Lisa Cook's Lawyers: You Can't Fire Her For Mortgage Fraud Because She Admitted Being a Mortgage Fraudster to Biden and He Said It's Okay

Embattled Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook can't be fired by President Trump over allegations of mortgage fraud -- because she already fessed up to discrepancies in her home loan paperwork while she was being vetted by the Biden administration ahead of her confirmation in 2022, her lawyers say.
Trump announced Aug. 25 that he was removing Cook from the Fed board over claims she improperly listed both an Atlanta condo and a Michigan home as her primary residence to receive more favorable home loan terms.
In addition, Cook is accused of putting her Cambridge, Mass. condo down as a rental property on government ethics forms while calling it a "second home" on mortgage papers, according to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte.
Cook attorney Abbe Lowell -- who notably represented Hunter Biden in two criminal cases involving the then-first son -- fired back in court papers filed Tuesday in DC federal court.
"[T]he Government has long known about the alleged facial inconsistencies in Governor Cook's financial documents," said Lowell, who confirmed that Cook stated on a background check form submitted as part of her vetting that the Michigan house was her primary residence and her Georgia condo was her "2nd home."
On another document, Cook listed both abodes, as well as her Massachusetts condo, as her "present residence," while specifying the Michigan home was her "current permanent residence" and the Cambridge condo was both a second home and a rental property.
"If those are facial contradictions, as the Government and President claim ..." Lowell wrote. "Senators or White House advisors could have inquired of her about any alleged 'facial inconsistencies.'"
"Governor Cook's alleged 'contradictions' were included in documents disclosed to the White House before she was appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate," the attorney summed up. "During her Senate confirmation process, Governor Cook submitted questionnaires and provided reports that would have revealed the same purported 'facial' contradictions the Government now claims are 'cause' to fire her ... As the Government rightly acknowledges, such pre-office conduct 'that was known at the time' likely cannot constitute a legitimate basis for President Trump's removal of Governor Cook."

It's not "pre-office conduct." She is currently benefiting from the reduced mortgage interest rates she obtained through fraud on a bank (and the American people). She has not repaired her fraud or repaid the additional interest she'd have paid if not for the fraud.

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At a hearing that lasted more than two hours, Lowell argued any problem with Cook's mortgage paperwork was simply a "clerical error."

Biden appointed her as a Federal Bank Governor claiming she was a highly sophisticated financial expert, and now her lawyer is claiming that when she repeatedly falsified her mortgage applications for three different properties, she just didn't know what she was doing.

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Posted by: GF at September 03, 2025 01:18 PM (WfYHC)

2 Man, sounds like her lawyers are admitting "for cause".

Maybe there's simply no good defense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:18 PM (GBKbO)

3 You Can't Fire Her For Mortgage Fraud Because She Admitted Being a Mortgage Fraudster to Biden and He Said It's Okay

Bold move, Cotton.

Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2025 01:18 PM (Q97SL)

4 Why, it's almost as if this woman was chosen for qualities other than competence.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

5 fuck her with a rusty chainsaw

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at September 03, 2025 01:18 PM (XiO5n)

6 t a hearing that lasted more than two hours, Lowell argued any problem with Cook's mortgage paperwork was simply a "clerical error."

Looks like she continued to have those "clerical" errors...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2025 01:19 PM (VE6XX)

7 So if I am understanding her argument, if the president vouches for someone no future president/DOJ/DA can hold it against them?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2025 01:19 PM (sKqQm)

8 That Ann Arbor primary home is a rental now, right?

Posted by: mr tmz at September 03, 2025 01:19 PM (rJ48h)

9 I'm curious about how she's reporting her income from her many rental properties that are her primary residences.

Posted by: huerfano at September 03, 2025 01:19 PM (98kQX)

10 If you don't have a piece of paper with a pardon written on it, you've got nothing, except with a DC jury which would let Democrats to whatever

Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2025 01:20 PM (RHGPo)

11 You really can't blame Benedict Arnold, George Washington made him an officer.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 03, 2025 01:20 PM (rvwwT)

12 OT but I'm finally somewhere that I can sit for a bit:

Pooky got transferred to a major hospital for emergency dialysis. They need to flush the lithium out of his kidneys. This is getting.... complicated. Thank goodness for our family support network.

Posted by: pookysgirl, worn out at September 03, 2025 01:20 PM (NIVSB)

13 6 t a hearing that lasted more than two hours, Lowell argued any problem with Cook's mortgage paperwork was simply a "clerical error."

Looks like she continued to have those "clerical" errors...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2025 01:19 PM (VE6XX)

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Why does this champion of the little people keep trying to accuse unnamed clerical employees of mortgage fraud?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:20 PM (GBKbO)

14
Pooky got transferred to a major hospital for emergency dialysis. They need to flush the lithium out of his kidneys. This is getting.... complicated. Thank goodness for our family support network.
Posted by: pookysgirl, worn out at September 03, 2025 01:20 PM (NIVSB)

I'll keep you in my prayers

Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2025 01:21 PM (VE6XX)

15 Exactly!!!!

Posted by: Ted Bundy at September 03, 2025 01:21 PM (dIske)

16 Prayers up for Pooky.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (lIio7)

17 You Can't Fire Her For Mortgage Fraud Because She Admitted Being a Mortgage Fraudster to Biden and He Said It's Okay
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Perhaps we could request Biden testify as to what he remembers about that admission?

/yeah, I know, but wouldn't that be a hoot!

Posted by: Crusader at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (TN0g+)

18 4 Why, it's almost as if this woman was chosen for qualities other than competence.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:18 PM

Melaninated gash and reliable leftist. That's all they need.

Posted by: Competence? Integrity? Fuck that. at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (TbWk/)

19 We're hiring for our import/export business, nautical division. No experience necessary, will train the right candidates.

Posted by: Tren de Aragua at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (BtL6Z)

20 Man, how much does that gig pay anyway? What is it like 4 or 5 meetings at a luxury resort a year to decide whether you want to continue to F the plebes or if they have had enough punishment?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (rvwwT)

21 I see that in the case of an FTC commissioner, an appeals court has directly set up Humphrey's Executor for the SCOTUS to take on, if they wish.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (uWKK8)

22 I think Lowell knows this is a lost cause and is shifting the narrative to "BUT ORANGE MAN BAD." This is a legal strategy that's worked many times before.

If Lowell can't win the case on that, then at least he -- and the Democraps -- win some points with the pemphigus vulgaris on the left. DU is probably crowing about it already.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

23 Is this a battle worth fighting for Dems? Burning what little capitol they may have on a fraudster who is apparently completely unrepentant? Note-at no point have a heard she’s willing to fix the issue. Meanwhile they are out there “fighting the oligarchy.”

Posted by: Tanz der Lemmings at September 03, 2025 01:23 PM (jtvqP)

24 21 I see that in the case of an FTC commissioner, an appeals court has directly set up Humphrey's Executor for the SCOTUS to take on, if they wish.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (uWKK

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And, since Humphrey's was decided specifically around the FTC, it's a direct vehicle for overturning it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

25 No DC jury is gonna convict her or any other Dem for that matter

Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2025 01:23 PM (VE6XX)

26 It's the "hired as a crook by a crook exemption " clause.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 03, 2025 01:24 PM (H6u9a)

27 The Dems started this when they went after Trump associates for mortgage application fraud. They aren't going to like how it ends. I hope Schiff gets it.

Posted by: Eddie Baby at September 03, 2025 01:24 PM (s19xO)

28 22 I think Lowell knows this is a lost cause and is shifting the narrative to "BUT ORANGE MAN BAD." This is a legal strategy that's worked many times before.

If Lowell can't win the case on that, then at least he -- and the Democraps -- win some points with the pemphigus vulgaris on the left. DU is probably crowing about it already.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

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If the judiciary is smart at all, they'll keep their hands off of this after the hearing, deny any injunction, and potentially even dismiss the case with prejudice.

However, the judiciary, especially the DC Circuit's band of district judges, have not shown themselves to be particularly smart over the past seven months.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:24 PM (GBKbO)

29 Pooky got transferred to a major hospital for emergency dialysis. They need to flush the lithium out of his kidneys. This is getting.... complicated. Thank goodness for our family support network.
Posted by: pookysgirl, worn out at September 03, 2025 01:20 PM (NIVSB)

Oh boy sounds rough. Maybe they can make a battery after?

Posted by: Tasteless jokes aside, best wishes for all involved at September 03, 2025 01:25 PM (TbWk/)

30 Chris Brunet obtained Lisa Cook's tenure packet via FOIA.

His bullet points:
1) Michigan State’s econ dept likely voted against tenure — but were overruled by the Dean. This means she was not even good enough for tenure at MSU based on merit, yet somehow Fed Board material?

2) She got tenure despite her research record, not because of it. The tenure packet emphasizes her teaching ability and downplays her research.

3) She would not have gotten tenure without her now-debunked paper.

4) Her tenure packet lists her AER P&P as an AER, with an asterisk indicating it is peer-reviewed. She is lying about this paper being peer reviewed.

