Treason Thread #63: Judgment at Treasonberg

Great thread title, OP!

Love it!

[quote] “I did brief [Trump] on the strategy that I want to see laid out with impeachment,” Marjorie Taylor Greene told The New York Times. Greene added that she told Trump she wants the impeachment inquiry to be “long and excruciatingly painful for Joe Biden.”

[quote]Greene added that she told Trump she wants the impeachment inquiry to be “long and excruciatingly painful for Joe Biden.”

Yeah, that will surely win over Independents.

Fun fact: Trump's DOJ set things up so that it's nearly impossible for Congress initiate an impeachment investigation without a floor vote.

Whoopsie doodle!

[quote]Greene added that she told Trump she wants the impeachment inquiry to be “long and excruciatingly painful for Joe Biden.”

So her face will be on the jumbotron?

Like those assholes care about winning votes. They only care about placating their orange god.

Since this fugly cunt is in a safe district, she is going to do whatever the orange traitor tells her to do because she will always get voted in by the rubes.

She doesn’t GAF about the long term consequences to the GQP overall. Why should she? She thinks she going to be VP.

Painful for Biden.....so it will just be long clips of her running her mouth off then?

That’s painful for EVERYONE, r8

I have to wonder if Marjorie Taylor Greene eats in restaurants when she's in D.C......

It does make you wonder, r10, and others of her...ilk. Do they have their own *safe* places?

There are restaurants and private clubs that cater to Republicans in DC. There are also restaurants that are frequented by members of both parties and staff personnel, government staff, and media figures. No public restaurant in the area wants a reputation of being politically discriminatory. It would be bad for business. Obviously, they will be strict with patrons who are not properly dressed, or are exhibiting disruptive behavior. Those that fail to sufficiently tip will not receive good service during future visits.

Big fake tits help too, r12!

R12, I'm talking about her food. LOL! Because if I worked in the kitchen and I was preparing MTG's dinner, or serving it, I would surely add a "special ingredient" or two. Absolutely.

Marjorie, 2021 called. They want you back in the past, NOW!

Sarah has signed into law...

FBI Agent was punished for investigating Giuliani

Remember when Republicans claimed liberals were "canceling" Dr. Seuss?

Now they're actually canceling Dr. Seuss?

[quote] Miami City Commissioner just arrested for taking bribes to hand over a city park to right-wing Centner Academy says Ron Desantis orchestrated his arrest because of his loyal support for Donald Trump.

Eating their own.

Want moar, R20?

[quote] Hours after his acquittal in the Texas Senate, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s far-right supporters doubled down on their promises for swift retribution against fellow Republicans who supported his removal from office.

[quote] In particular, they vowed a scorched-earth campaign against House Speaker Dade Phelan, casting him as the ringleader responsible for the impeachment process and calling for him to resign immediately.

[quote] “You and your band of RINOs are now on notice,” Defend Texas Liberty PAC leader Jonathan Stickland tweeted at Phelan on Saturday, as voting continued in the Texas Senate. “You will be held accountable for this entire sham. We will never stop. Retire now.”

Thank you, r21!

[quote] Alabama lawmakers working in conjunction with state Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office and Washington D.C. lawyers had “intelligence” that Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh — who voted with the majority in Milligan just weeks ago to order the new maps under the statutory language — is open to rehearing the case as a constitutional challenge to the validity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Bravo, R23.This is why I love DL.

Trumps threatens "liberal Jews" on Rosh Hashanah

Missouri Republicans burning books

^^^

Thomas Kennedy

[quote] These are Missouri State Senators Bill Eigel and Nick Schroer. One of them is a candidate in the GOP primary for governor. These people are actual fascists. No other way to put it.

Things are getting scary. I live in a very progressive area of a blue state and nazi hate-mongers are calling into public meetings (a thing since covid) to voice their opinions during the public comment sessions.

They start out with a general question or comment then quickly switch to racist, homophobic, antisemitic and other hate talk. One call after another. They don't use video and they use fake names. It shakes up the public and civil servants, not to mention the kids, who have attended the meetings.

I look at trump, margorie toilet green, matt gaetz, etc., and see nothing but really creepy twisted people. It's so sad and perplexing that so many voters think that they are in any way qualified for public office. They are D-list side show performers.

They are willfully squandering the rights and the faith in democracy that most of us hold dear. It's all about forcing their stupid selves in front of our faces, power, and getting rich. Abominable.

R28, recently I read a news article about some public figure getting threatening calls, don't remember if it was in Georgia, or if it was somewhere else, but these were scary, hateful, threatening calls. Law enforcement was able to track the calls and finally made arrests. It was three guys in their mid to late 60's! And they looked like a strong wind could knock them over. Not very menacing.They were just nasty, hate filled, evil little POS MAGAs. I think we should all be concerned, but these sick bastards are a lot less than what they seem. What I do think is important is that the people keep getting exposed. A lot of this anonymous intimidation would stop if the covers were ripped off and we could put a face and a name to it.

R29 here. I think the other thing that would have a dampening affect is if they were penalized. Consequences. If someone had to pay an excessive fine, have their name and photo published for their neighbors and employers to see I think a lot of them, even most of them, would back the fuck off. Basically most of them are fucking cowards anyway.

There have been a rash of terroristic zoom bombings of on-line educational events as well, especially ones with black women, including displaying violent pornographic images to an underage audience. I don’t understand why this isn’t more publicized and why law enforcement isn’t going after these jerks as sex offenders.

This is the Republican Party

Bad news for the Democratic caucus, but (setting an example of) the right decision overall.

Wishing her the best

[quote] Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) promised this spring to persevere as she revealed a Parkinson’s diagnosis that stilted her movements and slurred her speech, hurdles she hoped to overcome while serving a competitive Northern Virginia district. But as Wexton, 55, failed to respond to treatments as hoped, this summer she found herself confronting a more serious diagnosis: progressive supranuclear palsy.

[quote] The rare neurological disorder — often mistaken for Parkinson’s because the early symptoms are similar — typically progresses more rapidly, does not respond as well to treatment and has no cure. Faced with the reality that her condition will likely only worsen, Wexton said she will not seek a fourth term next year, choosing instead to spend her remaining years with her family.

We need the House and the Senate. We need to reelect the President, and most of all, we need to get involved in our state legislature elections because those fuckers are doing maximum damage. Voter suppression, gun violence, abortion, education suppression, book banning, etc.etc.etc. all of it is in the wheelhouse of our legislatures. They do the gerrymandering and make the laws that fuck over our education system. They write the election laws. They are passing the laws to recall and remove county prosecutors they don't like.

Agree, R30. The terrorist scum who threaten others ought to be shamed, fined, jailed, and shunned. I want to know exactly who they are, what they look like, and where they live so I can avoid them and talk smack about them, behind their back.

He won’t learn, r36.

He doesn’t see how wearing a mask relates to helping his chemo by protecting him from germs.

Even if he does, he will STILL scream endlessly about “mask mandates” all the while wearing a mask in private.

And the goddamned useless media will go along with the blatant hypocrisy like it’s “both sides” and normal.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire...

Ewwww!! He is fucking hideous!

Merrick Garland refused to indict Gaetz over the transport of an underage woman across state lines for sexual purposes. Garland appears to factor in politics in his decisions.

Garland, on the other hand, caves to MAGA pressure in making Hunter Biden’s life miserable.

Maybe Gaetz will invite Garland to his inaugural ball, if he wins the governorship in Florida.

Garland needs to resign now. This is a perfect time to go. The first term is drawing to a close soon and that's usually when you see changes in the cabinet. If biden is serious about a tough AG he should see ifEricHolder or Sally Yates is available. I wonder if Barbara McQuade or Joyce Vance or Andrew Weissman would do it.

[quote]I wonder if Barbara McQuade or Joyce Vance or Andrew Weissman would do it.

Why would they want to?

Susan Collins wearing a bikini in the Senate?

Will that get a “rise” from Chuck Grassley?

Giuliani's lawyer's firm has filed suit against him to recover 1.3 mill in legal bills.

They're bitching against each other in today's NY Times article.

Where's FCI?

[quote] Dozens of ethics orders seeking to punish misdeeds of Florida politicians have languished on DeSantis’ desk. He hasn’t signed an ethics order since early 2021. Politicians who were found guilty of wrongdoing don’t have to pay fines until he takes action.

[quote] While previous versions of Frank's diary omitted sections in which she wrote about sexuality, the 2018 graphic novel adapted by Ari Folman and illustrated by David Polonsky, remains faithful to the original text.

[...]

[quote] the district sent an email to parents on Tuesday, calling the content the teacher read to the class "inappropriate," adding: "The reading of that content will cease immediately. Your student's teacher will communicate her apologies to you and your students soon

[quote] Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN), a prosecutor in Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, sentenced to 22 months in prison for insider trading

^ It's a deep state conspiracy!!!!

^ so, so deep

[quote] In Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas and North Carolina, the gap between majority-Black and majority-white land-grant institutions ...ranged from about $1 to $2 billion.

Not sure where to put this, but late last night I got a news alert from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, (AJC) that the judge in the RICO case against Trump and 18 other defendants ruled that the defense attorneys COULD interview the members of the Grand Jury as part of discovery. I think he is wrong. I think this decision is gonna lead to chaos in the trial. I also don't know how the identities of these people can be protected. They are not legal experts. They are everyday people who decided based on the information presented to them, that t here was sufficient evidence of wrong doing to press charges. It is now up to the Prosecutor to prove her case. Interviewing them is a tactic for the defense to attack them and challenge their reasoning. This is going to get messy.

Here's the link to the AJC article R54 referenced.

Lawyers defending two defendants in the Fulton County election interference case can interview the grand jurors who handed up the 41-count indictment, a judge ruled Tuesday.

In a seven-page order, Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said the interviews must be voluntary and stay within the bounds of Georgia law so grand jurors do not disclose their deliberations. McAfee also said he will decide which questions are to be asked and will oversee the interviews, if any of the grand jurors agree to be questioned.

McAfee issued his order in response to requests from lawyers for Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, two attorneys who are charged with former President Donald Trump and 16 others. Powell and Chesebro both filed speedy trial demands and are scheduled to stand trial on Oct. 23.

Separately, McAfee denied requests from the defense attorneys for copies of all recordings, transcripts and reports produced by the separate special purpose grand jury that spent eight months investigating the case and recommended 39 people be indicted. “(O)ur Supreme Court has recognized that all grand juries require secrecy and protection from certain disclosures,” he wrote....

So the grand jurors can just decline? That seems reasonable.

Thank you, R55. Last night I just got the headline. When I tried to access the article I got error messages. Yes, R56 voluntary. It's a smart move by the judge and can probably withstand an appeal. If he had summarily denied them they would have made a big stink and in Georgia courts who knows what could have happened with an appeal. But the judge cites Georgia laws, and is scrupulous. Denying them all " transcripts recordings, and reports" preserves the integrity of the Grand Jury process and avoids a shit mess at trial. Trump's lawyers are following his directions so if they did have access they can (and probably will) cast doubt on the process and insist the Grand Jury was comprised of Democrats who hate Trump. Biased and illegitimate. Hopefully no one will volunteer

Lin Wood is now a witness against Trump

Delicious.

Darn!

Miz Lindz time:

I like the idea of replacing the word “Tweets” with “Xcretions” per the video at r60. Let’s make it a thing! Instead of Tweeting, it would be Xcreting.

Isn't that perfect, r62?

I love it r63! It has to become a thing!!

Credit must go to Mr. Pakman

Lin Wood is nuttier than a fruitcake. Ain’t nobody gonna believe a word out of his lie hole.

I'll bet Lin Wood has TAPES.

As peek into the room as the team doctor “examines” , well probes, my wrestlers, a tingling sensation, then a rush of exhilaration, overcomes me. Next.…

Dweeb with a combover.

[quote] “Haley’s family business…where Haley handled the accounting and served as chief financial officer, had been hit with three liens over the prior seven years for not paying taxes.”

^ Don't tell the Nikki Haley troll

Most unhinged rant in Congressional history defends Trump rioters

Sen. Bob Menendez has been indicted again, the second time in 10 years.

Odd how the DOJ Republicans say is politicized against them keeps going after a Democratic senator.

Twitter comment:

[quote] same guy who missed more than 130 hours of council meetings since 2019. Sounds like a Republican. Maybe if he did his job at all, he might fix Dallas’s issues. Nope, easier to sellout.

^ Mayor of Dallas switching parties

Homelessness is a direct result of failed housing policies engineered by Republicans. This has been true since Ronald Regan decimated the public housing communities across the country with more than 855 cuts in their budgets. I remember this. I worked in local government. After Reagan you want to talk about Silverado Savings and Loan? In fact the entire savings and loan scandal engineered by Republican policies in banking deregulation, was pretty much contained and while it was reported by the news networks, it was pretty muc hushed up. A rich guy by the name of Keating went to Prison but the Bush family escaped major consequences. Tell me again what did Trump and his mascot Ben Carson do for housing policies?

Ouch, typos. Reagan not Regan. and the cuts were 85% not 855. The point is that the impact from these policies did not automatically stop once they left office.

No excuses for Memendez. Repeat offender.

^Menendez

Michigan State rep - who is a gun nut - made racist threats to shoot a fellow student in college

Trump says General Milley should be executed for treason for criticizing him

Wait, PPG, how could the FAKE NEWS be correct? If it is fake news, then what they are saying is untrue, which means you have no reason to be angry with him.

Cassidy Hutchinson on fallout from her Trump testimony

Cassidy disclosed that creepy Giuliani fondled her on that January 6th.

Does Trump & Rudy think most all women respond the way Boebert, MTG, Blackburn, and Lady G do?

[quote] she wrote, "To all those preparing for the solemn day of Yom Kippur, I wish you a meaningful fast. Gamar Chasima Tova!" And along with it, an image of a Shofar in front of a Chanukah menorah, which many were quick to point out was incorrect.

Well...whatever.

She should have just said Happy Jewish Space Laser Day!!!!

She put out a Bris and cracker platter with a box of wine.

Ouch, r89.

Looks like Lavern Spicer deleted her own comment.

I wonder why?

Ole Rupert & son, Lachlan, has a hand in all that turns bad in America.

