The Donald Trump Score Card

I think the DOJ prosecutors and investigators will keep doing what they know best until they nail the Head Honcho.

 

Capitol attack inquiry narrows on Trump as panel subpoenas top aide

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"The move to pursue Navarro, who helped finalize the scheme to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election win with political operatives at the Willard hotel in Washington DC, suggests the panel is edging ever closer to examining potential culpability for Trump.

Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the select committee, said in the subpoena letter to Navarro that House investigators wanted to depose him since he could potentially speak to what Trump knew in advance of plans to stop the certification on January 6.

“Navarro appears to have information directly relevant to the select committee’s investigation,” Thompson said. “He hasn’t been shy about his role in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and has even discussed the former president’s support for those plans.”"

 

On a side note, Craig Shubert the mayor of Hudson Ohio is now on record after saying ice fishing would lead to prostitution. I'm not sure but would bet he is a Trump supporting Republican, just like Jeff Sessions.

 

Shubert is a Republican.

Hudson is one of the wealthiest areas in greater Cleveland with an average household income of about $135k compared to the state average of $58k. It's 90% white.

He pushes crackpot narratives, often ones that involve sex.


Prosecutor criticizes Hudson Mayor Craig Shubert for sparking threats

Mayor’s Deluded Crusade Against ‘Child Porn’ in Classrooms Unravels

 

National Archives asks Justice Department to probe Trump's handling of White House records

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"The National Archives and Records Administration asked the Department of Justice to probe whether the Trump administration's handling of White House records violated federal law, two Biden administration officials told NBC News on Wednesday.

The Archives' referral to the Justice Department followed the revelation that 15 boxes of former President Donald Trump's White House records were retrieved from his resort-home Mar-a-Lago.

The Presidential Records Act requires that all applicable materials, such as documents, photos, correspondence and pamphlets, must be preserved and transferred to the National Archives as soon as the president leaves office.

The escalation by the Archives has prompted law enforcement officials within the Biden administration to discuss whether to investigate Trump for a possible crime, according to the Washington Post, which first reported the DOJ referral.

The documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago include a letter to Trump from his predecessor, President Barack Obama, as well as Trump's self-described "love letters" with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the Post first reported Monday."

 

I guess he would know.

Many conservative men are insecure in their sexuality. Some of them suffer from homophobia yet are caught in compromising situations with men.

 

I'm ok with white nationalists across the country giving the Nazi salute "hail trump' they are after all adults hiding behind their 1st Amendment rights,
but a High school teacher instructing students on how to perform the salute in class, that's fucking sick.

 

Less than 9 months to the 2022 midterm elections and Trump is still obsessed with trying to decertify Biden's legitimate win in 2020.


'Much more coming out': Trump spokeswoman says fight to decertify 2020 election can't be stopped

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"Don't expect the fight to decertify the 2020 election to end anytime soon.

Liz Harrington, a spokeswoman for former President Donald Trump, was asked by Steve Bannon on his War Room podcast Tuesday to assess efforts by Republican lawmakers in states including Wisconsin and Arizona to recall electors.

"The main point right now is this is not going away, and it's never going to go away, until we get the correct result and fix our elections. I mean, it's just that simple," Harrington said. "You have so much more coming out. Here we are a year and a half later, and we still are getting more evidence of just how fraudulent this was."

Trump and his allies have long claimed that the election, which took place 15 months ago now, was stolen via widespread fraud and other irregularities. However, election officials and the courts have largely rejected these claims. Still, Republicans see some vindication in recent decisions, such as a Pennsylvania court declaring the state's expansive mail-in voting law as unconstitutional."

 

Could have been worse. It could have been a Trump flag.

Video shows of Trump rioter removing a U.S. flag from the Capitol building and letting it drop to the ground. He tried to replace it with a Trump flag.

 

'PROUD' Tennessee Man Who Felt 'No Remorse' for Capitol Breach Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor

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"The Tennessee man who defiantly declared that he was proud to be part of the Jan. 6 Capitol siege and insisted that he would “tell this story” has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.

Michael Timbrook, 57, was wearing a distinctive bright orange hat when he entered the Capitol building as part of the mob of Donald Trump supporters looking to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden‘s win in the 2020 presidential election."

