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THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's
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2021-05-31 at 10:31 PM UTC
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2021-05-31 at 10:44 PM UTCNewsweek
Capitol Rioter's Attorney Calls Him 'Dumb***' Who Believed 'What He Heard on Fox News'
Jenni Fink
Anthony Antonio, who is accused of entering the Capitol during the riot, wasn't interested in politics before the 2020 election and as an impressionable young man, his attorney plans to argue in court that he was unduly influenced by Fox News.
Anthony Antonio's attorney called him a "dumb***" who believed what Fox News told him, a defense he plans to bring up during his client's trial.
More than 400 people have been charged in connection with the January 6 Capitol riot and patterns are starting to emerge in their defenses. Several have argued in court documents that they felt they were following former President Donald Trump's orders when they stormed the Capitol or that they were acting on the belief pushed by Trump that the election was stolen.
Attorneys have told Newsweek that the "blame Trump" defense isn't a strong one because in a trial, defendants will be held accountable for their own actions. Joseph Hurley, Antonio's lawyer, acknowledged to the Associated Press that misinformation is also "not a defense."
"But it will be brought up to say: This is why he was here. The reason he was there is because he was a dumb*** and believed what he heard on Fox News," Hurley said.
Antonio allegedly wore a tactical bulletproof vest adorned with a "Three Percenters" patch, a symbol of the militia group, according to court documents. He was arrested in Delaware on April 20 after officers received a tip that he was one of the people law enforcement was looking for in connection with the riot.
"You want war? We got war. 1776 all over again," Antonio said in a video from the riot.
The 27-year-old is accused of squirting water and throwing a plastic water bottle in the direction of an officer who was being dragged down the Capitol stairs. During an interview with FBI agents, Antonio said he "locked eyes" with the officer and could see "death in the man's eyes," but didn't help him "when I should of."
He later told officers the riot wasn't"against" them "personally," but was "against our country" and apologized to them. Antonio was also seen in a video speaking into a bullhorn encouraging people to not "bum rush" him and others who were at the front of the line because they were "trying to work" with the officers.
At one point during the riot, Antonio climbed through a window into an interior room of the Capitol, according to court documents, and picked up a piece of broken furniture before exiting through the same window.
"We barricaded the door, broke everything, so we have something to use against 'em," Antonio said in an interview with VDARE, supposedly referring to police officers. "While we were in there, trying to come up with a plan, I was useless, I was useless so, I left."
Antonio became consumed by conspiracy theories that the election was rigged when the pandemic forced him to stay home, where he would watch Fox News with his roommates for hours, according to the Associated Press. He told the FBI he went to Washington, D.C., because Trump "told him to" and claimed to not know what was going on at the Capitol, which agents took as a referral to Congress certifying President Joe Biden's win.
"I kind of sound like an idiot now saying it, but my faith was in [Trump]," Antonio told the Associated Press. -
2021-05-31 at 10:45 PM UTC
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2021-05-31 at 10:48 PM UTC
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2021-05-31 at 10:52 PM UTCSkunk, are you telling us that you're getting beat up by women too?
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2021-05-31 at 11:19 PM UTCPelosi and the Democrats ordered Capitol Police to welcome and wave protesters into the Capitol building, proven by several videos taken at the time.
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2021-05-31 at 11:30 PM UTC
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2021-06-01 at 11:39 AM UTC
The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2021-06-01 at 12 PM UTC
Originally posted by stl1 The Republicans are the ones trying every trick in the book to win. They are trying to make it harder for "others" to vote by enacting new Jim Crow voting laws that inhibit "others" from voting. They are the ones gerrymandering voting districts to win. I'd trust a Republican as far as I could throw your fat ass.
Nobody give Donny's fat ass a water or food while he's in line to vote as it may now be illegal.
I joke. Convicted felons (as you will soon be) aren't allowed to vote.
Everyone does that its called jerry mandering and both sides do it -
2021-06-01 at 12:55 PM UTC
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2021-06-01 at 1:31 PM UTCNewsweek
Lawmakers Want 'Action' Taken Against Michael Flynn After Myanmar Coup Remark
James Walker
Lawmakers have criticized former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn after he appeared to say that a Myanmar-like military coup "should happen" in the United States.
