Freaking Democrats

The Times has a somewhat surprising addition to the long list of Things About Trump That Freak Out Democrats:

Trump’s Digital Advantage Is Freaking Out Democratic Strategists

Left and right agree on one point. The president’s re-election campaign is way ahead online.

Huh. I'm old enough to remember when the Democrats edge in hip, progressive techies pointed to their everlasting dominance of internet politics. Well, that was soooo 2008. And 2012. Of course, neither President Howard Dean nor Senator Ned Lamont (now Governor!) were available for comment.

I have to say, the tech is cool, in a surveillance-state sort of way:

In a blog post published in November, a year before the 2020 election, Brian Burch, the president of CatholicVote.org, a socially conservative advocacy group, announced that in Wisconsin alone his organization had identified 199,241 Catholics “who’ve been to church at least 3 times in the last 90 days.”

Nearly half of these religiously observant parishioners, Burch wrote, “91,373 mass-attending Catholics — are not even registered to vote!” CatholicVote.org is looking for potential Trump voters within this large, untapped reservoir — Republican-leaning white Catholics who could bolster Trump’s numbers in a battleground state.

Burch, whose organization opposes abortion and gay marriage, made his plans clear:

That is a lot of potential right-wing voters to target. And how were they found? Ah, well...

How did Catholic Vote come up with these particular church attendance numbers for 199,241 Catholics? With geofencing, a technology that creates a virtual geographic boundary, enabling software to trigger a response when a cellphone enters or leaves a particular area — a church, for example, or a stadium, a school or an entire town.

Geofencing is just one of the new tools of digital campaigning, a largely unregulated field of political combat in which voters have little or no idea of how they are being manipulated, in which traditional disclosure requirements are inoperative and key actors are anonymous. It is a weapon of choice. Once an area is geofenced, commercial data companies can acquire the mobile phone ID numbers of those within the boundary.

I'll be damned. But since I have been slack on church attendance, damned or not I won't be targeted.

Comments

[JM Hanes]

Miss Marple:

Folks braving the cold for DJT in Iowa: that's the kind of tent city I like to see! I expect it's that group of folks who have made it their mission to attend every Trump rally. Hope Team Trump has their names and will give them a spot on Air Force One if he ever does a rally in Honolulu. Of course he'd have to be careful not to tip the island over.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Written before the corona-corona virus story but a very interesting read nonetheless that is somewhat applicable anyway.
Why Did the 1918 Flu Kill So Many Otherwise Healthy Young Adults?
Uncovering a World War I veteran’s story provided a genealogist and pharmacologist with some clues

[Theo]

TomR -

I am not sure that Flynn committed a “very serious crime.” The crime he pled guilty to, lying to the FBI about a phone call that the FBI had on tape, strikes me as not very serious at all. I am more troubled by the FBI putting massive resources behind setting up Flynn to tell them this lie so that they could prosecute him than I am about the lie. I don’t think he should have been prosecuted and I don’t think he belongs in jail.

But I seriously doubt that he pled guilty because of an explicit threat against his son.

[MissMarple2]

https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/30/warren-transgender-secretary-education/

Warren Says Her Education Secretary Must Meet Trans Child’s Approval

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she would have a transgender child interview the next secretary of education.
===========================================

This woman is insane. She said this at a townhall in Iowa yesterday. I sure hope President Trump figures out a way to use it without setting off the loonies.

[Melinda]

EU Bow Shot.

@911CORLEBRA777
Get a translation. The German Police raided a CDU MP's office today in relation to corrupt payments from Azerbaijan. The money looks like it didn't just stop with her, but went to others in the Party. CDU is Angela Merkel's Party

https://twitter.com/911corlebra777/status/1222907695214153729?s=21

Someone’s leaking money laundering landing zones. It looks like it’s going to be fun in Deutscheland soon.

[Threadkiller]

Trump and AG Barr will/won’t [insert misdirection kabuki script here],all because the political optics would look bad.

