The southern city of Kherson has fallen under Russian control according to the NY Times
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As it stands, it looks like as many as four other cities in addition to Kherson are completely encircled, which means that getting weapons and supplies to them is probably not going to be happening. That being said, fighting is still intense in many of these cities and an especially slow slog for the Russians in Kharkiv.
Not sure that Kherson is a surprise as it was not as heavily defended as other cities, but it is a strategic location in terms of controlling the southern ports. It has a population of around 300,000 and a mix of people, some of whom may still be a bit loyal to Russia. Putin is said to be planning on starting to set up a Russian administration in this city, which is probably more symbolic than anything else.
According to this map, Kyiv is not yet "encircled" although reports are that it may as well be. But as long as there are ways in and out, supplies and weapons can still get through. As you can see by the map, that is a much farther move for the Russian Army than any of the other cities that they have encircled. That is why there is more "supply chain" issues in and around Kyiv. It is also why Kyiv will likely be able to resist much longer than other cities.
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Russian troops have seized their first major Ukrainian city since the start of an invasion ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the New York Times reported.
The port city of Kherson, located 126 miles east of Odessa, has a population of roughly 300,000, making it the largest locality to come under the control of Russian forces since Russia began its invasion last Thursday.
“There is no Ukrainian army here,” Kherson’s mayor, Igor Kolykhaev, told the Times. “The city is surrounded.”
Russian forces entered Kherson's City Hall Wednesday, according to the Times, and told the mayor that they were setting up a new military administration. Russian troops encircled the city, and local officials reported that there were hundreds of Ukrainian casualties.
Tiny city
The world reaction to Ukraine/Russia is interesting.
If China pulls the same shit with Taiwan you won't hear a fucking peep from ANYONE on the left. Not the media, not the entertainment industry, not big tech, not professional sports - specifically the NBA.
Not Fucking Anyone.
Mis information is killing people Scott Johnson schizophrenia
Vaccines did a worse job preventing illness, but a better job preventing deaths when the omicron variant hit Michigan this winter.
From Dec. 19 to Jan. 1, unvaccinated people in Michigan were nearly four times more likely to catch COVID-19 than people with a booster shot, per data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services shows.
But in that same span, the unvaccinated were about 84 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than boosted people.
Dated yesterday
Sleepy Joe Biden has
The United States has delivered hundreds of stinger missiles to Ukraine this week, including more than 200 on Monday,” NBC News reports.
“Stinger missiles can be used to shoot down aircraft. During the Cold War, the U.S. government secretly supplied Afghan resistance fighters with stingers to shoot down Russian helicopters over Afghanistan.”
U.S. Sent Hundreds of Stinger Missiles to Ukraine
“The United States has delivered hundreds of stinger missiles to Ukraine this week, including more than 200 on Monday,” NBC News reports.
“Stinger missiles can be used to shoot down aircraft. During the Cold War, the U.S. government secretly supplied Afghan resistance fighters with stingers to shoot down Russian helicopters over Afghanistan.”
Germans Seize Russian Oligarch’s Mega-Yacht
Forbes: “Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov was sanctioned by the European Union on Monday. Two days later, Forbes has learned from three sources in the yacht industry that one of his prized possessions—the 512-foot yacht Dilbar, valued at nearly $600 million—has been seized by German authorities in the northern city of Hamburg.”
Fuck you and fuck your "vaccines" (LOL) alky.
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution, led by physician and GOP Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), to block the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for most healthcare workers.
“Today is a huge victory for all the healthcare workers who ran to the sound of the COVID battle, as Senate Republicans joined forces taking us one step closer to invalidating President Biden’s overreaching and harmful CMS vaccine mandate,” Marshall said in an exclusive statement to Breitbart News following the Senate roll call vote.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/02/exclusive-huge-victory-for-healthcare-workers-senate-passes-resolution-to-block-bidens-cms-vaccine-mandate/
Didn't mean to repeat you, Roger.
U.S. businesses are finding it easier to pass on increased costs to their customers and expect to keep raising prices in the months ahead, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.
The Fed, in its latest Beige Book report that collects business anecdotes from around the country, said that prices charged to customers increased at a “robust pace” across the United States. A few districts even reported an acceleration of prices.
Gone is any hint that inflation might be transitory, something Fed officials believed last year.
There is also no indication that the favored narrative of the Biden administration–that prices have been pushed up by corporate greed and monopolistic profits–is supported by data. Instead, businesses say they are raising prices because their own costs are rising.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/03/02/bidenflation-businesses-tell-the-fed-that-rising-costs-are-getting-easier-to-pass-on-to-customers/
Roger is crazy!
The United States has delivered hundreds of stinger missiles to Ukraine this week, including more than 200 on Monday,” NBC News reports.
