I just read on The Intercept that the Mad King has been saying that the Nationally Guard in D.C. has engaged in hand to hand fighting with young gang members. Which sources within the Guard dismiss as "bullshit". He is also bragging about how he has " solved the crime problem" in the city, to which the Metro police respond "no he hasn't". It appears that not all the N.G. brass is willing to lie for Donnie; he tells them to go to a city, they will do it but they will not back up his ridiculous falsehoods. President Miller had best get busy replacing the top National Guard commanders and replacing them with pod people. You say they can't do that? When has illegality and total breach of norms ever bothered this gang?
Marcie, this one’s got the right balance of gallows humor and holy panic. It reads like if Rachel Maddow got drunk with Jon Stewart and decided to live-tweet the Book of Revelation.
Trump recycling his old goons is the political version of reheated shrimp. Same stench, new serving. The IRS isn’t a weapon—it’s a hostage with a stapler.
If he really wants to root out corruption, he can start by auditing his own soul. But good luck finding receipts for that. They’re buried somewhere between Mar-a-Lago and Hell’s lost and found.
Jerry and dozens of rich, connected males (one assumes males, but maybe not all) who were given an anonymous, blanket immunity without even realizing it. I think someone needs to explain to me how that works.
With half of what's left the IRS hot on the tail their Antifa hallucination who's left to come after scofflaws? Feels like good old tax boycotts are getting less risky.
Thing about all bureaucracies is they have a universal guiding principle. Document to Cover Your Ass. Write down how much Zyklon B was ordered, when, who signed the purchase orders, who did they work for? And so on. This type of paper trail made the Nuremburg Trials and the subsequent hangings such a slam dunk.
MAGAts have pissed off so many people. When time comes to hold them accountable for their many crimes the trials will be short & sharp.
All the reasons why this is such a terrible idea; all the legal reasons, all the practical reasons; are irrelevant. Because this is clearly a bad-faith abuse of power, and the intent is not really to take legitimate legal action.
The intent is to harass, run up the bill, demean, and discredit. The intent is to force every targeted group and individual to spend the money to lawyer up, respond to absurd and burdensome discovery demands, endless pretrial bullshit, and have to defend themselves with their own money, while also paying taxes to support the bad-faith abuses of power directed at them. While being endlessly slandered by public officials whose salaries the victims are also already paying.
If these attacks ever get to court, they may be thrown out immediately but a huge amount of damage, financial and reputational, will already be done. Some victims may do the math and decide to just write a check and be done with it, allowing the criminals to claim victory (which they'll do anyway).
Who knows, as complicated and as subjective as US tax laws are, they may find some errors or, much less likely, some actual fraud. God help the victims if they find that.
If I'm on anyone's radar, I'm so far down the list they may never get to me. But I've always had a CPA do my taxes, leave money on the table, never collect a refund but always roll it over to the next year's liability, etc. If I get audited, in an honest audit, I'll walk away with a check.
There's no true reputational damage in being persecuted by these loathsome liars when everyone knows why they're being hunted down on at best flimsy to entirely baseless charges. Any outcome should be worn like a badge of honor, as in here's another person who got in Trumpelthinskin's bad graces, and we know why.
This is where Krasnov’s stupidity works for us. He makes it so obvious that he’s going for political retribution that all of his intended targets have plenty of time to lawyer up and prepare motions for dismissal. True, it’s going to make their lives miserable and cost them a ton of money in the interim, but very of his prosecutions are going to be successful. And everyone the world over can see what he’s doing and why.
——-> And so has Pam Bondi, who sent a memo in September urging US attorneys’ offices across the country to probe “Open Society Foundations and consider an array of criminal charges including fraud, money laundering, racketeering and providing material support for terrorism.” <—————
Soros, in his youth, avoided getting nabbed by the Nazis, but he can’t escape from Pam Bondi…. kind of mind boggling this administration wants to harass a 95 year old Holocaust survivor.
Edit: “If there’s any crime that Soros could have gotten got for, surely one of his legion of haters all over the globe would have already found it.”
Maybe someone could’ve gotten him for currency manipulation during the Asian financial crisis of the 1990’s, but then that’d open the door to prosecute the less charitable billionaires involved in market manipulation.
Stephen Miller is selling their home after fleeing amid peaceful chalk messages on sidewalk In recent months, activists have left messages in chalk on the sidewalk, including "Stephen Miller is destroying democracy," "stop the kidnapping," "hate has no home in Arlington," and "no white nationalism."
Katie Miller responded to the messages on social media: "To the 'Tolerant Left' who spent their day trying to intimidate us in the house where we have three young children: We will not back down. We will not cower in fear. We will double down. Always, For Charlie." But they are selling and getting the fuck outta Dodge.
“It has to stop, and my message is to all of the domestic terrorists in this country spreading this evil hate: You want us to live in fear. We will not live in fear, but you will live in exile because the power of law enforcement under President Trump’s leadership will be used to find you.”
