https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/meet-the-guy-sent-to-prison-for-supposedly?r=7hgxp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

One count of one VERY low level felony at the Federal level.

Puts DJT’s targeting claims to the test.

“My resentment is towards the legal system as a whole. It’s not used to target one side or the other, it’s used to go after whoever they need. . . . So I don’t want to hear about Republicans being “targeted.” Because believe me. . . . I know what it feels like.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

This report indicates the answer should be yes.

One trip that would have cost $500K, from a guy who claims he prefers RV’s and Walmart parking lots? All on the MANY dimes of a GOP megadonor billionaire. And he didn’t report (as is already required) any of his trips funded by the same individual?

Read more: SCOTUS in need of Code of Ethics?

And he saw no conflict of interest in ruling on anything related to January 6th?

Resign with dignity or be impeached? Your choice, Justice Thomas.

And THIS discussion doesn’t even mention his trips with or funded by his deep-pocket buddy.

https://theweek.com/supreme-court/1022391/does-the-supreme-court-need-a-code-of-ethics

Source: Caitlin’s Newsletter.

Elon Musk has a sense of humor. Still and all, the writer makes a fair point:

All this bickering and squabbling about whose voice should be uplifted as trustworthy and whose voice should be squelched as untrustworthy is just a manifestation of the fact that powerful people understand something most ordinary members of the public do not: that whoever controls the narrative controls the world. If you can exert control over the way people perceive reality, then you can control reality itself.

Until the public becomes more aware of this fact, our lives will be subject to the whims of oligarchs, government agencies, and mass media propagandists. Not until then will we be able to awaken from our propaganda-induced coma enough to shake off the psychological manipulations which keep us marching to the tune of oligarchy and empire, and use the power of our numbers to force the emergence of a healthy world that benefits us all.

One should be skeptical of all media content, regardless of source, but it is an immature skepticism to view the world of media content as divided between “good” and “bad” sources.

Hundreds of thousands of fraudulent donantions

So, what is the source of these millions of dollars in illegal campaign funds?

Why are citizens journalists uncovering this while the FEC looks the other way?

https://tinyurl.com/53mxfr45

Note how the red states line up with red states.

Remarks begin at 3:05. Transcripted video here.

This could be called the “Going to Hell” speech. I think we’ll be hearing it over and over again.

https://tinyurl.com/yrmxbrwd

The indictment is in the piece. Read it for yourself.

Certainly unexpected. Prosecutors of all ilk tend to over charge on indictments. But 34 felony counts?

Most, will more than likely get lowered to misdemeanors. Eventually.

No comment concerning guilt or innocence. Just amazed by the numbers, really.

Let the delay tactics begin.

https://dossier.center/fso/

A fascinating tale of a former Captain in the FSO who defected warns of Putin’s mental state and why.

You can take it with a grain of salt. Or, read it for what it appears to be: Inside info that hasn’t been disseminated before.

Source: The Hill.

I think this article gets a lot wrong, but I would draw attention to a couple of things it gets right:

Ukraine needs to transition the battle out of a defensive position with a strategic maneuver, said George Beebe, the director of grand strategy at the Quincy Institute for Statecraft.

“If you’re looking at this as a war of attrition, where the Russians are not actually focusing on big arrow movements on the map, but on grinding down Ukraine’s ability to bring manpower and munitions to the battle,” Beebe said, “then I think you get a different picture and the Russians may have more reason for optimism.”

Beebe also questioned whether Ukrainian troops have the capability to break through fortified Russian defenses — even with Western armor, saying Ukraine needs hundreds of those to make a difference.

The Hill is telling us — in sugarcoated terms, perhaps — that the war in Ukraine isn’t going according to U.S. plans.

Point being: If the plan isn’t working, then we should change to a better plan, preferably one that doesn’t harm as many people.

Fox News is in serious peril based on the judge’s summary judgments on the pre-trial motions. There are four elements of defamation. The judge has ruled in favor of Dominion on three of them. They will not be part of the trial.

1. Were the claims FALSE? The judge ruled as follows: “”The evidence…is CRYSTAL clear that none of the Statements relating to Dominion about the 2020 election are true. Therefore, the Court will grant summary judgment in favor of Dominion on the element of falsity.”
2. Was Dominion defamed? The judge ruled as follows: “the Court holds, as a matter of law, that Dominion is entitled to summary judgment on the element of defamation per se.”
3. Is Fox responsible? The judge ruled as follows: “[Fox] cannot avail themselves of certain defenses like the neutral report and fair reporting privileges or the privilege for opinion.” That means the idea that they were “only reporting” cannot be argued.

All that is left for the trial is the question of malice or negligence. This is where those Fox internal messages will come into play since they demonstrate that Fox News hosts and management knew very well they were spreading lies.

https://tinyurl.com/3nanh589