A handful of Republicans and Democrats hit out at the retired U.S. Army lieutenant general over the holiday weekend, with one calling for "action" to be taken against the former Trump administration official.
GOP lawmakers on the so-called "moderate" wing of the party said it was wrong of Flynn to indicate support for the "overthrow" of the U.S. government, and argued that any fantasies of a coup would be "ended quickly."
"To those begging for a military coup: you will be shocked when the military arrests you under the 'and domestic' part of the oath," Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) tweeted on Monday night. "Your fantasy will be ended quickly."
Earlier in the day, he posted a news story about Flynn's remarks and promised that Americans would "defend our constitution."
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), an anti-Trump Republican who was ousted as the House GOP Conference chair last month, tweeted: "No American should advocate or support the violent overthrow of the United States."
Speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper on Monday, Rep. Elaine (D-VA) questioned whether Flynn should be receiving any benefits from his retirement as a U.S. Army lieutenant general in light of his remarks.
"The fact that he's making these kinds of comments—inciting violence, recommending that there should be a coup to overthrow the U.S. Government is unconscionable, and I truly believe action should be taken against General Flynn," the Democratic lawmaker said.
Newsweek contacted Michael Flynn's conservative America's Future group for further comment.
The former Trump administration official appeared on a live panel at the "For God & Country Patriot Roundup" conference in Dallas on Sunday night. "I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can't happen here?" one attendee asked the panel.
"No reason. I mean, it should happen here. No reason, that's right," Flynn replied.
But the ex-national security adviser later told his followers on Telegram that he believed there was "no reason whatsoever" for a coup in the U.S., and claimed that he had not called for any action of that sort.
"Any reporting of any other belief by me is a boldface fabrication based on twisted reporting at a lively panel at a conference of Patriotic Americans who love this country, just as I do," he added in a message posted Monday afternoon.
SURE, WE BELIEVE YOU, CONVICT. -
2021-06-01 at 1:33 PM UTCdo you know what happened in myanmar?
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2021-06-01 at 1:57 PM UTCWe all know who the real domestic terrorists are.
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2021-06-01 at 2:04 PM UTC
Originally posted by POLECAT FAKE NEWS
New York Daily News
Americans most confident in spotting ‘Fake News’ may be the most vulnerable to it
Brian Niemietz
Americans most likely to call out “fake news” also appear more likely to believe articles that aren’t true, according to a new study.
Research published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looking at 8,285 subjects found that those most overconfident in their ability to differentiate between fact and fiction could bear greater responsibility for the spread of bad facts.
“Overconfidence may make individuals more likely to inadvertently expose themselves to misinformation and, when they trust in the veracity of news content that is in fact false, more likely to participate in its spread,” reads the study, conducted by researchers from Princeton University, University of Utah, Washington University in St. Louis, Dartmouth College and University of Exeter.
Up to 75% of Americans overestimate their ability to recognize a false headline. © Provided by New York Daily News Up to 75% of Americans overestimate their ability to recognize a false headline.
According to their findings, “If people incorrectly see themselves as highly skilled at identifying false news, they may unwittingly consume more of it and more readily accept it. This may be especially true if the false content conforms to their worldview, sparking less skepticism.”
Among the samples used to survey respondents were headlines from the 2018 midterm election. Up to 75% of Americans overestimate their ability to recognize a false headline. Roughly nine in 10 respondents believed their ability to spot a fake story is above average.
“This overconfidence is greatest among individuals least skilled at actually distinguishing legitimate from false content,” researchers claim. “Moreover, using behavioral data based on respondents’ online activity, we find that overconfident individuals are more likely to visit websites known to spread false or misleading content.”
Learning to speak ‘Fox News’ could be useful in the post-COVID era
The study also found Republicans to be more overconfident than Democrats, “which is not surprising given the lower levels of media trust they report.”
According to CNN, the study’s leader, professor Ben Lyons, said in a statement that most Americans believe confusion caused by false news is widespread, but not many believe they have seen or shared that information personally.
The PNAS published study also states that “these results paint a worrying picture: Individuals least equipped to identify false news content are also the least aware of their own limitations and therefore more susceptible to its effects and most likely to contribute to its spread.”
