@#4 ... Innocent people always block the release of information that would exonerate them. ...

Probably why Pres Trump still has not released the Epstein Files.

Probably why Pres Trump has TACO'd and now says he won't release the video of the second boat strike.

And now the Jan 6 Docs.

Definitely looks like the actions of an innocent person ...

@#5 ... Democrat Eileen Higgins defeated her Republican competitor in a race that was Republican's to lose.

First time in 30 years a Democrat has won. ...

Two for two this week?

From the sub-summary ...

... Democrat Eric Gisler has won the GA HD-121 special election, Decision Desk HQ projects, flipping the seat from red to blue

Just last year, Gisler lost this district by 22 points.

The district was Trump +12 in 2024. ...

That's quite a change in the tide there.

More from the article ...

... ICC judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defense chief Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Ibrahim al-Masri last November for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Gaza conflict.

In March 2020, prosecutors opened an investigation in Afghanistan that included possible crimes by U.S. troops. Since 2021, the court has deprioritized looking into the role of the U.S. but it has not formally ended its probe.

To force the war tribunal to drop these charges, the U.S. earlier this year slapped sanctions on nine ICC officials, including judges and prosecutors. But it has stopped short of imposing sanctions on the court as an entity, which would severely disrupt the tribunal's work.

"There is growing concern ... that in 2029 the ICC will turn its attention to the president, to the vice president, to the secretary of war and others, and pursue prosecutions against them," the Trump administration official said. ...

Let me see if I understand this ...

Pres Trump enters a tariff war with our trading partners, causing farmers (and other Americans) to pay more for the things they need.

Pres Trump sees how his tariffs have affected a key voting bloc of his, so he tried to bribe that voting bloc using money supposedly raised by the tariffs.

Meanwhile ...

... President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials ...

A tacit admission of possible wrongdoings off the coast of Venezuela?

More from the article ...

... If the court does not act on this U.S. demand and two others - dropping investigations of Israeli leaders over the Gaza war and formally ending an earlier probe of U.S. troops over their actions in Afghanistan - Washington may penalize more ICC officials and could sanction the court itself, the official said.

Sanctioning the court would significantly escalate the U.S. campaign against the ICC, which has long been criticized by U.S. officials including both Republicans and Democrats, who say the court infringes on U.S. sovereignty. ...

More from the article ...

... Over 10 months since the relevant government agencies were ordered to start a re-evaluation of the permitting process, testimony revealed that they had barely begun to develop the concept of a review. As such, the only reason they could offer in defense of the suspension consisted of Trump's executive order and a Department of the Interior memo implementing it.

"Whatever level of explanation is required when deviating from longstanding agency practice," Judge Saris wrote, "this is not it." ...

@#15 ... Since his release, Linen has become community activist, eventually co-founding Until Freedom.

Linen's post-prison story also includes writing children's books and continuing music projects." ...

He served his time for what he was convicted of doing, it's not like he was pardoned and allowed to leave imprisonment early.

And after he completed his sentence he has shown that he learned his lesson.

@#9 ... Trumpers like him because he's a dumbass, too, but he's got a lot of money. ...

I mostly disagree.

My current thoughts are along the lines that MAGA loved Pres Trump for his campaign promises.

But now, that those promises seem to have been worth little more than the imaginary paper upon they were written, MAGA seems to be having issues with Pres Trump.

Case in point: Rep Taylor-Greene (soon to be fmr Rep...)

Stated differently, Pres Trump, in his alignment with billionaires, seems to have deserted his MAGA base and endorsed the very people that his MAGA base seems to despise.

@#2

trying to get the trgets t ive

-- should be ---

trying to get the targets to give

One of these decades, I'll learn how to use a keyboard ....

:)

OK, another gruesome crime enabled by those trying to get the trgets t ive up the access codes to their crypto fortune.

Not the first and, likely, not the last.

@@47 ... Consider it a cameo appearance. ...

Oh, I do.

But I still have to ask ... for what purpose?

@#44

Yep. Trolling.

So then the question seems to become, why the trolling?

A lame attempt to disrupt or deflect?

If so, why?

The presence and activity of those trolling aliases speaks volumes about what is discussed here on this most august site.

Stated differently, if the discussions on this site were not so good, then why would there seem to be the need to dispatch trolls to disrupt those discussions?

@#41 ... You lost your paper route?!...

Nah.

At this point, that current trolling alias just looks like it is trying to get replies and disrupt.

Gee, what other aliases have done that?

;)

OK, imo, Pres Trump's response indicates to me that he may be trying to hide something.

So, what might he be trying to hide, beside the Epstein files?

Whoa ...

@#38

Do try harder.

Are the Republicans in Congress finally growing a spine?

imo, too soon to tell, but worth watching.

Get yer popcorn ready ...

Interesting ...

@#66

Found this ...

... The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether some children born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship ...

What does the Constitution say about this?

@#64 ... You are missing the nuance. Many states require ID to vote. I'm okay with that. I'm not aware of any state that requires ID to register, that is what I addressed not ID to vote. ...

Good point.

I just checked.

I don't see an ID requirement in my state (CT) to register.

While I do see an ID requirement to vote.

Thanks, I may start asking questions of State officials. :)

More from the article ...

... President Donald Trump presided over a roundtable on Monday afternoon with a handful of farmers, along with lawmakers and members of his administration to announce the aid package.

Rollins said that $11 billion will be provided to commodity producers, while USDA will hold back $1 billion for specialty crop producers.

"So, you are going to your lender, as you are working to ensure and understanding what you can plant for next year, you will have that number in hand," Rollins said.

FARMER BRIDGE ASSISTANCE

FBA payments will provide aid to the primary commodity crops: barley, chickpeas, corn, cotton, lentils, oats, peanuts, peas, rice, sorghum, soybeans, wheat, canola, crambe, flax, mustard, rapeseed, safflower, sesame and sunflower.

USDA stated the aid will support farmers dealing with a host of challenges. "FBA will help address market disruptions, elevated input costs, persistent inflation, and market losses from foreign competitors engaging in unfair trade practices that impede exports."

USDA will use a "uniform formula to cover a portion of modeled losses during the crop year." ...