tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79493345902483688912024-03-27T02:37:22.297-04:00Weasels Я Us“… it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.” ― Teddy RooseveltDanny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.comBlogger1348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-56159888441705324672024-03-27T01:19:00.002-04:002024-03-27T01:21:00.386-04:00Finally Spotlight on Jared Kushner: He Received $2 Billion from Saudi Prince MBS for <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ocVVDTidVkx58ROV-tGA3J4GqKGbVNkujaifxinOdlZB-MBSijUhy0vXQIGvVI45hBQdaZKnFjoxuw9hsCCfwcp9S-brNQFekBufNLzYM5_r09Ti0-mEQx4Cq6DNWvLTwxSopTUppq1v52ID-8otRYqKi6Xd434bfhyphenhypheny_COtxRHo9R3a7RHiT0U7pQ4/s550/Kushner%20$2B%20from%20MBS%20to%20testify%20DEMS%20demand.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ocVVDTidVkx58ROV-tGA3J4GqKGbVNkujaifxinOdlZB-MBSijUhy0vXQIGvVI45hBQdaZKnFjoxuw9hsCCfwcp9S-brNQFekBufNLzYM5_r09Ti0-mEQx4Cq6DNWvLTwxSopTUppq1v52ID-8otRYqKi6Xd434bfhyphenhypheny_COtxRHo9R3a7RHiT0U7pQ4/s16000/Kushner%20$2B%20from%20MBS%20to%20testify%20DEMS%20demand.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Me in cahoots with
the Saudis for $2B, Lol Lol Lol </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">GOP Committee Chairs Rep. James Comer
(R-KY) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and most others in their camp are hell bent
on impeaching President Joe Biden on as it turns out a “nothing burger” investigation
vs. Jared Kushner’s proven fact that he got $2 billion from Saudi Prince MBS
shortly after leaving his Trump White House position. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That is now in the
spotlight based on this story wherein the DEMS are demanding to hear from him
under oath laid out in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jared-kushner-called-to-face-the-music/ar-BB1kA0xq">this
NEWSWEEK article headline</a></b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Jared
Kushner Called to Face the Music”</span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #767171; line-height: 107%;">Democratic Reps.
Jamie Raskin (MD) and Robert Garcia (CA) are calling on Republicans to hold a
hearing for Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner over a $2 billion
investment </span></b><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_Partners" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">his private equity firm</span></a></span></b><b><span style="color: #0000cc; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #767171; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">received shortly after he left the White House.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Democrats have often
discussed the money Kushner's firm, <i>Affinity Partners</i>, and the $2B he received
from a fund led by Saudi Crown Prince <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/mohammed-bin-salman" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mohammed bin Salman</span></b></a> (MBS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>The investment was received six
months after Kushner left his White House </span><span>adviser role under Trump in January 2021. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This comes as Republicans have
tried to impeach President Joe Biden over
allegations the president benefited from his son, Hunter Biden's foreign dealings while in office and to date with no evidence. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile, Democrats on the
House Oversight Committee already previously released a report alleging <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushner-saudi-arabia-investment-trump-report-1858088" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Trump's businesses received millions</span></b></a> in foreign
payments while he was in office. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, dismissed <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/eric-trump-reacts-report-that-donald-trump-got-millions-china-1857928" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">the report's finding as a joke</span></b></a> and said that all the
company's profits from its business with foreign governments were voluntarily
donated to the United States Treasury.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rep. Jamie Raksin (D-MD), a
ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Rep. Garcia
(D-CA) a ranking member of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border,
and Foreign Affairs, sent a letter asking leading Republicans on the House
Oversight Committee to hold a hearing over Kushner's “<i>apparent influence
peddling and quid pro quos for actions he undertook to reshape U.S. foreign
policy in the Middle East</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">They said in their letter:</b> “<i>We write to urge you to convene a
hearing regarding Jared Kushner's apparent influence peddling and quid pro quo
deals involving investments in exchange for official actions and to examine the
resulting threats to our national security. Our request comes in light of
allegations that Jared Kushner is pursuing new foreign business deals, just as
Donald Trump becomes the presumptive </i><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/republican" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Republican</b></span></a><i> nominee
for the presidency. This Committee cannot claim to be ‘investigating foreign
national’ attempts to target and coerce high-ranking U.S. officials' family
members by providing money or other benefits in exchange for certain actions
while continuing to ignore these matters</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000;">NOTE:</span></b> The Raskin/Garcia letter noted that Comer previously had
indicated that Republicans would also have questions for Trump's family
members, including Jared Kushner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Comer then conceded</b> “… <i>Mr.
Kushner's conduct ‘crossed the line of ethics'’ and we promise that the
Oversight Committee will investigate Mr. Kushner</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jordan said Kushner had a
positive impact on diplomacy, including being one of the “key officials”
involved in the Abraham Accords Act — a diplomatic agreement between Israel and
the Arab countries that was brokered by Trump in September 2020. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep. Jordan said: </b>“<i>Of course the </i><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/democrats" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Democrats</span></b></a><b> </b><i>don't
want to admit that</i>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In response to that from Jordan,
Rep. Raskin said he has a motion to have the committee “…<i>move to subpoena
Kushner and compel his testimony related to the $2 billion he was given by Saudi
Prince MBS shortly after Kushner left the Trump White House</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents:</span></b><span style="color: #c00000;"> </span>This action DEM Reps. Raskin and Garcia is long
overdue and very timely … the evidence is clear re: Kushner’s foreign money
links vs. that which the GOP has not made to Mr. Biden. As plain as day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I say that based on this according
to ethics experts, who say the investment creates the appearance of potential
payback for Kushner, given that he had been a staunch defender of the Saudi crown
prince (MBS) while he served
in the Trump White House. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The DEM-run <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Oversight_Committee" target="_blank" title="House Oversight Committee"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">House Oversight Committee</span></b></a> said on
June 2, 2022, that it had opened an investigation into whether Kushner had
traded on his government position to get the deal. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now Raskin is pushing the GOP now in charge since 2022, to honor the commitment to investigate Kushner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">How will Kushner react, we
wonder – he will probably pull a Trump and refuse to testify under oath. But,
in this case he must be held to account without any doubt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We shall see – so, stay tuned.
Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-87727046466838823052024-03-22T22:43:00.000-04:002024-03-22T22:43:09.091-04:00For GA 14th CD: Vote Out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2024 & Help Save the Nation<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-kAAhQJyNiMayNaARGfef6_KppEtS0yusXEpR1F4z5G5MDjoF8PIi6DKHw1pSdyeBxc9KZ6EvF1-WoxuzV_DnS9SZGCKAVTOsewr2xBZtgl7BPeYXxRlhgBuJQyT7x1g_794fIXXhTiQuMseozq15b35wkFD7uphyg2W4lhdPSLni9vCkyYeUTClyVw/s550/Taylor%20Greene%20he%20sounds%20and%20feels%20good.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-kAAhQJyNiMayNaARGfef6_KppEtS0yusXEpR1F4z5G5MDjoF8PIi6DKHw1pSdyeBxc9KZ6EvF1-WoxuzV_DnS9SZGCKAVTOsewr2xBZtgl7BPeYXxRlhgBuJQyT7x1g_794fIXXhTiQuMseozq15b35wkFD7uphyg2W4lhdPSLni9vCkyYeUTClyVw/s16000/Taylor%20Greene%20he%20sounds%20and%20feels%20good.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;">Taylor Greene: </span><span style="line-height: 107%; text-align: left;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;">He sounds and feels good</span><span style="line-height: 107%; text-align: left;">”</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-zo0Z6aSMAoCr6naWuyCtllFIk4w-ROu5NCC8KkUtRcWz3VATzxDkKsKXLJGzTvxEdHV1rd0l8YjESUuTTZ9I7pYN_yQ_y7ZP-ZMlZzIgkaGpJs_Pjabi0Bf4oJ6hKsv8xrHrqh9Lml4tKQ65_6J0LXPeXJXcuiJbYwcl1eooDR7OBe68IVtm6cTogY/s550/Looney%20Lies%20Taylor%20Greene%20is%20cancer%20on%20the%20GOP%20says%20McConnell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-zo0Z6aSMAoCr6naWuyCtllFIk4w-ROu5NCC8KkUtRcWz3VATzxDkKsKXLJGzTvxEdHV1rd0l8YjESUuTTZ9I7pYN_yQ_y7ZP-ZMlZzIgkaGpJs_Pjabi0Bf4oJ6hKsv8xrHrqh9Lml4tKQ65_6J0LXPeXJXcuiJbYwcl1eooDR7OBe68IVtm6cTogY/s16000/Looney%20Lies%20Taylor%20Greene%20is%20cancer%20on%20the%20GOP%20says%20McConnell.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;">Sen. McConnell:</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;">Taylor Greene a cancer on GOP</span><span style="text-align: left;">”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>A brief message for the good people of GA</u>:</b> Please for the
sake of sanity, good decent working government, and protection of all our
rights in the country, vote Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene out of office
based on her latest and utterly stupid crazy stunt to keep herself in the
limelight as seen in this article <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-files-motion-oust-mike-johnson-house-speake-rcna134385" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">from NBC News</span></a></b> with this headline: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Rep.
Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker”</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #767171; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Johnson has served
as speaker of the House for five months. Greene stopped short of forcing a vote
to remove him, calling her motion a “warning.”</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WASHINGTON</b> — Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has now filed
a House motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and doing so just as the
House <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-senate-shutdown-vote-rcna144440" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">voted to avoid a government shutdown</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Johnson has served as Speaker
for only five months, having taken over from Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who
was ousted from the top job under a similar process. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Right now it is was not immediately
clear how the House would act on her motion, which requires just a majority
vote to remove the speaker. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Greene did not file the motion
as privileged — which would force a vote within two legislative days — instead
she filed a regular motion, which could be referred to a committee, where it
would likely languish. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Greene then told reporters that
her motion to vacate was:</b> “<i>More of a warning than a pink slip.</i>” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Then she said:</b> “<i>I don’t
want to throw the House into chaos, like the three and a half weeks that the
chamber was without a speaker when McCarthy was ousted</i>, <b>then she added: </b>“<i>I’m not saying
that it won’t happen in two weeks or it won’t happen in a month or who knows
when. I am saying the clock has started</i>. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>It’s time for our conference to
choose a new speaker</i>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(She also said she had not
discussed her motion with Trump).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My 2 Cents:</b> </span>Again for the fine people of Greene’s 14th CD, please reconsider
this woman as your Rep. in Congress based on this list of her false flag claims: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1. In October 2017, in a video
she posted to Facebook, Greene expressed doubt that the perpetrator of
the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting" target="_blank" title="2017 Las Vegas shooting"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2017 Las Vegas shooting</span></b></a>, a large-scale
incident she believes was intended as an attack on the right to bear arms,
acted alone. (<b>Note:</b> <i>He did act alone with numerous guns with bump stocks killing 60 and wounding more than 400 others</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Also, earlier in August
2017, she claimed that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally" target="_blank" title="Unite the Right rally"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Charlottesville, VA White Nationalist rally</span></b></a>, in
which a counter-protester (a young woman) was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottesville_car_attack" target="_blank" title="Charlottesville car attack"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">killed in a purposeful car attack</span></b></a>, “<i>was
an inside job</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3. In 2019, she said the
2019 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings" target="_blank" title="Christchurch mosque shootings"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Christchurch mosque shootings</span></b></a> in
New Zealand were a false flag for the same end. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4. In a 2018 interview,
Greene expressed support for a conspiracy theory that a single plane did not hit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon" target="_blank" title="The Pentagon"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">the Pentagon</span></b></a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" target="_blank" title="September 11 attacks"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">9/11 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>attacks</span></b></a>. She referred to the so-called
plane that crashed into the Pentagon and said that it was odd there's never any
evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon – that despite an abundance of
evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>5. On another occasion, at
a conservative conference in 2018, Greene said: </span>“<i>9/11 was part of a U.S.
government plot</i>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">6. <b>In an August 2020 Media
Matters report on her comments, Greene wrote on Twitter: </b>“<i>Some people claimed a
missile hit the Pentagon. I now know that is not correct</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">7. She also has claimed
that DNC staff member <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Rich" target="_blank" title="Seth Rich"><b>Seth Rich</b></a> was
murdered by the MS-13 gang
on former President Obama's behalf. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">8. She also claimed that Obama
was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_religion_conspiracy_theories" target="_blank" title="Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">secretly a Muslim</span></b></a> (in
fact he is a Christian).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">9. Early in a February
2019 interview, Greene suggested that the late Justice <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg" target="_blank" title=""><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</span></b></a> had been replaced in public appearances by a body double that
a Anon-related conspiracy theory claimed that Justice Ginsburg had died years
earlier and that Democrats used a body double to conceal her death so they
could hold onto her Supreme Court seat during Trump's term in office. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Note:</b> </span>Justice Ginsburg actually died on September 18, 2020, during
Trump's presidency, and he then nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill her seat and she was appointed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So, it’s easy to see the conspiracy
nut she truly is … the fine people of her district deserve better and so does
Congress. Do not reelect her, please.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-89161656724986172932024-03-14T23:16:00.008-04:002024-03-16T22:54:15.222-04:00UPDATED: RNC No Longer RNC: Trump Makes Three Top Picks for Him at the Top<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDvVJ9sYaQkmdCMZyK_bEvbcKFo-rMLI_uj2iCotV-S8jOqtemd3nl7kSPdDXrur8L9CjuISV5lspiuLX8zv__DFocxETU8prefM5yvw7uGfuLP4qIzyOh2E6bcvORpn9UmVKikL_uvsgikKqQP7-aaym2byyeiDeOsNG_yQx4tnxxWjWv1tKKjSFxpE/s550/Trump%20takes%20over%20RNC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDvVJ9sYaQkmdCMZyK_bEvbcKFo-rMLI_uj2iCotV-S8jOqtemd3nl7kSPdDXrur8L9CjuISV5lspiuLX8zv__DFocxETU8prefM5yvw7uGfuLP4qIzyOh2E6bcvORpn9UmVKikL_uvsgikKqQP7-aaym2byyeiDeOsNG_yQx4tnxxWjWv1tKKjSFxpE/s16000/Trump%20takes%20over%20RNC.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">His long range plan from 2020 loss</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Now he runs the whole show)</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmyquwfOAdhlMVRHqlRoGj7d14wB98Yk4SHfl0CZW9jNxmHYXBbi4geKFSAFsdeLG6SLq8mN7ju_ROB3SgFN8ZuhjK7m8Xq6gKoqxNDXGJV8bn5TmGTZjkZORmp2_x9o_f3xkJXElDWhmZj5wF-5YId1PiPCRtLMsvVJP2N2o3PYQjO94dys_u1o83oo/s550/Trump%20Lara%20Trump%20Michale%20Whatley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmyquwfOAdhlMVRHqlRoGj7d14wB98Yk4SHfl0CZW9jNxmHYXBbi4geKFSAFsdeLG6SLq8mN7ju_ROB3SgFN8ZuhjK7m8Xq6gKoqxNDXGJV8bn5TmGTZjkZORmp2_x9o_f3xkJXElDWhmZj5wF-5YId1PiPCRtLMsvVJP2N2o3PYQjO94dys_u1o83oo/s16000/Trump%20Lara%20Trump%20Michale%20Whatley.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Top Man; Lara Trump (Banker); Mike Whatley (Figure
Head)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNagIr1ze9xsfxCW1wvI7PwhI4CD8sZXwVEejO_65_XCS3m_513ZNPUkk1G-A2PNB6rmjZLhp3Nqi1kYQEzqvN1WTEt4CtrgHxvA3rE6zNhJF7LilsY9KOdgOODdp2hpGYA7tu1VvNkwRMjsKlZG6yg0SQQ50iKl9YHAPRHQt4vMpFJuk4ioz4yrfDt8g/s550/Cristina%20Bobb%20at%20RNC%20for%20fair%20elections%20to%20favor%20GOP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNagIr1ze9xsfxCW1wvI7PwhI4CD8sZXwVEejO_65_XCS3m_513ZNPUkk1G-A2PNB6rmjZLhp3Nqi1kYQEzqvN1WTEt4CtrgHxvA3rE6zNhJF7LilsY9KOdgOODdp2hpGYA7tu1VvNkwRMjsKlZG6yg0SQQ50iKl9YHAPRHQt4vMpFJuk4ioz4yrfDt8g/s16000/Cristina%20Bobb%20at%20RNC%20for%20fair%20elections%20to%20favor%20GOP.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Updated with third Trump sycophant at RNC</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Christina Bobb photo above)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><b>Updated (March 16): <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-lawyer-christina-bobb-speaks-federal-investigators-mar-lago-case-rcna51459" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This article</span></a></b> (NBC News) is a historical reminder regarding Ms. Bobb and her lying on official documents at Mar-a-Lago vis-á-vis the classified doc case. She is now<b> </b></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>“</span></span><span>Senior Counsel for Election Integrity</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>”</span></span><span> - I doubt she can even spell integrity let alone practice it...!!! Now more firm grip by Trump.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><b><span style="color: #990000;"><u>Original Post Follows Below:</u> </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The danger is at the top with Trump – cite:</b><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">After years of
criticizing mail voting and so-called ballot harvesting as ripe for fraud as
they blame DEMS and Biden, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ballot-harvesting-early-voting-election-2024-republicans-a844f375bb86b012cfba0e67b3f77fb7" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Republicans and Trump now at the top of the RNC (calling it the TNC (Trump National Committee) want that road opened</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> for them in 2024</span></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Note:</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/table-10-ballot-collection-laws" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ballot harvesting explained here</span></a>. </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">They are poised to launch
aggressive get-out-the-vote campaigns for 2024 that employ just those
strategies, attempting to match the emphasis on early voting Democrats have
used for years to lock in many of their supporters well ahead of Election Day. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The goal is to persuade voters
who support GOP candidates that early voting techniques are secure and to make
sure they are able to return their ballots in time to be counted, thus putting
less pressure on Election Day turnout efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Since 2020, Trump was </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-ap-fact-check-elections-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-8c5db90960815f91f39fe115579570b4" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">routinely sowing doubt about mail voting</span></b></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>and
encouraging his voters to wait and vote in-person on Election Day. <i style="font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Republican
activists peddled the stolen election narrative were<i style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-health-government-and-politics-election-2020-55f4744b484919cd20d4d5e8d72e444e?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_03" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">telling GOP voters</span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>who received mail ballots to hold onto
them and turn them in at their polling place on Election Day rather than use
mail or drop boxes.<i style="font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">----------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now Trump is asking donors to chip in for
his “ballot harvesting fund” – saying in a fundraising email:<span style="color: #990000;"> <i>“Either we ballot
harvest where we can, or you can say goodbye to America!”</i></span><span style="color: #c00000;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Republicans say <a href="https://apnews.com/article/politics-donald-trump-georgia-31624728042effd17f6ced32dfbf188d" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">the shift is needed</span></b></a> to ensure GOP victories up and down
the 2024 ballot, arguing they cannot afford to give Democrats any advantage. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">At the same time, they acknowledge skepticism from many of
their own voters conditioned by false claims of widespread voter fraud from
Trump and others.<a name="html-embed-module-e30000"></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Former RNC Chairwoman, who recently resigned, Ronna Romney McDaniel, said
she opposes ballot collection, then added: </b>“<i>Do I think it’s the most secure
way of voting? No, but if it’s the law, we’re going to have to do it just like
the Democrats are</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Related story on Trump/MAGA
taking over the RNC posted here <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/14/trump-rnc-purge-gop-nixon-00146840" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">from POLITICO</span></a></b> with this headline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;">“Why the GOP
Should Be Very Worried About Trump’s RNC Purge”</span><span style="color: #c00000;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My 2 Cents:</b> </span>Well played, Mr. Trump to get your own political party –
the TNC – not the age-old RNC and their massive funding pool, too, right? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That is with
Trump’s sister-in-law Lara Trump (Eric’s wife) handing the purse strings at the very top,
um? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Already, big donors are
resisting those takeover and even a brand new group calling themselves: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://rvat.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">RVAT</span></a></b>
(Republican Voters Against Trump) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/03/12/Republicans-against-Trump-Sarah-Longwell/9561710280582/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">set to raise $50M to defeat him in November</span></a></b>. Time will tell if that works,
or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-87533869853776762322024-03-10T20:36:00.000-04:002024-03-10T20:36:45.795-04:00Trump Intel Brief: Like Giving Loaded Gun to 6-Year Old Telling Them Go Play Outside<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj209tR5fq_9tZiS8Bk6JsIvddzzEa8fd1ocSYfuu9XXtW2VUk2xuiDdpxqxBq4idBv_lbg0DsZKqsvFdBb33WI6RW7gcBOc4XoyN5zweXbmlYFbqSdisPOMei5E-N82zgULfwFe_GqpR2LlT9xsF8-LUAkw49QOSQRu-PIf0-lARgruDLe6uoD8XOxJIY/s550/Trump%20intel%20brief%20insane%20idea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj209tR5fq_9tZiS8Bk6JsIvddzzEa8fd1ocSYfuu9XXtW2VUk2xuiDdpxqxBq4idBv_lbg0DsZKqsvFdBb33WI6RW7gcBOc4XoyN5zweXbmlYFbqSdisPOMei5E-N82zgULfwFe_GqpR2LlT9xsF8-LUAkw49QOSQRu-PIf0-lARgruDLe6uoD8XOxJIY/s16000/Trump%20intel%20brief%20insane%20idea.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Really, Really Recent Bad News</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(President Biden
Can Just Say No)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The original story is/was
shocking when it first was published but not now since President Biden seems to
be correcting the perceived wrong of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/us/politics/biden-trump-intelligence-briefings.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">the original story from the NY TIMES</span></a></b>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">An update reported below may or may
not clarify the issue: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times;">“Biden
Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing Erratic Behavior”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">President Biden said there was “no need” for former President Trump
to get the briefings, traditionally given to ex-presidents as a courtesy and to
keep them informed if their advice is needed.</span><span style="color: #767171; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now this story is more recent
and a decision vis-à-vis as to whether it implies info to the former president
(NY TIMES above) and how Mr. Biden may or may not hold his ground as stated in
this version of the same story <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/07/biden-intel-briefings-trump-00145651" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here from POLITICO</span></a></b> that seems to show the Intel Agencies are preparing docs
for Trump to have access to – which in my view is insane.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The POLITICO article above has this recent story headline:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times;">“Intel
agencies eye brief for Trump, amid fears he could spill secrets”</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">It’s standard practice to share classified information with
presidential nominees, but the decision to brief Trump if he becomes the GOP
nominee this year is loaded with political and potentially legal risks.</span><span style="color: #767171; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WASHINGTON (NY TIMES)</b> — President Biden said earlier that he would
bar his predecessor, Donald J. Trump, from receiving intelligence briefings
traditionally given to former presidents, saying that Mr. Trump could not be
trusted because of his “erratic behavior” even before the January 6 attack on
the Capitol. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOTE:</b>
</span>THE FINAL DECISION IS ALWAYS THE EXECUTIVE’S AUTHORITY.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The move was the first time that
a former president had been cut out of the briefings, which are provided partly
as a courtesy and partly for the moments when a sitting president reaches out
for advice. <b><i>Currently, the briefings are offered on a regular basis to Jimmy
Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mr. Biden, speaking to Norah
O’Donnell of CBS News, said Mr. Trump’s behavior worried him, saying: “U<i>nrelated to the
insurrection that gave rise to the second impeachment</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">He then added:</b> “<i>I just think that there is no need for him to have
the intelligence briefings. What value is giving him an intelligence briefing?
