Because Trump 2.0

[Murph]

Maybe.  They did the sentencing so that the Democrats can either impeach as a "felon" or prevent Trump from taking office as a "felon".  There is a cunning, sinister, and despicable plan on the part of the left in this.  Hopefully the Supreme Court will end this crap.  The fact that they took it means there are 4 judges who want to weigh in, so we might yet save this country from the communist left. 

[Ivanhoe]

30 minutes ago, Murph said:

Maybe.  They did the sentencing so that the Democrats can either impeach as a "felon" or prevent Trump from taking office as a "felon".  There is a cunning, sinister, and despicable plan on the part of the left in this.  Hopefully the Supreme Court will end this crap.  The fact that they took it means there are 4 judges who want to weigh in, so we might yet save this country from the communist left. 

For now. The Rs continue to fall into the trap of believing that an R-sweep has saved the country. They need to acquire the mindset that leftism is like kudzu.

[Murph]

Just now, Ivanhoe said:

For now. The Rs continue to fall into the trap of believing that an R-sweep has saved the country. They need to acquire the mindset that leftism is like kudzu.

Very true, it needs to be uprooted, burned out, removed, and forever exiled back to Russia and other places where it belongs.  

[Sinistar]

one of the strategies the republicans have figured out is what the progressives had figured out long ago-

using the courts and the legal system to litigate policy

 

strict conservative constructionists were rather loathe to use the courts to create case law on principle and instead

would often defer to the constitution

as a result progressives were skating circles around them in public policy because they would simply litigate

everything until they got what they wanted

the conservatives did not have the same resources available in terms of powerful lobby groups and legal clinics like the aclu or similar types of activist groups, instead the few conservative groups tended to be more reactive than active

 

in particular open borders was already well underway before biden as these kinds of issues were routinely being litigated in the 9th circuit on any technicality or legal theory they could use to dismantle the distinction between citizen and non-citizen and set the precedent in case law

 

with scotus turning right recently the conservatives seem to have gained more appreciation into how much power the courts have as a political mechanism and instead of resisting it actually using the system

 

[Ivanhoe]

Eric Weinstein began pointed out the obvious concerning the H1B program, more than 20 years ago;

 

https://users.nber.org/~sewp/references/archive/weinsteinhowandwhygovernment.pdf

 

[seahawk]

14 hours ago, Murph said:

Very true, it needs to be uprooted, burned out, removed, and forever exiled back to Russia and other places where it belongs.  

First you need to take back control of the schools and the universities and end the leftist indoctrination going on. Who controls the schools, controls the kids, controls the future.

[Ivanhoe]

Interesting piece on Pence's conduct before/during/after J6;

https://truthovernews.org/p/mike-pences-role-in-j6

 

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But Pence wasn’t done firing up supporters of President Trump who hoped the election could be successfully challenged. Two days prior to the events at the Capitol, during an impassioned speech on Monday, Jan 4, 2021, Pence urged Georgia Republicans to vote for Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler while reassuring the enthusiastic crowd that he “stands with President Trump”.

Pence assured the crowd that he would use his position as president of the Senate to review the 2020 election, telling the cheering masses that “We've all got our doubts about the last election. I want to assure you, I share the concerns of millions of Americans about voting irregularities. And I promise you, come this Wednesday, we'll have our day in Congress. We’ll hear the objections. We’ll hear the evidence."

 

 

[rmgill]

One wonders if the kiddos were getting a good sense of the way of things from parents. 

[Murph]

Jack Smith has resigned.  Now prosecute him, send him to prison for life.  

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/breaking-jack-smith-resigns-department-justice/

[Murph]

8 days, not that I am counting or anything like that.   

[NickM]

Another obs from watching "Ant1" ('Antenna') Greek TV: some gobbledygook about the price of tix to go to The God-Emperor's inauguration===meanwhile in the back clips of Trump meeting with Putin (and only him) and highlighting a billboard saying "Greenland is not for sale; Panama is not for sale; America bought by Elon Musk"

I don't know who owns ANT1, but I get the feeling some sort of oligarchy has their fingers in it--what was it they said, a handful of people own nearly all the world's media??

[Ivanhoe]

10 hours ago, NickM said:

I don't know who owns ANT1, but I get the feeling some sort of oligarchy has their fingers in it--what was it they said, a handful of people own nearly all the world's media??

Its not about ownership, its about control.

NBC has been owned by a variety of publicly-traded corporations over the years, but the default value system and business practices of NBC have been wildly different from the rest of America for decades.

[NickM]

12 minutes ago, Ivanhoe said:

Its not about ownership, its about control.