 

Federal prosecutors have new information on a Jan. 6 defendant. Online sleuths attribute it to a Times video

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"Federal prosecutors are revising a plea deal for a Georgia man present at the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, citing new information that online sleuths attribute to video recently released by the Los Angeles Times.

Glen Simon pleaded guilty in October to a misdemeanor charge of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building — and faced up to six months imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. But in early January, prosecutors asked the court to delay his sentencing, saying they had discovered new information that warranted further investigation.

Department of Justice lawyers announced in a court filing Tuesday that they had offered Simon a new deal in which he would plead guilty to the more significant misdemeanor of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, punishable by up to one year imprisonment and a fine.

Federal law changes the charge to a felony with a maximum punishment of up to 10 years in prison if it is determined a deadly weapon was used or serious harm was caused. The court documents do not reference any weapon."

 

Trump's people are essentially prosecuting themselves.


Federal prosecutors have new information on a Jan. 6 defendant. Online sleuths attribute it to a Times video

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"Times photographer Kent Nishimura captured the video while in the crowd Jan. 6, 2021, using a helmet- mounted GoPro camera.

On Jan. 5, the group, which calls itself @capitolhunters, posted several clips pulled from the Times video.

The clips appear to show a person dressed like Simon among a group using a police barricade to push back Capitol Police officers on the building’s West Front shortly after the Capitol had first been breached. Some of the worst injuries to police that day occurred during the hours-long melee in the West Front plaza.

Simon was quickly identified by online sleuths in 2021, who found video he posted on Facebook of himself inside the Capitol wearing the same clothing as the person identified in the Times video.

He also posted an image of himself outside the Capitol with the caption, “feel like I took about 50 bong rips of pepper spray today. Post victory picture after the ramming through of the Capitol building,” according to the initial complaint. Court filings include photos of him walking around inside the Capitol."

 

Trump continues with his revenge campaign against governor Kemp of Georgia for not helping to overthrow the election for him (which he wasn't capable of doing).


'Completely off the rails': Trump's latest endorsement roils Georgia's GOP

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"Donald Trump roiled Georgia Republicans with an endorsement in a crowded House primary Wednesday as the former president molds the political landscape in an effort to defeat the state's GOP governor.

On its face, Trump's "complete and total endorsement" of Vernon Jones in Georgia’s 10th Congressional District looked like another case of the former president rewarding “an 'America First' fighter.” Jones, a former Democrat and former state legislator, spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention officially nominating Trump.

But Jones earned his endorsement in another way, as well: Two days earlier, he dropped out of Georgia's high-stakes GOP race for governor — making it easier for Trump’s preferred candidate, former Sen. David Perdue, to beat Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in a one-on-one primary matchup.

For months, advisers in Trump’s orbit privately tried to nudge Jones to leave the gubernatorial race after Trump recruited Perdue in December to run against Kemp, who earned Trump’s enmity because he refused to help overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, which helped seal Joe Biden’s presidential win. Jones' decision to switch races capped on-and-off discussions with Trump advisers and allies who described the discussions as friendly, according to three Republicans with knowledge of the talks.

But Jones was already running — and siphoning pro-Trump, anti-Kemp votes from Perdue, according to polls that showed him with little traction statewide. Trump needed him to leave the race, which Jones did Monday while simultaneously announcing his bid for Congress. Jones endorsed Perdue, who in turn called Jones a "conservative patriot."

The race for the seat being vacated by Republican Rep. Jody Hice, who is challenging Republican and Trump foe Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, already featured 11 candidates before Jones jumped in. Most were running as Trump Republicans in the heavily conservative district in eastern Georgia.

“Georgia 10 was a deep and chaotic primary before Vernon Jones’ entry. And now it’s completely off the rails,” Chip Lake, a Republican strategist in Georgia, said. “I don’t have a crystal ball to know what will happen. But I know there’s gonna be a lot more eyeballs on this congressional primary than before.”"

 

McCloskey is running for a Senate seat.


Missouri couple who pointed guns at BLM protesters put on probation and suspended

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"A Missouri couple who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020 have been placed on probation by the state Supreme Court.

The court on Tuesday suspended Mark and Patricia McCloskey’s law licenses but delayed their suspension by placing them on a year-long probation instead. The couple will be able to practice law during this time but the suspension will take effect if they violate their probation by breaking any more laws.

