The Fake News Crew Claims, Without Evidence, That the FBI Did Not Seize Trump's Passports

Reportedly, CBS is considering not renewing Norah O'Donnell's contract. She's reportedly a diva and a b-word and her ratings aren't good.

The DOJ spun her with a claim they weren't "in possession" of the passports -- note that that's not a denial of having stolen them in the first place, just a lawyerly claim about not currently being in possession of them -- and Norah rushed right out, without asking follow-up questions, to claim this meant the DOJ was contradicting Trump.

The DOJ later confessed the truth: The FBI had stolen the passports.

There was no search warrant signed by an Epstein lawyer for these passports so they were illegally stolen by Biden's Gestapo.

Norah had better be careful. There must already be chatter that she's too old to be a news anchor. Stupid Senior moments like this only add to the perception that Granny Norrie needs to be put in an Old Anchors Home.

Of course, the Smart Set of NeverTrump completely failed to notice that the DOJ, in claiming they were not "in possession" of the passports was pointedly not denying they had previously been in possession of them.

That's because they're so smart!!! And so honest and honorable! They're so truthful they can't even comprehend that others might twist the truth!

Leftwing propagandists and Gestapo supporters Adam Kinzinger, David Frum, and Peter Strzok -- the last, an actual Gestapo agent -- seized on the lie and propagated it:

You know what they say about birds of a feather.

And @petestrzok thought he was fast enough to delete this—WRONG!

These people are full of y’all know what, and we have dozens of these screenshots from all the biggest propagandists.

Stop the lies and disinformation! https://t.co/NoeJ0QoxWp pic.twitter.com/0vNXbHNMNl
— Taylor Budowich (@TayFromCA) August 16, 2022

The leftwing Gestapo press is now attempting to blame and shame Trump for publicizing the FBI's illegal seizure of his passports, as if he's in the wrong to do so.

As if he's required to keep secrets for them.

And why should he? This seems very shady. The FBI seems to have "forgotten" to note that they stole the three passports on their post-raid inventory report, like they were covering up, yet again, one of their crimes.

The inventory list is required to be a complete and exhaustive list of all property and documents taken from a citizen, of course, so a citizen knows what was taken from him, and there's a record of it, so he can get it back.

But the FBI left the passports off of it.

Just another careless oversight, I'm sure.

Ed Morrissey writes:

Why would the FBI have taken Trump's passports as part of a search purportedly aimed at retrieving classified material? Passports don't have anything to do with Trump's retention of allegedly classified material, nor would they have any material connection to the DoJ's investigation into January 6, which this search warrant appears to facilitate sotto voce.

Please stop trying to sound smart by dropping in these tasteless foreign expressions. You don't even use them correctly.

Law enforcement can't just take a person's passport without a judicial order restricting a person's travel. Trump hasn't even been charged with any crime, let alone be made subject to such a bail condition. He has every right to travel outside the US, and every right to retain his passports.
The FBI suggested that the removal of the passports was an accident:

"In executing search warrants, the FBI follows search and seizure procedures ordered by courts, then returns items that do not need to be retained for law enforcement purposes," the spokesperson said in a statement Monday evening that did not mention the passports.
This seems like an odd explanation. Trump almost certainly did not store his passports with the government documents that the search warrant targeted. Those are items usually stored in a secured personal space, like a safe or perhaps a locked desk drawer (or maybe a dresser drawer?). It's not the kind of item that would have been easily swept up by accident even in a broad search, in other words. It's possible, but appears unlikely unless this was one of the clumsiest search-and-retrieval operations conducted by the FBI.

That brings us to the second question: Why weren't the passports listed on the inventory? FBI agents certainly know what passports look like. The inventory is a legal record of everything the FBI took out of Trump's home in executing the search. There may be some understandable fuzziness on the identity of each and every single sheet of paper in those boxes, but passports are unique and instantly recognizable -- and look nothing like the documents in question. The inventory was specific enough on August 8 to include separate entries for "handwritten note," "Executive Grant of Clemency re: Roger Jason Stone Jr," and two entries logging "binder of photos."
But no one noticed three passports? Again, this either indicates that the FBI conducted this raid in an incredibly sloppy manner, or something else is afoot.

Of course, this makes sense if the entire exercise was a pretext in order to simply grab as many of Trump's personal documents and confidential correspondents with lawyers as possible in order to contrive a legal case against him.

But I'm sure we should continue giving the benefit of the doubt to the agency that has already been found to have lied repeatedly and found to be without candor and integrity by the Inspector General. And which was supposed to create an action plan for addressing its habitual departures from the truth, but didn't even bother sidelining the agents directly responsible for all the Russiagate lies. In fact, the FBI just assigned them to lying about the Hunter Biden laptop.

We are not living in a democracy nor a republic.

Posted by: Ace at 12:00 PM

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1 Liars gonna lie.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 16, 2022 12:00 PM (N1tpc)

2 Then they said they did.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:01 PM (dNqv+)

3 News media? No, mouthpieces for government propaganda.

Goebbels would approve.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 12:01 PM (guGkK)

4 I am actually amazed the blatant misdirection from the DOJ was enough to fool these people. I will have to lower my already low opinion of "journalists" intellect.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 16, 2022 12:02 PM (N1tpc)

5 CHUY!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:02 PM (WWh8n)

6 There was no search warrant signed by an Epstein lawyer for these passports so they were illegally stolen by Biden's gestapo.

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"But that's the only thing we got that we weren't allowed to get. We swear."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:02 PM (LvTSG)

7 They took those passports on purpose. It was a message to Trump.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 16, 2022 12:02 PM (bVYXr)

8 Accept the pudding, Norah.

Posted by: spindrift at August 16, 2022 12:02 PM (h5TKJ)

9 Chuy: And why should he? This seems very shady. The FBI seems to have "forgotten" to note that they stole the three passports on their post-raid inventory report, like they were covering up, yet again, one of their crimes.

The inventory list is required to be a complete and exhaustive list of all property and documents taken from a citizen, of course, so a citizen knows what was taken from him, and there's a record of it, so he can get it back.

But the FBI left the passports off of it.

Just another careless oversight, I'm sure.

Me: of course. Could happen to anyone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:02 PM (dNqv+)

10 CBS = Cant. Believe. Shit.

Posted by: TXMarko at August 16, 2022 12:03 PM (Cr+Cg)

11 It depends on what the meaning of "is" is.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 16, 2022 12:03 PM (i0slg)

12 To this day, my old Boss still has no idea just how much damage Kushner/Rasputin did to the presidency and the Trump agenda during his four year reign of error at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The work of fiction Jared is now readying for publication is just more self-serving manure to shovel over the past and obscure our view of the damage. - Peter Navarro.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 12:03 PM (m7R0k)

13 Rule of Thumb: Anything leaked by a government agency to the news media is a lie.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 12:03 PM (guGkK)

14 Tucker was red hot last night.. I keep thinking FOX will be giving him the ax...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2022 12:04 PM (bs+z0)

15 Norah O'Donnell is such an obedient little lapdog, isn't she?

A Lapdog of Democracy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 12:04 PM (guGkK)

16 The Left does NOT like it when Trump points out the stuff they do.

Remember when he said that Obama had wiretapped him in Trump Tower? A thing that is undeniably true? A thing you could read about in the NYT before Trump said it?

The Left was all aghast, and said then that Trump should be impeached for it!

Posted by: blaster at August 16, 2022 12:04 PM (6TxNR)

17 A general warrant is an evil thing, because it's primary use is intimidation. Warrants should specify exactly what is to be seized by prosecutors, and defense counsel should have the opportunity to contest any such seizure.

Posted by: James Madison had something to say about this problem at August 16, 2022 12:04 PM (13w+k)

18 Tucker was red hot last night.. I keep thinking FOX will be giving him the ax...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2022 12:04 PM (bs+z0)

I hear Chris Wallace is available to fill the empty slot.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (guGkK)

19 Of course, the Smart Set of NeverTrump completely failed to notice that the DOJ, in claiming they were not "in possession" of the passports was pointedly not denying they had previously been in possession of them.

And they wonder why nobody trusts them anymore. Yup, it's a real mystery.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (/NCI4)

20 I would say confirmation bias, but there was no confirmation, just bias.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (ynpvh)

21 There was no search warrant signed by an Epstein lawyer for these passports so they were illegally stolen by Biden's gestapo.

..

Hello, FL AG?

Charges?

Posted by: I Mean at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (9FBGz)

22 oh, right: We're boned.

Posted by: Bender at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (N1tpc)

23 10 CBS = Cant. Believe. Shit.
Posted by: TXMarko at August 16, 2022 12:03 PM (Cr+Cg)

Chuy's Business Supplier

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (dNqv+)

24 Neither a democracy NOR a republic. Well said ace. The word is a tyranny. No sugarcoating it.

Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (Vr12I)

25 Nora needs a breast augmentation.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (m7R0k)

26 18 Tucker was red hot last night.. I keep thinking FOX will be giving him the ax...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2022 12:04 PM (bs+z0)

I hear Chris Wallace is available to fill the empty slot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (guGkK)

I thought his slot was filled while at CNN...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (ynpvh)

27 Law enforcement can't just take a person's passport without a judicial order restricting a person's travel.

Unfortunately, this is no longer true.

The IRS can seize your passport administratively if you have a tax dispute with them.

If you owe more than $5,000 in child support, the government can refuse to issue you a passport.

An Obama special, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 16, 2022 12:05 PM (I2/tG)

28 "Reportedly, CBS is considering not renewing Norah O'Donnell's contract. She's reportedly a diva and a b-word and her ratings aren't good."

Plus, woof. She looks like she broke into her grandmothers makeup box and put on lipstick like Pennywise the clown.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 16, 2022 12:06 PM (mSy8I)

29 But I'm sure we should continue giving the benefit of the doubt to the agency that has already been found to have lied repeatedly and found to be without candor and integrity by the Inspector General. And which was supposed to create an action plan for addressing its habitual departures from the truth, but didn't even bother sidelining the agents directly responsible for all the Russiagate lies. In fact, the FBI just assigned them to lying about the Hunter Biden laptop.

*Scratches noggin, trying to figure out why people nowadays are so cynical about government.*

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:06 PM (/NCI4)

30 Well it had it's desired results.. The media was all abuzz over them having Trump's passports because they didn't want to allow him to leave the Country meaning .. GUILTY !

Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (bs+z0)

31 I don't see any reason to put people on TV that aren't good looking.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (UuD2k)

32 There was no search warrant signed by an Epstein lawyer for these passports so they were illegally stolen by Biden's gestapo.
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That was my read, yeah. They took 'em without justification and outside of their scope, got caught and returned them before pivoting to "we don't have them!" It's lawyer talk, as you mentioned.

It's a lot like something from the Cruz campaign in 2016 that stuck in my craw. When the topic of his birth and citizenship came up (he was born in Canada), he he never owned a Canadian passport. Of course he didn't. Nobody owns his own passport, it is issued by - and remains the property of - the state (State Department, in the US case). It made me wonder whether he actually did have a Canadian passport at one time. Probably not, but man, he's a lawyer and it sounded awfully lawyerish.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (WWh8n)

33 I'd like to see jail-time for the FIB agent that signed the inventory. Never will happen.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (ynpvh)

34 They'll be ready for pickup at WFO at 2pm today

Uh no, f*cknuts. You stole them, you return them. To Mar-A-Lago. I'll let you know the time, once I've organized for a rally lining the route from the FBI field office to the front door.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (e+yf1)

35 Well the lie by reflex, they only tell the truth when it benefits the Propaganda.

And si, Chuy...we are in an Oligarchy.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (XvPQV)

36 Norah seems like a Box Wine kinda girl. All sloppy and stepping on the Poodle kinda girl.

Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (Vr12I)

37 "The inventory list is required to be a complete and exhaustive list of all property and documents taken from a citizen, of course, so a citizen knows what was taken from him, and there's a record of it, so he can get it back."

Hmm, what else could those honest, down-to-earth, FIB agents stole from MAL that they just so happen to "forget" they stole?

Posted by: Thrawn at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (Rl7KJ)

38 Norah had better be careful. There must already be chatter that she's too old to be a news anchor. Stupid Senior moments like this only add to the perception that Granny Norrie needs to be put in an ~~Old Anchors Home~~ United States Senate.
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FIFY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:08 PM (WWh8n)

39 The strong do as they will, the weak endure what they must.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2022 12:08 PM (KbCG3)

40 I'm not amazed that our institutions are corrupt. I'm amazed that they are so blatantly, openly, and comically incompetently corrupt.

It's like the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups of government: "You got your corruption on my incompetence!" "No, you got your incompetence on my corruption!"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 16, 2022 12:08 PM (N1tpc)

41 I don't see any reason to put people on TV that aren't good looking.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (UuD2k)

Shut up!

Posted by: Tater Stelter at August 16, 2022 12:08 PM (h5TKJ)

42 Nora looks like she likes it rough.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 12:08 PM (EYMuX)

43
Watched Tucker already this morning. I don't wanna check my BP today 'cause I know it's in the stratosphere.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 16, 2022 12:08 PM (jE276)

44 "Stupid Senior moments like this only add to the perception that Granny Norrie needs to be put in an Old Anchors Home."

Or AA for worn out, feeble minded news readers. I'm Betting she could drink Allahpundit under the table. And that's saying a lot.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 16, 2022 12:08 PM (mSy8I)

45 Who is stupider, Nora or her employer?

Posted by: mr tmz at August 16, 2022 12:08 PM (rJ48h)

46 So, the FBI broke the law? It must be Tuesday.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM (lTGtQ)

47 Time to release the tapes Trump.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM (noHtX)

48 That inventory list was a joke. Bidners, boxes, documents, etc.

Nothing was specific except the Stone memo. I suspect that list was scrubbed before they released it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM (UuD2k)

49 Sit, Nora, sit.
Stay.
Roll over, girl!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM (guGkK)

50 32 I don't see any reason to put people on TV that aren't good looking.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (UuD2k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHKmYCCX4_w

Posted by: Triggly Puff at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM (ynpvh)

51 I just realized, Nora doesn't have any lips. She paints them on.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM (mSy8I)

52 We are not living in a democracy nor a republic.

Agreed. It is a totalitarian police state.

We were discussing this in the last thread.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM (AW0uW)

53 The inventory list is required to be a complete and exhaustive list of all property and documents taken from a citizen, of course, so a citizen knows what was taken from him, and there's a record of it, so he can get it back.

But the FBI left the passports off of it.
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Now consider how this scales down. How much stuff - either because it's controversial or valuable - gets "accidentally" omitted? They come execute a search warrant on you, and then suddenly your gold or guns or ammunition or wall art goes missing and then - mysteriously - there's no record of it.

I'll bet it happens all the time. Just robbery by ruffians.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM (WWh8n)

54 The FBI is going through their usual routine.

1) The FBI illegally leaks confidential information regarding a target to a compliant media person.

2) The compliant media person writes an article about the target, relying on the confidential information.

3) The FBI gets a warrant against the target, using the news article as justification for the warrant.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM (I2/tG)

55 I was watching some nonpolitical Youtube video last night and when it ended it started playing some MSNBC video about how Trump was lying about the FBI seizing the passports.

Gotta love how Twitter and Google always just push the Democrat narrative all the time. #Analytics #are #bullshit

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM (MFZ8i)

56 4 I am actually amazed the blatant misdirection from the DOJ was enough to fool these people. I will have to lower my already low opinion of "journalists" intellect.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 16, 2022 12:02 PM (N1tpc)

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That's very generous of you to assume that they were fooled.

"A man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest"

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM (RFKzk)

57 18 Tucker was red hot last night.. I keep thinking FOX will be giving him the ax...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2022 12:04 PM (bs+z0)

Fox would love to get rid of Tucker and having nothing on but insipid shows like the 5, outnumbered and Gutfeld, 24/7

on the weekends, Fox is indistinguishable from CNN or MSNBC

Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM (us2H3)

58 America is dying before our eyes, and for the first time in my life, I don't care anymore. The GOP does nothing to fix this, and the left has gone full Gestapo. I was hoping we would make it until 2026 - our 250th anniversary - but that's not going to happen.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM (XSRBF)

59 "In executing search warrants, the FBI follows search and seizure procedures ordered by courts, then returns items that do not need to be retained for law enforcement purposes," the spokesperson said in a statement Monday evening that did not mention the passports.
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I can buy that. Mistakes happen, especially when you're executing a raid and don't know the landscape.

But that doesn't explain, even a little bit, why it was left off the roster and off the receipt. That isn't an accident, that is a crime.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM (WWh8n)

60 33 There was no search warrant signed by an Epstein lawyer for these passports so they were illegally stolen by Biden's gestapo.
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That was my read, yeah. They took 'em without justification and outside of their scope, got caught and returned them before pivoting to "we don't have them!" It's lawyer talk, as you mentioned.

It's a lot like something from the Cruz campaign in 2016 that stuck in my craw. When the topic of his birth and citizenship came up (he was born in Canada), he he never owned a Canadian passport. Of course he didn't. Nobody owns his own passport, it is issued by - and remains the property of - the state (State Department, in the US case). It made me wonder whether he actually did have a Canadian passport at one time. Probably not, but man, he's a lawyer and it sounded awfully lawyerish.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (WWh8n)

They were, for some reason near boxes with confidential info...that WAS covered in the warrant, silly...

Posted by: FIB at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM (ynpvh)

61 "We are not living in a democracy nor a republic."

Welcome to the oligarchy, peasants!

Serfs up!

Posted by: Joe Mama at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM (WmGrA)

62 Norah O'Donnell is such an obedient little lapdog, isn't she?
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You might enjoy this minor revenge, then. She wanted to buy a vacation house on uber-tony Fishers Island (New York, off the coast of Stonington, CT), and she bid a very high number, but the neighbors weren't having it. Magically, the house was sold to someone else (for less money), and she threw a major fit. Fired her realtor, and stomped off, muttering angry things about anyone within listening distance of the busted deal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (13w+k)

63 41 The strong do as they will, the weak endure what they must.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2022 12:08 PM (KbCG3)

Very nice. Had to look it up because I could not remember where it was from. Thucydides, yo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (dNqv+)

64 Of course, this makes sense if the entire exercise was a pretext in order to simply grab as many of Trump's personal documents and confidential correspondents with lawyers as possible in order to contrive a legal case against him.
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There it is. Absolutely, and everyone knows it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (WWh8n)

65 56 That's very generous of you to assume that they were fooled.

