and how the hell was the Grenell thing a one-day story that was reported on and then forgotten? if Biden had gone around behind Trump's back in 2020 to cut deals, the media would have never shut the fuck up about it
Thank you so much for talking about it. I have been shocked that this guy is going around committing treason and it is not a big story! In fact, I first read about it in WaPo, but then in The Guardian. Just one time. It is huge. It seems like committing treason is like speeding. If no one pulls you over you can just keep on going as fast as you want!
Think of what happened to the Rosenbergs. Ethel may only have typed her husband's communications and she got the electric chair. Grenell, Manafort, Flynn (and maybe Jared) and their enablers are a "whole 'nother" league. And they are doing it in plain sight. Where are the brakes on this wretched bus? Apparently there are no doors, either.
I guess we don't give the death penalty for treason anymore, or Trump would have a lot more to be worried about than he does now. He is Treacherous-treasonous-traitorous-tantruming-Trump!
Instead committing treason seems to be like speeding. If no one stops you, you can keep on speeding. That is what Treacherous-treasonous-traitorous-tantruming-Trump is used to. He just keeps on speeding right past all of the laws of the land.
I'm still betting that most of those were intended as an additional revenue stream as much as fucking up US relationships with the rest of the world, but hey, it wouldn't be the first time he had multiple motives for one nefarious thing or another...
And the massive amount of boxes full of only God knows what, were meant to hide the dozen or so important, valuable and dangerous documents. I fucking hate him and every single person who likes him.
reminds me of one my father's sayings: fuck you and everyone who looks like you. I've employed that a few times against members of the R party. Fortunately for the world, there aren't many people who look like Trump. Poor Barron may age into it - he looks the most Trumpy of all the spawn.
Give the kid a chance he might be the exception to the family asshole rule ,he could surprise everyone and commit patricide ,no one could or would blame or convict him ,the lanky prick would be a national hero!😜
In his final hours as the top US intelligence official, Richard Grenell took one last swipe at congressional Democrats and declassified more documents tied to the origins of the Russia investigation. His actions were emblematic of a short but consequential and controversial tenure as the acting director of national intelligence.
On Dateline WH today Mark Elias reminded America that Cortporations bought full page ads against voters rights laws 3 years ago. Crickets since. Where are they now? Too many willing to go back to the dark side and Trump. Had "we" as in McConnell and others put an end to this Monstrosity in the Senate with conviction but they just couldn't one day out of their lives do the right thing for the country. Ditto on Bolton, same show. They can't do it. And we know why.
They absolutely should have passed a bill enshrining the Emoluments Clause AND adding in an enforcement mechanism. I couldn't believe how toothless that ended up being, but I guess we haven't really had to worry about it until PAB.
Exactly that was brought up and conveniently and quickly ignored so that Trump could keep fleecing taxpayers - and CD scumbags trying to buy influence in the Trump crime family - and sticking the cash that flows through his properties into his own bank account
At the rate it’s going, DJ T will be a penny stock this summer. I’ve heard, but have not yet confirmed, that the market for penny stock sales in prison is robust, with a relatively steady influx of new clientele. This could work out for Trump after all. As they say in marketing, it’s all about the timing.
Yes, Jeff, how the hell is a fuckface indicted criminal allowed to walk around freely? And the more existential question - why isn’t he dead yet? I ponder the total cockroach that he is and how he has spawned zillions of roaches crawling all over us. It’s a horror show that keeps going on and on…
Sure makes you wonder considering loathsome Lara was instructed to keep that RNC money going to the felonious fuckface defense fund. Perhaps one of those GOP gazillionaires like Harlan Crow is footing the bill for more of this beyond belief bullshit. In the meantime, we all can't figure why that insane turd who is the biggest threat to world since that guy with goofy mustache is allowed to carry on like this.
This insanity has to be a result of what ever the fuck Trump gleened from the classified documents ,he’s got the ultimate insurance policy,and an outright pass to do whatever the fuck he wants to ! How else can this shit be explained? He owns the SCOTUS ,A TOTALLY BAGGED CONGRESS ,THE JUSTICE DEPT SEEMS CRIPPLED, THE ONLY THING HE MISSED WAS A BLESSING FROM THE POPE ! It’s that or the CIA dosed the entire country and we’re all tripping!
