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Very long, but worth the read (click the xit/link for emptywheel's analysis). She says what I've been thinking of why Billy DisBarr wants IDJT back in the White House - to cover up his own complicity in trying to take down Joe Biden and his family before the 2020 election.
Reup: I propose that if media outlets are going to mindlessly parrot Bill Barr's claims about Trump and Biden, it behooves them to explain Barr's role in Biden being framed.
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Another long, but useful article explaining a Sandoval Hearing. Again, click the xit/link.
Tomorrow's Sandoval hearing, and what it might have to do with Trump's decision about whether to testify, explained.
Interesting tidbit from the article that should come as no surprise,
But we learned a fascinating tidbit about Trump’s willingness to listen to the lawyers today. A pool reporter in the courtroom noted that "when the defense is introduced to the potential jurors seated in the audience, Trump does not stand up like his legal team does to turn and face them." My friend and former Chicago federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti, now a criminal defense lawyer, pointed out that this is the most basic thing defense lawyers instruct their clients to do—they tell them to rise along with everyone else in the courtroom to show respect for the people who will decide their fate. I have never seen a defendant fail to stand up every time the jury entered or left the courtroom.
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Poor Moses MiQe and his Sophie's Choice. Low blow? Possibly...Sorry, not sorry.
On the matter of #Ukraine, for @SpeakerJohnson the question is which would I rather be: on the right side of history or the wrong side of @RepMTG?
I know, decisions.
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Again, click the xit/link for the article. My question, only semi in jest, What took him so long?
BREAKING: Paul Gosar becomes the 3rd Republican to co-sponsor Marge Greene’s Motion to Vacate Speaker Johnson. Story …
Now Mike Johnson is about to find out that the MAGA activists who have hijacked his party are chaos agents who aren’t true patriots, have no understanding of collective security or the global economy, and are slavishly beholden to an Orange con man who has already abandoned him.
in other words, MiQe, where did your face go?
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If it's a day that ends in Y.…
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GOOD!
JUST IN: Rep. Bennie Thompson (former chair of the Jan. 6 committee) has introduced legislation that would terminate Secret Service protection for, uh, anyone sentenced to a year or more in jail.
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OUCH!
Riggleman: What do you think about the Republican legislator in Tennessee asking for an amendment to allow first cousin marriage?
Kinzinger: It’s always the Republicans. The GOP is the party of anti-IVF and marrying your cousin.
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I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya. The article is behind a paywall, but you get the drift.
A top leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action — which spreads election lies — has resigned after being accused of forging voter signatures on official paperwork so that he could run for re-election in the Arizona House.
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Hahahahahahahahaha!
That ain’t the reason, bro.
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Evening Shade Seekers! Happy North Dakota Day!
Happy National Garlic Day!
And don't forget, National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day!