is why even when we win, we lose. Go high, my ass. We need to bury these motherfuckers. We can go high as we dance on their fucking graves.

R423, I get your point--not being sarcastic, you bring up something very important that we've overlooked. Can someone address this? How are we doing with appointing judges?

Republican state legislators are working for a 2022 takeover using restrictive access to voting and gerrymandering. And in states where they have a legislative majority, they are giving themselves, at will, the power to change election results.

They seek one party authoritarianism with a Christian label to justify suppression. Most of them are more than willing to re-install Trump.

"All roads lead to Putin" is as true now as before with the GQP.

Failing to prosecute the corruption now will have devastating consequences for 2022 & 2024.

^ thank you, Captain Obvious.

Garland is either a coward or he's corrupt.

He needs to go. Get Sally Yates back. A woman WILL get this shit done.

White boy is too afraid of stepping on his buddies' toes.

R426. You welcome, Boris.

Somewhat disagree FCI.

Even if every i isn’t dotted or t crossed, the Select Committee has got to release a well publicized roadmap for prosecution- facts, dates, names and times - well before next summer. Go with what they’ve got.

DOJ has to announce and bring prosecutions before any “election quiet period.”

GQP, if R425’s fear comes to pass, will defund, bottle up and bury everything the Select Committee uncovers.

Where's Pompeo's $5,800 bottle of Japanese whiskey?

Ole Mike & wife downed that months ago.

^^^^

R423

Garland prosecuted Timothy McVeigh with vigor. Has he lost his energy or is he being deferential to white collar Republican politicians that cost him a U S. Supreme Court appointment?

Thank you, r432/FCI! This is great news!

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LOL Team Trump is worried about Kellyanne Conway's forthcoming "tell all" book. Sales would actually be huge if she really tells the truth for a change and it is comprehensive.

When Big Liars tell the Big Truth?

Great R424

House Oversight Committee Hands Off DOJ Witnesses Trump Tried to Corrupt to Select Committee.

Schiff: Is DOJ Probing Trump Attempt To Steal Election? And If Not—Why?

Trump Is Planning Much More Reasonable Coup Next Time Says Election Law Expert

Anybody see tonight's Real Time with Bill Maher? I almost forgot how much I love Malcolm Nance. He slays Ben Shapiro in this discussion on Critical Race Theory. And never stops smiling.

Just 14 more days and President Trump will be back in office with powers that will make martial law look like anarchy.

[quote] Nobody wants to hear this but have patience. Justice can be agonizingly slow. Maybe they aren’t doing anything about this. Or, maybe they are building the best case they can.

Trying to stay positive, so THANK YOU.

Arizona election official reacts to 'check your six' threat from Republican

When you try to treason but you're too sick to do it properly.

Yep!

From r446...

Congressman Clyde and other Republicans barricading the door on Jan. 6.

Since, he calls it a tourist visit. Were too many tourists clamoring for Clyde's autograph all at once?

Biden Is Pushing Through Judicial Nominees At A Faster Rate Than Trump And Obama

MAGA Trumpers are furious with Mike Pence for urging vaccinations.

Doesn't look as if Caitlyn will be the California Governor. The GoDaddy founder contributed the maximum.

Louis DeJoy. More scandal.

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha

Bad, bad Governor.

[quote] A police officer tells this reporter: the man with the rifle called them, said he was being followed by a crowd.

Warmonger Dick Cheney Suddenly Thinks The Republican Party Is Too Extreme

Paul Gosar slams Kevin McCarthy and Ronna McDaniel over Cuba.

It takes a far-right nut job to do what Democrats haven't done much.

Former Trump Attorney General Revealed Trump's Election Interference During 7 Hour Testimony

Another one.

Deplorable Governors.

Masks banned in South Carolina schools.

^masks "mandate"....

They’re all so ugly. Rosen looks like a white rat.

Where are the arrests...I mean the acting AG is a cooperating witness. Where are the charges...at least against Clark who was helping Dump to overturn the election.

Hey, r463!!!

Protesting Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows, and Marorie Taylor Gteene, appearing as feature speakers at a Jackson Hole fundraiser.