Remember the RNC got hacked too, before the 2016 election, but none of that was ever wikileaked from that albino-rapist, putin-loving Assange. He leaked only what Putin told himto.
I do hope Biden has gotten the FBI involved here (as LBJ did) -- it needs to be on the official record AND investigated -- heaven knows, it's probably way worse than it looks on the surface. Of course, any evidence turned up will evaporate if FuckFace gets reelected.
TC, I am breathless at the breathtaking audacity Trump and the MAGA Republicans continue to operate their illegal, treasonous operations AGAINST the interests of our country. You said it best: it’s probably way worse than it looks on the surface. That is terrifying. AG Garland needs to rein in this nonsense. Gawd!
When Kissinger and Nixon et al got us mired deeper in Vietnam to win an election, it was disastrous enough. Reagan was a disaster for the US, period, but his manipulation of the Iran hostage situation wasn't as immediately dangerous to this country. (Other things he did certainly were, but that's another story.)
But this -- this has the potential to pull us into a third world war, with a dipshit who loves pretending he's a tough guy as Commander in Chief (aka Supreme Leader) -- who also has no trouble just rolling over for Russia. And a lot of the countries that could be involved have nuclear weapons at their disposal. Not good.
a couple things, the Iranian hostages were not released hours after Reagan was sworn in, they were released simultaneously. CBS et al complied by cutting between the hostages being released and the Inauguration. a more egregious example of media merging with Republican propaganda I haven't seen. second, what Grenel is doing is so completely a violation of the Logan Act. it defies belief that DOJ just sits around with its thumb up its ass. But then I remember that Garland is a Republican through and through.
Not only is Garland a Fed Soc/R stooge — DOJ was too important to be a lab for Biden’s bipartisanship, a great intention but impossible with magat Rs — but FBI director Wray is a trump appointee. Since everything is transactional with trump & given Wray’s history (those pesky erased messages, for example), I imagine Wray is protecting trump. Nevertheless, it is beyond infuriating that these traitors get away with it in plain sight. And of course that only reinforces them to do even more heinous things to our democracy and national security.
The thing is, while Garland wasn't considered a left-wing radical (by anyone except the right-wing morons in Congress) he had a pretty solid middle-of-the-road/leaning liberal record before that. It wasn't until he started waffling on Jan 6 prosecutions that things started to look much different...
I can't remember at the moment who it was who recommended Garland for the Supreme Court nomination, but I learned recently who it was -- again, can't remember a specific name, but it was def a prominent and seriously right-wing nutjob in the Senate... and I'm wondering a) what that person knew about Garland that most people (especially the Dems) didn't and b) why in the world weren't Obama and Biden suspicious?
It’s to much to ignore. Garland will be the next one with indictments and he should be for allowing a rogue power like DT so much freedom to globally attempt the downfall of America. Garland could have had this done with by now. Why hasn’t he?
THIS POST OF YOURS, JEFF—-SHOULD BE ON THE FRONT FUCKING PAGES OF ALL MEDIA OUTLETS!!!! WTF
(on a lighter note-6:00 central time 90 fm WWSP campus station hosts the world’s largest trivia contest for 54 straight hours! Playing oldies music between 8 questions per hour) Soooo——If you need a break from this shitshow of maggots…tune in. Have a nice weekend everyone!
This has pissed me off for sometime now How indeed is this traitor allowed to run a shadow presidency? He was not elected. He is the Speaker of thr House? Orban goes to trump but skips President Biden? Why aren't the representative people we did elect not acting on behalf of the people? Why the hell is simply rrporting his actions sufficient? Who can do anything about it? Dammit
I’m so sick of the wimpy reaction from the Dems and the media. They should be hair on fire stop them now. The infuriating part is they have all the proof they need to understand the treachery and danger having no consequences will ensure.
Where in the fuck is our DOJ???? What is Merrick Garland doing other than nothing???? The Logan Act sounds like a good thing to enforce. Hanging in hope for Monday.
