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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Sadly I don't think we see the end of Trump until either an heroic Big Mac steps up alongside a chunk of burnt T-bone and takes him out, or he goes out like Nelson Rockefeller, content in the arms of a porn star.

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There is not a word that could be improved on in this excellent comment, but I particularly liked the correct if not always seen use of "an" in front of "heroic" to modify "Big Mac." Well done, Peter...like Trump's steaks.

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If you knew my fifth grade English teacher, Mr. Greisinger, you would understand. Thanks for the kudo.

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I'm personally hoping for murder-suicide with Ron Desantis. Doesn't matter who does the deed, it's divine justice.

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

"Cautiously optimistic". Not even allowing myself to trust or hope, what a way to live! I tell you what feels good - seeing some crazy punk taken to the woodshed and having the shit beat out of him with his own gun and a pair of high heels. Frontier justice may be our last hope because even karma looks to be on the take.

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That was cathartic to read, for sure. Because that's always what I want to happen to those terrorists.

Hope for the best, expect the worst, I guess?

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Waffling between the two positions hourly, as well.

I'm not in the US right now and it's sad for me to say that " Yes , sometimes geographic cures actually do work for an escape plan.

( A little sad ..but not too sad ).... love and thanks. Stacy O aka RacyO on twiti

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I'm removed too. Distance removes a little stress,but not much for me.US still in the whirlwind of Rump. 🌪️🌪️😳😓

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But Trump himself does seem on the wane. At least there's that.

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I'm jealous of you being out of the country. I've been watching "White Lotus" and I really want to be on the Mediterranean right now...

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Being out of the country only removes me from gun totting street maniacs, and frustrates me when I want to join in street protests.

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It's ❄️ cold and beautiful. I'm visiting in BCN. Wish I could buy you a big cappuccino.. Maybe one day ! Thank you for all of you work. I know you were in Berlin..I really really want to go there someday soon.

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Jack Smith just arrived from Deadwood.

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Perfect! Perfect! Tell Mr. Wu to ready the pigs.

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Curious how long and onerous the path, this quivering jello mold of oleaginous sewage has taken our DOJ down. I lost hope long ago, when Garland was appointed.

Now coach Beard is about to take a-whack- at this fucking mole. I wish him well, but remain dubious of a mobbed-up, Russian asset doing any time before being measured for the dirt nap!

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The only good thing is, we'll know soon how this plays out. If it's Easter and we're still hearing reports like "his knee is almost better, he returns to the US next week," we've been played.

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One thing is certain. Who the heck knows what is going to happen! It’s like they all run and hide or wait for the next guy to do the job. I guess Trump has something going on that they are all afraid of! He takes classified information to his vacation home. Leaves it out on the floor. And their not sure if he’s done something wrong. Hmmm...sounds like covering up a cover up! What does this guy have to do wrong that everyone agrees on? He’s done it all!

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

The cult might get upset. They were upset before he came along, they were upset and ecstatic when he came along, they were upset and traitorous when he lost, and they will be upset that he is not welcomed back by all. I say piss on the cult, the coup plotters, the republican vermin and any who doubt his evil and buy the bull Schitt. They are not afraid, they are users and anything but a legitimate political party.

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Good. Let them be upset. Cry us a fucking river of MAGA tears.

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It's like a prosecutor gets another prosecutor, like Russian nesting dolls. The analogy is almost too perfect!

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Ohhhh...I like that analogy!

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Ms Maxwell might tell us. Jeffery bad the goods on everybody and his dog. Blackmail is a big threat, even in Russia.

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Jack, be nimble; Jack be quick -- indict

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Jumping Jack Flash, he's a gas gas gas.

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The Rolling Stones rule, and the surprise of a blitzing of charges would be a great change of pace. Enough of plodding pedestrian Special Counsel work -- get busy

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If you really want to French press some rage go back and watch Active Measures again - think about where we are now with Russia actively invading Ukraine, TFG in business with Oman, back on Twitter, Facebook and Cambridge Analytica unpunished- and everyone forgetting completely how dirty this January 6 ring leader is not just with Russia but self-dealing with China, India, Brazil, everywhere he owns “luxury hotels” and money laundering condos.

Hello 👋 the Republican Party changed their platform and no longer wants to support Ukraine.

