According to Natalie O’Neill for the New York Post, “One of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment accusers on Thursday compared an embrace from him to being ravaged by the powerful, slug-like ‘Star Wars’ character Jabba the Hutt.”
Ha!
Please continue!
“Cuomo accuser Lindsey Boylan’s Jabba the Hutt comparison stuns social media,” O’Neill added.
So, you’re saying Social media is “stunned by this,” but not by 15,000 elderly people losing their lives because of Cuomo’s nursing home COVID orders?!
I haven’t seen anything about social media being “stunned by that.
Just sayin’.
‘“Just the good old office welcome to women in the governor’s office of New York,’ former Cuomo aide Lindsey Boylan tweeted with a photo of Jabba the Hutt squeezing a repulsed-looking Princess Leia.”
“@LindseyBoylan Tweeted”
‘“Just the good old office welcome to women in the governor’s office of New York.’”
“Ana Liss, who has also accused Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, echoed the notion that Cuomo is monsterlike in the comment section of Boylan’s tweet.”
‘“TFW [That Feeling When] he’s approaching your desk,’ she posted next to an image of a glass of water shaking as a dinosaur from the movie ‘Jurassic Park’ stomps nearby.”
Too funny!
“Boylan, 36, has alleged that Cuomo, 63, subjected her to harassment that included kissing her ‘on the lips’ as she left a meeting in his Manhattan office in 2018.”
“Allegations by Boylan, who is now a Democratic candidate for Manhattan borough president, triggered allegations from other female accusers, including his current aide Alyssa McGrath, 33.”
“McGrath alleges Cuomo harassed her by peering down her blouse and commenting on her necklace, among other incidents. An unidentified aide has also accused Cuomo of groping her breast in the New York State Executive Mansion.”
Well, Cuomo did serve in President Bill Clinton’s Cabinet as the United States secretary of housing and urban development at one point!
“In ‘Star Wars,’ Jabba the Hutt was one of the galaxy’s most notorious gangsters, with far-reaching influence in the criminal world and political circles.”
Hey…, if the shoe fits, wear it, “Fredo!”
“A rep for Cuomo didn’t immediately return a request for comment Thursday,” although Cuomo was thought to have said…
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Well, I guess they had us all fooled when they appointed John Durham, the former United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, as Special Counsel for the Department of Justice to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia collusion probe.
Durham was billed as this “bulldog” of an investigator, who was going to get to the bottom of it all, and start dishing out some justice.
Like I said, I guess we all fell for it once again.
Stupid us, thinking some of these treasonous “swamp” vermin would finally pay the price for their actions.
Thomas Barrabi of Fox News reports, “Donald Trump mockingly wondered if Special Counsel John Durham is still alive, as the prosecutor’s probe drags on into the origins of the FBI’s ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ investigation of his 2016 campaign’s alleged ties to Russia.”
“Durham has been probing the matter for about two years and was officially appointed a ‘special counsel’ by former Attorney General Barr last October. Trump has long referred to the FBI’s Russia investigation as a ‘hoax’ and has been hoping to see more results from Durham’s investigation.”
‘“Where’s Durham? Is he a living, breathing human being? Will there ever be a Durham report?’ Trump said in a statement.”
Oh, he’s living and breathing alright…, but is a “swamp donkey” technically classified as a “human being?”
I guess he would be.
“Trump has accused FBI officials of improper conduct during their investigation.”
And former President Trump has been proven to be right on almost all of his assertions.
“Special Counsel Robert Mueller found insufficient evidence to prove collusion between members of the Trump 2016 campaign and Russia.”
Mueller’s “evidence” was not only “insufficient,” it was non-existent!
You know if Mueller and his hit squad could have found ANYTHING, they would have ran with it.
In a report from February 2, 2021, Brooke Singman of Fox News reports that, “Attorney General Bill Barr says Special Counsel John Durham is ‘making good progress’ in his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.”
“Good progress?!!!”
“Good progress,” in Barr’s eyes, apparently means no progress.
“Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation is largely focused on the activities of the FBI as he reviews the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, Fox News has learned, but sources familiar with the investigation said the prosecution of high-level FBI officials, like former Director James Comey, is ‘unlikely.’”
It’s “unlikely” because “swamp donkeys,” like James Comey, are not held to the same legal standards as someone like General Flynn, for example.
“Sources told Fox News that the investigation is ongoing and Durham completed the CIA portion of his investigation last year — and has now shifted his focus to activities of the FBI.”
Oh, goodie!
“Durham’s investigation has produced one criminal charge so far, against former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who was accused of altering an email related to the surveillance of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. That prosecution, though, did not allege a broader conspiracy within the FBI, and the conduct it involved had largely been laid out in a Justice Department inspector general report from last December.”
“Clinesmith in August pleaded guilty to making a false statement to Durham’s team. The offense carried a maximum term of imprisonment of five years and a fine of up to $250,000.”
“Last week, Clinesmith was sentenced to 12 months probation and 400 hours of community service, and no fine.”
What an absolute joke.
Just to be clear, any of us “non-swampers” out here would be sitting in jail right now.
Just sayin’.
