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All Things US Politics Related in a Trump run White House.

Postby MaxPower » February 15th, 2021, 2:49 pm

Habit7 wrote:Meanwhile, no meaningful legislation to address the concerns of BLM and reason why more federal buildings were damaged and ppl lost their lives than in the Capitol Siege.


Exactly,

BLM should be ordered to compensate all those who innocently lost their property and has been inconvenienced especially in a pandemic.

The looting and burning must stop.

A BLM protest should be peaceful and NOT a green light to get a free Jordans and a Sean John t-shirt.

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Postby MG Man » February 15th, 2021, 3:09 pm

wowwwwwwww
racist much?

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Postby Habit7 » February 15th, 2021, 3:23 pm

adnj wrote:You still, STILL do not get the point of what YOU are writing.

The US Presidential Inaugural Ceremony was 25 days ago. It is unlikely that ANY legislation will pass prior to cabinet appointments. Then, perhaps a year after that, if at all.

Again you are not reading properly, nobody said to pass. The Democrats who control the Presidency, the House and the Senate will have a legislative agenda in which they could start with the most pressing priorities. They have introduced Covid-19 relief, Cabinet stuff and one would think that after supporting the riots over the summer, the issues stemming out of the riot would be a top priority, but it is not. Revenge is taking priority over that and nothing is stopping the same circumstances which led to the tumultuous period in the summer from happening tomorrow.

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Postby adnj » February 15th, 2021, 3:51 pm

adnj wrote:
Habit7 wrote: Meanwhile, no meaningful legislation to address the concerns of BLM


You still, STILL do not get the point of what YOU are writing.

The US Presidential Inaugural Ceremony was 25 days ago. It is unlikely that ANY legislation will pass prior to cabinet appointments. Then, perhaps a year after that, if at all.

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Before a bill becomes a law it must pass both houses of Congress and signed into law by the President. It may begin its journey at any time, but it must be passed during the same congressional session of its proposal, a period of one year. If it does not complete the process, it is dropped, and can only be revived through reintroduction and going through the whole process again. Not surprisingly, less that 10% of proposed bills actually become laws.

https://www.ushistory.org/gov/6e.asp
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adnj wrote:You still, STILL do not get the point of what YOU are writing.

The US Presidential Inaugural Ceremony was 25 days ago. It is unlikely that ANY legislation will pass prior to cabinet appointments. Then, perhaps a year after that, if at all.

Again you are not reading properly, nobody said to pass. The Democrats who control the Presidency, the House and the Senate will have a legislative agenda in which they could start with the most pressing priorities. They have introduced Covid-19 relief, Cabinet stuff and one would think that after supporting the riots over the summer, the issues stemming out of the riot would be a top priority, but it is not. Revenge is taking priority over that and nothing is stopping the same circumstances which led to the tumultuous period in the summer from happening tomorrow.
I'm just leaving this here for a while.

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The Biden-Harris Administration Immediate Priorities

President Biden will deliver bold action and immediate relief for American families as the country grapples with converging crises. This will include actions to control the COVID-19 pandemic, provide economic relief, tackle climate change, and advance racial equity and civil rights, as well as immediate actions to reform our immigration system and restore America’s standing in the world. 

COVID-19

President Biden will move quickly to contain the COVID-19 crisis by expanding testing, safely reopening schools and businesses, and taking science-driven steps to address the communities — especially communities of color — who have been hardest hit by this virus. And, President Biden will launch a national vaccination program to inoculate the U.S. population efficiently and equitably.

Climate

President Biden will take swift action to tackle the climate emergency. The Biden Administration will ensure we meet the demands of science, while empowering American workers and businesses to lead a clean energy revolution. 

Racial Equity

The promise of our nation is that every American has an equal chance to get ahead, yet persistent systemic racism and barriers to opportunity have denied this promise for so many. President Biden is putting equity at the center of the agenda with a whole of government approach to embed racial justice across Federal agencies, policies, and programs. And President Biden will take bold action to advance a comprehensive equity agenda to deliver criminal justice reform, end disparities in healthcare access and education, strengthen fair housing, and restore Federal respect for Tribal sovereignty, among other actions, so that everyone across America has the opportunity to fulfill their potential.