“Stinger missiles can be used to shoot down aircraft. During the Cold War, the U.S. government secretly supplied Afghan resistance fighters with stingers to shoot down Russian helicopters over Afghanistan.”
Reverend is nuts
Germans Seize Russian Oligarch’s Mega-Yacht
Forbes: “Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov was sanctioned by the European Union on Monday. Two days later, Forbes has learned from three sources in the yacht industry that one of his prized possessions—the 512-foot yacht Dilbar, valued at nearly $600 million—has been seized by German authorities in the northern city of Hamburg.”
Doesn't it look stupid when someone just insults someone and then posts some cut and paste that nobody needs to read?
Forbes: “Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov was sanctioned by the European Union on Monday. Two days later, Forbes has learned from three sources in the yacht industry that one of his prized possessions—the 512-foot yacht Dilbar, valued at nearly $600 million—has been seized by German authorities in the northern city of Hamburg.”
Blogger Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
Didn't mean to repeat you, Roger.
It happens every day around here pederast.
All you assholes know how to do is plagiarize. And the pool of leftist bullshit you pull from is shallow.
Roger is a poopyhead
A math education professor in New York City claimed that the equation 2+2=4 “reeks of white supremacist patriarchy.”
The Armed Forces seized six new Russian T-80BVM tanks
The mechanized battalion of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces near Kharkiv, during a successful and rapid battle with the Russian occupiers, captured six new Russian T-80BVM tanks from the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Yuriy Butusov told about it on his Facebook page.
The journalist spoke about the cowardly behavior of the commander of the occupying brigade and the successful operation of our military.
"Commanded (200th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - ed.) Colonel Denis Kurilo. But he did not have long to command, on my YouTube channel I will reveal the circumstances of his shameful escape and defeat of two BTGR on BMP-2 and with one ATGM Javelin. The tank is greedy for fuel, but our soldiers also captured a tanker, "Butusov wrote.
The captured equipment turned out to be well-equipped and will now fight on the Ukrainian side.
"Tanks are armed with the latest Russian sub-caliber and guided projectiles, it will be very nice to apply it to the remnants of the same unfortunate 200th Brigade ... Glory to Ukrainian heroes who forever destroyed the myth of the great Russian army and dispersed this army in the bushes. weapons. Now the T-80BVM will be in the hands of real lions, "Butusov concluded.
Of course
The mechanized battalion of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces near Kharkiv, during a successful and rapid battle with the Russian occupiers, captured six new Russian T-80BVM tanks from the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Yuriy Butusov told about it on his Facebook page.
The mechanized battalion of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces near Kharkiv, during a successful and rapid battle with the Russian occupiers, captured six new Russian T-80BVM tanks from the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Yuriy Butusov told about it on his Facebook page.
The mechanized battalion of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces near Kharkiv, during a successful and rapid battle with the Russian occupiers, captured six new Russian T-80BVM tanks from the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Yuriy Butusov told about it on his Facebook page.
Doesn't it look worse than stupid, even perverse, when the host of a blog, while wishing to appear erudite, engages in nothing but inanities, and constantly demonstrates a lack of humanity when dealing with serious matters.
Rhetorical question.
Roger thinks Kherson is Kharkiv
The mechanized battalion of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces near Kharkiv, during a successful and rapid battle with the Russian occupiers, captured six new Russian T-80BVM tanks from the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Yuriy Butusov told about it on his Facebook page.
Kherson said to fall to Russians, first major Ukrainian city conquered; mayor deniesUS top diplomat Blinken says cost of Ukraine war already ‘staggering’; Bennett holds calls with Zelensky, Putin; Ukraine says over 2,000 civilians dead
24min ago
Doesn't it look worse than stupid, even perverse, when the host of a blog, while wishing to appear erudite, engages in nothing but inanities, and constantly demonstrates a lack of humanity when dealing with serious matters.
You mean like accepting the scientific data on lock downs and mask wearing and accepting all of the various reports on the war in Ukraine?
Apparently telling the truth is a "lack of humanity"
and the more "serious" the matter, the more we are supposed to accept half truths, lies, and propaganda?
Is that what you are saying Reverend?
Kherson said to fall to Russians, first major Ukrainian city conquered; mayor denies
The mechanized battalion of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces near Kharkiv, during a successful and rapid battle with the Russian occupiers, captured six new Russian T-80BVM tanks from the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Yuriy Butusov told about it on his Facebook page.
A math education professor in New York City claimed that the equation 2+2=4 “reeks of white supremacist patriarchy.”
Yep -
And here's the imbecile.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/math-professor-claims-equation-2-2-4-reeks-of-white-supremacist-patriarchy
Her kids will grow up to be alcoholic nail benders relying on union goons to tell them what to do every minute of every day.
Didn't mean to repeat you, CHT.