You do know there are a lot of fake videos out there, manipulate AI stuff to make Biden look bad. At this point the only thing I trust is stuff I see that is broadcast live.

I see MAGAts posting those all the time, R93. They are such morons. Then again, they are the same people getting medical advice from randos on TikTok and memes, so...

Every time Trump speaks or does something dastardly, he next goes to South Carolina for a rally. Today, it is Summerville.

He wants to subdue Haley and Scott.

Awaiting to see if Miss Lindsey speaks there and gets booed again.

I think Miz Lindsey would like to leave the Senate and was hoping if Trump had won in 2020, Lindsey could be appointed to be Secretary of Defense. He is a darling of the Defense industry. You know, that whole military/industrial complex thing?

Trump busted buying a gun (which is a crime since he's indicted)

Broke bitch Trump is begging Peter Thiel for $$$$

R96, interesting point.

Trump is a Putin asset+. Putin issued a warrant to arrest Lindsey Graham. Graham vigorously supports Ukraine war funding. Trump will sell out Ukraine and NATO, and agree to whatever Putin wants.

It is hard to see how Lindsey could be Defense Secretary under Trump. On the other hand, Graham is known for flip flopping. He did not criticize Trump over the plan to withdraw from Afghanistan. He’s blasted Biden about it.

Being a war hawk though, Lindsey has been consistent. Corporations and other big businesses that receive military contracts, are generous contributors to Lindsey’s reelection campaigns.

Speaking out against Putin is the only good thing Lindz has done

Former Pence aide speaks out against Trump and Giuliani for their creepy behavior towards women

Cassidy Hutchinson is on Rachel Maddow now

Is she going to be on Lawrence too?

To quote a certain Mr. Mike Cutter:

What did they expect? What did they *reasonably* expect?

R103, I believe Lawrence said she will be on his show tomorrow night. She will also be on "The View" in the morning and Jake Tapper's show tomorrow afternoon.

Tapper will probably get nasty with her. He'll act like a prosecutor giving her the 3rd degree.

You know, none of these revelations surprises me. Rudy and Trump being pigs, and the atmosphere in the WH being ugly. None of it. And part of me wants to scream at these women, like WTF did you expect? They all signed on to be part of it. They all think of themselves as "conservatives." They had no problem with the anti Gay stuff, or the anti Semitic stuff, or the Anti Black stuff. Had no problems with using immigrants as a political strategy, and children in cages and people dying of COVID. They went along with everything that was done and said. And now that he has been indicted and charged they are ready to talk about it. I credit Cassidy for coming forward and testifying.I'm glad she did that. But divulging the dirty graphic details of how they were pawed and sexually "assaulted" now so they can sell books and titillate audiences? I'm over it. They were all part of it.

Tapper will do a great job of excusing Trump in some way or slamming Biden. Hate his guts.

The Trump White House and all the sleaze and the slime that went with it is not at all surprising. Going public, on the record, and saying yes, it was every bit as ugly as you thought and even moreso, is a good thing.

Georgia jury in Trump cases to remain anonymous.

There are only few defendants who have really good lawyers, smart lawyers. The rest are jackasses like their clients. I think whether you're a good lawyer or a sleazy lawyer your clients ar e jackasses too. But I think uniformly, across the board, they come down to Georgia and they are arrogant enough to underestimate Fani Willis and that Judge. And so far, from what I have seen, you'd be a damned fool to under estimated either one. Don't fuck with Fani. People complained because she took so long to indict. She had two different grand juries. She was meticulous. And she has no fucks to give. None. And if you noticed, the other day Kemp was publicly criticizing MTG and the Sedition Caucus for not dealing with the debt ceiling. Now it has been pretty clear Trump is running that caucus and they're taking orders from him and that's why Kemp criticized them. So I am definitely getting my popcorn ready because the hubris is going to get a lot of people put in Georgia's state prison system, and I would pay money to see that. Trump flaunted the fact that he illegally purchased a Glock yesterday. Hunter Biden was charged with a crime for the same thing. But more important, Trump is signaling again. He is embracing violence. His suggestion that General MIlley be executed wasn't just a figure of speech.

Russia's defense department, their military have said they will be in Ukraine at least until 2025 and will then reevaluate it. What's so special about that? Our Presidential election. The President gets sworn in in 2025. I bet Trump is feeling feisty because he is getting Russian backing.

Judge finds Trump guilty of fraud in NY case.

Hunter Biden is suing Rudy Giuliani

R113, who will he threaten to kill today?

Cue Nelson Muntz

Apparently a number of his NY corporate entities are going to be dissolved.

OK, mes ami/s, tomorrows word of the day, well two words: Asset Forfeiture....

The fact that Trump is boycotting the debates is going to backfire on him.

Re: R114: Get him, Hunter!

Beautiful words R118

Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists

[quote] ProPublica was able to determine that a vast majority of the challenges since SB 202 became law — about 89,000 of 100,000 — were submitted by just six right-wing activists... Another 12 people accounted for most of the rest

I am still shocked that so many stupid fools will willingly vote for scum trump.

I used to think his cult were liars and suckers. Now I think they are simply evil people and idiots.

The worst of all are those who know he's evil but vote for him anyway because he reflects their own hateful, cruel, cheating ways.

Who gonna launder all that filthy money now for Pootz? And Bone Saw?

I could maybe handle a few mil.

MSNBC Chris Jansing interviewed a so-called “Freedom Caucus” activist, right-winger Congressman Bob Good of Lynchburg, Virginia.

Multiple times he referred to the “Biden Crime Family”.

He’s fighting having a budget deal. He’s a Gaetz-type extremist.

MSNBC giving airtime to this guy is disturbing.

It bothered me that Chris wasn't calling him out on his shit, r126. But he kept talking over her.

Jared Kushner tried to get a Washington Post editor fired over the Russia investigation

Deutsche Bank flagged suspicious transactions involving Trump and Jared Kushner

R128, that certainly seems like something an innocent person would do . . .

Agree, R130. Innocent people definitely try and get people fired. Just like they threaten people and their families. Or, start insurrections. Or, instigate Civi War.

Very innocent.

"What we are seeing is a parallel to the 1930s in Nazi Germany," says Ret. Gen. @mccaffreyr3 on the Trump movement.

“That’s 15-25 House members, a couple of Senators, and all those who are Trump MAGA loyalists—it’s a major threat to the armed forces of the United States."

"The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Milley, responds to Trump's threats against him:

"I can tell you that this military, this soldier, me, will never turn our back on that Constitution...

I wish those comments hadn't been made...I'll take appropriate measures to ensure my safety and the safety of my family."

(Video: 60 Minutes, CBS)

Stable genius.

"Trump says electric motors in boats won’t work because if it sinks everyone will get electrocuted."

"Christie goes ape on Trump. Says he wants to look in the camera, they zoom in, he says "Trump I know you're watching. You can't resist. Look at me. You should be here. It's not because of your indictments or any other excuse. It's because you are afraid." Crowd liked it. No boos."

So… all that seriously weird garbage Dump spewed about windmills and whales? You won’t believe it…

Wales, not whales.

Hah I totally posted the wrong TikTok at r136. Correct one is below.

What a clown show.

Top 5 donors to Republicans in Congress since 2018:

[quote] Richard Uihlein: $89.7M

[quote] Kenneth C. Griffin: $72.6M

[quote] Jeffrey S. & Janine Yass: $49.1M

[quote] Timothy Mellon: $41.7M

[quote] Stephen A. Schwarzman: $37.4M

What happened to the hateful Peter Theil? He decide to go to ground after foisting that jackhole Vance on Ohio?

R140, I am in mourning for my sugar baby who mysteriously fell off a balcony

R139 By doing that list, you are outing elite gentleman callers that insist on discretion.

[quote] Members of the far-right faction of the party are coalescing around nominating a member of McCarthy’s leadership team, Rep. Tom Emmer (Minn.), to be the next speaker if they can successfully oust McCarthy, according to those people. The members think Emmer is more attuned to their concerns and will better deliver conservative results.

[...]

[quote] Ultimately, Democrats will decide McCarthy’s fate since a motion to vacate needs the support of a majority of the House — 218 lawmakers — to succeed. Democrats have not yet determined whether they’ll protect McCarthy’s speakership or wash their hands of him, according to multiple people familiar with the leadership’s thinking.

[quote]“I have no interest in what is happening in terms of the GOP civil war, zero interest,” Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) said. “That is not our business. Our business is to focus on the well-being of the American people.”

[...]

[quote] Yet there is frustration in some corners of the party over Emmer’s short tenure in leadership, with some describing him as ineffective. Republicans have lost three procedural votes, known as rules, in as many months, some of which were a shock to leadership.

The GOP is doomed.

[quote] Rep. Tom Emmer just now as he walked into House chamber, he plainly says he’s not interested in replacing McCarthy as speaker:

[quote] “I have no interest, Kevin McCarthy is the speaker and I support him.”

About a week ago, some Former Republican was interviewed and said The Republican party, "is not a governing party." No shit.

The GQP Tea Party/MAGAts are not interested in governing. They receive big time contributions from their donors for their divisive and deceptive rhetoric and antics. Their donors include some wealthy special interests and not just Trumptards.

They get tons of money from RUSSIA, R147. Russia has its hand up the ass of the GOP so far you can see it's fingers when they open their fat trap.

[quote] 11 adults are responsible for 60% of requests of ban books from school libraries nationwide, according to a Washington Post analysis of the 2021-2022 school year.

In a country of 330 Million Americans democracy shouldn't allow 11 people to decide what we read.

^ Make her life hell.

If for no other reason, for this: NEVER TRUMP.

"This may get your attention - Apparently Erik Prince has had discussions with team Trump about becoming the National Security Advisor should Trump return to The White House. Pretty excited about that aren’t you?"

FINALLY, an impeachable offense!

Wait, is the GOO seriously blaming Biden for the Ryder cup losses? They’re not pranking or joking?

^…and a totally appropriate typo at my post at r153.

Will a neighbor please ‘whoop’ his ass again?

Senator Dum-Dum:

Who are the two hot chicks behind him?

^A couple of women hound dog Lindsey had been banging, then cruelly dumped, and Rand was to their rescue?

Trump co-defendant pleads guilty

Trump makes fun of Nancy Pelosi's husband, who was beaten by a MAGA freak

The Trump administration touted him as a victim of #metoo....now he's charged with dismemberment his girlfriend

Good news for a change:

[quote] CORNYN, senior Judiciary Republican, says "there's no doubt in my mind" Dems will fill the seat w/ a new Dem.

Yeah, don’t bet on it, r162.

Never

Ever

Ever

Trust a rethug

If the new Senator is Adam Schiff there's no way the GOP will cooperate. But it won't be. IMO it will be a place holder. Black, Female older, with some kind of track record of public service. Who in California politics fits that description? Because the real fight will be Katie Porter and Adam Schiff fighting one another for the Dem nomination and I will regret losing both of them in the House. because they are both up for reelection in24.

It's a Sophie's Choice, r164.

Riveting testimony from the Biden impeachment hearing.

^ The true Perry Mason moment.

AOC:

[quote] Here’s what went down: we just won a clean 45 day gov extension, stripped GOP’s earlier 30% cuts to Social Security admin etc, staved off last minute anti-immigrant hijinks, and averted shutdown (for now).

[quote] People will get paychecks and MTG threw a tantrum on the way out. Win-win

Uh oh for huckabeast

[quote] NBC CONFIRMS: Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, elevating the head of a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights

Laphonza Butler is an out lesbian.

R171, yes. We know. And she will be the first in the Senate. Kamala endorsed this choice, BTW.

Lyin’ Ted won’t be getting any of that.

But will Susan Collins?

They can compare coast line length after hours.

Hot!

[bold]Donald Trump's business empire in peril as civil fraud trial opens in New York[/bold]

Oct 2 (Reuters) - Donald Trump and his family business are set to stand trial in New York on Monday in a civil fraud case that could deal a major blow to the former U.S. president’s real estate empire.

Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is accused by Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars to secure better loan and insurance terms.

Trump plans to attend the first week of trial in state court in Manhattan, according to a court filing in an unrelated case.

The trial comes a week after the judge presiding over the case found Trump liable for fraud and will largely concern the penalties he must face.

James is seeking at least $250 million in fines, a permanent ban against Trump and his sons Donald Jr and Eric from running businesses in New York and a five-year restriction on commercial real estate activities by Trump and his flagship Trump Organization.

Trump has said the case is part of a political witchhunt.

Justice Arthur Engoron ruled last week that James had proven her fraud case against Trump, his two adult sons and 10 of his companies.

Engoron described in scathing terms how they made up valuations. That included Trump calculating the value of his apartment in Trump Tower as if it were three times its actual size.

"A discrepancy of this order of magnitude, by a real estate developer sizing up his own living space of decades, can only be considered fraud," he said.

Engoron canceled business certificates for companies controlling pillars of Trump’s empire -- including Trump Tower and his golf clubs in New York -- and said he would appoint receivers to oversee their dissolution.

The ruling covers only a handful of the roughly 500 entities in Trump's portfolio but includes some of his most valuable properties. The specifics of how that order will be implemented have not been decided, but the loss of those prized assets would be a major blow to Trump's finances. If Engoron tacks on fines and business restrictions, that damage would compound.

The trial is scheduled to run through early December. More than 150 people including Trump are listed as potential witnesses, but much of the trial will likely be a battle of experts opining on financial documents....

From the interview with 60 Minutes:

"Two of Merrick Garland’s relatives were murdered in the Holocaust. Garland says his family’s history is the reason he devoted his life to upholding the rule of law."

"Trial is set for Oct 30 in the case of Abigail Shry who's accused of threatening DC federal judge Tanya Chutkan, who's assigned to Trump 2020 election conspiracy case Feds allege Shry of leaving Chutkan message, "If Trump doesn't get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you"

I’m laughing out loud.

The NY Times reporter at the trial today said that as soon as Trump became aware that the cameras were no him he put on his mug-shot face.

I knew the first second I saw that mug shot and bust into laughter that son-of-bitch was posing.

He also very mad and scared shitless.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a case involving whether former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from the 2024 election under a constitutional provision barring anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding public office.

The WaPo reported that on his way out of the court room Trump stood over the AG and glared at her.

