Treason Thread #63: Judgment at Treasonberg

Great thread title, OP!

Love it!

[quote] “I did brief [Trump] on the strategy that I want to see laid out with impeachment,” Marjorie Taylor Greene told The New York Times. Greene added that she told Trump she wants the impeachment inquiry to be “long and excruciatingly painful for Joe Biden.”

[quote]Greene added that she told Trump she wants the impeachment inquiry to be “long and excruciatingly painful for Joe Biden.”

Yeah, that will surely win over Independents.

Fun fact: Trump's DOJ set things up so that it's nearly impossible for Congress initiate an impeachment investigation without a floor vote.

Whoopsie doodle!

[quote]Greene added that she told Trump she wants the impeachment inquiry to be “long and excruciatingly painful for Joe Biden.”

So her face will be on the jumbotron?

Like those assholes care about winning votes. They only care about placating their orange god.

Since this fugly cunt is in a safe district, she is going to do whatever the orange traitor tells her to do because she will always get voted in by the rubes.

She doesn’t GAF about the long term consequences to the GQP overall. Why should she? She thinks she going to be VP.

Painful for Biden.....so it will just be long clips of her running her mouth off then?

That’s painful for EVERYONE, r8

I have to wonder if Marjorie Taylor Greene eats in restaurants when she's in D.C......

It does make you wonder, r10, and others of her...ilk. Do they have their own *safe* places?

There are restaurants and private clubs that cater to Republicans in DC. There are also restaurants that are frequented by members of both parties and staff personnel, government staff, and media figures. No public restaurant in the area wants a reputation of being politically discriminatory. It would be bad for business. Obviously, they will be strict with patrons who are not properly dressed, or are exhibiting disruptive behavior. Those that fail to sufficiently tip will not receive good service during future visits.

Big fake tits help too, r12!

R12, I'm talking about her food. LOL! Because if I worked in the kitchen and I was preparing MTG's dinner, or serving it, I would surely add a "special ingredient" or two. Absolutely.

Marjorie, 2021 called. They want you back in the past, NOW!

Sarah has signed into law...

FBI Agent was punished for investigating Giuliani

Remember when Republicans claimed liberals were "canceling" Dr. Seuss?

Now they're actually canceling Dr. Seuss?

[quote] Miami City Commissioner just arrested for taking bribes to hand over a city park to right-wing Centner Academy says Ron Desantis orchestrated his arrest because of his loyal support for Donald Trump.

Eating their own.

Want moar, R20?

[quote] Hours after his acquittal in the Texas Senate, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s far-right supporters doubled down on their promises for swift retribution against fellow Republicans who supported his removal from office.

[quote] In particular, they vowed a scorched-earth campaign against House Speaker Dade Phelan, casting him as the ringleader responsible for the impeachment process and calling for him to resign immediately.

[quote] “You and your band of RINOs are now on notice,” Defend Texas Liberty PAC leader Jonathan Stickland tweeted at Phelan on Saturday, as voting continued in the Texas Senate. “You will be held accountable for this entire sham. We will never stop. Retire now.”

Thank you, r21!

[quote] Alabama lawmakers working in conjunction with state Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office and Washington D.C. lawyers had “intelligence” that Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh — who voted with the majority in Milligan just weeks ago to order the new maps under the statutory language — is open to rehearing the case as a constitutional challenge to the validity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Bravo, R23.This is why I love DL.

Trumps threatens "liberal Jews" on Rosh Hashanah

Missouri Republicans burning books

^^^

Thomas Kennedy

[quote] These are Missouri State Senators Bill Eigel and Nick Schroer. One of them is a candidate in the GOP primary for governor. These people are actual fascists. No other way to put it.

Things are getting scary. I live in a very progressive area of a blue state and nazi hate-mongers are calling into public meetings (a thing since covid) to voice their opinions during the public comment sessions.

They start out with a general question or comment then quickly switch to racist, homophobic, antisemitic and other hate talk. One call after another. They don't use video and they use fake names. It shakes up the public and civil servants, not to mention the kids, who have attended the meetings.

I look at trump, margorie toilet green, matt gaetz, etc., and see nothing but really creepy twisted people. It's so sad and perplexing that so many voters think that they are in any way qualified for public office. They are D-list side show performers.

They are willfully squandering the rights and the faith in democracy that most of us hold dear. It's all about forcing their stupid selves in front of our faces, power, and getting rich. Abominable.

