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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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2021-06-06 at 11:56 PM UTCHE THINKS HE IS SAVING US,, WHAT A DOUCHEBAG
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2021-06-06 at 11:57 PM UTCAND I'M TALKIN 1936 DOUCHEBAG
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2021-06-07 at 1:16 AM UTCobama and trump are actually the same person wearing different costumes
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2021-06-07 at 1:34 AM UTC
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2021-06-07 at 12:34 PM UTCMake
America
GOP-less
At last
Mike Nearman: Video appears to show GOP Oregon lawmaker telling protesters how to enter closed state Capitol
By Joe Sutton, CNN 24 mins ago
An Oregon state lawmaker who has been charged after he allegedly allowed protesters into the closed state Capitol building during a debate over Covid-19 restrictions is seen in new video appearing to give insights into how to access the Capitol, which led to a scuffle between protesters and police.
Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican, appears in a 78-minute video in which he is speaking to an unidentified audience about steps to take to set up "Operation Hall Pass," according to a clip reported by Oregon Public Broadcasting that is posted on YouTube and says it was streamed on December 16, 2020.
It is unclear if he is aware he's being recorded.
At the beginning of the video, Nearman tells the people in attendance this will allow them to "develop some kinds of tools as far as knowing what the legislature is doing and how to participate in what the legislature is doing."
Later in the video, the Oregon state representative and the audience were discussing people not being able to access the Capitol because of Covid-19 restrictions. He then begins to detail how to possibly get access into the building and whom to call.
"We are talking about setting up Operation Hall Pass, which I don't know anything about; and if you accuse me of knowing something about it, I'll deny it. But there would be some person's cell phone which might be ... but that is just random numbers that I spewed out; that's not anybody's actual cell phone. And if you say, 'I'm at the west entrance' during the session and text to that number there, that somebody might exit that door while you're standing there. But I don't know anything about that, I don't have anything to do with that, and if I did I wouldn't say that I did. But anyways that number that I didn't say was ... So don't text that number but a number like that," Nearman says to an undisclosed audience.
Although Nearman repeatedly gave the same full phone number, CNN is not publishing it.
He continues, "Make sure to say what entrance you're at, too," and then a woman can be heard asking Nearman to repeat the number again. Nearman then says, "Yeah, I didn't really say a number, but if I were to say a number it might have been something like ... and you'd have to say what entrance you're at, but that's not really going to happen so just don't worry about that, nobody said anything."
The woman can be heard saying, "Just random numbers."
However, the numbers are not random.
The number that Nearman is heard repeating multiple times is in fact his number, CNN has confirmed.
"You're not allowed in the Capitol, so that's, that's kind of a problem but that's where we're at," Nearman said.
A man from the audience then asks Nearman when would be a good time to show up at the Capitol.
"So if people were to show up at the Capitol, you know hypothetically speaking, would it be better to do it during the week or on the weekends because I notice a lot of rallies and things like that happen on the weekends when no one is working?"
Nearman then goes into a variety or scenarios, but says, "so Wednesday at 10 o'clock in the morning, that's when I am working at the Capitol, theoretically, if there's a session going on."
Surveillance video at the state Capitol allegedly shows Nearman leaving the building on December 21 through a locked door that was surrounded by anti-restriction protesters, which allowed the protesters to enter the building.
Protesters were not able to enter the main chamber, but there was a physical confrontation with officers during which Oregon State Police said, "a protester sprayed some kind of chemical irritant."
Nearman was charged with first-degree official misconduct and second-degree criminal trespass, according to court records. A charging document obtained by Oregon Public Broadcasting accuses Nearman of "unlawfully and knowingly perform(ing) an act which constituted an unauthorized exercise of his official duties, with intent to obtain a benefit or to harm another."
Early this year, in a statement reported by The Oregonian, Nearman said he was subjected to "mob justice," does not condone violence and said the Capitol building is constitutionally required to remain open to the public.
His lawyer, Jason Short, tells CNN that he appeared at the arraignment on Nearman's behalf. No plea has been entered, he said. His lawyer also did not have a comment about the video. -
2021-06-07 at 12:37 PM UTC
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2021-06-07 at 3:54 PM UTCThe phone number was Pelosi's.
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2021-06-07 at 6:14 PM UTC
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2021-06-07 at 9:13 PM UTCMaking
America
Glad they elected Biden
Again
POLITICO
U.S. seizes most of Colonial Pipeline's $4.4M ransom payment
By Eric Geller
Federal investigators were able to recover more than half of the $4.4 million ransom payment that Colonial Pipeline made to the hackers who froze its computers and forced the shutdown of its massive fuel distribution system, the Biden administration announced on Monday.
