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Ohio bill protects 'conservatives' from democracy We should thank Jerry Cirino. It’s not every day that a Republican says the quiet part out loud – that when it comes to free speech, the point is not liberty for all, but liberty for some Republicans to say what they want, to force the rest of us to listen and, critically, to prevent the rest of us from talking back. The Ohio state senator spoke after the Ohio Senate passed legislation last week that, according to the Ohio Capital Journal, “focuses on what Republicans call ‘free speech,’ banning public universities in Ohio from having ‘bias’ in the classroom and limiting what ‘controversial topics’ can and can’t be taught.” The goal, reportedly, is creating “safe spaces” for “conservatives” on campus. Cirino, who sponsored the bill, said it frees people “from the pressure to agree with a single ideological perspective, which dominates our campuses today.” Cirino shouldn’t have said that. He should have said what a fellow Republican said. State Representative Josh Williams told local TV reporters that he believes that “conservatives feel discriminated against on campus.” He cited his experience at the University of Toledo’s law school. “If you had an opposing view, you would just call that individual a fascist, a Nazi, as a way of quashing their speech and making their comments and their positions irrelevant,” he said. We’re used to hearing about discrimination, but Cirino didn’t do that. Instead, Cirino said that Senate 83 would, if enacted into state law, liberate “conservatives” from “the pressure to agree” with – well, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that conservatives feel pressured. What matters is that this feeling, to these conservatives, constitutes an infringement on their rights and liberties. What matters is that these infringements demand action, even though such action will infringe someone's rights and liberties. Free speech for everyone isn’t the point. The point is ensuring that conservatives feel free.

There is little evidence of left/centrist advocacy of violence much less incidence. Fascists, by definition, hold violence as an integral option if not mandatory. I have been a socialist supporter for over 50 years and have never heard any calls for violence. By not calling out right-wing/authoritarian statements and policies as fascist, you legitimize their positions as optional social discourse. The media in the US did not identify Trump as the fascist, gynophobic, amoral monster he is and always has been and that propelled him to power and his attempted coup.

Which will not mollify PP at all.

One of the biggest failings of, most conservatives these days is that they still remember the Conservatives of 40 years ago, and these are not your father's right-wingers. The influx of extremists from fundamentalist "Christians" , conspiracy theorists, vaccine opposers, and the like have created an unholy alliance. Because the conservatives were bereft of younger, enthusiastic members and saddled with an antiquated economic and political philosophy, the decision was made to welcome them in but with the tacit understanding/hope that the newcomers would fall in line. What happened in reality was what has happened in both Britain and the US. The newcomers initially toed the line but in short order began to implement their values as they moved into key positions within the party. Some of this appears to have been happenstance, but much of it was a deliberate, methodical taking over the host body by a parasitic organism. The restraints of the former policies have been swept aside in the lust for power and there is now little pretense of moderation. The appointment of Jim McRae to a judicial post despite his open disbelief about the horrors of the residential schools is a signal to the extremists with party ranks about who is really in control and what the agenda is.

Prosecutors Have Evidence that Trump Showed Classified Docs to Others Espionage Act charges have been mentioned by a legal expert as prosecutors have gathered evidence that Trump sometimes showed classified documents to others and kept them in a place they were visible to others in his office. In a damning and well documented report in the Washington Post, we learned today: “Prosecutors in addition have gathered evidence indicating that Trump at times kept classified documents in his office in a place where they were visible and sometimes showed them to others, these people said. Taken together, the new details of the classified-documents investigation suggest a greater breadth and specificity to the instances of possible obstruction found by the FBI and Justice Department than has been previously reported.” Even during his presidency when Trump treated Mar-a-Lago like a “Winter White House” he kept no visitor logs or other system of tracking visitors. Forbes has documented a few of the thousands of visitors through a compilation of photos shared and other means, showing a range from conspiracy theorists to former European Parliament member Nigel Farage , Ray J and the former general who pleaded guilty to lying to investigators Michael Flynn (not a great person to be seeing classified documents), Roger Stone who the government accused of undermining the Russia investigation by lying about his communications with Wikileaks, intimidating a witness, and more was found guilty of seven felony counts but later pardoned by Trump, and also in addition to the usual suspects of Republicans and conservative activists were the son of Brazil’s president Eduardo Bolsonaro and Lee Dong-sup, who was a member of South Korea’s parliament in 2018. Representatives from Brazil, South Korea and Russia – check. The list is not comforting, especially from a man who made a “joke” about his bigger “red button” just last night. Over this incredibly disturbing news, former Special Counsel for the Department of Defense and co-editor-in-chief of Just Security Ryan Goodman wrote, “I expect this will result in Espionage Act charges. Dissemination is key.” https://www.politicususa.com/2023/05/25/prosecutors-have-evidence-that-trump-showed-classified-docs-to-others.html