5) Every letter writer recognized her as an econ historian, not a macroeconomist or an international economist, which she self-proclaimed to be in Senate testimony.

http://tiny.cc/n42s001

She's a fraud.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 03, 2025 01:25 PM (lIio7)

31 If Lowell can't win the case on that, then at least he -- and the Democraps -- win some points with the pemphigus vulgaris on the left. DU is probably crowing about it already

For those of you who didn't know:

Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare, autoimmune skin disorder that causes painful blisters and sores

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:25 PM (Riz8t)

32 Awesome. Indict Biden for being a conspirator in a scheme to defraud the government. Good thinking there Mr Wizard

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2025 01:25 PM (Q4TOv)

33 pookysgirl, I will pray for Pooky

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 03, 2025 01:25 PM (H6u9a)

34 23 Is this a battle worth fighting for Dems? Burning what little capitol they may have on a fraudster who is apparently completely unrepentant? Note-at no point have a heard she’s willing to fix the issue. Meanwhile they are out there “fighting the oligarchy.”
Posted by: Tanz der Lemmings at September 03, 2025 01:23 PM (jtvqP)

Dems are no longer capable of making any value judgments of this kind. They are committed to treating every single issue, no matter how stupid or weak, like their Hill to Die On.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2025 01:25 PM (uWKK8)

35 30 http://tiny.cc/n42s001

She's a fraud.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 03, 2025 01:25 PM (lIio7)

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But all the other tenured faculty are great.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:26 PM (GBKbO)

36 No DC jury is gonna convict her or any other Dem for that matter
Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2025 01:23 PM (VE6XX)
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True, but this case isn't a criminal case. It's solely about whether Trump can fire her. I think on the law, he 100% can. Not even a close call. But TDS is real and spectacular ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

37 Lowell's "argument" is a perfect encapsulation of the level and state of American "law", the legal cult, and the civic culture. Sad!

Actually, far beyond that.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 03, 2025 01:26 PM (U/Byj)

38 I nooded for you non-nooding commentators of questionable parentage.

Posted by: Obi Juan Sonobi at September 03, 2025 01:26 PM (0sNs1)

39 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at September 03, 2025 01:26 PM (0W7sJ)

40 I would just like a list of all of the federal laws I am allowed to ignore.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:27 PM (TzsA5)

41 I saw Pemphigus vulgaris open for...

Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2025 01:27 PM (77rzZ)

42 Facial?

Posted by: Cowardly lion at September 03, 2025 01:27 PM (63Dwl)

43 my word as a Biden!

Posted by: Black Orchid at September 03, 2025 01:27 PM (Pv3Rg)

44 Government can charge her in one of the three jurisdictions were the homes were located

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 03, 2025 01:27 PM (Q4TOv)

45 > But all the other tenured faculty are great.

Even worse if the econ faculty at Michigan are frauds. Lisa Cook didn't even meet their low bar.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 03, 2025 01:28 PM (lIio7)

46 One would hope the IRS is scrutinizing her tax returns.

Posted by: mr tmz at September 03, 2025 01:28 PM (rJ48h)

47 Burning what little capitol

I like that misspelling. States the dems intentions correctly.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 03, 2025 01:28 PM (rvwwT)

48 36 No DC jury is gonna convict her or any other Dem for that matter
Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2025 01:23 PM (VE6XX)
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True, but this case isn't a criminal case. It's solely about whether Trump can fire her. I think on the law, he 100% can. Not even a close call. But TDS is real and spectacular ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

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Also, to bring it up as a criminal matter would probably involve federal grand juries in Michigan or Georgia, not DC.

I'm hoping the DOJ makes an example of her, to be honest.

Firing a fed governor when the fed was already poised to change course is one thing. Maliciously taking out a weed who'd used the system and broken federal law because she thought she was made is something else entirely.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:28 PM (GBKbO)

49
Let he who has not listed three properties as their primary residence cast the first stone!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:29 PM (kkTda)

50 Well, yeah, sure but did Dr. Jill sign off on that?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 01:29 PM (L/fGl)

51 "If those are facial contradictions, as the Government and President claim ..." Lowell wrote. "Senators or White House advisors could have inquired of her about any alleged 'facial inconsistencies.'"

Was that wrong? Should I have not done that? I tell ya, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon... you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices and I tell you people do that all the time.

Posted by: Lisa Cook's defense sounds kind of famliar at September 03, 2025 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

52 Don't take Pemphigus if you're allergic to Pemphigus.

Posted by: The Legal Department at September 03, 2025 01:30 PM (NPLQu)

53 "If those are facial contradictions, as the Government and President claim ..." Lowell wrote. "Senators or White House advisors could have inquired of her about any alleged 'facial inconsistencies.'"

Seriously? "It's not my fault I lied, it's your fault for not catching me in it."

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

54 What will tomorrow's excuse for Lisa be? Space aliens controlled her brain when she applied for all her primary residence mortgages? What else can Team Lisa Damage Control have left?

Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2025 01:30 PM (aBgBM)

55 Even worse if the econ faculty at Michigan are frauds. Lisa Cook didn't even meet their low bar.
Posted by: bonhomme

I had an econ prof at Michigan who was an out-and-out socialist. That was in the late 80s. It's gotta be exponentially worse by now.

Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2025 01:30 PM (77rzZ)

56 "It's not a crime if it's part of a criminal conspiracy, H8Rs!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Defund The Feral District Clown Courts at September 03, 2025 01:31 PM (kD7OX)

57
Seriously? "It's not my fault I lied, it's your fault for not catching me in it."
Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

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Seriously. And unapologetically. She's amazed you're even bringing this up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:31 PM (kkTda)

58 A new rankings list from the U.K.’s Daily Mail confirmed that “The View” is nothing more than a leftist daytime dumpster fire as the show came in last place based on a series of categories in its “Most Loved and Loathed” list.

Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar came in eleventh and twelfth place.

The entire “panel of aging pundits” on The View came in at thirteenth and last.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at September 03, 2025 01:31 PM (0sNs1)

59 I think Lowell knows this is a lost cause and is shifting the narrative to "BUT ORANGE MAN BAD." This is a legal strategy that's worked many times before.

If Lowell can't win the case on that, then at least he -- and the Democraps -- win some points with the pemphigus vulgaris on the left. DU is probably crowing about it already.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

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If the judiciary is smart at all, they'll keep their hands off of this after the hearing, deny any injunction, and potentially even dismiss the case with prejudice.

However, the judiciary, especially the DC Circuit's band of district judges, have not shown themselves to be particularly smart over the past seven months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:24 PM (GBKbO)
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Yea, but there's a 3rd option: the Dumocrap powers that be lean on her privately to drop this. It can't be a good thing for normal voters to continue to see what scumbag idiots the Democrap elites are. But I suspect they already tried this option, and this self-entitled cuntiferous twat rejected it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

60 I guess somewhat lost in this is that the GOPe Senate had enough to flag this dolt klutz of a fraudster during confirmation hearings and didn't.

Posted by: the dandy at September 03, 2025 01:32 PM (8l8nW)

61 Cook's lawyer seems to be arguing something which wasn't alleged.

Cook committed mortgage fraud. Whether or not the previous administration let it slide is immaterial.

Cook is a felon, period.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 03, 2025 01:32 PM (tT6L1)

62 Posted by: pookysgirl, worn out at September 03, 2025 01:20 PM (NIVSB)

pookygirl - May you and your family be blessed with Health and Healing.

Posted by: Adriane the Critic. . . at September 03, 2025 01:32 PM (3ZUWJ)

63 So given her excuses, she's either a criminal or she's stupid? Oh, and Preezy Sh*tpants/Autopen said that's all ok?

Yeah, this is a thing that happens now. I'm glad that President Trump was elected but dealing with all this feels like the Augean Stables for him.

Posted by: Nelly at September 03, 2025 01:32 PM (cHLus)

64 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:32 PM (Zz0t1)

65 Remember, Jerry: it's not a lie if you believe it.

Posted by: George at September 03, 2025 01:32 PM (NPLQu)

66 What's the big deal...

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at September 03, 2025 01:32 PM (ycs3a)

67 Who is paying Abbe's fee?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 03, 2025 01:32 PM (bNf8H)

68 I'm putting a 3 pound rock in my carry-on and flying to DC tonight!

Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2025 01:33 PM (aBgBM)

69 "It's not a crime if it's part of a criminal conspiracy, H8Rs!"
Posted by: ShainS
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FISA warrants, clerical error

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 03, 2025 01:33 PM (XeU6L)

70 But, I thought no one was above the law?

Even though she was vetted and granted her DIE position, she still BROKE THE LAW and committed fraud.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

71 What a weird defense, claiming "because I disclosed this to a previous President's factotum, a different administration seeking to properly enforce the pertinent laws cannot prosecute me now. Sure, you can rightfully say I don't have an actual pardon, but I do have an 'implied pardon'."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 03, 2025 01:33 PM (awECa)

72 At a hearing that lasted more than two hours, Lowell argued any problem with Cook's mortgage paperwork was simply a "clerical error."

