Just the News: US Intelligence Officials Hid Evidence That China Interfered in the 2020 Presidential Election on Biden's Behalf

They hid this evidence from the Commander in Chief and President, Donald John Trump.

Are we at treason yet?

Jerry Dunleavy:

US Intel hid Chinese 2020 election meddling from Trump because they opposed his policies, memo says
Dr. Barry A. Zulauf, a member of the Senior National Intelligence Service reported that others in the intelligence community said "I don't want my intelligence going to the White House where it will be used by that vulgarian in the Oval Office to support policies against China with which I personally disagree."

Analysts inside the U.S. intelligence community sought to conceal evidence of Chinese influence efforts from President Donald Trump during the 2020 election, with analysts saying they didn't want their intel used by "that vulgarian in the Oval Office" to pursue policies toward China they personally disagreed with.
The revelation is found within a January 2021 report written by -- and never before reported upon comments by -- analytic ombudsman Barry Zulauf, who conducted a review of the spy community's handling of Russian versus Chinese meddling efforts during the 2020 election. Among his conclusions was that intelligence analysts downplayed China's actions because they had disdain for the "vulgarian" Trump and did not want to support the policies and priorities of the Trump administration toward China with which they "personally disagree."
Just the News reported this week that the U.S. intelligence community has known since early 2020 that Beijing also gained access to American voter registration data and used that information to conduct opinion analysis related to the presidential election between Trump and then-former Vice President Joe Biden.
This is not the only piece of evidence pointing to Chinese government election influence efforts in the 2020 election. Although much about China's activities in 2020 remains classified, Just the News conducted a thorough review of publicly-available intelligence assessments, federal indictments, foreign government warnings, and cybersecurity firm analyses.
There is credible evidence that Chinese government-linked cyber hackers and Chinese social media troll farms took aim at the U.S. presidential election in 2020 and sought to undercut Trump during his run against now-former President Biden. There are also indicators that Chinese intelligence and law enforcement agencies -- China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) and its Ministry of Public Security (MPS) -- also played a role in 2020.

He found that actions taken by Russia would be claimed by analysts to be election interference, while the exact same actions taken by China would be ruled as no interference at all -- all depending on the political narratives favored by highly partisan "intelligence analysts."

He doesn't say that last part, but it's implicit.

Zulauf -- a longtime intelligence officer -- wrote in his January 2021 report: "Given analytic differences in the way Russia and China analysts examined their targets, China analysts appeared hesitant to assess Chinese actions as undue influence or interference. These analysts appeared reluctant to have their analysis on China brought forward because they tended to disagree with the Administration's policies, saying in effect, I don't want our intelligence used to support those policies."
U.S. intel analysts downplayed China assessments to avoid helping Trump
...
"Dr. Zulauf went on to point out the various errors in this way of thinking -- intelligence belongs to the community, not a single analyst, and further, while analysts are entitled to like or dislike particular leaders, they are not entitled to allow that to alter the intelligence products that they put forward," the journal article said.
The review by Zulauf also found that allegations of Russian meddling and Chinese meddling were being measured based on differing standards, meaning Russia may have taken actions that were determined to be influence or interference efforts while, if and when China took the same or similar actions, those Chinese actions likely would not have been determined to be influence or interference efforts.
"Due to varying collection and insight into hostile state actors' leadership intentions and domestic election influence campaigns, the definitional use of the terms 'influence' and 'interference' and associated confidence levels are applied differently by the China and Russia analytic communities," Zulauf wrote in his report.
The ombudsman found that "the terms were applied inconsistently across the analytic community" and that "failing to explain properly these definitions is inconsistent with Tradecraft Standards."

Oh, and out treasonous Deep State also hid information that Ukraine was using US taxpayer dollars to rig the election in Biden's favor.

HUGE: U.S. intelligence reports show that not only China was helping Joe Biden steal the 2020 election, but new intel shows that Ukraine was also helping Biden steal the 2020 election using the BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars that we sent over there from hard working Americans.… pic.twitter.com/vZW870UGH2
— The SCIF (@TheSCIF) March 17, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:33 PM

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1 ooh

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 18, 2026 03:33 PM (CWTWj)

2 "Well, you think about it Ethan, it was inevitable. No more cold war. No more secrets you keep from yourself. Answer to no one but yourself. Then, you wake up one morning and find out the President is running the country without your permission. The son of a bitch, how dare he. Then you realize, it's over. You are an obsolete piece of hardware, not worth upgrading, you got a lousy marriage, and 62 grand a year."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:33 PM (hAotW)

3 sickening.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 18, 2026 03:33 PM (j+aD2)

4 Russia was projection?

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 03:33 PM (pDKBK)

5 So...is it Chinese collusion?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:34 PM (hAotW)

6 but it was still relatively clean, right?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 18, 2026 03:34 PM (CWTWj)

7 I nooded.

Posted by: m at March 18, 2026 03:34 PM (+YA9H)

8 US Intel hid Chinese 2020 election meddling from Trump because they opposed his policies, memo says
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MUH NORMZ

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 03:34 PM (pDKBK)

9 4 Russia was projection?

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 03:33 PM (pDKBK)

====

"Nah, we totally did it, bruh."
-Russia, giggling at America tearing itself apart

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:34 PM (hAotW)

10
Out: No Widespread Fraud
In: Tons of Widespread Fraud

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 03:34 PM (pDKBK)

11 10
Out: No Widespread Fraud
In: Tons of Widespread Fraud

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 03:34 PM (pDKBK)

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Not every intelligence official was in on it, so can you really call it widespread?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:35 PM (hAotW)

12 vulgarian. wow.

these people really think they're something huh.

you're midwits. PDJT is far, far smarter than all of you.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 18, 2026 03:35 PM (j+aD2)

13 And I see Powell didn't lower interest rates...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 18, 2026 03:36 PM (+5YP2)

14 Not technically treason but definitely other laws involving sedition and espionage.

Russia was projection?

No, Russia waws ALSO involved. They really wanted Biden in office over Trump.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 03:36 PM (PYyV9)

15 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Zz0t1)

16 2 "Well, you think about it Ethan, it was inevitable. No more cold war. No more secrets you keep from yourself. Answer to no one but yourself. Then, you wake up one morning and find out the President is running the country without your permission. The son of a bitch, how dare he. Then you realize, it's over. You are an obsolete piece of hardware, not worth upgrading, you got a lousy marriage, and 62 grand a year."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:33 PM (hAotW)

Mission: Impossible

Posted by: m at March 18, 2026 03:36 PM (+YA9H)

17 but it was still relatively clean, right?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 18, 2026 03:34 PM (CWTWj)

Yes. Compared to the election where Ahmadinejad won by a score of 112% of the electorate to 0.

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 03:36 PM (pDKBK)

18 Cleanest and Fairest Election in History, Jack!

-Joe Biden

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:36 PM (erF49)

19 Are we at treason yet?

Treason isn't illegal, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Zz0t1)

20 Take them out to the Rose Garden. Read off the crimes. Execute them on the spot. Let their bodies feed the roses.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 03:36 PM (IBsfd)

21 Hey, zelenskybis threatening to assassinate people- he's a piece of shit, so this is nothing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 18, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)

22 I don't think I've heard Trump drop one F-bomb yet in a formal setting. I think I heard him say 'shit,' but that's pretty tame.

Vulgar? meh.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (M9gjJ)

23 Read the content. Rookie mistake.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (NcvvS)

24 4 Russia was projection?
Posted by: ...

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Worse, diversion.

One of their rules:
Accuse them of what you are doing.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (uBTab)

25 Gavin Newsome would never be involved in widespread fraud.

He sticks to poncy nut-crushing fraud, only.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (Ot/FD)

26 >> I see Powell didn't lower interest rates.

People need to get over the notion that reducing rates is any kind of solution.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (erF49)

27 KTE has a stomach bug and sadly (for me) threw up all over her bedroom floor.
I am exhausted and possibly traumatized by clean up,

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 18, 2026 03:38 PM (znREB)

28 26 People need to get over the notion that reducing rates is any kind of solution.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (erF49)

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It's a partial solution to the cost of payments on government debt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:38 PM (hAotW)

29 Not every intelligence official was in on it, so can you really call it widespread?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

It went from China to the US, so yeah. Pretty wide.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 03:38 PM (IBsfd)

30 vulgarian. wow.

these people really think they're something huh.

you're midwits. PDJT is far, far smarter than all of you.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 18, 2026 03:35 PM (j+aD2)

Yeah but they pretend to go to Opera twice a year instead of pretending to go to an NFL game twice a year like the proles.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2026 03:38 PM (8avO+)

31 26 >> I see Powell didn't lower interest rates.

People need to get over the notion that reducing rates is any kind of solution.
Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (erF49)

Maybe, but with Powell it's personal

Posted by: It's me donna at March 18, 2026 03:38 PM (+5YP2)

32 May be that alleged DOJ thingy could get right on this out and proud treason ?
Not one indictment or conviction yet for what POTUS says in every public appearance was a stolen election in 2020.
Guess DOJ has other, more important priorities...

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at March 18, 2026 03:38 PM (N7CNt)

33 Bulgarian?

Racists.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (Ot/FD)

34 but new intel shows that Ukraine was also helping Biden steal the 2020 election using the BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars that we sent over there from hard working Americans.

10% for the big guy included becoming President, it seems.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)

35 People need to get over the notion that reducing rates is any kind of solution.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (erF49)

It's certainly not the final solution.

