There are 165 days to the midterms and 16 days till the Republicans either drive us off the cliff or come to their senses (assuming they have any, which is definitely doubtful)
Re DOGE: Everyone working for DOGE is at risk for criminal indictment, even Big Balls. There is a great possibility that DOGE may be found as nothing more than a vigilante group. Granted, Trump does pardon those that help him, but he doesn’t always do it on a timely basis and he doesn’t do it universally. Some 19yo techies could find themselves in prison for ten years. If those working under the DOGE cover have any sense, they would quit now. If they quit now they can claim that the announcement of a DOGE boss that they never heard of brought home the realization that they really were not working for the government. Because scienter (knowledge of wrongdoing) is an element of a crime, they might have a defense or at least a factor to mitigate sentence. But they have to act quickly. I sure wish someone with a big following on Xitter would pick up on this and get the word out. Would sure be a shame if DOGE lost most of its workers. 🤪
Re CBS: The lawyers are getting cleaver. I’m impressed. That TX trial judge won’t dismiss the case (he’s so in the bag), but there could be a very strong case under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to kick the matter to arbitration, and the judge’s denial order is immediate appealable. It’s very likely the 5th Circuit will kick the case because appellate judges love arbitration as it helps clear the dockets. They favor arbitration for everything else so I think they would have a hard time coming up with a Trump exception to the FAA.
Re Ukraine: I’m just heartsick. Such a betrayal. But it is looking like Zelenskyy has cut a better deal on minerals and maybe left a loophole if security guarantees are not followed through. Now he just has to be sure the peace keepers are all Europeans, not Americans, so there aren’t any troops in his country that will try to enforce the mineral deal.
Honestly, I hate to see Zelinsky give up Ukraine's rare minerals to our current US bunch. I think thats just criminal. The US just like other countries should have to pay for them! The idea that Ukraine "owes" this government for being given obsolete military weapons - which they managed to turn into an advantage themselves. asinine.
Got that right Gary San Diego. JOSH MARSHALL has detailed that 'DOGE' created a bogus "Government-Wide Email System (GWES) [not]. JOSH flagged a 'PIA" Privacy Impact Statement" sent to recipients of the Musk emails" stating that any reply could intercepted by "unauthorized users" or "authorized users for an unauthorized reasons". Musk, Amy Gleason & Others are fully aware of intended harm to recipients of their fraudulent overt acts (plural).
Who is AMY GLEASON? AMY is a 53 year old was a "healthcare technology consultant" & is now Musk's point person running the bogus "U.S. DOGE Service".
I must thank Amy for confirming the Association of Administrative Law Judge's allegations in Paragraph 3 of their SDNY lawsuit against Elon Musk. An extension of the TRO (restraining order) that's in place is going to be a breeze. But, I would go for an OSC re Contempt served on the Manic Musk.
JOSH's metaphor is Elon's Rake-in-the-Face act is descriptive. But, I concur with Gary's conclusions much worse is dead ahead.
Tom, I wrote this yesterday on Lucian Truscott's page: "he's been an asset since he married Ivana. There's a picture of him, circa 1986-87, in the Soviet Union, back when 99% of Americans couldn't get past Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, let alone the USSR. That, plus his third 'wife' is also from a former Communist nation that doesn't exist anymore, either where her father was a mid-level bureaucrat in Yugoslavia. Putin is the 'master handler.'"
Do you remember something years ago where one of the long format mags did an article expose (I can't do accents in type) on an extremely wealthy business man married to a (I believe she was Thai?) woman who had been recruited and trained to fit his type, studied things he liked, etc and then introduced to him. She was shown to have been placed by Russia. If I could just remember a bit more about it, that story is out there... and seems awfully apropos.
When I first learned about Krasnov, I decided to use that name from now on. So far, the algorithms haven't caught up, so I am free to write just about anything I want (bluesky). I have christened him Putrid Puppet Krasnov.
The Republican talking point on the budget is that Medicaid is not specifically mentioned in the bill so hasn't been cut. It's a thin line, but they seem to think it will at least keep people from biting the heads off the staffers answering phones.
Do you think Melania will change her name to Krasnov, or does the prenuptial agreement get her off the hook(er)?
I am remembering what Kevin McCarthy said to fellow Congressmen when he was Speaker of the House. There’s two people I think Putin pays— Dana Rohrabacher and Trump.
I tuned in to that fake "cabinet meeting" yesterday (or was it the day before?) and was able to stay for about a minute. it looked lie the writers' room for a very sick knockoff of, say, "Veep."
these poking around posts are incredibly rich. AND incredibly upsetting.
a private army able to arrest other people. what are we, SISSIES?? I mean what could possibly go wrong with that?
and, I'm just finding out, now Musk (I need to find an unflattering alternative name) is going to handle air traffic control? he's a technological GENIUS, so the situation is gonna be HANDLED in that very special "my only duty is to increase shareholder profits" way. again, what could go wrong? I can rest easy because I don't plan to be flying anywhere anytime soon.
this TFF as Russian Asset thing is sooooo interesting. my first impulse is to dismiss it as being too good to be true, but I am persuadable...