This is the MadLib that has been the bedrock of Wait ‘n’ See theory. I thought the whole thing revolved around the slow process of educating Forest Gump voters at a pace they could keep up with? Now you argue that Trump would just jump right in and perfect justice in a split second?

Sure.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--The way I interpret that...--

You could interpret it to mean political realities really do limit the practical options open even to a president and that since he retains pardon power once the courts are done with Flynn he can render the affair moot without the attendant political firestorm. Moreover until quite recently Flynn was NOT withdrawing his guilty plea which would have rendered Trump's or Barr's interference fairly problematical.
But you're welcome to interpret it any way you wish.

[Tom R]

From the Cleveland oped:
Powell then notes that internal communications showed the Covington lawyers were discussing “among themselves their own potential civil and criminal FARA liability,” and the “substantial ‘headline risks.’” Simultaneously, it seems from the briefing, the Covington team was looking to market itself and its FARA services following resolution of the Flynn case.

I don't know if this is important but point #28 indicates Flynn's Covington lawyers were the ones who told him Flynn Jr "could or would" face indictment and that Flynn Sr himself was facing up to 15 years in prison.

If it is true Covington was more concerned with their own reputation than providing competent and ethical legal advice to Flynn Sr, how do we know with certainty the Mueller SC team threatened Flynn Jr with indictment and Flynn Sr himself with up to 15 years in prison?

Sounds to me like Covington (with known connections to the Bush faction of the GOP) could have intentionally lied to Flynn Sr to trick him into pleading guilty to keep Covington's name out of the headlines.

[Narciso]

Ah yes fenech party of three, socgen was the german partner with azeris

[Tom R]

Theo @ 12:18

I am connecting multiple dots to come up with the possibility Flynn Sr committed a serious crime.

From the filing we know Covington was telling Flynn he could face up to 15 years in prison. We also know the judge said that Flynn "arguably you sold your country out". The judge later admitted he shouldn't have said that but there is some nugget of evidence we don't know about that prompted the thought in the judge's mind.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/18/judge-tells-michael-flynn-you-sold-your-country-out-at-hearing.html

[Tom R]

Theo @ 12:18

I am connecting multiple dots to come up with the possibility Flynn Sr committed a serious crime.

From the filing we know Covington was telling Flynn he could face up to 15 years in prison. We also know the judge said that Flynn "arguably you sold your country out". The judge later admitted he shouldn't have said that but there is some nugget of evidence we don't know about that prompted the thought in the judge's mind.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/18/judge-tells-michael-flynn-you-sold-your-country-out-at-hearing.html

[anonamom]

So I wonder why doctors and nurses make a show of using hand sanitizers as they move from room to room visiting patients?

Because we have watchers, enforcing policies based on nothing but "it looks good" enacted by JACHO--the same people who brought you the Fifth Vital Sign--PAIN--that led to narcotics being administered like
gumdrops and the opioid epidemic---which are now tied to Medicare payments, because those bureaucrats have to have something to document and have meetings about, right??

So, there is an element of hygiene theater at play here. Not saying those sanitizers don't kill some germs--sure they do. Are they better than running water and soap? Nope. Easier though, and no sinks to clean or paper towels to stock and empty from wastebaskets.

[Captain Hate]

But overall I kinda like how different the state laws are regarding alcohol sales. Exercising states rights as guaranteed by the poor, bedraggled tenth amendment is something I applaud even when I don't like the outcome.

Dry counties FTL

[JM Hanes]

"Democrats are bracing for the possibility that if President Donald Trump loses the 2020 election..."

....he might not accept the results. Politico must be pretty desperate for something other than impeachment to cover. LOL

Mel:

"Hillary! aides blocking being “served papers” in Tulsa’s [sic] suit"

It would be really too delicious if Tulsi Gabbard is the one who finally throws a spanner in the Clinton works.

[Theo]

TomR —

I still do not see a “serious crime.” That does not mean that one does not exist but you think it would be more obvious by now.

