The House committee looking into the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol holds its second hearing with witness testimony to make public the committee’s findings after a year of investigations. https://www.c-span.org/video/?520804-1/hearing-investigation-capitol-attack
I’m getting too old for this shit…
Head of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said if West sends nuclear warheads to Kyiv, there will be a “conflict in the center of Europe.” https://t.co/e5AmWxWKYx
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 13, 2022
The committee has video of Stepien’s closed deposition that they plan to use instead, per multiple sources https://t.co/WPdwC7jYdQ
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 13, 2022
His wife went into labor to close this thread. More background: https://t.co/pjHCwTDHE6
— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) June 13, 2022
meanwhile, over at SCOTUS:
In first opinion of the day, SCOTUS rules against a criminal defendant on a double-jeopardy claim. Merle Denezpi, a member of the Navajo Nation, was prosecuted first in a Court of Indian Offenses; later, he was convicted in federal court. SCOTUS upholds that second conviction.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 13, 2022
Oh, this is good https://t.co/6iVkozhIHT
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) June 13, 2022
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
Here’s the opinion from Amy Coney Barrett in Denezpi v. United States: https://t.co/djK8u8Ey3x. The voting lineup is ideologically scrambled: Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, & Kavanaugh join Barrett in the majority. Gorsuch dissents, joined in part by Sotomayor & Kagan.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 13, 2022
‘Danish royals can’t afford a car’: Former US envoy to Denmark ridiculed over cycling tweet [The Local]
Carla Sands, the former United States Ambassador to Denmark, has been criticised by Danes including a government minister after claiming large parts of the population cannot afford to own a car.
Sands, who was appointed by former president Donald Trump and served as ambassador from 2017-2021, claimed in a Twitter post on Friday that “in Denmark, middle class people can’t afford to drive a car”.
The former ambassador was ostensibly attempting to make a point about the Biden administration’s policies in the context of increasing petrol prices, which are occurring globally.
People in Denmark “have a bike and take the train for long trips. My embassy driver would bike an hour in the snow to get to work,” Sands tweeted.
I’ve seen this before. In Denmark, middle class people can’t afford to drive a car. They have a bike and take the train for long trips. My embassy driver would bike an hour in the snow to get to work. That’s the future team Biden wants for Americans. Is this what you want? https://t.co/IJXnhQ0qKE
— Carla Sands (@CarlaHSands) June 10, 2022
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
meanwhile, over at SCOTUS:
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Gorsuch legit thinks Native Americans have gotten a raw deal… which is why he’s *consistently* with the liberals on these cases.
The fact that he’s with the *liberals* about people he thinks are *deserving* should tell you about what happens when he’s not.— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) June 13, 2022
Alex Murdaugh’s credit score was between 577 and 607 and yet he was still able to get millions in loans from Palmetto State Bank at low interest rates.
THAT is how Good Ole Boys ruin the system, guys. They take bc they can. You and I pay bc we have to— Liz Farrell (@elizfarrell) June 13, 2022
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hmm. The SCOTUS plans their reveals so that everyone will be watching the 1/6 hearings instead. Now the media is looking for a way to kill time until the hearing starts. Hello SCOTUS.
re: #8 Teukka
‘Danish royals can’t afford a car’: Former US envoy to Denmark ridiculed over cycling tweet [The Local]
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‘Which Denmark did you go to?’
A couple of threads back…
Hello this is Denmark speaking. Sounds like your embassy driver should have been paid more. Most of us can afford cars, but public transportation is cheap(ish), greener and often more convenient. Which Denmark did you go to?
— Toke With (@tokewith) June 10, 2022
Here’s the opinion from Amy Coney Barrett in ZF Automotive US Inc. v. Luxshare Ltd. (and a consolidated case): https://t.co/Z0E3FV015t
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 13, 2022
Fox News appears to be carrying this morning’s hearing. Maybe different people make the decisions for morning programming.
I saw some complaints in various forums that this one isn’t in primetime when people can watch, but this gives the news outlets all day to work with the footage to decide what they want to run in this evening’s news.
Can we watch it here or do I have to find another link.
Here’s the opinion from Sonia Sotomayor in Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez: https://t.co/wqeVoBCqjh.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 13, 2022
Hearing video is up on C-SPAN. I’m not hearing sound yet.
re: #18 stpaulbear
Hearing video is up. I’m not hearing sound yet.
looks like another delay. CSPAN says hearing will now start at 10:45
re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth
looks like another delay. CSPAN says hearing will now start at 10:45
That may allow more people to watch it on their lunch breaks, at least in the east and central time zones.
