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Jack Smith Shredded the Constitution to Spy on Republican Congressmen, Then Repeatedly Lied About It Under Oath
There is a bullshit way around this. The DOJ will sometimes seize these messages anyway but they first go to a "Filter Team" to make sure that nothing in the messages is protected by the Speech and Debate Clause. If a message falls into that category, it's not passed on to prosecutors. But Jack Smith said "YOLO" and just read all the messages he wanted to read, without any Filter Team clearing them first. And of course, 90% of those he illegally, unconstitutionally spied on were Republican congressmen.David Strom adds that Smith has always been a notoriously partisan operator who could be counted on to break the law to advance the interests of the Democrat Party -- which is precisely why Merrick Garland broke the law to appoint him.
Newly released records reveal that Special Counsel Jack Smith's team bypassed mandatory protocols to secretly access the private text messages of 44 members of Congress during the probe into President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday. The disclosure, confirmed by records released by the Senate Judiciary Committee, has become a major constitutional flashpoint. As lawmakers confront the reality that their private communications were accessed without following established filter protocols, the inquiry is igniting a broader debate over the separation of powers between the executive branch and the legislative body. "Communications from Members of Congress pertaining to their official legislative duties are protected from criminal prosecution under the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause," the Senate Judiciary's press release said. The Speech or Debate Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 6) serves as a check on executive power and is designed to prevent members of Congress from being "questioned in any other Place," ensuring they cannot be subjected to the scrutiny of the Justice Department or the judicial branch for their legislative acts. Yet DOJ records released to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, reveal that former Special Counsel Jack Smith's team reviewed the texts of 44 members of Congress, including 40 Republicans and four Democrats, during the investigation into President Donald Trump. .. "This is a blatant abuse of power, and exactly what our Founders warned about," Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., also wrote on X. Paul also called out Jack Smith, where, during a December 2025 congressional deposition when he was asked under oath whether his team had reviewed the content of text messages belonging to members of Congress, he answered, "No." ...
While the Filter Team's purpose was to prevent investigators from the Special Counsel's Office and the FBI from accessing privileged materials among records obtained, evidence shows that investigators bypassed this, potentially infringing on constitutional guardrails, according to the release. .. The phones were associated with a long list of officials serving in the White House during President Trump's first term, including Trump himself, as well as Stephen Miller, Rudy Giuliani, Kellyanne Conway, Peter Navarro, the president's daughter Ivanka Trump, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former Vice President Mike Pence. Smith's investigative team downloaded and began reviewing the texts without waiting for the Filter Team's evaluation. ... Meanwhile, the scope of this investigative overreach has been igniting sharp backlash on Capitol Hill. ... Missouri Senator Josh Hawley also slammed the findings of the DOJ records, writing on X, "Joe Biden's DOJ not only tapped my phone; I just learned they ILLEGALLY obtained my texts with members of President Trump's administration," adding, "Everyone involved needs to be PROSECUTED." Lawmakers are now calling for a full-scale investigation into the breach, decrying what Senator Ron Johnson described as the "Biden administration's weaponization of the Justice Department." At the core of their concerns is whether the government has prioritized its investigative reach over constitutional restraints.
Jack Smith, the illegally appointed Special Prosecutor whom Biden's Justice Department sicced on Donald Trump, is a perjurer. That should surprise nobody; for years now it has been obvious that he is a partisan hack with a burning desire to take down Donald Trump, which is why the Justice Department violated its own rules (eventually destroying their case) in order to appoint him. They knew they could count on him to break any rule, tell any lie, and cross every ethical boundary to get his man.Learn to code. In a prison classroom.
🚨 WOW! A stunning revelation that Special Counsel Jack Smith SPIED ON the content of text messages of US Senators is resulting in calls for Smith to be prosecuted
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 15, 2026
Smith surveilled over 40 LAWMAKERS, mostly GOP
PERJURY!
He likely LIED TO CONGRESS: Smith said "no," he didn't… pic.twitter.com/WtKwDKfMmB
I had the pleasure of joining @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about the 44 members of Congress whose personal text messages and privacy were invaded by Jack Smith. pic.twitter.com/noxyg0y4oV
— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) July 15, 2026
December 2025: Jack Smith swore under oath that he didn't spy on text messages belonging to members of Congress.
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 14, 2026
Today: New evidence confirms he spied on dozens of members of Congress, myself included.
This is a blatant abuse of power, and exactly what our Founders warned… pic.twitter.com/3eqwiylLXI
Jack Smith went to court and said that I’d destroy evidence if I knew about his subpoena.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 24, 2026
Judge Boasberg signed off on the order.
I’m a member of the bar, I take my obligation seriously — there’s no basis for that. pic.twitter.com/I4JFUeVbRJ
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:08 PM (X0axn)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 15, 2026 12:09 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:09 PM (X0axn)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 15, 2026 12:09 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 15, 2026 12:10 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 15, 2026 12:10 PM (VVQO9)
That's not an America I want to live in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:10 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:11 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:11 PM (X0axn)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 12:11 PM (diia5)
Posted by: That Guy who sonorously intones "Nothing will happen." at July 15, 2026 12:12 PM (0sNs1)
Because I'm a dreamer.