Kherson said to fall to Russians, first major Ukrainian city conquered; mayor denies
Russian forces had encircled the city, said Igor Kolykhaev, Kherson’s mayor, and after days of intense fighting, Ukrainian forces retreated toward the nearby city of Mykolaiv.
“There is no Ukrainian Army here,” he said in an interview. “The city is surrounded.”
That doesn't sound like a denial, Roger.
Scott is showing the same symptoms like Mark Shipper author.
Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is an impulse-control disorder characterized by sudden episodes of unwarranted anger. The disorder is typified by hostility, impulsivity, and recurrent aggressive outbursts. People with IED essentially “explode” into a rage despite a lack of apparent provocation or reason.
Re Roger's 5:08
I am HEARTENED and DELIGHTED to see that Roger!
Especially "Glory to Ukrainian heroes who forever destroyed the myth of the great Russian army and dispersed this army in the bushes. Now the T-80BVM will be in the hands of real lions," Butusov concluded.
You see, like you, I'm rootin' versus Pootin!
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
Scott is showing the same symptoms like Mark Shipper author.
Says the alcoholic mentally ill whackjob locked in a room with "Mark Shipper author."
Isn't it smashed nanna time alky?
Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is an impulse-control disorder characterized by sudden episodes of unwarranted anger.
Alky,
Why do you continue to repeat the diagnosis listed on the restraining order Lydia needed to keep you from beating her to death?
You post this often, and we are all aware of your continual psychological projection.
And you alcoholism.
And your public suicide rantings and ravings.
And your mental illness.
"That doesn't sound like a denial, Roger."
That's because Ch is rootin'
for Pootin.
_____
(Btw, I told Ch I didn't care about his tiresome mask tirades.)
No do I care about rat's inanities.
While there is no cure for IED, you can gain control over the symptoms with proper rehab. There are inpatient treatment programs designed specifically to meet the needs of people suffering from intermittent explosive disorder.
Alcoholic Anonymous meetings have kept me sober for almost 10 years.
But you have to take the first step.
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
The Armed Forces seized six new Russian T-80BVM tanks
Good for them
A Ukrainian farmer stole a Russian APC the other day
Seems that the Russian 40 mile convoy is target rich .
Recall the Road of death the US Air Force inflicted upon Iraqi retreating troops
“It’s been a rough patch in American politics. But I don’t think there’re broad differences on doing everything we possibly can to help Ukraine.”
— Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), quoted by Politico.
AMEN!
Oilfield Rando
https://twitter.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/1498858387999797249
As always, every time Joe brings up Beau I’m reminding you all that Attorney General Beau Biden helped a child rapist avoid jail time because the child rapist’s family was one of the Biden family’s biggest benefactors
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On February 6, 2009, Robert Richards admitted to raping his 3-year-old daughter. “I feel horrible,” he told the judge, according to court documents. “There’s no excuse for what I’ve done to her.”
His lawyer, calling the 6-foot-4, roughly 300-pound Richards “a somewhat gentle person,” argued he “would not fare well” in jail. Hours later, Richards walked away from Delaware Superior Court a free man. He pleaded guilty to a charge of rape in the fourth degree, paid a fine of $4,395 and promised to attend a high-end treatment center in Massachusetts.
Robert Richards Megan's Law Community Notice
Megan's Law Community Notice STATE OF DELAWARE
Judge Jan Jurden, who presided over the case, had initially considered sentencing Richards to eight years in prison; ultimately she gave him eight years of probation. “I have concerns about this, because arguably, you should be [in jail] for what you did,” Jurden said during the sentencing. “But I think you have significant treatment needs that have to be addressed, and you have very strong family support. So unlike many unfortunate people who come before me, you are lucky in that regard, and I hope you appreciate that.”
Richards did have support that most convicts lacked. Upon his release, he went back to living on the proceeds of his multimillion-dollar trust fund, the result of being a member of one of Delaware’s most powerful families, the du Ponts. While he never worked for or had any affiliation with the DuPont company, he still benefits from the family fortune, which Forbes valued at $14.3 billion in 2016, and dates back 200 years in the state.
continues:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/denizcam/2019/06/14/how-a-du-pont-heir-avoided-jail-time-for-a-heinous-crime/?sh=7b3f09829dba
Did Joe bring this up in his SOTU ?
explains why some liberals here so strongly root for Biden
And his multi-billionaire friends
Reverend...
Are you actually willing to be honest?
The NYT, FOX News, CNN, and everyone else has reported that the city has fallen and that the Ukrainian Army fled.
I guess telling the truth is "rooting" for Putin?
And in order to "root for Ukraine" you have to deny every report that comes along that you do not like, and cut and paste every report you like at least 20 times for effect?
Your job is all about "faith" and just expecting people to believe you no matter what you tell them. My job is to provide facts, fix problems, and I can have zero patience for anything that is not 100% factual and real.
