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But that's not the case at all, and the actions of administrations past have not resulted in the swat team swarming the premises. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/why-is-the-obama-administration-trying-to-keep-11000-documents-sealed-67555/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/obama-administration-sets-new-record-withholding-foia-requests https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/02/20/bush-obama-trump-all-use-presidential-record-act-hide-history/6803334001/?gnt-cfr=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-us-govt-sets-record-for-failures-to-find-files-when-asked-2016-3 Your standard is admirable, but naive. It doesn't occur. It hasn't occurred. It won't occur with Biden. Hillary Clinton--she of completely reckless behavior and self-inflicted wounds, is now positioned as the heroine of the story. The only difference here is folks who screamed loudly about an authoritarian government are perfectly comfortable with authoritarian activity under the right circumstances. To be fair, of course, it's possible that Trump was 'guilty' of everything he's been accused of over the past 5 years, though completely improbable that he could be guilty of it all. Billy Joel could rewrite his song "We Didn't Start the Fire" just focusing on allegations made over the past 5 years, most of which ended with nothing. So, after 5 straight years of "Wow, He's Russian", "Wow, He's a Ukrainamaniac", "Wow, Michael Avenatti, trust him!", "Wow, Stormy Daniels!", "Wow, he's beaten the IRS and they don't know it!", "Wow, his calls for peaceful protest really meant storm the Capitol!", and now...."Wow, suddenly, Presidential records issues result in the need for an armed force to search his home just before the mid-terms!". Consider that you're being played for a chump, because there is a high probability that you are.

What strikes me as funny about this is they used a picture from 30 years and 40 pounds ago. It’s deceptive advertising, and it’s wrong!

Righto, like the collective misunderstanding of the DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community and major media outlets and the Hunter/Joe Biden story during the run up to the election. Every durn one of ‘em—party leaders who vetted Biden, the DNC, NYT AND WaPo deep sources, DOJ, CIA etc collectively did the right thing but just did it in the wrong way. This kind of thing just, well it just happens sometimes.

He definitely could be a TPTO*, it’s hard to say. *Temporary Process Truster Only

I think Chi is now a process truster, and it ain’t so bad. Stay tuned though.

What a fascinatingly pedestrian tale you've woven together here! Clinton was handled in a different manner. She was extended courtesies that did not include a tactical raid on her home. She was allowed the opportunity to review email and decide what to share, what she preferred to keep from investigators, and the question of intent was not decided by prosecutors but the director of the FBI. Concepts like cooperation and intent are abstract and thus subject to interpretation, allowing some to be pursued while others vindicated. Terms like malicious prosecution and political persecution exist because they occur rather frequently in our system, and the sad fact is this sure feels like one of those times. When viewed through the lens of FBI/DOJ protection of Joe Biden's dealing with Hunter, China and Russian oligarchs, and the plethora of scandals under any variety of US Presidents that involve misinformation, money, injury and death to our soldiers abroad, none of which resulted in FBI tactical raids----coupled with Russiagate, Ukrainegate, and the 1/6 just-before-midterms-tribunal, it's near certain it's political persecution run amuck. Regardless, you'll see it your way, and you've offered nothing of substance to me from your partisan perch. In fact, your analysis that we are at "bullet #4 of the Clinton timeline" would be comical if not for support of tyranny it potentially represents. Still, the record shows what it shows, and the numbnuttery of 'Hillary Clinton as hero' is pretty funny.

To recap just for a minute.... The folks who fretted about Trump not leaving office and authoritarian rule....now pointing to the special privilege extended to Hillary Clinton including, but not limited to, the director of the FBI making prosecutorial declarations that a crime isn't really a crime....see the FBI kicking in doors and raiding the home of a political opponent with the power to actually declassify intelligence....as evidence that the country is moving in the direction of freedom and away from...authoritarian rule? Break out the popcorn!

So….Jeremy spoke in….spoke in class today?

And away we go.

I don’t understand intellectual cowardice, and you seem to be afflicted with it. You declared the following as an unequivocal standard: “But that is not my point. Anyone who starts to suggest any election they lose is rigged is aiming towards a dictatorship.”. The upper echelon of the Democrat party did just that in 2015-2019. Trump was called an illegitimate President, one prominent Democrat suggested a coup had taken place, the former director of the CIA under Barrack Obama accused Trump of treason, and the American people were promised that certain political leaders had clear and convincing evidence to prove each and every point. Of course, we all know what happened with each those claims, and that is, nothing beyond casting serious doubt on the legitimacy of our elections—-something that seems to bother you, but only now. It seems pretty obvious you support autocracy so long as your people are running it. You’re part of the reason that Stop the Steal works.