Economy 

President Biden will take bold steps to address the inequities in our economy and provide relief to those who are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. The President will also work with Congress to pass the American Rescue Plan to change the course of the pandemic, build a bridge towards economic recovery, and invest in racial justice. And, he will build our economy back better from the pandemic and create millions of jobs by strengthening small businesses and investing in the jobs of the future. 

Health Care

President Biden will make a renewed commitment to protect and expand Americans’ access to quality, affordable health care. He will build on the Affordable Care Act to meet the health care needs created by the pandemic, reduce health care costs, and make our health care system less complex to navigate.

Immigration

President Biden will reform our long-broken and chaotic immigration system. President Biden’s strategy is centered on the basic premise that our country is safer, stronger, and more prosperous with a fair and orderly immigration system that welcomes immigrants, keeps families together, and allows people across the country—both newly arrived immigrants and people who have lived here for generations—to more fully contribute to our country. 

Restoring America’s Global Standing

President Biden will take steps to restore America’s standing in the world, strengthening the U.S. national security workforce, rebuilding democratic alliances across the globe, championing America’s values and human rights, and equipping the American middle class to succeed in a global economy.

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Postby adnj » February 15th, 2021, 4:16 pm

On a side note, what seems to be happening in this thread is that the usual suspects are attempting to create some sort of racial polarization to "stir the pot". Many of the posters share the same language, grammar and even spelling errors.

It seems as if Effective Designs is present with at least one new screen name. Whether they're here arguing for the so-called 1%, Indesh or Maduro as Prime Minister, I see few facts but a great deal of bull$hit camouflaged as opinion.

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Postby MaxPower » February 15th, 2021, 6:40 pm

MG Man wrote:wowwwwwwww
racist much?


No it’s not,

But that’s usually the response when looters and burners are challenged.

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Postby shogun » February 15th, 2021, 11:09 pm

Habit7 wrote:Let's not get twisted. You said:
shogun wrote:Actually the Mueller investigation cost about $US32 million, but recouped about $US46-48 million when Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman

This is the truth:
On social media, complaints about Mueller’s spending are sometimes met with a retort that the investigation paid
for itself given related asset forfeitures.
We wondered if that were true and found there isn’t a direct link.
The financial penalties leveled against Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman, stand out among nearly three-dozen indictments stemming from the probe. (Manafort’s convictions, for bank and tax fraud and other charges, were not connected to Manafort’s work on Trump’s campaign.)
As part of a plea agreement, Manafort forfeited to the government his real estate property in New York, funds in three bank accounts, and his life insurance policy. Court documents do not specify the estimated value of each asset. (Some news outlets reported that the combined value of the real estate properties could be an estimated $22 million.) https://www.politifact.com/article/2019 ... tion-cost/

The issue is that he was already being investigated for things he did before working on the Trump campaign and they used that as plea deal for cooperation with the Mueller Investigation. The point is that there was no evidence of Russian collusion with the Trump campaign despite the media and democrats touting it as overwhelming. If you have a murder investigation and you don't find a suspect but find that one of the witnesses has thousands in unpaid parking tickets, that is not a success. We maintained that charade for 3 years but Trump question voter irregularities for 2months is somehow intolerable? That is hypocrisy.



That's right, let's not get this twisted.

"There is not a direct link" And there's a simple reason for that. Money recovered from forfeited assets always goes into a separate fund that can't be used to pay for the expenses of the same investigation. And that's done to prevent investigators/prosecutors from going after the most financially lucrative targets and ignoring others. Which makes perfect sense. You're basically using a technicality to chase your tail perpetually. You could equally claim the stimulus cheques going out to Americans, then recouped through taxes from a particular segment of those who's incomes are beyond a certain cap; using a different mechanism and ends up elsewhere, thus isn't the same? But obviously the US government doesn't agree? Money back, all the same.

Funny enough though, you overlooked this in the same article.