Here’s the opinion from Samuel Alito in Garland v. Aleman Gonzalez: https://t.co/E2jHLno450
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 13, 2022
Here’s Stepien’s attorney, Kevin Marino (right), chatting with lead investigator Tim Heaphy. Marino will give a statement in Stepien’s absence. https://t.co/J2ca7epZol pic.twitter.com/VY2DO43UrB
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 13, 2022
O_o
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) says protests outside a Supreme Court justice’s house “would be considered an insurrection.” pic.twitter.com/uAhsDk25Tb
— The Recount (@therecount) June 13, 2022
#SCOTUS votes 6-3 (with Breyer, Kagan, and Sotomayor dissenting) to leave intact Texas state court ruling in Andrus v. Texas, a death penalty case in which the state courts, per Sotomayor’s dissent, refused to follow SCOTUS’s earlier ruling in the case:https://t.co/rakeT3pgGb
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) June 13, 2022
Bill Stepien’s lawyer: “Mr. Stepien was in town and preparing for his testimony here today in response to a subpoena when he got a call that his wife had gone into labor. He notified committee council and he immediately headed to hospital to be with her.” pic.twitter.com/4ntHcKUQ1a
— CSPAN (@cspan) June 13, 2022
Here’s the opinion from Clarence Thomas in Kemp v. United States: https://t.co/YXu45mnhBt. The vote is 8-1, with Neil Gorsuch in dissent.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 13, 2022
This is, of course, utterly nuts pic.twitter.com/kaKTNl6R0I
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) June 13, 2022
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
5th (and final) case for today is Kemp v. US. It’s 8-1 by Thomas, Gorsuch the lone dissent.
A judge made a mistake about the law and 8 people are like “that’s a mistake in law.” Gorsuch is not and I swear to God his dissent is going to be such childish pedantic BS it’ll be funny.— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) June 13, 2022
re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth
Roe v. Wade remains on life support for at least two more days.
Vicechair Liz Cheney says Trump’s effort to convince millions of Americans that the election was stolen from him has been disproven by the evidence they have collected from credible sources inside Trump’s circle, informing him and his atty Eastman that there was no fraud
— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) June 13, 2022
lol: “an apparently inebriated Rudy Guliani”
re: #1 Teukka
I’m getting too old for this shit…
Head of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said if West sends nuclear warheads to Kyiv, there will be a “conflict in the center of Europe.”
Kind of glad they’re thinking about the possibility that we will undo the nukes screw-job.
heh
Is there another kind of Rudy Giuliani? https://t.co/LqC2pTCKTX
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) June 13, 2022
Morning Lizards.
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Cheney: “Dinesh D’Souza’s debunked 2000 Mules”
The first deposition clip we see today is White House lawyer Eric Herschman saying “I thought the Dominion stuff — I never saw any evidence whatsoever to sustain those allegations” pic.twitter.com/cTmju1kHX7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 13, 2022
video:
The second January 6 hearing begins with Liz Cheney talking about how Trump listened to advice from “an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani” pic.twitter.com/u6WvTPCbHe
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 13, 2022
Giuliani threatens lawsuit in 3 2 1.
.@RepZoeLofgren: Trump campaign used election fraud lies to raise “hundreds of millions of dollars from supporters who were told their donations are for the legal fight in the courts” but didn’t use the funds for legal fees.
“The Big Lie was also a big rip off”.— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) June 13, 2022
re: #46 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’ll claim the fifth…
I’m more curious about how he will do the law stuff. //
This is an actual title over at CNBC: Bitcoin could be leading equity markets lower as a risk appetite gauge.
Jared looks thrilled pic.twitter.com/HWEYNwqUDd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 13, 2022
Can you imagine being stuck between Ivanka and Jared at some social function and having to listen to them? Regardless of of the topic, just hearing their voices would send me running.
re: #44 No Malarkey!
I was thinking yesterday that we seem to be approaching something of a red line. The economy can only sustain gas prices to a certain level. $5+ a gallon is getting close. If people are spending considerably more on gas, they have less for everything else. That causes a major ripple effect.