"A man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest"
Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM (RFKzk)

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Their job is to push the narrative. I mean, I have a low opinion of journalists, but I wouldn't go for "stupidity" to explain this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (LvTSG)

66 Why would the FBI have taken Trump's passports as part of a search purportedly aimed at retrieving classified material?

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It's classified.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (FVME7)

67 >>>It depends on what the meaning of "is" is.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 16, 2022 12:03 PM (i0slg)

Everyone misheard me. I said, "It depend son what the meaning of 'jizz' is."

Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (QYPq3)

68 27 Law enforcement can't just take a person's passport without a judicial order restricting a person's travel.

Unfortunately, this is no longer true.

The IRS can seize your passport administratively if you have a tax dispute with them.

If you owe more than $5,000 in child support, the government can refuse to issue you a passport.

An Obama special, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History!
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The key words here are due process of law and that does mean court review of any decision by an administrative agency but there may be a distinct constitutional issue with those provisions such as issuance. The IRS and child support clause rely on the Agee case but the original Kent decision is in tension with Agee regarding specifically what administrative agencies are allowed to do and when under the various Passport acts.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (CXr4y)

69 Well it had it's desired results.. The media was all abuzz over them having Trump's passports because they didn't want to allow him to leave the Country meaning .. GUILTY !

I very much doubt that it's had the desired result. The bad faith and cynical manipulation of the news cycle are just too obvious. Even most Dems who say Trump is guilty know this is wrong and a set up.

I predict it will bite them severely in the Butt-ocks come November.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (/NCI4)

70 42 Nora looks like she likes it rough.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 12:08 PM (EYMuX)

Nora looks like she's HAD it rough...

Posted by: FIB at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (ynpvh)

71 Accept the pudding, Norah.

The greatest photo of all time.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (ZGrMX)

72
Mistakes were made.
Some people did some things.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Time to move on.

Posted by: DOJ at August 16, 2022 12:11 PM (a3Q+t)

73 60
They were, for some reason near boxes with confidential info...that WAS covered in the warrant, silly...
Posted by: FIB at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM (ynpvh)

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The documents were in the locked basement that the FBI had locked 2 months ago, and the passports were in Melania's underwear drawer. They were practically on top of each other.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:12 PM (LvTSG)

74 The DOJ/FBI/DNC is working as planned

no one is talking about anything else on the tube

Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 12:12 PM (us2H3)

75 Yeah it's obvious they took them on purpose to keep Trump from fleeing the country when they come to arrest him. It's gonna' happen. The question is what will anyone do about it?

Posted by: InZona (formerly InCali) at August 16, 2022 12:12 PM (ep37o)

76 Probably not, but man, he's a lawyer and it sounded awfully lawyerish.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

It all depends on what the definition of is is.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:12 PM (e+yf1)

77 I don't see any reason to put people on TV that aren't good looking.

Agree completamente.

Posted by: Yanet Garcia at August 16, 2022 12:12 PM (/NCI4)

78 "Rule of Thumb: Anything leaked by a government agency to the news media is a lie." Posted by: Cicero

and part of the cover up and/or misdirection of yet another PsyOp. ... Trump has nuke secrets .... the severity/seriousness of the charge justifies illegal search and seizures, forever, including seizing attorney/client privileged info.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 16, 2022 12:12 PM (Cus5s)

79 Gee, why would they take his ID that enables him to flee the country, where the Biden admin/Deep State are hellbent on lynching him for being a traitor???

It's a mystery!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2022 12:12 PM (I/doM)

80 Serfs up!
Posted by: Joe Mama at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM

*waxes board*

*grabs 12 ga.*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 16, 2022 12:12 PM (RkC6l)

81 I don't see any reason to put people on TV that aren't good looking.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (UuD2k)

"You're telling me!" - Christine Chubbuck

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (AW0uW)

82 Holy fuck read the replies to her Twat. They are saying he lied because he said the FBI stole 3 passports but it was only 2. These people.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (blHKE)

83 58 America is dying before our eyes, and for the first time in my life, I don't care anymore. The GOP does nothing to fix this, and the left has gone full Gestapo. I was hoping we would make it until 2026 - our 250th anniversary - but that's not going to happen.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 16, 2022 12:10 PM (XSRBF)

"Man, a lot of people are running... I could run... I could run, tonight. A friend of mine, he's got this helicopter"

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (XvPQV)

84 >>>There it is. Absolutely, and everyone knows it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

It's always been a fishing expedition to force Trump not to run in 2024. They just waltzed in with a likely suspicious "warrant" that no one wants to release. Totes legit.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (XSRBF)

85 Well, the affidavit would reveal why they illegally took Trump's passports. But funny, DOJ doesn't want that released without significant redactions. Because you know, wink, using their favorite pretext, there is lots of classified stuff.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (mSy8I)

86 CBS = Cant. Believe. Shit.
Posted by: TXMarko at August 16, 2022 12:03 PM (Cr+Cg)
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After the Rather kerfuffle, I started referring to them as "Cock and Bull Story"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (WWh8n)

87 11th dimensional chess theory:

The cabal is trying to throw the election as badly as possible to get rid of Biden by 2024, so they orchestrated this fishing scheme to not only undermine Biden himself but also his cabinet, offering them the opportunity and ability to execute a clean sweep if and when Biden steps down.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (LvTSG)

88 Please stop trying to sound smart by dropping in these tasteless foreign expressions. You don't even use them correctly.

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Res ipsa loquitur.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 12:14 PM (FVME7)

89 >>>"Man, a lot of people are running... I could run... I could run, tonight. A friend of mine, he's got this helicopter"

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

I actually live in a zombie city, though.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 16, 2022 12:14 PM (XSRBF)

90 82 Holy fuck read the replies to her Twat. They are saying he lied because he said the FBI stole 3 passports but it was only 2. These people.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (blHKE)

Too dumb to count past two, apparently:
1) Expired Passport
2) Passport
3) Diplomatic Passport.

3=2?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 16, 2022 12:14 PM (ynpvh)

91 I felt much better about this when Strzok said I should trust the fbi. What a sigh of relief that was.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at August 16, 2022 12:14 PM (ytSiK)

92 Yeah it's obvious they took them on purpose to keep Trump from fleeing the country when they come to arrest him. It's gonna' happen. The question is what will anyone do about it?

Nothing.

I'd say 'change my mind,' but you can't.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 12:15 PM (AW0uW)

93 Grab everything
Make copies
Return what was not pertinent to the investigation
Retain all copies for future use/ leaking.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 12:15 PM (hwoGt)

94 87 11th dimensional chess theory:
The cabal is trying to throw the election as badly as possible to get rid of Biden by 2024, so they orchestrated this fishing scheme to not only undermine Biden himself but also his cabinet, offering them the opportunity and ability to execute a clean sweep if and when Biden steps down.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (LvTSG)

If that's there plan, they're dumber than I thought...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 16, 2022 12:15 PM (ynpvh)

95 And it begins. See the Politico story about NRSC cutting ads in all the states where a MAGA candidate won the primary.

The GOPe is already abandoning those races in the hopes of remaining in the minority in the Senate rather than have MAGA Senators.

We truly have to destroy the GOPe. McConnell has to go. Romney, Murkowski, etc. all need to go. One way or another. they are traitors to everything and everyone. Traitors to republican voters. Traitors to their country. These are truly evil people.

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:15 PM (ky+MF)

96 They do this to peasants all of the time.

Think about the kids terrorized by Wichita police after a cop murdered Andrew Finch on his porch, then took all of the electronics from the house and the storm door, and marched out the kids and interrogated them with no lawyer of parents present.

Or the people shot by cops in Denver, and the chief said that everything was done right.

Or the safe deposit vault that was raided by the FBOI, and they took everything, and tried to seize all of it.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 16, 2022 12:15 PM (cY9wR)

97 I am actually amazed the blatant misdirection from the DOJ was enough to fool these people. I will have to lower my already low opinion of "journalists" intellect.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 16, 2022 12:02 PM (N1tpc)

Fool? Norah O'Donnell was fooled in the same way that I'd have been fooled if, when I was younger and single, Paulina Porizkova had "tricked" me into having sex with her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 16, 2022 12:15 PM (z99Zw)

98
Now consider how this scales down. How much stuff - either because it's controversial or valuable - gets "accidentally" omitted? They come execute a search warrant on you, and then suddenly your gold or guns or ammunition or wall art goes missing and then - mysteriously - there's no record of it.

I'll bet it happens all the time. Just robbery by ruffians.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM

Back in my younger days I had a friend who was a girl but not a girl friend. She was divorced but still on friendly terms with her ex who was a policeman. She pulled out a joint one night, fired it up, and passed it to me. "Cops get the best weed," she explained. She was right.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 16, 2022 12:15 PM (jE276)

99 Tucker must be a serious pain in their asses. They must hate him as much or more than Trump. He rubs their noses in their own shit. When will he have an "accident"?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 12:15 PM (QSjkU)

100 3=2?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 16, 2022 12:14 PM (ynpvh)

This new learning amazes me. Now explain again how sheep's bladders can be used to prevent earthquakes...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:16 PM (dNqv+)

101 Holy fuck read the replies to her Twat. They are saying he lied because he said the FBI stole 3 passports but it was only 2. These people.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (blHKE)
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It was three. One expired personal, and one valid personal passport, along with his Presidential passport (if that one isn't still valid, it sure is a cool souvenir).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 16, 2022 12:16 PM (13w+k)

102 I remember Garland's 'And his attorneys were onsite' comment on Thursday, or Friday.

Onsite was intended to leave you with the impression that they were directly observing the actions of the searchers.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 16, 2022 12:16 PM (1n+EO)

103 32 I don't see any reason to put people on TV that aren't good looking.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (UuD2k)

One of my favorite Mitch Hedberg jokes:

If you have to tell someone bad news, it would help if you're not ugly.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2022 12:16 PM (KbCG3)

104 57 18 Tucker was red hot last night.. I keep thinking FOX will be giving him the ax...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2022 12:04 PM (bs+z0)

Fox would love to get rid of Tucker and having nothing on but insipid shows like the 5, outnumbered and Gutfeld, 24/7

on the weekends, Fox is indistinguishable from CNN or MSNBC

Posted by: REDACTED
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They do not ax Tucker because Fox, like all TV networks, is a in a declining industry and the normal procedure is to milk it for all they can. They ax Tucker, he goes to streaming, and Fox loses a part of its audience that it cannot get back because cable news in general is declining with tv viewership in general. The Murdochs aren't stupid and got top dollar for their movie studio IP sale to Disney and that is because they did not want to get into the crowded and expensive world of streaming. They kept the sports and news part of Newscorp.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (CXr4y)

105 100 3=2?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 16, 2022 12:14 PM (ynpvh)

This new learning amazes me. Now explain again how sheep's bladders can be used to prevent earthquakes...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:16 PM (dNqv+)

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What if we build a giant badger?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

106 Holy fuck read the replies to her Twat. They are saying he lied because he said the FBI stole 3 passports but it was only 2. These people.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:13 PM (blHKE)
++++
This is par for the course. Most of "TRUMP'S LIES" were exactly this kind of thing. For example:

Trump: "This is going to be the biggest, most beautiful wall you've ever seen! It's gonna be an amazing wall! It's going to be a ribbon of strong, secure concrete across the entire border!"
Fact Check: "The primary building component of the wall is steel fencing material and it is not planned to be continuous across the entire border, as the border wall will contain numerous passage points in its construction to facilitate border crossings. Three Pinocchios."

These aren't lies. At worst, they're "puffery" and that word exists because of the need to legally differentiate a lie from an exaggeration or statement of opinion.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (WWh8n)

107 100 3=2?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 16, 2022 12:14 PM (ynpvh)

This new learning amazes me. Now explain again how sheep's bladders can be used to prevent earthquakes...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:16 PM (dNqv+)

Used as a condom, could've prevented Stacy Abrams from being born?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (ynpvh)

108 They knew it was a theft so they turned them over quickly
But see how intertwined the Propaganda Ministry is with the Deep State?

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (mabrp)

109 Posted by: Paul at August 16, 2022 12:16 PM (30/T7)

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It's too bad that Democrats don't gerrymander at all, then they could even the playing field.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

110 Boffo's butt buddy is here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (EYMuX)

111 101 Today for the first time this tear 538's generic poll of Dem vs Gop Dems were on top slightly
However because of Gerrymandering Dems must get about 55% of the popular vote to have a majority in the House
Posted by: Paul at August 16, 2022 12:16 PM (30/T7)

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538 is pure shit. Follow Rich Baris instead.

Posted by: radar at August 16, 2022 12:18 PM (9/IeZ)

112 111 Boffo's butt buddy is here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (EYMuX)

I don't find anal antics very funny. Maybe they should do their performance during the Castro Street Fair...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 16, 2022 12:18 PM (ynpvh)

113 Used as a condom, could've prevented Stacy Abrams from being born?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (ynpvh)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:19 PM (dNqv+)

114 COME ON, absent-mindedly grabbinga President's three passports during a raid isn't any big deal, forgetting to list them is perfectly normal.

Posted by: Jewish Odysseus at August 16, 2022 12:19 PM (bvp+i)

115 DJT should jet off to the Caribbean and post pictures of his glorious tanned self next to an oiled and bikini-clad Melania, at the pool drinking out of coconuts.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 16, 2022 12:19 PM (w9Wax)

116 They will also return Marlena's underpants as soon as Wray is done sniffing them.

Posted by: Bob at August 16, 2022 12:19 PM (d+5Bz)

117 >>Holy fuck read the replies to her Twat. They are saying he lied because he said the FBI stole 3 passports but it was only 2. These people.

Stupid social media "reply guy" mentality. "Oooh, I can point out on small thing that makes a statement 99.5% correct instead of 100% -- you lied and your entire argument is invalidated!!"

No doubt these same people would scream bloody murder if the barista gave them whole milk instead of soy milk in their coffee and then snarkily replied, "well, technically you said '-milk' so I got it half right."

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2022 12:19 PM (I/doM)

118 LOL@ Frum
After years of the walls closing in and Trumps days are numbered stories falling completely apart, WE are the dumb ones for believing Trump when he makes a claim.

Posted by: Fool Otto at August 16, 2022 12:19 PM (DB16e)

119 It's a lot like something from the Cruz campaign in 2016 that stuck in my craw. When the topic of his birth and citizenship came up (he was born in Canada), he he never owned a Canadian passport. Of course he didn't. Nobody owns his own passport, it is issued by - and remains the property of - the state (State Department, in the US case). It made me wonder whether he actually did have a Canadian passport at one time. Probably not, but man, he's a lawyer and it sounded awfully lawyerish.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (WWh8n)

Say what you want about McCain (and I do), he had, and presented, a very simple explanation for why, if he wasn't born in the USA, he was still eligible to run for POTUS (he was born on a US naval base in Panama). Cruz could never do that. I voted for the guy in the primary, but I should have noticed that weaselly response as a portent of who he would turn out to be.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 16, 2022 12:19 PM (9Jake)

120 Please stop trying to sound smart by dropping in these tasteless foreign expressions. You don't even use them correctly

¿Donde esta el baño?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 16, 2022 12:19 PM (a3Q+t)

121 We are not living in a democracy nor a republic.
==
Nope.

There is a democracy puppet show however. You can cheer and get emotional even, if you can suspend your disbelief and ignore the deep states hand up elected official's ass.

Posted by: i can feel it coming in the air tonight at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (B1B1h)

122 The RNC calls here all the time and I never pick up. In fact, I changed my registration to Independent and I'm a little surprised they keep calling. Anyway, I am tempted to pick up and tell them I'll give money, work for them, and vote for them when the GOP Senate Caucus stands on the steps of the Capital and demands the release of the January 6 political prisoners.

Until then, GFY.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (13w+k)

123 The DOJ now admits they "overcollected" Trump documents, and will return passports and privileged docs within 2 weeks. Because apparently they're sending them by oxcart.

https://tinyurl.com/2pzy26tf

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (/NCI4)

124 95 And it begins. See the Politico story about NRSC cutting ads in all the states where a MAGA candidate won the primary.

There are reasons why McConnell and McCarthy are the most hated in DC.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (m7R0k)

125 Please stop trying to sound smart by dropping in these tasteless foreign expressions. You don't even use them correctly

==========

It says, "The Bart, The."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (LvTSG)

126 Norah O'Donnell is just another on-air script reader. She wasn't the one who decided to rush to broadcast the lie.

Posted by: davidt at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (oTZbj)

127 I actually live in a zombie city, though.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 16, 2022 12:14 PM (XSRBF)

It sure sounds like it! I always think of you when I see Dawn of the Dead.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (XvPQV)

128
It's too bad that Democrats don't gerrymander at all, then they could even the playing field.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

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Dullards like Paul never can explain why for example, MA has 10/10 districts always vote Dem. Granted MA is a Dem state but it is not 100% Dem. The state is 65-35 D/R yet weirdly all the districts are Democrat.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (blHKE)

129 117 They will also return Marlena's underpants as soon as Wray is done sniffing them.

Posted by: Bob at August 16, 2022 12:19 PM (d+5Bz)

I thought it was traditional for the head of the FIB to wear them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (ynpvh)

130 96 They do this to peasants all of the time.

Think about the kids terrorized by Wichita police after a cop murdered Andrew Finch on his porch, then took all of the electronics from the house and the storm door, and marched out the kids and interrogated them with no lawyer of parents present.

Or the people shot by cops in Denver, and the chief said that everything was done right.

Or the safe deposit vault that was raided by the FBOI, and they took everything, and tried to seize all of it.

Posted by: Blue Hen
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Which is why qualified immunity against being sued personally must go. Incentives matter.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (CXr4y)

131 UPDATE on Ann Willson, Empire1 from her niece,
"Nurse, looks like Ann’s going into Hospice. She’s too fragile for dialysis to take care of her kidney failure, so between that and heart failure, she’s not doing very well. However, with Hospice, they’ll
Make her as comfortable as they possibly can and will quit waking her up every hour or 2 to take her vital signs, etc….. will try to smuggle SOME sort of device in so that she can read y’all’s emails.. Ann says “Hi” to all.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (W2Pud)

132 >>>The DOJ now admits they "overcollected" Trump documents, and will return passports and privileged docs within 2 weeks. Because apparently they're sending them by oxcart.

https://tinyurl.com/2pzy26tf

Posted by: Archimedes

F Biden's Gestapo and every person working there.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (XSRBF)

133 It's hard to believe there are still people stupid enough to think Nate Silver is any better at forecasting elections than Al Gore is of predicting the climate.