"The RNC claimed that the Mueller investigation would "go down in history as one of the widest ranging and most expensive Special Counsel investigations ever." Total direct costs of other investigations from the Bill Clinton era have exceeded Mueller’s known spending — and that’s before adjusting for inflation. For instance, investigations of Clinton over Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky, headed mainly by Kenneth Starr and his successor Robert Ray, cost around $70 million over about eight years."

I believe the Whitewater investigation alone cost about $US50-60 million and resulted in no evidence of crime. And the Benghazi, email investigations costing another $US40 million. So again, where's the concern about "Millions spent on investigations for it to be proven false?" Where is all the anger over Republicans being politically motivated to target Hillary? Yet no one played the victim card harder than Trump and his followers.

No, the issue isn't "he was already being investigated for things he did before working on the Trump campaign and they used that as plea deal for cooperation with the Mueller Investigation." Or "he was going down anyway." because you yourself acknowledged that there was a previous investigation into Manafort. And no investigation is closed if they have evidence that could lead to indictments/charges. Also like I said in a previous post, Mueller's probe would have been wrapped up sooner, If Trumps associates weren't repeatedly lying to investigators. Not even mentioning the fact that it also revealed the extent of Russian interference in the US elections. And the US intel apparatus found that pretty important. I believe you keep failing understand that because Manafort was indicted for crimes committed before being part of Trump's campaign, it doesn't mean that Mueller's team wasn't responsible for the collection of some of that evidence.

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shogun wrote:What relevance is there in what she said after the fact? She conceded. That's it. You're really reaching there buddy.

You brought up Hillary as the standard. She advised her colleague not to concede. It just so happened that her colleague won. Suddenly, it is wrong not to concede? If Hillary is wrong "after the fact" then why bring up what she did before the fact?
Also, it was widely reported that Trump conceded, you seem to be a very aware person. I am surprised that you would question if he did.


Yes, her conceding IS the standard. What she "advised" to anyone else before or after is irrelevant. Especially when you fail to give the full context to what she actually said? Which is saying Biden should not concede if the race is CLOSE. Which is absolutely within his right for counts, recounts, just like Trump was afforded. Now juxtapose that against Trump who got counts, recounts, electoral college certification, ratification, court rulings etc. I mean, even the article you posted titled (Trump FINALLY concedes) which gives his concession as on Jan 8th? says" Trump, who had repeatedly vowed never to concede to Biden, backed dozens of failed lawsuits and flooded his Twitter account with baseless claims of voter fraud." The fact is that Trump should have conceded earlier. He was simply unable to accept his loss, and resorted to clinging to/spouting baseless lies and misinformation to his followers and creating uncertainty about the result. In fact, even his secretary of state and press secretary were telling the PUBLIC that "Trump would form the next administration" And a Republican on the Senate Rules Committee was telling reporters that basically the public should humor Trump's delusion. Madness.


Habit7 wrote:
shogun wrote:So there there's no need to hedge almost every one of your posts with repeating and reminding us? yourself? that "you're not a Trump supporter" does it?

Embellish and lies much? Almost every one of my posts? Once last week I said, "You don't have to be a fan of Trump, I am not."
But earlier in another thread I said I supported Trump (in 2020) viewtopic.php?p=10117439#p10117439 but in 2016 I was not a Trump supporter, I told you this viewtopic.php?p=9089679#p9089679

Nevertheless, he has been acquitted, again. The Dems need to find some other unifying issue because this is getting tiring and the Left-leaning media should prepare to a dip in ratings



And here I thought it was obvious I was using exaggeration to make a point? Obviously that statement isn't meant to be taken as remotely literal? Christ Habit7, that comment shouldn't get under anyone's skin this much? The "lies" part might be a stretch though, because the truth is, I didn't see the post where you admitted to being a Trump supporter. Be pretty ridiculous to make that remark, if I knew you were? We both agreed that "it didn't matter" right? I meant it, apparently you didn't?

Funny enough, the "dip in ratings" only seems to be prevalent on the right. lol Also agreed, this is tiring.


Anyone understand this by the way? Vote to acquit, then stand not long after and basically say he was responsible?

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Postby adnj » February 16th, 2021, 5:09 am

GOP leader Mitch McConnell defends Senate vote to acquit Trump in WSJ op-ed

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Monday, defended the Senate's vote to acquit Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial while also rebuking the former president's actions on January 6.