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at July 15, 2026 12:12 PM (gxokI)
Posted by: Accomack at July 15, 2026 12:12 PM (lI3m5)
He wasn't lying under oath he was telling the truth, it was his team that was spying on congress, not him.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 15, 2026 12:12 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 12:12 PM (diia5)
come on IC do something good for a change
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 15, 2026 12:13 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 15, 2026 12:13 PM (Cqx++)
The Sunny Balwani of the DOJ, cruising people's inboxes like it was Twitter.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:14 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Mister Smith Esq. of Smith, Smith and Smith at July 15, 2026 12:14 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:11 PM
Tanned. Rested. Ready when you are!
Posted by: Morbark Wood Chippers at July 15, 2026 12:14 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:11 PM (S41Gd)
I'm hoping a shredder round gets used at some point.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:14 PM (X0axn)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 15, 2026 12:15 PM (GMWTj)
Posted by: Accomack at July 15, 2026 12:12 PM (lI3m5)
We would also allow "fighting fascism".
Posted by: Hawaiian judges at July 15, 2026 12:15 PM (pBJ6M)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 12:15 PM (oIb/z)
Posted by: It never does at July 15, 2026 12:15 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 12:16 PM (wOO3z)
Jack Smith is indicted on charges related to the Mar-a-Lago raid.
"Doesn't matter. He's not Biden. This is nothing."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:16 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:09 PM
* fistbump *
Posted by: That Guy who intones, sonorously, "Nothing will happen." at July 15, 2026 12:16 PM (0sNs1)
He wasn't lying under oath he was telling the truth, it was his team that was spying on congress, not him.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 15, 2026 12:12 PM (0N4FZ)
And I'm sure he had no idea they were doing it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:16 PM (X0axn)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 12:17 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 12:17 PM (bNASa)
Posted by: The John Jacob Jingleheimers at July 15, 2026 12:17 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 15, 2026 12:17 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: President James Boasberg at July 15, 2026 12:18 PM (oIb/z)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:18 PM (X0axn)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 12:18 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 12:17 PM (jehhT)
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Oh, there will be justice.
Just not man's version of it.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 12:18 PM (/0H7F)
He told all his beach friends that he'd spied on them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 12:18 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 15, 2026 12:18 PM (cEXJj)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 15, 2026 12:19 PM (ggBwK)
No. In a prison shower in between Big Tex and Big Tyrone.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 15, 2026 12:19 PM (ggBwK)
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The same DOJ that got John Bolton to plead guilty and pay $2 million?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:20 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Mitch Rapp at July 15, 2026 12:20 PM (oIb/z)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 15, 2026 12:12 PM (0N4FZ)
>>And I'm sure he had no idea they were doing it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:16 PM
The Mueller Defense.
Posted by: huerfano at July 15, 2026 12:21 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 12:21 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 12:21 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 12:22 PM (jehhT)
Rather, let us reach out across the aisle and agree that wood chippers are an elegant solution to a pressing problem.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 15, 2026 12:22 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 12:22 PM (wOO3z)
The libs told us repeatedly it's not the crime, it's the cover up.
To paraphrase the Producers: we find the defendants INCREDIBLY guilty. He clearly broke laws. What are they gonna actually do about it?
Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 12:22 PM (gWBY1)
Why this is such an amazing coincidence!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (rbvCR)
I'd like to see Smith prosecuted but it would be a waste of time in DC. Maybe the Florida investigation by the Feds will do it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 12:17 PM (jehhT)
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People said the same thing about Bolton. The key thing here is that he lied in 2025. That's well within the statute of limitations.
The problem with 99% of the Trump 1.0-era stuff is the SoL has long run. There's nothing anyone can do about that.
I think it's 50-50 that the loathsome Jack Smith gets indicted. It seems like they're setting the stage for it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)
>>evidence shows that investigators bypassed this [filter team]
Are Jack Smith's fingerprints on this "bypassing"?
If not: I had no idea! Of course I would never have looked at these records if I had known. Ask that dastardly Filter Team. I'm angry!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (mmrXZ)
The libs told us repeatedly it's not the crime, it's the cover up.
To paraphrase the Producers: we find the defendants INCREDIBLY guilty. He clearly broke laws. What are they gonna actually do about it?
Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 12:22 PM (gWBY1)
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That only works when there's a petulant senior manager who got passed over for a promotion in the FBI.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Hillary C. at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Billythesquid at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (fDlbo)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, Ltd. at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (pZ64F)
former Special Counsel Jack Smith's team reviewed the texts of 44 members of Congress, including 40 Republicans and four Democrats, during the investigation into President Donald Trump.
But it was BIPARTISAN spying!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (y9nCu)
The problem with 99% of the Trump 1.0-era stuff is the SoL has long run. There's nothing anyone can do about that.
I think it's 50-50 that the loathsome Jack Smith gets indicted. It seems like they're setting the stage for it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)
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1. The Uniparty looks after it's own. It's both party's establishments, and they will look after each other. Bolton is a major part of that, which is why Mitch got Trump to put Bolton on his staff in Trump 1.0.