What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say
something</i>?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The former chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), said just before Biden’s
inauguration, that Mr. Trump’s access to any classified information should be
cut off saying:</b> “<i>There is no circumstance in which this president should get
another intelligence briefing, not now and not in the future. If there were, I
think, any number of intelligence partners around the world who probably
started withholding information from us because they didn’t trust the president
would safeguard that information, and protect their sources and methods. And
that makes us less safe. We’ve seen this president politicize intelligence, and
that’s another risk to the country</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The question of how Trump
handles intelligence came up several times during his presidency.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>For example, shortly after
he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-fired-fbi.html" target="_blank" title=""><span style="color: #2b00fe;">fired the FBI director</span></a> James Comey in May 2017, Trump met with the
Russian FM and Russian ambassador in the Oval Office. </b> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdmMqPzYjtd_BX9nN3DR7FSQe85spQQu9hLp1zLgdyOaRyGf4aa-mp2PcARhG-HT2Fh9MC1FiTodle8nHRYPDMGmvW_uSgQddyBqmHNKi4CNfKHIRLMECunbzWd9AEL0NECxb_bX4WNKIEgTpHbx_lEMPOKS7S9Kmrb0ETLJxJUWRn18kqVWEstrclGw/s550/Trump%20tells%20Rusians%20I%20just%20fired%20Comey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdmMqPzYjtd_BX9nN3DR7FSQe85spQQu9hLp1zLgdyOaRyGf4aa-mp2PcARhG-HT2Fh9MC1FiTodle8nHRYPDMGmvW_uSgQddyBqmHNKi4CNfKHIRLMECunbzWd9AEL0NECxb_bX4WNKIEgTpHbx_lEMPOKS7S9Kmrb0ETLJxJUWRn18kqVWEstrclGw/s16000/Trump%20tells%20Rusians%20I%20just%20fired%20Comey.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Russian FM Lavrov; Trump; Amb. Kislyak (May 10, 2017)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">(Trump says: </span><b>“</b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I just fired FBI Director Comey</span><b>”</b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">)</span></span></div><p></p></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Those two in the Oval Office chuckled when Trump told them that. The
topic was about a highly classified piece of intelligence about the Islamic
State that came from Israel. <i><b>The Israelis were outraged.</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also, later in his presidency, Trump
took a photograph with his phone of a classified satellite image showing an
explosion at a missile launch pad in Iran. Some of the markings were blacked
out first, but the revelation gave adversaries information — which they may
have had, anyway — about the abilities of American surveillance satellites.</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"> </span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump’s aides later said
that because he declined to read intelligence reports — preferring an oral
briefing — as he did not see the “S” and “U” markings indicating “Secret” / “Unclassified.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But there was a deeper
worry about how Mr. Trump could use intelligence now that he has retreated to
Mar-a-Lago, his club in Florida. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The former president has talked openly about
the possibility of running for the White House again, perhaps under the banner
of a third party. The fear was that he would use, or twist, intelligence to fit
his political agenda, something he was often accused of in office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Among those arguing to cut off
Mr. Trump’s access was Susan M. Gordon, a career CIA officer who served as
deputy director of national intelligence until 2019, when she left after being
passed over for director. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sue-gordon-trump-intelligence-briefings-former-president/2021/01/15/94b15c72-5747-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html" target="_blank" title=""><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">an opinion article in The Washington Post</span></b></a>, Ms.
Gordon, one of the most respected intelligence officers of her generation,
wrote that the danger of providing intelligence to a president whose business
deals might make him beholden to foreign investors and lenders was just too
great. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Gordon frequently briefed Trump
saying:</b> “<i>His post-White House security profile, as the professionals like to
call it, is daunting especially after January 6” adding: Any president is by
definition a target and presents some risks. A former President Trump, even
before January 6 events, he might be unusually vulnerable to bad actors with
ill intent</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>My 2 Cents:</b> Biden was
correct as the NY TIMES wrote and now he should say and do that again now as
the Intel Community considers giving Trump access in any form. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I say:</b> Don’t
give him any intelligence access. If Trump were to win in November, then the
whole issue is moot, He would have full access – and deliver a horrible mess. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Who would benefit, probably:</b> Putin,
Xi, Orban, or Kim Jong-un, et al. <b>Why, what for: </b>Money, favors, leverage, hell who knows?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-20267959436223255002024-03-04T21:37:00.002-05:002024-03-04T21:39:41.166-05:00Dictator Don: The Vision & Plan for a Second Trump Administration That He Promises<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxjqu9evJkyTtOEIsThyphenhyphenE3HWUCx6lTMN14XfUs6UUvQ69raJkbuNG7ns1RQ03d_05GZlbA8m5O8DTnZ3kWscBtt9fMLyODaRp22-Be-gNMy8Uu-J-NRpjgwSkVtnpAoBOdEvMWZOEHD5HRPBmP7vJJeqaV5mxz-YqVznU_7e-7v5k2DUjLhQy7pbYIgM/s550/Trump%20sees%20himself%20post-2024%20election.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxjqu9evJkyTtOEIsThyphenhyphenE3HWUCx6lTMN14XfUs6UUvQ69raJkbuNG7ns1RQ03d_05GZlbA8m5O8DTnZ3kWscBtt9fMLyODaRp22-Be-gNMy8Uu-J-NRpjgwSkVtnpAoBOdEvMWZOEHD5HRPBmP7vJJeqaV5mxz-YqVznU_7e-7v5k2DUjLhQy7pbYIgM/s16000/Trump%20sees%20himself%20post-2024%20election.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">How he seems himself every day since 2020 loss</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Has never conceded losing to Mr. Biden)</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRSrzI9tN8tvLM1oKlzAgpWe0JyEQTtbLhRZaUJOrsrbZPTz4cliZ-FHshW_LFpza0P7yygVYyZOe-bLkxc2vrUb4CCK8akmgqzm6ByQqlnY_-wC_sZg_sw4gWFhXu3Y0iJ9pREywrIy2Er1pbflSjjFYGuACYTslAVuCwDN7RDsaU1fXngvQTwzJKfU/s550/Biggest%20liar%20in%20American%20political%20history.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRSrzI9tN8tvLM1oKlzAgpWe0JyEQTtbLhRZaUJOrsrbZPTz4cliZ-FHshW_LFpza0P7yygVYyZOe-bLkxc2vrUb4CCK8akmgqzm6ByQqlnY_-wC_sZg_sw4gWFhXu3Y0iJ9pREywrIy2Er1pbflSjjFYGuACYTslAVuCwDN7RDsaU1fXngvQTwzJKfU/s16000/Biggest%20liar%20in%20American%20political%20history.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Biggest documented liar in presidential
history</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Nearly 31,000 lies in four years in
office)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rather long but critically-important post and information. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/politics/fact-check-dale-top-15-donald-trump-lies/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">CNN tracked 15 lies of the biggest liar ever to serve as President</span></a></b> – guess
who – that excellent article headline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">“The 15 most notable lies of Donald Trump’s presidency (posted January
16, 2021)<o:p></o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">”</span></b></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also, related article here <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-versus-truth-most-outrageous-falsehoods-his-presidency-n1252580" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">from NBC</span></a></b> with their headline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times;">“Trump versus the truth: The most outrageous falsehoods of his
presidency”</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And this
added piece <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/535081-wapost-counts-30573-false-or-misleading-claims-in-four-years-by-trump/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">from
THE HILL</span></a></b> with a grand score of trump’s lies with their headline from
the Washington Post:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times;">“Washington Post counts 30,573 false or
misleading claims in four years by Trump”</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<div style="background: white; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Presidential
historian Michael Beschloss said</span></u></b><span style="font-size: large;">: “I have never seen
a president in American history who has lied so continuously and so
outrageously as Donald Trump, period.” </span></span><span style="color: #767171; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>The full post from the three
above articles</u>:</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Washington (CNN)</b> — Trying to
pick the most notable lies from Donald Trump’s presidency is like trying to
pick the most notable pieces of junk from the town dump. His lies that stand out
from his four years in power – for their importance, for their egregiousness,
for their absurdity, or for what they say about the man.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1. It didn’t rain on
his inauguration: </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It </span></span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://twitter.com/TimAlberta/status/822489992853356544" target="_blank">rained</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisJansing/status/822489741480361986" target="_blank">during</a></span></b><span> Trump’s inaugural address. Then, at a
celebratory ball later that day, Trump </span><a href="https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-inauguration-liberty-ball-january-20-2017/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">told the crowd</span></b></a><span> that the rain “just never came” until
he finished talking and went inside, at which point “it poured.” This was
the </span><a href="https://projects.thestar.com/donald-trump-fact-check/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">first lie</span></b></a><span> of Trump’s presidency. Like his lies that
same week about his inauguration crowd, it hinted at what would come next. The
President would say things that we could see with our own eyes were not true.
And he would often do this brazen lying for no apparent strategic reason.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2. The coronavirus
was under control: </b>This was more like a family of lies than a single lie.
But each one – the lie that the virus was (1) “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/politics/fact-check-trump-coronavirus-march-31/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">equivalent to the flu</span></b></a>”; the lie that the situation was “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/15/politics/fact-check-trump-control-coronavirus/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">totally under control</span></b></a>”; the lie that the virus was “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/10/politics/covid-disappearing-trump-comment-tracker/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">disappearing</span></b></a>” – suggested to Americans that they didn’t
have to change much about their usual behavior. A year into the crisis, more
than 386,000 Americans died from the virus. We can’t say with precision
how the crisis would have unfolded differently if Trump had been more truthful.
But it’s reasonable to venture that his dishonesty led to a significant number
of deaths.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3. Sharpie ID’d when Hurricane
Dorian hits Landfall:</b> He tweeted in 2019 that Alabama was one of the states
at greater risk from Hurricane Dorian than had been initially forecast. The federal weather office in Birmingham then tweeted that,
actually, AL would be unaffected by the storm. Not great, but fixable fast
with a simple White House correction. Trump, however, is so congenitally
unwilling to admit error that he embarked on an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/politics/fact-check-timeline-of-trumps-alabama-dorian-map-fiasco/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">increasingly farcical campaign</span></b></a> to prove that his
incorrect AL tweet was actually correct, eventually showcasing a hurricane
map that was crudely altered with a Sharpie. The slapstick might have been
funny had White House officials not <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/climate/trump-hurricane-dorian-noaa.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">leaped into action behind the scenes</span></b></a> to try to pressure
federal weather experts into saying he was right and they were wrong. The saga
proved that Trump was not some lone liar: he was backed by an entire powerful
apparatus willing to fight for his fabrications.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">4. The Boy Scouts
Congratulated Me: </b>He <a href="https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-interview-wsj-unabridged-july-25-2017" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>claimed</b></span></a> that “the head of the Boy Scouts” had called
him to say that his <a href="https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-speech-national-scout-jamboree-july-24-2017" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">bizarrely political address</span></b></a> to the Scouts’ National
Jamboree was “<i>the greatest speech that was ever made to them</i>.” One of the
hardest things about fact checking Trump was that a lot of people he lied about
did not think it was in their interest to be quoted publicly contradicting a
vengeful president, but the Scouts <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/892529693429202945?s=20" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">confirmed</span></b></a> that
no call ever happened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">5. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MI)
supports al-Qaeda: </b>At a White House <a href="https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-made-in-america-showcase-july-15-2019/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">event in 2019</span></b></a>, Trump grossly <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/trump-falsely-accuses-omar-al-qaeda-fact-check/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">distorted</span></b></a> a 2013 quote from Rep. Ilhan Omar to try to
get his supporters to believe that the Minnesota Democrat had expressed support
for the terrorist group al Qaeda. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He went on to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/23/politics/ilhan-omar-trump-attacks-pennsylvania-rally/index.html" target="_blank">deliver</a> additional bigoted attacks against against Omar in the following months. But it’s
hard to imagine a more vile lie for the President to tell about a Muslim
official – who had <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/19/islamophobic-trump-supporter-who-threatened-kill-rep-ilhan-omar-pleads-guilty/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">already been getting death threats</span></b></a> – than a smear that
makes her sound pro-terrorist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6. The trade deficit
with China used to be $500 billion: </b>Trump, an incorrigible exaggerator,
rarely chose to use an accurate number when he could <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1261683774745571330" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">instead
use an inaccurate bigger number</span></b></a>. He said well over 100 times that before his presidency, the
U.S for years had a $500 billion annual trade deficit with China – though the
actual pre-Trump deficit never even reached $400 billion. Trump made versions
of the “$500 billion” claim so many times that it became <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1163892023226617856" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">almost
physically painful</span></b></a> to fact check it any more.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7. The burly crying
men who had never cried before: </b>They were almost always male. They were
almost always large. They were almost always blue-collar. And, according to the
President, they kept walking up to him crying tears of gratitude – even though
they had almost always not previously cried for years. Trump’s <a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/09/08/according-to-donald-trump-a-lot-of-people-are-crying-around-donald-trump.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">series of Tears Stories</span></b></a> – which sometimes doubled
as <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/sir-trump-telltale-word-false/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sir Stories</span></b></a> – helps us see his lying as a kind of
performance art. The stories were oddly grandiose, like something you’d hear
from a two-bit foreign strongman. They were also pure shtick. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">8. Trump didn’t know
about the payment to Stormy Daniels: </b>Trump is not your traditional
political liar. One of his distinguishing features is that he lied pointlessly,
dissembling about trivial subjects for trivial reasons. But he also lied when
he needed to. Like when he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/23/not-just-misleading-not-merely-false-lie/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">told reporters on Air Force One</span></b></a> in 2018 that he did
not know about a $130,000 payment to porn performer Stormy Daniels. And, that
he did not know where his Attorney Michael Cohen got the money. It all was audacious – Trump knew, because he had <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/politics/trump-financial-disclosure-report/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">personally reimbursed Cohen</span></b></a> – and kind of
conventional: He was lying to try to get himself out of a tawdry
scandal.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">9. Trump ended border
family separations: </b>Much of Trump’s lying was clumsy, half-baked. Some of
it was almost art. Here’s what he told NBC’s Chuck Todd in 2019 about his widely
controversial policy of separating migrant parents from their children at the
border: “<i>You know, under President Obama you had separation. I was the one that
ended it</i>.” He signed a 2018 order to end the family separation. What he did not mention to Chuck Todd is that what he had
ended was <a href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/04/us/immigrant-family-separations-timeline/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">his own policy</span></b></a> – a plan announced by his own AG who had
made family separation standard rather than occasional, as it had been <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/politics/trump-family-separation/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">under Obama</span></b></a>. All of Trump’s words in those two sentences to
Todd were accurate in themselves. But he was lying because of what he left out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10. Biden will
destroy protections for pre-existing conditions: </b>His 2020 re-election
campaign was consistently and consciously dishonest, especially in its attempts to cast Joe Biden as a frightening radical.
When Trump claimed in September that Biden would destroy
protections for people with pre-existing health conditions – though the
Obama-Biden administration created the protections, though the protections were
overwhelmingly popular, though Biden was running on preserving them, and though
Trump himself had tried repeatedly to weaken them – Trump was not merely lying
but turning reality upside down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">11. He got the Veterans
Choice Bill into Law: </b>Trump could have told a perfectly good factual story
about the Veterans Choice health care program Obama signed into law in 2014: It
wasn’t good enough, so he replaced it with a more expansive program he signed
into law in 2018. That’s not the story he did tell – whether out of policy
ignorance, a desire to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/fact-check-trump-obama-lies-policing-justice/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">erase Obama’s legacy</span></b></a>, or simply because he is a liar.
Instead, he claimed over and over – <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/fact-check-trump-rally-johnstown-pennsylvania/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">more than 160 times</span></b></a> – that he is the one who got the
Veterans Choice program passed. That he said was after other presidents tried and failed for
years. And why not stretch it? He knew he probably wouldn’t be challenged by a
press corps drowning in other Trump drama. It wasn’t until August 2020 that he
was asked by a reporter about the lie to his face, and he <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/politics/trump-veterans-choice-paula-reid/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">promptly left the room</span></b></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">12. Windmills cause cancer: </b>It was a problem for the country that Trump was not only a
conspiracy theorist <a href="https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/29/firing-off-trump-stands-by-birther-comments/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">himself</span></b></a> but immersed in conspiracy culture, regularly
stumbling upon ludicrous claims and then sharing them as fact. For such a
fierce critic of the media’s use of anonymous sources, Trump sure liked to use
a lot of unnamed sources himself. His stories were full of nonsense he
attributed to “people” or that he claimed “they” say. One of the most bonkers
“they say” items was his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-speech-rncc-fundraiser-dinner-april-2-2019#80" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2019 declaration</span></a></b> that “they say” the noise
from windmills “causes cancer.” After Trump amplified another conspiracy lie in
2020, NBC’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcTawZ6P8mY" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Savannah
Guthrie admonished him</span></a></b> by saying that “Y<i>ou’re not, like, someone’s
crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever</i>.” Except he was, that is until Twitter took down his account.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13. That his
healthcare plan was coming in two weeks: </b>Trump’s big health care plan
was <a href="https://khn.org/news/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">eternally coming</span></b></a> in “two weeks.” So were a bunch
of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/in-trump-s-white-house-everything-s-coming-in-two-weeks" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">other plans and announcements</span></a></b>. Trump is, at his
core, a huckster. Every moment of his presidency was a chance for him to sell
someone on something, whether or not that something actually existed. And if
they asked when they could actually see the magic elixir he said was being
brewed just over there behind the curtain, he would just have to delay them
until they forgot about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">14. He was once named
Michigan’s Man of the Year: </b>Trump never ever even lived in Michigan. Why
would he have been named Michigan’s Man of the Year years before his
presidency? Simple: He wouldn’t have been. He wasn’t. And yet this lie he
appeared to have invented in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/politics/fact-check-trump-michigan-man-of-the-year-again/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">final week of his 2016 campaign</span></a></b> became
a staple of his 2020 campaign, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://factba.se/search#%22man%2Bof%2Bthe%2Byear%22" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">repeated at Michigan rally after rally</span></a></b>.
