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POLITICO Playbook: The politics of making history
“Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act
will make Biden one of the most legislatively successful presidents
of the modern era.”
LIzza, Daniels, with help from Okun, Ross: (https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/08/07/the-politics-of-making-history-00050228)
Remarks by President Biden In Briefing on The Ongoing Response Efforts to the Flooding in Eastern Kentucky
AUGUST 08, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/08/08/remarks-by-president-biden-in-briefing-on-the-ongoing-response-efforts-to-the-flooding-in-eastern-kentucky/)
I love when FPOTUS when releases his playlists and booklists ! He’s just so cool! ❤️
DITTO👍🏽
RIP to Lamont Dozier, one of the lynchpins of the Motown Sound! 🙏🏾😔
MOTOWN Greatest Music of all times…IMO…
i found this song long ago…Lamont Dozier was a singer in his own right….
❤️🙏🏾
Best wishes and love to the Dozier family.
–immediately think of “How Sweet It is” and “I’ll Be There”.
During my time in Detroit. What an era. RIP Lamont 🙏🏾💖🎶
Hoisted on his own fugly fat petard.
Lol. Totally.
moron owned.
Guess we know which one actually does by the book.
👍🏽
someone coined the term roevember. love it.
Lol. Good job catching the typical their accusations are confessions projection.
1/269. Lol. Eternal whiny scums.
I hope the fucker gets nailed in this. Despite all the hoopla about the fbi ‘raid’, I still have my doubts if they will actually follow through to indict the mofo, given that many of them are trumpturds.
Of course, the traitorous thug did. An useless system of checks and balances.
Of all the available criminals, the deplorables chose this thug.
Good morning, TOD! Too bad it’s so early in the day, or I’d have a nice glass of wine with all this!
The Associated Press
47m
BREAKING: Former President Donald Trump says he invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions under oath in the New York civil investigation into his business dealings.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ny-investigation-testimony-a4e6264d44b194d24dfb916ffc7f51ca?taid=62f3c054dcbb3b0001b68f69&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
Constitution of the United States
Fifth Amendment
Fifth Amendment Explained
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
When It Comes To The Former President: Which Crime Is It?
——-so fab Monsieur Colbert .
“It was a beautiful raid.
A perfect raid.
People tell me they’ve never seen such as perfect raid.”
(Rick Wilson)
She Questioned Disabled People’s Right to Vote.
Now, She’s Running to Be a Chief Election Official.
(https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/kim-crockett-minnesota-republican-candidate-secretary-of-state/)
Congressman Eric Swalwell to Alyssa Menendez on the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago and seizure of
Rep. Scott Perry’s phone:
“I trust this Attorney General. I trust Donald Trump’s appointed FBI director.
They know that Scott Perry and Donald Trump should be treated no worse than any other criminal defendant, but certainly no better.”
(https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/swalwell-on-trumpworld-searches-i-trust-the-trump-appointed-fbi-director-145838661525)
““Congress the first branch of government, Article 1, can assert its subpoena power. Justice is coming for the corrupt…”
“They are all dangerous until proven otherwise…what does he have on them?” (Michael Steele)
Team Trump says it’ll keep Mar-a-Lago search warrant under wraps
The left and right both urged members of Team Trump to voluntarily disclose the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. They don’t want to.
“The process wasn’t entirely easy. In order for the Justice Department to get a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago,
law enforcement officials needed to explain to a court where they wanted to search and what they wanted to search for. As we discussed yesterday, they also had to demonstrate probable cause to the court, explaining why they believed they’d find evidence of a specific federal crime.
In this case, they succeeded.
The Justice Department obtained a search warrant and the FBI executed it. As a result, three entities have the document: The court, federal law enforcement, and Donald Trump and his team.”
Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-says-ll-keep-mar-lago-search-warrant-wraps-rcna42418)
“If the basis for the warrant were flimsy, disclosing it would prove Republicans right.
If the rationale for the search lacked merit, releasing the warrant would help on this front, too.
It was against this backdrop that observers from the left and the right encouraged Team Trump to simply make the voluntary disclosure, bringing key facts into the light.
All of which led to, “No, we’re not releasing a copy of the warrant.”
Nobrainer. Even for clueless.