2. Bolton isn't Uniparty. He's a Republican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:24 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 12:24 PM (RjOoY)
I didn't read any messages. My team read the messages and then passed on paraphrased snippets they thought I might enjoy. So, when I said that I hadn't read the messages, I was answering for myself and not the team that I headed. Totally innocent. -- Jack Smith
I concur and bar any further persecution of this selfless individual. -- His Majesty, Judge Boasberg, First of His Name
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 12:24 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, Ltd. at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (pZ64F)
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He'll probably be indicted in the Northern Florida district where the grand jury has been convened since January looking at evidence of the government's conspiracy to deny Donald Trump his rights.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:25 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Hillary! at July 15, 2026 12:25 PM (yseh0)
Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2026 12:25 PM (YwEeS)
Duke finds Natalie Wood at Griffith Park Bronson quarry.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 15, 2026 12:26 PM (Kt19C)
Our precious democracy also needs to be able to pull candidates after they trounce their opponents in the primaries.
There are a few other things that are vital to a healthy democracy - can't think of them, though. Maybe the Horde can help me out here?
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 15, 2026 12:26 PM (GMWTj)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 15, 2026 12:10 PM (0N4FZ)
Which is why it's handy that he'd be likely to be prosecuted in Florida.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 12:26 PM (ExV1e)
>> Libtards come in 2 classes, ebt poor or uber daddy rich.
Posted by: Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
There is a third, and in some ways they are the worst. They are the ones that are productive, hardworking Americans, and on paper and in their daily lives live like a conservative. Fiscally responsible. But they latch onto every woke cause possible, virtue signal every leftist talking point, and often raise the uber daddy rich kids.
A lot of first gen immigrant Asian and Indian families I grew up with were this way, as were blue collar kids who went to college and got white collar jobs. They benefit the most from capitalism and the American dream, and yet then teach their kids to believe it's evil. While living like a conservative. Crazy subversive. The hardest to dismiss because they are smart, should know better and be more self aware.
These were the ones Spencer Pratt was trying to appeal to the most. Hard working libs who buy into the lies, but at some point, the reality about how bad liberal policies actually are, and how it's destroying the cities they love, and might finally red pill them.
Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 12:26 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Kunta Kinte Jackson Brown at July 15, 2026 12:26 PM (qC81n)
66 So much dismantling to do.
Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2026 12:25 PM (YwEeS)
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"Trump is no different from a Democrat. He's no making any changes at all. Yes, Kamala would have also decreased federal employment to its lowest levels since the 1960s."
-"conservative" influencers on X
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:26 PM (GKzf4)
He was fishing for info and crimes for them as much as he was going after Trump.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 15, 2026 12:26 PM (mPXxA)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 12:18 PM (wOO3z)
Good to hear he's broadened his horizons beyond painting.
Posted by: far cry at July 15, 2026 12:26 PM (pBJ6M)
However they draw the line at allowing someone to run that might lose to the Republican incumbent
Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (GKzf4)
Sorry TMJ, my bad! I forgot for a minute how DC works.
Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 12:27 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 15, 2026 12:10 PM (0N4FZ)
Which is why it's handy that he'd be likely to be prosecuted in Florida.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 12:26 PM (ExV1e)
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It's interesting that that Olympian who messed with the reflecting pool got indicted by a DC grand jury.
That grand jury was letting leftists off for literally every single bit of "protest" no matter what for more than a year.
I wonder if the grand jury pool has shifted in the last few months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:27 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:24 PM
GOPe, the ones with special dispensation, usually.
Posted by: huerfano at July 15, 2026 12:27 PM (VJX5o)
-- A silly man
Posted by: 29Victor at July 15, 2026 12:27 PM (0MjtC)
Every step of the way.
The Restore America Agenda:
- end the fake voting filibuster
- pass the SAVE Act
- ban birthright citizenship for children of illegals
- defund the judiciary
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 12:24 PM (RjOoY)
The Path of Exile is fraught with danger...
Posted by: 500 hours on Path of Exile 2 at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (xAP/Y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (GKzf4)
Sorry TMJ, my bad! I forgot for a minute how DC works.
Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 12:27 PM (gWBY1)
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Mark Felt just did it for the people!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:25 PM (GKzf4)
I'm thinking that won't go as well for Mr. Smith as an indictment in DC or NY would...
Posted by: Maryland Man at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (FtULh)
it should be a lower standard to investigate an elected official than a private citizen. Don't like it? Don't run for office. If you're in office you need to be above reproach, it unironically should be a job where "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."
Republican politicians love acting like something that is routinely done to average Americans, that they sanction, is appalling because it's done to them
All my work emails are on the company server that HR can review at any time. IGs should be able to monitor all of it.
Lol Jack Smith doesn’t care and I’m sure he isn’t intimidated in the slightest. Hold him accountable for what? They’re so petty and vindictive
Republicans are used to dealing with maliciously weak and incompetent democrats. They literally cannot imagine the pushback someone competent like Smith is capable of.
Chuck Grassley is a traitor who planned to disrupt the certification of Biden if Pence was “unavailable”.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (HOltd)
I'd like to see Smith prosecuted but it would be a waste of time in DC. Maybe the Florida investigation by the Feds will do it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 12:23 PM (m2wmY)
Find some pretext to ship him to Gitmo to be interrogated. He dies of an aneurysm while being gently cajoled to confess, as Yoko Ono albums are played on loop.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (1z8ji)
I'm thinking that won't go as well for Mr. Smith as an indictment in DC or NY would...