In an article for Law.com, C. Ryan Barber, January 29, 2021, reported that, “U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia said he believed the former FBI lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, did not knowingly insert an inaccuracy into the email to mislead a secretive surveillance court as it considered extending the surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.”
“Boasberg, a 2011 appointee to the federal trial court in Washington, [this means he’s a verified “swamp rat”] said his review of the evidence against Clinesmith suggested the former FBI lawyer’s conduct was an ‘inappropriate shortcut’ to save him work. ‘But I don’t believe he was attempting to achieve an end he knew was wrong,’ Boasberg said.”
Really?
You know, the last time I got a ticket for speeding, I wasn’t intentionally trying to break the law either!
Do you think I’d have a case if I appealed my ticket to Boasberg’s court?
“Still, Boasberg said Clinesmith’s conduct had struck at the ‘very core of what the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court)] fundamentally relies on,’ namely candor and accuracy from the government, in reviewing applications for national security wiretaps.”
Ha!
So, even so, we’re going to overlook all of that.
Singman continues, “The Justice Department relied on Clinesmith’s assertion as it submitted a third and final renewal application in 2017 to surveil Page under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA].
“Durham’s investigation began in May 2019, shortly after special counsel Robert Mueller completed his years-long investigation into whether the Trump campaign conspired with the Russians to influence the 2016 presidential election.”
“Mueller’s investigation yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials during the 2016 election.”
Although, the truth be told, they never really expected to find any “evidence” of Russian collusion, since they were the ones who made that whole thing up!
They were really just hoping to uncover, something, anything, to tie to President Trump…, and they couldn’t even do that.
“Meanwhile, in December, Durham expanded his team, adding new prosecutors, after former Attorney General Bill Barr appointed him in October as special counsel to ensure he could continue his investigation during the Biden Administration.”
“In the scope order, obtained by Fox News, Barr stated that Durham ‘is authorized to investigate whether any federal official, employee, or any other person or entity violated the law in connection with the intelligence, counter-intelligence, or law-enforcement activities directed at the 2016 presidential campaigns, individuals associated with those campaigns, and individuals associated with the administration of President Donald J. Trump, including but not limited to Crossfire Hurricane and the investigation of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III.’”
Is that supposed to make us all feel better about Durham’s “investigation?”
“Under U.S. code, the special counsel would produce a ‘confidential report’ and is ordered to ‘submit to the Attorney General a final report, and such interim reports as he deems appropriate in a form that will permit public dissemination.’”
And what’s with all of these secret “confidential reports?”
In case any of you people have forgotten, you work for the American people, and we pay the bills.
Hiding the findings of your reports behind “national security” is etting pretty old.
We know the only “security” you’re protecting is your own.
“As for Comey, the former FBI director last year said Durham’s probe was not concerning for him.”
‘“I have had no contact with him and haven’t talked to him,’ Comey told CBS News’ ‘Face the Nation’ in August. ‘I can’t imagine that I’m a target.’”
That’s funny, because I can’t imagine you wouldn’t be!
“A spokesman for Comey did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.”
Again, that’s odd.
“Also, over the summer, Durham’s team questioned former CIA Director John Brennan for some eight hours at CIA headquarters. Brennan later said through a spokesman he was assured he was ‘not a target.’”
“Brennan, in December, during an appearance on ‘Fox News Sunday,’ said he had no problem with Durham’s investigation continuing into 2021.”
‘“I think that is fine, I have no problems with it,’ Brennan said, adding that he has already sat down with Durham’s team for eight hours. ‘I do believe that John Durham is going to carry out his responsibilities ably and hopefully not with any political influence.’”
Sooo, Brennan hopes Durham’s investigation isn’t like Mueller’s investigation?
These “swamp monsters” really crack me up.
Barrabi continues, “Durham and other U.S. attorneys who served under the Trump administration were asked to resign earlier this year after Biden entered the White House. Durham stepped down from his post as U.S. attorney for Connecticut but retained his status as special counsel for purposes of his ‘RussiaGate’ probe.”
President Biden has pledged not to interfere with Justice Department investigations.
Excuse us, Illegitimate Joe, if your “pledge” means nothing to us, based on the rest of your “pledges.”
“Last year, the Senate Intelligence Committee published a five-part report detailing Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Officials said some of the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian officials were a ‘grave counterintelligence threat,’ but ‘found no evidence’ that Trump or members of his campaign colluded with Russia.”
There’s that annoying “but found no evidence” acknowledgement again.
“The committee also determined that FBI officials gave ‘unjustified credence’ to allegations levied in the infamous Steele dossier, an unverified report compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.
Is it really a case of “unjustified credence” when it was they who concocted the whole treasonous scenario in the first place?
Now that Illegitimate joe is in office, with Merrick Garland as the Attorney General, we shouldn’t expect any of these “investigations” to produce anything.
I’m sorry, former President Trump, you may have to wait until 2022, or 2024, when you’re re-elected.
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Illegitimate and cognitively challenged, Joe Biden.
“Cackling” Kamala Harris.
“Lyin’, Cryin’, UpChuck” Schumer.