It’s so illustrative because it makes so little sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">15. Trump won the 2020
election: </b>Trump’s long White House campaign against verifiable reality has
culminated with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/16/politics/fact-check-trump-rigged-election-dominion-georgia-pennsylvania/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">his lie</span></a></b> that
he is the true winner of the 2020 presidential election he clearly, certifiably
and fairly lost. To so many people it’s ludicrous nonsense, but to Americans
who support him – MAGA sycophants – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-president-trump-robbed-poll" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">it’s the truth</span></a></b>, and that got people killed on
January 6. The nation’s truth problem, clearly, isn’t just a Trump problem. It
remains his deception and that event shows how detached from reality he and
MAGA are.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents: </span></b>I enjoyed the research into this topic of Trump’s lies. It comes today (March 4) just as the 9-0 SCOTUS decision says <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-insurrection-election-colorado-51e79c0f03013034c8a042cb278b6446" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">he
can stay on ballot as they tossed the 14<sup>th</sup> Amendment challenge to
keep him off</span></a></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now the nation awaits the
biggest decision ever: Whether the high court will approve his demand for them
to grant him absolute immunity for the crimes pending against him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I want to ask people who
still cling by him (his MAGA cult members): After all of that news and his over
30,000 documented lies, deceit, and utter BS how can you vote for him and
especially with the promises he has made about “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-project-2025-would-do-to-america" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Project
2025</span></a></b>” if he wins in November.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Do we truly want the path
that Trump advocates:</b> He as a one-man ruler taking over all branches of
government and running his way and no other way? Boy, I hope not, but I also
have some fear about people around him and who support him that do not
comprehend what that would mean – that is: The U.S. under Trump’s total control
and the only rules or laws that applied to anyone about anything would be what
he says and wants – that is what he has said he will do if reelected and that
part believe he will try to do. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">To me it’s utterly mind-boggling how
anyone can stick with Trump. Let’s hope they do not – he does not deserve to be
anywhere near the Oval Office never again, period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-2767073867299832092024-02-27T22:24:00.002-05:002024-02-27T22:27:32.377-05:00Trump CPAC-24 Speech: Same Lies and Threats and His Treatment Like Under Stalin<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaoFycGG0VSqoZpLLrqTjOJPtje7e4i1P2VD4h58KDOZ_CBf4yExXSy_gnsnBtg8ySo9rIFsoKmPVCfZhC7sdIPKQqHtU7utqKpqmrPnBxCTr5DtQK0iO3ygPZJlMN8vVKsq_UfDEf624vSnd0pBc2QiWlzi9hzNctAWW-a9IS6BDfpZW_i1XuK2-iBWQ/s550/Trump%20kisses%20the%20flag%20hello%20and%20kisses%20Anerica%20good-bye%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaoFycGG0VSqoZpLLrqTjOJPtje7e4i1P2VD4h58KDOZ_CBf4yExXSy_gnsnBtg8ySo9rIFsoKmPVCfZhC7sdIPKQqHtU7utqKpqmrPnBxCTr5DtQK0iO3ygPZJlMN8vVKsq_UfDEf624vSnd0pBc2QiWlzi9hzNctAWW-a9IS6BDfpZW_i1XuK2-iBWQ/s16000/Trump%20kisses%20the%20flag%20hello%20and%20kisses%20Anerica%20good-bye%20.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kisses the flag hello and America good-bye </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A two-sourced post on
the same subject</b>: First, is Trump’s speech at the CPAC-2024 annual conference
in Maryland (February 24) reported on here <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-delivers-another-autocratic-tirade/ar-BB1iVUci" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">from THE ATLANTIC</span></a></b> with their
headline eye-popping story: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Trump Delivers Another
Autocratic Tirade”</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #767171;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Trump’s CPAC speech was wild and full of falsehoods, but more
important, it was yet another fascistic rant, full of fear, rambling
half-thoughts, delusions, and, direct threats warning: “</b><i>Our country is being
destroyed. And the only thing standing between you and its obliteration is me</i><b>.”</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The New York Times,
previewed the speech with a headline and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/us/politics/trump-cpac-speech.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">predicting that</span></span></a> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Trump Will Outline a Thriving U.S. Amid a Second Term</i> and in his
words that has the potential to connect powerfully to the fears and lives of
millions of Americans and that the upcoming presidential election with saying:</b>
“<i>Will be our new liberation day and that for Americans I consider to be liars
and cheaters and fraudsters and censors and imposters who have commandeered our
government, it will be their judgment day. The sinister forces trying to kill
America have done everything they can to stop me, to silence you, and to turn
this nation into a socialist dumping ground for criminals, junkies, Marxists,
thugs, radicals, and dangerous refugees that no other country wants</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This year, he added some new tropes, including referring to
his legal problems as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-whines-about-stalinist-show-trials-compares-himself-to-al-capone-at-cpac#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20Stalinist%20show%20trials%20being,ever%20committed%20is%20defending%20America.%E2%80%9D" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stalinist show trials</span></a></b> orchestrated
by the Biden administration, a historical reference that is probably lost on
the CPAC crowd (<i>and might not be understood by Trump himself</i>) but that serves
as another marker of his contempt for the American judicial system. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/feb/24/trump-cpac-republicans-south-carolina-primary-live" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">smeared everyone involved in
his prosecutions</span></a></b> as a “<i>Mob of radical-left Democrat
partisans masquerading as judges and juries and prosecutors who want to steal
my liberty</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In previous years, CPAC
apparently tried to screen out neo-Nazis and white nationalists and
supremacists, but this year, members of such groups were this time
observed <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://x.com/BenjaminGoggin/status/1761924576236253448?s=20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">wearing badges</span></a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So, a former president of
the United States went off on an autocratic soliloquy — <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://gazette.com/news/wex/cpac-2024-trump-mocks-biden-anyone-can-read-off-a-teleprompter-except-for-biden/article_63c4ca4a-0811-57fe-aca7-f0fdf22c5df9.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">happily ditching his
teleprompter</span></a></b> for some of it — <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://x.com/BenjaminGoggin/status/1761912963315781966?s=20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">to a group that
included self-identified Nazis</span></a></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>He warned that he was the singular figure: </b>“<i>T</i><i>he last
chance standing between ordinary citizens and the bloodshed, chaos, and
violent crime” that he claims has now arrived at the hands of roving gangs of
terrorists and criminals</i>.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>And, at the ballot
box, he said</b>: “<i>They will get a reckoning, like they haven’t even imagined
before. We’re gonna straighten out our country</i>.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who is they?</b> They are the people, it seems, who do not support
Trump, his fellow <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/11/trump-crosses-a-crucial-line/676031/?utm_source=msn" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">citizens who are in his eyes vermin</span></a>
</b>and whom he referred to at CPAC as “…<i>thugs and tyrants and fascists,
scoundrels, and rogues</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Meanwhile, he decried the incarceration of the “<i>hostages</i>” who are
serving time for the January 6 insurrection, claiming</b>: “<i>There’s never been
in the history of our country a group of people treated the way they’ve been
treated</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Part Two is <span style="color: #0000cc;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-cpac-vindication-judgment-day-2c73c0e64ff5b25afd2e3b09fd75204a"><span style="color: #0000cc;">from THE AP</span></a></span> with their Trump headline:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Trump calls himself a
‘proud political dissident’ in CPAC speech”</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Highlights from that
AP article</b> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">formatted to fit the blog</i>):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #767171;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trump cast November’s presidential election as “judgment day”
and declared himself a “proud political dissident” during a speech before
conservative activists outside of Washington Saturday as he again cloaked his
campaign in religious imagery.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trump said in part: </b>“<i>For
hardworking Americans, November 5 will be our new liberation day. But for the
liars and cheaters and fraudsters and censors and imposters who have
commandeered our government, it will be judgment day. When we win, the curtain
closes on their corrupt reign and the sun rises on a bright new future for
America</i>. <i>I stand before you today only as your past and hopefully
future president, but as a proud political dissident. I am a dissident</i>.”</span></p>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Last year, at CPAC Trump said that his 2024 campaign
would be one of “retribution,” saying:</b> “<i>In 2016, I declared: I am your
voice. Today I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who
have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This time,</b> Trump cast
himself as a savior standing between his supporters and near-anarchy as he
spoke of “<i>Hoards of illegal aliens stampeding across our borders</i>” warning that the
country’s social safety net and education system would “<i>buckle and collapse
under the gangs will be invading your territory. These are the stakes of this
election: Our country is being destroyed and the only thing standing between you
and its obliteration is me while Biden’s leadership express train barrels toward
servitude and to ruin</i>. (Sic)”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trump then added:</b>
“<i>A vote for Trump is your ticket back to freedom, it’s your passport out of
tyranny and it’s your only escape from Joe Biden and his gang’s fast track to
hell. And in many ways, we’re living in hell right now. The unprecedented
success of the United States of America will be my ultimate and absolute
revenge</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEY FACTS TRUMP NEVER MENTIONS: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(1) Violent crime is down
nationwide according to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/fbi-crime-report-violence-property-carjacking-murder-fa7c6e3879d3bf16f93bdfa42683b100" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">the most recent FBI statistics</span></a></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(2) Despite public
perception, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-poll-survey-economy-trump-election-dca1b60f6749d5eb50bc0e7600814855" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">recent data on the economy</span></a></b> has
shown that growth accelerated last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(3) Inflation returned
closer to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, t<i>hus proving wrong both Wall Street
and academic economists who had been predicting a recession</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump said the 91 felony charges he faces in four jurisdictions
are attempts by Biden to damage his candidacy. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FYI:</b> There’s no evidence whatsoever that Biden influenced Trump’s charges
in any way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents:</span></b> Ladies and gentlemen who stop by and read the above
please keep in mind what Trump says and believes he will carry out if he wins
the White House again, but, then we will have to duck for cover as we see the nation crumble
under his “<i><b>Jackbooted promises and pledges</b></i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I believe he would try all
those things, but I won’t trust him for one single minute about being
successful to carry them out or even winning in November – I trust the voters
NOT Trump. Hope you agree, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My other related same subject
post <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://politicalrapids.blogspot.com/2024/02/biden-vs-trump-2024-looks-like-2020.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">is here</span></a></b> – FYI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-3627684357881574542024-02-20T00:26:00.000-05:002024-02-20T00:26:12.312-05:00Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA): Weak, No Spine, Direction, or Skills to Lead GOP House<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnOeLUUIwkDQfLpaXeqjSIOmOlLYwMTCbJVdbyOm3H9xkZPPhfqHhnKqkiRXCfDltTLzP6S_3eUWnPRtfw9sYIiUxu4SaqL2xus_IdnYw5xX5MMayeYsnkgVer0ifEJJy5hpa658JxwPTtavXlksK2pDdn06X5atYI_hDVv2_RVaRYXUt4tBmgZPfI_s/s550/Mike%20Johnson%20a%20weak%20speaker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnOeLUUIwkDQfLpaXeqjSIOmOlLYwMTCbJVdbyOm3H9xkZPPhfqHhnKqkiRXCfDltTLzP6S_3eUWnPRtfw9sYIiUxu4SaqL2xus_IdnYw5xX5MMayeYsnkgVer0ifEJJy5hpa658JxwPTtavXlksK2pDdn06X5atYI_hDVv2_RVaRYXUt4tBmgZPfI_s/s16000/Mike%20Johnson%20a%20weak%20speaker.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A pitiful dismal man
answering only to Trump</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Interesting and very troubling story here from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/we-re-wounded-speaker-mike-johnson-struggles-to-lead-gop-after-unnecessary-purging/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">RAW STORY</span></a></b> with this their headline (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">formatted
to fit the blog</i>): <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“We're wounded: Speaker Johnson struggles to lead </span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">GOP after unnecessary
purging”</span></b></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>House Republicans are divided over what to do about their internal
divisions – or even whether anything’s the matter at all. Welcome to Speaker
Mike Johnson’s Capitol.</b></span><span style="color: #767171; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/19/politics/johnson-ukraine-aid-critical-decision/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Related updates from CNN here</span></a> </b>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Johnson
pressured</i>)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/18/politics/schumer-mike-johnson-foreign-aid-bill-ukraine/index.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>
</b>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sen. Schumer demands Speaker Johnson
pass the Ukraine aid package</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">After a string of recent tactical blunders – from a failed
impeachment vote to pulling the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (or FISA)
reauthorization measure he put on the floor this week – some Republicans in the
House of Representatives are reassessing the successor to deposed Speaker Kevin
McCarthy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Johnson, Republicans’ replacement speaker, has now been on
the job 114 days. Yet the GOP still feels rudderless. He is hardly a phoenix,
but the GOP is covered in plenty of ashes from the house fire that is the 118th
Congress' Republican conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep. Doug LaMalfa
(R-CA) told <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Raw Story</span></a>:</b> “<i>We're
wounded. I'm not saying that's because of Mike Johnson. It’s because of the
situation we put ourselves in, no matter who came out of that. There's a lot of
things that are out of his immediate control with the suddenness of this
happening</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Then <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Raw Story</span></a> asked LaMalfa: </b>“<i>It
feels like there’s a little more unrest. Or that the unrest is now bubbling to
the surface</i>?” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LaMalfa responded:</b>
“<i>I think there’s some underground bubbling going on</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The GOP still hasn’t
healed since members ran McCarthy out as Speaker – and then ran him out of
Congress. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Even though Johnson hasn’t had his speakership challenged by the gang
of eight who ousted McCarthy, he’s constantly under pressure from every faction
of his fractious conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep. Chuck
Fleischmann (R-TN) told Raw Story:</b> “<i>In fairness, I think the problem
changes every day, depending on where he's got to focus. Sometimes it's just
the issue of the day. It's just a tough, tough time</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Johnson’s job is only getting more complicated now that the
2024 election has fully engulfed the U.S. Capitol. Campaign considerations
helped derail a bipartisan Senate border security compromise and cast a broadly
bipartisan foreign aid package – to U.S. allies Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan –
in limbo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Speaker in empty suit only? Looming over everything,
including Johnson’s speakership, is Trump, who for example,
single-handedly killed the border bill before lawmakers even finished drafting
it as Johnson said it was DOA after Trump told him to kill it and he did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Full article
continues <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/we-re-wounded-speaker-mike-johnson-struggles-to-lead-gop-after-unnecessary-purging/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My 2 Cents:</b> </span>I don’t ordinarily offer advice to the GOP but under
these circumstances it is warranted, and especially if they truly want to serve
good for the nation (which I doubt many of them actually do, except in floor
speeches), then oust Johnson and do the job you were elected to do for: “We the
people.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>It’s just this simple:</b>
Work on bipartisan bills that help our allies in trouble (like Ukraine), try to
help get Israel a cease fire and to stop killing innocents and get the hostages
freed – and then they can just focus on getting Hamas which is proper after
Hamas attached them in October, just stop acting like Hamas with needless
killing of women and children. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-87662896934366900592024-02-11T18:38:00.000-05:002024-02-11T18:38:55.751-05:00Biden Doc Case: S/C Hur Slammed for Unjustified Remarks in His Official DOJ Report <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz004tBY78W8KPtiwpL7OkNR7FG8mji18b83uZuc6Vg2cm9WaICnYe9VV8szkUX0zI97EKCMdmxTNr58TmE1fGznEst9NDwLwsICLYFF91rqhe7WFS1JxuVgLlsrv-sWWk3iV5kJaTCvq4EaKucWPc0gUoNqe6iCnqfeBFSaXYuRdKwIf9v7Zd_vSCJBE/s550/Biden%20SC%20Hur%20doc%20report%20no%20damaging%20info.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz004tBY78W8KPtiwpL7OkNR7FG8mji18b83uZuc6Vg2cm9WaICnYe9VV8szkUX0zI97EKCMdmxTNr58TmE1fGznEst9NDwLwsICLYFF91rqhe7WFS1JxuVgLlsrv-sWWk3iV5kJaTCvq4EaKucWPc0gUoNqe6iCnqfeBFSaXYuRdKwIf9v7Zd_vSCJBE/s16000/Biden%20SC%20Hur%20doc%20report%20no%20damaging%20info.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">S/C Hur’s statement on Page One </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(Says no evidence to charge & prosecute)</span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLCYtrM1fumT3qX0YzsNFb4RKQmmct3N0_WTmKxWQ0oRH4Fn8eNLOxN0tXCsKhKj6sawdBQNOO-DwR-fnERwky_Laii8g14y6Is8GdNeVm7BtCP941M_1CAXovCyMFdJkimY1jn6XiaxOTIT1eClbznSu6wDgidxqLMww_mpPPxgbjBVy9ixGpdVuVrM/s550/Biden%20SC%20Hur%20insult%20in%20official%20report%20II.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLCYtrM1fumT3qX0YzsNFb4RKQmmct3N0_WTmKxWQ0oRH4Fn8eNLOxN0tXCsKhKj6sawdBQNOO-DwR-fnERwky_Laii8g14y6Is8GdNeVm7BtCP941M_1CAXovCyMFdJkimY1jn6XiaxOTIT1eClbznSu6wDgidxqLMww_mpPPxgbjBVy9ixGpdVuVrM/s16000/Biden%20SC%20Hur%20insult%20in%20official%20report%20II.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">S/C Hur's statement totally
uncalled for </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(It violates DOJ rules as personal
& opinionated)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Excellent CNN rundown on the recent S/C Robert Hur (R)
report on President Biden’s classified doc case, and Hur’s official report and
personal comments compared to the 2016 Hillary Clinton email scandal and the blowback
we are seeing and hearing all across mostly GOP media la-la land with this
headline reminder:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Former FBI Dep. Dir. Andrew
McCabe: Nauseating similarities between Biden report and Clinton report”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That statement from McCabe can be seen and heard in the video
interview posted below of him on CNN (about 8:00 minutes) <b>hosted by host CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">She questioned him about the
similarities between the recent special counsel’s report on President Biden’s
handling of classified documents and that back in 2016 when former FBI Director James
Comey reported Hillary Clinton’s email scandal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="329" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u-FjOnqzcD4" width="467" youtube-src-id="u-FjOnqzcD4"></iframe></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">CNN 8-minute video of McCabe interview:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>My 2 Cents:</b> </span>The similarities are stark and quite scary, too – why do
I say that: I believe as stated in the interview that it plainly shows that the
GOP is harsh and raw and way out of DOJ policy line in in both cases. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Comey
said initially there was no reason to prosecute Hillary Clinton back in 2016 and
in his later remarks (10 days before the 2016 election) probably lost her the race
against Trump when he said new evidence has been found (which is was not). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now, we see in S/C Hur’s report (<b><i>refer to the two slides above of his
two statements</i></b>) he said there was no reason to charge or prosecute President Biden in the
classified doc mess he had vs. that pending for Trump and his woes same subject
at Mar-a-Lago. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But the side bar remarks that damaged Clinton then, and now
facing President Biden perhaps and in a way that violates DOJ guidelines for
such S/C reporting, which as Andrew McCabe says simply: “<i>Just make and submit
the official the report and leave the personal opinions aside</i>.” (Or words to
that effect). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The GOP legal system also seems to protect Republicans while
going after DEMS dating back to the Watergate era right until today as stated
in Hur’s report with his unnecessary added personal opinions, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We shall see as time
passes until November 5, 2024 (Election Day) won’t we? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I say to the DEMS leading
up the November election that they must keep the public focused on GOP tactics
like stated above by Comey and Hur and others to prove that the GOP is nasty,
mean-spirited and way out of control as they seek to gain power and stay in office
and the country can be damned.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The facts in McCabe's remarks prove my point I honestly believe –
what about you?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-2960337866672726392024-02-08T22:35:00.006-05:002024-02-08T22:39:21.230-05:00Judge Cannon Another Wild Ruling: S/C Smith Ready to Challenge Her Latest Demand <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHgp32W_M8S2-6J7cglZpsfhw1lduEmlqtLBmdIHogCgy3SLCtZ7FybxF4BDmf9zl38YgD0A70d1c9dDkwcHWWrnT9JDLS0I1PlrTpg90vcYsXih-zP-_dDCLUSGXcyI3xKbsE_BrRviU-PtuslHrKAiPpvF_jt4OcFDRT028L-z97fQrQd-kSgoN2XA/s550/Hey%20Aieleen%20delay%20delay%20and%20then%20delay%20some%20more.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHgp32W_M8S2-6J7cglZpsfhw1lduEmlqtLBmdIHogCgy3SLCtZ7FybxF4BDmf9zl38YgD0A70d1c9dDkwcHWWrnT9JDLS0I1PlrTpg90vcYsXih-zP-_dDCLUSGXcyI3xKbsE_BrRviU-PtuslHrKAiPpvF_jt4OcFDRT028L-z97fQrQd-kSgoN2XA/s16000/Hey%20Aieleen%20delay%20delay%20and%20then%20delay%20some%20more.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hey Aileen: Keep delaying, it seems to be working</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Oops; Here comes Jack Smith again, damn)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Another disturbing article <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/awful-and-unethical-legal-experts-say-judge-cannon-could-face-removal-for-disturbing-order/ar-BB1hYJRs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">from
SALON.com</span></a></b> regarding U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon (So. Dist. of
FL) and her Mar-a-Lago classified documents case pending against Trump, and also <b><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/jack-smith-could-seek-remove-aileen-cannon-granting-trumps-request-1867665" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">related coverage here from NEWSWEEK</span></a></b>:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">“<i><u>Awful and unethical</u></i>: Legal experts say Judge Cannon could
face removal <i><u>for disturbing order</u></i>”</span></b><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span style="color: #666666;">Legal experts sounded the alarm after the judge overseeing Donald
Trump’s classified documents case rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s bid to
keep government witnesses secret. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span style="color: #666666;">Smith’s team opposed making information public that could reveal
the identity or any personal identifying information of any potential witnesses
in the case or any transcripts or other documents they may have provided,
citing concerns about witness intimidation. </span><span style="color: #767171;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Cannon ruled in Trump’s favor on the subject matter, <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.283.0_1.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">writing</span></a>: </b>“<i>Following an independent review of the Motion and
the full record, the Court determines, with limited exceptions as detailed
below, that the Special Counsel has not set forth a sufficient factual or legal
basis warranting deviation from the strong presumption in favor of public access
to the records at issue. The Special Counsel’s sparse and undifferentiated
Response fails to provide the Court with the necessary factual basis to justify
sealing</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>FYI: </b><i>The Press Coalition</i>,
which is comprised of major media companies, also asked the court to unseal
Trump’s redacted motion in unclassified form, citing public interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jeremy Foley, a
Berkeley College law professor specializing in judicial ethics, told <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jack-smith-aileen-cannon-classified-documents-case-florida-release-1868090" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Newsweek</span></a>:</b> “<i>It is unusual for a judge to make classified
documents public. Before doing so, Judge Cannon was required to weigh the
factors favoring disclosure: potential aid to the defense and the public
interest argument asserted by the media groups against those identified by the
government: release of the documents could harm national security, impair an
ongoing investigation, or compromise potential witnesses in the case</i>. <i>If
the government is concerned that the judge's order will cause harm, it can seek
emergency relief from the 11th Circuit, which could stay the order pending
review. We should know very soon if that happens</i>.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cannon’s order also raised
concerns among legal experts who have long worried that Cannon may be tilting
the case in favor of Trump, for example:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Former U.S. Attorney
Joyce Vance wrote on <a href="https://joycevance.substack.com/p/mar-a-lago-update?r=5n3e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Substack</span></a>:</b> “<i>Judge Aileen Cannon continues to make
rulings that are disturbing. Perhaps we’d view any one of them, on their own,
as a judicial aberration. But the pattern of ruling upon ruling that is out of
the legal mainstream and results in delay well past the point where this case
should have been ready for trial is something that shouldn’t be ignored. Judges
should not put their fingers on the scales of justice either for or against a
defendant or any other party. Here, it’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that
the scales are being tipped. Smith’s best option may be to ask Cannon to
reconsider, but the judge’s dismissive tone towards the government suggests
that there is little they can do to persuade her</i>.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vance further wrote:</b> “<i>A big test will come next week when Cannon
holds a hearing under Section 4 of the Classified Information Procedures Act
(CIPA), where she will make rulings on what classified material in discovery
can be used at trial. Trump is expected to seek additional delays in the case,
asking Cannon to postpone the deadline for some pre-trial motions and
revisiting his presidential immunity and Presidential Records Act claims that border
on being frivolous at this point, and using them to further delay this case
would be a travesty. The time for Smith to decide whether to actively seek
Cannon’s recusal, or at least hint to the Circuit that it’s merited, will be
after the Section 4 hearing rulings are issued. Forced recusals are rare. But
at this late date, even if the 11th Circuit were to move quickly, as it has in
the past, and force Cannon to step aside, it would take a new judge some time
to get up to speed. There are no quick fixes for the damage Judge Cannon has
done</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Longtime Harvard Law
Prof. Laurence Tribe said he hopes Cannon’s order:</b> “<i>Will trigger a motion
to remove her” </i>then he <a href="https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1755282847353483396" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">tweeted</span></b></a>:<i>
“The 11th Circuit might well agree this was the last straw. Compromising national
security is a bridge too far</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Norman Ornstein, emeritus
scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) <a href="https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1755305963899510908" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">added</span></a>:</b> “<i>It is impossible to overstate how awful and
unethical is Aileen Cannon. Clearly she has no business being a judge at any
level</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents:</span></b> The above renowned former prosecutors and legal experts
said it all above and I totally agree and in short: <i>Judge Cannon as to go… and the sooner