Festivals of pork, beef, and now grapes. Feed me!

Bill Hagerty, the other Trump sycophant Senator from Tennessee. Marsha, he's stepping in front of you.

More on Trump - Hagerty having a thing going to disrupt the Senate passage of the Intrastructure bill.

Are they just fully going to do the whole “let’s block anything that Biden wants to accomplish” shtick that they perfected during the Obama years - even if it’s something that would benefit all Americans?

Oh, who am I kidding. Of course they are.

So far, it appears that there are 16 Republican Senators who want to leave a legacy of having DONE SOMETHING.

Passing the 20th Century Infrastructure Bill 22 years late...is something.

They are not going to touch the 21st Century Human Capital Infrastructure Bill to restructure the economy.

See them in 2122...

Evidence Mounts of Trump's Conspiracy w/DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark to Overturn Election Results

Haubert presses the muzzle of his gun into the back of Vinson’s head, threatening to shoot him. Vinson asks why he’s being handcuffed, and Martinez tells him he has a warrant, and Vinson repeatedly tells the officers they’re wrong. Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson later acknowledged that Vinson appeared unaware of the warrant he had for a parole violation.

Haubert climbs on top of Vinson, digging his gun into his neck, then hits him 13 times in the head with the gun. Vinson, blood streaming down his head and covering his hands, cries out, “You’re killing me, you’re killing me.” Officer Haubert grabs him by the neck and begins choking him. Vinson struggles to breathe and begins to lose consciousness.

Haubert’s body camera drops off onto the ground and goes blurry while Vinson is heard crying and saying “I didn’t do anything. I didn’t even run,” while Haubert yells “If you move I will shoot you.” At this point, Haubert’s body camera drops off onto the ground, but Martinez’s camera continues to roll.

Two additional officers then arrive on the scene and one, Officer Michael Dieck, tasers Vinson.

Vinson had to be taken to the hospital and required stitches for some of the blows to his head.

Body camera footage captured Haubert talking to a sergeant after the arrest, saying, “I was going to shoot him but I didn’t know if I had a round in it or not.” To another officer he said, “I was wailing the shit out of him.”

Video clip of APD Chief Wilson addressing the public at a press conference, pleading for peace. Chief Wilson makes arrests, pleads for peace

Six days after the violent incident, the Arapahoe County District Attorney issued warrants for the arrest of Haubert and Martinez. The two officers were allowed to turn themselves in and were released on bond the same day. Haubert was charged with attempted first-degree assault, second-degree assault and felony menacing. Martinez was charged with two misdemeanors for not intervening in Haubert’s use of force.

Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson held a press conference the same day, during which she released the body camera footage to the public, announced the arrests, and announced she would be opening an internal affairs investigation into the incident.

[quote] The white woman committed more crimes, over a longer period of time. She stole more money than the Black woman. She had 21 more charges and cost taxpayers six times more money. She was facing 60 years in prison while the Black woman’s maximum sentence was three years. Yet the Black woman received more prison time than prosecutors wanted her to spend in jail.

Last week...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Is this cunt Greene taking her make up cues from Kellyanne Cuntway?

Has Smellyanne ever commented on masks or vaccines?

What a pair of ultra-jerks...

Lyin' Ted Cancun 'Lucifer in the flesh' Cruz;

and please-beat-my-ass-again Rand Paul.

Well! Trump supporter Tuberville urges vaccinations in Alabama.

Ronna won't change. She's MAGA-Q, doubling down on Trump....again.

There was never anything neutral about her.

Cuomo is forced to resign. But Matt Gaetz, accused of more extreme acts, escapes it all so far. Republicans get away with it.

Gaetz & Greene plan to head to Iowa later this month to do a fund-raising rally and spread their garbage.

They are getting $$$$$. Deplorables must luv 'em.

Joy lets Sinema have it...

R482, but wherever Gaetz goes lately, the protesters drown him out by chanting “pedophile”. It must drive him batty. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Interview w/Rep. Swalwell About Impeachment, Trump's Election Attacks, Enforcing Subpoenas & More

First Aurora in R473, now Miami Dade.