And, “Crazy Nancy” Pelosi
Our country is the leader of the free world, and this is the best we can come up with?
And these people have been in elected office for a combined 125+ years!
Please notice that all of these people are either from the West coast or the East coast.
That alone is not a good sign.
Our methods of selecting governmental representatives must be seriously flawed.
Either that, or the American people aren’t as smart as we think we are.
In any case, God, help us, and God help the world.
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According to Charlie McCarthy for Newsmax, “The Secret Service interceded on Hunter Biden’s behalf to quash evidence of a gun purchase.”
Oh, really?
Now why would they do that?
Can you, in your wildest dreams, ever imagine the Secret Service, or any other governmental organization for that matter, going out of its way to protect one of former President Trump’s children in this manner?
The answer, of course, is “no.”
What we have here is just another example of the legal double standards for those who are friends of “the swamp,” and those who aren’t.
Democrats, in other words.
“Based on information from two sources, Politico [a political news website] reported the Secret Service [which falls under the Department of Homeland Security] tried to obtain paperwork for a gun sale to [Hunter] Biden after the weapon was tossed into a trash can and then was missing.”
“The report surfaced on the day President Joe Biden was scheduled to hold his first solo press conference since taking office.”
I wonder if any of the press will ask him about it?
My guess would be, “over Jen Psaki’s dead body!”
“The Secret Service said it had no record of agents investigating the incident, and the president, not under protection at that time, said through a spokesperson he had no knowledge of Secret Service involvement.”
Really?
So, I guess either the Secret Service is lying, or some other agency was masquerading as the Secret Service.
Hmmm.
“Law enforcement officials said any involvement by the Secret Service on behalf of the Biden family or on its own initiative would be inappropriate in an incident already under investigation by Delaware State Police with the involvement of the FBI.”
“According to law enforcement officials and a copy of the police report obtained by Politico, Hunter Biden’s sister-in-law, Hallie, searched Hunter’s pickup truck and found a .38 revolver on Oct. 23, 2018.”
Interesting. That’s a lie, but go on.
“She then took her brother-in-law’s gun, wrapped it in a shopping bag, and threw it in a trash can behind a high-end grocery store [Oh, that’s okay, as long as it was a “high-end” grocery store!]. When she returned later to retrieve it, the gun was gone.”
First, it’s illegal to just throw a gun in the trash, which of course Ms. Hallie will face no repercussions for.
Second, why did she go back and go dumpster diving for it?
“With the trash can located across from a high school, Delaware police began investigating and were concerned the missing gun could be used in a crime.”
“Secret Service agents then approached the owner of the store where Hunter bought the gun.”
So, these supposed “Secret Service agents” must have had access to gun registration records, if they knew where he bought the gun.
“They requested the paperwork involving the sale, according to two people — one with firsthand knowledge of the episode, and the other briefed after the fact by a Secret Service agent.”
If these people already had all of the information regarding the sale of this gun, why did they want the store’s paperwork?
The ONLY reason they would want the store’s paperwork would be to erase any recorded tie of Hunter Biden to this gun.
But why would they have the need to do that, if Hunter Biden bought the gun legally?
“The store owner, Ron Palmieri, refused to hand over the paperwork. He suspected Secret Service officers wanted to hide ownership of the missing gun in case it were to be involved in a crime, the two people said.”
Good job, Mr. Palmieri…, and that was a good guess, but it wasn’t the reason they wanted your paperwork.
“Palmieri eventually turned over the papers to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives [ATF], which oversees federal gun laws.”
I’m sure we’ll learn later that these papers have somehow been “misplaced” or “lost.”
“The gun was returned days later by an older man who regularly rummages through the grocery store’s trash to collect recyclable items, according to sources.”
Ha!
What are the odds of that?!
“No charges or arrests resulted from the incident.”
That’s odd.
Although, if anyone would have been arrested, it would have been the gun store owner, or the old dumpster diver who returned the gun.
Just sayin’.
“Although Joe Biden was not under Secret Service protection at the time, individual Secret Service agents at offices in Wilmington, Del., and Philadelphia informally monitored the former vice president’s security, according to one law enforcement official.”
I’m sorry, but how exactly does the Secret Service “informally monitor the former vice president’s security?”
And what would all of this have to do with the former vice president’s security, anyway?
I guess it depends on what all falls under the umbrella of “security.”
“As an example, the official said the Secret Service’s Wilmington office called the Delaware State Police in 2019 to arrange security for a public appearance by Joe Biden.”
“The Secret Service declined to confirm whether it had informal involvement in Biden’s security during that period.”
C’mon, now! Did they “informally” monitor Biden’s “security” or didn’t they?
The answer is “yes” when that’s convenient, “no” when that’s convenient, and “we don’t know” when that’s convenient.
“A Delaware State Police spokesman responded to an inquiry about whether the Secret Service requested security for Biden during the period. ‘I have reached out to our sergeant who oversees the Executive Protection Unit with the Delaware State Police. He is unaware of any such requests or services provided,’ the spokesman said.”
So, again, someone is lying here.
Can you guess who?
I bet you can!