This just gets more and more depressing. I am more and more sure of my decision to get the fuck out of that shithole until we see if it is going to fall into the hands of Putin’s proxy. What a sad thing this is. I hope like hell people vote to stop this bullshit but even if Biden wins, that pos isn’t going anywhere unless someone can finally throw his fat ass in jail.
I am so fucking sick of Trump’s illegal shit! Why the fuck isn’t the Biden administration doing anything about this? If they are, someone please tell me what it is?
They’ll probably give Trump government secrets before the election. 😤
We all know that if the shoe was on the other foot all Democrats would be in jail or concentration camps by now! If trump is elected president retribution will happen on a scale this country has never seen— and it will be too late to do anything…….
When I learned of Nixon’s treachery (Vietnam), I could only pray he would burn in eternal hell. Then we have Reagan with the hostages and leading to his dealings in the Iran-Contra affair. Reagan was certainly the great orator. He was also a GOP pawn IMHO. But today we have a man who by some measures commits treason and certainly sedition (January 6). It will be oddly fitting if his downfall comes about by hush money to a porn star. As for the GOP, time to some serious self-inventory—sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
and how the hell was the Grenell thing a one-day story that was reported on and then forgotten? if Biden had gone around behind Trump's back in 2020 to cut deals, the media would have never shut the fuck up about it
Thank you so much for talking about it. I have been shocked that this guy is going around committing treason and it is not a big story! In fact, I first read about it in WaPo, but then in The Guardian. Just one time. It is huge. It seems like committing treason is like speeding. If no one pulls you over you can just keep on going as fast as you want!
Think of what happened to the Rosenbergs. Ethel may only have typed her husband's communications and she got the electric chair. Grenell, Manafort, Flynn (and maybe Jared) and their enablers are a "whole 'nother" league. And they are doing it in plain sight. Where are the brakes on this wretched bus? Apparently there are no doors, either.
That bus must be made by BOEING.
I guess we don't give the death penalty for treason anymore, or Trump would have a lot more to be worried about than he does now. He is Treacherous-treasonous-traitorous-tantruming-Trump!
He is more worried about offending Putin.
And probably with good reason, known only to him and Putin.
But had no problem sending others to die per the death penalty. What goes around comes around MF.
As I've said, karma is a stone cold bitch!!
I thought treason was a crime but then I thought no one was above the law.
Turns out that too is just a paywall.
That's such a great way to phrase it. As long as you're rich (and white) enough, you can get away with anything.
More than ever!
The Savings & Loan crisis, prison time.
Banking crisis & world wide Recession-0. OK, that one guy from Countryside...
I tried to tweak it to modern times.
Instead committing treason seems to be like speeding. If no one stops you, you can keep on speeding. That is what Treacherous-treasonous-traitorous-tantruming-Trump is used to. He just keeps on speeding right past all of the laws of the land.
😂😂
And now we know why LDFF took all those intelligence files with him when he left.
I'm still betting that most of those were intended as an additional revenue stream as much as fucking up US relationships with the rest of the world, but hey, it wouldn't be the first time he had multiple motives for one nefarious thing or another...
And the massive amount of boxes full of only God knows what, were meant to hide the dozen or so important, valuable and dangerous documents. I fucking hate him and every single person who likes him.
reminds me of one my father's sayings: fuck you and everyone who looks like you. I've employed that a few times against members of the R party. Fortunately for the world, there aren't many people who look like Trump. Poor Barron may age into it - he looks the most Trumpy of all the spawn.
Now that Barron's 18, he's FAIR GAME.
Give the kid a chance he might be the exception to the family asshole rule ,he could surprise everyone and commit patricide ,no one could or would blame or convict him ,the lanky prick would be a national hero!😜
I doubt it, Barron is on the Autism spectrum
love your dad.
It’s expensive to run a government in exile.
Touché
Well… Malcolm Nance’s Substack gives information about other possible happenings on Monday:
https://open.substack.com/pub/malcolmnance/p/warning-april-15th-day-of-terrorism?r=418k7&utm_medium=ios
Thanks, yes, I’d seen this.