R28, recently I read a news article about some public figure getting threatening calls, don't remember if it was in Georgia, or if it was somewhere else, but these were scary, hateful, threatening calls. Law enforcement was able to track the calls and finally made arrests. It was three guys in their mid to late 60's! And they looked like a strong wind could knock them over. Not very menacing.They were just nasty, hate filled, evil little POS MAGAs. I think we should all be concerned, but these sick bastards are a lot less than what they seem. What I do think is important is that the people keep getting exposed. A lot of this anonymous intimidation would stop if the covers were ripped off and we could put a face and a name to it.

R29 here. I think the other thing that would have a dampening affect is if they were penalized. Consequences. If someone had to pay an excessive fine, have their name and photo published for their neighbors and employers to see I think a lot of them, even most of them, would back the fuck off. Basically most of them are fucking cowards anyway.

There have been a rash of terroristic zoom bombings of on-line educational events as well, especially ones with black women, including displaying violent pornographic images to an underage audience. I don’t understand why this isn’t more publicized and why law enforcement isn’t going after these jerks as sex offenders.

This is the Republican Party

Bad news for the Democratic caucus, but (setting an example of) the right decision overall.

Wishing her the best

[quote] Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) promised this spring to persevere as she revealed a Parkinson’s diagnosis that stilted her movements and slurred her speech, hurdles she hoped to overcome while serving a competitive Northern Virginia district. But as Wexton, 55, failed to respond to treatments as hoped, this summer she found herself confronting a more serious diagnosis: progressive supranuclear palsy.

[quote] The rare neurological disorder — often mistaken for Parkinson’s because the early symptoms are similar — typically progresses more rapidly, does not respond as well to treatment and has no cure. Faced with the reality that her condition will likely only worsen, Wexton said she will not seek a fourth term next year, choosing instead to spend her remaining years with her family.

We need the House and the Senate. We need to reelect the President, and most of all, we need to get involved in our state legislature elections because those fuckers are doing maximum damage. Voter suppression, gun violence, abortion, education suppression, book banning, etc.etc.etc. all of it is in the wheelhouse of our legislatures. They do the gerrymandering and make the laws that fuck over our education system. They write the election laws. They are passing the laws to recall and remove county prosecutors they don't like.

Agree, R30. The terrorist scum who threaten others ought to be shamed, fined, jailed, and shunned. I want to know exactly who they are, what they look like, and where they live so I can avoid them and talk smack about them, behind their back.

He won’t learn, r36.

He doesn’t see how wearing a mask relates to helping his chemo by protecting him from germs.

Even if he does, he will STILL scream endlessly about “mask mandates” all the while wearing a mask in private.

And the goddamned useless media will go along with the blatant hypocrisy like it’s “both sides” and normal.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire...

Ewwww!! He is fucking hideous!

Merrick Garland refused to indict Gaetz over the transport of an underage woman across state lines for sexual purposes. Garland appears to factor in politics in his decisions.

Garland, on the other hand, caves to MAGA pressure in making Hunter Biden’s life miserable.

Maybe Gaetz will invite Garland to his inaugural ball, if he wins the governorship in Florida.

Garland needs to resign now. This is a perfect time to go. The first term is drawing to a close soon and that's usually when you see changes in the cabinet. If biden is serious about a tough AG he should see ifEricHolder or Sally Yates is available. I wonder if Barbara McQuade or Joyce Vance or Andrew Weissman would do it.

[quote]I wonder if Barbara McQuade or Joyce Vance or Andrew Weissman would do it.

Why would they want to?

Susan Collins wearing a bikini in the Senate?

Will that get a “rise” from Chuck Grassley?

Giuliani's lawyer's firm has filed suit against him to recover 1.3 mill in legal bills.

They're bitching against each other in today's NY Times article.

Where's FCI?

[quote] Dozens of ethics orders seeking to punish misdeeds of Florida politicians have languished on DeSantis’ desk. He hasn’t signed an ethics order since early 2021. Politicians who were found guilty of wrongdoing don’t have to pay fines until he takes action.

[quote] While previous versions of Frank's diary omitted sections in which she wrote about sexuality, the 2018 graphic novel adapted by Ari Folman and illustrated by David Polonsky, remains faithful to the original text.

[...]

[quote] the district sent an email to parents on Tuesday, calling the content the teacher read to the class "inappropriate," adding: "The reading of that content will cease immediately. Your student's teacher will communicate her apologies to you and your students soon

[quote] Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN), a prosecutor in Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, sentenced to 22 months in prison for insider trading

^ It's a deep state conspiracy!!!!

^ so, so deep

[quote] In Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas and North Carolina, the gap between majority-Black and majority-white land-grant institutions ...ranged from about $1 to $2 billion.