Posted by: Maryland Man at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (FtULh)
Off sock/
Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2026 12:29 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Jack Smith at July 15, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Oprahpottamus at July 15, 2026 12:29 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Can we haz Alligator Alcatraz?
Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 15, 2026 12:30 PM (cEXJj)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)
Yeah I mean I'm the most severely conservative conservative ever and like I've never seen that.
One second...
/Talks into phone
I see I see...the pictures you have of me say to table that vote? Well, uh, ok then.
/Hangs up phone
Sorry I have to go severely conservativate congress BRB...
Posted by: Denis Hastert at July 15, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 12:30 PM (RjOoY)
The hopium business has been berry, berry good to him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:31 PM (BI5O2)
That grand jury was letting leftists off for literally every single bit of "protest" no matter what for more than a year.
I wonder if the grand jury pool has shifted in the last few months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:27 PM (GKzf4)
Or they thought that Trump will leave but the reflecting pool will stay and this asshat was fucking with 'their' shit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 12:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: High tech at July 15, 2026 12:31 PM (37cEZ)
I'm sure the DOJ will be right on it...
Posted by: Brewingfrog
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In a world where laws regulating the conduct of Our Betters were enforced, there would be HARD software guards against the harvested texts being released to anyone without being approved by the "Filter Team." It wouldn't just be an administrative thing where someone looks over the paperwork and says "Okay, box checked [or not], send it to the boss."
I don't think the octogenarians on any committee would think to ask, though.
Maybe I'm thinking too far ahead on this, but I've never worked in an environment where the boss could proceed with something so improper. I mean fucking Microsoft Project ffs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:31 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Octochicken at July 15, 2026 12:31 PM (oCS0o)
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LOL
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:32 PM (jqCWg)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Wrong. He's a choad juggling statist.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 12:32 PM (diia5)
Posted by: 500 hours on Path of Exile 2 at July 15, 2026 12:28 PM (SwyyQ)
*cough* Nerd.
-not wanting to say how many hours I have between 1 and 2
I am enjoying 2, even though it is a bit limited at the moment.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 15, 2026 12:32 PM (mPXxA)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 15, 2026 12:32 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: High tech at July 15, 2026 12:31 PM (37cEZ)
*sips umbrella drink*
Posted by: Your represenative at July 15, 2026 12:33 PM (wOO3z)
@Breaking911 1m
United Airlines has unveiled a new Economy Plus seating option that guarantees a blocked middle seat, giving passengers extra space and a shared center table.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 12:33 PM (diia5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Wrong. He's a choad juggling statist.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Gargling! A choad gargling statist! How the hell would someone juggle choads?
Posted by: John Bolton at July 15, 2026 12:34 PM (HOltd)
Posted by: They Always Punish the Whistleblower at July 15, 2026 12:34 PM (kYmoU)
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It's interesting that that Olympian who messed with the reflecting pool got indicted by a DC grand jury.
That grand jury was letting leftists off for literally every single bit of "protest" no matter what for more than a year.
I wonder if the grand jury pool has shifted in the last few months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:27 PM (GKzf4)
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The idiot didn't help himself by essentially admitting he did the crime. "Hey, I didn't rip out a piece of the pool. I only reached in and grabbed a piece of the pool and pulled it out.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 15, 2026 12:35 PM (Kt19C)
The whole point when you run for office or are in office is you are either "in" or "out". In neither case do your rights even come into it.
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:35 PM (jqCWg)
Posted by: John Bolton
Hey, AoSHQ is a classy place. I was trying to keep it classy.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 12:35 PM (diia5)
The Democrats have a long history of indicting Republicans on made-up, false and frivolous charges to remove them from the ballot.
Smith intended to indict any Republican who dared oppose the Democrats.
And he would have gotten a 100% conviction in the DC courts.
This was not just lawfare:
It was a judicially sponsored, encouraged and aided coup attempt against the Constitution.
Every judge who approved this investigation needs to have there entire office defunded--don't fuck around wasting time with impeachment. They can leave or they and their staff can work for free.
And every person who worked with Jack Smith needs to be charged and in prison.
This was not an "oppsie," this was intentional sedition against the people of the United States.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 12:35 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I think it is the Southern District as the courthouses are in Ft. Pierce and Miami. Mar a Lago and the raid under false pretenses is there is why.
DiGenova is an experienced fed prosecutor and does not have a woman nor alcohol issue like Rudy.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv)
The Democrats have a long history of indicting Republicans on made-up, false and frivolous charges to remove them from the ballot.
Smith intended to indict any Republican who dared oppose the Democrats.
And he would have gotten a 100% conviction in the DC courts.
This was not just lawfare:
It was a judicially sponsored, encouraged and aided coup attempt against the Constitution.
Every judge who approved this investigation needs to have there entire office defunded--don't fuck around wasting time with impeachment. They can leave or they and their staff can work for free.
And every person who worked with Jack Smith needs to be charged and in prison.
