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We have lost another great talent...Tonight I grieve for my entire life. David Crosby came to my attention when I was 16. That makes 55 years that he was part of my life.

Blogging the affidavit

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Friday August 26, 2022 · 12:36 PM PDT

2022/08/26 · 12:36

Screenshot of Affidavit at Washington Post — Screenshot of first page of Affidavit at Washington Post

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Blogging the Affidavit

As everyone probably knows by now, the affidavit used for the search of *’s home in Florida was published today. I will hit the highlights here. All quotes from the Washington Post article found here. All emphases mine.

The warrant authorizing the search said agents were seeking all “physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed in violation of three potential crimes,” including a part of the Espionage Act outlawing gathering, transmitting, or losing national defense information. The warrant also cites destruction of records and concealment or mutilation of government material.

The article goes on to say that boxes removed earlier in May, showed that * was holding classified material, which would constitute probable cause. In other words, this was not a fishing expedition or a witch hunt.

The 38-page affidavit, which convinced a judge to authorize the search, says that when federal agents reviewed the contents of 15 boxes Trump returned to the National Archives earlier this year, they found documents with classification markings. Some were marked “HCS,” a category of highly classified government information; others related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and material meant not to be shared with foreign nations.-+

This is copypasta from the Affidavit text.

Under Executive Order 13526, information in any form may be classified ifit: (1) is owned by, produced by or for, or is under the control of the United States Government; (2) falls within one or more of the categories set forth in the Executive Order [Top Secret, Secret, and Confidential]; and (3) is classified by an original classification authority who determines that its unauthorized disclosure reasonably could be expected to result in damage to the national security. 10. Where such unauthorized disclosure could reasonably result in damage to the national security, the information may be classified as "Confidential" and must be properly safeguarded. Where such unauthorized disclosure could reasonably result in serious damage to the national security, the information may be classified as "Secret" and must be properly safeguarded. Where such unauthorized disclosure could reasonably result in exceptionally grave damage to the national security, the information may be classified as "Top Secret" and must be properly safeguarded.

In other words, the documents had no business being at Mar-a-Lago (MAL). What was he planning on doing with them?

Now, this is even more messed up.

Of most significant concern was that highly classified records were unfoldered, intermixed with other records, and otherwise unproperly [sic] identified."

The rest of the affidavit is largely redacted, but provides detailed arguments to support the above statements.

That’s it for now!

The Second Amendment was ratified to preserve slavery

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Tuesday June 07, 2022 · 1:53 PM PDT

2022/06/07 · 13:53

This is (more ore less) the weaponry extant during the crafting of the 2nd amendment. A fast soldier could shoot 3 rounds a minute.

Thom Hartmann makes the case here for a historically factual and desperately sad part of the Constitution. He puts together the history that we all know about and comes to the inescapable conclusion that the 2nd Amendment was a sop to the Southern slave states. With that protection, they could run slave-catching patrols.

The Second Amendment was ratified to preserve slavery

The 2nd Amendment was not ratified to protect ourselves against foreign enemies, but rather the enemies we created when we kidnapped and enslaved fellow human beings.

The 2nd Amendment was not ratified so that citizens could protect themselves from the government, as those defenders of this heinous amendment claim. Actually, this is laughable. The USA has the largest and most lethal military on the planet. Who thinks they can escape capture with the guns available right now?

The 2nd Amendment was not ratified so people could hunt their own food. See above.

The 2nd Amendment was not ratified so that America could avoid creating a standing army. The USA has the largest and most lethal military on the planet WITH the 2nd Amendment in place.

The wide range of Founding-era laws suggests that the Founders understood gun rights quite differently from many people today. The right to keep and bear arms was not a libertarian license for anyone to have any kind of ordinary firearm, anywhere they wanted. Nor did the Second Amendment protect a right to revolt against a tyrannical government. The Second Amendment was about ensuring public safety, and nothing in its language was thought to prevent what would be seen today as quite burdensome forms of regulation. constitutioncenter.org/...

It is desperately important that this plague of massacres be controlled NOW. It is unconscionable that the right sits around smirking behind a racist amendment that kills little children.

Bernie Sanders gets more primary votes from young people than Trump AND Clinton COMBINED -

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Tuesday June 21, 2016 · 2:14 AM PDT

2016/06/21 · 02:14

Bernie Sanders informing us we shouldn't underestimate him.

Hillary comes in THIRD. He beats them by A LOT

Read it all here. www.washingtonpost.com/…

You can vote on 2016 TIME Mag top 100 Persons! So far BERNIE LEADS AT 85%. Hillary at 34%.