I do think that Sullivan is a wild card here. He plainly mucked this whole case up by going off the rails with his “treason” comment. Everyone would be better off if he had let the original plea deal stand and given Flynn probation.

I have no idea what Sullivan will do next. It would serve justice if he found a way to make this just go away. That does not mean that he will.

[MissMarple2]

Did anyone know that President Trump was working on the Space Force? How about that Middle East peace plan that has been accepted by a bunch of Arab countries and Israel (indicating this has been in the works for some time)? Who knows who is tracking the money-laundering spots (other than Melinda)? What about those sealed indictments, which are quite large in number?

I have accepted that Trump operates on a lot of projects without making a big deal about them, probably because he doesn't want to listen to the kibitzers or give the democrats a chance to sabotage them. I realize not everyone is comfortable with this, so I just don't argue about it.

We hear more from President Trump than most government officials, and certainly far more than any other president. Probably because he does so much stuff, he is able to do some things on the QT.

I am going to get some work done around here and will be back after while.

[Narciso]

He should be visited by the ghost of ted stevens, like marley did to scrooge.

[D]

Flynn did not say they had a VEILED threat against my son.
He said they had a threat against my son.
Clarice is correct on this.
Theo is incorrect.

[Old Lurker]

Zackly what I thought, A-mom. Thanks.

[Theo]

It’s actually the 21st Amendment that gives states the power over alcohol.

[henry]

3% flat tax in WI? Definite improvement.

http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2020/01/now-is-the-time-for-a-flat-tax/

[Theo]

Maryrose

Just because Flynn said it does not make it true.

Thanks for your ruling on this issue, but my equally binding ruling is that YOU are incorrect.

[Tom R]

Theo 12:38

None of us see the "serious crime" because whatever it is has been kept under wraps. We know that the Federal sentencing guidelines for the process crime of lying to the FBI ranges from probation to 6 months in prison. 6 months in prison versus 15 years in prison is a huge difference. What did Flynn do that his lawyers were telling him he could face up to 15 years in prison?

[Jane]

Porch,

I quit Netflix when the obama's got involved. (I told you I was a dork)

Are the twins still on? IIRC they got pretty weird when they grew up - or maybe not.

[Jane]

Gawd I can't stand Juan Williams.

[Theo]

TomR —

My understanding is that they were going after him on multiple counts of violations of some law about failing to register as a foreign agent. Prosecutors can always run up these huge potential jail terms. In the end, they dropped the more serious charges (indicating that they were weak) and took a guilty plea to the minor offense of lying to the FBI about something that the FBI had no business asking him about and agreed to probation.

I don’t think that there is some hidden “serious crime.”

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Can anyone recommend a good book on homeobox genes?

[Captain Hate]

@DailyCaller

Speaker Pelosi:

If Trump is acquitted, "he will not be acquitted. You cannot be acquitted if you don't have a trial and you don't have a trial if you don't have witnesses and documentation..."

She also said, "Does the president know right from wrong? I don't think so."

https://tinyurl.com/rjenfhr
Posted by: Tami at January 30, 2020 12:41 PM (cF8AT)

[Theo]

Pelosi is becoming Baghdad Bob. No matter what happens, her side never actually loses.

[henry]

Nahncee today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KekChFdIe00

[Jane]

BREAKING: Fired Ukrainian Prosecutor Viktor Shokin FILES FEDERAL COMPLAINT Against Joe Biden

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/breaking-fired-ukrainian-prosecutor-viktor-shokin-files-complaint-against-joe-biden/

[Tom R]

Theo @ 12:51

The worst penalty for violating the FARA Act is 5 years in prison.

https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara/fara-enforcement

It seems indisputable to me that if Flynn's lawyers were telling him he could face up to 15 years in prison, whatever he was accused of was something more serious than the FARA charge.