This was not an "oppsie," this was intentional sedition against the people of the United States.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 12:35 PM (3cUTc)
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"So, you mean it would be exactly like today! Just stay home and let Democrats win!"
-"conservative" influencers on X
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:36 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I think it is the Southern District as the courthouses are in Ft. Pierce and Miami. Mar a Lago and the raid under false pretenses is there is why.
DiGenova is an experienced fed prosecutor and does not have a woman nor alcohol issue like Rudy.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv)
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I looked it up once and thought Fr. Pierce was Northern Florida.
In my defense, I am an illiterate asshole.
Still, thanks for the correction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:37 PM (GKzf4)
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You go where the crime is. Now excuse us as we tell the police to quit wearing bodycams.
Posted by: Liberal justice advocates at July 15, 2026 12:37 PM (yseh0)
So… Congress. Do something about it.
Posted by: High tech
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99, 100 -- Great minds!
One of the maddening things we discovered about those email CRIMES and other SCIF violations and just absolute dgaf activity in Hillary's Dept of State and everywhere else during the O-dministration was that violating written regulations carried NO PENALTY!! In fact, as I recall there were some papers that "had to" be filed before a person could commence their duties that weren't filed, weren't signed. Patrick Kennedy was the thug who maintained the chaos by simply refusing to follow the law and (I think) firing people who tried to. I remember that.
So no one ever got a little discipline into any of that? Or are they still using 5" floppy disks and MS-DOS?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:37 PM (mmrXZ)
Follow, please..
William J. Burns served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Biden administration.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent agency that reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence.
Avril Haines served as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) throughout the entirety of the Biden administration, from January 2021 to January 2025.
Before stepping into the DNI role, she possessed significant national security experience, having served as the Deputy Director of the CIA and the Principal Deputy National Security Advisor during the Obama administration.
During their time together at the CIA, Avril Haines was under John Brennan.
The CIA spied on Senate staffers investigating the agency's post-9/11 interrogation and detention program.
In 2014, the internal CIA IG confirmed it. At the time, then-CIA Director John Brennan initially & furiously denied the allegations.
Detailed findings have been documented by EPIC & others.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 15, 2026 12:37 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
42 U.S.C. § 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 12:38 PM (diia5)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Intentional coup and sedition created by an overarching group of conspirators that generated multiple crimes along the way.
Democrat Mafia.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Intentional coup and sedition created by an overarching group of conspirators that generated multiple crimes along the way.
Democrat Mafia.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)
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And probably continues to this day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:38 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 12:35 PM (3cUTc)
I think you meant "Oopsie" But I really, really like the term "Oppsie" for "it was an oppsie"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 12:38 PM (rbvCR)
It’s what they did during Covid. It’s what they did during Biden’s reign.
I really don’t know why people who have actually seen what they did, don’t believe them. It’s stunning.
These people should never see an elected office. Anywhere.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 15, 2026 12:38 PM (rkCBr)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 12:39 PM (wOO3z)
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Yeah. We have a run rate of about one each year on these.
It wouldn't be America without them.
You could wrap up some dog turds with the Constitution, light it on fire, and leave it on someone's doorstep. It would have more importance in the moment when the hapless homeowner stomps it out than it has in living memory.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:39 PM (BI5O2)
Because they were being blackmailed by the Dems.
Now, who no longer has fear of losing reelection so that this information can be safely released?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 12:39 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Albert G. at July 15, 2026 12:39 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Weasel at July 15, 2026 12:41 PM (/Chlc)
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at July 15, 2026 12:41 PM (3pFDI)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
42 U.S.C. § 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 12:38 PM (diia5)
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That's a civil (private) cause of action. There are indeed criminal statutes for violating (or conspiring to violate) someone's civil rights. Serious prison sentences too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: DaveD at July 15, 2026 12:41 PM (cuobQ)
In my defense, I am an illiterate asshole.
Still, thanks for the correction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Close enough. Judge Cannon is in titular charge of the grand jury but the DA for the district and DiGenova as a special advisor to the US DoJ in DC is there to run the grand juries.
Notice the absence of leaks.
Same going on in GA in the N. District of Georgia regarding the Fulton County steals. Radio silent on indictments.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)
Media ignored it, and nothing will happen.
Jack Smith illegally tapped the phones and read the texts of members of Congress.
Media ignored it and nothing will happen.
Obama, Clapper, Brennan and Comey all conspired to pervert an IC finding to jump start the Russia hoax against Trump.
Media ignoring it and nothing will happen.
Trump's gonna lay out all the vote counting fraud, voting machine manipulation and other rigging of the 2020 election on Thursday night.
Media will ignore it and nothing will happen
Anybody see a pattern here?
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 15, 2026 12:41 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)
R’s won’t do shit.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 15, 2026 12:42 PM (9Dr2X)
Notice the absence of leaks.
Same going on in GA in the N. District of Georgia regarding the Fulton County steals. Radio silent on indictments.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)
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I believe there's a similar set up for Maricopa in Arizona as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:42 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 12:43 PM (m2wmY)
I wonder if the grand jury pool has shifted in the last few months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:27 PM (GKzf4
They indicted him. As the saying goes: you can indict a ham sandwich.