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Monday March 28, 2016 · 7:33 PM PDT

2016/03/28 · 19:33

Accidentally I came across the Time top 100 People poll last night. I seem to have a lot of accidents on the Internet. But some of them are great accidents!

If you do not have a TIME account, you can still vote by confirming your ID via Facebook or Twitter. Twitter kept kicking me out, so I tried Facebook and am nearly done voting. You can vote too, until April 10.

I was surprised by some of the results thus far, not surprised by others. Kim she-who-shall not-be-named you may be surprised to learn gets 13% YES 83% NO vote. No love for her husband Kanye either, who polls a huge 1% higher than Kim. Most people in the sports and entertainment business aren’t getting the love. People who are surviving the revolt of the TIME voters include Adele 56%, Michelle 66% and Barack Obama 71%, Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar 68%. Stephen Colbert 54%, Malala Yousafai, 71%, Elizabeth Warren 57%, Lady Gaga 56%.

Lurking in the loathsome basement are Ted Cruz 10%, Koch Bros, Martin Shkreli. Justin Bieber, Paul Ryan, Ariana Grande and John Kasich.

Hell’s Bells. Bashar Assad is outpolling Cruz, Ryan, AND Kasich. He’s one % below Trump. All of the Republican candidates are at 20% or less.

Elon Musk is a high NO vote, at 46%. Alan Stern the scientist who engineered the Pluto flyby 45%. Zuckerberg 49 and Chan 41 don’t get much love for their charity it seems. That’s probably several diaries worth of writing...

Here’s my list. I did not list all 127 candidates, but rather an exemplar and a pulse of the nation. The % is the percentage of yes votes, meaning the voter thinks that the person should be in the 100 list of top influencers.

Bernie has achieved his goal even if he does not become President.

Fname	Lname	% yes
Ted	Cruz	10
Koch	Bros	14
Martin	Shkreli	15
Justin	Bieber	16
Paul	Ryan	17
Ariana	Grande	19
John	Kasich	19
Sania	Mirza	20
Bashar	Assad	20
Donald	Trump	20
Julia	Louis-Dreyfus	21
James	Comey	22
Ta-Nehishi	Coates	26
Charlize	Theron	27
Hassan	Rouhani	27
Christine	Lagarde	29
Warren	Buffett	30
David	Cameron	30
Travis	Kalanik	30
Taylor	Swift	31
Stephen	Curry	32
Shonda	Rhimes	32
Hillary	Clinton	34
Kendrick	Lamar	34
Francois	Hollande	34
Rhonda	Rousey	34
Priscilla	Chan	41
DeRay	McKesson	41
Cecile	Richards	43
Beyonce	Beyonce	44
Alan	Stern	45
Kathy	Niakan	46
Elon	Musk	46
Serena	Williams	46
Angela	Merkel	48
Mark	Zuckerberg	49
half or more	people said
Jennifer	Lawrence	50
John	Oliver	51
JK	Rowling	53
Stephen	Colbert	54
Big Bang	Big Bang	54
Adele	Adele	56
Lady	Gaga	56
Elizabeth	Warren	57
Justin	Trudeau	59
Leonardo	DiCaprio	61
Michelle	Obama	66
Pope	Francis	66
Aung San Suu	Kyi	68
Barack	Obama	71
Malala	Yousafai	71
Bernie	Sanders	85

As you may recall, he led the voting for TIME Person of the year @about 85% last year.

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Saturday March 19, 2016 · 4:18 PM PDT

2016/03/19 · 16:18

Stanford students protest G,W. Bush in 2006 — Stanford students peacefully face off with cops in riot gear during a protest against the visit of G.W. Bush.

The Transformative Power of Democratic Uprisings - In Praise of Impractical Movements

- See more at: http://portside.org/2016-03-10/transformative-power-democratic-uprisings-praise-impractical-movements#sthash.eHzSrt2M.dpuf

14,000 people waited in a line 7 miles long, they say, 7 miles long, to see and hear Bernie Sanders at Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday. We need to acknowledge this Democratic uprising. We need to acknowledge and support these people rather than tell them they are chasing a pipedream. Bernie is our #TahrirSquare, our #TentCity, our #SitIns, our #Strikes.

As people committed to the Democratic Party and perhaps further left, we should be talking to the people in line at Bernie events. You know they are talking excitedly to one another about being part of this historic campaign. To find out what makes Bernie supporters tick, you need do nothing more than listen to what they say. Then ask them to imagine how they will work together to achieve their aspirations for society.