In his final hours as the top US intelligence official, Richard Grenell took one last swipe at congressional Democrats and declassified more documents tied to the origins of the Russia investigation. His actions were emblematic of a short but consequential and controversial tenure as the acting director of national intelligence.
What a malicious weasel. Who let Grenell leave home wearing that tie ?
He is a bad gay man, he is the type the consevratives tar the other not assholish 99% with being.
It should be a noose !
He oughta be jailed just for that damn tie!
It saddens me that Grenell is gay.
We need to get this on the air at MSNBC or somewhere!!!!
The Republicans would have opened an investigation?
Grenell was such a fuck up as ambassador to Germany, under orangina, that they sent him back.
Strange but true!
On Dateline WH today Mark Elias reminded America that Cortporations bought full page ads against voters rights laws 3 years ago. Crickets since. Where are they now? Too many willing to go back to the dark side and Trump. Had "we" as in McConnell and others put an end to this Monstrosity in the Senate with conviction but they just couldn't one day out of their lives do the right thing for the country. Ditto on Bolton, same show. They can't do it. And we know why.
Business as usual...
They absolutely should have passed a bill enshrining the Emoluments Clause AND adding in an enforcement mechanism. I couldn't believe how toothless that ended up being, but I guess we haven't really had to worry about it until PAB.
Welp they finally got Capone on tax evasion, so I guess nothing new here…
Actually Capone wasn’t running ‘for President’, so false equivalency :/
Exactly that was brought up and conveniently and quickly ignored so that Trump could keep fleecing taxpayers - and CD scumbags trying to buy influence in the Trump crime family - and sticking the cash that flows through his properties into his own bank account
props to Ms. Spouse for suggesting I change "undermine" in the headline to "sabotage." credit where credit is due
Jeff,
Mrs Spouse is 100% Correct.
Add the Word Traitor in there.
And as i have said before add nauseum,
The Coup Continues
On a brighter note shares of DJT which went public on March 26th opened at $70.90 and at market close yesterday
Was $32.41
At the opening bell this Friday morning the stock was trading down another TWO. Dollars a share . The day is young......
At the rate it’s going, DJ T will be a penny stock this summer. I’ve heard, but have not yet confirmed, that the market for penny stock sales in prison is robust, with a relatively steady influx of new clientele. This could work out for Trump after all. As they say in marketing, it’s all about the timing.
Couldn't Happen to a nicer schmuck
I do love the image of unavoidable dollars going up in smoke before that greedy grubs eyes, "no". And quietly we say, YES!
Because it is sabotage. Never has an American citizen worked so hard to undermine his own country.
PUBLICLY!
Impossible without a corrupt GOP and Koch brother type billionaires working with them.
That shouldn't matter right now, nor should the house repubs matter right now. This is serious business, and someone needs to stop it.
Of course it matters, how we got here is also why we can't make it stop. Hello?
Fox News, etc.
And we yell at the clouds from the rooftops.
If only those on the ground could hear.
Amen!
Definitely more effective in getting your point across.
@JeffTiedrich, you know it's not the first time. He'll do anything for 'Trump Tower Moscow'.
Remember Mike Flynn (who is still collecting his full military pension after undermining sanctions against Putin and then lying about it?
Yes, Jeff, how the hell is a fuckface indicted criminal allowed to walk around freely? And the more existential question - why isn’t he dead yet? I ponder the total cockroach that he is and how he has spawned zillions of roaches crawling all over us. It’s a horror show that keeps going on and on…
The AntiChrist is the only explanation I can come up with.
Maybe that book got something right.
😆😆
And where are the gun nuts when you need one?
I prefer Vlad the Impaler.
Your last question… how does he get away with it? How indeed! This never ends-and at Americas peril. Trump needs to join OJ in hell.
Who is bankrolling Grenell’s little sojourns? The RNC?
Sure makes you wonder considering loathsome Lara was instructed to keep that RNC money going to the felonious fuckface defense fund. Perhaps one of those GOP gazillionaires like Harlan Crow is footing the bill for more of this beyond belief bullshit. In the meantime, we all can't figure why that insane turd who is the biggest threat to world since that guy with goofy mustache is allowed to carry on like this.
