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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:23 pm    Post subject:

Still can't believe this many people voted for Walker.... actually, I can. This country is filled with idiots.
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BREAKING: Jury has reached a verdict in Trump Organization trial. GUILTY ON ALL 17 COUNTS!


Yeah, but it is totally meaningless. None of the Trump family is involved with the trial, and even the fine is a slap on the wrist.


I wouldn't say it's meaningless. The Trump Organization is now officially a criminal enterprise. This will help the civil trial by the NY AG where the fines are potentially much more potential.


It’s meaningless in regards to the Trumps themselves actually being punished, even the NY trial. They’ll figure out a way around any fines. They always do.


No one said that this trial would be about Trumps as individuals, it was about their company. No one will deal with a criminal enterprise, especially since they already didn't have many lenders that wanted to deal with them in the first. And it will be used as evidence in other trials. The NY AG will seek a huge fine and a termination of the company.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:27 pm    Post subject:

A friend of mine says that Trump’s fate is to always escape the noose but to be forever chased by the posse.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:32 pm    Post subject:

Fox News has called it for Warnock.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:36 pm    Post subject:

So apparently it wasn’t an important erection for walker.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:41 pm    Post subject:

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So apparently it wasn’t an important erection for walker.


This one doesn’t make babies, so . . .
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:41 pm    Post subject:

It's clear now that Georgia, at least in national elections, is a blueish state. Dems will still rely at least in the short term on people that will vote for Kemp but will vote for Warnock.

Arizona is trending the same way.

With good candidates, Michigan and Pennsylvania are safe for now. Wisconsin is probably trending more red than the other two.

But Dems have enough to win the Electoral College in 2024, but they will probably have to re-take the House to avoid shenanigans by Republicans.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:46 pm    Post subject:

The only area Walker really improved on was Greene's district
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:48 pm    Post subject:

It can't be overstated how important getting 51 seats was. Committee sharing agreement won't be in place anymore, and now appointments should go cleanly instead of being held up.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:49 pm    Post subject:

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BREAKING: Jury has reached a verdict in Trump Organization trial. GUILTY ON ALL 17 COUNTS!


Yeah, but it is totally meaningless. None of the Trump family is involved with the trial, and even the fine is a slap on the wrist.


I wouldn't say it's meaningless. The Trump Organization is now officially a criminal enterprise. This will help the civil trial by the NY AG where the fines are potentially much more potential.


It’s meaningless in regards to the Trumps themselves actually being punished, even the NY trial. They’ll figure out a way around any fines. They always do.



No one said that this trial would be about Trumps as individuals, it was about their company. No one will deal with a criminal enterprise, especially since they already didn't have many lenders that wanted to deal with them in the first. And it will be used as evidence in other trials. The NY AG will seek a huge fine and a termination of the company.


And I'm not saying it was either. It won't be the first of Trump's business enterprises to fail, and he always lands on his feet. That was true even when he was just a minor celebrity. It will be even more true now that he's a former president with a huge cult following. Trump will be fine and reinvent new ways to scam money, just as he always has. Neither this verdict, nor the upcoming NY trial is going to change that . . . THAT'S the point.

I know it feels good to see something finally happen, but in the long run, this is a nothing burger.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:50 pm    Post subject:

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Still can't believe this many people voted for Walker.... actually, I can. This country is filled with idiots.

It’s unreal. MTG is horrible but Walker , with all due respect is next level dumb. Literally. Out there for everyone to see. He still got a ton of votes.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:54 pm    Post subject:

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And I'm not saying it was either. It won't be the first of Trump's business enterprises to fail, and he always lands on his feet. That was true even when he was just a minor celebrity. It will be even more true now that he's a former president with a huge cult following. Trump will be fine and reinvent new ways to scam money, just as he always has. Neither this trial, nor the NY one is going to change that . . . THAT'S the point.

I know it feels good to see something finally happen, but in the long run, this is a nothing burger.