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (pDKBK)

36 >>It's a partial solution to the cost of payments on government debt.

I'd rather pay the cost of reduced federal spending than the cost of Lower Interest Rates.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (erF49)

37 Ukraine was using US taxpayer dollars to rig the election in Biden's favor.
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Maybe it's time to send a carrier group up Zelensky's way.

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (vSvIl)

38 Wake me when they get serious about the rigged voting machines and the massive fraudulent mail-in ballots.

Posted by: TITP at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (OUE/9)

39 Is the troll Xiao Baiden or whatever the f his moniker was available for comment?

Posted by: Rex B at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (DqQS/)

40
CHINAMENZZZ!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (Kt19C)

41 32 May be that alleged DOJ thingy could get right on this out and proud treason ?
Not one indictment or conviction yet for what POTUS says in every public appearance was a stolen election in 2020.
Guess DOJ has other, more important priorities...

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at March 18, 2026 03:38 PM (N7CNt)

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Investigations continue based on the results in GA and AZ.

I imagine putting together a case on these matters is more complicated than, "here's video of someone where they shouldn't be." Especially when there's the possibility that the judges and grand juries and juries won't automatically agree with anything you bring to them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:40 PM (hAotW)

42 KTE has a stomach bug and sadly (for me) threw up all over her bedroom floor.

Probably not much fun for her, either

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 03:40 PM (PYyV9)

43 Maybe, but with Powell it's personal

Posted by: It's me donna at March 18, 2026 03:38 PM (+5YP2)

Political...

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 03:40 PM (pDKBK)

44 Was this before or after treasonous scumbag Mark Milley let China know he was willing to divulge national secrets to them?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 18, 2026 03:40 PM (abIsI)

45 36 >>It's a partial solution to the cost of payments on government debt.

I'd rather pay the cost of reduced federal spending than the cost of Lower Interest Rates.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (erF49)

=======

If lowered interest rates caused inflation, we'd have had sky high inflation under Obama.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:40 PM (hAotW)

46 >>Dr. Barry Zulauf

Tell your doctor if you're allergic to Zulauf before you start taking Zulauf.

Side effects may include Diarrhoea, Depression, Weight Gain, Death, and Zulauf.

Posted by: XTC at March 18, 2026 03:40 PM (wa/yD)

47 but new intel shows that Ukraine was also helping Biden steal the 2020 election using the BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars that we sent over there from hard working Americans.

10% for the big guy included becoming President, it seems.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)

The Vindmann Doughnut gang says this is true.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2026 03:41 PM (8avO+)

48 "We've got the biggest, most elaborate election fraud scheme in history."

- -- - - - - - Joe Biden, Pedophile

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)

49 >>>Ukraine was also helping Biden steal the 2020 election using the BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars that we sent over there from hard working Americans

no way

Posted by: brak at March 18, 2026 03:41 PM (jGJov)

50 Empeach Fouty Seben!

Posted by: Maxine Waters at March 18, 2026 03:41 PM (M9gjJ)

51 Are we at treason yet?

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Since 1993.

Posted by: ShainS at March 18, 2026 03:41 PM (p+XWA)

52 How long is the Statute of Limitations on Sedition? Or Treason? Just wondering.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (Ziya2)

53 Beijing Biden?! NO!

Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (GD0B3)

54
Neither Trump or Biden would have understood it anyways.

Posted by: US Intelligence Officials at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (IifOV)

55 People need to get over the notion that reducing rates is any kind of solution.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (erF49)

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It's a partial solution to the cost of payments on government debt.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:38 PM (hAotW)

In that it temporarily gives congress an excuse to believe they can afford to borrow more, while they ignore the inflationary effects on the rest of us.

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (vSvIl)

56 A real estate guy guy from New Yawk uses naughty words. Shocked, I am. Anyone else?

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (pDt9x)

57 Beijing Biden?! NO!
Posted by: runner at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (GD0B3)

"They're good folks, folks!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

58 I have it on good authority that "treason" is to be spoken of only when our country has officially declared war... so please, please stop using this awful word!

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (dmDsy)

59 I like John Ratcliffe. I hope like hell he's purging these pukes from the Agency. Or at least having them clean toilets. With their tongues

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (YsPj+)

60 Shoot them all and let God sort them out.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (AlhUl)

61 55 In that it temporarily gives congress an excuse to believe they can afford to borrow more, while they ignore the inflationary effects on the rest of us.

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (vSvIl)

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Lowered interest rates don't cause inflation.

The Fed expanding money supply causes inflation.

They're separate functions of the Fed.

Also, spending is slowing. Deficit of Q1 is 33% lower than it was Q1 of last year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (hAotW)

62 I mean, they were printing frikkin' ballots and shipping them over here. I was damned obvious the CCP was involved in the fraud. Thing is, China has been at war with us for a very long time, enabling drugs and weapons to flood into the country (well, I would fear the quality of Chinese made weapons anyway). This has been known for decades.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (ynpvh)

63 Unless the DoJ has some number of judges that are not involved in the ongoing judicial coup they can address this to...

... nothing's going to happen.

I think the administration lost any hope of addressing this through normal channels when they failed to take on the first couple of judicial overreaches last year.

Comey can attest to it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (AkEZC)

64 I have it on good authority that "treason" is to be spoken of only when our country has officially declared war... so please, please stop using this awful word!

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (dmDsy)

Carrying a grudge over days.

Well played, sir. Well played.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (Zz0t1)

65 >>If lowered interest rates caused inflation, we'd have had sky high inflation under Obama.

Who mentioned Inflation?

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (erF49)

66 The best way to protect Our Democracy is to make sure the people don't have any say in how the country is being run.

It's in the Constitution.

Do you stupids--who clearly didn't go to Harvard--need another cartel judge to explain that to you again?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (HXT0k)

67 Of course this shit continues until some people start paying a deeply, deeply personal price.

And I don't mean the one that Susan Rice is threatening people with.

Come to think of it, I want her at the top of the list.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (Ziya2)

68 65 >>If lowered interest rates caused inflation, we'd have had sky high inflation under Obama.

Who mentioned Inflation?

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (erF49)

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Then what are the other effects that you object to?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (hAotW)

69
I smell a conspiracy.

Or corned beef.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 18, 2026 03:44 PM (IifOV)

70 it didn't happen

ok, it happened but not that much

ok it happened

yeah it happened thank god and f you and what are you gonna do about it?

and voter i.d. is rayciss

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 18, 2026 03:44 PM (CWTWj)

71 Oh, and out treasonous Deep State also hid information that Ukraine was using US taxpayer dollars to rig the election in Biden's favor.

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Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS at March 18, 2026 03:44 PM (p+XWA)

72 Vigilance committees. Thousands of them.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 18, 2026 03:44 PM (xvV+O)

73 60 Shoot them all and let God sort them out.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (AlhUl)

These won't be some of our Lord's most-difficult calls.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 03:44 PM (gKWVE)

74 >>Then what are the other effects that you object to?

Destruction of Savings and Investment options outside of the Market proper.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:45 PM (erF49)

75 I smell a conspiracy.

Or corned beef.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 18, 2026 03:44 PM (IifOV)

I smell sulfur......

Posted by: The Ayatollah at March 18, 2026 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)

76
This is all lies. Trump said Pussy on a phone call with the Ukraine

Posted by: Lt. Alexander Vindman, Commander of the Swamp Fleet at March 18, 2026 03:46 PM (IifOV)

77 22 I don't think I've heard Trump drop one F-bomb yet in a formal setting. I think I heard him say 'shit,' but that's pretty tame.

Vulgar? meh.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (M9gjJ)

What’s wrong with a little fuckin vulgarity?

Posted by: Beto Pancho ORourke at March 18, 2026 03:46 PM (kBisb)

78 74 >>Then what are the other effects that you object to?

Destruction of Savings and Investment options outside of the Market proper.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:45 PM (erF49)

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But that's mainly a fight with inflation, not federal interest rates on its own debt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:46 PM (hAotW)

79 Dr. Barry A. Zulauf is a senior intelligence professional and educator with over 37 years of experience in the U.S. intelligence community. He currently serves as the Defense Intelligence Officer for Counternarcotics, Transnational Organized Crime, and Threat Finance, a role he has held from August 2023 through November 2025. Prior to this, he was the Referent for the Director of National Intelligence at CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence (2022–2023) and a Recanati-Kaplan Intelligence Fellow at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (2021–2022).

Looks like this cork soaker is now teaching at Georgetown.

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at March 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Iwv3U)

80 Number goes Up is not the effect the Fed should be chasing.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM (erF49)

81 But think about it. If the Ukrainians were using our money to defeat Trump at least it was hiring Americans to do it. A jobs act! Right ...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM (YsPj+)

82 What’s wrong with a little fuckin vulgarity?
Posted by: Beto Pancho ORourke at March 18, 2026 03:46 PM (kBisb)

That's a big f*ckin' deal, bro!

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM (Zz0t1)

83 Lowered interest rates don't cause inflation.

The Fed expanding money supply causes inflation.

They're separate functions of the Fed.
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How exactly do they lower interest rates?

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM (vSvIl)

84 there has been gambling as well

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM (jrgJz)

85 I smell sulfur......
Posted by: The Ayatollah at March 18, 2026 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)

And that's the sweetest scent you will know for...well, for eternity!

*HUGE HELLISH FART*

Posted by: Satan at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM (dmDsy)

86 Looks like this cork soaker is now teaching at Georgetown.

That sumamabench! The fargin' Icehole!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM (PYyV9)

87 83 How exactly do they lower interest rates?

