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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Video: Rogan Grills Kash on Epstein: What Are They Hiding From Us?
[YouTube]



Watch his eyes as he scrambles to make stuff up? "What's real, and what's not? And why do they think we are so stupid?
What's really going on?"

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Posted by: Woodrow || 06/07/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [85 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  I pity anyone who believes that whatever will eventually be trotted out as an "Epstein file" will be truthful / complete / reliable / real.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 06/07/2025 5:06 Comments || Top||

#2  I suspect a number of 'Hitler Diaries' will start popping up.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/07/2025 8:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Somebody needs to ask if there is video of anyone other than Epstein having sex with minors.
Posted by: Super Hose || 06/07/2025 10:41 Comments || Top||



Government Corruption
Proud Boys members file federal lawsuit over 'illegal' tactics in Jan. 6 prosecutions
[FoxNews] Five Proud Boys members claim the federal government violated their constitutional rights

Five members of the Proud Boys are suing the U.S. government and certain employees in the FBI and Department of Justice for $100 million over their Jan. 6 prosecutions.

Enrique Tarrio, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Dominic Pezzola allege in the lawsuit the FBI and DOJ violated their constitutional rights with their prosecution over what prosecutors said was their planning of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

In a document filed in a Florida federal court and obtained by Fox News Digital, the men claim "egregious and systemic abuse of the legal system and the United States Constitution to punish and oppress political allies of President Trump, by any and all means necessary, legal, or illegal.

"Through the use of evidence tampering, witness intimidation, violations of attorney-client privilege, and placing spies to report on trial strategy, the government got its fondest wish of imprisoning the J6 Defendants, the modern equivalent of placing one’s enemies' heads on a spike outside the town wall as a warning to any who would think to challenge the status quo."

Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Department of Justice for comment.

Four of the five men were convicted of seditious conspiracy after the attack, and Tarrio faced the harshest punishment — 22 years for planning the attack — of any of the Jan. 6 defendants, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Nordean was sentenced to 18 years, Biggs was sentenced to 17 years and Rehl was sentenced to 15 years. Pezzola was found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct Congress and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

However, President Donald Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of nearly all the defendants after he took office this year, including Tarrio, Rehl, Nordean, Biggs and Pezzola.

All the men except Tarrio were at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, according to the Journal.

Tarrio had been barred from entering Washington, D.C., because of a previous arrest, The Washington Post reported.

"Now that the Plaintiffs are vindicated, free, and able to once again exercise their rights as American citizens, they bring this action against their tormentors for violations of their Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment Rights … as well as the common law tort of malicious prosecution and false imprisonment," the suit adds.

Prosecutors said Pezzola was seen on video using a police riot shield to commit the first breach of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6.

Prosecutors alleged the men were charged under a "novel theory of criminal conspiracy called the ‘tool theory,'" according to the suit. "Despite the legal jiggery-pokery employed by the government to obscure the fact, the Plaintiffs were essentially convicted of ‘stochastic terrorism,’ a leftist bugbear used to describe rhetoric offensive to them that they claim provokes violent acts."

The men also claimed in the lawsuit that the government didn’t have probable cause to raid their homes.
The Times of Israel adds:
Tarrio, whose sentence for seditious conspiracy was the longest doled out to Capitol rioters, was among the more than 1,500 Trump supporters pardoned by the Republican president on his first day in office.

In their suit, the Proud Boys members said they were victims of "egregious and systemic abuse of the legal system and the United States Constitution to punish and oppress political allies of President Trump."

They accused government prosecutors of "evidence tampering, witness intimidation, violations of attorney-client privilege, and placing spies to report on trial strategy."

The Proud Boys members demanded a jury trial and punitive damages of $100 million.

The Trump administration agreed last month to pay nearly $5 million to the family of a woman rubbed out by a police officer during the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Ashli Babbitt, 35, was shot as she tried to climb through a window leading to the House Speaker’s lobby during the assault on Congress by Trump supporters. Babbitt’s estate filed a wrongful death suit last year seeking $30 million.

The case had been scheduled to go on trial, but the Justice Department reversed course after Trump won the November 2024 election and entered into settlement talks.








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Posted by: Skidmark || 06/07/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [122 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hopefully the PB get their pound of flesh. Especially against the certain employees of the FBI. I predict this will be one of many J6 lawsuits.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 06/07/2025 6:27 Comments || Top||

#2  The 'discovery' related to these court actions should be interesting.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/07/2025 6:30 Comments || Top||

#3  So while PB got screwed over by the LSD / Biden Puppet Regime, and now the US Taxpayers will foot the $100 Million bill?

How about having those that issued the Unconstitutional orders, made staged and conducted false arrests, wrote up false indictments, staged political trials, ordered the Jan 6th persons held w/o trial ....foot the bill?

Without using 1 penny (nickel) of Taxpayer $$$$.

Yes, that should include Biden, SOROS, his tainted AG's, DA's and anyone using the age-old Nazi excuse ...