NBC has been owned by a variety of publicly-traded corporations over the years, but the default value system and business practices of NBC have been wildly different from the rest of America for decades.

NBC has been influenced by Bill Gates,  via mslsd, yes?

I feel he took an offer he couldn't refuse from the Clinton cabal. Didn't they threaten to audit him for something or another, and suddenly,  when he made the proper tributes it all went away?

[Ivanhoe]

2 minutes ago, NickM said:

NBC has been influenced by Bill Gates,  via mslsd, yes?

I feel he took an offer he couldn't refuse from the Clinton cabal. Didn't they threaten to audit him for something or another, and suddenly,  when he made the proper tributes it all went away?

That's an optimistic view. A more realistic view, IMHO, is that the Clintons et al obtained video of Gates getting freaky with one or more 12 year olds at Pedo Island, and presented Gates with an offer he couldn't refuse.

[rmgill]

1 hour ago, Ivanhoe said:

Its not about ownership, its about control.

NBC has been owned by a variety of publicly-traded corporations over the years, but the default value system and business practices of NBC have been wildly different from the rest of America for decades.

The pressures on Media conglomerates are several fold...

1. Larger Corporate initiatives (like ABC or NBC's larger initiatives). 
2. Advertiser pressures (Ad time bought for quashing a derogatory story).
3. Government pressure to adhere to dogma 
4. Newsies tend on the liberal scale of thought so it will have left leaning bias from the start.
5. Social Pressures from where ever the Overton Window has been pushed. 

[Murph]

The Special Criminal Jack Smith not only trashed his reputation, the DOJ's reputation, but that of special counsels in the future, to the point where perhaps there might not be any future ones.

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2025/01/13/how-jack-smith-destroyed-his-own-case-against-trump/

The expected release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report will occur as early as this weekend, albeit without those sections dealing with the Florida documents case. (Other defendants are still facing prosecution in that case.) However, the most glaring omission will be arguably an explanation of how Smith lost this war without firing a single shot in a trial.

After more than two years, two separate cases and countless appeals (not to mention more than $50 million spent), Smith left without presenting a single witness, let alone charge, at trial. It is an example of how a general can have the largest army and unlimited resources and yet defeat himself with a series of miscalculations.

History probably won’t be kind to Smith, whose record bespeaks a “parade general” — a prosecutor who offered more pretense than progress in the prosecution of an American president.

Indeed, this report will be one of Smith’s last chances to display a case that notably never got close to an actual trial. One-sided and unfiltered, it will have all of the thrill of a Sousa march of a regiment in full dress. We know because we have seen much of this before. At every juncture, Smith has taken his case out on parade in the court of public opinion.

[Murph]

Yes.

[Stuart Galbraith]

Celebrity Deathmatch. 2 men go in, only half a man comes out.

 

[Tim the Tank Nut]

unlike the other side Team Trump encourages dissenting views.  When you are the party of ideas sometimes people have different ones.

[Ivanhoe]

15 minutes ago, Tim the Tank Nut said:

unlike the other side Team Trump encourages dissenting views.  When you are the party of ideas sometimes people have different ones.

If Vince Foster were still around, he would disagree with you.

[rmgill]

3 minutes ago, Ivanhoe said:

If Vince Foster were still around, he would disagree with you.

Yes...well, his disagree'ing with Hillary was dealt with by her staff. 

[Ivanhoe]

So I saw part of an editorial (behind a paywall I have yet to defeat) talking about the potential for the Trump administration starting to enforce CMS's price transparency rules that were created during Trump's first term.

I doubt the Trump team will get to it Year One, but they're more likely to get compliance than the other guys.

[Ivanhoe]

More Trump fascism;

https://www.ktvu.com/news/starbucks-buy-or-leave-policy
 

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LOS ANGELES - Starbucks has announced a major policy change, requiring customers to buy something if they wish to stay in its stores or use restrooms. The new rules, which Starbucks says will be posted in all company-owned stores in North America, also aim to prevent disruptive behavior and ensure safety for staff and paying customers.

The Associated Press reports that the change reverses the company’s 2018 open-door policy, which was implemented following backlash over the arrest of two Black men at a Philadelphia store. Starbucks says the updated code of conduct is part of its effort to create a more comfortable environment for everyone.

 

 

[Murph]

Bring back the House Un-American Activities Committee and go after the universities, the media, and all those who have worked so hard to destroy the US.  Cut off all their funds that they get from the US government, including government backed student loans.  

[NickM]

1 hour ago, Ivanhoe said:

More Trump fascism;

https://www.ktvu.com/news/starbucks-buy-or-leave-policy
 

 

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