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February 21, 2023

Rachel Is Going On About Manafort Getting Yanukovych Elected But Neglects To Mention Devine

“Those who heard Devine’s interviews and watched his Sanders TV ads therefore may be surprised to know that, in the years and months leading up to the Sanders presidential campaign, Devine was making gobs of money to secure the election of one of the world’s most corrupt political figures and then his allies.

Thanks to Robert S. Mueller III’s prosecution of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman and sometime business associate of Devine, we now have an unusual glimpse into the role the Democratic ad man had in electing and preserving the power of Ukraine’s Viktor Yanukovych, a crooked pro-Putin autocrat. Though American political consultants routinely rake in cash from foreign leaders — even shady ones — Devine’s seamless pivot from advocate for antidemocratic thug to champion of a principled democratic reformer shows extraordinary flexibility.”

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/opinion/columns/2018/08/03/dana-milbank-tad-devine-bernie/10585382007/

February 10, 2023

"Dominion Voting attorney calls out Fox for missing evidence in defamation lawsuit"

Dominion Voting attorney calls out Fox for missing evidence in defamation lawsuit

Key Points
• Dominion Voting Systems said Fox News and its parent company still haven’t produced evidence, two months before the two are set to go to trial.

• A Fox attorney said he disagreed, pointing out Dominion has been late to produce documents itself.

• Dominion sued Fox for $1.6 billion, arguing the company and its networks made false claims that its voting machines rigged the 2020 election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/08/dominion-fox-missing-evidence-lawsuit.html




February 9, 2023

Do You Know Who First Placed The Resolute Desk In The Oval Office?

“The Resolute desk was received at the White House on November 23, 1880, and shortly thereafter was moved to the second floor. It stayed in the President's Office and President's Study until the White House Reconstruction from 1948 to 1952. After the reconstruction, it was placed in the Broadcast Room where Dwight D. Eisenhower used it during both radio and television broadcasts. Jackie Kennedy rediscovered the desk and had it brought to the Oval Office in 1961. The desk was removed from the White House after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and went on a traveling exhibition with artifacts of the Kennedy Presidential Library. It was then put on display in the Smithsonian Institution.

President Jimmy Carter brought the desk back to the Oval Office in 1977, where it has remained since, save that George H. W. Bush used the C&O desk in the Oval Office but kept the Resolute desk in the White House.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolute_desk

February 8, 2023

Too Old Is He?

Congrats PJB

February 4, 2023

Senators Scott & Lee Lose Their Seats On The Commerce Committee

“Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is upset that he has lost his seat on the Senate Commerce Committee, blaming the decision on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who quashed Scott’s leadership challenge late last year.

McConnell made the decision,” Scott told NBC News, “I got a text that I wasn’t on it. Nobody called me.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/scott-cut-key-committee-failed-bid-mcconnell-rcna68800

“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell booted two Republican lawmakers from a powerful Senate committee on Wednesday after an unsuccessful attempt last year to oust him from his longtime leadership position.

Senate Republicans Rick Scott of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah are no longer members of the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees issues related to interstate commerce, science and technology policy, and transportation. “

https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20230202458/mcconnell-ousts-senate-republicans-rick-scott-and-mike-lee-from-commerce-committee-both-challenged-mcconnells-continued-leadership

https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/sen-lee-booted-from-senate-commerce-committee-by-sen-mcconnell/


February 2, 2023

Why Isn't The Media Reporting On Justice Robert's Wife's Ethics Issues?

The Times is and has assigned a second reporter to the court who says they have no ides what's coming to them. Apparently Mrs. Roberts has been raking in millions.

At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties

The chief justice’s wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, has made millions in her career recruiting lawyers to prominent law firms, some of which have business before the court. Now, a letter sent to Congress claims that may present a conflict of interest.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/us/john-roberts-jane-sullivan-roberts.html

“Topline

“The wife of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is facing scrutiny for potential conflict of interests after a former colleague warned the Justice Department and Congress about her role as a recruiter for law firms, the New York Times reports, the latest ethical issue to face the court after Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife already came under fire for potential conflicts.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/01/31/chief-justice-roberts-wife-is-latest-supreme-court-spouse-to-spark-ethics-concerns/?sh=432da59e5bb8

There is also this…

“A year after Amy Coney Barrett joined the Supreme Court, the boutique Indiana firm SouthBank Legal opened its first-ever Washington office in Penn Quarter, a move the firm hailed in a 2021 press release as an “important milestone.

But if anyone wants to find out whether Jesse Barrett’s clients have a direct interest in cases being decided by his wife, they’re out of luck. In the Supreme Court’s notoriously porous ethical disclosure system, Barrett not only withholds her husband’s clients, but redacted the name of SouthBank Legal itself in her most recent disclosure.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/29/justices-spouses-conflict-of-interest-disclosures-00059549

January 28, 2023

Looks LIke THe Times Is Now Charging For Spelling Bee

How long before Wordle?

January 5, 2023

First Jayapal Has A Tete To Tete With Gaetz

Now she's having a small convo with Jeffries and Clark

What's up?

January 5, 2023

McCarthy Has His Second Saturn Return In 2023

“McCarthy, 26 January 1965 12.40pm Bakersfield, California, is a Sun Aquarius heading for his Second Saturn Return in 2023. He does have an Earth Grand Trine of Jupiter trine Venus Mercury in Capricorn trine Uranus Pluto in Virgo, which should ground him in the real world, but it forms into a Kite with Neptune being the driving planet. So it all dissipates into a sea fog.

With tr Uranus wobbling his Jupiter Neptune seesaw through 2023 he’ll be on a dizzying circuit of highs and lows, mainly the latter. Plus his Solar Arc Neptune in a confused conjunction to his Mercury and a disappointing one to his Venus now. And by 2024 into 2025 it looks as if his goose is cooked with tr Neptune opposition his Mars, flagging up a dented ego and failure.”

https://star4cast.com/kevin-mccarthy-jupiter-neptune-misplaced-hopes/

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