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Hamas Launches ‘Stones Of David’ Counter-Offensive In Gaza City
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-Great Cultural Revolution
Sky News Australia's Rita Panahi has her take on the gayest Viking's cheerleader, Tampon Walz.
[YouTube] Rita Panahi's "lefties loosing it" are pure gems, not to be missed. How many other news channels nail the Nebraska carpet bagging Chinese fairy like this?


Posted by: Woodrow || 08/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [127 views] Top|| File under:

#1  There should be Polimarket odds on Tim ending up in jail at some point.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/22/2025 6:48 Comments || Top||

#2  I had to stop watching when James Comey started talking about Taylor Swift. I just couldn't take it anymore. Gag me.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/22/2025 12:57 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Patel's FBI raids John Bolton's home in high-profile national security probe
[NY Post] Uh oh!
FBI agents raided former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton’s DC-area home Friday morning in a high-profile national security probe, The Post can exclusively reveal.

Federal agents busted into Bolton’s house in Bethesda, Md., at 7 a.m. in an investigation ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel, a Trump administration official told The Post.

"NO ONE is above the law... @FBI agents on mission," he said in a cryptic post to X shortly after the raid began.

The probe — which is said to involve classified documents — was first launched years ago, but the Biden administration shut it down "for political reasons," according to a senior US official.

Bolton has previously been accused of including classified information in his 2020 book, "The Room Where it Happened."

President Trump fought to quash its publication over its inclusion of national secrets — saying Bolton broke an NDA signed as a condition of his employment — but was ultimately unsuccessful.

His first-term Justice Department opened an inquiry into the book in September 2020.
Posted by: Frank G || 08/22/2025 07:20 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [269 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Let's hope that Bolton is the low hanging fruit and that DOJ will get him to testify against people further up the ladder.
Posted by: Chantry || 08/22/2025 10:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Did they check his wife's underwear drawer?


Snark O'The Day
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/22/2025 10:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Did they raid Bolton's mustache yet?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 08/22/2025 11:03 Comments || Top||


#5  Its all coming back to them. Finally. I only wish Dick Cheney and McCain were around to share a cel.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 08/22/2025 12:24 Comments || Top||

#6  Raid a guy that everyone hates first. If the leftists defend him, it’s like defending DC carjackers. If they don’t defend him, they raid a Dem. If the leftists protest, they ask why it was OK to raid Bolton but not the Dem.
Regardless, we will find out if Bolton is working for somebody and if he keeps more classified stuff in his house than Biden did.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/22/2025 12:41 Comments || Top||

#7  Primum traitores, subito adversus
-Cicero
Posted by: Jefe101 || 08/22/2025 14:27 Comments || Top||

#8  Nobody is above the law. At least that's what they say.
Posted by: Regular joe || 08/22/2025 15:57 Comments || Top||

#9  So they think he has a 'stache of classified information?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/22/2025 16:11 Comments || Top||

#10  ^^^^^^
are we waiting for Bolton to WAX eloquent?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 08/22/2025 16:20 Comments || Top||

#11  Lawyers may have told him not to, as his defense is pencil thin.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/22/2025 16:36 Comments || Top||

#12  Well, that's another one that Trump hired.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 08/22/2025 18:10 Comments || Top||


Due to vote irregularities at the DFL convention, DFL is revoking its Omar Fateh endorsement
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Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [130 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  ...TRANSLATION: "This nutcase is too much of a whackjob even for us."
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 08/22/2025 6:20 Comments || Top||

#2  He’ll still get elected. The Domali machine is an express train. There are no stops to off and on load candidates.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/22/2025 6:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Ain't it rich, dems citing voting irregularities. I suppose the dead didn't vote the way they should have.
Posted by: Melancholic || 08/22/2025 16:28 Comments || Top||


Appeals court throws out $527 million NY civil penalty against Trump
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Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [252 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Judge who fined Trump $500M gets the books thrown at him
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2025 0:40 Comments || Top||

#2  ...They knew perfectly well that it was going to be thrown out by an even vaguely unbiased court - but DJT wasn't supposed to win. He was supposed to quit the race, get a case of the dead, or be cheated out of a victory.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 08/22/2025 6:22 Comments || Top||

#3  She banked on the fact that the SCOTUS would not a state law case and that every level of tge NY judiciary would be totally corrupt. Her odds were not zero.

Probably should not have picked a mortage deaud case all things considered. She may have wiped out half of Congress by the end of it.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/22/2025 6:41 Comments || Top||

#4  ^Have you considered the theory that these people are simply crazy?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/22/2025 6:58 Comments || Top||

#5  Crazy doesn’t get you elected. She’s evil and manipulative. Luckily she is not a criminal mastermind.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/22/2025 7:53 Comments || Top||

#6  Crazy doesn’t get you elected.

