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Conservative activist Leonard Leo was hit with a subpoena from Senate Democrats on Thursday as part of a probe into Supreme Court ethics and whether individuals or groups used luxury gifts to access justices.
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Whether she knew it or not, Olga Skabeeva called the U.S. Speaker of the House the Kremlin's #1 -----.
I wish I was a political cartoonist. I could have lot of fun with this.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 08:10 PM | Reply
E1G1
I can believe that. What's never been explained is what did Netanyahu do to make Hamas turn on the hand that was feeding them?
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 07:42 PM | Reply
$1,000,000.00???
That's not enough.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 07:32 PM | Reply
CENSORED
Most likely Iran got President Biden's drift when he told them, "Be very, very careful where you aim."
Meaning, of course, that the U.S. would be all over Iran like ugly on an ape if a missile "accidentally" struck a U.S. military base in Israel.
And then President Biden told Netanyahu, "You don't have our support if you retaliate."
Thankfully, President Biden's cooler head prevailed.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 07:04 PM | Reply
DONNERBOY
Agreed!
What I saw was a lot of wasted money as Iran's drones and missiles got popped out of the air like clay pigeons. I don't think any of them even left a pock mark on Israeli ground.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 06:06 PM | Reply
This alliance is a big feather in President Biden's cap and a big plum for Democracy.
Which means His Exalted Highness Trump will try to destroy if he ever gets a chance.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 12:15 PM | Reply
"our Johnson"
I wonder if Olga Skabeeva is familiar with American's slangy euphemism?
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 11:48 AM | Reply
EXPECTINGREIGN @ #130
The whole world saw something completely different.
I don't mean to frighten you but first thing tomorrow you should see a psychologist in the field of imagining things that never happened.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 11:29 AM | Reply
"He used to walk around the cloakroom showing people ----- of him and his latest girlfriend," one former Republican lawmaker told Atlantic writer Elaine Godfrey, ..."
Oh Good Grief. Isn't it obvious?
Gaetz has "manhood" issues if he has to work that hard to try and prove it.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 06:28 AM | Reply
LAURAMOHR
They'll be surprised when they die and find out that ALL their religious mumbo-jumbo turns out to be just another man-made farce played by control freaks.
Evolution gave one species the brain to figure out the difference between good and bad or right and wrong and a conscience to help make the decision. I don't know why anybody needs a religion for a crutch.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 05:07 AM | Reply
As far as I'm concerned, Iran and Israel are both losers. Nobody ever comes out on top of these stupid conflicts that have gone on for hundreds of years. I don't even know why they hate each other so much when it's more profitable for everybody, if you want to reduce it to dollars and cents, to work together.
Nobody wants WWIII so why push it to the brink? I don't understand. What are they fighting for? Or about? Why all the fear? The mistrust? Where is all the hate coming from? This is the 21st Century, not the Dark Ages.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 12:57 AM | Reply
Trump may not even need foreign money. I'm betting some of his wanna-be oligarchs that he's helped with his tax cuts are going to incorporate DJT into their private pension portfolio.
As for $60 a share, that's peanuts. . . . think bigger.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-14 12:00 AM | Reply
I'm going to surmise that "Trump & Company" are betting all their chips of Trump getting elected in 2024 and the DJT stock is going to take off like a rocket.
Right now it doesn't matter to them if it's dropping like a rock. It's what happens AFTER Trump gets elected that they care about. It's not even a risky gambit. It's just another OPM (Other Peoples Money) scheme to walk away with $Millions$ if Trump get elected.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-13 08:08 PM | Reply
EXPECTINGREIGN
"What a complete and absolute failure of Western leadership."
Details??????
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-13 06:18 PM | Reply
AU
There must be a method to that madness. I can only surmise that they're betting on Trump winning in 2024 and the stock is going to soar. Which is also why the 6 month lockdown is of no concern to Trump. They can all just wait it out.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-12 12:26 PM | Reply
"It is unclear why multiple months occurred between the November vote and when the subpoena was sent."
It's not unclear to many of us who have been watching the Senate fight an uphill battle against the power of both the Federalist Society and the U.S. Supreme Court to hide their dirty laundry from the public. I expect both will show even less respect for Senate subpoenas.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-12 06:14 AM | Reply
FTA
THE HILL ~ The subpoena now comes months after the committee voted along party lines to subpoena both Leo and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow after reports that Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito accepted, but did not disclose, luxury gifts and travel trips. It is unclear why multiple months occurred between the November vote and when the subpoena was sent.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-12 05:45 AM | Reply
ALEX
I think you missed the joke.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-11 05:45 AM | Reply
The 2020 election has given Letitia Jamesa a bonanza of conviction. She's been knocking them down like bowling pins.
I wouldn't mind seeing her as the Head of the DOJ Criminal Division in a Biden administration.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-11 05:40 AM | Reply
You've heard the expression "Buy Low, Sell High?"
Now would be a good time for Trump to buy 100% of the shares and be the King of his own little Empire and rule the world from his gold-plated bathroom fixture.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-11 05:06 AM | Reply
Since Hankey can't seem to find it in his heart or bank account to offer anything more than a character reference for Trump's $175 million bond, Trump still has until Monday to pull another rabbit out of the hat.
Plus
Maybe Trump will sue his BFF Hankey and Knight Specialty Insurance Company for reneging on their deal.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-11 12:29 AM | Reply
As an aside, Trump's appeal to delay the hush money case has also been rejected. Jury selection begins on Monday.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-10 11:26 PM | Reply
Here's some more information from the Daily Beast:
When a sub-prime lender and a real estate fraud get together to post a bond, raucous hilarity ensues. In shocking news, Donald Trump's financial savior, Don Hankey, is backfiring spectacularly in his shady attempt to curry favor with the Orange Menace. Sneaky language, insufficient funds, and Hankey's big mouth seem to be problematic. In reality, though, a strict reading of "Bond No. 350588" shows that even the smaller company isn't technically on the hook for paying out the $175 million if higher courts ultimately cement his loss to the AG. Buried in the typical legalese of the contract is the phrase: "Knight Specialty Insurance Company ... does hereby ... undertake that if the judgment ... is dismissed ... Donald J. Trump ... shall pay ... the sum directed."
In shocking news, Donald Trump's financial savior, Don Hankey, is backfiring spectacularly in his shady attempt to curry favor with the Orange Menace. Sneaky language, insufficient funds, and Hankey's big mouth seem to be problematic.
In reality, though, a strict reading of "Bond No. 350588" shows that even the smaller company isn't technically on the hook for paying out the $175 million if higher courts ultimately cement his loss to the AG.
Buried in the typical legalese of the contract is the phrase: "Knight Specialty Insurance Company ... does hereby ... undertake that if the judgment ... is dismissed ... Donald J. Trump ... shall pay ... the sum directed."
In other words: If Trump loses the case, Trump will pay. But that's no different than Trump's obligation before the bond was issued.
"Getting into the weeds, the company undertakes that Trump will pay," said one bond industry source who declined to be publicly identified for this story.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-10 09:52 PM | Reply
MATTM
Danni and I have been sisters under the hood for years. I was talking about Robson being an AI.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-10 09:37 PM | Reply
AI's don't know the difference.
Posted by Twinpac at 2024-04-10 04:38 PM | Reply
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Whether she knew it or not, Olga Skabeeva called the U.S. Speaker of the House the Kremlin's #1 -----.
I wish I was a political cartoonist. I could have lot of fun with this.