Not sure where to put this, but late last night I got a news alert from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, (AJC) that the judge in the RICO case against Trump and 18 other defendants ruled that the defense attorneys COULD interview the members of the Grand Jury as part of discovery. I think he is wrong. I think this decision is gonna lead to chaos in the trial. I also don't know how the identities of these people can be protected. They are not legal experts. They are everyday people who decided based on the information presented to them, that t here was sufficient evidence of wrong doing to press charges. It is now up to the Prosecutor to prove her case. Interviewing them is a tactic for the defense to attack them and challenge their reasoning. This is going to get messy.

Here's the link to the AJC article R54 referenced.

Lawyers defending two defendants in the Fulton County election interference case can interview the grand jurors who handed up the 41-count indictment, a judge ruled Tuesday.

In a seven-page order, Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said the interviews must be voluntary and stay within the bounds of Georgia law so grand jurors do not disclose their deliberations. McAfee also said he will decide which questions are to be asked and will oversee the interviews, if any of the grand jurors agree to be questioned.

McAfee issued his order in response to requests from lawyers for Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, two attorneys who are charged with former President Donald Trump and 16 others. Powell and Chesebro both filed speedy trial demands and are scheduled to stand trial on Oct. 23.

Separately, McAfee denied requests from the defense attorneys for copies of all recordings, transcripts and reports produced by the separate special purpose grand jury that spent eight months investigating the case and recommended 39 people be indicted. “(O)ur Supreme Court has recognized that all grand juries require secrecy and protection from certain disclosures,” he wrote....

So the grand jurors can just decline? That seems reasonable.

Thank you, R55. Last night I just got the headline. When I tried to access the article I got error messages. Yes, R56 voluntary. It's a smart move by the judge and can probably withstand an appeal. If he had summarily denied them they would have made a big stink and in Georgia courts who knows what could have happened with an appeal. But the judge cites Georgia laws, and is scrupulous. Denying them all " transcripts recordings, and reports" preserves the integrity of the Grand Jury process and avoids a shit mess at trial. Trump's lawyers are following his directions so if they did have access they can (and probably will) cast doubt on the process and insist the Grand Jury was comprised of Democrats who hate Trump. Biased and illegitimate. Hopefully no one will volunteer

Lin Wood is now a witness against Trump

Delicious.

Darn!

Miz Lindz time:

I like the idea of replacing the word “Tweets” with “Xcretions” per the video at r60. Let’s make it a thing! Instead of Tweeting, it would be Xcreting.

Isn't that perfect, r62?

I love it r63! It has to become a thing!!

Credit must go to Mr. Pakman

Lin Wood is nuttier than a fruitcake. Ain’t nobody gonna believe a word out of his lie hole.

I'll bet Lin Wood has TAPES.

As peek into the room as the team doctor “examines” , well probes, my wrestlers, a tingling sensation, then a rush of exhilaration, overcomes me. Next.…

Dweeb with a combover.

[quote] “Haley’s family business…where Haley handled the accounting and served as chief financial officer, had been hit with three liens over the prior seven years for not paying taxes.”

^ Don't tell the Nikki Haley troll

Most unhinged rant in Congressional history defends Trump rioters

Sen. Bob Menendez has been indicted again, the second time in 10 years.

Odd how the DOJ Republicans say is politicized against them keeps going after a Democratic senator.

Twitter comment:

[quote] same guy who missed more than 130 hours of council meetings since 2019. Sounds like a Republican. Maybe if he did his job at all, he might fix Dallas’s issues. Nope, easier to sellout.

^ Mayor of Dallas switching parties

Homelessness is a direct result of failed housing policies engineered by Republicans. This has been true since Ronald Regan decimated the public housing communities across the country with more than 855 cuts in their budgets. I remember this. I worked in local government. After Reagan you want to talk about Silverado Savings and Loan? In fact the entire savings and loan scandal engineered by Republican policies in banking deregulation, was pretty much contained and while it was reported by the news networks, it was pretty muc hushed up. A rich guy by the name of Keating went to Prison but the Bush family escaped major consequences. Tell me again what did Trump and his mascot Ben Carson do for housing policies?

Ouch, typos. Reagan not Regan. and the cuts were 85% not 855. The point is that the impact from these policies did not automatically stop once they left office.

No excuses for Memendez. Repeat offender.

^Menendez

Michigan State rep - who is a gun nut - made racist threats to shoot a fellow student in college

Trump says General Milley should be executed for treason for criticizing him

Wait, PPG, how could the FAKE NEWS be correct? If it is fake news, then what they are saying is untrue, which means you have no reason to be angry with him.