Infuriating that it is STILL happening, but a glimmer of hope that just MAYBE we are beginning to get accountability.

Judge rules Democrats can have only limited access to Trump's financial records:

Ron Johnson Got $500M Tax Cut For His Billionaire Donors

[quote] Confidential tax records, however, reveal that Johnson’s last-minute maneuver benefited two families more than almost any others in the country — both worth billions and both among the senator’s biggest donors.

[quote] Dick and Liz Uihlein of packaging giant Uline, along with roofing magnate Diane Hendricks, together had contributed around $20 million to groups backing Johnson’s 2016 reelection campaign.

[quote] The expanded tax break Johnson muscled through netted them $215 million in deductions in 2018 alone, drastically reducing the income they owed taxes on. At that rate, the cut could deliver more than half a billion in tax savings for Hendricks and the Uihleins over its eight-year life.

[quote] But the tax break did more than just give a lucrative, and legal, perk to Johnson’s donors. In the first year after Trump signed the legislation, just 82 ultrawealthy households collectively walked away with more than $1 billion in total savings, an analysis of confidential tax records shows. Republican and Democratic tycoons alike saw their tax bills chopped by tens of millions, among them: media magnate and former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg; the Bechtel family, owners of the engineering firm that bears their name; and the heirs of the late Houston pipeline billionaire Dan Duncan.

[bold] Rand Paul discloses 16 months late that his wife bought stock in company behind coronavirus treatment [/bold]

[quote] The investment, but especially the delayed reporting of it, alarmed experts in corporate and securities law, who said it undermined trust in government and raised questions about whether Paul’s family had profited from non-public information about the looming health emergency and plans by the U.S. government to combat it. Several senators sold large amounts of stocks in January or February of last year, prompting a handful of insider trading probes. Most of those investigations concluded last spring, according to notifications from the Justice Department to lawmakers under scrutiny.

[quote] Kelsey Cooper, a spokeswoman for Paul, said the senator completed a reporting form for his wife’s investment last year, but learned only recently, while preparing an annual disclosure, that the form had not been transmitted. He sought guidance from the Senate Ethics Committee, she said, and filed the supplemental report along with an annual disclosure Wednesday.

[quote] She also said Paul’s wife, Kelley, who is an author and former communications consultant, lost money on the investment, which she made with her own earnings. The purchase was of between $1,000 and $15,000 of stock in Gilead, which makes the antiviral drug known as remdesivir.

...

[quote] “What had already been revealed about its efficacy profile certainly weighs in her favor, but not everything about the product was necessarily clear from existing announcements,” Mitts said. “There could have been information about interest that certain individuals within administration may have had in the product, or that hospitals here in the U.S. were already loading up.”

[quote] Cooper, Paul’s spokeswoman, said the senator attended no briefings on covid-19. Eight days after his wife invested in the company behind the antiviral thought to be effective against covid-19, Paul cast the lone vote in the Senate against $8.3 billion in emergency spending to combat the emerging outbreak.

Rand Paul Thinks He's The Resistance

Rand Paul thinks he's relevant.

Rand Paul is right up there with Ron Johnson, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and several others, as being the most deplorable drama queen Senators. He is disgusting and thinks being contrary gives him merit.

I slightly disagree, R494. Johnson, Tuberville and Blackburn are shockingly stupid which makes them easily bought (see R488). Ted Cruz is a terrorist who is just out to destroy the country because he's so miserable with himself. Likewise, Hawley (and Lee) are lost losers who need to be important because they are incapable of being normal.

Paul and Cotton are mentally ill, racist psychopaths.

Rep. Swalwell: Twin Lies That Election Was Stolen And Vaccines Don’t Work Is Killing Us

Ron & Rand

Crooks and these Republicans get away with it.

Not a peep from Kirsten Gillibrand & company. They are not accused, male Democrats making unwanted sexual advancement on women.

Has Dan Crenshaw been…eating more? He looks positively zaftig now.

To him, r501, it always looks like his plate is half full.

Cotton belongs in a mental institution not the Iowa State Fair

[quote] MARION, Iowa — Tom Cotton will join Ted Cruz and become the second potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate who will campaign on behalf of 1st District Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, for a fundraiser this month.

