Lets see if we can keep this thread a little more civil.

I found this interview very interesting.  A lot of soft balls thrown at Trump, he explained his back pedalling on his more extreme issues as a lot of his claims as opening bids for negotiation purposes.  Which .. whatever .. I still think that those are insincere claims he used to get elected.

He does now come across way more presidential then he did prior to the election.  A lot of his noise, yelling, and rhetoric has been scaled back.

Do respect this one though:

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Lesley Stahl: Are you gonna take the salary, the president’s salary?

Donald Trump: Well, I’ve never commented on this, but the answer is no. I think I have to by law take $1, so I’ll take $1 a year. But it’s a -- I don’t even know what it is.

Donald Trump: Do you know what the salary is?

Lesley Stahl: $400,000 you’re giving up.

Donald Trump: No, I’m not gonna take the salary. I’m not taking it.

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-donald-trump-family-melania-ivanka-lesley-stahl/

Democratic Officials' Homes, Offices Shot Up In New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The homes or offices of five elected Democratic officials in New Mexico, including the new attorney general, have been hit by gunfire over the past month, and authorities are working to determine if the attacks are connected.

Nobody was injured in the shootings, which are being investigated by local and federal authorities, said Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina. He called the investigation a top priority.

Police initially reported four shooting incidents but then disclosed late Thursday that a shooting at the former campaign office of newly elected New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez is being re-examined.

The attacks come amid a sharp rise in threats to members of Congress and two years after supporters of then-President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol and sent lawmakers running for their lives. Local school board members and election workers across the country have also endured harassment, intimidation and threats of violence.

In New Mexico, the attacks began on Dec. 4, when someone shot eight rounds at the Albuquerque home of Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa, police said. Seven days later, someone fired more than a dozen times at the Albuquerque house of then-Bernalillo Commissioner Debbie O’Malley.

ShotSpotter technology detected several gunshots in the area of Torrez’s former office on Dec. 10, police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said. But he said the attorney general and his staff had already moved out following his November election.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-mexico-democratic-gunfire-homes-offices_n_63b86fe7e4b0d6724fc3db8f

Alex Jones’s Lawyer Has His Law License Suspended

CNN reported:

“At a basic level, attorneys must competently and appropriately handle the discovery of sensitive materials in civil cases,” Judge Barbara Bellis wrote in a court order that suspended attorney Norman Pattis’ license for six months. “Otherwise, our civil system, in which discovery of sensitive information is customary and routine, would simply collapse.”

Bellis said she “flatly rejected” Pattis’ assertion that his release of the confidential records was an “inadvertent mistake,” writing that Pattis “failed to provide even the minimal amount of attention and care required when it came to handling the plaintiffs’ sensitive discovery materials.”

The leak also included the medical records of some of the Sandy Hook plaintiffs and other sensitive materials. Jones’s text messages blew up his defense and were a contributing factor in judgment against the right-wing conspiracy theorist.
The texts showed that Jones was lying about his financial situation, and have drawn the interest of 1/6 investigators because Jones has claimed to have had a role in planning the attack and coordinating with the Trump White House.

The problems from his lawyer’s leak could be getting bigger for Alex Jones.

 

 

1 hour ago, Wideleft said:

Strike 13!!!!

Once this plays out, predictions on how morons, sorry GOP'rs, package this?

I've already heard one:

Democracy at work folks, it can be messy. That's how it's done Democrats. We don't follow each other like blind sheep.

 Imagine being so pathetic and incompetent that you would let George Santos keep his seat. The GOP is horrible. 

2 hours ago, JCon said:

 Imagine being so pathetic and incompetent that you would let George Santos keep his seat. The GOP is horrible. 

And I do not think they have plumbed the depths of their stupidity and arrogance.

Looks like the Republicans finally figured it out, let the investigations start so we can really see how stupid they are. 

Schedenfreude, it's not just for breakfast.....

Republicans get up applaud like idiots thinking they accomplished something oblivious to looking like a bunch of fools. 

https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/07/kevin-mccarthy-congressman-restrained-matt-gaetz-attack-speaker-vote/

 

I'm not a UFC fan but man to be a fly on the wall in that room to witness a near fist fight happen

I can only imagine was McCarthy gave up to the crazies, have to imagine that he may be speaker but he has no power and no control

Edited January 7, 20233 yr by bustamente

Lol at McCarthy celebrating after losing like 13 times 

1 hour ago, bustamente said:

I can only imagine was McCarthy gave up to the crazies, have to imagine that he may be speaker but he has no power and no control

Apparently one of the conditions he had to agree to was that he would resign as speaker if only ONE of the people who voted for him demanded that he do so. So...he gave up his spine and his gonads for this ephemeral position of power.

31 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Apparently one of the conditions he had to agree to was that he would resign as speaker if only ONE of the people who voted for him demanded that he do so. So...he gave up his spine and his gonads for this ephemeral position of power.

They are going to accomplish nothing in the next 2 years, if I'm a Democrat and they subpoena me I just ignore them and claim ultimate immunity, executive secrecy or any other made up saying like Trumps bootlickers used. 

43 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Apparently one of the conditions he had to agree to was that he would resign as speaker if only ONE of the people who voted for him demanded that he do so. So...he gave up his spine and his gonads for this ephemeral position of power.

Not quite that drastic. One person can call for a vote of non-confidence to oust him, but the majority of congress has to then vote him out. Previously the mere motion had to be agreed upon by the majority. 

Does he know what he just said, doubt it he is not very smart I give him a year and that's being optimistic.

 

 

                                   

I thought this should go under US politics as their political system allows this to happen. Another symptom of a broken society.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/08/shooting-of-teacher-by-six-year-old-a-red-flag-for-us-says-mayor-virginia

Trump Says Biden 'Convinced' Putin To Bomb Ukraine In Mar-a-Lago Campaign Speech

He also again insisted violent Capitol rioters were simply "protesting a dishonest election," despite a complete lack of evidence of anything but a legitimate 
Donald Trump claimed in a speech to a Mar-a-Lago audience over the weekend that President Joe Biden “convinced” Russian President Vladimir Putin to “go into Ukraine.”

Trump, without evidence, said Biden told the Russian leader it would be “no problem” if he took “some parts of Ukraine” in the invasion Russia began in February 2022.

Biden actually sought a peaceful solution to Russia’s warmongering and condemned the invasion. It was Trump who called Putin’s invasion “genius” at the time.

The Mar-a-Lago event, a mini-campaign speech, reportedly was linked to the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump also told his audience he invited professors to the White House to explain how horrible a nuclear war would be if it came up in the presidential debates.

“The power is so destructive that we won’t talk about it,” he said. Trump claimed the experts urged him: “Sir, do the best you can to not talk about it ... It’s so destructive, it’s so powerful. The world will be gone.” Trump claimed Biden is increasing the risk of a nuclear war because he has “no mind left.”

The former president, speaking from a podium, also insisted that a “lunatic” fatally shot Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 violence in 2021.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-nuclear-war-ashli-babbitt-biden-mar-a-lago-campagin-speech_n_63bb6f3ae4b0d6724fc500b4

                                   

 

                                

 

 

                                      

19 minutes ago, Tracker said:

 

 

                                      

Donors seeing ROI immediately. 

21 minutes ago, Tracker said:

 

 

                                      

 

23 minutes ago, bustamente said:

 

Party of fiscal responsibility!

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

Party of fiscal responsibility!

This is any "conservative" govt. Always downloading costs to the next gen.