“You cannot defeat us,” he said. “You cannot slow us. You cannot stop us. You cannot deter us. We will carry Charlie and Erika in our heart every single day and fight that much harder because of what you did to us. You have no idea the dragon you have awakened. You have no idea how determined we will be to save this civilization, to save the West, to save this republic because our children are strong and our grandchildren will be strong and our children’s children’s children will be strong.
If Mrs. Alito can be terrified of her neighbor's window displays or yard signs, I wonder what the Dishonorable Vought's local community is cooking up ...
One of our more tonier suburbs had garbage collection trucks that came with a swarm of three-wheeled electric vehicles that went up the driveway to the garbage bin and emptied it into a bin on the back.
These people didn't even have to drag their garbage bin out to the curb.
I just read on The Intercept that the Mad King has been saying that the Nationally Guard in D.C. has engaged in hand to hand fighting with young gang members. Which sources within the Guard dismiss as "bullshit". He is also bragging about how he has " solved the crime problem" in the city, to which the Metro police respond "no he hasn't". It appears that not all the N.G. brass is willing to lie for Donnie; he tells them to go to a city, they will do it but they will not back up his ridiculous falsehoods. President Miller had best get busy replacing the top National Guard commanders and replacing them with pod people. You say they can't do that? When has illegality and total breach of norms ever bothered this gang?
Ta, Marcie. Unshapely Shapley is welcome to go fuck himself.
He does have that right wing look, doesn't he?
Marcie, this one’s got the right balance of gallows humor and holy panic. It reads like if Rachel Maddow got drunk with Jon Stewart and decided to live-tweet the Book of Revelation.
Trump recycling his old goons is the political version of reheated shrimp. Same stench, new serving. The IRS isn’t a weapon—it’s a hostage with a stapler.
If he really wants to root out corruption, he can start by auditing his own soul. But good luck finding receipts for that. They’re buried somewhere between Mar-a-Lago and Hell’s lost and found.
You know all the dirt the National Enquirer had on Chump?
It's now sleeping with Ivana.
I guess Trump finally read something about Nixon.
Hey asshole: looky here:
"I don't pay taxes," points at head "Smart" says the President.
Once again, if you want to know what republicans have done or are planning on doing, just look at what they’re accusing democrats of doing.
Croak Miss sure
You’re supposed to start with the crime and then find the people and groups who did the crime, silly,
Crime: child molesting trafficking blackmail
Persons: Jerry et Jizzy!
See how easy?
Jerry and dozens of rich, connected males (one assumes males, but maybe not all) who were given an anonymous, blanket immunity without even realizing it. I think someone needs to explain to me how that works.
Two points.
With half of what's left the IRS hot on the tail their Antifa hallucination who's left to come after scofflaws? Feels like good old tax boycotts are getting less risky.
Thing about all bureaucracies is they have a universal guiding principle. Document to Cover Your Ass. Write down how much Zyklon B was ordered, when, who signed the purchase orders, who did they work for? And so on. This type of paper trail made the Nuremburg Trials and the subsequent hangings such a slam dunk.
MAGAts have pissed off so many people. When time comes to hold them accountable for their many crimes the trials will be short & sharp.
"Feels like good old tax boycotts are getting less risky."
Only if you have lots of money. If you're barely scraping by, prepare to have your assets seized.
The Jan 6 trials were generally short and sharp, and as per Wookie Monster below, the convicted felon had their backs.
Krasnov has already signaled that if you’re rich and don’t pay taxes (like him) he’s got your back.
Scott Bessent is an SNL parody of himself.
All the reasons why this is such a terrible idea; all the legal reasons, all the practical reasons; are irrelevant. Because this is clearly a bad-faith abuse of power, and the intent is not really to take legitimate legal action.
The intent is to harass, run up the bill, demean, and discredit. The intent is to force every targeted group and individual to spend the money to lawyer up, respond to absurd and burdensome discovery demands, endless pretrial bullshit, and have to defend themselves with their own money, while also paying taxes to support the bad-faith abuses of power directed at them. While being endlessly slandered by public officials whose salaries the victims are also already paying.
If these attacks ever get to court, they may be thrown out immediately but a huge amount of damage, financial and reputational, will already be done. Some victims may do the math and decide to just write a check and be done with it, allowing the criminals to claim victory (which they'll do anyway).
Who knows, as complicated and as subjective as US tax laws are, they may find some errors or, much less likely, some actual fraud. God help the victims if they find that.
If I'm on anyone's radar, I'm so far down the list they may never get to me. But I've always had a CPA do my taxes, leave money on the table, never collect a refund but always roll it over to the next year's liability, etc. If I get audited, in an honest audit, I'll walk away with a check.
There's no true reputational damage in being persecuted by these loathsome liars when everyone knows why they're being hunted down on at best flimsy to entirely baseless charges. Any outcome should be worn like a badge of honor, as in here's another person who got in Trumpelthinskin's bad graces, and we know why.
