Imagine how this will play out if Trump is not found guilty of any crime?
There has been more criminal investigations waged against Donald Trump than any politician in the history of our country. Starting with the fake Russian collusion investigation Trump has been barraged. Not surprisingly the FBI failed to find any evidence of anything criminal regarding "collusion" before turning the investigation over to Special Counsel who spend almost two years and tens of millions of dollars trying to find a crime to charge Trump with. At the end of the day Mueller came up bust as well, disappointing liberals all over the country.
Meanwhile, the there were several criminal investigations in the wake of Trump's 2016 victory regarding various supposed campaign violations that also came up empty. There was even a silly Trump cronie who pled guilty to something "stormy related" in order to testify against Trump (and got a reduced sentence for doing so). But even with a supposed witness in their corner prosecutors still couldn't come up with charges at the end of the day to fit the so called nefarious actions.
Then there was the Southern District of New York's big tax investigation (which has been since downgraded to a civil investigation that remains ongoing for whatever reasons) that was supposed to doom him to criminal financial and tax fraud in the state of New York. The two investigators stormed out in protest when the district attorney told them that they didn't have what they needed to charge the former President with a crime. If I had a dollar for everyone who suggested that when they got his "tax returns" that things were over, I could retire.
Currently we have a second roll around on the Georgia "phone call" run by a partisan Democratic county prosecutor who will eventually still have to convince the State AG to charge Trump for whatever crime it is that they believe he broke by making the call. While the media is hanging on the every move here, most do not seem to realize that the grand jury at that county level has no authority to issue any indictments.
Lastly we have the Jan 6th commission - which really should be renamed the "get Trump" commission since the entire content of the commission has been 100% about "getting Trump" and 0% anything else having to do with Jan 6th. While you have your Lawrence Tribes and other Partisan folks demanding the indictments are coming for everything from obstruction to murder, the reality is that almost every "objective" legal analysts have a much different view.
Even if they believe there is some way to get there, this would be a tough case to prove in court and the fact that it is political makes the burden of charging even higher. The reality is in 250 years, we have never charged anyone with a crime for political rhetoric or held politicians accountable for what followers do. Does Garland really want to open that can of worms and start the back and forth politically charged partisan legal battles that would almost assuredly come from charging Trump?
Oh and let's not forget the Hunter Joe Biden situation? Imagine the heat Garland would deservedly get if he were to charge Trump for a crime, while not appearing even slightly interested in pursuing the Hunter Biden situation (which legal analysts from all sides say points to criminal behavior from Hunter and very likely from Joe). That sort of blatant legal hypocrisy might just make people take up arms.
Bottom line.. if Trump is still standing a year from now after all of this, he can solidly go into the 2024 campaign honestly claiming to be the most vetted and criminally free politician in our nations history, since no other Presidential nominee will have ever gone through this sort of "legal vetting" that Trump has gone through.
Imagine... six years, dozens of investigations, committees, commissions, hearings, all costing tens of millions of dollars. Thousands of legal opinions using millions of words to convince people of guilt... and what if at the end of it all they never found a crime?
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The former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died aged 67 after being shot while making a speech in the western city of Nara.
Abe, the country’s longest-serving prime minister until he resigned in 2020, was flown to hospital by helicopter after the shooting. His death was first reported by the public broadcaster NHK.
Footage and accounts broadcast by Japanese media showed Abe’s speech interrupted by two loud bangs – possibly from a shotgun – and smoke, with Abe stumbling to the ground after the second shot. TBS Television reported that Abe had been shot on the left side of his chest and apparently also in the neck. NHK had initially quoted firefighters as saying Abe showed no vital signs.
July 07, 2022
Former FBI Director James Comey and his top deputy Andy McCabe faced rare, intensive IRS audits after investigating former President Donald Trump, according to The New York Times.
Comey, whom Trump fired in 2017 while he oversaw the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, and McCabe, who was similarly terminated after investigating Trump over the Coney firing, were selected for a "random" audit known as an "autopsy without the benefit of death," according to the report. Out of about 153 million individual tax returns filed in 2017, only about 5,000 people are selected for this type of invasive audit each year.
Comey and McCabe, along with their spouses, defied the odds, being selected for the audit after being fired. The two men were selected for an IRS research program that uses "compliance research examinations" to try to catch tax cheats. Unlike typical audits, these audits force individuals to produce bank records, copies of checks, receipts and letters effectively recreating their finances for the year in question. The process takes months and often costs thousands in accountant fees.
"Your federal income tax return for the year shown above was selected at random for a compliance research examination," the IRS said in letters to both men. "We must examine randomly selected tax returns to better understand tax compliance and improve fairness of the tax system. We'll give you the opportunity to explain any errors we may find during the examination."
The "minuscule chances" of the top two FBI officials being selected at random raised questions about whether Trump appointees in the government or at the IRS purposely targeted them, noted Times reported Michael Schmidt.