the better</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-68708836010707600182024-02-01T23:04:00.006-05:002024-02-07T17:11:32.615-05:00Trump's 2024 Strategy: Delay, Delay, Win Then Have His DOJ Toss All His Indictments <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhzTOPJVnx0q8rYT_FlX4ZddoSrNPoK1qzlBnOsle3SNgvhZDAwS54c9upthY1A53qD4EIAEICzAocMBJ9xkTUrKx8-3UFXmtmSelw1KAA0WD_cdrHNDvtqmAOCC1bFtSfN2-Qcu3yO-jaG7P6K05WI5aoPDEWokKzn6K81qwHzCngZrHBd0AR4OnrK0/s550/Delay%20delay%20delay%20Trump%20strategy%20to%20win%20and%20toss%20it%20all%20out%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhzTOPJVnx0q8rYT_FlX4ZddoSrNPoK1qzlBnOsle3SNgvhZDAwS54c9upthY1A53qD4EIAEICzAocMBJ9xkTUrKx8-3UFXmtmSelw1KAA0WD_cdrHNDvtqmAOCC1bFtSfN2-Qcu3yO-jaG7P6K05WI5aoPDEWokKzn6K81qwHzCngZrHBd0AR4OnrK0/s16000/Delay%20delay%20delay%20Trump%20strategy%20to%20win%20and%20toss%20it%20all%20out%20.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Major Media Headlines Similar to This One</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">(Trump seeks</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span>“<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">total immunity</span>” <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">to
escape justice)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-capitol-riot-presidential-immunity-appeal-46c2d7fc7807cd3262764d35e47f390e" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MAJOR AP UPDATE</span></a> (February 6) to the below original post. Also, from most other major media outlets: </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>This AP headline: </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><h1 class="Page-headline" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: semi-condensed; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: calc(1em + 4px); margin-bottom: var(--headlineMarginBottom); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 980px;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: transparent; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span>“</span></b>Trump is not immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case, U.S. appeals court says<b style="background-color: transparent; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span>”</span></b></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Original Post Below:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The article below is most-concerning and rightly so <b><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/legal-experts-worried-dc-appeal-delay-could-mean-trump-losing-that-battle-but-winning-the-war/ar-BB1hBSQQ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">from SALON</span></a> </b>with their headline below, and with more related from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/judge-chutkan-donald-trump-trial-immunity-start-date-1864811" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">NEWSWEEK here</span></a></b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/richard-nixon-eric-holder-watergate-tapes-case-donald-trump-1864032" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a> </b>on the same subject:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Legal experts worried DC appeal delay could mean Trump is losing that
battle but winning the war”</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Legal observers are getting restless awaiting a D.C. Circuit
Court of Appeals ruling on <a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/01/09/attorney-tells-presidential-immunity-covers-assassinating-rivals-and-selling-pardons/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Trump’s immunity claim</span></b></a> in the D.C. election subversion
case.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This short video explains the delays that Trump seeks:</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/blzDYF1CQsk" width="538" youtube-src-id="blzDYF1CQsk"></iframe></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lisa Rubin:
Attorney and MSNBC Legal Analyst</span></span></span></div><p></p></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Proceedings in the case have been paused indefinitely for
more than 50 days after Trump appealed U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s
ruling rejecting his claim that presidential immunity protects him from
prosecution for actions while in office. Now, the three-judge D.C. Circuit
panel <a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/01/09/attorney-tells-presidential-immunity-covers-assassinating-rivals-and-selling-pardons/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">heard the appeal</span></b></a> three weeks ago but has yet to issue
a ruling. Any ruling is expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The heart of this issue is stated by Politico’s Kyle Cheney and Josh
Gerstein who <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/31/trump-trial-immunity-delay-00138688" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">wrote</span></a>:</b> “<i>Even if Trump’s immunity claim is rejected, the
protracted delays help the former president, whose strategy across his various
trials has been to drag them out for as long as possible. Lengthy delays in his
federal criminal cases create the possibility that, if he wins the presidency
this November, Trump could avoid the charges altogether by having the Justice
Department end the prosecutions or perhaps even by pardoning himself</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Judge Chutkan scheduled the trial for March 4 but <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/18/judge-hints-at-delay-for-trumps-march-trial-date-in-federal-election-case-00136403" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">suggested</span></b></a> that the case is likely to be delayed in a
recent order barring special counsel Smith from filing substantive motions in
the case until the appeal is resolved. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">If the D.C. Circuit & then the
Supreme Court take additional weeks or months to deliver a final ruling, it
could push Trump’s trial to the summer or fall. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That is what Trump and his
allies want: “<i>T</i><i>o exert intense pressure to postpone the trial until after the 2024 election</i>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daniel Richman, a
Columbia University law professor, told Politico:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>“<i>The timing of a decision by the panel
will indeed be a critical determinant of whether the case can go forward
expeditiously. Trump’s immunity claim is outlandish and is likely to be
rejected but quite a few stars would have to align before the trial can
proceed</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The delay talk has
alarmed some legal experts:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Like former federal
prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, who served on special counsel Bob Mueller’s
team, and who <a href="https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1752772828116431053" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">wrote</span></a> that he and his podcast co-host Mary McCord, a
Georgetown law professor and former DOJ official said:</b> “<i>We are worried that
the D.C. immunity appeal could result in Trump losing that battle but winning
the war, by avoiding a trial before the election</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MSNBC legal analyst
Lisa Rubin (video above) suggested that there may be some disagreement among the three
appellate judges about what to do with the case, saying in the video clip above:</b>
“<i>My guess is these three judges have a general agreement between them that
Donald Trump should not be immune from prosecution in the federal election
interference case. How they get there, on the other hand, is a different
matter. And in the ideal world, all three of them would like to be in total
agreement. They'd like to issue what's called a per curiam agreement, where all
three of them get to sign on, but of course, there are many different paths to
getting there</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">On that court, Judge Karen
Henderson, a George H.W. Bush appointee, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/31/trump-trial-immunity-delay-00138688" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">expressed opposition</span></b></a> to taking up the case on an
expedited basis and she <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/appeals-court-weighs-trumps-immunity-claim-election-interference-case-rcna132281" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">suggested</span></b></a> the case could be sent back to the trial
court for more analysis of whether Trump’s actions could be considered official
acts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rubin explained:</b> “<i>One
judge suggested during an argument that what really matters to her is the
allegations against Trump are ones that affect his duties, or that affect him
in the campaign capacity, and suggested almost that you really had to parse the
indictment</i>. <i>That would be the worst of all worlds, because that can
mean sending the case back to Judge Chutkan to determine which aspects of the
indictment are worthy of immunity and which are not. And that could even
further elongate case beyond the appellate process. So I think that's behind
the scenes, the two judges would like to get there, in an easier way more akin
to Judge Chutkan, are really putting some pressure on Judge Henderson to try to
get on board and see if they could do something unanimously</i>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CNN legal analyst
Elliott Williams, a former federal prosecutor, predicted that the judges are
likely trying to reach a “unanimous decision,” then he added:</b> “<i>Based on the
oral argument they all seem to be in an agreement. They'll probably try to get
a 3-0 opinion and that's bulletproof once that goes to the Supreme Court</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My 2 Cents:</b> </span>Based the above my view is this and has been all along.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">As noted, Trump’s #1 goal
all along is to delay, delay, and delay more and more to win in November and
once back in the White House and then order that his new DOJ order all
indictments pending against him to be closed and tossed out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Note the above chart and ask
yourself this:</b> “<i>How smart and savvy and up-to-date are the American voters in
tune enough and not tied to Trump so tight that they will insure that he IS NOT
reelected</i>?<o:p></o:p>”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In other words how can
anyone not see that this man is at all costs doing his best to escape justice
for the crimes pending against him just because a certain percentage like him
and want him back in the Oval Office? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That is truly astonishing and in
my view, totally un-American by all standards of justice that says: “<b><i><span style="color: #990000;"><u>No one is
above the law</u></span></i></b>” but Trump is out to prove that he is by any means possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-58063031662246658892024-01-26T22:12:00.004-05:002024-01-29T22:49:53.179-05:00Trump to GOP: No Deals on Border or Ukraine Aid they are ‘Meaningless’ & Help Biden<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCQrW2wnD-9wTedqk7w1RIanTbR-WtDv_LD32gKnQuOdiERwMoDBmq4dISqThzMkSMxA3IQTKWHBZjOECmAFH8-Vohc8ALprdqjtkrqezbSZ1mrXBRJPnTiDbnHyzdEXUvYRhUpwZ98tppT2IIOIPqkxNJPJc3A_2EMRGtCntebXvDTyWJDBB6acBJ6k/s549/Trump%20to%20GOP%20cut%20Ukraine%20aid%20and%20no%20wall%20don't%20help%20Biden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCQrW2wnD-9wTedqk7w1RIanTbR-WtDv_LD32gKnQuOdiERwMoDBmq4dISqThzMkSMxA3IQTKWHBZjOECmAFH8-Vohc8ALprdqjtkrqezbSZ1mrXBRJPnTiDbnHyzdEXUvYRhUpwZ98tppT2IIOIPqkxNJPJc3A_2EMRGtCntebXvDTyWJDBB6acBJ6k/s16000/Trump%20to%20GOP%20cut%20Ukraine%20aid%20and%20no%20wall%20don't%20help%20Biden.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump Orders GOP as if He Were President</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>GOP will get self-inflicted blame for no border fix and for abandoning Ukraine and for basically blessing Putin in Russia. </span><span>Article here from </span><b><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/senate-deal-on-border-and-ukraine-at-risk-of-collapse-as-trump-calls-it-meaningless-8a64bf25">MARKETWATCH</a></b><span> via this AP headline:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Bipartisan deal on border and Ukraine
at risk of collapse as Trump presses Senate Republicans to walk away”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>WASHINGTON</b> — A bi-partisan Senate deal to pair
border-enforcement measures and Ukraine aid face potential collapse as Senate
Republicans grew increasingly wary of an election-year compromise that Trump,
the GOP likely Republican presidential nominee, is pressing congressional
allies to abandon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Senate negotiators have
been striving for weeks to finish a carefully negotiated
compromise on border and immigration policy that is meant to tamp down the
number of migrants who come into the U.S. from Mexico. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now the negotiations have
dragged for weeks and with election-year political demands <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">from Trump weighing it down</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">At stake is a plan that both President Joe
Biden and Senate GOP Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have worked on
for months to broker in hopes of cajoling Congress to approve wartime aid for
Ukraine. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Fact: </b>The U.S. has run out of money to supply
Ukraine, potentially leaving the country stranded without robust supplies of
ammunition and missiles to fend off Russia’s unprovoked full-scale
invasion as its second anniversary nears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump ramped up his
criticism of the potential compromise, writing in two lengthy posts on his
social-media platform that it would be “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">meaningless
in terms of border security</i>” and “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">would
be another Gift to the Radical Left Democrats</i>” as Biden seeks re-election. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump said the Senate is better off not making
a deal, even if it means the country will “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">close
up</i>” (shut down) while not proposing any options, just simply blame to hurt Biden.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sen. Mitt Romney
(R-UT) says:</b> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I think that the border
is a very important issue for Donald Trump, and the fact that he would
communicate to Republican senators and congress people that he doesn’t want us
to solve the border problem, because he wants to blame Biden for it, is really
appalling</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In a closed-door Republican meeting, McConnell acknowledged
the reality of Trump’s opposition and that Trump is the party’s likely
presidential nominee – all the while he discussed other options, including
separating Ukraine and the border (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">according
to two people familiar with the meeting who spoke anonymously</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Punchbowl News</b> first reported the remarks, describing McConnell as
acknowledging he faces a quandary. McConnell’s comments raised fresh doubts in
the Senate about his level of commitment to the border deal, though advocates
for moving forward countered that the leader’s remarks were being
misinterpreted when he told reporters: “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We’re
still working on it</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He also reassured the conference at a Republican luncheon that
he still personally supports pairing the border and Ukraine; <b>that according to Sen.
Mike Rounds (R-SD).</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sen. James Lankford
(R-OK), the GOP head negotiator, said the group is still working on the
package. He said McConnell was advocating for the proposal while simply
acknowledging the political reality that the presidential primary season is
fully underway, saying:</b> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I think
that’s the shift that has occurred, that he’s just acknowledging. That’s just a
reality</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lankford has been working with a small bipartisan group and
White House officials in an effort to close out the border deal. But release of
the legislation has been held up by haggling over the price of the new policies
and continued disagreements over limiting the president’s ability to
allow people into the country under special circumstances, such as fleeing war
and unrest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
(I-AZ) has been central to the talks said:</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We’re
really focused on making sure we get the bill out and that we get it through
the Senate</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">White House
spokeswoman Olivia Dalton told reporters aboard Air Force One:</b> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Biden administration has been working
with the negotiators in good faith and he feels that progress has been made,
and hopes it will continue</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sen. John Thune
(R-SD), second-ranking Senate Republican said: </b>“<i>We are at a critical
moment, and we’ve got to drive hard to get this done. If we can’t get there,
then we’ll go to Plan B</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sen. Chuck Schumer
(D-NY), DEM Majority Leader said: </b>“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We
know that if Putin prevails in Ukraine, the consequences for Western democracy
and for the American people will be severe, and haunt us for years</i>. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We know that if Putin prevails in Ukraine,
the consequences for Western democracy and for the American people will be severe,
and haunt us for years. Democrats are also resolute on reaching an agreement on
securing the southern border</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But congressional leaders
have not identified any other way to push wartime funding for Ukraine through
the darkening political prospects of the cause. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plus, scores of House Republicans are unwilling to send more
money to Ukraine even as longtime party stalwarts, such as McConnell, have
tried to convince them that preventing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
advance in Europe is directly in America’s interest and that the cost to the
U.S. of providing military aid is a bargain given its capacity to degrade the
Russian military and deter further territorial ambitions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Related to the House stance is this from Speaker “MAGA” Mike
Johnson (R-LA) now firmly lip-locked on Trump as seen in this article <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/johnson-calls-senate-border-deal-dead-on-arrival-in-house/ar-BB1hjLOV" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">from ROLL CALL</span></a></b> with this headline [click link for the full story].</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0S0LLl6k9WYstQpso3sXsiEX4S6U1yj3xylJWK9quJCYJmNgKEA5R-1pJu5hPO8NUcpujNe9NyP6bgJYCJT6N6UuVALu-NgZ9DAjR9ZosiWyLzb9n6OrFGa5ALufy792u_-jq8tAxonDG3Os6bHtddZcqFEM3wv0oI7QwCmUCgd1iyBeodco-wq559kg/s550/MAGA%20Mike%20in%20Trump's%20pocket.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0S0LLl6k9WYstQpso3sXsiEX4S6U1yj3xylJWK9quJCYJmNgKEA5R-1pJu5hPO8NUcpujNe9NyP6bgJYCJT6N6UuVALu-NgZ9DAjR9ZosiWyLzb9n6OrFGa5ALufy792u_-jq8tAxonDG3Os6bHtddZcqFEM3wv0oI7QwCmUCgd1iyBeodco-wq559kg/s16000/MAGA%20Mike%20in%20Trump's%20pocket.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Speaker Mike Johnson now Trump MAGA Lackey</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;">(</span><span style="text-align: left;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;">Deadman Walking & Useless</span><span style="text-align: left;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;">)</span></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>“Johnson calls Senate border deal ‘dead on
arrival’ in House”</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt 4pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Advocates of sustained Ukraine
aid say that much of <a href="https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts" target="_blank">Washington’s expenditures</a> go to U.S. defense
contractors and thereby supports domestic jobs and GDP. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump has loomed large over the talks, first skewering
American support for Ukraine and now potentially upending any compromise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That is true especially on the border part that he believe would
hand President Joe Biden new policies meant to contain the historic numbers of
migrants making their way to the country. With Republicans continuously raise
the issue on the campaign trail, the border will likely remain central to
elections this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Although many in Congress are anxiously
awaiting the bill text, Trump has already said on social media that there
should be no bipartisan border deal “unless we get EVERYTHING needed to shut
down the INVASION of Millions & Millions of people.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The lead Democratic
negotiator, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said he still has hope that Republicans will
decide to accept the compromise — even though Democrats didn’t want to tie
Ukraine aid and border security together in the first place, adding:</b> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A lot of Republicans have become used to
this being just merely a political issue, not an actual policy problem. And
that’s hard for them to get over. But there is a big group of Senate
Republicans who do want to solve the problem</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Seeking to hold off objections from Trump, Republican
senators have argued that the policies under discussion would not have an
immediate effect on problems at the border and would even give Trump greater
border enforcement authority if he is reelected. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said:</b> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
issue will still be a live issue and I’d think it’d be one of the defining
issues in the campaign. So we need to do our job here</i>.” A GOP vocal
contingent raised objections, including during a heated exchanges during a
closed-door Republican lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">They argued that
presidents already have enough authority to implement hardline border measures
and Trump should have his say as Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) noted saying: </b>“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If we expect him to be able to secure the
border, he ought to be able to see this bill, and he ought to be able to be
engaged and say, is this going to help me secure the border or not. What we
know is, he doesn’t need it</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sen. J.D. Vance
(R-OH) <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/formerly-anti-trump-author-of-hillbilly-elegy-wins-long-running-battle-for-ex-presidents-endorsement-in-gop-senate-primary-in-ohio-01650062641?mod=article_inline">who
has evolved into a staunch Trump ally</a> and <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tim-ryan-quips-j-d-vance-is-an-ass-kisser-during-pairs-first-senate-debate-ohio-needs-an-ass-kicker-11665500454?mod=search_headline&mod=article_inline">Ukraine
critic</a>, said he spoke with Trump about the deal last week and he expressed
worry that it would be “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">too weak</i>”
adding: </b>“When it fails, as it will, it allows the president to blame quote,
unquote ‘MAGA Republicans’ for the failure of a border security package when in
reality what failed was very weak border security package that didn’t actually
do anything.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But some Republicans worried walking away from an
opportunity to enact border policy could backfire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">For example, Sen. Mike
Rounds (R-SD) said:</b> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If we were given
an opportunity, and we decided for political purposes, not to do it, yeah, I
think we could be in serious trouble. A lot of our candidates could be in
serious trouble back home</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sen. Lindsey Graham
(R-SC) and staunch Trump confidant, said</b>: “The contours of the bipartisan
package, even if sealed under Biden, would equally create border-security tools
for a second Trump administration.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My 2 Cents:</b> </span>Typical GOP blame game or just silly game: “Break
things in government and then run on a platform that only we can fix it.” This
is a classic example of a good bi-partisan deal that helps Ukraine and hinders
Putin, or if the deal fails, it fails the people of Ukraine while favoring
Putin – how sick is that prospect?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We shall see – hopefully both
parts pass – it certainly should so, stay tuned.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-71939980242765817962024-01-21T19:39:00.001-05:002024-01-21T19:39:31.917-05:00Comer v. Biden's: Looking for Zebras in the Forest; Zebras Don't Live in the Forest<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGjebnCtyyZskjpoxU_ct1rKHCzCz6QIo78shQTjGNIsYC3dGw0rKwZj11Vk6CZzi8HdmUPzlurfIXXc7XFxVhf0bYa7n5eAen7E_pY3CJ7s2SPMFrEmWmkaAduLkQLf4tIL3peqB2VeNxWdJbOueAc9ni773IPH9et3vcPBhXCkO80aOD2hs_BUxp5M/s550/Biden's%20in%20my%20sights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGjebnCtyyZskjpoxU_ct1rKHCzCz6QIo78shQTjGNIsYC3dGw0rKwZj11Vk6CZzi8HdmUPzlurfIXXc7XFxVhf0bYa7n5eAen7E_pY3CJ7s2SPMFrEmWmkaAduLkQLf4tIL3peqB2VeNxWdJbOueAc9ni773IPH9et3vcPBhXCkO80aOD2hs_BUxp5M/s16000/Biden's%20in%20my%20sights.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;">The Biden’s are in my Sights</span><span style="text-align: left;">”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(You're firing blanks & not innocent yourself)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Fact</u>:</b> Rep. James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) are
both hell-bent on impeaching President Joe Biden based on his son, Hunter, and
his / their perceived “shady deals” of the entire Biden family. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Comer should first look in the nearest mirror from two
reputable media sources: <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/james-comer-may-have-conflicts-of-interest-involving-his-own-brother-report/ar-AA1jEpdb" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">RAWSTORY</span></b></a>
and the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/james-comer-like-joe-biden-also-paid-his-brother-dollar200k" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">DAILY BEAST</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">, as a reminder of his slick family money deals with these
their headlines: </span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">“James Comer may have conflicts of interest
involving his own brother: Report”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">“James Comer, Like Joe Biden, Also Paid His
Brother $200K”</span><span style="color: #c00000;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">Comer has been going after President Joe Biden because he
loaned his brother, James Biden, $200,000. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">If that's the GOP standard, then Comer may want to
investigate himself, based on the following story details.</span><span style="color: #767171; font-size: 15.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">First article is from
RAWSTORY: </b>House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/james-comer-hunter-biden-2666189297/?utm_source=msn" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">has
been investigating the allegedly “shady business practices of
President Joe Biden and his family</span></b></a>,” but he's engaged in similar
practices with his own relatives. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Comer subpoenaed the president's brother
James Biden and son Hunter Biden, and will no doubt ask about two personal loan
payments between the siblings in 2017 and 2018 – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BTW: when Joe Biden was neither
in office nor a candidate</i></b>. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Then the other article reference is <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/james-comer-like-joe-biden-also-paid-his-brother-dollar200k?ref=scroll" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">from the Daily Beast</span></a><span style="color: #0000cc;">: </span>Comer may have conflicts of interest involving big
money between him & his brother:</b> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">According
to KY property records, Comer and his brother have engaged in land swaps
related to their family farming business. In one deal, also involving $200,000
as well as a shell company, the powerful and influential Comer channeled money
to his brother, seemingly from nothing. Recent land swaps quickly followed with
new applications for special tax breaks, the KY state records show.<o:p></o:p></i>”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NOTE</u>:<span style="color: #990000;"> All of that and more all related to the
dealings of his family’s company appears never to have even existed on official
paper</span></b><span style="color: #990000;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Comer has held important positions in agriculture oversight since 2003,
while running a family farming business, and those roles overlapped in 2019,
the year of the land swaps. He only stepped back from an agriculture oversight
role recently, in 2020 — one year after the family business pivoted away from
farming</i>.<o:p></o:p>”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The land swaps between Comer and his brother Chad Comer occurred months
after their father died in January 2019 without leaving a will, and the
siblings set about dividing up his properties in Kentucky and Tennessee in a
series of complicated transactions sometimes involving a shell company they set
up. </i><i>For instance, Chad Comer bought out his brother’s half of a piece of
inherited Kentucky property, paying $100,000, according to deed records in
Monroe County, KY. </i><i>Five months later, James and his wife Tamara TJ Comer, bought the
property out in full, this time paying Chad Comer $218,000. The buyout netted
Chad Comer an unexplained $18,000 above the total value in July.<o:p></o:p></i>”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That purchased involved Farm Team Properties, LLC, which Comer's
financial disclosures described as: </i><b>A land management and real estate
speculation company with a range of value between $200,000 and $500,000 – but
in two years had jumped into the $1 million range</b>.<o:p></o:p>”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In another swap — this one in April, 2019 — James Comer gifted his
brother, via a $1 transaction, his share of two inherited tracts in Clay
County, TN with a share value being $175,000, according to the deed of sale.
The value of James Comer’s share matches the value of the full property in
1994, when the brothers, and their father first acquired it for $175,000,
according to the deed</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Note: </b>Comer exercised government influence over his family's businesses
for nearly two decades.<b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Comer did
not respond to a request for comment, however, ethics experts say Comer's
overlapping public and private roles raise serious conflicts of interest questions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Delaney
Marsco, senior counsel for ethics at nonpartisan watchdog Campaign Legal Center
(CLC) says:</b> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conflicts of interest
can occur when members serve on committees overseeing industries in which they
are heavily invested or in which their business interests are intertwined.