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Sounds like 34 felony counts to me ...

... and how many people has the IRS bankrupted, seized property of, and put in prison for a "clerical error?."

Posted by: ShainS -- Defund The Feral District Clown Courts at September 03, 2025 01:33 PM (kD7OX)

73 We could give her a desk in the basement and pretend she does stuff. Would that work?

Posted by: pudinhead at September 03, 2025 01:34 PM (c711F)

74 Now, Rose DeLauro. That's a facial contradiction!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 01:34 PM (L/fGl)

75 ... and now her lawyer is claiming that when she repeatedly falsified her mortgage applications for three different properties,

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The soft bigotry of low expectations and the DEI hire get-out-of-jail free card ... but mostly the DEI hire get-out-of-jail free card.

Posted by: ShainS -- Defund The Feral District Clown Courts at September 03, 2025 01:35 PM (kD7OX)

76 At a hearing that lasted more than two hours, Lowell argued any problem with Cook's mortgage paperwork was simply a "clerical error."

She shouldn't have gone through the Cincinnati office. The lower-level guys there make a lot of those.

Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2025 01:35 PM (77rzZ)

77 So if I get pulled over for speeding, all I have to do is tell the cop that the guy that pulled me over fifteen miles back let me off with a warning.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:35 PM (Rif5J)

78 We could give her a desk in the basement and pretend she does stuff. Would that work?
Posted by: pudinhead at September 03, 2025 01:34 PM (c711F)

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Could she also keep her red Swingline stapler?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 03, 2025 01:35 PM (ycs3a)

79 Great job on vetting people by The Democrats running things for Biden. A good example why they should not be allowed back in power again

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at September 03, 2025 01:36 PM (w3u3d)

80 At a hearing that lasted more than two hours, Lowell argued any problem with Cook's mortgage paperwork was simply a "clerical error."

AtC had a good thread on this. The primary residence claim is not just a checkbox on a standard form everyone uses. There is a whole other set of forms that have to be filled out and signed.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 03, 2025 01:36 PM (lIio7)

81 I saw Pemphigus vulgaris open for...
Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2025 01:27 PM (77rzZ)
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Pemphigus Vulgaris opened for Cuntiferous Twats at MSG in 1998. Dual headliner with 4 Non Blondes.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

82 I can see Biden testifying as a defense witness. "My favorite ice cream flavor is blue."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 01:37 PM (L/fGl)

83 I also like the argument that since everyone in the Ruling Class does this, it is Unfair to single Cook out.

Conor Friedersdorf, staff writer at the Atlantic:

How many members of Congress, federal judges, governors, attorneys general, and other federal and state leaders—Rs and Ds alike—have submitted home-loan applications with falsehoods in them?

Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2025 01:37 PM (xTIDn)

84
"I can handle things! I'm smart, not like everybody says, like dumb. I'm smart, and I want respect!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:37 PM (kkTda)

85 Holy cow. The arrogance and entitlement astound.

Fire this lady into the sun. She has no redeeming qualities.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2025 01:37 PM (i24o9)

86 83 I also like the argument that since everyone in the Ruling Class does this, it is Unfair to single Cook out.

Conor Friedersdorf, staff writer at the Atlantic:

How many members of Congress, federal judges, governors, attorneys general, and other federal and state leaders—Rs and Ds alike—have submitted home-loan applications with falsehoods in them?

Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2025 01:37 PM (xTIDn)

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Dude is retarded and a terrible sycophant for his betters.

"All of them do this! Just ignore it!"

Seriously?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:38 PM (GBKbO)

87
Zombie Russell Kirk looks on as MSU professor uncovered as a fraud:

"Told you so."

Posted by: Auspex at September 03, 2025 01:38 PM (Y8DZL)

88 I would just like a list of all of the federal laws I am allowed to ignore.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:27 PM (TzsA5)
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Good news: It's a short list.

Bad news: You've likely violated at least three federal laws in the past 10 minutes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2025 01:38 PM (7fElN)

89 Is this a battle worth fighting for Dems? Burning what little capitol they may have on a fraudster who is apparently completely unrepentant? Note-at no point have a heard she’s willing to fix the issue. Meanwhile they are out there “fighting the oligarchy.”
Posted by: Tanz der Lemmings at September 03, 2025 01:23 PM (jtvqP)

They ARE the fucking oligarchy.

Posted by: Party of the Working Man my ass at September 03, 2025 01:38 PM (TbWk/)

90 So I guess if Trump says my income tax fraud is no biggie I guess it's settled then, bygones.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 03, 2025 01:38 PM (hs4ik)

91 Abbe isn't normal.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 03, 2025 01:38 PM (63Dwl)

92 I'm glad that President Trump was elected but dealing with all this feels like the Augean Stables for him.

That's what makes Trump unique. He knows he can't clean the stables alone, he needs to change the attitude of the country so that other people start doing what needs to be done. That's what leaders do.

To continue the watery metaphor, he's the little trickle breaching the top of the dam. As it flows, it widens the breach so that more water flows, and the breaching accelerates.

That's when you start to see the jellyfish like Gladwell being swept up in the new currents.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:38 PM (Riz8t)

93
So if I get pulled over for speeding, all I have to do is tell the cop that the guy that pulled me over fifteen miles back let me off with a warning.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:35 PM (Rif5J)

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I've been going 55 in a 30 for the last 10 miles and nobody stopped me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:39 PM (kkTda)

94 I also like the argument that since everyone in the Ruling Class does this, it is Unfair to single Cook out.

Conor Friedersdorf, staff writer at the Atlantic:

How many members of Congress, federal judges, governors, attorneys general, and other federal and state leaders—Rs and Ds alike—have submitted home-loan applications with falsehoods in them?

Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2025 01:37 PM (xTIDn)
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All of them. Literally all of them. That's how the elite plays the game. The rules are for the filthy peons, not for them. And they've gotten away with it for 50+ years.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

95 94
All of them. Literally all of them. That's how the elite plays the game. The rules are for the filthy peons, not for them. And they've gotten away with it for 50+ years.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

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DC worked really hard to build a caste system in America, and it's unAmerican and unpatriotic and ungood to try and undo that by a gauche outsider.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

96 Brand new million dollar yacht doesn't survive its launch into the ocean.

http://tiny.cc/o52s001

Posted by: bonhomme at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (lIio7)

97 Let's see if she can read cursive?

Posted by: pudinhead at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (c711F)

98
"All of them do this! Just ignore it!"

Seriously?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:38 PM

Well it worked for Clinton, everyone lies about sodomizing the interns don't you know and move on dot org.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (hs4ik)

99 Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2025 01:37 PM (xTIDn)
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The classic "influential and important people break this law, and those people should not be prosecuted" defense.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (awECa)

100 How many members of Congress, federal judges, governors, attorneys general, and other federal and state leaders—Rs and Ds alike—have submitted home-loan applications with falsehoods in them?

Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.

Posted by: The ARC of History!

I'm willing to try.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (Riz8t)

101
Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2025 01:37 PM (xTIDn)

_________

I have no problem - no problem at all - making felons of every last one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (kkTda)

102 Is this a battle worth fighting for Dems? Burning what little capitol they may have on a fraudster who is apparently completely unrepentant? Note-at no point have a heard she’s willing to fix the issue. Meanwhile they are out there “fighting the oligarchy.”

The state of the economy in the summer of '26 will determine what party controls congress after that.

If the lefties keep control of the fed board they can restrict the economy until then.

So yes, this is an important fight for both sides.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

103 Oh - and Kier Stamer has finally announced how he is going to deal with all the "migrants" illegally entering Britain.

He is going to require everyone in Britain to have a Chinese-style digital ID.

After all, how can you identify illegal "migrants" in Britain without making everyone have Chinese-style digital ID?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (xTIDn)

104 It isn't a clerical error to knowingly sign an affidavit which is false.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (Rif5J)

105 Yea, but there's a 3rd option: the Dumocrap powers that be lean on her privately to drop this. It can't be a good thing for normal voters to continue to see what scumbag idiots the Democrap elites are. But I suspect they already tried this option, and this self-entitled cuntiferous twat rejected it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:31 PM (iFTx/)
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Her and the other scofflaws that do this don't think they've done anything wrong.

They're baffled that anyone is questioning their right to engage in this behavior.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2025 01:41 PM (7fElN)

106 The classic "influential and important people break this law, and those people should not be prosecuted" defense.

No reasonable prosecutor...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2025 01:41 PM (xTIDn)

107 I looked it up, the Fed Board makes about $200,000 a year. I'm guessing there is a lot more in terms of other benefits, fraud, kickbacks, etc.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 03, 2025 01:41 PM (rvwwT)

108 How many members of Congress, federal judges, governors, attorneys general, and other federal and state leaders—Rs and Ds alike—have submitted home-loan applications with falsehoods in them?

Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.

Trump got 34 indictments for a disagreement over the value of one of his properties that had no financial impact.