[quote] Cotton, a U.S. senator from Arkansas, will headline the “Iowa Prime” fundraiser on August 20th in Fayette County.

[quote] In a statement, Cotton said, “I’m thrilled to join Congresswoman Ashley Hinson later this month in Iowa. Ashley is a force to be reckoned with in Washington—she is fighting Nancy Pelosi’s radical agenda and defending our values, our Constitution, and Iowa’s taxpayers every single day. Together we are going to take back the House in 2022.”

Screwy Louie strikes again!

First Aurora @ R473 & Miami/Dade @ R486.

Now (a slap on the wrist for) Phoenix.

R456 / R457

A photo says a lot.

A bit of topical humor...

R495 I was mentioning drama queens without noting Lá Senatrice, who is not stupid, but extraordinarily self-serving and opportunistic and will compromise any held principles in a split second. You are indeed correct about Blackburn and Tuberville, as well as Lee, Cotton, and the rest. The other Tennessee Senator, Hagerty, is proving to be quite despicable himself.

Marsha Blackburn was in Memphis a month ago meeting with a Congressman from the area and the visiting Pete Buttigieg. She was looking for credit regarding infrastructure money per the decayed bridge there that goes across the Mississippi River. Blackburn and Hagerty both voted against the recent infrastructure bill. Both were among the several Republicans that voted against confirming Buttigeig months earlier. Yet, it was Buttigeig that called the Memphis meeting to address Tennessee infrastructure needs.

Blackburn makes stupid, false, Q-type statements on Twitter regularly. The Home Economics major doesn't do, if she could, her homework and certain backstabbing is not beyond her. NCAA violations followed Turbeville from school to school. He was known for running-up scores late on weaker teams and laughing about it.

I'm confused:

He preaches like a Black minister.

He looks like he's dressed to do daddy gay porn

And, he talking about politics.

I hate golf now.

AG Rosen Tells Senators Trump was "Persistent" in Pressuring DOJ Officials to Overturn Election

Part 2 of My Conversation w/Rep. Eric Swalwell: Is Accountability on the Horizon for Trump & Company

Louis DeJoy Finance Entanglements Raise Ethics Questions | MSNBC

R514 Junior Mint looks and sounds coked-up and intoxicated.

He is frustrated because with all the nasty attacks on Hunter Biden for the last few years by the Trump cartel, nothing sticks.

Unlike Junior who desperately tries to be a mud-flinging showman like his dad, Hunter Biden doesn't demonstrate interest in playing that game.

The best people!

Junior's Mint feels extremely inadequate since he's seen Hunter's humongous cock and Kimberly told him she would ride that all night long. I give these two six more months top.

I thought coke whore Kimberly had already moved on? Jr is pathologically jealous because Hunter's father loves him unconditionally. Jr. has never been loved because his father is incapable of love. Worse, he takes sadistic pleasure in hurting and humiliating his son.

Damn. I almost feel sorry for that fucking coked up mess.

Everyone hates him and HE KNOWS IT.

Instead of talking to cousin Mary and asking for help, he just acts out and snorts more, falling deeper into his psychosis.

He could choose to walk away from his grifting, lying, abusive clan but he won't. He is so fucked.

I sometimes pity him as well. Imagine having that THING for a parent? He is fucking your sister, his blood daughter, ridiculing, demeaning, bulling you and your brother. Teaching you hate, theft, revenge. Cheating openly on your mother. Forcing you to brutally compete with your siblings. Psychical and emotional abuse. Sexual abuse, at least with Ivanka. What chance did he have? He finally got a half-ass compliment from the bastard when he campaigned for the reelection. The Deplorables loved Jr. Thing45 said " You may just finally be of some use to me. " Then the insurrection happened. I think that is why Jr. and Ivanka were crying that last day on the tarmac. They both knew they were ruined. But I think it was a deeper, more painful loss to Jr. He would never get approval again. His father is the antichrist and I am an atheist.