This is where Krasnov’s stupidity works for us. He makes it so obvious that he’s going for political retribution that all of his intended targets have plenty of time to lawyer up and prepare motions for dismissal. True, it’s going to make their lives miserable and cost them a ton of money in the interim, but very of his prosecutions are going to be successful. And everyone the world over can see what he’s doing and why.
——-> And so has Pam Bondi, who sent a memo in September urging US attorneys’ offices across the country to probe “Open Society Foundations and consider an array of criminal charges including fraud, money laundering, racketeering and providing material support for terrorism.” <—————
Soros, in his youth, avoided getting nabbed by the Nazis, but he can’t escape from Pam Bondi…. kind of mind boggling this administration wants to harass a 95 year old Holocaust survivor.
Edit: “If there’s any crime that Soros could have gotten got for, surely one of his legion of haters all over the globe would have already found it.”
Maybe someone could’ve gotten him for currency manipulation during the Asian financial crisis of the 1990’s, but then that’d open the door to prosecute the less charitable billionaires involved in market manipulation.
MacCallum vs Mamadani
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"Margaret Thatcher said - "
Let me stop you right there.
KABOOM!
IKR that's going to leave a mark.
***It includes extra steps for sensitive cases, such as those involving federal elected officials and tax-exempt groups.***
When you've got enemies to destroy, doing it legally is almost obstruction of justice, right?
Stephen Miller is selling their home after fleeing amid peaceful chalk messages on sidewalk In recent months, activists have left messages in chalk on the sidewalk, including "Stephen Miller is destroying democracy," "stop the kidnapping," "hate has no home in Arlington," and "no white nationalism."
Katie Miller responded to the messages on social media: "To the 'Tolerant Left' who spent their day trying to intimidate us in the house where we have three young children: We will not back down. We will not cower in fear. We will double down. Always, For Charlie." But they are selling and getting the fuck outta Dodge.
That sounds like ten times worse than getting your house firebombed after Chump targets you.
"For Charlie"
Well, I feel some kinship with her, since I used the same phrase this morning when I evacuated my bowels.
The Royal Medal of Release
They need to be in a gated community, with a big lock on the gate.
Not to keep us out, but to keep them in.
What are the chances an oligarch buys it for three times the asking price?
- Clarence Thomas say "what?"
I guess he forgot his Kirk speech.
“It has to stop, and my message is to all of the domestic terrorists in this country spreading this evil hate: You want us to live in fear. We will not live in fear, but you will live in exile because the power of law enforcement under President Trump’s leadership will be used to find you.”
“You cannot defeat us,” he said. “You cannot slow us. You cannot stop us. You cannot deter us. We will carry Charlie and Erika in our heart every single day and fight that much harder because of what you did to us. You have no idea the dragon you have awakened. You have no idea how determined we will be to save this civilization, to save the West, to save this republic because our children are strong and our grandchildren will be strong and our children’s children’s children will be strong.
But what about the children's children's children of the children's children?
That’s my favorite Moody Blues record.
But does every good boy deserve favour?
I’ll let you know when I’m back from my seventh sojourn.
They won't remember our names, so they don't count.
The Dragon he's talking about is actually Barney the dinosaur.
Don't like the heat? Stay out of the kitchen, chickenshit.
If Mrs. Alito can be terrified of her neighbor's window displays or yard signs, I wonder what the Dishonorable Vought's local community is cooking up ...
Chili, enough to feed all the no kings visitors. With tortillas and maybe some tamales.
I made that observation earlier.
It's very bad form to glare, shake your index finger aggressively and petulantly insist you're NOT backing down just before you pack a bag and run.
Sounds awfully familiar, doesn't it?
Too damned entirely, comrade.
[deep, frustrated sigh]
Nazis lie so never listen to them but watch what they do. Just like the fucking moron getting covid and flu shots.
Wait, they have three children now? Those poor things.
Those kids will have it rough. I can't even imagine how hard it is to find shoes for their hooves.
Not that easy to find a professional whitesmith these days!
"We're not backing down!" *sells house and moves*
It's a metaphor!
Whar Lara Trump?
Laura offered her singing talents to the alternative Super Bowl half time show
Is is woke to use recycled goons?
For extra wokeness, use composted goons.
Sounds like they called up a golem, although they realized that, in the words of Hedy, that’s Hedley, Lamarr, it’s “too Jewish.”
It's a real shame they aren't environmentally-friendly.
The worst kind of poison, in fact.
I've got a curbside goon bin.
Fancy! We have to haul ours to the regional collection center.
One of our more tonier suburbs had garbage collection trucks that came with a swarm of three-wheeled electric vehicles that went up the driveway to the garbage bin and emptied it into a bin on the back.
These people didn't even have to drag their garbage bin out to the curb.
Wow - I guess if that's how you want to spend your property tax money...