@Audjuice9989@RpsAgainstTrump The Orange Man is being taken down by his own appointees. His own employees. Republicans. Not Smith. Not Garland. Not Biden. And his own worst enemy, of course, is himself. He could have avoided all of this by simply complying with requests to return the government documents.
WOW.
The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board BLASTS Donald Trump:
"If Mr. Trump is the GOP nominee, he is unlikely to defeat Joe Biden. But if he did win, the document fiasco is what a second term would be like. He wouldn’t be able to deliver the conservative policy victories that Republicans want because he can’t control himself. He’d be preoccupied with grievance and what he calls “retribution.” The best people won’t work for him because they see how he mistreated so many loyalists in the first term."
Trump's conspiratorial hints about who toppled the toppled box seen in the indictment are absolute bunk. That photo was taken, per the indictment, by Trump aide Walt Nauta eight months before the FBI search.
I want to address one segment from Tucker Carlson's Episode 3 that he posted last night on Twitter and then ask you all to do a simple thought experiment.
Tucker Carlson implies that Trump's arrest and indictment was because the deep state is after him for speaking out on the Iraq war and being against the establishment in Washington. He then continues by claiming that Biden is merely having his political opponent arrested.
Let me make a few things clear:
Biden did not arrest Trump. In fact his Attorney General didn't arrest Trump. His Attorney General appointed a special prosecutor, who issued subpoenas, warrants and interviewed witnesses under the purview of independent judges. That Special prosecutor then got an independent Grand Jury of 12 of Trump's peers, in the red-state of Floria to indict Trump.
To close things out let me ask you all one thing. Pretend that Trump, as a private citizen shared the nuclear and national defense documents he had at Mar-a-lago with Putin, MBS or Iran. Would you then think he should be indicted?
If the answer is "yes" then you should also believe that he should be indicted for holding these documents and refusing to return them. Not because they are classified, but because they are national security secrets, that according to the Espionage act are illegal to hold as a private citizen, as they are a danger to this nation if they fall into the wrong hands.
If you think these documents should not be shared with our adversaries and it should be a crime to do so, then you should also recognize that despite whether he claims to have unclassified them, it should also be a crime to keep them from our government and risk them falling into the hands of our adversaries.
Set aside your political biases and put the security of our country as your top priority.
Trump casually declaring that the Presidential Records Act says it's totally cool for him to keep classified documents is like a batter casually declaring that the rulebook says three strikes is a home run. Just a total inversion of the law's text, upside-down world.
Former Trump Chief of Staff and Marine Corps General John Kelly just spoke out about Trump’s latest indictment:
“He’s scared sh*tless. This is the way he compensates for that. He gives people the appearance he doesn’t care by doing this. For the first time in his life, it looks like he’s being held accountable. Up until this point in his life, it’s like, I’m not going to pay you, take me to court. He’s never been held accountable before.”
Thoughts?
Thank you @POTUS for another package of defense assistance. Weapons and military equipment worth $325 million is exactly what the 🇺🇦 Defense Forces need today. We appreciate the unwavering support of the friendly 🇺🇸 people. And effective assistance in liberating the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian aggressor. Together we will restore Ukraine's territorial integrity, preserve its independence and protect its democracy.
Unsurprisingly, this Johnson thing is false.
1) The 1,850 boxes are from Biden's *Senate* years. Senators can do what they want with their docs; he donated them to a college. 2) To date, there's no evidence of *any* classified docs in these boxes. He's let the FBI search twice.
@benshapiro Let's hope so. It's a generational thing Ben. Once the current generation of bigots and racists is gone, we'll look back and wonder why it took so long to simply treat everyone with respect. The 20-year-olds today have no problem with LGBTQ.. rights.
@DrSandman11 Nice. Like the dual stickers. I was taught by Fritz Berry to use the lengthwise sticker showing the lines and numbers (as you did). Now I use the auto-printed label from our med dispenser which includes patient name, date, and name of provider.
@maggieNYT @politicoalex What do the January 6 investigation by Congress and the current indictments by Jack Smith have in common? They both rely entirely on the sworn testimony of REPUBLICAN witnesses, UNDER OATH with penalties for perjury. So Donald’s problem is with what republicans have sworn to.
@maggieNYT @politicoalex I think the meme floating around, over the the last week or so, put it best:
Nixon was a President that became a Criminal.
Trump is a Criminal that became President.
Any terrorist counts on only a few forms of results for himself: the suffering of people, the intimidation of people, and the ruins that terror leaves behind. This is exactly how Russia acts in this case.
We will do everything to guarantee people a basis for life even after this disaster.
Next time Kevin McCarthy or another Republican cries about how "unfair" the DOJ is to indict Trump on espionage charges. Or goes on Fox and decries "the two tiered justice system" That is "treating Donald Trump so unfairly". Is Donald Trump being treated "so unfair"? Here are 4 people who were charged with espionage. The same as Donald Trump. Neither was allowed to turn themselves in to the court. They were arrested and hauled into court in handcuffs . All were held without bond. Michael Pollard (left) Life in prison. John Walker (right) Life without parole. Currently serving his time at the Florence, Colorado Super-Max prison where he is locked down 23 hours a day. And Ethel and Julies Rosenberg (bottom right) Charge: Espionage (same as Trump) penalty: Death in the Electric Chair. Now ask if they still feel poor little Donald Trump is " being treated worse than anybody in the history of America". Since they are MAGA/GOP the hypocrisy of their words will never get through to them. @NewBlueUSA #DemVoice1
Now, unfortunately, we see that at some levels in the world there is simply a shameful indifference to the ecocide and human tragedy caused by the Russian terrorist attack on the Kakhovka HPP.
When international organizations that are supposed to protect life on a global scale do not have time to organize and send a rescue mission to the occupied territory even in a week... When some world players do not dare to come out even with clear and strong statements that would condemn this new Russian war crime... Terrorists are simply fueled by this weakness of the world, this indifference – it encourages them. And we have to overcome this. And we will overcome.
We are pressing and encouraging so that international organizations and international support come to the part of Kherson region where the occupiers are now.