Congressional Report Accuses Jack Smith of Knowingly Violating the Constitution to Try to "Sway" the Election in the Democrats' Favor

The House Judiciary Committee concluded in a report released Wednesday that the Biden-Harris administration wielded the Justice Department as a weapon and "ran roughshod" over constitutional protections and the separation of powers in order to spy on Republican members of Congress.
The report, which the committee released on Wednesday, summarizes several years worth of investigation conducted by the committee into the tenure of Special Counsel Jack Smith, his investigations into President Donald Trump, and how he used those investigations to obtain privileged phone records from lawmakers.
"The Biden-Harris Administration, including Special Counsel Smith, ran roughshod over key constitutional protections to spy on Republican Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate," the lawmakers concluded.
"Contemporaneous documents and testimony to the Committee reveal a deliberate assault by the Biden-Harris DOJ on fundamental separation of powers between the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch," the committee later added.
In all, the committee found evidence that the FBI and Smith's team got phone toll records from 17 GOP members of Congress and text messages from as many as 44, some including information privileged to Congress, the report said. Among those targeted were former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan.
The report concluded the DOJ "disregarded the separation of powers to spy on their political opposition."
In obtaining the phone records, without notice and ability to challenge in a court of law, "the Biden-Harris Administration violated the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause, a core provision that protects the official actions and communications of Members of Congress and immunizes them from prosecution for legislative acts," the committee said in the report.
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The committee later found that more than 160 Republicans were targeted by Smith's probe, codenamed Arctic Frost. These included individuals like former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, Rep. Scott Perry, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, former Trump attorney John Eastman, and former Rep. Mark Meadows, who later served as Trump's chief of staff.
At the time, it was believed that Smith accessed toll records, which do not include the content of messages sent. However, new documents the committee published in July show that, in fact, Smith's team did access content by apparently bypassing the established Filter Team, which is responsible for evaluating and segregating privileged information.
This revelation has exposed Smith to possible perjury charges. During his prior testimony to Congress, the prosecutor told lawmakers emphatically, "no," that his team did not request the content of messages, only the toll records.
Before releasing the report on Wednesday, the Judiciary Committee made public the testimonies of five former prosecutors on Smith's team and a Justice Department agent during the Arctic Frost investigation.

One agent testified that Jack Smith had hid from him the fact that they accounts they were surveilling belonged to Congressmen.

Almost as if he knew what he was doing was illegal and wanted to limit the number of witnesses.

Retired Justice Department Inspector General Special Agent Brian Burnett was quoted in the transcript as saying that during his decades working at the DOJ's watchdog, he never once was asked to collect congressional phone data and did not learn until after he retired in late 2024 that he had unwittingly done so as part of his work for Smith's team prosecuting Trump in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigation code-named Arctic Frost.

They also accused Smith of acting as a Democrat Party election-rigging operative.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is accusing former special counsel Jack Smith and the former Biden administration of trying to "sway" the 2024 election with the Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into President Donald Trump and his allies.
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"The Special Counsel's prosecutors tried to silence President Trump with unlawful gag orders, threatened defense attorneys, mishandled key documents, and broke protocol to release a massive trove of alleged evidence just weeks before the presidential election to sway public opinion," the report said.

This is something special: Biden's/Garland's Public Integrity Section realized that this was all illegal and unconstitutional but decided it was no big deal because, owing to the illegal gag orders they would get liberal judges to impose to keep the victims from knowing their rights had been abused, there was little chance of actually getting sued over any of it.

"Internal documents show that Arctic Frost investigators, and later Smith's team, had only limited, perfunctory discussions with subject-matter experts in DOJ's Public Integrity Section (PIN) about the constitutionality of these seizures," the report said. "Although PIN cautioned that the subpoenas could be unconstitutional, PIN approved them nonetheless, asserting there was little 'litigation risk' because the gag orders that accompanied the subpoenas would prevent Members from ever discovering the seizures. As a result, Members of Congress were unaware of the Biden-Harris DOJ's spying for more than two years."

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
@julie_kelly2

NEW: Transcripts released by @JudiciaryGOP once again confirm collaboration between Biden DOJ/Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Biden White House.
Here is JP Cooney--who pushed for investigations into Trump and his circle immediately after Jan 6 then detailed to Jack Smith's team after his appointment in Nov 2022--admitting he communicated with Biden's WH counsel.
This aligns with my reporting a few years ago disclosing how Biden DOJ interacted with Biden WH Counsel Jonathan Su in late 2021 and into 2022 before he stepped down in Oct. 2022.
More evidence debunking media claims that the Biden DOJ acted independently of the Biden White House--and that somehow President Trump's engagement in DOJ matter is "unprecedented."

NEW: Transcripts released by @JudiciaryGOP once again confirm collaboration between Biden DOJ/Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Biden White House.

Here is JP Cooney--who pushed for investigations into Trump and his circle immediately after Jan 6 then detailed to Jack Smith's… pic.twitter.com/r3x1btM6hJ
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) September 23, 2026

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1 NO!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:29 PM (N1DT3)

2 Who could believe it!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:29 PM (N1DT3)

3 SPONGE!

Posted by: Inogame at September 23, 2026 02:29 PM (53oGX)

4 Oh, but rest assured. Nothing will happen to this guy.

The left gets to break the law with impunity, attempt and then succeed in a coup, and NO ONE will be going to jail.

When they should be hung from lampposts.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:30 PM (N1DT3)

5 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at September 23, 2026 02:30 PM (2Ez/1)

6 So is election interference bad now, or good?

I lose track.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 23, 2026 02:31 PM (gLYp7)

7 Just another one of those "straight shooters" that we are lucky to have in the government looking out for us.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 23, 2026 02:32 PM (vTZFs)

8 5 Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The person who always says that at September 23, 2026 02:30 PM (2Ez/1)

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:32 PM (N1DT3)

9 No shit. Everybody except Sunny Hostin knew this from day one.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 23, 2026 02:33 PM (FMZSx)

10 I don't think we can deal with these people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 23, 2026 02:33 PM (zZu0s)

11 Once hired by the government, one because the most moral and selfless person in history, unmoored from any partisan concerns and only obsessed with truth, so Jack Smith is literally incapable of lying.

Also, every Republican in government is cheating and using their office to enrich themselves corruptly, and they must be killed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 02:33 PM (38W+X)

12 That fucker even looks evil.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 23, 2026 02:34 PM (FMZSx)

13 And by deal- I mean bargain.

There are other ways to deal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 23, 2026 02:34 PM (zZu0s)

14 He is a evil Deep Stater

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2026 02:35 PM (Ia/+0)

15
Now they're going to roll up their sleeves and dish out some punishment! Right? Well, am I?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 02:35 PM (eRlcH)

16 Has anyone said nothing will happen yet?

I called the Carmelite convent for an application but no one answers as they don't talk. I'm ready.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 23, 2026 02:35 PM (hzuYO)

17 Let me make a prediction...

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at September 23, 2026 02:35 PM (MWfyi)

18 Garland's folly too. I hope they hang him, after a fair trial of course.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2026 02:36 PM (NnhvP)

19 I will bet that mentions of this report on the alphabet news will be zero.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 23, 2026 02:36 PM (4NO2D)

20 Now they're going to roll up their sleeves and dish out some punishment! Right? Well, am I?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 02:35 PM (eRlcH)

I can do half of that.
- Jim Jordan

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 23, 2026 02:36 PM (gLYp7)

