vxbush 12/4/2024 5:40:26 AM

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Sounds like the lawyers that work for King County either have been smoking the dope or were too drunk to understand how bad their appeal was written. The 9th Circuit set them straight. 

A three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals court ruled that King County, Wash., can't stop Trump's deportation of the Democrats' illegal alien voters. 

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In its narration of the case—and I encourage you to read it if you want a good laugh with a side of scotch—9th Circuit said the county lied to the court when it said that the executive order issued by Constantine didn't really have the effect of law; that the U.S. District Court didn't have standing to hear the case; and that cutting off the ability to ship out illegal aliens in Seattle didn't harm ICE, even though it had to find another airport. And, while we're on the subject, the order read that the county discriminated against certain users of Boeing Field's FBO, which is against the law. 

vxbush 12/4/2024 5:42:16 AM

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These are "top men"?

A former Houston FBI agent has been convicted for repeatedly stealing money while conducting searches, including from a Jan. 6 protestor.

Nicholas Anthony Williams stole more than $10,000 during searches and faces up to 10 years in federal prison and potentially a $250,000 fine. He was convicted in September and will be sentenced in January. This incident highlights once again the corruption within the FBI, the need for reform, and also the unfair treatment of Jan. 6 protestors.

Federal court documents, according to Houston Public Media, detail how Williams — who was on the criminal violent gang and counterterrorism squads — “embezzled and wrongfully converted” $1,200 he seized while he was executing a December 2020 search warrant in Houston. Then, in March 2022, Williams stole more than $4,000 while executing another search warrant in a residence.

vxbush 12/4/2024 5:46:23 AM

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This is VERY good news.....first the tweet: 

Wisconsin Judge Brad Schimel has approved a subpoena against ActBlue, saying, "Something is NOT right" after hearing evidence that ActBlue is using the names of unsuspecting people to launder dark money to Democrat campaigns.

...and then quoting from the article linked above:

Several Attorneys General from Republican states have opened up investigations, and now Mark Block, a Republican who discovered that his identity was used to launder campaign contributions to Kamala Harris, is suing ActBlue in Wisconsin. ActBlue was fighting discovery, and a judge just knocked them down. 

vxbush 12/4/2024 5:57:09 AM

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South Korean president faces impeachment vote as defence minister offers to resign

• • South Korean MPs have begun impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol after thwarting his shock move to impose martial law
• • The president had said martial law was needed to protect the country from "North Korea's communist forces" and to "eliminate anti-state elements"
• • Though he cited North Korea, President Yoon's decision was seen as a response to domestic pressure and a series of scandals
• • Less than two hours after his declaration, MPs forced their way into the National Assembly and voted to block his decision - some broke through barricades; the parliament's speaker told the BBC he climbed over a wall 
• • After the assembly vote, President Yoon announced he was reversing his martial law decision - MPs will now vote on his impeachment in the coming days
• • Yoon's defence minister Kim Yong-hyun - said to be influential in the president's martial law plan - offered his resignation on Wednesday

vxbush 12/4/2024 6:45:11 AM

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DNC Finance Committee Member questions why so many consultants became millionaires off of donations to Kamala Harris’ campaign: 

Lindy Li: “There’s a lot of conflict of interest here. And we need a careful accounting and probably more granular than the FEC report would offer.

"Because if we don’t do that, how are voters and donors ever going to trust the Democratic Party again?"

When Obama ended in debt in 2012, he left and left the DNC in a terrible position because we had to climb out of debt.

Hillary Clinton cited the 2012 Obama debt as a reason why she lost because initially her campaign was at disadvantage. 

There is no reason why consultants became overnight millionaires through the campaign. It was no there’s no justification for that.

[bolding mine]

I can imagine all sorts of reasons how and why these consultants because millionaires overnight. But it would be better to know which reason is accurate.

vxbush 12/4/2024 6:51:22 AM

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Li also spoke about Harris taking over for Biden in the election, and she was blunt: 

When asked directly, “Do you agree that Obama and Pelosi did not want Harris?” Li didn’t mince words. “I know they didn’t,” she replied. “I have a lot of friends in Obama World, and actually, I'm friends with Speaker Pelosi, and I spoke with her before….”

“And what did she tell you?” asked Zouves.

“It's not a matter of conjecture for me. I know they didn't.”