According to the reporter, she looked amused and he walked away from her.

R181 I will never forget the way he talked Hillary on stage during their debate. He is one scary dude when it comes to women who openly defy him. I have to believe all those women who said he committed rape. or unwanted sexual advances. His a pig.

R183 = Melania.

What could have been:

R181 Too bad she didn't give him the finger.

Tommy Tuberville tried to claim he was "more military" than actual veterans and got schooled by Mark Kelly (a former Navy pilot)

Not very bright...

Melania to her divorce lawyers: "Stand back and stand by" 😂

LOL @ R189...it MAY be now or never!

A black woman posing with a Confederate flag? MAGA is a sick, sad world

John Kelly confirms that Trump called our troops "suckered and losers"

Don't want to hear MAGAts claim that they support the troops...

^ suckers and losers

[quote]John Kelly confirms that Trump called our troops "suckered and losers"

Rick Wilson responds:

It’s called evil.

Trump is evil.

No one wants to believe we should apply that word in this post-modern era, but it’s real, and he embodies it.

David Frum:

It's like God's judgment on the conservative movement that step by step every single last defense of Trump is exposed as a lie - and they are all still left queued up to defend a man who makes mockery of everything they supposedly held dear.

What's really being exposed is that conservatives hold dear two things, only: money and power.

They hide behind everything else.

Trump is exposing where their loyalties truly are, to the extent they can no longer lie to others, one another, or themselves.

MAGA has lost it:

Blasphemous. Revolting. Their souls are openly rotting, that they would consider that gluttonous, traitorous scum worthy of that.

[quote] What's really being exposed is that conservatives hold dear two things, only: money and power.

Don't forget hate. It leads us right to the dark side!

Trump has taught me that all the hateful a-hole mean spirited racist homophobic people I encountered growing up were not just an occasional bad apple, they were basically half of America.

I served in the U.S. military, I deem Tuberville to be the most vile Senator. He was a mediocre college football coach that left a string of NCAA violations behind near everywhere he went.

Alabama elected this MAGA fool over the highly credentialed, including being a famous civil rights attorney, Doug Jones.

True r201, and much as I despise people like Tuberville I despise the people that elect them even more. Fucking morons casting moron votes for moron reasons, like FOOOOOTTTTTBAAAALLLLL, YEEEHAAAA!!!!

Yes, r202. Think how close former prominent football player, Herschel Walker, came to getting elected Senator in Georgia. Walker had huge and alarming baggage, and extensively demonstrated he lacked the qualifications and skills for the role.

Bloodthirsty Trump LOSES IT at insane California speech

His people are crazy. They have put it all over the internet that there was violence in the courtroom in Manhattan today. That "Trump supporters stormed the court room and there was blood all over the floors,..." It never happened. It was a complete fantasy. A lie. There are other allegations of violence out there that are lies. But the point is they are trying to stir people up. In fact there were very few people outside and they were pretty tame.

Jack Smith has requested some type of gag order on Trump and the judge has scheduled a hearing in two weeks. Come on, I'm sure the judge can clear his/her calendar of something less important to hold the hearing sooner.

Lindsey is still defending Trump. Bitch, please

I was thinking the same thing today R206. What the fuck is Judge Chutkin waiting for?! Trump is undermining and degrading the process with each passing day. I hope she puts her foot down and puts a bear trap on that fuckers mouth.

Ben Collins thinks he has deciphered "Musk's plan" for Twitter

[quote] Musk’s purchase of Twitter, the 3,000-word anonymous article said, would amount to a “declaration of war against the Globalist American Empire.” The sender of the texts was offering Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, a playbook for the takeover and transformation of Twitter. As the anniversary of Musk's purchase approaches, the identity of the sender remains unknown.

[quote] The three texts were sent on April 4, 2022. In the nearly 18 months since then, many of the decisions Musk made after he bought Twitter appear to have closely followed that road map, up to and including his ongoing attacks against the Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit organization founded by Jewish Americans to counter discrimination.

[quote] The text messages described a series of actions Musk should take after he gained full control of the social media platform: [bold] “Step 1: Blame the platform for its users; Step 2: Coordinated pressure campaign; Step 3: Exodus of the Bluechecks; Step 4: Deplatforming.” [/bold]

In other words, it boils down to destroying the ability for his lessors to be able to effectively communicate (which is why so many intellectuals and pundits refuse to leave/cede ground to those who wish to divide us)

Longer, text version of the above ^ video

Collins is still trying to find out who sent that text

Ahem

Trump Junior’s girlfriend (haven’t married yet after years of being engaged) Kimberly Guilfoyle, is now a wholesome evangelical? Law-abiding? Faithful?

[quote]”As proud Americans, we don't apologize for being law-abiding and faithful people who love God. Is that right? Because with the help of god, the hard work of everyone in this room and the grace and courage of Donald John Trump, we will take this country back and you can take that to the bank!" the TV star, 54, said to the crowd.”

God help us!

She's on her knees praying he wins because this is really the last chance a whore at her age can find a partner that can afford the lifestyle she wants even if he has a micro penis.

Ho is age 54. Cocaine Jr.& her deserve each other. Sophisticated, credible wealthy people have much better options for romance than messing with either of these two.

Does Junior visit his kids on weekends and take them to Sunday School?

In the few pictures I've seen of Jr. with his kids, they look terrified of him.

Trump claimed Tuesday, without citing any evidence, that Alison Greenfield, the principal law clerk to New York Supreme Court justice Arthur Engoron, was the girlfriend of Schumer and accused her of somehow directing the $250 million fraud case filed against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

"Schumer’s girlfriend, Alison R. Greenfield, is running this case against me," Trump posted on Truth Social. "How disgraceful! This case should be dismissed immediately!!"

Trump posted a link to Greenfield's Instagram account, which is set to private but purportedly contained a photo of herself posing in public with Schumer, according to a post by Judicial Protest, a low-follower account on X.

Guilfoyle is pretending to be a holy roller now? Wasn't she thrown off of Fox News for sexually harassing a female underling?

The NY judge has issued a gag order after Trump's attack on the law clerk.

I love it and if he defies it he can go to jail. Ha, ha, ha.

He'll defy it.

What are the details of the gag order? Is Dump not allowed to talk about the trial at all? Or just not the law clerk.

This is r221. He'll defy it because Trump's life is a gigantic bluff. It's all he knows.

Judge Engoran will call that bluff. He has demonstrated zero fear of Trump and won't hesitate to lower the boom.

With every day that passes, I look forward to the self induced mutilation to Kimberly Guilfoyle's face as her surgeries escalate with each loss. She will be looking like Madge in no time. Only she cant sing, dance, or has a job other than sucking on Jr Cokeheads cocklet to stay in the family.

[quote]What are the details of the gag order? Is Dump not allowed to talk about the trial at all? Or just not the law clerk.

None of the parties involved are permitted to comment about court staff. That doesn't include the judge and the prosecuting attorneys, though.

Please, someone SOMEWHERE, make MAGA make sense to me! The daily gaslighting is so blatant now that I can’t even keep track of all the lies and hypocrisies anymore. It’s head spinning.

How can the party of Military Is Next To Godliness be openly dissing the Military and those who’ve served now?

How can someone who looks and acts like a porn star sent from Central Casting get away with spouting pious platitudes like she’s the goddamn Church Lady?

How do these people get up each day and look themselves in the mirror?

R226, the only guiding principle MAGAs have is "what does our big orange god feel about this today?".

^It actually doesn’t go any deeper than this.

Coming from “His Lady” is not a new revelation.

[bold]McHenry orders Pelosi to vacate Capitol office in one of first acts as Speaker pro tem[/bold]

Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) ordered Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to vacate her Capitol hideaway office so he could take it over, just hours after becoming acting Speaker, Pelosi’s office said Tuesday.

McHenry became acting Speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted from the role Tuesday, the first time a Speaker has been voted out of the job.

McHenry’s office requested that Pelosi vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday because it was being re-allocated “for speaker office use,” the message, first reported by Politico, reads. A small number of senior Representatives have “hideaway offices” inside the Capitol Building.

Pelosi denounced the demand in a statement late Tuesday.

“With all of the important decisions that the new Republican Leadership must address, which we are all eagerly awaiting, one of the first actions taken by the new Speaker Pro Tempore was to order me to immediately vacate my office in the Capitol,” she said.

“This eviction is a sharp departure from tradition,” she continued. “As Speaker, I gave former Speaker Hastert a significantly larger suite of offices for as long as he wished.”

She called on McHenry and House Republicans to focus instead on legislation.

“Office space doesn’t matter to me, but it seems to be important to them. Now that the new Republican Leadership has settled this important matter, let’s hope they get to work on what’s truly important for the American people,” she said.

Pelosi is in California in preparation for the memorial services of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) later this week. She did not vote on the motion to vacate Tuesday.

“Sadly, because I am in California to mourn the loss of and pay tribute to my dear friend Dianne Feinstein, I am unable to retrieve my belongings at this time,” she added.

Rudy's legal team in GA is ditching him

It's all that farting.

Broke, treasonous, farts.

Promoted McHenry may now become a gentleman caller for Miz Lindsey. But short, bow l-tied menz aren’t her forte.

More Kristi Noem corruption

It has begun! (re: The Messy, Public Spanking of Matt Gatez)

"Mullin: Gaetz bragged about how he would crush E.D. Medicine and chase it with energy drinks so he could go all night.."

"We had all seen the videos he was showing on the House floor…of the girls he had slept with...-GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin savaged Matt Gaetz..."

I hope Matt Gaetz gets Cawthorn-ed

Gym Jordan is now openly opposing Ukraine support funding. Jordon, Gaetz, Byron Donald’s, Sen. Rand Paul, and bunch of others in Congress are Pootin assets. as Trump shows them the way.

[quote] Gaetz himself, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan and hardline rising star Representative Byron Donalds all received Fs.

Whee is the mainstream media probing the Russian infiltrations? Is AG Garland and Wray trying to connect those dots?

Report Card on Congressional support for Ukraine.

Marjorie Taylor Greene & friends leads the Fs.

Meet Tim Dunn & Farris Wilks—two billionaires from West Texas.

They bought Paxton’s acquittal for $3 million. Now they’re pushing a private school voucher scam.

[bold] Their ultimate goal is even more ambitious: transforming Texas into an authoritarian, Christian Nationalist state. 🧵[/bold]

Dunn & Wilks are oil and gas oligarchs.

They’re also both Christian pastors.

These two billionaire-pastors are spending their fortune enacting an extreme Christian nationalist worldview in the second-largest state in the country.

And no one is talking about it.

Dunn & Wilks have bought the top politicians in Texas with $100+ million in contributions.

And it’s not just politicians. They fund a sprawling network of PACs, think tanks, and media outlets.

Every right-wing policy that's come out of Texas lately goes back to them.

When they’re not buying politicians, Dunn & Wilks both preach at far-right churches.

They push a theology of power, control, and domination — not universal love.

Now their toxic theology is becoming law in Texas.

Just this week, a Dunn & Wilks operative espoused the racist Great Replacement Theory.

She followed it up with a claim that white people are being “genocided.”

This is the Dunn & Wilks worldview.

How significant is their influence?

Every Republican State Senator and over half of Republican House members in Texas have taken money from Dunn & Wilks.

For some Republicans, nearly HALF of their total campaign contributions are from these two billionaires.

And our statewide officials are in their pockets too.

Greg Abbott takes free trips on Wilks' private plane.

Dan Patrick acquitted Ken Paxton after taking $3 million from the Dunn & Wilks PAC fighting the impeachment.

Dunn & Wilks have zero tolerance for opposition.

Their PAC—Defend Texas Liberty—recruits far-right candidates to primary Republicans who don't do their bidding.

It's a win-win: they beat the moderate incumbent or force them to take extreme positions. Dunn & Wilks also control influential legal, policy, & advocacy organizations.

One of those orgs argued in court that pharmacies shouldn't sell birth control.

The lawyer who argued that case (Matthew Kacsmaryk) later became a federal judge.

He banned the abortion pill.

And they've even created their own right-wing media bubble.

Dunn & Wilks fund Texas Scorecard, the top far-right publication.

Wilks owns the Daily Wire and bankrolls PragerU, a right-wing "education" platform they’re trying to force into our schools.

Now they’re taking on their most ambitious project: replacing public schools with Christian schools.

Abbott just called a special session to pass Dunn & Wilks’ voucher scam.

Republican Sen Bob Deuell said: “They want to destroy the public school system”

Dunn & Wilks are executing their plan to dismantle public education:

✔️Fund manufactured controversies to discredit public schools

✔️Pass private school voucher scam to defund public schools

✔️Close public schools and shift our entire system to private, Christian education

There’s been a lot of bad news out of Texas lately.

Paxton’s acquittal, private school vouchers, no-exceptions abortion bans, CRT hysteria, weakened gun laws, Christian nationalism…

It’s all connected to a couple billionaire mega-donors.

[quote] These so-called challenges appeared to begin locally, with no obvious connections. But they shared a common thread: The book review material submitted by local parents was not written by those parents.

[quote] Instead, it was taken word for word from a website called BookLooks.org.

[quote] The site launched in 2022 to showcase a book-rating system that has also been used by right-wing political activist group Moms for Liberty. It bills itself as a resource for parents, and claims not to be pushing political action: ”We do not support ‘banning’ books,” the site says.

[quote] In less than two years, BookLooks has become the go-to resource for anyone seeking to ban books

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

Is Gaetz planning to nominate Trump Jr. as Speaker of the House?

R241, I was about to post that.

Those guys are scary. And they're both homophobic, too

Armed man arrested for targeting Wisconsin governor Tony Evers

Kitara Ravache, you in danger, girl

Democrats need to get behind Liz Cheney for Speaker and hopefully attract enough Republicans to get her elected. She can be elected Speaker, though she is no longer a member of Congress.

Liz is a staunch conservative; but is ethical and is not crazy. She would not shut down the government.

That would really piss-off Trump & the MAGAts.

Liz really detests McCarthy & insurrectionist Gym.

She's not attracting any Republicans. No one saved her from being censured and no one in her own state voted to keep her in her job. This is not a Democratic problem, it's a Republican one.

Generatorgate?