21 I don't understand how this asshole is free. Well, I do. Just don't get it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2026 02:37 PM (iulL+)

22 Has anyone said nothing will happen yet?

I called the Carmelite convent for an application but no one answers as they don't talk. I'm ready.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 23, 2026 02:35 PM (hzuYO)

Seems odd to name your mute convent after Mt. Carmel, when it's most famous for mocking jeers and calling down literal lightning.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:37 PM (N1DT3)

23 10/24/ 2044. Jack Smith died today at age 75. He was a former US Attorney, and had been implicated in questionable activities. No charges were ever brought

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 23, 2026 02:37 PM (I6R/i)

24 Question, did Arctic Frost have Warrants for these searches or not...

If they had warrants, what JUDGES signed off on them... maybe someone named... Boasberg?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 23, 2026 02:37 PM (mP0Kj)

25 I find it hard to believe that Smith isn't already behind bars.

What does it take to get an actual prosecution?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 23, 2026 02:39 PM (ocdC9)

26 Remember, Trump was such a threat to our democracy and the rule of law that they had to break all these laws, rules, regulations and norms in order to stop him.

Trump is the threat, not the ones breaking the laws, rules, regulations and norms.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 02:39 PM (3cUTc)

27 That fucker even looks evil.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 23, 2026 02:34 PM (FMZSx)

There's something to be said about the idea that evil gets expressed on your face. (It's not 100%, though.)

I mean, look at that evil little weasel Peter Strzok. His smarmy little face just SCREAMS how wicked he is.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:39 PM (N1DT3)

28 someone named... Boasberg
Posted by: Romeo13

Probably a fine guess.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2026 02:39 PM (NnhvP)

29 People have forgotten what Democrats have done to this country, and that Smith was part of that coup. They, along with the help of Congress have forgotten the election system was corrupted, and will be again in November. They now muse that a return of Democrats, their in house communists, muslim cultists and America haters will be better than what we have at the moment.

It’s going to be a sight to behold and predictable.

You should always fear people who have an unquenchable thirst for power. It never ends well for the people.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 23, 2026 02:40 PM (5FKHw)

30 Presumably new training will be put in place to prevent this sort of error in the future?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 23, 2026 02:40 PM (ExV1e)

31 0/24/ 2044. Jack Smith died today at age 75. He was a former US Attorney, and had been implicated in questionable activities. No charges were ever brought

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 23, 2026 02:37 PM (I6R/i)

Try again.

Jack Smith died today at age 75. He was a former US Attorney who spent most of his professional life attempting to bring Donald Trump to justice for his various crimes.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 23, 2026 02:40 PM (gLYp7)

32 26 Remember, Trump was such a threat to our democracy and the rule of law that they had to break all these laws, rules, regulations and norms in order to stop him.

Trump is the threat, not the ones breaking the laws, rules, regulations and norms.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 02:39 PM (3cUTc)

=====

Democracy must be preserved by limiting the input of the people into who wins elected office by a cabal of insiders who do not face the voters who will determine who is allowed to disseminate information and can enter the financial, legal, and political systems of the nation.

For democracy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 02:41 PM (38W+X)

33 I'll take No Jeopardy for 1000 Alex...

How do Bureaucrats not get indicted...

What is Statute of Limitations...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 23, 2026 02:41 PM (mP0Kj)

34 If they had warrants, what JUDGES signed off on them... maybe someone named... Boasberg?
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 23, 2026 02:37 PM (mP0Kj)

Another literal traitor that won't get what he deserves.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:41 PM (N1DT3)

35 Now they're going to roll up their sleeves and dish out some punishment! Right? Well, am I?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 02:35 PM (eRlcH)

I got them rolled up so hard that my left sleeve is on my right arm, my right sleeve is on my left arm, and my head is all the way up my own ass!

Posted by: Jim Jordan at September 23, 2026 02:41 PM (aKiSo)

36
Translation: "Jack Smith can break whatever law he wants with impunity and you can go fuck yourself if you don't like it."

Posted by: YIKES! at September 23, 2026 02:42 PM (OgWfa)

37 Democracy must be preserved by limiting the input of the people into who wins elected office by a cabal of insiders who do not face the voters who will determine who is allowed to disseminate information and can enter the financial, legal, and political systems of the nation.

For democracy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 02:41 PM (38W+X)

Well, the Founders did say they did not want a Democracy... so they are just following the Founders wishes by ensuring those silly voters don't get their way!

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 23, 2026 02:42 PM (mP0Kj)

38 Another literal traitor that won't get what he deserves.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:41 PM (N1DT3)

Well, won't get it here on Earth.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:42 PM (N1DT3)

39 Our Democracy

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at September 23, 2026 02:42 PM (4NO2D)

40 This jackass and all his cohorts, to include the insurrectionist judges assisting him are going to prison, right?

*snickers*

Of course they're not.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 23, 2026 02:42 PM (2Cry5)

41 I hate committes that do nothing.

A problem comes up at a committe and another commitee is created to solve the problem. Tis bs. I wanted to shout this at meetings at the med center (the nursing director would send me to those she did not want to attend). I behaved but it was hard. Just vote and hash it out with silver topped canes, Congress!

I want to know why bloody NATO allowed that Iran creep to speak when Iran is not in NATO. This seems rather bullshite to me and a committe should be formed.

I'm off to do something productive. Or call the Carmelites again and leave a voice message. My husband and sons do not yet know of this plan. They would probably like it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 23, 2026 02:43 PM (hzuYO)

42 36
Translation: "Jack Smith can break whatever law he wants with impunity and you can go fuck yourself if you don't like it."
Posted by: YIKES! at September 23, 2026 02:42 PM (OgWfa)

Note, Lois Lerner, scapegoat... kept her retirement intact.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 23, 2026 02:43 PM (mP0Kj)

43 We won't have to worry about all of this after November if the socialists get their way. Any law that restricts them will be nullified, the court will become reliably leftist, and we won't have to worry about elections.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 23, 2026 02:43 PM (ocdC9)

44 Just once, I'd like to have one of these bad actors held accountable for their actions .... JUST ONCE !

I keep hoping

Posted by: browndog says woof at September 23, 2026 02:43 PM (oCio0)

45 AND........

Posted by: ... at September 23, 2026 02:44 PM (/9X1x)

46 Fiat justitia ruat caelum

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 23, 2026 02:45 PM (4NO2D)

47 I think you can have your fill of Trump’s antics, which are sometimes insufferable, and still realize the incredible amount of good he has done for our country.

Contrast that to what happened when Democrats were in charge. The economic numbers, fraud, abuse of the system, illegal alien invasion, the covid rights violations, the electoral fraud, impeachments, attack on Christians, free speech violations, second amendment violations- the list goes on. Yet we hear very little from the Republican candidates themselves and the Chair of the Pool Boys for Gay Bondage Club, John Thune.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 23, 2026 02:45 PM (5FKHw)

48 Jack Smith died today at age 75. He was a former US Attorney who spent most of his professional life attempting to bring Donald Trump to justice for his various crimes.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 23, 2026 02:40 PM (gLYp7)

Some Jack Smith homo is dead now, scro. He did some law things or something. He talked like a fag and his shit was all retarded. This obituary brought to you by Brawndo.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 23, 2026 02:46 PM (aKiSo)

49 I am waiting for Jack to get charged, but not going to hold my breath on it.

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2026 02:46 PM (Ia/+0)

50 37 Well, the Founders did say they did not want a Democracy... so they are just following the Founders wishes by ensuring those silly voters don't get their way!