1. We admitted we were powerless over hatred of liberals – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Day 7 of the invation.
Biden is still buying Putin Oil.
Biden still has his chains on US Oil production.
We all agree Putin is a Communist piece of shut.
No one is rooting for Putin
1. We admitted we were powerless over hatred of liberals – that our lives had become unmanageable.
It doesn't sound like anyone on the right here is living an unmanageable life?
I mean we have certain people locked up with a crazy person who thinks he is the fifth Beatle and believes other tall tales... but that person probably hates conservatives?
Did you get that one backwards, Rog?
No one is rooting for Putin
Not unless you are actually willing to tell the truth? That proves you love Putin and want him to win because of Joe Biden or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zysMB6jKUI8
Send Ukraine A-10's.
Blogger C.H. Truth said...
No one is rooting for Putin
Not unless you are actually willing to tell the truth? That proves you love Putin and want him to win because of Joe Biden or something.
The funniest or most macabre part of this is, they swore Trump was driving us mad, but they are completely losing their shit as we watch the incredible deterioration of a man in dementia. And the whore’s on deck….
It’s truly scary
When do we see the "State of the Nation" speech poll bump?
When do we see the "State of the Nation" speech poll bump?
Considering all that is happening in the world, the ratings were pretty light (38 million) and the approvals were lowest in 15 years. Moreover, the largest percentage of viewers were probably already Biden supporters. (We watched Marvelous Mrs Maisel instead).
Probably 20 points or more... any day now!
Actually I'm afraid that Trump believes this philosophy.
The Globalists’ Misinformation Play
By Vasko Kohlmayer
Ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the western public has been carpet-bombed with the claim that Russian president Vladimir Putin is some sort of unhinged madman. This notion is being feverishly spread by the establishment and those in its pay: the political class, the media and the commentariat, career diplomats and technocrats as well as those connected to the security and intelligence communities.
The most remarkable thing about the Mad Vlad claim is that it is obviously false.
Whatever Vladimir Putin may be, he is certainly no irrational madman. This much should be obvious to everyone with the eyes to see.
A former KGB operative, Vladimir Putin is a wily person of demonstrated ability. After all, he managed to bring control and order to a vast country that was largely in disarray when he took it over at the age of 48. He adroitly managed to keep himself in power for over two decades while navigating and overcoming a number of crises and challenges along the way. Through it all, he has shown himself to be intelligent, steel-willed, calculating, shrewd, self-controlled, determined, cunning, and patient.
These are hardly the qualities of a lunatic.
We have dealt with Putin for 22 years and, during that whole time, no one seriously suggested or maintained that he was crazy. Quite to the contrary, for almost a decade after his ascent, he was viewed as a capable man of considerable talents.
For years the Western establishment considered Putin a “man with whom we could do business.” He was seen as “liberal, humane, and decent European.” He was described as a person of “’alert, controlled poise’ and ‘well-briefed acuity,’ who was open to anything, even Russia joining NATO.”
And yet less than a week ago, on the day he invaded Ukraine, Vladimir Putin was nearly unanimously declared – contrary to all evidence – a “madman” by members of the Western establishment.
The question is this: Why did they decide to suddenly gaslight and brainwash people with such a patent lie that so obviously contravenes reality?
They did this to hide and conceal the gargantuan blunder they have committed over Ukraine.
Biden is the President.
I'm not locked up. He is.
Because he's got IED
I admire a lot of Republicans. Even Moscow Mitch McConnell
If McCain had picked a Republican. Not Sarah Palin I may have voted for him
But for some reason you can't separate your feelings from political beliefs.
I can.
Opec+ don't seem to bending to produce more oil .
Notice how important it is to have it .
Scott thinks that this is why he wants to eliminate the institutions like the FBI.
Oath Keeper is 1st to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6 attack
Joshua James, 34, of Arab, Alabama, pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy charges on Wednesday as part of deal with prosecutors contingent on his cooperation with the U.S. government in their ongoing prosecution of defendants who were involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The plea deal is the first of its kind for a Jan. 6 defendant and comes nearly a year after James was charged with impeding and obstructing Congress' affirmation of the Electoral College vote in the 2020 presidential election.
James pleaded guilty before the court to one count of seditious conspiracy and one count of obstructing an official proceeding in exchange for a reduced offense level, which the judge will consider at sentencing. James agreed to pay $2,000 under the agreement for the damages to the Capitol.
Welcome to fascism
But for some reason you can't separate your feelings from political beliefs.
I can.
Is that why earlier today you tried to deny that Kherson was overrun by the Russians? Because you are able to separate your emotions over factual reality?
Whatever you want to say about me if fine. But at the end of the day I am said to be logical to a fault and occasionally even accused of being less emotional than I should be.