So...yeah...its time to play this game.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2025 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

109 How many members of Congress, federal judges, governors, attorneys general, and other federal and state leaders—Rs and Ds alike—have submitted home-loan applications with falsehoods in them?

Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.

Posted by: The ARC of History!

Then you can't hang it on the rest of us.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2025 01:42 PM (FPR3/)

110 107 I looked it up, the Fed Board makes about $200,000 a year. I'm guessing there is a lot more in terms of other benefits, fraud, kickbacks, etc.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 03, 2025 01:41 PM (rvwwT)

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She probably gets paid $10,000 to give 30 minute speeches to university econ departments.

This lady.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:42 PM (GBKbO)

111 It isn't a clerical error to knowingly sign an affidavit which is false.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

So, they could get her on perjury, too, right?

Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2025 01:42 PM (77rzZ)

112 79 Great job on vetting people by The Democrats running things for Biden. A good example why they should not be allowed back in power again

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at September 03, 2025 01:36 PM (w3u3d)

I expect they picked her no matter what skeletons she had in her closet, because there was no one else they could make "The first black female appointed to the Federal Reserve Board!", without Biden being laughed out of town by every Democrat on Capitol Hill.

Posted by: Gref at September 03, 2025 01:42 PM (aBgBM)

113 Brand new million dollar yacht doesn't survive its launch into the ocean.

http://tiny.cc/o52s001
Posted by: bonhomme at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (lIio7)
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Looks like the idiots launched the boat in 10 feet of water and it immediately grounded and probably tore open.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:42 PM (iFTx/)

114
The rules are for the filthy peons, not for them. And they've gotten away with it for 50+ years.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

__________

"For us to live any other way was nuts. To us, those goody-good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks and took the subway to work every day and worried about their bills were dead. I mean they were suckers. They had no balls. If we wanted something, we just took it. If anyone complained twice they got hit so bad, believe me, they never complained again."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:42 PM (kkTda)

115 Brand new million dollar yacht doesn't survive its launch into the ocean.

Did someone leave the seacocks open?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:43 PM (Riz8t)

116 NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.

what a bunch of horse shit.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 03, 2025 01:43 PM (W2Pud)

117 Tom Bevan@TomBevanRCP
She’s right about one thing: you can’t make this stuff up.
Psaki: "We May Never Know Why Trump Spent A Week Hiding Entirely From The American Public"

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Give him a break! He was dead! What, a guy can't take a few days off if he's dead?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (L/fGl)

118 Pooky got transferred to a major hospital for emergency dialysis. They need to flush the lithium out of his kidneys. This is getting.... complicated. Thank goodness for our family support network.
Posted by: pookysgirl, worn out at September 03, 2025 01:20 PM (NIVSB)

Hang in there! Good thing he didn't spontaneously combust. Lithium is tricksy like that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (uUD0P)

119 Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.

well I DISAGREE!

you assholes were looking under rocks for anyone who WATCHED J6 on YT to arrest!

ALL OF THEM SHOULD BE CHARGED

Posted by: Black Orchid at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (Pv3Rg)

120 He is going to require everyone in Britain to have a Chinese-style digital ID.

Going full-on V for Vendetta.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (rvwwT)

121 117 Tom Bevan@TomBevanRCP
She’s right about one thing: you can’t make this stuff up.
Psaki: "We May Never Know Why Trump Spent A Week Hiding Entirely From The American Public"

A week ? It was 3 days...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (VE6XX)

122 She's still paying the fraudulent mortgages, so therefore, she's STILL breaking the law.

Such bullshit.

There's only one judicial system, you guys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (Zz0t1)

123 120 He is going to require everyone in Britain to have a Chinese-style digital ID.

Going full-on V for Vendetta.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (rvwwT)

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Not addressing the core issues at all while imposing further on the voting populace will fix this situation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (GBKbO)

124
Brand new million dollar yacht doesn't survive its launch into the ocean.

Did someone leave the seacocks open?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:43 PM (Riz8t)

_________

Was it named Vasa?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:45 PM (kkTda)

125 Kewl! Now its not a crime until they catch ya!!!

Wait... isn't that how its ALWAYS been?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 03, 2025 01:45 PM (mP0Kj)

126
A week ? It was 3 days...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (VE6XX)

Her hair dye has soaked in a bit far.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:45 PM (Zz0t1)

127 Oh - and Kier Stamer has finally announced how he is going to deal with all the "migrants" illegally entering Britain.

He is going to require everyone in Britain to have a Chinese-style digital ID.

After all, how can you identify illegal "migrants" in Britain without making everyone have Chinese-style digital ID?

I might have gone with "first deploy the RN to sink any boats full of illegals, a la Tren de Aragua", but that's just me.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

128 He is going to require everyone in Britain to have a Chinese-style digital ID.

Going full-on V for Vendetta.

Pretty sure he's not the type to want Natalie Portman in a school girl uniform though.

Maybe that guy that plays Paul Atriedes in Dune in a sailor suit though....

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2025 01:45 PM (sKqQm)

129 Brand new million dollar yacht doesn't survive its launch into the ocean.

http://tiny.cc/o52s001
Posted by: bonhomme at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (lIio7)
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Looks like the idiots launched the boat in 10 feet of water and it immediately grounded and probably tore open.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 01:42 PM (iFTx/)
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That whole launching process looked sketchy. Is that really how they launch million-dollar yachts? Seems risky in the extreme.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2025 01:45 PM (7fElN)

130
A week ? It was 3 days...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (VE6XX)

She worked with Biden, so his work week was 3 days.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:46 PM (Zz0t1)

131 124
Brand new million dollar yacht doesn't survive its launch into the ocean.
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Is this about Sean Penn?

Posted by: pudinhead at September 03, 2025 01:46 PM (c711F)

132 117 Tom Bevan@TomBevanRCP
She’s right about one thing: you can’t make this stuff up.
Psaki: "We May Never Know Why Trump Spent A Week Hiding Entirely From The American Public"

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Give him a break! He was dead! What, a guy can't take a few days off if he's dead?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 01:44 PM (L/fGl)

/Looks baffled... nods...

Posted by: Jesus at September 03, 2025 01:46 PM (mP0Kj)

133
They're baffled that anyone is questioning their right to engage in this behavior.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2025 01:41 PM (7fElN)

They all do this, remember the House Banking scandal where they were all kiting checks and the house Post office scandal too, they've been doing this for ages.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 03, 2025 01:46 PM (hs4ik)

134 the checks in the mail

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 03, 2025 01:46 PM (YlWIZ)

135 She worked with Biden, so his work week was 3 ~~days~~ hours.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:46 PM (Zz0t1)
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FIFY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2025 01:47 PM (fzHZo)

136 Homer: It takes two to lie, Marge. One to lie and one to listen.

[Cook's lawyer] "That shit is brilliant!!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2025 01:47 PM (mEB3m)

137 How many members of Congress, federal judges, governors, attorneys general, and other federal and state leaders—Rs and Ds alike—have submitted home-loan applications with falsehoods in them?

Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.

Posted by: The ARC of History

We can give it our best shot.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:47 PM (Rif5J)

138 Brand new million dollar yacht doesn't survive its launch into the ocean.

http://tiny.cc/o52s001
Posted by: bonhomme at September 03, 2025 01:40 PM (lIio7)
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The hull was made from papier-mâché.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:48 PM (Zz0t1)

139 137 How many members of Congress, federal judges, governors, attorneys general, and other federal and state leaders—Rs and Ds alike—have submitted home-loan applications with falsehoods in them?

Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.

Posted by: The ARC of History

We can give it our best shot.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:47 PM (Rif5J)

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Feel for the mortgage officers at the banks in and around DC.

They have so much work to do refinancing and so many clients who are just angry all the time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:48 PM (GBKbO)

140 You or I do anything like this, we'd be in heaps of trouble. This woman does it apparently three times (and I'm betting she didn't report rental income), she gets the entire progressive establishment stumping for her innocence and credibility. She'll likely get legal cover for it, too.

Posted by: mea culpa at September 03, 2025 01:48 PM (fF9ZG)

141 The yacht manufacturer obviously fired all the 50-year-old white guys in favor of stronk lesbians of color.

Posted by: Bulg at September 03, 2025 01:48 PM (77rzZ)

142 The Ol' Double Reverse Super Secret Pardon

Posted by: ... at September 03, 2025 01:48 PM (14APf)

143 Lisa Cook rents out all 3 properties. Where exactly does she sleep at night? I'll bet there's a wacky story there.

Posted by: Flanole at September 03, 2025 01:48 PM (ZnrCl)

144 After trump paints her white she will have no qualifications at all.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 03, 2025 01:48 PM (MMp6W)

145 >>Brand new million dollar yacht doesn't survive its launch into the ocean

That's a tad more than a million.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (viF8m)

146 Heh,

Biden said it ws OK, virtually a verbal pardon, right there it the oval office he said it. Go ask him if you don't believe me.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (/lPRQ)

147 Starmer has triangulated on the only way to bring order back to Old Blighty — banning Red Bull:

Once again: not satire.

https://is.gd/1DbOJQ

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (Riz8t)

148 The only clerical error that occured regarding Lisa Cook's mortgage fraud is It was exposed instead of being permanently hidden behind a Democrat stone wall. Lisa Cook's problem right now is the new boss isn't like the old boss and he see's right through her blustering that she should get a pass for her lawless behavior because there's a black woman in the house speaking. Cuff her Danno.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (aJQjq)

149 So, I guess as a question if we had a media that was interested in actually providing information.

For Cook's defenders:

1) What should her punishment be for mortgage fraud as one of America's senior banking officials? And if the answer is essentially "nothing"...