...the subject of the first impeachment.

Where Russia is currently committing atrocities and war crimes seeking their prize 🏆 queen they will never have again.

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Amen, Deborah.

As I was writing this, and I read over the graf about the Russians in the Oval Office, I thought: People 50 years from now will look back on THAT, in particular, and be like, "Why did nobody see this? How much more obvious could it have been?"

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Outstanding, enviable writing, Greg. But you’re still hopeful.. about the newest dragon slayer? Maybe hope springs eternal when you’re 50... I can’t recall! At this point I’m just hoping TFG isn’t elected again.

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Thanks, Karen. I can say with some certainty that he won't be elected again. He can't win without Murdoch, not when that evil media empire if fluffing DeSantis.

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Current mood: How many prosecutors do we need to change a lightbulb 💡? - Hope this is the last one.

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There's a punchline about "we're all burned out," but I'm too tired to think of it... ; )

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Damn - 🥂

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

A cheese burger will get Trump before the "justice" system.

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Grease is the word.

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

I always add to my list of Great Words after I’ve read your latest Prevail. Today it’s “poltroonish.” Thanks!

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Thanks, Laurel. That's one of my favorites, and underutilized these days...

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Hesitation marks

Pelosi waited to long to draw the knife.

Bill Barr could have taken out Trump.

He didnt!

Barrs current diatribe about not recommending Donald for president in 2024

is just more Bill bull shit.

Barr has been a bull shitter for half a century.

His memo to me sounded like an endorsement if Donald could stick to policy and not talk about how to grab women.

Sex and presidents. Reminds me of a LBJ ALLEGED quote. " I screwed more women in the basement of the White House than JFK" could imagine.

How about we just run Jack Smith for President and skip the sex soap opera.

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I was completely angry at Pelosi for a very long time, putting Impeachment on hold..Wonder when her lightbulb 💡 went on..she would have to wade in the water🎶🎶🎶

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I'd be curious to know. Because she played everything else perfectly.

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Trying to sell a book!

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Barr was put there to NOT take out Trump, seems to me. He's part of the Leonard Leo crew.

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"chief of the Public Integrity Section of the Justice Department, which handles additional public corruption cases, including ones involving members of Congress."

If anyone might have the temerity to bust the Republican Reps. who voted to not certify Biden's electors, gave recon tours to insurrectionists on Jan 5, etc., maybe Smith is the real thing.

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I hope so. His record is not perfect, from what I've seen. But, you know, sometimes you need to lose a few before you win big.

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Another way to defang Trump is to closely examine his foreign policy disasters and corruption. This is clearly a case of a bull in a China closet, whose vision only extends to the tip of his nose, and who is solely reliant on Putin's GPS. We are still living with the consequences today, including Putin's Ukraine invasion:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-trump-oil-deal-gas-pricesi-chapman-20200415-iwwn3cpegngo5krsm6tfdycqvy-story.html

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Boy, that is a tip worth following. Helsinki wasn’t the first, but the one that I was sure would nail his hide

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Helsinki came and went. It's astonishing.

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True, but this has been happening for years, even in the mainstream press, and people just don't give a crap. I wish they did but they don't.

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

I've had full confidence in Garland since day 1, but that's because I don't listen to the idiot lawyers on twitter. Half the time they are full of shit, but they have lots of followers so they must be experts! Allison Gill has it right. Different AG, different president. Now with the special counsel, Garland's time won't be wasted at stupid congressional hearings. He's still got a lot of other criming to investigate. Hang in there, it's about to get fun.

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Agree 100%

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From your lips to the ears of Shiva the Destroyer.

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Yes: "Shiva is known as "The Destroyer" within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity which also includes Brahma and Vishnu.[2][15] In the Shaivite tradition, Shiva is the Supreme Lord who creates, protects and transforms the universe.[9][10][11] In the goddess-oriented Shakta tradition, the Supreme Goddess (Devi) is regarded as the energy and creative power (Shakti) and the equal complementary partner of Shiva.[16][17] Shiva is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism.[18]

Shiva has many aspects, benevolent as well as fearsome. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash[2] as well as a householder with his wife Parvati and his three children, Ganesha, Kartikeya and Ashokasundari. In his fierce aspects, he is often depicted slaying demons."

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Amen and namaste!

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