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  #3018923 9-Jan-2023 11:45
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quickymart:

Trump takes a dig at his former BFF radio host Howard Stern; Stern responds in like.

 

https://uproxx.com/viral/trump-howard-stern-attack-show-gone-to-hell/

 

 

I like the "gone to hell" comment. Have you ever listened to Stern? It was already there.

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  #3019176 9-Jan-2023 18:54
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Bolsanaro supporters storm Brazil's congress and supreme court after election loss, leaving wreakage not long after Jan 6 anniversary. Police move them out. Judge orders removal of city governor saying the governor assisted the protest:

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/bolsonaro-supporters-riot-brazil-congress-01-08-23/index.html

Bolsanaro continues to condemn violent protest.

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  #3019177 9-Jan-2023 18:55
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quickymart:

Trump takes a dig at his former BFF radio host Howard Stern; Stern responds in kind.



A quick list to describe the pair, and these are just a few words.

A -- atrocious
B -- boor
C -- crude
D -- degenerate
E -- evil
F -- fiendish
G -- gross
H -- horrible
I -- ignorant
J -- jackass
K -- knuckle-dragger
L -- lout
M -- monstrous
N -- nitwitted
O -- obscene
P -- philistine
Q -- quarrelsome
R -- repugnant
S -- smutty
T -- troglodytes
U -- uncultured
V -- vile
W -- wicked
X -- xenophobic
Y -- yucky
Z -- zero

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  #3019307 9-Jan-2023 20:20
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Couple of quick takes from around the web today:

 

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/01/08/the-clock-starts-ticking-on-mccarthys-speakership-00076906 << outlines all the concessions McCarthy made to be speaker

 

https://dnyuz.com/2023/01/08/the-republicans-are-putting-trump-out-to-pasture/ << this would be wonderful, if true.


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  #3019386 10-Jan-2023 08:12
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https://www.newsweek.com/jim-jordan-subpoena-fbi-idiotic-donald-trump-1772291

 

What planet is this moron on? Subpoenaing the DOJ? How about first responding to the one they sent to you regarding January 6, which you ignored? Then we'll talk.

 

I guess the Republicans will be keeping themselves busy over the next 2 years investigating...Hunter Biden's laptop. Yes, because that's a top-shelf, high-priority issue that Americans really care about 🙄


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  #3019405 10-Jan-2023 08:22
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quickymart:  ... I guess the Republicans will be keeping themselves busy over the next 2 years investigating ... Hunter Biden's laptop. Yes, because that's a top-shelf, high-priority issue that Americans really care about 🙄

 



 





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  #3019448 10-Jan-2023 10:32
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The Washington Post - Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor investigating Trump, has taken on seemingly untouchable targets

 

09 Jan 2023

 


The question this time is whether a former president, Donald Trump, conspired with his allies to break the law and attempt to overturn the 2020 election. 

 

Willis, Fulton County’s district attorney*, finds herself at the center of an inquiry with the potential to make history and influence the course of the next presidential vote.

 

A special grand jury convened as part of the investigation has completed its work and submitted a report that could include recommendations for charges, a judge announced Monday. 

 

The judge scheduled a Jan. 24 hearing to determine whether to release the report publicly. Willis could file charges in the case in the coming weeks.

 

Willis launched her investigation after reports that Trump called the Georgia secretary of state on Jan. 2, 2021, and pressed him to “find” additional votes to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state. 

 

It has since expanded to examine other alleged attempts by Trump allies to interfere with the democratic process in Georgia. ...

 

Observers say the threat to Trump is real and immediate, and that the Fulton investigation could make him the first sitting or former president to be indicted on criminal charges. ...

 

The allegations are very serious,” Willis told The Washington Post. “If indicted and convicted, people are facing prison sentences.”

 

 


* Fani Willis has a reputation as a "pit bull" prosecutor, unafraid to investigate sensitive or seemingly untouchable targets.