But that is why I am not one to "fall for things" like some of you.
He pleaded guilty to charges you said were just trying to get rid of Trump..
pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy charges
I have been accustomed to people with you since I was kid.
134 IQ dwarfs you
Roger and the Reverend....
You might want to read this article from the Daily Mail United Kingdom edition...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10569141/Putin-NOT-crazy-Russian-invasion-NOT-failing-writes-military-analyst-BILL-ROGGIO.html
I understand that it is not a glowing American style fluff piece that is all about admiring the Ukrainian courage and calling Putin names. It is actually written by what appears to be a fairly logical and unemotional military leader who breaks down exactly what his happening as well as explaining exactly why things are playing out as they are.
Again... cognitive dissonance might not allow you to actually read the whole thing. You will likely just get mad and not make it to the end because it goes against your narrow view of this conflict.
But it would be in your best interest to finish it all the way through.
And actually I knew this
An IQ of 134 puts a person in the 98th percentile with a rarity of one in 60 people. This is a little above two standard deviations above the mean. With an IQ of 134 a person could go to any school and study any subject with the exception of theoretical physics. I knew I couldn't process it in my mind.
134 IQ dwarfs you
People with 134 IQ do not get 1590 out of 2400 on a SAT test or graduate with a C+ average. People with 134 IQ can walk through High School on the honor roll without effort and end up with high level math or science degrees that all comes easy to them.
My son was taking college classes as a sophomore, was nicknamed the autistic genius in his school, all while sporting an IQ of around 120 (which still placed him in the top 5% of our population).
I was that student to took a standardized math test in high school and correctly answered questions on math subjects we had not even covered yet. The kid who "blew the curve" while never taking a book home to study in a variety of subjects.
It wasn't that I needed to study or apply myself to get on the honor roll or graduate from college. It was whether or not I wanted to apply myself enough to handle 500 level college math and science that did not come easy.
I read it and I thought it was an opinion piece by someone who doesn't have any experience in analyzing data.
The author is
Bill Roggio is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and editor of FDD's Long war Journal. From 1991 to 1997, Roggio served as a signalman and infantryman in the U.S. Army and New Jersey National Guard ..
Why didn't you look beyond your opinion
Six years as a signalman and infantryman
The author is
Bill Roggio is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and editor of FDD's Long war Journal. From 1991 to 1997, Roggio served as a signalman and infantryman in the U.S. Army and New Jersey National Guard ..
Why didn't you look beyond your opinion
Six years as a signalman and infantryman
134 makes it fun
Blogger C.H. Truth said...
Roger and the Reverend....
You might want to read this article from the Daily Mail United Kingdom edition...
You have to put it in BOLD
LOL
When I actually studied
high level math or science degrees that all comes easy to them.
In my senior year I studied them and it was easy
..
But I made bad decisions.
Roger...
He is a war scholar, Mr 1590 out of 2400...
Read the article, if you are smart enough
Btw... you keep forgetting that I outscored you on the SAT by 400 points.
Scott, it's an opinion piece, not analysis..
There are reports that Russian forces have escalated attacks on civilians, particularly in Kharkiv.
At the moment, the artillery and rocket attacks there have been limited, perhaps to send a message to the citizens as a warning of what may come.
Putin appears to want to take Ukraine intact, but will not hesitate to increase the level of brutality if needed.
The systematic nature of the Russian assault is at odds with speculation that Putin has lost control of his senses.
Nobody knows for sure, but Putin's actions appear to be that of a cold and calculating adversary.
Dismissing his decision to invade Ukraine as a form of madness is effectively an excuse to ignore Putin's likely motivations and future decisions
The author doesn't have a college degree he was not an officer either.
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
The author doesn't have a college degree he was not an officer either.
He’s not in a semi-private room with the 5th Beatle, so he’s got that on ya
So Mr C+ 1590 SAT
I guess since you don't have a college degree either, we can discount everything you opine, huh?
By your own logic.
Would a genius walk into that?
The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
When I actually studied
high level math or science degrees that all comes easy to them.
Ignoring the word salad I'm thinking roger will have to wait till the end to figure this one out:
https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/status/1498841345787584516
Well maybe his answer never comes up and he will stick to it
The Slow motion coup is still being supported by Trump
Trump just endorsed an Oath Keeper’s plan to seize control of the Republican Party
Isaac Arnsdorf, Propublica
March 02, 2022
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.
Former President Donald Trump has officially endorsed a plan, created by a man who has self-identified with the Oath Keeper militia, that aims to have Trump supporters consolidate control of the Republican Party.
The plan, known as the “precinct strategy,” has been repeatedly promoted on Steve Bannon’s popular podcast. As ProPublica detailed last year, it has already inspired thousands of people to fill positions at the lowest rung of the party ladder. Though these positions are low-profile and often vacant, they hold critical powers: They help elect higher-ranking party officers, influence which candidates appear on the ballot, turn out voters on Election Day and even staff the polling precincts where people vote and the election boards that certify the results.