"Lightning strikes, and that's unusual, and that's what it's like being picked for one of these audits," former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the outlet. "The question is: Does lightning then strike again in the same area? Does it happen? Some people may see that in their lives, but most will not — so you don't need to be an anti-Trumper to look at this and think it's suspicious."
A Trump spokeswoman denied any knowledge of the audits.
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, a Trump appointee who remains on the job, declined an interview with the Times but said in a statement that he was not involved in any audit.
"Commissioner Rettig is not involved in individual audits or taxpayer cases; those are handled by career civil servants," the statement said. "As I.R.S. commissioner, he has never been in contact with the White House — in either administration — on I.R.S. enforcement or individual taxpayer matters. He has been committed to running the I.R.S. in an impartial, unbiased manner from top to bottom."
The IRS did not specifically comment on the cases but says it forwards any allegations of wrongdoing it receives to the Treasury Department for "further review."
It is illegal under federal law for nearly anyone in the executive branch to request an IRS audit of a specific individual's taxes.
McCabe called for an investigation into the audits.
"It just defies logic to think that there wasn't some other factor involved," he said.
"No coincidence, for sure. Odds are 30,000 to 1," tweeted Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe, warning that "this kind of political targeting is a serious federal crime.
IRS policy as well as a 1998 law require agency employees to report political interference to TIGTA. That law also makes it illegal for the White House to ask the agency to stop, start or modify an audit.
Both White House interference and failing to report that interference is punishable by up to five years in prison.
He was the Godfather President.
The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service faces a new onslaught of questions after a report Wednesday showed that two foes of President Donald Trump had been selected for a rare audit.
Charles Rettig, whose elevation by Trump to lead the service in 2018 surprised many tax professionals when it was announced, faced new scrutiny after the New York Times revealed that both former FBI director James B. Comey and his deputy, Andrew McCabe, were the subjects of highly unusual audits for which the IRS says were selected at random. The Washington Post has confirmed the audits.
Former FBI leaders who drew Trump’s ire were both audited by IRS
Rettig was a tax attorney in Beverly Hills, Calif., when Trump put him in charge of the agency, which employs about 71,000 full-time staffers. He had defended a billionaire the IRS accused of hiding money in offshore accounts, a venture capitalist the agency alleged used sham accounting to shelter assets, and the heirs of a millionaire defense contractor who sought to fend off inheritance taxes.
Thanks to Georgia’s court system rules, the damning testimony of several former Trump administration officials—now being televised by the Jan. 6 Committee—could very well bolster the Fulton County District Attorney’s criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s menacing phone call to the state’s top elections official last year.
Georgia is a state where prosecutors seeking an indictment can present hearsay evidence to grand juries. That means the special grand jury currently underway in Atlanta can be shown how former Attorney General Bill Barr and others repeatedly told Trump that his election conspiracy theories were absolute nonsense—laying the groundwork to prove that he knowingly cited false accusations of election fraud when he intimidated Georgia’s secretary of state on Jan. 2, 2021.
According to a person familiar with the inner workings of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors from the start have closely examined whether Trump and his lieutenants could be charged with breaking a Georgia state law against “criminal solicitation to commit election fraud.” Investigators could charge them if they find that any member of Trump’s team “solicits, requests, commands, importunes” or tries to get Georgia officials to “engage” in election fraud on the several recorded phone calls they made to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger or his agency’s top investigator.
Trump is clearly the target of the investigation. And it's usual that either the target doesn't get a subpoena at all—or it comes at the very end of the process,” said Norman Eisen, an attorney who previously advised the House Judiciary Committee and helped build the case for Trump’s first impeachment.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-jan-6-panel-is-supercharging-the-georgia-donald-trump-investigation?ref=scroll
Georgia's special grand jury cannot indict individuals but will make recommendations to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis about how to proceed.
The Big Guy getting rich selling The Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
10% Joe
Report: Joe Biden Sold Nearly One Million Barrels from U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to CCP-Owned Oil Company Linked to Hunter Biden Firm
Why Boris Johnson Resigned but Trump Never Did
July 8, 2022 at 6:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 30 Comments
Dan Balz:
“The resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is testament to the power of elected politicians to hold their leaders accountable. It is a lesson that has been lost on Republican Party officials as they have weighed repeatedly how to deal with former president Donald Trump.
“Johnson’s resignation Thursday came after a collapse in support among members of his government and Conservative Party backbenchers. Nothing like that has happened to Trump,
not during his first impeachment,
nor his second impeachment,
not even after the role he played in the attack on the Capitol by his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.
In each case, all but a handful of Republican elected officials rallied behind Trump — and still do.”
New York Times:
Johnson’s lies worked for years, until they didn’t.
TRUMP'S LIES ARE ABOUT TO STOP WORKING FOR HIM.
