Republicans

[jaF0]

Evidence the government obtained in the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol most likely meets the bar necessary to charge some of the suspects with sedition, Michael R. Sherwin, the federal prosecutor who had been leading the Justice Department’s inquiry, said in an interview that aired on Sunday.

He wasn't supposed to say that and may have compromised some cases:

https://www.businessinsider.com/60-...ment-doj-capitol-riots-michael-sherwin-2021-3

 

[SevMax2]

He wasn't supposed to say that and may have compromised some cases:

https://www.businessinsider.com/60-...ment-doj-capitol-riots-michael-sherwin-2021-3

Prosecutors are often camera hounds. No shocker there, bad as it is, and no, I don't condone that. It's just a job that draws ambitious, publicity seeking asshats, like the current Vice President of the United States.

 

[allison22]

Sidney Powell Argues Her Dominion Defamation Lawsuit Be Tossed Because ‘No Reasonable Person’ Would Believe Her

Powell’s lawyers argued her claims that Dominion worked with Democrats to rig its voting machines to ensure a win for Joe Biden were clearly her own “opinions and legal theories” and not statements that the public would immediately believe.

According to the lawyers, Dominion’s descriptions of Powell’s statements as “wild accusations” and “outlandish claims” support the idea that a reasonable person would not automatically believe her.


Her claims were made as she served on former President Donald Trump’s legal team, which was tasked with challenging the results of the 2020 election in courts across the country after he lost to Biden, all of which were thrown out.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlie...4oVhl7wX17UE9Le2-B1fDcXQKgINILao_ywzZM0k47UlE

 

[Articulate_and_Analytical]

Sidney Powell Argues Her Dominion Defamation Lawsuit Be Tossed Because ‘No Reasonable Person’ Would Believe Her

Powell’s lawyers argued her claims that Dominion worked with Democrats to rig its voting machines to ensure a win for Joe Biden were clearly her own “opinions and legal theories” and not statements that the public would immediately believe.

According to the lawyers, Dominion’s descriptions of Powell’s statements as “wild accusations” and “outlandish claims” support the idea that a reasonable person would not automatically believe her.


Her claims were made as she served on former President Donald Trump’s legal team, which was tasked with challenging the results of the 2020 election in courts across the country after he lost to Biden, all of which were thrown out.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlie...4oVhl7wX17UE9Le2-B1fDcXQKgINILao_ywzZM0k47UlE

So, first she goes in to Court as part of Trump's legal team and argues that Dominion rigged the election and that Biden's victory should be thrown out.

Then she claims that no reasonable person could have believed her when she went into court and made those claims.

So, she's saying that when she was working for Trump, all of the lawsuits Trump filed were frivolous and insane.

With this legal defense, she's not only throwing Trump under the bus, she's throwing every lawyer who worked for Trump under the bus too.

 

[JackLuis]

Mitch McConnell whines about not getting a call from Biden: 'I haven't been invited to the White House'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday insisted that he has not spoken to President Joe Biden since the commander-in-chief was sworn in.

Uncle Joe is too busy unfucking America to listen to your obstruction, Mitch!

 

[UnpublishedEroticaWriter]

Sidney Powell Argues Her Dominion Defamation Lawsuit Be Tossed Because ‘No Reasonable Person’ Would Believe Her

Powell’s lawyers argued her claims that Dominion worked with Democrats to rig its voting machines to ensure a win for Joe Biden were clearly her own “opinions and legal theories” and not statements that the public would immediately believe.

According to the lawyers, Dominion’s descriptions of Powell’s statements as “wild accusations” and “outlandish claims” support the idea that a reasonable person would not automatically believe her.


Her claims were made as she served on former President Donald Trump’s legal team, which was tasked with challenging the results of the 2020 election in courts across the country after he lost to Biden, all of which were thrown out.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlie...4oVhl7wX17UE9Le2-B1fDcXQKgINILao_ywzZM0k47UlE

It's not the reasonable people we are worried about. It's the racists, idiots, and nutjobs that attacked the capitol. She is just throwing gasoline on a raging fire.

 

[Secretive_Victoria]

REPUBLICANS

They want to make it harder for law-abiding citizens to vote, but easier for criminals to buy weapons of war.

They continue to give tax breaks to billionaires, but refuse to raise the minimum wage.

They have no problem giving your tax dollars to corporations, but object to giving them to taxpayers to help them survive a crisis.

REPUBLICANS DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!

 

[JackLuis]

Michael Steele predicts GOP electoral catastrophe after Brian Kemp signs voter suppression bill

Turning Georgia BLUE!

Republicans in the Georgia legislature on Thursday passed a 95-page voter suppression bill through both chambers in one day. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp then signed the legislation into law.

For analysis, MSNBC chief legal correspondent Ari Melber interviewed former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele.

"The question to reps and voters in Georgia and Arizona and elsewhere, who are taking rights away from Black people across this country in places like Philadelphia, Atlanta, Detroit, how do you think this ends?" he asked. "How do you think this ends? Do you think black folks will just sit by and let you get away with this?"