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 23, 2026 02:42 PM (mP0Kj)

======

Fair point.

Because they mistrusted pure democracy, that means that we must have an unaccountable cabal of insiders who transfer power in ways that disallow outsiders in opaque ways. Kind of like a monarchy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 02:46 PM (38W+X)

51 The Dems/MSM used to constantly remind everyone about Robert Mueller's credentials, and dropped all mention of him as soon as he was done with RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! Oh, and there was the teeny tiny disqualification of Mueller winding up in a dementia ward shortly after the walls were supposed to be closing in on Trump.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wincing at Wee Pooky's kicks and punches at September 23, 2026 02:46 PM (Wt5PA)

52 Is Nanzi Pelosi still alive?

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 23, 2026 02:46 PM (KGj36)

53 BTW did somebody stuff John Thune in a locker after he got a swirly? The guy is invisible.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 23, 2026 02:47 PM (5FKHw)

54 I'm sure looking forward to a movie, similar to "All the President's Men" being released, that shows just how despicable and corrupt the Biden DOJ was regarding this scandal.

Oh, never mind.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at September 23, 2026 02:47 PM (E2K/A)

55 We rightfully have the mantra "nothing will happen" on this site. BUT, I have a feeling Jack Smith isn't going to be so lucky.

Just like the whole exercise with the hold out juror on the Clancy case was a message to future jurors, I think the Administration is going to apply that same logic to "special counsel."

I don't see Trump brushing this under the carpet. I suspect certain facets of the DOJ are drawing up indictments and there will be (at the very least) a Grand Jury on some of it. Smith, very flagrantly, ignored the Constitution. Hell, he wasn't even qualified to be a "Special Counsel" based on the DOJ's own policy.

So, I think Jack Smith is going to become an example. Smith better hope the Republicans come out on top in the mid-terms, because if they don't, Trump and his DOJ are going to have an excess of time to address grievances.

Posted by: Orson at September 23, 2026 02:47 PM (dIske)

56 Just once, I'd like to have one of these bad actors held accountable for their actions .... JUST ONCE !

I keep hoping
Posted by: browndog says woof at September 23, 2026 02:43 PM (oCio0)

Don't worry. To make up for it, the "Justice" System will pick a couple innocent but inconvenient Republicans to bankrupt and ruin.

And no conservative funder will help them out like the left's support system.

So it all balances out!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:47 PM (N1DT3)

57 Arrested by Jack Smith on jacked up charges (what's new)

Richard Grenell, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions, has sharply criticized the Hague verdict against former Kosovo President and KLA political leader Hashim Thaçi, calling the sentence “scandalous” and urging Kosovo to move toward dissolving the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.
...
He specifically criticized Swiss judge Guénaël Mettraux, alleging that he had ignored legal issues and instead followed what Grenell described as the politics associated with former U.S. prosecutor Jack Smith.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 02:48 PM (iLKq8)

58 I know that guy. He was credited as the "drumstick."

Posted by: Orson at September 23, 2026 02:22 PM (dIske)

LOL

Posted by: ... at September 23, 2026 02:48 PM (/9X1x)

59 Every Leftist from Propaganda Ministry to Judges will protect him to the death

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2026 02:48 PM (Ia/+0)

60 >>Just once, I'd like to have one of these bad actors held accountable for their actions .... JUST ONCE !

I think you misspelled “publicly hanged”.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 23, 2026 02:48 PM (5FKHw)

61 Sooooo....what happens next?

...

Posted by: Jim Rose at September 23, 2026 02:48 PM (miqrx)

62 55 I don't see Trump brushing this under the carpet. I suspect certain facets of the DOJ are drawing up indictments and there will be (at the very least) a Grand Jury on some of it. Smith, very flagrantly, ignored the Constitution. Hell, he wasn't even qualified to be a "Special Counsel" based on the DOJ's own policy.

So, I think Jack Smith is going to become an example. Smith better hope the Republicans come out on top in the mid-terms, because if they don't, Trump and his DOJ are going to have an excess of time to address grievances.

Posted by: Orson at September 23, 2026 02:47 PM (dIske)

=======

The Fort Pierce grand jury empaneled to investigate the crimes stemming from the Mar-a-Lago raid, related to the government conspiracy to deny Donald Trump his constitutional rights, is still reviewing evidence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 02:49 PM (38W+X)

63 That they did this is not shocking. That they were sure they would be able to do it without any consequences is.

And they are probably right.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 23, 2026 02:49 PM (KyEAU)

64 So, I think Jack Smith is going to become an example. Smith better hope the Republicans come out on top in the mid-terms, because if they don't, Trump and his DOJ are going to have an excess of time to address grievances.
Posted by: Orson at September 23, 2026 02:47 PM (dIske)

The rabble rouser in me who just watched Trump tell half of America and the rest of the planet to go get its fucking shine-box wants to think that dropping the hammer on this dink is a foregone conclusion.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 23, 2026 02:49 PM (aKiSo)

65 Sooooo....what happens next?

Two things, and Jack left town

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 23, 2026 02:49 PM (KyEAU)

66 Can't wait for Huge Hewitt to excuse his blind faith in 'dah agents have training' with this one. What a fuquer.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 23, 2026 02:49 PM (HeG1i)

67 32 26 Remember, Trump was such a threat to our democracy and the rule of law that they had to break all these laws, rules, regulations and norms in order to stop him.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 02:39 PM (3cUTc)

He did say pussy.

CBC - Weinstein 15 years
CNN - 3 people seen exiting sewers of Netanyahu's hotel. Hmm. Damn Amish.

MSNow - Katy Tur - commercial but I'm sure she's pissed.

FoxNews - Senate hearing - Flock cameras. Whoa. Very pretty blonde woman

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 02:50 PM (Sco7b)

68 They're all the same.

Posted by: Eromero at September 23, 2026 02:51 PM (LHPAg)

69 >>>This is something special: Biden's/Garland's Public Integrity Section realized that this was all illegal and unconstitutional but decided it was no big deal because, owing to the illegal gag orders they would get liberal judges to impose to keep the victims from knowing their rights had been abused, there was little chance of actually getting sued over any of it.

I wonder if this is accurate. Did an actual judge actually issue a gag order, or was this a case of the prosecutors demanding records and then quoting the law about restrictions on disclosures? If there were judges who issued gag orders, I would like to know their names. Was Boasberg one of them, for example.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 23, 2026 02:51 PM (8mulE)

70 I'll get right on it.

Posted by: Mitch at September 23, 2026 02:51 PM (2Ez/1)

71 Grenell Calls for the Court to Be Defunded

Grenell went further by calling for the international courts involved in such prosecutions to lose their funding.
“All of these courts should be defunded immediately,” he wrote, urging the U.S. Department of Justice and Attorney General Todd Blanche to act.
“Americans are paying for these political prosecutions and this must end,” Grenell added.
He also directly addressed Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, calling on him to act quickly to dissolve what Grenell described as a “foreign court.”
“Albin Kurti must also act quickly to dissolve this foreign court. MPs must work with Kurti to make this happen,” Grenell wrote.
He concluded with a direct statement about Kosovo's relationship with the Hague institution:

“Kosovo does not need a court in the Netherlands.”
===

And neither do we.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 02:51 PM (iLKq8)

72 Thune had his ass ratioed on X when he tried to say Republicans did a lot. I think the community note was misleading when it stated the last Congress was the most unproductive in history. It’s not about the laws you pass, it’s about the substance. But still, point taken from a man who kept the senate in pro forma session so the president couldn’t make recess appointments and also gave every excuse possible not to pass the SAVE Act. I think at some point people start to realize the senate is working against the people.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 23, 2026 02:52 PM (5FKHw)

73 DJT: Speaking of LEAKS, Special “Prosecutor” Jack Smith (What did his name used to be?)...

Did we ever find that out?