FACT SHEET:
President Biden Signs the PACT Act and Delivers on His Promise to America’s Veterans
AUGUST 10, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/10/fact-sheet-president-biden-signs-the-pact-act-and-delivers-on-his-promise-to-americas-veterans/)
Trump Signed Law That Could Get Him 5 Years In Prison For Mishandling Classified Docs
“after a fierce campaign against Clinton
in which he called for her to be jailed
for her handling of classified material— (Trump) signed a law in 2018
that stiffened the penalty
for the unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents
from one year to five years,
turning it into a felony offense.”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2022/08/09/doj-trump-espionage.html)
um hoisted by his own pétard.
imo psychopaths are selectively smart but otherwise transparent, and they think everyone else is dumb.
“The DOJ section investigating Trump’s theft of classified documents handles national security issues, espionage, and sabotage.”
and as usual the 4th estate 5th columnists will amplify them.
the chinese temper tantrums over the lady’s visit are over. wimmin, huh?
Not sure if this was posted yet!
Love how President Obama takes the time to applaud President Biden. They’re both the real deal, of course.
A pathetic system that allowed a seditious serial criminal to do that.
Love Vice President Harris!
Damned cat climbed up the big tree and terrorized the birds and squirrels and got stuck at the top. SU worked his magic and coaxed him to climb down backwards. Blighter is sound asleep in my bed now. MY BED!!!
more stories pls amk – kitty knows where the heart is!!
the last thing (maybe my fave cat) did was leave the gift of a very long squirrel’s tail on the doorstep…
though gentle and sweet he had serious hunting strategies.
Lol. So true.
Full Moon coming in tonight, accompanied by Perseid meteor showers
An excellent site for tracking celestial phenomena: timeanddate.com
Pretty sure you won’t find many/any of the 1+2 = 12 types following a site such as this one, as they are too busy attempting to shift the balance of the Universe.
Nite nite ~ enjoy the Full Moon Light.
💙🕊💛
*Perseids
My bad:
*Perseids meteor showers
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WordPress = smh 🤷🏽♀️
Yup. The 24x7x365/366 days born criminal thug.
Aliens: Nope, not worth it.
The born criminal played the weakass system as always.
LOL! Too cute! 😁
President BIden yesterday at signing of S.3373:
Before I begin today, I want to say a word about the news that came out today relative to the economy. Actually, I just want to say a number: zero.
Today, we received news that our economy had zero percent inflation in the month of July. Zero percent.
Here’s what that means: While the price of some things go up — went up last month, the price of other things went down by the same amount. The result: zero inflation last month. But people are hurting.
But zero inflation last month.
Economists look at a measure of inflation that ignores food and energy prices, and they call it “core inflation.” That’s about the lowest amount in several years — several months.
When you couple that with last week’s booming jobs report of 528,000 jobs created last month and 3.5 percent unemployment, it underscores the kind of economy we’ve been building.
We’re seeing a stronger labor market where jobs are booming and Americans are working. And we’re seeing some signs that inflation may be beginning to moderate.”
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/08/10/remarks-by-president-biden-at-signing-of-s-3373-the-sergeant-first-class-heath-robinson-honoring-our-promises-to-address-comprehensive-toxics-pact-act-of-2022/)
Inflation drops to zero in July due to falling gas prices
Neil Irwin
(https://www.axios.com/2022/08/10/inflation-cpi-report-july)
Remarks by Vice President Harris During Roundtable With Nevada State Legislators To Discuss Reproductive Healthcare
AUGUST 10, 2022
MGM Grand Marquee Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/08/10/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-during-roundtable-with-nevada-state-legislators-to-discuss-reproductive-healthcare/)
Bee Nguyen:
Dem candidate for Georgia secretary of state Nguyen calls out GOP predecessor for voter purges
“Republican 2020 election deniers have been nominated to the November ballot for secretary of state in several states. Seven have won Republican primaries so far including one in Minnesota on Tuesday. We share why voters need to pay attention to the critical position of secretary of state, with Democratic candidate for Georgia Secretary of State, Georgia St. Rep. Bee Nguyen.” Here speaking to Jason Johnson.
Inflation Cooled in July, Welcome News for White House and Fed
Prices have increased rapidly since last year, but barely budged in July — a positive development, though not yet enough for a victory lap.
Jeanna Smialek, Ana Swanson: (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/business/economy/july-inflation-biden-fed.html)
Why Presidential Papers Don’t Belong to Presidents
“Why are the call logs, drafts, speeches, handwritten notes and other documents from Trump’s term in office in the possession of the National Archives?