“In copies of the Firearms Transaction Record and a receipt for the gun dated Oct. 12, 2018, and obtained by Politico, Hunter Biden answered ‘no’ to a question on the transaction record that asks, ‘Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?’”
Ohhhh!
There it is!
There’s the reason the people who “informally” look out for former vice president Biden wanted to hide the fact that Hunter Biden bought this gun.
HE ILLEGALLY PURCHASED THE GUN!
“Hunter Biden was discharged from the Navy Reserve five years earlier after testing positive for cocaine. He and family members have spoken about his history of drug use.”
He was probably wasted when he bought it!
“Lying on the form is a felony, though prosecutions for it are rare.”
Yeah, “prosecutions for it are rare,” if, like I said, you’re a friend of “the swamp.”
Anyone else would be facing felony charges.
Believe that!
Would you like me to tell you what I believe happened here?
Okay, I’m assuming you do!
Here’s the deal, as Sleepy Joe would say.
Hunter Biden bought the gun for whatever reason, and had second thoughts about it, since he lied in order to get it. If he didn’t actually have the gun, no one could ever really tie it to him…, at least in the world he lives in.
So, he asked Hallie to toss it into a dumpster, which she did.
After thinking about it for a while, I’m sure they became worried someone would find it, use it in a crime, and it would then be traced back to Hunter.
So, Hunter talked Hallie into going back and retrieving the gun, so they could dispose of it in a different and safer way, for him.
When she went back to the “high-end” store and couldn’t find it in the trash, they didn’t know what to do.
Ha!
You’re brilliant, Hunter!
What an idiot?!
A real chip off the old block!
Then, when the old guy turned-up (my hero) and turned the gun in, that’s when the fun started.
That’s when the gun was traced back to Hunter, and the “Secret Service” had to get involved.
“Neither George Mesires, a lawyer for Hunter Biden, nor Hallie Biden responded to requests for comment.”
No surprise there!
And, of course, the mainstream, democrat propaganda, media won’t touch this with a ten-foot pole.
By the way…, what ever happened to the investigation into Hunter’s laptop, and that whole money from China and money from Russia for the Biden family thing?
I’m sure we’ll find out where Jimmy Hoffa is buried before we hear anything else about the Bidens as a result of these “investigation.”
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According to Merriam-Webster, “honorable” is defined as, “Deserving of respect or high regard. Entitled to honor or respect. Consistent with a reputation that is not tarnished or sullied. Characterized by integrity and guided by a keen sense of duty and ethical conduct.”
I’m good with that definition.
But what’s the deal with the meaning of “honorable,” you may be asking?
What’s my point?
My point concerns how our government chooses to use, and employ, the word “honorable.”
I’m sure we’re all familiar with the term “honorable,” as it is used in our court systems.
If you’ve ever been in court, for whatever reason, you’ll hear the presiding judge announced as ”the honorable,” Judge John Smith, or “the honorable,” Judge Mary Jones, for example.
I’m not sure if they do this as a reminder to the judge that they’re supposed to be “honorable,” or what, but I’d prefer they drop this presumptuous part of the title and allow me to be the judge as to whether they’re “honorable” or not.
On top of it all, they want everyone else in attendance in the courtroom to stand while the judge enters!
They can lose this too.
They don’t even make kids stand in school for the pledge of allegiance anymore for goodness’ sake!
Why are we supposed to stand for this person just because they’re a judge?
So, what…, they’re a judge?
We elected them, in most cases, or they were appointed by someone else we elected.
They work for us.
We should not be asked to worship the ground they walk on.
Another observation I’ve noticed, concerning the use of the word “honorable” in government, is when politicians on committees, or people called to testify before Congress, are recognized with a name placard identifying them as “honorable” Mr. or Ms. Smith, or whatever.
Again, I’m not sure if they do this as a reminder to the person that they’re supposed to be “honorable,” or what, but I’d prefer they drop this presumptuous part of the title and allow me to be the judge as to whether they’re “honorable” or not.
What really annoys me is when identify some of these people as “honorable,” when I know they’re anything but!
For example:
Unless you’re going to be honest about the description of a person’s reputation, we could do without this designation as well.
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In the months prior to the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden didn’t say much, and he didn’t answer many questions either.
People had concerns about him, but we were told by his “handlers” and the media, “Hey, this is good old moderate, Joe!”
“He’ll work with the other side.”
“He’ll get us back to ‘normal’”
“Good old ‘Joe from Scranton,’ good old blue-collar Joe!”
Well…, one corrupt election later, here we are with Illegitimate Joe as our president, and within a short two months, our country is already circling the bowl, getting ready to go down the drain!
What happened to good old establishment democrat Joe?
It seems that Joe Biden was just a Trojan Horse, being used by the radical democrats, so they could shove their America killing policies down everyone’s throat.
And it seems Joe is fine with that, as long as he gets to act like he’s important, live in the White House, fly around on Air Force One, and do all of the ceremonial presidential stuff.
MrEricksonRules was able to get an exclusive interview with Illegitimate Joe…, which was obviously a mistake on their part!
I was able to ask Sleepy Joe about his surprising change of heart on many of the issues he addressed (most people would call them lies), mainly during the debates he was forced to have with President Trump.