“Should probation be revoked and the suspension take effect, no petition for reinstatement shall be entertained for a period of six months from the date the suspension becomes effective,” chief justice Paul Wilson said, according to The Gazette.

The couple had said that they had taken out their guns because they felt threatened by protesters who were marching on their private street in St Louis during protests that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Mr McCloskey is alleged to have emerged from his home with an AR-15-style rifle, while his wife waved a semi-automatic pistol. The couple did not, however, fire any shots.

After the court ruling on Tuesday, Mr McCloskey, who is one of the several Republican candidates running for Senate, said that he will abide by the court’s ruling even though he thought it was a political decision."

 

Meet the McCloskeys: How Private Places Act as a Form of Spatial Anti-Blackness in St. Louis

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"The state of Missouri allows homeowners to use lethal force to defend themselves from an intruder on their property under the Castle Doctrine. But many legal experts believe that that the doctrine doesn’t apply beyond the homeowner’s property line, even if the homeowner technically co-owns the street beyond that line. Moreover, there’s no evidence that unarmed protesters posed any threat to McCloskeys’ well-being — which would make their show of force an act of escalation, rather than self-defense.

“They were absolutely furious to see us,” said Micah Hainline, who was one of the marchers. “They had no reason to fear, leadership was actively moving people away from them, they were just incensed to see people dare to be on their private street. There were no weapons in evidence that I saw other than theirs. Mark came out very quickly and pointed his rifle at protesters. Maybe four people saw that and ran to the sidewalk from the street, hands in the air yelling “don’t shoot!” but never reached the grass. This all took place before they called cops.”

Prominent local attorneys agreed that the video evidence of the incident did not support a legal argument that the McCloskey’s actions were justified.

“You cannot control the comings and goings of citizens on your private street,” attorney Eric Banks, former St. Louis City Counselor, told St. Louis Public Radio. “I don’t care if you have gates there. I don’t care if you have off-duty police officers as security. It’s just not possible. That is a myth that the private street residents frequently want to put forth. But you cannot act with impunity, come out of your house with an automatic weapon, and point it in the direction of people who are walking down the street. It’s just beyond the pale.”"

 

The governor pardoned the McCloskeys.

Article from August 2021.


Meet the McCloskeys: How Private Places Act as a Form of Spatial Anti-Blackness in St. Louis

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"A grand jury indicted the couple in October and Pearson told reporters he would consider pardoning them.

The couple pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and harassment charges in June. They surrendered their weapons and Patricia McCloskey was fined $2,000 while her husband was fined $750.

When Judge David Mason asked Mark McCloskey if he acknowledged that his actions put people at risk of personal injury, McCloskey replied, "I sure did, your honor."

Mark McCloskey, who announced in May he was running for U.S. Senate, told reporters outside the courthouse after the hearing that he'd do it again."

 

Alliance of autocracies of Trump's partners Putin and XI.


A New Axis

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"Ukraine and Taiwan

The current phase of the relationship has its roots in Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine. The European Union and the U.S. responded with economic sanctions on Russia that forced it to trade more with Asia, Anton Troianovski, The Times’s Moscow bureau chief, notes. China stepped in, buying Russian oil, investing in Russian companies and more.

“The conventional wisdom used to be that Putin didn’t want to get too close to China,” Anton said. That’s no longer the case.

Russia returned the favor in recent years, buying equipment from Huawei, a Chinese tech giant, after the Trump administration tried to isolate the company.

In the grandest sense, China and Russia are creating a kind of “alliance of autocracies,” as Steven Lee Myers, The Times’s Beijing bureau chief, puts it. They don’t use that phrase and even claim to be democracies. “Democracy is a universal human value, rather than a privilege of a limited number of states,” their joint statement read. “It is only up to the people of the country to decide whether their state is a democratic one.”

But the message that China and Russia have sent to other countries is clear — and undemocratic. They will not pressure other governments to respect human rights or hold elections. In Xi’s and Putin’s model, an autocratic government can provide enough economic security and nationalistic pride to minimize public opposition — and crush any that arises."

 

Some in the U.S. are willing to forfeit their democracy for the perceived security and nationalistic pride of an autocracy.