'Damning' Jan 6th committee testimony is a major blow to Trump's Georgia defense
Tom Boggioni
July 08, 2022
The timing for Georgia prosecutors presenting evidence before a special grand jury could not be better, reports the Daily Beast's Jose Pagliery, because the recent Jan 6th Select Committee hearings have handed them a wealth of information that can be used to seek indictments against Donald Trump due to a quirk in the state's grand jury laws.
As the Beast report notes, while in most trials hear-say evidence can be excluded, Georgia's grand jury system allows it to be considered.
That is a problem for Trump with multiple members of his administration -- including his daughter Ivanka Trump -- having testified that he was well aware that he had lost the election, which wipes out his contention that he thought he had won -- a key part of his defense.
"Georgia is a state where prosecutors seeking an indictment can present hearsay evidence to grand juries. That means the special grand jury currently underway in Atlanta can be shown how former Attorney General Bill Barr and others repeatedly told Trump that his election conspiracy theories were absolute nonsense—laying the groundwork to prove that he knowingly cited false accusations of election fraud when he intimidated Georgia’s secretary of state on Jan. 2, 2021," Pagliery wrote. "According to a person familiar with the inner workings of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors from the start have closely examined whether Trump and his lieutenants could be charged with breaking a Georgia state law against 'criminal solicitation to commit election fraud.'"
Pat Cipollone to Testify Today
July 8, 2022 at 6:09 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 13 Comments
“Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone will testify today behind closed doors to the Jan. 6 select committee, one of the most highly anticipated moments in the panel’s probe,” Punchbowl News reports.
“Sources tell us that the select committee does not have an agreement with Cipollone about what investigators can or cannot ask him. Prior to Hutchinson’s testimony, the panel had discussed an arrangement with Cipollone for an on-the-record interview, but Cipollone backed away from it… Cipollone is expected to claim executive privilege over conversations he had with Trump, but there is plenty that the committee is interested in outside of that category. For example, we expect Cipollone will be asked about conversations with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
“The select committee is expected to hold two public hearings next week – a midday hearing on Tuesday, followed by a Thursday night primetime session.”
NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER BIGGIE.
Getting a unanimous verdict is not impossible as you believe
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(a)(1) A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct.
(2) A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the second degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a misdemeanor under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct.
(b)(1) A person convicted of the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years.
(2) A person convicted of the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the second degree shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
(c) It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal solicitation to commit election fraud that the person solicited could not be guilty of the crime solicited.
(d) The provisions of subsections (a) through (c) of this Code section are cumulative and shall not supersede any other penal law of this state.
Americans’ Intensity Running High Before Midterms
July 8, 2022 at 7:43 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 5 Comments
A new Gallup poll finds Americans “giving more thought to November’s elections for Congress than usual at this stage of the campaign and expressing above-average enthusiasm about voting.
“They are also placing unusually high importance on certain issues — including the economy, gun policy and abortion — in determining their vote for Congress.”
THERE WILL ALSO BE A LOT OF INTEREST IN DUMP TRUMP COMPLETELY AND FINALLY.
Inside Cipollone’s interview today
Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone will testify today behind closed doors to the Jan. 6 select committee, one of the most highly anticipated moments in the panel’s probe.
Remember: Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified that Cipollone was very vocal on Jan. 6. Hutchinson testified that Cipollone warned White House officials that if former President Donald Trump marched to the Capitol with the rioters, he could be charged with criminal behavior. Hutchinson also testified that Cipollone raised alarm bells about protestors chanting that then Vice President Mike Pence should be hanged, and he sought a forceful statement from Trump to help quell the attack.
Sources tell us that the select committee does not have an agreement with Cipollone about what investigators can or cannot ask him. Prior to Hutchinson’s testimony, the panel had discussed an arrangement with Cipollone for an on-the-record interview, but Cipollone backed away from it, sources tell us. Cipollone is expected to claim executive privilege over conversations he had with Trump, but there is plenty that the committee is interested in outside of that category. For example, we expect Cipollone will be asked about conversations with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
The select committee is expected to hold two public hearings next week – a midday hearing on Tuesday, followed by a Thursday night primetime session. Sources tell us the committee will not announce witnesses for Tuesday’s hearing until after investigators finish the Cipollone interview today.
big laugh here
Ch describes the future Trump as
"the most vetted and criminally free politician in our nations(sic) history"
nymous said...
The Big Guy getting rich selling The Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
GOD DAYUM YOU ARE DUMBER THAN THE DIRT ON YOU GOAT FARM!!!!!!!!!!! Unlike donnie who has made millions fleecing contributions from idiots like you for his defense fund......bWAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
19 posts on this thread and 18 of them by the board's three liberal spam kings.
Boring. I'm out.
Western Leaders Snub G20 Photo Op
July 8, 2022 at 7:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 7 Comments
Politico: “Foreign ministers of the G20 countries, who are meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali this week, did not take a customary group photo, after several Western leaders reportedly refused to be pictured with Russia’s Sergey Lavrov over his country’s invasion of Ukraine.”