And then you remember that there are idiots like Paul who actually exist.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (ZLI7S)

134 Worth pointing out: seizing the passports and then returning them slowly offers them an opportunity to prevent him from leaving the country if they want to arrest him.

It could also be a ruse in order to get him to try to leave the country absent his passport and get him on that.

Grant's advice on dealing with Robert E Lee keeps bubbling up in the back of my head.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (dNqv+)

135 It's too bad that Democrats don't gerrymander at all, then they could even the playing field.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

Yes I get the sarcasm. But, the Ds gerrymandered so obviously in NY that even dem appointed appellate judges couldn't find a way to say it was ok and made them redraw the maps. If they were just a little more subtle it would have been fine and the maps wold have been upheld by the appellate courts. they must have thought that no amount of obviousness would upset the appellate judges, but they (for once and surprisingly) were wrong.

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (ky+MF)

136 Tucker Carlson -- only a matter of time now.

Posted by: Ziba at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (4h9M3)

137 >>LOL@ Frum
After years of the walls closing in and Trumps days are numbered stories falling completely apart, WE are the dumb ones for believing Trump when he makes a claim.

Frum using "we"

You don not, nor have you ever spoken for me, buddy.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (I/doM)

138 The DOJ now admits they "overcollected" Trump documents, and will return passports and privileged docs within 2 weeks. Because apparently they're sending them by oxcart.

https://tinyurl.com/2pzy26tf
Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (/NCI4)
++++
That's my favorite government double-standard and they all do it all the time.

Threatening letter from the IRS: You owe us $12,000. Pay or formally respond by {date 72 hours from receipt of the envelope} or face legal action including wage garnishment."

Then you respond within the time period and get a new letter from the IRS: "Thank you for responding. We'll be back in touch within 8 weeks."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:22 PM (WWh8n)

139 However because of Gerrymandering Dems must get about 55% of the popular vote to have a majority in the House

It's not gerrymandering - quite a few inner-city Congressional districts vote 80-95% Democrat. It would take gerrymandering to change that - as in Oregon, where Portland is now in four Congressional districts, to spread Portland's Democratic voters as widely as possible.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 16, 2022 12:22 PM (I2/tG)

140 Overcollected=stolen

Where are FL state charges?

Posted by: I Mean at August 16, 2022 12:22 PM (9FBGz)

141 "Please stop trying to sound smart by dropping in these tasteless foreign expressions. You don't even use them correctly."

This has to be one of the most hilarious things Chuy has ever written.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:22 PM (dNqv+)

142 El Bano es en the right.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 12:22 PM (EYMuX)

143 129 Dullards like Paul never can explain why for example, MA has 10/10 districts always vote Dem. Granted MA is a Dem state but it is not 100% Dem. The state is 65-35 D/R yet weirdly all the districts are Democrat.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (blHKE)

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That's because the people of MA are enlightened and support the party of the little guy. They are free from the blight of misinformation because they reject Faux News and rely on the NYT for objective news. The districts are drawn with only a mind towards fairness (here's a link to a study that sort of says, in tortured terms, that MA's districts are very drawn in a non-partisan way).

If the rest of the country was like MA, we'd have paradise. Now, I'm going to avoid Boston after dark because I fear for my life.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:22 PM (LvTSG)

144 122 The RNC calls here all the time and I never pick up. In fact, I changed my registration to Independent and I'm a little surprised they keep calling. Anyway, I am tempted to pick up and tell them I'll give money, work for them, and vote for them when the GOP Senate Caucus stands on the steps of the Capital and demands the release of the January 6 political prisoners.

Until then, GFY.

Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Digitone call blocker is superb at killing those types of calls.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:22 PM (CXr4y)

145 Onsite was intended to leave you with the impression that they were directly observing the actions of the searchers.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I shouted at the TV when he said that.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:22 PM (e+yf1)

146 I remember Garland's 'And his attorneys were onsite' comment on Thursday, or Friday.

Onsite was intended to leave you with the impression that they were directly observing the actions of the searchers.
==
The mendacity of the DOJ is legendary. It reaches its zenith during a press conference.

Seriously.

Posted by: i can feel it coming in the air tonight at August 16, 2022 12:23 PM (7YH0l)

147 is Jerry Mander the Beaver ?

Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 12:23 PM (us2H3)

148 It doesn’t matter if Cruz (or Obama for that matter) was born on Mars. He had at least 1 US citizen parent at birth. Therefore he is a natural born citizen. I can’t believe this shit is still up for debate.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:23 PM (blHKE)

149 I don't blame the main stream media for their lying, cheating and four flushing. They can't help themselves.
Like Billy Jeff and The Rape.

I do blame the smooth brained idiots who watch and listen to the main stream media and believe it hook, line and sinker and denounce and want to vaporize anyone who speaks differently.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 16, 2022 12:23 PM (X/UGK)

150 148 It doesn’t matter if Cruz (or Obama for that matter) was born on Mars. He had at least 1 US citizen parent at birth. Therefore he is a natural born citizen. I can’t believe this shit is still up for debate.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:23 PM (blHKE)

What about Uranus?

Posted by: Barry at August 16, 2022 12:23 PM (ynpvh)

151 135 Yes I get the sarcasm. But, the Ds gerrymandered so obviously in NY that even dem appointed appellate judges couldn't find a way to say it was ok and made them redraw the maps. If they were just a little more subtle it would have been fine and the maps wold have been upheld by the appellate courts. they must have thought that no amount of obviousness would upset the appellate judges, but they (for once and surprisingly) were wrong.
Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (ky+MF)

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They violated their own state constitution with those maps. It's not that they were bad, it's that they violated actual constitutional guidelines that Democrats themselves passed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:23 PM (LvTSG)

152 Make her as comfortable as they possibly can and will quit waking her up every hour or 2 to take her vital signs, etc….. will try to smuggle SOME sort of device in so that she can read y’all’s emails.. Ann says “Hi” to all.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (W2Pud)

Oh, no. She is a nice lady.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:23 PM (dNqv+)

153 Trump almost certainly did not store his passports with the government documents that the search warrant targeted. Those are items usually stored in a secured personal space, like a safe or perhaps a locked desk drawer (or maybe a dresser drawer?).

or melania's underwear drawer?

Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 16, 2022 12:24 PM (zkkeF)

154 I see lots of articles and posts around the web listing the litany of obviously partisan corrupt shenanigans the FBI has been involved in but so far they're all forgetting to list that the FBI shared a freaking office with Perkins-coie the D mudslinging corruption law firm. That should be called out at every opportunity

Posted by: Who is Brandon Galt? at August 16, 2022 12:24 PM (sqiiD)

155 I learned that the FBI did in fact employ their amphibious unit at MAL. These fuckwhits need to be laughed off the planet. Cucks R Us.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 12:24 PM (NsE9F)

156 Dullards like Paul never can explain why for example, MA has 10/10 districts always vote Dem. Granted MA is a Dem state but it is not 100% Dem. The state is 65-35 D/R yet weirdly all the districts are Democrat.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (blHKE)

Yeah - Western MA is much more even and some areas are even majority republican, but it is heavily gerrymandered.

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:24 PM (ky+MF)

157 "Ann says “Hi” to all."

The Horde is not the family that you are born into.

The Horde is the family that you chose to have.

Please say 'Hi' to Ann, when possible.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (1n+EO)

158 Please stop trying to sound smart by dropping in these tasteless foreign expressions. You don't even use them correctly

Cave canem.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (AW0uW)

159
It's not gerrymandering - quite a few inner-city Congressional districts vote 80-95% Democrat. It would take gerrymandering to change that - as in Oregon, where Portland is now in four Congressional districts, to spread Portland's Democratic voters as widely as possible.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 16, 2022 12:22 PM (I2/tG)

Don’t confuse Paul with facts or logic.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (blHKE)

160 I'm outta here. Gotta work, blood pressure is rising well above the normal lows, and If I keep reading the stuff here, I'm gonna get banned...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

161 Think about this; The FBI thinks nothing of busting on on Trump and violating his constitutional rights. Average Joe just gets shot and the media doesn't bother to cover it. No problems. You and I are Average joe.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (QSjkU)

162 117 They will also return Marlena's underpants as soon as Wray is done sniffing them.

Posted by: Bob

Breaking news: The FBI has performed a DNA analysis on Melania's panties and detected male genetic material THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO THE DONALD!!!!
*details at 11

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (w9Wax)

163 Prayers for Ann

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (EYMuX)

164 Yes I get the sarcasm. But, the Ds gerrymandered so obviously in NY that even dem appointed appellate judges couldn't find a way to say it was ok and made them redraw the maps. If they were just a little more subtle it would have been fine and the maps wold have been upheld by the appellate courts. they must have thought that no amount of obviousness would upset the appellate judges, but they (for once and surprisingly) were wrong.

Posted by: Mehive
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The Dems were in violation of a prohibition on gerrymandering constitutional amendment to NY State's constitution that they passed themselves to prevent a GOP State Senate again.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (CXr4y)

165 Why would the FBI have taken Trump's passports as part of a search purportedly aimed at retrieving classified material?

It sets a precedent. Find a good hiding place for your Kenyan passport, Barry.

Posted by: t-bird at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (iW8nX)

166 The Madia:
"Here are some half baked lies, fed to us directly by paritsans, which even cursory examination would reveal as suspicious. We tell you to believe them at face value"

Also the Media:
"Why doesn't anyone trust us?"

Posted by: mikethemoose at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (T/vhV)

167 Ace, we keep thinking these "reporters" like O'Donnell are dumb and didn't pick up on the obvious "possession" dodge in the DOJ's initial statement. Yes, they are dumb but nobody is so dumb not to have noticed the dodge. They did notice it. But that wasn't the point. The entire thing was an op: the DOJ puts out some technically true dodge, and the Fake News Media dutifully amplifies it with the additional spin that it contradicts Trump. That was the whole point of the thing.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 16, 2022 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

168 164 The Dems were in violation of a prohibition on gerrymandering constitutional amendment to NY State's constitution that they passed themselves to prevent a GOP State Senate again.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (CXr4y)

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It was as close to a literal stepping on a rake moment in politics as one will get until someone actually steps on a rake.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:26 PM (LvTSG)

169 They "overcollected" the instant they picked up the first thing belonging to Trump. All this process discussion ignores the basic fact the search warrant was illegally obtained and the purpose of the search was to intimidate a former President. His family is next.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 16, 2022 12:26 PM (13w+k)

170 Gee, why would they take his ID that enables him to flee the country, where the Biden admin/Deep State are hellbent on lynching him for being a traitor???

It's a mystery!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2022 12:12 PM (I/doM)

Where would he go? The governments of pretty much every "friendly" country would fall all over themselves in the rush to return him to the US for punishment.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 16, 2022 12:26 PM (z99Zw)

171 Posted by: nurse ratched at August 16, 2022 12:21 PM (W2Pud)

That is so sad.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (AW0uW)

172 I didn't want Trump to run but now it seems like he has to run.

Those commenters saying there won't be another election are now sounding eerily prescient.

Posted by: Max Power at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (k7+BO)

173 The FIB has an amphibious division? Lol. These assholes are playing Navy SEAL huh?

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (blHKE)

174 Happy Dump Liz Cheney Day, y'all!

Posted by: bonhomme at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (kDGvA)

175 The Dems were in violation of a prohibition on gerrymandering constitutional amendment to NY State's constitution that they passed themselves to prevent a GOP State Senate again.

It's different when we do it. It's "freedom-mandering".

Posted by: Dems at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (iW8nX)

176 "And then you remember that there are idiots like Paul who actually exist."

Even Kurt thinks he's stupid.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (1n+EO)

177 From the WJS story on Garland's heroic struggle to approve the raid:

After months of negotiations with Trump lawyers, the department decided to search Mar-a-Lago after receiving information from an FBI source as well as surveillance footage from the resort that appeared to show the additional materials weren’t securely stored, according to people familiar with the matter.

Surveillance footage. How, why does the DOJ have surveillance footage inside PDJT's home?

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (fWbjv)

178 "The FBI never took the passports, and they returned them already so its okay."
--Legacy Media

I mean, none of that sentence is okay.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (Ivdso)

179 166 The Madia:
"Here are some half baked lies, fed to us directly by paritsans, which even cursory examination would reveal as suspicious. We tell you to believe them at face value"

Also the Media:
"Why doesn't anyone trust us?"
Posted by: mikethemoose at August 16, 2022 12:25 PM (T/vhV)

More correct: 'Why don't you fucking idiots just do what we tell you!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:28 PM (dNqv+)

180 178 "The FBI never took the passports, and they returned them already so its okay."
--Legacy Media

I mean, none of that sentence is okay.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (Ivdso)

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Especially since it's a run-on sentence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:28 PM (LvTSG)

181 the Ds gerrymandered so obviously in NY that even dem appointed appellate judges couldn't find a way to say it was ok and made them redraw the maps.
Posted by: Mehive

Even more egregious than that. The redrawn maps were so bad the judge said "eff you guys, I'm redrawing them myself" and he did.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:28 PM (e+yf1)

182 You know why the worst gerrymandering is? Senate seats. Amirite Paul?

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:28 PM (blHKE)

183 You can make a list of things "Trump claims, without evidence". Probably still 100% true.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 16, 2022 12:28 PM (44ww/)

184 It was Rove !!

Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 12:28 PM (us2H3)

185 We didn't loot that store, although we may have 'overcollected'...

Posted by: BLM at August 16, 2022 12:29 PM (iW8nX)

186 Especially since it's a run-on sentence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:28 PM (LvTSG)

Welcome to the internet, sparky.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:29 PM (dNqv+)

187 182 You know why the worst gerrymandering is? Senate seats. Amirite Paul?
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:28 PM (blHKE)

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Not as bad as governor's races.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:29 PM (LvTSG)

188 I predicted 2008 would be the last election. I was off by a decade and a half.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:29 PM (blHKE)

189 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:23 PM (LvTSG)

Yes and no. The constitutional amendment created the "independent redistricting commission" which is evenly made up of GOP/Dem commissioners. the amendment failed to say what happens if the commission doesn't produce a map b/c they can't get a majority vote on a map (which was predictable with a 6-6 split).

A reasonable interpretation would be that if the IRC fails to produce a map, the legislature gets to draw the map. Otherwise, who draws the map?

Had the maps the legislature produced been reasonable (i.e., subtly gerrymandered), I'm pretty confident the courts would have found that interpretation correct, b/c it's the most obvious solution and the easiest. B/c the maps the legislature produced were so obviously gerrymandered, the Court instead essentially found that if the IRC doesn't produce a map, the courts get to produce the maps (that to me is judicial activism).

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:29 PM (ky+MF)

190 Foreign expressions absolutely should be used correctly. Just ask the corpse men.

Posted by: B. Hussein Soetoro at August 16, 2022 12:30 PM (a3Q+t)

191 188 I predicted 2008 would be the last election. I was off by a decade and a half.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:29 PM (blHKE)

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Each election is both our last and the most important ever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:30 PM (LvTSG)

192
From last thread: "Agreed that it's unsalvageable. Having a gang of loyalists takes time and needs to be built up separately outside of office. You still need a gang of loyalists to actually disband bureaucracies though. If you just try to tell them they're disbanded without anything to back it up, you get overthrown instead.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 11:40 AM (b2nrj)"

Absolutely, 100% correct. If this is to be solved by a person or cabal rather than a popular uprising, it must be done the Ivan IV way - and I have recommended that outcome (the best outcome) for years.

Do it exactly like he did - form the Oprichnina up as a shadow government, and unleash the Oprichniki on the boyars with bloodthirsty abandon... but let them know that, while they are free to strip the boyars of their property, their families, their dignity, and their lives, their role ends with the boyars. If they try to hang on to anything besides their piles of loot, they will be treated as the new boyars, by the new Oprichniki. When the task is over, so is the Oprichnina.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 16, 2022 12:30 PM (IXpV7)

193 LOL. A woman at the Barr Foundation in Boston went to Europe, and was horrified to discover that Europeans just build things, without spending years considering the "diversity", "equity", and "inclusion" aspects of what they are trying to build.

The bus electrification underway in Amsterdam, for example, was happening at system operator discretion, absent of analysis of which neighborhoods were bearing the burden of pollution health impacts. “The rider shouldn’t notice any difference,” the transit experts told us. This is in contrast to U.S. transit planning where equity analyses are required, riders and neighbors can participate in a process, and transit agencies are called out if they don’t (rightly so) prioritize communities most impacted by air pollution and poor transit service.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 16, 2022 12:30 PM (I2/tG)

194 They took his passports to scan them, because while you can doctor ''em up, there's nothing like having the genuine article.

Sort of like a reverse SCOMAF birth certificate situation.

I expect a series of Ops related to Trumps passports in the not too distant future.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 16, 2022 12:31 PM (5jd9x)

195 Doesn't the US State Department actually own the passport document?

Doesn't the law say that passports when found must be returned to the State department? Shouldn't the State Department take possession of the passports and return them to the rightful person?

Posted by: rd at August 16, 2022 12:31 PM (Z32m1)

196 A computer could easily create fair CDs. But neither party wants fair CDs.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:31 PM (blHKE)

197 This is in contrast to U.S. transit planning where equity analyses are required

Even a left-wing "transportation activist" in Portland has noticed that with Portland's monomaniacal fixation on "diversity", "equity", and "inclusion", nothing actually gets built. This is good when it comes to fixing freeway bottlenecks, of course, but it also means that the bike lanes, "walkable streets", and all the other things he likes don't get built either.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 16, 2022 12:31 PM (I2/tG)

198 Trump should now demand they return Melania's underwear. Force Garland to publicly declare that they didn't take any of Melania's panties.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:31 PM (e+yf1)

199 They will also return Marlena's underpants as soon as Wray is done sniffing them.

Posted by: Bob at August 16, 2022 12:19 PM (d+5Bz)

Who is Marlena?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 16, 2022 12:32 PM (z99Zw)

200 Even more egregious than that. The redrawn maps were so bad the judge said "eff you guys, I'm redrawing them myself" and he did.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:28 PM (e+yf1)

In NY, trial court judges are elected. That trial court judge is a prominent republican. there's a reason the petitioners in that action chose rural Stueben County instead of an Albany County Court or a Court in NYC.

Just saying - everyone was playing politics - even the court. I don't turn a blind eye to it just b/c it's my guys doing it.

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:32 PM (ky+MF)

201 Trump should now demand they return Melania's underwear. Force Garland to publicly declare that they didn't take any of Melania's panties.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:31 PM (e+yf1)

Good Idea

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 16, 2022 12:32 PM (M+Lyo)

202 "We are not living in a democracy nor a republic."