They didn't convict him.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 15, 2026 12:43 PM (FxH7T)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 15, 2026 12:43 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 12:43 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Obstruction of government investigations certainly along with probably charges of lying to Congress, investigators, etc.
And I suspect financial crimes as well.
It is truly the Big Ugly.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Bimbo eruptions have halted for now.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 12:44 PM (wOO3z)
I wonder if the grand jury pool has shifted in the last few months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:27 PM (GKzf4
They indicted him. As the saying goes: you can indict a ham sandwich.
They didn't convict him.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 15, 2026 12:43 PM (FxH7T)
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The problem was my earlier sentences. The DC Grand Jury was letting off every leftist protestor for every single crime without indictments. DC USA Perino couldn't get an indictment against any of these people to save her life.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:44 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Obstruction of government investigations certainly along with probably charges of lying to Congress, investigators, etc.
And I suspect financial crimes as well.
It is truly the Big Ugly.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)
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And Democrats getting a slim House majority won't stop any of it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:44 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:11 PM (X0axn)
I've always liked the Young Guns II version of that quote:
Judge Bristol: "...and there be hanged by the neck till he be dead, dead, dead. Now, do you have anything to say, young man?"
Posted by: Nelly at July 15, 2026 12:44 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2026 12:45 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Congress critters travel quite a bit and yes, technically they could bring suit if their comms were intercepted in their home states. That is particular trouble for Jack but it is unclear whether or not Boasberg issued warrants (shipwreckedcrew is claiming something like this) covering these intercepts for Jack. If he did, then he is on the hook as well.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Weasel at July 15, 2026 12:41 PM (/Chlc)
Oh I'm sure there will be... Republicans will roll up their sleeves and DESTROY Jack Smith after OWNING him with FACTS and LOGIC. Andy McCarthy will explain how Jack Smith is an embarrassment to the most righteous people on earth - the DoJ. Training modules will be assigned with the fury of a thousand PowerPoints.
The hearings are the most tiresome part of this shit, even more than the ConInc media pandering.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:46 PM (BI5O2)
Avril Haines was under John Brennan...as in chain of command.
OTOH, one never knows for certain. Could have been under O, or even Joe. 🤷♀️
An absolutely fascinating life, she has had.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 15, 2026 12:46 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 12:46 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 12:32 PM (diia5)
Lovely. I just looked up choad juggling statist in the OED and there he was.
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:46 PM (jqCWg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 12:47 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 15, 2026 12:47 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 12:35 PM (3cUTc)
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It's just terrifying to contemplate what would have happened to American justice had Trump not won.
OT, but I also wonder about the difference in our daily lives. I guess everything would be 5% worse. Prices, crime rates, taxes, overall shabbiness of public spaces, homelessness, etc. A lot of people would barely notice.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:47 PM (mmrXZ)
And you’re always under oath. Even the fucking mailman gets sworn in upon getting hired by the post office.
Nobody gets “sworn out”, you’re under oath 24/7/365 for the rest of your natural born days.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 12:47 PM (+hxeP)
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:47 PM (jqCWg)
But what they were doing was no less dangerous and deadly.
They intended to decapitate and destroy the Republican Party, via indictments and prison.
To cement the Democrats into one-party rule forever.
They would have won the Presidency, indicted enough Republicans in Congress to take majorities and instantly would have:
- mandatory nationwide mail-in ballots to all registered voters and ranked choice voting in every federal election.
- expand the Supreme Court and pack it with 5 new Dem Justices
- add PR and DC as states
- wide open border
America and the Constitution would be dead.
And the Boomer GOPe?
"ha, ha. those rascals. they weren't serious. We can compromise and find common ground."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 12:48 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2026 12:48 PM (2YbhL)
Posted by: braenyard at July 15, 2026 12:48 PM (fNI17)
Posted by: Hawaiian judges at July 15, 2026 12:15 PM (pBJ6M)
Fascism of course meaning anything the progtards disagree with at any given moment.
Posted by: BASH THE FASH, THAT IS, ALL BUT US! at July 15, 2026 12:48 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I think the whole strategy of the Dems is like a cheating spouse--deny, deny, delay, deny, lawfare, deny, etc. etc.
They are hoping the public will lose interest and Trump will somehow be removed one way or another is my guess.
But, I think the CIA types will be the first to likely crack as they have soft hands and would not fare well in prison.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:48 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 12:47 PM (m2wmY)
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I did.
A few things.
1. Polling in NC, especially in summer, is notoriously awful.
2. Cunningham was polling better against Tillis at the same time in 2020.
3. Registration changes greatly advantage Repubilcans.
4. Federal races tend to be more purely partisan than state level races (think Hogan in MD gov. vs. his senate race).
5. Cooper has issues stemming from Helene and crime (Ilyna).
6. Cooper, super popular governor with no downside, can't hit 50%.
Cooper is the underdog.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:49 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 12:50 PM (m2wmY)
These cunts also like to plead the 5th and then proceed to give a 15 minute speech in front of congress. The hell with that noise too.