[Jane]

So if Joe Biden gets elected President - which I cannot imagine - will the Dems want to investigate his corruption? (I know, I know) but why is no one on the campaign trail bringing up the fact that the evidence shows he is as corrupt as the day is long?

[henry]

Jane, perhaps he is not alone among the uniparty in that deep corruption.

[D]

Flynn’s Original lawyers were going for a plea deal.
They would say anything to achieve.
When this all plays out I hope those so certsinnabout their positions will concede whether they were correct or incorrect.
I tend to believe true lawyers like Clarice and Jane, TC and other reputable posters.

[D]

Podesta beat a FARA charge.
Was Flynn charged with one and if so how come Podesta skates and he doesn’t?

[henry]

Roberts in to favor the Dems for another day. I'm leaving the sound off... as well as the video.

[Porchlight]

Are the twins still on? IIRC they got pretty weird when they grew up - or maybe not.

Nope, they're the only ones who didn't sign on. Everyone else is a regular or at least an occasional guest star, even Aunt Becky Jailbird. :)

It would have been a bit awkward if they had, since they played a single character.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--If it is true Covington was more concerned with their own reputation than providing competent and ethical legal advice to Flynn Sr...--

They completed the FARA document that Flynn signed and which the Feds said was fraudulent which made them potentially criminally culpable themselves and so had a conflict of interest. That's more than their reputation.

--The judge later admitted he shouldn't have said that but there is some nugget of evidence we don't know about that prompted the thought in the judge's mind.--

He said it because the hotheaded dope misunderstood the government's claims and thought Flynn was working as an unregistered agent of Turkey while he was Trump's national Security guy.

[John S]

Melinda
A good rule of thumb is not to post while you are high on hand sanitizer. You're welcome.

[anonamom]

the bradford file
@thebradfordfile

Democrats are now pushing a "it's not a true acquittal" (without NEW witnesses) narrative sent out by Nancy Pelosi because her sham impeachment is turning an utter embarrassment.

She's already admitting defeat.

[henry]

Dems scripted from the first question today. Wake me after you deliver beer to my pos.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

The best contemporary evidence I have found regarding an investigation of Michael Flynn Jr is this
NBC report.
Presumably it is true since Flynn, who would be in a position to know, has said it is a reason he pled.
Seems to me irrelevant whether the pressure was explicit or implicit. If you start investigating a guy's kid, unless they are sworn enemies, the threat is there and all parties know it.

[KevlarKid]

"BREAKING: Fired Ukrainian Prosecutor Viktor Shokin FILES FEDERAL COMPLAINT Against Joe Biden"

Unleash hell.

[henry]

vid at link:

The White House @WhiteHouse
9s

There are many questions and concerns about the alleged whistleblower and potential conflicts of interest.

Democrats aren't answering any of them.

https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1222947025928577024

[MissMarple2]

Friend texts me that Roberts still won't allow Rand's question. She is mad.

I told her Roberts should remember that Chief Justices are subject to impeachment, too. Rand is just the type to instigate one.

[henry]

Roberts must think he is King.

[DrJ]

It turns out that I used the term "microbrewery" incorrectly. I should have used "craft" brewery. Microbrewery carries with it size restrictions that are pretty strict. Most of the beer-like substances we've been discussing are craft beers.

So claims my tech, who is also a brewmaster. I believe him.

[MissMarple2]

henry,

Ever since that squirrely Obamacare ruling, I have thought he is being blackmailed or threatened by the democrats.

Not going to speculate right now, since that isn't helpful since I have little factual evidence.

[JM Hanes]

I really don't understand why Republicans acquiesced to Schiff's "whistleblower's anonymity is protected by statute" sham in the first place. It's not like they couldn't all mention his name on the floor without legal consequences even if such a statute existed.

[henry]

DrJ, depends on state law. In WI the "microbrewery" still has to sell through a distributor, then retail outlet (beer distributor lobby rules) except for onsite beverages (provided they also sell bar food).

