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Here’s an interesting titbit: “A binder holding top-secret intelligence that contributed to a U.S. assessment that Russia tried to help throw the 2016 U.S. election to Donald Trump has been missing since the last days of his presidency, a source familiar with the issue said. The Russia intelligence was included with other documents in a binder that Trump directed the CIA to send to the White House just before he left office so he could declassify materials related to the FBI probe of Russian interference in the 2016 vote, the source said.” https://www.reuters.com/world/us/binder-with-top-secret-russia-intelligence-missing-since-end-trump-term-source-2023-12-15/ It is particularly interesting that Trump directed the CIA to send it to the White House just before he left office. Hmm, I wonder what happened to that binder….

“A declassified U.S. intelligence report assessed that the Ukraine war has cost Russia 315,000 dead and injured troops, or nearly 90% of the personnel it had when the conflict began, a source familiar with the intelligence said on Tuesday.” https://www.reuters.com/world/us-intelligence-assesses-ukraine-war-has-cost-russia-315000-casualties-source-2023-12-12/ So nearly 90% of the personnel Russia had when the conflict began are either dead or injured. I’d call that pretty catastrophic.

Her father was definitely a war mongering idiot and a war criminal, but Liz not so much. At least I don’t remember that of her, she was just being a good little Republican following dear leader Trump. Until she developed a conscience and a spine. But if you want to talk war mongering morons? What about all those MAGA freaks who want to invade Mexico to ‘destroy the drug cartels’? Or what about all those Putin loving Republicans who are happy to let Russia get away with war crimes, and don’t see any danger in Russian imperialism?

Liz Cheney was the rising star in the Republican party, at some point I think she was third in line. But the minute Cheney (and Kinzinger) turned against Trump, all the Trump @ss-kissers couldn’t wait to shun them and kick them to the curb. Absolutely disgraceful. Don’t get me wrong, I have no love for either Cheney or Kinzinger, but at least they showed to have a conscience and a spine. Which are two very important things many Republicans seem to be lacking these days.

Exactly. The north-east doesn’t seem too bad right now, but the north, central and Bangkok area are pretty bad already, and the burning season hasn’t even really started yet. Imagine what it will be like in March and April.

stop reelecting incumbents That’s not the peoblem. People (especially Republicans) should stop electing completely incompetent dumb@sses who know less than nothing about politics and don’t have the slightest interest in doing anything for their constituents. People like MTG, Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, Louis Gomert, Tommy Tuberville, Jim Jordan, the list just goes on and on. They are all dumber than a bag of rocks, conspiracy thinkers, QAnon believers, MAGA cult members, and yet people keep electing them. That is the real problem.

The fact that he can’t string a sentence together to save his life will also remind the electorate who is the most capable candidate come voting time. There, fixed that for you. Why do you think his lawyers convinced him not to testify? Or forbade him, more likely. They were cr@pping their pants that Trump was going to fly off the handle and say things that would incriminate him. The man just has no filter, can’t keep his mouth shut and keeps going off on tangents that have nothing to do with what he was talking about. Here’s the genius mind of Trump at work:

How is this news? A high ranking government official and their relatives involved in corruption? Gee, who’d have think it. My bet is that nearly all high ranking officials are involved in some sort of racket, corruption or whatnot and the only reason this ever comes to light is when one of them refuses to share the kickbacks with their ‘colleagues’ (i.e. partners in crime) and gets ratted on by one or more of those same ‘colleagues’. The system is corrupt to the bone.

I’m sure the people of Hua Hin are looking forward to being fleeced by the new police chief (sarcasm alert). After all, he’s got to earn back his investment: buying that position will have probably cost him an amount of at least 8 figures in baht.

Rid the government of illegals? What illegals would that be? All Trump showed (and is still showing) is that he is very good at choosing very incompetent people to work for him. And I’m not making things up: here are Trump’s plans for when he becomes president again. https://apnews.com/article/trump-policies-agenda-election-2024-second-term-d656d8f08629a8da14a65c4075545e0f I’m sure that’s just the tip of the iceberg, and the real horrors of Trump’s plans won’t be revealed until he’s president again. Hence my warning: his supporters should be careful what they wish for, as electing Trump president could come back to bite them in te @ss. Dictators have a habit of doing whatever it takes to stay in power, even turning on people who once supported them.

Politics is about only 3 things that matter - policy, policy, policy. Biden’s administration has implemented many good policies, like Tug mentioned in his post. Trump’s administration was an unmitigated disaster, zero good policies.

and those who live in a partisan bubble. You mean all the MAGA cult members?

He didn’t sidestep this question: when asked if he would become a dictator, Trump answered he will be a dictator on the first day. Dictators usually abuse their power, that’s why they are called dictators. So his supporters may want to be careful what they wish for. Trump is planning mass deportations, and locking millions of people up in ‘re-education’ camps, and/or in mental asylums. Who is to say who is going to be deported, or locked up? https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-said-he-will-be-a-dictator-on-day-1-dodges-abuse-of-power-question

Not only did he retain boxes containing classified documents, even after he was subpoenaed to return them and his lawyers had signed a document that everything was indeed returned, which turned out to be a blatant lie. According to several witnesses, Trump himself ordered his staff to take the classified documents, even though his lawyers had informed him more than once that that was illegal. I would call that aggravating circumstances.

It’s his purpose in life….

And again the orcs show their true nature and intentions. This evil empire needs to be stopped.

“You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make it drink” In other words, you can present facts and evidence to MAGA cult members until you’re blue in the face, they will simply reject it and keep holding on to their alternative facts and continue to live in their la-la-land reality.

I suggest sir, your love/devotion/adulation/worship for Trump has so totally obscured your ability to look objectively that you are prepared to twist yourself and your brain into a pretzel to defend your idol.

There has been unequal treatment all right: for a long time, Trump has been handled with kid gloves. Anyone else doing the things Trump did would have been in jail for years. So Trump probably thought he was untouchable, seeing as how he got away with so many things other people would never get away with, but finally justice is catching up with him now. Nothing political about that.

Wasn’t he going to introduce a ‘much better’ health care plan while he was president, and the GOP had control of both the House and the Senate? Hmm, I wonder what happened there. Like almost everything Trump says and claims and promises, it’s just hot air, empty promises, tooting his own horn, taking credit for things he had nothing to do with, blaming everybody and their uncle for things he himself was responsible for, or just flat out lies. I still can not believe or even comprehend that he is the GOP front runner. Lock him up, lock him up, lock him up!!!

Are they going to fire every cop on Phuket? Fire the governor for not doing his job? Ban all the tuktuk and taxi drivers? Ban all the jetski operations? Because all that would surely mean a serious blow to criminality on Phuket.

That would probably be just the tip of the iceberg, of assets that are actually in his name. How about looking into the wealth of his extended family, like wife, children, in-laws and such? And I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a couple of anonymous overseas bank accounts as well….

The PM being nepotistic and abusing his power. Gee, what a shocker. Yawn….

MAGA disciples wouldn’t recognize the truth/facts/reality if it smacked them in the face.

What kind of teacher hits a student on the head? And repeatedly, apparently? Madness. Do the same to this teacher a few times (the parents of the girl involved would want to volunteer, I guess) and I’m sure the hitting will stop right away. Sometimes the age-old concept of ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’ works wonders. Teachers like this are usually cowards who need to be taken down a peg or two.