Mark F Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 16 hours ago, Tracker said: New York prosecutors have reportedly instructed both Calamaris to retain legal services. cant say theyre not trying. "omerta" so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 Newly released records show the staggering number of Secret Service agents who contracted COVID-19 under Trump In 2020, during the Trump administration, 881 active Secret Service employees were diagnosed with COVID-19. This, according to records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), included a majority, 477, of secret service "special agents," and 249 from the "uniformed division." This follows suit with the scant information that leaked out early on during the pandemic, when it was known that the Secret Service was facing at least 11 active COVID-19 cases and dozens more in quarantine because of exposure. The FOIA documents do not give granular details about which agents may or may not have been in daily contact with Trump or his administration's personnel. Analysis by CREW of the documents obtained does give this peek into how dangerous a job being a Secret Service employee was under a science-denying administration: "The list consists of 477 Special Agents, 249 members of the Uniformed Division, 131 working in Administrative, Professional, Technical Positions, 12 Investigative Protection Officers and 12 Technical Security Investigators." Those 477 "special agents" are employees in the division that "is responsible for protecting the president and vice president, as well as the families of these leaders and other government officials." Newly released records show the staggering number of Secret Service agents who contracted COVID-19 under Trump - Alternet.org JCon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JCon Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) 57 minutes ago, iHeart said: Such BS. They deserve to rot away, alone and pathetic like all Trumpers. Oh, and it's all fake, since they just bought a place close to Maralago. Edited June 23, 2021 by JCon HardCoreBlue and blue_gold_84 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardCoreBlue Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 45 minutes ago, JCon said: Such BS. They deserve to rot away, alone and pathetic like all Trumpers. Oh, and it's all fake, since they just bought a place close to Maralago. And, what a stupid piece of 'journalism'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCon Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 minute ago, HardCoreBlue said: And, what a stupid piece of 'journalism'. It's everywhere. It's a huge PR push by the Trumps/Kushners. HardCoreBlue and Bigblue204 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 Poor babies. They were happy to enrich themselves during daddies presidency but now that the **** is potentially going to hit the fan they don't like it. I'm sorry but they were his biggest enablers, they're in this **** whether they like it or not. JCon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 ‘MASSIVE WIN’: Capitol Rioters Breathe Sigh of Relief After Slap on Wrist Anna Morgan-Lloyd was sentenced to probation Wednesday in connection to Jan. 6, the first rioter to get her punishment. Lawyers for the accused are celebrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Tracker said: ‘MASSIVE WIN’: Capitol Rioters Breathe Sigh of Relief After Slap on Wrist Anna Morgan-Lloyd was sentenced to probation Wednesday in connection to Jan. 6, the first rioter to get her punishment. Lawyers for the accused are celebrating. If she was sporting an Al-queda flag instead of a trump flag, she would be in Gitmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue4ever Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 Here are the judge’s reasons for the sentence, and he was clear this won’t set a precedent for others who were more involved. The accused was in the Capitol for only 10 minutes, did no damage, and ultimately renounced and condemned the violence, while fully cooperating with prosecutors. Also educated herself and says she has reframed her views. Hopefully it was not just empty words from someone sorry she got caught and not for what she did. https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/23/politics/capitol-rioter-sentenced/index.html Bigblue204 and Wanna-B-Fanboy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 Wow, quite the messaging https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/nra-president-graduation-speech In a speech to the James Madison Academy 2021 graduating class, David Keene, a former NRA president and current board member of the gun rights group, called on the teens to fight those looking to implement tighter gun restrictions. Without realizing it, Keene was actually addressing his comments to thousands of empty chairs set up to represent the estimated 3,044 kids who should have graduated high school this year and instead were killed by gun violence. TrueBlue4ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 how many places in the world can a person buy an uzi, and carry it around in a car. "Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark was arrested and charged with the carrying of a concealed firearm in a vehicle Sunday night after police found an uzi in his Lamborghini truck, the Los Angeles Police Department tells Sports Illustrated. " lamborghini truck. 🤣 Wanna-B-Fanboy and Tracker 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 QAnon fans thrilled after OAN host floats mass 'execution' for people who 'stole' election from Trump Believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory are enthusiastically circulating a video of a contributor at the Trump-loving One America News calling for the mass execution of the former president's enemies. Via The Daily Beast's Will Sommer, an OAN contributor this week went off on a rant in which he falsely claimed that "voter fraud" cost former President Donald Trump the 2020 election, and said it was time to think about how to deal with the purported perpetrators. Mark F and JCon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with state. Universities may lose funding if staff and students' beliefs do not satisfy Florida's GOP-run legislature Public universities in Florida will be required to survey both faculty and students on their political beliefs and viewpoints, with the institutions at risk of losing their funding if the responses are not satisfactory to the state's Republican-led legislature. The unprecedented project, which was tucked into a law signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, is part of a long-running, nationwide right-wing push to promote "intellectual diversity" on campuses — though worries over a lack of details on the survey's privacy protections, and questions over what the results may ultimately be used for, hover over the venture. Based on the bill's language, survey responses will not necessarily be anonymous — sparking worries among many professors and other university staff that they may be targeted, held back in their careers or even fired for their beliefs. According to the bill's sponsor, state Sen. Ray Rodrigues, faculty will not be promoted or fired based on their responses, but, as The Tampa Bay Times reported Tuesday, the bill itself does not back up those claims. DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with state | Salon.com What would America be like if Trump's coup had succeeded? Suppressing SNL is only the start The "revelations" continue about the Trump regime's abuse of power, lawbreaking, crimes, corruption, general disregard for democratic norms and institutions and overall perfidy. We now know that Donald Trump wanted to use the Department of Justice, the FCC and other federal agencies to silence dissent and criticism — specifically, to clamp down on the mockery of late-night TV hosts and the venerable "Saturday Night Live." In case you didn't know this yet, Trump was and is an authoritarian and a fascist who holds utter contempt for the Constitution and democracy. On Tuesday, Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley of the Daily Beast reported that Trump had gone much further than "simply tweeting his displeasure with the late-night comedians and SNL writers' room," and "wanted to use the full weight and power of the U.S. government to punish his personal enemies." According to two anonymous sources, Trump asked his advisers in 2019 whether the FCC, the federal courts or the DOJ could do anything to suppress SNL, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and others. He was apparently disappointed to learn that the "devastating retribution" he hoped for was not possible in a democracy, even an enfeebled one: What would America be like if Trump's coup had succeeded? Suppressing SNL is only the start | Salon.com Mark F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 Charges may be near for Roger Stone over Jan. 6 Capitol riot, legal expert says. "Could it progress to potential charges? You bet," former U.S. Attorney-turned-LA Times columnist Harry Litman said Longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, who allegedly owes nearly $2 million in back taxes, is reportedly still on the Justice Department's radar for his purported role in organizing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Alongside right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Stone is now being investigated by federal prosecutors over his role in organizing and inciting the attempted Jan. 6 insurrection — an allegation he refutes. News that was previously reported by The Washington Post near the end of February found new life on Twitter early this week when former United States Attorney-turned-Los Angeles Times legal affairs columnist Harry Litman tweeted, "Just wouldn't be a real scandal and outrage without the presence of, you guessed it, Roger Stone, whom DOJ now investigating for his role in 1/6 insurrection." Charges may be near for Roger Stone over Jan. 6 Capitol riot, legal expert says | Salon.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Tracker said: QAnon fans thrilled after OAN host floats mass 'execution' for people who 'stole' election from Trump just watched it. sleepy joe needs to wake up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 5 minutes ago, Mark F said: just watched it. sleepy joe needs to wake up. There seems to be so much hatred and anger in the US- most of it from the right-wing/fascist side, that I cannot see how the US can survive as a country. If the country fragments, we inevitably will be collateral damage. So many Americans are totally oblivious to the threats posed by the neo-fascists and seem to be unable to grasp that their country could slide into dictatorship, as happened fairly recently in Hungary. The playbook is clear: demonize minorities such as immigrants and people of colour, proclaim that the country is going to Hell and that only a strong leader can save it, repeat endlessly videos of unruly or violent demonstrations and crimes committed by the "evil people", muzzle and bribe the media, restrict voting access, claim illegal actions every time a loss or setback happens in the polls or courts, and stack the courts and civil service with compliant people. Mark F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 'Growing tension' and 'vitriolic threats' rock Michigan GOP as Trump supporters demand Arizona-style election audit On October 8, 2020, it was obvious how severe political tensions had become in Michigan when the FBI announced that 13 men had been arrested in connection with a domestic terrorist plot to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, subject her to a "trial" and execute her if found guilty. Those behind the kidnapping plot were angry over the restrictions she had imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political climate in that midwestern state hasn't grown any less tense since then. Washington Post reporter Tom Hamburger, in an article published on June 23, describes the tensions that continue to rock Michigan five months into Joe Biden's presidency. "As Michigan State Rep. Donna Lasinski got out of her car at the state Capitol in Lansing on a sunny morning last week," Hamburger reports, "she was greeted by two people carrying what she described as assault rifles while protesters outside the building called for an audit of the 2020 election. Such disconcerting encounters are not uncommon in Lansing — a reflection of persistent and growing tension gripping Michigan eight months after Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump." 'Growing tension' and 'vitriolic threats' rock Michigan GOP as Trump supporters demand Arizona-style election audit - Alternet.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 Oof- Gaetz should just sit the rest of life out. Here is Milley responding to Gaetz talking about the "wokeness" of the military. To put into context Mark F, Tracker and the watcher 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, wanna-b-fanboy said: f- Gaetz should just sit the rest of life out. in Trump world, military people are "suckers". that bragging about paying for sex juvenile ass gaetz, is extended family. they care for the military people the same as they did for the cops guarding the capital. not one bit. Edited June 24, 2021 by Mark F the watcher, Tracker, Wideleft and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/06/22/after-discovery-of-215-childrens-remains-in-canada-the-us-will-now-investigate-burial-sites-at-its-former-indigenous-boarding-schools.