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM (vSvIl)

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By rolling over new bonds at lower interest rates to the market to replace older bonds. Usually 2 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:48 PM (hAotW)

88 81 But think about it. If the Ukrainians were using our money to defeat Trump at least it was hiring Americans to do it. A jobs act! Right ...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM

Shovel ready!

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 18, 2026 03:48 PM (IifOV)

89 I remember the night of the 2020 Election. The returns showed Trump winning big time and then about 1130 PM EST the count stood still..

Then about 3 AM the count was shown again, and Biden was winning all the states (WI, MI, PA, NC, etc..) needed to put him over the finish line.

It was obvious that something very strange just happened and all the news channels immediately declared Biden the winner !!!!!

There was some electronic voting counting Scam that just happened ....

Posted by: Jackson K. at March 18, 2026 03:48 PM (xl8DV)

90
Shovel ready!
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 18, 2026 03:48 PM (IifOV)

We're still paying for the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)

91 Now repeat after me, at this point, what difference does it make?

Posted by: Hillary! Clinton at March 18, 2026 03:49 PM (UiYWr)

92 Damn distractions.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:49 PM (Zz0t1)

93 vulgarian. wow.

these people really think they're something huh.

America is founded on the idea that there are no classes, and the Democrats have hated that ever since.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2026 03:49 PM (2ocoG)

94 But Brian in New Orleans SWORE to me that this was IMPOSSIBLE.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:50 PM (Zz0t1)

95 Well, they couldn't prosecute Gen. Milley because he was pardoned. Maybe they can get these guys.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 18, 2026 03:50 PM (RkMzg)

96 88 81 But think about it. If the Ukrainians were using our money to defeat Trump at least it was hiring Americans to do it. A jobs act! Right ...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM

Great spin! We'd love to have you in for a job interview, really, that take was impressive!

Posted by: DNC HQ at March 18, 2026 03:50 PM (dmDsy)

97 I’m so old I remember that it was seditious if not treasonous to say that the 2020 election was pure as the driven snow. A threat to their precious democracy.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 18, 2026 03:51 PM (xvV+O)

98 I believe "treason" requires war time action. That's why the Dems are so excited about a Declaration of War. It's their loophole against treason charges.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 18, 2026 03:51 PM (wBaIH)

99 People need to get over the notion that reducing rates is any kind of solution.
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I don't care about whether he lowers rates.

I care about forcing him to lower rates.

Especially since he broke every one of their "rules" to lower rates to try and help Kamala.

Democrats are only protecting the Fed now as long as they know it'll resist a Republican.
As soon as Trump forces them, everyone will be against them.
Good.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 18, 2026 03:51 PM (HXT0k)

100 There was some electronic voting counting Scam that just happened ....

The governor of Arizona is currently threatening to arrest anyone in the Maricopa elections department that shares any data with the FBI so they can find out she owes Kari Lake two terms.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2026 03:51 PM (2ocoG)

101 We're still paying for the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 18, 2026 03:48 PM

To the Somali daycare/Autism guidance classes, Broken sun collectors, seized windmills, Hospice 4 nobody, and phony bums.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 18, 2026 03:51 PM (IifOV)

102
Shovel ready!
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 18, 2026 03:48 PM (IifOV)

We're still paying for the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)

The primary function of which was saving the American Economy by rebuilding the road sign industry.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2026 03:51 PM (y9nCu)

103 2020 was a fun election night.

So many of us were here, late into the night wondering why several states hadn't been called even though Trump was up by tens of thousands of votes.

And then all the poll workers got tired, counting resumed the next day and Biden pulled off a mathematically impossible miracle, getting more votes than anyone else in American history I believe.

And we watched, waiting for courts to overturn the counts. And no one did crap as faith in the system wilted....

Fun times....

But it did bring Trump 2.0.

Posted by: Stateless at March 18, 2026 03:52 PM (Sco7b)

104 Ukraine was also helping Biden steal the 2020 election using the BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars that we sent over there from hard working Americans
......

So Russia is doing us a favor.

Posted by: wth at March 18, 2026 03:53 PM (UjdFS)

105 We use the words "blackmail" and "extortion" wrong in English all the time, too. No one except for lawyers knows the official definitive of those terms. But we all know what we mean when we say them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 18, 2026 03:53 PM (Ot/FD)

106 Somehow Muh Russia Collisionation! was a big deal

But concrete aid to Biden from China, Britain, the EU and Iran will not be.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

107 Oh, and out treasonous Deep State also hid information that Ukraine was using US taxpayer dollars to rig the election in Biden's favor.
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Money is fungible.

hose C-notes could have been from anyone's top-secret, off-shore, illegal bank accounts.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 18, 2026 03:53 PM (ESVrU)

108 And we watched, waiting for courts to overturn the counts. And no one did crap as faith in the system wilted....

Fun times....

But it did bring Trump 2.0.
Posted by: Stateless

"No Standing" for all of the people that had standing.
-- SCOTUS

Posted by: Tonypete at March 18, 2026 03:54 PM (cYBz/)

109 And we watched, waiting for courts to overturn the counts. And no one did crap as faith in the system wilted....

Before the election: No harm yet so FO

After the election: We can't change vote totals so FO

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)

110 The Senior Intelligence Service is the creme de creme of the intelligence agencies. SIS-01 to SIS-06.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 18, 2026 03:55 PM (wDs+a)

111 The standing thing was the biggest joke.

List of entities with no standing to sue over a stolen election:

The candidate
The voters
The states

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

112 109 And we watched, waiting for courts to overturn the counts. And no one did crap as faith in the system wilted....

Before the election: No harm yet so FO

After the election: We can't change vote totals so FO

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)

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SCOTUS creating precedent that candidates can sue afterwards should have some interesting effects.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:55 PM (hAotW)

113 This needs to be said: Fuck Jerome Powell sideways with a shovel.

Trump needs to start having people liquidated.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 18, 2026 03:55 PM (qwx/I)

114 I remember in 2004 when British citizens were paid by a British newspaper to campaign for Kerry in Ohio.

Somehow not a crime though...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

115 Iran has attacked Saudi Arabia’s vast Eastern Province, home to many of its oil fields, as well as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Time to just Level Iran and take over their Oil Facilities on Kharg Island .........

Choke them economically and drive the Iran level of pain on the people to 11 out of 10 level...

Posted by: Jackson K. at March 18, 2026 03:56 PM (jgBQB)

116 94 But Brian in New Orleans SWORE to me that this was IMPOSSIBLE.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:50 PM (Zz0t1)

Old Beano. Had not thought about him for a while. He just sashayed off, dinnit he?

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 03:56 PM (pDt9x)

117 Before the election: No harm yet so FO

After the election: We can't change vote totals so FO

John Roberts 2026: Don't say mean things about judges or the courts and FO

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 18, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)

118 116 94 But Brian in New Orleans SWORE to me that this was IMPOSSIBLE.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:50 PM (Zz0t1)

Old Beano. Had not thought about him for a while. He just sashayed off, dinnit he?

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 03:56 PM (pDt9x)

=======

He probably thought it was impossible to get hacked, and then he got hacked.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:56 PM (hAotW)

119 But it did bring Trump 2.0.
Posted by: Stateless at March 18, 2026 03:52 PM (Sco7b
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Indeed and I think four years wiser

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 18, 2026 03:56 PM (wDs+a)

120 103 2020 was a fun election night.

So many of us were here, late into the night wondering why several states hadn't been called even though Trump was up by tens of thousands of votes.

And then all the poll workers got tired, counting resumed the next day and Biden pulled off a mathematically impossible miracle, getting more votes than anyone else in American history I believe.

But it did bring Trump 2.0.
Posted by: Stateless at March 18, 2026 03:52 PM (Sco7b)

I remember going to bed about 12 that night...

Work up for work the next day, and started banging my head into the wall in shock and horror as I read the news.

Me brian stil taint rite frum dat day on.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 03:57 PM (dmDsy)

121 120 Me brian stil taint rite frum dat day on.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 03:57 PM (dmDsy)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:57 PM (hAotW)

122 And we watched, waiting for courts to overturn the counts. And no one did crap as faith in the system wilted....

Before the election: No harm yet so FO

After the election: We can't change vote totals so FO

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)

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SCOTUS creating precedent that candidates can sue afterwards should have some interesting effects.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:55 PM (hAotW)
______

That's a bombshell in theory. In practice? Could be wet turd. I just don't see any judge overturning the results of an election, especially months or even years after the fact. Well, Judge Blade would, but he is very special.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

123 John Roberts 2026: Don't say mean things about judges or the courts and FO
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 18, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)

Wink, wink... Trump.... I wonder how he will "rule" on the remaining cases involving Trump.....

Posted by: It's me donna at March 18, 2026 03:57 PM (+5YP2)

124 That sumamabench! The fargin' Icehole!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 03:47 PM

"Moroni Deported to Sweden: Claims He's Not From There."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2026 03:58 PM (bFu5X)

125 111 The standing thing was the biggest joke.

List of entities with no standing to sue over a stolen election:

The candidate
The voters
The states

----

THE TAXPAYERS

Posted by: BEN ROTHSILBERGERN at March 18, 2026 03:58 PM (5LiC7)

126 Nothing like finding out the "water main brake" in Atlanta that stopped counting in six states was actually just a leaky sink.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)

127 ... and Biden pulled off a mathematically impossible miracle, getting more votes than anyone else in American history I believe.

