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"The folks on 6/1 would have been armed to the teeth". There were magnetometers at the entrance of the rally to stop guns. Yet, there were "......reports of a man with an AR-15 in a tree on Constitution Avenue who was accompanied by two men with pistols on their hips. Another officer radioed, “I’ve got three men walking down the street in fatigues carrying AR-15s". Later, Trump asked the Secret Service to remove the magnetometers because he knew the guns were not there to harm him. Guns on Jan. 6: Multiple people brought firearms to Washington - The Washington Post (googleusercontent.com)

I can remember back 30 years ago when his bid to build a Sydney casino was rejected by the NSW Govt. due his known poor character for his mafia/criminal connections. Yet in 2016, he was nominated by GOP to hold the highest office in the world's most powerful country.

Here is my take: I suggest that Putin has not now enough trained troops or modern weapons to plug the leaks in his defences. He obviously has moved troops from Kharkiv to Kherson and this has left him vulnerable. The longer his leaves moving new forces to Ukraine he risks a winter and spring offensive, and we know how that went for him last time and also for Napoleon and Hitler. Waiting to next summer will be too late. He is going to get screwed and there will be only one outcome.

A couple of interesting tweets from Julia Davis. In one the propagandists are now claiming that they are virtually fighting for peace. I have always thought that the concept was mutually exclusive. In the other they are arguing among themselves. Their military experts are telling them that Putin plans are failing. Obviously, the Ukrainian recent gains are starting to bite.

You mean this Jeanine Pirro? Trump pardons Judge Jeanine's ex-husband Al Pirro (cnbc.com)

Trump and Justice Department submit special master nominees to review Mar-a-Lago documents "The Justice Department nominated two retired federal judges -- Thomas Griffith and Barbara Jones -- to serve as special master." "Trump's legal team nominated lawyer Paul Huck Jr. and Judge Raymond Dearie to serve as special master." It's interesting that Paul Huck has links to Federalist Society as does Judge Cannon. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/09/politics/trump-justice-mar-a-lago-special-master-filing/index.html

I had the impression that the FSB were the culprits in the Darya Dugina assassination. Possibly a botched attempt on her father. With so many of Putin's other oligarch buddies falling out of windows anything is possible. Putin's botched Dugin assassination plot laid bare: ‘All hallmarks of an execution’ | World | News | Express.co.uk

War of the Worlds (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb Series 3 with first two episodes has been released. I watched the first two and they were not a bad alternate version of the H G Wells classic. Trouble is I watched series two almost 18 months ago and my memory of the plot is a bit vague. I will need to watch series one and two again before embarking on series 3. One of the advantages of old age is that you are always gaining a seemingly new library of entertainment.

I had to laugh at the reason why the judge wanted to appoint a special master to review the documents. It was her concern of unnecessary "reputational harm" to Trump.

What is obvious is Judge Cannon's naivety and lack of knowledge about US National Security. She ordered the FBI to stop it's investigation yet she said that the Intelligence Community could continue with its separate evaluation of the documents She does not understand that the work of both these agencies is inseparably linked, and the FBI is an integral part of the Intelligence Community. "To begin with, the FBI itself is part of the Intelligence Community, see Exec. Order 12,333 § 1.14, and since the 9/11 attacks, the FBI has integrated its intelligence and law enforcement functions when it exercises its national security mission. Kohler Decl. ¶ 8. The FBI conducts investigations that “may constitute an exercise both of the FBI’s criminal investigation authority and of the FBI’s authority to investigate threats to the national" Washington Post has a link to the 21-page motion: Trump documents probe: US ready to appeal judge's hold - The Washington Post (googleusercontent.com) She is a member of the Federalist Society and a Trump appointee who at her selection stated that she would always recuse herself, if there was any hint of conflict of interest. She is also obliviously out of her depth. Should she really be giving judgement on this case?

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Regardless of your opinion, facts do matter! You have no credibility!

The Democrats didn't fail. Biden seemed to be effective in stopping Trump's bid for POTUS in 2020.

If it is false, please provide the evidence? I suggest that it does matter as it would prove that you have no credibility.

Trump leaked the raid on Mar-a-Lago. More likely that DOJ would not have released any information about it until Trump was indicted after mid-term elections. So how is this a stunt to distract America from Biden?

"What is needed is an independent opinion and application". A verdict by a jury of Trump's peers at the US Supreme Court trial will ultimately provide that!

Lawrence O'Donnell's takeaway on Special Master!

Even Bill Barr who has obviously taken the antidote for the Trump Kool-Aid has said that it is totally wrong, and the FBI should appeal. Bill Barr says a special master won't fundamentally change much for Trump and represents a 'rain delay for a couple of innings' | Business Insider Africa

"Confirmed and well known fact not conspiracy theory"? Possibly only in an alternate reality. You still do not understand "overtaken by recent events" and the recent redacted DOJ report proving Barr lied about the Mueller Report. Mueller said Trump was guilty of obstruction and there was evidence that he also colluded with Russia. Manafort after lying to Mueller about collusion recently admitted it. Therefore the FBI was obviously justified in it's probe of the Trump Campaign.

I can also understand why you get confused about facts.Do you not understand my post and the phase "overtaken by recent events"? Obviously, literacy is not a MAGA strong point!

I can understand why you get confused about facts. Do you not understand my post and the phase "overtaken by recent events"? The BBC report was from 5 November 2021, last month was August 2022!

Strange far as I remember 2019 has been overtaken by recent events. A redacted DOJ report was released last month which showed Barr lied to Congress. The Mueller report did say that Trump should be charged with obstruction and that there was evidence to show Trump conspired with Russia. Also last month, Manafort publicly admitted the Trump Campaign did collude with Russia. Suggest you keep up! DOJ Obstruction Memo Reveals Bill Barr Is an Even Bigger Trump Hack Than Previously Thought | Vanity Fair Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort admits sharing info with Russians | The Independent

Seems when Trump says "hoax" his supporters believe him. Rather paradoxical when he is infamous for his documented 30,000 lies over his presidency term. Trump on Truth Social...“Nuclear weapons issue is a Hoax, just like Russia, Russia, Russia was a Hoax, two Impeachments were a Hoax, the Mueller investigation was a Hoax, and much more. Same sleazy people involved,” he wrote, going on to suggest that FBI agents might have planted evidence against him. Yet all these hoaxes have now been proven to be fact! Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago - The Washington Post (archive.org)

Your Dunning-Kruger is showing!

My comments were in response to your buddy saying that the publicity about the raid was all about the dems deflecting the narrative so they wouldn't have to answer "to the American people about important issues". So you admit the publicly is all Trump's doing? Why didn't you just cut me out of the loop and respond directly to the source? Obviously, you lot are so confused about the facts you cannot agree on what is reality between yourselves.