Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the impact of Hurricane Helene as experts warn of an imminent intravenous (IV) solution shortage due to the temporary shutdown of a facility in a North Carolina. read more
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In Michigan's Macomb County, the Republican head of the board that will certify November's election results called on former U.S. President Donald Trump to fight to stay in power after his election loss in 2020. read more
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@#1 ... I don't think people are seeing what appears to be obvious: If these types of superstorms continue to target the Florida peninsula at the frequency we're currently experiencing ...
OK, let's go with what Republicans may be saying...
Fact check: Are artificial hurricanes targeting Republicans?
www.dw.com
... Social media claims have said hurricanes were controlled to wreak havoc on pro-Republican regions, to disrupt the upcoming US election. Several accounts said both Hurricane Helene and Milton were "unnatural" storms. ...
Wow, just friggin' wow.
@#21 ... Not many because fmr Pres Trump prevented the FBI from, for example, following up on any of the valid tips that were received. ...
Not the first time the Trump admin apparently squelched an investigation...
How This Trump Prosecution Could Have Happened Years Ago (April 2024)
newrepublic.com
... The Justice Department was looking into the hush-money saga. Then, suddenly, it wasn't. Why?
They were furious that Bragg would prosecute Trump for a crime that the Department of Justice had already decided and announced that it wasn't going to pursue.
But why didn't Bill Barr's Department of Justice proceed after it had already put Michael Cohen in prison for a year for delivering the check to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet, at least until after the election, and then lying about it? Why didn't Barr's DOJ go after the guy who allegedly ordered the check written, the guy who'd had sex with Daniels, the guy whose run for the presidency was in the balance?
Why didn't the Department of Justice at least investigate (it has a policy against prosecuting a sitting president) the crime it put Cohen in prison for but was possibly directed by, paid for, and also committed by Donald Trump?
For one possible answer let's turn to Geoffrey Berman, the lifelong Republican and U.S. attorney appointed by Trump to run the prosecutor's office at the Southern District of New York. He wrote the book Holding the Line, published in September 2022, about his experiences.
In it, he came right out and accused Barr of killing the federal investigation into Trump's role of directing and covering up that conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. Had Barr not done that, Trump could have been prosecuted in January 2021, right after he left office. And Jim Jordan couldn't complain that Alvin Bragg was pushing a case the feds had decided wasn't worth it.
As The Washington Post noted when the book came out: ...
@#8
OK, let's look at the fact that a most reputable news site in Germany seems to find the need to fact-check the GOP here in the US.
Take a step back, and let that sink in ...