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

"81 million votes, my butthurt ass!"

/The DogEater (who supposedly got 69.5 million votes in 2008 and 66 million in 2012)

Posted by: ShainS at March 18, 2026 03:58 PM (p+XWA)

128 Yes, technically the CIA food service does serve both ham and eggs, but I don't see how that's relevant here.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 18, 2026 03:58 PM (w/O5Q)

129 Is the troll Xiao Baiden or whatever the f his moniker was available for comment?
Posted by: Rex B at March 18, 2026 03:39 PM (DqQS/)

MMooooooooooooooo
MMMooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 18, 2026 03:58 PM (cO6oP)

130 Speaking of the Taxpayers, if only taxpayers voted Trump would have won almost every state...including CA.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)

131 122 SCOTUS creating precedent that candidates can sue afterwards should have some interesting effects.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:55 PM (hAotW)
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That's a bombshell in theory. In practice? Could be wet turd. I just don't see any judge overturning the results of an election, especially months or even years after the fact. Well, Judge Blade would, but he is very special.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

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It does need to be seen in practice.

But, I could imagine some GOPer in a blue district sues, gets his case heard because of the precedent, works through appeals while presenting evidence that the lower courts don't want to, but have to, hear, and then getting to SCOTUS.

Could. Possibly.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:59 PM (hAotW)

132 @120 I never really experienced PTSD until Election Night 2024. As most of you probably felt, with Trump winning bigly I was just expecting the shoe to drop at 1am.

Kind of like a reverse ORCA.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 18, 2026 03:59 PM (qwx/I)

133 Ukraine was also helping Biden steal the 2020 election using the BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars that we sent over there from hard working Americans all so he could get stuck in a hedge.

Posted by: wth at March 18, 2026 03:59 PM (UjdFS)

134 and so it begins

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at March 18, 2026 03:59 PM (3wazC)

135 Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 03:42 PM (dmDsy)

Carrying a grudge over days.

Well played, sir. Well played.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 03:43 PM (Zz0t1)

LOL

Yeah, I just couldn't seem to forget it....

But it's all good now.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 03:59 PM (dmDsy)

136 It’s almost like…everything they accuse us of…they are actively doing it!

(Head explodes like in the movie Scanners)

Posted by: Cray Cray at March 18, 2026 04:00 PM (VV1sI)

137 Ah yea the senile old guy that most democrats called a racist during the 2020 election supposedly got more votes then Lightbringer Obama and FIRST WOMAN Hillary.

That's another good one.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)

138 >>Oh, and out treasonous Deep State also hid information that Ukraine was using US taxpayer dollars to rig the election in Biden's favor.

No way, really?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2026 04:00 PM (viF8m)

139 137 Ah yea the senile old guy that most democrats called a racist during the 2020 election supposedly got more votes then Lightbringer Obama and FIRST WOMAN Hillary.

That's another good one.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)

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Man, those Democrat voters are racist and sexist as fuck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:00 PM (hAotW)

140 I wouldn't doubt this for a second, but it can't just be hearsay from an auditor.

Need written/recorded records to nail them.

Posted by: Jose at March 18, 2026 04:00 PM (V6W16)

141 That's a bombshell in theory. In practice? Could be wet turd. I just don't see any judge overturning the results of an election, especially months or even years after the fact. Well, Judge Blade would, but he is very special.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

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It does need to be seen in practice.

But, I could imagine some GOPer in a blue district sues, gets his case heard because of the precedent, works through appeals while presenting evidence that the lower courts don't want to, but have to, hear, and then getting to SCOTUS.

Could. Possibly.

We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:59 PM (hAotW)
________

That could possibly happen and probably will. But what's the remedy at that point? The cheating candidate will have already been in the seat for possibly years. Hell, in the House there might well have been another election.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

142 There is no (D) in treason!

Posted by: Cray Cray at March 18, 2026 04:01 PM (VV1sI)

143 Ah yea the senile old guy that most democrats called a racist during the 2020 election supposedly got more votes then Lightbringer Obama and FIRST WOMAN Hillary.

That's another good one.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)

The BEST part was when Trump won and the left demanded to know where 20 million voters disappeared to.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Zz0t1)

144 no one can prove that it changed any votes!! even the votes cast by the dead were the same!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 18, 2026 04:01 PM (CWTWj)

145 Speaking of the Taxpayers, if only taxpayers voted Trump would have won almost every state...including CA.
Posted by: 18-1
......

Those damn taxpayers, working at jobs and paying taxes and shit.

Posted by: wth at March 18, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)

146 They overplayed the Cheat in 2020, IMO. So brazen that even the dead voters noticed. Hubris can bite in the ass.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:02 PM (pDt9x)

147 The BEST part was when Trump won and the left demanded to know where 20 million voters disappeared to.

have to admit I still find that funny

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 18, 2026 04:02 PM (j+aD2)

148 141 That could possibly happen and probably will. But what's the remedy at that point? The cheating candidate will have already been in the seat for possibly years. Hell, in the House there might well have been another election.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

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The resolution could be directed at the voting apparatus, especially if the candidate can prove willful and malignant intent.

Also, I would imagine the suit would proceed at a certain elevated pace.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:02 PM (hAotW)

149 The BEST part was when Trump won and the left demanded to know where 20 million voters disappeared to.

Elissa Slotkin claimed today that Trump stole the 2024 election. I suspect by 2028 this will be the left's main claim about this last election.

And they'll still call everyone else election deniers over the 2020 election...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)

150 Zulauf -- a longtime intelligence officer --

Needs to be changed to read longtime inmate sitting on death row.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2026 04:02 PM (2WIwB)

151 143 The BEST part was when Trump won and the left demanded to know where 20 million voters disappeared to.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Zz0t1)

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It ended at only about 6 million, but yeah.

It's pretty funny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:02 PM (hAotW)

152 >Are we at treason yet?
---

dude, be serious

Posted by: Don Black at March 18, 2026 04:04 PM (ZxPkt)

153 >>Oh, and out treasonous Deep State also hid information that Ukraine was using US taxpayer dollars to rig the election in Biden's favor.

No way, really?
Posted by: JackStraw
......

Gobsmacked I am.

Posted by: wth at March 18, 2026 04:04 PM (UjdFS)

154 >>That could possibly happen and probably will. But what's the remedy at that point? The cheating candidate will have already been in the seat for possibly years. Hell, in the House there might well have been another election.

The remedy is to pass the Save Act. You don't think this is coming out right in the middle of the argument over the Save Act is a coincidence, do you?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2026 04:04 PM (viF8m)

155 149 The BEST part was when Trump won and the left demanded to know where 20 million voters disappeared to.

Elissa Slotkin claimed today that Trump stole the 2024 election. I suspect by 2028 this will be the left's main claim about this last election.

And they'll still call everyone else election deniers over the 2020 election...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)

They trot her out occasionally to say White Girl Stupid shit, just for a litte color variety and change of pace.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:04 PM (pDt9x)

156 vulgarian. wow.

these people really think they're something huh.

you're midwits. PDJT is far, far smarter than all of you.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 18, 2026 03:35 PM

He is literally To-The-Manor-Born. They imagine themselves The Elite.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 18, 2026 04:05 PM (4NO2D)

157 Of fvcking course china meddled in the 2020 election in the US. FFS they unleashed covid in late 2019 and basically shut down the entire world for almost two years which allowed multiple blue/swing states to break their own election laws and have mass mail in ballots from dead people.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 18, 2026 04:05 PM (0N4FZ)

158 The Bost opinion also granted standing to candidates prior to the election, not just after.

It did away with both the "must show economic harm" and the "must affect the outcome" rules the courts had all been using to toss out only Republican election challenges.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 18, 2026 04:05 PM (HXT0k)

159 Trumpf stole the 2020 election from himself to distract from his pal Jack Epstein and Donnell's milesting of Joe Biden's dauter in the shower

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein at March 18, 2026 04:05 PM (pDKBK)

160 Are we at treason yet?

Treason is the new #twoweeks

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2026 04:06 PM (E24OL)

161 Eyes will roll.

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2026 04:06 PM (vFG9F)

162 This is absolutely incredible. If it's true, this would be a huge scandal and heads should roll at the very least.

I'm gonna wait till CNN breaks this down though before I form an opinion.

Posted by: RM at March 18, 2026 04:06 PM (n/1Oj)

163 The best part too is Slotkin stole her seat you can find FNM articles damning her opponent for not conceding that her found at the last miinute votes were legit...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

164 There is no (D) in treason!
Posted by: Cray Cray

You can't spell Treason without Democrat.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 04:06 PM (IBsfd)

165 162 This is absolutely incredible. If it's true, this would be a huge scandal and heads should roll at the very least.

I'm gonna wait till CNN breaks this down though before I form an opinion.

Posted by: RM at March 18, 2026 04:06 PM (n/1Oj)

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Now, there is a non-zero chance that CBS could report on it.

I think that sort of openness to airing this kind of news on network television is big.

Note: I have no knowledge if CBS will, but under Weiss it is now a possibility that they will.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (hAotW)

166 Hey! I just saw a head roll by!

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (vFG9F)

167 Nope. Just a squirrel.

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (vFG9F)

168 russia hijacked out election! congress must investigate! (pelosi, may 2017)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (CWTWj)

169 Wait until they discover Ukraine was a big part of the Russia collusion hoax in 2016.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (viF8m)

170 And lefty douchebags still call it "The Big Lie"

A blessing in disguise perhaps. Yes, we had to tolerate an inveterate liar for four years, but it lit a fire under Trump's hiney.