The economy has been on a strong upswing for a while now. There has to be a pullback eventually.
lol,, Jared says Rudy was definitely intoxicated
re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth
lol,, Jared says Rudy was definitely intoxicated
wait, that might have been Jason Miller who said that
Seth is going to love doing his Rudy impression.
re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth
wait, that might have been Jason Miller who said that
JASON MILLER: Rudy Giuliani was “definitely intoxicated,” when he wanted to talk to Trump, after FOX called Arizona…
Guiliani wanted Trump to declare victory, as millions of ballots were still being counted.— Mike Valerio (@ValerioCNN) June 13, 2022
It’s worth remembering exactly WHY the Trump Campaign was furious about the Fox call of Arizona for Biden.
I mean if they were wrong, who cares - AZ goes for Trump. But they cared deeply because they wanted to declare victory WHILE votes were still being counted and needed AZ.— Grudgie the Whale (@grudging1) June 13, 2022
re: #44 No Malarkey!
Long needed correction.
re: #56 Eclectic Cyborg
Adjusted for inflation, $5/gallon gasoline is no more traumatic than other price peaks the past 50 years or so.
Does anyone here remember the “Arab Oil Embargo”? That was supposed to be a wake-up call to the US, that we should not be so reliant upon petroleum.
But Americans are slow to learn lessons.
The wrong lesson was learned from the “Arab Oil Embargo”.
Instead of learning that we should transition away from dependence upon petroleum, instead Americans learned to hate Arabs.
re: #63 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The wrong lesson was learned from the “Arab Oil Embargo”.
Instead of learning that we should transition away from dependence upon petroleum, instead Americans learned to hate Arabs.
Hate is a lot easier than change is for a subculture that can’t cope with change at all.
nice explanation for the term “red mirage” by Mr. Stirewalt
Stirewalt declares Joseph Robinette Biden the victor of the 2020 election, then launches into a discussion of how you account for the different ways Republicans and Democrats vote.
You can tell this is the guy who made on-air talent look smart. Why he got fired, of course. pic.twitter.com/tvY4M5kbvL— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 13, 2022
When Stirewalt finally spoke words, he used all the words.
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) June 13, 2022
Stepien describes him and Kevin McCarthy advising Trump to encourage mail-in voting.
He describes that you can’t dissuade Trump if he’s made up his mind.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 13, 2022
Of course Birther Queen/dentist/realtor/”lawyer” Orly Taitz is somehow involved in the Big Lie.
A reminder that Birther Dentist-Lawyer Orly Taitz thought that Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis were a bit out there with the voter fraud claims: https://t.co/z2Ip6y61gs
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) June 13, 2022
Stirewalt: We were able to make the call early, we were able to beat the competition. By the time we realized people were freaking out we were on to calling the next state.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 13, 2022
re: #56 Eclectic Cyborg
I was thinking yesterday that we seem to be approaching something of a red line. The economy can only sustain gas prices to a certain level. $5+ a gallon is getting close. If people are spending considerably more on gas, they have less for everything else. That causes a major ripple effect.
The economy has been on a strong upswing for a while now. There has to be a pullback eventually.
i’m literally going to turn down a reader gig because they want me to make a 70 mile round trip for it, and they only want to cover 20 miles’ worth of mileage. Fuck it. That barely covers my gas for the trip, and mileage wraps in a lot more than that.
re: #71 steve_davis
i’m literally going to turn down a reader gig because they want me to make a 70 mile round trip for it, and they only want to cover 20 miles’ worth of mileage. Fuck it. That barely covers my gas for the trip, and mileage wraps in a lot more than that.
The rest of the pay is in exposure.
Exposure to exploitative managers.
The Committee is painting a very clear picture, using the few sane members of his inner circle, that Donald Trump was a deranged, dishonest madman surrounded by lunatics and sycophants afraid to tell him what he didn’t want to hear.
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 13, 2022
Went on for quite a while, as he was prone to do…(Barr describing trump’s bullshit)
I love the fact that this hearing doesn’t include republicans making stupid statements and asking even dumber questions. A breath of fresh air.
re: #63 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The wrong lesson was learned from the “Arab Oil Embargo”.
Instead of learning that we should transition away from dependence upon petroleum, instead Americans learned to hate Arabs.
Wasn’t the lesson learned that high gas prices were caused by leftists pushing a non-existent theory of climate change that Exxon totally proved on its own existed?
re: #75 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Nice! I have a similar passion fruit plant, but it makes small green grape sized fruit. Passiflora Arizonica.
re: #81 jaunte
Big massive dumps.
Unflushable dumps.
Due to new water regulations on low-flow toilets.
1/6 was a really dumb time. Some QAnon people believed Maine was being actively invaded by the Chinese, who had sent 50,000 troops from the Canadian border. I’m not kidding.