[Neo]

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday hammered the lawyers leading President Trump's impeachment defense, saying they've trampled on the Constitution while questioning how they've been allowed to keep their jobs.

"I don't know how they can retain their lawyer status, in the comments that they're making," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol.

Somebody needs some Prozac

[henry]

JMH, perhaps Schiff and Nadler set rules that would ban them from the hearings if they mentioned the precious.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Tesla Conference Call Warns Of Increased Expenses In 2020, Seasonal And Coronavirus Headwinds

[Dave (in MA)]

Sean Spicier@sean_spicier ·
We really should give the democrats a little credit...
they’ve got thru 9 days of “The Pledge of Allegiance”
without taking a knee

[anonamom]

Ruh roh!

Betting Bruiser
@BettingBruiser
· 1h
Air Canada flight has just arrived in Toronto, 7 people have a fever, and all of them cannot get off the plane ... I don't know the specific flight or where the departed from. But it doesn’t look good. #conoravirus #WuhanCoronovirus

[henry]

Yes, protect Iran. No quid pro quo in that cash flow, nuh uh.

CNBC @CNBC
3m

The Democratic-led House of Representatives just voted to approve two measures that will constrain President Donald Trump’s ability to go to war with Iran.

[henry]

The other unionized school district in WI. So the teacher's job and pension are protected.

Vicki McKenna @VickiMcKenna
1m

Madison high school teacher facing multiple federal child pornography charges after being investigated for secretly recording kids.

https://twitter.com/VickiMcKenna/status/1222950476091731969

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Democrat Congressional Committee Demands Google Bury “Climate Misinformation”

Kind of amusing to watch the people always bringing up Galileo assume the position of the Inquisition.

[MissMarple2]

Senator Rand Paul
@RandPaul

My question today is about whether or not individuals who were holdovers from the Obama National Security Council and Democrat partisans conspired with Schiff staffers to plot impeaching the President before there were formal House impeachment proceedings.

My exact question was:

Are you aware that House intelligence committee staffer Shawn Misko had a close relationship with Eric Ciaramella while at the National Security Council together 1/2

and are you aware and how do you respond to reports that Ciaramella and Misko may have worked together to plot impeaching the President before there were formal house impeachment proceedings. 2/2

[KevlarKid]

Every single one of these shampeachment cocks are violating the same oath of office! violate them.

[JM Hanes]

henry:

"MH, perhaps Schiff and Nadler set rules that would ban them from the hearings if they mentioned the precious."

I wouldn't put it past him. Do I ever want Republicans to take back the House, and I think it's not enough for Schiff just to lose his Chairmanship. I'd like to see Republicans release all the materials that he embargoed. I assume he is not allowed to destroy anything, but is there any way to make absolutely sure he doesn't? Does the party in power own the documents its committees produce? Are there "do not destroy" orders which can be issued? Or does that take a legal proceeding of some sort.

Jane:

"BREAKING: Fired Ukrainian Prosecutor Viktor Shokin FILES FEDERAL COMPLAINT Against Joe Biden"

I'm really pleased to hear that folks are beginning to push back through the legal system. Sue 'em all!

[Tom R]

When this all plays out I hope those so certsinnabout their positions will concede whether they were correct or incorrect.

Maryrose @ 1:02

If only you would apply that same standard to yourself.

[D]

Roberts denied a Republican Senator’s question.
I wonder if it was Rand Paul’s about the whistleblower.
Nancy can Baghdad Bob all she wants.
A failure is a failure.
I love how she was shut out of the signing ceremony yesterday.
After holding it up for a year she tried to claim credit.
She better hang on to that gavel tight.
She is not going to have it for long,

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

No offense MM but this stuff about Roberts being blackmailed is hogwash.
Tom Bethell invented the Strange New Respect Award for a reason.
It's the prog culture. Soft people excessively susceptible to peer pressure and conformity will be pressured and will conform.