Posted by: t-bird at September 23, 2026 02:52 PM (dhhKu)

74 Sooooo....what happens next?

...
Posted by: Jim Rose at September 23, 2026 02:48 PM

Sleeves will be rolled, stern letters will be written, new weeklong training modules in Hawaii will be implemented

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 23, 2026 02:52 PM (4NO2D)

75 Lol.

I hope Madeline Albright is topping out at 1,500 RPM right now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 23, 2026 02:53 PM (aKiSo)

76 BTW Elon needs to do a better job of cleaning up X. There is no way a lot of those accounts are real. Hopefully he goes full Neanderthal before the election

Posted by: Vengeance at September 23, 2026 02:54 PM (5FKHw)

77 I just to emphasize that the woman testifying on Fox is smoking.
I feel so bad for her. She was wrongly convicted by Flock cameras.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 02:54 PM (Sco7b)

78 No

Not

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 23, 2026 02:54 PM (W2Pud)

79 CBC - Weinstein 15 years
--- I told him how to handle that bitch problem but he didn't listen.
_ ghost of Louie Mayer

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 02:55 PM (iLKq8)

80 remember CCN marveling about Jack Smith going to Subway?

https://x.com/alexchristy17/status/1681360567385063424

RATINGS GOLD. Ellison would be insane to cut CNN up into little pieces.

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at September 23, 2026 02:56 PM (Iwv3U)

81 They should start taking bets on how long certain flock cameras will last after they are put up and publicly identified. They’ve finally given us something everyone can hate.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 23, 2026 02:56 PM (5FKHw)

82 I really like that part, "little threat of litigation."

Just so clean and innocuous, like a minor lawsuit or something.

And not because "the guy, and everyone around him, we are framing and illegally prosecuting will be in jail for the rest of his life and these convictions we manufacture will allow us to seize all of Trump's assets."

Trump in jail was just the small part of their coup:
--they were going to put Trump in jail for life
- everyone in Trump's administration in jail
- nearly every major elected Republican in jail
- seize all of Trump's assets

They were going to wipe out the Republican Party in 2024 before the Election by disqualifying them from the ballot.
That would have given them the Presidency and super-majorities in the House and Senate.

We underestimate by 100X just how ambitious and deadly this plan was.
So important, that assassination of Trump was a contingency plan--to keep it going.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 02:56 PM (3cUTc)

83 Lemme get this straight.

The Public Integrity Section of the DOJ said the subpoenas looked sketchy as hell.

But they were OK with them because no one was supposed to ever find out about them due to illegal gag orders.

Yeah, that's the "integrity" we've come to expect from our government betters.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 23, 2026 02:56 PM (FZ29D)

84 76 BTW Elon needs to do a better job of cleaning up X. There is no way a lot of those accounts are real. Hopefully he goes full Neanderthal before the election

Posted by: Vengeance
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He needs to terminate his services to Ukraine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 02:57 PM (iLKq8)

85 If shit goes down with Russia, it'll be fun to have those dirty kosovars on our team to keep the serbs busy.

Unless the serbs wanna be on our team too again drunken neglectful mother Russia.

That would be all kinds of fun.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 23, 2026 02:57 PM (aKiSo)

86
When did the "Trump is a pedo!" module get installed in the NPCs?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 02:58 PM (eRlcH)

87 lol. I saw somewhere the police union in Phili is complaining the IA department is using Flock cameras to catch all the corrupt and goofing off patrol officers. Lmao.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 23, 2026 02:58 PM (5FKHw)

88 When did the "Trump is a pedo!" module get installed in the NPCs?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 02:58 PM

That was the liberal meme before the gop released the epstein files.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 23, 2026 02:59 PM (I43vL)

89 87 lol. I saw somewhere the police union in Phili is complaining the IA department is using Flock cameras to catch all the corrupt and goofing off patrol officers. Lmao.

Posted by: Vengeance
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It's a public opinion op.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:00 PM (iLKq8)

90 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 23, 2026 03:00 PM (ccf/V)

91 Can we burn him at the stake yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 23, 2026 03:00 PM (ccf/V)

92 Posted by: Vengeance at September 23, 2026 02:52 PM (5FKHw)

Hmmm... to date, not a single appropriations bill for next year has passed the Senate.

The Fiscal year ends in a week.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 23, 2026 03:00 PM (mP0Kj)

93 Jack Smith, Sunny Hostin, and a time machine.

Dinner date with Dahlmer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 23, 2026 03:00 PM (2vHPe)

94 75 Lol.

I hope Madeline Albright is topping out at 1,500 RPM right now.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 23, 2026 02:53 PM (aKiSo)
_________________________

Mark Steyn wrote a piece back in 2018 where he actually connected Albright directly to the "Russia Hoax". It's a fantastic read. She was trying to set up Carter Page to go on record at a London conference so the media could report on a high level Trump representative commenting on Russia...and then use the media report to obtain a FISA Warrant.

Worth the read, and a nice harbinger of what has occurred over the last 8 years.

Tinker, Tailor, Clapper, Carter, Downer, Halper, Spy
by Mark Steyn
Steyn on America
May 22, 2018

https://tinyurl.com/4bdjmmac

Posted by: Orson at September 23, 2026 03:01 PM (dIske)

95 88 When did the "Trump is a pedo!" module get installed in the NPCs?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 02:58 PM

That was the liberal meme before the gop released the epstein files.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 23, 2026 02:59 PM (I43vL)

It war a rumor circulated at a certain Pizza Party.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 23, 2026 03:01 PM (mP0Kj)

96 The Fort Pierce grand jury empaneled to investigate the crimes stemming from the Mar-a-Lago raid, related to the government conspiracy to deny Donald Trump his constitutional rights, is still reviewing evidence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 02:49 PM (38W+X)
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I wonder if the grand jurors are flabbergasted on a daily basis at the evidence they are reviewing.

Like, "How could ANYONE think ANY of this was a good idea?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 23, 2026 03:01 PM (FZ29D)

97 88 When did the "Trump is a pedo!" module get installed in the NPCs?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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They've been pushing it for a long time but he keeps grabbing women by the pussy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:01 PM (iLKq8)

98 Unless the serbs wanna be on our team too again drunken neglectful mother Russia.

That would be all kinds of fun.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 23, 2026 02:57 PM (aKiSo)
Gopniks in Adidas.

Posted by: Eromero at September 23, 2026 03:02 PM (LHPAg)

99 96 I wonder if the grand jurors are flabbergasted on a daily basis at the evidence they are reviewing.

Like, "How could ANYONE think ANY of this was a good idea?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 23, 2026 03:01 PM (FZ29D)

=========

I wonder what the standard timeline is for grand juries dealing with massive government conspiracies is.