Conspiracy theorists were throwing everything at the wall, and it was sticking at the Capitol on 1/6. pic.twitter.com/p43s1rJXVN— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) June 13, 2022
Barr may be (is) an asshole, but he’s not dumb. And how did trump ever think he was going to win Detroit?
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
And yet even now he remains full of it.
Rep. Lofgren with a mic drop at the end of her line of questioning pic.twitter.com/9s9ZYOg6rx
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 13, 2022
Barr: “I really thought, he’s become detached from reality. There was never any interest in what the actual facts were.”
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 13, 2022
I’m enjoying the subplot of dragging Dinesh D’Souza in today’s hearing. It is simply delightful.
re: #94 Teddy’s Person
I’m enjoying the subplot of dragging Dinesh D’Souza in today’s hearing. It is simply delightful.
That was awesome.
Nothing like having a president who needs to be wrestled to see reality.
A side-effect of this hearing is the people Trump will trust is going to be very tiny.
re: #79 Belafon
Wasn’t the lesson learned that high gas prices were caused by leftists pushing a non-existent theory of climate change that Exxon totally proved on its own existed?
That was the plan in the early 2000’s.
But I’m going all the way back to 1973, when the radical Richard Nixon was in the roost.
snek warning
big snek
really big snek
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re: #96 jaunte
Nothing like having a president who needs to be wrestled to see reality.
and nobody, NOBODY, said anything publicly
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“without objection” music to the ears.
This hearing is about Trump, but it is a searing indictment of the entire Republican Party from Mitch McConnell on down.
They all knew Biden won, kept quiet out of cowardice, and people died because of it. https://t.co/B4zQL5qTpo— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 13, 2022
This beaver at the Sudbury science Center had a birthday, so they let him out for a walk with his caretaker & he took a tree back to his habitat. 😍❤️ pic.twitter.com/Jx7jSddpSB
— Rilla Of The North 🇨🇦 (@CelticCarnivora) June 11, 2022
re: #97 Belafon
A side-effect of this hearing is the people Trump will trust is going to be very tiny.
And that guarantees they’ll all be conmen.
I really wish someone would point out that Trump has claimed that every contest he’s ever lost was rigged—from the Emmy Awards to the 2016 Iowa Caucuses to the popular vote when he won the WH in 2016.
That shows how gullible you have to be to buy this BS. #January6thHearings— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) June 13, 2022
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re: #1 Teukka
Head of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said if West sends nuclear warheads to Kyiv, there will be a “conflict in the center of Europe.”
Do we need a reminder that Ukraine gave up its nukes in exchange for guarantees from the West and from Russia to maintain their territorial integrity?
Since all parties have reneged on the Budapest Memorandum, it is only fair that we give them their nukes back.
I wish they’d asked the Fox News guy to establish what the polling avgs looked like when Trump started claiming fraud 8 months before the election. Trump trailed all the potential Dem nominees during the primaries and then Biden on every day of the campaign. #January6thHearings
— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) June 13, 2022
re: #8 Teukka
‘Danish royals can’t afford a car’: Former US envoy to Denmark ridiculed over cycling tweet [The Local]
Who would voluntarily bicycle if you could drive? Wealth and prosperity is to be measured in how many resources we consume, not how efficiently we consume them.
Luxury and opulence are to be measured in how much we spent and how much of what we own is covered in gold foil and bling.
re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) says protests outside a Supreme Court justice’s house “would be considered an insurrection.”
If they threatened to hang him broke into his house, vandalized, defecated in his office and stole items of property, then I guess you could call that “insurrection”…
re: #110 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
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re: #111 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Do we need a reminder that Ukraine gave up its nukes in exchanges from the West and from Russia to maintain their territorial integrity?
Since all parties have reneged on the Budapest Memorandum, it is only fair that we give them their nukes back.
Quietly.
re: #115 Teddy’s Person
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re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth
DeSantis so much strains
to be Trump’s heir,
yet the problem remains
he has not the hair.
👎😅👎
Bill Barr gives 2000 Mules an enthusiastic two thumbs down. pic.twitter.com/LVWEI3h3dM— Robert Johnson (@Rob184rob) June 13, 2022
Today’s hearing is effectively focusing on the Trump and Rudy show, and their efforts to make routine election proceedures seem nefarious.
re: #117 Decatur Deb
When Ukraine gave up “their” nukes, where did they go? Were they destroyed? Stored? Lost?