I agree that it’s a Republican problem, but I don’t think they are going to be able to solve it on their own since their majority isn’t real in any practical governing sense. One of them will need to make a deal with the Democrats to become, and more importantly remain, speaker IMHO.

R251, I just dont see Liz Cheney as conservative as she is being accepted back into THIS Republican party. They call her a RINO. They hate her for the Jan 6th commit. The Mitt Romney and Liz Cheneys of the party have all but left. There is no right of center. It's far, far, far off the cliff from center. And it does not look like it's changing anytime soon.

[quote]One of them will need to make a deal with the Democrats to become, and more importantly remain, speaker IMHO.

f they make any kind of deal with the Democrats, they'll lose the support of most of their own caucus. They've really screwed themselves.

"America needs to talk about the right’s ‘Red Caesar’ plan for U.S. dictatorship

“Thought leaders” of the far right talk openly about a 2025 dictatorship. People need to be alarmed..."

R252 I agree with you that Liz Cheney isn’t possible right now.

At the risk of being tarred and feathered (and told to DIAGF) I am going to propose that Nancy Mace is. She voted against McCarthy because he didn’t come through with the money for birth control and rape kits he had promised her. That’s a shared desire with Democrats. She’s as pro-pot as Gaetz so she can be AOC’s new best friend. She trash talked Trump after 1/6, but didn’t vote to impeach so she can play both sides depending on the audience and she bonded with the New York Republicans with their shared attempt to expel Santos. Yes I know she’s a terrible person who hasn’t accomplished much, but she’s possible.

"The People's President."

There is a solution to the Speaker’s fiasco. From Manu Raju and Kasie Hunt, to Sean Hannity and S. E. Cupp, the media would be ecstatic! Public figures such as Brett Kavanaugh, Herschel Walker, and Joe Biggs, would again, feel relieved. Even Trump knows first-hand, after dozens and dozens of encounters, there is one better than Jim Jordan. And the Republican House members? The powerful, prominent ones, are familiar with the gratification that such would yield.

Listen to Democrat Tim Kaine.

[bold]Trump Drops Lawsuit Against Judge Who Doomed His Company[/bold]

A week into his bank fraud trial, Donald Trump late Thursday night dropped his oddly aggressive lawsuit against the judge overseeing the case—a move that had been seen as a last-minute scramble to avert a potential unraveling of the tycoon’s real estate empire.

But that happened anyway when Justice Arthur F. Engoron concluded the former president was a serial liar who faked the size of his buildings and value of his properties for years, ordering the family business’ licenses to be revoked.

Now that the judge is overseeing the next three months of scheduled trial to determine whether the Trump family should be punished and forced to pay $250 million or more, defense lawyers made a court filing that indicates “the Article 78 proceeding is dismissed with prejudice.”

Nice to have Mr. Colbert back...

^ Seth Meyers also did some good stuff on Gaetz and Giuliani

This whole speaker shitshow is a RETHUGLICAN PROBLEM.

Fuck them with a chainsaw. Whoever they “elect” will have the same problems as Qevin. All of the nutters and retards aren’t suddenly going to straighten up and fly right. They aren’t. Let them fight.

Yes, I know the funding and Ukraine. This whole dumb assed, clusterfuck of asshattery just shows how unfit, unserious and unwilling to actually govern the thugs are. The longer it goes on, the worse it looks for them and the more sick people get of their bullshit performative antics.

I’m laughing my ass off at this dumb shit. They think this stupid, pointless “Real Housewives of Congress” shitshow is going to sway voters to vote FOR them? In what alternate universe?

Vivek Rama-slimy caught falsely claiming an attack by "protesters"

Trumpster/QAnon follower shoots an indigenous activist

[bold]IRS Places Lien on Rudy Giuliani's $4.5 Million Penthouse After Revealing He Owes $550k in Unpaid Taxes[/bold]

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has taken action against Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and attorney for former President Donald Trump, by placing a lien on his $4.5 million penthouse.

The federal tax agency claims Giuliani owes $549,435.26 in unpaid income taxes for 2021. The lien, filed in court in Palm Beach County, Florida, allows the IRS to seize some of the profits from Giuliani's condo if it were to be sold.

According to Daily Mail, the penthouse, located in Palm Beach just three miles north of Mar-a-Lago, is estimated to be worth $4.5 million. The apartment is located on the fifth floor of an aging post-modern complex built in 1969 on Palm Beach's west side.

Giuliani, who is currently facing legal troubles including 13 felony counts of racketeering charges, has not responded to a request for comment.

Records show that he purchased the three-bedroom, 2,000-square-foot condo with his then-wife Judith Nathan for $1.4 million in cash in February 2010. After their divorce in 2019, Nathan signed the condo over to Rudy, according to records....

How far Ghouliani has fallen. Went from being flush with cash to owing people everywhere.

[quote]How far Ghouliani has fallen.

Because everything Trump touches . . .

Miss Gaetz has been gloating.

What says son, Nestor?

Could Trump be charged under the Espionage Act?

Rep. Jasmine Crockett

[quote] "Riddle me this ... Why would anyone trust the House Republicans to solve any complex issue surrounding immigration, inflation, or EVEN the deficit, when they can't do something simple like coalesce around a speaker of the house?!

[bold]Judge Aileen Cannon Hands Trump a Win in Delaying Mar-a-Lago Docs Case[/bold]

A federal judge has gifted Donald Trump a step toward getting his classified documents case delayed until after the 2024 presidential election.

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted a temporary stay on a filing deadline for Trump as she deliberates whether to postpone the entire schedule of pre-trial proceedings. Her order didn’t, however, address whether the May 2024 trial date will be moved. Trump’s legal team had requested in a Wednesday filing that Cannon push back the trial from May to “until at least mid-November 2024.”

His lawyers claimed that prosecutors were refusing to fully disclose their evidence and forced them into a “conflicting schedule,” arguing that the May date was too close to special counsel Jack Smith’s 2020 election interference case against the former president in Washington, D.C. federal court. They also complained that there was a three-month delay in establishing a facility in Cannon’s courthouse to view the classified information.

He had grabbed that ole puss, didn’t he?

WaPo: Amid concerns the rise of artificial intelligence will supercharge the spread of misinformation comes a wild fabrication from a more prosaic source: Amazon’s Alexa, which declared that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Asked about fraud in the race — in which President Biden defeated former president Donald Trump with 306 electoral college votes — the popular voice assistant said it was “stolen by a massive amount of election fraud."

After The Washington Post reached out to Amazon for comment, Alexa’s responses changed. To questions The Post had flagged to the company, Alexa answered, “I’m sorry, I’m not able to answer that.” Other questions still prompt the device to say there was election fraud in 2020.

^Depressing, r272.

[bold]Mike Lindell’s Lawyers Quit En Masse, Say He Owes Them Millions[/bold]

The MyPillow founder and 2020 election denier allegedly racked up millions in unpaid legal fees

MyPillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell may be flying solo soon.

On Thursday, attorneys representing Lindell and his company in a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems asked to withdraw from the case, alleging he owes millions in unpaid legal fees.

In the filing, Minnesota-based law firm Parker Daniels Kibort said both Lindell and MyPillow stopped paying fees and would be unable to in the future.

“On October 2, 2023, PDK was informed by Defendants that they are not able to get caught up with or make any payment on the large amount they owe in arrears nor pay for anywhere near the estimated expense of continuing to defend against the lawsuits going forward, including either the legal fees or litigation costs,” the filing read.

Lindell has been embroiled in a series of lawsuits brought by voting machine manufacturers who allege Lindell defamed them by spreading conspiracies regarding their role in the 2020 election. In March, he claimed MyPillow had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on.

In January, Lindell claimed that the sleep sundry company had lost more than $100 million in retail in the aftermath of the 2020 election. The claim was contradicted by Dominion Voting Systems, one of the companies suing Lindell, who alleged the CEO used his claims of electoral fraud to boost sales.

Lindell told Politico Thursday that he does not fault his lawyers decision. “These guys were courageous lawyers. They took on the case when nobody else would… Over the last two months, we haven’t been able to pay these lawyers at all,” said Lindell. “They came to me and said we can’t go on if we can’t get paid. I said, there’s no money.”

Considering all that Mr. MyPillow has done to try to help him, surely Trump will give Lindell some money to help pay his legal fees.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Rudy, Trump, and MyPillow are all grifters who don't pay their lawyers

Rudy has plenty of money for hair dye. Or, is that shoe polish?

America needs a “Mother” of the nation.

[quote] Former Second Lady Karen Pence is traveling around the country, talking about faith and her new book.

[quote]Karen Pence, donning a royal blue two-piece pantsuit, read excerpts from her newly released title “When It’s Your Turn to Serve: Experiencing God’s Grace in His Calling for Your Life,” to attendees in a silent room.

Wouldn’t the Pences do more good going to Nambia a few years as missionaries?

^Namibia - proper spelling

95% Of Recipients Of Arkansas School Vouchers Already Attend Private Christian Schools

R280, there was a study in Arizona that showed the same thing. Most of the kids taking advantage of these vouchers aren't poor kids from "failing public schools" - they're well-off kids who are already enrolled in private school. This is welfare for the wealthy.

"Spread the wealth!... as long as it goes to people who already have it."

Paging the Nikki Haley troll:

Nikki doesn't think that Trump calling for General Milley to be executed is disqualifying

Alexia said the 2020 election was stolen? That's pretty shitty AI. I wonder what website it took it's information from?

r283...

[quote]Ask Nikki how she’d feel if Trump said She should be executed?

[quote]It’s called a follow up question.

[quote] I wonder what website it took it's information from?

The free ones.

Legitimate news organizations are almost all paywalled. But shit like the Daily Mail and Fox are easily accessible (by design, of course)

[quote] Scott, 49, was arrested in his room at the budget hotel near Exxon's Spring, Texas, headquarters. One of the two women he was in the room with left and called police from the lobby, a worker who saw a security video told Reuters. Rooms at the hotel cost about $120 a night.

[...]

[quote] Scott faces a second-degree felony assault charge and was held on a $30,000 bond, according to jail records. Convictions on such felonies in Texas carry a minimum of two years and up to 20 years in jail

^ Not a drag queen!

He has serial killer eyes.

R289, yep

The creeper in R287's photo specialized in shale.

I wonder if he ever helped develop that oil extraction process via shale that was hatched over at Denver-Carrington.

Of course ColbyCo would never employ such degenerates.

[quote] "McCarthy NOT ruling out a return to speakership, saying “that’s a decision for the conference.” Some centrists have been pushing to restore McCarthy in the wake of the attacks on Israel — and amid concerns they won’t be able to quickly coalesce around a new speaker candidate."

I'm wondering if they'll strike a bargain with some Democrats to vote "present" to lower the threshold so he gets back in with only GOP votes.

Kev is (sadly) better than Gym or KKK Lite.

This is like being asked would you rather be kicked in balls by a linebacker or have three foot canals done without pain killers.

...or ^^^ maybe not...

[quote] McCarthy willing to return as Speaker if the GOP wants him back after war breaks out in Israel; says it was "wrong" for [bold] 8 Republicans to join with Democrats [/bold] to remove him and leave House without a Speaker

[quote] McCarthy sounded angry at being deposed and itching to retake the gavel. He announced a "5-part plan" to respond to the attack on Israel, blamed Biden for appeasement, etc.

[quote] It's not clear if anyone can get a House majority to take the speaker's gavel this week. McCarthy would need some of the 8 Republicans who knifed him to reconsider, (or Democratic votes/absentions.)

[quote]three foot canals

Pics please.

Trump confuses Anthony Hopkins with Hannibal Lecter.

^ But Biden's age!!!

Ron DeSantis was sued for hiding Florida's Covid data. He lost, and now FL will have to post the REAL number of people getting Covid

[quote]The data was withheld during the worst of the Delta variant outbreak, at the same time that schools were attempting to use the data to make reopening and mitigation determinations.

R287’s post just creeps me out and pisses me off.

This fugly, obese entitled prick thinks he can just do anything and get away with it.

I hope the person he attacked cunt punts him, hard!

[bold]Justice Department fights Trump effort to push Mar-a-Lago trial until after 2024 election[/bold]

The Justice Department is fighting an effort by former President Trump to delay his documents case until after the 2024 election, pushing back on claims the government hasn’t done its part to provide access to evidence.

A recent motion seeking to delay the process through a law governing the handling of classified records in court “was but a precursor to a motion to continue the trial date,” special counsel Jack Smith’s office wrote in the Monday court filing.

“None of the issues raised in the defendants’ motion warrants the continuance they request.”

The request from Trump’s team last week comes amid complaints from his legal team about the amount of classified evidence they’ve been able to review in the case, as well as their workload, as they manage numerous indictments filed against the former president. They asked to delay the case until “at least mid-November 2024.”

The attorneys say they have yet to get access to all classified evidence underpinning charges in a superseding indictment that accused Trump of an additional Espionage Act charge and of trying to delete security camera footage from his Florida home.

Trump’s team also complains that it “only has access to a small, temporary facility in Miami” to view the highly classified records. It must visit the facility in person while managing hearing dates for Trump’s trial on allegations he sought to block the transfer of power after losing the 2020 election.

But the special counsel’s office said Trump’s team is exaggerating its struggles...

^

[quote] But Biden's age!!!

That's right, R303. Biden's corpse is preferable to trump's lying orange ass any day.

R304, it would make better decisions.

R304: Biden's corpse would also smell better.

LOL R305 & R306!

Although I prefer a live Biden in office and the orange oozing corpse of trump snugly buried next to Ivana in New Jersey.

R308 Bang on. The collective madness of MAGA.

"Jeffrey McConney, the Trump Organization’s longtime controller, testified at the civil trial Friday that Weisselberg asked him to assist him in committing tax fraud on multiple occasions, including changing payroll records to hide perks and giving his wife a check for a no-show job so she could qualify for Social Security benefits.

McConney said he went along with it because he feared Weisselberg would fire him if he refused.

In a pretrial ruling last month, Judge Arthur Engoron found that Trump and other defendants including Weisselberg committed years of fraud by exaggerating the value of Trump’s assets and net worth on his financial statements.