Voters have a right to know that lawmakers are using their considerable power
in the interest of the public, not to game a personal business advantage</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My 2 Cents:</b> </span>Comer and Jordan are both weasels and sorry ones
at that … there is no there, there about anything to start an impeachment of
Joe Biden except to please and appease Trump.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So, drop this charade and get
on with the people’s business and that of the nation and stop your petty
craziness. Shame on you both.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-15867379519836027152024-01-14T16:55:00.000-05:002024-01-14T16:55:45.124-05:00Project 2025 Update: Big Plan for Trump to Win and Then Bye, Bye American Pie<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshTqR9inWKkN8YcL1beNvxKyYX6VwC6rYO_ShZWroMcmGmz6komeQePygoBx-uq0L9Qs9Q5vUbB7N5i6uqAWgo4gjW0DcHy_5ZCy37FSuMYbFIyvNVUg6E6kpxGZr-qtVd8NAShkN3A1MlqogEiWig8BT02yBL5lc-cVeFBmuWOQeb8zgOgfijRmVASo/s550/2025%20and%20big%20money%20behind%202nd%20Term%20Trump.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshTqR9inWKkN8YcL1beNvxKyYX6VwC6rYO_ShZWroMcmGmz6komeQePygoBx-uq0L9Qs9Q5vUbB7N5i6uqAWgo4gjW0DcHy_5ZCy37FSuMYbFIyvNVUg6E6kpxGZr-qtVd8NAShkN3A1MlqogEiWig8BT02yBL5lc-cVeFBmuWOQeb8zgOgfijRmVASo/s16000/2025%20and%20big%20money%20behind%202nd%20Term%20Trump.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Big rightwing plan for Trump 2024 and beyond</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump’s playbook for a second term in office and worse if he gains USSC “<i><b>absolute immunity</b></i>” for all the indictments now pending against him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We should all be concerned, worried, and yes even afraid of a
second Trump term in office. That is discussed in simple and
raw terms from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/here-s-what-right-wing-power-brokers-want-trump-to-do-in-his-second-term/ar-AA1mWabf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE DAILY BEAST</span></a></b> in this their article headline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Here’s What Right-Wing
Power Brokers Want Trump to Do in His Second Term”</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.project2025.org/__;!!LsXw!X5jNbeJFReI-z4Le_vTXs2iAzFjSrK3OQ1vBgX6bL6EDzSCiOliCBBLp112nz9WoRVnfJhjnwKqeNkpCgm3KkzyCo4nk$" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Project 2025</span></a></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #767171;">is a</span> <span style="color: #767171;">900-page document led
by the conservative advocacy group</span> <a href="https://live-project2025.pantheonsite.io/about/advisory-board/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Heritage Foundation and 80
right-wing organizations</span></a>. <span style="color: #767171;">It outlines what
they’d like a President Trump, or any Republican president, to accomplish in
his first 180 days.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump’s current campaign revolves
around him settling scores with political adversaries, grappling
with 91 legal challenges, and even as he hopes <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/08/politics/trump-economy-crash/index.html#:~:text=Former%2520President%2520Donald%2520Trump%2520predicted,want%2520to%2520be%2520Herbert%2520Hoover." target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">for an economic downturn</span></b></a> that could favor
his return to power.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Project 2025’s goal is
to <a href="https://www.project2025.org/personnel/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">recruit thousands</span></b></a> of conservatives to Washington, D.C. who pledge their loyalty to
Trump and replace existing federal government workers (Schedule F employees) that he and they
believe are part of the “deep state” and then to enact a radical Republican
agenda. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">For example, their strategy is straight from a Fox News chyron.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The first few pages of the document stress the vast reaches of
“cultural Marxism” and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the importance of
deleting terms</b> like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and gender
equity from any piece of federal legislation that exists</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The proposed agenda
is comprehensive and advocates:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1. The privatization of the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2. The weakening of protections against foreign election
interference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3. A reduction in visas for international students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. The dismantling of
abortion protections by encompassing aggressive measures such as:</b> (a) restricting
access to contraception, (b) leveraging the CDC for heightened abortion
surveillance and data collection, and (c) revoking DOD policy prohibiting
abortion travel funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9GgOyz_2RXwsuysnYdJQXvOVCnc3jQ2s_GkPVxk4k6dG0lR_mgyIXnDDALyjlQ1pbQWYkbsBx1qi_EaOjVIdqGfZlnBi2OPEGXWGX4XIFEskuOZOEY7x94q1W-ILyqdbNjA2Y5AQkmInny7iQO0I3UW4W0EqHNW3WTqwfWO05OFOrTx56vnXu-Qh3pI/s550/My%20second%20term%20is%20where%20I%20will%20run%20everything%20my%20way%20no%20exceptions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9GgOyz_2RXwsuysnYdJQXvOVCnc3jQ2s_GkPVxk4k6dG0lR_mgyIXnDDALyjlQ1pbQWYkbsBx1qi_EaOjVIdqGfZlnBi2OPEGXWGX4XIFEskuOZOEY7x94q1W-ILyqdbNjA2Y5AQkmInny7iQO0I3UW4W0EqHNW3WTqwfWO05OFOrTx56vnXu-Qh3pI/s16000/My%20second%20term%20is%20where%20I%20will%20run%20everything%20my%20way%20no%20exceptions.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump's utter
arrogance is the most-troubling</span></span></div><p></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Concerning the call to weaken protections against foreign election
interference,</b> <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3138374/how-us-cyber-command-nsa-are-defending-midterm-elections-one-team-one-fight/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Project 2025 suggests ending</span></b></a> the involvement of
the United States Cyber Command (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">USCYBERCOM</b>)
to strengthen U.S. election protection against foreign interference. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FYI:</b> <a href="https://www.cybercom.mil/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">USCYBERCOM</span></b></a> is
one of the branches of DOD and is the nation’s first line of defense in
cyberspace. Project 2025 believes that the DOD is being used as a tool for
political purposes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">One of the many flaws in
Project 2025’s strategy lies in its disregard for the genuine threat of foreign
interference in American elections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Example how USCYBERCOM works:</b> In 2020, Iranian hackers <a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-security-iran-2020-voting-cybersecurity-c2faa52ffa3009f53232e4d89053980c" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">breached</span></b></a> a municipal government reporting system that
publishes election results. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">They were thwarted by USCYBERCOM. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">However, the Iranian hackers were still able to obtain confidential voter
data, deploying misleading emails to spread misinformation, and to manipulate
election results. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now, by dismissing the threats from the 2020 election,
Project 2025’s election plan jeopardizes our democracy and undermines the
legitimacy of election results with this clenched fist pose:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JgIXkNWUU7XaDk5q1eLrKMVS1O1IvvlM6urq-7EvSgQIZ7Y7BQElwx_sc3LZRbo1hJ324MkbgDJ9FiRln8XflEDOETACQ4JMJ_EiemwRlkMef3v4ZJK736wABzTlXE4hSsTxnZaRiN3ymT8rhY9n5qhms8523_KAVBVuXsj1s-efmQA2NCpI0TAl31M/s550/Iron%20fist%20in%20a%20second%20Trump%20term.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JgIXkNWUU7XaDk5q1eLrKMVS1O1IvvlM6urq-7EvSgQIZ7Y7BQElwx_sc3LZRbo1hJ324MkbgDJ9FiRln8XflEDOETACQ4JMJ_EiemwRlkMef3v4ZJK736wABzTlXE4hSsTxnZaRiN3ymT8rhY9n5qhms8523_KAVBVuXsj1s-efmQA2NCpI0TAl31M/s16000/Iron%20fist%20in%20a%20second%20Trump%20term.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">His most-popular
pose (iron-fist ruler trademark)</span></span></div><p></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My 2 Cents:</b> </span>Yes, above is what rightwing and well-financed power brokers want for a second Trump
term as he and they plan to dismantle our time-tested 247 year-old democracy
and replacing it with some sort of Trumpism
or whatever else they choose to call it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s all part of Trump’s grand
revenge campaign plan outlined above in stark detail. This is NOT hyperbole, not
one bit. It’s raw, ugly, and mostly in Trump’s own words, actions, deeds, and
proposals. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Get ready for the end of
time, or better yet – help get out the vote to stop it in its tracks over the next
295 days and finalize it on November 5, 2024 – once again proving that “<b><i>We the
People</i></b>” have spoken clearly and forcefully with the most-power weapon of all:
<b><i>Our right to vote in a free, fair, safe, and secure election</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bye, Bye American Pie truly
says what it all means (in my view): <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“American Pie”
is a memorable snapshot of a generation and a poignant reminder of how much
things can change in a relatively short period of time. And, that is what
Project 2025 seeks for Trump in this historical time in our lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That is not how America works
and no changes by Trump or any other autocrat wannabe, or a “one-day dictator” will
ever have the power to change that. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I hope you agree.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-43011978479594015292024-01-07T19:14:00.000-05:002024-01-07T19:14:14.183-05:00Pre-Pardons: What About the 9 Republicans Who Sought a Pardon for January 6 Acts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpScSaGEZJhiXfUMpFcg-k_dmkbHX35Y3mdcpsicaD_XQKfuVKYBwr2eeE65p5WE7TKbTGiLm_xlng-iEVkOY2c5OIttYHGisGPIg4dbUxmYDYAt8mkX421UDhM9rqWDysY9oFAJxMSmMSQ6J2IUnXcriafsZz9a9To_4H6fg2YW49n6jJX_yX2-ZYoE/s557/Pre-pardon%20seekers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpScSaGEZJhiXfUMpFcg-k_dmkbHX35Y3mdcpsicaD_XQKfuVKYBwr2eeE65p5WE7TKbTGiLm_xlng-iEVkOY2c5OIttYHGisGPIg4dbUxmYDYAt8mkX421UDhM9rqWDysY9oFAJxMSmMSQ6J2IUnXcriafsZz9a9To_4H6fg2YW49n6jJX_yX2-ZYoE/s16000/Pre-pardon%20seekers.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Named in January 6
Committee Final Report</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Article II, Sec. 2, of the Constitution says</b>: “The president has
the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United
States, except in cases of impeachment.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Noteworthy:</b> Below
members of congress, within the Trump White House, and in Trump’s administration
sought pre-pardons for their part in the January 6 insurrection of the Capitol.
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Note:</b> A presidential pardon is for
the conviction of a crime, so in those cases, they knew they would be found
guilty for their involvement (e.g., planning and such for the January 6
insurrection) and thus they sought a pardon in advance (pre-pardon). Still now
resolved issue to date – why not?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Those persons are who sought a Trump “pre-pardon” are seen
in this article from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-preemptive-pardon-requests-capitol-attack-2022-6" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BUSINESS INSIDER</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">: </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">White House Chief-of-Staff Mark Meadows
(R-NC).<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani
(R-NY). <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ). <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL).<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Note: </b>Brooks specifically said he also was writing on behalf of
Gaetz<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>for such a pardon as well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Brooks said in a statement to Business
Insider that he made the request because there was concern that Democrats would
prosecute and jail Republicans following January 6, adding:</b> “<i>Fortunately,
with time passage, more rational forces took over and no one was persecuted for
performing their lawful duties, which means a pardon was unnecessary after
all</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6.</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep.
Louie Gohmert (R-TX):</b> He was a former Judge before being elected to the
House. (<b>Note:</b> After former Trump aides testified that Gohmert sought a pardon
from Trump, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">he denied doing so and
accused the January 6 committee of spreading propaganda), saying:</b> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I have never sought a pardon for myself and
anybody who says otherwise is a liar and possibly a lot worse</i>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA):</b> Cassidy
Hutchinson, the former White House aide, testified that she heard that Greene
had asked for a pardon from the W/H Counsel following the Capitol riot. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">In response, Greene
tweeted a clip of Hutchinson's testimony, writing</b>: “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Saying ‘</i><b><i>I heard</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’ means you don't know. Spreading gossip and lies is
exactly what the January 6th Witch Hunt Committee is all about</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">8.</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA):</b> <b>Note:</b> Perry,
along with several other Republican lawmakers, refused to testify before the House
January 6 committee. <b>He said on Twitter:</b> “<i>The notion that I ever sought a
Presidential pardon for myself or other Members of Congress is an absolute,
shameless, and soulless lie</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">9. Attorney John
Eastman (R-CA):</b> Eastman pushed the “fake elector’s scheme” to overturn the
2020 election results. Eastman <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/john-eastman-asked-for-a-presidential-pardon-after-january-6-hearing-2022-6" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">asked Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani
to put him on a pardon list</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Following the
insurrection, the House Select Committee revealed that request was in an email
to Giuliani saying:</b> “<i>I've decided I should be on the pardon list, if that
is still in the works</i>.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Note:</b> The January
committee read the email out loud during a June 16 hearing, then when Eastman
was deposed by the January 6 committee, and while testifying, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>he pleaded the Fifth Amendment 100 times</i>.</b>”
Eastman did not respond to a request for comment about this, either. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My 2 Cents:</b> </span>A simple question – why haven’t those nine been
investigated fully, charged (if true), and prosecuted to the fullest extent of
the law. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The only reason a person like those seek a “preemptive” pardon is to get out
of a crime that that they know they already or are about to commit. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The evidence
seems pretty clear to me – so I wonder, and ask again: Why no action? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also, this from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the final House Select Committee that you
may have forgotten about or never read before <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/13/1125333531/jan-6-hearing-recap-takeaways-trump-subpoena?ft=nprml&f=1098490189" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">from NPR</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-54724005813884393512023-12-31T21:48:00.003-05:002023-12-31T21:53:08.932-05:00Putin Hopes for U.S. Civil War: Trump Also Has Hinted That as Has Many Republicans<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4MBka7NAdS-OfUyt-2E4orfT3HBsr3sjTpLlnOZwGWGLakMGic2xRct0pDeR0FJOTLGkxusRohiZJ1EgrgUs9t6erFU4uNc7iyCO064faev3ytBTnLpcLr14yj2XTEIdm_qfHDjqnds2xccS5-wYwnDSRSqkbu1tTY9emvyxa8YvdCOUpBSO9kpMo2Rw/s550/Birds%20meet%20feathers%20to%20flock%20together.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4MBka7NAdS-OfUyt-2E4orfT3HBsr3sjTpLlnOZwGWGLakMGic2xRct0pDeR0FJOTLGkxusRohiZJ1EgrgUs9t6erFU4uNc7iyCO064faev3ytBTnLpcLr14yj2XTEIdm_qfHDjqnds2xccS5-wYwnDSRSqkbu1tTY9emvyxa8YvdCOUpBSO9kpMo2Rw/s16000/Birds%20meet%20feathers%20to%20flock%20together.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Same Birds; Feathers; Flock = More World Turmoil</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIb9nkTWAV0KBdiv34cJqqDgMLycNUwcMFCzNsX09TVV8OhZRNh1gZyK_cAljq7C4zOh4QVWHpRjt4ImfmhjU2XF-3f_2NuAAteShIUsyyrpmpAFcMHxpQSxi1Y5yU2SRkbpOZFpiG-yhPwnCF26G7cce4v2xqk5U96BM8QEDErc9FgTyuqMHls7XA-oo/s550/Four%20horsemen%20of%20the%20apocalypse%20led%20by%20Trump.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIb9nkTWAV0KBdiv34cJqqDgMLycNUwcMFCzNsX09TVV8OhZRNh1gZyK_cAljq7C4zOh4QVWHpRjt4ImfmhjU2XF-3f_2NuAAteShIUsyyrpmpAFcMHxpQSxi1Y5yU2SRkbpOZFpiG-yhPwnCF26G7cce4v2xqk5U96BM8QEDErc9FgTyuqMHls7XA-oo/s16000/Four%20horsemen%20of%20the%20apocalypse%20led%20by%20Trump.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(R-L) Putin vs. Ukraine; Pale Horse if Trump Wins</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/putin-hoping-get-donald-trump-back-president-barry-mccaffrey-1856697" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pretty amazing article from</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span>NEWSWEEK</span></a></b> from now
retired and highly respected Army General Barry McCaffrey with this headline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;">“Putin Actively Hoping to Get
Donald Trump Back as President: Ret. General”</span><span style="font-family: times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Retired U.S. Army
General Barry McCaffrey said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is
“actively hoping that Trump wins the 2024 presidential election.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Trump now the GOP
frontrunner in the 2024 GOP primary, </span></span></b><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-lot-love-behind-putin-wanting-make-his-country-larger-1687555" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">has long praised and even quoted</span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> the Russian leader
on the campaign trail. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>At a rally in Durham, NH earlier this month, Trump again quoted
Putin who criticized the numerous criminal charges that Trump is currently
facing, all of which the former president has pleaded not guilty to, saying:</b> “<i>Even
Vladimir Putin says that Biden's, <b>and this is a quote</b></i>, <i>politically motivated
persecution of his political rival is very good for Russia because it shows the
rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others
about democracy</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile, the relationship between Trump and Putin has been
criticized since the former president's 2016 run when questions of Russia's
alleged election interference and possible coordination with the Trump campaign
arose <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/inside-the-mueller-report-a-sophisticated-russian-interference-campaign" target="_blank">during the Mueller investigation</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">McCaffrey went on to
say during his <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/msnbc"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MSNBC</span></a>
interview:</b> “<i>I have never understood this whole relationship between Trump
and Putin. Putin is a thug and a murderer. He’s gotten the Russian Federation
into terrible trouble economically, politically. He stamped out free speech.
So, why Trump seems to be in league with this desperado is hard to understand</i>,”
<b>adding: </b>“<i>Yes, Putin and for that matter other criminal enterprises like the
North Koreans are actively hoping to have Mr. Trump back in office, where in my
personal opinion, he would be devastatingly bad for U.S. national security</i>.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McCaffrey" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">McCaffrey is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and served in the U.S. Army for 32 years</span></a></b>, Later he served as director of the White House
Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Bill Clinton.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents: </span></b>Trump thrives
on positive things that dictators like Putin, Kim, Jong-un in North Korea,
or even Xi Jinping in China, and a few others of that same ilk praise him, and as I
posted: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://politicalrapids.blogspot.com/2023/12/wannabe-dictator-trump-we-need-to-take.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">it’s a club that Trump is eager to join</span></a></b> and he has so much said so. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">My related post related to
Trump & Putin his BFF is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://danzview.blogspot.com/2023/12/russian-related-ts-sci-file-last-held.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a>.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FYI:</b> This article from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4187490-republicans-just-cant-stop-calling-for-civil-war/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE HILL</span></a> </b>is very unnerving, too on this same subject – very disturbing what
Trump says in the article.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>Simple message for the
voters in 2024</b> – None of that must happen or occur, or it’s bye, bye U.S.A. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">This may seem hyperbolic, but it is not. The proof is now in Putin’s own words
and even more so lately based on Trump’s own words, too. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div></span></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-19924137400367709542023-12-22T15:41:00.005-05:002023-12-24T22:58:50.197-05:00UPDATED - Trump & RNC Chair: Bribery of MI Officials Not to Certify 2020 Results<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaEX4FzjLy7Zrq4PxjBLplnZkAusJ3LAte63jDRrBZw7Snn_HujfvKjfhP90dt5NC3-TANF8V1a6LiCTunPS5y-SXqf65S40PQRJxrzLtac73qDEAkhThkJkC7nUNjwqiizKhv9YwbQwIA8aC4Oh50Sa7EgnkQF6qZueZJTGp_Y47z6vh_dUpWrdSrVs/s550/Trump%20and%20McDaniel%20Bribery%20in%20the%20cards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaEX4FzjLy7Zrq4PxjBLplnZkAusJ3LAte63jDRrBZw7Snn_HujfvKjfhP90dt5NC3-TANF8V1a6LiCTunPS5y-SXqf65S40PQRJxrzLtac73qDEAkhThkJkC7nUNjwqiizKhv9YwbQwIA8aC4Oh50Sa7EgnkQF6qZueZJTGp_Y47z6vh_dUpWrdSrVs/s16000/Trump%20and%20McDaniel%20Bribery%20in%20the%20cards.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump and RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Bribery co-defendants it seems)</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5CO2t3iNcw8e0foHvj7g7GagTjUpa8L0WrtZDV2bbTm_XKtgAWVuGHvnQ0hJpZCtd0-s_UPmLa_8oefvxiisqELQv7tFO0jVNyKrC5nRYmzxuH-tz97LDjRDGaXNdIvHnaqwmQW33mtAuuz8-7XEiRoBPIS_BK2SpQdCqp3ed4-_tuObfeXH6qtUVrc/s581/Trump%20and%20McDaniel%20admitting%20bribery%20II.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5CO2t3iNcw8e0foHvj7g7GagTjUpa8L0WrtZDV2bbTm_XKtgAWVuGHvnQ0hJpZCtd0-s_UPmLa_8oefvxiisqELQv7tFO0jVNyKrC5nRYmzxuH-tz97LDjRDGaXNdIvHnaqwmQW33mtAuuz8-7XEiRoBPIS_BK2SpQdCqp3ed4-_tuObfeXH6qtUVrc/s16000/Trump%20and%20McDaniel%20admitting%20bribery%20II.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Attorney’s statement vis-á-vis this case</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Two new slides & a note for SCOTUS</u>: </b>Crime was committed while Trump was president - so, no immunity allowed, right? Oops!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Slide #1</u>:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_YO-opffU6IwFkKprr-k4VYl-QG1GF-tf9eq0YMA-SJpI-O00u3VPsJwK6KzCjsRx6Mp1gWBAfCBXTz5Ds58lMES-9xc2YlsIKAA2eohNYRtuGpah9K4FM2_GYcafk8V2_UjJj4_LhfEzSgVelClML-LdI_c_5JX5FMF71oFhku_8d-IDUXCdqM74sg/s550/Michigan%20ballot%20count%20meddling%20I.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_YO-opffU6IwFkKprr-k4VYl-QG1GF-tf9eq0YMA-SJpI-O00u3VPsJwK6KzCjsRx6Mp1gWBAfCBXTz5Ds58lMES-9xc2YlsIKAA2eohNYRtuGpah9K4FM2_GYcafk8V2_UjJj4_LhfEzSgVelClML-LdI_c_5JX5FMF71oFhku_8d-IDUXCdqM74sg/s16000/Michigan%20ballot%20count%20meddling%20I.jpg" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><u>Slide #2</u>:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC94zcTyx_Elfsxh_zm-svzbx_1_fEN4eOaBXFmLOLrI5dGtEVnDX4o6hv_eDTCvnTqIdOTjlfzjzzaFHvryk5SMVud7GUfQpyzMYi1uo_3pBpwTdiR9mIBAThBSp3iEKXbr0ylX432BZCdSTAFrwmTGy2mKzFSkVmPOtmIJ5tXxqWGxxCl-b8ok_5bZE/s563/Michigan%20ballot%20count%20meddling%20II.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="563" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC94zcTyx_Elfsxh_zm-svzbx_1_fEN4eOaBXFmLOLrI5dGtEVnDX4o6hv_eDTCvnTqIdOTjlfzjzzaFHvryk5SMVud7GUfQpyzMYi1uo_3pBpwTdiR9mIBAThBSp3iEKXbr0ylX432BZCdSTAFrwmTGy2mKzFSkVmPOtmIJ5tXxqWGxxCl-b8ok_5bZE/s16000/Michigan%20ballot%20count%20meddling%20II.jpg" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This breaking story is from Michigan and reported on from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tape-reveals-donald-trump-pressured-michigan-officials-not-to-certify-2020-vote-a-new-report-says/ar-AA1lUmZH" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE AP</span></a> </b>and also from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-election-michigan-bribery-indictment-1854873" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">NEWSWEEK</span></a></b>
with these two startling headlines:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">“Tape reveals Donald Trump
pressured Michigan officials not to certify 2020 vote, a new report says”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Trump could be facing a fifth
criminal indictment”</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/21/donald-trump-recorded-pressuring-wayne-canvassers-not-to-certify-2020-vote-michigan/72004514007/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The
basic story according to The Detroit News</span></a> </b>cites a leaked recording
of a phone call by someone the publication said was present for the
conversation when <b><i>Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the
Wayne County Board of Canvassers, Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, not to
sign the certification of the election results in the state, which Biden won by
154,000 votes</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That also reports Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican
National Committee (RNC), was also involved in the call. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Newsweek contacted
representatives for Trump by email and McDaniel by social media to comment on
this story. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Newsweek has been unable to independently verify the
recording. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Detroit News reported that spokespeople for Palmer,
McDaniel, and Trump did not dispute a summary of the call. Hartmann died in
2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The former president and GOP frontrunner is facing <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-criminal-trials-washington-election-hush-money-stormy-daniels-1854411" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">a federal case brought by special counsel Jack Smith alleginghe worked to overturn the results of the election</span></b></a>, won by President Biden.
Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing, has been charged with conspiring to
defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding,
obstructing a congressional proceeding, and conspiracy against voting rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-michigan-tape-perfect-evidenceattorney-1854829" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Attorney Joe Gallina described the call as perfect evidence againstTrump as another smoking gun in the federal trial</span></a></b> while others have speculated
that the evidence could be grounds for a fifth criminal indictment on bribery
charges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Anthony Michael Kreis, a
law professor and political scientist at GA <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>State University Law College, wrote on <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/twitter">X (formerly Twitter</a>)</b>: “<i>Trump could face a fifth set of charges because offering a lawyer could
be considered a bribe under the Michigan Penal Code, which is a felony.</i>”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The recording
alleged that McDaniel said:</b><i> </i>“<i>If you can go home tonight, do not sign it... We will
get you attorneys.</i>”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Then Trump added:</b><i> </i>“<i>We'll take care of that</i>.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Alongside an extract of the code, Kreis wrote</b>: “<i>It seems
like</i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/ronna-mcdaniel-trump-michigan/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ronna
McDaniel could be in some trouble</span></a></b> <i>in Michigan and Trump may
be facing a fifth set of charges. A promise was offered in exchange for an
official act unlike in Georgia where the preferred method appears to have been
limited to browbeating state officials</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Ian Bassin, a former associate White House counsel, said:</b> “<i>My
guess is the Michigan attorney general is reviewing the statute of limitations
on </i><b>Michigan Code Section 750.118 which says</b>: “<i>Executives who accept or offer a
gift or to do any act beneficial to such officer with an understanding that his
vote, opinion or judgement shall be given in any particular matter must forfeit
his office, be disqualified for holding any other public office, and could face
a prison sentence of up to 10 years of a fine of up to $5,000</i>.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Former U.S.
Attorney Joyce Vance said: </b>“<i>Offering </i><i>an official something of value (services
of a lawyer) in exchange for withholding official action (certifying the Wayne
County vote) sounds like a classic case of bribery under Michigan State law</i>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(<b>My note insert on a load of crap from blowhard Steven Cheung</b>):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKv1euj34qhVzeXtNDacVgYuEmzAXTZy27wntLBPYq-2otfbazcLjQiIMzvlhtNU3KLYz4SJBD36hCYBeayOWoVanTtbkXROFcLzyW0IU0LajvuNdn8qkZMLXZP1jVN83ce5obFqYi0O9DO4L8aZ9Xjm1HgZetKAy0V5VtPDVCu8AC_pB0-rGkP37h8Hw/s550/Steven%20Cheung%20scum%20for%20Trump.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKv1euj34qhVzeXtNDacVgYuEmzAXTZy27wntLBPYq-2otfbazcLjQiIMzvlhtNU3KLYz4SJBD36hCYBeayOWoVanTtbkXROFcLzyW0IU0LajvuNdn8qkZMLXZP1jVN83ce5obFqYi0O9DO4L8aZ9Xjm1HgZetKAy0V5VtPDVCu8AC_pB0-rGkP37h8Hw/s16000/Steven%20Cheung%20scum%20for%20Trump.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Cheung, a Trump
campaign spokesperson told The Detroit News: </b>“<i>Trump's actions were
taken in furtherance of his duty as president of the United States to
faithfully take care of the laws and ensure election integrity, including
investigating the rigged and stolen 2020 presidential election. </i><i>President Trump and the American people have the
constitutional right to free and fair elections. Oh, the irony!! President
Trump and the American people have the constitutional right to free and fair
elections</i>.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents: </span></b>I believe that
Trump and McDaniel without any doubt should be charged, prosecuted, tried, and
jailed ASAP based on the facts of this article and details therein. To me that
case is as clear as day. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then Trump spokesman, Steven
Cheung, should be booted out of any official position – what a sad man with
nothing but twisted views that are harmful and nothing but a pack of lies on
top of lies. A pitiful person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-48754821570556339642023-12-17T17:34:00.000-05:002023-12-17T17:34:00.266-05:00Sen. Ted Cruz: Running from Storm Now Needs to Run Away from Biden-Harris Lies<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgSF3qu9hBc-Q0DokPwLC8Cw8umqCDTpoueXUZBz011vf3JC3h4_cX-H3ZeuSrBdfabCly6TKWM1rQ_gsYD7lcXZUPlgJUjYu6rfWzTX_gzESAk_ZEN3_Lcy5N1MDIeZyyi2JaQ3O7_vrP4ke0ePsuxEUYyPy3RtTxrP6EaS5kJC8aNceKJpAZ1QVb-c/s550/Canc%C3%BAn%20Ted%20Cruz%20on%20the%20run%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgSF3qu9hBc-Q0DokPwLC8Cw8umqCDTpoueXUZBz011vf3JC3h4_cX-H3ZeuSrBdfabCly6TKWM1rQ_gsYD7lcXZUPlgJUjYu6rfWzTX_gzESAk_ZEN3_Lcy5N1MDIeZyyi2JaQ3O7_vrP4ke0ePsuxEUYyPy3RtTxrP6EaS5kJC8aNceKJpAZ1QVb-c/s16000/Canc%C3%BAn%20Ted%20Cruz%20on%20the%20run%20.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Running off to Cancún to duck big storm</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Where to now to duck Israel-Hamas war
lies) </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.stateofunion.org/2023/12/17/senator-ted-cruz-calls-out-vp-kamala-harris-for-undermining-israel-with-palestinian-sympathy-push/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">STATEOF THE UNION</span></a></b> article with more BS from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) with this
headline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Senator Ted Cruz Calls Out VP Kamala Harris for ‘Undermining Israel’
With Palestinian Sympathy Push”</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #767171; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cruz accused Vice
President Kamala Harris of </span></span></b><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.analyzingamerica.org/2023/12/723934/">pressuring </a><span style="color: #767171;">President Biden and
his administration to be more sympathetic towards Palestinians, particularly in
the aftermath of Hamas’s actions. Cruz criticized the administration’s stance,
claiming it </span><a href="https://www.analyzingamerica.org/2023/12/723934/">undermines</a> <span style="color: #767171;">Israel and poses a
significant threat to both American and Israeli national security.</span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Reports have highlighted Biden’s remarks <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">indicating
a perceived loss of global support for Israel</i></b> due to its military
actions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Harris’ Press Secretary Kirsten Allen emphasized that there
is unity between the president and the vice president on this issue responding
to Cruz’s remarks saying:</b> “<i>There is no daylight between the president and the
vice president – both have been clear in their remarks and stance: “(1) Israel
has a right and responsibility to defend itself; (2) humanitarian aid must be
allowed to flow into Gaza; (3) innocent civilians must be protected; and (4) the
United States remains committed to a two-state solution</i>,” <b>then adding: </b>“<i>I would
caution the media about citing anonymous sources in the ‘orbit’ about sensitive
national security conversations between the president and vice president that take
place in the Oval Office</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents: </span></b>Great article truthful
response to Cruz’s BS. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I heard the President and VP both make their stance
as clear as a bell as noted in the piece. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cruz is way off the mark seeking
attention and such this way – which he is noted for doing trying to make political
points. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Perhaps he needs another
quick trip to Cancún to duck the truth <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/18/ted-cruz-cancun-power-outage/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">like he did in February 2021</span></a> </b>when he<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>ducked
that massive TX storm remember?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-73651260157870011342023-12-07T15:57:00.000-05:002023-12-07T15:57:23.571-05:00Donald J. Trump: He is Out to Prove that No One is Above the Law EXCEPT Himself<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRah-jwjNyjwB1Xu7Rc2NsgKScfclj3gzs7zH95_N1M8Rik41Htdp4auiKrW7X0J18w2ABbZKlOwwD6BlJDGEwRx-gCjLpdn9689-_mxf0Lplsxb-mj2jVmpkf5tBpIcpKI7EDoxMBCvVmr-EvEP4cGZPyudlHIr-ObqhIad96rflIuKYZ0d1eY2pu8Y/s550/Not%20above%20the%20law%20not%20even%20Trump.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRah-jwjNyjwB1Xu7Rc2NsgKScfclj3gzs7zH95_N1M8Rik41Htdp4auiKrW7X0J18w2ABbZKlOwwD6BlJDGEwRx-gCjLpdn9689-_mxf0Lplsxb-mj2jVmpkf5tBpIcpKI7EDoxMBCvVmr-EvEP4cGZPyudlHIr-ObqhIad96rflIuKYZ0d1eY2pu8Y/s16000/Not%20above%20the%20law%20not%20even%20Trump.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes, that is true for every American</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(You'll be held accountable for your crimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGFx7YJtKnUljSyGhaIEE0p7QhG2Lqb7J9DUNXUb8okZM8kEPsHejpIC7x2zh4vtvw7kH6lJXYj79luz3VGzsro5zRawsXfz9Tc49ercnyMUQ1DDAWXX7K9Z6DZo0yn25vVV4kREE6EoRsthPBLn7fvbwoQ002MU6JrGrgL4uvQe6cmN-_OxhM1CjLE0/s550/Not%20above%20the%20law.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGFx7YJtKnUljSyGhaIEE0p7QhG2Lqb7J9DUNXUb8okZM8kEPsHejpIC7x2zh4vtvw7kH6lJXYj79luz3VGzsro5zRawsXfz9Tc49ercnyMUQ1DDAWXX7K9Z6DZo0yn25vVV4kREE6EoRsthPBLn7fvbwoQ002MU6JrGrgL4uvQe6cmN-_OxhM1CjLE0/s16000/Not%20above%20the%20law.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Judge Chutkan makes her ruling: Trump appeals</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Will it work - probably (hopefully) not)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Another major step by
Trump to delay, stall, or totally toss out one of the most-serious four
charges: The January 6 insurrection & the trial date reported on from <b><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-appeals-judge-s-ruling-rejecting-his-claim-of-immunity-in-federal-election-subversion-case/ar-AA1l9QCD" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE AP</span></a></b> with this headline:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">“</span></b><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Trump appeals ruling rejecting
immunity claim as window narrows <i><u>to
derail federal election case</u></i>”</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">The highlights from the article once again show Trump trying
get out of the January 6 trial date. The highlights from this AP article follow.</span><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The story (formatted to fit the blog):<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Eb Garamond", serif; line-height: 107%;">W</span>ashington (The AP) —Trump is appealing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-capitol-riot-immunity-donald-trump-a98872759762c95fa925ff831df27388" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution</span></a></b> as
he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges that
he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lawyers for Trump, the 2024 primary frontrunner, filed a
notice of appeal indicating that they will challenge U.S. District Judge Tanya
Chutkan's decision rejecting Trump's bid to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-debb59bb7a4d9f93f7e2dace01feccdc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">derail the case headed to trial in Washington, DC in March</span></a></b>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The one-page filing was accompanied by a request from the
Trump team to put the case on pause so the appeals court can take up the
matter. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trump's lawyers wrote:</b> “<i>The filing of President Trump’s notice of
appeal has deprived this Court of jurisdiction over this case in its entirety
pending resolution of the appeal. Therefore, a stay of all further proceedings
is mandatory and automatic</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The appeal had been
expected given that Trump's lawyers had earlier signaled their plans to pursue
all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary, what they say is a legally
untested question of a former president's immunity from criminal prosecution. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That argument that Trump
was immune from prosecution for actions taken within his role as president had
been seen as perhaps the most weighty and legally consequential objections to
the case made by the Trump lawyers ahead of trial.</span></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But now that the argument has already been rejected by the
trial judge, Trump's best hope at delaying the trial appears to be convincing
the D.C. Circuit, or the U.S. Supreme Court itself, to pause the case while the
higher courts consider his prosecutorial immunity claim.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">However, the rejection last week by a three-judge panel of
the appeals court of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-riot-lawsuits-donald-trump-capitol-14b219df31b3a5ebec43e979ad36587a" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Trump’s sweeping claims of immunity in civil cases</span></a></b> accusing
him of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/capitol-siege" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">inciting the U.S.
Capitol riot on January 6, 2021</span></a></b>, suggest he likely faces an uphill
battle before that court. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">While it’s possible the U.S. Supreme Court may feel
compelled to step in to address an unprecedented legal question, there’s also
no guarantee the justices will take the case up at this stage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Jessica Roth, a Cardozo School of Law professor who has been
following the case said: </b>“<i>Though it typically takes months for appeals to wind
their way through higher courts, the D.C. Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court
could quickly resolve the question of immunity if the judges want to. It’s a
very clean, narrow legal issue, and the issue has been fully briefed by the
parties and very well laid out in the opinion so it’s not like considerable
time is needed. It’s a purely legal question that the courts could expedite and
decide quickly</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-jan-6-special-counsel-118943be656200bbc3f22cd8612c1f8b" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Trump lawyers have asserted</span></a></b> that he cannot face
criminal charges because the actions spelled out in the indictment fell within
his duties as president.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But Judge Chutkan said that nothing in the Constitution nor
American history justifies cloaking former presidents with immunity from
prosecution for actions they took while in office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Judge Chutkan wrote in part in her ruling:</b> “<i>Defendant's four-year
service as Commander in Chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings
to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">While the Supreme Court has held that presidents are immune
from civil liability for actions within the scope of their official duties,
courts have never before had to grapple with the question of whether that
immunity extends to criminal prosecution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cheryl Bader, a former federal prosecutor and now head of Fordham
University Law School’s Criminal Defense Clinic, said she believes the immunity
argument will be a losing battle for Trump, even before the
conservative-majority Supreme Court and then she concluded:</b> “<i>I think based
on the law and there being no constitutional provision giving former presidents
immunity and based on the policy that we don’t want to have former presidents
being able to commit crimes ... I don’t see how this ruling gets reversed. This
decision really puts Trump in his place, it basically said he’s not a monarch
and once he leaves office he gets no special treatment in the halls of justice</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The case charges Trump with conspiring to subvert the will
of voters in a desperate bid to cling to power after he lost the 2020
presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The case outlined above is one of four criminal cases Trump faces
that's scheduled for trial next year, although it's possible the appeal of this
immunity case could delay that trial, which is his aim). The other three cases are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1. Trump has
been charged in FL by Special Counsel Jack Smith with <b><a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-classified-documents-indictment-c15a5f36e4e83417805718d81a035441" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">illegally hoarding classified documents</span></a></b> at his
Mar-a-Lago estate after he left the White House.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Trump <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-indictment-arraignment-trump-giuliani-c5abbd260f44947a1c01211136108bfe" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">is also charged in GA by DA Fani Willis</span></a></b> with
conspiring to overturn his election loss to Biden. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3. Trump faces charges in NYS related to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-karen-mcdougal-payoffs-40dd9d1f3590dfcd5c494b1815e9eaa2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">hush money payments</span></a></b> he made during the 2016
campaign. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He denied any wrongdoing in all four cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents:</span></b> My earlier and related post <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://danzview.blogspot.com/2023/12/dc-district-judge-chutkan-denies-trumps.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">is here</span></a></b> – FYI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The AP article above and
facts therein are very clear and concise, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now the final question
will for the remaining courts up the line and including the USSC to say yes or
no that: “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No one is above the law</i></b>” (except as Trump claims he is).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hang on tight – it could get
very ugly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-90690225910709769772023-12-02T17:49:00.007-05:002023-12-02T17:55:50.210-05:00Laura Loomer: Trump's Newest and Apparently Now Closest Loony Bin Partner<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpZaIamKOUQvvHBSp7DytAu-2KEkdSWNFACpjgx2JBZNFQ8rKwSzR4LekrAy8uwbd38WI9PNC7_gQZY8D456vcKDejQ9K8Y4CNT56d7G5GQonUjRJxa5g81YLPim2kAtSX3Kq-2VyUWPg5wWQ66vLVYEdUydgf6lOWeK4iImThRcXfG2BF1iCXwhE6Dc/s500/Laura%20Loomer%20total%20and%20complete%20conspiracy%20nut%20and%20Trump%20lover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpZaIamKOUQvvHBSp7DytAu-2KEkdSWNFACpjgx2JBZNFQ8rKwSzR4LekrAy8uwbd38WI9PNC7_gQZY8D456vcKDejQ9K8Y4CNT56d7G5GQonUjRJxa5g81YLPim2kAtSX3Kq-2VyUWPg5wWQ66vLVYEdUydgf6lOWeK4iImThRcXfG2BF1iCXwhE6Dc/s16000/Laura%20Loomer%20total%20and%20complete%20conspiracy%20nut%20and%20Trump%20lover.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">How much closer
are these two behind the scenes</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Laura Loomer
reported on from <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/laura-loomer-trump-praise-white-supremacist"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE GUARDIAN</b></a> </span>is a <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_right_(United_States)" title="Radical right (United States)">far-right</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Muslim" title="Anti-Muslim">anti-Muslim</a>,
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_nationalist" title="White nationalist">white nationalist</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theorist" title="Conspiracy theorist">conspiracy theorist</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_personality" title="Internet personality">internet personality</a> </span></b>who has worked as an
activist for several organizations such as <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Veritas" title="Project Veritas">Project
Veritas</a>, </span><span>the</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geller_Report" title="Geller Report">Geller Report</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel_Media" title="The Rebel Media">The
Rebel Media</a>, </span>and<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfoWars" title="InfoWars"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Info Wars</span></b></a>.</span></span></p>
<div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>She
gained notoriety as a result of being banned from numerous <span><b style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social
media</a> </b>platforms such as:<b style="color: #2b00fe;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a>,</b><span> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: bold;" title="Twitter">Twitter</a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"> (Now X)</span>, and </span><span><b style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_processor" title="Payment processor">Payment
Processors</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_for_hire" title="Vehicle for hire">Vehicles for Hire</a>, </b>and<b style="color: #2b00fe;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_delivery" title="Food delivery">Food
Delivery Mobile Apps</a> </b><span>for various reasons,</span><b style="color: #2b00fe;"> </b><span>including</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech" title="Hate speech">hate
speech</a></span> </b><span>& misinformation.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">She also has been banned
and removed from media events, had her press credentials revoked for harassment,
and caused disturbances. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In April 2023, Trump wanted
to hire her for a role in his campaign, but the idea was said to have been met
with backlash from Trump's team who described hefty resistance to her
involvement, as well as a strong warning from Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene
not hire her as a “<i>documented liar</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Since October, Loomer has written and posted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation_in_the_2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Misinformation in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>false claims about the
Israel-Hamas war</b></span></a>. BTW: She is Jewish.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents: </span></b>Laura Loomer is
a total wack job – 1,000%, or perhaps even more, but she loves Trump as shown
in the photo above which is kind of icky, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-47343720197709355542023-11-22T19:02:00.007-05:002024-01-06T18:05:53.839-05:00Meet Speaker Johnson: The Man You Didn't Have a Chance to Know but Now You Do<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-y2GI26tCZBfGp8ILDKUd0skEPbdmuyrIXxRh8Yol9GZDgH6mXpBLU_LQpq1yXPDgfYXSKYp_oMlr6KF0AIpQWrmjZ0igj6yX2wrOsnMgXee8Md7dMox_fpRIGrsLdqUQUcNkK1HPvwkhx-G6zW14VkZfyhBpzfwxt4G2zH2WArq0qzDENPTz8siL6s/s550/Johnson%20and%20GOP%20%20right%20wing%20loons%20on%20social%20issuess%20for%20national%20law.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-y2GI26tCZBfGp8ILDKUd0skEPbdmuyrIXxRh8Yol9GZDgH6mXpBLU_LQpq1yXPDgfYXSKYp_oMlr6KF0AIpQWrmjZ0igj6yX2wrOsnMgXee8Md7dMox_fpRIGrsLdqUQUcNkK1HPvwkhx-G6zW14VkZfyhBpzfwxt4G2zH2WArq0qzDENPTz8siL6s/s16000/Johnson%20and%20GOP%20%20right%20wing%20loons%20on%20social%20issuess%20for%20national%20law.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 23.54px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">After three votes GOP picks Mike Johnson</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">(The </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Comic Sans MS;">extremists</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">love him)</span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNud6g9jCRCZ0lIwin7n6T_z1j4d1jzfAbYCnAqLGqIZ7VEuVYOvJ9WSnir-0-uLNeva_T0orrDrlYzDKscxGrHkygMPki10fblnmcLYPl-rDoAWv5dR0h8-IuX4BOXBagE3iLxQXFCtKgSC3dDScMRZnQjwOqiMS13F6Gw3TB3XR0PlhTup4-ykWDQYQ/s550/Johnson%20in%20between%20and%20with%20Taylor%20Greene%20and%20Jordan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNud6g9jCRCZ0lIwin7n6T_z1j4d1jzfAbYCnAqLGqIZ7VEuVYOvJ9WSnir-0-uLNeva_T0orrDrlYzDKscxGrHkygMPki10fblnmcLYPl-rDoAWv5dR0h8-IuX4BOXBagE3iLxQXFCtKgSC3dDScMRZnQjwOqiMS13F6Gw3TB3XR0PlhTup4-ykWDQYQ/s16000/Johnson%20in%20between%20and%20with%20Taylor%20Greene%20and%20Jordan.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Where does Mike Johnson stand and vote</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(On the nutty far right)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Major update</b> (three charts added below to the above two) that shows just how extreme Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) truly is - it is very worrisome to say the least.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJZy99G1FqChHvwD8yaaU3o1twUOhIOUb9fgyyxbHhgoheslRfZNB6Z6FVLE2z-12-xwpqmH11USTHzsebc5QWnM26xw_KOUKB_7J8BVn8PwC5YLFrIs2iYTy2aLQ6miOXFXoh9xxHUuoNRIYLHsPM0lI_fRjNvvktOfSxSafvICmPOIwWVlBHLUGxPk/s550/Thomas%20concurs%20on%20tossing%20Roe%20v.%20Wade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJZy99G1FqChHvwD8yaaU3o1twUOhIOUb9fgyyxbHhgoheslRfZNB6Z6FVLE2z-12-xwpqmH11USTHzsebc5QWnM26xw_KOUKB_7J8BVn8PwC5YLFrIs2iYTy2aLQ6miOXFXoh9xxHUuoNRIYLHsPM0lI_fRjNvvktOfSxSafvICmPOIwWVlBHLUGxPk/s16000/Thomas%20concurs%20on%20tossing%20Roe%20v.%20Wade.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thomas concurrence in overturning Roe v. Wade</span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuw-1huCkqD7Uym7BgLlwCQfk2YL_ZtwUHUp8GWSMQt08SLUIYSMz2Wpwu8PATaIdybzx2ikpb2HHaNsyQxf190CFYhIYYb8AHYidhUUUW-YpgzPqwcZt0bZyL8uxA6tYf8yLshmGqEI18wral6VK2y3hQrCH5Tb9IhuXvQFhyphenhyphenrxQl1bXPfvH9lHanrIg/s550/Johnson%20on%20radical%20USSC%20v.%20Roe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuw-1huCkqD7Uym7BgLlwCQfk2YL_ZtwUHUp8GWSMQt08SLUIYSMz2Wpwu8PATaIdybzx2ikpb2HHaNsyQxf190CFYhIYYb8AHYidhUUUW-YpgzPqwcZt0bZyL8uxA6tYf8yLshmGqEI18wral6VK2y3hQrCH5Tb9IhuXvQFhyphenhyphenrxQl1bXPfvH9lHanrIg/s16000/Johnson%20on%20radical%20USSC%20v.%20Roe.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Johnson agrees with tossing Roe v. Wade</span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFasH_ZJ8KOQ9Xmuhqupo2U8usDJTMEppLBsdOiIk718mKcdDdFtrqcBJiy0m8aPqoMKwOR7HqFQaaPJLnKNSnltIHrHTcZut-Kv34uX554gD10t2kKxOD-fF41FP29dPIZIH_0X4UxFjVzlbtILoWAtkkSdKk-LK87w8jTv18Xne2LXZR57MRCUcqpYM/s550/Johnson%20on%20God-hatting%20DEMS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFasH_ZJ8KOQ9Xmuhqupo2U8usDJTMEppLBsdOiIk718mKcdDdFtrqcBJiy0m8aPqoMKwOR7HqFQaaPJLnKNSnltIHrHTcZut-Kv34uX554gD10t2kKxOD-fF41FP29dPIZIH_0X4UxFjVzlbtILoWAtkkSdKk-LK87w8jTv18Xne2LXZR57MRCUcqpYM/s16000/Johnson%20on%20God-hatting%20DEMS.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Johnson's most-disgusting insult of
Democrats </span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The original post follows:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meet Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) – the newly-elected GOP House
Speaker in this article from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-mike-johnson-republican-speaker-house-louisiana-2023-10" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BUSINESS INSIDER</span></a></b> with their headline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">“</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Meet Rep.
Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House who introduced the national version
of Florida's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Don't Say Gay law</u> </i>and</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>played
a key role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election</u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">”</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><u><span style="font-size: 15.5pt; line-height: 107%;">FYI</span></u><span style="font-size: 15.5pt; line-height: 107%;">:</span><span style="font-size: 15.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> Based on this article showing
who Johnson really that the general public did not know prior to him being
elected as GOP Speaker during the chaotic turmoil after then GOP Speaker Rep. Keven
McCarthy (R-CA) was booted out and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to replace him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #666666;">All that follows is based
on Johnson’s past statements and voting record that show to me at least that he
is possibly the worst speaker ever in our political history – cite the
following examples from the article that the public knew little about.</span><span style="color: #767171;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Background on
Johnson:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1. Like most of his GOP colleagues, Johnson voted against
certifying the 2020 election and EC results from AZ and PA even after a mob
ransacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Johnson also was the lead organizer of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163550/20201211132250339_Texas%20v.%20Pennsylvania%20Amicus%20Brief%20of%20126%20Representatives%20--%20corrected.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">an amicus
brief</span></a></b> to the Supreme Court in support of a TX lawsuit asking the
court to halt the certification of the vote in GA, MI, PA, and WI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3. The day after Joe Biden
was declared the winner of the 2020 election, Johnson said he called Trump and encouraged
him to “keep fighting. Twitter Source: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1325176210666770434" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">@RepMikeJohnson November
7, 2020</span></a> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4. On the morning of
January 6, he tweeted that Republicans “MUST fight for election integrity, the Constitution,
and the preservation of our republic!” Twitter Source: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1346817123860017154" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">@RepMikeJohnson January
6, 2021</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">5. In October 2023, Johnson led over two dozen of his
colleagues <a href="https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1206" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">introducing</span></b></a> the
“<i>Stop the Sexualization of Children Act of 2022</i>.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The bill is essentially the
national Ron DeSantis (R) version of his FL “Parental Rights in Education Law”
— also dubbed “<b><i>Don't Say Gay</i></b>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The Federal bill prohibits federal funds from being used to:
</b>(1) <i>Promote any sexually-oriented program, event, or literature for children
under the age of 10; and (2) bans federal funding from being used for drag
shows, or “Drag Queen Story Hour</i>.” (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FYI:</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/drag-queen-drag-balls-early-history-pop-culture#:~:text=" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Drag Queen history here from National Geographic</span></a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr9197/text" target="_blank">Johnson’s bill defines</a></b> “<i>Sexually-oriented
material</i>” as any topic involving gender identity, gender dysphoria,
transgenderism, sexual orientation, or related subjects.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Note:</b> That led
the Human Rights Campaign <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-denounces-federal-bill-that-would-impose-sweeping-dont-say-gay-or-trans-restrictions-nationally" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">to condemn
the bill</span></a></b> as “<i>the latest cruel attempt to stigmatize and marginalize
the community</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">6. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Johnson since May
2022, has continually voted against sending aid to Ukraine and was among the
original <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022145" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">57 Republicans</span></a> who
first did so. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1129" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">He
said at the time</span></b></a><b>:</b> “<i>We should not be sending another $40 billion
abroad when (1) our own border is in chaos, (2) American mothers are struggling
to find baby formula, (3) gas prices are at record highs, and (4) American
families are struggling to make ends meet, without sufficient oversight over
where the money will go</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That means his ascent to
the speakership could imperil the future of U.S aid to the war-torn country,
which continues to rely on American assistance in its war against Russia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Some more on Johnson’s
evangelical background: </b>There's little publicly-available information about
Johnson's activities at Liberty University, and Business Insider has reached
out to the University for details.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">According to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-johnson-personal-finances-net-worth-stocks-debt-house-speaker-2023-10">his
financial disclosures</a>, Johnson made a decent chunk of change on the side
teaching online courses, including:</b> More than $10,000 in 2018, more than
$26,000 in 2019 and 2020, and more than $29,000 in 2021 and 2022: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Totaling some $122,485.00</span>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">According to a biography
on the website <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://answersingenesis.org/religious-freedom/losing-liberty-without-losing-hope/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Answers in Genesis</span></a></b>, Johnson has taught “<i><b>Constitution and free enterprise</b></i>” at
the university's Helms School of Government. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Liberty University is a private
evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia founded by
televangelist Jerry Falwell. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">His son, Jerry Falwell Jr., ran the university
until he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jerry-falwell-jr-resigns-liberty-university-after-personal-scandals-2020-8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">resigned amid a sex scandal</span></a></b> in 2020 and he had been a prominent Trump
backer within the evangelical community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A bit more on this
man: </b>Johnson is one of the few Americans in a “covenant marriage,” a legal
arrangement that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-johnson-covenant-marriage-definition-divorce-speaker-house-2023-10" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">makes it harder for couples to get a divorce</span></a></b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He married his wife Kelly in 1999, and both of
them voluntarily opted into the arrangement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Under Louisiana state law, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://ldh.la.gov/page/695" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">couples sign a document</span></a></b> in
which they agree to seek marital counseling before getting a divorce.
Additionally, couples can only get divorced on a limited set of grounds,
including for adultery, if one partner committed a felony or faces
imprisonment, or physical or sexual abuse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/Valentine/story?id=489389&page=1">Johnson told
ABC in 2005</a>: </b>“<i>My wife and I both come from traditional Christian
households. My own parents are divorced. As anyone who goes through that knows,
that was a traumatic thing for our whole family. I'm a big proponent of
marriage and fidelity and all the things that go with it, and I've seen
firsthand the devastation [divorce] can cause. I think that it would be a
pretty big red flag if you asked your mate or your fiancé, 'Let's do a covenant
marriage,' and they said they don't really want to do that</i>” (his wife Kelly also
told ABC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Finally this from
Johnson: </b><b>As <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/25/politics/mike-johnson-gay-sex-criminalization-kfile/index.html">CNN's
KFILE</a> reported on Wednesday, Johnson once argued in favor of criminalizing
gay sex <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com/?h=afe43298b734b1f10437c393f99dc30e3a36703aad59d2d4f97b4aa0bc06271e&platform=msn_reviews&postID=65390392cf767c5e2eb34126&postSlug=who-is-mike-johnson-republican-speaker-house-louisiana-2023-10&site=bi&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-times-kfile%2F134020593%2F&utm_source=msn_reviews">writing
in a July 2003 op-ed</a>: </b>“<i>States have many legitimate grounds to proscribe
same-sex deviate sexual intercourse. By closing these bedroom doors, they have
opened a Pandora's box</i>.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">At the time, Johnson worked at the Alliance Defense
Fund, now known as Alliance Defending Freedom. That group wrote an amicus brief
to the Supreme Court in the <b><a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/2002/02-102" target="_blank">Lawrence v. Texas</a> </b>case in which the court overturned
state-level bans on same-sex intercourse which Johnson had opposed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">He described
homosexuality as inherently unnatural and a dangerous lifestyle saying:</b> “<i>Homosexual
relationships are inherently unnatural and, the studies clearly show, are
ultimately Johnson wrote in a 2004 op-ed. Society cannot give its stamp of
approval to such a dangerous lifestyle. If we change marriage for this tiny,
modern minority, we will have to do it for every deviant group. Polygamists,
polyamorists, pedophiles, and others will be next in line to claim equal
protection. They already are. There will be no legal basis to deny a bisexual
the right to marry a partner of each sex, or a person to marry his pet</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">He also argued at the
time that legalizing gay marriage would:</b> “<i>De-emphasize the importance of
traditional marriage to society, weaken it, and place our entire democratic
system in jeopardy by eroding its foundation</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents:</span></b> As simple as possible – Speaker Johnson can hold any
view about sex and marriage and such any way he chooses based on his beliefs
and life experiences and such – <i><b>but he has no right – none whatsoever as the
Speaker of the House to try and pass bills and cram his beliefs on the public
with his wild views as those stated above</b></i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That’s my view on Speaker
Johnson and I honestly believe the vast majority of the public feels the same
way about their own sex life and not based on Johnson’s view of what it ought
to be according to his beliefs and potentially public policy based on his
extreme wild views stated above. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I wonder why all that listed
above did not come out before he was voted into the speakership?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-64219068156566764402023-11-19T20:00:00.003-05:002023-11-19T20:00:42.923-05:00Trump Wins in 2024: Pray Tell Won't Happen Otherwise: "Bye, Bye Miss American Pie"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBe18xSQcDqxX4spEDOKk5VxToLGAh-KzZbKcB3K0RfBsT8T2YJv3X2GcmtPxGL3H7s8S6gldxRoVsPiw696c7CgOx41nVXKtGEMWzbEus1hWs7TzP6OPPAoXUHejzxpWZLY8XhHFPuM_1_jSxH-eaIQ84SW7dotyMVbGLwM8mnUnpAM87ZOq8__cRtV4/s550/Jan%206%20be%20there%20will%20be%20wild%20or%20lose%20your%20country.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBe18xSQcDqxX4spEDOKk5VxToLGAh-KzZbKcB3K0RfBsT8T2YJv3X2GcmtPxGL3H7s8S6gldxRoVsPiw696c7CgOx41nVXKtGEMWzbEus1hWs7TzP6OPPAoXUHejzxpWZLY8XhHFPuM_1_jSxH-eaIQ84SW7dotyMVbGLwM8mnUnpAM87ZOq8__cRtV4/s16000/Jan%206%20be%20there%20will%20be%20wild%20or%20lose%20your%20country.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">January 6, 2021 dry run for 2025 it seems</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(“<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Be there, will be wild</span>” – <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">again</span>)!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In total over 60 Trump 2020 election challenges had failed wherein
Trump lost by over 7 million popular votes to Joe Biden – this reminder from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-fibs-about-2020-just-keep-getting-more-outlandish/ss-AA1jQfpC" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE DAILY DIGEST</span></a></b> with this headline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Trump’s fibs about 2020 just keep getting more outlandish”</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Reuters noted that
by November 2021 more than 50 lawsuits alone of Trump’s alleged irregularities
and electoral fraud had been dismissed by courts in the United States, while
quoting officials who said that the 2020 election was “most secure in American
history.</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">”</span><span style="color: #767171; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Now this in November 2023
that went down at the FL Freedom Summit in Orlando recently: </b>Trump told the
crowd of voters that he actually won all 50 states in the 2020 election. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">His words (from ABC News):</b>
“<i>We won every state. We then did great in the election. We got 12 million more
votes or so, 12 million more votes than we got the first time. The whole thing
is a lie … the whole election is a lie</i>.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But it isn’t a lie and Trump’s most recent claims that he
actually won the 2020 election reveal the depths to which he believes his own delusions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trump’s biggest lie in
years: </b>Anyone with half a brain and enough intelligence not to believe the
former president’s claims about the last presidential election being stolen
would immediately recognize Trump’s untruth as one of the biggest falsehoods he
said in years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Spouting election
falsehoods: </b>Numerous lawsuits from Trump and his diehard political
supporters have fallen apart in court in nearly every state where he claimed election
fraud but the real truth hasn’t stopped him from spouting the lies he won the 2020
election. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">No evidence of 2020 election
fraud that inspired and triggered the January 6 Capitol insurrection: </b>Still
many MAGA voters remain stuck on Trump and is cult by overlooking the facts and
evidence that there was no 2020 election fraud even now as Trump faces two federal
charges of undermining our democracy ever since January 6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents: </span></b>How can the DEMS keep the voters in tune with the
antics and lies about 2020 was rigged and stolen from him – when it was not? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I say:</b> “<i>Keep reminding the voters, whom I have faith and
trust in, of the many Trump documented lies and such and ask them in all
honesty: Do you want a twice impeached, four-time indicted man who faces 91
charges running for the same office he defamed and defiled</i>?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pretty simple, isn’t it?
Or is it… we will soon find out hopefully long before Trump or anyone else is
officially nominated by the GOP during their nominating convention from July 15-18,
2024, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plus, the DEMS must emphasize
Trump’s plans for the so-called “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.project2025.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Project 2025</span></a></b>” – that is his plan <b><i>to
reform the constitutional foundation of our country from top-to-bottom with
only him in charge of everything at the top under his one man rule</i></b>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In his words and plans.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccGxwifD-_UqfvmboN3wKCKwUKWc4mSDjU7aRftGOi5tTr-BgqGppCkUOtvyzIorY4UGg_Cw43rIwc3op014kW8HbaYOHTczoIoMJ-29nRHOt_G1HazdtB4e85WlJvos1cmv5qNDvlnEXT9WveBoK1BzYQNpuAfDJoDT3_kKKPYb4m9edZrYjBWn-v-o/s550/Don%20the%2047th%20Jan%202025%20if%20he%20wins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccGxwifD-_UqfvmboN3wKCKwUKWc4mSDjU7aRftGOi5tTr-BgqGppCkUOtvyzIorY4UGg_Cw43rIwc3op014kW8HbaYOHTczoIoMJ-29nRHOt_G1HazdtB4e85WlJvos1cmv5qNDvlnEXT9WveBoK1BzYQNpuAfDJoDT3_kKKPYb4m9edZrYjBWn-v-o/s16000/Don%20the%2047th%20Jan%202025%20if%20he%20wins.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 107%; text-align: left;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;">Donald the 47<u>th</u></span><span style="line-height: 107%; text-align: left;">”</span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.</span></div><p></p></div></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-66402023523920249442023-11-12T00:59:00.001-05:002023-11-17T21:37:35.619-05:00Trump & Miller: Biggest Anti-Immigrant Haters of All-Time Seeking 2024 Comeback<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpQOg_t18ZNC-RnjRuAr8JJJy0376CoLN-EWAcOkSKw589HA113a_Q85qNA21szpCTWswcfGEK1xnW2ByFJnVP-MAfZbfMf2F7S2eRlrQROCQFb1tKQUEZr4e3NEDv6uIDMUNBWBMKzIzXHnZSABYq_C8y2BkibWZRy3_KHurfoKihFTqZCLAMp738NQ/s550/Trump%20and%20Stephen%20Miller%20two%20racist%20bastards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpQOg_t18ZNC-RnjRuAr8JJJy0376CoLN-EWAcOkSKw589HA113a_Q85qNA21szpCTWswcfGEK1xnW2ByFJnVP-MAfZbfMf2F7S2eRlrQROCQFb1tKQUEZr4e3NEDv6uIDMUNBWBMKzIzXHnZSABYq_C8y2BkibWZRy3_KHurfoKihFTqZCLAMp738NQ/s16000/Trump%20and%20Stephen%20Miller%20two%20racist%20bastards.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Trump and Stephen</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Dark Vader</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> Miller</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-large;">(Seeking anti-immigrant revenge tour)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Major update on anti-immigration policy forthcoming if Trump
returns to the White House as reported on here from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-campaign-slams-extreme-and-racist-trump-immigration-plans/ar-AA1jM28C" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">POLITICO</span></a></b>
with this White House response to recent Trump “2025 Plan” headline news:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"><b>“Biden campaign slams </b><i><b>extreme and racist
Trump</b></i></span></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"> immigration plans”</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Background: </span></b>My previous story on
this same issue sets the scene and reinforces this current Trump plan which the
above update on Trump’s plans if he wins in 2024 under his so-called “Project
2025” plan addresses. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Very interesting and most-enlightening article which
confirms what many of us have known for a very long time concerning the racist
anti-immigrant hypocrite with a lot of power and influence over Trump that Stephen
Miller, both 100% racist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0000cc;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/13/stephen-miller-is-an-immigration-hypocrite-i-know-because-im-his-uncle-219351" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">First this key quote from Politico</span></a></span> that I addressed earlier: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“<i>As free Americans, and
descendants of immigrants and refugees, we have the obligation to exercise our
conscience by voting for candidates who will stand up for our highest national
values and not succumb to our lowest fears. How do I know a lot about Stephen
Miller? Because I am his uncle</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>From David S. Glosser
in that Politico article (August 13, 2018). </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc;"><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/trump-stephen-miller-new-child-separation-plan.html"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Also, a related article from Slate</span></a></span></b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The White House is actively considering plans that could
again separate parents and children at the US-Mexico border, hoping to reverse
soaring numbers of families attempting to cross illegally into the United
States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">One option under consideration is the so-called “<b><i>Binary
Choice</i></b>” in which the government detains asylum-seeking families together for up
to 20 days, then give parents a choice: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(1) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>— to stay in
family detention with their child for months or years as their immigration case
proceeds, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(2) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>— to allow
children to be taken to a government shelter so other relatives or guardians
can seek custody.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This but one of several others under consideration amid the
president’s frustration over border security. Trump has been unable to fulfill
key promises to build a border wall and end what he calls “<b><i>catch and release</i></b>,” the
program under Obama in which most detained families are quickly freed to await
immigration hearings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Miller advocated for tougher measures because he believes
the springtime separations worked as an effective deterrent to illegal
crossings. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Recall at least 2,500 children were taken from their parents over a
period of six weeks. Crossings by families declined slightly in May, June, and
July before surging again in August. September numbers are expected to be even
higher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some inside the White House and DHS were concerned about the
“<b><i>optics and political blowback of renewed separations</i></b>,” but Miller was determined
to act. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Now the specifics about Miller to review who he really is as
I said from the man who knows him best – his uncle:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump and Miller wanted to make us believe that these
desperate migrants are an existential threat to the United States; the most
powerful nation in world history and a nation made strong by immigrants. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump
and Miller both know their own immigrant and refugee roots. Yet, they repeated
the insults and false accusations of earlier generations against refugees now to
make them seem less than human. Trump publicly paraded grieving families hurt or
killed by migrants, just as Nazis dredged up Jewish criminals to frighten and enrage
their political base to justify total Jewish persecution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Almost every American family has an immigration story of its
own based on flight from war, poverty, famine, persecution, fear, or
hopelessness. Most of these immigrants became workers, entrepreneurs,
scientists, and soldiers of America.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Most damning was and remained the Trump’s administrations
evident intent to make policy that specifically disadvantages people based on
their ethnicity, country of origin, and religion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Other sources for
that same riveting story:<a href="http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/politics/david-glosser-stephen-miller-immigration-op-ed-20180816.html"><o:p></o:p></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1. <span style="color: #0000cc;"><a href="https://secondnexus.com/news/glosser-miller-immigration-hypocrite/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">Dr. David S. Glosser: Stephen Miller is an Immigration
Hypocrite</span></a> </span></b>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SecondNexusUs</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/13/immigration-hypocrite-stephen-millers-uncle-lambastes-him-in-scathing-op-ed/" target="_blank">StephenMiller is a hypocrite and product of chain migration, his uncle said</a> </b>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Washington Post</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Now the POLITICO update cited above </b>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">formatted to fit the blog</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">):</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Biden campaign on Saturday lambasted Donald Trump’s
reported plans for an extreme and rapid expansion of his first-term clampdown
on immigration if he takes back the White House. If Trump were to win in 2024,
he intends to re-implement many of his first-term policies, including the
so-called Muslim ban and the use of Title 42 to turn away asylum seekers. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He
also wants to deport migrants by the millions per year, detaining them in large
camps while they await expulsion (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/politics/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">New York Times report</span></b></a>). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump
also wants to end birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented
immigrants, among other hardline policies. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Biden spokesperson Ammar Moussa said:</b> “<i>Mass detention camps,
denying children born here their citizenship, uprooting families, and mass
deportations are horrifying reality awaits the public if Trump is allowed back
in power. His extreme, racist, and cruel policies are again the product him and
his henchman Stephen Miller, meant to stoke national fear and division betting
that is how Trump he wins</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump has repeatedly
hinted at these plans at political rallies, where he typically talks at length
about the southern border. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Stephen Miller, a senior aide who crafted many of
Trump’s first-term policies, is once again heavily involved in the planning,
according to the Times. Trump’s campaign didn’t immediately respond to a
request for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">So, immigration will again
be a political lightning rod in 2024: </b>The Biden administration has faced similar struggles as the
Trump administration to contain surging migration levels, and the Republican
field has seized on the border as a base-rallying issue, proposing <b><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/10/gop-bomb-mexico-fentanyl-00091132" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">bombing Mexico to stop cartels</span></a></b> and
using <b><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-vows-send-military-block-drugs-reaching-mexican-ports-rcna91121" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">deadly force against migrants
suspected of drug trafficking</span></a></b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Congress has made little progress in rebuilding an outdated
system unable to manage the crisis, and negotiations on the Hill to pass
Biden’s national security supplemental package have added another challenging
layer as Republicans hang money for Ukraine and Israel on border policy
changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Biden is facing bubbling political pressure within his own
party, as immigration groups and progressives urge the president to not concede
any long-lasting policy changes <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Immigration groups often
point to Biden’s rhetoric in 2020, when he talked about restoring the asylum
system decimated under the Trump administration. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">On his first day in the White
House, Biden sent a bill to overhaul the immigration system, but it never moved
in Congress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Unable to deliver the major reform he once promised, Biden
has spent his presidency combatting criticism from not only Republicans, but
from Democrats who have criticized his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/21/biden-trump-migration-policy-asylum-00083873" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">reimplementation of Trump-era
policies</span></a></b>, such as the so-called transit ban.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">While Biden’s denouncement of Trump administration policies
was central to his 2020 message, it’s not yet clear how often the president
will talk about immigration this time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>But it is clear that his campaign will continue to seize on
opportunities to contrast the president with any leading GOP challenger with
Moussa concluding: </b>“<i>The American people chose unity over division and hope over
fear in 2020 when they elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and sent Donald
Trump packing, and they'll do it again next year</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>My 2 Cents:</b></span> I hope I tied
the two pieces together into a comprehensive story that is or will be quickly
growing and probably growing out of shape and the way Trump has to falsely sell
it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We still have whole year
to go until the 2024 election arrives, and a lot of trash and lies and
craziness will keep flowing from Trump and Miller on this critical issue – and don’t
expect the GOP side of congress to help this problem – they talk a lot and act
very little –all the while Trump shouts his trash from the roof tops.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Stay tuned as always.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-8254484946156753082023-11-07T19:52:00.003-05:002023-11-07T20:51:18.267-05:00Gaza Hospital Bombing: Rep. Tlaib Wrongly Blamed Israel & GOP Wants Her Censured<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fr4kFO-nkLYgemLI2BbSKrlHSmTrdP1zccfKB4HW34lo-xK0N-GOgTvaJ-jNIUmgTD1EZUkcWBNuXzDCZ-9yzVBygJdfCiR7OQdqYN-R9sgqQ4ltBUJJid4QbDeUWsCblYuEkEQsoqI6XjImAFAxeifFHXZ3BJBHQ5-EAyxQYdZOHixr3fpJtZuHQiA/s550/Rep%20Tlaib%20anti-censure%20speech.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fr4kFO-nkLYgemLI2BbSKrlHSmTrdP1zccfKB4HW34lo-xK0N-GOgTvaJ-jNIUmgTD1EZUkcWBNuXzDCZ-9yzVBygJdfCiR7OQdqYN-R9sgqQ4ltBUJJid4QbDeUWsCblYuEkEQsoqI6XjImAFAxeifFHXZ3BJBHQ5-EAyxQYdZOHixr3fpJtZuHQiA/s16000/Rep%20Tlaib%20anti-censure%20speech.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Emotional & Dramatic Speech Against Censure</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Outstanding rebuttal - congrats to her)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The story: </b>Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) filed a new motion pushing
for the censure resolution that would punish Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
for her comments while maintaining her First Amendment rights. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">His resolution
chastised her for her remarks in the days following the Hamas attack,
particularly her comments blaming Israel for a deadly airstrike on the al-Ahli Gaza
Baptist hospital October 18 that killed 50 people and wounded numerous.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Palestinian
officials put the death toll at 471</b>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">An Israeli official has said the toll
appeared to be “<i>several dozen</i>.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">U.S. intelligence
reports estimate that the number of those killed to be “<i>probably at the low end
of the 100 to 300</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>First, this from <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-hospital-bombing-what-know-experts-video-rcna121136" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">NBC News</span></a></b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">TEL AVIV — The U.S. has assessed that the deadly blast
at a Gaza hospital was most likely caused by a misfired rocket from
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, according to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-speech-primetime-israel-hamas-war-gaza-crisis-rcna121127" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">two U.S. officials and a
congressional staffer</span></a></b>. The group has been designated a
terrorist organization by the U.S.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NBC News consulted
four military and munitions experts:</b> <i>One agreed with the U.S. assessment,
which President Joe Biden hinted at during his recent trip to Israel, the other
three agreed the blast wasn’t from Israel</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The experts were shown parts of more than a dozen videos and
pictures from the incident at the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital and its
aftermath that have been geo-located and analyzed by NBC News. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some said the
marks left by the projectile <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-expected-seek-60b-ukraine-aid-israel-100b-funding-request-rcna121095" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">aren’t consistent with the weaponry
Israel has used recently</span></a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The analysis of the experts and U.S. officials, however, is
likely to do little to stanch the anger felt across the Arab world, which gives
credence to the version of events put forward by Palestinian officials and
Hamas, and that is: <b><i>Israel hit the hospital and </i><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-hospital-blast-deadliest-war-rcna120849" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">killed hundreds of civilians in
a deliberate act</span></a><i>.</i></b></span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Based on the above and
the following earlier reporting, Rep. Tlaib’s remarks are wrong and she needs
to say she was wrong based on the facts:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">* Most-recently, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, joined
other nations and said on news channel TG-24 that the bombing of the hospital was
not caused by a missile fired by Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">* Israel denied the reports saying the blast was caused by a
Palestinian rocket falling short after being launched at Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">* Palestinian officials in Gaza blame the bombing on an Israeli
strike while the Israeli army said it was caused by an errant rocket fired
by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (who has denied the assertion).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Israeli account is now has been supported by U.S.,
French, Italian, and Canadian analyses supporting the Israeli version.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents:</span></b> Rep. Tlaib was wrong as well as many others in their
early assessments of what happened and who to blame. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc;"><a href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1721998463649431647" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">In her tearful House floor speech (4-minutes) she said in
part</span></a></span></b>: “<i>I will not be silenced as the only Palestinian n
American serving in Congress. My perspective is needed here now more than ever.