"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility," the Kentucky Republican wrote of the deadly Capitol riot that claimed five lives. "His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world's largest megaphone."

He continued: "I was as outraged as any member of Congress. But senators take our own oaths. Our job wasn't to find some way, any way, to inflict a punishment. The Senate's first and foundational duty was to protect the Constitution."

Many had believed that McConnell would vote to impeach Trump. The Senate Majority Leader had several times rebuked Trump for his involvement in the January 6 riots. 

But McConnell argued that Trump's status as a private citizen did not grant him the authority to convict the former president under the Constitution.

"Impeachment is not some final moral tribunal," he wrote. "It is a specific tool with a narrow purpose: restraining government officers. The instant Donald Trump ceased being the president, he exited the Senate's jurisdiction."

The effort to convict Trump for "incitement of insurrection" fell short by a 57–43 margin. A conviction required two-thirds of the Senate, or 67 votes.

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Postby shogun » February 16th, 2021, 5:12 am

"But McConnell argued that Trump's status as a private citizen did not grant him the authority to convict the former president under the Constitution."

Wow.

Didn't watch the trial, so wasn't sure. Thanks for that.

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Postby adnj » February 16th, 2021, 7:18 am

75 percent of Republicans want Trump to play prominent role in GOP: poll

Three-quarters of Republicans said they want former President Trump to play a prominent role in the Republican Party despite his second impeachment trial, according to a poll released on Monday – two days after his acquittal. 

A Quinnipiac University poll determined that 75 percent of Republican respondents expressed interest in Trump continuing to play a prominent role in the GOP, while 21 percent said they wouldn’t want that. 

Sixty percent of all Americans said they did not want Trump to have an important role in the Republican Party, including 96 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of independents. 

A majority of respondents, 55 percent, also said the former president should not be permitted to hold elected office in the future. Republicans again strayed from the majority with 87 percent saying that Trump should be allowed to hold elected office. 

"He may be down, but he is certainly not out of favor with the GOP. Twice impeached, vilified by Democrats in the trial, and virtually silenced by social media... despite it all, Donald Trump keeps a solid foothold in the Republican Party,"  Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said in a release.

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All Things US Politics Related in a Trump run White House.

Postby MaxPower » February 16th, 2021, 7:29 am

Keep fighting on Commander Trump...

Take back what was stolen from you.

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Postby adnj » February 16th, 2021, 11:24 am

NAACP sues Trump for inciting Capitol riot

The NAACP filed a lawsuit Tuesday against former President Trump and far-right extremist groups in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots that killed five people and injured dozens of officers.

Why it matters: The federal lawsuit filed on behalf of House Homeland Security chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) shows that Trump continues to face legal problems stemming from the riot, even after he was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial Saturday.

Details: The lawsuit — filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., by the NAACP and civil rights law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll — accuses Trump, his attorney Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys, and the Oath Keepers of conspiring to incite a riot at the Capitol with the goal of preventing Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election.

The lawsuit alleges that Trump, Giuliani and the far-right groups directly violated the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act by trying to prevent Congress from carrying out its official duties.

The insurrection forced members of Congress to hide under desks and in secure rooms as rioters damaged the building and shouted violent threats.

The NAACP said U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) intend to join the lawsuit as plaintiffs in the coming weeks. 

The 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act allowed President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan right after the Civil War.

Former Confederate soldiers had organized under the Ku Klux Klan to terrorize newly emancipated enslaved African Americans and stop them from gaining political power.

The law was aimed at protecting against conspiracies. 

What they're saying: "The insurrection and coup attempt was really motivated by white supremacist behavior and domestic terrorists. The NAACP thinks it's important for us to pursue a course of action on behalf of members of Congress," NAACP President Derrick Johnson told Axios.

"The attempt was to prevent the certification of the election and invalidate African American votes."

"We must hold (Trump) accountable for the insurrection that he so blatantly planned. Failure to do so will only invite this type of authoritarianism for the anti-democratic forces on the far right that are so intent on destroying our country," Thompson said in a statement.

