The Donald Trump Score Card

Politics without two political parties is a complete oxymoron. Nobody gives a crap about Biden, if we no longer have two political parties.

 

Minutes before Trump departed office, a mysterious Florida company reportedly took over a slice of the Pentagon's internet space
Kevin Shalvey
Sun, April 25, 2021, 8:02 AM

Minutes before Trump departed office, a mysterious Florida company reportedly took over a slice of the Pentagon's internet space

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"A mysterious Florida company is said to have taken control of a substantial portion of the internet owned by the Pentagon, only three minutes before President Donald Trump's official term in office ended.

Since then, the company has increased its control to about 175 million IP addresses, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.

The Associated Press reported that it controlled more space than some of the world's largest internet providers, including Comcast and AT&T.

The company was identified as Global Resource Systems LLC, headquartered in Plantation, Florida. According to Florida state records, Global Resource Systems filed paperwork in October 2020. The paperwork said it was incorporated in Delaware."

 

McCarthy is still defending Trump, saying that Trump put out a video to try to quell the riot 'later'.

Trump was slow to make any response to his rioting at the Capitol which was plastered all over the TV networks that he was watching.

Yet Trump knew exactly when governor Ducey was about the sign the AZ electoral certification and called him to try to interfere with the signing.



Kevin McCarthy defends Trump's response to Capitol riot

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"Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader in the House, on Sunday defended former President Trump’s response to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in a tense interview on Fox News.

“I was the first person to contact him when the riot was going on. He didn’t see it. When he ended the call he was telling me, he’ll put something out to make sure to stop this,” McCarthy said on “Fox News Sunday.”

“And that’s what he did. He put a video out later,” McCarthy of California said.

But anchor Chris Wallace noted that Trump released the video “quite a lot later. And it was a pretty weak video.”

He pressed McCarthy on whether the former president said, “I guess some people are more upset about the election then you are” — but didn’t get a definitive response."

 

Half a Year After Trump’s Defeat, Arizona Republicans Are Recounting the Vote

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"Other state legislatures have looked into bogus claims of election fraud. But the Arizona audit, driven in part by conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines, is in a league of its own. Experts say it underscores the sharp rightward shift of the Legislature and the state Republican Party even as the state edges toward the political center.

“I get why they’re doing it, because half of the G.O.P. believes there was widespread fraud,” said Mike Noble, a Phoenix pollster who got his start in Republican politics. “The only problem is, a majority of the electorate doesn’t believe there was widespread fraud.

“The longer they push this,” he said, “the more they’re alienating people in the middle.”

In Arizona, the state party is headed by Kelli Ward, a former state senator who has rejected Mr. Biden’s victory and supports the audit. Under her leadership, the party in January censured Mr. Ducey, former Senator Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain for being insufficiently loyal to Mr. Trump.

The 16 Republicans in the State Senate reflect the party’s lurch to the right. November’s elections ousted the Senate’s two most moderate Republicans, replacing one with a Democrat and another with a Republican who claims lifetime membership in the Oath Keepers, the extremist group that helped lead the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6."

 

Governor Ducey was censured by the AZ GOP, and Trump was still attacking him publicly last Friday for not overturning the election for him.

 

All of the above

 

This sounds serious. It certainly does not pass the smell test. Someone at the Biden DOJ should start looking into it. Congress should subpoena Haspel and Barr and make them talk.

 

McCarthy dodges questions about what Trump said as Capitol riot raged
House minority leader hedges over alleged refusal to act
Republican who voted to impeach slams ‘state of denial’ in party
Martin Pengelly in New York
Sun 25 Apr 2021 13.04 EDT

McCarthy dodges questions about what Trump said as Capitol riot raged

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"In February a Republican congresswoman, Jaime Herrera Beutler, said McCarthy told her what Trump said on a call as the riot progressed.

“When McCarthy finally reached the president on 6 January and asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the riot,” she said, “the president initially repeated the falsehood that it was antifa [leftwing activists] that had breached the Capitol.

“McCarthy refuted that and told the president that these were Trump supporters. That’s when, according to McCarthy, the president said: ‘Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.’”

Her account contradicted Trump’s claim that he took immediate action to stop an attack that resulted in five deaths as the mob sought lawmakers including Vice-President Mike Pence to kidnap and possibly kill. More than 400 charges have been brought.

News outlets have also reported that the call between McCarthy and Trump became heated, the minority leader asking: “Who the fuck do you think you are talking to?”

McCarthy was initially critical of Trump’s behaviour but quickly backed down and supported the president when he was impeached for inciting an insurrection."

 

Trump protester from Florida arrested for rioting at Capitol.

He apparently thought he was attacking the White House instead of the Capitol.

His relatives turned him in to the FBI.


Arrested Florida Capitol rioter Kenneth Kelly thought he was breaking into White House
By Christina Zhao
4/24/21 at 3:21 PM EDT

Arrested Florida Capitol rioter Kenneth Kelly thought he was breaking into White House

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"A Florida man arrested in the Capitol riot appeared to believe that he and other "patriots" were storming the White House on January 6.

Kenneth Kelly, 58, of Ocala, referred to the Capitol building as the "White House" in two text messages sent to a relative, according to the affidavit by an unnamed special agent with the FBI.

"Inside White house [sic] via breaking in windows," Kelly allegedly wrote in one text, alongside an image that showed him inside what appears to be the U.S. Capitol building.

Kelly sent another photo that depicted a crowd of rioters scaling the outer structures of the Capitol building, writing: "Patriots stormed the White House, broke in while senate was in sessiondenating [sic] Arizona. The were hiding under ther desks [sic]. Forced into recess. Patriots took back our capital today.""

 

To some of Trump's protesters, the riot was entertainment for themselves.

