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Judy the Lazy Gardener's avatar

WaPo had experts look at the information that was provided to them from a thumb drive. The experts were only able to verify some of the data as real but none of it implied wrong doing. The information had been copied and accessed mulitple times after Hunter Biden dropped off the laptop. What the feds seem to be investigating are problems with taxes. I don't think this equates to Jan 6 and possibly 2billion from the Saudis, let alone all the other 'stuff' during Trump's tenure.

The MSM seems stuck in the look at and trumpet only the bad about everything. It would be nice if they did more comprehensive pieces about the good things happening and potentially happening. Lastly, they just need to stop with the horse race aspect of elections and talk about the candidates and their positions.

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John Schmeeckle's avatar

Judy, your impression about Hunter Biden's laptop is strongly contradicted by this source (24 pages available online):

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laptop_from_Hell/mb0oEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

Quoting from the concluding paragraph of the introduction:

"The president cannot extricate his family's moneymaking schemes from America's foreign policy imperatives."

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Mary Hardt's avatar

John, exactly. President Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared made $640 million while serving in the White House. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-income-b1799464.html?amp

They were representing the US in an official capacity at the time.

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Judy the Lazy Gardener's avatar

Are you sure Ms Devine wasn't writing about the Trump family??

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TheresaG's avatar

Quoting from the concluding paragraph of the introduction:

"The president cannot extricate his family's moneymaking schemes from America's foreign policy imperatives."

That’s opinion, not fact. Stay in the fact lane please.

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John Schmeeckle's avatar

Theresa Gauvin, you write like someone who never went to college. The final paragraph of the introduction is the thesis statement of the whole book: All the facts, if there's more than smoke and mirrors, come in the following chapters.

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TheresaG's avatar

I thought opinions could be shared without stooping to meanness. You, have shown otherwise.

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TheresaG's avatar

I don’t like where this conversation has gone so I am not going to open a link from you or read any more of your postings.

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TCinLA's avatar

I guess if my name was Schmeeckle, I'd be a fucking moron too.

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John Schmeeckle's avatar

https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Schmeeckle-Family-Tree-114

My family name is a cross that I simply must bear. My grandfather, a small businessman, had a reputation for honesty. In his memory, I hope that I may deserve the same.

My initials are J.S.S. (name that Hebrew prophet)

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Lynell(VA by way of MD&DC)'s avatar

Article written by Fox News Contributer Miranda Devine...Just sayin'

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John Schmeeckle's avatar

It's actually a book published a few months ago. If you know of any factual distortions in that book, please share them. In my experience, both Fox and CNN have a lot of fake news, but not all the time.

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Carol C's avatar

Which President is being referred to here?

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Mary Hardt's avatar

It says President Trump.

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