According to Li, Pelosi gave her tacit approval during the campaign to do media hits and call for Biden to drop out. “She said it was fine that I went on air to encourage President Biden to step down,” Li revealed. “It was July 21st when I went on Fox News Sunday, and I said it was … time for him to step down and pass the mantle to the next generation. It was necessary. It became clear that he was no longer able to effectively litigate the case against … Trump.”

Li added, “And Obama and Pelosi were both hoping for a primary instead of a coronation, so to speak.”

Pressed on who Pelosi and Obama were backing, Li painted a nuanced picture. “I don’t think Pelosi was hoping for anyone in particular, or not that I know of. I do know that Obama was carefully vetting Mark Kelly, the senator from Arizona. I know there were other names on his list.” She also noted, “I’m not saying that Kamala Harris was necessarily at the top of [Obama’s] list, but he was definitely considering other candidates. I don’t think she was ruled out.”

So let me rewrite this in my own words. They all agreed that Biden wasn't capable of doing the job. But they didn't move until AFTER all the primaries were done, and they wanted to do another set of primaries before selecting their replacement candidate? 

If someone had simply walked over to Biden and made it clear to him back in November 2023 that he could not run for office again, they could have avoided all of this. So why didn't they do it then? What were they waiting on? Why did George Clooney have to be the one who stepped up and spoke the truth but only after his buddy Obama asked him to? 

I knew Democrats were somewhat delusional, but this is really crazy. 

vxbush 12/4/2024 7:23:13 AM

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UnitedHealthcare CEO Killed in Manhattan by Masked Gunman, Reports Say

The CEO of insurance company UnitedHealthcare’s insurance unit, Brian Thompson, was shot and killed by a masked gunman in what appears to be a targeted attack in New York City, unnamed officials said in media reports on Wednesday.

UnitedHealthcare did not immediately respond to an Epoch Times request for comment. The health giant also has not issued a statement on reports of Thompson’s death.

That sounds like a hit. 

Occasional Reader 12/4/2024 7:40:09 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 4:

This could have ended much, much worse, of course.  But the whole thing is just so bizarre.  What did Yoon think he would achieve? 

It reminds me a bit of the Wagner Group's short-lived Thunder Run toward Moscow.  As some online pundit noted at the time (quoting from memory);  "I've seen no analysis of the motives behind this action that cites any factor with greater explanatory power than vodka."

vxbush 12/4/2024 8:58:41 AM

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In #8 Occasional Reader said: It reminds me a bit of the Wagner Group's short-lived Thunder Run toward Moscow.  As some online pundit noted at the time (quoting from memory);  "I've seen no analysis of the motives behind this action that cites any factor with greater explanatory power than vodka."

Alcohol could be the impetus for a lot of stupid decisions across the globe. We should put together a study and try to get federal funding for it to prove that federal funding for such stupid actions should stop. Think that would fly?

JCM 12/4/2024 10:13:34 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

Smack Daddy Dow Constantine thinks he Empororer.

buzzsawmonkey 12/4/2024 11:55:36 AM

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In #6 vxbush said: So let me rewrite this in my own words. They all agreed that Biden wasn't capable of doing the job. But they didn't move until AFTER all the primaries were done, and they wanted to do another set of primaries before selecting their replacement candidate?  If someone had simply walked over to Biden and made it clear to him back in November 2023 that he could not run for office again, they could have avoided all of this. So why didn't they do it then? What were they waiting on? Why did George Clooney have to be the one who stepped up and spoke the truth but only after his buddy Obama asked him to?  I knew Democrats were somewhat delusional, but this is really crazy. 

They all believed---knew---that Biden was a disaster, but they couldn't pull together a unified strategy against his declared candidacy and primary wins, and his wife's determination to cling to the power and perks, in time to be able to stage some sort of rump primary process.  There were, likely, a number of people various factions would rather have put up, but they were in the meantime stuck with the First Black and Female Vice President, whom they could not easily kick to the curb given all the Democrats' "diversity" blather.  

I still believe that Trump won only partially due to his increased appeal among certain formerly-Democrat constituencies, and that the failure of the Harris/Walz ticket was in the nature of a sacrifice bunt that would serve the dual purpose of removing both these clowns from any future viability for the top spots, while permitting them to let Donald Trump do whatever he could for his second and last term so that they would know what they had to stonewall against and, later, try to undo.  I suspect that the fraud machine of 2020 was kept in low gear so as to make Trump's win reasonably decisive---in other words, knifing their own candidates in a manner that was believable to both sides---in the greater interest of getting rid of a future drag on the top ticket nomination process and finding out the worst that Trump can accomplish this second time around.