Don’t forget: Some of the insurrection participants waved Confederate flags, wore racist and anti-Semitic clothing, and called for Vice President Mike Pence to be lynched,

The other side: Trump's lawyers insisted that the former president never directed his supporters to use violence or incite the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. They argued that the "Stop the Steal" rally Trump spoke at was meant to be peaceful, but "fringe groups" hijacked the event.

Between the lines: In addition to lawsuits, Trump could face criminal charges in Georgia.

Prosecutors there have launched an investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results, including a phone call with the state's top elections official in which the former president asked to "find" enough votes to declare he won Georgia

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Postby Ben_spanna » February 16th, 2021, 1:12 pm

Every single one of those Republicans that defended that nasty racial MC sounded exactly like him, they all have very similar characteristics, they are all tra$h..... thats what amee-ree-ka is becoming slowly but surely....

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Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » February 17th, 2021, 10:15 am

Lindsey Graham: GOP Doesn’t Have ‘A Snowball’s Chance In Hell’ Without Trump


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Postby pete » February 17th, 2021, 2:03 pm

Whatever dirt Trump has on Graham must be really juicy.

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Postby MaxPower » February 17th, 2021, 10:30 pm

“If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not gonna have a country anymore” - Commander Donald J Trump.

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Postby redmanjp » February 17th, 2021, 10:31 pm

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redmanjp wrote:bro in houston without power and heat right now- hope the 4 month old OK

Now talking to some friends over there, they have no power or heat since 2am Monday morning and outside is a blanket of snow on the ground
Inside the house freezing cold
they have a 7yr old and 2yr old
this is their first experience of snow in Houston

Galveston Beach Texas is covered with snow on the beach sand
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my bro post on fb that he, his wife, his sister and his 4 mth old all lying in the same bed squeeze up at 50F trying to keep warm this morning. it colder in the other bedrooms :shock:


after 48 hrs without power & heat it came back just as they were about to go by a friend with power and risking the icy roads

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Postby Monk BANzai » February 17th, 2021, 10:46 pm

Trump Pardna Rush Limbaugh gone and dead.

2021 Dealing with them.

Rush Limbaugh, who has died aged 70 after suffering from cancer, virtually created the style of political “shock jock” radio that made him so influential. His broadcasts, featuring attacks on opponents as purveyors of what we now call “fake news”, became the template for television’s Fox News, and at its peak played a huge part in Newt Gingrich’s “Republican Revolution” of 1994, which recaptured the House of Representatives from Bill Clinton’s Democrats.

Limbaugh set the tone for the internet age of politics, calling women’s rights activists “feminazis”, referring to HIV/Aids as “Rock Hudson’s disease” and claiming “environmentalist wackos” were “a bunch of scientists organised around a political position”.

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Postby adnj » February 19th, 2021, 5:43 pm

9 Oath Keepers indicted for conspiracy, including 7 members of the tactical "stack" seen entering Capitol in combat gear

Federal prosecutors announced indictments for nine members of the Oath Keepers militia, including six who were recently arrested and charged Friday with conspiracy in the Capitol riot. Seven of the group were part of a tactical "stack" of people dressed in combat gear who pushed through crowds to enter the Capitol, the government said.

The nine were indicted by a grand jury on charges that included conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding and restricted building or grounds charges.

Prosecutors say the group used military-style tactics — keeping hands on each other's backs to communicate as they entered the building — and coordinated with other Oath Keepers before and during the attack, using apps like MeWe and Zello. 

The six charged Friday are Ohio residents Sandra Parker, 60, and Bennie Parker, 70, and Florida residents Kelly Meggs, 52, Connie Meggs, 59, and Graydon Young, 54 and North Carolina resident Laura Steele, 52. Thomas Caldwell, 65, Jessica Watkins, 38, and Donovan Crowl, 50, were also charged in Friday's new indictment, though the three had already been indicted by a grand jury in January.

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Postby adnj » February 20th, 2021, 6:21 am

Erik Prince, Trump Ally, Violated Libya Arms Embargo, U.N. Report Says

Mr. Prince offered to supply weapons, drones and mercenaries to a Libyan militia commander seeking to overthrow the government, according to U.N. investigators.