Can disruptive social movements change the world or are we better served by take-it-slow, wait-a-year-or-more-to-speak-up, incremental change? Mark and Paul Engler make a case for the former, arguing in their new book, This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century, that supposed pragmatism often stands in the way of genuine progress. The grand slogan of Paris, 1968 -- "Be realistic, demand the impossible" -- is sage and sober advice.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

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- See more at: http://portside.org/2016-03-10/transformative-power-democratic-uprisings-praise-impractical-movements#sthash.eHzSrt2M.dpuf

NB: This is an article about the social movements that are propelling Bernie’s candidacy, not a discussion about Bernie v Hillary.

Please discuss!

Former Michigan Senator Don Riegle (D) Flint Michigan endorses Bernie Sanders ahead of primary!!!

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Monday March 07, 2016 · 7:39 PM PST

2016/03/07 · 19:39

He was GOP before he was a Dem and kept his seat. I tried to put Michigan in the headline three times but I ran out of space.

Take it away, Michigan for Bernie! Let's get our President Sanders.

Former U.S. senator endorses Bernie Sanders just ahead of Democratic Debate

FLINT, MI -- Former U.S. senator Donald Riegle, of Michigan, endorsed Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary Sunday, stating he had the best chance of winning in November.

"The best chance for Democrats, Independents, thoughtful Republicans and America is standing right here," Riegle said shortly before the Democratic Debate in Flint.

Riegle, a Flint native, was originally elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican but later changed his party affiliation to align with the Democrats. He said Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton had made mistakes, like supporting the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Please read the whole story at the link above.

Unless the Democrats Run Sanders, A Trump Nomination Means a Trump Presidency

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Thursday February 25, 2016 · 1:53 AM PST

2016/02/25 · 01:53

From Current Affairs Magazine.

If Democrats honestly believe, as they say they do, that Trump poses a serious threat to the wellbeing of the country and the lives of minority citizens, that means doing everything possible to keep him out of office. To do that will require them to very quickly unite around a single goal, albeit a counterintuitive one: they must make absolutely sure that Bernie Sanders is the Democratic nominee for President.

Got a beef about the Editor-in-Chief’s opinion? Go tell him.

Here, a Clinton match-up is highly likely to be an unmitigated electoral disaster, whereas a Sanders candidacy stands a far better chance. Every one of Clinton’s (considerable) weaknesses plays to every one of Trump’s strengths, whereas every one of Trump’s (few) weaknesses plays to every one of Sanders’s strengths. From a purely pragmatic standpoint, running Clinton against Trump is a disastrous, suicidal proposition.

Please take the time to read the entire article.

Then you can come back here and tell me just how wrong he is.

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Sunday February 21, 2016 · 12:00 AM PST

2016/02/21 · 00:00

Hillary Clinton Emails: Secret Negotiations With New York Times, Trade Bill Lobbying Revealed In Latest State Department Release

So, let me start out by saying to you sincere Hillary supporters that I am sorry to disillusion you about Madam SOS. Then let me follow up by saying that this is Hillary-bashing, because I am going to be thus accused.

I am merely pointing out that the International Business Times reports that while HRC was telling people she opposed various trade bills and pro-corporate laws, she was supporting them too. Hillary seems perfectly comfortable talking out of both sides of her mouth.

People sense this, and increasingly move away from supporting her as other options present themselves.

I have to ask: Hillary supporters, is this person who you really want as President, or do you just think she’s “earned it?”

HRC may be hoping she gets elected President before even more merde hits the fan. Maybe there aren’t any seriously classified mails on her home server. But what they are finding is “cherce,” as Spencer Tracy would say.

An email Oct. 8, 2011, to Clinton from her aide Huma Abedin gave notes about the state of play in Congress on the proposed trade pacts. The notes provided Clinton “some background before you make the calls” to legislators.

Two days later in an email titled “FTA calls,” Clinton wrote to aides indicating she had spoken to Sens. Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Jim Webb of Virginia, both Democrats. She told the aides she had talked with “Webb who is strong in favor of all 3” trade agreements, and then asked, “So why did I call him?” — indicating she was otherwise phoning to try to convince wavering lawmakers to support the deals.

Kindly read the whole article at IBT before you comment. I am not copying it all here out of respect for IBT’s intellectual property.

http://www.ibtimes.com/hillary-clinton-emails-secret-negotiations-new-york-times-trade-bill-lobbying-2315809

This duplicity also manifests in her lobbying for Monsanto as Secretary of State. People think I am making this up. I promise I’m not.

I wish I could support Hillary. I came of age before the Women’s Liberation Movement. It changed my life. I know she was changed as well. The struggle against patriarchy never ends.

She’s learned the wrong lessons though. Equality is not achieved by acting like an oppressor.