Marsha Blackburn blames undocumented migrants for the rampant rise in Covid cases. She says nothing about the high Covid numbers in Tennessee. Bet she got her shots six or more month ago.

Marsha's editorial in the Main Street:

Who wrote the hypocritical article, and who read it back to her?

She knows Greek history? Come on now.....

[quote] We are the shining “city upon a hill,” and that is precisely how we should act

The recycling of 35 year old talking points indicates to me that whoever wrote this is an old skool Republican, R524.

When Kap took a knee my moderate GOP friends and neighbors assured me that their opposition was because he was focusing on what divides us rather than the multiplicity of things which unite us. Now, they are split with some acting like R523, willing to use ANYTHING negative about the left, the radical left, leftists, lefties, libtards, etc..

Taken together, these two postings are an example of someone who has no policy to offer and can only attack as she has always done in the past.

[quote] Who wrote the hypocritical article, and who read it back to her?

Not anyone young. Not anyone who is actually looking towards the future. Not anyone with a sense of hope.

But someone like herself who doesn't care about the reality we live in as opposed to desperately attempting to return us to a glorified--and sanitized--version of the past.

...wait for it...

Wait for what exactly r526?

As I said @ R525, it's just a game to her. Congress is not about solving problems only winning pints.

No policy. No facts. None of the "common sense" they are so enamored of.

Trump's Unabated Crime Wave Continues: Threatens Officer Who Protected the US Capitol on Jan. 6

Fox Guest Compares Poor People To Dogs Who Are Only Obedient When They're Hungry

Board of Governors Chairman Ron Bloom, a managing partner at the firm, has backed DeJoy’s plans to slow mail delivery and raise prices

[quote] “I’m stuck on DeJoy’s purchase of bonds from the company in which his quasi-boss is a managing partner,” said Kathleen Clark, a law professor who studies government ethics at Washington University in St. Louis, “because I wonder whether it affects Bloom’s ability to protect the public interest in his assessment of DeJoy’s performance as postmaster general.”

Corruption on the USPS Board along with DeJoy's greedy and destructive behavior, needs intervention and firings. Get past term specifications and find a way to expel these bad actors.

Rep. Dean Phillips, D- Minn., speaks about the behavior of Rep. Paul Gozar, R- AZ during the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. Gosar has some serious questions to answer under oath.

[quote]In a May interview on Fox News, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) insisted of January 6th that, “by and large, it was peaceful protest,” while arguing that “it wasn’t… an insurrection.” Johnson later embellished: “To say there were thousands of armed insurrectionists breaching the Capitol intent on overthrowing the government is just simply a false narrative.”

[quote]GOP House members have been driving home the same deplorable talking point. In a May House hearing, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) insisted that “to call it an insurrection… is a bold-faced lie.” Clyde alternatively suggested the siege of the Capitol resembled “a normal tourist visit” or at worst “an undisciplined mob.” Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) likewise described the insurgency as “a mob of misfits.”

Ron Johnson in the Senate, and Andrew Clyde in the House, are ultra-deplorable. They are not alone, though.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is importing alleged corrupt/controversial operatives from Arizona to join her campaign for Governor.

[quote]One of Gov. Doug Ducey’s key staff members — who was a subject of an Arizona Republic investigation last month into the administration’s campaign for tax refunds — will depart on Thursday to serve as a senior advisor for the Arkansas gubernatorial campaign of Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

^may be paywalled. Wasn't when first seen.

Henry McMaster of SC is another DeSantis and Abbott type Governor. He is has politicized the Covid pandemic in a harmful way.

Crime skyrockets in South Carolina, and Open Carry was just made legal.

Wealthiest Americans Got BILLIONS From Tax Cut Bill They Helped Create

R539 see R488

This asshole, R535?

Sorry, r540, Last Wednesday seems so very long ago.

R541 yes, the same. Good you found a better link.

OP, will you please start a new thread. This one will barely scroll for me which makes reading it impossible.

TIA!!

This slow server shit after 450 comments is fucking ridiculous. Fix the goddamn, bogged-down thing already, Muriel. Spend some money, and increase the speed of whatever it’s called, to get these responses moving. YOU set the parameter at 600 replies per thread. So now, complement that with the tweaks necessary to view those 600 comments smoothly. Thank you.