It's been going for about 9 months, since January.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:02 PM (38W+X)

100 My idea to escape the world or stress and liberal hag Dims of Kuru to join the Carmelites is out.

I just read that they get up at 0430 to start their day and that alone would fling me to the curb the first morning.

Plus I have a tendency to burst out laughing, loudly and unrestrained, during inappropriate times (funeral homes, in class, etc).

I will have to think of another plan as midterms approach.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 23, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)

101 Women are powerful and independent and can make decisions as well as any man.

Weinstein took advantage of women with his business power over them and these women felt they had no choice but to sleep with him.

Posted by: polynikes at September 23, 2026 03:03 PM (KC5Lt)

102 Rope, lamppost, some assembly required, blah blah blah.

Oh wait, nothing will happen.

Posted by: leftism in a nutshell at September 23, 2026 03:03 PM (Av6i5)

103
The new line the NPCs are pushing is that it's not enough to go after Trump, they have to go after anyone who supports Trump. That won't end well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 03:03 PM (eRlcH)

104 83 Lemme get this straight.

The Public Integrity Section of the DOJ said the subpoenas looked sketchy as hell.

But they were OK with them because no one was supposed to ever find out about them due to illegal gag orders.

Yeah, that's the "integrity" we've come to expect from our government betters.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 23, 2026 02:56 PM (FZ29D)

I want a list of the JUDGES who signed off on these.

Every... single... one... they are the only roadblock to 'Secret subpoenas' in the system, and they failed.

And those who failed, should not keep their jobs.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 23, 2026 03:03 PM (mP0Kj)

105 103
The new line the NPCs are pushing is that it's not enough to go after Trump, they have to go after anyone who supports Trump. That won't end well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 03:03 PM (eRlcH)

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Comment from 2015?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:03 PM (38W+X)

106 When did the "Trump is a pedo!" module get installed in the NPCs?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 02:58 PM (eRlcH)

The day whassername "fumbled" the report by announcing it was on her desk as practically her first act as AG.

Posted by: ... at September 23, 2026 03:04 PM (/9X1x)

107 I will have to think of another plan as midterms approach.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Get a move on, elections in 41 days.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:05 PM (iLKq8)

108 I'm still taking the rest of the day off since rain.

I just checked for top of the hour news.
Everyone's pissed at stuff.
Don't bother.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:05 PM (Sco7b)

109 "I will throw you in prison. I want Chinese style communism to happen inside of the democratic party right now. I want to do cultural revolution shit."
--Hasan Piker

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 23, 2026 03:05 PM (KyEAU)

110 Remember how Bill Krystol said that "We the people" in the Constitution really means "so long as the people vote the way I prefer."

See, to the left, democracy is fine and all as long as the people agree with them.

And when they don't it's fascism.

Bill wasn't expressing a fringe view; he, his friends and all the people he associates with say the same things.
He fully believed what he was saying was perfectly logical, reasonable and sound.
And it's one of the most horrifying statements of the last 10 years.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 03:05 PM (3cUTc)

111 Christy threatening a vow of silence is the funniest thing I've heard all week.

Posted by: Pull The Other One at September 23, 2026 03:06 PM (Fn+3X)

112 110 Bill wasn't expressing a fringe view; he, his friends and all the people he associates with say the same things.
He fully believed what he was saying was perfectly logical, reasonable and sound.
And it's one of the most horrifying statements of the last 10 years.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 03:05 PM (3cUTc)

=======

"We should call ourselves nobility since we are the true defenders of the constitution."
-Bill Kristol

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:06 PM (38W+X)

113 Weinstein took advantage of women with his business power over them and these women felt they had no choice but to sleep with him.
Posted by: polynikes

Too bad "sleeping with him" is only metaphorical.

If faced with the two options of "Engage in sexual behavior with Harvey Weinstein while conscious with my eyes open," vs. "Be raped by Harvey Weinstein while asleep," I'd say, "Doc, give me the hypo -- double-dose of ketamine, please, stat!"

Posted by: leftism in a nutshell at September 23, 2026 03:07 PM (Av6i5)

114 When did the "Trump is a pedo!" module get installed in the NPCs?

Pedo is the new racist, Muslims and Leftists throw it at everyone without pattern, basis, logic, or meaning. Its just "bad thing that upsets people makes them react"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 23, 2026 03:07 PM (KyEAU)

115
How stupid do you have to be not to be aware if you're a woman who wants jobs in entertainment biz, you're going to be rogered by some exec? That's a perquisite of being an entertainment exec. Also university professors.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 03:07 PM (eRlcH)

116 Hey, that guy did some heckin' stuff! So anyway...what's for lunch?

Posted by: Gormless Old Prats at September 23, 2026 03:07 PM (V362x)

117 >>>The day whassername "fumbled" the report by announcing it was on her desk as practically her first act as AG.

Posted by: ...
--

Plan C cup from outer space was basically a failure.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:08 PM (iLKq8)

118 109 "I will throw you in prison. I want Chinese style communism to happen inside of the democratic party right now. I want to do cultural revolution shit."
--Hasan Piker
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

One way in which Hasan Piker is superior to other leftists is: At least he's honest. They ALL want 'cultural revolution shit," but most won't admit so in public.

Thank you, Hasan, for letting tne cat out of the bag!

Posted by: zombie at September 23, 2026 03:09 PM (Av6i5)

119 Supporters Rally to Florida Mom Charged for Sex Act with Family Dog

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 23, 2026 03:10 PM (jrgJz)

120 113 Weinstein took advantage of women with his business power over them and these women felt they had no choice but to sleep with him.
Posted by: polynikes
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Really think Weinstein was their first casting couch?
I've got this beautiful shiny bridge for sale, cheap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:10 PM (iLKq8)

121 118 One way in which Hasan Piker is superior to other leftists is: At least he's honest. They ALL want 'cultural revolution shit," but most won't admit so in public.

Thank you, Hasan, for letting tne cat out of the bag!

Posted by: zombie at September 23, 2026 03:09 PM (Av6i5)

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In all fairness to Hasan. I think he's just kind of stupid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:10 PM (38W+X)

122 I called the Carmelite convent for an application but no one answers as they don't talk. I'm ready.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 23, 2026 02:35 PM (hzuYO)

Seems odd to name your mute convent after Mt. Carmel, when it's most famous for mocking jeers and calling down literal lightning.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 02:37 PM (N1DT3)

I live next to a Carmelite convent. Ya don't fuck with those sisters. They'll cut ya.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 23, 2026 03:11 PM (g8Ew8)

123 One way in which Hasan Piker is superior to other leftists is: At least he's honest. They ALL want 'cultural revolution shit," but most won't admit so in public.

Thank you, Hasan, for letting tne cat out of the bag!
Posted by: zombie at September 23, 2026 03:09 PM (Av6i5)

Hasan is part of the new "left" who thinks they don't have to hide what they want anymore.

It is yet to be seen if they are correct about that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 03:11 PM (N1DT3)

124 120 113 Weinstein took advantage of women with his business power over them and these women felt they had no choice but to sleep with him.
Posted by: polynikes
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Really think Weinstein was their first casting couch?
I've got this beautiful shiny bridge for sale, cheap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:10 PM (iLKq

=====

#MeToo was about women in middle management deciding that they didn't want to wait anymore for upper management jobs, and they found a way for upper management men to self-sabotage and self-immolate, freeing up the positions while creating the environment where women had to fill the positions left open.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:11 PM (38W+X)

125 I want to do cultural revolution shit."
--Hasan Piker
---

All's fare, Piker.
I've got a mildewed stone wall dungeon waiting for you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:12 PM (iLKq8)

126 123 Hasan is part of the new "left" who thinks they don't have to hide what they want anymore.

