A longtime FBI agent has been charged with unlawfully taking and disclosing classified FBI files. Johnathan Buma, who specialized in national security and terror cases, has been released on $100,000 bond, with orders to appear in court in Los Angeles. Buma was arrested as he boarded an international flight at JFK airport in NY. He allegedly printed of caches of FBI records from an internal agency network. Nearly 130 files might have been compromised. A Trumpf critic, Buma testified in Congress about the political investigations against Hunter Biden, as well as Russian oligarchs: www.documentcloud.org read more
Idaho teacher Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history educator at Lewis and Clark Middle School, has been ordered to remove signs from her classroom, including one that reads, "Everyone is welcome here." read more
175 Ukrainian soldiers were released after a one-for-one prisoner trade with Russia. Another 22 Ukrainian service members returned through negotiations outside of the one-for-one swap. "This is one of the largest exchanges. Our soldiers, sergeants and officers are returning. The soldiers who fought for our freedom in the Armed Forces, Navy, National Guard, Territorial Defense Forces and Border Guard," President Volodomir Zelensky stated. These 175 Ukrainian POWs are lucky to be alive because elements of the Russian forces have been torturing and executing prisoners since Putin launched his invasion in Feb 2022: news.un.org read more
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening " the state's first execution in 15 years and its first using the largely-untested method " after a raging legal battle that ended with a gas mask strapped over his face in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola death chamber. State officials pronounced Jessie Hoffman Jr. dead at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at Angola. He inhaled pure nitrogen gas through a mask strapped to his face for 19 minutes while pinned to a gurney, officials said, until oxygen deprivation caused him to die. Officials acknowledged that Hoffman showed "convulsive activity" as he died and that he moved and shook. d.lawyerherald.com read more
Over the past two years, Russia has significantly increased sabotage against European countries that support Ukraine. The number of attacks on critical infrastructure quadrupled in 2023 and tripled in 2024. Moscow is waging a covert campaign against submarine cables, warehouses, and rail networks in Europe in an attempt to put pressure on the West. Saboteur activity has decreased in recent weeks against the backdrop of US diplomatic efforts to end the war. Experts predict that attacks may resume after the adoption of new European decisions on assistance to Ukraine. Poland blamed Russia for the fire at this Warsaw shopping center pictured below. No paywall: archive.ph read more
#2: Hi Zed. The Afrikaners are indeed tied to their land and proud of their struggles against the Zulus, Xhosas, and the British. Here is their sacred Voortrekker Monument which was declared a National Heritage Site by the South African Heritage Resource Agency on 8 July 2011: sncdn.com
One must be appropriately attired when visiting the Monument which is outside Pretoria.
67,042 out of 2,700,000 is a minority of 4%. These Afrikaners are racist dead-enders and there is still a white supremacist group called the AWB in RSA. The majority of the Boers are staying in South Africa, per two of their associations. Here is an AWB training poster: i.redd.it
And in Jan 2025 Trumpf wasted 2.2bn gallons of precious water in northern California by releasing the dams against the wishes of the US ACE: www.usatoday.com. Trumpf is America's Godzilla.
Putin and the Russian oligarchs are happy to watch America self-destruct, brick by brick, with unchecked diseases, gun violence, wildfires, droughts, unsafe skies, a gutted FBI and USIC, a demoralized population, and a weakened economy: www.msnbc.com
Thank you everyone who voted for Trumpf on 5 Nov 2024 and delivering us this human wreaking ball. Gut arbet.
Mississippi third world? The ancestral home of Jefferson Davis? Home of the Sons of Confederate Veterans? Who would have thought? www.mississippiscv.org
Thanks for posting. FTA: "Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It's a lucrative business: CoreCivic made over $560m from ICE contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from ICE contracts."