Well, it is the company, not Trump steaks or Trump mineral water or whatever. This is a bigger deal because it will have ramifications on his ability to run a business.

Of course he will still make money somehow as long as the cult is there, but I'll be happy if the Trump Organization is gone soon, and probably it will.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:58 pm    Post subject:

Really proud of Georgia, once again.

My favorite political streamer organized canvassing in Georgia with 300+ people knocking on doors in Savannah over the weekend. Its good to see so many young people engaged and having a great result like this.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:05 pm    Post subject:

Hopefully this is the last we'll ever hear of Herschel Walker trying to be a politician.

The same (kinda off topic) goes for Larry Elder.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:32 pm    Post subject:

MSNBC

(Walker Loss Extends List Of Trump-Backed Candidate Failures)

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Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News correspondent, reports live from a somber Walker headquarters and notes the list of candidates endorsed by Donald Trump who were rejected in general elections.
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(Spike Lee Rallies Crowd At Warnock Party As Votes Are Counted)

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Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee tells the crowd at a party for Sen. Raphael Warnock "we're in a very pivotal moment in history" as voters wait for results in the Georgia Senate election.
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(Warnock Celebrates Win: 'The People Have Spoken')

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Sen. Raphael Warnock thanks supporters and reflected on his mother's history in a speech after his projected win the in Georgia Senate runoff race.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:55 pm    Post subject:

David Pakman Show

(IT BEGINS: Trump Hid $19 Million Loan from North Korea-Linked Company)

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-- A new report reveals that failed former President Donald Trump hid a $19.8 million loan from Daewoo, a North Korea-linked company in South Korea
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:50 am    Post subject:

51-49 feels like a Lakers win, peachy
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 7:27 am    Post subject:

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51-49 feels like a Lakers win, peachy


A win is a win. However, to me, it's disturbing it was that close. How liars get and maintain traction is disturbing.

IMO a candidate with Herschel Walker's political intellect and moral mentality should have been beaten in a blowout. He would have been a Repuklican Pinocchio. His political ignorance would have put him at the mercy of the establishment.

Raphael Warnock's win weakens the powers of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. I hope it gives President Biden the needed support to make changes.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 7:53 am    Post subject:

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(Steve Kornacki: Changing Demographics In Atlanta Area Helped Warnock's Campaign)

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Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican football star Herschel Walker on Tuesday in Georgia’s Senate runoff election, NBC News projects, handing President Joe Biden and his party a key win. Warnock’s victory will give Democrats an outright majority in the Senate after two years under a 50-50 divide, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes. Steve Kornacki discusses Warnock's win.
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(Trump Faces One Setback After Another In Horrific Month)

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From backlash over hosting both Ye and Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago to the Jan. 6 Committee closing in on making criminal referrals, former President Trump is having a horrific month.
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(Analyst identifies troubling trend for GOP in wake of Warnock’s win)

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CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein points out a trend that has led to the losses of Trump-backed candidates in the 2022 midterms and Republicans’ below-expectation performances.
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MEANWHILE, IN GERMANY

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Germany arrests dozens as QAnon-inspired "Reichsbürger" group accused of plotting to overthrow government

. . . Berlin — Police have arrested at least 25 people tied to an alleged right-wing extremist plot to overthrow Germany's government. The group targeted in about 130 raids across Germany was described by prosecutors as being influenced by QAnon conspiracy theories and espousing a doctrine similar to that of far-right groups in the U.S. and across Europe.

. . . The group stands accused of planning to storm the Reichstag, or parliament building, as part of a wave of attacks aimed at precipitating civil war-like conditions in Germany. It also allegedly planned to attack the national power grid and to depose the federal government and take power by force.

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CNN's Poppy Harlow and Don Lemon speak with the family of fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, after they snubbed Republican leaders Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Kevin McCarthy at a ceremony held to honor law enforcement who defended the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
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