Well, here’s the interview, and you can judge for yourself.
MrEricksonRules: Good afternoon Mr. President. I appreciate you giving us some of your time between naps for this interview.
President Biden: Wait…, what? Who, who are you? Where am I?
MrEricksonRules: That’s not important right now, sir. Do you mind if we get on with the interview?
President Biden: What? Wait…, where’s my thing…, you know…, the reading thing?
MrEricksonRules: I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, sir, but most people don’t use a teleprompter for normal day to day conversations, and for answering questions about your opinion on things.
President Biden: Well, I’m not “most people,” son, I’m a Senator…, I mean, I’m a President…, I mean I’m the President, I’m President Joe Biden of the great state of The United States!
MrEricksonRules: I know I was amazed your democrat friends were able to pull it off as well. Anyway…, moving on…, how do you think all of those union guys felt after you shut down the pipeline and killed their jobs?
MrEricksonRules: Ooookay. You laughed during the debates when President Trump said you’d ban fracking and kill the oil industry…, now you’re doing exactly that…, what’s the deal?
President Biden: Okay, here’s the deal…, wait, what?
MrEricksonRules: Regarding President Trump’s border wall, you and your friends constantly insisted “walls don’t work,” but now we see a wall erected around our nation’s capitol. Do walls work or don’t they?
MrEricksonRules: You and your people claimed your administration would be the “most transparent administration in history,” which all administrations do, but it’s only been less than two months, and already your administration is blocking access to migrant facilities and attempting to hide what’s going on down at our southern border. What do you have to say about that?
President Biden: COVID? Yes…, hey, where’s your mask? Where’s my mask?
MrEricksonRules: You know those stupid masks really don’t work, don’t you, sir?
President Biden: Yeah…, I mean no, I mean, what?
EricksonRules: Why is only about 9% of your “COVID Relief Bill” going directly towards COVID relief?
President Biden: But, hey, here’s the deal…, 9% of $1.9 trillion is a lot of money!
EricksonRules: You’re right, sir, 9% of $1.9 trillion is a lot of money…, but the remaining 91% is ten times as much. Where is all of that money going?
MrEricksonRules: What does $50 million to Planned Parenthood, $200 million to Museum and library services, $270 million to the endowment for the Arts, $600 million to Nancy Pelosi’s district, and $1.5 billion to Amtrak have to do with “COVID relief” or “rescuing America?”
MrEricksonRules: When we do the math, do you realize that every American is on the hook for over $5,700 for this “relief” bill, just so some of us can get a check for $1,400 of our own money back?
President Biden: I’d like to take these security guys here out behind the gym and punch ‘em in the mouth, just like Trump!
MrEricksonRules: I don’t think that would be a good idea, sir. Maybe you could challenge them to a push-up contest instead?
MrEricksonRules: Anyway…, getting back to my question, what would you consider a major accomplishment, so far…, and I mean besides managing to walk around on two feet?
MrEricksonRules: How about just one more question, Mr. President? Sir…? Sir?
MrEricksonRules: Well, I guess that concludes our interview. Thank you for your time, Mr. President.
Well, my friends, I hope this interview shed a little light on where our “president” is coming from.
I know he really didn’t say an awful lot, but you know what they say…, “It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.”
And I may have spoken a little to soon regarding “managing to walk around on two feet?”
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EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT…, DEMOCRATS WOULD SUPPORT TAX INCREASES!!!
This headline actually exists on the FOX News website: “Biden says he will get Democratic votes for tax increase.”
And this is somehow news?!
Don’t go too far out on that limb Illegitimate Joe!!!
Brooke Singman of FOXBusiness is the one who gets credit for coming up with this revelational story.
What’s your breaking story for tomorrow, Brooke…, “Scientists say the sun will rise today?!”
Ms. Singman is definitely today’s winner of the “Captain Obvious Award!”
Thank you, Captain Obvious!!!
Anyway…, back to the democrats’ proposed tax hike.
“Holding a razor-thin majority in the Senate, losing one seat means losing power for Democrats. In the House, they lead by eight seats, 219 to 211 with five vacancies.”
“Biden’s emerging plan, a source told Bloomberg, would raise the corporate tax rate from 21 to 28% and raise the income tax rate on individuals making over $400,000. It would also raise capital gains taxes on those making over $1 million, expand the estate tax, and pare back tax preferences for certain businesses. The tax hike would likely take effect beginning in 2022.”
“Communications director for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Mark Bednar, tweeted in response to Biden’s comments: ‘President Biden promises that Democrats will help him raise taxes on the American people.’”
“An analysis of Biden’s campaign tax plan conducted by the Tax Policy Center estimated it would raise $2.1 trillion in new revenue over a decade.”
“One year after the last major tax hike, in 1993, came what is known as the ‘Republican Revolution,’ in which the GOP picked up eight seats in the Senate and won a net 54 seats in the House, along with a net 10 governorships.”
I can definitely see a repeat of that on the horizon.
“The tax hike is meant to offset Biden’s next major spending package, which is set to focus on infrastructure and green jobs and could cost around $4 trillion, more than double the latest COVID-19 stimulus bill.”
