“You spoke this week with President Biden. How would you describe your conversations with the U.S. leader?” Yingst asked. “Do you believe the Americans waited too long to give Ukraine the support you need to push back this Russian offensive?”
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| Zelenskyy is a funny name! Zelenskyy is the same name Dan Aykroyd had in Tommy Boy!! Um... we are being invaded by the Russians, Joe. Can you focus? |
“We have good contact." Zelenskyy told Yingst. "I can tell you the truth. It’s a pity it began after the beginning of this war, but we have it. My appreciation to him and to his team. We can speak now often.”
So obviously the Ukrainians need American assistance, so they cannot be very flippant about insulting or questioning our intentions. So for Zelenskyy to suggest that he was disappointed to the point of declaring it a "pity" that we didn't help sooner seems like a big deal. Of course, Zelenskyy seems like a straight shooter who has quite a bit of courage in the face of adversary.
All that being said, there is always going to be the undeniable reality about this situation that the Americans, the Europeans, and the world as a whole could have done more to prevent this from happening in the first place. But quite obviously such leadership to accomplish something like that does not seem to exist anywhere. Certainly it does not exist in our White House.
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WhoA!
Russia and Ukraine Agree to Limited Cease Fire
3:35 pm EST
“Ukraine and Russia say they have agreed to temporary local cease-fires to create ‘humanitarian corridors’ so civilians can be evacuated and food and medicine can be delivered,” the Washington Post reports.
Snarkey, snarkey.
Surely it does not exist in our White House...
Oh yes, and it would have been SO SO much better if Devious Donald had been in charge.
You are just so polemical.
Me, I rejoice in this latest news, in the fact that at least some humanitarian help can be gotten to those who are suffering.
But of course you'll find something wrong with it if you can.
People back home in Russia are beginning to grasp the horror of what has been brought to their Ukrainian brothers and sisters.
Also, the significant loss of young soldiers, some of whom still thought they were "on exercises" until they weren't.
You have lost your mind Scott. Seriously you need help
You feel exactly like this TLS
We are still in need of the qualities of great leadership.
Many leading Republicans and conservatives want someone other than Donald Trump to run for President in 2024. But this judgment requires an assessment of Trump’s vices and virtues in the context of our current political and cultural circumstances, as well as an assessment of other prospective Republican presidential candidates. Among the talked-about alternatives to Trump, I have not yet seen anyone who possesses either his virtues or his backbone. I am not suggesting that everyone make way for Trump; rather that it is too early to throw him overboard.
I regularly ask Republican politicians what they think of Donald Trump. The most frequent response is some version of, “I like his policies but don’t like the rest of him.” But this formulation gets it almost backwards. Although Trump advanced many important policies, it is the “rest of him” that contains the virtues that inspired a movement.
Trump was born for the current American crisis: the life and death struggle against the totalitarian enemy I call “woke communism.” The “woke comms” have seized every political, cultural, and economic center of power in the country from where they ruthlessly push their agenda. That agenda rests on the conviction that America is thoroughly bad (systemically racist) and must be destroyed.
If there is one thing that patriotic Americans know about Trump it is that he, like them, is unequivocally pro-American and willing to fight to defend the American way of life. When Collin Kaepernick and his ilk knelt before the American flag, Trump called them “sons of bitches.” As always, he was being forceful, authentic, and unmistakably clear.
Trump stood up for America every time he violated the strictures of political correctness. Trump has said over and over exactly what political correctness prohibits one from saying: “We have our culture, it’s exceptional, and that’s the way we want to keep it.” Trump’s contempt for political correctness showed patriotic Americans that its ever-tightening grip could be loosened. As Trump and his supporters know, political correctness cripples our ability to think clearly and act decisively.
Trump said Haiti is a “shithole” and that Representative Maxine Waters has a low IQ. These were not racist lies but uncouth, politically incorrect observations that most people would agree with but not dare say. Most of us, conservatives no less than liberals, are reluctant to criticize black Americans for fear of being called a racist. Trump, on the other hand, is an equal opportunity criticizer. This is what we used to call “colorblindness.”
Trump treated the woke media with the same contempt he treated political correctness, provoking their outrage and revealing their utter corruption.
Trump made no apologies for America’s past. His unlimited confidence in America is, in this time of national doubt and self-loathing, just what the doctor ordered. Trump thinks America can vanquish all comers if we just put our mind to it and he is right.
Trump is a man of action, guided by facts and common sense. He has no use for theories. He knows that slavish devotion to theory can lead to nonsensical beliefs; for instance, that children should be able to undergo “gender conformation”; that police forces should be defunded; or that biological boys should be able to compete against girls in athletics.
Trump knows it is time to make a stand, and for that we need strong men. Weak men do anything to avoid admitting the hardest truths because they lack the resolve to do what truth demands from them. Trump is a manly man. In present times, when manhood is being stripped of its masculinity, traditional manhood, even when flawed, has much appeal.
Trump is also comfortable in his own skin, a prerequisite for independence and courage. Trump ripped apart people he thought were weak. Sometimes he went overboard, but his supporters forgave his excesses because strength is in such short supply. Trump plays to win. And he knows that in war reaching across the aisle is usually a sucker’s game
A large part of Trump’s appeal was that he is a bona fide outsider who distrusted the expert class, which comprises so much of the “swamp.” Although his own administration sometimes made it difficult for him to get done everything he promised, his supporters knew he was on their side and was trying his damnedest not to let them down. Culturally, Trump, fueled by Big Macs, understands, as does the outsourced American worker, that a cheap smartphone is not a replacement for a meaningful job and the life it supports. Trump also understands that what Americans of all races and creeds desire are stable communities, and the opportunity to raise their families in a culture that values industriousness, self-reliance, patriotism, and freedom.
Trump revealed—not “caused”—the divide in this country. He awakened the public to the dangers of woke communism and, as good leaders do, gave his supporters the breathing room to voice their discontents. This may have been his most important achievement, made possible by qualities independent of policy. You cannot win a war unless you know you are in one.
This enumeration of Trump’s virtues does not fully capture his uncommon courage and firmness of purpose. Trump is the most towering political figure in living memory. He has, like it or not, defined the politics of our age. In 2016 and 2020 he was the political leader most fit for war-like circumstances. Yes, he has vices; even so, we should pause before we move on to someone else.
If Republicans do choose another candidate, they must do so in full confidence that he will embody Trump’s virtues. If not Trump himself, his positive qualities must be the standard by which we judge other candidates.
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You are out of your mind Scott get help from your wife
So for Zelenskyy to suggest that he was disappointed to the point of declaring it a "pity" that we didn't help sooner seems like a big deal. Of course, Zelenskyy seems like a straight shooter who has quite a bit of courage in the face of adversary.
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Yes, he showed courage in resisting Trump's adversarial attempt to bribe him into a quid pro quo arrangement to get much needed military aid.