"Every last one of your names will go on a ballot," he noted. "Enjoy your time in office. Because you will see the power of the vote come back like a hammer. Like a hammer, for the action you have taken and the bill that was signed into law today."

 

[YDB95]

It already did turn blue in November, and again in January. That's why they passed this monstrosity.

 

[UnpublishedEroticaWriter]

It's insane that republicans that have about 22 million fewer supporters still control 50% of Congress. Small red states keep reelection these assholes because they don't know any better. It's like a loyal dog returning to an owner that abuses it.

 

[Leather_Lesbian]

A pro-Trump lawyer in Minnesota has been fined $10,000 by the court after it emerged she had "bamboozled" voters into signing on as plaintiffs to her case to overturn the presidential election, without their knowledge or consent.

Ramsey County chief district judge Leonardo Castro tore into attorney Susan Shogren Smith from the bench, saying she "perpetrated a fraud against this court and, more importantly, perpetrated a fraud against these plaintiffs."

"Shogren Smith is a member of the MN Election Integrity Team, a conservative group that sought to prevent the state from certifying its election results while President Donald Trump and his allies promoted unfounded claims of election fraud," reported Josh Verges. "On Dec. 1, she filed five complaints in Ramsey County District Court, naming as defendants Secretary of State Steve Simon and the Democratic candidates who won their Congressional races. Those legal challenges were filed in the names of 14 separate voters, at least four of whom had no idea they were participating."


https://www.rawstory.com/trump-big-lie-2651232075/?utm_source=push_notifications

 

[The_adorable_slut]

Two US Capitol Police officers who say they were injured during the January 6 insurrection are suing former President Donald Trump for inciting the crowd.

The officers -- the first police to sue in court following the riot -- say they suffered physical and emotional damages because Trump allegedly "inflamed, encouraged, incited (and) directed" the violent mob that stormed the Capitol.

Capitol Police Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby, who have been with the force for a combined 28 years, said they were injured during the attack.
Hemby "was crushed against the doors" of the Capitol, was "sprayed with chemicals" and bled from his face, the lawsuit says. Blassingame claims he was slammed against a stone column, injuring his head and back.

Each of the officers are seeking at least $75,000 in damages. They accuse Trump of aiding and abetting their assaults and directing his supporters to assault them, according to their new complaint.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/30/politics/us-capitol-police-sue-trump/index.html

 

[Stephen_Coyle]

Until last year, Joel Greenberg was an ascendant political player in Seminole County, Fla., where he unseated a longtime incumbent in the race for county tax collector, won a political battle to allow his deputies to carry guns on the job and flaunted his connections to prominent Republicans with close ties to then-President Donald Trump, including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Roger Stone.

But last June his reputation fell apart in spectacular fashion when federal investigators arrested him on stalking and child sex trafficking charges, prompting his resignation.

On Tuesday, the case against Greenberg, 36, gained national prominence after the New York Times reported that it had also sparked a separate criminal investigation into allegations that Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a teenage girl.

It’s unclear exactly how Greenberg’s criminal case is connected to the Gaetz investigation; Greenberg’s lawyers did not immediately respond to messages from The Post. But it is clear that the two men, who posed for a photo together outside the White House in 2019, had ties in Florida, where they both first gained power in the GOP around 2016.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/31/joel-greenberg-matt-gaetz-investigations/

 

[Jesus_Ateo]

The last time we checked in on the legal comings and goings of Donald Trump, things were not looking so hot for the former president of the United States. In addition to being the defendant in no fewer than 29 lawsuits, per The Washington Post, he was the subject of numerous criminal investigations, including one in which attorneys had obtained access to his tax returns—documents that for some reason he spent the last four years fighting tooth and nail to keep secret. Now, two and half months after leaving the White House, have Trump‘s legal fortunes miraculously improved? In a word, no. In three words, hell fuck no. In 19 words, the 45th president of the United States should probably just resign himself to the prospect of going to prison.

On Wednesday The New York Times reported that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which is investigating Trump for possible bank, tax, and insurance fraud, had subpoenaed the personal bank records of Allen Weisselberg, a significant escalation in its quest to flip the longtime Trump Organization chief financial officer. Weisselberg has kept Trump’s books since the ’80s and became CFO of the family business in 2000, once describing himself in a deposition as Trump’s “eyes and ears…from an economic standpoint.” Perhaps most crucially, Weisselberg has testified about Trump matters in the past, in exchange for personal protection; in 2018, he was granted federal immunity to provide information concerning the hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels.


https://www.vanityfair.com/news/202...3tBjbclPWSPo_d0AftPBk7Aj3Rr7YGkIy55eEJrvai6EI

 

[CornusKousa]

It already did turn blue in November, and again in January. That's why they passed this monstrosity.

Awwww.....Democracy is BAD when it doesn't go your way hua???

Wait till you guys get a load of the "Common sense" abortion control coming to red states near you.

 

[YDB95]

Awwww.....Democracy is BAD when it doesn't go your way hua???

Erm...that's what YOUR side was thinking, not mine. That's why they made it harder to vote. English comprehension is hard!