[JM Hanes]

TomR:

As for what Barr's doing or not doing, yes I did lay out alternatives before, but I'm not going to waste my time playing the refresh-my-memory game, only to have you ask the question all over again next week claiming that nobody's ever answered it. In any case, how do you know it wasn't Barr who told prosecutors to just get the thing over by going back to the no-jail-time recommendation?

[JM Hanes]

henry:

"The Democratic-led House of Representatives just voted to approve two measures that will constrain President Donald Trump’s ability to go to war with Iran."

Republican ad makers are on it!

[matt - deplore me if you must]

So now we are finding that Schiff quashed possible exculpatory evidence. He must have gone to the FBI DC School of Law.

As a member of the bar shouldn't he be up for disbarment? Perjury, and malfeasance, witness tampering are just three of the felonies he has committed.

Does Congressional immunity cover these crimes?

[D]

I admit when I am wrong and try to listen to sensible arguments
Magical thinking doesn’t make an impression on me.
“Just because Flynn says it, doesn’t make it true” An example of befuddled thinking in my opinion.

[Tom R]

Iggy @ 1:13

Did you intend to link to the same article I linked at 12:31?

[Another Bob]

The “Toronto flight from China with seven ill” story is apparently false.

[D]

Matt:
Anything he says on floor of Congress including the letter parody he has immunity for according to their rules.
That is why he can stand on the Senate floor and lie day after day

[Theo]

TomR —

Yes, a FARA conviction has a maximum penalty of five years. I assume that the government was threatening to bring three counts against him, which would equal 15 years. I am virtually certain that there is no “serious crime” hiding in the woodwork.

The judge went off half cocked with this “treason” business as Ig explained. But there was nothing to that either.

[MissMarple2]

STU: "The left should be worried. They want huge tax increases that will lead to a recession. And here comes @POTUS, marching into the belly of the beast, preaching prosperity, energy independence, and America First!" #TrumpRally #IowaCaucus #Impeachment #MyTake #VarneyCo pic.twitter.com/Rrak1fTETy

— Varney & Co. (@Varneyco) January 30, 2020

Video at the link.

[Jim Eagle]

IANAL but correct me if I am wrong that the only person who is banned by law from revealing a Whistleblower's name is the IG the WB has filed his concern with. As I understand it, there is no block on Rand Paul or any person from publicly naming Eric Ciaramella as the WB but what stops them is if wrong they are subjet to defamation liability.

[Theo]

Maryrose —

So if Flynn said it, it must be true, is your idea of fuddled thinking?

[henry]

JiB, further, that only applies if the dude is indeed a whistleblower. The IC IG report said otherwise (as I recall).

[D]

Iggy:
I told MM that the blackmail idea was bunk years ago.
She didn’t listen to me.

[MissMarple2]

Ignatz,

Like I said, it's only a thought. If the guy is just doing it to suck up for cocktail party invitations ad compliments in the Washington Post, he's a completely worthless justice and should retire.

I am done with these spineless people.

[MissMarple2]

D,

OK. You and Iggy are right. I will be quiet and just assume the guy is sucking up to people in DC.

[Tom R]

JMH @ 1:47

You could have answered my question about AG Barr in the amount of time it took you to write that post.

If I tell you I never saw a previous answer to the question from you its a smart bet on your part to believe I am telling you the truth.

In regard to your last sentence, I assume AG Barr is directly involved in all final decisions of Flynn's case which is why I have been asking the question in the first place. If Flynn was a victim of prosecutorial misconduct as many people here have been claiming, AG Barr should have dropped the charges a long time ago.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Was over at PJM where I ran across this comment;

--Rand Paul Immediately left the Senate Chamber to hold an impromptu press conference when his question was declined a second. In the presser he released his question. It was picked up and printed in the Daily Mail. His question was:

"Are you aware that House Intelligence Committee staff ... has a close relationship with ... when at the National Security Council together. Are you aware, and how do you respond to reports that ... and ... may have worked together to plot impeaching the president before there were formal House impeachment proceedings?"