Several nations and NATO members have pledged to provide both lethal and logistical military assistance to the Ukrainian government. Here is a brief assessment of the numerous foreign military support packages the Ukrainian Military received.
The United States
The US has been providing military assistance to Ukraine since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, originally providing non-lethal support including body armour, logistical supplies and training. Since authorizing the provision of lethal military equipment to Ukraine in 2017, the US has supplied Ukrainian forces with small arms, ammunition, anti-tank (AT) and anti-aircraft (AA) systems, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and communications equipment. Two notable systems are the FIM-92 Stinger AA missile and FGM-148 Javelin, the latter being an advanced AT weapon which deploys a fire-and-forget missile optimized to destroy armoured vehicles. The US government has provided over $1 billion in military assistance to the Ukrainian government over the past year.
Roger...
If you care so much about the Ukrainians why are you incapable of seeing any flaw what-so-ever in how Biden had fucked this entire thing up?
Seems to me that you should be angry about how the world just let this happen and how specifically the United States sat on their asses till it was too late... and then started to offer assistance.
Someone truly caring about Ukraine would stand with the vast majority of the world in understanding Biden screwed the pooch, rather than putting American politics first and demanding like an idiot that he has done well.
I mean the Ukrainian President standing shoulder to shoulder with his troops after denying our assistance in evacuating him....
States that our response was a "pity" and you get pissed off at me?
Misplaced aggression, dude.
The crazy one is you for putting Biden ahead of the Ukrainian people.
https://twitter.com/rlamick/status/1499491240546471937?t=vrxVeg2DBoHaehzTkBWjkg&s=19
You don't give a shit about Ukraine Ukraine .
You care about the next election season.
You actually have lost your mind Scott.
Read this before you call me alky etc.
https://www.army-technology.com/features/russian-invasion-ukraine-war-nato/
Not would have been better eith Trump in charge. It WAS better.
Since 2014 when Obama was the President
The US has been providing military assistance to Ukraine since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, originally providing non-lethal support including body armour, logistical supplies and training. Since authorizing the provision of lethal military equipment to Ukraine in 2017, the US has supplied Ukrainian forces with small arms, ammunition, anti-tank (AT) and anti-aircraft (AA) systems, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and communications equipment. Two notable systems are the FIM-92 Stinger AA missile and FGM-148 Javelin, the latter being an advanced AT weapon which deploys a fire-and-forget missile optimized to destroy armoured vehicles. The US government has provided over $1 billion in military assistance to the Ukrainian government over the past year.
https://www.army-technology.com/features/russian-invasion-ukraine-war-nato/
James said
"Sacrifices will have to be made"
Please tell us what "sacrifies" you see us making in the usa.
The US government has provided over $1 billion in military assistance to the Ukrainian government over the past year.
https://www.army-technology.com/features/russian-invasion-ukraine-war-nato/
The invasion was a week ago
Ch, you can say Biden failed in drawing together a powerful response to Putin's aggression all you want to, our allies in NATO and people in all the world know better.
You can't rewrite history on this.
You should know better than to use pjmedia because even most conservative majority think it is a fucking joke
You have Alx Jones syndrome
Conspiracy addicts Anonymous meetings are available online
Scott has has invented a parallel universe in which he lives mentally. Since he was nominated in 2016
Putin and Trump have it too.
Psychologist are saying this...
RT America Shuts Down
“The production company behind the American version of the Russian state-funded network RT laid off most of its staff on Thursday,” CNN reports.
Jon Stewart on Tucker Carlson
Comedian Jon Stewart ripped into Fox News host Tucker Carlson on the Sway podcast.
Said Stewart: “When you deal with such a dishonest propagandist — and that is what he is — there’s nothing you can take out of context, because none of it is real.”
He added: “He’s admitted when he’s cornered, he lies. It’s all a game and a performance. I mean, honestly, I have no idea what the f that guy believes, truly.”
Russian Oligarchs Have Lost $80 Billion
“Russia’s top billionaires have lost more than $80 billion in wealth in recent weeks, with more to come as sanctions and seizures start to bite,” CNBC reports.
World Leaders to Draw Up Treaty on Plastic Waste
“World leaders, environment ministers and other representatives from 173 countries have agreed to develop a legally binding treaty on plastics, in what many described a truly historic moment,”
the Guardian reports.
YES INDEED! TRY TO MAKE UP FOR SOME OF WHAT WE LOST IN THE TRUMP YEARS!
Guess who was the President when this happened???
Since authorizing the provision of lethal military equipment to Ukraine in 2017, the US has supplied Ukrainian forces with small arms, ammunition, anti-tank (AT) and anti-aircraft (AA) systems, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and communications equipment. Two notable systems are the FIM-92 Stinger AA missile and FGM-148 Javelin, the latter being an advanced AT weapon which deploys a fire-and-forget missile optimized to destroy armoured vehicles.
You should have used it, instead of SLDS Syndromes
e Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
You have lost your mind Scott. Seriously you need help
Ditto that....As Lil Schitty has become nothing but an echo chamber for the corrupt and sick GOP who only promotes party instead of country....That;s what happens when you don't have enough blood to run 2 heads because of a model child wife and age......BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Pjmedia said
Biden didn’t do anything to stop Russia. As White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki pointed out Wednesday, there’s a pattern from Vladimir Putin of invading Ukraine when Joe Biden is in the executive branch. “You know I was at the State Department, the president was the vice-president, the last time Russia invaded Ukraine,” she said.
The army said
Since authorizing the provision of lethal military equipment to Ukraine in 2017, the US has supplied Ukrainian forces with small arms, ammunition, anti-tank (AT) and anti-aircraft (AA) systems, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and communications equipment. Two notable systems are the FIM-92 Stinger AA missile and FGM-148 Javelin, the latter being an advanced AT weapon which deploys a fire-and-forget missile optimized to destroy armoured vehicles.
Admit your addiction to hating liberals and again conspiracy theories dominate your mind Scott
Guess who was the President when this happened???
Once again Lil Schiity manipulates and ignores data to fit his opinion.....It's a shame he does not vet his post because he really knows the truth, but chooses to ignore it to make a point....Seems all the R's have the same MO as opinions said enough time make facts......I think what the US is doing is right on and in tune with the world reaction.....As not buying oil from Putin.....unless the entire market does the same and shuts down the income stream totally....nothing will happen or affect Putin...!!!!!!!To do that.....we all will be hit with excessive oil costs, but IMHO that is the price of our freedom and taking down russia!!!!!
We have the very rare occasions when Nancy Pelosi and Ted Cruz actually agree on something. To stop buying 650k bsrrelsbof oil every day from Russia. And still, thst idiot Biden refuses to do it. Impeach him. He is dangerous.
You don't give a shit about Ukraine Ukraine .
Huh?
