After China, Saudi Arabia and its royal family was the second biggest patron of the #Trump businesses, spending more than $600,000 at his properties, according to the report. Qatar, Kuwait and India rounded out the top five list.” #CriminalEnterprise 🤑
And Egypt ponied up, and he was on the phone with Erdogan all the time. I guess it's better he spreads out his allegiances to hostile foreign powers? Sigh.
I long for simpler times when Jose Grinda , Spanish prosecutor told us that "The President's son should be worried" regarding the tapes they had intercepted, listened to, and turned over to the FBI with Don Jr. on them. At least back then...it seemed like I could focus on about 16 or 17 folks and keep those on the carousel of my mind. Now...well......... Sigh. Love, StacyO 💕
I'd forgotten about that. I remember being excited about that. When I look back at tweets from five, six years ago, the facts are good, but what I got wrong was the consequences.
Still outraged by this shadow government being run by the anti-president. Thanks for putting it into a concise memory for me. It’s so hard to keep it all clear as more and more things are added to the list. And meanwhile, “russia, russia, russia” continues to rape and pillage Ukraine, while undermining our country.
I think our collective outrage meter broke a while ago. I mean, the guy's now trying to rouse people to his defense to thwart his trial. It's really bad.
Greg why has our DoJ failed us so fucking miserably? Maybe it's time to just let this Capitalism Cannibalism Country keep circling the drain...as if we can stop it.
Silence can be scary. We don't really KNOW if they've failed us yet. But I do see and hear a lot of pessimism from the lack of a clarifying voice from DoJ or Jack Smith at this particular time.
I don't know, but I really don't think so: he has vastly more leeway to act, no real restrictions, no Barr to his actions, so to speak. Last I heard, he had two grand juries going, but I don't know if those are finished. Usually, that's when indictments are released and served. Allegedly one was about the J6 planners, directors and money people. The other was said to be 'global' which I presume would be foreign actors or interactions with foreign agents...like in selling certain information. Those would cover a lot of people over a diverse range...the 'global' might take coordination with US IC to really get the goods. I'm sure Five Eyes et. al. are busy right now. The GOP has become quite brazen and unafraid wrt foreigners.
What we are missing is hearing some part of the story up to now.
Wrong man in charge. Wrong priorities. Garland is like the legal equivalent of the NYT, both-sidesing us to death bc he thinks that makes him look impartial. It actually makes him look like a clown.
Garland is too busy worrying about fucking Tiktat spying on us then an ex-president selling classified documents to the highest bidder out of the trunk of his car. Garland reminds me of the white paste we used in kindergarten. Getting caught with a bag of weed in South Dakota has more consequences than elected Russian agents in our government.
I have always said that without daddy's millions he would be a used car salesman wearing a cheap leisure suit, comb over, gold jewelry, fake tan selling cars without their titles, all the while trying to bang everyone's wives and girlfriends. Hugo Boss knock offs would be a step up.
We need some bigger, newer words for insidious, convoluted and transnationally incestuous. There's not much poetry in these actions by the trump family, but I do appreciate you unraveling the the second act in what is sure to be a tragedy of undistinguished sorts, but major proportions, at this point.
Thanks, Billy. What's wild is, I know there were more people I was missing. I didn't feel like rolling Mnuchin into this, but he's doing the same thing Kushner is, but more quietly.
Some have forgotten that Mueller and his team were not allowed to “follow the money” by the DOJ official in charge—not the recused Jeff Sessions but Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein. I believe that had they been able to do so, they would have found sufficient evidence for a criminal conspiracy between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. The investigation would have also detailed how Cambridge Analytica ended up in the Trump campaign with its Russian tentacles.
Craig Ungar's "American Kompromat" is required background reading on Russia's cultivation of 45. Greg this is a great review of the ties to tyranny.
Underlying this discourse is the real horror, nobody wants to hold 45 and cohorts accountable. DOJ stays away else it look like a hit job despite clear law breakage. Judges, good and capable people ( Canon aside) do not want to be the first to lock him up, too many side issues. Why the press refuses to tell the true story is inexplicable, are they afraid of retribution? Headlines about 45's wrongdoings always create a false comparison with the Biden administration.
No wonder people feel okay with throwing Democracy out the window. Hell, he gets away with shit, why not vote for such a slippery character 45.
Bragg filed a motion to have him held in contempt. We'll see...I think him going to jail for violating a gag order is the best thing that could happen.