Posted by: Halfhand at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iymdz)

171 White boards and Venn diagrams could clear everything up. Maybe a Flow Chart thrown in.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (pDt9x)

172 Oh the Ashley Biden diary is another hilarious moment.

The FNM swore up and down it was a fake. And even though Biden had the woman that found it arrested for theft they kept making that claim...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm)

173 171 White boards and Venn diagrams could clear everything up. Maybe a Flow Chart thrown in.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (pDt9x)

=====

Karl Rove?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (hAotW)

174 Remember:
Trump said it at the State of the Union "If the Democrats didn't cheat, they wouldn't win any elections."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 18, 2026 04:08 PM (HXT0k)

175 Arrests? Anyone arrested? No?

Oh well....

Posted by: Citizen's Arrest at March 18, 2026 04:08 PM (/1l9x)

176 171 White boards and Venn diagrams could clear everything up. Maybe a Flow Chart thrown in.
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Data. Lots of Data.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 18, 2026 04:08 PM (pZ64F)

177 I have to admit that I am quite pleased with Trump 2.0 - we never would have had that if Biden hadn't cheated.

Oh, and Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 18, 2026 04:08 PM (S7WXb)

178 151 143 The BEST part was when Trump won and the left demanded to know where 20 million voters disappeared to.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Zz0t1)

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It ended at only about 6 million, but yeah.

It's pretty funny.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:02 PM (hAotW)

—————-

Something that has always bugged me about the numbers was the calculation of all those who died from the clot shot/lockdowns/COVID. We were able to stop a LOT of fraudulent voting in 2024, but factoring that a lot of registered voters dying in the previous 3 years, the amount of codified fraudulent voting must be staggering.

Posted by: Cray Cray at March 18, 2026 04:09 PM (VV1sI)

179 It ended at only about 6 million, but yeah.

It's pretty funny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:02 PM (hAotW)

Do you know what else ended at 6 million?

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein at March 18, 2026 04:09 PM (pDKBK)

180 White boards and Venn diagrams could clear everything up. Maybe a Flow Chart thrown in.
Posted by: tubal

Must have synergies.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 04:09 PM (IBsfd)

181 By rolling over new bonds at lower interest rates to the market to replace older bonds. Usually 2 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 03:48 PM (hAotW)

I will have to think about that.

It seems like in a functioning market, the actors with money to invest would set a floor as to what interest rate they're willing to invest at, and if the Fed offer was too low, they'd just not purchase the bonds.

So I assumed that they lowered rates by buying oustanding bonds (more demand increase current price of the bond which lowers the calculated rate), with money printed from the ether. Which would cause inflation.

Maybe folks with money for treasuries are desperate to get *any* interest and will take whatever is offered? That does seem good, though.

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2026 04:09 PM (vSvIl)

182 Arrests? Anyone arrested? No?"

Wouldn't be prudent...

Posted by: man at March 18, 2026 04:09 PM (cGjQu)

183 Well, the president himself should condemn it, admit that it happened, which I think 16 [of the] intelligence agencies have already agreed to say. And there's no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election. And I think the interference although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election, and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf.

jimmy carter, june 2019

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 18, 2026 04:10 PM (CWTWj)

184 You're fired.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 18, 2026 04:10 PM (YlWIZ)

185 "Arrests? Anyone arrested? No?"

Don't get your hopes up.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at March 18, 2026 04:10 PM (vFG9F)

186 Trump said it at the State of the Union "If the Democrats didn't cheat, they wouldn't win any elections."

Little known fact: neither would we.

Posted by: The GOPe Wing of the Democrats at March 18, 2026 04:11 PM (XFXIk)

187 183 Well, the president himself should condemn it, admit that it happened, which I think 16 [of the] intelligence agencies have already agreed to say. And there's no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election. And I think the interference although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election, and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf.

jimmy carter, june 2019
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 18, 2026 04:10 PM (CWTWj)

Show of hands - anyone think that Dancin’ Jimmuh wrote that?

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:11 PM (pDt9x)

188 If it's true,
.......

It's twue, it's twue.

Posted by: wth at March 18, 2026 04:11 PM (UjdFS)

189 Wait until they discover Ukraine was a big part of the Russia collusion hoax in 2016.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2026 04:07 PM (viF8m)

Vindman was trying to get access to the files to change the transcript that exonerated Trump, but Trump released them too fast.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2026 04:11 PM (8avO+)

190

Posted by: jimmy carter, March 2026 at March 18, 2026 04:11 PM (vFG9F)

191 Ukraine is the Hoax.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:11 PM (pDt9x)

192 Gatewaypundit had great analysis of the entire affair. I stayed high on hopium until Biden was sworn in.

I know I wasn't alone here. But that was freaking insane.

If voting places ever close like that again, I want armed citizens to secure the building and ballots until counting is done.

Posted by: Stateless at March 18, 2026 04:12 PM (Sco7b)

193 Oh, come on! The amount we spent on election interference pales in comparison to the amount I pocketed!

Posted by: Zelenskyy at March 18, 2026 04:13 PM (E1op6)

194 I would prefer a pie chart.

Posted by: wth at March 18, 2026 04:13 PM (UjdFS)

195 181 Maybe folks with money for treasuries are desperate to get *any* interest and will take whatever is offered? That does seem good, though.

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2026 04:09 PM (vSvIl)

======

US government bonds are the safest, low interest investment there is. Well, at least in theory. Our status as reserve currency helps that, a lot.

The people who buy our bonds are giant buyers who are just looking for a hedge against larger risks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:13 PM (hAotW)

196 "Hoax," implies a prank, or practical joke. Criminals do, "Fraud."

Posted by: davidt at March 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Q+gd/)

197 re 187: no, he actually said it: video at npr:

https://tinyurl.com/3yunezjz

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 18, 2026 04:13 PM (CWTWj)

198 If Zelinsky was part of this and thinks he's safe , he's going to be real surprised when the deep state cuts its losses and he's hung out to dry

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 04:14 PM (YsPj+)

199 Watergate was peanuts compared to what the Biden Admin and the Deep State did to Trump. Disgraceful. And yet, who will be punished for it? Anybody?

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 18, 2026 04:14 PM (qBdHI)

200 >>Vindman was trying to get access to the files to change the transcript that exonerated Trump, but Trump released them too fast.

The war in Ukraine was planned during Obama's presidency including forces within Ukraine. Trump was the monkey in the wrench.

The first person taken down during that idiocy wasn't Flynn, it was Manafort and they did it with fake documents that came from Ukraine.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2026 04:14 PM (viF8m)

201 Mmm... pie.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 18, 2026 04:15 PM (4NO2D)

202 Posted by: Mary Clogginstein at March 18, 2026 04:05 PM (pDKBK)

ary, you dick!

signed, your friend...

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at March 18, 2026 04:15 PM (cO6oP)

203 This is damning in itself, but it doesn't even touch on Biden's personal business dealings (and Mitch McConnell's for that matter) with China.

There is quid pro quo involved on a disturbingly obscene level. The only reason China felt comfortable enough to pursue this is because they were likely encouraged and given immunity from consequences.

Let's take a closer look at 2024. The same is likely true (and probably more blatant and egregious), only Trump had such massive support because he was running against a retard.

Posted by: Orson at March 18, 2026 04:15 PM (dIske)

204 199 Watergate was peanuts compared to what the Biden Admin and the Deep State did to Trump. Disgraceful. And yet, who will be punished for it? Anybody?
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 18, 2026 04:14 PM (qBdHI)

It is about the Statues of Limitations. They are all over DC.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:15 PM (pDt9x)

205 You mean loke moslems taking fly the plane lessons in 2000 while omitting land the plane lessons that USDOJ FBI agents reported to FBI HQ? You mean raw data like that raw data?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 18, 2026 04:15 PM (YlWIZ)

206 Not gonna stop until we fill the fields of the impaled.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 04:16 PM (snZF9)

207 Two words: butterfly bridge. $114,000,000 butterfly bridge. In California. That doesn't work.

https://is.gd/DFFtZp

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 04:16 PM (ndZc7)

208
2020 Election is alternative timeline breaking point from a bad Star Trek episode, or a plot line for Quantum Leap.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 18, 2026 04:16 PM (IifOV)

209 Probably not much fun for her, either
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Yeah
I think she's sleeping now

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 18, 2026 04:16 PM (eZ5tL)

210 188 If it's true,
.......

It's twue, it's twue.
Posted by: wth at March 18, 2026 04:11 PM (UjdFS)

Oh, it is twue!

Posted by: Lili von Shtupp at March 18, 2026 04:16 PM (dmDsy)

211 >Don't get your hopes up.
----

this is coming dangerously close to 'nothing will happen'

Posted by: Don Black at March 18, 2026 04:16 PM (ZxPkt)

212 I saw last night on Newsmax where Michigan put dead people BACK on the voter roles. So how can people really trust any elections if states knowingly cheat?

Posted by: Case at March 18, 2026 04:16 PM (pvf3X)

213 203 Let's take a closer look at 2024. The same is likely true (and probably more blatant and egregious), only Trump had such massive support because he was running against a retard.

Posted by: Orson at March 18, 2026 04:15 PM (dIske)

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The main difference between 2020 and 2024 was who was running the RNC.