This insanity has to be a result of what ever the fuck Trump gleened from the classified documents ,he’s got the ultimate insurance policy,and an outright pass to do whatever the fuck he wants to ! How else can this shit be explained? He owns the SCOTUS ,A TOTALLY BAGGED CONGRESS ,THE JUSTICE DEPT SEEMS CRIPPLED, THE ONLY THING HE MISSED WAS A BLESSING FROM THE POPE ! It’s that or the CIA dosed the entire country and we’re all tripping!
💥
Ergot poisoning ?
Beware the BREAD . 🍞 😵💫
That’s a great question 🤔
putin
Remember the RNC got hacked too, before the 2016 election, but none of that was ever wikileaked from that albino-rapist, putin-loving Assange. He leaked only what Putin told himto.
Good question!
Most likely all global axis entities working toward the downfall of American democracy
The Federalist society crossed my mind on the funding question,or any one of dozens of oligarchs here and in the newest state of Russia .🇷🇺
Probably some right-wing billionaire asshole. Maybe Harlan Crow? He's already bought and paid for a Supreme Court Justice.
Probably the U-line businees supply guy, anything evil going on, he's a major donor.
The American oligarchs
How does he get away with it? Because Merrick Garland is too weak to go after him.
Why has Grenell not been arrested for violating the Logan act. A private citizen has no business messing in foreign affairs.
Perhaps a lawyer reading this can answer. Can We the People file a class-action suit against Grenell?
excellent question
It can’t come fast enough!!
He is allowed to get away with it. Always has been.
Right next to his wife...with no headstone.
They were very close.
That is EXACTLY what I've been wanting to know.
I do hope Biden has gotten the FBI involved here (as LBJ did) -- it needs to be on the official record AND investigated -- heaven knows, it's probably way worse than it looks on the surface. Of course, any evidence turned up will evaporate if FuckFace gets reelected.
TC, I am breathless at the breathtaking audacity Trump and the MAGA Republicans continue to operate their illegal, treasonous operations AGAINST the interests of our country. You said it best: it’s probably way worse than it looks on the surface. That is terrifying. AG Garland needs to rein in this nonsense. Gawd!
When Kissinger and Nixon et al got us mired deeper in Vietnam to win an election, it was disastrous enough. Reagan was a disaster for the US, period, but his manipulation of the Iran hostage situation wasn't as immediately dangerous to this country. (Other things he did certainly were, but that's another story.)
But this -- this has the potential to pull us into a third world war, with a dipshit who loves pretending he's a tough guy as Commander in Chief (aka Supreme Leader) -- who also has no trouble just rolling over for Russia. And a lot of the countries that could be involved have nuclear weapons at their disposal. Not good.
God forbid Garland gets involved. He might look “partisan” and we can’t have that! Laws be damned!!
Graland is to busy NOT doing ANYTHING.
a couple things, the Iranian hostages were not released hours after Reagan was sworn in, they were released simultaneously. CBS et al complied by cutting between the hostages being released and the Inauguration. a more egregious example of media merging with Republican propaganda I haven't seen. second, what Grenel is doing is so completely a violation of the Logan Act. it defies belief that DOJ just sits around with its thumb up its ass. But then I remember that Garland is a Republican through and through.
that's what I get for relying on my memory. that's the one fact in this piece that I didn't google to confirm
That was how I remembered it too, Jeff.
Not only is Garland a Fed Soc/R stooge — DOJ was too important to be a lab for Biden’s bipartisanship, a great intention but impossible with magat Rs — but FBI director Wray is a trump appointee. Since everything is transactional with trump & given Wray’s history (those pesky erased messages, for example), I imagine Wray is protecting trump. Nevertheless, it is beyond infuriating that these traitors get away with it in plain sight. And of course that only reinforces them to do even more heinous things to our democracy and national security.
The thing is, while Garland wasn't considered a left-wing radical (by anyone except the right-wing morons in Congress) he had a pretty solid middle-of-the-road/leaning liberal record before that. It wasn't until he started waffling on Jan 6 prosecutions that things started to look much different...
