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Trump attorney John Lauro, addressing the matter of whether Trump pressured then-VP Michael Pence to reject state-certified electoral results on Jan. 6:
“What President Trump didn’t do is direct Vice President Pence to do anything. He asked him in an aspirational way.”
Classic.
Incidentally, someone should let the Trump organization know that John W. Dean is still alive, should his services be needed.
“What President Trump didn’t do is direct Vice President Pence to do anything. He asked him in an aspirational way.”
Classic.
Incidentally, someone should let the Trump organization know that John W. Dean is still alive, should his services be needed.
I don't understand how all that bullshit isn't protected speech under the 1st amendment.
Am I the only ****** capable of reading? "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech."
How difficult is that to understand?
Am I the only ****** capable of reading? "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech."
How difficult is that to understand?
It's not difficult. The issue is that with a divided country one side will give up almost anything to win. It's pure stupidity.
My question of the week is, how long has it been since our votes have counted? I have recently accepted that fact we are manipulated, and our elections are adulterated. The citizens are battling something that we don't understand. We have been divided so that we are more manageable.
My question of the week is, how long has it been since our votes have counted? I have recently accepted that fact we are manipulated, and our elections are adulterated. The citizens are battling something that we don't understand. We have been divided so that we are more manageable.
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One prediction that I am willing to make today, and promise to stand behind next November, is that, assuming that Trump's name is on the general ballot in 2024, then regardless of whom is sitting in the Oval Office in Jan 2025, the other team will publicly state "Today, we have witnessed the end of American democracy" or words to that effect.
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I'm still trying to figure out how exactly is participating in a democratic process, which determines a victor, the end of democracy?
But the MO of the left is always accuse the other side of exactly what you are doing...
I have been searching the presidential election results on Wikipedia and the results are interesting. Just change the date by 4yrs in the url to go from election to election. Click on the states to see the results per state. CA did vote republican not too long ago. Ronnie must have been amazing at campaigning. I doubt CA will ever vote red again. I'm not sure if its corruption at a state level or the media bias. Maybe the internet is the main tool for manipulation.
2020 United States presidential election - Wikipedia
2020 United States presidential election - Wikipedia
House GOP release bank records on Hunter Biden payments from Russian, Kazakh oligarchs, total clears $20M House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., released a third memo Wednesday about the Biden family’s foreign business dealings, producing bank records purporting to show that Hunter Biden and his business associates received millions in payments from Russian and Kazakhstani oligarchs when his father was vice president.
The 19-page memo, which provides screenshots of redacted bank records, says millions in payments came from Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, as well as Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina and Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev, and that then-Vice President Biden attended dinners with Baturina, Rakishev and a representative from Burisma.
"Then-Vice President Biden met—in person, for significant periods of time—with those individuals or their representatives," the memo states. "Then-Vice President Biden joined approximately 20 phone calls on speakerphone with Hunter Biden’s foreign business associates and attended dinners with foreign oligarchs who paid huge sums of money to Hunter Biden. Joe Biden, ‘the brand,’ was the only product the Bidens sold."
The "Third Bank Records Memorandum" follows two previous memos tying Biden family members to payments linked to entities in China and Romania. The committee says the foreign payments to the Biden family now total over $20 million.
You too could be a crack addict and still net millions of dollars in influence peddling, but ONLY if you're a member of the luck sperm club.
The 19-page memo, which provides screenshots of redacted bank records, says millions in payments came from Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, as well as Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina and Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev, and that then-Vice President Biden attended dinners with Baturina, Rakishev and a representative from Burisma.
"Then-Vice President Biden met—in person, for significant periods of time—with those individuals or their representatives," the memo states. "Then-Vice President Biden joined approximately 20 phone calls on speakerphone with Hunter Biden’s foreign business associates and attended dinners with foreign oligarchs who paid huge sums of money to Hunter Biden. Joe Biden, ‘the brand,’ was the only product the Bidens sold."
The "Third Bank Records Memorandum" follows two previous memos tying Biden family members to payments linked to entities in China and Romania. The committee says the foreign payments to the Biden family now total over $20 million.
You too could be a crack addict and still net millions of dollars in influence peddling, but ONLY if you're a member of the luck sperm club.
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that time your super secret warrant for your fishing trip/ evidence planting became public knowledge because they didn't comply and you fined them:
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The man owns a Boeing 757. He is definitely a flight risk.
House Republicans have just revealed that Joe Biden ran a multi-billion dollar company while in office and made millions from China. Hunter Biden also got a $1B plus loan from a foreign nation while directing policy within the Whitehouse that helped that nation.
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Ah, never mind. That was Trump and Kushner.
House Republicans have just revealed that Joe Biden ran a multi-billion dollar company while in office and made millions from China. Hunter Biden also got a $1B plus loan from a foreign nation while directing policy within the Whitehouse that helped that nation.
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Ah, never mind. That was Trump and Kushner.
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You have the analogy a bit wrong; Trump didn't own Kushner's family's Real Estate company. Trump also booted the Russian asset from the WH before the $2B investment.
But let's play:
now imagine Kushner did it secretly in Ukraine -- while profiting directly -- while Trump bragged about helping out it:
Then Biden got impeached for investigating...
But let's play:
now imagine Kushner did it secretly in Ukraine -- while profiting directly -- while Trump bragged about helping out it:
Then Biden got impeached for investigating...