In 2020, it was Ronna McDaniel who spent more on flowers than on lawyers to fight the cheat.

In 2024, it was Michael Whatley (candidate for Senate in NC this year) and Lara Trump, who concentrated on fighting fraud in swing states early. They stopped Philly from shutting down counting at about 10pm election night. Literally, Philly was going to redo 2020 in 2024, and the RNC stopped it with actual lawyers on the ground that the RNC had been promising for decades.

And that was without the SAVE act.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:17 PM (hAotW)

214 If Zelinsky was part of this and thinks he's safe , he's going to be real surprised when the deep state cuts its losses and he's hung out to dry

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 04:14 PM (YsPj+)

Shit, at that point I would give Putin his address.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 04:17 PM (snZF9)

215 Who was the fella who swore that voting system was above and beyond reproach and no cheating could take place?

Hahahahaha...fooled that guy I did.

Posted by: Wo Fat at March 18, 2026 04:17 PM (/1l9x)

216 The BEST part was when Trump won and the left demanded to know where 20 million voters disappeared to.

They were THIS CLOSE ][ to figuring it out, then veered off.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:19 PM (PYyV9)

217
When the ballot counting workers were taping up cardboard and newpapers over the windows so people couldn't watch them cheat, I knew we were in banana republic territory.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 18, 2026 04:19 PM (IifOV)

218 216 The BEST part was when Trump won and the left demanded to know where 20 million voters disappeared to.

They were THIS CLOSE ][ to figuring it out, then veered off.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:19 PM (PYyV9)

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"Mandatory universal mail in voting gets all the people that would vote but get suppressed out of voting because it's too hard to vote over the course of a month."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:20 PM (hAotW)

219 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/
status/2034326960575238222

Iran just going YOLO now. Firing on Riyadh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:20 PM (hAotW)

220 Oh, it is twue!

"Baby you're suckin' on my knee"
--Black Bart

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:21 PM (PYyV9)

221 217
When the ballot counting workers were taping up cardboard and newpapers over the windows so people couldn't watch them cheat, I knew we were in banana republic territory.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 18, 2026 04:19 PM (IifOV)

They were all picked up in Home Depot parking lots to go to their polling jobs.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:21 PM (pDt9x)

222 If that's Ayatollar guy is Gay then we be shoolds supports him.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 18, 2026 04:21 PM (KIwZ7)

223 "Mandatory universal mail in voting gets all the people that would vote but get suppressed out of voting because it's too hard to vote over the course of a month."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Fuck dumb people. Seriously.
If you're too stupid to vote, it's best you don't.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 04:22 PM (IBsfd)

224 that vulgarian in the Oval Office

I would gladly vote straight-ticket Vulgarian this fall.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2026 04:22 PM (LLQU7)

225 This is absolutely infuriating! As a lifetime Intelligence Professional, I am so royally pissed I could scream.
There is an old saying: When Intelligence lies, soldiers die.
Zulauf and his minions need to spend the rest of their lives in a supermax somewhere.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2026 04:22 PM (2WIwB)

226 The Vulgarians are from the Balkans, yes?

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:23 PM (pDt9x)

227 It's a wonder how Trump won as many electoral votes as he did in 2020 with so many in on the cheat.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 18, 2026 04:24 PM (g8Ew8)

228 How to talk to a judge.

Suspect: Okay, the people who were [air quotes] supposedly killed, they didn't die. Nobody died. Obviously, right?
Judge: One person did. You have one count.
Suspect: Nobody died, sir.
Judge: I just -
Suspect: [Garbled] I shot every one of them people -
[Lawyer tries to intervene]
Suspect: Nah, man, shut up. Let me talk, let me talk. I can't talk to the judge, bro?
Lawyer: These things are being recorded.
Suspect: Okay, let me talk. If it's being recorded then it's being recorded. I shot every one of them people in the head and they not making it back. My cousin, he was supposed to die. That dude, oh yeah, he died. A lot of people were shot in the head, sir.

-
Bonus: It happened on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.

https://is.gd/4gyT85

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 04:24 PM (ndZc7)

229 I would gladly vote straight-ticket Vulgarian this fall.
Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2026 04:22 PM (LLQU7)

I'm thinking, new political party... The Vulgarians.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 04:24 PM (dmDsy)

230 The Vulgarians are from the Balkans, yes?
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:23 PM

They sacked Rome, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 18, 2026 04:24 PM (4NO2D)

231 I believe "treason" requires war time action. That's why the Dems are so excited about a Declaration of War. It's their loophole against treason charges.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

I'm not sure it does, though being in a war would certainly make clear the "enemy" part of the equation.

Which is probably why the idea got feet under it.

After all, we tend to try to not be enemies with anyone, of our own will. Makes it harder to trade with them, you understand.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 18, 2026 04:24 PM (a+4eV)

232 US taxpayer funding Ukraine. No Shit. Victoria Nuland should know all about that since she facilitated it.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2026 04:25 PM (+nEug)

233 Iran just going YOLO now. Firing on Riyadh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:20 PM (hAotW)

Reading down it said that some of the Countries are using Ukrainian drones ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 18, 2026 04:25 PM (+5YP2)

234 I'm thinking, new political party... The Vulgarians.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)

No poetry!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 04:25 PM (IBsfd)

235 I'm thinking, new political party... The Vulgarians.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 04:24 PM (dmDsy)

Forty-Four Forty or Go Fuck Yourself

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 18, 2026 04:26 PM (Ot/FD)

236 Yes, and senate republicans, and apparently some House members, want to concede on mail in voting without any guardrails.

I think when you see the biggest amount of mail in ballots coming from cities like LA or NYC, it’s a little different than rural Montana or Alaska. This is apparently lost on GOP members who can’t find a way to ban ballot harvesting, and the rampant mail in ballot fraud by mailing ballots on request.

I mean, it’s supposed to be a secret ballot- right? Meanwhile Democrats are scoring nursing homes and care facilities for the mentally ill and filling it out for them.

But Republicans are just ducky with that.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 18, 2026 04:26 PM (DD6gL)

237 The Vulgarians opened for The Vandals at the Forum.

Posted by: davidt at March 18, 2026 04:26 PM (Q+gd/)

238 Two words: butterfly bridge. $114,000,000 butterfly bridge. In California. That doesn't work.

https://is.gd/DFFtZp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!
......

I live in CA and I have butterflies in my backyard. How can I get my hands on some of this sweet cheese?

Posted by: wth at March 18, 2026 04:26 PM (UjdFS)

239 Bonus: It happened on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.

The first few seasons of Cops, before they realized that 95% of their suspects were black and that upset the wine moms, were about really stupid criminals being pretty easily grabbed because they were dumb, then being easily tricked into confessing without even asking for a lawyer.

It was like watching the dumbest people alive. White, black, hispanic, male, female, didn't matter. They were retarded.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:26 PM (PYyV9)

240 Paging nothing will happen guy.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 04:26 PM (RD49f)

241 234 I'm thinking, new political party... The Vulgarians.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)

No poetry!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 04:25 PM (IBsfd)

Then how about...

The Aristocrats!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 04:27 PM (dmDsy)

242 Remember when the Democrats said Bush stole Florida and the state of Florida gave complete and total access to all the challenged ballots?

In the 26 years since then, not one Democrat-run jurisdiction anywhere has given that level of access to anyone.
Even in elections they claim the Republican stole.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 18, 2026 04:27 PM (HXT0k)

243 I am already in a new party... Trumpublican.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 18, 2026 04:27 PM (affD0)

244 Iran just going YOLO now. Firing on Riyadh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Bad juju.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 04:28 PM (IBsfd)

245 Some day I will figure out what the perennial reference to “ The Aristocrats” is all about.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:28 PM (pDt9x)

246 They sacked Rome, right?
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 18, 2026 04:24 PM (4NO2D)

Everyone sacked Rome. There were small tribes in the Caucasus that managed to sack Rome on accident. Rome pretty much sacked itself on a couple occasions.

Rome has seen more sack than the Capitol building's cloak room.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 18, 2026 04:28 PM (Ot/FD)

247 I would gladly vote straight-ticket Vulgarian this fall.

Trump IS a vulgarian, he's got a nasty past, he has a really abrasive, crude persona he puts on when doing public stuff, and he's inclined to shoot from the hip a bit too often, although it usually works for him.

I can recognize all that and still see that he's not only good at what he does, but the best thing America has seen for decades, and is doing what nearly everyone has always said "why the hell don't they---"

That's what sets me apart from David French and George Will and all the rest of these pansies who are so horrified at Trump's persona and past that they cannot, simply cannot.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:29 PM (PYyV9)

248 JustTheNews had this leaked to them, presumably by Trump supporting IC people. John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard have been in charge for a year and presumably have seen this report.

What have they done about it? Have DOJ referrals been done? Who is being prosecuted?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 18, 2026 04:29 PM (cnSC2)

249 You’ll be shocked to hear there is no mention of this whatsoever on any “mainstream” news sites.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 04:29 PM (RD49f)

250 Iran just going YOLO now. Firing on Riyadh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:20 PM (hAotW)

Reading down it said that some of the Countries are using Ukrainian drones ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 18, 2026 04:25 PM (+5YP2)

Z offered some a while back but Trump turned him down. Possibly the arab states might have taken them up on it.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2026 04:29 PM (8avO+)

251 The first few seasons of Cops, before they realized that 95% of their suspects were black and that upset the wine moms, were about really stupid criminals being pretty easily grabbed because they were dumb, then being easily tricked into confessing without even asking for a lawyer.