Never forget, Nixon colluded with Vietnam to prevent Humphrey's election. Reagan colluded with Iran to prevent Carter's re-election. Trump colluded with Russia to get himself elected in 2016 and Trump is colluding with Russia and Saudi Arabia to return to the White House in 2024. All three of these Republican traitors should have been imprisoned for life. We still have a chance with Trump, let's not blow it again.
Yes, they were and are. Trump should be showing his bulbous, orange face in court every day, and take seriously the trial(s), and be glad - GRATEFUL! - that most of his criminal life has gone unindicted. But no. Like Mary Trump's first book, Donald has always been, "Too Much and Never Enough."
There are still times that I long for the real world that MUST be happening in a parallel universe, where Trump, after years as a tabloid gadfly, a failed businessman, and then a failed TV reality show host, merely faded from history and memory. Alas....
Although I don’t recall seeing the word “collusion” mentioned once in this piece, I heard it in my mind’s ear as I read every incident you were recalling, because it was used back then ad infinitum.
It was mostly used by he Trump camp, because they knew it is a specific legal term that has more to do with Andre Dawson in 1985 than anything Trump did. Sigh.
Last I checked about 72 million people "colluded" with him and that is the cold hard math of disappointment 😞. If we think he and his minions are going to accept any outcome other than a Trump victory in 2024, we are going to be disappointed again, jail or no jail. If God or The Friendly Aliens were going to step in now would be the time.
Agree that Mueller himself was a huge letdown. Had he come forth to say what was going on behind the scenes after no longer being special counsel at a press conference, it, might as you say made a big difference, especially in discrediting both Bill Bart’s take and Rod Rosenstein’s interference.
It’s TUESDAY🎉⚖️
After China, Saudi Arabia and its royal family was the second biggest patron of the #Trump businesses, spending more than $600,000 at his properties, according to the report. Qatar, Kuwait and India rounded out the top five list.” #CriminalEnterprise 🤑
And Egypt ponied up, and he was on the phone with Erdogan all the time. I guess it's better he spreads out his allegiances to hostile foreign powers? Sigh.
Only America’s foes are Trump’s friends.
Holy smokes. He do? Can't wait to vote against dRTTTTOOIE. billserle.com
Same.
I long for simpler times when Jose Grinda , Spanish prosecutor told us that "The President's son should be worried" regarding the tapes they had intercepted, listened to, and turned over to the FBI with Don Jr. on them. At least back then...it seemed like I could focus on about 16 or 17 folks and keep those on the carousel of my mind. Now...well......... Sigh. Love, StacyO 💕
I'd forgotten about that. I remember being excited about that. When I look back at tweets from five, six years ago, the facts are good, but what I got wrong was the consequences.
Perfectly stated, Greg.
Still outraged by this shadow government being run by the anti-president. Thanks for putting it into a concise memory for me. It’s so hard to keep it all clear as more and more things are added to the list. And meanwhile, “russia, russia, russia” continues to rape and pillage Ukraine, while undermining our country.
I think our collective outrage meter broke a while ago. I mean, the guy's now trying to rouse people to his defense to thwart his trial. It's really bad.
Exactly.
Greg why has our DoJ failed us so fucking miserably? Maybe it's time to just let this Capitalism Cannibalism Country keep circling the drain...as if we can stop it.
Silence can be scary. We don't really KNOW if they've failed us yet. But I do see and hear a lot of pessimism from the lack of a clarifying voice from DoJ or Jack Smith at this particular time.
Will Smith be Mueller?
I don't know, but I really don't think so: he has vastly more leeway to act, no real restrictions, no Barr to his actions, so to speak. Last I heard, he had two grand juries going, but I don't know if those are finished. Usually, that's when indictments are released and served. Allegedly one was about the J6 planners, directors and money people. The other was said to be 'global' which I presume would be foreign actors or interactions with foreign agents...like in selling certain information. Those would cover a lot of people over a diverse range...the 'global' might take coordination with US IC to really get the goods. I'm sure Five Eyes et. al. are busy right now. The GOP has become quite brazen and unafraid wrt foreigners.
What we are missing is hearing some part of the story up to now.
We r usually missing a part of the story. Ask David Morales.
Smith is doing his job. But, too little too late? Time will tell.
Wrong man in charge. Wrong priorities. Garland is like the legal equivalent of the NYT, both-sidesing us to death bc he thinks that makes him look impartial. It actually makes him look like a clown.
Garland is too busy worrying about fucking Tiktat spying on us then an ex-president selling classified documents to the highest bidder out of the trunk of his car. Garland reminds me of the white paste we used in kindergarten. Getting caught with a bag of weed in South Dakota has more consequences than elected Russian agents in our government.