“The sophisticated use of technology to hold businesses and even whole cities hostage for profit is decidedly a 21st-century challenge, but the old adage ‘follow the money’ still applies,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said during a news conference.
By tracing the payment across the ostensibly anonymous cryptocurrency ecosystem, the government was able to locate and seize $2.27 million from a virtual currency account used by the hackers.
“The sophisticated use of technology to hold businesses and even whole cities hostage for profit is decidedly a 21st-century challenge, but the old adage ‘follow the money’ still applies,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said during a news conference.
The announcement represents a rare bit of good news for the Biden administration as it rushes to fix digital weaknesses in the United States’ critical infrastructure, most of which is run by companies that have scant cyber expertise and are subject to little, if any, regulation.
It also bolsters federal officials’ argument that companies can help fight back against a rising tide of ransomware attacks if they cooperate with government investigations.
May's five-day shutdown of Colonial’s pipeline — one of the East Coast’s biggest fuel suppliers — led to gasoline hoarding that produced widespread, albeit short-term, shortages and helped drive up the price at the pump. The incident refocused attention on the threat of ransomware, prompting new cyber rules for pipeline operators, a bipartisan congressional push for a hack notification law and a parade of hearings, including two this week.
The Colonial hack, and a subsequent attack last week on the world’s largest meat supplier, forced the steadily growing threat of ransomware onto the front-burner for the Biden administration.
The DarkSide ransomware used to hack Colonial is one of more than 100 variants that the FBI is tracking, Deputy Director Paul Abbate said Monday. DarkSide, which is developed by a Russian criminal group that licenses it out to less sophisticated hackers, has struck more than 90 U.S. critical infrastructure companies in sectors ranging from manufacturing and health care to energy and insurance, Abbate said.
DOJ has created a task force on ransomware attacks, and the department recently announced that it was elevating the issue to the same severity level as terrorism, creating greater coordination between U.S. attorneys’ offices and prosecutors in Washington about which cases to charge. FBI Director Christopher Wray described the ransomware epidemic as a modern version of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Wray’s analogy, which was about the importance of public-private cooperation, underscored why ransomware has continued to plague society. For years, U.S. officials have urged companies to be more forthcoming when they are hacked, both so the government can help them recover and so federal experts can analyze the attacks and warn other potential victims. But many companies still refuse to disclose their breaches, fearing the legal, financial and reputational consequences of doing so.
Monaco used Monday’s announcement as an opportunity to hammer home the government’s message about preparing for and reporting breaches. “We are all in this together,” she said.
President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order that requires federal contractors to report cyber incidents to the government, and bipartisan draft legislation would extend that obligation to critical infrastructure operators and major IT service providers.
Colonial faced criticism for its initial reluctance to share information with the federal government. It alerted the FBI to the breach, but it did not notify DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the government’s primary cyber defender. It took several days for Colonial to share breach data with CISA so the agency could prepare guidance for other potential targets, and even then, CISA’s acting director said he was in the dark about Colonial’s ransom payment.
That Colonial even paid the ransom was another source of controversy, as U.S. officials routinely warn against doing so, saying it fuels more attacks. “You are encouraging the bad actors,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
Asked on Monday whether companies could feel better about paying ransoms given the possibility of their recovery, Monaco said doing so always entailed a risk.
“We may not be able to do this in every instance,” she said. -
2021-06-07 at 9:20 PM UTCMaking
America
Glad this nutter isn't in office
Any more
Business Insider
Trump bought into conspiracy theory that Democrats would sabotage Biden, replace him with Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama as presidential nominee, book says
gpanetta@businessinsider.com (Grace Panetta)
Trump believed that Biden would be sabotaged and replaced as the 2020 Democratic nominee.
Trump firmly believed in a conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama would take over.
The Wall Street Journal's Michael Bender reports on the episode in his upcoming book.
Former President Donald Trump believed a conspiracy theory that leaders in the Democratic Party would sabotage now-President Joe Biden at the 2020 convention and replace him with Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama, according to a forthcoming book by Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender.
The latest nugget from the book, titled "Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost," was published on Monday in Vanity Fair.
As late as April 2020, when all of Biden's rivals had dropped out of the race, Trump bought into the falsehood that Democratic officials would replace Biden, who Trump referred to as "mentally retarded," with Clinton or Obama, Bender wrote.
The idea, he wrote, apparently originated from former Clinton White House advisor Dick Morris who was informally advising Trump at the time.