What would it mean for Ukraine to get “their” nukes back? What mix of weapons was there on Ukrainian soil?
I hope no one is suggesting that the US station nukes in Ukraine. As much as I would love for Putin and the IRA to eat energetic neutrons today, that would be a lot to ask.
Didn’t they find a couple of Republicans in PA that submitted votes for dead people?
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
Become? Trump has been living in his own narcissistic inner-world for a lot longer than Barr admits.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 13, 2022
“Feels silly to talk about a tweet”
Since this was Trump’s preferred method of communication, it’s not silly.
re: #124 Teddy’s Person
re: #124 Teddy’s Person
Didn’t they find a couple of Republicans in PA that submitted votes for dead people?
Why should Republican’s votes not count just because they refused to vaccinate and died of covid. It’s obviously their survivor’s duty to submit their vote.
/
re: #123 Sherlock Hound
When Ukraine gave up “their” nukes, where did they go? Were they destroyed? Stored? Lost?
What would it mean for Ukraine to get “their” nukes back? What mix of weapons was there on Ukrainian soil?
I hope no one is suggesting that the US station nukes in Ukraine. As much as I would love for Putin and the IRA to eat energetic neutrons today, that would be a lot to ask.
IIRC they were diluted into powerplant-grade materials. Turning over title to equivalent or less capabilities might be “interesting”. Mini-MAD.
Trump is going to remain a free man after all of this.
re: #130 GlutenFreeJesus
Trump is going to remain a free man after all of this.
“All of this” will probably go on after his natural life.
My new kitten really likes atty Ginsberg. He is fascinated by the video stream.
Only in private did Barr bluntly call Trump’s fraud claims absurd. He never let the public know his feeling that Trump was “detached from reality.” He publicly lauded Trump when he resigned and said this year that he would vote for Trump again.https://t.co/L4yqZLg9ef
— Katie Benner (@ktbenner) June 13, 2022
I’m naming today’s hearing “Zoe’s extraordinary playwitness list.”
re: #123 Sherlock Hound
When Ukraine gave up “their” nukes, where did they go? Were they destroyed? Stored? Lost?
The point is that no other nation is ever going to give up its nukes against any guarantees from anyone.
re: #133 Barefoot Grin
What’s a right-wing authoritarian to do when he knows the President is insane, but still wants to be part of the Republican party because ethics aren’t a problem for him in general?
re: #126 Teddy’s Person
“Feels silly to talk about a tweet”
Since this was Trump’s preferred method of communication, it’s not silly.
It was official Presidential communication. The equivalent of a Presidential speech, statement or press release.
Describing and detailing the grift….. Wow!
File under “I’m not making this shit up, really…”
Russian TV channel: It is right to defend Russian descendants on Gotland dn.se
[…]
Later in the article it is described that the Russian descendants on Gotland have been there since the Russian invasion of the island in 1808 - and that the Russian law provides space for “defending former citizens of the Russian Empire”
Source of Russian Claims: ren.tv
The crazy lady talking about a WiFi icon doesn’t know the difference between WiFi and Internet access. This is actually very common. Non-technical people think of WiFi as Internet access. I see the error all the time in posts from people looking for help.
re: #142 Crush White Nationalism
Even the cell signal only has 4 bars. 😂
Here’s Roger Stone’s draft memo to Trump on who he should pardon, including Gaetz, Biggs, Gohmert, Jordan, Brooks, Gosar, Cruz, and Hawley. It wouldn’t surprise me if these are some of the Republicans who are revealed in the next hearing. #Jan6thHearings pic.twitter.com/U0MQRrykm3
— Mudpuppy🌻🇺🇦 (@mudpuppy_16) June 10, 2022
i said last week the argument would be preemptive pardons cause the dems are gonna prosecute us unfairly…
and there it is ‘rigged federal criminal prosecutions’
re: #140 Teukka
File under “I’m not making this shit up, really…”
Russian TV channel: It is right to defend Russian descendants on Gotland dn.se
“Russia has the right to defend Russian descendants on Gotland. “
[…]
Later in the article it is described that the Russian descendants on Gotland have been there since the Russian invasion of the island in 1808 - and that the Russian law provides space for “defending former citizens of the Russian Empire”Source of Russian Claims: ren.tv
LOL someone really needs to give Moscow the pimphand and tell them to sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up.
They’re like that obnoxious bratty kid we all remember that endlessly yammers on about what a badass he is - until another kid brings the smackdown and then the little shit runs away to go snivel in the corner.
