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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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2021-09-10 at 6:40 PM UTC
Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood Monopolies cannot exist without the hands of the government muddying the pure waters of unfettered capitalism. It's an ecosystem and as soon as the water gets a bit darker the bigger fish fill their bellies with anything too slow to survive.
When the water clears you can observe how things naturally happen. Even if the waters of capitalism are clear, the pool they are in is constructed and built to hold only a certain amount. It is not a natural source of water from nature so it will have a predictable outcome.
The concept of free market existed long before modern governments or monopolies. Monopolies are not simply a result of capitalism but one result of it in an artificial pool built by the hands of regulation and rule of law.
monopoly is the way of the universe.
the big crunch is nothing but universes attempt at monopolizing the ownership of masses and matters. -
2021-09-10 at 6:40 PM UTC
Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ANY judge who refuses to hear evidence is a partisan fraud. Doesn't matter if it's one or sixty.
A partisan fraud?
How can that be when many of those judges were installed by Trump himself and still laughed at his frivolous, full of malarkey, misleading, untruthful lawsuits?
How come those lawyers are having to pay restitution to the States for filing frivolous lawsuits?
What Trump and his lawyers did was an abuse of the system. They followed the "Throw the dirty underwear against the wall and see if anything sticks." theory.
Now, they're stuck having to clean up the shit and whining about it.
Boo-Fucking-Hoo! -
2021-09-10 at 6:49 PM UTC
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2021-09-10 at 7:14 PM UTCYahoo! News
Chris Christie — a possible 2024 presidential contender — takes direct aim at Trump
Jon Ward
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie denounced former President Donald Trump in a speech Thursday night and said the GOP must rid itself of him and his cult of personality.
Christie, in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., did not mention Trump’s name. But there was no question about who he was referring to as he described the Republican Party being dragged into a moment of “peril.”
He also directly confronted Trump’s insistence that he somehow won the 2020 election — a baseless conspiracy theory the former president and his allies have been promulgating since he lost to Joe Biden in November.
“Pretending we won when we lost is a waste of time, energy and credibility,” Christie said.
“We have to clear out the brush, on our own side and on theirs, before the fresh planting can begin,” he added.
The former governor, who ran for president in 2016, is thought to be mulling another run in 2024. And his Thursday speech was his first major attack on Trump and the former president's influence on the GOP, which he described as pernicious and detrimental to conservative goals.
The speech was also noteworthy in that Christie is the first possible 2024 contender to lay down a firm marker against Trump, who remains broadly popular among the Republican base.
Other possible 2024 candidates, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, have studiously avoided knocking Trump, who is thought to be seriously considering another run for the presidency himself. Nikki Haley, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and is mulling her own White House bid, denounced Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol earlier this year but quickly walked back those comments amid criticism from pro-Trump conservatives.
While denouncing Trump in his speech, Christie also tied himself to a very conventional set of GOP positions, implying that Republicans can win on policies pushed by the former president so long as they reject him and the fanaticism he inspires.
“We do not have to change our policies to win again,” he said. He talked at length about the “radical” agenda of Biden and the need to confront China, rein in spending, stand up for law and order, control migration across the southern border, fight back against liberal bias in the mainstream media and reduce the size of government.
But again and again in his speech, Christie returned to the themes of truth-telling and lies, implying that under Trump, the Republican Party had lost its way.
“All this lying has done harm to our nation, to our party and to ourselves,” he said.
Christie also took dead aim at Trump’s divisive rhetoric and habitual lying, which he said had warped the GOP.
“If the requirement in today’s politics for getting your support is to say a bunch of things that aren’t true — no, thank you. If it requires bending to the will of any one person rather than advocating ideas for the good of all people, then count me out. No man, no woman, no matter what office they’ve held or wealth they’ve acquired, are worthy of blind faith or obedience. That’s not who I am, and that’s not who we are as Republicans, no matter who is demanding that we tie our futures to a pile of lies. We deserve much better than to be misled by those trying to acquire or hold on to power,” he said.
Finally, and perhaps most significantly, Christie labeled Trumpism — again by inference and not directly — as an authoritarian movement, and rejected conservatives who have embraced foreign right-wing leaders like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as role models.
“We have to reject those who try to lure us down rabbit holes, into alliances with bad actors, and over to the grip of authoritarianism. Authoritarian dictators are not strong leaders to be admired. They are bullies hoping to fool the crowd just one more time,” he said.
Christie also harked back to the Republican Party’s struggle with the John Birch Society, a far-right movement in the 1950s that pushed conspiracy theories and labeled President Dwight D. Eisenhower as a communist sympathizer. Mainstream Republicans fought back against the John Birch Society and other radicals and successfully purged them from the GOP, which helped pave the way for more palatable conservatives like Ronald Reagan to win the presidency.
Christie said this is another time when Republicans must “combat extremism” in their ranks.
“We need to discredit the extremists in our midst the way we have done before,” he said. “We need to renounce the conspiracy theorists and truth deniers, the ones who know better and the ones who are just plain nuts.”