“Just heard about an incredible effort underway that will strengthen the Republican Party,” Trump said Sunday in a statement emailed to his supporters. “If members of our Great movement start getting involved (that means YOU becoming a precinct committeeman for your voting precinct), we can take back our great Country from the ground up.”
The situation is different than before
Russia Batters Ukraine’s No. 2 City Kharkiv, as Kyiv Offensive StallsThe two cities remain under Ukrainian control, as Ukraine officials put the invasion’s civilian death toll at 2,000 and Moscow acknowledges nearly 500 soldiers killed
By
Yaroslav Trofimov and
James Marson
Updated March 2, 2022 7:55 pm ET
KYIV, Ukraine—Russian forces pounded Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, with airstrikes in a bid to break the will of the country’s resistance as Moscow’s offensive toward Kyiv stalled amid fierce Ukrainian counterattacks and logistics mishaps.
Russian missile debris fell near Kyiv’s central train station on Wednesday night, damaging a major heating pipeline, with the blast wave breaking the station’s windows. Thousands of civilians, particularly women and children, are sheltering in the station at night as they await evacuation trains to western Ukraine. Ukrainian officials said the missile was shot down by Kyiv’s air defenses.
In the southern part of the country, Russian forces have gained a swath of land and have entered the Black Sea port city of Kherson.
For the first time, Russia’s Defense Ministry acknowledged extensive losses in the seven days of war, saying that 498 Russian troops have been killed and 1,597 injured. Moscow said its forces killed 2,870 Ukrainian soldiers.
Ukraine hasn’t released its casualties, but says its military has killed 5,840 Russian troops. Ukrainian officials have put the invasion’s civilian death toll at about 2,000.
The charges have been filed against Trump!!!
The Jan. 6 select committee says its evidence has shown that then-President Donald Trump and his campaign tried to illegally obstruct Congress’ counting of electoral votes and “engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States.”
In a major release of its findings, filed in federal court late Wednesday, the committee suggested its evidence supported findings that Trump himself violated multiple laws by attempting to prevent Congress from certifying his defeat.
“The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States,” the committee wrote in a filing submitted in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California.
In a major release of the panel’s findings, including excerpts of nearly a dozen depositions from top aides to Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, the committee described a president who had been informed repeatedly that he lost the election and that his claims of fraud were unfounded — only to reject them and continue to mislead the American public.
He then pushed top advisers to continue strategizing ways to overturn the election results.
As Congress regrouped after a violent mob assaulted the Capitol, Attorney John Eastman, a key driver of Trump’s strategy to subvert the 2020 election, urged Pence to break federal law in order to stop counting of Electoral College votes, according to evidence released Wednesday evening by the Jan. 6 select committee.
Thankful for Biden
Max Boot: “I’m not a praying man, but if I were, I would be on my hands and knees thanking the Almighty that during the worst crisis in Europe since 1945, the United States is led by Joe Biden, not Donald Trump.
“Biden has been as masterful in his handling of the Ukraine war as he was ham-handed in his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
For months he has been warning that Russia would invade and predicting that this would trigger a ‘swift and severe’ response.
He even laid out details of Russian plans to stage false flag operations and to install a puppet regime in Kyiv."
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/02/jan6-trump-obstruction-justice-00013440
In a major release of its findings, filed in federal court late Wednesday, the committee suggested its evidence supported findings that Trump himself violated multiple laws by attempting to prevent Congress from certifying his defeat.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/02/jan6-trump-obstruction-justice-00013440
The Jan. 6 select committee says its evidence has shown that then-President Donald Trump and his campaign tried to illegally obstruct Congress’ counting of electoral votes and “engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States.”
They have no authority to "file charges" Roger...
But someone with an IQ over 100 would know that by now.
Roger, delusions continue.
"The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit March 2, 2022 at 6:51 PM
I have been accustomed to people with you since I was kid.
134 IQ dwarfs you "
Yet, you write like a fucktard.
Where is there anything in this about "filing charges"?
Jan. 6 committee says Trump violated multiple laws in effort to overturn election
The select panel suggested that its evidence supported findings that the former president himself violated multiple laws by attempting to prevent Congress from certifying his defeat.
The Jan. 6 select committee says its evidence has shown that then-President Donald Trump and his campaign tried to illegally obstruct Congress’ counting of electoral votes and “engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States.”
In a major release of its findings, filed in federal court late Wednesday, the committee suggested that its evidence supported findings that Trump himself violated multiple laws by attempting to prevent Congress from certifying his defeat.
“The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States,” the committee wrote in a filing submitted in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California.