2) Why haven't you pushed to amend the laws to legalize this so normal people aren't punished for the same crime?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

150 Sweet Jesus, it's a miracle we survived Biden and his gang of incompetents.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (gDhA9)

151 Can't wait till some major publishing house contracts her to publish her memoir, "The I Hate to Cook Books."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (fzHZo)

152 Lisa Cook rents out all 3 properties. Where exactly does she sleep at night? I'll bet there's a wacky story there.
Posted by: Flanole at September 03, 2025 01:48 PM (ZnrCl)
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An off-the-books condo in a ritzy D.C. suburb, no doubt.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (7fElN)

153 147 Starmer has triangulated on the only way to bring order back to Old Blighty — banning Red Bull:

Once again: not satire.

https://is.gd/1DbOJQ
Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (Riz8t)

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He be rulin' like there isn't going to be an election for years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

154 Quite a hot mic moment on CCTV in Beijing today as Putin and Xi, both 72 years old, are caught casually talking about living to 150 and maybe forever thanks to organ transplants. (As picked up by Bloomberg.)

Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2025 01:50 PM (RHGPo)

155
That's a tad more than a million.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (viF8m)

_________

I was going to say, a million doesn't get you too much yacht nowadays.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:50 PM (kkTda)

156 and Kier Stamer has finally announced how he is going to deal with all the "migrants" illegally entering Britain.

He is going to require everyone in Britain to have a Chinese-style digital ID.

After all, how can you identify illegal "migrants" in Britain without making everyone have Chinese-style digital ID?
Posted by: The ARC of History

That isn't to stop the aliens, but to cut off banking for anyone who complains about the gang rapes.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:50 PM (Rif5J)

157 You can't fire me because the guy who hired me said my crimes were okey dokey?

That is a novel defense. Especially given we already fired the guy who hired you.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at September 03, 2025 01:50 PM (gDhA9)

158 2) Why haven't you pushed to amend the laws to legalize this so normal people aren't punished for the same crime?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (sKqQm)
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By "normal" you mean black, right?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2025 01:50 PM (fzHZo)

159 So she bought a second house to rent out, depriving other buyers the opportunity to buy the house as their primary residence, during a housing shortage.

I suspect a significant portion of the housing issue is just from this sort of jacksssery.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 03, 2025 01:50 PM (STS99)

160 wait wait wait

wut ha' happens was!

I tells the old man and he be ok wiff it

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 03, 2025 01:50 PM (gbOdA)

161 Her argument is that someone even Jake Tapper now admits is a pudding brain approved it?

Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (2ocoG)

162 However, it looks like the DC circuit is going to YOLO and set up the overturning of Humphry's Executor.

They just ruled that that case squarely controls and the FTC commissioners cannot be fired by Trump.

Looks like they've realized that their attempts to find a way to keep it as precedent are futile.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (mEB3m)

163 Looks like the idiots launched the boat in 10 feet of water and it immediately grounded and probably tore open.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Maybe.

Pre-launch Check List:

1. Close seacocks

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (XeU6L)

164 He be rulin' like there isn't going to be an election for years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

He's getting advice from Zelensky.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (mP0Kj)

165 137 How many members of Congress, federal judges, governors, attorneys general, and other federal and state leaders—Rs and Ds alike—have submitted home-loan applications with falsehoods in them?

Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.

Posted by: The ARC of History

We can give it our best shot.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:47 PM (Rif5J)

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If it's open season for fraud, this corrupt banana republic ought to let us all know.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (MMp6W)

166 "You Can't Fire Her For Mortgage Fraud Because She Admitted Being a Mortgage Fraudster to Biden and He Said It's Okay

Posted by: mikeski"

You misspelled Black Female

Posted by: Ripley at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (GUOwU)

167 Loads of people are above the law. Judges, prosecutors, cops, politicians, celebrities, the rich and/or well-connected. Laws are for the little people to keep them in line and give money, power, and status to the foregoing.

Posted by: Two Americas at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (TbWk/)

168
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He be rulin' like there isn't going to be an election for years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

Young kids don't need that shit, but I'll be damned if I want the GOVERNMENT to tell me they can't have any.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (Zz0t1)

169 Fire this lady into the sun. She has no redeeming qualities.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2025 01:37 PM (i24o9)

Objection! She ain't no lady; she's a ghetto thug.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2025 01:52 PM (uUD0P)

170 Maybe.

Pre-launch Check List:

1. Close seacocks
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (XeU6L)

2. Make sure there aint a big fuckin Rock in the way.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 03, 2025 01:52 PM (mP0Kj)

171 Lisa Cook rents out all 3 properties. Where exactly does she sleep at night? I'll bet there's a wacky story there.

==

Where is Lisa?! Good question. Is it possible that she is expensing her stay at the Ritz DC, or the FourSeasons DC ??

Posted by: runner at September 03, 2025 01:52 PM (g47mK)

172 So it this now 3 counts of fraud.
Mort 1 fraud
Mort 2 fraud
and not Mort 3.

As 1 and 2 cannot both be non-fraud then both are fraud.
And 3 is fraud on second home ownership.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 03, 2025 01:52 PM (gbOdA)

173 162 However, it looks like the DC circuit is going to YOLO and set up the overturning of Humphry's Executor.

They just ruled that that case squarely controls and the FTC commissioners cannot be fired by Trump.

Looks like they've realized that their attempts to find a way to keep it as precedent are futile.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (mEB3m)

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Well, it's either follow SCOTUS precedent in a case involving a FTC commissioner suing to keep her job, or becoming activist judges and tossing it to keep the precedent alive.

The only way to get rid of Humphrey's is to uphold it at a lower court so that the administration can challenge it in SCOTUS.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:52 PM (GBKbO)

174
Fire this lady into the sun.

_______

The booster to do that hadn't been built yet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:53 PM (kkTda)

175 Looks like the idiots launched the boat in 10 feet of water and it immediately grounded and probably tore open.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Seems you would scope the area prior to make sure there wasn't a boulder just off shore that could tear the hull wide open like that, then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)

176 Quite a hot mic moment on CCTV in Beijing today as Putin and Xi, both 72 years old, are caught casually talking about living to 150 and maybe forever thanks to organ transplants. (As picked up by Bloomberg.)

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: Near-Zombie Nancy Pelosi! at September 03, 2025 01:53 PM (xTIDn)

177 Wouldn't that be fabulous ?

Posted by: runner at September 03, 2025 01:53 PM (g47mK)

178 "You can't fire me just because I'm an idiot!" is an interesting defense.

The funniest part is - nobody is denying she committed mortgage fraud.

You know, I'll bet the reason she is clinging to her job is because of the mortgage fraud - she knows she won't get prosecuted if she sits on the fed board, given the bank would have to be the person to make a complaint.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at September 03, 2025 01:53 PM (gDhA9)

179 168
Young kids don't need that shit, but I'll be damned if I want the GOVERNMENT to tell me they can't have any.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:51 PM (Zz0t1)

======

Remember when he made it so that 16 year olds can vote in the next election?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:53 PM (GBKbO)

180 Personally, I'd give Gladwell a considerable amount of grace.

I've changed my mind on the death penalty, and some foreign policy issues, but mostly based on foundational principles I saw compromised. I never bent on most things, because I'm not a moral coward.

People like Gladwell are moral cowards. They can't be expected to do right, just to do whatever is convenient for a wealthy, coddled coward.

But it's better than nothing. If they're willing to 'fess up, they're doing better than most of their kind.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2025 01:54 PM (kNXnT)

181
First Rosalyn Carter said it was nice to meet me, so I should have been forgiven for killing all those young men.

Posted by: John Wayne Gacy at September 03, 2025 01:54 PM (IifOV)

182 The way he uses the word “facial”. I hate it. Isn’t he supposed to be smart?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 03, 2025 01:54 PM (55fvX)

183
Remember when he made it so that 16 year olds can vote in the next election?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:53 PM (GBKbO)

I'm not old enough to remember that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:54 PM (Zz0t1)

184 But she's black.

Posted by: The usual defense at September 03, 2025 01:54 PM (NPLQu)

185 A rocky beach seems like an odd place to launch a million dollar yacht.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 03, 2025 01:54 PM (0bjKf)

186 "Cooking" the books?