Feb. 19, 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya — Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald J. Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally backed government, according to U.N. investigators.

A confidential U.N. report obtained by The New York Times and delivered by investigators to the Security Council on Thursday reveals how Mr. Prince deployed a force of foreign mercenaries, armed with attack aircraft, gunboats and cyberwarfare capabilities, to eastern Libya at the height of a major battle in 2019.

As part of the operation, which the report said cost $80 million, the mercenaries also planned to form a hit squad that could track down and kill selected Libyan commanders.

Mr. Prince, a former Navy SEAL and the brother of Betsy DeVos, Mr. Trump’s education secretary, became a symbol of the excesses of privatized American military force when his Blackwater contractors killed 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007.

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Postby adnj » February 20th, 2021, 10:13 am

Exclusive: New York City tax agency subpoenaed in Trump criminal probe

(Reuters) - The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has subpoenaed a New York City property tax agency as part of a criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s company, the agency confirmed on Friday, suggesting prosecutors are examining the former president’s efforts to reduce his commercial real-estate taxes for possible evidence of fraud.

The subpoena issued to the New York City Tax Commission is the latest indication that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. is looking at the values Trump assigned to some commercial properties in tax filings and loan documents.

Along with information already subpoenaed from creditors, the tax agency documents would help investigators determine whether Trump’s business inflated the value of his properties to secure favorable terms on loans while deflating those values to lower tax bills for those same properties.

New York City Tax Commission President Frances Henn confirmed the subpoena in response to an inquiry from Reuters.

The subpoena likely would compel the agency to provide detailed income and expense statements the Trump Organization would have filed as part of an effort to lower tax assessments on some of its commercial properties, according to people familiar with the commission’s operations. Trump’s holdings include Trump Tower and Trump Plaza.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... SKBN2AK037

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Postby adnj » February 22nd, 2021, 8:16 am

"Show of force": Trump to claim total control of GOP with first post-presidency speech

In his first post-presidential appearance, Donald Trump plans to send the message next weekend that he is Republicans' "presumptive 2024 nominee" with a vise grip on the party's base, top Trump allies tell Axios.

What to watch: A longtime adviser called Trump's speech a "show of force," and said the message will be: "I may not have Twitter or the Oval Office, but I'm still in charge." Payback is his chief obsession.

Axios has learned that Trump advisers will meet with him at Mar-a-Lago this week to plan his next political moves, and to set up the machinery for kingmaking in the 2022 midterms.

Trump is expected to stoke primary challenges for some of those who have crossed him, and shower money and endorsements on the Trumpiest candidates.

State-level officials, fresh off censuring Trump critics, stand ready to back him up.

Why it matters: Trump's speech Sunday at CPAC in Orlando is designed to show that he controls the party, whether or not he runs in 2024.

His advisers argue that his power within the GOP runs deeper and broader than ever, and that no force can temper him.

"Trump effectively is the Republican Party," Trump senior adviser Jason Miller told me. "The only chasm is between Beltway insiders and grassroots Republicans around the country. When you attack President Trump, you're attacking the Republican grassroots."

The big picture: The few Republicans who have spoken ill of Trump since the election — including House members who voted to impeach him, and senators who voted to convict — have found themselves censured, challenged and vilified by the parties in their home states.

What's next: Trump's leadership PAC, Save America, has $75 million on hand, and he has a database of tens of millions of names.

The long game: Many Trump confidants think he'll pretend to run but ultimately pass. He knows the possibility — or threat — gives him leverage and attention.

A Trump source said some Republicans have told him: "If you endorse me, I'll run."

But advisers say that's not how it'll work. This week's meeting will aim to tap the brakes.

Instead, Trump is going to set up a formal process for vetting potential endorsees, including a requirement that they raise money and put together an organization.

What we're watching: Trump plans to argue in the CPAC speech that many of his predictions about President Biden have already come true.

Look for Trump to lay into "the swamp" and Beltway insiders in a big way.