Send ‘em to Gitmo. It ain’t Waterboarding ifn ya use Diesel
Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 12:50 PM (+hxeP)
The hearings are the most tiresome part of this shit, even more than the ConInc media pandering.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:46 PM (BI5O2)
Never underestimate the enervating effect of a two-hour long PowerPoint presentation.
Posted by: NO MORE! JUST KILL ME NOW! at July 15, 2026 12:51 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: runner at July 15, 2026 12:51 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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This was always likely to be a close race--basically ignore polling and expert prognosticators before late August, early Sept. Likely voter screening goes up then instead of all adults (useless twattery) or registered voters (bad but not awful).
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:51 PM (E4rtv)
I wonder if the grand jury pool has shifted in the last few months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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What's the level of voter fraud in DC? Has Harmeet Dhillon cleaned any of it up? Cuz that's where the jury pool comes from. Has anyone who shouldn't have been voting ever turned up on a jury? Just wondering.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:51 PM (mmrXZ)
Suggested edit.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 15, 2026 12:52 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Don Black, sole proprietor, Don Black's GoodAss BBQ and Foot Massage at July 15, 2026 12:52 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 12:53 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2026 12:53 PM (2YbhL)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:53 PM (jqCWg)
Former Senate staffers could not sue the CIA or John Brennan for searching their computers because of sovereign immunity. This legal doctrine shields the federal government and its officials acting in their official capacities from most civil lawsuits unless Congress has explicitly waived that immunity, which it has not for this type of constitutional tort.
Because the staffers could not pursue a lawsuit for damages, the resolution was handled politically and administratively rather than in the courts. The dispute was heavily framed as a constitutional issue.
Instead of individual legal action, Senate leaders handled the breach directly as an Intelligence Committee oversight dispute to protect the legislative branch's checks and balances over the executive branch.
And the DOJ declined to pursue.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 15, 2026 12:53 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2026 12:54 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 15, 2026 12:54 PM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:54 PM (E4rtv)
I still don't understand why we don't use left over clot shots as a means of execution.
Give someone a jab right into an artery and then put them on a treadmill until their heart explodes.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)
okay
just checking
Posted by: Don Black, sole proprietor, Don Black's GoodAss BBQ and Foot Massage at July 15, 2026 12:52 PM (ZxPkt)
Because no one of significant stature that has been actively violating the US Constitution has had one damn thing done to them, so forgive us for being skeptical this will actually lead to anything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:55 PM (2YhKe)
@WesternLensman
Interestingly, Jack Smith has been on a little PR tour of late to let everyone know how apolitical and non-partisan he is.
He chose famously apolitical, non-partisan media figures Nicolle Wallace and Jon Stewart to help him make the case.
https://tinyurl.com/265f8z6h
Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2026 12:55 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 12:55 PM (/0H7F)
Give someone a jab right into an artery and then put them on a treadmill until their heart explodes.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)
I'm thinking like 10 jabs and make them tread water with a cinder block.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 12:56 PM (wOO3z)
None of this “I’m pleading the 5th on advice of my counsel”. Fuck that shit. You work for the government, too bad so sad.
Posted by: Common Tater
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I've asked here why they get to do this. You get subpoenaed by Congress regarding your work for the people, you've got to give answers. How does the Fifth apply anyway? "nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." It's not a criminal case -- yet.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:56 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 15, 2026 12:56 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Max Power at July 15, 2026 12:57 PM (SwyyQ)
@DKThomp
2h
Some polling numbers
1. Mamdani beat Cuomo by 24 points among college voters and lost non-college by 22; a 46 point education divide
2. El-Sayed leads by 7 among college in this poll, down 22 among non-college; 29 point divide
3. Platner led by 37 points among Maine college voters in NYT polling, but was down 23 to Collins among non-college; 60 point divide (*general election, not primary numbers)
A lot of interpretive places to go with this. One is that—for now!—it seems the populist left revolution is creating a kind of leftwing party-within-the-party that might accentuate the benefits and costs of Democrats over-performance among college grads rather than fix it."
Posted by: runner at July 15, 2026 12:57 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)
I stuck with it because I thought it was a joke but whatever this video is retarded. I fucked up. I trusted you.
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:58 PM (jqCWg)
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 15, 2026 12:58 PM (W4Zv0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 12:58 PM (m2wmY)
{{{{SMH}}}}
Hope all your fences are mended!!!
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:58 PM (jqCWg)
He’s an asshoe.
Posted by: braenyard at July 15, 2026 12:59 PM (fNI17)
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Sovereign immunity is not sacrosanct--fwiw, there is a doctrine, ultra vires, that makes government people doing illegal things both criminally and civilly liable.
Not used much in recent years, but the liability goes to the individual doing the illegal act, not the US per se. Came from the old King can do no wrong but his ministers can and have in English common law.
And you have Six Unknown Federal Agents v. Bivins which creates constitutional torts as well.
Law itself depends a lot on context, the court(s) reviewing the actions, and politics.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at July 15, 2026 12:57 PM (GD0B3)
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A possible interpretation:
College educated adults are generally downwardly mobile socially right now because of the overabundance of degrees combined with the injection of foreign labor in the college educated labor pool, making post-college employment difficult and their promised sinecures impossible. So, they trend towards socialism.