I'm surprised 'Bait Car' ever made it to television. I don't think I ever saw one white person jumping into the car.

Damn, that was a funny show.

Posted by: Stateless at March 18, 2026 04:29 PM (Sco7b)

252 What's the worst that could happen?

Democrat judge known for granting bond to violent criminals allows Iraqi Muslim who entered Texas school with pistol and tactical gear to post bail

-
Now, I don't want to hear a lot of crap from you people. Chief Justice Roberts has told us criticizing judges is dangerous.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 04:29 PM (ndZc7)

253 I am already in a new party... Trumpublican.
Posted by: Truck Monkey

Or just Trumplican.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 04:29 PM (IBsfd)

254 246 Everyone sacked Rome. There were small tribes in the Caucasus that managed to sack Rome on accident. Rome pretty much sacked itself on a couple occasions.

Rome has seen more sack than the Capitol building's cloak room.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 18, 2026 04:28 PM (Ot/FD)

======

I will fight them off!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:30 PM (hAotW)

255 219 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/
status/2034326960575238222

Iran just going YOLO now. Firing on Riyadh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:20 PM (hAotW)

Well, that'll make the Left Happy.

KSA is the only Muslim Country they don't like.

Posted by: XTC at March 18, 2026 04:30 PM (wa/yD)

256 Some day I will figure out what the perennial reference to “ The Aristocrats” is all about.

Its about a movie Disney did about hoity toity cartoon cats in their photocopier animation era.

*listening to whisper in my ear*

Oh. Nevermind.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:30 PM (PYyV9)

257 Iran just going YOLO now. Firing on Riyadh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:20 PM (hAotW)
----
Only a matter of time before they start lobbing whatevers at Mecca/Medina (and blaming it on Israel, of course), if only to get their desired Armageddon off the ground.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 18, 2026 04:30 PM (ESVrU)

258 215 Who was the fella who swore that voting system was above and beyond reproach and no cheating could take place?

Hahahahaha...fooled that guy I did.
Posted by: Wo Fat
====
Brian in New Orleans, aka Bino. Claimed to be someone supervising those machines.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 04:30 PM (E4rtv)

259 JustTheNews had this leaked to them, presumably by Trump supporting IC people. John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard have been in charge for a year and presumably have seen this report.

What have they done about it? Have DOJ referrals been done? Who is being prosecuted?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 18, 2026 04:29 PM (cnSC2)

They probably used that last leaker to push data to Tucker which might be punishment enough for both of them. Their friends might resent it tho.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2026 04:30 PM (8avO+)

260 Brian in New Orleans, aka Bino. Claimed to be someone supervising those machines.
Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 04:30 PM (E4rtv)

Good memory.

Posted by: LASue at March 18, 2026 04:31 PM (lCppi)

261 Our Intelligence Community members are doing the best job they can do, and are trying to get it right in all instances.

These threats of "treason" charges are scaring those poor people! This sort of antagonistic view of government workers must stop!

Posted by: CJ John Roberts, hero of Epstein Island at March 18, 2026 04:31 PM (cnSC2)

262 257 Only a matter of time before they start lobbing whatevers at Mecca/Medina (and blaming it on Israel, of course), if only to get their desired Armageddon off the ground.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 18, 2026 04:30 PM (ESVrU)

======

If I told you that Iran's leadership was so splintered that different factions are just acting independently of each other and lashing out in every direction possible with untested and kind of stupid, new leadership, would you believe me?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:31 PM (hAotW)

263 Rome has seen more sack than the Capitol building's cloak room.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

Rome has seen more sack than Barney Frank.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 04:31 PM (IBsfd)

264 Brian in New Orleans, aka Bino. Claimed to be someone supervising those machines.

Didn't he flounce over the panic lockdowns?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:32 PM (PYyV9)

265 Brian in New Orleans, aka Bino. Claimed to be someone supervising those machines.
Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 04:30 PM (E4rtv)

new Orleans, well known as a place with perennially clean elections and politics.....

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2026 04:32 PM (8avO+)

266 Some day I will figure out what the perennial reference to “ The Aristocrats” is all about.

Its about a movie Disney did about hoity toity cartoon cats in their photocopier animation era.

*listening to whisper in my ear*

Oh. Nevermind.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:30 PM (PYyV9)

Gilbert Gottfried's funniest moment, imo.

Posted by: LASue at March 18, 2026 04:32 PM (lCppi)

267 264 Didn't he flounce over the panic lockdowns?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:32 PM (PYyV9)

That was Boulder Terlit Hobo, wasn't it?

Posted by: XTC at March 18, 2026 04:32 PM (wa/yD)

268 We need a Hall of Flouncers. Names would be interesting.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:32 PM (pDt9x)

269 The BEST part was when Trump won and the left demanded to know where 20 million voters disappeared to.

They were THIS CLOSE ][ to figuring it out, then veered off.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:19 PM (PYyV9)

"Trump and his fascist cronies must have stolen and destroyed the 20 M ballots."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 18, 2026 04:33 PM (dK+Kv)

270 267 264 Didn't he flounce over the panic lockdowns?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:32 PM (PYyV9)

That was Boulder Terlit Hobo, wasn't it?

Posted by: XTC at March 18, 2026 04:32 PM (wa/yD)

======

All I know is that I killed Seattle Slough's grandma because I didn't wear a mask that one time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:33 PM (hAotW)

271 Gilbert Gottfried's funniest moment, imo.

Like Mitch Hedberg and Brian Regan, its the delivery that sells it. You can tell their jokes just normally and they don't land nearly as hard.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:33 PM (PYyV9)

272 Oof, Peggy Flanagan Lt. Gov of MN just tweeted about the upcoming nationwide NO KINGS rally. Flagship rally is of course in MPLS. With Joan Baez and Jane Fonda!

https://tinyurl.com/m968jbeu

Posted by: beckster at March 18, 2026 04:33 PM (I7J98)

273 Was afraid that there might have been wide-spread significant voter fraud, but it was just some foreign country "hacking the election".

Up next.... Team Obama/Biden knew about it before it happened.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 18, 2026 04:33 PM (/lPRQ)

274 272 Oof, Peggy Flanagan Lt. Gov of MN just tweeted about the upcoming nationwide NO KINGS rally. Flagship rally is of course in MPLS. With Joan Baez and Jane Fonda!

https://tinyurl.com/m968jbeu

Posted by: beckster at March 18, 2026 04:33 PM (I7J9

======

Remember the last one and how it led to the end of the Trump administration and now Hillary is president?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:33 PM (hAotW)

275 I believe "treason" requires war time action.

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."

Anybody levying war against the US, at the moment? Our enemies don't need to wait for a declaration from Congress.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2026 04:34 PM (LLQU7)

276 Rome has seen more sack than the Capitol building's cloak room.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

Rome has seen more sack than Barney Frank.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 04:31 PM (IBsfd)

***

Bonnie Blue

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 18, 2026 04:34 PM (affD0)

277 245 Some day I will figure out what the perennial reference to “ The Aristocrats” is all about.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:28 PM (pDt9x)

https://tinyurl.com/Bob-Saget

Here's one of the dirtiest versions I have ever seen... it's funny if you like gross humor.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 04:34 PM (dmDsy)

278 Democrat judge known for granting bond to violent criminals allows Iraqi Muslim who entered Texas school with pistol and tactical gear to post bail

-
Now, I don't want to hear a lot of crap from you people. Chief Justice Roberts has told us criticizing judges is dangerous.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 04:29 PM (ndZc7)
==================
He is just trying to get it right! And his judgements are public and open to criticism! I hope the parents of the next victim understand all this!

Posted by: CJ John Roberts, hero of Epstein Island at March 18, 2026 04:34 PM (cnSC2)

279 Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_

BREAKING:
@FoxNews
has obtained a photo of Michigan synagogue attacker Ayman Mohamad Ghazali that he sent to his sister in Lebanon the day of the attack. Fox is told the rifle he is holding in the photo is the same one he brought to the attack. There was Arabic writing on the photo referencing martyrdom and vengeance that we have redacted in order to not amplify the message.

Ghazali was born in Lebanon and first entered the U.S. legally in 2011 before being naturalized into a U.S. citizen in 2016. The IDF says one of Ghazali’s brothers was a Hezbollah rocket commander who was killed in a recent Israeli air strike in Lebanon.

https://tinyurl.com/4ue5cksa

Posted by: redridinghood at March 18, 2026 04:34 PM (NpAcC)

280 I can recognize all that and still see that he's not only good at what he does, but the best thing America has seen for decades, and is doing what nearly everyone has always said "why the hell don't they---"

That's what sets me apart from David French and George Will and all the rest of these pansies who are so horrified at Trump's persona and past that they cannot, simply cannot.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:29 PM (PYyV9)

We can't spare this President, he fights!

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2026 04:34 PM (8avO+)

281 We need a Hall of Flouncers. Names would be interesting.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:32 PM (pDt9x)

More like a gutter or back alley.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 18, 2026 04:35 PM (dK+Kv)

282 272 Oof, Peggy Flanagan Lt. Gov of MN just tweeted about the upcoming nationwide NO KINGS rally. Flagship rally is of course in MPLS. With Joan Baez and Jane Fonda!

https://tinyurl.com/m968jbeu
Posted by: beckster at March 18, 2026 04:33 PM (I7J9

Are they gonna have a seance?? Too soon?