It is yet to be seen if they are correct about that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 23, 2026 03:11 PM (N1DT3)

========

El-Sayed losing in MI with that concentrated Muslim population is going to be...*chef's kiss*.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:12 PM (38W+X)

127 115
How stupid do you have to be not to be aware if you're a woman who wants jobs in entertainment biz, you're going to be rogered by some exec? That's a perquisite of being an entertainment exec. Also university professors.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Also San Francisco Assistant District Attorneys.

Posted by: zombie at September 23, 2026 03:13 PM (Av6i5)

128 Plan C cup from outer space was basically a failure.

"We have greater confidence in Plan D-Cup"
--the aliens

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 23, 2026 03:13 PM (KyEAU)

129 Supporters Rally to Florida Mom Charged for Sex Act with Family Dog
Posted by: what the cat drug

Hounding people is what they do best.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2026 03:15 PM (iulL+)

130
Gas was $3.89 today. I'm not voting in November!

*sits in a puddle of piss*
*cries*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 03:16 PM (eRlcH)

131 130
Gas was $3.89 today. I'm not voting in November!

*sits in a puddle of piss*
*cries*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 03:16 PM (eRlcH)

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Gas prices don't change voting behaviors at large enough numbers to be material influences on elections.

Any effect on inflation they have (which is small) happens in the first increase and stops. We have the lowest inflation numbers since before covid now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:17 PM (38W+X)

132 Gas was $3.89 today. I'm not voting in November!

*sits in a puddle of piss*
*cries*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

==

we're lucky most consumers dont use diesel.

I guess Ukraine is hitting Russian refineries hard, right before the midterms.

Trump should have had Zelensky removed as a condition of US support.

Remember him campaigning with Kamala in PA before the election?

Posted by: Leupold at September 23, 2026 03:18 PM (FAUyE)

133 127 115
How stupid do you have to be not to be aware if you're a woman who wants jobs in entertainment biz, you're going to be rogered by some exec? That's a perquisite
---

It started when the mama entered her or him at the Drama Academy. Lucky if they made it to 14.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:18 PM (iLKq8)

134 I want to do cultural revolution shit.

Noted. Just remember, the other guys always gets a vote.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 23, 2026 03:18 PM (3Ope8)

135 AI crap on now.

Funny that no one asks AI about it's capabilities and potential to destroy humanity.

After it can count. Go on. Ask it to give you a list of 100 words all 8 letters long.

Or hold long conversations without going to crap.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:18 PM (Sco7b)

136 119 Supporters Rally to Florida Mom Charged for Sex Act with Family Dog
Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 23, 2026 03:10 PM (jrgJz)
_______________________

Sponsored by Skippy Peanut Butter.

Posted by: Orson at September 23, 2026 03:18 PM (dIske)

137 132 we're lucky most consumers dont use diesel.

I guess Ukraine is hitting Russian refineries hard, right before the midterms.

Trump should have had Zelensky removed as a condition of US support.

Remember him campaigning with Kamala in PA before the election?

Posted by: Leupold at September 23, 2026 03:18 PM (FAUyE)

=======

There's background talk of the administration enforcing a 90 day export ban.

It would crash prices in the US and spike prices in the EU.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:18 PM (38W+X)

138
There's background talk of the administration enforcing a 90 day export ban.

It would crash prices in the US and spike prices in the EU.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

==

Sounds good to me

Posted by: Leupold at September 23, 2026 03:19 PM (FAUyE)

139 Accuses Jack Smith of Knowingly Violating the Constitution to Try to "Sway" the Election

Because I'm "Special", that's why!

Posted by: Special Prosecutor Jack Smith at September 23, 2026 03:19 PM (xit6L)

140 119 Supporters Rally to Florida Mom Charged for Sex Act with Family Dog
Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 23, 2026 03:10 PM (jrgJz)
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Woof.

Posted by: ballistic at September 23, 2026 03:19 PM (oqH4h)

141 Little suspicious of the agent saying he wasn't told the person he was spying on was a Congressman. Presumably when people started calling him that in the messages you might get an idea.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 23, 2026 03:19 PM (uhVAy)

142 Hasan Piker
------

Come get some.

Posted by: ... at September 23, 2026 03:20 PM (/9X1x)

143 Is Florida Mom anything like Maryland Man?

Posted by: ... at September 23, 2026 03:20 PM (/9X1x)

144 And let's not forget, self-proclaimed "Nazi Hunter" Erick Erickson tweeting out after J6 that all law and due process should be suspended to arrest, prosecute and convict everyone involved.

Yes, including Trump.

He deleted the tweet and refuses to discuss it.

Because he's a Real Conservative and Real Christian.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 03:21 PM (3cUTc)

145
It would crash prices in the US and spike prices in the EU.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

_________

That would be tragic.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 03:21 PM (eRlcH)

146 144 And let's not forget, self-proclaimed "Nazi Hunter" Erick Erickson tweeting out after J6 that all law and due process should be suspended to arrest, prosecute and convict everyone involved.

Yes, including Trump.

He deleted the tweet and refuses to discuss it.

Because he's a Real Conservative and Real Christian.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 03:21 PM (3cUTc)

=======

Erickson understands the friend/enemy distinction very well.

He attacks his enemies hard in defense of his friends.

His enemies are always to the right.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:22 PM (38W+X)

147 145
It would crash prices in the US and spike prices in the EU.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

_________

That would be tragic.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 23, 2026 03:21 PM (eRlcH)

=====

Oh no.

Anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:22 PM (38W+X)

148
Smith isn't the first. He won't be the last.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 23, 2026 03:24 PM (OkYzo)

149
There's background talk of the administration enforcing a 90 day export ban.
It would crash prices in the US and spike prices in the EU.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I'll be in my bunk. Really wish that would happen. Like the motorcycle, love my 3500 turbo diesel. I'd rather get 38mpg @ $4.30/gallon versus 15mpg @ $6.30/ggallon. But rain, and other idiots driving while surfing, texting, and using their cell phones.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 23, 2026 03:25 PM (pIzRo)

150 140 119 Supporters Rally to Florida Mom Charged for Sex Act with Family Dog
Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 23, 2026 03:10 PM (jrgJz

I've been predicting bestial necrophilia would be the next big thing for a year.

Getting there...

FoxNews - GOP Senate candidates breaking with Trump over Iran.

And they say Rogers trails Abdul in Michigan by 7.
Sure.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:25 PM (Sco7b)

151 I want to do cultural revolution shit."
--Hasan Piker
---

All's fare, Piker.
I've got a mildewed stone wall dungeon waiting for you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:12 PM (iLKq

*==

I wonder if the Israelis have any leftover pagers?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2026 03:25 PM (2WIwB)

152 Supporters Rally to Florida Mom Charged for Sex Act with Family Dog

But if she'd strangled the dog with an exercise band...

Posted by: Oddbob at September 23, 2026 03:25 PM (vTZFs)

153 Richard Nixon, a sitting president of the United States of America, was hounded out of office on the charge of covering up an unauthorized wiretapping event targeting the DNC. The DNC wasn't even a government agency.

