https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_wiretapping_allegations
The CNN report also stated that the Manafort surveillance began after he became the subject of an FBI investigation in 2014. Some commentators cited this report as vindication for Trump's claims, while others noted that it did not confirm the accuracy of Trump's original tweets, and that it is still unknown whether any surveillance of Manafort took place at Trump Tower.[6][7] Manafort owned a condominium in Trump Tower from 2006 until its seizure by federal authorities following his 2018 convictions.[8][9
"I don't think this is saying what this community want to believe it's saying." -GreatTitEnthusiast
I think a relevant point to add to this subject matter is that jet fuel can't melt steel beams if you know what I'm saying.
So far, Newsom has not gutted some of his splashiest policy advancements, including free kindergarten for all 4-year-olds
Is kindergarten not already state sponsored in California? How is this a "splashy" policy? Was the age lowered? Is that what makes it "splashy"?
WOAH WOAH WOAH did Biden cut off bombs to Israel because they wouldn't dig up dirt on Barron? Then yes, I don't see any other course of action possible.
Edit: I am told it may be because members of the democratic constituency are demanding an end to the indiscriminate bombing of unarmed noncombatant civilian baby-children.
If there was no favor or quid pro quo demanded in return for these bombs, but instead the move is actually a half-assed attempt to reduce civilian casualties then it's not the same thing at all.
But New Hampshire is full of damn yankees!
On Feb. 28, 2024, Providence police arrested him on domestic assault charges and the outstanding warrant. The charges remain pending with the Rhode Island Sixth District Court.
Following his arrest and booking into custody at the Adult Correctional Institution in Cranston, ERO Boston officers in Warwick lodged an immigration detainer against him.
On April 10, despite the active immigration detainer, the Guatemalan national was released onto the streets of Providence...
So the story is that he was arrested on Feb 28, at some unspecified time later a detainer was put on him, and over a month later he was for whatever reason released. The Immigration detainer by law only lasts 48 hours. They were holding onto this guy for over a month and ICE is all mad they wouldn't hold him for another 48 hours? Why not swing by and pick him up at some point during the 4 weeks previous?
Was there some reason ICE could not have taken this guy and deported him sometime in March? I don't get it.
Foolish Bongo, you will never receive any admission of wrongdoing by Israel from those who adore her. They demand to hear the condemnation of hamas.
Therefore, yes ok, I condemn Hamas. Fuck hamas! Let them all be separated from this world and sent for divine judgment.
But this isn't enough. You must also agree that Israel should expand her borders.
You must also agree that there is no such thing as a Palestinian, it is a media invention.
You must agree that a two state solution is unthinkable, can never happen, at any cost.
You must agree that the lives of any non-jewish person in east Jerusalem, in the west bank, in Gaza are worthless.
You must agree they should all be killed, men women and children because they are all hamas.
You must agree that anyone who does not accept these prepositions as absolute truth and fact is antisemitic, is a nazi, is also hamas.
Well that's going too far for me and I can't agree with that.
Ok, I will admit to some hyperbole.
But what about this: I have read here and there that Netanyahu has for years supported hamas. There were accusations of leaked secret military plans and suitcases of cash being delivered to hamas. Of efforts to curb the activities of the palestine authority but no such effort to disrupt hamas. Of course I don't know if any of these accusations are true or not. This is the kind of stuff one reads in Haaretz, which admittedly, as all media, has a bias.
Still, could these allegations be true? And, if so, how striking that when Netanyahu was in both political and legal trouble, the pogrom of Oct 7 preserved his position. The suspicious and conspiratorial minded among us might try to make something there, however I don't want to make any suggestions like that.
Neat how his hand jumps from one place to the other in the blink of an eye. It makes me wonder how much editing this clip received and what was the context. It's possible he's as dumb as he appears.
On the other hand, I have seen plenty of people speak with both eloquence and confidence about monetary and economic policy that seem very intelligent and convincing but later turned out to be shoveling out a load of bullshit.
For months, any criticism of Israel's government was met with accusations of antisemitism, accusations of being "pro-hamas". Now that I am pointing out there is criticism of Israel's government coming from Israeli citizens inside Israel, the discussion I see generated avoids the actual topic and goes like: Well Hamas is very bad and has committed terrible atrocities and the IDF may have made a few regrettable mistakes but ackchyually white phosphorus is not illegal...