'He’s gonna get charged': Experts predict Espionage Act violations for Trump after bombshell WaPo report Citing a just-published Washington Post report, top legal experts are predicting the U.S. Dept. of Justice will charge Donald Trump, and those charges will include obstruction and violations of the Espionage Act. The Washington Post Thursday afternoon reported the ex-president had classified documents unprotected in his Mar-a-Lago office, showed classified documents to people visiting his Mar-a-Lago office, and held a “dress rehearsal” for moving documents around even before receiving a DOJ subpoena, and before the FBI executed a search warrant to retrieve classified and top secret documents. “Two of Donald Trump’s employees moved boxes of papers the day before FBI agents and a prosecutor visited the former president’s Florida home to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena — timing that investigators have come to view as suspicious and an indication of possible obstruction, according to people familiar with the matter,” The Washington Post report reads. “Trump and his aides also allegedly carried out a ‘dress rehearsal’ for moving sensitive papers even before his office received the May 2022 subpoena, according to the people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a sensitive ongoing investigation.” “Prosecutors in addition have gathered evidence indicating that Trump at times kept classified documents in his office in a place where they were visible and sometimes showed them to others, these people said.” Ryan Goodman, an NYU School of Law professor of law, and international and national security law expert, pointed to that last sentence from the Post and wrote, “I expect this will result in Espionage Act charges. Dissemination is key.” MSNBC anchor and legal contributor Katie Phang, responding to the Washington Post report, tweeted one word in all-caps: “OBSTRUCTION.” But Goodman goes even further. “The reported facts are now far beyond just an obstruction case,” he says. “Willfully disseminating to third parties is also easily distinguishable from Pence, Biden, other instances in which DOJ has declined to prosecute.” Goodman adds: “Trump’s reported conduct of RETAINING classified documents is already more serious than average case in which Justice Department DOES indict. COMMUNICATING or TRANSMITTING classified documents to third parties is considered much more egregious.”

Probably thinks it refers to a plan for interior design theme.

Trump Staffers Moved Boxes of Docs a Day Before FBI Raid: Report Two of Donald Trump’s employees allegedly moved boxes of papers just a day before the FBI descended on Mar-a-Lago to retrieve classified documents, The Washington Post reports. The paper cites unnamed sources as saying Trump and his aides even carried out a “dress rehearsal” for moving sensitive documents well before receiving a May 2022 subpoena from the Justice Department. If true, the details would strengthen investigators’ case against Trump for potential obstruction of justice and could shed light on his intent in taking the documents with him once he left the White House.

Arizona GOP holds QAnon hearings attempting to expose so-called COVID-19 'atrocities': report Arizona Senate Republicans began a two-day convening of hearings Thursday morning centered around "supposed 'atrocities' committed by public health officials in response to the Covid-19 pandemic," Rolling Stone reports. Planned by the newly formed Novel Coronavirus South Western Intergovernmental Committee (NCSWIC), "the QAnon-inflected, anti-vaccine circus" according to Rolling Stone, will involve "appearances from a murderers' row of hard-right federal congressmen, including Reps. Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, and Eli Crane." Additionally, the publication reports "The NCSWIC committee will take testimony from a panel of notorious doctors who have touted unproven and discredited treatments for Covid — including one doc who preaches that Covid public-health restrictions were, in fact, 'Satan's Wholistic Health Care Plan.'" In 2021, according to AZCentral, Arizona State GOP Senator Ron Johnson tweeted a false claim saying, "in England, more vaccinated than unvaccinated individuals are succumbing to the disease." Additionally, Arizona Republican Party Chair Dr. Kelli Ward retweeted the claim. AZCentral reported, "According to the latest studies conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention individuals who are unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those who are vaccinated," adding, "Likewise, vaccinated individuals are five times less likely to get infected and 10 less likely to end up in the hospital if they do."

TEXAS TAKES ACTION ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS!

If Grant's "personal time" suspension goes on much longer, we will have reason to be suspicious. In the meantime, we will see if there are any legitimate heirs-apparent.

Barnes appears to be fast with decent body control and hands, but I didn't see him fight for the ball or read blocking on run plays. Will wait to pass judgement.

Stop that!! You will upset Speedflex who has a good hate-on going.

Ms, Turner said repeatedly that she had not had a good life. Her ex (Ike Turner) introduced her to heroin and also beat her savagely for years. She struggled with addiction and, from reports, was in and out of recovery over the years. She has now escaped the body that was her prison of pain for several years and perhaps is now at peace.

God forbid that politicians have lives apart from their offices. Johnston said categorically that there had been no breaches of security, only poor communication through the levels of oversight. Steven Harper was so vindictive and paranoid about destroying any and all individuals who might be sympathetic to the Liberals that if he had even a whiff that Johnston might be biased, he would have never appointed him. Trudeau's judgement may be vulnerable to criticism, but when you weigh his record against Harper's there is no comparison at all. When you compare Trudeau to Poilievre, the differences are even more stark.

Psst: its a conspiracy by the Reptilians. They're everywhere.

At a reported $10 million per movie, why not?

In order for an inquiry to be of any value, it would have to disclose how CSIS conducts surveillance and gathers intel on not only Chinese activities but also on other foreign entities such as Xiaomi and, by extension, how it interacts with other Five Eyes agencies. Disclosure of this sort would destroy interagency relationships. Mr. PP can huff and puff and posture all he wants- he would have been told exactly this. Johnston's reputation remains intact so long as he does not act as a cats's paw for the Cons.

Probably due to embarrassment after being associated with Ms. Hilton.

'Cuz its an Edmonton football player?