Cassidy Hutchinson on fallout from her Trump testimony

Cassidy disclosed that creepy Giuliani fondled her on that January 6th.

Does Trump & Rudy think most all women respond the way Boebert, MTG, Blackburn, and Lady G do?

[quote] she wrote, "To all those preparing for the solemn day of Yom Kippur, I wish you a meaningful fast. Gamar Chasima Tova!" And along with it, an image of a Shofar in front of a Chanukah menorah, which many were quick to point out was incorrect.

Well...whatever.

She should have just said Happy Jewish Space Laser Day!!!!

She put out a Bris and cracker platter with a box of wine.

Ouch, r89.

Looks like Lavern Spicer deleted her own comment.

I wonder why?

Ole Rupert & son, Lachlan, has a hand in all that turns bad in America.

You do know there are a lot of fake videos out there, manipulate AI stuff to make Biden look bad. At this point the only thing I trust is stuff I see that is broadcast live.

I see MAGAts posting those all the time, R93. They are such morons. Then again, they are the same people getting medical advice from randos on TikTok and memes, so...

Every time Trump speaks or does something dastardly, he next goes to South Carolina for a rally. Today, it is Summerville.

He wants to subdue Haley and Scott.

Awaiting to see if Miss Lindsey speaks there and gets booed again.

I think Miz Lindsey would like to leave the Senate and was hoping if Trump had won in 2020, Lindsey could be appointed to be Secretary of Defense. He is a darling of the Defense industry. You know, that whole military/industrial complex thing?

Trump busted buying a gun (which is a crime since he's indicted)

Broke bitch Trump is begging Peter Thiel for $$$$

R96, interesting point.

Trump is a Putin asset+. Putin issued a warrant to arrest Lindsey Graham. Graham vigorously supports Ukraine war funding. Trump will sell out Ukraine and NATO, and agree to whatever Putin wants.

It is hard to see how Lindsey could be Defense Secretary under Trump. On the other hand, Graham is known for flip flopping. He did not criticize Trump over the plan to withdraw from Afghanistan. He’s blasted Biden about it.

Being a war hawk though, Lindsey has been consistent. Corporations and other big businesses that receive military contracts, are generous contributors to Lindsey’s reelection campaigns.

Speaking out against Putin is the only good thing Lindz has done

Former Pence aide speaks out against Trump and Giuliani for their creepy behavior towards women

Cassidy Hutchinson is on Rachel Maddow now

Is she going to be on Lawrence too?

To quote a certain Mr. Mike Cutter:

What did they expect? What did they *reasonably* expect?

R103, I believe Lawrence said she will be on his show tomorrow night. She will also be on "The View" in the morning and Jake Tapper's show tomorrow afternoon.

Tapper will probably get nasty with her. He'll act like a prosecutor giving her the 3rd degree.

You know, none of these revelations surprises me. Rudy and Trump being pigs, and the atmosphere in the WH being ugly. None of it. And part of me wants to scream at these women, like WTF did you expect? They all signed on to be part of it. They all think of themselves as "conservatives." They had no problem with the anti Gay stuff, or the anti Semitic stuff, or the Anti Black stuff. Had no problems with using immigrants as a political strategy, and children in cages and people dying of COVID. They went along with everything that was done and said. And now that he has been indicted and charged they are ready to talk about it. I credit Cassidy for coming forward and testifying.I'm glad she did that. But divulging the dirty graphic details of how they were pawed and sexually "assaulted" now so they can sell books and titillate audiences? I'm over it. They were all part of it.

Tapper will do a great job of excusing Trump in some way or slamming Biden. Hate his guts.

The Trump White House and all the sleaze and the slime that went with it is not at all surprising. Going public, on the record, and saying yes, it was every bit as ugly as you thought and even moreso, is a good thing.

Georgia jury in Trump cases to remain anonymous.

There are only few defendants who have really good lawyers, smart lawyers. The rest are jackasses like their clients. I think whether you're a good lawyer or a sleazy lawyer your clients ar e jackasses too. But I think uniformly, across the board, they come down to Georgia and they are arrogant enough to underestimate Fani Willis and that Judge. And so far, from what I have seen, you'd be a damned fool to under estimated either one. Don't fuck with Fani. People complained because she took so long to indict. She had two different grand juries. She was meticulous. And she has no fucks to give. None. And if you noticed, the other day Kemp was publicly criticizing MTG and the Sedition Caucus for not dealing with the debt ceiling. Now it has been pretty clear Trump is running that caucus and they're taking orders from him and that's why Kemp criticized them. So I am definitely getting my popcorn ready because the hubris is going to get a lot of people put in Georgia's state prison system, and I would pay money to see that. Trump flaunted the fact that he illegally purchased a Glock yesterday. Hunter Biden was charged with a crime for the same thing. But more important, Trump is signaling again. He is embracing violence. His suggestion that General MIlley be executed wasn't just a figure of speech.