Enough!

Yeah, thread is slowing.

How about some Caitlyn to generate enthusiasm?

She visited the border wall in San Diego. Now she's an expert on the subject.

Leonard Cohen, “So Long, Marianne”.

Oops, wrong thread.

DeSantis & Abbott would adore her.

[quote]Gaetz & Gray reveal perversion of Pensacola power brokers Marlette: Gaetz & Gray reveal Rotary, perversion of Pensacola power brokers

Cait don't want no mask hiding her gorgeous mug, r549!

"We're human, we can't live forever."

What an intellectual and scholar!

Another disturbing piece of work.

Reinstatement Days was uneventful. Melania had no special plans anyway.

Miss Marsha is concerned about where Kamala Harris has been.

Of course Lindsey Belle would be on Twitter and in front of cameras all day.

Freedom loving Manatee Florida County Commissioner hospitalized with something...

Trump Angrily Demands That Biden ‘Resign In Disgrace’ After Afghanistan Falls

Trump who?

Mark Meadows was directly involved, and was celebrating Jan. 6.

Rebekah Mercer is selling 2 NYC luxury condos.

[quote]At least to some extent, Koch-funded entities have manufactured this cycle of outrage, and it is dangerous to ignore the role they are playing and their motivations. This is not just a guess. UnKoch My Campus did the research, and we know it’s true. State politicians were almost entirely silent on the topic until the Koch network started pushing the issue earlier this year, months after it was first raised by Fox News commentators.

Fox News host has full meltdown on national TV

Not a news host, an opinion peddler.

Last Week in the Republican Party

"opinion peddler", my ass!

Fucking Russian propaganda whore!

Miss Marsha is on Fox a lot, but Miss Lindsey takes the cake.

And apparently eats it too.

Why Are The Criminal Trials For Insurrection Defendants Being Set Well Out Into 2022? Here's Why

OH NO: Trump Supporters Demanding Violence If No Reinstatement

Yeah, freedom of speech...

But no sitting member of congress should be this crass.

This hideous she beast is hideously offensive and ignorant.

Dalton, Georgia and the rest of that Congressional district, shame on you!

Caitlyn on tour in Palm Springs to connect with the adoring masses.

Brian Williams played the Occupy Democrats ad. Trump & Lindsey don't like that.

[quote] Occupy Democrats; BREAKING: Lauren Boebert is busted conveniently failing to disclose $460,000 that her husband was paid by a fossil fuel polluter while she was ran for Congress in 2020. She is one of Congress’s most outspoken opponents of climate change legislation. RT TO EXPOSE HER CORRUPTION!

Trump Pardon Worthless To Kushner Pal Facing New State Charges

Another one dies....

No Miss LG tweet about it yet.

Disheveled, Swollen Trump Appears in Bizarre Fox Interview

^Was he punched in the eye?

Melania? Barron? Ivanka? LadyG?

Eh he looks as crappy as ever. No more, no less. He’s really dragging, though. Did Hannity wake him from his nappy?

Nicolle Wallace On What Everyone Got Wrong About Biden

Yes, the 12% of Texas who consistently vote for Democrats are to blame for the state having one of the highest infection rates in the world.

Link to new thread for when this one maxes out.

Desantis has no shame

DeathSantis looks as if he lost much of the weight he gained during the last few years.

[quote] DeathSantis looks as if he lost much of the weight he gained during the last few years.

Is that his problem?

He's HUNGRY?!?

Oh, Miss Lindsey makes the impeachment threat.

She attempted to change the 2020 Presidential vote in Georgia. By this time, she should have been defending herself in court. Yet, she has escaped any accountability so far.

R588, so now it’s an impeachable offense not to kill U.S. soldiers.

Fascinating that all of a sudden this thread is crossed out? I don't remember it being like that a few days ago.

Someone's pressed.

Next, they’ll threaten to impeach Kamala Harris for “wielding her blackness like a weapon against white people.”

The GQP is a repulsive crime syndicate and it needs to be eradicated from this country before it destroys us all.