"we went through the Russia hoax together." ya think?
OK, "Hegseth to cut the U.S. defense budget by 8% a year for the next five years" while the House Budget Resolution calls for 150 Billion more for defense. That apparently is aimed at the S border? The only thing the US has to worry about is people crossing the border? Not the fall to Russia of all the countries who shook off the Soviets in 89 or so? Maybe trump will cut a deal to deport everyone to Poland once Putin takes it over. I hear there are some slave labor camps there already that could be revived from historical artifact status. Just switch any signs for the inmates to Spanish from Hebrew or Yiddish.
Wonderful! I just replied to one of those suggesting Gay Valimont add a clip of her video to the next fundraising email. People need to see her speak. I'll do the same as soon as one comes from Josh Weil. This - this is the next fight.
What Elon and Toe-sucker Trump are doing is dismantling the government, preparing it for a shutdown. Once it is shut down, it will reopen as an Autocracy because there will be no money to pay for the salaries and benefits of congress, so it's unlikely they will stick around. No more checks and balances. (What we have now is the illusion of checks and balances because nothing has teeth. This will not end well, and Putin couldn't be happier.)
Don't look for mid-term elections either even though Tom's countdown is like a hopeful prayer. They won't happen. Our democracy and the three branches of government are over. Brain numbing, gaslighting, and disunity work.
I'm painting a new front doormat that says "Welcome to the Claymores" because I expect some of Trump's brownshirts to show up after Musk uses AI to scour social media for subversive dissenters.
Go all out for Gay Valimont and Josh Weil in FL. If you can, make the calls (they have a sign up to do that) or cards, or spread the word to anyone who may know anyone in FL to spread the word. I'm too tired now (zzz...) to find the link, but watch them and their supporters and you'll feel hopeful And It Happens April 1 - so maybe before they can finalize whatever voter frauds they plan for the midterms.
If you can't find the link for the recent online meet, let me know - persistently so I notice - and I'll dig out that link. You're right! Don't wait! This is now!
Re DOGE: Everyone working for DOGE is at risk for criminal indictment, even Big Balls. There is a great possibility that DOGE may be found as nothing more than a vigilante group. Granted, Trump does pardon those that help him, but he doesn’t always do it on a timely basis and he doesn’t do it universally. Some 19yo techies could find themselves in prison for ten years. If those working under the DOGE cover have any sense, they would quit now. If they quit now they can claim that the announcement of a DOGE boss that they never heard of brought home the realization that they really were not working for the government. Because scienter (knowledge of wrongdoing) is an element of a crime, they might have a defense or at least a factor to mitigate sentence. But they have to act quickly. I sure wish someone with a big following on Xitter would pick up on this and get the word out. Would sure be a shame if DOGE lost most of its workers. 🤪
Re CBS: The lawyers are getting cleaver. I’m impressed. That TX trial judge won’t dismiss the case (he’s so in the bag), but there could be a very strong case under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to kick the matter to arbitration, and the judge’s denial order is immediate appealable. It’s very likely the 5th Circuit will kick the case because appellate judges love arbitration as it helps clear the dockets. They favor arbitration for everything else so I think they would have a hard time coming up with a Trump exception to the FAA.
Re Ukraine: I’m just heartsick. Such a betrayal. But it is looking like Zelenskyy has cut a better deal on minerals and maybe left a loophole if security guarantees are not followed through. Now he just has to be sure the peace keepers are all Europeans, not Americans, so there aren’t any troops in his country that will try to enforce the mineral deal.
Honestly, I hate to see Zelinsky give up Ukraine's rare minerals to our current US bunch. I think thats just criminal. The US just like other countries should have to pay for them! The idea that Ukraine "owes" this government for being given obsolete military weapons - which they managed to turn into an advantage themselves. asinine.
Got that right Gary San Diego. JOSH MARSHALL has detailed that 'DOGE' created a bogus "Government-Wide Email System (GWES) [not]. JOSH flagged a 'PIA" Privacy Impact Statement" sent to recipients of the Musk emails" stating that any reply could intercepted by "unauthorized users" or "authorized users for an unauthorized reasons". Musk, Amy Gleason & Others are fully aware of intended harm to recipients of their fraudulent overt acts (plural).
Who is AMY GLEASON? AMY is a 53 year old was a "healthcare technology consultant" & is now Musk's point person running the bogus "U.S. DOGE Service".
I must thank Amy for confirming the Association of Administrative Law Judge's allegations in Paragraph 3 of their SDNY lawsuit against Elon Musk. An extension of the TRO (restraining order) that's in place is going to be a breeze. But, I would go for an OSC re Contempt served on the Manic Musk.
JOSH's metaphor is Elon's Rake-in-the-Face act is descriptive. But, I concur with Gary's conclusions much worse is dead ahead.