The study does not conclude that overconfidence directly causes people to engage with false news, though it does suggest an individual’s ability to think they’re good at spotting fake news and their actual ability to do so could lead to the dissemination of incorrect information. -
2021-06-01 at 2:10 PM UTC^ This from a clown who takes the word of CNN as gospel. Too funny.
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2021-06-01 at 3:13 PM UTCYAP
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2021-06-01 at 7:40 PM UTCSalon
DOJ wants civil rights lawsuit against Trump over violent Lafayette Square clearing dismissed
Jon Skolnik 53 mins ago
Attorneys at the Department of Justice asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit filed against former President Donald Trump and former Attorney General William Barr for violently clearing out a throng of Black Lives Matter protesters from Lafayette Square last June, claiming that "presidential security is paramount."
The suit, brought by The American Civil Liberties Union, Black Lives Matter, and other left-leaning civil rights organizations, was filed last June after Trump swept the area to pose for a photo op just outside of St. John's Episcopal Church, with a bible in hand.
The demonstration in Lafayette Square, organized in protest of the police killing of George Floyd and others, was largely peaceful until Barr ordered military and law enforcement officers to disperse around 1,000 protesters with smoke grenades, tear gas and pepper balls. Law enforcement also used shields and clubs to physically clear demonstrators from the premises.
The suit in question argues that Trump, Barr, and others "unlawfully conspired to violate" the rights of protesters. However, federal attorneys have rebutted that the assault was necessary to protect Trump, according to the Washington Post. Citing a 2004 case in which a judge ruled that Secret Service agents could not be held liable for damages incurred by protesters in the name of presidential safety, Justice Department trial attorney David G. Cutler argued on Friday that the plaintiffs "seek to hold the attorney general personally liable for damages for actions taken to ensure a safe perimeter for the president of the United States."
The presiding judge, U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich, appeared to be open to Cutler's reasoning, asking "How do I get over the clear national security concern over the president's safety?"
ACLU attorneys have, however, disputed the notion that Trump faced any significant danger at the time, instead claiming that the former President used the opportunity to target protesters "because of their viewpoint, their message, their speech." Dismissing the lawsuit, the lawyers concluded, would "authorize brutality with impunity."
Randy M. Mastro, co-chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, who is representing plaintiffs in the case, said that the DOJ's defense involved "shifting explanations," pointing to a spate of Trump's tweets leading up to the incident which indicated strong threats of violence.
Last summer, Trump took to Twitter to call on various state governors to "dominate your city and your state" amid the mass protests. "In Washington," he said, "we're going to do something people haven't seen before."
The former president even threatened to have protesters outside the White House be "greeted with the most vicious dogs and most ominous weapons I have ever seen."
It's in light of tweets like these that Mastro argued: "The conduct here was so flagrantly unlawful and so obviously unconstitutional that it requires a remedy, and we are here today, your honor, to see that nothing like this ever happens again in our country."
Friedrich promised there would be a ruling on the case in the "near future."
LOCK HIM UP!
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2021-06-01 at 7:47 PM UTCThe Root
[Opinion] Delusional Former President Is Telling People He Will Be ‘Reinstated’ as President by August, New York Times Journalist Reports
Stephen A. Crockett Jr.
Former President HooHoo Von SlumLord is still smoking the MAGA dope and truly believes that he will become sitting president by August, according to a tweet Tuesday from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.
Haberman is among a rare group of mainstream reporters /who has covered the possible prisoner/ who has access to the fat orange citizen and notes that he has been “laser focused” on election audits in states he still believes he won.
Business Insider notes that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and other anti-democratic conspiracy theorists have been pushing this wacky Hail Mary “in fringe conservative media for several months. It has no basis under the Constitution or any legitimate legal framework.”
And former Trump attorney Sidney Powell has also floated the idea at a QAnon conference over the weekend.
The anticipation of a Trump reinstatement on a certain date could spread further among the most dedicated Trump supporters. The calls to help overturn the 2020 election on January 6, for example, gained steam through a pro-Trump bus tour by a fringe group and led to the insurrection at the Capitol.
Lindell has said August is when he would go to the Supreme Court to present evidence he’s acquired that would be so convincing that the justices would be forced to reject the 2020 election result.