Russia's defense department, their military have said they will be in Ukraine at least until 2025 and will then reevaluate it. What's so special about that? Our Presidential election. The President gets sworn in in 2025. I bet Trump is feeling feisty because he is getting Russian backing.

Judge finds Trump guilty of fraud in NY case.

Hunter Biden is suing Rudy Giuliani

R113, who will he threaten to kill today?

Cue Nelson Muntz

Apparently a number of his NY corporate entities are going to be dissolved.

OK, mes ami/s, tomorrows word of the day, well two words: Asset Forfeiture....

The fact that Trump is boycotting the debates is going to backfire on him.

Re: R114: Get him, Hunter!

Beautiful words R118

Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists

[quote] ProPublica was able to determine that a vast majority of the challenges since SB 202 became law — about 89,000 of 100,000 — were submitted by just six right-wing activists... Another 12 people accounted for most of the rest

I am still shocked that so many stupid fools will willingly vote for scum trump.

I used to think his cult were liars and suckers. Now I think they are simply evil people and idiots.

The worst of all are those who know he's evil but vote for him anyway because he reflects their own hateful, cruel, cheating ways.

Who gonna launder all that filthy money now for Pootz? And Bone Saw?

I could maybe handle a few mil.

MSNBC Chris Jansing interviewed a so-called “Freedom Caucus” activist, right-winger Congressman Bob Good of Lynchburg, Virginia.

Multiple times he referred to the “Biden Crime Family”.

He’s fighting having a budget deal. He’s a Gaetz-type extremist.

MSNBC giving airtime to this guy is disturbing.

It bothered me that Chris wasn't calling him out on his shit, r126. But he kept talking over her.

Jared Kushner tried to get a Washington Post editor fired over the Russia investigation

Deutsche Bank flagged suspicious transactions involving Trump and Jared Kushner

R128, that certainly seems like something an innocent person would do . . .

Agree, R130. Innocent people definitely try and get people fired. Just like they threaten people and their families. Or, start insurrections. Or, instigate Civi War.

Very innocent.

"What we are seeing is a parallel to the 1930s in Nazi Germany," says Ret. Gen. @mccaffreyr3 on the Trump movement.

“That’s 15-25 House members, a couple of Senators, and all those who are Trump MAGA loyalists—it’s a major threat to the armed forces of the United States."

"The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Milley, responds to Trump's threats against him:

"I can tell you that this military, this soldier, me, will never turn our back on that Constitution...

I wish those comments hadn't been made...I'll take appropriate measures to ensure my safety and the safety of my family."

(Video: 60 Minutes, CBS)

Stable genius.

"Trump says electric motors in boats won’t work because if it sinks everyone will get electrocuted."

"Christie goes ape on Trump. Says he wants to look in the camera, they zoom in, he says "Trump I know you're watching. You can't resist. Look at me. You should be here. It's not because of your indictments or any other excuse. It's because you are afraid." Crowd liked it. No boos."

So… all that seriously weird garbage Dump spewed about windmills and whales? You won’t believe it…

Wales, not whales.

Hah I totally posted the wrong TikTok at r136. Correct one is below.

What a clown show.

Top 5 donors to Republicans in Congress since 2018:

[quote] Richard Uihlein: $89.7M

[quote] Kenneth C. Griffin: $72.6M

[quote] Jeffrey S. & Janine Yass: $49.1M

[quote] Timothy Mellon: $41.7M

[quote] Stephen A. Schwarzman: $37.4M

What happened to the hateful Peter Theil? He decide to go to ground after foisting that jackhole Vance on Ohio?

R140, I am in mourning for my sugar baby who mysteriously fell off a balcony

R139 By doing that list, you are outing elite gentleman callers that insist on discretion.

[quote] Members of the far-right faction of the party are coalescing around nominating a member of McCarthy’s leadership team, Rep. Tom Emmer (Minn.), to be the next speaker if they can successfully oust McCarthy, according to those people. The members think Emmer is more attuned to their concerns and will better deliver conservative results.

[...]

[quote] Ultimately, Democrats will decide McCarthy’s fate since a motion to vacate needs the support of a majority of the House — 218 lawmakers — to succeed. Democrats have not yet determined whether they’ll protect McCarthy’s speakership or wash their hands of him, according to multiple people familiar with the leadership’s thinking.