It does if your constituency is crazy.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/22/2025 10:27 Comments || Top||

#7  Insanity is key to winning elections.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 08/22/2025 11:05 Comments || Top||

#8  Have you considered the theory that these people are simply crazy?

I think they're sociopaths. I don't know if that's considered crazy or just reptilian.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/22/2025 12:36 Comments || Top||

#9  I also believe they knew that higher court rulings would go against their lawfare but they figured it was worth it if it generated bad publicity for Trump and cost him big bucks for his legal defense. Whoopi Goldberg on The View got to holler "Guilty!" thirty-four times and they all thought that was wonderful. Soft-headed, gullible women who watch that show were all convinced that it was the truth and they'll never hear about the civil penalty getting tossed. The same goes for the suits against his executive orders but the object there is to obstruct as much as possible.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/22/2025 12:46 Comments || Top||

#10  ^It's group dynamics Abu. In-group status is everything.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/22/2025 12:50 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Trump's cherished Alligator Alcatraz ordered to be dismantled after stunning intervention from Florida Indian tribe
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Donald Trump's beloved 'Alligator Alcatraz' has been ordered to be dismantled within the next 60 days and must stop taking in illegal migrants.

The bombshell decision by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Mary Williams
…previously in our archives as Kathleen M. Williams, she was appointed by President Obama in 2011, so the odds are good she’ll be overruled…
dealt a huge blow to the facility hyped by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over concerns from local native American tribes.

The judge said that she expected the population of the facility to decline within 60 days through the transferring of the detainees to other facilities, and once that happened, fencing, lighting and generators should be removed.

Opened in July, the detention center, located in the middle of the Florida Everglades, has been touted by the White House as the crown jewel of the administration's deportation policy.

Trump called it 'incredible' during a tour with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that same month.

Now, its become the latest example of the judiciary's fight with Trump over the issue that put him over the line more than any other in the 2024 election: taking out those migrants he called 'the worst of the worst.'

Murray wrote the state and federal defendants can't bring anyone other than those who are already being detained at the facility onto the property.

The case was brought to the court by the Miccosukee Native American Tribe
…apparently a federally recognized Native American tribe in Florida, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands related to the Seminoles. They’ve been protesting the jail since it opened at the beginning of July …
and environmental groups asking for it to take in no new migrants.

Related: Proud Boys leader and Miccosukee Tribe clash at 'Alligator Alcatraz' on opening day

Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2025 01:03 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [305 views] Top|| File under: Lawfare

#1  You (Americans) should really do something about all these outlaw judges.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/22/2025 4:35 Comments || Top||

#2  /\ Yes, but what 'should be done' with them is not permissible in a civil society.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/22/2025 6:47 Comments || Top||

#3  It’s worth looking at the tribe with regard to whether this is AstroTurf. They may be legit. In Florida, I would do an appeal.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/22/2025 6:56 Comments || Top||

#4  #2 Then, if you want to survive, become an uncivil society!
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/22/2025 7:02 Comments || Top||

#5  It's too late. The airport was established and had completed all the necessary studies and fillings. There was a period public of comment and opportunity to challenge. That train had already departed.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/22/2025 7:31 Comments || Top||

#6  Black robed tyrant, rope, tree. Some assembly required.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/22/2025 8:32 Comments || Top||

#7  Congressional action required. This is highly unlikely to happen.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 08/22/2025 11:04 Comments || Top||

#8  Yeah sure Kathy.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/22/2025 12:37 Comments || Top||

#9  You (Americans) should really do something about all these outlaw judges.

Maybe we could get the FBI and/or IRS to look into their affairs.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/22/2025 12:49 Comments || Top||

#10  ^"I'm from the Government and I'm here to help you."
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/22/2025 12:51 Comments || Top||

#11  unfortunately, the history of judicial decision making in environmental issues like this is on the side of preventing construction until thousands of pages of paper have been submitted bases on dozens of studies

Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/22/2025 15:55 Comments || Top||

#12  What would Andrew Jackson do?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/22/2025 16:05 Comments || Top||

#13  Realistically, Alligator Alcatraz is easily replaced. This does not slow any deportations. This case will be appealed either successfully or unsuccessfully. There are probably 5 other sites already under construction. This particular camp served its purpose with regard to marketing. Equivalent inhospitable real estate is probably available in Toledo without a catchy name. The most inhospitable locations will not be used because they are all in the middle of Dem cities.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/22/2025 16:24 Comments || Top||

#14  Ordered, eh? What is the half-life of a district court order nowadays?

Opened in July, the detention center, located in the middle of the Florida Everglades, has been touted by the White House as the crown jewel of the administration's deportation policy.

The crown jewel is people actually being deported. Alligator Alcatraz is just trolling.
Posted by: SteveS || 08/22/2025 16:39 Comments || Top||



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