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David, you're going to need to keep the Corruption Watch heading permanently. The players in the Trump II Clown Show will move over and stay in the Watch category, as evidenced by today's starring player, Stephen Feinberg.

And Mitch McConnell in your Cry Me a River (perfect, btw) “This sort of partisan behavior undermines the integrity of the judiciary. It exposes bold Democratic blue where there should only be black robes,” McConnell warned. Hypocrisy and irony are to McConnell what shame is to Trump.

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Great writing and very true about all , yet it got us to stop talking about RFK worm brain . Peace to you David

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The more intriguing aspect of the DeSantis-for-Hegseth switch is Sexy Boots nominating Lara tRump(!) to fill Li'l Marco's senate seat...now that's really quiding the pro quo!

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CSPAN will need to hire a director from TLC to properly cover that phenomenon

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Coach Tubberville will be happy to lose the designation of Dumbest Bimbo In The Senate. Although there's always Marsha Marsha Marsha Blackburn to fill in on Lara's days off.

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Well, it could have been Kimberly Guilfoyle, but she's sort of on the outs.

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McConnell crying foul. How I would have loved to throw rotten tomatoes at him during that pronouncement!

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While this clown show continues unabated, Democracy is dying.

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Sen. Cramer (R) asked that Hegseth stop drinking. No mention if he should stop raping.

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Should be an interesting relationship between DeSantis and the military brass. DeSantis has erased "climate change" from existence in Florida. The military brass has planned for the inevitable disruptions that climate change brings.

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AN OPEN LETTER TO MY MAGA NEIGHBOR

You Know Who You Are: Your House Still Draped in MAGA Banners, Red Hat Firmly on Your Head, and Truck Plastered with Trump Stickers

https://open.substack.com/pub/patricemersault/p/an-open-letter-to-my-gloating-maga-450?r=4d7sow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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We already knew what a partisan asshole Judge Scarsi is, so his "rebuke" sounds like he's bucking for a promotion.

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Joe Biden just issued a pardon to Judge Scarsi for his intemperate remarks.

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The court in CA was critical of Hunter's attorneys' arguments but leaves out the part about how Hunter did repay the full amount of taxes, penalties, and interest BEFORE he was indicted. The pool against which you judge his conduct is those who have indeed repaid everything already, as opposed to all those who failed to pay taxes for whatever reason. My late ex, the prototypical absent-minded professor, simply forgot to file at all for two years. When the IRS came down on him, he paid up. No one prosecuted him.

The problem the court had with the pardon itself was technical. It also sensibly found that there was no intent to pardon prospectively for things Hunter might do after Dec 1. I doubt Biden ever intended that it was supposed to.

Why back to 2014? Keep in mind that all those things Comer et al were so het up about regarding Hunter's business dealings happened no later than mid 2019. (Comer has a timeline on his committee's website) The statute of limitations has passed for most if not all. The pardon will with luck go far to keep Hunter, also cleaned up for over 5 years, from being constantly harassed over stale stuff.

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Yes, do cry me a river Mitch

McConnell. No more

bipartisanship with your crew.

Will be so glad when he is

finally gone into the hills of

Kentucky, never to be heard

from again!

DeSantis/Pentagon - trade in

combat boots for white

golashes. At the rate climate

change is going, the military

will need golashes to wade

through the swamps.

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