[quote]“I have no interest in what is happening in terms of the GOP civil war, zero interest,” Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) said. “That is not our business. Our business is to focus on the well-being of the American people.”

[...]

[quote] Yet there is frustration in some corners of the party over Emmer’s short tenure in leadership, with some describing him as ineffective. Republicans have lost three procedural votes, known as rules, in as many months, some of which were a shock to leadership.

The GOP is doomed.

[quote] Rep. Tom Emmer just now as he walked into House chamber, he plainly says he’s not interested in replacing McCarthy as speaker:

[quote] “I have no interest, Kevin McCarthy is the speaker and I support him.”

About a week ago, some Former Republican was interviewed and said The Republican party, "is not a governing party." No shit.

The GQP Tea Party/MAGAts are not interested in governing. They receive big time contributions from their donors for their divisive and deceptive rhetoric and antics. Their donors include some wealthy special interests and not just Trumptards.

They get tons of money from RUSSIA, R147. Russia has its hand up the ass of the GOP so far you can see it's fingers when they open their fat trap.

[quote] 11 adults are responsible for 60% of requests of ban books from school libraries nationwide, according to a Washington Post analysis of the 2021-2022 school year.

In a country of 330 Million Americans democracy shouldn't allow 11 people to decide what we read.

^ Make her life hell.

If for no other reason, for this: NEVER TRUMP.

"This may get your attention - Apparently Erik Prince has had discussions with team Trump about becoming the National Security Advisor should Trump return to The White House. Pretty excited about that aren’t you?"

FINALLY, an impeachable offense!

Wait, is the GOO seriously blaming Biden for the Ryder cup losses? They’re not pranking or joking?

^…and a totally appropriate typo at my post at r153.

Will a neighbor please ‘whoop’ his ass again?

Senator Dum-Dum:

Who are the two hot chicks behind him?

^A couple of women hound dog Lindsey had been banging, then cruelly dumped, and Rand was to their rescue?

Trump co-defendant pleads guilty

Trump makes fun of Nancy Pelosi's husband, who was beaten by a MAGA freak

The Trump administration touted him as a victim of #metoo....now he's charged with dismemberment his girlfriend

Good news for a change:

[quote] CORNYN, senior Judiciary Republican, says "there's no doubt in my mind" Dems will fill the seat w/ a new Dem.

Yeah, don’t bet on it, r162.

Never

Ever

Ever

Trust a rethug

If the new Senator is Adam Schiff there's no way the GOP will cooperate. But it won't be. IMO it will be a place holder. Black, Female older, with some kind of track record of public service. Who in California politics fits that description? Because the real fight will be Katie Porter and Adam Schiff fighting one another for the Dem nomination and I will regret losing both of them in the House. because they are both up for reelection in24.

It's a Sophie's Choice, r164.

Riveting testimony from the Biden impeachment hearing.

^ The true Perry Mason moment.

AOC:

[quote] Here’s what went down: we just won a clean 45 day gov extension, stripped GOP’s earlier 30% cuts to Social Security admin etc, staved off last minute anti-immigrant hijinks, and averted shutdown (for now).

[quote] People will get paychecks and MTG threw a tantrum on the way out. Win-win

Uh oh for huckabeast

[quote] NBC CONFIRMS: Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, elevating the head of a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights

Laphonza Butler is an out lesbian.

R171, yes. We know. And she will be the first in the Senate. Kamala endorsed this choice, BTW.

Lyin’ Ted won’t be getting any of that.

But will Susan Collins?

They can compare coast line length after hours.

Hot!

[bold]Donald Trump's business empire in peril as civil fraud trial opens in New York[/bold]

Oct 2 (Reuters) - Donald Trump and his family business are set to stand trial in New York on Monday in a civil fraud case that could deal a major blow to the former U.S. president’s real estate empire.

Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is accused by Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars to secure better loan and insurance terms.

Trump plans to attend the first week of trial in state court in Manhattan, according to a court filing in an unrelated case.

The trial comes a week after the judge presiding over the case found Trump liable for fraud and will largely concern the penalties he must face.

James is seeking at least $250 million in fines, a permanent ban against Trump and his sons Donald Jr and Eric from running businesses in New York and a five-year restriction on commercial real estate activities by Trump and his flagship Trump Organization.

Trump has said the case is part of a political witchhunt.

Justice Arthur Engoron ruled last week that James had proven her fraud case against Trump, his two adult sons and 10 of his companies.

Engoron described in scathing terms how they made up valuations. That included Trump calculating the value of his apartment in Trump Tower as if it were three times its actual size.