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 03, 2025 01:54 PM (5C97+)

187 The way he uses the word “facial”. I hate it. Isn’t he supposed to be smart?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 03, 2025 01:54 PM (55fvX)

It's appropriate in some instances.

Posted by: Peter North at September 03, 2025 01:55 PM (Zz0t1)

188 1) What should her punishment be for mortgage fraud as one of America's senior banking officials? And if the answer is essentially "nothing"...
Posted by: 18-1

Unless your Leticia James going after Trump. In that case, being fraudulently persecuted of mortgage fraud resulted in and penalties worth about a half a billion dollars. Using that standard being actually guilty of that financial crime should be worth at least double that. Lisa Cook should be buying Powerball tickets by the dozens right now.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at September 03, 2025 01:55 PM (aJQjq)

189 Cook needs to be cooked on a faggot and then fed to jackels.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2025 01:55 PM (9xzST)

190 She had to acquire the three properties for rental and commit fraud because of the permanent mental scars from when Kavanaugh boofed her.

Posted by: ... at September 03, 2025 01:55 PM (14APf)

191 Quite a hot mic moment on CCTV in Beijing today as Putin and Xi, both 72 years old, are caught casually talking about living to 150 and maybe forever thanks to organ transplants. (As picked up by Bloomberg.)
Posted by: SMOD

Cancer doesn't give a shit about replacement organs.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (FPR3/)

192 I am astounded that so many people are publicly saying that everybody in power breaks the law, so don't punish anyone. Do they not realize this is exactly why Trump is in office?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (Rif5J)

193
Out: Two Door Ford
In: Three House Cook

Posted by: ... at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (14APf)

194 An argument can be made that these two loan apps were done so close together that she didn't want the first to be seen when the second was ran thru.

IIRC the loan apps were only a couple of weeks apart. So it's not like she can claim i forgot I put down "primary " on the first one.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (ds7a/)

195 You know who else had a Cook that got in some trouble?

Posted by: ... at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (14APf)

196 192 I am astounded that so many people are publicly saying that everybody in power breaks the law, so don't punish anyone. Do they not realize this is exactly why Trump is in office?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (Rif5J)

=======

"The establishment has a great history of governance over the past 30 years, and you people should overlook their minor criminality as a thanks."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (GBKbO)

197
Cancer doesn't give a shit about replacement organs.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (FPR3/)

They won't get cancer because they don't take any of the vaccines they force upon their unsuspecting citizens.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)

198
I FORGOT that armed robbery was illegal...

Posted by: Steve Martin at September 03, 2025 01:57 PM (y9nCu)

199 A rocky beach seems like an odd place to launch a million dollar yacht.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell
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Agreed. That certainly doesn't look like a boatyard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 03, 2025 01:57 PM (XeU6L)

200 Is this a battle worth fighting for Dems? Burning what little capitol they may have on a fraudster who is apparently completely unrepentant? Note-at no point have a heard she’s willing to fix the issue. Meanwhile they are out there “fighting the oligarchy.”
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They are losing too many "officers."
These agency heads were where they season their troops for either higher office or to fight any Republican.
So, this and the FTC decision looks like the prior strategy of "keep ruling against Trump until the public turns" has been abandoned for going all-in.

She can't fix the error--because to fix it is to admit it.
So she's got the super smart: I din do nuthin wrong but even if I did you can't fire me.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2025 01:57 PM (mEB3m)

201
"My God, I have so many houses I can't keep them all straight."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:57 PM (kkTda)

202
193
Out: Two Door Ford
In: Three House Cook
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (14APf)

It's how you make money. Write a book, buy another home.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at September 03, 2025 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)

203 Did someone leave the seacocks open?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:43 PM (Riz8t)

Seacocks? Arrr, matey!

Posted by: Pete Bootygag at September 03, 2025 01:57 PM (uUD0P)

204 But Trump is the real estate crook?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2025 01:57 PM (9xzST)

205
Anyone know what this Malcolm Gladwell fellow thinks about Cook?

He's a real straight shooter.

#WDMGT - What Does Malcolm Gladwell Think?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 03, 2025 01:58 PM (iJfKG)

206 Ah, the revenge of Larry Summer.

This article is amazing because they present this view as scary terrible no-good pseudoscience, then, about three-quarters of the way through, they mention in passing that it's a valid scientific point. "The 'greater male variability hypothesis' is confirmed."

Trump's BLS nominee discussed controversial theory on gender IQ with interns

https://x.com/realchrisrufo/status/1963255590458724651

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:58 PM (Riz8t)

207 So. . . who gets the "clerical error" exception when committing a white collar crime?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2025 01:58 PM (GbwPZ)

208 Let everybody dip the beak

Posted by: Eromero at September 03, 2025 01:58 PM (jgmnb)

209 192 I am astounded that so many people are publicly saying that everybody in power breaks the law, so don't punish anyone.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (Rif5J)

=====

This is nearly verbatim what Megan McArdle and Scott Lincicome have said. I used to feel some affinity for libertarians, but I loathe them now.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 03, 2025 01:58 PM (MMp6W)

210 Didn't they bang up Manefort on some sort of mortgage fraud?

And let's not forget what they did to Trump over property valuations.

It's seems like this stuff becomes a pretty big deal when they want it to be a big deal.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 03, 2025 01:59 PM (xAobi)

211 You know who else had a Cook that got in some trouble?

Hawaii?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:59 PM (Riz8t)

212 Less than a handful of shrieking scum:

https://tinyurl.com/59fjf4kd

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2025 01:59 PM (fzHZo)

213 20 Man, how much does that gig pay anyway? What is it like 4 or 5 meetings at a luxury resort a year to decide whether you want to continue to F the plebes or if they have had enough punishment?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 03, 2025 01:22 PM (rvwwT)

Level IV of the SES gov't pay scale: $155k/yr As of Aug.

Posted by: Mr Wolf at September 03, 2025 01:59 PM (SOGBX)

214 So. . . who gets the "clerical error" exception when committing a white collar crime?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2025 01:58 PM (GbwPZ)

Charging black people with white collar crimes is reverse racism and will not be tolerated, you see.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:59 PM (Zz0t1)

215
So. . . who gets the "clerical error" exception when committing a white collar crime?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2025 01:58 PM (GbwPZ)

________

*reads Sarbanes-Oxley*

*throws it in trash*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2025 01:59 PM (kkTda)

216
President Biden also said it was okay for the Treasury to send me a billion bucks tax-free.

When is this gonna happen, people?

Preezy Joe promised!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 03, 2025 02:00 PM (iJfKG)

217 Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2025 01:54 PM (kNXnT)

----------------

Hey, YD -- in an earlier (Mannix Monkey) thread the topic of an AoaSHQ parody Monopoly game board came up -- and here was my comment (and you still have a link to it)?

"IIRC, Yudhishthira's Dice actually created an AoS parody Monopoly game board some years ago."

Posted by: ShainS -- Defund The Feral District Clown Courts at September 03, 2025 02:00 PM (IAT83)

218 Facial inconstencies ended my career.

Posted by: Bolt Upright, Ex-Porn Star at September 03, 2025 02:00 PM (qIqvJ)

219 That's a tad more than a million.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2025 01:49 PM (viF8m)

Not any more.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2025 02:00 PM (uUD0P)

220 I didn't realize that Dementia Joe had a Confessional at the White House, but isn't that a violation of Church/State ?

Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2025 02:00 PM (RHGPo)

221 So Biden gave her a facial?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 03, 2025 02:00 PM (55fvX)

222 Townhall.com@townhallcom
Jamie Raskin: President Trump's firing of bureaucrats makes him just like Joseph Stalin.

-
Dude, Jamie is a girl's name.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (L/fGl)

223 Jamie Raskin: President Trump's firing of bureaucrats makes him just like Joseph Stalin.

Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (RHGPo)

224 >>Agreed. That certainly doesn't look like a boatyard.

You don't often see a yacht like that launched on temporary rail ties and pushed by a crane.

Me thinks this was a case of the Mo, Larry and Curly Boat Yard follies. You can that ship was taking on water as soon as it was launched.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (viF8m)

225 === Cook committed mortgage fraud. Whether or not the previous administration let it slide is immaterial.

Funny thing about white collar crime - it snowballs.

Does she claim these homes as primary residence for tace
Drivers license / ID
VOTERS REGISTRATION
...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (/lPRQ)

226 Cancer doesn't give a shit about replacement organs.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (FPR3/)

They won't get cancer because they don't take any of the vaccines they force upon their unsuspecting citizens.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)
----
How good is their screening process for "pristine" organs that are compatible?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (7fElN)

227 Hazard insurance...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (/lPRQ)

228 So. . . who gets the "clerical error" exception when committing a white collar crime?
Posted by: Lizzy

EBT.