“Presidential records are the property of the United States government and are administered by the National Archives,” said Meghan Ryan Guthorn, acting deputy chief operating officer of the agency. “So, all presidential papers, materials and records in the custody of the National Archives, whether donated, seized or governed by the Presidential Records Act, are owned by the federal government.”
The Presidential Records Act of 1978 established that all presidential records are owned by the public and automatically transfer into the custody of the National Archives as soon as a commander-in-chief leaves office. All presidential libraries and museums are part of the National Archives. Former President Barack Obama’s presidential library will be the first to be fully digital.”
(https://www.voanews.com/a/why-presidential-papers-don-t-belong-to-presidents-/6694170.html)
Why hasn’t Trump released the Mar-a-Lago search warrant?
I do believe at some point somebody will get this search warrant, whether it’s us at the New York Times or one of the other outlets,” says Luke Broadwater. “We will see the answers of exactly what happened here.”
(https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/why-hasn-t-trump-released-the-mar-a-lago-search-warrant-145912389637)
Opinion: The Politics of Persecution
Charles M. Blow
(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/opinion/trump-republicans-persecution.html)
imho,
About ‘persecution’….call on the little russian to release the warrant and the manifest !!
My local paper yesterday: “AG still silent after overreach”.
Do they really not know the DOJ cannot speak about an investigation? Or that reportedly everything was done to resolve this without a warrant over the past year? Why would anyone trust donald trump with classified documents? You have to pursue evidence of a crime. Trump himself raised the penalty for this serious offense and risk to U.S. National Security. So he gets to spout off his lies and incitement = grifting $$$ while the law is silent?
Call his bluff.
correction…inventory not ‘manifest’.
A warning to all the trumpturds in fbi, doj, dhs, ss, sc etc etc. Eventually, the mob is coming for you.
Sen. Lindsey Graham Is Under Investigation For Criminal Coordination With Trump
(https://www.politicususa.com/2022/08/11/lindsey-graham-georgia-coordination.html)
Armed Man Tries To Breach FBI Office After Trump Claims He Was Attacked
It took less than 24 hours for an armed man to try to attack an FBI office
after Donald Trump called the search of his Florida club
a surprise attack.
Easley: (https://www.politicususa.com/2022/08/11/trump-armed-man-fbi.html)
imo,
surprise!!
putin’s RT state tv is defending their little russian…
It is time to take down Fox Fake News,
for the same reason we nailed and fined Alex Jones,
for his dangerous ‘gold rush of fear and misinformation” about the Sandy Hook massacre.
Stop Fox News and associates from inciting zombie civil war – based on Mister Insurrection hiding classified documents in his basement.
Attorney General Merrick Garland Delivers Statement
(https://www.c-span.org/video/?522316-1/attorney-general-garland-approved-mar-lago-search-files-motion-unseal-warrant)
Thank you AG Garland.
Well, dropping this here! Jumpstarting your Friday/ Weekend!😂 Why ever not?💃 And Lawdy we need a jumpstart. … Friday?😂
Thank you, thank you!
Attorney General Merrick Garland Delivers Remarks
Washington, DC ~ Thursday, August 11, 2022
(https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-garland-delivers-remarks)
Lol. What a pos party.
Beautiful tweet from Robin William’s son.
Zak Williams
@zakwilliams
·
3h
Dad, on the eighth anniversary of your passing, I’m remembering how incredibly kind and joyful you were. I deeply miss you you wonderful, hairy man and will be celebrating your life today. Love you so so much!
I can only hope that my children see me in a similar way…how beautiful a commentary
Don’t ask for something – that you really don’t want (LOL!!!)
Steve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck
Key point in AG Garland’s statement: DOJ was willing to do this quietly, *without* making a public spectacle of the search.
It was *President Trump’s* decision to make it public that turned this all into a spectacle (and is leading DOJ to move to unseal part of the application).
Fucking 4th estate
FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
related to nuclear documents,
sources say
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/11/garland-trump-mar-a-lago/)
Yup, the entire party of traitors
Please let tomorrow be the day that trump is picked up for questioning. Hours and hours of questioning.
And goodnight, TODville – and all the ships at sea!
The traitorous thug sure earned his.
the worst human pos ever.
Wouldn’t be surprised if these traitor enabling lying pos did rule this way.
one less magat. I don’t care, do you?
Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
And definitely fucking nope.
What a fucked up political party and even more fucked up racists base.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62516255
German trumpturd and putinturd whining.
Racist mobster chosen by racist mob.
Lol. True. Geometry.
Lol. The traitorous thug stabbed them in the back. Again. As his wont.
Lol. Nice to see people are willing to stand up this traitorous thug.
The librul media. Fuckers all.
magat white women are far more nuttier than the magat men.
OMG, and to think at one time I was considering moving to Wisconsin when retired. Western WA is a far and better way to be.
“Several Republicans argued this week that the Justice Department should’ve just subpoenaed the materials Donald Trump took. The trouble is, it did.”
“But federal law enforcement had apparently already exhausted those other options.
Officials asked for all of the materials the former president took inappropriately.
When that didn’t work, they subpoenaed the documents, and even met directly with members of Trump’s team.
When that also didn’t work, then the FBI showed up at Mar-a-Lago.”
Steve Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/revelations-doj-subpoena-shred-trump-allies-talking-points-rcna42802)
It was against this backdrop that The Washington Post published a truly jaw-dropping report.
“Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons
were among the items FBI agents sought
in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday,
according to people familiar with the investigation. Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands.
The article added the newspaper’s sources did not shed light on whether the materials in question “involved weapons belonging to the United States or some other nation.”
Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/donald-trump-really-bring-nuclear-secrets-mar-lago-rcna42794)
FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago related to nuclear documents, sources say
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/11/garland-trump-mar-a-lago/)
imo no-brainer…
Donald Trump plays a lot of sleazy games but this should be his last.
His admiration for putin and friends, no secret.
If he compromised American national security in this way, I want him GONE.
= get him out of my sight.
Came across this last night
https://freemovieswatch.tv/watch-movie/watch-to-which-we-belong-free-online-85941.8852481
A documentary about food and the crisis brought on by industrialized farming, how we urgently need to rebalance the damage we’ve done
Released 2021-04-21
I’ll never get tired of seeing this again and again!
Me neither 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💖💖
Yeh, so take that asshole. And keep President Obama’s name out ya diseased mouth.
Yes!!
He’ll never get over how small he feels around President Obama!
It’s officially unsealed!
Every one of the treasonous party of motherfuckers.
Gaslight Obstruct Project
Not until the treasonous traitor’s fugly ass is in jail along with his odious ‘family’.
Yup. I mean the body is literally buried there.
when it rains, it pours subpoenas and indictments. karma, mofos.
Fry his fugly ass along with his fugly family.
fbi, doj, ss, dhs et al have to see this through to the logical end to redeem themselves.
Media mofos.
24×7 lies do clash with each other. Will never forgive the fucking fourth estate for normalizing the traitorous thug’s lying.
Ugly truths finally coming out.
The worst possible human scum. Fucking msm put him up there with millions of dollars worth free coverage.
Let this be a lesson to all the rw leaning 3 letter agencies. They will stab your back and then throw you under the bus.
That will be ugly legacy that will for decades long after the thug is gone. Expand the court, terminate life time tenures.
Indeed. In many ways.
Yes, indeed!
The judge and fbi sue the motherfucker and the murdererochs. Time to kill the lying, inciting violence and smearing is free speech bs.
The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ
With inflation still high, Social Security recipients are on track to receive their highest cost-of-living increase in more than four decades next year. wsj.com
Social Security Benefits Are Heading for the Biggest Increase in 40 Years
Retirees and disabled workers are on track to receive the highest cost-of-living increase in more than four decades next year. 11:34 AM · Aug 10, 2022·SocialFlow
yup, yup, yup. These scums should be removed for perjury is added cause.
Dems should go all aggro and start their own relentless investigations like the treasonous thugs did with Hillary.
lol, indeed.
Fucking cowards from the traitorous thug’s regime from fucking kelly onward are still staying silent.
a born criminal thug.
Truth
Me to handing over the CC to WU: Nothing ever looks good on me, everything looks good on you. Have at it.
…
It’s a test, guyz.
New York judge rules criminal case against the Trump Organization and former CFO
Allen Weisselberg can proceed
(https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-judge-rules-criminal-case-against-the-trump-organization-and-former-cfo-allen-weisselberg-can-proceed/)
President Biden:
“The Inflation Reduction Act is the most important investment America has ever made in job-creating clean energy solutions for the future.”
New post.