Let’s stop this silliness. Do you believe Trump was an illegitimate President, assumed power as a result of a coup, and was guilty is treason? Also, assuming what you have suggested is true, what’s the standard in an election run up? Apparently the use of a data and intel (real or imagined) provided by foreign nationals is perfectly normal.

Absolutely, and the reality is ChiGoose and others here know that. However, it’s far easier to shrug one’s shoulders, yammer on about conspiracy theories and talk about the free press, or at least the free press that they ascribe to and suits their political agenda. It’s silly, really.

In fairness he may have just been Nedtoddler7 way back then.

The ship on complete bodily autonomy sailed a long time ago, maybe around the time the wild, wild west was de-wilded, though it’s probably long before that. We have all sorts of rules and regulations that suggest that what someone does with their body is a matter of collective concern. If you have a point to make, settle down, breathe the air and if you’re over 21 years of age and can prove it with a government issued identification card, stop by a government-regulated beverage store, pick out a bottle of something with a kick to it, pay for it after calculating the government-approved tax, find a place to go and take the edge off. Be sure to check local open container regulations if you plan to imbibe in public, and by all means don’t drink on your scooter and obey the laws set in place for the common good. Come back when you’ve cooled off, you’ll be better for it. Or, don’t. It’s a completely free and unregulated world!

This exchange was really remarkable in a very dark way. That it was just another day in Washington in a chat with a media personality, no pushback whatsoever speaks volumes about what goes on behind closed doors.

Your completely and absurdly preposterous proposition that "the media"--Washington Post, NYT, the major networks, liberal leaning cable stations with a myriad of supposedly dialed in guaranteed-to-remain-anonymous sources in the know deep within the Washington bureaucracy all reached the same erroneous conclusion on a story with the potential to impact one of the most divisive elections in modern history not-withstanding, the Hunter Biden debacle is reason enough to discard "the media" as anything approaching trustworthy when it comes to important news sources. While the 'enemy of the people' is a bit hyperbolic for my liking and after all, the NYPost nailed the story early on), it's certainly fair and appropriate to consider the media 'the enemy of truth'.

I can handle the news that Daryl Talley cheats on his wife, that she is upset about it, understands it and thinks Twitter is a good place to chat about it, but I can’t stand by and let you use “tawdry” like you’re the Queen of England without saying something, Mup.

You have to worry about fall out from this killing. It’s been said it’s like throwing a stick of dynamite on a tinderbox. Great decision by Biden and the military to take this guy out though.

Your perspective is worth considering. Ty.

Absolutely. I’m sure they had plans for the invasion all drawn up, saw the Pelosi Jet Blue itinerary and tore up the plans, tossed them in the trash and set them ablaze. I admit to being a bit cynical on all the pomp and circumstance, and sincerely hope for the good people of Taiwan, that a Pelosi trip would have just that effect. Still, for the supposed foreign policy chops and expertise Biden and his insiders brought to the table, it did nothing to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. Biden was a visitor there, too.

One man’s “objective” is another’s “it’s just a far________ think tank!”.

Stewart should be acknowledged for raising awareness on some of these issues, and he appears to be willing to attack both sides of the aisle. He was critical of the Biden Afghanistan withdrawal and called him an “apologist for the Taliban”. I have no doubt Crus is telling the truth about negotiations, but it just goes to show you how these dipshyts in Congress operate.

Just to be clear, just because someone starts a sentence with “Just to be clear…” does not necessarily mean they are actually in search of clarity and shared understanding. I support the appropriate prison times for Jan 6 law breakers, but the thing about Russia is the rules and culture are different than they are here in the backwards US of A. I hope the lady is set free much sooner than later, but it’s fair to ask “What the f were you thinking going to Russia when for the last 5 years the country has been outed as a brutal and manipulative enemy looking to destroy our country??”.

I may have missed an earlier point—you see her trip to Taiwan as a dog n pony show, largely irrelevant in the grand scheme?

And how does a 82 year old socialite/politician visiting Taiwan going to accomplish that goal?