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Did Trump fundraise from his election lies? – politicalbetting.com
Did Trump fundraise from his election lies? – politicalbetting.com
The Washington Post is reporting that federal prosecutors probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol have sought a wide range of Trump documents related to fundraising after the 2020 election,. They are seeking to determine if Trump or his advisers scammed donors by using false claims. about voter fraud to raise money,
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That’s a lot of jail time if ever proven.
Oops. After twice representing to the court that Rupert Murdoch has no official roll at Fox News, Fox revealed that Murdoch is “executive chair” at Fox News. The mild mannered judge was fairly steaming. He told Fox attorney “you have a credibility problem.”
https://twitter.com/harrylitman/status/1645939168726618113
I’m amused though at the idea an organisation employing Tucker Carlson has any credibility at all.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65256568
For the month it looks like the public sector strikes dragged growth down by 0.1-0.2% but there will be an element of catch up in March so we're on course for about 0.6% growth in Q1. Far from the doom and gloom we've been listening to from pundits and international think tanks I'd rate 0.6% growth in Q1 as fairly solid.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/13/pentagon-leaks-og-source-military-base-discord-report
The man responsible for the leak of hundreds of classified Pentagon documents is reported to be a young, racist gun enthusiast who worked on a military base, and who was seeking to impress two dozen fellow members of an internet chat group...
...There is increasing evidence that the leak was not an intelligence operation by a state actor aiming to discredit the US, but more likely the consequence of a Pentagon policy of granting top secret security clearances to huge numbers of service members, civilians and contractors. The number of employees and contractors in the entire US government with top secret clearance is about 1.25 million.
OG appears to have acted as a leader on a server originally set up in 2020 on the Discord messaging platform by a small group of gun enthusiasts and gamers. The group went by several names, but most often it was known as Thug Shaker Central. Starting last year, OG is reported to have posted the documents on a channel on the server he named “Bear vs Pig”, a reference to the Ukraine war but also a viral video showing pigs fighting off a black bear.
Bit of a problem in a country where a large number of voters, encouraged by a recent president, actively support dictatorships like Russia.
No doubt the lawyers repeated what they were told, that he did not have any "official" position but it is a bit surprising that they overlooked that.
Good morning everybody, I see the puns are coming, thick and fast!
Which is going to make it awkward if (as seems likely) he faces another couple of criminal proceedings.
And finally, hopefully a sign of things to come: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65255643
In the world of secrets, it seems fewer people in the US know that Prince Harry's marriage is over...
In fact, we are now above Feb. 2020, indeed we went above Feb .2020 in May of last year.
No one should take much notice of initial GDP estimates, for it is a law as immutable as that of the Medes and the Persians, that GDP gets revised upwards.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/taiwan-la-france-est-un-allie-fiable-des-etats-unis-mais-n-est-pas-suiviste-reaffirme-une-source-diplomatique-francaise-20230412
Cohen won't have $500m, nor insurance that would cover it. Trump won't have any support for that figure as a loss. Trump won't even expect to get it, or even expect to win.
It's simply a way to keep Trump in the news cycle, and as big a number as possible does that.
In a way that’s a good thing, because it renders him ineffectual.
Screwtape put it thus: “To be truly and effectively wicked, a man needs some virtue.”
Wicked people who are courageous and who reward loyal followers, are a hell of a lot more dangerous than people like Trump.
But it is getting ever harder to find Trump apologists. It might have had a mischievous fun to ra-ra-ra for him when he was sticking it to the Man. But he is the Man; the grifter who has worked the gullible in the room for his own advancement - and fuck America in the process. His every pronouncement now further lifts the veil on a mean spirited, thin-skinned, self-interested disaster for the USA. Gradually, they are seeing this.
If it weren't for the cult of celebrity that the US worships, he would be an embarrassed footnote in Presidential history. But he'll get there.
In 2012 too remember President Obama dismissed the warnings of his opponent, Republican nominee Mitt Romney about Putin as scaremongering
F1: if the two qualifying and two race plan goes ahead, unsure how I'll structure the blogging. I might just focus on the race and use the sprint nonsense for assessing pace and passing potential.
He;s getting criticised at home for giving them the green light to do so. Unfair as the Chinese had planned to do it anyway but he left himself open to the accusation.
would. Damascene conversions all over the place, hallelujah.
Is 28 days the time it has to be at at the higher price before they use the "was" 'now' trick
“You always used to ask me about unemployment when I came on the program. But you’ve stopped. Why is that?”
He basically refused to start the interview until Brian asked the question about unemployment. Which had been going down for 24 months straight, or something like that.
I know nothing about the US legal system, but I seem to remember Trump had a case thrown out and I believe punitive costs as did his lawyers for wasting court time. Hopefully the same happens here. Maybe someone who understands this better than me can comment?
A key problem with Macron's trip to China and comments is that - whatever his intention - they are interpreted in Moscow as signs of the impending fracture of the West, which only encourages digging in over Ukraine... 1/..
https://mobile.twitter.com/MarkGaleotti/status/1646399926786482177
France will not benefit from a compromise which sees Russia take sufficient Ukrainian
territory to retrench for a renewed effort in a few years time.
If the invasion is not defeated, it is very likely to be repeated - as we saw from 2014.
Three Conservative MPs under investigation.
And he was proved a liar.
If this one is seen to have achieved positive results, as with 2014, it makes another one easier.
That's not a complicated point.
As German Foreign Minister Baerbock heads to China, Berlin is keen to stress that Europe will neither let Taiwan nor the US down.
https://www.politico.eu/article/berlin-aims-to-set-the-record-straight-after-macrons-taiwan-controversy-aggressive-military-maneuvers/
A Ukrainian 'win' also acts as a warning for any other states that are thinking of expansionist adventures.
There's another issue: will the Russians admit 'defeat'? Even if the Ukrainians were to take back all their pre-2014 territory, including Crimea, the Russian media could still claim a 'win'.
Running though Figaro this morning its strikes; strikes and transport blockages.
I remain bemused that none of this seems to make its way in to the IMF forecast for France