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=UnitedStates&utm_content=usindigenousboardingschools I'm glad that they're going to look into their own residential schools as well but I have a bad feeling that certain people are going to block the investigation Edited June 24, 2021 by iHeart Mark F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the watcher Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 7 hours ago, Tracker said: There seems to be so much hatred and anger in the US- most of it from the right-wing/fascist side, that I cannot see how the US can survive as a country. If the country fragments, we inevitably will be collateral damage. So many Americans are totally oblivious to the threats posed by the neo-fascists and seem to be unable to grasp that their country could slide into dictatorship, as happened fairly recently in Hungary. The playbook is clear: demonize minorities such as immigrants and people of colour, proclaim that the country is going to Hell and that only a strong leader can save it, repeat endlessly videos of unruly or violent demonstrations and crimes committed by the "evil people", muzzle and bribe the media, restrict voting access, claim illegal actions every time a loss or setback happens in the polls or courts, and stack the courts and civil service with compliant people. Its got all the hallmarks of a fascist take over. History tells us, or perhaps screams that's bad news for their neighbors. The effects of climate change will elevate this. I dont always agree with Jared Diamond but believe he is right that enviromental issues often cause unrest/ collapse/ violence......At the best of times they have been a self absorbed nation who can't recognise or admit their faults. They will be seeking bad guys cause it ain't their fault, right ? Tracker and Mark F 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 On 2021-06-23 at 6:30 PM, TrueBlue4ever said: Here are the judge’s reasons for the sentence, and he was clear this won’t set a precedent for others who were more involved. The accused was in the Capitol for only 10 minutes, did no damage, and ultimately renounced and condemned the violence, while fully cooperating with prosecutors. Also educated herself and says she has reframed her views. Hopefully it was not just empty words from someone sorry she got caught and not for what she did. https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/23/politics/capitol-rioter-sentenced/index.html Capitol rioter attempts to downplay her actions after giving apology in court The first individual sentenced in connection with the Capitol insurrection attempted to downplay the deadly event just days after sharing an apology before a federal judge. Anna Morgan-Lloyd, who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor trespassing charge for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, appeared on Fox News for an interview where she offered her real opinion on the U.S. Capitol riots and those who participated. Although multiple people died as a result of the insurrection, Morgan-Lloyd claimed most rioters were "polite as they attacked the Capitol." Capitol rioter attempts to downplay her actions after giving apology in court - Alternet.org DOJ Sues Georgia, Says GOP-Backed Restrictions Unlawfully Target Black Voters. The Justice Department has made its first move against one of the voting laws passed in the wake of Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. The Justice Department is suing the state of Georgia, it announced Friday, over a restrictive voting law passed in response to former President Donald Trump’s lies about mass voter fraud in the 2020 election. The lawsuit, which was first reported by Mother Jones, will allege that the Georgia law was enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the rights of Black voters in the state. The Justice Department alleges that Georgia’s law was passed through a rushed process that departed from normal procedure, and contained provisions ― including limits on drop boxes for absentee ballots and on providing food and water to voters waiting in long lines ― that were passed with unlawful discriminatory intent. A New York Times analysis of the law, which was signed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R), found 16 key provisions that limit ballot access in the state, particularly in urban and suburban counties that lean Democratic. The lawsuit is being filed eight years to the day after the Supreme Court, in a majority opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Those provisions required states with a history of racist voting laws to get preclearance from the federal government before implementing new voting laws. DOJ Sues Georgia, Says GOP-Backed Restrictions Unlawfully Target Black Voters | HuffPost Donald Trump Reportedly Wanted Military To ‘Beat The F**k’ Out Of George Floyd Protesters Former President Donald Trump wanted a violent military response to civil rights protesters who took to the streets following the police killing of George Floyd last year, according to a new book. Trump reportedly told advisers that he wanted soldiers to “beat the ****” out of the mostly peaceful demonstrators, according to an excerpt from Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender’s “‘Frankly, We Did Win This Election’: The Inside Story Of How Trump Lost” that was published by CNN on Thursday. “Just shoot them,” Trump reportedly repeatedly demanded. He is also quoted as saying he wanted to “crack their skulls.” Donald Trump Reportedly Wanted Military To ‘Beat The F**k’ Out Of George Floyd Protesters | HuffPost JCon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustamente Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 While people are praising Joint Chiefs of Staff General Milley for his testimony in Congress lets not forget that he walked with Trump and his cronies after people were cleared and hurt so Trump could get his photo op wearing Combat Fatigues. JCon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardCoreBlue Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 20 hours ago, Mark F said: in Trump world, military people are "suckers". that bragging about paying for sex juvenile ass gaetz, is extended family. they care for the military people the same as they did for the cops guarding the capital. not one bit. Not if it doesn't involve some sort of grift and a boatload of cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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