In a major release of the panel’s findings, including excerpts of nearly a dozen depositions from top aides to Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, the committee described a president who had been informed repeatedly that he lost the election and that his claims of fraud were unfounded — only to reject them and continue to mislead the American public.
He then pushed top advisers to continue strategizing ways to overturn the election results.
The panel released its findings as part of a legal push to force John Eastman, an attorney who was a key driver of Trump’s strategy to subvert the 2020 election, to produce crucial emails tying together elements of the scheme they described. The panel revealed testimony that offered a detailed account of Eastman’s efforts to provide a legal strategy that would justify ordering Pence to overturn the election single-handedly when he presided over Congress’ electoral-vote-counting session on Jan. 6, 2021.
Eastman, however, didn’t relent even after a violent mob — egged on by Trump — stormed the Capitol and sent Pence and Congress fleeing for safety. Eastman continued to press Pence to overturn the election.
“Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege,” Pence counsel Greg Jacob emailed Eastman, along with a lengthy refutation of his argument.
“The ‘siege’ is because YOU and your boss did not do what was necessary to allow this to be aired in a public way so the American people can see for themselves what happened,” Eastman replied, according to emails obtained by the panel.
Even after this exchange, Eastman made one final plea to convince Pence to stop the counting of electoral votes, acknowledging it would amount to a “relatively minor” violation of the federal law known as the Electoral Count Act.
“Plaintiff knew what he was proposing would violate the law, but he nonetheless urged the Vice President to take those actions,” the committee wrote in its filings.
Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said in a statement later Wednesday that their fact-finding strongly suggested that “Dr. Eastman’s emails may show that he helped Donald Trump advance a corrupt scheme to obstruct the counting of electoral college ballots and a conspiracy to impede the transfer of power.”
The select committee revealed its evidence as part of a bid to convince a federal judge to require Eastman to provide more of his own emails — held by his former employer Chapman University — to congressional investigators. Eastman sued to block the panel from accessing his Chapman emails, claiming they would reveal records protected by attorney-client privilege.
But the panel’s emphasis on potential crimes may convince U.S. District Court Judge David Carter — who has repeatedly ruled against Eastman — that none of Eastman’s records are protected by privilege.
Carter, who is based in California, has rejected Eastman’s attempts to shield his records, citing the urgency and significance of the select committee’s work. Instead, Carter has ordered Eastman to quickly review 90,000 pages of emails and attachments and to itemize any he thinks should be withheld because of attorney-client privilege. He has repeatedly sided with the committee’s demands, such as requiring Eastman to prioritize emails sent between Jan. 4 and Jan. 7, 2021, and to force him to disclose his legal relationship with Trump, which had never been publicly revealed.
But the committee indicated that Eastman’s purported relationship with Trump fails to prove he had a legitimate claim of attorney client privilege.
Eastman, according to the panel, produced a letter identifying his client as Trump’s campaign, but the letter was left unsigned. “This unsigned and unauthenticated engagement letter is insufficient to establish an attorney-client relationship during the period at issue,” the House’s lawyers wrote.
The DOJ has the evidence
I didn't find anything about filing charges and I have a high I.Q.
“As the courts were overwhelmingly ruling against President Trump’s claims of election misconduct, he and his associates began to plan extra-judicial efforts to overturn the results of the election and prevent the President-elect from assuming office,” the brief said. “At the heart of these efforts was an aggressive public misinformation campaign to persuade millions of Americans that the election had in fact been stolen. The President and his associates persisted in making ‘stolen election’ claims even after the President’s own appointees at the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, along with his own campaign staff, had informed the President that his claims were wrong.”
The court system has been great for the country forward since he directed an Insurrection.
Including the big lie
Where is there anything in this about "filing charges"?
I don't know Reverend...
ask the genius without a degree!
The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
The charges have been filed against Trump!!!
the committee wrote in a filing submitted in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California.
“The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States,” the committee wrote in a filing submitted in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California.
filed in federal court late Wednesday, the committee suggested that its evidence supported findings that Trump himself violated multiple laws by attempting to prevent Congress from certifying his defeat.
The court system has been great for the country forward since he directed an Insurrection.
This word salad is why even Roger says you should never listen to people like him who do not have a college degree.
filed in federal court late Wednesday, the committee suggested that its evidence supported findings that Trump himself violated multiple laws by attempting to prevent Congress from certifying his defeat.
If you had a degree, then we could listen to you.
But since you don't and you apparently do not understand the concept of criminal charges.... I guess we should ignore you. Like you suggested.
No charges yet but they have direct evidence of crimes by Trump himself.
You would have been a terrible lawyer.
You would have been a terrible lawyer.
From a high school graduate whose SAT scores were 400 points lower than mine... your opinion is irrelevant.
