Well, I dropped* and I'm up at 0620 so g'nite, Dearheart Queen of Snark Every Schoolboy's Fantasy ;)

*I'm trying to substitute things like mindfulness and Stoicism for the psyche meds, but Seroquel-- don't leave home without it! is something I'm willing to go to the mat for.

Woot!

YOU used to be in TX-23. What's your new District number?

Don't worry I won't use the info to acquire your location and come stalk you. You'd undoubtedly kick my ass, so there's that.

And I can kind of tell that your waaay out of my league, anyhow. *sigh*

And STG TV has a 19 part lecture series on Ukraine by Prof. Alexander Stubb, the
former Foreign Minister of Finland. Generally under 20 minutes.

Nice work providing the particulars for us down in the weeds types like me. Policy-Wonks-R-Us, and such.

That's why I like this Aussie Perun.

He's mainly an economics/defense procurement guy but he has enough knowledge of platforms and military doctrine to make his 45+ minute videos on Ukraine, China’s military modernization program and the like.

Yeth, Trump may prove to be an irony machine when all is said and done.

I also like Beau of the Fifth Column,Glenn Kirshner,
Betty Bowers, Randy Rainbow and Liberal Redneck.

I got something for you from our friends at The Lincoln Project, another of their one-minute commercials made for one person:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcVSC-BgTww

Who was it Donald?
Who gave you up to the Feds?
*whispering* Who squealed?
Who told them what you kept in the safe at Mar-a-Lago?

18 U.S. Code Section 1924 - Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material

(a) Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

(b) For purposes of this section, the provision of documents and materials to the Congress shall not constitute an offense under subsection (a).

(c) In this section, the term “classified information of the United States” means information originated, owned, or possessed by the United States Government concerning the national defense or foreign relations of the United States that has been determined pursuant to law or Executive order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interests of national security.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1924

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As to the fine and/or imprisonment up to five years as set forth in subsection (a), it was formerly one year, but then a national security bill that included stiffer punishments for mishandling secret information was signed into law by *checks notes* President Donald Trump in January 2018.

So, to recap: It was then-President Donald Trump who made the law he violated a felony. Heh.

And to those who haven't quite figured it out (whether through willful ignorance or just plain stupidity), I reiterate: He's Benedict Donald, an insatiable modern-day Benedict Arnold seeking fame and money but wouldn't put you out if you were on fire because he lit the match.

It's a con, America, and you're the mark.

Shame on me.

No shame at all. What I meant was I missed you. :)

It will be interesting to see what the other GOP presidential wannabes do if he declares. If they kowtow now, they may never get the ability to hit back later. If they come out hitting, Trump could sink them if they have an election this November. But if they want a chance at winning the primary, they can't appear weak on Trump...

The unknowing consequences of Live Action Role Playing.

THIS should be a slam dunk case...

It is, particularly since Trump held onto the illegally taken property of the United States for over a year to the point the FBI had to obtain a warrant to retrieve another 12 boxes from his Mar-a-Lago residence (in addition to the 15 he turned over in January that was found to contain classified information).

Not sure why Trump's team believed they could "negotiate" for their returning items that they were not allowed to have in the first place; nor do I know why it took this long for the FBI to go in and take the government's property back.

Because he was POTUS and not some other government servant who is given a shorter rope or zero rope.

People need to realize that federal agents have been fired and sent to prison just for taking home documents that they were working on because of the high security threat that the documents posed if they ended up in the hands of a foreign power.

^^^ This ^^^

These are very serious charges, even if Trump tries to claim that he "declassified" everything he took.

Exactly. Declassification of documents illegally removed from the White House makes them no less illegally removed. After 18 months of failing to return property of the United States to its rightful owner, the FBI, under the direction of Christopher Wray, a Trump appointee and Republican, made the decision to retrieve government property and obtained a warrant to send agents to do so... and now Trump is whining that he's a victim (again) and gaslighting and fundraising/grifting off the gullible rubes. Lather, rinse, repeat.

The Taylor shooting was not an FBI raid that went bad. That was a local police department's doing.

Of course not, but JFC of America (not to be confused with JTC from Canada) is responding to my making fun of the pearl clutching Righties who are whining incessantly that if they can "raid" (serve a warrant) on the President, they can do it to you... as if warrants are some kind of brand spankin' new development. :)

I seriously doubt that Short Fingers thinks anything like that. He has good lawyers. He lies sometimes. Everyone should have stopped reporting on what he "thinks" six years ago. We don't know what he thinks. We know what he says and we know what other people around him say - virtually all of it lies unless they're under oath.

Wherein they plead the Fifth, and why do they do that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMyh7ko9L2g

So she's saying he's a famewhore? The shoe definitely fits.

Of course, Trump will definitely be in the headlines when he is the first former president to be indicted, convicted, and sent to jail for crimes in multiple jurisdictions.

While I have no doubt that the DOJ would indict a former POTUS, would we, the United States of America, put a septuagenarian former president in prison? It would have to be some wicked evidence to lock him up; although, he's definitely committed multiple crimes and most definitely belongs there.

As usual with the Trumpanzees, everything is fake.

I know, right!? The GOP needs rebranding to reflect what they've become because it ain't so "Grand." I think they should henceforth be known as "Gaslighting Our People" or the "Live Action Role Players."

Nobody can be that stupid.

The willfully ignorant ignore (redundant, I know) the self-serving lies of a man who wouldn't spit on them to put them out if they were on fire.

Acting stupid is just mandatory behavior to remain cult members in good standing.

Live action role playing.

FBI agents politely searched the orange one's not-home while the suspect was summering in NJ.

But not before burying his deceased first out of three near the first hole at Bedminster and yukking it up with the Saudis.

What usually happens is they break down the door and kill people in a hail of bullets (Breonna Taylor).