As punishment, Engoron ordered that a court-appointed receiver take control of some Trump companies, putting the future of Trump Tower and other marquee properties in doubt. An appeals court on Friday blocked enforcement of that aspect of Engoron’s ruling, at least for now"

R302. Legal experts on weighing-in on Judge Aileen’s slow-walking the documents case.

One would not be surprised if Jack Smith, at some point soon, files to have Cannon removed as Judge.

Could that cunt be anymore transparent? So much for learning her lesson the first 2 times. I hope after this is all over she never gets another promotion from the judges above here who keep swatting a way her inept and illegal rulings.

As a certain may have a “crush” on DJT, and her political views are firmly in the MAGA cult, she is unethical in not seeking a recusal.

If something is being “bought”, that would be more horrible. Let’s hope not. Those Pootin tentacles have an extensive reach in MAGA world.

^certain judge

Cannon has the same evil, crazy eyes that Comey Barrett has.

Just grab ‘em by the……

Proud Gal Aileen

The Federalist Society devilment

[bold]"Tremendous embarrassment": Trump runs to London court after U.S. judge rejected Steele dossier suit[/bold]

Former President Donald Trump has alleged in a London-based lawsuit that former British Intelligence Officer Christopher Steele caused him "personal and reputational damage and distress" by leaking a dossier containing distasteful and unproven accounts of ties between him and Russia during the 2016 presidential race, The New York Times reports. Trump's attorneys argue that Steele's firm, Orbis Business Intelligence, breached British data protection laws with the file, the release of which triggered a political storm just ahead of Trump's 2017 inauguration.

The lawsuit, which was originally filed last November, could fair better for Trump in Britain than in the United States, where a Florida federal judge last year dismissed his lawsuit claiming that Steele, as well as Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee, was part of a plot to circulate false information about Trump's relationship to Russia. In a September court filing, lawyers for Trump said he was “compelled to explain to his family, friends, and colleagues that the embarrassing allegations about his private life were untrue. This was extremely distressing” for the former president, the filing continued, adding that Steele had leveled the claims in a "sensationalist manner" that was “calculated to cause tremendous embarrassment” to Trump. The former president seeks unspecified compensation.

The High Court judge presiding over the suit scheduled a two-day hearing for Oct. 16 and 17, during which attorneys for Steele will move to have the case thrown out. In a witness statement, Steele accused the former president of making "numerous public attacks" upon him and his firm, adding that Trump had launched "frivolous and abusive legal proceedings" against him and Orbis in the United States, a statement that mirrors the Florida judge's ruling.

"Special counsel to Trump: Don’t ‘friend’ potential jurors

Prosecutors in Trump’s D.C. election case are seeking special procedures to protect the jury"

Besides not naming the jurors, can they be behind a screen or something? Maybe in another room?

There can be no opportunity for those magat scumbags to get ANY identifying information on those people.

Will they sequester the jury? That’s what I would want if I was chosen to defend democracy.

Every juror needs to be provided with...

[quote] Five women filed a lawsuit Monday against Tim Ballard, the founder of the anti-child-trafficking nonprofit Operation Underground Railroad, alleging he exploited the mission of his organization to sexually assault them.

[...]

[quote] The women allege Ballard would ask them to perform lap dances and join him for couples massages. Ballard also would frequent Salt Lake Valley strip clubs, the lawsuit alleges, where he would pay for lap dances, drink alcohol and take pills, all of which was paid for with OUR funds.

[quote] Through the ruses, the suit alleges, Ballard coerced the women to engage in various sexual acts short of penetration, supposedly in order to maintain the appearance that they were a couple. The suit also alleges that Ballard would encourage the women to get a Brazilian wax of their pubic area.

[quote] Each time, it is alleged, Ballard would ask the women, “Is there anything you wouldn’t do to save a child?” He also played on their faith, the suit alleged; almost all of the women accusing Ballard are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Trump will be trying to sue everyone now that his money is running out. But messing with the Steele Dossier is foolish; I've always believed every word of it. The dude has decades of experience with this spying and espionage and kompromat. It's FOX News that brainwashed the world that it was all faaaake.

The wrestlers he betrayed say Jim Jordan shouldn't be House Speaker

Trump says Forbes Magazine is communist because they kicked him off the Billionaire list

Part of the *fall*, r326. I keep saying how Shakespearean it all is. Melania wasn't wrong when she referred to "all the palace intrigue". But did Shakespeare write a lead character totally lacking in any redeeming qualities?

There’s so many blocked posts on this thread for me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Wrestlers speak out against Gym Jordan:

[quote]There’s so many blocked posts on this thread for me.

Then perhaps this isn't the thread for you.

I believe the Steele Dossier, including the pee pee tape existing. Pootin has it.

Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be Speaker.

I guess they decided that David Duke 2: Electric Boogaloo was an improvement over the molester protector

I posted the post below accidentally in the Nia Vardalos thread. Someone asked me how Dump could have kept this from Jared, and my response to that poster follows.

Re the war in Israel, I think that Dump told Putin, who told Iran, who told Hamas how to get around Israeli defenses. I am 100 percent sure of this. Putin is running the show. He is sowing chaos around the world where he can and is biding his time re Ukraine. He’s betting there is no appetite for two wars and the US will focus support in Israel. This is the conversation Dump had privately with Putin. I can’t figure out any way this can be investigated or proven, but I’m so sure this is what happened.

My follow up post: I think Dump simply did not tell Jared. I believe Dump told Putin whatever Putin wanted, and Putin ran with it. Remember the private conversation they had when they asked the American interpreter to leave the room? Or it could have been at any time really. How else would Hamas get the info it needed? And they definitely had incredible intel about Israel’s defenses. Dump doesn’t care about anyone—including Jared and Jews in Israel—except himself.

Nick Fuentes - the Neo Nazi who had dinner with Trump - is now having meetings with Kyle Rittenhouse and big GOP donors

Related to R333's post.

[bold]As The GOP Slams Biden On Israel, No One Mentions Trump's Dangerous Intel Leak[/bold]

WASHINGTON ― As Republicans try to link President Joe Biden’s release of $6 billion of frozen Iranian money as part of a prisoner swap to the weekend terrorist attack on Israel, they continue to ignore the documented damage done to that country’s security by the de facto leader of their party, Donald Trump.

Less than four months into his term, the coup-attempting former president was bragging to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergei Kislyak during their Oval Office visit about the quality of the briefings he was receiving, and as proof offered details about a secret Israeli intelligence operation into Syria.

Israeli intelligence officials were incensed upon learning of the leak because, given Russia’s close ties to Iran and Syria, they had to assume that their local source for the information had been compromised and possibly killed, according to Israeli press accounts at the time.

“If indeed Trump, out of innocence or ignorance, leaked information to the Russians, then there is a real danger to sources that it took years to acquire, and to our working methods,” an Israeli intelligence source told journalist Ronen Bergman...

Thanks, r335. I am so positive Dump gave Putin Israeli secrets. It would be difficult to prove, but wow, if it could be, it would kind of rival any of the other bombshells about Dump. So weird that, taken singularly, any of these bombshells would end someone's public life. Anyone but Dump.

The photo at R335 is so telling. Just the look on his face shows trump is in his element, ruthless oligarchs who care for nothing but power and profit.

Blank checks.

"Hummus terror attacks"

[quote] Jim Jordan allies are trying to sabotage Steve Scalise tonight by circulating FEC reports to members showing he spent over $500,000 at DC Capital Grille since 2011

OR

[quote] Today, I'm proud to announce that we are taking our most comprehensive action ever to eliminate junk fees.

[quote] The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a new rule that would ban hidden fees across the economy and require companies to show consumers the all-in pricing upfront. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is also banning banks and credit unions from charging fees for basic services like checking your account balance.

[quote] These actions are going to save Americans tens of billions of dollars.

Glenn Youngkin, Virginia Governor, is illegally purging people from the voter rolls

The thugs are going to do that everywhere, so be sure to check your voter registration and make sure it’s up to date.

I just sent out 50 postcards for Arizona reminding people to check their voter registration and make sure everything is correct.

R342, that's awesome 👌

I just checked my registration a couple days ago. It said the last four digits of my social do not match what I entered. Huh? Why after all these years would that be a problem? Fortunately, the website accepted my driver's license.

Back in 2016, my aunt, who has been voting since 2016 and has volunteered to check the rolls in the past, was told she suddenly was not eligible to vote because there were issues with her registration. She had to get a copy of her birth certificate and go up to the registration office in person.

We are both consistent, all-the-way-down-the-ballot, blue voters in a deep red state. I can't help but feel that has something to do with it.

Dammit, the second "2016" should read "1970"!

A rabid antisemite is appearing at a Trump Doral event with Eric Trump

Like attracts like.

WTF? Nazis bring their own fries and extra ketchup.

[Quote] Back in 2016, my aunt, who has been voting since (1970) and has volunteered to check the rolls in the past, was told she suddenly was not eligible to vote because there were issues with her registration. She had to get a copy of her birth certificate and go up to the registration office in person.

There was a WaPo (or maybe NYTimes) feature a few years ago about this that I unfortunately cannot put my hands on at this moment.

As I recall, a huge portion of it was about how people--most frequently women--get disenfranchised because they lose possession of documents as they are fleeing such things as domestic abuse and substandard housing (flooded basements apartments, fire caused by bootleg wiring...) and homelessness. An added, very common occurrence with these laws (presumably intentionally) is not allowing women to vote if they cannot produce a marriage license and/or divorce decree justifying a name change.

Look at the percentages of who votes for Democrats vs. who votes for the GOP. Stopping minorities, women independent enough to divorce, and even the generic "soccer mom", decidedly favors those who are passing these type of laws.

^My aunt certainly fits. She has never been married (though she dated the same guy off and on for over thirty years and he proposed twice). Her mother (my maternal grandmother) was deeply involved with both our county's and state's Democratic party. She worked the polls every election for over twenty years till she became too ill to do so.

We have also had issues with an old, deranged neighbor woman who is loudly MAGA, heavily involved with our county's Republikkkan party, and always has election signs covering her tree lawn. We once overheard her make a snarky remark about our "family's history and voting records". She claims to be well connected and "can call the right people to make your life a living Hell". In our little "Mayberry", it wouldn't surprise me. She talks about Dump as if she were talking about a lover or Jesus Christ himself.

[bold]GOP’s Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win gavel[/bold]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker late Thursday after hardline holdouts refused to back the party’s nominee, throwing the GOP majority into deeper chaos with the chamber unable to function.

Scalise told GOP colleagues at a closed-door meeting late Thursday of his decision and pointedly declined to announce backing for anyone else, including his chief rival, Rep. Jim Jordan, the hardline Judiciary Committee chairman backed by Donald Trump who had already told colleagues he no longer would seek the job.

Next steps are uncertain as the House is essentially closed while the Republican majority tries to elect a speaker after ousting Kevin McCarthy from the job.

“I just shared with my colleagues that I’m withdrawing my name as a candidate for speaker-designee,” Scalise said as he emerged from the closed-door meeting at the Capitol.

Scalise, R-La., said the Republican majority “still has to come together and is not there.”

He had been working furiously to secure the votes after being nominated by a majority of his colleagues, but after hours of private meetings over two days and late into the evening at the Capitol it was clear lawmakers were not budging from their refusal to support him.

“There are still some people that have their own agendas,” Scalise said. “And I was very clear, we have to have everybody put their agendas on the side and focus on what this country needs.”

Asked if he would throw his support behind Jordan, Scalise said, “It’s got to be people that aren’t doing it for themselves and their own personal interest.”

He said he would push quickly for a resolution. “But it wasn’t going to happen. It wasn’t going to happen today. It wasn’t going to happen tomorrow. It needs to happen soon, but I’ve withdrawn my name.”

Frustrations have mounted as the crisis deepened and Republicans lost another day without a House speaker. Scalise was trying to peel off more than 100 votes, mostly from those who backed Jordan.

But many hard-liners taking their cues from Trump have dug in for a prolonged fight to replace McCarthy after his historic ouster from the job. They argued that Majority Leader Scalise was no better choice, that he should be focusing on his health as he battles cancer and that he was not the leader they would support. No House votes were scheduled. ...

Can Republicans at least find someone who isn't a molester or a white supremacist?

Are there any Repugs who aren’t molesters and/or white supremacists?

Kinzinger and...

Just him.

With all the crazy shit Trump has been spewing about Israel, he might as well drop out of the POTUS race. I don't think he'll even be a candidate come next year. All of his crimes and insanity are too much for most Americans.

[quote]Are there any Repugs who aren’t molesters and/or white supremacists?

No we got rid of those Rhinos.

Pud goes big, before he has to go home for good.

"Desantis today says Trump is in mental decline. Says he “isn’t the same guy” he was in 2016, and “it’s sad” to see. Says Trump can’t function without a teleprompter anymore and every time he speaks without one he says crazy shit, and he can’t handle a debate."

Puddin’s new messaging about Trump is too little, too late. He wouldn’t attack coming out of the gate.

[bold] Boebert Spent Campaign Funds at Boyfriend's Bar [/bold]

The latest campaign filing from Lauren Boebert's campaign account reveals that she spent $317.48 on July 31, 2023, at the Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar owned by her former boyfriend Quinn Gallagher.

It is not clear exactly what she used campaign funds for at her boyfriend's bar. The expenditure is listed as "Event Catering." An internet search turned up no campaign events that had been advertised or promoted at the bar by Boebert or her campaign.

Boebert and Gallagher were ejected from the Beetlejuice show in Denver last month. She later said they were no longer dating.

Boebert has been in hot water before for using campaign funds for personal expenses. Her finance report this past quarter is littered with travel expenses outside DC and Colorado.

^^Fucking whore

Slore!

"George Santos just filed Q3 FEC docs, and they may be the worst I've ever seen.

Raised a *negative* sum of money (-$16,526) due to contribution refunds.

Disclosed over $100,000 in new debt, denoted with "treasurer become [sic] aware of prior debt.""

Sean Hannity is pressuring Republicans to vote for Gym Jordan

Hannity is one of Lachlan Murdoch’s top longtime propagandists. Helping to destroy American democracy is adding billions to Lachlan’s abundant worldwide accounts. Like dad, Rupert, like son.

Gym Jordan is one of Putin’s little darlings. MAGAs love this insurrectionist insider.

Hannity looking like death warmed over.