True. We are living through a cold civil war - the only thing keeping it from going hot is 300,000,000 guns in private American hands. And I think Trump is the only person that can set us on a path to victory without it going hot.

Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 12:32 PM (u+Y3T)

203 110 Boffo's butt buddy is here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Send in the clowns.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:32 PM (CXr4y)

204 Ward, weren't you a little hard on Jerry last night?

Posted by: Zombie June Cleaver at August 16, 2022 12:32 PM (Xrfse)

205 speaking of BS, maybe a little off topic, saw this today on yahoo news:

Leon Panetta, who served as defense secretary and CIA Director under the Obama administration, told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday that there is a process for declassifying confidential government information and requires sign-off from other agencies.

"If presidents want to declassify, they have to follow that process which basically requires that it be referred to the agencies that are responsible for classifying that material," Panetta told CNN. "They have something to say as to whether or not that material should be declassified."

"So there is nothing that I'm aware of that indicates that a formal step was taken by this president to in fact declassify anything. Right now, this is pretty much BS," he added.

Posted by: mallfly the peach of MSNBC at August 16, 2022 12:32 PM (Ynyl9)

206 Each election is both our last and the most important ever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:30 PM (LvTSG)

Well by definition every election is the last one.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:33 PM (blHKE)

207 The bus electrification underway in Amsterdam, for example, was happening at system operator discretion, absent of analysis of which neighborhoods were bearing the burden of pollution health impacts. “The rider shouldn’t notice any difference,” the transit experts told us. This is in contrast to U.S. transit planning where equity analyses are required, riders and neighbors can participate in a process, and transit agencies are called out if they don’t (rightly so) prioritize communities most impacted by air pollution and poor transit service.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 16, 2022 12:30 PM (I2/tG)
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I hope the poor dear never goes to Red China, where the extent of "impact analysis" is often only as much as is needed to ensure that poor people are hurt the most by the project.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:33 PM (WWh8n)

208 Reportedly, CBS is considering not renewing Norah O'Donnell's contract.

So, they may have an opening soon for an unhinged leftist that'll spout any nonsense the Establishment needs?

She's reportedly a diva and a b-word and her ratings aren't good.

Shit. That's going to be a problem.

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at August 16, 2022 12:33 PM (ZPUJH)

209 Seems that Babyface Nelson had a habit of over-collecting money from the banks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 12:33 PM (guGkK)

210 74 The DOJ/FBI/DNC is working as planned

no one is talking about anything else on the tube
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 12:12
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Central Mexico, Tijuana and Baja have disintegrated into narco warzones funded by the migrant and drug trade across the open border and the MSM can't be bothered to report on it.

At what point are the MSM, Democrats, and GOPe going to be held accountable for the treason and murder they are responsible for?

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at August 16, 2022 12:34 PM (MFZ8i)

211 Who actually owns your passport

https://tinyurl.com/3vh8ufyn

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 16, 2022 12:34 PM (1n+EO)

212 From a strictly technical point of view, the FBI is proving, once again, their reputation far outshines their actual performance.

Their warrant was incredibly vague, and had it gone to a real, non-corrupt judge for signing, it wouldn't have passed muster. They have already been proven to have collected documents not on the warrant. They have already been proven to have an incomplete accounting of all the documents they took.

If this was a run of the mill raid against a drug kingpin or a mafia don or some random businessman, a good lawyer would be able to have any evidence collected thrown out of court.

Of course, things are different when the target is an enemy of the regime.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 16, 2022 12:34 PM (kDGvA)

213 Even a left-wing "transportation activist" in Portland has noticed that with Portland's monomaniacal fixation on "diversity", "equity", and "inclusion", nothing actually gets built. This is good when it comes to fixing freeway bottlenecks, of course, but it also means that the bike lanes, "walkable streets", and all the other things he likes don't get built either.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 16, 2022 12:31 PM (I2/tG)
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Works projects in the United States have nothing to do with public works. They are jobs programs and graft channels first and foremost. If a works project ever actually results in new works, it is a coincidence.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:34 PM (WWh8n)

214 Has O'Donnell apologized or at least retracted her passport tweet?

Posted by: mrp at August 16, 2022 12:34 PM (6eRlp)

215 Surveillance footage. How, why does the DOJ have surveillance footage inside PDJT's home?

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (fWbjv)
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they previously subpoenaed it. he cites his compliance with that subpoena, along with accommodating every other request they've made, is the core of his complaint this raid was completely unnecessary.

his lawyers challenged the DOJ to provide one instance where the Trump side hasn't agreed or at least haven't negotiated in good faith in every instance. Garland has not answered that point.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 16, 2022 12:34 PM (Yawo6)

216 Just saying - everyone was playing politics - even the court. I don't turn a blind eye to it just b/c it's my guys doing it.

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:32 PM (ky+MF)

Which goes to my point that the appellate courts - which are all majority dems appointed judges - upheld that trial court judge. And that, in my mind, was b/c the maps the dem legislature passed were just too egregious even for a dem judge.

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:34 PM (ky+MF)

217 Trump has to run again and either completely dismantle as much of the rot as he can (showing how it's done) or get taken out, showing the next wave (DeSantis) that they cannot play by the usual rules and that complete dismantling of the state is the only way forward.

Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 12:34 PM (u+Y3T)

218 Who is Marlena?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 16, 2022 12:32 PM (z99Zw)

https://tinyurl.com/2y8t3epk

Hard to find a picture of her I like. This is not to disparage her, she had a kind of active beauty/sultriness that gets lost in photos, I think. You have to see her in motion to get it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:35 PM (dNqv+)

219
Trump should now demand they return Melania's underwear. Force Garland to publicly declare that they didn't take any of Melania's panties.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:31 PM

The old 'Have you stopped beating your wife yet?' gambit where there's no good 'yes' or 'no' answer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 16, 2022 12:35 PM (jE276)

220 The DOJ now admits they "overcollected" Trump documents, and will return passports and privileged docs within 2 weeks. Because apparently they're sending them by oxcart.

https://tinyurl.com/2pzy26tf
Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (/NCI4)

I get it, equal justice and all that. But the man was the President of the United States, I don't care what you think about the fact, you took his shit wrongfully, you take it back, RFN. Your department has private jets for a reason.

Posted by: blaster at August 16, 2022 12:35 PM (6TxNR)

221 "If presidents want to declassify, they have to follow that process which basically requires that it be referred to the agencies that are responsible for classifying that material," Panetta told CNN. "They have something to say as to whether or not that material should be declassified."

Panetta was one of the fifty "intelligence experts" who claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.

Screw him.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 16, 2022 12:35 PM (I2/tG)

222 "If presidents want to declassify, they have to follow that process which basically requires that it be referred to the agencies that are responsible for classifying that material," Panetta told CNN. "They have something to say as to whether or not that material should be declassified."

Somebody smarten me up on what Legislation requires this. Because until then, I'll assume this is yet more bullshit, made up by the status quo, to protect and preserve the status quo.

Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 12:35 PM (sH61M)

223 >>Doesn't the US State Department actually own the passport document?

Who owns the State Department? We do.

We pay for the government. We own it. They don't own us.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 16, 2022 12:35 PM (ZLI7S)

224 "If presidents want to declassify, they have to follow that process which basically requires that it be referred to the agencies that are responsible for classifying that material," Panetta told CNN. "They have something to say as to whether or not that material should be declassified."

Really Panetta? So Trump has to request permission from an agency that ultimately reports to him? Horsesh!t.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:36 PM (e+yf1)

225 >>Where would he go? The governments of pretty much every "friendly" country would fall all over themselves in the rush to return him to the US for punishment.

Who knows -- Trump got along with some world leaders. That's not the point, though. It's that they took the passports so it wasn't even an option. Thugs rubbing Trump's nose in their show of power.

Garland now calling Trump a traitor, knowing dang well that punishment for that can be execution. Anyone who thinks they aren't playing for keeps hasn't been watching their progression. They're not going to stop -- this has been going on since summer of 2016.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2022 12:36 PM (I/doM)

226 I use the phrase sotto voce all the time. Sometimes I substitute sub rosa. Since they're both Greek nobody even notices.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 12:36 PM (guGkK)

227 This brunette has done a bit of acting in the past, is literate and can read from a script or teleprompter so she believes - correctly - that she is qualified to sit at a national news desk and thinks that CBS should give her a call if they want to boost ratings:
https://is.gd/xZbPC2

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:36 PM (WWh8n)

228 36 Norah seems like a Box Wine kinda girl. All sloppy and stepping on the Poodle kinda girl.
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 12:07 PM (Vr12I)

I can make her box whine "the eyes of Texas are upon you"

Posted by: John Holmes, former zombi at August 16, 2022 12:36 PM (us2H3)

229 First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for coronavirus on Monday evening, according to the White House, even after isolating herself from her husband President Joe Biden when he had the virus.

The first lady’s office said that Jill Biden began developing “cold-like symptoms” on Monday evening and that a PCR test found she was positive for the virus.

.. I fully expect the Bidens to blame Trump for making a useless vaccine any moment now.

Posted by: SMOD at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (RHGPo)

230 223 Who owns the State Department? We do.

We pay for the government. We own it. They don't own us.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 16, 2022 12:35 PM (ZLI7S)

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I'm pretty sure that Trey Gowdy owns the State Department based on all his pwnage of low-level, unfireable staffers in committee hearings during the Obama years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (LvTSG)

231 148, I can't believe we still need to let you idiots know that a natural born citizen is considered natural born if one of their parents is a citizen. That is however, not true for the position of El Presidente. Both need to be citizens for obvious reasons. I really don't want an anchor baby being our friggin president.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (DBrN4)

232 Please stop trying to sound smart by dropping in these tasteless foreign expressions. You don't even use them correctly.
_____________

It adds a certain, I don't know, a je ne sais quoi, ne c'est pas, don't you think?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (fs1hN)

233 214 Has O'Donnell apologized or at least retracted her passport tweet?

Why would she. It will pass into lore and become "fact", just like the "fine people on both sides" is considered "fact", and disputing said fact makes you a white supremacist.

Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (u+Y3T)

234 Garland now calling Trump a traitor, knowing dang well that punishment for that can be execution. Anyone who thinks they aren't playing for keeps hasn't been watching their progression. They're not going to stop -- this has been going on since summer of 2016.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 16, 2022 12:36 PM (I/doM)

But don't take the bait!

Vote harder!

Posted by: blaster at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (6TxNR)

235 We are living through a cold civil war - the only thing keeping it from going hot is 300,000,000 guns in private American hands.

I used to think that was true. Now, not so much.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (AW0uW)

236 51 I just realized, Nora doesn't have any lips. She paints them on.
____________

It's a trick I invented!

Posted by: Zombie Lucille Ball at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (MvHI3)

237 > Central Mexico, Tijuana and Baja have disintegrated into narco warzones funded by the migrant and drug trade across the open border and the MSM can't be bothered to report on it.

A few days ago in Tijuana, the cartel actually imposed a city wide curfew. They announced anyone out after 10pm would be killed.

I have no idea why anyone would vacation there.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (kDGvA)

238 The Democrats would love to have Trump leave the country and never come back.

Posted by: SMOD at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (RHGPo)

239 News media? No, mouthpieces for government propaganda.

Goebbels would approve.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
===

For DEMOCRAT government and DEMOCRAT government only.

Posted by: Jeffy Toobin at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (u4CEu)

240 >>"If presidents want to declassify, they have to follow that process which basically requires that it be referred to the agencies that are responsible for classifying that material," Panetta told CNN. "They have something to say as to whether or not that material should be declassified."

Absolutely false. There is no process that governs the president.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 16, 2022 12:38 PM (ZLI7S)

241 "If presidents want to declassify, they have to follow that process which basically requires that it be referred to the agencies that are responsible for classifying that material," Panetta told CNN. "They have something to say as to whether or not that material should be declassified."

Somebody smarten me up on what Legislation requires this. Because until then, I'll assume this is yet more bullshit, made up by the status quo, to protect and preserve the status quo.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 12:35 PM (sH61M)
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None that I am aware of. All executive authority is vested in the President. Agency heads and other employees possess delegated authority delegated to them by the President. They can - and do - provide input and opinions, but they are not the last word.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:38 PM (WWh8n)

242 Works projects in the United States have nothing to do with public works. They are jobs programs and graft channels first and foremost. If a works project ever actually results in new works, it is a coincidence.

Oregon and Washington considered building a new bridge across the Columbia River.

They spent two hundred million dollars on "consultants".

The bridge didn't get built.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 16, 2022 12:38 PM (I2/tG)

243 Your department has private jets for a reason.
Posted by: blaster at August 16, 2022 12:35 PM (6TxNR)

Vacations!

Posted by: Wray at August 16, 2022 12:38 PM (9FBGz)

244 Because until then, I'll assume this is yet more bullshit, made up by the status quo, to protect and preserve the status quo.

The agency in charge of that particular intel (if any) will need to know that something has been declassified at some point if for nothing other than bookkeeping, but Panetta's "It doesn't count unless we okay it" bit here is goofy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 12:38 PM (Ivdso)

245 It adds a certain, I don't know, a je ne sais quoi, ne c'est pas, don't you think?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (fs1hN)

Le etat, c'est moi to you too, buddy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 12:38 PM (guGkK)

246 221
'Panetta was one of the fifty "intelligence experts" who claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.'

In other words a flagrant liar.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 16, 2022 12:38 PM (qVln6)

247 Trump has to run again and either completely dismantle as much of the rot as he can (showing how it's done) or get taken out,

showing the next wave (DeSantis) that they cannot play by the usual rules and that complete dismantling of the state is the only way forward.
Posted by: Mookie

There won't be elections after that.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 12:39 PM (qfVDK)

248 In unrelated news, today is the 45th anniversary of Elvis' death. This is his best 70s recording imho: https://bit.ly/3pocQdK

Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 12:39 PM (u+Y3T)

249 Yowza! Peter Navarro's take on Jared Kushner is blistering!

Check it out at American Greatness dot you know.

Posted by: Annie at August 16, 2022 12:39 PM (P7zk6)

250 Garland now calling Trump a traitor

..

Link?

Posted by: I Mean at August 16, 2022 12:39 PM (9FBGz)

251 Both need to be citizens for obvious reasons. I really don't want an anchor baby being our friggin president.
___________

Hahahahaha. Too late!

Posted by: Anchor baby VP Kamaltoe Harris at August 16, 2022 12:39 PM (MvHI3)

252 I just realized, Nora doesn't have any lips. She paints them on.

Can she paint on a bustline? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 12:39 PM (guGkK)

253 "In other words a flagrant liar."

Judges would have also accepted 'Stupid as fcuk'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 16, 2022 12:40 PM (1n+EO)

254
This brunette has done a bit of acting in the past, is literate and can read from a script or teleprompter so she believes - correctly - that she is qualified to sit at a national news desk and thinks that CBS should give her a call if they want to boost ratings:

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:36 PM

Is that arugula in the background? Have you seen the price of that lately?

Posted by: Barry at August 16, 2022 12:40 PM (jE276)

255 214 Has O'Donnell apologized or at least retracted her passport tweet?

Why would she. It will pass into lore and become "fact", just like the "fine people on both sides" is considered "fact", and disputing said fact makes you a white supremacist.
Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (u+Y3T)

If O'Donnell hasn't apologized for calling DJT a liar, then that makes her a "Professional Twitter Troll". Anyone who watched T. Carlson's magnificent show last night understands the context.

Posted by: mrp at August 16, 2022 12:41 PM (6eRlp)

256 The FNM screams a lie and then later in small print retracts it.

The lefty LIVs believe the lie and refuse to actually look into it. Meaning the FNM gets what it wants.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 16, 2022 12:41 PM (ESjRY)

257 227 This brunette has done a bit of acting in the past, is literate and can read from a script or teleprompter so she believes - correctly - that she is qualified to sit at a national news desk and thinks that CBS should give her a call if they want to boost ratings:
https://is.gd/xZbPC2
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:36 PM (WWh8n)

Um...endorsed.
Also nipples.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 16, 2022 12:41 PM (XvPQV)

258 I have no idea why anyone would vacation there.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM (kDGvA)

Wife's cousin was murdered there. Quite possibly by the police.

Posted by: TexasDan at August 16, 2022 12:41 PM (Xw30l)

259 they have to follow that process which basically requires that it be referred to the agencies that are responsible for classifying that material," Panetta told CNN

This is like asking criminals if we may present evidence of their guilt.

Posted by: t-bird at August 16, 2022 12:41 PM (ugV9/)

260 This is spot on.
https://tinyurl.com/2pzy26tf
There were [more than] 30 FBI agents there. Do you think they read 30 FBI agents into a Special Access program so they could execute a search warrant thinking that that information was really going to be there? I don’t think so. … I’ve seen how classified information gets handled when it’s handled correctly and how persnickety they are about how somebody who doesn’t have the clearance or doesn’t have the need-to-know is not in a position where that person is able to see the thing he doesn’t have the right to see – even if he has a security clearance.... I’m sure there were some people who were running things that had very high-security clearances, but if you’re going to turn 20 or 30 [or 40] FBI agents loose ...you’re opening the possibility of somebody who doesn’t have the appropriate security clearance to see this top secret, super secret, Special Access information... I don’t believe it. ”

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:41 PM (/NCI4)

261 "If presidents want to declassify, they have to follow that process which basically requires that it be referred to the agencies that are responsible for classifying that material," Panetta told CNN. "They have something to say as to whether or not that material should be declassified."
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Republicans say this is the core of Democrats bullshit argument. Then, according to what (little) I have read, Obama's 2009 Executive Order made clear the President has final, uncontestable authority to construct these procedures, to classify or declassify, as he sees fit.

Democrats problem is that the Congress and the Courts have zero input. It is an Executive function.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 16, 2022 12:41 PM (Yawo6)

262 >Has O'Donnell apologized or at least retracted her passport tweet?

I just work here, following orders, not my fault.

Posted by: Nora at August 16, 2022 12:42 PM (oTZbj)

263 'Panetta was one of the fifty "intelligence experts" who claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.'

In other words a flagrant liar.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

And he's a clinton creature. I'm surprised that george snuffalupagus didn't do the play-acting with him.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 16, 2022 12:42 PM (cY9wR)

264 The worst part of all this?

They would not allow a Trump lawyer/representative to observe the search!

Who knows what they snatched (and I'm not talking about Malania's panty drawer) that never made it on the list!