Everyone
But
Trump

Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (FPR3/)

229 The Mexican national soccer team was robbed in Oakland and Newsom still says there's no crime in Calizuela.

Given it happened to soccer players I might agree with him on this one.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (2ocoG)

230 Stalin had them shot or worked to death, you fking idiot.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (55fvX)

231 IIRC, Yudhishthira's Dice actually created an AoS parody Monopoly game board some years ago."
Posted by: ShainS -- Defund The Feral District Clown Courts at September 03, 2025 02:00 PM (IAT83)

Yeah, a whole game set, cards, and money and all. I'm sure I still have it all somewhere.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (kNXnT)

232 An argument can be made that these two loan apps were done so close together that she didn't want the first to be seen when the second was ran thru.

This was a common strategy during the early-2000s housing bubble - house flippers would buy multiple houses in multiple states within a short time period, claiming each one as their primary residence, since the banks apparently couldn't track that.

A blogger named Casey Serin became notorious for buying seven houses in seven different states using this technique.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (xTIDn)

233 She was just collecting her reparations in advance.

Posted by: ... at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (14APf)

234 The same source that said Trump was on the Epstein List says that Epstein referred to Jamie Raskin as an "animal in the sack"

Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (RHGPo)

235 Stalin would have the whole lot of you shot , laughed, and then went to breakfast.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (9xzST)

236 -
Dude, Jamie is a girl's name.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (L/fGl)

Woah woah woah Jamie's cryin'......

Posted by: David Lee Roth at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)

237 Me thinks this was a case of the Mo, Larry and Curly Boat Yard follies. You can that ship was taking on water as soon as it was launched.

Also a yacht that size for only $1 million sounds like it's from Temu or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (2ocoG)

238 >>But she's black.
Posted by: The usual defense

Apparently, all of her scholarship is about race, with numerous instances of copying others' work.
She's another Claudine Gay.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2025 02:03 PM (GbwPZ)

239 222 Townhall.com@townhallcom
Jamie Raskin: President Trump's firing of bureaucrats makes him just like Joseph Stalin.

-
Dude, Jamie is a girl's name.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (L/fGl)

======

Posit:

Most voters don't give a shit about other people losing their jobs, and if they had to prioritize other people losing their jobs in terms of caring, fed employees would be bottom of the list.

Voters don't change voting preferences because a manufacturing plant shuts down four states over. They may if they work at the plant or they know people who do.

But it's not like feds are 90% one party anyway and them voting harder against Trump would increase their numbers, especially if they have to disperse across the country to make their votes less potent geographically.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 02:03 PM (GBKbO)

240 Dude, Jamie is a girl's name.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (L/fGl)
-

I remember Dominique de Villepin, who is a man.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2025 02:03 PM (fzHZo)

241 Funny how none of these everyone does it types came out of the woodwork when Dinesh D'Souza got prosecuted for a very common but ordinarily unprosecuted offense.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 03, 2025 02:03 PM (SSEhk)

242 The good news is if she gets convicted of a felony she can still become president.

Posted by: ... at September 03, 2025 02:03 PM (14APf)

243 DESIGNATING CARTELS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRORISTS

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA),50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose. This order creates a process by which certain international cartels (the Cartels) and other organizations will be designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, consistent with section 219 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1189), or Specially Designated Global Terrorists, consistent with IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702) and Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 (Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism), as amended.

Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2025 02:04 PM (RHGPo)

244 243 DESIGNATING CARTELS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRORISTS

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA),50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose. This order creates a process by which certain international cartels (the Cartels) and other organizations will be designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, consistent with section 219 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1189), or Specially Designated Global Terrorists, consistent with IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702) and Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 (Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism), as amended.
Posted by: SMOD at September 03, 2025 02:04 PM (RHGPo)

======

It would probably be a good thing to repeal this act and the president's ability to declare organizations terrorist and allow them almost free reign to make war on them.

But, it's still in place, and Trump is doing it legally.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at September 03, 2025 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

245 You know who else had a Cook that got in some trouble?

Hawaii?
Posted by: Archimedes
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Double entendre Thread Winner.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 03, 2025 02:05 PM (XeU6L)

246 Seems you would scope the area prior to make sure there wasn't a boulder just off shore that could tear the hull wide open like that, then.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)

I am ass-uming here that that boatyard has successfully launched other small ships from those same ways. Not a grounding; just open sea cocks, or a weak point in the hull just burst open. Took on water awfully fast to be sea cocks alone.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2025 02:05 PM (uUD0P)

247 "Yeah. . . .but I be a professional Negr*, and if we take care of Obama, he'll take care of us, right?" (the common refrain from any particular mental midget in ShakeTown explaining why they are voting for Barack Odildo)

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & Bitches at September 03, 2025 02:06 PM (HeR4S)

248 >>Also a yacht that size for only $1 million sounds like it's from Temu or something.

The article said it was undergoing its maiden launch in Turkey. Also said the boat was purchased for $980,000.

Maybe the owner should have paid the full price and got a version that floats.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 03, 2025 02:06 PM (viF8m)

249 ----
How good is their screening process for "pristine" organs that are compatible?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (7fElN)

https://youtu.be/yVTDlNa67rw

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)

250 Apparently, all of her scholarship is about race, with numerous instances of copying others' work.
She's another Claudine Gay.

Who in turned copied from her. It's an ouroboros of absolute corruption and incompetence.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 02:07 PM (Riz8t)

251 Lisa Cook's Lawyers: You Can't Fire Her For Mortgage Fraud Because She Admitted Being a Mortgage Fraudster to Biden and He Said It's Okay

This had got to be the best summation of what it means to have a D by your name.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at September 03, 2025 02:07 PM (CETNz)

252 On her credit report, when they ran it for the 2nd and for the 3rd, the two prior mortgages would have showed up.
Clear as day, no way to miss it.

The loan officer would not have had the authority to "over-look" those and continue to treat it as a primary residence loan.

That would have taken a branch manager at the minimum.

Now you see why I keep saying this should be viewed as a bribe from the bank:
They over looked this to secure favor from her; to have chits to spend.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2025 02:08 PM (mEB3m)

253 We're hiring for our import/export business, nautical division. No experience necessary, will train the right candidates.
Posted by: Tren de Aragua

More like "Tren de Agua", "Tren de aguas profundas"

Am I right?

Posted by: Chuck C at September 03, 2025 02:08 PM (D0HYP)

254 222 Townhall.com@townhallcom
Jamie Raskin: President Trump's firing of bureaucrats makes him just like Joseph Stalin.

-
Dude, Jamie is a girl's name.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (L/fGl)

Uh... the absolute MOST time on Camera Trump has ever done, was his show the Apprentice, where his Tag Line was????

You're Fired.

People knew EXACTLY who they were voting for.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 03, 2025 02:08 PM (mP0Kj)

255 I remember Dominique de Villepin, who is a man.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2025 02:03 PM (fzHZo)

Dominique Wilkins hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 02:09 PM (Zz0t1)

256 She's another Claudine Gay.
-------

You know who else was another Gay?

Posted by: ... at September 03, 2025 02:09 PM (14APf)

257 Now you see why I keep saying this should be viewed as a bribe from the bank:
They over looked this to secure favor from her; to have chits to spend.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2025 02:08 PM (mEB3m)

Wonder if they are all from the same Lender or not...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 03, 2025 02:09 PM (mP0Kj)

258 How good is their screening process for "pristine" organs that are compatible?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2025 02:01 PM (7fElN)

https://youtu.be/yVTDlNa67rw
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)
----
I was expecting something completely different:

https://youtu.be/Sp-pU8TFsg0

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2025 02:10 PM (7fElN)

259 You know who else had a Cook that got in some trouble?

Hawaii?
Posted by: Archimedes
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Double entendre Thread Winner.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Obama. Wait. What's the difference between a chef and a cook?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2025 02:10 PM (FPR3/)

260 Also a yacht that size for only $1 million sounds like it's from Temu or something.
Posted by: Ian S
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Eregli district of Zonguldak in northern Turkey

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 03, 2025 02:10 PM (XeU6L)

261 But can we believe him?

https://is.gd/oxdAJw

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 03, 2025 02:11 PM (L/fGl)

262 You know who else was another Gay?
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2025 02:09 PM (14APf)

Mincin' Tim Walz?

Posted by: mea culpa at September 03, 2025 02:11 PM (fF9ZG)

263 "Governor Cook submitted questionnaires and provided reports that would have revealed the same purported 'facial' contradictions the Government now claims are 'cause' to fire her"
_________

"Would have revealed" sounds like it was not plainly stated, but maybe, perhaps, could have been uncovered with additional digging on what was revealed.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 03, 2025 02:12 PM (XvL8K)

264 191 Quite a hot mic moment on CCTV in Beijing today as Putin and Xi, both 72 years old, are caught casually talking about living to 150 and maybe forever thanks to organ transplants. (As picked up by Bloomberg.)
Posted by: SMOD

Cancer doesn't give a shit about replacement organs.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2025 01:56 PM (FPR3/)

Cancer actually tends to appear and thrive in that type of environment...your body doesn't usually like somebody else's stuff...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 03, 2025 02:12 PM (tOcjL)

265 I was expecting something completely different:

https://youtu.be/Sp-pU8TFsg0
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 03, 2025 02:10 PM (7fElN)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 03, 2025 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)

266 Yeah. One time we I hooked up a pump to the gasoline tank. Hooked up a hose to a WaterWiggle.
Then I lit a cigarette. Dropped the match.
Didn't know that was so dangerous.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at September 03, 2025 02:12 PM (cMhuP)

267 115 Brand new million dollar yacht doesn't survive its launch into the ocean.