That is a step that most in the GOP have avoided since Trump captured the party. And Christie, although a sometimes critic of Trump when he was president, also played a significant role in Trump's winning the nomination.
In 2016, Christie was blamed by some in the party for helping Trump by effectively knocking Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida out of the Republican nominating contest during the New Hampshire primary. As Rubio gained in the polls and gathered momentum, Christie went after him directly on the campaign trail, and then humiliated him in a televised debate three days before the Granite State voters went to the polls. Rubio’s campaign never recovered.
And Christie never turned his considerable prosecutorial skills — honed for six years as a U.S. attorney in New Jersey — against Trump, a decision that many in the GOP found puzzling and disturbing at the time. But the disappointment of Trump opponents in the GOP paled in comparison to their horror when Christie shocked the political world by endorsing Trump a few weeks after the New Hampshire primary. He was arguably the first truly influential establishment Republican to back him, giving the reality TV personality and businessman some much-needed credibility.
Christie was briefly in Trump’s inner circle during the campaign and was thought to be a contender for a Cabinet post but was effectively exiled by the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, according to Christie’s account. Christie had prosecuted Kushner’s father, the real estate baron Charles Kushner, for crimes that included a bizarre scheme to blackmail his own brother-in-law by sending him a prostitute, videotaping their sexual encounter and then using that tape against him.
Yet Christie remained an outside adviser to Trump for much of his presidency, and didn't fully break with him until after the Jan. 6 insurrection, which was sparked by Trump’s avalanche of lies about the voting results. Trump’s supporters, Christie told ABC News, launched their assault on the Capitol because they had been “lied to consistently by the president about a fraudulent election.”
He said Trump had “violated his oath and betrayed the American people” by inciting the violent insurrection and then doing nothing for hours to quell the attack. -
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2021-09-10 at 7:31 PM UTC
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2021-09-10 at 8:38 PM UTCLeft himself WIDE OPEN for that one.
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2021-09-10 at 8:52 PM UTC
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2021-09-10 at 9:30 PM UTC
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2021-09-10 at 9:49 PM UTCMake
Another Trump/Guiliani associate
Get his
Ass in prison
Reuters
Former Giuliani associate Igor Fruman pleads guilty in campaign finance case
By Jonathan Stempel
A former associate of Rudy Giuliani who helped him collect damaging information in Ukraine about U.S. President Joe Biden before the 2020 election pleaded guilty on Friday to one criminal count in a campaign finance case.
Igor Fruman, 56, admitted to soliciting money from a foreign national at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan.
His plea does not include an agreement to cooperate with prosecutors examining Giuliani's dealings in Ukraine https://www.reuters.com/world/us/judge-orders-special-master-review-rudolph-giulianis-electronic-devices-2021-05-28, including whether the onetime New York City mayor violated lobbying laws while serving as former U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer.
Fruman could face up to 46 months in prison under recommended federal guidelines at his Jan. 21, 2022 sentencing.
The Belarus-born Fruman his former business partner, Ukraine-born businessman Lev Parnas, were charged in October 2019 with concealing an illegal $325,000 donation to support Trump's 2020 re-election campaign.
They and another defendant, Andrey Kukushkin, were also charged with illegally using donations to U.S. politicians from a Russian businessman to obtain legal recreational marijuana distribution licenses.
Fruman's plea relates to that business. In his allocution, he said he had envisioned making donations to Democratic and Republican officials in U.S. states where he wanted to operate, and sent a list of those officials to the foreign national.
"At that time, I had little experience in the rules surrounding political donations," Fruman said. "But I generally understood that foreign nationals and individuals who are not American citizens were not allowed to make political donations in the United States.
"I deeply regret my actions and apologize to the court and the United States government," he added.
A federal prosecutor said $1 million was wired as part of the scheme.
Lawyers for Parnas and Kukushkin did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Parnas and Kukushkin have pleaded not guilty and face an Oct. 12 trial.
Giuliani had enlisted Fruman and Parnas to help uncover dirt about then-presidential candidate Biden and his son, Hunter.
Prosecutors said Fruman and Parnas also aided an effort to oust then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who Trump fired in May 2019.
Giuliani has not been charged and has denied wrongdoing.
Federal agents seized cellphones and computers in searches of his home and office in April.
Giuliani's New York law license was suspended in June after a court found he lied by arguing that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
The case against Parnas had included a charge he conned people into investing more than $2 million in a fraud insurance company, Fraud Guarantee, but prosecutors last month removed that charge from an amended indictment.
A fourth defendant, David Correia, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge related to Fraud Guarantee and was sentenced in February https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani-correia/former-business-partner-of-giuliani-associate-gets-one-year-in-prison-idUSKBN2A821I to one year and one day in prison. -
2021-09-10 at 9:56 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2021-09-11 at 1:08 AM UTC
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2021-09-11 at 4:35 AM UTCArizona forensic audit BOMBSHELL coming within 10 days max. Decertification of 2020 election results imminent. Five other Republican-controlled state legislatures working closely with Arizona audit team. Shit's going to hit the fan shortly, folks.