I will not be silenced, and I will not let you distort my words</i>.” (<b>A must-watch video</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The facts are out there as
stated above. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rep. Tlaib needs to apologize for her mistake, and the House GOP
needs to drop their censure of her.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">People make mistakes in
time war like this and as the time-proven guote by Civil War General William Tecumseh said: <b>“<a href="https://tinyurl.com/2p8yruts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">War is Hell</span></a>.” </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All that matter are the facts
as they are outlined above. Any rush to judgement and lay the blame or quick finger
pointing causes harm than good. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Any quick judgement is totally wrong, too and
for political gain – and that makes it even worse. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-32512407944199658422023-10-31T22:23:00.000-04:002023-10-31T22:23:03.971-04:00Trump: 91 Charges & 4 Criminal Cases: Running for 2024 — 14th Amendment Says No <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CK8KmRjYtcFlA6x2NezTWXY-KtpSYHeDdPGyuXvSIpxG9f56eZxUqlM2xAW21JpnsgDOqGjvt-R7fEqIcqxRAIvdJGHFmHyrbI4rOFHbq1fhP4I4q2RhC6Q4HlfBPlYW_oMKmevwZWZLy7BIzS26Nr8WyylsKa5rykfQHb10J17XFEl7QAz0Ql1yO8M/s550/Be%20there%20will%20be%20wild%20Jan%206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CK8KmRjYtcFlA6x2NezTWXY-KtpSYHeDdPGyuXvSIpxG9f56eZxUqlM2xAW21JpnsgDOqGjvt-R7fEqIcqxRAIvdJGHFmHyrbI4rOFHbq1fhP4I4q2RhC6Q4HlfBPlYW_oMKmevwZWZLy7BIzS26Nr8WyylsKa5rykfQHb10J17XFEl7QAz0Ql1yO8M/s16000/Be%20there%20will%20be%20wild%20Jan%206.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trump incited January 6 National Capitol Attack</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(There is plenty of evidence)</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xDkFDP3k5SCt_S3gkrPQT_m9Gxf_3prUVsa7d3CHjFU7RTeCv0QQIV_mr_wJ8DhYHRYhXcz4SniWHPLTPo90s9G_30eKylmfbiUBEBbFN21hyphenhyphenWAI5GIdILr6zeuDu16b8qy6hyp64ncjms47uWAc9cHAXyOydODyG4GKJ5jrtGDqgJlxUecXGXkMjwU/s550/14th%20Amendment%20and%20no%20Trump%20on%20thie%20ballot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xDkFDP3k5SCt_S3gkrPQT_m9Gxf_3prUVsa7d3CHjFU7RTeCv0QQIV_mr_wJ8DhYHRYhXcz4SniWHPLTPo90s9G_30eKylmfbiUBEBbFN21hyphenhyphenWAI5GIdILr6zeuDu16b8qy6hyp64ncjms47uWAc9cHAXyOydODyG4GKJ5jrtGDqgJlxUecXGXkMjwU/s16000/14th%20Amendment%20and%20no%20Trump%20on%20thie%20ballot.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">CO case on-going other states pending</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Solid evidence against Trump)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Very truthful fact-based article from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-signaled-to-extremist-groups-on-jan-6-experts-testify-in-colorado-14th-amendment-case/ar-AA1jaKPR" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE HILL</span></a></b> regarding Trump’s 14<sup>th</sup>
Amendment court case ongoing in CO and pending in four other states AZ; MI; MN;
and NH) with this headline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="KO">“</span>Trump
signaled to extremist groups on January 6, experts testify in Colorado’s 14th
Amendment case</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="KO">”</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;"><b>The attorneys attempting to paint former President Trump as an
insurrectionist in order to get him banned from the Colorado 2024 ballot have focused
their case on signals he sent to the extremist groups in DC who stormed the
Capitol on January 6, 2021. </b></span><span style="color: #767171; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plaintiff Attorney Eric Olson, has relied on expert
testimony from an extremism expert during the second day of a trial that
centers on whether Trump should be disqualified from running for president in
the state, citing the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>That expert witness is Chapman University (in CA) Professor
Pete Simi, who studies political violence and extremism.</b> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He argued that Trump
cultivated a far-right following for years even before running for president,
thus creating a relationship he took advantage of in his attempts to overturn
his 2020 election loss. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Simi said he was very
confident that Trump led the events of January 6, saying in part:</b> “<i>From my
years of studying how far-right extremists perceive communication, the
relationship that they developed with Donald Trump over multiple years, the
various signals … promoting or endorsing violence, things done over social
media … that aligned with many of the things that Trump said over the years. That
relationship that was established and built, I think, really underscores how
much influence he has for far-right extremists, and how much they perceive him
as essentially one on their side, or one of them</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Simi then argued that
Trump’s far-right courting began in the 2012 election cycle with his promotion
of the “birtherism conspiracy theory” that centered on then President Obama,
and he said that led to: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->“<i>Giving
Trump clout in far-right spaces, which he reinforced when he launched his 2016
presidential campaign with inflammatory rhetoric about Mexican people, which
also aligned with far-right views</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Trump’s
reaction to the 2017 Charlottesville, VA white supremacist rally where he said
there were good people on both sides</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Then
during a debate with now-President Biden during the 2020 election cycle, Trump
told the right-wing group the Proud Boys to stand back and stand by when he was
asked to denounce such extremist groups</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Finally,
that led Trump’s January 6 speech on the Ellipse in Washington, DC right before
the storming of the Capitol in his speech when Trump told the crowd: You have
to fight like Hell or lose your country</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Despite
requests for them to be peaceful, should be considered as true calls to
violence. For extremists there was a clear understanding that fighting is the
real message, not peaceful</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Under
cross-examination, Simi was asked if Trump had any intent to signal to the
extremist groups, and he responded: </b>“<i>I can say he expressed a consistent
pattern of messages over time that encouraged violence. He expressed messages
over time that endorsed violence. And that’s very, I think in clear terms, part
of this pattern</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">One question that the trial will likely center on is whether
Trump was aware of or intentionally signaled to the far-right extremists to be
violent or attempt to overturn the election violently. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Simi believes the
former president was aware and he said:</b> “<i>Seems pretty clear to me. I mean,
I’m not in Donald Trump’s mind, obviously, but in terms of observable patterns,
in terms of the repeated nature of the things we’ve been discussing, that’s all
pretty apparent</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Plaintiff Attorney Olson then argued the Colorado case has
four basic components: </b>(1) Trump took an oath as an officer of the U.S., (2) the
Capitol attack was an insurrection, (3) Trump engaged in that insurrection, and
(4) Colorado’s Secretary of State can be ordered by the court to keep him off
the state’s ballot because of it.</span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the case’s <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4284137-trumps-14th-amendment-disqualification-trial-colorado/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">opening arguments</span></b></a>, the attorneys representing the
Colorado Republican Party and Trump’s lawyers argued that the former president
was simply exercising his free speech rights to warn about election results he
did not believe were legitimate. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">They also claimed that the specific 14th
Amendment clause was untried in more than 150 years for this purpose and is
being misread. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Attorney Mike Davis, who appeared with representatives of the
Trump campaign outside court before the trial began said: </b>“<i>This is a legal Hail
Mary by the Democrats. This case is going to fail</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Noteworthy as stated above:</b>
Similar cases are being now being considered in Minnesota and Michigan, and two
other states as well. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is likely one of these cases will land before the
Supreme Court, which has never ruled on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection
clause.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Three of the current sitting high-court justices were appointed by Trump during
his first term and that could pose an historical problem but we shall see.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents: </span></b>There is no
doubt in my mind that this case will end up before the USSC – how they rule is
the $64,000 question. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In my view they should rule against Trump and reinforce the
premise that “<b><i>No one is above the law, not even a former president</i></b>.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But, with this
staunch conservative court (6-3) nothing should be taken for granted – but we shall
see. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Will this court stand with the Constitution as the 14th<sup> </sup>Amendment
clearly states or will they split hairs and say “<i><b>There is no precedent for this</b></i>?”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Of course there is no precedent – since we’ve never had a person like Donald J.
Trump before. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">However, he cannot be exempt from the oath of office he swore as president to: “<i><b>Preserve,
protect, and defend the Constitution</b></i>” and then see him tear it up and throw it
in our collective face. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The case against him is strong. He must not be allowed
to seek, or serve as President ever again.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.</span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949334590248368891.post-48678096956682445832023-10-28T21:55:00.002-04:002023-10-28T21:55:57.592-04:00New Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA): Has His Hands Full and Rough Road Ahead<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiggWSwN7Yua2-Ajb7hPcxLSq9vzdgFcwKd2r6lFc5Hh81tfo3CK-ng-0couJbF8qEeB8YYjTqUgSU8RVqFY0iOVk8zyXw-Kby-jVSbubTZP8SP_nE7KdW3nICsVfgfGToaSdGFIN6bw3tp6Yf1iZvIX8CNq7e8Hk3KUk7BTq9DEzCbZj01zS5jxinZU/s550/I%20%20hear%20%20evangelicals%20and%20no%20one%20else.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiggWSwN7Yua2-Ajb7hPcxLSq9vzdgFcwKd2r6lFc5Hh81tfo3CK-ng-0couJbF8qEeB8YYjTqUgSU8RVqFY0iOVk8zyXw-Kby-jVSbubTZP8SP_nE7KdW3nICsVfgfGToaSdGFIN6bw3tp6Yf1iZvIX8CNq7e8Hk3KUk7BTq9DEzCbZj01zS5jxinZU/s16000/I%20%20hear%20%20evangelicals%20and%20no%20one%20else.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I only hear evangelical concerns no
others</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">(Rep. Bobert seems mesmerized)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Quick intro and 4 key policy points about the new GOP House Speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He is in short a MAGA extremis who is a threat to our freedoms and democracy. In his short time in Congress, Johnson:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1. Tried to overturn the 2020 election to favor Trump.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Co-sponsored a near-total ban on abortions with no exception.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3. Argued in favor of gutting Social Security and Medicare.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4. Voted against protections for same-sex and intrracial marriage (USSC approved same-sex marriage in the case of <span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: times;">Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015)</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-style: italic;">.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Two sources for the latest news on newly-elected GOP Speaker
Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the latest mass shooting in Maine from the <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/white-house-rips-new-gop-speaker-s-offensive-mass-shooting-comment/ar-AA1iYk6k" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Daily Beast</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>and from <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/spending-gaetz-santos-house-gop-s-grievances-bleed-into-johnson-s-speakership/ar-AA1iYkhu" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Politico</span></b></a> addressing Johnson’s other
pending woes (<b><i>I combined the two stories below into one headline and yes, this
post is rather long – but needs to be posted – enjoy</i></b>):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">“Spending, Gaetz, Santos: House GOP's grievances bleed into Mike Johnson's
speakership (plus the ME mass shooting)”</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The relationship between
the Biden White House and the newly minted highest-ranking Republican in the
country, House Speaker Rep. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/mike-johnson" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mike
Johnson</span></b></a> (R-LA), is already off to a testy start. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The White House rebuked
comments Johnson made to Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday night, a day after 18 people were killed in
two <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/lewiston-maine-shooting" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">mass shootings in Maine</span></b></a>, in which <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Johnson said that guns are not
the cause of America’s unique mass shooting crises.</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-weight: bold;">Quick update:<i> </i></span>The Maine shooter took his own life as reported by the police
who found his body</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Speakder Johnson said:</b> “<i>America’s problem is not guns. America’s
problem is a heart problem. This is a dark time in America. We have a lot of
problems, and we are hopeful and prayerful. Prayer is appropriate at a time
like this – that this senseless violence can stop</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">He then added: </b>“I<i>t’s not guns, it’s not the weapons. At the end of
the day, we have to protect the right of the citizens to protect themselves,
and that’s the Second Amendment, and that’s why our party stands so strongly
for that</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I wonder:</b> Why do hardcore far right GOP conservatives feel so at
home on FOX News than on any other major network to discuss critical public
issues like guns and mass shootings, etc. A logical question with a simple answer:
Those Republicans know that FOX News will allow them to spew garbage, misinformation,
and their disinformation about any event, issue, or public subject and at any time
they choose. I note some below at least in my opinion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">White House deputy
press secretary Andrew Bates issued a blistering response to those statements
from Johnson saying:</b> “<i>We absolutely reject the offensive accusation that
gun crime is uniquely high in the United States because of Americans’ hearts. Gun
crime is uniquely high in the United States because congressional Republicans
have spent decades choosing the gun industry’s lobbyists over the lives of
innocent Americans</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Fact: </b>The recent Maine mass
shooting is the 36th mass shooting this year to date – that according to
a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2022/08/18/mass-killings-database-us-events-since-2006/9705311002/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">database set up by the AP, USA Today, and Northeastern
University</span></a></b>. At least 190 people have died in those massacres. Johnson
offered prayer as response to a mass shooter who killed 18 and injured 13
others in Maine, while any legislation to address gun violence faces an uphill
climb under his tenure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Speaker Johnson called for:</b>
“<i>Prayer that senseless violence can stop</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BTW: </b>Johnson has
opposed any kind of gun control measures for years, and opined about the role of
faith in response to gun violence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Johnson has opposed gun
control measures for years, including <a href="https://rollcall.com/2022/06/24/house-clears-bipartisan-gun-violence-reduction-measure/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">a
measure passed into law last year</span></b></a> that (1) beefed up criminal background
checks for those under age 21 for the next decade, (2) created grants for state
crisis intervention laws, and (3) provided several billion dollars in mental health
and school security funding. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">During floor debate on
that measure, Johnson criticized the legislation as unconstitutional and
reiterated many statements he made on a podcast with his wife that blamed
America’s violent crime problem on a lack of faith.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), the architect of ousting Kevin McCarthy from the
speakership, is openly sparring with multiple members, including taking aim at
a key committee chairs. NY Republicans want to expel Rep. <a href="https://directory.politicopro.com/member/369664" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">George
Santos</span></b></a> (R-NY) from the House, a vote with consequences for their thin
majority. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Even as Johnson settles into his new role atop the House,
his fires don’t end there. A handful of conservatives are already signaling
that they’re going to spur part two of a centrist vs. hardliner shutdown fight.</span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Johnson will now have to
deal with the kind of nasty infighting that McCarthy couldn’t control, as well
as the looming November 17 shutdown deadline will test how he navigates a
longstanding fight between those two factions. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Johnson <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018b-6775-d6f1-a3af-efff26570000" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">wants to pass a short-term spending patch</span></b></a> until
January or April to buy more time for Republicans to pass each of their
full-year funding bills, but he’s already getting hard resistance from a
handful of right flank members. To date, Speaker Johnson hasn’t detailed
how he will try to advance a months-long funding bill, though he's signaled “<i>it
will include conditions</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), a member of the Freedom Caucus, said</b> there are
likely at least five Republicans who couldn’t support a short-term spending
bill into January. With Republicans’ four-seat majority, that would be enough
to require Johnson to get support from Democrats — a complaint that doomed
McCarthy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Biggs further said:</b>
“<i>I don’t even want to think about something lasting until January or April.” He
said that would be folly and added that based on talks he’s had with colleagues
he added: “I don’t believe I’m the only one who thinks that</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) warned:</b> “<i>There will need to be some conservative
victories in there to make it palatable. The border. Some sort of cuts</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The sniping between GOP conservative and centrist factions
hasn’t begun in earnest. But there are plenty of other signs of strain within
the conference that suggests the drawn-out spectacle that saw career-long
ambitions crushed in a matter of days and sometimes hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All that was on embarrassing display before a national
audience — and it isn't over yet. That self-inflicted drama included intra-GOP
rivalries bursting into the open, with finger pointing, shouting and, at one
point, death threats from supporters of one speaker candidate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now, the House will have
to consider a resolution to expel Santos next week, brought from his own party
over the litany of charges against him. It’s unlikely to pass, given it
requires a two-thirds majority, but many New York Republicans intend to back it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And while Johnson told the
GOP lawmakers sponsoring the resolution to “do what’s right for New York,”
according to the group. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">He also appeared
to signal that to Hannity on FOX that he didn’t support the effort given that
Santos hasn’t been convicted, saying:</b> “<i>He’s not convicted. He’s charged. If
we’re going to expel people from Congress, just because they’re charged with a
crime or accused, that’s a problem</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then there’s the typically affable Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC),
now free of the trappings of the gavel, who is no longer holding back his comments
to reporters as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">he called the decision
to oust McCarthy and the following three weeks:</b> “<i>Perhaps the dumbest set of
politics or decision-making a majority party in this institution could make.</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then throw in the mix Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has drawn attacks
from across the conference. During a closed-door GOP meeting earlier this month, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">McCarthy yelled at Gaetz: “Sit down,” as he stepped
up to the microphones. When Gaetz refused, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one
Republican recalled Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) hollering his command to Gaetz:</b> “<i>If you don’t sit down, I’ll
put you down</i>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That didn’t stop Gaetz as he has openly feuded with other
members via his podcast and on social media. That includes accusing McCarthy of
trying to meddle in the fight to replace himself — an accusation that has been echoed
by others in the conference.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Gaetz also took aim
at Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) in during his podcast saying</b>: “<i>Anybody with eyes can
observe how the corrupt power centers of this town compromise people like Jason
Smith and then flip them to do their bidding</i>.” (<b>FYI:</b> <b><i>Smith did not respond to a request for comment</i></b>).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">More on the policy front, and
not just the critical stopgap spending bill that could serve to deepen
animosity, Republicans are predicting intra-party headaches on passing some of
the full-year funding bills including legislation to fund the DOJ and the FBI. Johnson <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/26/newly-united-house-gop-faces-abortion-policy-divide-00123833" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">will also face an early test on abortion</span></b></a> (note: He
favors no exceptions – none at all including rape and incest) all the while Republicans
try to revive a funding bill that includes provisions on the topic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Regarding that, Rules Chair Tom Cole (R-OK)
said that for his colleagues:</b> “<i>They will be difficult, and that’s when
people have to decide are they going to make perfect the enemy of the good, Have
got to be real politicians and real legislators again</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And while Republicans were
able to quickly pass an energy and water funding bill this week, some on the
right-flank are warning Johnson that he shouldn’t presume he has their support
on other bills going forward, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">as Biggs noted:</b> “<i>I don’t know how many more stinkers I can vote for</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">While some in that same group clearly communicated that they
trust Johnson more than McCarthy, it doesn’t mean they’re done pushing their
priorities <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">as Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) said: </b>“<i>Mike Johnson will have to be held accountable. He’ll
have to hear from the right voices</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Finally this added from <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mary-trump-warns-mike-johnson-worse-jim-jordan-1838647">NEWSWEEK</a>:
</b>Two critics have <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mike-johnson-house-speaker-christian-nationalism-1838148" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">raised questions about Johnson's religious beliefs</span></b></a>. In an
opinion piece for MSNBC, Columnist Sarah Posner called Johnson the “<i>most unabashedly Christian nationalist
Speaker in history</i>”<b> writing in part: </b>“<i>Between the Bible talk and Johnson's record, Republicans
have made abundantly clear that they have emerged from the uncertainty and
chaos of the last few weeks with one clear mission: to run a Christian
nationalist House</i>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">During his first
speech as Speaker, Johnson said: </b>“<i>There are no coincidences and that he
got elected because the Bible teaches God raises up those in authority and God allowed
and ordained each and every one of us to be here at this specific moment</i>.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Johnson
has also expressed anti-LGBTQ views, including describing homosexuality as: “Inherently
unnatural and a dangerous lifestyle” (in a 2004 opinion piece for The
Times in Shreveport, LA). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">My 2 Cents: </span></b>A long post
for sure – but sorely needed at this point in time. The new speaker has
his work cut out for him. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It will not be an easy task
for him to reach any consensus or compromise on most issues and especially since
he is a hard right religious zealot leading a horribly mixed body of government
in near chaos. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So as usual stay tuned. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div><br /></div><p></p>Danny M. Francis (Eyepublius)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16765766257298626493noreply@blogger.com0