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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:21 pm    Post subject:

The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

(Democrat Challenging Kyrsten Sinema Releases POWERFUL Campaign Video)

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Rep. Ruben Gallego announces that he'll challenge US senator Kyrsten Sinema for her seat in Arizona. Gallego has called the Senate’s filibuster 60-vote rule “a tool of obstruction."
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Atlanta-area prosecutor opposes releasing a grand jury report on Trump and the 2020 election aftermath and says "decisions are imminent" on charges

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1617942454472216580?t=vDL6N-b3qc4rs0t-hAxTmw&s=19


Interesting. So is the opposition to releasing the report a way of covering the for a decision not to charge? If you’re going to charge, why not bolster that decision with the Grand Jury findings?


As I understand it, it's just a timing issue.


Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. I think the evidence is damaging and she wants to use it in her prosecution case.


Remember, Georgia has a screwy system of two grand juries. The special grand jury couldn't compel testimony, and couldn't issue indictments. The regular grand jury can do both. They're in an awkward period between the two grand juries, so she wants to wait. It looks like indictments, as she says, are "imminent." The regular grand jury is about to go back into session, and she will bring the special grand jury findings to the regular grand jury.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:31 am    Post subject:

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Atlanta-area prosecutor opposes releasing a grand jury report on Trump and the 2020 election aftermath and says "decisions are imminent" on charges

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1617942454472216580?t=vDL6N-b3qc4rs0t-hAxTmw&s=19


Interesting. So is the opposition to releasing the report a way of covering the for a decision not to charge? If you’re going to charge, why not bolster that decision with the Grand Jury findings?


As I understand it, it's just a timing issue.


Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. I think the evidence is damaging and she wants to use it in her prosecution case.


Remember, Georgia has a screwy system of two grand juries. The special grand jury couldn't compel testimony, and couldn't issue indictments. The regular grand jury can do both. They're in an awkward period between the two grand juries, so she wants to wait. It looks like indictments, as she says, are "imminent." The regular grand jury is about to go back into session, and she will bring the special grand jury findings to the regular grand jury.

Thanks for clearing that up LC. That makes sense. Teflon Don's kevlar vest has to have a penetrable spot. He just can't keep dodging all the bullets being shot at him.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:04 am    Post subject:

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Atlanta-area prosecutor opposes releasing a grand jury report on Trump and the 2020 election aftermath and says "decisions are imminent" on charges

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1617942454472216580?t=vDL6N-b3qc4rs0t-hAxTmw&s=19


Interesting. So is the opposition to releasing the report a way of covering the for a decision not to charge? If you’re going to charge, why not bolster that decision with the Grand Jury findings?


As I understand it, it's just a timing issue.


Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. I think the evidence is damaging and she wants to use it in her prosecution case.


Remember, Georgia has a screwy system of two grand juries. The special grand jury couldn't compel testimony, and couldn't issue indictments. The regular grand jury can do both. They're in an awkward period between the two grand juries, so she wants to wait. It looks like indictments, as she says, are "imminent." The regular grand jury is about to go back into session, and she will bring the special grand jury findings to the regular grand jury.


More accurately, she said "decisions" are imminent, and that distinction is what leads to my wariness.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:15 am    Post subject:

She also said "future defendants" need to have a fair trial and that releasing the information now would jeopardize that. We'll see.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:13 am    Post subject:

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She also said "future defendants" need to have a fair trial and that releasing the information now would jeopardize that. We'll see.


That's an indication that indictments are in the works. The question is, is Trump one of those defendants? Indictments are a step in the right direction but they'll have little effect if convictions are slaps on the wrists.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 4:05 pm    Post subject:

MSNBC

(Rep. Goldman: There very well may be an indictment against George Santos)

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Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY) reacts to the barrage of scandals continuing to surface about his Republican colleague George Santos.
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She also said "future defendants" need to have a fair trial and that releasing the information now would jeopardize that. We'll see.


So, clearly the "decisions" will be regarding who gets indicted and who doesn't . . . wanna bet who will not be on that list?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:23 pm    Post subject:

Brian Tyler Cohen

(BREAKING: Fulton County DA issues Trump's NIGHTMARE statement)

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The Legal Breakdown episode 18: @GlennKirschner2 Fulton County DA Fanni Willis' statement regarding an "imminent" decision on whether to charge Trump, what his punishment would be, and how long we should expect to wait.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:34 pm    Post subject:

David Pakman Show

(Trump Can't Find People to Speak at His Pathetic Rally)

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-- Failed former President Donald Trump is struggling to find people to show up and support him at his upcoming event in South Carolina
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:28 pm    Post subject:

The Young Turks

(Ilhan Omar BLASTS Kevin McCarthy)

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Kevin McCarthy is trying to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from serving on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Francesca Fiorentini and John Iadarola discuss on The Young Turks.

"As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy looks to follow through on his pledge to keep Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from serving on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, it's unclear whether he will be successful given opposition from some of his fellow GOP members.