Manchin (D-WV) stated, “You cannot be the superpower of the world if you have to depend on other nations to produce your energy” and that he’s in a different spot than his party and President Joe Biden because “they have a hard time coming to grips that you’ve got to use everything you’ve got” or else you “end up like Germany did” and “in one heck of a mess.”
CHT , Be respectful of Roger , after all he is a self proclaimed "Journalist".
He doesn't actually have a degree , nor is he a published author.
“The facts we’ve gathered strongly suggest that Dr. Eastman’s emails may show that he helped Donald Trump advance a corrupt scheme to obstruct the counting of electoral college ballots and a conspiracy to impede the transfer of power,” the committee’s chair and vice chair, Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said in a statement Wednesday.
Trump and Eastman have not been charged with any crime.
Yet because it actually takes time
They said they had accumulated evidence demonstrating that Mr. Trump, the conservative lawyer John Eastman and other allies could potentially be charged with criminal violations including obstructing an official proceeding of Congress.
Trump and Eastman have not been charged with any crime yet
Trump and Eastman have not been charged with any crime.
If you had an iq over 120. You might understand.
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Exactly. The fact that no charges have been made does not mean that charges will not be made.
If the evidence is as persuasive as it appears to be, I would think that, after further consideration of the evidence, charges will be forthcoming from a source empowered to make such charges.
Always Wrong Roger scores again.
He said China was not supporting Putin.
"China says no to sanctioning Russia amid Ukraine bombardment, vows to continue 'normal trade cooperation'China also abstained during a UN General Assembly vote Wednesday on a nonbinding resolution calling on Russia to halt its war on Ukraine"
Select Panel Lays Out POTENTIAL CHARGES Against Trump
“The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol said on Wednesday that there was enough evidence to conclude that former President Donald J. Trump and some of his allies might have conspired to commit fraud and obstruction by misleading Americans about the outcome of the 2020 election and attempting to overturn the result,” the New York Times reports.
“In a court filing in a civil case in California, the committee’s lawyers for the first time laid out their theory of a potential criminal case against the former president.
“They said they had accumulated evidence demonstrating that Mr. Trump, the conservative lawyer John Eastman and other allies could potentially be charged with criminal violations including obstructing an official proceeding of Congress and conspiracy to defraud the American people.”
Hear, hear!
Well it hasn't taken time to charge the protesters. A guy committed suicide after being sentenced to 51 months because the judge said the flag he was carrying was a weapon.
Not yet today but
The 221-page filing marks the committee’s most formal effort to link the former president to a federal crime, though the actual import of the filing is not clear since lawmakers do not have the power to bring charges on their own and can only make a referral to the Justice Department. The department has been investigating last year’s riot, but has not given any indication that it is considering seeking charges against Trump.
I knew dumbshit
Select Panel Lays Out POTENTIAL CHARGES Against Trump!
Select Panel Lays Out POTENTIAL CHARGES Against Trump!
Select Panel Lays Out POTENTIAL CHARGES Against Trump!
Select Panel Lays Out POTENTIAL CHARGES Against Trump!
WSJ
Byron Tau and
Sadie Gurman
March 2, 2022 11:34 pm ET
WASHINGTON—The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol said in a court filing Wednesday that it believes former President Trump and some of his allies might have committed crimes by seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
In a legal filing previewing some of its findings, the committee—made up largely of Democrats as well as two Republicans who have been critical of Mr. Trump—said it has evidence to show Mr. Trump violated several laws in an attempt to keep Congress from certifying President Biden’s victory.
A spokesman for Mr. Trump didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
The panel suggested it had evidence that Mr. Trump potentially engaged in conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstructed an official proceeding and committed fraud—serious federal charges that could eventually be referred to the Justice Department for consideration. Such a move would immediately thrust the Justice Department into a political firestorm.
The committee says that evidence provides “a good-faith basis” for concluding that Mr. Trump has violated federal law banning obstruction of an official proceeding. “The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States,” lawyers for the congressional panel wrote in a filing in the U.S. federal district court in Orange County, Calif.
The filing came as part of legal proceedings over the testimony of John Eastman, a lawyer and professor at Chapman University, who advanced a fringe legal theory in the wake of Mr. Trump’s loss that Vice President Mike Pence could stop certification of the election on Jan. 6, 2021, as part of his ceremonial role as vice president. The panel’s immediate aim was to force Mr. Eastman to hand over thousands of pages of emails that he is suing to withhold.
The panel said Mr. Trump and his allies entered into an agreement “to defraud the United States by interfering with the election certification process, disseminating false information about election fraud, and pressuring state officials to alter state election results and federal officials to assist in that effort,’’ according to the filing.
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Mike Pence and many others have testified before the committee.
If they file charges against Trump, since he is no longer President, the court system will not let him use executive privilege...
Select Panel Lays Out POTENTIAL CHARGES Against Trump.
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