"A discrepancy of this order of magnitude, by a real estate developer sizing up his own living space of decades, can only be considered fraud," he said.

Engoron canceled business certificates for companies controlling pillars of Trump’s empire -- including Trump Tower and his golf clubs in New York -- and said he would appoint receivers to oversee their dissolution.

The ruling covers only a handful of the roughly 500 entities in Trump's portfolio but includes some of his most valuable properties. The specifics of how that order will be implemented have not been decided, but the loss of those prized assets would be a major blow to Trump's finances. If Engoron tacks on fines and business restrictions, that damage would compound.

The trial is scheduled to run through early December. More than 150 people including Trump are listed as potential witnesses, but much of the trial will likely be a battle of experts opining on financial documents....

From the interview with 60 Minutes:

"Two of Merrick Garland’s relatives were murdered in the Holocaust. Garland says his family’s history is the reason he devoted his life to upholding the rule of law."

"Trial is set for Oct 30 in the case of Abigail Shry who's accused of threatening DC federal judge Tanya Chutkan, who's assigned to Trump 2020 election conspiracy case Feds allege Shry of leaving Chutkan message, "If Trump doesn't get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you"

I’m laughing out loud.

The NY Times reporter at the trial today said that as soon as Trump became aware that the cameras were no him he put on his mug-shot face.

I knew the first second I saw that mug shot and bust into laughter that son-of-bitch was posing.

He also very mad and scared shitless.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a case involving whether former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from the 2024 election under a constitutional provision barring anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding public office.

The WaPo reported that on his way out of the court room Trump stood over the AG and glared at her.

According to the reporter, she looked amused and he walked away from her.

R181 I will never forget the way he talked Hillary on stage during their debate. He is one scary dude when it comes to women who openly defy him. I have to believe all those women who said he committed rape. or unwanted sexual advances. His a pig.

R183 = Melania.

What could have been:

R181 Too bad she didn't give him the finger.

Tommy Tuberville tried to claim he was "more military" than actual veterans and got schooled by Mark Kelly (a former Navy pilot)

Not very bright...

Melania to her divorce lawyers: "Stand back and stand by" 😂

LOL @ R189...it MAY be now or never!

A black woman posing with a Confederate flag? MAGA is a sick, sad world

John Kelly confirms that Trump called our troops "suckered and losers"

Don't want to hear MAGAts claim that they support the troops...

^ suckers and losers

[quote]John Kelly confirms that Trump called our troops "suckered and losers"

Rick Wilson responds:

It’s called evil.

Trump is evil.

No one wants to believe we should apply that word in this post-modern era, but it’s real, and he embodies it.

David Frum:

It's like God's judgment on the conservative movement that step by step every single last defense of Trump is exposed as a lie - and they are all still left queued up to defend a man who makes mockery of everything they supposedly held dear.

What's really being exposed is that conservatives hold dear two things, only: money and power.

They hide behind everything else.

Trump is exposing where their loyalties truly are, to the extent they can no longer lie to others, one another, or themselves.

MAGA has lost it:

Blasphemous. Revolting. Their souls are openly rotting, that they would consider that gluttonous, traitorous scum worthy of that.

[quote] What's really being exposed is that conservatives hold dear two things, only: money and power.

Don't forget hate. It leads us right to the dark side!

Trump has taught me that all the hateful a-hole mean spirited racist homophobic people I encountered growing up were not just an occasional bad apple, they were basically half of America.

I served in the U.S. military, I deem Tuberville to be the most vile Senator. He was a mediocre college football coach that left a string of NCAA violations behind near everywhere he went.

Alabama elected this MAGA fool over the highly credentialed, including being a famous civil rights attorney, Doug Jones.

True r201, and much as I despise people like Tuberville I despise the people that elect them even more. Fucking morons casting moron votes for moron reasons, like FOOOOOTTTTTBAAAALLLLL, YEEEHAAAA!!!!

Yes, r202. Think how close former prominent football player, Herschel Walker, came to getting elected Senator in Georgia. Walker had huge and alarming baggage, and extensively demonstrated he lacked the qualifications and skills for the role.

Bloodthirsty Trump LOSES IT at insane California speech

His people are crazy. They have put it all over the internet that there was violence in the courtroom in Manhattan today. That "Trump supporters stormed the court room and there was blood all over the floors,..." It never happened. It was a complete fantasy. A lie. There are other allegations of violence out there that are lies. But the point is they are trying to stir people up. In fact there were very few people outside and they were pretty tame.

Jack Smith has requested some type of gag order on Trump and the judge has scheduled a hearing in two weeks. Come on, I'm sure the judge can clear his/her calendar of something less important to hold the hearing sooner.