"I was just following orders"
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/07/2025 7:31 Comments || Top||

#4  I figure a year for each individual they f'd over for each miscreant who participated. "I was obeying orders" is not a defense.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/07/2025 8:53 Comments || Top||

#5  ...in accordance with the law.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/07/2025 8:53 Comments || Top||

#6  The prosecutions broke the law facilitated by very bad judges. I’m not sure how lawsuits before those same judges will be effective.
Posted by: Super Hose || 06/07/2025 10:40 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ Recusal required
Posted by: Frank G || 06/07/2025 11:17 Comments || Top||

#8  Tarrio filed in Florida Federal Court. A much friendlier venue than DC. Also the DOJ is perhaps not so hostile.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 06/07/2025 12:05 Comments || Top||

#9  The J6 judges should also be prosecuted for their part in the coup.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 06/07/2025 15:13 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Almost Like It's A Plan-RED TAPE: Hundreds of Residents of Pacific Palisades Choose to Sell Their Homes Rather Than Rebuild After Fires
[GatewayPundit] Following the horrific and incredibly destructive fires in southern California earlier this year, hundreds of residents of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood are opting to sell their homes rather than rebuild.

For months now, various people have predicted that this would happen because the bureaucratic red tape in California is a nightmare to deal with, not to mention the exorbitant costs.

It is absolutely awful that so many of these people find themselves in a position where they’re unable to rebuild homes they have lived in for years. This is all on the Democrat leaders of the city and the state.

The Santa Monica Daily Press reports:

Hundreds Choose to Sell Rather Than Rebuild After Palisades Fire

Nearly 300 Pacific Palisades residents have decided to sell their properties rather than rebuild following devastating wildfire damage, while fewer than 100 have begun reconstruction efforts.

Sotheby’s International Realty reports 273 properties in the area are currently listed for sale. Most carry price tags exceeding $1 million despite many being reduced to empty lots. In less damaged areas like Ridgeview Country Estates, homes are selling for more than $10 million.

Access restrictions complicate the sales process. Much of the Palisades remains closed except to those with special permits, forcing potential buyers to purchase properties sight unseen. Pacific Coast Highway, the main access route, has been closed since the fire, creating lengthy detours that significantly extend commute times.

For residents choosing to rebuild, the process proves challenging and costly. In county areas, only 10% of damaged or destroyed homes have submitted rebuilding applications, with just one permit issued. Within city limits, 23 permits had been approved as of late April, representing a 2% rebuild rate—half the number of those opting to sell.


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Posted by: NoMoreBS || 06/07/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [207 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  ...Oh, I'm sure the right people will eventually be allowed to build there.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 06/07/2025 6:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Not the case here, but never attempt to purchase a property that was once a gas station.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/07/2025 6:21 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm sure they'll maximize the number of tenants residents per lot with few auto parking spots and required EV hookups. Think Green Soviet Architecture
Posted by: Frank G || 06/07/2025 6:51 Comments || Top||

#4 

But just wait and see whom, some how is allowed to stream purchase the land at a huge discount.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/07/2025 7:34 Comments || Top||

#5  Think Green Soviet Architecture

Brilliant! Let's build some of those 12 story concrete apartment complexes like the Soviets did back in the day. Khrushchyovkas, they called them after famous commie Nikita Khrushchev. (I don't think it was a compliment) Affordable Housing, baby!
Posted by: SteveS || 06/07/2025 10:03 Comments || Top||

#6  Is this the ghaaayist forced relocation evahr?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/07/2025 10:26 Comments || Top||

#7  It will end up being Bill Gates living next to Oprah with some CCP neighbors.
Posted by: Super Hose || 06/07/2025 10:44 Comments || Top||

#8  They have voted for this for years. They just thought they had their piece of paradise and would be safe.
Posted by: Ed || 06/07/2025 11:00 Comments || Top||

#9  What makes it seem even more like a plan is the experience some home owners are having in Lahaina.

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/lahaina-fire-stole-their-dream-home-plans-to-rebuild-reveal-deep-divides/

Kinda like a page out of the playbook.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/07/2025 12:12 Comments || Top||

#10  IIRC, there were problems bringing water to bear on the fire in Lahaina kinda like the problems they had with empty reservoirs and non-functional fire hydrants in Los Angeles. You would think that civic leaders in fire prone areas would pay more attention to such things but then, maybe that's exactly what they did.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/07/2025 12:22 Comments || Top||

#11  Los Angeles is a sanctuary city. It provides a sanctuary for grotesquely incompetent politicians.
Posted by: Matt || 06/07/2025 13:06 Comments || Top||

#12  These are all rich fucks, the ones that lay off entire divisions and require you to train your replacements in Bangalore.
Oh bo-hoo for them.
Exorbitant costs. They can afford it. Fuck 'em.
Posted by: Elmomoter Mussolini9149 || 06/07/2025 13:31 Comments || Top||

#13  Wait for it:
The ones who decide to rebuild have their properties condemmed and eminent domained.
Posted by: ed in texas || 06/07/2025 13:35 Comments || Top||

#14  Is this the ghaaayist forced relocation evahr?

Oh no.

The Trail of Queers.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/07/2025 13:48 Comments || Top||



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