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Wannabe mobsters plus emoji!!!! This coulda been the premise for a hilariously dark HBO comedy. But no, it's one more chapter in the Stupid Saga of Trump's Henchmen.

What are they thinking? That the FBI doesn't have the secret emoji decoder book?

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"A trip to Mar-a-Lago taken by former President Donald Trump that aides allegedly "kept quiet" just weeks before FBI agents searched the property for classified materials in his possession raised suspicions among special counsel Jack Smith's team as a potential additional effort to obstruct the government's classified documents investigation, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News."

Yes, um, listen.

WHEN DO THESE "AIDES" GET TRIED EN MASSE FOR ATTEMPTED OBSTRUCTION OF MULTIPLE FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS???

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seriously, at what point does PAB Org become a criminal conspiracy?

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I’ve always thought that it always was

But then I was one of those New Yorkers cursing Mark Burnett because I thought the implosion of the Atlantic City casino would be the last we’d have to hear of him

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I really think that one of these days, there might be a blockbuster involving state security secrets and enemies of America willing to pay for them. One that not even the most thickheaded Trumpie will be able to ignore. I mean full-blown, Rick Ames/Robert Hansen betray-for-pay stuff. Stuff that gets you federal LWOP for treason.

Wonder if it exists? And if it'll ever see the light of day?

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"One that not even the most thickheaded Trumpie will be able to ignore. "

Why do people care about what these people think? Why are people so obsessed with that instead of spending more time & energy making sure that everyone who is actively kept from voting by Confederate Republicans can do so so we can, I don't know, make a stab at saving the country for democracy??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pULyuI3_7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5PUpcx80mw&t=55s

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they care because it would be better for the cult to deprogram themselves than for this to have to devolve into the bloodbath PAB wants

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My point is that those are not the only choices

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Which is why the stacks of boxes were tumbled to the ground with contents spilled, as evidenced in the most recently released photos, he was digging through them for something specific he didn't want found (or just wanted to keep?) and then tried to use that disarray as a reason to dismiss the whole case and his installed judge is considering it! This is what full blown corruption looks like.

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When Nauta's texts are quoted does [Trump] mean that he actually texted "PAB"?

Enquiring minds want to know...

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He was just doing an unannounced spot check on his business like any good businessman will do!

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Like some run of the mill undercover boss!

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Where is the Secret Service in all this? Aren't those guys sworn federal officers? What about the legal requirement to report crimes?

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" Aren't those guys sworn federal officers? "

Oh - like THAT would stop a dedicated white supremacist

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I think they’re part of this. There’s been something hinky about the Secret Service since Obama was in the WH.

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wasn't there something about Pence being scared of his SS on Jan 6? or am I misremembering

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The story tends to shift around a bit. Pence was urged to get into a car and go... somewhere with his SS detail on J6 and refused. The reason he refused is either a) he was worried his detail was in on the coup or b) he knew if he didn't stay there in the Capital it would be a lot easier to pull off the coup, because Congress wouldn't be able to vote on accepting the election results. Which reason is given seems to depend on who's telling the story, to some degree.

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They knew nothink!

(were complicate)

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The most shocking part of this post is seeing "something or another" written out and realizing I pronounce it "somethineruther".

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I despair of ever learning any significant amount of Japanese, and then I think about how many English phrases just get slurred into one word and I realize every student has it hard.

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Why are you libs so cynical? Clearly the proven rapist, fraud and convicted felon Trump knew that he had no right to keep the highly classified documents he took, and just wanted to make sure they were all being properly preserved for the FBI and the Archivist and knew this was the last time he could be alone with his letters from Kim and can rub them all over his body.

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I would like to borrow Obama's time machine and see what the history books will have to say about this clusterfuck. I promise not to look up any stock prices or sportsball scores.

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[side eye] I notice you're not saying anything about lottery numbers...

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Sure, Biff.

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"It can't happen here" has already happened. trumpy has a hand-picked judge that will obstruct until election day, paid for supreme court judges to fix things if she can't. Notice I'm not using capitals for them anymore. The fix is not only in, in was in before the last election. Anita Hill was our Cassandra 33 years ago, fated to be able to foretell the future and to not be believed.

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if the fix is really in, i suspect it's been building in the shadows since the end of WWII. through the installation of truman over wallace, the assasination of kennedy, the treason of reagan (and attempted assasination), the special exemptions for murdoch (thanks, aisles), the impeachment of clinton, the stolen election of 2000, etc etc etc

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It's "extreme court," not "supreme court."

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An aide texting shush and zipped mouth emojis.

That I Just Wut?

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What ever are you going on about? I'm sure this visit to magalogo was "perfect".

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Shhhh...it was a surprise party for Melon!

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Yes, when she arrived home she found PAB naked in her bed as a surprise.

Normally surprise parties do not cause projectile vomiting, but in this case that was the result.

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Hey! I'm eating here!

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My guess is PAB is used to that...

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It used to bother him but now it's his kink.

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I read a bunch of that report. It was a little confusing because it was describing the chaos of how Trump handled huge amounts of classified info.

Jesus Hopscotching Christ!!! Any normal person who had done that shit would be living their life out like a regular Aldrich Ames. At ADX Florence.

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MY CREES-MAAS PILLOW?!!!

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The one with skulls.

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He has a Christmas pillow?

He really is a Christian, then!

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Has anyone considered that maybe he's a criminal, and that nothing he says can be believed? Or is it just me?

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Occam’s Razor on line two…

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