“The tax cuts of 2017 under former President Donald Trump slashed corporate income tax rates from 35 to 21% and cut taxes in most individual brackets as well. But the 2018 midterm election was widely characterized as a ‘blue wave.’ Democrats saw a net gain of 41 seats in the House, while Republicans had a net gain of two seats in the Senate. And two years after that, the 2020 election, Democrats’ majority fell by 12 seats in the House, but they picked up two seats in the Senate and won [stole] the presidency.”
Hopefully our country can survive until the 2022 elections…, although, if the democrats manage to change the election laws as well, it won’t really matter.
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Okay…, quit beating around the bush, Kennicott…, how do you really feel?
Before we get going, it should be noted that Kennicott is a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic…, which means he’s officially a member of “the club,” and even slimier than your average elitist liberal critic.
Ugh.
But I digress.
Kennicott says, “Former president Donald Trump will have an official portrait in the National Portrait Gallery at some point. And in states where he remains popular, he could have airports, bridges and schools named for him. But Trump must never have an official presidential library, and Congress should move quickly to make sure he never will.”
Uh, excuse me, Phil, but Donald Trump was The President, wasn’t he?
And former presidents get to have presidential libraries, don’t they?
Even impeached Bill Clinton got to have one.
Richard Nixon resigned in shame, and he still got to have one.
So, what’s your problem?
Why this never-ending discrimination wherever and whenever President Trump is concerned?
Are you and your democrat friends still really that frightened by him?
I guess so.
I can understand why you all are…, but that’s your problem, not ours.
“On Jan. 20, the day he left office, the National Archives launched the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library website. Already, there are rumors that the former president is engaged with the idea of creating some kind of presidential center, perhaps run by longtime aide Dan Scavino, with a price tag as high as $2 billion.”
“There are rumors?”
How journalistically liberal of you.
There are also rumors that you are an idiot.
By the end of this blog, we’ll see that these are more than just rumors.
Anyway…, you really have NO idea how much President Trump’s library may cost, Kennicott…, nobody does.
It hasn’t even been designed yet!
Have you seen the price tag for Obama’s proposed mega-complex?
It’s “estimated” to cost at least $500 million.
And who’s going to pay for that library?
Not Barack Obama.
I am sure, however, that President Trump will at least pick-up the lion’s share of the tab for his library.
That’s just how he rolls.
Kennicott continues, “None of this, however, means that Trump could actually create a presidential center similar to the one planned for former president Barack Obama, or those dedicated to former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. As Anthony Clark, author of ‘The Last Campaign: How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity & Enshrine Their Legacies,’ wrote recently in Politico, it is unlikely that Trump has the focus, administrative savvy and financial resources to execute a presidential center: ‘Presidential libraries are complicated. And if you understand how they work — and how Trump himself works — it’s nearly impossible to imagine him actually pulling it off,’ Clark writes.”
Wait, what?!
You don’t think President Trump “has the focus, administrative savvy and financial resources to execute a presidential center, unlike Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton?!”
Seriously?!
Obviously, Anthony Clark and you, Philip Kennicott, Mr. Pulitzer Prize winner, don’t seem to be aware that Donald Trump built his fortune in construction, constructing mega-buildings and mega-properties!
How in THEE hell can you sit there and say, “it’s nearly impossible to imagine him actually pulling it off?”
It’s actually quite easy to see President Trump “pulling it off.”
And you two idiots actually get paid to write this stuff?
Kennicott continues, “But that doesn’t mean that Trump won’t try and that, in trying, cause further damage to the country.”
His library may end up being an eyesore and appoint of contention for you democrat totalitarians, but that’s about it.
Being in Florida, I can envision President Trump’s library being a popular stop right along with Disney World, The Kennedy Space Center, Universal Studios, etc.
“That is why Congress should use this moment to reconsider the legislation that helped create and shape the presidential libraries now administered by the National Archives, not just to prevent Trump from perpetrating one last, giant grift, but to reform the system so it serves the country [meaning the democrat totalitarians] better. This is long overdue, and would need to be done even if Trump weren’t trying to raise $2 billion for a Trump center. But his intention to do so makes this urgent, even an issue of national security.”
“An issue of national security?!”
C’mon, Phil, you’re really getting a little ridiculous with your hyperbole, here.
These democrats really are suffering from stage four Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS).
Phil continues with a little history here, which is actually beneficial. “Before Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to donate his presidential papers to the federal government in 1939, the documents and paperwork generated by a president usually were considered the outgoing leader’s personal property. Roosevelt recognized an interest in giving the public access to this material.”
“The 1955 Presidential Libraries Act formalized the process, encouraging presidents to donate their papers, as well as land and a building to house them, which the National Archives would officially maintain.”
“Over the next decades, these privately created, federally administered libraries became increasingly complex, serving as museums, think tanks and shrines, with presidents allowed considerable — often far too much — control over what records were considered presidential and when the public could access them.”
The only presidents Phil has concerns about are the republican presidents, of course.
“Individual presidents used executive orders to make changes, the law was amended and former presidents were required to donate more and more resources to maintaining the federally operated part of these facilities.”