Our awful prison-industrial complex has been a racket for some time: prisondivest.com
#6: My friend's wife teaches in northern Virginia and she's happy to spend her own money, but it's not a lot. BTW: When I grew up in NYC decades ago, there was one special ed teacher for the entire school (from what I remember). Now I'm advised there are several special ed teachers per school in NYC. Either there is an increase in autism or autism was always around, but not well-diagnosed.
#8: You're right. I have a bit more respect for the racists who owns it like these misfits in Idaho than the dissemblers or trolls who feed us non-stop BS: thumbs.dreamstime.com
The immortal Ted Williams would have amassed an even greater MLB record had he not served his country twice as an ace aviator: WWII and the Korean War. rivercityrascals.com
Who dominates Republicans (besides lawyers, CEOs, and oligarchs)? Vladimir Putin, of course: thehill.com
Hi Snoofy. Of course! Jump into the WWI meat grinder for Mother Russia! Getting killed, maimed, or becoming pashtet to re-take Ukraine will really improve the lives of simple Russians who just want to live and raise families. The average lifespan of a Russian soldier on the Ukrainian front is four hours: www.businessinsider.com
Hi Reinheitsgebot. Thank you for not re-posting #2's comments in the thread. I cannot see it, nor do I want to see it, as no doubt they came from a troll or MAGA supporter. On strictly simple transactional issues such as this, no one should presume Putin is a good faith negotiator. This prisoner exchange simply means Putin wanted some of the captured Russians returned. Tiny (but wealthy) UAE has been involved in Ukrainian-Russian negotiations for these types of prisoner swaps. So, why did Trumpf and Putin choose Saudi Arabia (led by murderous Muhammad Bin Salman) to hold "peace talks" a few weeks ago? www.khaleejtimes.com
#9: Hi Corky: Thanks for the Axios link. There may be another layer to this drama. There is a suspected Yale fraternity connection (Skull and Bones and/or Greek three-letter) between Brett Kavanaugh and former D/FBI Christopher Wray. This may be why the FBI gave Kavanaugh a light investigation during his SCOTUS confirmation. Judge Boasberg may also be a fraternity member if they were close. GOP be hanged, the Yale secret societies and fraternities are loyal to each other first and foremost: media.tenor.com
Russia has lost 897,010 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on 24 Feb 2022. The number includes 1,560 casualties suffered just over the past day according to the General Staff of Ukraine Armed Forces.
Russia has also lost 10,352 tanks, 21,509 armored fighting vehicles, 40,892 vehicles and fuel tanks, 24,640 artillery systems, 1,319 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,107 air defense systems, 370 airplanes, 331 helicopters, 29,616 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
This has been quite an expensive war for the Pariah State in terms of population, materiel, morale, and international reputation. No doubt Vladimir Putin enjoyed reading about US military casualties and costs in Iraq and Afghanistan, only to find he vastly surpassed US losses in only three years.
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GOP depravity will be a bottomless cup of bad coffee until 2028. A blue wave in the 2026 mid-term elections can dilute some of Trumpf's toxicity. PS: I wonder what the Heisman Award-winning USFL/NFL player and now Ambassador to the Bahamas thinks of this treachery against Jackie Robinson? d.newsweek.com
#15 I agree, showing tapes of Trumpf doing all sorts of things won't affect his supporters. He'll say it's AI-generated and the Kool-Aid drinkers will believe it. A combination of financial entanglements (e.g. Alfa Bank) and fear may be driving Trumpf. Putin (or his handlers preceding him in the 1980s) warned him the KGB doesn't forget or forgive. While Trumpf may enjoy USSS protection, his properties and extended family are vulnerable and could get whacked in the future. The long list of Russians falling out of windows or getting Novichok cocktails are a reminder to Trumpf. en.wikipedia.org
The UK, France, Canada, and Germany will be the leaders of the free world thanks to Trumpf. This week the new Canadian PM flew off to Europe first, not Washington. The world is moving on without us. Trumpf will do a lot more damage to national security, international relations, the economy, the American people, and the environment until the 2026 midterm elections (unless the more sane GOP congressmen start fighting back now).
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