Ballz, you have an advanced degree and act like you have none!!!!! UNLESS EVERY ONE IN THE MARKET STOPS BUYING RUSSIAN OIL......NOTHING WILL DETER PUTIN BY THE US NOT!!!!!!! The idiots here are you, cruz and pelosi But be prepared for a lot more pain at the pump which is the least we can do to preserve democracy and rid the world of Russia!!!!!
Yes, he showed courage in resisting Trump's adversarial attempt to bribe him into a quid pro quo arrangement to get much needed military aid.
Actually Reverend.... Zelenskyy offered that he never had any understanding that anything was ever held up, and they got every penny of the $400 million or whatever it was.
Back in early October, Zelensky told reporters, “There was no pressure or blackmail from the U.S. I had no idea the military aid was held up
But believe what you want, Reverend. You always do.
Since authorizing the provision of lethal military equipment to Ukraine in 2017, the US has supplied Ukrainian forces with small arms, ammunition, anti-tank (AT) and anti-aircraft (AA) systems, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and communications equipment. Two notable systems are the FIM-92 Stinger AA missile and FGM-148 Javelin, the latter being an advanced AT weapon which deploys a fire-and-forget missile optimized to destroy armoured vehicles.
Admit your addiction to hating liberals and again conspiracy theories dominate your mind Scott
So what you are saying, Roger...
Is that ever since Trump took office, Ukraine has been getting all sorts of support (everything listed would have started in the first year of the Trump administration)
but when push comes to shove during Biden's term, we wait till Russia actually attacks to do something?
And that proves what exactly, Roger?
Other than your IQ is right around room temperature?
Dennis made a compelling case that Biden is Feckless.
Roger, is your Ukraine mail order bride going to get shipped on time for your June Wedding?
You don't give a shit about Ukraine Ukraine .
Huh?
Huh my ass.....you really don't as you support trump by not denouncing his genius comment about Putin,,,,,,,Your threads about the convoy's IMHO showed wanton disregard for the Ukrainian and seemed to me wanting russian progress.....sorry sport but you jumped the shark with you undying support of the GOP!!!!
Your threads about the convoy's IMHO showed wanton disregard for the Ukrainian and seemed to me wanting russian progress.
Well since I have been mainly linking CNN, FOX and the BBC in the UK... I guess you can say that all of the world's MSM is showing a "wanton disregard for the Ukrainian".
I guess as a liberal, you are really at the point where just providing the facts and telling the truth is wrong if it doesn't provide the liberal politically correct narrative.
Biden "No" again.
No to "No Fly Zone".
Ukraine is expendable according to Joe.
All that being said, there is always going to be the undeniable reality about this situation that the Americans, the Europeans, and the world as a whole could have done more to prevent this from happening in the first place. But quite obviously such leadership to accomplish something like that does not seem to exist anywhere. Certainly it does not exist in our White House.
Putin's invasion is a direct result of watching Sloppy Joe's exit from Afghanistan.
Wait until Xi goes after Taiwan. And oh yes, that's coming.
In the entire history of America as a nation, we have never been weaker or more vulnerable thanks to installing an imbecile at the helm.
Ukraine is FUCKED and not only does Zelenskyy know it, the entire fucking WORLD knows it.
It reminds me what NYC Mayor Ed Koch would say the day after an election -
"The people have spoken, and now they must be punished."
The world is a fucking dumpster fire thanks to one man. Joseph Retardette Biden.
But no more mean tweets.
Yay.
A 40 mile convoy and Biden Lead NATO
Has done nothing.
They should have turned it into the equivalent of the "Road of Death" like the US did as Saddam retreated.
The A-10 Warthog is built to do that job.
Admit your addiction to hating liberals and again conspiracy theories dominate your mind Scott
This from a guy who harbored a burning, seething hatred of Trump from the day he rode down the escalator, and this same guy bought into every single "bombshell" "walls are closing in" "beginning of the end" "Russia, Russia, Russia" conspiracy theory that never, ever, ever came true.
Almost smashed nanna time, isn't it alky?
You know alky, if you fill your pockets with those nannas, you can probably sneak them back to your room and you and the 5th Beatle can make some jailhouse nanna hooch on the windowsill.
LOL.
Dopey thinks 650M barrels a day x $100/barrel that the U.S. is spending to fund Putin's war is nothing and stopping it has no effect. Damn. We don't call him dopey for nothing.
Biden has taken gas from $2.24 to $3.73.
He promised to bring pain upon America.
Promise kept.
The A-10 Warthog is built to do that job.
I had the distinct "pleasure" of getting buzzed by an A-10 while fishing on a lake in the Adirondacks a few years back. I about ended up in the fucking water. I cannot imagine being the target of one of those beasts. Absolutely amazing.
The A-10 Warthog is built to do that job.
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! You really do make rocks look smart goat fucker......
We don't call him dopey for nothing." My balls
Yep, and the EU is flooding Putin's pockets.
There choices on green energy fucked them.
Justice will be served when the is convicted by a jury of his peers.
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The single most damning email exchange in the new January 6 committee filing
By Chris Cillizza, 4 hrs ago
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Buried in a court filing late Wednesday from the January 6 committee is an explosive email exchange between Greg Jacob, a top lawyer for then-Vice President Mike Pence, and John Eastman, a lawyer who was working with then-President Donald Trump’s legal team, that absolutely nails the culpability of Eastman in the events of that terrible day.
The email exchange began on January 5, with Eastman attempting to push the idea that Pence had the constitutional authority to reject certain electors from swing states when the votes were counted in Congress the next day.
On January 6 at 12:14 pm ET, as it was becoming increasingly clear that there was a Trump-inspired riot brewing at the US Capitol, Jacob was unequivocal in his rejection of Eastman’s theories.
“I have run down every legal trail placed before me to its conclusion, and I respectfully conclude that as a legal framework, it is a results-oriented position that you would never support if attempted by the opposition, and essentially entirely made up,” Jacob wrote Eastman. “And thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.”
To which Eastman responds: “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.”
In his next response, Jacob drops the hammer: “The advice provided has, whether intended or not, functioned as a serpent in the ear of the President of the United States, the most powerful office in the entire world. And here we are.”
Hi Dennis
(__0__) a portrait of dopey
Roger lost yet another debate.
Jacob went on:
“Respectfully, it was gravely, gravely irresponsible for you to entice the President with an academic theory that had no legal viability, and that you well know we would lose before any judge who heard and decided the case. And if the courts declined to hear it, I suppose it could only be decided in the streets. The knowing amplification of that theory through numerous surrogates, whipping large numbers of people into a frenzy over something with no chance of ever attaining legal force through actual process of law, has led us to where we are.”
Yes, that’s it exactly.
Eastman’s infamous memo – in which he outlined how Pence could overturn the Electoral College results – was, as Jacob rightly noted, the stuff of debate in a law school class, maybe, but certainly not the framework on which an election should be decided.
And Jacob nails the role the memo – and Eastman more generally – played in the run-up to January 6. He handed a drowning man a rope. Trump, in the days and weeks after the election, was desperate to find something, anything that would allow him to make the case that a) he hadn’t really lost and b) he could stay on as president.
