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The "death to Hillary" business is even more alarming than it seems. John Durham, the Connecticut US Attorney made a Special Attorney by AG BArr back in 2020 to investigate the investigators of Trump has finally issued his report, and he claims that a company that was "associated" with the 2016 Clinton campaign tried to "hack" into Alfa Bank to find evidence of Trump's collusion with Putin. The Right is now claiming the Clinton campaign "spied on" Trump's campaign. And of course Fatso Fatass is using this as the "shiny object" to distract people from the really bad news about Mazars cooperating with the NYAG and NYCDA.

If Trump can't get any further loans, and if the close to a billion in debt he has outstanding gets called, he ends up "wearing a barrel" with even Mar A Lardo taken from him. He really is standing on the precipice, and this is the stuff likely to take him down, not all the treason.

So, no wonder he's pointing at Hillary and screaming and yelling his fat ass off.

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how does "death to Hillary" talk not become an incitement of violence? A felony?

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The accountant takes information and massages it according to accounting rules. if the information is false it is a job similar to an editor who improves a work of fiction. It remains fiction. Do not feel sorry for the banks. These loans improved their balance sheets so their stock goes up. These loans gave big bonuses to the executives involved. These loans were given to a bankrupt known liar and fraudster. The only loss is long term to the bank shareholders, maybe. If we were serious about protecting the public and investors, then we would punish personally the accountants for not verifying information provided. and we would punish personally the bank executives who approve these loans. but that is obviously a fantasy as remember corporations are exempt from criminal charges for their decision makers. anyone remember Enron and its accountants?

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"The normalization of violence as part of the mainstream Republican Party is cause for concern." That understated ending of today's letter rattles the windows like thunder. Ominous and foreboding. Eventually talk alone won't satisfy them.

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As each day passes, TFGs statements are increasingly about events which are fading into the past. Their historical context does not lessen their seriousness with respect to his reckless disregard for the truth, but they cast him as increasingly irrelevant the longer he spouts off about alleged grievances in the prior decade. The wheels of justice grind along slowly, even as current events begin to thankfully occupy the center of our public discourse again. These blatant, childish attempts to distract the public matter less and less as the civil and criminal law systems march resolutely towards bringing charges against this white collar crime syndicate. For him, the punishment worse than death will be when no one pays a bit of attention when he speaks. May that day come soon...

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Most Americans appear to live in abject fear of violence, as witnessed by an arming populace. Every jackass now lives in such fear for his life that he carries armament everywhere, in classrooms, even to church and, in some states, into courtrooms. That this fear is artificially stoked by right-wing racism and hypocritical conservative jingoism escapes most: the perception of irony is not America’s strength. But the republican policy of spreading fear and guns is, as you note, a real cause for concern. Keep it up.

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I remember Ms. Cortez Ocasio getting this story out in the first place when it was her turn to question Mr. Cohen in a Congressional hearing back when the evil clown was still in office. Cohen made a comment about the evil clown giving different values for the same properties depending on who they were being reported to and for what purpose. She slowed him down and had him spell this out by asking him to respond to a series of very detailed questions. He seemed to enjoy doing so. Gotta love that woman.

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"The normalization of violence as part of the mainstream Republican Party is cause for concern."

Yes. Color me concerned.

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A Trump Fantasy. Our TV whack-box hoax is a comedic lying moron - hiding his transcripts, lying to the IRS, and to all citizens, with the idiots in MSM utterly mesmerized, feeding unvaccinated White Trash America.

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Professor Richardson notes that Trump grabbed one sentence out of Mazars' statement to claim it renders investigations into his finances as moot. But surely the financial statements and his loans and his tax documents belie that assertion. This is much the same as when he used Barr to spin the Mueller Report on Russian interference and claimed "there was no collusion" since Mueller didn't go so far as to pin any specific crime on Trump. Nevertheless there was much in the report that could be used in that way, and may still be used by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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The normalization of violence in Republican rhetoric seems to already have predictable consequences.

Two stories currently running in the Guardian back-to-back;

One about Jordan’s death rant, the other about a lone gunman shooting up a Democratic campaign office in Kentucky. Credit to the Guardian for putting these stories next to each other thus making the obvious connection.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/14/us-congressman-jim-jordan-echoes-trump-clinton-aides-executed

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/14/louisville-assassination-attempt-craig-greenbergd-democrat

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Thanks to Nevoustrumpezpas who brought up the Mueller Report in an earlier comment, I found this recent opinion piece in the Washington Post. It’s gifted so all can read it. Please think about spreading the word. 🙏🏼

Opinion: Yes or no on Mueller report criminal charges? Don’t let Trump just run out the clock. By Randall D Eliason

https://wapo.st/3BnXef6

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Hallelujah! Thank you, Letitia! That is the most positive news I've heard in beginning to get justice for the trump Crime Family. Letitia has gathered up some ammo and is ready to bring them in. That damning letter from his accountants is just perfect. Now let the forensic accountants review every financial transaction he and his family made before, during, and after the trump presidency. Now we have hope.

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Clearly Trump will incite violence in a desperate attempt to protect himself from prosecution. The scary thing about that is that there are about 20 million Americans who are willing to follow his command.

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Damning with feint praise, President Biden called 34-year-old Peter Doocy, a Fox Fix infantile reporter, a stupid son-of-a-bitch. What will he call Tucker the Preppy Dandy from St. George’s School, home of the infamous coach molesting boys in Tucker’s locker room?

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HCR just dropped a delicious looking nut. Okay, squirrels go for it!

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