Calling FOUL: There were “Actually” no Bernie Fans chanting "English Only!" to Dolores Huerta

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Saturday February 20, 2016 · 6:07 PM PST

2016/02/20 · 18:07

Shame on anyone who pays any attention to right-wing agents provocateurs. Who engages in this provocation? College Republicans, local police, White Hate Groups, Highway Patrol, Sheriff’s Department, local Republican clubs, the FBI and the CIA.

I specifically call out Phoenix Woman’s diary today claiming that "Bernie supporters” were shouting “English only” at Dolores Huerta when she was translating Hillary’s speech. There is NO evidence that any of these people were Bernie supporters. As a matter of fact, it is EXTREMELY UNLIKELY that ANY Bernie supporter would do anything like that. Bernie supporters are represented by people from all over the earth. We speak more than one language. We work in organizations that help immigrants integrate into our society while retaining their cultural heritage. None of us would ever do what they claim.

(UPDATE: Snopes says NOPES. They state the claim is FALSE. The English Only shouting actually never occurred. There is no video or other neutral corroboration of the claim.)

I have been both a field activist and a scholar studying right wing movements in this country. I have seen the police viciously attack people who were LEAVING a concert with rubber bullets and steel-mesh bags filled with BBs. I have seen people run off the road because they had a PEACE SIGN in their back window. I saw a thousand dirty tricks by College Republicans and Federalist Societies all over the nation.

I have written REAMS about these people and so have others.

OF COURSE they are going to show up and behave badly to discredit Bernie supporters.

Someone who was in Las Vegas should be able to tell us who these people are.

We DON’T TAKE KINDLY by people who will jump on any provocation to talk smack about us.

IF YOU PEOPLE want us to support Hillary, then it behooves you to play fair and square with we Bernie supporters both before and after the convention. I don’t see it happening. PROVE ME WRONG.

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Thursday February 18, 2016 · 4:51 PM PST

2016/02/18 · 16:51

Un-Democratic Party: DNC Chair Says Superdelegates Ensure Elites Don't Have to Run 'Against Grassroots Activists'

Finally, admitting what we all knew anyway.

Jake Tapper interviewing Debbie Wasserman Schultz:

“What do you tell voters who are new to the process who say this makes them feel like it’s all rigged?” Tapper asked the DNC chair.

“Unpledged delegates exist really to make sure that party leaders and elected officials don’t have to be in a position where they are running against grassroots activists,” Wasserman Schultz calmly explained.

The Democratic Party elite apparently think that they can get away with stealing an election with superdelegates. They are underestimating Bernie, and his supporters. As you may recall, 500,000 of us wrote and emailed DNC to get them to release Bernie’s records when they impounded them the week before Iowa.

We are sick of being cheated and lied to. It’s time to take down the superdelegate system.

A big surprise from New Hampshire

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Tuesday February 16, 2016 · 9:01 AM PST

2016/02/16 · 09:01

See all those people on their feet. That means they are paying attention very closely.

New Hampshire Republicans are seriously changing the election game

We all know that New Hampshire voters are serious about their politics and independent of the party line more than some others. I feel, therefore, less shocked about this headline than I otherwise would. The reason why will stun you. -debocracy

New Hampshire Republican Party Launches Petition Supporting...Bernie Sanders

Source: WCVB Channel 5 (Local News Source, Boston)

MANCHESTER, N.H. —New Hampshire's Republican Party on Monday launched an online petition urging the state Democratic Party's superdelegates to “listen to their constituents” and support New Hampshire primary winner Bernie Sanders at the party’s national convention

Sanders won the primary vote by a margin of 60 percent to 38 percent over Hillary Clinton, but he appears to be tied with Clinton in the state delegate count. “How is this possible?” the NHGOP petition says. “Because Democrats have set up an undemocratic system that allows party elites called ‘super delegates’ to single-handedly cancel out the votes of thousands of grassroots activists.”

The superdelegates are top party-elected and national party officials who automatically receive delegate status.

Please read the entire article at the link above.

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Blogging the affidavit

The Second Amendment was ratified to preserve slavery

Bernie Sanders gets more primary votes from young people than Trump AND Clinton COMBINED -

You can vote on 2016 TIME Mag top 100 Persons! So far BERNIE LEADS AT 85%. Hillary at 34%.

The Transformative Power of Democratic Uprisings - In Praise of Impractical Movements

Former Michigan Senator Don Riegle (D) Flint Michigan endorses Bernie Sanders ahead of primary!!!

Unless the Democrats Run Sanders, A Trump Nomination Means a Trump Presidency

International Business Times reports on new batch of Clinton emails

Calling FOUL: There were “Actually” no Bernie Fans chanting "English Only!" to Dolores Huerta

The superdelegate problem: DWS admits they are in place to stop grassroots candidates

A big surprise from New Hampshire