I have always said that if it wasn't for daddy's money Trump would be selling knock off Hugo Boss suits out of a van to car sales men on 11th Ave
I have always said that without daddy's millions he would be a used car salesman wearing a cheap leisure suit, comb over, gold jewelry, fake tan selling cars without their titles, all the while trying to bang everyone's wives and girlfriends. Hugo Boss knock offs would be a step up.
We need some bigger, newer words for insidious, convoluted and transnationally incestuous. There's not much poetry in these actions by the trump family, but I do appreciate you unraveling the the second act in what is sure to be a tragedy of undistinguished sorts, but major proportions, at this point.
Thanks, Billy. What's wild is, I know there were more people I was missing. I didn't feel like rolling Mnuchin into this, but he's doing the same thing Kushner is, but more quietly.
Pathological would be an applicable word to describe the insanity, as in malignant narcissism.
Some have forgotten that Mueller and his team were not allowed to “follow the money” by the DOJ official in charge—not the recused Jeff Sessions but Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein. I believe that had they been able to do so, they would have found sufficient evidence for a criminal conspiracy between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. The investigation would have also detailed how Cambridge Analytica ended up in the Trump campaign with its Russian tentacles.
And yet he still got all those convictions.
One good press conference from Mueller would have made all the difference. Just a shame he wasn't up for it.
Craig Ungar's "American Kompromat" is required background reading on Russia's cultivation of 45. Greg this is a great review of the ties to tyranny.
Underlying this discourse is the real horror, nobody wants to hold 45 and cohorts accountable. DOJ stays away else it look like a hit job despite clear law breakage. Judges, good and capable people ( Canon aside) do not want to be the first to lock him up, too many side issues. Why the press refuses to tell the true story is inexplicable, are they afraid of retribution? Headlines about 45's wrongdoings always create a false comparison with the Biden administration.
No wonder people feel okay with throwing Democracy out the window. Hell, he gets away with shit, why not vote for such a slippery character 45.
A sad state of affairs, SO SAD?
Bragg filed a motion to have him held in contempt. We'll see...I think him going to jail for violating a gag order is the best thing that could happen.
Never forget, Nixon colluded with Vietnam to prevent Humphrey's election. Reagan colluded with Iran to prevent Carter's re-election. Trump colluded with Russia to get himself elected in 2016 and Trump is colluding with Russia and Saudi Arabia to return to the White House in 2024. All three of these Republican traitors should have been imprisoned for life. We still have a chance with Trump, let's not blow it again.
And none of those things ended well. We're still paying the price for all of them.
“The more scandalous charges were suppressed..."
Yes, they were and are. Trump should be showing his bulbous, orange face in court every day, and take seriously the trial(s), and be glad - GRATEFUL! - that most of his criminal life has gone unindicted. But no. Like Mary Trump's first book, Donald has always been, "Too Much and Never Enough."
There are still times that I long for the real world that MUST be happening in a parallel universe, where Trump, after years as a tabloid gadfly, a failed businessman, and then a failed TV reality show host, merely faded from history and memory. Alas....
In that parallel universe we never know who he is bc his parents are not wealthy.
That Gibbon line is an all-timer. I can feel the wry smirk from the 18th century...
Will Jared and his Israeli and Saudi pals turn Gaza into a vacation territory?
Palestinians will become immigrant economic slaves.
That's clearly the plan. First Bibi will evict the current residents, then it's dachas on the sea.
Of course!!!!
Geronimo
We can only hope he meets the same fate! And then his children and family will be disowned by their dictator friends and thrown on the trash heap.
Amen.
Although I don’t recall seeing the word “collusion” mentioned once in this piece, I heard it in my mind’s ear as I read every incident you were recalling, because it was used back then ad infinitum.
It was mostly used by he Trump camp, because they knew it is a specific legal term that has more to do with Andre Dawson in 1985 than anything Trump did. Sigh.
Last I checked about 72 million people "colluded" with him and that is the cold hard math of disappointment 😞. If we think he and his minions are going to accept any outcome other than a Trump victory in 2024, we are going to be disappointed again, jail or no jail. If God or The Friendly Aliens were going to step in now would be the time.
Agree that Mueller himself was a huge letdown. Had he come forth to say what was going on behind the scenes after no longer being special counsel at a press conference, it, might as you say made a big difference, especially in discrediting both Bill Bart’s take and Rod Rosenstein’s interference.