The Daily Mail redacted the names. We know the names. Dread Pirate Roberts knows the Whistleblower Eric Ciaramella and Vindman have no such legal protections.

More farce. More made up laws.--

Amazingly craven and obsequious behavior.

[Theo]

My best guess on Roberts is that what matters most to him is that he not come across as a partisan hack in the eyes of contemporary commentary and in the eyes of history.

The problem of course is that both sides will see any behavior that they do not like as evidence that he IS a partisan hack. It is impossible to please everyone. I think he believes that the liberal voices will be the loudest in both today’s media and in the history books so he is shading things in that direction.

[anonamom]

Attn jimsunny:

Spouse gets coronavirus from spouse infected in Hunan who brought it home.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-coronavirus-patient-infected-spouse-in-1st-human-to-human-case-in-us-cdc/2210301/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_CHBrand

(? fix up a comfy spot in the garage for her to self-quarantine??)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Iggy @ 1:13

Did you intend to link to the same article I linked at 12:31?--

TomR @ 1:53

Did you intend to link the same article at 12:31 that I linked two or three days ago in a discussion about Flynn Jr?

[JM Hanes]

TomR:

This is not the first time you've forgotten answers to your repetitive questions. They just don't seem to penetrate the wall of your own assumptions. I must admit, I've begun to find this whole subject increasingly tedious, so I'll leave to others to continue the argument.

[Jane]

well that's for sure Henry!

[Captain Hate]

Julie Kelly raises an excellent point, to wit, why did Roberts not recuse himself? He personally oversees the FISA court that is an accessory to the crimes IG Horowitz detailed. He absolutely should not be in this seat.

Moreover, as Kelly also says, he should be compelled by the Senate to explain his unbelievable anti-Constitutional censorship of a Senator. This really cannot stand, and needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2020 02:12 PM (NVYyb)

[clarice]

Tiresome here today. I may have to rethink killfile.

[Jane]

"Friend texts me that Roberts still won't allow Rand's question. She is mad."

How does she know that?

[MissMarple2]

clarice,

I am on my second load of laundry and just finished mopping the kitchen.

Makes me feel more virtuous. Heh.

[anonamom]

AG Barr: ‘Militant Secularists Are Trying to Impose Their Values on Religious People’

https://amgreatness.com/2020/01/30/ag-barr-militant-secularists-are-trying-to-impose-their-values-on-religious-people/#.XjMM_FmWdnU.twitter

[MissMarple2]

Jane,

Don't know whether someone on TV clued her in or she read it on Twitter. She was right, though.

I will text her and ask.

[henry]

WTF, sourcing rules? in the Media? (thread)

Adam Housley @adamhousley
2h

Ok this is simple for the people overreacting. I broke the FBI targeting story. I reported everything I knew. The phone call mentioned several names. Just now got a second. Fox required 2 sources. Truth is coming out. I reported they targeted his son. Ask @vabelle2010

https://twitter.com/adamhousley/status/1222928534085066752

[Tom R]

Iggy @ 2:09

I linked the article to back up a point I was making. That article doesn't say one word about Flynn Jr so that is why I asked if you linked it by accident.

[KevlarKid]

muh, muh, muh CORONA!!!

[Jane]

Iggy was that about Rand from today?

Is anyone beside me watching?

Theo, give it a rest - you have been harping on something you have no proof of since you came back. You will never know the answer, so please shut up about it.

[henry]

Housley referring to this tweet:

Adam Housley @adamhousley
3h

Never got to report this. The morning after the election I got a call from a high level source. Said they’d take a big name out by the end of January and Flynn was mentioned as that name.

[Melinda]

Per AOC, you won’t get coronavirus if you just switch to Dos Equis.

[peter]

Does anyone see the irony of Hillary Clinton, who criticized Trump in 2016 (it turned out to be a moot issue) for not accepting results of an election, herself not accepting that she is being served with a lawsuit?