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Trump thought that he was doing something to help

He fired all the important statisticians at Bureau of Labor & Statistics and replaced several w/ corporate nimrods.

Senator, would you like to tell us how that makes sense and why the US Congress did not stop Trump from making those changes at BLS?

Famous southern author Mark Twain poked fun at lawyers for not being able to count in the courtroom.

Actually it was this quote, from Twain's autobiography. It's still apt. Only the people who aren't counting think that Trump is now exposed because of the Epstein Files. Oh, how I personally wish that were true. It's due to redactions being permanent and 47 having undisputed presidential immunity:

Latest Epstein files knock White House on its heels The latest revelations stand to further fracture a party that already splintered once this year over the so-called Epstein files — during a much less politically fraught moment.

There's an old Mark Twain saying that goes something like, "lawyers lack the capacity to count past the shoes they wear and the tie they put on."

Are legal people running Politico? Donald Trump is pretty much untouchable. The GOP controls all three branches, morons

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

⬆️ I suppose having tainted evidence would depend on if Trump's DOJ —or whoever it is prosecuting this case relies on either the hacker's testimony (if the hacker was caught after these alleged incidents happened) or using what the hacker(s) did as an instrument for leverage to put John Bolton away.

What is considered tainted evidence in a United States criminal trial?

I looked this up using ChatGPT. Wouldn't the hacker breaking in through Bolton's computer network and using blackmail constitute something material which is obtained illegally? —

I think Bolton could get this sham trial initiated by 47 to end on tainted evidence alone. How's that? It's this part in Bolton's case: "at one point a hacker gained access to Bolton's account where documents were stored and sent an apparent threat to cause "the biggest scandal..." /2

Why case against John Bolton is not like the others against Trump critics Bolton argues his case is an example of "weaponisation" but legal experts say the charges are serious.

I can't believe I'm defending John Bolton. I read the first paragraph from his new article and immediately lost interest in his reasoning. Did Bolton ever do contract work w/ the CIA? I'm personally not into people who push agendas for the state to pursue. Anyhow... /1

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Fight over counting mail-in ballots after Election Day will go before Supreme Court • Washington State Standard The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took up a Republican-backed challenge to counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.

If Trump and the jingoist #RNC get their way, we'll gradually lose the ability to have free and fair elections through vote-by-mail. It's all part of the plan to turn America into a real corporatocracy or authoritarian state. After all, they stole SCOTUS:

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Executive privilege vs. a US President's absolute immunity

Here is the difference between executive privilege and absolute immunity:

Congressional access of redacted material in documents.

Do you ever use ChatGPT? I looked up this, just now:

PS / It won't matter what the Oversight Committee approves in advance.

Once the redactions are set, I believe it takes the President's signature and not Congress — generally — to undo any redacs.

Trump is immune if they find something anyway thanks to SCOTUS interpreting prez immunity as absolute.

Thanks to redactions none of that will be known for 25 years until /after/ Trump has left office.

I believe that they've put the prior redactions into the national security category.

This means they placed Trump's dalliances into the same category as the blueprints for the newest Air Force bomber.

It can't be used. Have you read the deets regarding the 25th Amendment over at Wikipedia?

It requires JD Vance's direct participation.

He won't ever go along with it, no matter who from his circle tells him it's a good idea. Since it would mean the end of his bid in 2028.

They are all loyalists.

And I would also "consider the source" Blue Dot in a red state.

The WSJ is pretty conservative. Their opinion and op-ed pages are ALWAYS conservative and frequently right-wing.

I personally would not get any news from them — in this day and age.

I'm telling you there are now enough redactions so that won't work. I should remind you that Republicans control all three branches of the US government.

DOJ will attest those redactions cover national security; which translates to the President's job. Then, they'll fall back to Trump being immune.

Sorry to say any investigation by Democrats will end before it even begins: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is behind it.

All part of Trump's plan to run a unitary executive branch, brought to you by Pam Bondi, the Supreme Court, and Stephen Miller who now lives on a US military base

Who woulda thought..? /3

And so, it really doesn't matter that the Oversight Committee is 2X approving this.

If there is a question of Trump's culpability, that same stupid Committee will refer to 1) those prior redactions directly related to Trump and Epstein, and 2) Trump's immunity thanks to SCOTUS granting him this. /2

All of this Epstein "Files" stuff is bogus. Anyone know how redactions work at DOJ?

When Robert Mueller tried to go after Trump during his first term, he couldn't because the DOJ hacks selectively redacted just enough info so that Manafort could later walk out a free man (before Trump's pardon). /1

Reagan-appointed judge resigns to speak against Trump posing a 'threat' to the rule of law Mark L. Wolfe resigned from his role as a senior U.S. district judge in Massachusetts to speak out against what he believes are abject derelictions of duty and abuses of power by Trump.

Fuck Donald Trump. Here's a real never-Trumper & former justice of the peace telling POTUS to fuck all the way off!

We need more white, bald-headed legal and political people to weigh in here.

HEY CHUCK SCHUMER — Kindly step down from your Minority Leader position.

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So it means they can be bought off or just used to impact legal proceedings.

Trump bought off Pam Bondi back in 2016 with $20k. She returned the favor by becoming the DOJ’s A.G.

She cannot count using high numbers, like most legal people are unable to. She is also certifiable, in my humble opinion.

The rich folks have got that judge right where they want her…

Please read Wikipedia. I knew someone who worked in an emergency room. A bus hit Giuffre’s vehicle in that country she was living in.

Do you know what renal failure is? It is when the kidneys fail due to massive bleeding and physical trauma. I’ve just made all my points here. I won’t debate.

It’s the redactions. When the President authorized those (and he’s now immune) it complicated everything. Undoing redactions will be hard. When Trump leaves they will shred documents and released missing or sanitized copies

That heathen judge in Florida re: classified documents started all of this.

"... Hegseth was not involved and the captain's nomination was pulled because she was not a SEAL."

My critique is this. ⬆️ The author(s) could have dug a bit deeper. A lot deeper. That paragraph doesn't tell us anything new.

They didn't dig, and it's pretty much because of Hegseth's people at DOD.

I have absolutely no problem with you posting this. I see this is a recurring problem in our armed forces. I take issue w/ this part written by RS:

"One defense official familiar with the matter said there had been discussions about whether the role was necessary, and a Pentagon source said ..."

I'm not trying to personally put you down. I know you are just posting a link. That is okay.

One of former President George W. Bush's goals was to privatize Social Security. He didn't get far, there. He and Dick Cheney also wanted a unitary executive branch.

We got that. They control all branches.

... an actual redaction means it won't ever turn up for decades.

All of that was intentional. DOJ cited national security or some such bullshit.

And anyways, thanks to SCOTUS — both Trump and all future presidents are pretty much exempt/immune from any and all prosecution I'm sorry to write. /end

Another thing, did you know that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and his wife who co-hosts their show both identify as conservatives; or conservative Democrats? Their interpretation of events may actually be skewed enough to affect their own views.

Word of anything Trump in those files was redacted. /1

Basic math check:

The GOP currently has 219 seats in the House of Representatives.

The simple majority is 218 out of 435 total House seats.

Fact: the Democrats now have 213 seats.

Republicans almost always vote together in lock-step. I'm sorry to write that. They're good at doing that.

Newport officials raise alarm about possible new ICE facility Rumors have spread since last week that the Trump administration is planning an outpost on Oregon's central coast.

Here is the OPB link about a potential ICE compound possibly being built at the existing US Coast Guard facility in Newport, Oregon: www.opb.org/article/2025...