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2021-09-11 at 4:37 AM UTC
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2021-09-11 at 5:18 AM UTCMaking
All the MAGAts
Get
Arrested
ABC News
Fence going up around US Capitol, as law enforcement braces for Sept. 18 protest
Fencing outside U.S. Capitol is expected to return ahead of the "Justice for J6" rally, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to ABC News.
The fencing, erected after the Jan. 6 riot, was removed in July.
"Justice for J6" is being billed by organizers as a protest for defendants who are being detained by the government in connection to the January insurrection at the Capitol.
The fencing is just the latest security measure for a rally that has some in law enforcement on high alert.
Federal law enforcement agencies have become concerned that far-right extremists, including the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys could come to Washington for the protest.
U.S. Capitol Police is the leading agency for the event.
"We are closely monitoring Sept. 18 and we are planning accordingly," said Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger. "After Jan. 6, we made department-wide changes to the way we gather and share intelligence internally and externally. I am confident the work we are doing now will make sure our officers have what they need to keep everyone safe."
Every available Capitol Police officer will be working and the Washington Metropolitan Police Department said they are also "fully prepared" for the protest.
"As with all First Amendment demonstrations, MPD will be monitoring and assessing the activities and planning accordingly with our federal law enforcement partners," an MPD spokesperson said in a statement to ABC News. "MPD will have an increased presence around the city where demonstrations will be taking place and will be prepared to make street closures for public safety."
Additionally, the FBI Washington Field Office said they are working closely with state local and federal partners.
Javed Ali, a former national counterterrorism director on the National Security Council said agencies have cause for concern.
"While the government has not yet issued threat bulletins about specific and credible plots on that day, like 6 January there may be people who attend in a highly agitated mindset and then switch quickly to violent action with little-to-no warning," Ali said.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters on Wednesday that information sharing is key to avoiding another incident like Jan. 6.
He said the Department of Homeland Security has increased information sharing efforts throughout the country. -
2021-09-11 at 5:32 AM UTCMaybe the "Stolen Election" was
All
Gone
And made up?
Business Insider
Maricopa County Republicans rebut pro-Trump activist's false claim of 'ghost votes' in Arizona's 2020 election
cdavis@insider.com (Charles Davis)
A pro-Trump activist this week claimed voters had cast ballots from two different vacant lots.
But records show both addresses were occupied.
The claim was rebutted by two Maricopa County Republicans.
Local Republican officials in Arizona issued a joint statement on Friday rebutting false claims from a pro-Trump activist that ballots had been cast from vacant lots in Maricopa County.
Earlier in the week, Liz Harris, a failed GOP candidate for state legislature, issued a document that purported to show "ghost votes" were cast from properties that were unoccupied. The cover of the report - which listed a total of two properties to support its extrapolated claim that there were more than 100,000 such votes - illustrated this by way of showing a barren lot.
But that photo was deceptive, only showing one corner of the property. On another corner sits a "single-family home," built in 2005, according to the Maricopa County Assessor's Office, led by Republican Eddie Cook.
Further, the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, led by Republican Stephen Richer, determined that four registered voters live at that home, "three of whom voted by mail" in the 2020 election, according to Friday's statement.
Richer pointed out the error earlier in the week on Twitter, leading Harris' team to issue a second edition of their document with a new cover image.
But the new photo did not survive a fact check, either. In their statement, the two Republicans labeled Harris' claim as "again, false," explaining:
"This property was a mobile home property through 2020. The 'ghost vote' in question by this report turned out to be a former resident of the mobile home park and requested their ballot at a temporary address. When this voter registered in 2016, the address in question was a functional mobile home."
This is not the first time Harris has issued false claims to support the debunked narrative of a "rigged" election in Maricopa County. Home to Phoenix, President Joe Biden won the county by more than 45,000 votes, a victory certified by local Republicans who have opposed an ongoing, partisan "audit" commissioned by the state Senate.
In June, Harris asserted that hundreds of votes were cast from the same address, failing to recognize that voters who reside in apartment buildings and college dorms would all list the same residence.
The unsubstantiated claims have left the local GOP officials exasperated.
"The Maricopa County Recorder's Office and the Maricopa County Assessor's Office have repeatedly asked Ms. Harris to provide details that support the findings of her report," Richer and Cook said Friday. "While we investigate any and all allegations of wrongdoing made, we cannot do so without credible evidence being provided." -
2021-09-11 at 8:33 AM UTCIf you need an illustrator to do those cartoons for you I think Wariat is available
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2021-09-11 at 8:48 AM UTC
Is this a hatecrime? -
2021-09-11 at 2:43 PM UTC"Nancy says we're going to remove barricades and wave people into the Capitol again. We don't know why." ~ Capitol Police