Good thing they kept the cameras rolling.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 16, 2022 12:42 PM (2W+1k)

265 248 In unrelated news, today is the 45th anniversary of Elvis' death. This is his best 70s recording imho: https://bit.ly/3pocQdK
Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 12:39 PM (u+Y3T)

Disagree.

https://tinyurl.com/67twn3y9

(Although that was 1969.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:42 PM (dNqv+)

266 Who actually owns your passport

And if the Federal Government posts a policy that they officially own my DNA as well, I'm not going to nod solemnly and comply with that either. I'm certainly not going to say "Yeah, but that's the rules" in conversation.

Its wrong.

Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 12:43 PM (sH61M)

267 Remember in 2016-2020 it was considered beyond the pale to investigate Hillary Clinton even after Comey admitted she committed a crime.

And Trump got impeached for telling Ukraine to not stop an investigation just because Hunter Biden was politically connected.

And yet...here we have the US government, fresh off imprisoning people without charge for protesting about to arrest the last President for the crime of...not being a made man.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 16, 2022 12:43 PM (ESjRY)

268 But on the, on the political battle, I think they’re being overwhelmed by Donald Trump. You know, if we were in a Colosseum with two gladiators, one of them Donald Trump, the other Merrick Garland, we’d be about to witness the slaughter of the lambs.

Posted by: SMOD at August 16, 2022 12:43 PM (RHGPo)

269 Norah and all the MSM are unindicted co-conspirators at this point.

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 16, 2022 12:43 PM (tQL7r)

270 Had the maps the legislature produced been reasonable (i.e., subtly gerrymandered), I'm pretty confident the courts would have found that interpretation correct, b/c it's the most obvious solution and the easiest. B/c the maps the legislature produced were so obviously gerrymandered, the Court instead essentially found that if the IRC doesn't produce a map, the courts get to produce the maps (that to me is judicial activism).

Posted by: Mehive
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The NYS amendment specifically reserves court review for any apportionment and furthermore provides specifically that district lines are not to be drawn to protect incumbents (which is why Maloney and Nadler are in a district now) nor to favor political parties in order to reduce competition. That is not activism but rather legitimate constitutional oversight specifically mentioned in the NYS constitutional amendment. See page 8 of the online official NYS Constitution at teh Sec. of State office. The legislature can't violate explicit Constitution wording if the Constitution is to mean anything.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:43 PM (CXr4y)

271 > Please stop trying to sound smart by dropping in these tasteless foreign expressions.

Sic semper tyrannis.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 12:43 PM (bW8dp)

272 Le etat, c'est moi to you too, buddy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
____________

Hey, keep it down, sotto voce, s'il te plâit, I'm a trynna get some work done here, capesce?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 12:44 PM (fs1hN)

273 History will point to today's version of media and say This is the way you do propaganda

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 16, 2022 12:44 PM (/6GbT)

274 Michal Massie at WND is great. Pulls no punches:

I'm brutally honest in my identification and evaluation of both they and their opposite side of the misinformation construct, which are Erebusic elapids that have transmogrified from slithering through barnyard waste byproduct to upright bipedal simian type caricatures spawned in hell and released on earth, i.e., cultural-Marxists, Fabian Democratic Socialists, Neo-Leninists et al.

Heh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 12:44 PM (EYMuX)

275 The worst part of all this?

They would not allow a Trump lawyer/representative to observe the search!

Who knows what they snatched (and I'm not talking about Malania's panty drawer) that never made it on the list!

I bet Trump knows exactly, because he put it there.

Posted by: t-bird at August 16, 2022 12:44 PM (ugV9/)

276 "In executing search warrants, the FBI follows search and seizure procedures ordered by courts, then returns items that do not need to be retained for law enforcement purposes,"

Note: They do NOT say "Returns anything NOT specifically named in the warrant"...which IS required in the warrant process, they need very specific grounds for very specific items, from very specific places/locations, for very specific reasons, pertaining to very specific crimes. "General Warrants" are not...or should not be...Legal.

Keep also in mind...this whole thing is based upon the claims of a "Librarian" making the claim that someone who promised to donate items to the Library may not have fully done so, in a timely enough fashion...at least to the Librarians satisfaction.

Posted by: birddog at August 16, 2022 12:44 PM (uAI4S)

277 Who actually owns your passport

Pretty sure you do, but the US government can revoke it if they have sufficient legal cause.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 12:45 PM (Ivdso)

278 I would take someone's passports if I wanted to know where they had traveled recently.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 16, 2022 12:45 PM (BJKQV)

279 250 Garland now calling Trump a traitor

..

Link?
Posted by: I Mean at August 16, 2022 12:39 PM (9FBGz)

no and don't call me Julie

Posted by: Pete at August 16, 2022 12:45 PM (us2H3)

280 271 Sic semper tyrannis.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 12:43 PM (bW8dp)

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"How uncouth, cousin Samuel."
-John Adams

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:45 PM (LvTSG)

281 Disagree.

https://tinyurl.com/67twn3y9

(Although that was 1969.)

Great tune, and thank goodness you didnt link "In the Ghetto". As for Suspicious Minds, I am partial the the Waylon/Jessi Colter version, but I'm partial to Waylon in most things.

Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 12:45 PM (u+Y3T)

282 The NYS amendment specifically reserves court review for any apportionment and furthermore provides specifically that district lines are not to be drawn to protect incumbents (which is why Maloney and Nadler are in a district now)

Posted by: whig

Wonder what happens when they both get 60% of the vote.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 16, 2022 12:45 PM (lTGtQ)

283 History will point to today's version of media and say This is the way you do propaganda.

Yeah. Because it's borrowed from the best of capitalism. We don't have one Goebbels or Pravda trying to orchestrate everything. We've got a zillion different agencies, all trying to out-compete each other to create and spread the most luxurious, high energy, classiest propaganda ever.

Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 12:46 PM (sH61M)

284 They call me "le pervers sénile" in France.

They love me there.

Posted by: Dopey Joe at August 16, 2022 12:46 PM (bW8dp)

285 moron labia, quid pro quo

Posted by: NCKate at August 16, 2022 12:46 PM (2oJif)

286 Now consider how this scales down. How much stuff - either because it's controversial or valuable - gets "accidentally" omitted? They come execute a search warrant on you, and then suddenly your gold or guns or ammunition or wall art goes missing and then - mysteriously - there's no record of it.

I'll bet it happens all the time. Just robbery by ruffians.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:09 PM
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BACK THE BLUE!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 16, 2022 12:46 PM (u4CEu)

287 Great tune, and thank goodness you didnt link "In the Ghetto". As for Suspicious Minds, I am partial the the Waylon/Jessi Colter version, but I'm partial to Waylon in most things.
Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 12:45 PM (u+Y3T)

In the ghetto is maudlin horseshit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:47 PM (dNqv+)

288 They do NOT say "Returns anything NOT specifically named in the warrant"...which IS required in the warrant process, they need very specific grounds for very specific items, from very specific places/locations, for very specific reasons, pertaining to very specific crimes/i]

Right, this is key. Its actually illegal for them to go into areas or collect items not permitted in the warrant. The 4th amendment rights and right to property and privacy both mean that the US government can only act in contradiction to that with specific, very clear, limited reason and scope.

They have to get a warrant to search your house, they cannot legally just kick the door in and take what they want. Anything obtained in this manner is "fruit of the poisoned tree" (I believe is the term) and is not permissible in a court of law as evidence.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 12:47 PM (Ivdso)

289 Good thing they kept the cameras rolling.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

Howdy. Been awhile.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:47 PM (/NCI4)

290 Greatest Elvis? His cover of "Poke Salat Annie".

Posted by: mrp at August 16, 2022 12:47 PM (6eRlp)

291 The DOJ now admits they "overcollected" Trump documents, and will return passports and privileged docs within 2 weeks. Because apparently they're sending them by oxcart.

https://tinyurl.com/2pzy26tf
Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:20 PM (/NCI4)
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In their defense, it's going to take some time to (whoopsie!) photocopy the correspondence with counsel.

Posted by: Axeman at August 16, 2022 12:47 PM (OaZlZ)

292
And, I refer to Ivan IV for a reason - the boyars were a very close parallel to the American Deep State, rendering "proto-Russia's" ancient tribal/monarchical systems impotent with their incessant, treacherous intrigues.

When Ivan took the crown, the boyars were a lawless and unaccountable class of bloodsucking courtiers who ran everything. By the time he finished with them, they had been physically eradicated as a ruling class for all time, the country we know as Russia had been founded, and his dynastic line ruled without question for centuries.

It was extremely disruptive and caused huge problems for his government, economically, diplomatically, and militarily. But it *had* to be done, and he did it. It's the template for Deep State bullshit, and how to handle it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 16, 2022 12:48 PM (IXpV7)

293 In the ghetto is maudlin horseshit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:47 PM (dNqv+)

In a Yugo by Paul Shanklin, however, is a certified classic.

Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 12:48 PM (sH61M)

294 > Great tune, and thank goodness you didnt link "In the Ghetto".

His mind was hungry for knowledge.
His body for something to eat.

Posted by: Bye, Feliciano at August 16, 2022 12:48 PM (bW8dp)

295 In the ghetto is maudlin horseshit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 12:47 PM (dNqv+)

Cartman did a good cover.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 16, 2022 12:48 PM (906pl)

296 re 270 and others: I posted about this weeks ago. As drawn by the Dems, Nadler's district would have been the west side of the lower half on Manhattan (like from 9th Ave to the river), across the financial district and across the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn, down a bit of the Brooklyn coastline, up a bit inland, and over to a large glob of middle Brooklyn.

I think the Dems also tried to create a district that would have run across the Throgs Neck Bridge, but I'm not too sure about that.

Posted by: mallfly the peach of MSNBC at August 16, 2022 12:48 PM (Ynyl9)

297 Its actually illegal for them to go into areas or collect items not permitted in the warrant. The 4th amendment rights and right to property and privacy both mean that the US government can only act in contradiction to that with specific, very clear, limited reason and scope.

It has to be "in plain sight". I know this from watching many episodes of Law and Order.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:48 PM (/NCI4)

298 Garland now calling Trump a traitor

..

Link?
Posted by: I Mean at August 16, 2022 12:39 PM (9FBGz

Usually, when Dems start accusing people of a crime, they are doing it 10 fold... traitorous sounds about right for them

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 16, 2022 12:48 PM (/6GbT)

299 >>>They have to get a warrant to search your house, they cannot legally just kick the door in and take what they want.
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Oh, haha! Good one!

Posted by: Chris Wray, America's Patriot Act Watchdog at August 16, 2022 12:49 PM (Yawo6)

300 In a Yugo>>>In the Ghetto

Posted by: Pug Mahon, it's pronounced Muh-Hone at August 16, 2022 12:49 PM (x8Wzq)

301 In the ghetto is maudlin horseshit.

A lot of Elvis' catalog is in that category, but some of it is pretty good anyway.

This is my favorite Elvis recording (I like the remix version)

https://youtu.be/Zx1_6F-nCaw?t=18

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 12:49 PM (Ivdso)

302 285 moron labia, quid pro quo
Posted by: NCKate
________

Care to elabiaorate ?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 12:49 PM (fs1hN)

303 > The boyars

One of them, by the name of Dmitri, came to America and made it big with a line of Italian food.

And that little boyar became Chef Boyar D.

Posted by: Bye, Feliciano at August 16, 2022 12:49 PM (bW8dp)

304 Mac Davis wrote "In the Ghetto."

Posted by: mr tmz at August 16, 2022 12:50 PM (rJ48h)

305 Obviously Elvis died too soon. I wonder if he would have continued doing the crappy Vegas stuff or if he would have gone the Johnny Cash route and made a bunch of great late-life material. Of course we'll never know.

Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 12:50 PM (u+Y3T)

306 As much as I may like DeSantis, something primal demands putting Trump back in office with an endless supply of flamethrowers and zero f*cks.

Posted by: Two Weeks at August 16, 2022 12:50 PM (95sdB)

307 >horrified to discover that Europeans just build things

IIRC the USA lost out on widening the Panama Canal due to the USA's need to perform and environmental impact study first. The study itself would have taken years to complete.

Posted by: Fool Otto at August 16, 2022 12:50 PM (DB16e)

308 May they all rot in hell.

Posted by: sidney at August 16, 2022 12:50 PM (Uy/WF)

309 How much stuff - either because it's controversial or valuable - gets "accidentally" omitted? They come execute a search warrant on you, and then suddenly your gold or guns or ammunition or wall art goes missing and then - mysteriously - there's no record of it.

I'll bet it happens all the time. Just robbery by ruffians.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

They raided a private safe deposit box company a few years back. Emptied every client's box, including gold, currency, jewelry, etc., warrant for that person or not.

As far as I know, nobody has had their property returned.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 16, 2022 12:50 PM (lTGtQ)

310 Norah you ignorant slut!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (BRHaw)

311 As those small wheels turn
Fifty miles to the gallon
And their knees on their chest
They're gonna save enough gas
For all of the rest
In a Yugo

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (Ivdso)

312 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 12:47 PM (Ivdso)
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Those are all problems Garland's general warrant solves.

Now there's just the matter that honorable professionals made a mistake and fashioned an un-Constitutional general warrant...

But, on the other hand, it's Trump.

Posted by: Axeman at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (OaZlZ)

313
In The Ghetto, with Too $hort:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw0uz88E2gI

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (IXpV7)

314 None that I am aware of. All executive authority is vested in the President. Agency heads and other employees possess delegated authority delegated to them by the President. They can - and do - provide input and opinions, but they are not the last word.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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More bullshit from Panetta, there are laws dealing with classification but that is for control of underlings--not the President and these evil clowns like Panetta are purposefully bumfuzzling the public. Specifically, there is a hierarchy of laws here--explicit stated constitutional powers of a branch and reasonable and past interpretation of inherent powers of a branch. The commander in chief power and likewise similar stated powers regarding diplomacy grant the president an outsized role in foreign affairs and defense matters. That is where the President has a constitutional right to disclose or not any information relevant to the security and defense of the US regardless of whatever statutes or agency regs say.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (CXr4y)

315 309 They raided a private safe deposit box company a few years back. Emptied every client's box, including gold, currency, jewelry, etc., warrant for that person or not.

As far as I know, nobody has had their property returned.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 16, 2022 12:50 PM (lTGtQ)

===========

"Crime might have happened here. It was justified."
-Federal agent, with hand over heart and tear running down cheek as the Star Spangled Banner plays in the background

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (LvTSG)

316 We are not living in a democracy nor a republic.
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The People's Republic of Korea is a Republic and its Democratic. It says so in the name.

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (7IEcO)

317 Obviously Elvis died too soon. I wonder if he would have continued doing the crappy Vegas stuff or if he would have gone the Johnny Cash route and made a bunch of great late-life material. Of course we'll never know.
Posted by: Mookie

I had a thought on that.

Posted by: the toilet Elvis died on at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (cY9wR)

318 which this search warrant appears to facilitate sotto voce.
Please stop trying to sound smart by dropping in these tasteless foreign expressions. You don't even use them correctly.

Seriously.

Serendipitously, I'm eating Sotto Voce with Meatballs for lunch.

So, I have to disagree with you here, Ace.

Sotto voce isn't tasteless. It's delish!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (5NkmN)

319 Obviously Elvis died too soon.

Oh, please. I just saw him while I was filling up my tank.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (/NCI4)

320 As we fantasize about disbanding the FBI, I'd keep the child p dept, add a few good apples there, and can you guess their first targets?

Posted by: Two Weeks at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (95sdB)

321 >>The DOJ now admits they "overcollected" Trump documents, and will return passports and privileged docs within 2 weeks. Because apparently they're sending them by oxcart.

But they said that 'sotto voce' so hey, no harm no foul, right?

Here's another foreign expression used inappropriately: "they-ah canna kissa my assa, those-ah f'n mooks!"

Posted by: Boswell at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (+Cgut)

322 Why would the FBI have taken Trump's passports as part of a search purportedly aimed at retrieving classified material?

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"To keep him from buying and fleeing to Greenland in an attempt to try and avoid prosecution, prison, and execution!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (WtAgB)

323 304 Mac Davis wrote "In the Ghetto."

My brother briefly sported the Mac Davis/Leo Sayer "white dude afro" in the 70s. What joy it was digging out an old photo when our mom died and showing it to his daughter...

Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (u+Y3T)

324 I hate when I screw up a perfectly decent line.

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (7IEcO)

325 7. ...It was a message to Trump.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 16, 2022 12:02 PM (bVYXr)

Yes. And to the rest of us.

Posted by: Flyover at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (Rbu5d)

326 Garland now calling Trump a traitor,

I can understand that statement provided that the ruling junta that overthew the government back in January 6th 2021 perceives Trump as not recognizing the New America "Government" that bears no resemblance or even homage to the previous Constitutional Republic of 1788.

The unchallenged conqueror does get to decide who is loyal to the new regime and the ad hoc ruling system that is in place, so Garland does have a point.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (3hSHB)

327 Reinhart is holding a hearing to unseal the Trump raid affidavit on Thursday.

https://bit.ly/3SUFdha

Posted by: bonhomme at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (eyxn4)

328 I like a glass of Yugo de Naranja with breakfast.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (bW8dp)

329 Senior moments like this only add to the perception that Granny Norrie needs to be put in an Old Anchors Home.
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Isn't that like the knacker's they sent Boxer to?

Posted by: Eeyore at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (TgBWG)

330 I think the Dems also tried to create a district that would have run across the Throgs Neck Bridge, but I'm not too sure about that.

Calculate the center of mass of any district, isn't too hard. Now replace it with any shape that has a smaller minimum, maximum, and average distance from the center of mass to any point on the perimeter.

Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (sH61M)

331 Trump's still a dictator, right?

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (7IEcO)

332 Overcollected=stolen

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Jesse James overcollected bank deposits.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (FVME7)

333 319 Obviously Elvis died too soon.

Oh, please. I just saw him while I was filling up my tank.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (/NCI4)

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He was the king of Las Vegas for 40 years, and now that he's died it's time to crown a new king. Those thinking that they have the rockin'-rollingest' chance are making their way through Soviet occupied territory to face off against each other and death to claim the throne.

One of these is a samurai with a six-string.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (LvTSG)

334 > My brother briefly sported the Mac Davis/Leo Sayer "white dude afro" in the 70s.

Yeah, me too.