It was during that same time period that Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to urge him to overturn the results. “All I want to do is this,” Trump told Raffensperger. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.” Trump was engaged in similar pressure campaigns in other swing states as well.
What’s so incredibly damning about the Jacob-Eastman email exchange is that the former is utterly convinced that the latter knows that what he is doing is wrong – and is doing it anyway, with disastrous consequences for the party.
The image of Eastman as Iago pouring his poison in the ear of Trump’s Othello is a powerful one. Especially when you consider that Jacob wasn’t some lawyer working for Democrats. He was the chief counsel to the Republican vice president of the United States.
That fact makes his accusations against Eastman all the more powerful.
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Biden has taken gas from $2.24 to $3.73.
I just paid $4.07 for regular on the NYS Thruway 2 hours ago. Cost me $74 to fill my truck.
Every pump I use get's a Biden "I did that!" sticker when I buy gas.
They're everywhere.
Absolutely amazing." RRB
YES ,
ey thinks 650M barrels a day x $100/barrel that the U.S. is spending to fund Putin's war is nothing
NO YOU DUMB FUCK.....YOU SAID IT, I SAID THE WHOLE MARKET HAD TO SHUT RUSSIA DOWN AS THOSE 650 K WOULD BE BOUGHT BY OTHER....You really have reading problems ballz.....BWAAAAAAAAAA
"Biden "I did that!" sticker when I buy gas."
True, I was filling my wife's Toy and saw those stickers.
It sure would be nice IF Joe opened up domestic product and keep our Petro dollars at home.
Cyclical dollars is a force multiplier .
You idiot. Logic like that is how nothing gets done. Biden leads for once and others will follow.
Someone keeps smacking dopey in the fac3 with a idiot board.
U.S. is producing 1.2M barrels less per day than when Trump was president.
Damn, that is disasterous.
Justice will be served when the is convicted by a jury of his peers.
We cannot listen to your opinion, Roger.
You don't have a college degree, much less a law degree. You said yourself that people without degrees should not be allowed opinions. That should include you.
Besides, which of the attorneys talked about in the story are you saying is going to be convicted of a crime here?
Roger has a college degree in Journalism, he said he is a "journalist ".
Who knew?
He thinks someone who writes about traveling is a journeyalist
NFL.ends every pandemic restriction.
Roger traveled?
From his bunk bed to the public community dining room?
Did you all see the video of joy behar falling on her ass on the view? Lol. Karma is a bitch.
The walls are closing in.
January 6 committee subpoenas Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancée who worked on his father's campaign
By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN
Updated 1 hour ago Mar 3, 2022
(CNN) - The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot has issued a subpoena for Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Donald Trump campaign aide and the fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., the son of the former President.
Guilfoyle's subpoena comes after an ill-fated attempt by the committee to get her to cooperate voluntarily. Guilfoyle appeared via video conference for a deposition on February 25 but abruptly ended the proceedings because she was unhappy that members of the committee were participating in the deposition.
In a statement, Guilfoyle's attorney claimed that the committee had violated the terms of her agreement to appear by allowing committee members to be a part of the session and by leaking news of the interview to the media.
The committee responded that they had made no such arrangement and denied informing the media of her appearance. They also made clear that they were going to take steps to compel her cooperation. A promise they made good on by issuing the subpoena on Thursday.
"Because Ms. Guilfoyle backed out of her original commitment to provide a voluntary interview, we are issuing today's subpoena that will compel her to testify. We expect her to comply with the law and cooperate," Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, said in a statement.
The committee is interested in the role Guilfoyle played in the events leading up to and on January 6, 2021. She is alleged to have played a key role in raising money for the rallies that drew Trump supporters to Washington that day. Guilfoyle also was in the Oval Office on the morning of January 6 with members of the Trump family. The committee believes she may have been privy to conversations Trump had and been witness to how he conducted himself on that day.
The committee already has obtained Guilfoyle's phone records through a subpoena.
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Yes, will that stop he from he trip to Italy, self centered liberal cow.
Anonymous Myballs said...
U.S. is producing 1.2M barrels less per day than when Trump was president.
decline in domestic crude oil production came “as result of a decline in drilling activity related to low oil prices,” according to an EIA report in January. “Responses to the COVID-19 ...
Thanx for your idiocy ballz.....
Biden victory over covid.
Dead Americans today 2,346
7 day Average 1,820
Omg , Dopie.
Just stop, you are really earning your award of Dopie.
Does CNN still scroll the Covid deaths?
Yeah dopey. Everything is because of covid.
How do you hold your head up with it full of rocks?
Wisconsin Special Counsel Finds ‘Widespread Election Fraud’ In 2020 Nursing Homes
“Rampant fraud and abuse occurred statewide at Wisconsin’s nursing homes and other residential care facilities,” according to the Office of Special Counsel’s second interim report filed on March 1 with the Wisconsin Assembly. That conclusion represents but one of the key findings of election irregularities detailed in the nearly 150-page report—a report that also confirms the conclusion of the Racine County Sheriff’s office last fall that fraud occurred at nursing homes in Wisconsin.
Special Counsel Michael Gableman, the retired state Supreme Court justice appointed by the Wisconsin Assembly to investigate integrity concerns about the 2020 election, vetted more than 90 nursing homes in five different counties before concluding there was “widespread election fraud at Wisconsin nursing homes in November of 2020.”
According to the report, nursing home staff and administrators illegally handled absentee ballots, illegally assisted with “marking” residents’ ballots, illegally “witnessed” the voting, and possibly included forgery of the elderly residents’ signatures. Under Wisconsin law, these violations of the election code constitute fraud.
Dementia Joe didn’t win EOS and I voted for Doc Jo
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The Ukraine Government is to blame for the countless deaths that have occured NOT RUSSIA.Before the tanks rolled over the UN recognized Boundary lines Russia itself outlined very clearly their intentions and requested that the Ukraine Government surrender first so that no bloodshed would pursue.
Lets explain things another way before 911 the pilots knew they wernt going to be stopped,JFK was a “Sinch” as some stated at the time.
The Russians know through espionage and members of the Ukraine Government and Ukraine Military exactly where the president of Ukraine is AT ALL TIMES.
It would only take 25 SU 57 Bombers and say the same amount of regular fighters to remove the Ukraine President within 2 to 3 hours,they may get say ten planes out of 40 – 50 strike aircraft if they are lucky but to be honest it would end the war completely within a day ONE.
Thermo Bombs are NOT stoppable, The President of Ukraine should surrender within the next 24 hours PERIOD, he and his Government are guilty of the deaths within the Ukraine NOT Russia or Putin .Russia would have only have fired back at the small minority who would have resisted against Ukraine Government orders.