Did someone leave the seacocks open?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 03, 2025 01:43 PM (Riz8t)

Highly suspicious ...

Posted by: zombie Rebecca de Winter at September 03, 2025 02:12 PM (W9XfT)

268 Ens George Gay hiding under a seat cushion with the Japanese fleet all around him, "don't look at me."

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 03, 2025 02:12 PM (9xzST)

269 Apparently, all of her scholarship is about race, with numerous instances of copying others' work.
She's another Claudine Gay.

Actually, she started out doing Russian economic history, obscurely enough, before quickly shifting into Oppression Studies.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2025 02:13 PM (xTIDn)

270 How good is their screening process for "pristine" organs that are compatible?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

With four you get eggroll.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2025 02:13 PM (FPR3/)

271 You know who else had a Cook that got in some trouble?

Hawaii?
Posted by: Archimedes
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Double entendre Thread Winner.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

====

Hot Water. Cook got into hot water in Hawaii.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 03, 2025 02:13 PM (/lPRQ)

272 You know who else was another Gay?
Posted by: ... at September 03, 2025 02:09 PM (14APf)

Mincin' Tim Walz?
Posted by: mea culpa at September 03, 2025 02:11 PM

Don't look at me. I'm married!

Posted by: Cory "Spartacus" Booker (D-NJ) at September 03, 2025 02:14 PM (0sNs1)

273 Cancer actually tends to appear and thrive in that type of environment...your body doesn't usually like somebody else's stuff...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 03, 2025 02:12 PM (tOcjL)

=====

Maybe they are harvesting organs from children. And not using anesthesia so the organs are infused with adrenochrome.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 03, 2025 02:14 PM (MMp6W)

274 Nude Epstein victims

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 03, 2025 02:14 PM (iFTx/)

275 Shameless ‘tards have no shame. Who knew? I love the legal fairy tale pretzel logic the cocksuckers produce. They should die in a fire

Posted by: Common Tater at September 03, 2025 02:15 PM (2Fnww)

276 >>Hot Water. Cook got into hot water in Hawaii.

Poached?
Sous vide?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2025 02:15 PM (GbwPZ)

277 I was talking with someone the other day where the topic was how Illan Omar was somehow now worth millions.

The lament was, "why isn't Trump going after her?"

My comment was, no one but no one saw Trump coming after Cook.
And he sure as hell didn't start the investigation of her last month either.

There is a list.

All Dems are on it.

The bell tolls for thee.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2025 02:15 PM (mEB3m)

278 234 The same source that said Trump was on the Epstein List says that Epstein referred to Jamie Raskin as an "animal in the sack"
Posted by: SMOD

Animal, like a raccoon?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 03, 2025 02:15 PM (Dv3i1)

279 Cancer actually tends to appear and thrive in that type of environment...your body doesn't usually like somebody else's stuff...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 03, 2025 02:12 PM (tOcjL)

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Maybe they are harvesting organs from children. And not using anesthesia so the organs are infused with adrenochrome.
Posted by: Oglebay

Great. I got a tiny bladder from a three year old. Now I gotta pee every four minutes.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2025 02:16 PM (FPR3/)

280 Say, does anyone here know how to Madison?

Posted by: Brad Majors at September 03, 2025 02:16 PM (0sNs1)

281 How many members of Congress, federal judges, governors, attorneys general, and other federal and state leaders—Rs and Ds alike—have submitted home-loan applications with falsehoods in them?

Too many, I think, to make felons of them all.

Posted by: The ARC of History

There's a couple of people here on AoS that have admitted to the same fraud. My guess is that most politicians and bureaucrats in DC have done the same thing.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 03, 2025 02:16 PM (g8Ew8)

282 Hot Water. Cook got into hot water in Hawaii.

Poached?
Sous vide?
Posted by: Lizzy

Spammed.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 03, 2025 02:17 PM (FPR3/)

283 Poached?
Sous vide?
Posted by: Lizzy

Could have steamed him if they had a vent nearby.
Most likely an imu pit.
Kalua Captain Cook

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 03, 2025 02:17 PM (/lPRQ)

284 Yeah, a whole game set, cards, and money and all. I'm sure I still have it all somewhere.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 03, 2025 02:02 PM (kNXnT)

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That's right, it was brilliant and funny. I want to say it was maybe on some Cloud (like Google) drive?

Posted by: ShainS -- Defund The Feral District Clown Courts at September 03, 2025 02:19 PM (IAT83)

285 So. . . who gets the "clerical error" exception when committing a white collar crime?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 03, 2025 01:58 PM (GbwPZ)
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People with the last name "Podesta" always qualify

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 03, 2025 02:21 PM (bNRNL)

286 Well, at least Lisa dint commit no plagiarism
Oh, wait....

Posted by: Claudine Gay at September 03, 2025 02:22 PM (PyUVI)

287 Note:
The "advise and consent" process that failed to uncover this criminality is the same process being used to prevent hundreds of Trump's appointments.
It's a useless and merely political process.

Building toward, as I've been arguing, a SCOTUS ruling that says "b/c the advise and consent is a political process, the term limit on interim appointments--while a nomination is pending--is unconstitutional."

Which is to say, they have to strike a balance b/w permitting the Senate its role but also permitting the Executive to staff his administration.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2025 02:25 PM (mEB3m)

288 Building toward, as I've been arguing, a SCOTUS ruling that says "b/c the advise and consent is a political process, the term limit on interim appointments--while a nomination is pending--is unconstitutional."

Which is to say, they have to strike a balance b/w permitting the Senate its role but also permitting the Executive to staff his administration.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 03, 2025 02:25 PM

Doesn't someone have to make that argument to them in a case? Has anyone?

Posted by: toby928 at September 03, 2025 02:27 PM (jc0TO)

289 Even IF any of that were true - and its not - that is wholly irrelevant. While mortgage fraud by a Fed governor may be fine for pudding brain Joe Biden, that DOES NOT obligate the next administration to continue allowing a known fraudster to sit in such a position.

Our courts are so completely fucked by activist Democrats in black

Posted by: deadrody at September 03, 2025 02:34 PM (vgB0v)

290 BS. She was a DEI pick to PO the right & I called it.
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Even back in '21, it was suspected JB was off his rocker & worsening with every appearance, but for his promoters.

AI - During his first year in office, President Joe Biden developed a distinctive habit of leaning close to the microphone and whispering to make a point, which was often viewed as dramatic or unusual. The action drew a range of reactions, with critics calling it "creepy" and a late-night host joking about it, while linguists saw it as a rhetorical tactic. The behavior was separate from, and occurred before, the more recent and now-popular "Dark Brandon" meme.

Whispering incidents in 2021
Several instances of Biden whispering to reporters occurred in 2021, and drew widespread attention:
"Get vaccinated": In September 2021, Biden ended a message about vaccinations by leaning into the microphone and whispering, "Get vaccinated".

"They're going to pay": In Jun 2021, while addressing the need to improve U.S. cybersecurity, Biden whispered "They're going to pay" when discussing Russian cyberattacks.

Newsweek, Joe Biden Whispers Again During Speech After White House Video Went Viral, Pub. Jun 30, 2021

😬

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at September 03, 2025 02:42 PM (NFX2v)

291 Clerical error? No these are actual felony fraud.

Posted by: Smileygg at September 03, 2025 03:29 PM (UsQiC)

292 Her and her Flying Monkeys(Lawyers)and what else

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at September 03, 2025 06:01 PM (wGqjj)

293 There is a disclosure form..."Correcting" her prior discosure forms, in it she adds 28 Stock holdings she failed to disclose previously, and still list two residences as her "Primary Personal" home...the 3rd one she lists as her second home. The mortgages on two of them are through the Federal Bank Staff Credit union, one for between $100,00 and 500,000 at 2% interest,15year term, the second for $250,000-$1Million, 2.875% interest, 30 year term. I can't recall the lender on the third but it was also $150,000-500,000 3.15% interest 15 year term.(disclosure in by ranges not actual dollar amounts) Not only did she get verrrry favorable interest rates on each, but she bought/closed on all three in a three week period. Did each lender know of the other two purchases happening at the same time? What were her total out of pocket costs for down payments and closings? Where did that money come from? She had no where near that amount in savings, she was on Temporary (3year) unpaid leave from her $160,000 Teaching job at Michigan State Univ, and was just finishing up a year as a "Volunteer" on Joe Biden's Transition Team. She also claimed $50,000 in rental income from the Cambridge,Mass condo

Posted by: birddog at September 03, 2025 11:41 PM (s5LY2)

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