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:35 PM (pDt9x)

283 Peggy Flanagan Lt. Gov of MN just tweeted about the upcoming nationwide NO KINGS rally

I think they are trying to reincarnate Antifa with No Kings. Rehabilitate it, basically. They used to be Black Block but everyone hated those guys. So they became Antifa because how can anyone oppose fighting fascists? Except they were acting like oppressive murdering terrorists, so they kind of have faded away.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:35 PM (PYyV9)

284 https://tinyurl.com/Bob-Saget

Here's one of the dirtiest versions I have ever seen... it's funny if you like gross humor.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 04:34 PM (dmDsy)

His version starts around 2:20.... sorry I didn't prompt it...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 04:36 PM (dmDsy)

285 30 vulgarian. wow.

these people really think they're something huh.
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These are the same people passed out drunk in the hotel hall when Obama was on tour?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2026 04:36 PM (if9yV)

286 Yes, and senate republicans, and apparently some House members, want to concede on mail in voting without any guardrails.

I think when you see the biggest amount of mail in ballots coming from cities like LA or NYC, it’s a little different than rural Montana or Alaska. This is apparently lost on GOP members who can’t find a way to ban ballot harvesting, and the rampant mail in ballot fraud by mailing ballots on request.

I mean, it’s supposed to be a secret ballot- right? Meanwhile Democrats are scoring nursing homes and care facilities for the mentally ill and filling it out for them.

But Republicans are just ducky with that.
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If there was an amendment to the SAVE Act that excepted primaries, the Republicans would have passed it by now.
B/c it's clear they cheat like hell to make sure the GOPe wins the primaries.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 18, 2026 04:37 PM (HXT0k)

287 Peggy Flanagan Lt. Gov of MN just tweeted about the upcoming nationwide NO KINGS rally

I think they are trying to reincarnate Antifa with No Kings. Rehabilitate it, basically. They used to be Black Block but everyone hated those guys. So they became Antifa because how can anyone oppose fighting fascists? Except they were acting like oppressive murdering terrorists, so they kind of have faded away.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:35 PM (PYyV9)

Last NO KINGS rally in MN I know of the Governor had a couple of his Dem buddies whacked. Be safe.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2026 04:37 PM (8avO+)

288 They were all picked up in Home Depot parking lots to go to their polling jobs.
Posted by: tubal
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Nope, NGOs tied to people like James Clyburn, Stacey Abrams, etc. furnished the peeps in urban areas. Basically using the old AME church political network.

Same leaders that used to run busses to the polls when it was shut such as Sundays and the leaders were handed out walking around money (aka to provide something for the voters).

New tech is ballot harvesting with mass ballots being shipped and intercepted from places like empty homes, convenience stores, Wal Marts, etc. and volunteers out handing out giftcards right and left for returned ballots in high occupancy areas like apartment complexes paid for by GOTV types like Fakebook.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 04:37 PM (E4rtv)

289 Peggy Flanagan Lt. Gov of MN just tweeted about the upcoming nationwide NO KINGS rally

I think they are trying to reincarnate Antifa with No Kings. Rehabilitate it, basically. They used to be Black Block but everyone hated those guys. So they became Antifa because how can anyone oppose fighting fascists? Except they were acting like oppressive murdering terrorists, so they kind of have faded away.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:35 PM (PYyV9)

They kind of blew their wad with BLM's summer of love. Everything else has to go beyond that level of violence and lawlessness to even get attention.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 18, 2026 04:37 PM (dK+Kv)

290 Anybody levying war against the US, at the moment? Our enemies don't need to wait for a declaration from Congress.

Well, that is the legal question: do we as a nation have to be at declared war, or is it enough someone else is? What does "enemies" mean?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:37 PM (PYyV9)

291 290 Anybody levying war against the US, at the moment? Our enemies don't need to wait for a declaration from Congress.

Well, that is the legal question: do we as a nation have to be at declared war, or is it enough someone else is? What does "enemies" mean?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:37 PM (PYyV9)

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Were we at war with the Soviet Union when the Rosenbergs were tried for treason?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 04:38 PM (hAotW)

292 Anybody levying war against the US, at the moment? Our enemies don't need to wait for a declaration from Congress.

Well, that is the legal question: do we as a nation have to be at declared war, or is it enough someone else is? What does "enemies" mean?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:37 PM (PYyV9)

does it say "people congress has declared war on"? No? enemies hardly require a war to exist as everyone knows.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2026 04:38 PM (8avO+)

293 Let's see if the Mossad has the names of those IRGC mouse-clickers that sent the clusters into the residential areas of Tel Aviv. The mouse-clickers and whoever they report to. Names and numbers and locations, the latter, tracked.

And their women, their kids, their girlfriends, mothers, uncles and aunts, nieces and nephews. Blow the whole lot of them to dust.

Posted by: M. Gaga at March 18, 2026 04:39 PM (KiBMU)

294 Bob Saget is surprisingly funny in standup, and surprisingly foul, if all you know him from is TV shows.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:39 PM (PYyV9)

295 Nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 18, 2026 04:40 PM (ExV1e)

296 There's a big NoKings rally scheduled for 3/28 here. Going to be a big turnout for the blue hairs (old and dyed) and soy boys. I've walked by them and it's as pathetic as you would imagine

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 04:41 PM (YsPj+)

297 Okay, so now I know about “ The Aristocrats”. I would say “ thanks”, but that’s not really the word I am searching for

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 04:41 PM (pDt9x)

298 I like John Solomon but he keeps coming up with reports that Big Things are being discovered, and that We Will Soon See Action, against the perps.

tap foot, tap foot, drum fingers, drum fingers ...

So far, some big revelations, but no Big Arrests. Lots of Looking Into IT. I recall early 2025 important people were saying ... takes time, we should expect things by summer (2025). Still the same pattern, but the Swamp is Deep and Wide indeed.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 18, 2026 04:42 PM (vbXSk)

299 Were we at war with the Soviet Union when the Rosenbergs were tried for treason?

That is a strong argument for the "its enough to be effectively at war" side. War has to be part of the equation, but how you define it is definitely flexible.

To the best of my understanding, the defense did not argue against there being no state of war, but maybe they tried?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2026 04:42 PM (PYyV9)

300 I don't think I've heard Trump drop one F-bomb yet in a formal setting. I think I heard him say 'shit,' but that's pretty tame.

Vulgar? meh.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 18, 2026 03:37 PM (M9gjJ)

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I think vulgar in this context is meant to indicate that he is a commoner, not of the elite.

Posted by: Decaf at March 18, 2026 04:42 PM (OP9Gm)

301 I believe "treason" requires war time action.
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"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."
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Anybody levying war against the US, at the moment? Our enemies don't need to wait for a declaration from Congress.
Posted by: t-bird
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Another fine Constitutional Principle - "Treason", being defined in the Constitution, cannot be further refined w/o Amendment.

No idea where people keep saying Congress has to declare War before somebody can be charged with treason.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 18, 2026 04:42 PM (/lPRQ)

302
Karl Rove?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

The Strategery Genius who tried to get Harriet Myers nominated to the Supreme Court? That brainiac?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 18, 2026 04:43 PM (xG4kz)

303 272 Oof, Peggy Flanagan Lt. Gov of MN just tweeted about the upcoming nationwide NO KINGS rally. Flagship rally is of course in MPLS. With Joan Baez and Jane Fonda!

https://tinyurl.com/m968jbeu
Posted by: beckster at March 18, 2026 04:33 PM (I7J9
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Hey I noticed Minister Janae Bates and her Multifaith Defenders are playing this one, and they are a hot band. They even got better billing than Teachers Union head Randi Weingarten and her Communist Lesbian Brigade, which is good because that band sucks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 18, 2026 04:44 PM (bkC3s)

304 Let's see if the Mossad has the names of those IRGC mouse-clickers that sent the clusters into the residential areas of Tel Aviv. The mouse-clickers and whoever they report to. Names and numbers and locations, the latter, tracked.

And their women, their kids, their girlfriends, mothers, uncles and aunts, nieces and nephews. Blow the whole lot of them to dust.

Posted by: M. Gaga at March 18, 2026 04:39 PM (KiBMU)

Thats reasonable.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2026 04:47 PM (snZF9)

305 I like John Solomon but he keeps coming up with reports that Big Things are being discovered, and that We Will Soon See Action, against the perps.

tap foot, tap foot, drum fingers, drum fingers ...
posted by: illiniwek at March 18, 2026 04:42 PM (vbXSk)
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Wait, let me understand, you are unhappy Nothing Will Happen, so you blame the guy making the story public?

This takes whining to a whole new level: Don't tell me any bad things, tell me nothing!, because I have no patience with the absence of executions!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 18, 2026 04:48 PM (cnSC2)

306
Was it in Doctor Strangelove where one of the hydrogen bombs in the B-52 piloted by Major Kong had "Hi There!" written on it? (It was seen as Major Kong worked at fixing the malfunctioning relay that would release the weapon.)

I always enjoyed that visual joke.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 18, 2026 04:51 PM (xG4kz)

307 I am starting to think our so called "intelligence" community is more of a threat than foreign bad actors.

Posted by: Butch at March 18, 2026 04:54 PM (98xTj)

308 "Wait, let me understand, you are unhappy Nothing Will Happen, so you blame the guy making the story public?

This takes whining to a whole new level: Don't tell me any bad things, tell me nothing!, because I have no patience with the absence of executions!"
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I don't see where I blamed Solomon for no action.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 18, 2026 04:57 PM (vbXSk)

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