UNLIKE REPUBLICANS, OUR ALLIES TAKE A STAND
NRA REJOICES
THIS = MORE SALES
One Million Gun Background Checks Not Finished on Time
July 8, 2022 at 6:51 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 38 Comments
“There were over 1 million opportunities for someone to buy a gun from a licensed dealer without a completed background check in 2020 and 2021,“ NBC News reports.
“In all, 1,002,274 background checks — or 4.2 percent — took longer than three business days in 2020 and 2021, a higher share than any other period since at least 2014… .After the third business day, federal law allows dealers to sell weapons while the background check is still pending, which potentially puts weapons in the hands of people who can’t legally own a gun because of mental illness or their criminal history.”
MORE SALES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT TO THE NRA
Biden to Sign Order on Abortion Access
July 8, 2022 at 6:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments
“President Joe Biden will take executive action Friday to protect access to abortion, as he faces mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure two weeks ago,” the AP reports.
“The actions he was expected to outline are intended to try to mitigate some potential penalties women seeking abortion may face after the ruling, but are limited in their ability to safeguard access to abortion nationwide.“
Washington Post:
“In a nod to some of the legal battles that could come, Biden is also directing the attorney general and the White House counsel to convene private pro bono attorneys, bar associations, and public interest organizations to encourage legal representation for those seeking or offering reproductive health services.”
Trump has every reason to panic about Cipollone testifying
By Jennifer Rubin
July 7, 2022 at 7:45 a.m. EDT
Cipollone to testify before Jan. 6 committee
Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone agreed to a closed-door testimony before the Jan. 6 House select committee on July 8.
Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone has been the missing man at the hearings for the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. Although present at the most critical moments in the coup attempt, until now he has refused to testify formally.
That now will change with his agreement to give a videotaped, transcribed interview. While not under oath, lying to Congress is still a crime, so he has every reason to stick to the truth. That’s yet more bad news for defeated former president Donald Trump.
Cipollone has appeared for an informal interview with the panel, but he resisted speaking beyond a limited set of topics with claims of executive privilege. The Jan. 6 committee finally gave up friendly negotiations and sent out a subpoena last week. Faced with the prospect of criminal contempt and potential sanctions from the bar, Cipollone, a working lawyer, agreed to at least show up.
It seems his initial claims of privilege have fallen by the wayside. President Biden has waived executive privilege, and others have already testified about communications with Trump, including former White House lawyer Eric Herschmann, former Justice Department officials and Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Plus, Cipollone has no attorney client privilege with Trump, since his client was the U.S. government (a concept Trump never could grasp).
As for the possibility that Cipollone takes the Fifth, constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe tells me, “Cipollone might try to invoke his fifth amendment privilege against compelled self-incrimination, but it doesn’t look like he was personally involved in anything criminal, so that privilege would not be applicable.”
Cipollone apparently lacks the nerve of 25-year-old Hutchinson, given that he will avoid the exposure that comes with public testimony. But his interview will be videotaped and therefore will be used in future hearings. His testimony also can be used by the committee and by prosecutors to, among other things, cross-examine him if he testifies later in front of the committee or a grand jury. His testimony can also be cited in the committee’s final report.
Cipollone may have answers to a slew of questions to either corroborate other testimony or provide new evidence.
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Imo i think that he will not claim executive privilege and tell the truth and nothing but the truth about Trump
Don't let the doorknob hit you on the way out.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Assassinated
July 8, 2022 at 5:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 37 Comments
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot on Friday, Nikkei Asia reports.
Washington Post:
“Abe was stumping for a fellow politician from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Nara, near Osaka, on Friday morning when a gunman wielding what police described as a homemade weapon fired two shots.
New York Times:
“A stunned Japan grappled to make sense of the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who remained the most recognizable Japanese politician even after stepping down from office two years ago.
“The graphic footage of Mr. Abe lying unconscious with blood covering his dress shirt rocked the consciousness of a nation where violent crime is rare and gun violence is almost nonexistent.”
HOW CAN IT BE THAT THOSE FORMERLY IMPERIALISTIC JAPANESE HAVE A NATION WITH MORE GUN SANITY AND SAFETY THAN OURS?
HINTS:
THEY DON'T HAVE AN NRA.
THEY DON'T HAVE A REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THEY DON'T HAVE A CONSTITUTION WHICH THEY INTERPRET AS 'EVERY NUT IS ENTITLED TO A GUN.'
Ex-Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman on Sunday said that former President Donald Trump has "zero" defense against a criminal probe centered on his conduct regarding the 2020 election results in Georgia.
During an interview on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show," Akerman said that the former president had a flimsy defense as a Fulton County grand jury probes potential election interference. Akerman famously served as an assistant special prosecutor looking into ties between the Nixon White House and the 1972 Watergate break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
Trump faces a probe into whether he unduly pressured Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" the 11,780 votes needed to overcome now-President Joe Biden's victory in the Southern swing state.