There are no extant photographs, though. I hope.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (bW8dp)

335 Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:43 PM (CXr4y)

You are conflating 2 different points. the IRC amendment left unaddressed what would happen if the IRC could not submit a map. The constitution doesn't say "if the IRC doesn't submit a map, the Court automatically gets to do it". But that is essentially what the court found. That is what I consider judicial activism. the most reasonable interpretation of the blank left by the NYS constitution would be if the IRC could not produce a map, the elected representatives of the people - the legislature - would produce the map. It makes no sense to say the court automatically gets the next crack at map drawing and the constitution does not say that.

the leg's maps were overturned b/c the IRC did not produce a map. Not b/c they were gerrymandered. That's a very different thing. the court essentially held that if the IRC fails to produce a map, the legislature cannot produce a map. Which means, de facto, the Court gets to do it.

Oversight in the NYS Constitution is to review a map enacted by the legislature. Now, after the court threw out the maps b/c of the IRC issue (again, not b/c of gerrymandering),

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (ky+MF)

336 Meanwhile, the MSM & Democrats are encouraging abortions in America despite the birth rate falling from 2.1 in 2006 to 1.66 in 2021 (2.1 OECD standard for a stable population). #Treason

China to discourage abortions to boost low birth rate
https://tinyurl.com/bdz5mj96
China will discourage abortions and take steps to make fertility treatment more accessible as part of efforts to boost one of the world's lowest birth rates, its National Health Authority said on Tuesday.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (MFZ8i)

337 OK, time to work. Ugh.

See you all later, perhaps.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (AW0uW)

338 They raided a private safe deposit box company a few years back. Emptied every client's box, including gold, currency, jewelry, etc., warrant for that person or not.

As far as I know, nobody has had their property returned.

Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Some have, others have had to go to court over it. Basically, the agency required people to prove that the contents in those boxes were obtained legally and that the box holder owned them.

The whole fiasco was that it was the deposit company that was being investigated--NOT the boxholders. Don't remember whether the warrant distinguished though.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (CXr4y)

339 Eric Trump says he's going to release the surveillance tape of the FBI raid.

Mic drop.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (ptqGC)

340 231 148, I can't believe we still need to let you idiots know that a natural born citizen is considered natural born if one of their parents is a citizen. That is however, not true for the position of El Presidente. Both need to be citizens for obvious reasons. I really don't want an anchor baby being our friggin president.
Posted by: Jaimo at August 16, 2022 12:37 PM

You might want to sit down for this. I have some news that's going to shock you...

Posted by: President Obama at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (ZPUJH)

341 > Jesse James overcollected bank deposits.

The British Empire overcollected real estate.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (bW8dp)

342 The DOJ now admits they "overcollected" Trump documents, and will return passports and privileged docs within 2 weeks. Because apparently they're sending them by oxcart.

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Trump in 2 weeks: "Where are my documents?"
DOJ: "USPS online tracker marks them as delivered. See you in court ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (WtAgB)

343 > In the ghetto is maudlin horseshit.

True, but if you tune out the message, it's a nice song.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (eyxn4)

344 Who will be singng a re-make of "In the Ghetto"?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (fs1hN)

345 What's Kinzinger's angle in all this. His seat was districted out by the Dumocraps so he's soon out of Congress. So why is he continuing to grovel and toe-suck and fellate the Dums? They totally made a fool of him by eliminating his seat despite him spending the last few years on his knees servicing them. Is he just hoping and praying for a post-Congress media or other kind of job with them? Or does he just enjoy sucking dicks?

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (iFTx/)

346 Reinhart is holding a hearing to unseal the Trump raid affidavit on Thursday.

https://bit.ly/3SUFdha
Posted by: bonhomme

As if one POS is going to allow this POS he used as the pretext for signing the warrant to see the light of day

Posted by: the toilet Elvis died on at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (cY9wR)

347 Dow is North of 34000... why I don't know.

Posted by: Haywood at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (NTDwO)

348 345 What's Kinzinger's angle in all this. His seat was districted out by the Dumocraps so he's soon out of Congress. So why is he continuing to grovel and toe-suck and fellate the Dums? They totally made a fool of him by eliminating his seat despite him spending the last few years on his knees servicing them. Is he just hoping and praying for a post-Congress media or other kind of job with them? Or does he just enjoy sucking dicks?
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (iFTx/)

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He's gots no place else to go!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (LvTSG)

349 Elvis isn't dead, he just went home.

Posted by: Agent K at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (906pl)

350 How about the failure to include the passports was intentional?

But not for the reason most assume. But to lay the groundwork for, "oh yeah! These other items that we forgot to list were found too!"

That is, Trump admitted the inventory wasn't complete, how can he complain that we're now including these items?

Notice well that all the apologists are quick to swallow the "mere inadvertance" excuse? Do you think they won't deep throat this excuse too?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (+YDik)

351 there is a process for declassifying confidential government information and requires sign-off from other agencies.
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You see, the President doesn't run the executive branch, the bureaucracy does. Derp Derp.

Posted by: Leon Panetta peeing on your head and telling you its raining at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (jFRlX)

352 > Jesse James overcollected bank deposits.

The British Empire overcollected real estate.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (bW8dp)

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Kamala overcollected protein.

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (WtAgB)

353 Quadruple vaxxed DOCTOR Jill has the Covids? But how can this be?

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 12:55 PM (blHKE)

354 The question now is what could the FBI possibly do at this point to elicit outrage or even skeptical inquiry from the media? What wouldn't the media help them cover up?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 16, 2022 12:55 PM (H8QX8)

355 I saw The Fake News Crew open Smelly Ass Bandits at the NYC Water Treatment Plant in 1967

Posted by: Commentor What Bought a Shrit at August 16, 2022 12:55 PM (kkKmS)

356 People are like, well, but let’s wait and see a little bit. And this is like the top of the first inning. I mean, remember Merrick Garland is like a pit viper. He prosecuted the Oklahoma City bomber case, the Unabomber case, the Olympic bomber case. And I think these guys are really methodical,” Carville says

The OKC dude kind of gave himself up as he was an idiot. The Una was on the run for 17 fucking years! And they had the wrong guy at the Olympics.

Carville, you must be a G D Genius!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 12:55 PM (BRHaw)

357 "Eric Trump says he's going to release the surveillance tape of the FBI raid.

Mic drop."

Anybody need popcorn, while I'm up?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 16, 2022 12:55 PM (1n+EO)

358 Garland now calling Trump a traitor,
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He did? Seriously?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 16, 2022 12:55 PM (Yawo6)

359 We don't have one Goebbels or Pravda trying to orchestrate everything. We've got a zillion different agencies, all trying to out-compete each other to create and spread the most luxurious, high energy, classiest propaganda ever.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling

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That's the truth.

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 16, 2022 12:55 PM (tQL7r)

360 > Jesse James overcollected bank deposits.

The British Empire overcollected real estate.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (bW8dp)

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Kamala overcollected protein.
Posted by: ShainS

Stacey Abrams overcollected Krispy Kremes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (bW8dp)

361 I wonder if he would have continued doing the crappy Vegas stuff or if he would have gone the Johnny Cash route and made a bunch of great late-life material.

If he lived that to me says that he'd have cleaned up his life and I think that means he'd be right there with Johnny Cash and guys like Waylon Jennings doing roots stuff and excellent new versions of old songs and new.

And Elvish had a HELL of a lot better voice than Johnny, God bless him. Its not that Johnny had a bad voice, but Elvis' larynx was touched by God.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (Ivdso)

362 "Over collected" aka "fishing expedition"

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (MFZ8i)

363 Obviously Elvis died too soon.

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And too fat.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (FVME7)

364 Or does he just enjoy sucking dicks?
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (iFTx/)

Mostly that one!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (BRHaw)

365 Why would the FBI have taken Trump's passports as part of a search purportedly aimed at retrieving classified material?

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"To keep him from buying and fleeing to Greenland in an attempt to try and avoid prosecution, prison, and execution!"
Posted by: ShainS

If he owns Greenland, he won't need a passaport.
He has multiple ways outta the country.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (qfVDK)

366 Eric Trump says he's going to release the surveillance tape of the FBI raid.

Mic drop.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (ptqGC)

OnGOinG InVEsTiGaysShUUN!@

Posted by: Eff Bee Eye at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (/6GbT)

367 As those small wheels turn
Fifty miles to the gallon
And their knees on their chest
They're gonna save enough gas
For all of the rest
In a Yugo

And as the crowds drive past a little flat car
You know they saved a lot of gas
But they didn't get far
In a Yugo

Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (sH61M)

368 As we fantasize about disbanding the FBI, I'd keep the child p dept, add a few good apples there, and can you guess their first targets?
Posted by: Two Weeks at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (95sdB)

No, if we have good apples, we just set up a new agency and have them run it. No need for the tainted FBI name or give them the means to corrupt it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (eoQWY)

369 Calculate the center of mass of any district, isn't too hard. Now replace it with any shape that has a smaller minimum, maximum, and average distance from the center of mass to any point on the perimeter.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling

A circle. But they're hard to fit together. So the nearest tiling would be hexagons I guess.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (e+yf1)

370 Very good segment from Carlson. You could rub the noses of half the country in what he's trying to say and they still wouldn't see it, or wouldn't care. He also said he feels Trump's indictment is imminent.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (sVtYq)

371 WOW Dick Cheney's heart monitor must be shooting sparks today.. Good times!

Posted by: Commentor What Bought a Shrit at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (kkKmS)

372 Reinhart is holding a hearing to unseal the Trump raid affidavit on Thursday.

https://bit.ly/3SUFdha
Posted by: bonhomme at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (eyxn4)
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So the pseudo-judge that rubber-stamped the op is going to hold the hearing about whether or not unseal the basis for his prior decision?

That's hilarious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (WWh8n)

373 We are not living in a democracy nor a republic.
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It's both. A Democratic Republic.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (TgBWG)

374 Nixon never stole anything from the Watergate Hotel.

Biden has already been caught stealing from Mar a Lago.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 16, 2022 12:57 PM (+YDik)

375 People are confusing affidavit with warrant....easy if one does not have legal background. Wish someone with legal background would delve into significance of each..,

Posted by: runner at August 16, 2022 12:57 PM (eisI8)

376 Dow is North of 34000... why I don't know.

Posted by: Haywood at August 16, 2022 12:54 PM (NTDwO)

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Dow Inflation Act > Inflation Reduction Act

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 12:57 PM (WtAgB)

377 372 So the pseudo-judge that rubber-stamped the op is going to hold the hearing about whether or not unseal the basis for his prior decision?

That's hilarious.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (WWh8n)

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You'd think the actual judges on the circuit would take control.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:57 PM (LvTSG)

378 > Quadruple vaxxed DOCTOR Jill has the Covids? But how can this be?

Remember the priest who died from leprosy after treating lepers? And the doctors who died from yellow fever while treating yellow fever patients?

DOCTOR Jill was selflessly assisting COVID patients. That's the ticket.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 12:57 PM (bW8dp)

379 Shanklin's Clinton parody of Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me was his best work, though.

"I walk the halls of power with my pants around my knees!!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 12:57 PM (Ivdso)

380 Remember Merrick Garland is a "moderate" Democrat SCOTUS nominee... #DemocratsPlayForKeeps

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at August 16, 2022 12:57 PM (MFZ8i)

381 In a Yugo
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (sH61M)

What the diff in a yugo and a Jehovah's Witness?

You can shut the door on a Jehovah's Witness!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM (BRHaw)

382 I wonder if he would have continued doing the crappy Vegas stuff or if he would have gone the Johnny Cash route and made a bunch of great late-life material.

He'd have to have fired that nickelfucking Colonel Parker, first.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM (AW0uW)

383 They raided a private safe deposit box company a few years back. Emptied every client's box, including gold, currency, jewelry, etc., warrant for that person or not.

As far as I know, nobody has had their property returned.

Posted by: Thomas Paine

Some have, others have had to go to court over it. Basically, the agency required people to prove that the contents in those boxes were obtained legally and that the box holder owned them.

The whole fiasco was that it was the deposit company that was being investigated--NOT the boxholders. Don't remember whether the warrant distinguished though.
Posted by: whig

The warrant allowed entry into certain boxes only, and records belonging to the company running the facility. The suspicion was that the company was allowing criminally attained assets to be stored there. The warrant deliberately excluded the others.
The FBI just started ripping out boxes, dumping them and rifling through the contents

Posted by: the toilet Elvis died on at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM (cY9wR)

384 > It's both. A Democratic Republic.

You have problem with that, round-eye?

DPRK. Right there in name.

Posted by: The Kim Dynasty at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM (bW8dp)

385 >>> 309 How much stuff - either because it's controversial or valuable - gets "accidentally" omitted? They come execute a search warrant on you, and then suddenly your gold or guns or ammunition or wall art goes missing and then - mysteriously - there's no record of it.

I'll bet it happens all the time. Just robbery by ruffians.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

They raided a private safe deposit box company a few years back. Emptied every client's box, including gold, currency, jewelry, etc., warrant for that person or not.

As far as I know, nobody has had their property returned.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 16, 2022 12:50 PM (lTGtQ)

iirc this was in Los Angeles and *one* guy may have had *some* of his property returned after spending tens of thousands in legal fees fighting the douchebags. Makes you wonder how many times this has happened that hasn't been reported.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM (llON8)

386 > Obviously Elvis died too soon.

Take care of yourself, boys and girls.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM (eyxn4)

387 A circle. But they're hard to fit together. So the nearest tiling would be hexagons I guess.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (e+yf1)
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Hexagons are, indeed, the bestagons:
https://youtu.be/thOifuHs6eY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM (WWh8n)

388 "if the entire exercise was a pretext in order to simply grab as many of Trump's personal documents and confidential correspondents with lawyers as possible in order to contrive a legal case against him."

Yes, of course it was, but as Margot Cleveland and others have noted, there already IS a legal case in the Southern District of Florida, in which Trump is suing Hillary Clinton and the FBI. It is entirely possible that this raid was intended to prevent documents from being used in that lawsuit by sweeping them up into some kind of "investigative privilege" limbo. Note that they got a lot of attorney-client privileged material that they are going to have to give up. This is rotten enough that (fingers crossed) the civil case judge will assert his court's jurisdiction over the materials.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM (7B5FA)

389 Eric Trump says he's going to release the surveillance tape of the FBI raid.

Mic drop.
==

Its the only reason they are being at all careful now.

DOJ has probably seen what is on it. They accessed the surveillance network a while ago. Surprised they didn't disable it remotely for the raid. Probably a sign they rushed it and it came from high up. On the operational level they wouldnt have made this oversight.

Posted by: They will stop at nothing at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM (crxfj)

390 347 Dow is North of 34000... why I don't know.
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There's an election coming in 90 days. They can print money.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 12:59 PM (fWTJL)

391 Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (ky+MF)

cont'd. the court then appointed a "master" to draw the maps and allowed parties (really anyone) to give the master maps they thought he should use. The leg cont'd to rely on their egregiously gerrymandered map and the republican judge - appointed master simply disregarded those maps.

My point is if the maps hadn't been so egregious, the appellate courts would likely have found the interpretation of the NYS Constitution vis a vis the IRC was the correct one - that if the IRC fails to produce a map, the legislature gets to produce the map. B/c that makes the most sense, the actual elected representatives of the people, not a court, should get to draw the maps if the IRC fails in its duty.

but, b/c the maps the leg put forward were so egregious, the Courts went with the lower courts ruling, which is, again, essentially if the IRC doesn't produce a map, the Courts get to. Which begs the question-which court? so now, going forward, the 6 dem members of the IRC can simply refuse to participate in an IRC vote and the Courts will always draw the maps. Of course, next time around I'm betting it's be a dem judge.

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 12:59 PM (ky+MF)

392 So the pseudo-judge that rubber-stamped the op is going to hold the hearing about whether or not unseal the basis for his prior decision?

That's hilarious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (WWh8n)

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Yeah, when my wifey told me this, I didn't believe her and scoffed "Come on, man! That can't be right ... surely this time it will be an actual federal judge holding the hearing."

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 12:59 PM (WtAgB)

393 Howdy. Been awhile.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Yo!

I read a lot of the posts, but been so busy I am always late to the party and don't bother commenting much these days.

But, I'm keeping an eye on you morons!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 16, 2022 12:59 PM (2W+1k)

394 383 Lawless thieves

Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 12:59 PM (VuQO/)

395 389
Its the only reason they are being at all careful now.

DOJ has probably seen what is on it. They accessed the surveillance network a while ago. Surprised they didn't disable it remotely for the raid. Probably a sign they rushed it and it came from high up. On the operational level they wouldnt have made this oversight.
Posted by: They will stop at nothing at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM (crxfj)

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"We can determine from the video that the lawyer was 9.5 feet away from the warrant, not ten feet. She is a liar and anything else she says is not to be trusted."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:59 PM (LvTSG)

396 A circle. But they're hard to fit together. So the nearest tiling would be hexagons I guess.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (e+yf1)

Something like that, based upon counties or whatever. Instead of these convoluted shapes.

Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 12:59 PM (sH61M)

397 372 Reinhart is holding a hearing to unseal the Trump raid affidavit on Thursday.

https://bit.ly/3SUFdha
Posted by: bonhomme at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (eyxn4)
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So the pseudo-judge that rubber-stamped the op is going to hold the hearing about whether or not unseal the basis for his prior decision?

That's hilarious.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (WWh8n)
_________________________

This is the dirty little secret of the law. The vast majority of decisions get made by the same judge even if he or she is proven biased or even reversed by an appellate judge. I have been asked by clients how the process of moving for recusal or remand after appeal works. They are usually very surprised that the question gets decided by the very same judge who you are accusing of bias or who you accused on appeal of screwing up.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 16, 2022 12:59 PM (iFTx/)

398 Eric Trump says he's going to release the surveillance tape of the FBI raid.

Great, we get an hour or two of the FBI having a drag show in Melania's clothes and underwear.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (3hSHB)

399 How much stuff - either because it's controversial or valuable - gets "accidentally" omitted? They come execute a search warrant on you, and then suddenly your gold or guns or ammunition or wall art goes missing and then - mysteriously - there's no record of it.