Non-college educated adults are either staying the same or getting better and don't feel the same antagonism towards the current economic model of the American engine as their counterparts with college degrees.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:59 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 01:00 PM (mISmA)
Show your work
Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 01:01 PM (FxuSu)
Posted by: gKWVE loves riding on turnip trucks! at July 15, 2026 01:01 PM (gKWVE)
Did I get in before the "Nothing Will Happen" guy?
Posted by: rickb223
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I think he's like Sponge. He lives within us all, at every moment, whether he makes a formal appearance or not.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 01:03 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 01:03 PM (m2wmY)
That grand jury was letting leftists off for literally every single bit of "protest" no matter what for more than a year.
I wonder if the grand jury pool has shifted in the last few months.
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I see that Marc Elias is defending him.
Why is this so important to the Dems, that their top mob lawyer is defending him?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 01:04 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 15, 2026 01:04 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 15, 2026 12:58 PM (W4Zv0)
I like how favored lawyers can find easy lawyers and turn Federal courts into complete kabuki discotheques, me. If someone like me makes a mistake on the stand though, it's off to PMITA Prison.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 15, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)
That grand jury was letting leftists off for literally every single bit of "protest" no matter what for more than a year.
I wonder if the grand jury pool has shifted in the last few months.
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I see that Marc Elias is defending him.
Why is this so important to the Dems, that their top mob lawyer is defending him?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 01:04 PM (3cUTc)
Don't go peein' in DC pools, man.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 15, 2026 01:05 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 15, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 01:05 PM (wOO3z)
Since that would be all of us even if we didn't say it out loud, no.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 15, 2026 01:06 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 01:06 PM (MjpV6)
Posted by: runner at July 15, 2026 12:57 PM (GD0B3)
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A possible interpretation:
College educated adults are generally downwardly mobile socially right now because of the overabundance of degrees combined with the injection of foreign labor in the college educated labor pool, making post-college employment difficult and their promised sinecures impossible. So, they trend towards socialism.
Non-college educated adults are either staying the same or getting better and don't feel the same antagonism towards the current economic model of the American engine as their counterparts with college degrees.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:59 PM (GKzf4)
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Hard to make a hypothesis without also seeing underlying age data. I strongly suspect the college vs non-college split in this polling (which is for strippers) tracks very closely with younger vs older.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 01:06 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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NC has been trending GOP for awhile on voter registrations. The other stink bomb going on there for Democrats was the recent Supreme Court race that apparently was stolen by Dems and that is being revealed there. Not much of a whisper outside of the state about that.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)
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I got a little thrill of joy reading this speculation. Imagine a federal judge finally being brought to heel.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 01:06 PM (NaFdw)
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 01:06 PM (MjpV6)
would love to see him convicted of treason in a death penalty state or two, and then have the AGs offer him a deal: life in prison if he rolls.
Dreaming, I know
Posted by: barbarausa at July 15, 2026 01:07 PM (enw9G)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/KsTkHFrXqlk
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)
OK, I'm sorely tempted to make a YT Short titled "A Day in the Life of a Godless Cosmopolitan Sodomite," sarcastically narrated by a Christian Nationalist. The final scene will be the narrator and his squad of morality police kicking in the door of his trendy apartment and beating him with truncheons.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 01:07 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
That's deep. And sadly, so true.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 01:07 PM (mISmA)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 01:08 PM (mmrXZ)
Why is this so important to the Dems, that their top mob lawyer is defending him?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
That someone directed these vandals to do it might be possible. Democrats have gotten into coordinating all their ops which can create liability for all of those involved.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Jack Smith at July 15, 2026 01:08 PM (hDe5k)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 15, 2026 01:08 PM (xcxpd)
would love to see him convicted of treason in a death penalty state or two, and then have the AGs offer him a deal: life in prison if he rolls.
Dreaming, I know
Posted by: barbarausa
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Technically possible. Depends on higher courts.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)
Why is this so important to the Dems, that their top mob lawyer is defending him?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
That someone directed these vandals to do it might be possible. Democrats have gotten into coordinating all their ops which can create liability for all of those involved.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)
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Alternate theory:
Elias has proven himself to be such a shit lawyer since 2020 that the DNC is occupying his time with something deeply unimportant to the organization just to keep him away from more important things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 01:09 PM (GKzf4)
@Rightanglenews 2h
A 77-year-old woman is now speaking out after the state of Florida sent her a randomized license plate number that appears to read “squeeze ass.”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 01:09 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Welp, you might get both or may get none. Remains to be seen.
Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 01:09 PM (E4rtv)
Suggested edit.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 15, 2026 12:52 PM (vTZFs)
Ham and egger
Posted by: Sean Hannity, bootlicker at July 15, 2026 01:10 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 01:10 PM (afJtY)
@Rightanglenews 2h
A 77-year-old woman is now speaking out after the state of Florida sent her a randomized license plate number that appears to read “squeeze ass.”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 01:09 PM (diia5)
________
Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind.
How could I leave this behind?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at July 15, 2026 01:10 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: barbarausa at July 15, 2026 01:11 PM (enw9G)
Dreaming, I know
Posted by: barbarausa
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When do we march again? J6 was a while ago.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 01:11 PM (mmrXZ)
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