Trump theorized that Democrats would "realize [Biden is] old, and they're going to give it to somebody else. They're going to give it to Hillary, or they're going to give it to Michelle Obama."
The conspiracy, according to Bender, led Trump to hold back on going after Biden because he was afraid that early and sustained attacks from the Trump camp could weaken Biden so much that Democrats would replace him with another candidate.
Eventually, Trump's former top pollster Tony Fabrizio had to talk the former president down from the idea in a memo spelling out how the mechanics of the nomination process would preclude Biden's last-minute replacement.
"The pollster aimed to debunk the theory by outlining the remaining Democratic primaries, in which Biden had no significant challenger, and the delegate math to secure the nomination," Bender wrote. "Biden would have enough delegates to secure the nomination in just three weeks, Fabrizio explained, and it would be mathematically impossible to steal it in four weeks."
"Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost" is being published by Twelve Books and will be released on August 10. -
2021-06-07 at 9:44 PM UTC
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2021-06-07 at 9:47 PM UTCI can't get into the passion anymore of politics. Trump I felt is playing this two faced character. he stated he would never run as a Republican. he was Independent. then he had to run on the republican platform to win because no one would vote Independent.
whatever Independent group that was. My guess is Not Green.
I kind of feel bad for Biden. he doesnt look like he can finish out the next 3.5 years to go -
2021-06-07 at 9:52 PM UTCI just read an article that said he has stated that he will be running for reelection in 2024.
Time will tell.
He's doing such a great job so far and I hope his health holds out. -
2021-06-07 at 10:32 PM UTCWE ARE BUSTING HEADS ALL ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY.JUST THE FACT WE ARE GETTING AUDITS ACCROSS THIS COUNTRY SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING IS UP, AND WE ARE WAKING UP NORMIES BY THE THOUSANDS EVERY DAY
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2021-06-07 at 10:34 PM UTC4 MILLION VIEWS IN 4 DAYS ON YOU TUBE,, TAKE A LISTEN AND SEE WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE HEARING
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2021-06-07 at 10:34 PM UTCgreat job = illegals pouring in, jobs report in ruins, higher taxes, sky high gas prices, conspiring with China, cancel culture, race baiting, etc, etc, etc..
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2021-06-07 at 11:31 PM UTCFake hair.
Fake tan.
Fake weight. 239 lbs.? SURE!
Fake height. Wears lifts in shoes and tall heels. Wears ties long to present self as taller.
Fake President.
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2021-06-07 at 11:59 PM UTCAnd the small hands! Don't forget those!
Like dealing with literal 10-year olds. The mentality of children.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2021-06-08 at 5:23 AM UTC
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2021-06-08 at 5:52 AM UTCBusiness Insider
Defendant, who prosecutors say stormed Capitol in a QAnon shirt, says he 'fell victim' to conspiracies and was fed 'a pack of lies' by Trump
aharoun@businessinsider.com (Azmi Haroun)
Iowa man Douglas Jensen was charged with relating to activity at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
In a new request for release, his attorney is claiming Jensen was fed a "pack of lies" by Trump.
Jensen's charges include assaulting an officer and obstructing an official proceeding.
Douglas Jensen, an Iowa man who was indicted on several federal charges related to the January 6 insurrection, is seeking a release from custody ahead of his arraignment hearing, arguing that he "fell victim" to conspiracy theories.
The new request for release was issued ahead of Jensen's arraignment at a DC federal court on Tuesday. His attorney claimed that Jensen has been "languishing" in a DC jail for six months. He was arrested five months ago.
Prosecutors say that in several viral videos, Jensen can be seen in front of Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, as well as other officers, amid one of the first waves of rioters to break into the Capitol. He's pictured sporting a T-shirt with a QAnon logo with an eagle in the center, accompanied by the group's slogan.
In new court documents, Jensen's attorney Christopher Davis is calling for his client's release on the basis that Jensen "feels deceived, recognizing that he bought into a pack of lies" by former President Donald Trump. Davis claims that his client was only at the rally to observe and that Trump corrupted him.
According to federal prosecutors, Jensen can be seen charging towards Officer Goodman in several videos. He has been indicted on five charges, including assaulting officers, but in his request for release, Jensen's attorney claims that Goodman "threatened" Jensen, who was allegedly armed with a pocketknife for "protection."
Jensen was arrested two days after returning to Des Moines, Iowa, following the insurrection and was transferred to Washington, DC, at a judge's request.
Jensen is also charged with obstructing an official proceeding, which has a maximum sentence of 20 years.