I can't remember at the moment who it was who recommended Garland for the Supreme Court nomination, but I learned recently who it was -- again, can't remember a specific name, but it was def a prominent and seriously right-wing nutjob in the Senate... and I'm wondering a) what that person knew about Garland that most people (especially the Dems) didn't and b) why in the world weren't Obama and Biden suspicious?
Orrin Hatch.
Thank you! it's driven me crazy trying to remember all afternoon...
You're welcome.
sadly...
It’s to much to ignore. Garland will be the next one with indictments and he should be for allowing a rogue power like DT so much freedom to globally attempt the downfall of America. Garland could have had this done with by now. Why hasn’t he?
C’mon folks. It’s only a meeting of coup plotters planning for the next insurrection.
So true. Working for Putin against American interests is what MAGA does best
THIS POST OF YOURS, JEFF—-SHOULD BE ON THE FRONT FUCKING PAGES OF ALL MEDIA OUTLETS!!!! WTF
(on a lighter note-6:00 central time 90 fm WWSP campus station hosts the world’s largest trivia contest for 54 straight hours! Playing oldies music between 8 questions per hour) Soooo——If you need a break from this shitshow of maggots…tune in. Have a nice weekend everyone!
This has pissed me off for sometime now How indeed is this traitor allowed to run a shadow presidency? He was not elected. He is the Speaker of thr House? Orban goes to trump but skips President Biden? Why aren't the representative people we did elect not acting on behalf of the people? Why the hell is simply rrporting his actions sufficient? Who can do anything about it? Dammit
I’m so sick of the wimpy reaction from the Dems and the media. They should be hair on fire stop them now. The infuriating part is they have all the proof they need to understand the treachery and danger having no consequences will ensure.
OMG i literally just posted this on FB this morning !!!!!! How is HE allowed to shut down legislation for anything?!!!!
Where in the fuck is our DOJ???? What is Merrick Garland doing other than nothing???? The Logan Act sounds like a good thing to enforce. Hanging in hope for Monday.
Exactly where’s Waldo who gives a fuck about doing the right thing about anything. How did the greedy slim bags rob our government of their minds
This just gets more and more depressing. I am more and more sure of my decision to get the fuck out of that shithole until we see if it is going to fall into the hands of Putin’s proxy. What a sad thing this is. I hope like hell people vote to stop this bullshit but even if Biden wins, that pos isn’t going anywhere unless someone can finally throw his fat ass in jail.
Vote Vote Vote!
Get everybody and your Grandma to Vote come November. Friggin whelk chairs and all!
Its Time America
Not to worry...Roevember is coming.
Hoping he'll stroke out by September
It would be karma.
I am so fucking sick of Trump’s illegal shit! Why the fuck isn’t the Biden administration doing anything about this? If they are, someone please tell me what it is?
They’ll probably give Trump government secrets before the election. 😤
Sorry, but I can’t take this shit anymore.
We all know that if the shoe was on the other foot all Democrats would be in jail or concentration camps by now! If trump is elected president retribution will happen on a scale this country has never seen— and it will be too late to do anything…….
R’s gaming the system has become so normalized, ppl both accept AND expect it, it seems :/ literally *shrug*
Gaming? If only. The GOP perverts the system with its white is black.
If all this doesn't make your blood run cold I guess nothing will.
When I learned of Nixon’s treachery (Vietnam), I could only pray he would burn in eternal hell. Then we have Reagan with the hostages and leading to his dealings in the Iran-Contra affair. Reagan was certainly the great orator. He was also a GOP pawn IMHO. But today we have a man who by some measures commits treason and certainly sedition (January 6). It will be oddly fitting if his downfall comes about by hush money to a porn star. As for the GOP, time to some serious self-inventory—sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
Don't forget Dubya, putting ALITO on the SCOTUS !
No fan of Alito or Dubya. However, Dubya worked within the bounds of his office regardless of my dislike. Nixon, Reagan, and Trump went out of bounds.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION,
ring a bell ?
Yes, how soon they forget lying to invade a sovreign country.