Why is it so hard for anyone to admit there could be valid reasons to be unhappy with Israel's government - reasons that are not antisemitic or pro-hamas, neither marxist nor nazi, but practical reasons relating to good governance not only for Palestine but Israel itself?
Well what could be going on in Israel, if people are unhappy with Netanyahu's handling of the war (killing Israeli hostages, for example) and unhappy with Israel's extremist right wing government in general? Do you suppose this criticism is coming from hippie leftist antisemitic hamas supporters? My conservative friends tell me any criticism of Israel's a government is certainly hippie leftist nazi antisemitic hamas-loving woke transgender propaganda.
If I understand the timeline correctly, in September, Netanyahu was unpopular, in trouble for corruption, and people were demonstrating in the streets. Suddenly, there was an attack and all dissatisfaction with Likud and Netanyahu vanished.
How could Israel's security forces have blundered so badly to allow such an attack, resulting in a long war agsinst a shadowy guerrilla enemy that you can never be completely sure you've defeated? A war that seems to keep Netanyahu in power. I'm just asking questions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed on Saturday […]
>"...there came a point, a few weeks ago, when I realized, the government isn’t going to end the war, isn’t bringing the hostages back, and isn’t helping the evacuees.”
>" Increasingly, Netanyahu’s many opponents are questioning his handling of the war. Others are questioning the prime minister’s motives, suggesting his political interest lies in the continuation of the fighting, which inevitably delays his political demise. Netanyahu is currently under trial on various charges of corruption."
Protestors against the expansion of the Vietnam war into Cambodia were called "communists" "bums" and "disloyal to the United States". Some were killed by national guardsmen, firing into the crowd of American citizens.
Protestors against the South Africa apartied system were called "communists" "terrorists" and "thugs". Nelson Mandela remained on US terror watch lists until 2008.
I reject and condemn the human rights violations of the Viet Nam war, I reject and condemn the South African Apartied system and I reject and condemn the deliberate killing of unarmed civilian noncombatants of any nation.
Call me what you will.
No I think taking over others people's land and buildings is wrong. Damaging or destroying other people's buildings and keeping people captive, denying them food and medical care is wrong.
It is certainly a sign of moral and cognitive backwardness in this nation that to speak out against the systematic murder of civilian noncombatants is to be called pro-hamas.
To protest the killing of over 13,000 innocent children is to be reviled, called a criminal, and to risk arrest.
It is also backwards that the conservative, who always seems to be on the lookout for government tyrrany, should call for the arrest of those who speak out against their own government supplying bombs that are to be dropped on innocent children.
Great! The bankers are doing well. However, people with jobs are still showing up at community kitchens. The community kitchens that also got their funding cut.
Now you hold onto your biscuits, mister. Are you suggesting that basic human necessities, things that some might consider human rights, shouldn't be turned into commodities?
GOP leaders say the vote was needed to counter White House stonewalling of requests for information. But even some Republicans say there’s no evidence so far of presidential wrongdoing.
Corruption? I wouldn't be very much surprised, simply because rich people in positions of power are like that.
The part about the informant reminded me of another informant that swore up and down that Saddam Hussein had huge stockpiles of "weapons of mass destruction" -remember that? There weren't any.
By a trick of memory, I am also reminded of the previous Gulf war, and the harrowing testimony before Congress of a 15 year old girl about witnessing Iraqi soldiers emptying and taking incubators from a Kuwaiti hospital and leaving Kuwaiti babies to die on the cold hard floor. This also turned out to be a completely fictional story, told by (it was later revealed) the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador, that had been coached by a public relations firm called Hill & Knowlton, that was at the time contracted by the Kuwaiti government.
So I guess you can't always trust informants or evidence produced by republican activity.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination — will debate Thursday on Fox News' 'Hannity.'
What can we expect? A lot of empty bullshit from both of them. Make your predictions here.
Retired judge Michael Luttig is battling to stop a Trump victory – which he says would be ‘catastrophic for America’s democracy’
If I'm reading this right, Jan 6 is not the issue.Telling Pence not to follow constitutional procedure is the issue.