“Finally, in 2017, faced with the possibility of having to donate 60 percent of the total cost of an Obama presidential center to the federal government to cover running the library part of the project, the 44th president opted out of the system almost entirely.”
You see, if you’re a democrat, you’re allowed to “opt out” of whatever you want.”
“When the Obama center opens in Chicago, no official presidential library will be part of the complex, which will be privately built and operated. Obama’s presidential records, the vast bulk of them digital rather than paper, will have to be accessed elsewhere, although the Archives will loan material to the Obama center for exhibitions.”
So, it will be a shrine to Barack Obama and a liberal propaganda production studio, more than a library, and he will be in complete control of what is there and how he prefers to be remembered. I’m sure our collection of wealthy, elitist, liberals will be tripping over themselves to donate money to this.
“Ordinarily, presidential records can’t be accessed for five, and up to 12, years after a chief executive leaves office. And before leaving office, a president has significant leverage over what the public eventually can see, which documents are delivered to the Archives, which are considered public and which are private, and to weigh in on other matters, including security and the national interest.”
The key word here is “ordinarily.”
“The case of Trump is exceptional by any standard, and he should be afforded no discretion over his records or any privilege to extend the amount of time before the public can see them.”
No discretion whatsoever…, of course not! Not in President Trump’s case.
“Trump’s 2017 requirement that the National Archives withhold access to his materials until 2033 should be abrogated, and Congress should begin an extraordinary effort to recover as much of his communications legacy as possible, even material that wasn’t deemed ‘presidential.’ Trump’s presidency mixed public and private interests in a way that was unprecedented in modern American history, so his decisions on these matters can’t be trusted.”
“He incited an insurrection [an accusation he was acquitted of, by the way], and many of the people who may have participated in that, including members of Congress, are still actively engaged in public life. The need to know who they are and what they did isn’t just a matter for the FBI, the Justice Department and prosecutors.”
It isn’t just “a matter for the FBI, the Justice Department and prosecutors,” it’s a matter for the Democrat Gestapo!
Are you on drugs, Phil…, because it seems like you’re on drugs.
So, let me get this straight…, you want to use the presidential library process to collect all the information about President Trump you can in an effort to perpetuate prosecutorial attacks against former President Trump and any republicans in Congress who supported him?
You and your readership are sick, Phil.
Just sayin’.
“It is imperative to the nation’s future that we know how and why authoritarianism became so deeply and pervasively rooted in the Trump administration.”
Okay…, timeout!
The BS just keeps flowing out of your mouth like water out of a firehose involved in a five-alarm fire!
First of all, you use the word “authoritarianism.”
“Authoritarianism” is defined as, “The enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. A lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others.”
Now I ask you…, who does this better describe…, the censoring, cancelling, COVID shutdown mandating democrats, or former President Donald Trump?
Thank you.
“Historians, journalists and biographers need immediate access to this material (with the minimal oversight necessary by professional, nonpartisan archivists [Which means no conservative archivists will be tolerated.] to help educate the American public on the greatest threat to the republic since the Civil War.”
Here we go again with this 180-degree false hyperbole.
“Even a privately funded and operated Trump presidential library, which would be devoted to whitewashing his record and rewriting history, is a terrible and even dangerous idea.”
No, it’s you and your democrat totalitarian friends who are “dangerous,” Phil.
“Further, given Trump’s alleged misuse of charitable funds, including self-dealing, waste and other illegal activities, at his now dissolved New York-based foundation, any intention to start another public entity can only be considered a crime scene waiting to happen.”
The keyword there was “alleged.” Without that word, old Phil boy would have been looking at lawsuit that he could not afford.
What were your feelings about the Clinton Foundation, Phil?
I think we can all make an educated guess about your concerns there, Phil.
“If it unfortunately does happen, it probably will be in Florida, where state Attorney General Ashley Moody is one of Trump’s top surrogates and a prominent supporter of his false claims of election fraud. So, on this matter, Americans cannot trust the rule of law in Florida, but they can put pressure on corporate and other entities not to donate to any group associated with any effort to build a Trump presidential center. And the FBI can keep a close watch on any national group created to solicit funding for such an endeavor.”
Watch it, Phil, with your false claims about his false claims of election fraud.
And you want the FBI to, “Keep a close watch on any national group created to solicit funding for such an endeavor?”
Honestly, it sounds like another Gestapo type tactic, but now that I think about it more, I’m sure it could be arranged. The FBI is just sooo “swampy” these days.
“Finally [Thank God!], Congress can improve American record-keeping and preservation by forbidding future presidents from raising money for presidential centers while still in office. Access to presidential records is also expensive and time consuming — even digital documents, the quantity of which has grown exponentially since most communications became electronic, need to be sorted, surveyed and labeled, a process that is laborious. Rachel Vagts, president of the Society of American Archivists, points out that the most urgent need, right now, is better funding for the National Archives, and a better culture of compliance with laws governing record-keeping.”
Ahhh, yes…, mo’ money, mo’ money, mo’ money…, and the proper level of compliance with the government, of course.