Lindsey is still defending Trump. Bitch, please

I was thinking the same thing today R206. What the fuck is Judge Chutkin waiting for?! Trump is undermining and degrading the process with each passing day. I hope she puts her foot down and puts a bear trap on that fuckers mouth.

Ben Collins thinks he has deciphered "Musk's plan" for Twitter

[quote] Musk’s purchase of Twitter, the 3,000-word anonymous article said, would amount to a “declaration of war against the Globalist American Empire.” The sender of the texts was offering Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, a playbook for the takeover and transformation of Twitter. As the anniversary of Musk's purchase approaches, the identity of the sender remains unknown.

[quote] The three texts were sent on April 4, 2022. In the nearly 18 months since then, many of the decisions Musk made after he bought Twitter appear to have closely followed that road map, up to and including his ongoing attacks against the Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit organization founded by Jewish Americans to counter discrimination.

[quote] The text messages described a series of actions Musk should take after he gained full control of the social media platform: [bold] “Step 1: Blame the platform for its users; Step 2: Coordinated pressure campaign; Step 3: Exodus of the Bluechecks; Step 4: Deplatforming.” [/bold]

In other words, it boils down to destroying the ability for his lessors to be able to effectively communicate (which is why so many intellectuals and pundits refuse to leave/cede ground to those who wish to divide us)

Longer, text version of the above ^ video

Collins is still trying to find out who sent that text

Ahem

Trump Junior’s girlfriend (haven’t married yet after years of being engaged) Kimberly Guilfoyle, is now a wholesome evangelical? Law-abiding? Faithful?

[quote]”As proud Americans, we don't apologize for being law-abiding and faithful people who love God. Is that right? Because with the help of god, the hard work of everyone in this room and the grace and courage of Donald John Trump, we will take this country back and you can take that to the bank!" the TV star, 54, said to the crowd.”

God help us!

She's on her knees praying he wins because this is really the last chance a whore at her age can find a partner that can afford the lifestyle she wants even if he has a micro penis.

Ho is age 54. Cocaine Jr.& her deserve each other. Sophisticated, credible wealthy people have much better options for romance than messing with either of these two.

Does Junior visit his kids on weekends and take them to Sunday School?

In the few pictures I've seen of Jr. with his kids, they look terrified of him.

Trump claimed Tuesday, without citing any evidence, that Alison Greenfield, the principal law clerk to New York Supreme Court justice Arthur Engoron, was the girlfriend of Schumer and accused her of somehow directing the $250 million fraud case filed against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

"Schumer’s girlfriend, Alison R. Greenfield, is running this case against me," Trump posted on Truth Social. "How disgraceful! This case should be dismissed immediately!!"

Trump posted a link to Greenfield's Instagram account, which is set to private but purportedly contained a photo of herself posing in public with Schumer, according to a post by Judicial Protest, a low-follower account on X.

Guilfoyle is pretending to be a holy roller now? Wasn't she thrown off of Fox News for sexually harassing a female underling?

The NY judge has issued a gag order after Trump's attack on the law clerk.

I love it and if he defies it he can go to jail. Ha, ha, ha.

He'll defy it.

What are the details of the gag order? Is Dump not allowed to talk about the trial at all? Or just not the law clerk.

This is r221. He'll defy it because Trump's life is a gigantic bluff. It's all he knows.

Judge Engoran will call that bluff. He has demonstrated zero fear of Trump and won't hesitate to lower the boom.

With every day that passes, I look forward to the self induced mutilation to Kimberly Guilfoyle's face as her surgeries escalate with each loss. She will be looking like Madge in no time. Only she cant sing, dance, or has a job other than sucking on Jr Cokeheads cocklet to stay in the family.

[quote]What are the details of the gag order? Is Dump not allowed to talk about the trial at all? Or just not the law clerk.

None of the parties involved are permitted to comment about court staff. That doesn't include the judge and the prosecuting attorneys, though.

Please, someone SOMEWHERE, make MAGA make sense to me! The daily gaslighting is so blatant now that I can’t even keep track of all the lies and hypocrisies anymore. It’s head spinning.

How can the party of Military Is Next To Godliness be openly dissing the Military and those who’ve served now?

How can someone who looks and acts like a porn star sent from Central Casting get away with spouting pious platitudes like she’s the goddamn Church Lady?

How do these people get up each day and look themselves in the mirror?

R226, the only guiding principle MAGAs have is "what does our big orange god feel about this today?".

^It actually doesn’t go any deeper than this.

Coming from “His Lady” is not a new revelation.