Putin has been called a Kraut and a person who has lost his mind,whilst Wagner Security are fascists and Putin eats off their plate the President of Ukraine and the Ukraine Government are held responsible for Ukraine and Russian deaths PERIOD NOBODY ELSE.It is expected that their are persons that will call for the Ukraine President to be executed or Placed into prison for the entirety of his natural life if captured for his alleged war crimes against the Ukraine and Russian people.If the Ukraine president has any decency left he will surrender and dissolve the Ukraine Government within the next 24 hours, he is undoubtedly at present suffering from some form of Delusional Disorder.
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Even Pelosi and Cruz both agree on halting the purchase of Russian oil. But dopey knows more than everyone else.
We don't call him dopey for nothing.
Biden is playing a great game on the hard right wing of the GOP...he is talking with Moscow Mitch Mitch etc. Remember he won from the basement
Even in division, the GOP has accused Biden of being “weak,” and creating the climate that led Putin to Ukraine’s door after his messy withdrawal from Afghanistan. They’ve downplayed former President Donald Trump’s cozy relationship with Putin, his threats to disband NATO, and his orders to withhold military aid to Zelenskyy unless he got dirt on Biden first, choosing instead to argue that the current invasion never would have happened under the last president.
Outside the White House, Democrats say it’s critical to not only remind Americans of Trump’s history — including calling Putin’s invasion “smart” from a real estate perspective — but to put Republicans on their heels over Russia’s aggression.
“Some of us still remember that President Trump withheld military aid to President Zelenskyy and the Ukrainians for the worst possible reason — to smear a political opponent — and got impeached for that. Almost all these Republicans looked the other way when that happened,” Maloney said. “We are more than familiar with how Republican lies and distortions can become some sort of alternative reality. And what I can tell you is that we’re going to engage on this with everything we’ve got.”
White House officials have placed the spotlight on the president’s efforts at diplomacy and the resulting squeeze on Putin and Russian oligarchs. For more than a week, Biden’s aides and allies have pointed to the diverse array of statements supporting his approach and actions — including several from Republicans. But they’re gradually joining with Democratic leaders in condemning Trump and Republicans for being out of step with the coordinated global response.
“There’s been wide bipartisan support for the president’s actions, but sadly some fringe Republicans are using this as an opportunity to try to score political points,” said Mike Gwin, a White House spokesperson. “Unfortunately for them, from President Trump on down, they can’t seem to decide day-to-day which side they’re on, or whether Putin is a ‘genius’ after all.”
White House aides and others across the party still offered notes of caution as the situation in Ukraine and the U.S. is both fluid and likely to have impacts back home, mainly in the form of higher oil prices. Still, Democrats agreed that they must quickly settle on an effective strategy that refutes GOP attacks on Biden while also explaining how Putin’s own attacks on Ukrainian democracy are related to those in the U.S.
“We’re on the right side of history and the right side of principle, but always the wrong side of communication,” said Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) “This, to me, is a simple lack of ability to articulate with a singular voice or at least a common voice some of these truths. And it’s terribly upsetting.”
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who represents a battleground district, admitted that Democrats spent the better part of last year saying they were “for everything” which makes it hard for people to understand what their core ideas were. Biden’s presentation of a “common adversary” for America offers “a bit of a reset button,” she added.
And Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, described Putin’s assault on Ukraine as “harrowing” but also described it as an opportunity to demonstrate “the capacity of American leadership done right.”
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who represents a battleground district, admitted that Democrats spent the better part of last year saying they were “for everything” which makes it hard for people to understand what their core ideas were. Biden’s presentation of a “common adversary” for America offers “a bit of a reset button,” she added.
And Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, described Putin’s assault on Ukraine as “harrowing” but also described it as an opportunity to demonstrate “the capacity of American leadership done right.”
“We’re on the right side of history and the right side of principle, but always the wrong side of communication,” said Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) “This, to me, is a simple lack of ability to articulate with a singular voice or at least a common voice some of these truths. And it’s terribly upsetting.”
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who represents a battleground district, admitted that Democrats spent the better part of last year saying they were “for everything” which makes it hard for people to understand what their core ideas were. Biden’s presentation of a “common adversary” for America offers “a bit of a reset button,” she added.
And Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, described Putin’s assault on Ukraine as “harrowing” but also described it as an opportunity to demonstrate “the capacity of American leadership done right.”
LMAO at pjmedia LMAO LMAO LMAO
He is calming down the debate.
How Ukraine Stopped Putin’s Hope of Quick War
6:00 pm EST
Wall Street Journal:
“Russia’s bid to seize the airport embodied its military planners’ ambitious assumptions that Ukrainian defense would collapse under overwhelming firepower. Russian officials and propagandists have for years boasted that Moscow’s forces could overrun its smaller neighbor in days.
“But the resistance by Ukraine’s army and soldiers such as Lt. Kharchenko, backed by volunteer fighters, has slowed the Russian advance, halting it entirely in the area around Hostomel Airport after a day of back-and-forth fighting. The airport standoff has emerged as the key to Ukrainian resistance and one big reason Russian forces have become bogged down so far.”
Ex-Fox News Producer Charged With Working for Oligarch
5:11 pm EST
“Jack Hanick, a onetime producer at Fox News, has been indicted on charges of working for a sanctioned Russian oligarch to establish TV networks in Russia and in other European countries,” Variety reports.
Russian Businessman Puts $1 Million Bounty on Putin
5:05 pm EST
Russian businessman Alex Konanykhin has placed a $1 million bounty on Vladimir Putin’s head and urged the country’s military officers to arrest him, The Independent reports.
Russia’s Debt Rating Slashed to ‘Junk’ Status
5:03 pm EST
Ratings agencies Fitch and Moody’s downgraded Russia by six notches to “junk” status, saying Western sanctions threw into doubt its ability to service debt and would weaken the economy, Reuters reports.
When does Biden release his great economic plan?
The one so far has failed Americans.
Did Joe get a huge bump from his State of the Nation speech?
Los Angeles Times Opinion
Abcarian: A deeply divided America finally has something it can agree on: Putin must be stopped
Robin Abcarian
Wed, March 2, 2022, 5:05 AM
I did not expect, at this moment in my life, to be reading up on nuclear war. The bomb drills of my childhood are a hazy memory, and ridiculous in retrospect, as if ducking and covering could save us from an atomic blast.
I really do not want to learn about the difference between the A-bombs of yesteryear and today’s much more powerful nukes, nor be reminded that when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city Nagasaki in 1945, everything within a mile radius was obliterated.
And yet, here we are, in the year of our Lord 2022, holding our collective breath after a despot halfway around the world announced Sunday his nuclear forces are now on high alert.
No one seems to know exactly what that means. All we know is that Russian President Vladimir Putin invoked the specter of the unthinkable — despite releasing a joint statement with the leaders of four other nuclear nations on Jan. 3, less than two months ago, vowing never to use such weapons.
“We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” the leaders of the U.S., Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom, all permanent members of the United Nations' Security Council, said in the statement.