Tom, I wrote this yesterday on Lucian Truscott's page: "he's been an asset since he married Ivana. There's a picture of him, circa 1986-87, in the Soviet Union, back when 99% of Americans couldn't get past Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, let alone the USSR. That, plus his third 'wife' is also from a former Communist nation that doesn't exist anymore, either where her father was a mid-level bureaucrat in Yugoslavia. Putin is the 'master handler.'"
Olga Lautman has promised us an article on First Felon as a Russian agent soon.
VERY soon, I hope.
Posted on a more recent TCinLA, but here is a subsequent video in case you two don't see that post: https://olgalautman.substack.com/p/live-recap-with-julie-roginsky-and?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=382626&post_id=158044780&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=3fufu&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Do you remember something years ago where one of the long format mags did an article expose (I can't do accents in type) on an extremely wealthy business man married to a (I believe she was Thai?) woman who had been recruited and trained to fit his type, studied things he liked, etc and then introduced to him. She was shown to have been placed by Russia. If I could just remember a bit more about it, that story is out there... and seems awfully apropos.
When I first learned about Krasnov, I decided to use that name from now on. So far, the algorithms haven't caught up, so I am free to write just about anything I want (bluesky). I have christened him Putrid Puppet Krasnov.
Stealing...
Great stuff, truth is the best ammo. FUC* this republican bullshit !
The Republican talking point on the budget is that Medicaid is not specifically mentioned in the bill so hasn't been cut. It's a thin line, but they seem to think it will at least keep people from biting the heads off the staffers answering phones.
Do you think Melania will change her name to Krasnov, or does the prenuptial agreement get her off the hook(er)?
Naughty...
There is a good visual on Charlie Sykes today on the Medicaid cuts. Go down past the chain saw and the turquoise and gold chart to the pale blue and red one: https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/blowback-and-gaslighting?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=759524&post_id=157891154&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3fufu&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Thanks.
I am remembering what Kevin McCarthy said to fellow Congressmen when he was Speaker of the House. There’s two people I think Putin pays— Dana Rohrabacher and Trump.
He missed a few.
There are millions of people
out here who will not fall
down and suck up to any
authoritarian neo-fascist
bohunks.
So much corruption…
I tuned in to that fake "cabinet meeting" yesterday (or was it the day before?) and was able to stay for about a minute. it looked lie the writers' room for a very sick knockoff of, say, "Veep."
these poking around posts are incredibly rich. AND incredibly upsetting.
a private army able to arrest other people. what are we, SISSIES?? I mean what could possibly go wrong with that?
and, I'm just finding out, now Musk (I need to find an unflattering alternative name) is going to handle air traffic control? he's a technological GENIUS, so the situation is gonna be HANDLED in that very special "my only duty is to increase shareholder profits" way. again, what could go wrong? I can rest easy because I don't plan to be flying anywhere anytime soon.
this TFF as Russian Asset thing is sooooo interesting. my first impulse is to dismiss it as being too good to be true, but I am persuadable...
"we went through the Russia hoax together." ya think?
OK, "Hegseth to cut the U.S. defense budget by 8% a year for the next five years" while the House Budget Resolution calls for 150 Billion more for defense. That apparently is aimed at the S border? The only thing the US has to worry about is people crossing the border? Not the fall to Russia of all the countries who shook off the Soviets in 89 or so? Maybe trump will cut a deal to deport everyone to Poland once Putin takes it over. I hear there are some slave labor camps there already that could be revived from historical artifact status. Just switch any signs for the inmates to Spanish from Hebrew or Yiddish.
Wonderful! I just replied to one of those suggesting Gay Valimont add a clip of her video to the next fundraising email. People need to see her speak. I'll do the same as soon as one comes from Josh Weil. This - this is the next fight.
What Elon and Toe-sucker Trump are doing is dismantling the government, preparing it for a shutdown. Once it is shut down, it will reopen as an Autocracy because there will be no money to pay for the salaries and benefits of congress, so it's unlikely they will stick around. No more checks and balances. (What we have now is the illusion of checks and balances because nothing has teeth. This will not end well, and Putin couldn't be happier.)
Don't look for mid-term elections either even though Tom's countdown is like a hopeful prayer. They won't happen. Our democracy and the three branches of government are over. Brain numbing, gaslighting, and disunity work.
I'm painting a new front doormat that says "Welcome to the Claymores" because I expect some of Trump's brownshirts to show up after Musk uses AI to scour social media for subversive dissenters.
Don't surrender in advance, Judith. rule #1.
Surrender is not in my DNA. My goal is to make the soccer hooligans afraid of me while adhering to the rules of the Geneva Convention. Wink.
Go all out for Gay Valimont and Josh Weil in FL. If you can, make the calls (they have a sign up to do that) or cards, or spread the word to anyone who may know anyone in FL to spread the word. I'm too tired now (zzz...) to find the link, but watch them and their supporters and you'll feel hopeful And It Happens April 1 - so maybe before they can finalize whatever voter frauds they plan for the midterms.
If you can't find the link for the recent online meet, let me know - persistently so I notice - and I'll dig out that link. You're right! Don't wait! This is now!
I've donated small sums to each of them, as I receive their determined and optimistic emails.