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Juicebox Jeanine tries to shift responsibility for DOJ's incompetence. "Not sure when I've seen this Olympic class ass-covering before."
emptywheelTl;dr: Their witness told the grand jury they didn't have a case. And then SOMEONE sent the witness back to lie, and say there surely was proof Davey Hearn did $1,000 of damage.
From the beginning, we have known that Trump's claims regarding the reflecting pool were bullshit. How has it taken the US Attorney, Jeanine Pirro, this long to find out the same thing? Meanwhile a former U.S. Olympian has been dragged through the legal system for nothing.
Mueller, She WroteBREAKING: Pirro has dismissed the case against Davey Hearn for vandalizing the reflecting pool, saying that there's no way vandals could have caused the damage.
Come on. This is worse than political illiteracy. The public is unable to apply any form of logic to basic facts. Public blames Biden for grocery prices. My hope is that this applies only to South Carolina voters.
Heathen PeasantsThis is the utter stupidity and ignorance we are up against. The dumbassess take Fox and other Reich wing networks as gospel truth without ever taking a moment to think. Trump has been in office for almost two years and these idiots still blame Biden. www.wsav.com/news/your-lo...
FFS. Why do you need an intelligence service if you just take Putin's word for it? Zelensky gave the U.S. classified intelligence documenting Russian's complicity in attacking U.S. bases.
Hoodlum 🇺🇸“I asked President Putin if he was supplying Iran with intelligence. He was extremely strong and powerful in his denial. I think he is very insulted by it.”
Rep. Castro questioned Hegseth about this with no response. (1) Trump supports Ecuador's dictator. (2) Drones blew up boat and survivors claimed they were tortured by U.S. (3) Prosecutor investigating the incident is murdered by a hitman on a motorcycle. (4) She faced pressure to drop the case.
The Tennessee HollerShould be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
The filing by Comey's attorneys describes how DOJ and a chosen FBI agent acted with "reckless disregard for the truth" in seeking search warrants. After futile searches of case files and interviews with Mobsters didn't show that "8647" means murder, the FBI tried AI, which called it an urban legend.
emptywheelHere's the motion to suppress which argues Agent April 1) didn't reveal ABUNDANT evidence the 86=murder theory was wrong, 2) hid details of Sammy the Bull interview, 3) misrepresented nutjob witness' statements 4) and credibility. Among other things. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Exactly the kind of measured, reasonable language you expect from a president... (Not)
Aaron RuparFox correspondent: "President Trump tells Fox News about Iran, 'We are going to beat the f**king s**t out of them.' He went on to say, 'We'll be hitting them hard. They're going to get a beating.'"
Trump's U.S. joins the axis of evil. France concludes that America no longer stands for human rights.
Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies SketchALT: Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies Sketchstatic.klipy.comCindy 📎🇨🇦⚢🏳️🌈A diplomatic row was sparked last week when US JOINED NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA in voting against extending Turk's term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. France's UN mission then criticised U.S.: "US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore" #Pinks www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is dangerous because DOJ is asking SCOTUS to allow the mail-in voting EO to proceed. DOJ wants SCOTUS to say that the States' appeals are premature. That would allow Trump to send States' elections preparation into chaos.
Josh MarshallTrump Asks SCOTUS to Let Him Mess with Mail-In Voting Before Midterms talkingpointsmemo.com/news/appeals...
This is a sick appeal to his followers. Trump claims to be more of a big daddy than their parents...because he has taken care of MAGA better than their parents.
Aaron RuparTrump: "I've done more for you than your parents, okay? Your parents are okay. I'm not gonna knock to your parents, but I have been better to you than your parents."
"Trump loves blowing stuff up." That checks out. But shame on Lindsay Graham.
The Tennessee HollerGRAHAM: “We’ve done it — I almost cried. We’ve been pushing this for years… Trump loves blowing stuff up.” WSJ releases a new doc showing dead Republican Senator Lindsey Graham laughing that he helped Bibi convince Trump to attack Iran and get us into another deadly costly war
Hunter Biden's take on Trump's speech at the WHCA dinner is extraordinarily perceptive. Whatever you think of his past, Hunter Biden hits a nerve here.
Mrs. Betty BowersThe two people who are breaking through the noise and cutting through to the essence of what is happening right now with deeply damaged Donald Trump are Jon Ossoff and Hunter Biden. Here is Hunter's very perceptive take on the messy scene at the White House Correspondents Dinner:
This is a slap in the face to gold star families. Heart breaking. His widow: "I saw how much he cared for people and how protective he was of those that he cared about, and I just felt like I could spend my life with him. You know, I’d be safe. I’d be cared for. I’d be loved.” Trump's vanity war.
Jeff SharletSince a certain movie is in the public consciousness: this obscenity — in the Greek sense of the term — is like something out of an ancient play. www.huffpost.com/entry/iran-w...
The Trump Administration pushes its puppet-state of Venezuela to withdraw from the ICC. The U.S. military has killed hundreds of fishermen in the Carribean and Pacific. Rubio & Co. are so concerned about future liability that they will try to destroy the ICC.
emptywheelThe Nazis at State got Delcy Rodriguez, their puppet, to withdraw from ICC.
Smart analysis on why GOP won't draw a line on Trump's demands. "The literature on complicity describes how this incremental acclimation operates even with the most violent and brutal behavior." She quotes former FBI Director James Comey: “Mr. Trump eats your soul in small bites."
Asha RangappaFor this week's Substack, I wrote about the phenomenon of "gradual escalation" as illustrated by the Milgram experiment, and why we are already well into the high-voltage shocks asharangappa.substack.com/p/will-todd-...
When "Idiocracy" came out, I thought it was an over-the-top comedy. It turns out to be predictive of the current administration.
leostringer6The GOP pushes Anti-Intellectualism because it's the primary thing that promotes working class people voting for billionaires Oligarchs interests " I'm a dumb Meathead proud of knowing nothing about Anything" This should be the modern GOP slogan
The Pentagon hides U.S. casualties in the Iran war. This is a pretty good indication that Hegseth is suppressing the truth about military casualties.
Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁US sends 150 medics to Germany as Iran conflict shows signs of escalation www.upday.com/uk/us-sends-...