 

[LukSkyFokker]

John Boehner telling Ted Cruz to go fuck himself during a drunken audiobook recording session is wonderful


@jonathanvswan: When @SpeakerBoehner was recording his audiobook I was told by sources that during these wine-soaked sessions he would deviate from the book’s text and insert random violent attacks on @tedcruz. Well, here’s some tape (listen to the end): https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/1378005545718800388/video/1

 

[CornusKousa]

Erm...that's what YOUR side was thinking, not mine.
That's why they made it harder to vote.

Via democratic means....aka democracy.

Which you're very clearly not a fan of when it's not putting a gun to others heads to force your political views.

Unless you're able to sit here and at least respect democracy as a process going ways you don't like, like 2A sanctuary states, voter ID's and regulation abortion the way California regulates guns...... you're no fan of democracy. You're just leaning on the term for virtue points in the most transparent and vapid way possible while being a partisan hack.

English comprehension is hard!

Very often all that language manipulation the "progressive" left engages in does make things hard.

Good thing it's not an issue in this discussion, you've been quite honest with your word use so far.

 

[YDB95]

Via democratic means....aka democracy.

Which you're very clearly not a fan of when it's not putting a gun to others heads to force your political views.

Unless you're able to sit here and at least respect democracy as a process going ways you don't like, like 2A sanctuary states, voter ID's and regulation abortion the way California regulates guns...... you're no fan of democracy. You're just leaning on the term for virtue points in the most transparent and vapid way possible while being a partisan hack.



Very often all that language manipulation the "progressive" left engages in does make things hard.

Good thing it's not an issue in this discussion, you've been quite honest with your word use so far.

Blah blah blah...look, it's very simple. The Republicans don't like the outcome of the last election in Georgia, so they passed a bill that will make it harder for people to vote, with an eye towards curtailing Democratic turnout. And you know it, which is why you respond with your usual trick of accusing the other side of exactly what your side is doing.

 

[CornusKousa]

Blah blah blah...look, it's very simple. The Republicans don't like the outcome of the last election in Georgia, so they passed a bill

Yes, that's called democracy in action.

And your side is super fuckin' triggered by it, I don't see how you're even trying to deny that.

that will make it harder for people to vote, with an eye towards curtailing Democratic turnout. And you know it,

So what?

That's what democracy in GA has decided.

Do you respect the democratic process or not??

which is why you respond with your usual trick of accusing the other side of exactly what your side is doing.

That's not a trick, that's the DEMONSTRABLE truth.

You and most people of your political persuasion tout the virtues and sanctity of democracy.....until it does something you don't like, then you have a big huge fucking problem and hissy fit over it.

 

[bodysong]

The latest from Republicans, has my jaw dropped open -

" ...look what you (Democrats) made us do."

 

[YDB95]

Yes, that's called democracy in action.

No, it's called the legislative process. Democracy in action is what will happen to the legislators who voted for that bill. Besides, my point is that they passed that bill because they didn't like the outcome of the election. That tells you which side thinks "Democracy is BAD when it doesn't go your way hua???" I note that you don't even bother trying to deny that.

But this, along with calling everyone who disagrees with you a communist, is exactly what I've come to expect of you: accusing the other side of everything your side does.

 

[CornusKousa]

No, it's called the legislative process.

And what kind of legislative process do we have YDB95???

What's it called when a bunch of people vote on the legislation???

Oh yea....DEMOCRACY.

But this, along with calling everyone who disagrees with you a communist,

Another lie because you're busy trying to BS about democracy.

I disagree with plenty of conservatives, don't call them communist.

Just the ones who want the totalitarian god state with all the centralized authority possible ensuring more equal outcomes for all. They try to hide behind the label "progressive" and "liberal" even though they openly detest the ideals and values behind those two words.

 

[Leather_Lesbian]

Trump facing 'legal consequences' for fleecing supporters with fundraising scams

Donald Trump could face "legal consequences" for fundraising scams that we uncovered by The New York Times.


On Saturday, the newspaper published a damning report titled, " How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations."

"An investigation from The New York Times reveals Trump's cash-grabbing tactics with donors which the former president's spokesman is not denying. The Times reports Trump's campaign made recurring donations the default, then doubled them in an operation nicknamed the 'money bomb,' unbeknownst to many unsuspecting donors," MSNBC's Alicia Menendez reported Saturday. "One retiree said they withdrew seven times from his account."

"You don't expect a former president of the United States to be using these kind of tactics. This is the kind of thing you expect from, oh, scam artists who sell really low-quality products," she noted.


https://www.rawstory.com/trump-online-fundraising-scam/?utm_source=push_notifications

 

[YDB95]

And what kind of legislative process do we have YDB95???

What's it called when a bunch of people vote on the legislation???

Oh yea....DEMOCRACY.

It is also DEMOCRACY when they face the voters in a year and a half. We'll see how this goes over in a state that just elected to Democratic senators and that Biden carried, and where the Democratic base has just become even more energized than it already was.

But all this is really beside the point. You accused me of thinking "Democracy is BAD when it doesn't go your way hua???" when the whole problem - from the GA lege's point of view, is that democracy DID go my way. Which is why they are trying to curtail it. In other words, it's YOUR side that isn't very happy with democracy right now.