@#1 ... A C-SPAN caller who said she was upset by "hatred" in the media suddenly pivoted ...

Did she mention which media has upset her so?

And more ...

... Private interviews with other federal officials " Russell Hott, a US. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement official, and Daniel Parra, deputy chief patrol agent at Customs and Border Protection -- also showed bickering between attorneys and lawyers representing the federal government consistently objecting to questioning.

During his deposition, Hott acknowledged that ICE agents do not receive regular training on crowd control and that he too had no crowd control experience before arriving in Broadview, the site of tense demonstrations over the last few months. He also admitted that the consistent use of tear gas and pepper balls stopped after Illinois State Police took over responding to these protests.

Hott also dodged questions about use of force, including by saying he doesn't know the context when asked if use of force was justified against a pastor shot in the head with pepper balls while praying. Parra, meanwhile, repeated "I do not recall" when asked about specific incidents in use of force reports presented by attorneys during his deposition. ...

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... He continued to dodge questions, even after being shown a clip of himself tackling a man to the ground during a protest outside a federal immigration facility in the west Chicago suburb of Broadview.

After attorneys played footage of the man's arrest, Bovino repeatedly denied that he tackled "an older gentleman" in the video and dodged questions on whether he used force. ...

@#94 ... Trump is blaming Biden for the shooter that Trump gave Asylum to earlier this year. ...

You noticed that also?

From what I hear, the other National Guard peron is not in good shapte.

I hope he pulls through this heinous attack.

A webpage to watch? ...

@#1 ... "You said canister. I threw two. That's -- that's plural," Bovino responded. ...

So Mr Bovino seems to admit that he threw multiple canisters of tear gas at a peaceful protester?

@#21

Get a different tack.

@#1 ... Even if she only comes close to winning it's another bad omen for the GOP/MAGAt party. ...

Yup.

Pres Trump won that district by 22 points, and now the current election race is within the margin of error of the polls? (and I do note, the polling in the more local special elections typically is not as good as the polling in the more national general elections.)

OK, the GOP may win this one but, as you note, likely by a small margin.

So, let's say the results of this election go from Pres Trump's 22% win, down to a 2 or 3% win by the GOP.

What might that mean in a different district that Pres Trump carried by "only" 10%?

Stated differently, how might a 10% drop in voter results fare for the GOP in the 2026 midterms?

Also, the 2026 election is far away, lots can happen between then and now.

@#3 ... Look at how many months over the years of the biden administration ...

But didn't Pres Trump promise to fix all that?

And, as you note, we still seem to have the same problem?

At this point, the Trump admin should be taking responsibility for their failures and stop trying to deflect the blame of their failures elsewhere.

Small businesses have been hurt more than the mega-chain stores by the Trump tariffs for the sole reason that they did not have the resources to fill warehouses with their needed supplies before the tariffs took effect.

Effectively, the manner in which Pres Trump instituted his tariffs seemed to target small businesses, apparently trying to cause them to fail.

@#29 ... The orders can be questioned, in the court martail you're a part of for disobeying them. You better be able to prove they're illegal ...

So your alias seems to disagree with Pres Trump regarding his comment that those in the ad should be put to death for sedition.

Good to know.

@#90 ... He was granted asylum in April this year, under the Trump administration, Reuters reported. ...

Pres Trump granted him asylum?

Well, that's an interesting turn of events.

One that leads me to ask, when might he have become radicalized?

@#30 ... The shooter has been identified as 29 year old Rahmanullah Lakanwal who was brought in under the Biden Administration. ...

So many issues here.

For starters, the use of bamboo scaffolding, a long tradition in China.

Then to cover the scaffolding and prevent ~things falling~ from hurting nearby people, the scaffolding was wrapped in a green mesh. That mesh should have been fire-resistant.

Also, to protect windows, a plastic foam was placed over them. Styrofoam or something like it. That also should have been fire-resistant.

There seems to be a question regarding the fire-resistance of those materials.

But my question, at this point, OK, so there may have been a fire on the outside of the building. Why did the fire seem to spread internally?

I remember my college dorm room. The wall between our room and the adjacent room was cinder block.

What are the building codes in the area regarding the prevention of fire spread within the building?

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... Daniil Bardadim was just 17 years old when he planted an explosive device in an IKEA store in Vilnius in 2024. This week, a Lithuanian court convicted him of terrorism and other charges, sentencing him to three years and four months in prison for carrying out the attack on behalf of Russia " despite being a Ukrainian native himself.

According to Lithuanian intelligence services, the teenager had likely been tasked to target the Swedish furniture giant for two reasons: IKEA's withdrawal from Russia following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and the fact that Sweden is a staunch Ukrainian supporter. ...

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... The transcripts also include hours of Bovino giving evasive responses as he defended agents' use of force and characterized protesters as "violent rioters."

He was repeatedly questioned over an Oct. 23 protest in the historically Mexican-American neighborhood of Little Village, where Bovino initially claimed he threw tear gas canisters after being hit with a rock, which he said hurt but did not break skin.

As he was questioned, Bovino admitted he was "mistaken" and the rock was thrown after he threw the tear gas.

Ellis has accused Bovino of lying about the incident in court.

When he was asked if he threw "a canister of CS gas," Bovino said he did not.

"Okay. Why not?" he was asked.

"You said canister. I threw two. That's " that's plural," Bovino responded. ...

@#1 ... The opinion was penned by Chief U.S. Circuit Judge William Pryor, and U.S. Circuit Judges Embry Kidd and Andrew L. Brasher " who were appointed by George W. Bush, Joe Biden, and Trump, respectively.

"Trump's attorneys filed the amended complaint in bad faith," the opinion goes on. "Trump's attorneys give us no reason to conclude the district court clearly erred in that finding." ...

That opinion could leave a mark.

@#3

thx, I missed that.

(been busy with Thanksgiving things ...)

The problem seems to be Big Tech over-promising and under-delivering.

... When Donald Trump welcomes the Group of 20 to his private golf resort in Miami next year, he'll decide who's on the guest list. ...

So, not the G-20, but the G-Trump?

... Fix what, exactly? ...

It, so far, seem to be failed deflection attempts away from the Epstein files.

Pres Trump seems to be saying something along the lines of ...

~drop the Epstein thing, or I will just keep bulldozing Washington, D.C.~

@#2 ... That sound?
Foot dragging. ...

Looks that way.

But, if I may ask once again, what is in the Epstein files that sees to have Pres Trump's panties on a twist?

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... "Many of Trump's and Habba's legal arguments were indeed frivolous," 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge William Pryor Jr. wrote for a unanimous, three-judge panel, including Trump appointee Andrew Brasher and Biden appointee Embry Kidd.

The Atlanta-based appeals court also rejected Trump's bid to reinstate the 2022 lawsuit targeting Clinton, Comey and others over allegations about ties between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. The lawsuit alleged a broad racketeering conspiracy to conjure up false allegations against his campaign and then instigate investigations like special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.

And Pryor, a George W. Bush appointee, concluded that the district court judge who originally ruled against Trump had properly considered Trump's "pattern of misusing the courts" when deciding to sanction Trump and Habba. ...

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