And Akerman said that the existence of audio containing insight into Trump's thinking regarding election integrity and his pressure campaign against both Raffensperger and GOP Gov. Brian Kemp could strengthen the prosecutor's case.
What is significant with those tapes is that when you put it in context of all of the evidence that the January 6 committee has uncovered — you put that together, Donald Trump has zero defense in Georgia," he said. "If I had to put my money on one prosecution that's going to go forward here that will send Donald Trump to jail — it's Georgia."
He added: "No question about it."
TODAY IN OUR LOCAL PAPER THE PANTAGRAPH
FROM THE PULPIT
James Boswell
What is wrong with our nation and our world these days?
What is wrong with our nation and our world these days? Could it be that too many of us who say we are Christians have failed to live up to the spiritual teachings we claim to embrace?
When in the sixth century Roman society was crumbling, St. Benedict of Nursia told the people of his time, “Your way of acting should be different from the world’s way. The love of Christ must come before all else. You are not to act in anger or nurse a grudge. Rid your heart of all deceit. Never give a hollow greeting of peace or turn away when someone needs your love. Speak the truth with heart and tongue.”
Speaking the truth has become a rarity these days.
Some twenty centuries ago, Jesus told the people of his time that their way of acting should be very different from the world’s way of acting – amazingly different.
And why should that be? Because, he told them, they should know themselves to be so dearly loved by God that they are free to let their own love be as inclusive, unlimited, measureless, even “perfect,” as the love of their heavenly Father is.
As children of their Father, Jesus said, they should love even their enemies – simply because “the Father himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.”
Jesus taught his followers to be different from a world in which so many seek to compete with one another, take advantage of one another, and rule over one another. “Do not be like them,” Jesus said. “Rather, become loving servants of others, even to the point of laying down your life for them,”
“How can we possibly live like that?” his disciples asked him.
“As much as it depends on you, you cannot,” he told them, “For you, it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God.” (Therefore rely on the Father who can accomplish in you what you cannot accomplish in yourselves.)
Jesus taught that the Father so lavishly pours out his love that all people should feel themselves blameless, flawless, fully forgiven, fully accepted by and in God’s love. If Jesus were to speak to us today, he would surely encourage us to be that boldly humble – boldly humble enough to accept God’s loving acceptance of us while letting ourselves be lovingly accepting of others.
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Boswell, author of The Dead Sea Gospel, is a retired pastor of The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) living in Normal. He may be reached at his website jesuslaidbare-truthsaboutjesus.com.
Ex-Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman on Sunday said that former President Donald Trump has "zero" defense against a criminal probe centered on his conduct regarding the 2020 election results in Georgia.
During an interview on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show," Akerman said that the former president had a flimsy defense as a Fulton County grand jury probes potential election interference. Akerman famously served as an assistant special prosecutor looking into ties between the Nixon White House and the 1972 Watergate break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
Trump faces a probe into whether he unduly pressured Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" the 11,780 votes needed to overcome now-President Joe Biden's victory in the Southern swing state.
And Akerman said that the existence of audio containing insight into Trump's thinking regarding election integrity and his pressure campaign against both Raffensperger and GOP Gov. Brian Kemp could strengthen the prosecutor's case.
The US added 372,000 jobs in June, beating forecasts as the economy edges closer to pre-crisis employment
Payrolls increased 372,000 in June, more than expected, as jobs market defies recession fears
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Job growth accelerated at a much faster pace than expected in June, indicating that the main pillar of the U.S. economy remains strong despite pockets of weakness.
Nonfarm payrolls increased 372,000 in the month, better than the 250,000 Dow Jones estimate and continuing what has been a strong year for job growth, according to data Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Talk of recession is everywhere. Inflation is at 40-year highs, the stock market is spiraling, and consumer sentiment has tanked to an all-time low.
But the job market remains exceptionally strong.
Economists and policymakers will be closely watching this morning’s employment numbers from the Labor Department, which revealed that 372,000 jobs were created in June. The hope is that jobs growth — which has been hovering around 400,000 new positions per month — will slow to a sustainable pace that could help moderate inflation, without a significant rise in unemployment.
What is a recession? Your economy questions, answered.
The labor market is a crucial indicator of whether the country is in a recession, and so far there is little indication of a dramatic cooldown. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6 percent, near historic lows. The Federal Reserve expects the jobless rate to rise gradually to 4.1 percent by 2024.
A recession is unlikely
THIS GOT CENSORED, BUT HERE IT IS:
Former Japanese Prime Minister Assassinated
July 8, 2022 at 5:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 39 Comments
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot on Friday, Nikkei Asia reports.
Washington Post:
“Abe was stumping for a fellow politician from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Nara, near Osaka, on Friday morning when a gunman wielding what police described as a homemade weapon fired two shots.”
New York Times:
“A stunned Japan grappled to make sense of the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who remained the most recognizable Japanese politician even after stepping down from office two years ago.
“The graphic footage of Mr. Abe lying unconscious with blood covering his dress shirt rocked the consciousness of a nation where violent crime is rare and gun violence is almost nonexistent.”
