leahcar
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Post by leahcar on Oct 20, 2021 20:24:19 GMT -6
My previous city’s mayor is on that Oath Keepers list. Not shocked, unfortunately.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 6:19:38 GMT -6
Former President Donald J. Trump’s family business, which is already under indictment in Manhattan, is facing a criminal investigation by another prosecutor’s office that has begun to examine financial dealings at a golf course the company owns, according to people with knowledge of the matter. In recent months, the district attorney’s office in suburban Westchester County, N.Y., has subpoenaed records from the course, Trump National Golf Club Westchester, and the town of Ossining, which sets property taxes on the course, a sprawling private club that is perched on a hill north of New York City and boasts a 101-foot waterfall. The full scope of the investigation could not be determined, but the district attorney, Mimi E. Rocah, appears to be focused at least in part on whether Mr. Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, misled local officials about the property’s value to reduce its taxes, one of the people said. Trump Organization, Already Under Indictment, Faces New Criminal Inquiry nyti.ms/2Z3McwO
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Post by richard on Oct 21, 2021 6:21:14 GMT -6
I guess I missed that it was actually on the table for these discussions. Both are an embarrassment, though hopefully 4 weeks will get those not on board to see that it is doable and still not enough. I have whiplash from trying to follow these negotiations. It's always unavoidably sausagey in big bills but this has been fucking ridiculous. I’ve had to take a break from following closely because my blood pressure cannot take reading about the Dems getting in their own way while the clock is ticking to midterms.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 6:21:59 GMT -6
This seems important!!
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richard
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Post by richard on Oct 21, 2021 6:23:04 GMT -6
Former President Donald J. Trump’s family business, which is already under indictment in Manhattan, is facing a criminal investigation by another prosecutor’s office that has begun to examine financial dealings at a golf course the company owns, according to people with knowledge of the matter. In recent months, the district attorney’s office in suburban Westchester County, N.Y., has subpoenaed records from the course, Trump National Golf Club Westchester, and the town of Ossining, which sets property taxes on the course, a sprawling private club that is perched on a hill north of New York City and boasts a 101-foot waterfall. The full scope of the investigation could not be determined, but the district attorney, Mimi E. Rocah, appears to be focused at least in part on whether Mr. Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, misled local officials about the property’s value to reduce its taxes, one of the people said. Trump Organization, Already Under Indictment, Faces New Criminal Inquiry nyti.ms/2Z3McwOThey clearly have been lying about values of their properties for years. Hopefully they can nail it down legally.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 6:43:45 GMT -6
I have whiplash from trying to follow these negotiations. It's always unavoidably sausagey in big bills but this has been fucking ridiculous. I’ve had to take a break from following closely because my blood pressure cannot take reading about the Dems getting in their own way while the clock is ticking to midterms. As an activist in VA, let me tell you, it's super rage strokey over here!
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 7:23:07 GMT -6
Well this is 1,000% adorable
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Post by notblanche on Oct 21, 2021 7:23:36 GMT -6
Yikes. My Wegmans onions are probably fine, but I threw away a bunch of loose ones just in case.
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Oct 21, 2021 7:27:11 GMT -6
Yikes. My Wegmans onions are probably fine, but I threw away a bunch of loose ones just in case. I ended up buying a bag from Aldi recently and was worried- but they are actually from NY.
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Minerva
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Post by Minerva on Oct 21, 2021 7:42:16 GMT -6
Yikes. My Wegmans onions are probably fine, but I threw away a bunch of loose ones just in case. Same. Goodbye loose Wegmans onions that I cannot source to place of origin.
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Post by byjove on Oct 21, 2021 7:45:12 GMT -6
Yikes. My Wegmans onions are probably fine, but I threw away a bunch of loose ones just in case. Same. Goodbye loose Wegmans onions that I cannot source to place of origin. Especially since VA looks to be one of the harder hit states. Womp womp.
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Post by byjove on Oct 21, 2021 8:19:55 GMT -6
None of this is new information necessarily, but the realization of how serious the threat is getting more attention.
"“We assess that climate change will increasingly exacerbate risks to U.S. national security interests as the physical impacts increase and geopolitical tensions mount about how to respond to the challenge,” the document states. It also concludes that while momentum is growing to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases, “current policies and pledges are insufficient” to meet the goals that countries laid out in the landmark Paris climate accord."