Fast forward to the Biden Administration. Here, we have the DOJ, an executive department of the US Government, using the full panoply of its powers, to illegally eavesdrop and record privileged correspondence and transmissions belonging to Article I elected officials of the same government, and using "gag orders" issued by Article III judges to cloak their mischief.

Sonuvabitch.

Posted by: mrp at September 23, 2026 03:25 PM (rj6Yv)

154 148
Smith isn't the first. He won't be the last.

Posted by: Frank Barone
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This is a sea faring nation, we've got a lot of rope.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:25 PM (iLKq8)

155 I like how the decision flow chart of the Public Integrity Section doesn't have any "no" options:

"Should we illegally spy on Trump?" --> Yes
"Should we illegally spy on Congress?" --> Yes
"Should we ignore Democrat crimes?" --> Yes

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 03:26 PM (3cUTc)

156 Smith isn't the first. He won't be the last.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Nothing will happen. (tm)

Posted by: rickb223 at September 23, 2026 03:27 PM (oRRIp)

157 150 And they say Rogers trails Abdul in Michigan by 7.
Sure.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:25 PM (Sco7b)

========

Ignore the long history of polling before the final polls being very, very wrong and pretend that not final polls now are more right than the final polls from 2 years ago.

Ignore that there have been massive polling failures...this year, mostly because polling firms cannot target the white vote correctly.

Ignore that polling now shows the largely inelastic white vote massively shifting from 2 years ago.

Just trust the polls are 100% right today because they were 60% right in their final form 2 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:27 PM (38W+X)

158 >>>Fast forward to the Biden Administration. Here, we have the DOJ, an executive department of the US Government, using the full panoply of its powers, to illegally eavesdrop and record privileged correspondence and transmissions belonging to Article I elected officials of the same government, and using "gag orders" issued by Article III judges to cloak their mischief.

Sonuvabitch.

Posted by: mrp
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Degradation is no longer a weekend event.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:27 PM (iLKq8)

159 Bonk bonk on the head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 23, 2026 03:28 PM (px8HJ)

160 Let's face it, the commie wing of the democrat party is in full control.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2026 03:29 PM (2WIwB)

161 I want a list of the JUDGES who signed off on these.

Every... single... one... they are the only roadblock to 'Secret subpoenas' in the system, and they failed.

And those who failed, should not keep their jobs.
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We already had that with the FISA warrants.

And the judges involved all feigned, "but we was lied to!"

And when we pointed out, "the face of the warrant itself in enough to show it was false" they thundered with even more holy indignation that they were totally deceived and can't be blamed in the least.

John Roberts agreed.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 03:29 PM (3cUTc)

162 Remember him campaigning with Kamala in PA before the election?

Posted by: Leupold

That was infuriating.
As soon as Trump had been declared the winner, he should have said we will have nothing to do with Ukraine until Z-man was replaced.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 23, 2026 03:29 PM (W2Pud)

163 the commie wing of the democrat party is in full control.

Posted by: Diogenes

of what?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:30 PM (iLKq8)

164 Neckless douchebags like this, Piker, Errickson, whoever, they all do the same thing.

They forget that revolution isn't a one way street. You don't just dress up like a fag, molotov a couple buildings, and suddenly get supreme executive authority.

Oh, you took down a few government lackies? Lovely. Well done. Gold stars for everyone. You think that gives you power? You think that means you Won The Game?

No, shitdicks. It only took away the one thing that we had all made a bargain with to refrain from seizing power over you ourselves.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 23, 2026 03:30 PM (aKiSo)

165 That was infuriating.
As soon as Trump had been declared the winner, he should have said we will have nothing to do with Ukraine until Z-man was replaced.
Posted by: nurse ratched

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Exactly, sort of pissed he folded on that

Posted by: Leupold at September 23, 2026 03:30 PM (FAUyE)

166 118 109 "I will throw you in prison. I want Chinese style communism to happen inside of the democratic party right now. I want to do cultural revolution shit."
--Hasan Piker
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

One way in which Hasan Piker is superior to other leftists is: At least he's honest. They ALL want 'cultural revolution shit," but most won't admit so in public.

Thank you, Hasan, for letting tne cat out of the bag!
Posted by: zombie at September 23, 2026 03:09 PM (Av6i5)
You seen my pickaxe, comrade?

Posted by: Eromero at September 23, 2026 03:31 PM (LHPAg)

167 DING! DING!!
We interrupt this thread to bring you a Proud Grandpa Moment:

Grandson #1 of Diogenes has just been sworn into the United States Air Force.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2026 03:31 PM (2WIwB)

168
Just trust the polls are 100% right today because they were 60% right in their final form 2 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:27 PM (38W+X)

I was on an email list for some lib editor. She did have revelations that she was in a bubble after President Trump beat Hillary.

All of us don't have that issue.
Thanks ace.

I also think that the narrative 'Dems are up by a ton' would just lead Dems to save a few hours and not bother voting.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:32 PM (Sco7b)

169 If Ukraine wants to fight Russia, fine.
But with none of our stuff. Not one fucking screw.
Not one screw bypassed through Europe either.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:33 PM (iLKq8)

170 Congratulations, Diogenes!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 23, 2026 03:33 PM (W2Pud)

171 Grandson #1 of Diogenes has just been sworn into the United States Air Force.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2026 03:31 PM (2WIwB)

Congratulations!
Very cool.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:33 PM (Sco7b)

172 168
I also think that the narrative 'Dems are up by a ton' would just lead Dems to save a few hours and not bother voting.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:32 PM (Sco7b)

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I think the polling game is only about fundraising, not voter behavior. I'm sure it influences some voters on the margins, but not enough to make serious differences.

You say that Nebraska Senate is close not to convince anyone to vote, but to convince donors big and small to donate money because it's in reach. Combine that with similar situations in polling in Ohio, Alaska, Texas, and other states, and you create this impression that a blue wave is coming every single cycle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:34 PM (38W+X)

173 167 DING! DING!!
We interrupt this thread to bring you a Proud Grandpa Moment:

Grandson #1 of Diogenes has just been sworn into the United States Air Force.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2026 03:31 PM (2WIwB)
I would have enlisted last Friday the Air Force Birthday if I was him. Except I would have gone in the Navy. Again.

Posted by: Eromero at September 23, 2026 03:34 PM (LHPAg)

174 169 If Ukraine wants to fight Russia, fine.
But with none of our stuff. Not one fucking screw.
Not one screw bypassed through Europe either.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:33 PM (iLKq

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They're paying us for our military equipment now. That's the major change Trump made when he came into office.

Biden was giving it to them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:35 PM (38W+X)

175 Grandson #1 of Diogenes has just been sworn into the United States Air Force.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2026 03:31 PM

Congrats!

Also, be sure to tell him that an Idiot you know said, "Thank you sir for your service."

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 23, 2026 03:35 PM (HlyYF)

176 171 Grandson #1 of Diogenes has just been sworn into the United States Air Force.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Posted by: Diogenes

Good stuff. What's he going to be doing?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2026 03:35 PM (iulL+)

177
The House Judiciary Committee concluded in a report released Wednesday that the Biden-Harris administration wielded the Justice Department as a weapon

Nuh uhn! Anyone who says we used DoJ as a weapon against people who didn't vote Democrat is a liar! And if you keep saying that, DoJ will prosecute you once we steal.... errrrr, WIN the next election!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 23, 2026 03:36 PM (y9nCu)

178 Diogenes as a USAF alumni tell him he should haveca great experience.

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2026 03:36 PM (Ia/+0)

179 Good stuff. What's he going to be doing?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2026 03:35 PM (iulL+)

Cyber Warfare Analyst

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2026 03:36 PM (2WIwB)

180 Good stuff. What's he going to be doing?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Dropping boom booms on ragheads.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 23, 2026 03:36 PM (W2Pud)

181 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:34

And polling always seems to tighten up one week before the election.