McCarthy has long threatened to hold a vote to deny Omar a seat on the panel if the GOP won the House majority because of past comments she has made about Israel, which rankled Republicans and Democrats alike. But GOP leaders also see the move as retaliation against Democrats who voted to strip two Republicans of their committee assignments over incendiary social media posts when they controlled the House.

Republicans now enjoy a narrow majority, and McCarthy can only afford four GOP defections in order to successfully garner the votes needed to keep Omar from holding committee seats."
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The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

(Republicans Opposing McCarthy’s Plan To Punish Democrats)

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Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters about his decision to remove Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff from The Intelligence Committee. When a reporter asks McCarthy why Schiff and Swalwell were removed from their committee assignments and not Rep. George Santos, McCarthy grows frustrated and attempts to explain his reasoning.
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(Why “Less” Tax is really “More” tax)

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Now this bill won’t pass, not with Democrats in the Senate & the White House, but the fact that it even made it to committee, says a lot about where the Republicans stand, and who they really work for.
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Now this bill won’t pass, not with Democrats in the Senate & the White House, but the fact that it even made it to committee, says a lot about where the Republicans stand, and who they really work for.


Stuff like this. This is why there is no voter I respect less than the poor, white, deep-red state voter.

The stupidity of voting against your own economic self interest. And millions of Americans do it.

I don't know if any democracy can overcome that level of stupidity. We, as a country, are on a tipping point.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:59 am    Post subject:

More proof of Trump-Putin-Russia 2016 connection in light of the arrest of NY FBI agent for taking money from same Russian oligarch that Manafort worked for:

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Timothy Snyder (historian and expert on authoritarianism) 20h • 21 tweets • 5 min read

In April 2016, I broke the story of Trump and Putin, using Russian open sources. Afterwards, I heard vague intimations that something was awry in the FBI in New York, specifically counter-intelligence and cyber. We now have a suggestion as to why. 0/20

The person who led the relevant section, Charles McGonigal, has just been charged with taking money from the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Follow this thread to see just how this connects to the victory of Trump, the Russian war in Ukraine, and U.S. national security. 1/20

The reason I was thinking about Trump & Putin in 2016 was a pattern. Russia had sought to control Ukraine, using social media, money, & a pliable head of state. Russia backed Trump the way that it had backed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, in the hopes of soft control 2/20

Trump & Yanukovych were similar figures: interested in money, & in power to make or shield money. And therefore vulnerable partners for Putin. They also shared a political advisor: Paul Manafort. He worked for Yanukovych from 2005-2015, taking over Trump's campaign in 2016. 3/20

You might remember Manafort's ties to Russia from 2016. He (and Jared Kushner, and Donald Trump, Jr.) met with Russians in June 2016 in Trump Tower as part of, as the broker of the meeting called it, "the Russian government's support for Trump" (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 237). 4/20

Manafort had to resign as Trump's campaign manager in August 2016 when news broke that he had received $12.7 million in cash from Yanukovych. But these details are just minor elements of Manafort's dependence on Russia. (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 235). 5/20

Manafort worked for Deripaska, the same Russian oligarch to whom McGonigal is linked, between 2006 and 2009. Manafort's assignment was to soften up the U.S for Russian influence. He promised "a model that can greatly benefit the Putin government." (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 234).
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While Manafort worked for Trump in 2016, though, Manafort's dependence on Russia was deeper. He owed Deripaska money, not a position one would want to be in. Manafort offered Deripaska "private briefings" on the campaign. He was hoping "to get whole." (#RoadToUnfreedom, 234
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Reconsider how the FBI treated the Trump-Putin connection in 2016. Trump and other Republicans screamed that the FBI had overreached. In retrospect, it seems the exact opposite took place. The issue of Russian influence was framed in a way convenient for Russia and Trump. 8/20

The FBI investigation, Crossfire Hurricane, focused on the narrow issue of personal connections between the Trump campaign and Russians. It missed Russia's cyber attacks and the social media campaign, which, according to Kathleen Hall Jamieson, won the election for Trump. 9/20

Once the issue of Russian soft control was framed narrowly as personal contact, Obama missed the big picture, and Trump had an easy defense. Trump knew that Russia was working for him, but the standard of guilt was placed so high that he could defend himself. 10/20

It is entirely inconceivable that McGonigal was unaware of Russia's 2016 cyber influence campaign on behalf of Trump. Even I was aware of it, and I had no expertise. It became one of the subjects of my book #RoadtoUnfreedom. 11/20

The FBI did investigate cyber later, and came to some correct conclusions. But this was after the election, and missed the Russian influence operations entirely. That was an obvious counterintelligence issue. Why did the FBI take so long, and miss the point? 12/20

I had no personal connection to this, but will just repeat what informed people said at the time: this sort of thing was supposed to go through the FBI counter-intelligence section in New York, where tips went to die. That is where McGonigal was in charge. 13/20

The cyber element is what McGonigal should have been making everyone aware of in 2016. In 2016, McGonigal was chief of the FBI's Cyber-Counterintelligence Coordination Section. That October, he was put in charge of the Counterintelligence Division of the FBI's NY office. 14/20