Putin’s violence against Ukraine and far-fetched threat about nukes has prompted changes in the world order that few would have anticipated:
Switzerland has abandoned its storied neutrality to support Ukraine.
Likewise, the ever-neutral Finland and Sweden have taken steps to join NATO in the face of Russian aggression.
Germany reversed its long-standing policy of not sending weapons to war zones.
And, for the first time, the European Union will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and equipment for a country under attack — Ukraine.
Some awful aspects of human nature, however, never change. People of color — from Africa and India, mainly — have reported being turned away from border crossings or ordered off buses by Ukrainian security forces as they try to flee. U.N. officials acknowledged the reports and have condemned the apparent racism.
The underpowered former Soviet republic, a fledgling democracy long known as the breadbasket of Europe, has captured the hearts and imaginations of people around the world, hundreds of thousands of whom have poured into the streets to condemn Russia and support Ukraine. Thousands of antiwar protesters in Russia have been arrested.
The unexpected steeliness of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian and TV star who refused to abandon his country despite the neon target on his back, helped stiffen the spines of Western allies.
As we watch the war unfolding in real time, glued to our computers, phones, radios and TVs, we have to acknowledge that it’s not just Ukrainians and Russians who will feel the pain of this war.
Russia’s aggression has the potential to change all of our lives, whether that be reflected
in the price of our gasoline,
a shortage of certain goods,
a volatile stock market
or the terrifying possibility that Putin has unleashed the beginning of World War III.
Americans, so deeply riven by domestic political strife, have finally found something we can agree on:
Putin must be stopped.
“In a rare bit of agreement,” reported my colleague David Lauter last week, “Republicans and Democrats had equally negative impressions of Russia, although Republicans were slightly less favorable than Democrats in their view of Ukraine, 66% versus 57%.”
But then, of course, there are the high-profile Republican outliers.
Former President Trump, who has fawned over Putin for years, praised the invasion of eastern Ukraine as a genius move.
“He’s taking over a country for $2 worth of sanctions,” he told a gathering at Mar-a-Lago. “I’d say that’s pretty smart.” BS!
Proving there is no self-aggrandizing lie he won’t embrace, Trump, who often spoke of withdrawing from NATO when he was president, took credit this week for the Western alliance’s very existence. DOUBLE, TRIPLE BS!
He also praised himself for sending arms to Ukraine when in fact he threatened to withhold the assistance if Zelensky did not dig up dirt to use against Joe Biden in the 2020 election. TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE BS!!
PThat thuggish move was the basis of his first, well-deserved impeachment.
“Why is it disloyal to side with Russia, but loyal to side with Ukraine?” asked the perpetually mystified Fox News star Tucker Carlson, who has also lionized Hungary’s autocratic prime minister Viktor Orban.
J.D. Vance, the far-right Ohio Republican U.S. Senate candidate, showed how quickly human decency wilts in the face of partisan politics.
“I gotta be honest with you,” Vance said on Steve Bannon’s podcast days before Russia launched its attack. “I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other. I’m sick of Joe Biden focusing on the border of a country I don’t care about while he lets the border of his own country become a total war zone.”
I have to believe this was disingenuous posturing on Vance’s part, a way of appealing to the Trump base by insulting Biden. He can’t be that stupid, can he?
YES!
After all, almost 90% of Americans, according to Gallup, view Putin’s war on Ukraine as either a “critical” or “important” threat to U.S. vital interests. Only 11%, Vance among them, think it’s “not important.”
Vance changed his tune a few days later but has continued to promote the Republican talking point that Biden’s “weakness” is responsible for Putin’s war on Ukraine. TOTAL BS!!! SEE ABOVE.
As I write, a 40-mile convoy of Russian tanks and vehicles is advancing on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv,
civilians are fleeing rocket attacks
and peace talks between Russia and Ukraine [have accomplished nothing.]
What will tomorrow bring? All we know for sure is that more death and more destruction — all of it unthinkable — will be inflicted before this war is over.
Here comes $5.00 gasoline?
Turn up the wind power and solar power.
Madam Sec peter buttigeg.
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we also need to make sure we're not galloping after permanent solutions to immediate short term problems"
Why he is against increasing Domestic Oil production.
$120 barrel oil is on the horizon.
So Reverend...
Maybe you can explain why prior to 2017 we never sent the Ukrainians any sort of actual "lethal" military weapons, then started sending them after Trump became President?
Are you suggesting in any manner, shape, or form that Trump was a problem in getting Ukrainian military aid? Because all OF THE FACTS suggest we only gave them any lethal military weapons AFTER TRUMP became President.
Where would they be had Hillary had won and continued the Obama policy of not sending Ukraine any actual weapons to protect themselves?
enerhodar ukraine , radiation elevation .
Biden approves $350 million in military aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden instructed the U.S. State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from U.S. stocks to Ukraine on Friday as it struggles to repulse a Russian invasion.
In a memorandum to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden directed that $350 million allocated through the Foreign Assistance Act be designated for Ukraine's defense.
Ukraine has been asking for Javelin anti-tank weapons and Stinger missiles to shoot down aircraft.
On Saturday, Blinken said in a statement that this third authorization for weapons shipments to Ukraine was "unprecedented."
The Pentagon said the weapons included anti-armor, small arms, body armor and various munitions in support of Ukraine's front-line defenders. In addition, a State Department spokesperson said the materiel included anti-aircraft systems.
The United States drew from U.S. weapons stocks to supply Ukraine in the fall of 2021 and then again in December.
Over the past year the United States has committed MORE THAN $1 BILLION in security assistance to Ukraine, Blinken said.
Trump seeks to rewrite his role in bolstering Ukraine, NATO
The former president says "there would be no NATO" if not for his efforts.
ByLucien Bruggeman
February 28, 2022, 2:24 PM
Former President Donald Trump on Monday sought to recast his administration's role in bolstering Europe's security, claiming credit for strengthening NATO and arming Ukraine's military with advanced weaponry.
But critics were quick to point out that Trump, whose "America First" foreign policy slogan often reflected efforts to pull back from allies, frequently undermined NATO and once threatened to withhold military aide from Ukraine -- a move that was deemed illegal by a government watchdog and became central to Trump's first impeachment trial in Congress.
"It was Trump that undermined U.S. national security and froze military assistance to Ukraine," retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a former National Security Council official during the Trump administration who testified at the impeachment inquiry, told ABC News on Monday. "It was Trump's attacks on NATO and support from the far-right that encouraged Putin to believe that NATO was fragile. Trump has blood on his hands."
Nonetheless, as Russian troops continued to clash with Ukrainian forces Monday, Trump boasted of fortifying Ukraine's defense capabilities and declared that "there would be no NATO" if not for his efforts.
"I hope everyone is able to remember that it was me, as President of the United States, that got delinquent NATO members to start paying their dues, which amounted to hundreds of billions of dollars," Trump said in a statement.