FoxNews - Dolly's estate. Someone's a greedy dickhead.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:37 PM (Sco7b)

182 Congratulations to Grandson#1.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 23, 2026 03:37 PM (UdrMW)

183 Nood trannies!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:37 PM (Sco7b)

184 Well, the Air Force is kind of adjacent to the actual Armed Forces.

Posted by: Like The Ladies Auxiliary at September 23, 2026 03:38 PM (Fn+3X)

185 Good stuff. What's he going to be doing?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2026 03:35 PM (iulL+)
Yes, something like DroneLord. My sincere thanks.

Posted by: Eromero at September 23, 2026 03:38 PM (LHPAg)

186 181 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:34

And polling always seems to tighten up one week before the election.

FoxNews - Dolly's estate. Someone's a greedy dickhead.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:37 PM (Sco7b)

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Because polling firms are only ever graded on their final polls. So, their only incentive to even try to get things right is in those final polls.

They can say D+100 for a year and then say 50/50 race in late October and be called an A+ pollster.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:38 PM (38W+X)

187 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2026 03:38 PM (iulL+)

188 "This may be illegal, but don't worry you probably won't get in trouble." Is how our government has been being run for at least the past 20 years.

VA Scandal
IRS Scandal
Fast and Furious
Al Gore's Chinese Monk scandal
Crossfire Hurricane
and on and on and on

Posted by: 29Victor at September 23, 2026 03:38 PM (0MjtC)

189 Supposedly the FBI has been hacked and information on agents and family members has been taken.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 23, 2026 03:38 PM (UdrMW)

190 183 Nood trannies!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 03:37 PM

That makes me NOT want to go to the new thread.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 23, 2026 03:39 PM (HlyYF)

191 Current rumor I'm seeing kicking on X is that Keisha Lance Bottoms is such a terrible Gov candidate that she's dragging down Ossoff.

But that can't be true, that only applies to Republicans.

That's why Abbott is barely beating Jinojosia--Paxton is dragging down the whole ticket.

PS: Bo French is still favored by 2.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 03:39 PM (3cUTc)

192 This is something special: Biden's/Garland's Public Integrity Section realized that this was all illegal and unconstitutional but decided it was no big deal because, owing to the illegal gag orders they would get liberal judges to impose to keep the victims from knowing their rights had been abused, there was little chance of actually getting sued over any of it.

Statue of limitations starts when you become aware of what they were hiding...
But how much of this, for the main players, is already covered by Presidential Pardon?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 23, 2026 03:39 PM (l3cgK)

193 Dropping boom booms on ragheads.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Out fucking standing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2026 03:39 PM (iulL+)

194 Pillage Idiot, I'm with you. I'll just hang out here.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 23, 2026 03:40 PM (UdrMW)

195 The Doomers are putting on a full-court press on X. The fake polls are beyond parody.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at September 23, 2026 03:40 PM (L+twD)

196 the commie wing of the democrat party is in full control.

Posted by: Diogenes

of what?

Posted by: Braenyard

The horizontal and the vertical.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 23, 2026 03:40 PM (oRRIp)

197 191 Current rumor I'm seeing kicking on X is that Keisha Lance Bottoms is such a terrible Gov candidate that she's dragging down Ossoff.

But that can't be true, that only applies to Republicans.

That's why Abbott is barely beating Jinojosia--Paxton is dragging down the whole ticket.

PS: Bo French is still favored by 2.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 23, 2026 03:39 PM (3cUTc)

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Jackson's outspending her like 45-1, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:41 PM (38W+X)

198 DOJ's Public Integrity Section (PIN) about the constitutionality of these seizures," the report said. "Although PIN cautioned that the subpoenas could be unconstitutional, PIN approved them nonetheless, asserting there was little 'litigation risk' because the gag orders that accompanied the subpoenas would prevent Members from ever discovering the seizures.

I guess Public Integrity Section was as misnamed as the Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Which is not a Peacock, Mantis, or Shrimp)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 23, 2026 03:41 PM (l3cgK)

199 =======

They're paying us for our military equipment now. That's the major change Trump made when he came into office.

Biden was giving it to them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 23, 2026 03:35 PM (38W+X)
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That's not enough.
We're fighting Russia by proxy. That's Biden's war. Fuck Biden.
Fuck DeepState Color revolution. Stop it.
If DeepState really wants to fight Russia, ship them over there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:41 PM (iLKq8)

200 To escape the world I am now going to declare myself a sovereign citizen who eats chocolate ice cream when stressed as who cares at this point? However, I do envy the serenity of the Carmelites.

I just watched a youtube of a Karen screaming in a Starbucks. I mostly watched on mute as I couldn't understand her shrieking voice (she thinks Starbucks are part of the military conspiracy theory, by the way). Obviously psycho.

Which is why I avoid going anywhere, altho people around here seem mostly normal in the suburbs. I prefer our one homeless guy with a cell phone to this abuse as a sovereign citizen.

https://tinyurl.com/3nt4d27j

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 23, 2026 03:42 PM (hzuYO)

201 Grandson #1 of Diogenes has just been sworn into the United States Air Force.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Posted by: Diogenes

Congratulations my friend. And good luck and Godspeed to him.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 23, 2026 03:43 PM (4X4Y+)

202 Two of the IRGC's top regional commanders have been killed by the good guys.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 23, 2026 03:43 PM (UdrMW)

203 Hmmm... to date, not a single appropriations bill for next year has passed the Senate.

The Fiscal year ends in a week.
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Those bills have been sitting on McConnell's desk for some time now. What did you expect us to do?

Posted by: The Senate RINOs at September 23, 2026 03:43 PM (TN0g+)

204 PS: Bo French is still favored by 2.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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I hear he's an Islamaphobe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 23, 2026 03:44 PM (iLKq8)

205 From CNN Mood:

17 I looked it up a few weeks ago.

CNN's ratings were about 670,000 people.

Including the incarcerated and trapped viewer's at airports.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 23, 2026 12:29 PM (Sco7b)

291 "Their audience is literally dying by the thousands per day. Average age of their viewers is around 70."

CNN averages 400,000 viewers a day. That kind of ratings would have been a laughing stock in 1990. There are many podcasters and youtube types who get many times that every time they do a show for a few hours.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 23, 2026 01:24 PM (KyEAU)

Whichever it is, Robert Stacy McCain likes to point out that comparing CNN's top shows with competition in the same time slot, they're often out-viewed by Paw Patrol.

And we're not talking about first-run episodes of appointment television. More people are watching children's cartoon *reruns*.

Posted by: SciVo at September 23, 2026 03:44 PM (ke3zm)

206 altho people around here seem mostly normal in the suburbs. I

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 23, 2026 03:42 PM (hzuYO)
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That's part of the op.

Posted by: ... at September 23, 2026 03:44 PM (/9X1x)

207 201 Grandson #1 of Diogenes has just been sworn into the United States Air Force.

that's awesome Diogenes!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 23, 2026 03:45 PM (j+aD2)

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