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  #3019798 11-Jan-2023 06:37
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As seen on the web overnight:

 

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/top-10-important-things-know-speaker-mccarthy-rcna64934 >> McCarthy is not all he's cracked up to be

 

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/classified-docs-gop-fails-find-parallel-trump-rcna65085 >> I just know the Republicans will be all over Biden for having classified documents stored somewhere off-site - but the responses between Biden and Trump couldn't be any more different

 

https://abovethelaw.com/2023/01/right-wing-plan-to-restore-trump-to-white-house-falls-flat-at-scotus-shocker/ >> What a crackpot scheme this was, like it was ever going to achieve anything 😄


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  #3019851 11-Jan-2023 09:19
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The NY Times -  Trump’s Longtime Finance Chief Sentenced to 5 Months in Jail

 

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Allen H. Weisselberg, once one of Donald J. Trump’s most loyal lieutenants, was sentenced on Tuesday to five months at the Rikers Island jail complex for his role in a tax fraud scheme that led to the conviction of the Trump Organization last year.

 

A state court judge handed down the sentence after Mr. Weisselberg, 75, who worked for the Trump family for the past half-century, testified as the prosecution’s star witness at the trial of the company. 

 

Mr. Weisselberg, its former chief financial officer, had been facing years in prison. 

 

Under a plea deal, he agreed to testify in exchange for a punishment that, with good behavior, might last no more than 100 days.  ...

 

The company, which was convicted on all 17 counts of tax fraud and other financial crimes, will be sentenced on Friday. It faces up to $1.6 million in penalties.

 

 

 

 

The Don will be getting worried...  😉





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  #3019961 11-Jan-2023 11:36
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The noose is tightening😄


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  #3019963 11-Jan-2023 11:38
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linw:The noose is tightening😄

 

I doubt they secured the knot!


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  #3019982 11-Jan-2023 12:02
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linw:  The noose is tightening😄

 



 

 

 

 





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  #3019989 11-Jan-2023 12:14
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I dunno, remember all the times when everyone said, "oh this time it will definitely be the end of Trump"? The Access Hollywood tape. The Stormy Daniels thing. His taxes. Two impeachments. And on and on and on it goes.

 

Yet he still completed 4 years - somehow - as president. I'm optimistic but also pessimistic at the same time.


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  #3020004 11-Jan-2023 13:05
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The shape of things to come ...

 

The NY Times -  Divided House Approves G.O.P. Inquiry Into ‘Weaponization’ of Government

 

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WASHINGTON - A divided House voted on Tuesday to launch a wide-ranging investigation into federal law enforcement and national security agencies, as Republicans promised to use their new power in Congress to scrutinize what they said was a concerted effort by the government to silence and punish conservatives at all levels, from protesters at school board meetings to former President Donald J. Trump.

 

On a party-line vote of 221-211 with all Democrats opposed, the House approved the formation of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which is to be chaired by Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, the incoming chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of Mr. Trump.

 

Mr. Jordan, who was deeply involved in Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has for months been investigating what he says is a bias in federal law enforcement against conservatives. 

 

 

EDIT

 

From the same article:

 

 

[Republicans] say they have modeled the new subcommittee after the well-respected Church Committee, referring to a 1970s investigation by Senator Frank Church, Democrat of Idaho, that uncovered decades of intelligence and civil liberties abuses, including the surveilling of civil rights groups.

 

But Representative Jim McGovern, Democrat of Massachusetts, said the panel was more akin to the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee, which demonized Americans suspected of being sympathetic to communism.

 

I call it the McCarthy committee, and I’m not talking about Kevin; I’m talking about Joe,” Mr. McGovern said, adding: “This committee is nothing more than a deranged ploy by the MAGA extremists who have hijacked the Republican Party and now want to use taxpayer money to push their far-right conspiracy nonsense.”

 



 

The matching opinion piece in the NY Times is entitled:  "The Chaos Caucus Is Now in Charge - The Not-So-Tender Mercies of the House Wing-Nuts"   🙂

 

 





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  #3020006 11-Jan-2023 13:12
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America is broken. End of story.

 

 





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