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There are some facts and factors that are not well appreciated: The defendant has never won 47% of the vote. It is clear that when people think of the Republican Party, they think of the defendant. The Republican Party has fared very poorly with few...
by Dem
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on Fri Mar 15, 2024 at 06:55 PM PDT
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And I am pissed. The defense horde is squeezing blood from a turnip, turning facts on their heads, and trying to create something out of thin air. I am ashamed of my profession. Olde white dudes, upset by the fact that a black dare seek a conviction...
by agnostic
146 comments
on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 10:59 AM PST
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No one thinks for a moment that the Supreme Court is going to throw Trump off the ballot. But the idea of universal presidential immunity should scare the living hell out of you. I don’t want to seem like chicken little here. I also have great faith in...
by Robertbuccellato
57 comments
on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 05:56 AM PST
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Why would she have to drop out? The probability of a win won't be significantly less at that time than now. There isn't some secret list of every MAGA member. So small donors donating to her can't be removed from that list as it doesn't exist and it's...
by Dem
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on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 08:06 AM PST
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Another puzzling statement from the recent town hall on Fox. Even facing softball questions, he manages to deliver puzzling non sequiturs such as this one. Hope it provides a bit of levity at this time in the wee small hours. Or a quick pick-me-up, if...
by Permanent Majority
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on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 01:47 AM PST
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Rudy Giuliani, I guess, but I could be unfair to our Giuliani here. (I cannot f%$#ing believe that I just f%$#ing wrote that last bit.) We already knew that Eric Adams was in the pocket of corrupt cops, and that he tried (in a barely legal way) to...
by msaroff
25 comments
on Thu Feb 01, 2024 at 12:05 PM PST
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There is a table which should add some perspicuity to the title (I changed the title because it was probably incomprehensible to readers). That chicken scratch title probably only made sense to me (hence I changed it), but I wasn’t sure how else to...
by Dem
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on Sun Jan 21, 2024 at 07:41 AM PST
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Victor Shi and the great Jill Wine-Banks had Simon Rosenberg on for an interview after the Republican Party's Iowa Caucus yesterday. I am going to post the transcript right below. However, a quick summary is that the Republican Party is going to...
by Dem
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on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 08:16 PM PST
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This came up out of the blue… Ben Carson’s former campaign chair on his 2016 Presidential campaign and his top deputy were just charged with violating the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) for work relating to the country of Yemen starting in...
by justin423
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 01:22 PM PST
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Nibblin’ a French fry, Livin’ the Big Lie, Filling the air with his hate and his fear. Shaking his jowls, howling his howls, Lord only knows how the hell he got here. Wastin’ away again in Mar-a-Lagoville. Searchin’ for those ‘lost’ papers he stole....
by Inspector Clueso
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on Wed Dec 13, 2023 at 12:18 PM PST
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I’m sorry, did you think I meant Trump? Well, not yet, anyway. But, apparently, if you’re not a pretend rich guy and former “president,” you can actually face some serious penalties for lying on a loan application. Take Solomon Gordon Raymond (also...
by Captain Frogbert
35 comments
on Thu Oct 12, 2023 at 10:42 AM PDT
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The far-right wing of the Republican Party has compelled House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to call for an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The biggest problem with this move? After nine months of Republican-led House committee investigations...
by Walter Einenkel
34 comments
on Fri Sep 15, 2023 at 09:45 AM PDT
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The late Pulitzer laureate Barbara Tuchman marveled at history’s “endless...ironies.” Today, at least three stand out. One, while coughing up nearly as much for military defense as the rest of the world combined, on 1/6/21 we almost fell prey to mob...
by Inspector Clueso
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on Thu Aug 17, 2023 at 02:27 PM PDT
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I wonder why there has not been a hold on monies, assets, but especially Maralago according to this. www.leg.state.fl.us/... Assets or property were seized pursuant to a Federal investigation, Federal law applies and the standards for review and return...
by Vetwife
89 comments
on Thu Aug 17, 2023 at 10:16 AM PDT
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Will Trump get the Chair? One can only hope! (Justice, to be clear)
by laloalcaraz
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on Wed Aug 09, 2023 at 07:30 PM PDT
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Brian Tyler Cohen summarized another fail by James Comer as he desperately tries to find something that he can pin on President Biden. Essentially, Hunter, apparently, sold an illusion of proximity of power. Over the course of a decade, Hunter called...
by Dem
102 comments
on Tue Aug 01, 2023 at 06:46 AM PDT
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Pastor Mark Stephenson of Harmony Toluca Lake Church in Los Angeles started his Wednesday morning with a text message from a neighbor telling him that the church’s Pride banner had been slashed. The banner has been placed outside of the church during...
by VPSReports
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on Thu Jun 08, 2023 at 10:12 PM PDT
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As thorough and professional as the the special counsel has been, I am sure this was a topic within the DOJ. First, some background. From Wikipedia: John L. Smith (born 1968 or 1969)[2] is an American attorney who has served in the United States...
by agnostic
23 comments
on Thu Jun 08, 2023 at 09:39 AM PDT
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The moment I heard Trump was being indicted I was in a shopping mall parking lot. My friend and I cheered! We gave each other a High Five and I honked my horn, repeatedly! It was a moment of great joy that after fifty years of various investigations...
by ThinkOutsideTheBox
25 comments
on Thu Mar 30, 2023 at 11:04 PM PDT
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American politicians who claim criminal charges against Donald Trump are “an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority” are speaking nonsense. Media pundits hyperventilating that “a Trump indictment would have huge political and national...
by Alan Austin
78 comments
on Mon Mar 27, 2023 at 04:08 AM PDT
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- Kristy Noem is the Governor of South Dakota. A leading candidate for Trump VP. And a woman who takes pleasure in killing things. To promote her candidacy, she will publish her obligatory autobiography, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with...42 comments 36 Recs
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- If the Supreme Court thinks former presidents have, or do not have, some or absolute immunity against criminal prosecution, why not just say so now? Why would it take months? Do they have something better to do? Are there other priorities on their...281 comments 549 Recs
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- Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...5 comments 38 Recs
- I am channeling my inner Andy Rooney for this VERY short diary, and am delighted that the Image Library is here to help yet again. Did ya ever notice how, right after the Democrats pull off something absolutely remarkable, this strange thing happens...393 comments 771 Recs
- Russian forces conducted missile strikes against Ukrainian railway and logistics infrastructure on April 25. Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces struck a logistics and railway connection point in Smila, Cherkasy Oblast likely with...31 comments 152 Recs
- Reposted from Substack This week MAGA Media outlets have breathlessly declared that they’ve found “smoking gun” evidence that proves that the Biden Administration was in communication with ...5 comments 29 Recs
- Reading a brief Raw Story breakdown of some of today’s arguments from the justices in the never-should-have-been-taken-up-in-the-first-place immunity case, this quote from Alito leapt out of my screen like a rabid dog: “A stable, democratic society...285 comments 494 Recs
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- Welcome 🌻 to Fridayâs Roundup of Good News! President Biden has said many times that he is a president for all of America, whether you voted for him or not. His attitude can be hard to take at ...93 comments 141 Recs
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