Guess being Putin’s bitch and seeing Fucker get the ax wears on a potato bitch after a while.

Hannity looks like shit. Oh, wait. He is shit.

Does Hannity have any pull with Repugs anymore? He's kind of a "rhino" of that old boys club of MAGA and the nutjobs who inhabit that space now.

Hannity perks-up when hosting guest commentator, Lá Senátrice, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. For Lá Senátrice, Friday through Sunday is Mar-a-Lago time, and Monday is hangover recovery day.

"'No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.

President Donald Trump insists he deserves no blame for divisions in America."

Gym Jordan and Hannity take orders from the same people.Trump is just an addled mouthpiece for Putin. Shutting down the government is the goal. As Speaker Jordan will take orders from them, and the Sedition Caucus will finally realize their goal.

Has Gym been deep inside Schlapp’s cavity……of financial resources?

Lindsey will be traveling to Israel and Saudi Arabia with a few other Senators.

To save on travel costs and in the spirit of bipartisanship, has Lindsey requested the travel office to be booked for a room(s) with Chis Murphy?

That worked with the late John McCain.

NYT: A judge imposed a limited gag order on former President Donald J. Trump on Monday, restricting Mr. Trump from making public statements attacking the witnesses, prosecutors or court staff involved in the federal criminal case in which he stands accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.

But the narrowly tailored order by the judge, Tanya S. Chutkan, left Mr. Trump free as he pursues his campaign to be re-elected president to continue disparaging the Justice Department, President Biden and other political adversaries so long as the remarks are not directly connected to the case.

[quote]Lindsey will be traveling to Israel and Saudi Arabia with a few other Senators.

Why should Chris Murphy have to listen to Lindsay getting spit-roasted by an endless stream of rentboys?

Trump is doing Tish James now

Lock him up!!!

^ Shit I meant to post "doxxing" but it got autocorrected

[quote]Trump is doing Tish James now

The HELL he is!!!

ew

MAGA lawyers set out to taint the pollute the jury pool in Georgia

^^^Ewww that one’s ugly.

Eric Trump Praises His Dad For Burying His Mom On Golf Course In Weed Covered Grave

After Trump pushed her down a flight of stairs (it had Michael Peterson do it).

[quote] UPDATE: The arrested woman is a NY court employee. She is charged with contempt of court, disrupting a court proceeding.

Judge Cannon Blames Jack Smith For The Incompetence Of Trump's Lawyers

[quote]Judge Cannon Blames Jack Smith For The Incompetence Of Trump's Lawyers

Dumb Trumptard acts like dumb Trumptard.

Woke

Now Trump says he's thinking about visiting Israel. As if. Somebody's feeling ignored and upstaged! Having a hard time getting on the news now.

R389, Netanyahu should tell him to go visit Hezbollah since he thinks they're so "smart."

I called this over a year ago, Trump is going to make a break from America to Saudi Arabia in his own plane. He's going to jump bail right in front of us all while the judges fail to see it happening. He's testing the waters. He still has his passport.

I would not be surprised he would even through Don and Eric under the bus with this. He doesn't want to go to jail and he will claim he's busy building new Trump towers thanks to the king. Too busy to make it to the trials, too busy to finish running for president. But if I win I will come back. Eric and Jr, can handle my business while I am gone. Sorry boys, you may have to serve time but I cant always be bailing you out.

I don't think he'll leave America but it would be great if he did, because he would hate it. He's as provincial as an Appalachian who's never left his hometown.

Conspiracy Against Rights

DoJ needs to appeal to Circuit Court to have Cannon removed. Even if the appeal fails, it’s sending a message.

Cannon appears to show she lacks competence for this case; and how has she not shown that she is injecting her political biases and her demonstrated personal infatuation with DJT into her decisions?

The Kraken Lady cops a plea.

From R396 link:

[quote]She is pleading guilty to six misdemeanor charges, according to the agreement read in court Thursday. She will get 12 months of probation for each count, as well as a $6,000 fine.

[quote]As part of the agreement, Powell must "testify truthfully about any co-defendants" involved in the case and "provide all documents to the district attorney's office" relevant to their case against the other co-defendants, according to Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee.

[quote]She will also have to write an apology letter to the people of the state of Georgia, "which you have already satisfied," McAfee said during Thursday's court proceeding.

Seems like she got off easy.

Here's why Trump won't flee the country:

No foreign leader will accept him without $$$$$. Lots of it. Secondly, he is very high maintenance. Very demanding. Now there's a way around all that. All Jared has to do is call his buddy, MBS, and tell him he will pay for Dad to live in the kingdom for maybe two years, and he will pay a monthly "fee" for that. But Trump will die from an "undisclosed illness" about 18 months into his stay. The way I figure it, the whole thing may cost Jared about $10 million, but it's worth it. Jared would make Ivanka happy, and he'd eliminate a problem.

The Kraken is flipping on Trump and Rudy?

R399 she must have seen pictures of the inside of Georgia Correctional Facilities. ...which are an improvement over what you'd find in Mississippi.

I'm curious as what it cost Sidney Powell in legal fees. They are probably much higher than the fine.

Powell’s legal fees would be in the tens of thousands. It’s not like she’s being defended on a second DUI.

Her attorneys got her a pretty good deal. She received no jail time, pleaded guilty to only misdemeanors, and 6k is soft with fines and she stretch-out payments for the duration of the probation.

What the prosecutors got is her agreement to testify truthfully against other defendants if/when called to do so. If she doesn’t, the deal is negated.

Disgusting Bannon.

This is just wrong. Showing Bannon as neatly shaven is so unrealistic.

No one would have taken that meth mouthed pipsqueak back in the 1800s, either, you disgusting heroes scab.

You just know that naked Bannon is covered in scabs and oozing pus.

Another Kari Lake lawsuit has been tossed out.

Who is paying her legal bills and court costs for these frivolous lawsuits based on false claims?

Enough of this delusional bitch, Lake. I want to see her cunt lips stretched over a fat thorny cactus until she expires. 🌵

[quote]Another Kari Lake lawsuit has been tossed out. Who is paying her legal bills and court costs for these frivolous lawsuits based on false claims?

Don't look at me.

Wonder if Harlan Crow was paying for that shit

Speaking of Harlan Crow:

Harlan Crow has an immense passion for older black that are outside the Democratic Party establishment.

^ black “men”

Crow, Singer, Koch…..there’s a whole bunch of billionaires buying influence and getting “off”.

Don’t forget FBI informant and raging homosexualist Thiel, r414.

That shit stain should be stripped of his citizenship and have his assets seized.

Chesebro took a plea deal.

They're dropping like flies Donny-boy. Dropping like flies.

[quote]Chesebro, a Harvard-educated lawyer, is the alleged architect of the ‘fake’ electors scheme. That's the plan to appoint ‘alternate’ pro-Trump electors in battleground states Trump lost, a key part of disrupting the counting and certification of electoral votes in Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.

[quote]Under terms of Chesebro's plea deal, he's been ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution and will serve five years of probation. He also must complete 100 hours of community service and write an apology letter to the citizens of the state of Georgia.

[quote]Chesebro also gave a proffer to the state and will turn over evidence the state requests. He must testify truthfully and may not speak to other defendants or the media about the case.

R418, and if he violates any part of that deal Fani will ship his ass to a Georgia State Prison. No doubt in my mind. I hope these defendants do not think they can outsmart her or the judge because they can't. Fani is so thoroughly prepared I am certain she has a whole lot more information than Chesebro or Powell or any of the others realize. If they get busted for lying it is curtains. They are fucked.

[quote]You just know that naked Bannon is covered in scabs and oozing pus.

Bannon, Barron Harkonnen: I never know which is which.

Bannon looks nasty. Poor hygiene, no grooming, and excessively out of shape, appeals to who beyond the MAGA rodents? Alcoholic?

I think T’s got early signs of dementia (reminds me of Ronnie Reagan in his second term).

I also suspect the press corp knows more than they’re letting on. They are just “hinting” at his condition.

They’ve repeatedly pointed out that he’s been claiming in speeches that he beat Obama in the Presidential race. Two days ago they were tittering over the fact that he couldn’t remember a strong statement he’d angrily delivered to news cameras just four minutes earlier, etc.

(The fact that his financial “empire” is possibly teetering and that his personal freedom is possibly tottering may be taking a toll too.)

Miz Lindz is visiting the Middle East this weekend with a group of other Senators. Trump must be upset she’s not with him in Mar-a-Lago or wherever.

[quote] An investigation determined that a backpack belonging to Jeffrey Clark was left inside the store.

[quote] Officers reportedly found the following inside the backpack. 1,232 grams (2.7 pounds) of methamphetamine 79 grams of fentanyl 28 grams of marijuana digital scales and plastic bags The investigation led to Clark’s room at a local motel where a firearm was found, the JCPD said. Clark was also reportedly found to be in possession of 10 grams of cocaine.

Oops, a different Jeffrey Clark. Thank goodness!

[bold]Trump Now Says Sydney Powell Was Not His Attorney[/bold]

Donald Trump on Truth Social attempted to distance himself from Sidney Powell after her plea deal with Georgia prosecutors: “Despite the Fake News reports to the contrary… Ms. Powell was not my attorney, and never was. In fact, she would have been conflicted.”

R425, I bet he didn’t pay her, so now he could day, “she wasn’t my attorney! I never paid her!”

That’s why he never actually pays ANYONE.

That and he’s a BROKE PUSSY ASSED BITCH!

I work in a CA law office. Attorneys don't take on clients here without getting client signature on a letter engagement agreement. Even if Trump never paid her, I wonder if Sidney has something in writing from him. With Trump's nonpayment history, surely no one would take him on without getting something in writing??

Powell would have expected $$$$$ from Trump or his financiers, and or a top government job if Trump had prevailed with the alternate electors scheme and the insurrection.

[quote] she wasn’t my attorney!

That’s not going to help him any. He still followed her advice.

Sidney Powell knows the dirt and where the bodies are buried, hypothetically. Trump running his mouth dissing her, will make her determined to have revenge. Trump can’t help himself in digging deeper holes, legally, to fall into.

60 Minutes Australia did a piece on the Australian billionaire that Trump was sharing state secrets with

The New York Times also has a piece on the Aussie billionaire today.

"In his interviews with prosecutors, Mr. Pratt recounted how Mr. Trump once revealed to him sensitive information about American nuclear submarines, an episode that Mr. Trump denies. Another witness told prosecutors about hearing uncorroborated reports that Mr. Pratt spent $1 million for tickets to a Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve gala — voluntarily paying the club a huge markup for tickets that actually cost $50,000 or less, according to two people with knowledge of the previously unreported testimony.

New details of how an American president and an Australian billionaire bonded over their mutual self-interest help to document the transactional ethos of the Trump presidency, and show how Mr. Trump melded his White House with his personal business in a way that, according to prosecutors, had ramifications for national security."

Puddin’ needs help. His campaign keeps faltering.

The disturbing Mr. Biggs.

I'm not sure Powell was actually his attorney. I think she was brought in by Rudy to "advise" and help with the Election fraud.A strategist. .....I know. She's nuts. But then aren't they all.

“Mother has something to say. She and Mikey did movie reviews.

[quote]The New York Times also has a piece on the Aussie billionaire today.

Trump took to Truth Social to deny the report about the "red haired weirdo":

"The Failing New York Times story, leaked by Deranged Jack Smith and the Biden “Political Opponent Abuser” DOJ, about a red haired weirdo from Australia, named Anthony Pratt, is Fake News.

I never spoke to him about Submarines, but I did speak to him about creating jobs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, because that’s what I’m all about – JOBS, A GREAT ECONOMY, LOW TAXES, NO INFLATION, ENERGY DOMINANCE, STRONG BORDERS, NO ENDLESS WARS, LOW INTEREST RATES, and much more!

Maggie Hagerman and the Misfits never called me for a comment. Why would they, they just write anything they want. Whether it’s correct or not is of ZERO importance to them. “All the News That’s Unfit To Print.” That’s why we call it the Fake News!"

What Led Sidney Powell to Flip ~politicalwire

[bold]Sidney Powell was Trump’s biggest ‘fighter.’ Now she’s a big threat.[/bold]

[quote]...Trump’s team spurned her. Federal prosecutors demanded her fundraising records. She was ordered to pay sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit in Michigan. The State Bar of Texas lodged a disciplinary complaint against her. Two companies that make voting software sued her.

[quote]All that was before prosecutors began filing criminal charges. In August, she appeared as an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal indictment accusing Trump of trying to subvert the election, and, later that month, she was charged alongside him in a Georgia case brought by Atlanta-area prosecutors.

[quote]At the end of 2021, a federal judge in Michigan ordered Powell and others involved in the November 2020 lawsuit that challenged the election results in that state to pay about $175,000 in legal fees to the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit. The judge, Linda V. Parker, called the fees an “appropriate sanction … needed to deter Plaintiffs’ counsel and others from engaging in similar misconduct in the future.”...

What Led Sidney Powell to Flip ~politicalwire

[bold]Sidney Powell was Trump’s biggest ‘fighter.’ Now she’s a big threat.[/bold]

[quote]...Trump’s team spurned her. Federal prosecutors demanded her fundraising records. She was ordered to pay sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit in Michigan. The State Bar of Texas lodged a disciplinary complaint against her. Two companies that make voting software sued her.

[quote]All that was before prosecutors began filing criminal charges. In August, she appeared as an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal indictment accusing Trump of trying to subvert the election, and, later that month, she was charged alongside him in a Georgia case brought by Atlanta-area prosecutors.

[quote]At the end of 2021, a federal judge in Michigan ordered Powell and others involved in the November 2020 lawsuit that challenged the election results in that state to pay about $175,000 in legal fees to the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit. The judge, Linda V. Parker, called the fees an “appropriate sanction … needed to deter Plaintiffs’ counsel and others from engaging in similar misconduct in the future.”...

Sorry for the double post. There was a delay before it appeared even after refreshing the screen.

Sure, Jan.

Sure, Jan.

When Donald stop grabbing Sid’s poosie, and switched to Aileen instead, fallout happens.

What you know? Miz Lindzey has another hissy fit! This time with Newsmax’s Jerusalem correspondent of all possibilities. The exchange is in the link.