Yeah um, apparently quite a bit, from what I understand. I mean it doesn't mean the entire police force is bent but if you have just one guy who steals stuff, its going to make a dent on every seizure. Civil Asset Seizures are the same way. Your ferarri? Dunno, lost it in paperwork. Now excuse me, its track day.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (Ivdso)

400 Oversight in the NYS Constitution is to review a map enacted by the legislature. Now, after the court threw out the maps b/c of the IRC issue (again, not b/c of gerrymandering),

Posted by: Mehive
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Your argument here is that the legislature can do what the commission cannot. But there is no affirmative power to do that in the amendment and furthermore the legislature was required to start with the plan receiving the most votes (e.g. the tie vote). They failed to do that. So, the amendment states clearly what the criteria are in NYS law regarding the commission and that commission was charged with the redistricting--not the legislature. The legislature then as a subagent or tie breaker of the Commission decision would not be able to act independently in this matter but would be bound to the same criteria that the commission would. That is arguably a fairer reading of the amendment than yours which seems to be that which is not specifically forbidden and applied specifically to the legislature applies in the absence of an agreement by the primary constitutional authority. Wise or not, the NYS places the commission over the legislature in this matter.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (CXr4y)

401 General contractor failed inspection, so I am home early.

On the way home AFR played a clip of Tim Scott. Much of it was word salad but in part he was trying to sound tough. Opposite of his "wait and see" approach a few days ago.

Posted by: Fool Otto at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (DB16e)

402 That is where the President has a constitutional right to disclose or not any information relevant to the security and defense of the US regardless of whatever statutes or agency regs say.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 12:51 PM (CXr4y)

Its right there in Article 2 - the President shall have plenary power over the executive...

Its not even ambiguous - no one can challenge the President of the United States over what is classified or not...and its very doubtful you can go in later and reclassify something after he is gone - which is something the media is trotting out now. Declassification is permanent. It can't be a secret again once its not a secret. Didn't anyone get pass the age of 5 in our government?

Posted by: Boswell at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (+Cgut)

403 The whole fiasco was that it was the deposit company that was being investigated--NOT the boxholders. Don't remember whether the warrant distinguished though.

Steve Lehto of "Lehto's Law" on uTube has been following this. The latest wrinkle is the FIB lied to the judge issuing the warrant and had planned on going the civil forfeiture route to grab the deposit box contents all along.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (Bd6X8)

404 > There's an election coming in 90 days. They can print money.

It wouldn't surprise me to see another stimmy before the election. Possibly much larger than before. "Inflation compensation payment" or something, they could call it, but basically bread and circuses.

Posted by: The Kim Dynasty at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (bW8dp)

405 357 "Eric Trump says he's going to release the surveillance tape of the FBI raid.
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Then do it. So tired of hearing what we're going to do.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (H8QX8)

406 It's a darned good thing that Trump's lawyer was there to assist the FBI in what was permitted to be taken per the warrant and what wasn't.

Oh wait, she was denied a review of the warrant and barred from entry of the premises.

Nothing to see here. All on the up and up.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (q7rXv)

407 Related, there is a movie called "Shark Side of the Moon" coming out soon:

https://tinyurl.com/YHGTBFKMRN

It looks so bad that it may end up being a cult classic.

Or not.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (+nW6n)

408 A circle. But they're hard to fit together. So the nearest tiling would be hexagons I guess.

Triangles or squares?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (/NCI4)

409 Or someone who is familiar with security and who is working for Trump Informed a certain agency...

Posted by: runner at August 16, 2022 01:01 PM (eisI8)

410 "...Granny Norrie needs to be put in an Old Anchors Home." MOAR like Old Boat Anchors' Home.

Wrinkled crunt.

Posted by: Marooned at August 16, 2022 01:01 PM (w6hJ9)

411 Can you imagine the MSM response if Trump had done this to Hillary?
(It would have never happened because Wray's FBI & Bill Barr's DOJ would have refused to do it)

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at August 16, 2022 01:01 PM (MFZ8i)

412 Haley Reinhart's legs want you to know they have nothing to do with this pedo Reinhart guy:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8e9vmk

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2022 01:01 PM (7IEcO)

413 Just wait until a a Republican is potus. He will totally arrest Biden!!!

/s

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 01:01 PM (blHKE)

414 I hate when I screw up a perfectly decent line.

Posted by: ... at August 16, 2022 12:52 PM (7IEcO)

I blame lac

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 16, 2022 01:01 PM (yHsuS)

415 “The GOP Is Nowhere Near as Committed to Saving America as Democrats Are to Killing Her” J.D. Rucker

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (m7R0k)

416 Because of how population density varies and how cities are not neatly laid out grids or regular polygons in shape, its inevitable that you get some odd shapes for congressional districts, but they should be as regular and enclosed as possible, not these bizarre, silly long silly string districts clearly written to maximize a certain sort of voter.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (Ivdso)

417 Then do it. So tired of hearing what we're going to do.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 16

Wtf

Posted by: Gope Leadership at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (9FBGz)

418 That's hilarious. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (WWh8n)
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You'd think the actual judges on the circuit would take control. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 12:57 PM (LvTSG)

The good news is that his ruling will be appealable and will create a case that can work its way through the system. I would not be surprised for it to be consolidated under the case that already exists in the Southern District of Florida where Trump is suing Hillary and the FBI.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (7B5FA)

419 404 > There's an election coming in 90 days. They can print money.

It wouldn't surprise me to see another stimmy before the election. Possibly much larger than before. "Inflation compensation payment" or something, they could call it, but basically bread and circuses.
Posted by: The Kim Dynasty at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (bW8dp)

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"More stimulus checks? In this booming economy without a recession at all? How weird..."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (LvTSG)

420 Eric Trump says he's going to release the surveillance tape of the FBI raid.

Mic drop.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

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I've been reading this for several days. Is he just holding off dropping the tape for .... what, leverage?

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (tQL7r)

421 Dow Inflation Act > Inflation Reduction Act

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If only FDR had signed that "Depression Go Bye-Bye" Act, the country could've been spared such misery!

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (sVtYq)

422 The FBI just started ripping out boxes, dumping them and rifling through the contents
Posted by: the toilet Elvis died on at August 16, 2022 12:58 PM

Whoops! Whoopsies. We'll deflect, deny, and ultimately, if REALLY pressed, agree to some retraining.

Posted by: The FBI at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (ZPUJH)

423 383. So my grandma had to have receipts for things given to daughters and granddaughters? They probably handed the loot off to wives, girlfriends, and whores.

Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (VuQO/)

424 Eric Trump says he's going to release the surveillance tape of the FBI raid.

Mic drop.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 16, 2022 12:53 PM (ptqGC)

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Please, please show the FBI agents trying on and prancing around in Melania's undergarments.

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (WtAgB)

425 I've been reading this for several days. Is he just holding off dropping the tape for .... what, leverage?

Probably to enhance the FBI's pucker factor.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 01:03 PM (/NCI4)

426 And Elvish had a HELL of a lot better voice than Johnny, God bless him. Its not that Johnny had a bad voice, but Elvis' larynx was touched by God.

Johnny Cash's voice - like Dylan's - was perfect for his music. It's why remakes of his music usually miss the mark, just as they do for Dylan (Hendrix not withstanding). You can recreate the music, but singing the same song in a more melodic voice is generally boring.

Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 01:03 PM (u+Y3T)

427 Something like 20 states have actually sent out inflation stimmie checks. I think Maine was the first.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 01:03 PM (blHKE)

428 What you all expected?
Hoover and his wife should have been neutered long ago.
Thats the way you all wants it ,thats how you get it.
For the Majority of US that are here . rest assured you will never have to look at such flotsam and jetsam in your Food Lion.

Posted by: Strother Martian at August 16, 2022 01:04 PM (INZTe)

429 Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2
OH MY - Back to Whitmer fednapping
Defense breaking down cash payments made to "Big Dan" the main informant.
FBI paid him for 17 weeks of "lost wages" for working full time as informant. (He was truck driver for USPS)
He was only paid in cash by FBI.
FBI paid Big Dan...
$7k related to an fednapping event in 8/20.
$10k for fednapping trip to "recon" Whitmer's cottage and meet new FBI undercover agent in 9/20
$6k in cash on 10/20 a week after arrests in case.
AND $23,540 IN CASH IN DECEMBER 2020 for job well done (my words)
All paid by FBI.
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Fednapping has been very, very good to him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 01:04 PM (FVME7)

430 It probably takes time to get the recordings in order, fuzz out stuff the Trump Family doesn't want in general circulation, get a site to host it, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 01:04 PM (Ivdso)

431 But ace, Trump didn't clean out the swamp, and look at all the hires he made, and .... stuff. I mean, sure the institutions are rotten beyond comprehension but Trump didn't fix it all.

(just providing the ritualistic empty-headed formulaic criticism, in case the regulars who typically provide it are missing from the thread - you're welcome)

Posted by: rhomboid at August 16, 2022 01:04 PM (OTzUX)

432 Calculate the center of mass of any district, isn't too hard. Now replace it with any shape that has a smaller minimum, maximum, and average distance from the center of mass to any point on the perimeter.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling

A circle. But they're hard to fit together. So the nearest tiling would be hexagons I guess.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 12:56 PM (e+yf1)

It would be better to just do a game. The interested parties all get a turn (Ds, Rs) on a map divided into equal population areas. Each side takes turns adding an area to a district. Once a district 'fills up' then no more can be added. At the end, to fill in any holes and gaps you swap areas in and out of districts. You could even add rules disallowing adding areas to districts that make it too uncompact.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 16, 2022 01:04 PM (eoQWY)

433 Trump got the Elian Gonzalez raid treatment

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 01:05 PM (s7Nnc)

434
I still think that Jeffrey Epstein is at the epicenter of the Great Panty Wrayed. Whether he does or doesn't the Feds think Trump has 'the list' and want it destroyed. At any cost, including loss of reputation.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 16, 2022 01:05 PM (jE276)

435 So all we need is the End Poverty Bill and poverty will end? Da fuq man, someone get that bill going.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 01:05 PM (blHKE)

436 Once again. Trump needs to release evidence fast, not hold onto it for 2024. Whoever is advising him to hold back is his enemy.

Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 01:05 PM (VuQO/)

437 I've been reading this for several days. Is he just holding off dropping the tape for .... what, leverage?
Posted by: Prime Sister at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (tQL7r)
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If there is a tape and if he intends to release it, then it is probably to catch the FBI lying. Veritas does this same thing and always has. Release a small piece (or, in this case, disclose that you have it and can or will release it) and let them scramble for cover and tell more lies, then release another piece, then repeat.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 16, 2022 01:05 PM (WWh8n)

438 Related, there is a movie called "Shark Side of the Moon" coming out soon:

Still waiting for Sharks on a Plane...

Posted by: Mookie at August 16, 2022 01:05 PM (u+Y3T)

439 Its right there in Article 2 - the President shall have plenary power over the executive... Its not even ambiguous - no one can challenge the President of the United States over what is classified or not...and its very doubtful you can go in later and reclassify something after he is gone - which is something the media is trotting out now. Declassification is permanent. It can't be a secret again once its not a secret. Didn't anyone get pass the age of 5 in our government? Posted by: Boswell at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (+Cgut)

At some point the former head of the National Archives, who initiated the purported justification for this fiasco, will be deposed and will need to disclose who, if not the President, he actually works for.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 16, 2022 01:05 PM (7B5FA)

440 On-site crap speak. Trumps lawyer said she was required to stand outside in the parking lot for eight hours while the FBI fished for documents. Said she would have appreciated an air conditioned waiting area but the FBI said no. Imagine standing in a parking lot in Florida all day in August. She said they did give her a couple bottles of water.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 16, 2022 01:05 PM (PsR0u)

441 435 So all we need is the End Poverty Bill and poverty will end? Da fuq man, someone get that bill going.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 16, 2022 01:05 PM (blHKE)

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I still hope the BBB bill passes. You know, the Big Bouncing Boobies bill.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 01:06 PM (LvTSG)

442 How much stuff - either because it's controversial or valuable - gets "accidentally" omitted? They come execute a search warrant on you, and then suddenly your gold or guns or ammunition or wall art goes missing and then - mysteriously - there's no record of it.

Yeah um, apparently quite a bit, from what I understand. I mean it doesn't mean the entire police force is bent but if you have just one guy who steals stuff, its going to make a dent on every seizure. Civil Asset Seizures are the same way. Your ferarri? Dunno, lost it in paperwork. Now excuse me, its track day.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Not us. We're too busy molesting women and kids.

Posted by: TSA at August 16, 2022 01:06 PM (cY9wR)

443 Related, there is a movie called "Shark Side of the Moon" coming out soon:

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On Tubi.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 16, 2022 01:06 PM (sVtYq)

444 > So all we need is the End Poverty Bill and poverty will end?

I'm holding out for the "Christina Hendricks Clones for All Men Act".

Posted by: The Kim Dynasty at August 16, 2022 01:06 PM (bW8dp)

445 The Nazis overcollected artwork. And teeth.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 16, 2022 01:06 PM (w9Wax)

446 It would be better to just do a game. The interested parties all get a turn (Ds, Rs) on a map divided into equal population areas. Each side takes turns adding an area to a district. Once a district 'fills up' then no more can be added. At the end, to fill in any holes and gaps you swap areas in and out of districts. You could even add rules disallowing adding areas to districts that make it too uncompact.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 16, 2022 01:04 PM (eoQWY)

Competitive assembly does seem like a clever alternative to needing an objective district maker.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 01:06 PM (b2nrj)

447 The MSM is all a bunch a HS mean girls. geez

Posted by: Archer at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (gmo/4)

448 If only FDR had signed that "Depression Go Bye-Bye" Act, the country could've been spared such misery!

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (sVtYq)

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LOL. I think the first thing I ever remember learning vis-a-vis political history from my mom as a young boy was her annoyance with those who gave FDR credit for "saving America from the Great Depression."

I remember her grumbling that he made it far worse, and only WWII pulled us out of it ... and Firing Line with William F. Buckley was her favorite TV show, so it's no wonder I turned out like I did.

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (WtAgB)

449 They raided a private safe deposit box company a few years back. Emptied every client's box, including gold, currency, jewelry, etc., warrant for that person or not.

As far as I know, nobody has had their property returned.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 16, 2022 12:50 PM (lTGtQ)

Want to bet the stupid assholes threw it all together in one big box, regardless of the individual security boxes?

Posted by: rd at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (Z32m1)

450 I still think that Jeffrey Epstein is at the epicenter of the Great Panty Wrayed. Whether he does or doesn't the Feds think Trump has 'the list' and want it destroyed. At any cost, including loss of reputation.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

😳😳 Dayum. That would be a great reason.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (qfVDK)

451 >>> 430 It probably takes time to get the recordings in order, fuzz out stuff the Trump Family doesn't want in general circulation, get a site to host it, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 16, 2022 01:04 PM (Ivdso)

That might be part of the problem.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (llON8)

452 You know, the Big Bouncing Boobies bill.

No, we have enough trouble with Rear Admiral Billi Crystal as is. Unless you are talking trebuchets and trampolines.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (s7Nnc)

453 Fednapping has been very, very good to him. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 01:04 PM (FVME7)

I wonder if they did withholding and gave him a 1099?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (7B5FA)

454 A circle. But they're hard to fit together. So the nearest tiling would be hexagons I guess.

Triangles or squares?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (/NCI4)

It doesn't have to be perfect, it won't be. But you get the point. Take a look at this;

https://bit.ly/3CapUej

The congressional districts look somewhat rational. Although, as always, Republicans in this case attempt some weird things with the 4th District (one the left, halfway up, in green). Democrats always do the same with the 4th.

Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (sH61M)

455 Imagine standing in a parking lot in Florida all day in August. She said they did give her a couple bottles of water.
Posted by: Jen the original at August 16, 2022 01:05 PM (PsR0u)

How thoughtful.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (EYMuX)

456 So the pseudo-judge that rubber-stamped the op is going to hold the hearing about whether or not unseal the basis for his prior decision?
That's hilarious. Posted by: Joe Mannix

This is the dirty little secret of the law. The vast majority of decisions get made by the same judge even if he or she is proven biased or even reversed by an appellate judge. Posted by: Elric Blade
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Part of it is that a judge is supposed to clean up their own mess rather than palm the workload off on another judge. But, I believe we would be better served by panels of three judges in important cases which we did in our earlier days of the Republic. By doing that, it removes the incentives for judges to fly their freak flag because they have to justify what they did to colleagues and higher courts. Until the 70's, a few cases used three judge district court panels with a direct appeal to the US Supreme Court. All that is left now are apportionment decisions.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (CXr4y)

457 "After months of polling that showed a red wave could be imminent, Democrats could see a possible comeback in the midterms, according to a Washington Post column."

Short version:Because Trump

Posted by: Marcus T at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (VpIIl)

458 It would be better to just do a game. The interested parties all get a turn (Ds, Rs) on a map divided into equal population areas. Each side takes turns adding an area to a district. Once a district 'fills up' then no more can be added. At the end, to fill in any holes and gaps you swap areas in and out of districts. You could even add rules disallowing adding areas to districts that make it too uncompact.

That's brilliant. It's like the old trick of having your brother cut the pie, but you get first choice.

I imagine that video game software, which divides a space into polygons, would be very helpful.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (/NCI4)

459 “The GOP Is Nowhere Near as Committed to Saving America as Democrats Are to Killing Her” J.D. Rucker
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Truth bomb.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 01:08 PM (FVME7)

460 Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (CXr4y)

Incorrect. Re read the amendment. the leg can veto the IRC's submission and create a map from scratch. the issue wasn't whether the leg used the IRC map, the issue was that the IRC did not have a majority vote to send ANY map to the leg.

the constitution still keeps the ability to draw maps with the leg by giving the leg veto power of the IRC's maps. NOWHERE in the constitution does it say that if the IRC fails in its duty the court gets to create its own map from scratch. that's an unreasonable interpretation of a badly worded constitutional amendment.

and again, which court? Which judge? Out of the many, many, many supreme Court justices in NY - which one "automatically" gets to draw the maps when the IRC fails in its duty? Again, the trial court's interpretation of the NYS Constitution was judicial activism.

What the trial court should have done is found that based on the actual wording of the NYS constititon, which expressly gives the leg veto power over the IRC's maps, if the IRC fails its duty, the leg gets to draw a map. then, that map can be challenged. That's not what happened.

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 01:08 PM (ky+MF)

461 The only things PDT would need to say would be something like It's On" and the whole Dem cabal would get discombuberated.. At this point!!!

Posted by: Commentor What Bought a Shrit at August 16, 2022 01:08 PM (kkKmS)

462 Fednapping has been very, very good to him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 01:04 PM (FVME7)

$46K for just one informant, for entrapment of some mental deficient, for political purposes to turn the course of an election?

Will nobody challenge my assertion that the FBI/DOJ is a domestic terror organization carrying out ongoing domestic terror operations on U.S. citizens?

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 16, 2022 01:08 PM (yHsuS)

463 Update: Following the WSJ report that indicated Germany plans to postpone the closure of its last three nuclear power plants, the German spokesperson for the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action said the media report about extending the life of nuclear plants "lacks any factual basis."