"Also, it was me that got Ukraine the very effective anti-tank busters (Javelins) when the previous Administration was sending blankets," he said. "Let history so note!"
Despite his claims of saving NATO, an alliance of 29 countries on both sides of the Atlantic, the Trump administration oversaw a period of immense strain with allies in Europe. As president, Trump wavered on his commitment to Article 5 of the NATO charter, which stipulates that an attack on one member state amounts to attack on them all.
Mick Mulroy, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Trump administration and now an ABC News contributor, characterized Article 5 as "what makes NATO the most effective military alliance in history."
Ties with Europe became so strained during Trump's presidency that Trump reportedly discussed removing the U.S. from NATO entirely. Two of Trump's former national security advisers, John Bolton and Gen. John Kelly, have said publicly that Trump expressed an interest in exiting the alliance.
"To the extent President Trump's rhetoric around NATO helped increase defense spending, it was likely more out of a fear that the U.S. commitment to European security was faltering rather than a positive reinforcement of mutual commitments to the Alliance and Euro-Atlantic security," said Steven Keil, a fellow at the German Marshall Fund.
Critics also took note of Trump's invocation of the Javelin, a shoulder-fired precision missile system designed to destroy tanks and other armored vehicles, in his infamous July 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump, in 2018, had approved the $47 million sale of 210 Javelin anti-tank missiles and 37 launchers to Ukraine -- the first lethal military assistance provided to Ukraine by the U.S. in its fight against Russian-supported separatists since fighting began in 2014. Zelenskyy told Trump in the 2019 phone call that his government was "almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes," according to a readout of the call.
Trump responded: "I would like you to do us a favor though," and then pressured Zelenskyy to work with U.S. Attorney General William Barr and his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, to publicly announce an investigation into then-candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, who had previously served on the board of a Ukrainian oil firm. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump over the incident, but he was acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office later found that the Trump administration broke the law in withholding nearly $400 million in congressional appropriations earmarked for Ukraine. The funds were eventually released, and the Trump administration denied any wrongdoing.
OH DEAR!
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN UKRAINE
8:31 pm EST
“The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine IS ON FIRE, according to Dmytro Orlov, the mayor of the nearby town of Energodar,” CNN reports.
Washington Post:
“Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, WARNED ON TWITTER THAT THE FALLOUT COULD BE WORSE THAN THE 1986 MELTDOWN AT CHERNOBYL if the flames aren’t extinguished.”
“A government official also told the Associated Press that ELEVATED LEVELS OF RADIATION were already being detected near the site.”
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IF PUTIN'S INVASION AND INDISCRINATE SHELLING OF CIVILIAN AREAS AND THIS PLANT CAUSE MASSIVE CASUALTIES, HE WILL BE GUILTY OF EVEN GREATER WAR CRIMES.
INDISCRIMINATE
If all of this came out during the impeachment hearings, even the Republicans might have convicted him
IF PUTIN'S INVASION AND INDISCRINATE SHELLING OF CIVILIAN AREAS AND THIS PLANT CAUSE MASSIVE CASUALTIES, HE WILL BE GUILTY OF EVEN GREATER WAR CRIMES.
Yep... all of which could have been prevented.
But not by dementia Joe, obviously.
Poorly educated people believe this shit.
teresa r. manning
Most people know that American legal education is liberal. Among law professors, Democrats outnumber Republicans by a ratio of about 50 to one. One consequence of this monoculture is that faculty publications tend to reflect ideology more than scholarship. Exhibit A would be last year’s Boston Globe essay, “Redo the First Two Amendments,” by Professor Mary Anne Franks of Ohio’s University of Miami School of Law.
The First Amendment guarantees citizens the right to religious exercise as well as the right to free expression and assembly. The Second guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. Franks’s essay appears to be an outgrowth of her recent book, The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to Guns and Free Speech. Franks argues there that the first two Amendments inspire “irrational results,” and allow “the most powerful members of society” to benefit at “the expense of vulnerable groups.” Both, she thinks, could be improved by situating them in the general welfare clause of the Constitution’s Preamble. Such welfare must be defined, however, as including “equality and dignity of persons” and “the right of self-determination in reproductive matters.” In other words, we need feminism, identity politics, and abortion.
Supposedly, this is a book about constitutional law. In reality, it’s left-wing politics as usual.
Franks is aware of the Constitution’s ratification in 1788 but seems uninterested in those dangerous times after the American War of Independence and just before France’s guillotine-soaked revolution. And despite being a frequent Constitution Day speaker, she doesn’t mention much of the Constitution’s substance and structure – its 7 Articles and 27 Amendments, for example—and appears ignorant of its remarkable stability and endurance. France, by comparison, has had in the same time period 14 Constitutions and is now in its Fifth Republic.
It is easy to forget and take for granted how unusual and impressive the American experiment of limited government was—and is.
Like most in legal academia, historical facts such as these matter little when compared to the real agenda–advancing the politics of race and sex. Thus, Franks is focused not on this history but on 2017 and Charlottesville, Virginia, the site of protests when that city took down its Confederate statues; local law enforcement stood down so hostile groups inevitably interacted and got violent. By day’s end, one protester was killed by a motorist. Franks says most demonstrators were white male supremacists exercising their First Amendment rights of assembly. She is now, therefore, calling for the revision of that Amendment, with the Second one thrown in for good measure (after all, the day’s one fatality was by a car, not a firearm).
Bidenomics Attacks US Oil production
Day #1 WTI 53.33
Today $110.12
Real lawyers.
The House committee said that the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege applies, and Eastman’s communications are therefore not protected.
The State Bar of California announced Monday that it has launched an investigation into Eastman for his role in trying to overturn the election results.
“The investigation is focused on whether Eastman engaged in conduct in violation of California law and ethics rules governing attorneys following and in relation to the November 2020 presidential election,” the announcement said.
The filing says that the committee has evidence that shows that Trump made “numerous false statements regarding election fraud … with knowledge of the falsity of these statements and an intent to deceive his listeners in hopes they would take steps in reliance thereon.”
The Million-Dollar Question
Indeed, several Jan. 6 defendants have insisted they stormed the Capitol because they thought that’s what Trump wanted them to do.
Thompson also links Trump to the Jan. 6 defendants by alleging that Trump violated the same federal obstruction statute used more than 175 times in the 700+ prosecutions.
Thompson specifically says that evidence collected so far “provides, at a minimum, a good-faith basis for concluding” that Trump obstructed an official proceeding of Congress in violation of the same federal obstruction statute that has been charged more than 175 times in the Department of Justice’s prosecution of those who participated in the Jan. 6 siege.
While multiple defendants have sought to have that charge dismissed, at least seven federal judges overseeing Jan. 6 cases have allowed prosecutors to proceed with the charge.
The committee’s filing is notable for a few reasons, according to CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers.
“It’s important to understand what this brief is and is not—it’s not an indictment, or even a criminal referral … yet,” Rodgers said in an email to Law&Crime. She noted that she believes that the committee has made a strong enough argument to at least get the judge to review Eastman’s emails before deciding whether they should be handed over to the House committee.