Maybe I should post this in the old tech thread, but I'm going to rush out and buy this album:

[quote] Once Wilson landed in Hong Kong, he alerted customs authorities to the gun, and was arrested. He was jailed and later posted bail that was set at 20,000 of a currency that Smith could not confirm, though news outlet The Standard reported bail was HK$20,000. Wilson has surrendered his passport and the firearm, Smith said. He is awaiting a hearing

^^ Insert Nelson Muntz "HA-ha!" here. ^^

Nowadays, there must be a lot of hate f*cking at those GQP orgies, I can hear it now.

[quote]”Deeper, deeper, Matty” exclaims “My Kevin”, “I hardly feel anything”. “Let’s switch Kevin” shouted Gym, “this black dildo Marge has strapped-on hurts too much”. “Damn it, Mister Biggs isn’t very big” proclaimed McHenie, “let me have a go with Steve”.

Trump tells crowd at New Hampshire rally they don’t have to vote: “You don’t have to vote, don’t worry about voting. The voting, we got plenty of votes.” Sounds like he’s going to rig the election.

[bold]Fourth defendant negotiates plea deal with Fulton prosecutors[/bold]

Attorney Jenna Ellis on Tuesday became the fourth defendant in the Fulton County election interference case to strike a deal with prosecutors.

In exchange for her cooperation, Ellis pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings. The count stems from her testimony before a Georgia Senate subcommittee on Dec. 3, 2020. Along with co-defendants Rudy Giuliani and Ray Smith, Ellis “knowingly, willingly, and unlawfully” made false statements about election fraud in Georgia, according to her new charging document.

Under the terms of the agreement, Ellis must serve five years probation, 100 hours of community service and pay $5,000 in restitution to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office. She agreed to testify truthfully when called, provide documents and other evidence, refrain from posting about the case on social media and to pen an apology letter to Georgia voters.

Ellis’s plea deal came less than a week after two of the case’s other co-defendants, Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, struck similar agreements with Fulton prosecutors just days before they were set to go to trial.

Hah Fani charged all those people with the intention to cherry-pick the ones that have the most info and offer them a deal.

Sounds like a smart plan

I can't help but think there will be no plea deals for Rudy, Mark Meadows and Donald. LOL! Meadows needs to see the inside of a Georgia State Prison. Yeah. He is slimy and arrogant and deceitful and underhanded.

R454 here change that to "I can't help but HOPE..." My point is that I don't think Fani and the Judge want to be in a position where the only ones who go to jail are the local, Georgia people. We have to see some high profile people get some time, even if only for two months or whatever.

They're dropping like flies! Who will be the next to take a plea deal?

Go, Fani!

Lock them ALL up!

Republicans in NC on track to pass a gerrymandered map eliminating 4 Dem districts

I don't know Jenna Ellis

Mark Meadows has flipped, talked to Jack Smith, granted immunity in Jan. 6 case.

Damn r460! He must have a ton of info. And that’s why Dump is fighting this speaker thing. Either he wants to be installed or he needs someone in that role that will fight against certifying any election.

Damn, these guys are saving themselves first, aren’t they?

No honor among thieves.

I will save my dear President!

I called it!

I posted a long, long time ago here (and yes, so did others), even before Trump was indicted about January 6th, that Meadows is singing like a canary.

He went very quiet, very soon. That was the tell.

RepMikeJohnson is poised to be the next Speaker of the House (I don’t think I’m jinxing it frankly). Many have noted my case against @PatrickMcHenry for his quiet homophobia. Johnson, however, isn’t quietly bigoted. He’s THE literal ringleader against #lgbt equality in the Congress. No other sitting Member has a record as king and histories as Johnson’s when it comes to these issues. Frankly, this is a major reason he’s garnering support across a wide spectrum of the @HouseGOP conference. He’s quiet yet lethal. Seemingly ineffective but plays the long game very well. His work over the years with radical rightwing “think” groups is well established. [bold] He desires the overturn of Obergefell and will stop at nothing to attain it. In short, his entire career has focused on destroying lgbt equality gains. [/bold] This isn’t even disputable. His record is his record.

To suggest Johnson is a mainstream Republican is sadly correct. He’s well within the mainstream of House and Senate Republicans in that he’s radically rightwing and will stop at nothing to attain power in order to devolve every possible issue down to the state level as most political confederates want. Doing so will destroy a centralized federal Govt, the penultimate and public goal of the republicans since the Gingrich speakership.

That’s who Rep Mike Johnson is: a radical Louisiana confederate Republican.

Will he succeed? That’s for first his constituents to decide, then the American people to decide in next year’s elections. If he presides over a Congress for 13 months but then loses his title, it’ll be a slight setback for him bec again he only see the long game. His only goal is to destroy from within the US government and send as much power back to the states as he possibly can, consequences be damned.

That’s the man who’s about to become the 56th Speaker of the House.

Johnson is against funding for Ukraine and is a rabid anti-lgbt politician. This election denier guy will be trouble, big trouble.

Putin has made his inroads deep into the GQP. Johnson is a MAGA/Trumper.

Mitt Romney had warned about him.

They are still nothing but a pack of clowns who cannot govern.

Just because some bigoted asshole prick is up for a vote doesn’t mean any of his idiotic bullshit will get thru. He doesn’t have the votes.

Donald Trump, FINED!

*

R468 they never pretended to care about governing. Their goal is to stop government from functioning. Something they attempted to do on January 6th 2021 and are still trying to do.. In 22 days they will prove it. This has been orchestrated by Trump and his minions.

[bold]Colorado judge paves way for trial on whether 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from office[/bold]

A Colorado judge has rejected another attempt by former President Donald Trump to throw out a lawsuit seeking to block him from the 2024 presidential ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”

The ruling Wednesday from Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace clears the way for an unprecedented trial to begin next week, to determine if Trump is disqualified from returning to the White House because of his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection.

This is the fifth unsuccessful bid by Trump to throw out the Colorado case, which is one of several pending suits trying to derail his candidacy based on the 14th Amendment.

The 14th Amendment, which was ratified after the Civil War, says US officials who take an oath to uphold the Constitution are disqualified from future office if they “engaged in insurrection” or have “given aid or comfort” to insurrectionists. But the Constitution does not spell out how to enforce the ban, and it has only been applied twice since the 1800s.

In a 24-page ruling, Wallace rejected Trump’s argument that questions about his eligibility should be handled by Congress, not courts. She also rejected Trump’s argument that the Colorado election officials don’t have the power to enforce the so-called “insurrectionist ban,” which is enshrined in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

“The Court holds that states can, and have, applied Section 3 pursuant to state statutes without federal enforcement legislation,” Wallace wrote.

She said the trial will focus on several key questions, including whether the events of January 6 “constituted an insurrection” and whether Trump “engaged” in insurrection.

Trump has denied wrongdoing regarding the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. He pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges stemming from his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

His campaign has condemned these “absurd” lawsuits and said the groups pushing these candidacy challenges are “stretching the law beyond recognition.”

The problem I have with the 14th Amendment approach is t hat Trump has been indicted, but not convicted.

I was thinking the same thing R474

^One of the main reasons for perpetuating the delays.

Everyone needs to read Rachel Maddow's new book. Everyone who cares about democracy and hates Fascism. The thing I love about Maddow and a lot of people don't realize this, but she has a PhD and her historical stuff is meticulously researched. I trust her. I found this shocking. Especially how it all turned out.

The economy grew by 4.9% in the 3rd quarter

How will the "both sides" crowd try to spin this?

[quote]The problem I have with the 14th Amendment approach is t hat Trump has been indicted, but not convicted.

For this matter I don't think that an actual criminal conviction is required. My impression is that a court there will decide for this issue whether or not he engaged in insurrection and can bar him from the ballot if they determine that he did.

R478, the Media will not ignore their previous doom and gloom predictions. Every time they report the good news, they will qualify it by saying that we are still dealing with crippling inflation and people are having a tough time with rent and groceries..and gasoline. They will predict that a recession could still happen if the situation changed...

We are, r480, because CORPORATE GREED!

I think Johnson got the New York Republicans to vote for him by agreeing to vote on expelling Santos.

Hope everyone points out that the New York GOPers voted for a homophobe.

I intend to encourage my representative to move to vacate as soon as Santos is expelled.

^^^

[quote] . @RepDesposito just introduced his George Santos expulsion resolution on the House floor. Flanked by LaLota, Molinaro, Lawler and Emmer.

Just more clown show for three toes and Rapey McForehead.

Oct 27, 2023

8:13 AM ·

^Nawh, Aileen was particularly horny.

Jeez, stop linking to twitter...I mean X.

R487, I've never seen the thing on his head look worse

Very Uncle Bub on a Bender...

[bold]US congressman Santos pleads not guilty to new felony charges[/bold]

NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative George Santos pleaded not guilty on Friday to a 23-count indictment accusing him of an array of corruption, including 10 felony counts that federal prosecutors added this month.

Santos, 35, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert in Central Islip, New York, on Long Island. A trial is scheduled for Sept. 9, 2024.

The Republican first-term congressman had in May pleaded not guilty to 13 charges, including laundering funds to pay for his personal expenses, illegally receiving unemployment benefits, and lying to the House of Representatives about his assets.

His additional charges included accusations that he charged donors' credit cards without their consent, and reported a bogus $500,000 campaign loan.

The plea came one day after fellow Long Island Republican congressman Anthony D'Esposito called on the House to expel Santos, saying Santos was "not fit to serve his constituents."

Expulsion requires a two-thirds vote. Republicans hold a 221-212 majority in the House, and at least several dozen would have to vote against Santos for him to be expelled.

On Thursday, Santos posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he was not resigning and was "entitled to due process and not a predetermined outcome as some are seeking."

“One of the biggest revelations to me in my conversations with Romney was just how important the threat of political violence was to the psychology of elected Republicans today,” said McKay Coppins, author of Romney: A Reckoning.

He recalled Romney telling him “story after story about Republican members of Congress, Republican senators, who at various points wanted to vote for impeachment—vote to convict Trump or vote to impeach Trump—and decided not to, not because they thought he was innocent, but because they were afraid for their family’s safety. “They were afraid of what Trump supporters might do to them or to their families.”

For years the thugs have ignored or outright encouraged the hateful mob mentality.

Now they live in fear of the monsters they created.

The Trump people have taken over state parties. They are also the people who campaign for candidates. They are intimidating and coercive. They are thugs in the truest sense of the word. It's all very Germany in the 30's.

If I'm guilty of anything, it's being too sexy

Judge just ordered all of Trump's kids* to testify next week in the NYS trial.

Hide the ketchup!

* except for Tiffany

[quote]* except for Tiffany

Pretty much goes without saying.

I don't know Ivanka, Eric, and Don Jr

Boebert explains her divorce...

Phillips’ campaign is run by grifter Steve Schmidt and financed by Harlan Crow.

Of course.

Never trust a thug. They never change

Harlan Crow is also funding Cornel West

Harlan Crow, Clarence Thomas' benefactor is a very busy man, who obviously knows nothing about politics, and has been conned into spending money , convinced he can affect the outcome of 2024. What a gullible stupid ass, and my misgivings about Schmidt are finally justified. That blowhard is nothing but a craven opportunist, another "consultant."

[bold]Mike Pence Ends Presidential Bid[/bold]

“Former Vice President Mike Pence, who spent four years dutifully serving President Donald Trump but refused to carry out Mr. Trump’s demand that he block the 2020 election results, ended his presidential bid on Saturday, with a final appeal for his party to return to conservative principles and resist the ‘siren song of populism,’” the New York Times reports.

“The surprise announcement came at the end of his remarks before a crowd of Jewish Republican donors in Las Vegas, and was met with gasps of surprise. Mr. Pence had received a warm welcome and a standing ovation, and opened his speech with a full-throated endorsement of Israel’s military operations in Gaza.”

Hey, I need something to do when I'm not busy buying Nazi memorabilia!

Harlan & Clarence, just visualizing it, reeks with vulgarity.

Is “Mother” Pence telling the Republican Jewish Coalition they have a higher calling to undertake?

Go write books and be C list speakers on the lecture circuit.

We will not allow Florida GQP to be crazier and more extreme than we are being.

Trump is already violating his gag order by attacking Bill Barr

His March trial can't come soon enough. Jack Smith will decimate Trump.

[bold]Trump Says Legal Fees Have Surged Past $100 Million[/bold]

Former President Donald Trump said he has spent over $100 million in legal fees as he fights a litany of legal battles.

While speaking at a rally in Iowa on Saturday, the former president claimed to have turned down multiple business opportunities while in office, which he said he rejected because he "respected the office."

“They made it much worse with legal fees," Trump said. "At least I have good lawyers, because you can spend $100 million and have lousy lawyers too. It happens.”

Trump is facing criminal charges in four different jurisdictions, including Georgia, New York, Florida and Washington, D.C., as well as an ongoing civil fraud trial in New York City.

The only time I have ever hoped he is not overstating something.

[quote] "At least I have good lawyers, because you can spend $100 million and have lousy lawyers too. It happens.”

Okay, now THAT’S funny

He "respected the office"?! 🤣

Also, he looks like hell. Die already, you old asshole! Fucking DIE!

Since he's a "billionaire" he should be able to easily afford that $100 million dollar legal bill, right?

Oh, Daddy never pays for anything, r516.

He looks like a half rotted pumpkin with two splashes of light pink paint for eyes.

What IS it with the pinkish puffy eyes? Does he not use that orange stain under his eyes?

He looks like shit. Worse than usual

Hell N. Killer

(*not a drag queen that we know of)

House GOP chairmen say DC attorney general's probe of conservative legal activist Leonard Leo is 'politically motivated'

[quote] It was reported in August that D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb launched an investigation into Leonard Leo, co-chairman of the conservative Federalist Society, after one of Leo’s nonprofits paid tens of millions of dollars to one of Leo's for-profit companies.

[...]

[quote] Schwalb's investigation is threatening Republican donor privacy, according to a letter sent to the D.C. attorney general from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky.

[...]

[quote] The lawmakers requested that Schwalb provide them with all documents and communications related to his probe of Leo, including any communications with outside groups. The request comes after a progressive watchdog group, the Campaign for Accountability, filed a complaint with the IRS in April, asking the agency to probe Leo’s network of nonprofit organizations.