No, no. Despite being faced with life threatening energy supply problems, we are still going to close the nuke plants.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 01:08 PM (hwoGt)

464 Related, there is a movie called "Shark Side of the Moon" coming out soon:

https://tinyurl.com/YHGTBFKMRN

It looks so bad that it may end up being a cult classic.

Or not.

I'm gonna go with not on this one.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at August 16, 2022 01:08 PM (Bd6X8)

465 452 Billy Crystal > Bill Kristol

Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 01:08 PM (VuQO/)

466 >So the nearest tiling would be hexagons I guess.

Polygons are the best agons.

Posted by: Fool Otto at August 16, 2022 01:08 PM (DB16e)

467 433 Trump got the Elian Gonzalez raid treatment

Posted by: Anna Puma

He got deported to Cuba?

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 01:09 PM (CXr4y)

468 It was extremely disruptive and caused huge problems for his government, economically, diplomatically, and militarily. But it *had* to be done, and he did it. It's the template for Deep State ********, and how to handle it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

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You know, there's quite a lot that's Scriptural about that line of thinking. Old Testament, especially. Evil had to be dealt with ruthlessly, rooted out once and for all.

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 16, 2022 01:09 PM (tQL7r)

469 I still think that Jeffrey Epstein is at the epicenter of the Great Panty Wrayed. Whether he does or doesn't the Feds think Trump has 'the list' and want it destroyed. At any cost, including loss of reputation.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

I believe this is the reason as well.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 01:09 PM (m7R0k)

470 Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 01:08 PM (ky+MF)

Put another way, if the NYS Const. gives the leg veto power over the IRC's maps, and gives the Leg the power to draw maps from scratch, why then, if the IRC fails to produce a map, wouldn't the leg have the same power to draw maps from scratch. It makes no rational sense to claim the leg doesn't have that power in that scenario.

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 01:09 PM (ky+MF)

471 What? Did somebody say a check to end inflation is coming? Boy oh boy, I'm going to Elko and play me some Keno and slots.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 16, 2022 01:10 PM (lz5hY)

472 Better movie idea?

Nazi Sharks with Laser Beams on the Moon!

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 01:10 PM (s7Nnc)

473 remember her grumbling that he made it far worse, and only WWII pulled us out of it ... and Firing Line with William F. Buckley was her favorite TV show, so it's no wonder I turned out like I did.
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (WtAgB)

September of '45 the unemployment rate was 21%

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 01:10 PM (EYMuX)

474 Norah, you ignorant slut.

Posted by: wth at August 16, 2022 01:10 PM (v0R5T)

475 Crystal Gayle > Sylvia Kristel > Billy Crystal > Crystal meth > Bill Kristol

Posted by: The Kim Dynasty at August 16, 2022 01:10 PM (bW8dp)

476 People ... Just slab the shit out deez sumbitches and boom! It's all over and back to normal !

Posted by: Commentor What Bought a Shrit at August 16, 2022 01:11 PM (kkKmS)

477 A much bigger lie preceeded the FBI's lie about passports. The warrant authorizes seizure of "documents marked as classified."

The receipt erroneously lists several containers of Top Secret, Secret, and Confidential documents. The actual security status of these documents is in dispute and has yet to be definitively determined, so far as I know.

Before the warrant and receipt were made public, the FBI leaked to WaPo that classified documents were seized. WaPo ran with it as a single anonymously-sourced story.

So far as I've seen, all stories by all media sources have repeated this lie as "classified documents seized by the FBI." It's notable that no media sources, even those that are supposedly right-leaning, have drawn a distinction between classified documents and documents "marked as classified."

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at August 16, 2022 01:11 PM (sWM8x)

478 what's funny about that epstein ped magistrate is the left will bleat out that one photo of trump and eps together at a party in 1992(!) surrounded by adult women, as if it's some sort of indictment against trump. I mean, aside from his eyebrows.

Posted by: Doctor sockamster-Doom Speaker-EdD Intersectional Dynamics at August 16, 2022 01:11 PM (OuH7W)

479 Crystal Skull > Crystal Gayle > Sylvia Kristel > Billy Crystal > Crystal meth > Bill Kristol

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 01:11 PM (m7R0k)

480 I like how the DOJ "admitted they overcollected documents", which is another way of saying "broke the f'ing law".

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 16, 2022 01:12 PM (8GBH4)

481 469. IC owned Epstein and wants to keep the rich and well connected johns under their thumb.

I love when Ace calls the DOJ and FBI Gestapo, because it's true. Fuck the tender feelings.

Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 01:12 PM (VuQO/)

482 It would be better to just do a game.

Pretty good idea. As long as something is in there to make the districts as reasonably compact as possible - like my center of mass thing - I'm fine with it. I'm not looking for perfect, here. Good will be just fine.

Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 01:12 PM (sH61M)

483 Fednapping has been very, very good to him. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 01:04 PM (FVME7)

I wonder if they did withholding and gave him a 1099?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (7B5FA)

Silly rabbit, failure to report to IRS tricks are for feds.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 16, 2022 01:12 PM (yHsuS)

484 The problem is we are conditioned to respect the law also we are afraid of prison and dying.... FUG-EM A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.. GOOGLE IT !

Posted by: Commentor What Bought a Shrit at August 16, 2022 01:12 PM (kkKmS)

485 Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 01:07 PM (WtAgB)

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Sounds like you have an awesome mom, Shain.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 16, 2022 01:12 PM (sVtYq)

486 IC owned Epstein and wants to keep the rich and well connected johns under their thumb.

I love when Ace calls the DOJ and FBI Gestapo, because it's true. Fuck the tender feelings.
Posted by: CN

*sob* We're almost human!

Posted by: Bob from the NSA at August 16, 2022 01:13 PM (cY9wR)

487 Excluding uniformed military, there should be a maximum cap of 150,000 federal employees. That is more than enough to do what the government needs done. That includes "contractors".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 01:13 PM (hwoGt)

488 I wonder if it crosses Christopher Wray's mind that he could be the last director of the FBI. His brain is hermetically sealed so I doubt it, but I do wonder.

Posted by: NLurker at August 16, 2022 01:13 PM (eGTCV)

489 It's notable that no media sources, even those that are supposedly right-leaning, have drawn a distinction between classified documents and documents "marked as classified." Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at August 16, 2022 01:11 PM (sWM8x)

Guilty until proven innocent.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 16, 2022 01:13 PM (7B5FA)

490
> Sylvia Kristel

Yikes! She hit the wall hard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Kristel

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 01:14 PM (bW8dp)

491 Laura Ingraham rolling out her old horse again. Maybe the country needs to consider moving past Trump.

&^*^&#

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 01:14 PM (m7R0k)

492 The problem is we are conditioned to respect the law also we are afraid of prison and dying

Where I grew up, we were also afraid of prison and dying.

Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 01:14 PM (sH61M)

493 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 01:14 PM (dNqv+)

494 174
Happy Dump Liz Cheney Day, y'all!
Posted by: bonhomme at August 16, 2022 12:27 PM (kDGvA)
........

Hell hath no fury like Miss Piggy scorned.

Posted by: wth at August 16, 2022 01:15 PM (v0R5T)

495 After months of polling that showed a red wave could be imminent, Democrats could see a possible comeback in the midterms, according to a Washington Post column.

Could and possible are doing some heavy lifting in that sentence!

Posted by: Squid at August 16, 2022 01:15 PM (MHrAQ)

496 Hexagons are, indeed, the bestagons:
https://youtu.be/thOifuHs6eY
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

That was cool.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 01:15 PM (e+yf1)

497 still think that Jeffrey Epstein is at the epicenter of the Great Panty Wrayed. Whether he does or doesn't the Feds think Trump has 'the list' and want it destroyed. At any cost, including loss of reputation.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

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Agreed

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 16, 2022 01:15 PM (tQL7r)

498 Related, there is a movie called "Shark Side of the Moon" coming out soon:

https://tinyurl.com/YHGTBFKMRN

It looks so bad that it may end up being a cult classic.

I will never relinquish the crown!!!

- Plan 9 Form Outer Space

Posted by: Archer at August 16, 2022 01:15 PM (gmo/4)

499 Wise or not, the NYS places the commission over the legislature in this matter.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (CXr4y)

This is correct - and the Dems paid for that. They could have simply amended the law to suggest affirmation by the legislature was needed - but they couldn't even do that. They were so intent on taking the gerrymandering of the districts out of voters hands that they screwed themselves good and hard - Har! Har!

Posted by: Boswell at August 16, 2022 01:15 PM (+Cgut)

500 488. He probably has a new and more nefarious agency planned, with a name more like Gustavo or Stasi.

Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 01:15 PM (VuQO/)

501 Were the FBI agents who took the TS/SCI documents cleared to handle such documents?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 01:16 PM (hwoGt)

502 479 Crystal Skull > Crystal Gayle > Sylvia Kristel > Billy Crystal > Crystal meth > Bill Kristol
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 01:11 PM (m7R0k)

Crystal Blue Persuasion, Kristalnacht, Crystal Chandelier,
Crystal Cathederal

Posted by: Commentor What Bought a Shrit at August 16, 2022 01:17 PM (kkKmS)

503 > Sylvia Kristel

Yikes! She hit the wall hard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Kristel

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 01:14 PM (bW8dp)

Death does that to you.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 16, 2022 01:18 PM (yHsuS)

504 Still waiting for Sharks on a Plane...

Posted by: Mookie

There was a scene in Sharknado 2 that qualifies:

https://youtu.be/FmPwgLX9fAQ

Sadly, the budget was a wee bit too small to get S.A. Jackson to reprise his role from SoaP.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 16, 2022 01:18 PM (+nW6n)

505 I find myself losing respect for the law. Laws these days seem to be made by payoffs to protect the few.

Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 01:18 PM (VuQO/)

506 I still think that Jeffrey Epstein is at the epicenter of the Great Panty Wrayed. Whether he does or doesn't the Feds think Trump has 'the list' and want it destroyed. At any cost, including loss of reputation.

Why does this sound like a really bad Mission Impossible script to get the NOC list?

In the 21st century, don't we have ways to make copies of something? Heck, pass it along to Assange and Wikileaks.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 16, 2022 01:18 PM (3hSHB)

507 Laura Ingraham rolling out her old horse again. Maybe the country needs to consider moving past Trump.

&^*^&#
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 01:14 PM (m7R0k)

Ah yes - the old tried and true liberal 'veto by screeching'. You see, certain limp wristed conservatives can't take the infernal screeching: "just make it sthaaap!" so the suggestion is capitulation as a remedy. And the result? More screeching - hey, it works!

Posted by: Boswell at August 16, 2022 01:19 PM (+Cgut)

508 Were the FBI agents who took the TS/SCI documents cleared to handle such documents?

Being that the FIB has the francheise to issue out clearances, its a given that everyone on site had it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 16, 2022 01:20 PM (3hSHB)

509 I love the sound of screeching liberals. It sounds like victory.

Posted by: Archer at August 16, 2022 01:21 PM (gmo/4)

510 Please, please show the FBI agents trying on and prancing around in Melania's undergarments.
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 01:02 PM (WtAgB)

There is no way any sane individual should allow any cameras in their adult bedroom/bathroom/dressing spaces. If any video exists it CAN be hijacked / stolen / hacked.

If there is such video of Trump's delicate spaces while on vacation, my bet is he knew they were coming.

I saw one report that Merrick Garland not only was not surprised, but had been wrangling with th decision for WEEKS.

Posted by: rd at August 16, 2022 01:21 PM (Z32m1)

511 445 The Nazis overcollected artwork. And teeth.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 16, 2022 01:06 PM (w9Wax)

Stoopid nazees killed 6 million people who actually liked that artwork.. Not good businessmen..

Posted by: Commentor What Bought a Shrit at August 16, 2022 01:22 PM (kkKmS)

512 Crystal Skull > Crystal Gayle > Sylvia Kristel > Billy Crystal > Crystal meth > Bill Kristol
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Crystal Skull > Bill Kristol > Skullfucking

Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 01:24 PM (qfVDK)

513 He probably has a new and more nefarious agency planned, with a name more like Gustavo or Stasi.
Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 01:15 PM (VuQO/)

Homeland State Police - AKA Gehime Staatz Polizei.

Posted by: rd at August 16, 2022 01:24 PM (Z32m1)

514 This is the dirty little secret of the law. The vast majority of decisions get made by the same judge even if he or she is proven biased or even reversed by an appellate judge.
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Now you know why experienced lawyers always settle.
The judge and/jury are going to f up.
And it won't get fixed on appeal.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 16, 2022 01:25 PM (LXmqH)

515 I find myself losing respect for the law. Laws these days seem to be made by payoffs to protect the few.
Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 01:18 PM (VuQO/)
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Don't. Lose respect for the Men who rule us who have replaced the Law, and left us with the Rule of Men.

Posted by: Axeman at August 16, 2022 01:26 PM (OaZlZ)

516 499 Wise or not, the NYS places the commission over the legislature in this matter.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 01:00 PM (CXr4y)

This is correct - and the Dems paid for that. They could have simply amended the law to suggest affirmation by the legislature was needed - but they couldn't even do that. Posted by: Boswell at August 16, 2022 01:15 PM (+Cgut)

This isn't true. The IRC proposes a map, the leg votes on the map. If the map doesn't get a majority vote in the leg, the leg gets to create its own map from scratch. In this instance the IRC refused to propose a map b/c no map got a majority vote in the IRC. So there was nothing for the leg to vote on.

Frankly, whoever came up with the concept of the IRC is an idiot. the amendment is terribly written and the very concept of an evenly split partisan committee agreeing to a map is delusional.

Posted by: Mehive at August 16, 2022 01:26 PM (ky+MF)

517 Were the FBI agents who took the TS/SCI documents cleared to handle such documents?

Being that the FIB has the francheise to issue out clearances, its a given that everyone on site had it.
Posted by: Reuben Hick

I would want an accounting of those present, those that handled documents and their levels. I'm sure Presidential level clearances would excuse most flatfoots.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 01:27 PM (qfVDK)

518 What the trial court should have done is found that based on the actual wording of the NYS constititon, which expressly gives the leg veto power over the IRC's maps, if the IRC fails its duty, the leg gets to draw a map. then, that map can be challenged. That's not what happened. Posted by: Mehive
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Nope, the Constitutional amendment itself is silent about what to do about the failure of the IRC to submit a second plan. Even in that case, the legislature is allowed to amend but not wholesale replacement with their preferred map and then there is apparently a 2012 statute involved as well that restricts the powers of the legislature in redistricting. In both cases, the courts have historically been involved in redistricting in NY as well as the legislature so the legislature has never had unfettered discretion in redistricting even before Baker v. Carr was decided.
Reading the three court opinions, it is clear that the courts rejected clause bound interpretivism in favor of using the commonly decided text and intent giving a clear meaning to the amendment. Thus, the legislature cannot do what the IRC cannot. The lesser cannot overrule the major grant.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 01:27 PM (CXr4y)

519 Yikes! She hit the wall hard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Kristel

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 16, 2022 01:14 PM (bW8dp)

Death does that to you.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 16, 2022 01:18 PM (yHsuS)
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Geez!

Posted by: Zombie Ann Heshe at August 16, 2022 01:28 PM (OaZlZ)

520 This isn't true. The IRC proposes a map, the leg votes on the map. If the map doesn't get a majority vote in the leg, the leg gets to create its own map from scratch. In this instance the IRC refused to propose a map b/c no map got a majority vote in the IRC. So there was nothing for the leg to vote on.

Frankly, whoever came up with the concept of the IRC is an idiot. the amendment is terribly written and the very concept of an evenly split partisan committee agreeing to a map is delusional.

Posted by: Mehive
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You ignored what the courts ruled here because it does not agree with your position. I found that largely the courts rejected your opinion on several grounds---one is that the legislature has never had unfettered gerrymandering power and that the amendment limits the legislature to amending the second plan--not writing it from scratch. Here is where a doctrine of common law comes up--one who comes to court must have clean hands. The unstated issue is that the IRC Dems purposefully tanked the second map from the Commission in order to force it through the legislature where they had partisan advantage.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 01:32 PM (CXr4y)

521 Norah had better be careful. There must already be chatter that she's too old to be a news anchor. Stupid Senior moments like

She's a hard 48.
She started out soft and beautiful.

Posted by: Braenyard. _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at August 16, 2022 01:33 PM (fsqLk)

522 The second point is that the court specifically rejected your approach to clause bound interpretivism and using court precedents was required to give meaning to the text based on a natural reading and the intent behind the amendment which was to reduce partisan and incumbent protection in redistricting. The state legislature purposefully chose to stuff it and paid the price.

Your other argument does not hold water either--historically the courts have to interpret the law including the constitutional amendment--the interpretation is what the legislature ran afoul of. The amendment also does not specify a certain court as some states do where challenges must be made such as the Supreme Court in whatever district Albany NY is.

Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 01:36 PM (CXr4y)

523 This story also includes one if the stupidest "aha" moments yet, as to try and save their own asses the Democrats are actually trying to use the excuse "well Trump said it was one expired passport and two active passports, when really out was 2 expired passports and one active passport, so see he's just lying again."

Another is "why was Trump keeping his passports in boxes of classified material?" Or more likely Trump's team just gathered up whatever was left in his office, boxed it up, and took it to MAL, which would show there was no intent (you know the thing that got Hillary off the hook despite with heart there being all the intent in thr world)

So far this whole fiasco has been Trump says something, DoJ/FBI leaks story to dispute him, five seconds later Trump is proven right. And again and again Democrats believe the lies and help spread them like idiots, at summe point there needs to be real criminal and monetary penalties for all these people and the organizations/ companies they work for, because otherwise they'll never learn (or even then they may never learn since thei didn't from the whole fake Indian vet story)

Posted by: Rbastid at August 16, 2022 01:45 PM (WssnW)

524 Good thing I screwed up the tags at the end of the thread.
Huh?

Posted by: Braenyard. _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at August 16, 2022 01:56 PM (fsqLk)

525 No Ace, we are living in a Democracy. This is what they look like.

Posted by: LiveFreeOrDie at August 16, 2022 02:17 PM (Z4oqp)

526

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 16, 2022 02:36 PM (llON8)

527 The e-mail said the passports could be picked up at the Washington Field Office.
I call that FBI being in possession of the passports.

Posted by: MikeN at August 16, 2022 03:27 PM (HVIzT)

528 Propagating lies is all the FBI does.

No seriously.

But it's not as if they are not getting paid for it.

In fact they are getting paid rather handsomely.

It's their job after all.

Nice retirement package, too.

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