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They sent Trump money to fight ‘fraud’ and he stole it.
He told them he would walk to the Capitol with them, then slinked away.
When they were arrested, he didn’t pardon them.
He hasn’t contributed a penny to their families or legal defense.
And they love him more.
Cult.— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 13, 2022
re: #130 GlutenFreeJesus
Trump is going to remain a free man after all of this.
He will if a Republican wins the White House. One of the first things an incoming Republican dictator will do is grant a full blanket Pardon for everyone involved including Trump. If Trump wins he will order a full Pardon for himself and a statement saying so as EO 1. He will bully his pocket SCOTUS into agreeing he can do it as well.
re: #146 Dr Lizardo
LOL someone really needs to give Moscow the pimphand and tell them to sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up.
They’re like that obnoxious bratty kid we all remember that endlessly yammers on about what a badass he is - until another kid brings the smackdown and then the little shit runs away to go snivel in the corner.
Except that kid has nuclear weapons and a terminal diagnosis.
re: #148 jaunte
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They sent Trump money to fight ‘fraud’ and he stole it.
He told them he would walk to the Capitol with them, then slinked away.
When they were arrested, he didn’t pardon them.
He hasn’t contributed a penny to their families or legal defense.
And they love him more.
Cult.— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 13, 2022
“he made a fool out of you, Purdy”
re: #149 Florida Panhandler
He will if a Republican wins the White House. One of the first things an incoming Republican dictator will do is grant a full blanket Pardon for everyone involved including Trump. If Trump wins he will order a full Pardon for himself and a statement saying so as EO 1. He will bully his pocket SCOTUS into agreeing he can do it as well.
Only guilty people need pardons.
You know like the fifth amendment. //
re: #148 jaunte
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— Denver Riggleman (@RepRiggleman) June 13, 2022
.@RepZoeLofgren on former President Trump: “It’s clear that he intentionally misled his donors, asked them to donate to a fund that didn’t exist and used the money raised for something other than what he said. Now it’s for someone else to decide whether that’s criminal or not.” pic.twitter.com/hp1A8ApRvN
— CSPAN (@cspan) June 13, 2022
re: #154 Dangerman
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— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 13, 2022
Another day, another 🇿 threat…
Russia Warns Europe Would “Disappear” if West Gives Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine https://t.co/zFavmwYK92
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 13, 2022
If we get through all these hearings and there’s no indictment for Trump on the other side, it’s not going to be good.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2022
“Rubber and Pagans, yo”
Canadian Open
I can no longer find dollar $ amounts listed on the Leaderboard. I so enjoyed reviewing how well each player did, financially, and I follow my favorites.
re: #56 Eclectic Cyborg
The economy can only sustain gas prices to a certain level. $5+ a gallon is getting close.
current price in France is a bit over 2€ a litre.
Or $7.90 a US gallon.
re: #161 John Hughes
People don’t have to choose between healthcare expenses and gas in France.
re: #158 Dangerman
He said he’d be first and he wasn’t kidding
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Yeah, that’s Trump!
re: #63 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The wrong lesson was learned from the “Arab Oil Embargo”.
Instead of learning that we should transition away from dependence upon petroleum, instead Americans learned to
hate Arabs[ give the house of Saud everything they asked for ].
re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
Asshat wouldn’t know a legal protest if it bit him on the kiester. /signed, semi pro protester…just ordered another box of foamboard for signs.
Drop from the shore. Staring at the horizon watching the rollers come ashore.Watching the gulls stalk and scheme. Nice day. Quiet. Hot. Sunny.
re: #154 Dangerman
Martha Stewart went to prison for a lot less than that.
re: #92 Dangerman
barr: “he was detached from reality”
In a different context during the Bush 43 presidency, Karl Rove reportedly claimed “we create our own reality.” This is what Trump has always done; the truth is irrelevant; you can make your lies the truth if you assert them often enough with sufficient force. Especially when you can get others to go along with you — and most Republicans agree with him. He is firmly attached to the reality that he can enforce on our elections. As long as he and his supporters remain free to assert these lies, our reality is in peril.
re: #117 Decatur Deb
Quietly.
There is nothing quiet about nukes.
The whole point of the doomsday machine…is lost if you keep it a secret!
re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg
People don’t have to choose between healthcare expenses and gas in France.
Amazing what happens when your government has your interests at heart.
I was going to say something about voting before I remembered it was count Otto Von fucking Bismark who invented social security.
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