Mar-a-Lago raided
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 02:47 last edited by
I’d be happy to apply it to both of our candidates from 2016.
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@Jolly Seems like we need more information before we can decide if this is worthy of the “banana republic” appellation.
wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 02:57 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
@Jolly Seems like we need more information before we can decide if this is worthy of the “banana republic” appellation.
You mean going after Manafort for the seventh prosecution in 50 years for a fairly common practice in Washington? Or trying to set up Flynn with the Logan Act, which I don't think had ever been prosecuted before. Or maybe it was the lie made up from whole cloth to smear Carter Page? Or just the travesty of the Russia! Russia! Russia! Hoax, with the lying to judges to obtain FISA warrants?
Look, even an idiot knows this raid was pure politics, authorized with a wink and a nod by the White House. It is a fishing expedition, trying to find something, anything to try to use Trump as a whipping boy for the Midterms, since they are about to lose their asses at the polls, and praying for some type of miracle to bar Trump from running in 2024.
Banana Republic?
Yep.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 02:59 last edited by
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@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
@Jolly Seems like we need more information before we can decide if this is worthy of the “banana republic” appellation.
You mean going after Manafort for the seventh prosecution in 50 years for a fairly common practice in Washington? Or trying to set up Flynn with the Logan Act, which I don't think had ever been prosecuted before. Or maybe it was the lie made up from whole cloth to smear Carter Page? Or just the travesty of the Russia! Russia! Russia! Hoax, with the lying to judges to obtain FISA warrants?
Look, even an idiot knows this raid was pure politics, authorized with a wink and a nod by the White House. It is a fishing expedition, trying to find something, anything to try to use Trump as a whipping boy for the Midterms, since they are about to lose their asses at the polls, and praying for some type of miracle to bar Trump from running in 2024.
Banana Republic?
Yep.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:08 last edited by
Didn't I hear this same line of reasoning for three years?
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:18 last edited by
As far as I know this is the first such raid.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:18 last edited by
So curious what this is… this must be HUGE for them to do this.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:19 last edited by
Yeah my thought as well.
I don’t think they’d do this over the mere existence of classified info at ML which has been a known issue for a long time.
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This decision was made in Garland's conference room. It's politics, worthy of a banana republic.
The Justice Department is corrupt and we are lurching into a post-Constitutional country. It is very evident that blind justice does not exist, that who is harassed and investigated depends on political affiliation.
I don't care what you think of Trump, this is chilling. Remember, the worm always turns...And paybacks are hell. That's not a good way to run a country.
wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:23 last edited by 89th 8 Sept 2022, 03:24@Jolly said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
I don't care what you think of Trump, this is chilling.
On this I think we both agree, albeit for different reasons.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:24 last edited by jon-nyc 8 Sept 2022, 03:26
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:26 last edited by
I just assumed this was a politicized raid over a trumped up nothing burger. I mean like I didn’t seriously consider any other possibility, based on the TDSification of the FBI and Justice. We will see.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:27 last edited by
Now both the left and right want to defund the police.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:31 last edited by Horace 8 Sept 2022, 03:32
@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
Imagine being DeSantis and having to pretend you’re not thrilled with this news.
Imagine being more concerned over politicized business relationships between Disney and Florida than with using law enforcement institutions to harass an unpopular ex president.
I know, wait and see!
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@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
Imagine being DeSantis and having to pretend you’re not thrilled with this news.
Imagine being more concerned over politicized business relationships between Disney and Florida than with using law enforcement institutions to harass an unpopular ex president.
I know, wait and see!
wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:37 last edited by@Horace Indeed, let’s!
As I said above at least twice now, if they’re just doing this because they can (i.e. because there are classified docs there) they’ll have grossly overplayed their hand and shall be appropriately crucified.
But I strongly suspect that’s not what we’re looking at here.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 03:44 last edited by
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 04:30 last edited by
If Trump takes office in January 2025, remind me to remind him to audit your taxes every year he's in office.
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Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States."
The FBI director is a Trump appointee.
wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 04:42 last edited by jon-nyc 8 Sept 2022, 04:44@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States."
The FBI director is a Trump appointee.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2022, 04:48 last edited by