*clutching their pearls* "If they can do it to the President, they can do it to you." As if this is some new nugget of truth they've uncovered that was heretofore hidden. Nobody can be this stupid.

Actually, I don't think you forgot that at all. You just obsessive-compulsively jumped in with your wall-of-cop like you always do.

. . . and since you want to provoke, I will continue.

In this country, people are legally permitted to protect themselves with a gun (for better or worse). That is especially true in their homes. If you come to somebody's home in the middle of the night and start breaking down the door, it is reasonable to believe that someone will shoot at you. It is NOT the homeowner's fault if they end up dead because cops show up based on lies and they protect themselves from a home invasion. The cops could always retreat and stand around somewhere like they did in Uvalde.

I'm still waiting for the Democrats In Array headline.

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/07/29/friday-talking-points-democrats-in-array/

Where have you been? Rhetorical question. ;)

Great to "see" you. :)

How about the XXVIII Amendment?

I like it, Stucki... so I took my temperature to make sure I wasn't ill. ;)

The Trumplicans were "all in" for that inflationary pressure instituted by Donald Trump, but you had the good sense at the time to call it out for exactly what it was.

I have an addition for your "No Idiots" Amendment:

XXVIII Amendment, Section 2:

No person who is so phuqueing dumb they claim President Biden is senile and knows absolutely nothing while at the same time claiming he masterminded a raid at Mar-a-Lago and knows everything shall ever be allowed to vote again.

So far they have all backed his claim that he is the victim of the liberal-run FBI and DOJ. Don't want to anger Trump by not supporting everything he says.

I forgot, you know it all. My bad! Continue with your angry day.

I reiterate: Trump has admitted and returned classified presidential documents improperly (illegally) taken and stored at his residence. This alone is probable cause for the FBI to lawfully execute a search warrant in order to locate missing top secret classified documents that Trump took from the White House and moved to Mar-a-Lago, his private residence, in violation of law.

Spot on! THIS should be a slam dunk case to prosecute as Trump's lawyers have admitted that they have been in "negotiations" with the National Archives since over 15 boxes of documents and other items were removed from Trump's possession initially.

Not sure why Trump's team believed they could "negotiate" for their returning items that they were not allowed to have in the first place; nor do I know why it took this long for the FBI to go in and take the government's property back. Trump's attorney's had the opportunity to turn back over everything Trump took that he was not supposed to take.

People need to realize that federal agents have been fired and sent to prison just for taking home documents that they were working on because of the high security threat that the documents posed if they ended up in the hands of a foreign power. These are very serious charges, even if Trump tries to claim that he "declassified" everything he took.

I don't need any police-splainin" from you. You don't know any more about what happened to Taylor than I do - probably less because you're so all in on the copaganda.

The Taylor shooting was not an FBI raid that went bad. That was a local police department's doing. If the police truly did falsify the warrant information to get the judge to sign off on it, then those former officers deserve as tough of a sentence as the law allows.

Regardless, it was still her boyfriend that caused her death by opening fire and hitting one of the officers who was executing the warrant. The police did not go in guns-a-blazing. The boyfriend fired through the bedroom wall and struck an officer in the leg. THEN the officers returned fire, killing Taylor who was standing next to/in front of her boyfriend.

I seriously doubt that Short Fingers thinks anything like that. He has good lawyers. He lies sometimes. Everyone should have stopped reporting on what he "thinks" six years ago. We don't know what he thinks. We know what he says and we know what other people around him say - virtually all of it lies unless they're under oath.

How about the XXVIII Amendment?

"NO person who is so phuqueing dumb he thinks the Chinese pay the tariff taxes he imposes on Chinese exports shall ever serve as president again."

See above.

Of course, Trump will definitely be in the headlines when he is the first former president to be indicted, convicted, and sent to jail for crimes in multiple jurisdictions.

As usual with the Trumpanzees, everything is fake. Nobody can be that stupid. Acting stupid is just mandatory behavior to remain cult members in good standing. FBI agents politely searched the orange one's not-home while the suspect was summering in NJ. What usually happens is they break down the door and kill people in a hail of bullets (Breonna Taylor).

"NO person who is so phuqueing dumb he thinks the Chinese pay the tariff taxes he imposes on Chinese exports shall ever serve as president again."

There is one way contained within the Constitution to bar a person from ever being president again, but it is impeachment.

There's another way within the Constitution to bar a person from ever holding office again:

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

~ United States Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3

If there is clear and overwhelming evidence a crime was committed and probable cause to believe that Trump was the one who committed it, then he will face an investigation into that crime.

As to probable cause, after approximately a year of back-and-forth discussions between the National Archives and Trump and his lawyers, Trump finally handed over in mid-January 2022 approximately 15 boxes of materials that were removed from the White House in violation of the law, specifically, the Presidential Records Act, after being told unequivocally the classified items could not be removed to Trump's personal residence.

I reiterate: Trump has admitted and returned classified presidential documents improperly (illegally) taken and stored at his residence. This alone is probable cause for the FBI to lawfully execute a search warrant in order to locate missing top secret classified documents that Trump took from the White House and moved to Mar-a-Lago, his private residence, in violation of law.

The mewling and whining emanating from the right-wing perpetual grievance brigade is effing hysterical. They are outraged, outraged, I tell you that Donald Trump is being investigated. I cannot stop laughing at the moaning Righties clutching their pearls saying things like: "If the FBI can raid the home of a 'president,' they can do it to anybody!" And to that I say: No shit!

So, to recap: If anyone purposely, inadvertently or otherwise removes top secret classified documents that pertain to national security issues to their private residence, I promise you that the FBI can most definitely lawfully obtain a warrant and "do it to anybody." If you're in a position like Trump was to actually do this... fuck around and find out.