 

The longer they push this,” he said, “the more they’re alienating people in the middle.”
I believe this to be true. People are getting tired of hearing this bs. I really think republicans will rue the day they pushed this crap.

Seems like he’s another stable genius.

 

Man who thought Covid was fake and the world was flat admits he was wrong
Ian Johnson
19:38, 25 APR 2021

Man who thought Covid was fake and the world was flat admits he was wrong

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"He started sharing wild theories on social media having adopted, as he now says he did, a "radicalised belief system".

Lloyd began following the widely debunked Qanon conspiracy, which asserts that a secret satanic paedophile network with links to major Hollywood celebs exists.

He also pushed anti-vaccination propaganda and claims about Bill Gates.

After researching the "fantastic" work done by the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation with vaccines, he now realises the theories were untrue.

"At the time I shared this content online," Lloyd said.

"I had created this false reality in my head and wanted to get other people’s opinion and did believe some of it was true.

"After re-educating myself I know it was all misinformation and false. You could say I became radicalised by the false dangerous content I was consuming online."

Lloyd said when he got really involved in the theories he was "lost in life" near the start of lockdown.

"I was looking for a purpose," he admits."

 

An LLC in Florida registered in Delaware.

 

Nobody would watch Fox News if they merely told the truth. The entire Tea Party is evangelical, and couldn't give a crap about anyone's opinions of them as all being poor white trash without a brain in their heads. There's no such fucking thing as a diplomatic way to tell a third of the country they are flaming idiots not worth giving the time of day to, making politics a joke in bad taste.

 

Trump rioter arrested after her daughter boasted about her.



BUSTED: Kansas woman arrested after daughter bragged about her role in Trump's insurrection
Ray Hartmann
April 25, 2021

BUSTED: Kansas woman arrested after daughter bragged about her role in Trump's insurrection

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"Jennifer Ruth Parks, arrested by the FBI Friday in connection with the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was apprehended in an unusual way: Someone tipped off the feds with a screen shot of a text in which her daughter was beaming about her mother's attendance at the protest.

Parks, of Kansas, and her friend Edith Schwemmer, both attended the Trump rally and then entered the Capitol after the doors were broken, according to the FBI complaint citing voluntary January 17 interviews with the two. The report also said the bureau received this tip six days earlier:

"The tipster shared a text message screen shot between Parks' daughter and an unknown individual where Parks' daughter wrote: 'So depressed over all of the cheating in the election right now. Mom and her friend went to Washington for the March. Wish I could have gone too. Lol.' Parks' daughter further wrote: 'We should all be climbing over those walls. They pushed us too far.'""

 

Article about Republican U.S. congressman Gonzalez and contender Miller in the 16th congressional district of Ohio.

Trump is backing Miller for the 2022 midterm election to try to oust Gonzalez who voted against Trump during his second impeachment stemming from the siege on the U.S. Capitol.

Gonzalez has voted 86% of the time in line with Trump, yet Trump is upset with him.


Why Is Trump Going to War Here?
Driven by revenge, the former president has staked his control over the GOP on an unlikely Ohio district.
By MICHAEL KRUSE
04/23/2021 04:30 AM EDT

Why Is Trump Going to War Here?

 

Notes about politicians running for office after being convicted of crimes.

The issue is relevant for Trump if he wants to run in 2024 and he is convicted of a crime.

Posts by bloggers:



"Don Blankenship is running for senate in West Virginia (convicted felon, served time)

Joe Arpaio is running for senate in Arizona (convicted felon, pardoned, but never the less, was convicted of a felony by a jury) (he wasn’t pardoned because he was innocent, by the way).

Adam Clayton Powell Jr was kicked out of House after facing charges of corruption. Then he was re-elected two years later and served another two years. At one time, he was chairman of he Education and Labor Committee.

So, the comments along the lines of: It will be used against the candidate does not seem to hold water with some voters.

Alas, as mentioned in other posts, there is simply nothing in the constitution concerning the ethics, morality, or legal record of candidates. Electors were supposed to use good judgement, I suppose."

 

Posts of bloggers:


"Lyndon LaRouche and Eugene Debs have mounted campaigns for president from behind prison walls."


"Once upon a time, there was man named Vincent, but all of his friends called him Buddy. Buddy was Mayor of Providence, RI.

He was first elected in 1975 and was still in office when he beat up a man he suspected of having relations with his estranged wife. Buddy pleaded nolo contendre to the charges and was given a suspended sentence. He was also forced to resign as mayor of Providence.

In 1990, Buddy was again elected as mayor of Providence. He served until 2002, when he was convicted of a Federal crime, Running a Corrupt Organization. He was indicted on 6 counts in total, but was acquitted for racketeering, conspiracy, mail fraud, extortion and mail fraud. He served 5 years in Federal prison.

So now, with 2 felony convictions under his belt, Buddy decided to run once again in 2014. He lost. But to answer your question, yes, in some jurisdictions, a convicted felon can hold elected office."

 

Trump ally Doug Collins won't be running for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.


Doug Collins, a Trump ally, will not run for Georgia Senate or governor in 2022 - CNNPolitics

 

Democrat Warnock won a U.S. Senate seat in 2021 in a runoff election in Georgia (the day before Trump's siege of the Capitol). His term ends in 2023 and his seat is up for election in 2022. It gave control of the U.S. Senate to Democrats.

Warnock wasn't elected to a six-year term. He took over the Senate seat after the resignation of Johnny Isakson. Warnock is finishing the remainder of that six-year term which ends in 2023.

The situation makes the gamesmanship for control of the U.S. Senate in 2022 even more critical.

Warnick won by a slim margin. The effects of the Georgia voting restriction law that Kemp signed are yet to be seen.