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 8:24:40 GMT -6
wooo Gym Jordan is having a real one in HJC
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jkjacq
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 21, 2021 8:27:38 GMT -6
wooo Gym Jordan is having a real one in HJC He needs to fall down a deep well
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 8:33:22 GMT -6
Um. 'In the spring of 2020, Mark T. Esper, the defense secretary, was alarmed to learn of an idea under discussion at a top military command and at the Department of Homeland Security to send as many as 250,000 troops — more than half the active U.S. Army, and a sixth of all American forces — to the southern border in what would have been the largest use of the military inside the United States since the Civil War. With the coronavirus pandemic raging, Stephen Miller, the architect of Mr. Trump’s immigration agenda, had urged the Homeland Security Department to develop a plan for the number of troops that would be needed to seal the entire 2,000-mile border with Mexico. It is not clear whether it was officials in homeland security or the Pentagon who concluded that a quarter of a million troops would be required. The concept was relayed to officials at the Defense Department’s Northern Command, which is responsible for all military operations in the United States and on its borders, according to several former senior administration officials. Officials said the idea was never presented formally to Mr. Trump for approval, but it was discussed in meetings at the White House as they debated other options for closing the border to illegal immigration.' www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/politics/trump-border.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 8:44:22 GMT -6
Garland just told HJC that DOJ will follow the facts and the law if they receive referrals for criminal contempt of Congress
(that's a good sign)
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 8:47:20 GMT -6
oh so this is their new schtick, prosecuting people who threaten school board members with acts of violence is "treating parents trying to be involved in their kids' education like domestic terrorists"
I hate them.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 8:49:34 GMT -6
oh so everything Chabot just said was bullpuckey and AG Garland is patiently explaining to him that the memorandum from DOJ about school board threats never mentions the Patriot Act or uses the words "domestic terrorism" but Chabot ignores him and does a little more grandstanding and lying
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 21, 2021 8:57:36 GMT -6
And Louie picks up the thread GRRRRR As an aside In the last 12 months, my school board members have received, communist flags, been doxed, had protestors on their front lawns, had DEATH THREATS emailed to them. What do you call that if not terror?
ETA they are elected officials that are UNPAID.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 21, 2021 9:13:49 GMT -6
Does anyone else feel when they start with the 'how it used to be in schools/parental involvement/'old school america'(R Owens UT) what they really mean is women should stay home barefoot and pregnant?
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jkjacq
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 21, 2021 9:20:03 GMT -6
I just choked on my coffee at Mike Johnsons opening of 'millions of american are concerned that the Biden Garland DOJ is being weaponized'
HOW IS HE KEEPING A STRAIGHT FACE!!!!
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 21, 2021 9:22:56 GMT -6
Mike Johnson R-LA insurrection supporter is very concerned ALL THE SUDDEN about ETHICS
ITS LITERALLY THE UPSIDE DOWN IN HIS HEAD
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jkjacq
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 21, 2021 9:33:38 GMT -6
Stuff a gym sock in it, Shouty.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 9:34:00 GMT -6
Mike Johnson R-LA insurrection supporter is very concerned ALL THE SUDDEN about ETHICS
ITS LITERALLY THE UPSIDE DOWN IN HIS HEAD
I couldn't even follow wtf he was on about
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 9:34:38 GMT -6
Ted Deutch is now laying out examples of threats against school boards while his colleagues pretend it's not happening
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 21, 2021 9:34:41 GMT -6
I am going to find the FB post that the chair of my board received (shes pretty conservative btw) threatening her and see if that helps him understand the absolute danger some board members are receiving
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Post by dc2london on Oct 21, 2021 9:42:04 GMT -6
“[Y]ou have become one of the principal obstacles to progress, answering to big donors rather than your own people. We shouldn’t have to buy representation from you, and your failure to stand by your people and see their urgent needs is alarming,” the five wrote in the letter, which was released by Common Defense.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 21, 2021 9:55:42 GMT -6
WTF is chip roy goin on about? and the restroom.
(I a few mins lagged)
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 21, 2021 9:57:37 GMT -6
Also WHY is Chip goin on about Louden Cty VA?
DUDE maybe look to texas and deal with your own shit
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 21, 2021 10:09:17 GMT -6
AG just told Rep Tiffany (R-WI-7) 'he was sure he hadnt committed acts of violence' .......towards school boards anyway. (last part is me)
If I were AG I dont know how I could restrain myself from standing up in this hearing and yell at the GOP MOC YOU ARE THE PROBLEM YOU SLIMY INSURRECTIONISTS
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