We need to understand why the FBI failed in 2016 to address the essence of an ongoing Russian influence operation. The character of that operation suggests that it would have been the responsibility of an FBI section whose head is now accused of taking Russian money. 15/20

Right after the McGonigal story broke, Kevin McCarthy ejected Adam Schiff from the House intelligence committee. Schiff is expert on Russian influence operations. It exhibits carelessness about national security to exclude him. It is downright suspicious to exclude him now. 16/20

Back in June 2016, Kevin McCarthy expressed his suspicion that Donald Trump was under Putin's influence. He and other Republican members concluded that the risk of an embarrassment to their party was more important than American security. #RoadToUnfreedom, p. 255. 17/20

The Russian influence operation to get Trump elected was real. It serves no one to pretend otherwise. We are still learning about it. Denying that it happened makes the United States vulnerable to ongoing Russian operations. 18/20

I remember a certain frivolity from 2016. Trump was a curiosity. Russia was irrelevant. Nothing to take seriously. Then Trump was elected, blocked weapon sales to Ukraine, and tried to stage a coup. Now Ukrainians are dying every day in the defining conflict of our time. 19/20

The McGonigal question goes even beyond these issues. He had authority in the most sensitive possible investigations within U.S. intelligence. Sorting this out will require a concern for the United States that goes beyond party loyalty. 20/20
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Biden should appoint Schiff to a position wherein he gets intelligence briefings similar to the ones he used to get.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:17 am    Post subject:

MSNBC

(Garland announces DOJ 'dismantled' international ransomware network)

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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Justice Department had taken action to "dismantle" an international ransomware network for extorting and attempting to extort hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Gross Domestic Product, Fourth Quarter and Year 2022 (Advance Estimate)

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022 (table 1), according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 3.2 percent.

The GDP estimate released today is based on source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency (refer to "Source Data for the Advance Estimate" on page 4). The "second" estimate for the fourth quarter, based on more complete data, will be released on February 23, 2023.

https://www.bea.gov/news/2023/gross-domestic-product-fourth-quarter-and-year-2022-advance-estimate


It's looking like we may get that soft landing ...
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:03 pm    Post subject: BLM staged event in Los Angeles where 80% of the demostrators are WhitE!

So I breakdown events that for the most part looks very shady or they are staged ...Here is one of them if you want to go down that rabbit hole [LINK REMOVED]

White Crisis actors Lives Matter

LINK REMOVED. THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO BE PROMOTING YOUR CRANK THEORIES.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:02 pm    Post subject:

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(Trump accidentally screws himself with FATAL mistake on Truth Social)
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Really dude?

Take your Qanon stuff elsewhere.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:23 pm    Post subject:

David Pakman Show

(Pumpkin-Colored Trump's Sweaty Slurring Orders to Republicans)

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-- Failed former President Donald Trump makes a sweaty, slurring statement in which he attempts to order Republicans around now that they control the House of Representatives
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:41 pm    Post subject:

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Really dude?

Take your Qanon stuff elsewhere.


From someone who just says something without looking at the video....Its like having a Chinese new year celebration in Chinatown and 80% of the paticipants are not Chinese. Just showing and describing what is right in front of you to see
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Really dude?

Take your Qanon stuff elsewhere.


From someone who just says something without looking at the video....Its like having a Chinese new year celebration in Chinatown and 80% of the paticipants are not Chinese. Just showing and describing what is right in front of you to see


Oh I watched the first few minutes, and it was ridiculous. Not that anyone would need to watch to know. Your description is enough to know. You “saw” what you wanted to see. Only right wing Alex Jones type nut jobs use bogus terms like “crisis actors” and assume a Black Lives Matter protest is fake because, “oh my god! There are a lot white people there!” as if it is an issue only black people care about.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:32 pm    Post subject: Re: BLM staged event in Los Angeles where 80% of the demostrators are WhitE!

chazz wrote:
So I breakdown events that for the most part looks very shady or they are staged ...Here is one of them if you want to go down that rabbit hole [LINK REMOVED]

White Crisis actors Lives Matter


This is the dumbest, and most self owning display I've seen in a while. Some questions for chazz:

1. Since I'm white, and I've been to a BLM march, and there were a majority of non-blacks at it, were we all crisis actors, and if so, where do I get my check?

2. If a guy at a baseball game stands up and raises both arms, and another, and then a third, and before you know it the whole crowd is doing it in sequence, are those first few guys the organizers and the rest "wave actors"?

3. Does everyone bring a megaphone to a protest in most cases?

4. Is it impossible for you to comprehend that a group representing approximately 1 in 13 residents of the area in question, engaged in a high profile nationwide series of protests, might engender the support of a significant number of people outside of their demographic group?

5. Are you so lost in your conspiracy theory hate that you're pouring over years old videos and suddenly, now, recreating a trope and tactic that has been done to death by other bigots without basic logic skills?

I have more, but that's a whole hand's worth of counting, so I'll give you a chance to catch up, and rest assured, I typed them veeeerrrrry sloooooowwwwllly.
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