[...]

[quote] Jordan and Comer, instead, argue in the letter that Schwalb should worry about crime in the D.C. area, pointing to statistics that show a rise in crime rates — specifically violent crime — in the city. Numbers from the D.C. Police Department show total crime is up 27% in 2023, with violent crime up 41%.

Man arrested for threatening to kill Nevada senator

Man arrested for threats against Fani Willis

Re R522

Have we talked yet about Mike Johnson and his teenage ward?

He was asked last week about accusations of racism and his response was "how can be racist when I have an adopted black son?"

Upon the response of "uhhh wut?" he clarified that no he hadn't really adopted him, but as a 25 year old he "took custody" of a 14yo black kid.

As one does. As a single 25yo white Xtian dude.

A little background.

^Mr. Johnson, you're standing like that again.

I love my not-dead black son!!!

[quote]I love my not-dead black son!!!

In a totally non-sodomistic way!

We need to keep digging. Something is definitely off with Mikey. Definitely.

I wonder what Mike Johnson’s unofficial adoption of a kid of color entails?

[quote]Man arrested for threats against Fani Willis

Lock him up. I am sick to death of these mentally ill MAGAt creeps.

"Johnson spoke about Michael in 2019, during a Juneteenth hearing on slave reparations, when he said that both he and his Black son, then 36, opposed the idea. That time Michael Sr. got booed."

[bold]Trump should be disqualified from 2024 ballot over Jan. 6 riot, advocates say at trial[/bold]

Oct 30 (Reuters) - Donald Trump should be disqualified from Colorado's ballot in next year's election because he "incited a violent mob" in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, an advocacy group lawyer argued at the opening of a trial on Monday.

A lawsuit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is a test case for whether a rarely-used, Civil War-era provision of the U.S. Constitution that bars people who have engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" from holding federal office, can prevent Republican Trump from being president again.

"Trump incited a violent mob to attack our Capitol, to stop the peaceful transition of power," Eric Olson, an attorney representing voters and the advocacy group said in an opening statement of the one-week trial before a Colorado District Court judge.

Then-president Trump spent weeks before the Jan. 6 riot spreading false claims of widespread voter fraud in his November 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden and encouraging his supporters to rally in Washington. He then encouraged them to march on the U.S. Capitol where Congress was certifying Biden's win. Only after hours of violence did he appeal to the rioters to go home.

A lawyer for Trump, Scott Gesler, denied that Trump incited supporters to violence and said it would set a dangerous precedent to disqualify him based on "legal theories that have never been embraced by a state or federal court."

"People should be able to run for office and shouldn't be punished for their speech," Gesler told the court during his opening statement.

Colorado is regarded as safely Democratic by nonpartisan election forecasters, so regardless of whether Trump is on the ballot, President Biden is expected to win the state.

Trump's opponents are testing whether they have a viable path to keep him off ballots in individual states. Trump faces similar lawsuits brought by advocacy groups in Michigan and Minnesota. The Colorado case is the first to go to trial....

^^^.

Hysterical, R537!

HeeHaw is such a mincing prisspot.

He has resting school marm face.

The only problem is, those comparisons are insults...

To Nancy Kulp and Irene Ryan!

Josh Hawley really is a Cunt, and has been one for years

Miss Josh has those fleeing gazelle legs. Has that petite bubble butt with a wide stance. And that crafted button nose? Adorable! Sassy bottom!

And, he's a liar.

[quote] Democrat Lucas Kunce, Hawley’s challenger, dismissed the legislation as a “campaign prop” in a statement to The Messenger. “His bill wouldn’t even touch Citizens United [themselves] or the billionaires and corporate elites using dark money to buy our elections,” Kunce said. “The elites got what they paid for with Hawley.

In other words, his bill banning CORPORATIONS from donating money would still allow non profit entities, created specifically with and for dark money, to exist.

[quote] “Let’s get one thing straight,” Hawley bellowed this summer, “Corporations are not people.” The crowd, this one gathered in Washington for the conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition summit, barely stirred.

But ^ McTurtle is against it

One of Miss Hawley's yacht queens needs to shove his old cock in her mouth to shut her up.

[bold]Trump fights loom large for a Supreme Court that has tried to ignore him[/bold]

Donald Trump is staring down four criminal prosecutions that could lead to his imprisonment, a civil trial that threatens to dismantle his business empire and a series of lawsuits aimed at throwing him off the ballot in next year’s presidential race.

Yet, on Wednesday, the Supreme Court will take up an entirely different Trump-related case: the weighty dispute over whether a T-shirt maker can get a trademark for a mocking reference to Trump’s genitalia.

The slogan at the center of the case — “Trump Too Small” — could just as easily describe the Supreme Court’s view of many of the former president’s legal entanglements since he lost his bid for reelection in 2020....

R546, The Supremes have a problem. They ruled against Trump on the election related cases that got to them, in 2020/2021. Trump challenged the election results more than 60 times and was overruled and defeated every time. This makes me believe they will be consistent. Alito and Thomas were the election deniers...at first, but if I recall, Alito was the one who stopped one of Trump's "tantrum" cases. Not sure.

Harlan Crow for insurance, will be even more generous to Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, by given them more frequent and elaborate yacht excursions. Their continued unwavering support of Trump will be expected. Of course, Clarence will need to satisfy Harlan in certain ways as previously.

Tish serving cunt.

I hope he has to pay it all back- after his properties are liquidated.

What the fuck? What Democrats voted to save Santos?!!!

Purportedly, R554, Dems didn't want to set up a precedent and give cause for retribution, especially since the Ethics Committee issued a statement that they will be releasing a report in under 3 weeks.

Cannon trying to push trial way into the future after Trump and his lawyers view evidence inside a SCIF.

Re R553: Marge isn't taking this well

Republican senators who are so "visibly angry" at Tuberville have a very simple solution before them. Mc Connell is old and sick. He ought to go berserk and do fatal harm for Tuberville. They can jump off the roof together while scuffling. McConnell will be revered as a patriot...by some.

Turdeville will regret making Miz Lindz angry. Miz Lindz has the military establishment and their corporate contractors on her side. McTurtle has his health issues, but he still has his seasoned political instincts and manipulative skills, and he will have Turdeville subdued in short order.

Miss Lindz is actually doing the right thing (finally!) by standing up to Tuberville

Tuberville was known for running up the scores on weaker football college football programs and then laughing about it. When he was getting canned somewhere, there were the crying scenes. At each stop, there were the NCAA violations that followed.

He was fired at Auburn, but the fan viewed him good enough to be a U.S. Senator, though he couldn’t name the the three branches of the federal government.

Disgusting.

^fans

Started thread #64, link below. I have no idea if the title was used before, but I like it and Google search showed nothing similar.

^ I like that title

It’s also very thoughtful of them to cat fight so publicly

He's comparing having a meth-dealer son to being a chronic grifter and thief oneself? There's no glass house there, Georgie, except the one you're living in.

^ Yeah, it seems a bit bizarre for Santos to pick on someone for being a felon. He will almost certainly be one once his case goes to trial

When will all the bad people go away Mommy?

I waver between boredom and disgust with this fool, and all the others of his party who pollute our newsfeeds and poison our world with their CONSTANT bile and drama. Someone make it stop! Please?!

Dem congresswoman claps back at Marjorie Taylor Greene for calling Robert E. Lee a "founding father"

Mark Meadows' publisher is suing him for lying in his book. Ha ha!

Help! Help!

Utah County Clerk (a Republican) accused of shredding ballots in 2020 and 2022

Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term:

Archive link to R575 's story, since he couldn't be bothered to do it.

Archiver link to R575 's story, since he couldn't be bothered to do it.

Apologies for the duplicate post.

R576, I do not know how to create archive links for paywalled articles, so thank you.

Trump testifies Monday, Nov. 6, in NY civil fraud trial before Judge Engeron. What do you think he'll do?

[quote]Trump testifies Monday, Nov. 6, in NY civil fraud trial before Judge Engeron. What do you think he'll do?

I don't see him lifting his skirt and crossing his legs provocatively.

[quote]Trump testifies Monday, Nov. 6, in NY civil fraud trial before Judge Engeron. What do you think he'll do?

Lie and when he gets caught in a lie he'll double down.

What time does he testify today? I searched the internet and couldn't find it.

I found that the trial begins at 9:30 AM but still can't find the time he takes the stand.

[quote] I don't see him lifting his skirt and crossing his legs provocatively.

Lady Lindzebelle is not on the docket.

R584 shortly after 10am ET according to the NYT

Is it streaming live anywhere?

Kevin Wallace just said the magic words, “The people call Donald J. Trump,” and he just took his sworn oath to tell the truth. Judge Engoron just instructed Trump to speak more loudly and into the microphone. That’s a new one, I think, for him. Trump confirms he is the owner of all the assets in the Trust and the beneficiary thereof; he says that around the time he won, he moved the Trump Org into the trust to avoid conflicts of interest, although he maintains that he could have had two desks as Washington did. He made Weisselberg a trustee because he had been with the company for a long time; he did a good job; and we really liked him. As for Don Jr., he was named as a trustee because he is a “good boy, or man and an honorable one.” Trump testified that in 2021, he restored himself as sole trustee of the Trust because he figured he’d be back in business until he decided to go back to politics or do whatever he had to do. Now Wallace is asking Trump why he removed himself again as the sole trustee as of July 7, 2021. “I think we had a position where I was gaining more and more confidence in my family.” Trump then alludes to being under investigation by the US Attorney, the Attorney General, the Manhattan DA, “all Trump haters, all Democrats,” who weaponized their offices against him. But asked whether that’s why he appointed Don Jr. again, he demurs and says it was more because he was getting back into politics. Trump has now testified that he reviewed his statements of financial condition, and “maybe, on occasion, suggest decisions,” before they were finalized. But because they had a “very powerful” disclaimer clause — what he calls the “worthless clause” — he says they were NOT documents the banks “paid much attention to.”

Asked how he knew the banks paid little attention to his financial statements, he said it was from his course of dealing with banks for 50 years; their interest was in the deal. Trump: “They just weren’t a very important element in a bank’s decision making process, and we’ll explain this as this very crazy trial goes along.” Wallace now starts taking Trump through the 2014 statement of financial condition, in which the second paragraph states that Trump himself is responsible for the preparation and presentation of the financial statement in accordance with GAAP. Trump doesn’t resist that but says if Mazars had a problem with the data, they should have spoken up. Then asked what he personally did to ensure the preparation and presentation financial statement was in accordance with GAAP, Trump says it was a long time ago, and outside the statute of limitations, but the judge will rule against him because he always rules against him. Engoron reminds Kise that it is simply untrue that he always rules against Trump and then addresses Trump himself, “You can attack me, but just answer the question.” “I authorized whatever they needed to get their statement done, they could do.” They, Trump clarifies, refers to Mazars. Wallace asks him who he authorized to give information to Mazars. “Principally Allen Weisselberg and Jeff McConney.”

But asked whether he gave them any specific instructions for providing that information, Trump says, “Not really.” Were you responsible for setting the value of your financial assets? “I think I was certainly more expert than anyone else, so if somebody would ask me or if I had an opinion, I would give it,” Trump said. “Do you remember thinking some of those valuations were off?” On occasion, Trump said. Mar-a-Lago was “very underestimated,” but I left it alone because “I didn’t care;” I thought 40 Wall Street and Doral were underestimated as well. Trump is now complaining about the judge assessing the value of Mar-a-Lago at $18 million when it had a value of “50 to 100 times that.” The apartment he said, by contrast, he thought was overvalued, but it only takes one person to buy it. “The most valuable asset was the brand value and that wasn’t on the statement,” Trump digresses. “If I wanted to build a statement to show how reach we really are, I would have included brand value.” “I became president because of my brand. If I wanted to build up a statement because of my brand, all I would have to do is add brand value and my financial statement would be very very substantial.” Wallace asks whether brand value can be included in financial statements under GAAP. Trump insists yes, because major companies like Coke do so, but he did not ask Weisselberg about it because he “didn’t care enough about it to bother him.”

Trump said the statements were not very important financially, and he discussed them with Weisselberg “very little.” He insists no developer he knows has done a financial statement so detailed and that so understates the value of his assets by “a substantial amount.”

I cannot underscore how much this case visibly irks Trump. He is now attacking Wallace: “Everybody got their money in full, and now you’re assuming the statements are phony!”

Judge Engoron to Trump's attorney: "I beseech you to control him if you can. If you can't, I will. I will I excuse him and draw every negative inference that I can."

I warned Donald, he needed to have consulted with me as to how to properly and effectively show hissy fits.

Donald has more hissyfits than a vain starlet

Just a reminder thread #64 is up.

[bold]Trump Interview Unnerves Staff at Univision[/bold]

Dylan Byers: “Earlier this week, former president Donald Trump gave an interview to Univision, the Spanish-language broadcaster, during which he threatened to weaponize the F.B.I. and the Justice Department against his political opponents. The statements, which came on the heels of a Washington Post report revealing that Trump and his allies had been drawing up plans to use the federal government to retaliate against adversaries and former cabinet members, were arguably the most brazenly authoritarian remarks the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made to date in a mainstream media interview. And the interview reasonably unnerved the political pundit class—’dangerous’ and ‘insane’ are among the words that have reverberated across cable news in the last 24 hours.”

“Inside Univision, however, the hour-long sit-down raised alarms for another reason. The interview, which was conducted by a non-Univision journalist who did little to question or push back on Trump’s claims, effectively functioned as a propaganda special, current and former Univision journalists have protested. In it, they saw glaring evidence of a broader effort by their new parent company, which has close ties to Trump and especially to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to curry favor with the former president and push the network further to the right.”

My Drama Twits

R596, we thought it was tremendous!

R596, See this is the thing. No journalist ever takes the next step and rips away the veil on WHO is involved in drawing up these "Plans." Trump may say he wants to go after his enemies but he is being guided and coached by people who are the real brains behind these plans. They are running his campaign and "advising" him. He has always had t hese impulses towards fascism, but his understanding of it was crude. These people are smarter than him. Guys like Stephen Miller, who has been practically invisible. The power behind the Neo Fascist movement hasn't been exposed and we need to do that.

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