“But whether or not the committee gets these emails, this suggests to me that they are likely when their report is issued to allege criminal conduct by Trump, and to make a criminal referral to DOJ. Then the million-dollar question will be what DOJ does with that referral,” Rodgers said, later adding: “[I]f I’m certain of anything it’s that DOJ will do its own evaluation of the evidence and will not be heavily influenced by what Congress wants to happen.”
Rodgers thinks there has been “more than enough evidence released to date that DOJ already should be conducting a criminal investigation into Trump and others, but we don’t know whether that is happening or not.”
She also believes that public opinion may “somewhat” affect whether the Justice Department ultimately decides to charge Trump.
“DOJ must follow the law, of course, and if there isn’t enough evidence, there will be no criminal case,” Rodgers said. “But if there is adequate evidence, DOJ will have to decide whether it is in the nation’s best interest to charge the former President. I do think that the more evidence that is released and the more powerful the arguments are that charges are necessary here, the more likely it is that DOJ will go forward. So to that extent, Congress’s work is quite important, to shape the public’s perception and keep the pressure on DOJ.”
Biden State of the Nation speech.
No plan on energy.
https://lawandcrime.com/jan-6-committee/outlining-potential-criminal-charges-against-trump-jan-6-committee-releases-emails-about-coup-memo-lawyers-bullst/?utm_source=mostpopular
California leads the Union.
#1 most expensive gas price.
Thus can't be. I mean that State is THE MODEL of How well Green Energy works.
Oh and California is running out of drinking water.
Biden nailed it
The real Joe Biden is back. Tonight, he reminded us why America picked a tried-and-true defender of democracy -- at home and abroad -- to lead us through these tough times.
On the campaign trail in 2020, Biden challenged autocracy and dictatorship overseas, while offering himself as a champion of national unity and cross-party cooperation at home.
He has blown off course at times during his first year. But during his first State of the Union address, Biden found his footing -- and his true north -- once again. He rose tonight as a global leader and a national unifier at the very moment that the forces of freedom and solidarity most need strong leadership.
In his handling of Ukraine, we have seen the competent, seasoned and experienced foreign policy hand we voted for. He has expertly weaved a response to the most consequential foreign policy moment in years -- a far cry from the Afghanistan withdrawal. Tonight, he effectively made the case for Americans and the world uniting against autocratic aggression.
In fact, unity was the theme.
His domestic agenda -- making more stuff in America, making work pay and making America a safer place to live -- are all things that are widely popular among voters. Call it a positive populism, without anger or scapegoating.
Look at how he talked about renewable energy and public safety. Progressives want action on climate change. But conservatives who care about innovation, job creation, or energy independence and national security would also like what they heard. Republican voters liked hearing Biden say no to defunding the police, while Democrats loved hearing about investing in communities to stop crime before it starts.
The highlight of his unity agenda was Biden's call to prioritize mental health, especially that of our kids. The past few years, in large part thanks to toxic social media, have been rough on kids in red and blue states alike. Mobilizing resources to help the next generation is something we can all get behind.
A few weeks ago, this was a speech that few planned to watch. Tonight, it was the speech that nobody wanted to miss. And with history herself taking notes, Biden nailed it.
The farmers/ranchers of California are not getting the water the Government . Promised.
No water , a lot less food .
Let's Go Brandon.
“DOJ must follow the law, of course, and if there isn’t enough evidence, there will be no criminal case,” Rodgers said. “But if there is adequate evidence, DOJ will have to decide whether it is in the nation’s best interest to charge the former President. I do think that the more evidence that is released and the more powerful the arguments are that charges are necessary here, the more likely it is that DOJ will go forward. So to that extent, Congress’s work is quite important, to shape the public’s perception and keep the pressure on DOJ.”
Garland might work for Biden, which is stupid work, but I don't believe he is stupid. He knows that any case he brings against Trump will be wrought with constitutional questions and ultimately be litigated up to the USSC, where those judges WILL be compelled to follow the precedents and laws.
There is a reason why nobody can quite "pinpoint" an actual law that has been broken or come up with anyone in 275 years of this country that has been charged with a crime for this sort of action.
Instigating a "riot" is simple. Requires specific instructions not implications. Trump telling people to March peacefully to the capital is not grounds for incitement. a million people can claim there was another implication, but that won't stand up in court. It needs to be explicit instructions.
As far as the other issues with alternate (or fake) electors is nothing new and whether or not a Vice President can prevent the counting of the votes is a constitutional question, not a criminal one.
Trump has the resources to fight any charges all the way to the USSC and there isn't a case being suggested right now that holds up to that level.
Biden nailed it
Lowest approvals of any SOTU speech in 15 years. That means it was worse (according to the American public) than any Trump speech...
If being a complete failure is Biden "nailing it" then I guess that is what Biden is all about!
Perhaps you should stop trying to find opinions to cut and paste. After all, you don't have a college degree and you scored 400 points lower than I did in your SATs.
Radiation Levels Normal at Ukraine Nuclear Plant
10:00 pm EST
Two White House officials said their latest information shows “no indications of elevated levels of radiation” at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power complex in Ukraine, CNN reports.
Washington Post: “The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog soon said the blaze had not affected ‘essential’ equipment and that Ukraine’s regulator reported no change in surrounding radiation levels.”
One of the GOP's key defenses of President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry was that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he did not feel pressured by Trump during a July 25 phone call.
During the call, Trump urged Zelensky to launch investigations into his political rivals that could give him an advantage in the 2020 US presidential election.
Impeachment inquiry witnesses, congressional lawmakers, and Ukraine experts said Zelensky would never admit to feeling pressured because of Ukraine's culture and his need to keep the US on his side.
US assistance to Ukraine was vital as it contended with an ongoing conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas region.
That's why it does not matter that Zelensky said he wasn't pressured. He was.
But Republican defenders of Trump still continue to lean on that tired old defense.
The Kremlin is particularly concerned by its ousting from SWIFT, the freezing of Russian foreign reserves, including by the US, and the exit of a string of Western companies from Russia, Agency reported.
"Everything is fucked," a source close to Putin's administration told the outlet.
Before the invasion, one of the officials told Agency, Kremlin officials held several meetings about sanctions and that stress tests were conducted on large companies in case Russia was disconnected from SWIFT.
An official went on to tell Agency that Kremlin officials cannot resign from their posts because it would be seen as a betrayal. "You can only quit to prison," they said.
The report comes as Western officials warned that Putin was so furious about the sanctions that he may target civilian targets in Ukraine to "set an example," The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its ninth day on Friday. Russian forces seized its first major city, the port city of Kherson, on Wednesday, and continued to subject the cities of Mariupol and Kyiv to heavy shelling.
Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Friday morning, Ukrainian officials said. It is Europe's largest nuclear plant.
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