The Trump source said: "Much like 2016, we’re taking on Washington again."

https://www.axios.com/trump-2024-republ ... 23880.html

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Postby adnj » February 22nd, 2021, 12:34 pm

Supreme Court won't stop grand jury from getting Trump's tax returns

Feb. 22, 2021, 10:43 AM AST

By Pete Williams

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to block a New York grand jury from getting President Donald Trump's personal and corporate tax returns, a decisive defeat in his prolonged legal battle to keep his tax records out of the hands of investigators.

The ruling does not mean the returns will become public any time soon, and they might never be publicly released. Under state law, materials turned over to a grand jury must be kept secret. But Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance can now require Trump's accountants to turn over the records that the president has steadfastly refused to surrender to prosecutors or Congress.

“The work continues,” Vance said in response to the Supreme Court order.

Vance is seeking tax returns covering eight years for a grand jury investigation of hush money payments and other financial transactions. The investigation began after it was disclosed that former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about her claim that she had an affair with Trump, an allegation the former president has denied.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/suprem ... s-n1258498

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Postby Dizzy28 » February 23rd, 2021, 9:41 am

^ The Dems still want to pack the SCOTUS??

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Postby shogun » February 24th, 2021, 12:55 am

^lol what? The Dems? You hit yuh head hard bruh?



People might laugh, but I find these people scary as all fcuk.

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Postby Dizzy28 » February 24th, 2021, 6:45 am

You all get so emotional at the word Dems......
chill brah. You're like Zoom Rader for American politics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/us/p ... cking.html

There are articles upon articles from actual newssites where key Dems are speaking on it including the progressives like AOC and even Schumer in the wake of ACB's and prior to that Kavanaigh's appointment.

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Postby Ben_spanna » February 24th, 2021, 7:20 am

Er mods could we get the Topic name changed to BIDENS white house please :lol:

Or change it to

Us politics in a Trump Jailcell after they bring him up on tax evasion and lock up his stupid orange headed ar5e

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Postby adnj » February 24th, 2021, 7:31 am

shogun wrote:^lol what? The Dems? You hit yuh head hard bruh?



People might laugh, but I find these people scary as all fcuk.
Ben_spanna wrote:Er mods could we get the Topic name changed to BIDENS white house please

Or change it to

Us politics in a Trump Jailcell after they bring him up on tax evasion and lock up his stupid orange headed ar5e
There is a history of packing, and shrinking, the US Supreme Court. It just hasn't happened since the end of the US Civil War when the then young Republican party added two seats to "pack the court".

There haven’t always been nine justices on the court.

The U.S. Constitution established the Supreme Court but left it to Congress to decide how many justices should make up the court. The Judiciary Act of 1789 set the number at six: a chief justice and five associate justices. In 1807, Congress increased the number of justices to seven; in 1837, the number was bumped up to nine; and in 1863, it rose to 10. In 1866, Congress passed the Judicial Circuits Act, which shrank the number of justices back down to seven and prevented President Andrew Johnson from appointing anyone new to the court. Three years later, in 1869, Congress raised the number of justices to nine, where it has stood ever since. In 1937, in an effort to create a court more friendly to his New Deal programs, President Franklin Roosevelt attempted to convince Congress to pass legislation that would allow a new justice to be added to the court—for a total of up to 15 members—for every justice over 70 who opted not to retire. Congress didn’t go for FDR’s plan.

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Postby adnj » February 24th, 2021, 6:19 pm

Architect of the Capitol Outlines $30 Million In Damages From Pro-Trump Riot

The cost of repairing damages from the attack on the U.S. Capitol and related security expenses have already topped $30 million and will keep rising, Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton told lawmakers on Wednesday.

The events of Jan. 6, he said, were "difficult for the American people, and extremely hard for all of us on campus to witness."

Blanton said that congressional appropriations committees have already approved a transfer request of $30 million to pay for expenses and to extend a temporary perimeter fencing contract through March 31.

But more money will be needed, he added: "History teaches us that project costs for replacements and repairs beyond in-kind improvements across campus will be considerable and beyond the scope of the current budgetary environment."

The price tag will go even higher, Blanton told lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee, if the fence and other security measures are needed beyond March.

https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrecti ... trump-riot

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