“Trump reportedly [Oh, really…, reported by who?] flouted those laws on a regular basis, tearing up and discarding even paper documents. [Can you imagine that?! Someone throwing away or tearing up some piece of paper they wrote something on?! For the love of God!!!] The extent to which he and his administration destroyed records and communicated outside of federal systems is unknown [Hillary’s “communications outside of federal systems” is known, and we have all learned it’s no big deal, so…], which is why he and his people should be cut out of the process of preserving those documents. And Americans should shame anyone — including architecture firms, exhibit designers and corporate donors — who helps Trump perpetuate the lies that nearly destroyed our 244-year-old effort to create a democratically governed republic.”
Ok…, that’s enough, Phil…, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little there.
Philip Kennicott seems to have extended his supposed expertise far outside of the realm of an Art and architecture critic, here.
You should really just stay in your lane, Phil…, you kind of embarrassed yourself here, and exposed yourself as one of the true, card carrying, democrat neo-Nazis.
Kennicott has collected a paycheck for over twenty years from The Washington Post. I guess that’s really all you need to know.
Inclosing, for your viewing pleasure, I’d like to suggest a few presidential library designs for some of our distinguished past presidents.
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In a democratic republic, which is the type of government the U.S. has, our elected state senators and district representatives are supposed to represent the citizens in their state and districts.
Rather than the entire country voting on every issue and law, we elect these representatives to do so on our behalf.
The only problem is, we have many elected officials in government who commonly disregard the people they represent, the people they work for, and vote for things because they feel they know better, they want to draw, what they deem to be, favorable political attention to themselves, or because of “pressure” from their respective political parties.
I’ve selected four representatives to use as examples.
Donald Trump got 68.62% of the vote in West Virginia, yet, their senator, Joe Manchin votes with the democrats on every issue, including impeachment.
Donald Trump got 58.13% of the vote in Utah, yet, their senator, Mitt Romney, voted to impeach President Trump, and sides with the democrats quite often.
Donald Trump got 56.92% of the vote in Montana, yet, their senator, Jon Tester votes with the democrats on every issue, including impeachment.
Donald Trump got 69.94% of the vote in Wyoming, yet, one of their representatives, Liz Cheney, voted to impeach President Trump, and was very outspoken on the issue.
Again, these are just the four examples I’ve chosen to use here, but there are more.
Then we have senate “majority” leader, Chuck Schumer, who really doesn’t represent a majority at all, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose democrat party holds the slimmest of majorities in the Congress, pushing radical, totalitarian, legislation, while supposedly representing most Americans, which they don’t.
And we can throw Illegitimate Joe Biden in there, as well, with his signing of radical executive orders, while purporting to desire unity among the American people.
He may want unity, but only on his terms, and only unity with people who will blindly follow his anti-American agenda.
Better said, the anti-American agenda that Illegitimate Joe has been told to follow.
Remember, Joe…, Kamala is waiting in the wings to become the Signer in Chief, should you falter or grow a conscience.
It is now very apparent that Joe Biden and his administration was only a “trojan horse” for ultra-left-wing policies and ideology.
Hopefully America can survive until the 2022 elections, and then until the elections of 2024.
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In a retrospect to my previously published blog about the human poop problem in the wonderful “city by the bay,” San Francisco, California, which is in Nancy Pelosi’s district, by the way.
According to Greg Norman for Fox News, “San Francisco’s mayor has created a new program called ‘Poop Patrol’ to clean up the human waste [from the ever-growing homeless population] from the infested sidewalks.”
Sounds lovely.
This program is driven by a smartphone “App” that allows concerned citizens to report offending piles of excrement to the proper authorities!
Only in a liberal city gone mad!
“The details of the complaints that the San Francisco Department of Public Works has received are unclear, but data shows the number of sightings has increased dramatically since 2011. That year, 5,547 human feces incidents were reported. The number rose to 28,084 in 2018.”
Holy sh*t, Batman! Now, that’s a lot of crap! And that’s only the crap that was reported! There’s bound to be twice that much crap lying around in reality!
This is the socialist utopia that democrats want to help spread to a city or town near you!
Stay thirsty my friends…, but don’t drink the liberal Kool-Aide…, or step without looking first…, at least in San Francisco!
President Trump was literally correct when he referred to these democrat strongholds as sh*tholes!
Now please, sing along with me to the tune of “I left my heart in San Francisco.”
I left a steaming pile, in San Francisco
Right there on the street, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don’t care
My turd waits there, in San Francisco
Next to the blue and windy sea
When I come home to you, oh-oh San Francisco
Your endless piles of poo will welcome me
Here’s another sung to “Old MacDonald Had a Farm.”
Nancy Pelosi reps a town E-I-E-I-O!
And in that town are a lot of dems, E-I-E-I-O!
With a democrat here, and a democrat there
Here a dem there a dem, everywhere a dumb dem!
Nancy Pelosi reps a town E-I-E-I-O!
Nancy Pelosi reps a town E-I-E-I-O!
And in this town there’s a lot of poop, E-I-E-I-O!
With a poo-poo here, and a poo-poo there
Here a poo, there a poo, everywhere a poo-poo!
Nancy Pelosi reps a town E-I-E-I-O!
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