The probability of so many fatal “accidents” happening to important Russian figures in such a short amount of time has become vanishingly small. It absolutely smacks of Putin holding on to power by murdering anyone he suspects of anything less than total loyalty.
Author: Paul Murphy
Jake Sullivan on MTP
Jake Sullivan is President Biden’s National Security Adviser. He sat down this morning for an interview on Meet the Press. I found his answers, presentation and clear thinking to be very reassuring in a time of international crisis and nuclear bluster. I recommend listening to the full interview.
Your morning laugh.
You have probably heard about this, here he is saying it – The President can de-classify documents with his mind. He does not have to follow any process. Using this special power he de-classified EVERYTHING he sent to Mar-a-Lago. (Or did he just publicly admit that he absconded with classified documents?)
Two other gems in this Hannity segment.
- The National Archives is a “radical left” organization.
- The FBI may have raided Mar-a-Lago in search of her emails!
MAGA-Republicans must be so proud of their Dear Leader!
Why Ukraine is Winning.
War is not just about the battling armies. It is about the countries at war. The experts who have predicted an inevitable Russian victory have not taken account of very real differences between Ukraine and Russia.
“By focusing on military hardware, experts often miss the “software” of war: the quality of leadership, morale and motivation, decision-making and governance and the engagement of society.”
Breaking News: MAGA-Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Governor is an Anti-Semite.
This election-denying jackass has nothing to offer so he plays THIS card? Wow! Thanks Trump. And I mean that most sincerely. Leave it to deplorable MAGA-Republican primary voters to nominate this fellow instead of a Republican with a fighting chance to win.
This is how real journalism is done. Respectful, factual and quietly eviscerating. Watch it. Tapper uses Mastriano’s attack on his opponent and his opponent’s children for attending a Jewish parochial school as a lead it to covering Mastriano’s close association with the founder of the notorious antisemite site – GAB.
Trump’s “Russia Collusion Hoax” Claims Thrown Out of Court.
So, Trump took all his bullshit about Clinton, Comey, and the FBI conspiring against him to create the “Russia Collusion Hoax” and wrapped it in a lawsuit filed in a Florida Federal Court. The judge has now thrown it out for two important reasons – (1) No coherent legal theory and (2) No evidence. Whoops.
Will such a significant failure to prove ANY of his claims cause his supporters to actually stop and think about the nonsense they keep spreading? Almost certainly not.
Reality Sinking In.
This discussion took place on live state television in Russia. Some of the participants stuck to the party line about purging the Ukraine of Nazis but others were brave enough to speak the truth – there will be no easy victory as they were promised going in. And, if it becomes a global war, Russia will lose.
The not so latent threat from the bearded Putin supporter is quite chilling to watch. As is the implied threat of a nuclear attack on Ukraine by the moderator. One hopes that Nadezhdin and Olevich do not get defenestrated as many others have been for failing to support Putin.
MAGA-Republicans are Whiny Losers. Again.
Ranked choice voting systems are a big step towards enhancing democracy and building consensus. So, naturally Republicans are calling them a scam because, you know, they lost.
There is growing reason to believe that the predicted Republican tsunami in November is crashing on the rocks. There was the vote in Kansas showing the impact of Dobbs. There was the special election in NY-19th. There is polling in Senate races in PA, AZ, GA, FL, NC, OH, etc. where MAGA candidates are floundering where Republicans should be winning. And now this historic victory for a Democrat in Alaska which was, I will be the first to admit, handed to the Democrats by a whiny MAGA-Republican loser.
And hanging over all this is the zombie and increasingly desperate presence of Mr. Donald Trump. The whiniest MAGA loser of them all. Thanks Trump!
DOJ Strikes Back
The link is to the DOJ’s formal response to Trump’s filing for the appointment of a Special Master and other relief. In addition to compelling legal arguments – raising questions about the basic competence of Trump’s lawyers – it also includes a detailed timeline of events which makes for very interesting reading. It addresses and rebuts the lies being spread in defense of Trump’s behavior on many points.
For example, when government agents visited Mar-a-Lago to collect subpoenaed material they were explicitly denied permission to look inside any of the boxes held in the storage closet. So much for “full access” as some here have claimed.
And now this. . .
The two creeps who stole Ashley Biden’s diary and sold it to Project Veritas in 2020 have plead guilty to the theft and to criminal conspiracy. If you will recall there was a lot of whining from “conservatives” when a search warrant was served on Project Veritas in connection with the investigation of this crime. The message then was the same as the message now. The FBI is corrupt not the criminals they are investigating.
Whether this is the end of the case or only the next step towards holding Project Veritas accountable is unclear, but one of the felons is cooperating with the investigation.
This guilty plea confirms that the property was not “abandoned” as many “conservatives” tried to spin when the story first broke.
To be fair and balanced, I should mention that the Trump campaign understood immediately that it was stolen and refused the offer to buy it. Project Veritas had less scruples, forked over $40,000 and sent the two back to steal some more.
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