HOW CAN IT BE THAT THE FORMERLY IMPERIALISTIC JAPANESE HAVE A SOCIETY THAT IS LESS VIOLENT, MURDEROUS, AND GUN RIDDLED THAN OURS?
SOME HINTS:
THEY HAVE NO NRA.
THEY HAVE NO REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THEY HAVE NO HATE SPEWING POLITICIANS LIKE TRUMP.
THEY HAVE RESONABLE GUN LAWS.
THEY HAVE NO CONSTITUION WHICH THEY INTERPRET AS "EVERY NUT IS ENTITLED TO A GUN."
Bottom up economic development is working 💪
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers shrugged off high inflation and weakening growth to add 372,000 jobs in June, a surprisingly strong gain that will likely spur the Federal Reserve to keep sharply raising interest rates to cool the economy and slow price increases.
The unemployment rate in June remained at 3.6% for a fourth straight month, the Labor Department said Friday, matching a near-50-year low that was reached before the pandemic struck in early 2020.
The past year’s streak of robust hiring has been good for job seekers and has led to higher pay for many employees.
Not enough Roger.
Bidenomics has failed Americans.
The net wage growth is far , far , far below Biden's Caused Inflation.
Economic Retard said "Bottom up economic development is working".
No education will solve Alkynomics.
"No Evidence." indication of a dramatic cooldown" Alkynomics
Hard Evidence =400,000 less job opening in last repot
Gas prices in the US are tumbling just as fast as they surged.
The average price for a gallon of regular-grade fuel slid to $4.77 in the week that ended Monday, according to the Energy Information Administration. The reading marked a third straight weekly decline and put the nationwide average nearly 5% below the mid-June peak of $5.01 a gallon.
We teach, educate and illustrate, but Alky is unfortunately unable to learn.
Alkynomics =What is a recession? Your economy questions, answered."
Nope, you didn't get the answer right.
Nothing to do with " Employment "
Less Than Half of Republicans Call January 6 a ‘Riot’
July 8, 2022 at 8:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 2 Comments
A new Monmouth poll finds 65% of Americans say it is appropriate to describe the incident at the U.S. Capitol as a riot, and 50% say it is appropriate to describe it as an insurrection.
Last year, 62% of Republicans called the incident a riot.
Now, just 45% do.
Similarly, 33% of Republicans last summer said it was appropriate to describe the incident as an insurrection,
but only 13% say the same today.
Meanwhile, 61% of Republicans see the incident as a
“legitimate protest.”
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SHEEPLE ALERT! SHEEPLE ALERT!
DUNCES?
NO, PEOPLE WITH NO INTEGRITY.
NEW GOP PARTY PLATFORM:
"ENDORSE TRUMP'S LIES NO MATTER WHAT."
Unemployment rate is 3.6% completely recovered from the recession caused by the pandemic.
The economy added 372,000 jobs in June, a hotter-than-expected boost to the labor market that may ease worries of an impending recession, but that also complicates the job of the Federal Reserve as it seeks to quell inflation.
The unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, the same as a month earlier, the Labor Department reported Friday.
The number is in line with the average gain over the last few months, including 368,000 in April and 384,000 in May. Employers have continued to compete for workers in recent months, with initial unemployment claims rising only slightly from their low point in March.
The private sector has now regained its prepandemic number of jobs, while the public sector remains 664,000 jobs below February 2020. Other than the public sector, no industry lost jobs in June, on a seasonally adjusted basis.
The Fed is going to make some tough decisions.
The U.S. economy added 372,000 jobs last month, while the unemployment rate held at 3.6%, close to the lowest level in a half-century, the government said on Friday.
Why it matters: Jobs growth remains healthy, even as the Federal Reserve tries to slam the brakes on the economy to contain decades-high inflation.
Forecasts called for 270,000 payrolls to have been added in June.
By the numbers: Job gains in April and May were 74,000 lower than initially estimated.
The labor force participation rate — the share of the population employed or looking for a job — ticked down slightly to 62.2%.Wages grew 5.1% from the prior year, compared to 5.2% in May.
The bad news is that wage increases don't cover inflation costs.
The Fed will probably increases interest rates.
THE PEOPLE ARE CATCHING ON !!!
just released:
President Biden Job Approval
Reuters/Ipsos
Approve 36, Disapprove 59 Disapprove +23/b>
thanks Jan 6th commission
and Supreme Court
and whatever else libs are pushing
ROFLMFAO !!!
you can watch the desperate cockroaches here
day and night !!!
Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
Biden Crime Family in FULL-PANIC as BOMBSHELL smoking gun evidence of criminal dealings makes Psaki 2.0 have on-camera MELTDOWN
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1544779096244338688
The manufacturing sector, a close gauge of the economy, added 29,000 jobs up from 15,000 in June.
Job growth accelerated at a much faster pace than expected in June, indicating that the main pillar of the U.S. economy remains strong despite pockets of weakness.