A podcast from the former Trump advisor Steve Bannon has amplified the conspiracy theory, as Lindell and others have gone on the show to promote it with minimal pushback.
So maybe this is a play to make sure other GOP hopefuls with presidential dreams don’t even think about running for president in 2024. Maybe this is a move to show that the former president is still trying to be president. Or maybe these are just the delusional ramblings of an old man with a bad spray tan trying to grift a few more bucks out of his followers all while knowing that he will never see office during Biden’s term.
I just hope that we all find someone who loves us the way the former president loves unseasoned quail meat, orange Cheetos dust massages and the belief that he won a presidency that he didn’t.
IF NOT AUGUST, THEN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER OR SOMETIME IN 2022 OR 2023 OR 2024 Or 2025 OR...
I PROMISE ! ! ! -
2021-06-01 at 8:09 PM UTCCNN
The one BIG problem with the GOP's 'election security' push
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Texas Republicans have a simple reason for the broad changes they have proposed to tighten the rules on who can vote when and how: It's the only way to combat rampant election fraud.
"We want elections to be secure and accessible," state Sen. Bryan Hughes, one of the lead sponsors of the legislation, told the Texas Tribune.
But here's the thing: This is a solution in search of a problem.
Because no matter what Hughes or former President Donald Trump say, there is zero evidence of widespread voter fraud in modern American elections. Like, none.
Let's start with the 2020 election, the one that Trump has repeatedly worked to undermine by insisting that it was fraudulent.
Here's Trump administration Attorney General Bill Barr late last year: "To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election."
The man who succeeded Barr in the job -- acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen -- said the same in testimony to Congress in May: "During my tenure, DOJ maintained the position publicly announced previously that the Department had been presented with no evidence of widespread voter fraud at a scale sufficient to change the outcome of the 2020 election."
Trump and his legal team filed dozens of cases -- in state and federal courts -- alleging widespread voter fraud. They won not a single significant victory. The Supreme Court rejected a suit to overturn the Pennsylvania results and a broader effort led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that aimed to invalidate votes in several key swing states that went for Biden.
Recounts and audits in a variety of states affirmed the original results. There is just no "there" there.
And 2020 isn't an anomaly!
Consider the following:
* According to one database of all types of election fraud, there have been 491 cases of reported absentee-ballot fraud since 2000, which is an absolutely paltry number when you consider the number of elections and number of ballots cast over that time.
* A study done by Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt tracked US elections from 2000 to 2014 in search of voter fraud, or, as he put it, "specific, credible allegation that someone may have pretended to be someone else at the polls." Levitt found 31 examples of fraud out of more than 1 billion instances.
* A five-year study on voter fraud commissioned by President George W. Bush found, as The New York Times wrote at the time, "virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections."
* In the 2016 presidential election, there were a total of four documented cases of voter fraud out of more than 135 million votes cast, according to The Washington Post's Philip Bump.
Against all of that evidence and data is, well, not much other than Trump's wild accusations and the occasional anecdotal story about how some guy voted twice for Trump.
There's an important point to be made here: An isolated incident of someone voting twice (or trying to) is NOT widespread voter fraud. It is one person acting irresponsibly. What is being alleged by Trump and his backers is that there was a plot across multiple states to steal the election, dumping tens of thousands of votes in at the last minute to hand the election to Joe Biden. And there is simply no evidence of that happening. None. (Side note: You would think that if the plot was as widespread as Trump is alleging, some word of it might have leaked out, right?)
So why are Republicans across the country -- 14 states have passed almost two dozen laws aimed at restricting voting access -- pushing so hard on this issue if it's not to solve the nonexistent problem of widespread voter fraud?
The answer seems obvious: Balloting changes over the last decade or so -- and, in particular, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic over the last 16 months -- has produced massive voter turnout. In 2020, 67% of eligible voters reported voting, a 5% increase (17 million more votes) than four years previous. (The 2020 turnout was the highest in more than a century.)
And Republican leaders have acknowledged that more voters voting is bad for them. In 2019, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell dismissed the idea of a making Election Day a holiday as a "power grab" by Democrats. In March 2020 Trump told Fox & Friends this: "They had levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it you'd never have a Republican elected in this country again."
So, yeah. When people tell you who they are and what they are doing believe them -- the first time.