Nonfarm payrolls increased 372,000 in the month, better than the 250,000 Dow Jones estimate and continuing what has been a strong year for job growth, according to data Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The unemployment rate was 3.6%, unchanged from May and in line with estimates. An alternative measure of unemployment that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for economic reasons fell sharply, dropping to 6.7% from 7.1%.
“The strong 372,000 gain in non-farm payrolls in June appears to make a mockery of claims the economy is heading into, let alone already in, a recession,” said kputz and Ch
Biden's stock market down triple digits this morning
thanks for reminding me roger
THE MOST PATHETIC MEN IN AMERICA
Why Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy, Scott Johnson and so many other cowards in Congress are still doing Trump’s bidding?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/kevin-mccarthy-lindsey-graham-trump-devotion-2024-election/661508/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
that's a red wave that is not good
for Biden or Americans
Stocks fell on Friday as investors believe a stronger-than-expected jobs report will likely keep the Federal Reserve on track for its aggressive rate hikes.
The S&P 500 fell 0.3%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 19 points, or about 0.1%.
It doesn't effect most people.
We get it that the Atlantic is now just another rag magazine serving as a multi-billionaire's mouthpiece
someone who didn't even earn it
she inherited it
and is wasting it on propaganda
like the Washington Post
My god Alky get a life, spamming from 2am-5!
Pathetic
Coldheartedtruth Teller said...
Stocks fell on Friday
It doesn't effect most people.
What Percentage of Americans Owns Stock? - Gallup.com
May 12, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup finds 58% of Americans reporting that they own stock, based on its April Economy and Personal Finance survey. This is slightly higher than the 56% measured in 2021 and...
https://news.gallup.com/poll/266807/percentage-americans-owns-stock.aspx
guess it doesn't effect certain types of people
but does the majority of Americans
everyone is not like you roger
Always so spectacularly wrong.
"It doesn't effect most people." Alkynomics
We taught you it does, gave data and chart, and still you remain Fucking Stupid.
Alkynomics defined "recession " = unemployment.
Yep, that is the blog fucktard.
James's Fucking Daddy.
You are so kind to kick Alkynomics into the gutter where Lyida put him.
BIDEN
". REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
"I don’t think it’s that our plan is not popular with the American people. We know that the American people are feeling the high costs. We understand what they are feeling because when you look at inflation - when you look at where we are economically, and we are stronger economically than we have been in history."
Biden Sold Oil From Emergency Reserves To Chinese Gas Giant Tied To His Scandal-Plagued Son
On Wednesday, Reuters revealed that more than 5 million barrels of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves were sent overseas as part of President Joe Biden’s latest release initiated in March.
Some of that oil went to India, some to the Netherlands, and some was sent to China where the president’s son has engaged in years of potentially criminal business activity embroiling the Biden White House in scandal since the 2020 campaign.
On Thursday, the Washington Free Beacon published new details about the Chinese oil shipments from the U.S. emergency reserves that Biden promised were tapped to “ease the pain that families are feeling” in the United States from high energy prices.
“The Biden administration sold roughly one million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese state-controlled gas giant that continues to purchase Russian oil, a move the Energy Department said would ‘support American consumers’ and combat ‘Putin’s price hike,'” the Beacon’s Collin Anderson reported. “Biden’s Energy Department in April announced the sale of 950,000 Strategic Petroleum Reserve barrels to Unipec, the trading arm of the China Petrochemical Corporation. That company, which is commonly known as Sinopec, is wholly owned by the Chinese government.”
Sinopec is also tied to Hunter Biden, whose private equity firm, BHR Partners, bought a $1.7 billion stake in the company seven years ago.
Hunter Biden’s lawyer told the New York Times in November that the president’s son, “no longer holds any interest, directly or indirectly, in either BHR or Skaneateles.”
According to the Washington Examiner, however, Hunter Biden remained listed as a part-owner of the firm as late as March.
https://thefederalist.com/2022/07/08/biden-sold-oil-from-emergency-reserves-to-chinese-gas-giant-tied-to-his-scandal-plagued-son/
This also does affect most Americans
and they are not happy about it
But the criminal enterprise never faces any consequences
so they continue
with the pillow cover from democrat multi-billionaires profiting from China
and its slave labor
* pillow cover from legacy media such as the Atlantic and the Washington Post
Bidenomics
"when you look at where we are economically, and we are stronger economically than we have been in history."
thebradfordfile
https://twitter.com/thebradfordfile/status/1545196967046922240
Trump warned about Biden selling out America to enrich his family. So they impeached him.
I wonder if roger will ever stop supporting Biden
guess it's the mirror image of his TDS
Anonymous said...
Bidenomics
"when you look at where we are economically, and we are stronger economically than we have been in history."
He must have been referring to himself and the Biden Crime Family
Here are five questions he may be able to answer for the committee.
What advice did he give Trump on Jan. 6?
Ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, a special assistant to Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified last month that Cipollone, frustrated by inaction with White House efforts to stop a mob from attacking the Capitol, went with Meadows to speak to the president.
Meadows turned over a trove of his text messages to the Jan. 6 panel but then abruptly refused to meet with the panel. But Cipollone could provide some insights.
The conversation mentioned by Hutchinson took place after Cipollone had issued a number of warnings surrounding Trump’s plans for that day and their risk for criminal charges, according to her testimony.
The committee has already cast Cipollone as one of the voices in the West Wing pushing Trump to do more to quell the violence unfolding at the Capitol.
“Our evidence shows that Pat Cipollone and his office tried to do what was right. They tried to stop a number of President Trump’s plans for Jan. 6,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the committee’s vice chair, said at an earlier hearing.
Hutchinson fleshed out that picture.
“Mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood is going to be on your effing hands,” Cipollone told Meadows, according to Hutchinson.
How did Trump respond to that counsel?
Cipollone could expand the committee’s view into Trump’s inaction on Jan. 6 — a future hearing topic for the panel as it looks to review what happened in the White House that day.
Testimony from Hutchinson indicates that Trump had little appetite for action that day.
“He doesn’t want to do anything, Pat,” Hutchinson said Meadows told Cipollone.
Cipollone could also expand on testimony that Trump was unmoved by hearing that former Vice President Mike Pence was in danger as rioters chanted for him to be hanged.
“You heard him, Pat. He thinks Mike deserves it. He doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong,” Meadows said, according to Hutchinson.
It’s not clear how Trump responded to specific pleas from Cipollone, while the former White House counsel could also provide more details about his sentiment with regards to Pence that was one of the very first revelations teased by the committee.
possibility Trump would try to make the trip.
“Please make sure we don’t go up to the Capitol, Cassidy,” Hutchinson told the select committee Cipollone said. “Keep in touch with me.”
Did Trump ever acknowledge there was no voter fraud?
Cipollone was also a front-row witness to many of Trump’s numerous plots to stay in power based on his purported claims of election fraud.
also odd that Obama built and bought all those oceanfront mansions throughout the country but has remained living in Washington DC.
Well it may be the crime capitol of America too
and we know Joe isn't really making the decisions
Here are five questions for the committee.
When will the American people be allowed to see the 14,000 hours of unedited and uncut video of Jan 6th?
When will the FBI detail out their involvement ?
When will Pelosi explain why she didn't adequately secure the Capitol
What has the committee done to investigate the avalanche of election fraud claims ?
When will the committee release their own internal texts and emails regarding Jan 6th and committee proceedings?
Now that would be real transparency
not a show trial
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green
https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1545387041516568576
Joe Biden sold 1 M barrels of oil of our Strategic Petroleum Reserves to CCP owned Sinopec, which Hunter Biden is part owner of through his private equity firm, BHR Partners.
Hunter is still business partners w/ the CCP & they are buying our oil.
Can we impeach Joe Biden now???
should be a no-brainer
like Joe
James's Fucking Daddy.
Notice after you thrashed Alkynomics, he comes back with a topic change.
Bidenomics, 88 % know America is heading in the wrong direction.
LOL
How dare you!
European Commission declares nuclear and gas to be green
The European Commission has labeled nuclear and gas as sustainable. Critics are calling the step "greenwashing" and say it could threaten the bloc's bid to become climate-neutral by 2050.
Caliphate4vr said...
LOL
How dare you!
European Commission declares nuclear and gas to be green
yep, green and organic !!!
China is laughing at us
and building coal plants as fast as they can
while Biden is in office
and America is woke
Critics are calling the step "greenwashing" and say it could threaten the bloc's bid to become climate-neutral by 2050.
'Greenwashing.'
LOL.
As opposed to 'ass-freezing' which is what the euro-weenies are trying to avoid this coming winter.
I can't wait to see what the fetal alcohol syndrome princess has to say about this.
Isn't it Ironic Roger...
That the two people who knew that the Russian collusion evidence was fake from the start, but pushed a fake investigation anyways... costing millions of dollars and undermining the FBI and taintin Federal law enforcement forever...
are upset that they got selected for a random audit?
Perhaps it was just karma, huh?
As opposed to 'ass-freezing' which is what the euro-weenies are trying to avoid this coming winter.
I can't wait to see what the fetal alcohol syndrome princess has to say about this.
Gotta love the EUniks, these are our principles. If you don’t like them, we have others
Disclose.tv
https://mobile.twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1545159506514018305
JUST IN - Ukraine's energy ministry urges Canada not to return the gas turbine needed to restore the flow of natural gas from Russia to Germany via Nord Stream 1.
looks like Ukraine doesn't care about Europe freezing either
must not have got the memo
Alkynomics defined "recession " = unemployment..
Let's use the flawed Alkynomics standard.
This confirms we are in Biden's Recession. Labor participation rate.
Trump = 63.4
Bidenomics = 62.3
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