The political prosecutions are beginning. Shumer first target

[GenesisNemesis]

GOP Official Calls for Democratic Congresswoman to Be Executed

As the nation talks about the rise of political violence, a Republican official blatantly called for Representative Pramila Jayapal to be hanged.

newrepublic.com

But it's the left that's violent.

(Sarcasm).

Clearly we need to shoot Arizona Rep. John Gillette an email explaining the context and asking him to retract.

You're going to be put on a list (a mailing list).

 

[blastula]

Fox News could be declared terrorists now.

 

[ZiprHead]

Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed

Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[ZiprHead]

Alina Habba has resigned.

 

[ZiprHead]

Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”

www.propublica.org

President Donald Trump branded one foe who did so “deceitful and potentially criminal.” He called another “CROOKED” on Truth Social and pushed the attorney general to take action.

But years earlier, Trump did the very thing he’s accusing his enemies of, records show.

In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a “Bermuda style” home in Palm Beach, Florida, pledging that it would be his principal residence. Just seven weeks later, he got another mortgage for a seven-bedroom, marble-floored neighboring property, attesting that it too would be his principal residence.

In reality, Trump, then a New Yorker, does not appear to have ever lived in either home, let alone used them as a principal residence. Instead, the two houses, which are next to his historic Mar-a-Lago estate, were used as investment properties and rented out, according to contemporaneous news accounts and an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario his administration has pointed to as evidence of fraud.

 

[RVonse]

This is going to maybe sound like crazy alarmist paranoia, but…
In all seriousness, is it a good idea to post things on this site calling for/gleefully describing/advocating/hoping for, the president’s death?
Articulating all kinds of satisfying ways in which you’d like to see it happen?

Don’t get me wrong—this is PURELY from a place of, “what if printouts of this discussion ended up in the wrong hands, at the wrong time?”

It isn’t out of fealty to Trump; trust me.

But even if a post doesn’t arguably rise to the level of being actionable by the Secret Service, I think a wiser course is to not hand ANYONE in this administration a reason to, at best, close the site down.

And if you don’t know what’s “At worst,” I don’t think you’re paying attention to trends…

Compliance in anticipation of the totalitarian demands of a despicable regime, with rules that they have not yet even articulated, is one of the ways that such regimes consolidate their power.

We should not moderate our speech based on fear of (unlawful and unconstitutional) retribution; Indeed, we should hesitate to moderate our speech even when such retribution is underway.

They want to take away our rights. Appeasing them, by volunteering to give up our rights, is a poor tactic (and abject cowardice), if we care about defending those rights.

Don't get me wrong; Cowardice is a perfectly valid approach to self-preservation, as a tactic during a direct assault. He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day. But it's very poor strategy to capitulate at the mere hint that a fight might otherwise ensue.

200 years ago when our country was founded it was just risky not to moderate speech. And they were still plenty nervous even at that time.

But that was before the digital age. Now everyone and every utterance is recorded for eternal on immortal hardware. Nothing you write today ever goes away. Ever.

That kind of changes the math for the risk versus reward ratio IMO.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Alina Habba has resigned.

She would have needed to be lawfully appointed to "resign". She has merely accepted she was never lawfully appointed.

 

[crazyfingers]

Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”

www.propublica.org

President Donald Trump branded one foe who did so “deceitful and potentially criminal.” He called another “CROOKED” on Truth Social and pushed the attorney general to take action.

But years earlier, Trump did the very thing he’s accusing his enemies of, records show.

In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a “Bermuda style” home in Palm Beach, Florida, pledging that it would be his principal residence. Just seven weeks later, he got another mortgage for a seven-bedroom, marble-floored neighboring property, attesting that it too would be his principal residence.

In reality, Trump, then a New Yorker, does not appear to have ever lived in either home, let alone used them as a principal residence. Instead, the two houses, which are next to his historic Mar-a-Lago estate, were used as investment properties and rented out, according to contemporaneous news accounts and an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario his administration has pointed to as evidence of fraud.

I'm amazingly unsurprising that Trump did what he's accusing others of doing.

 

[ZiprHead]

I'm amazingly unsurprising that Trump did what he's accusing others of doing.

Probably where he got the idea.

 

[ZiprHead]

Ex-FBI agents who worked on Trump cases sue agency and DoJ over firings

Class-action suit against FBI and justice department alleges agents were wrongfully terminated for investigating Trump

www.theguardian.com

Good.

 

[Bronzeage]

The prosecution of Trump's political opponents only illustrates there are still a few attorneys who are willing to end their working life selling insurance out of a kiosk in a Walmart. There's not much else for a disbarred lawyer.

I have to add, the only disbarred lawyer I actually know, works in the lumber department at Home Depot, so that's an option.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Is this political prosecution or appointments? I'll go with the prior.

Gabbard is pushing forward on two criminal complaints relating to Trump's Ukraine shakedown. No. not the shakedown itself, but how it was represented by the whistleblower and another. You know, what Trump admitted to. What we have the entire transcript of! How there was no doubt Trump did what he was accused of.

A spokesperson for Gabbard's office confirmed that she drafted criminal referrals for a whistleblower and a former intelligence community watchdog, but did not detail what specific crimes are alleged. Whether to pursue a criminal investigation following a referral is up to prosecutors at the Justice Department.

The referrals came after Gabbard criticized how former Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson handled the 2019 whistleblower complaint earlier this week, releasing a trove of documents linked to Atkinson.

The whistleblower — whose identity has not been formally disclosed — reported an "urgent concern" about President Trump's request for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. The complaint also expressed concerns about how records of a Trump-Zelenskyy phone call were handled, and about the role of Mr. Trump's then-personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in the U.S.'s relationship with Ukraine.

 

[crazyfingers]

Gabbard is trying to do her job. Now you might think that her job is to be Dir of National Intelligance and to do national intelligence stuff. But you,d be wrong. Her job is too feed the DoJ more crock prosecutions to make Trump happy.

 

[ZiprHead]

Blanche: "A few minutes ago, a grand jury returned an 11 count indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with 6 counts of wire fraud, 4 counts of bank fraud, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit money laundering."
Link

 

[crazyfingers]

Blanche: "A few minutes ago, a grand jury returned an 11 count indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with 6 counts of wire fraud, 4 counts of bank fraud, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit money laundering."
Link

Justice Dept. Charges Prominent Civil Rights Group With Financial Crimes

Republicans have accused the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for investigating hate groups, of unfairly targeting conservative and Christian organizations.

www.nytimes.com

 

[blastula]

That case does look like bullshit.

 

[crazyfingers]

The InJustice Department is prosecuting Comey again. This time for posting a photos of shells on the beach forming the numbers 86 47.

They really have no shame.

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells officials said threatened President Donald Trump, marking the administration’s second attempt to prosecute one of his largest political opponents, three sources first told CNN.

Last May, Comey posted a photo on social media of shells on a beach writing out the numbers “86 47,” which critics said referred to taking out or killing Trump.

When used as slang, the number 86 can refer to getting rid of or tossing something out. Trump is currently the 47th president. Comey posted the photo of the shells, writing in the caption “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”

Legal and security experts have told CNN such a case against Comey may be fruitless, especially given the country’s free speech protections.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/politics/justice-department-indicts-ex-fbi-director-james-comey-again

 

[Patooka]

That was a fucking year ago. They really do believe in the "find the person and I'll give you the crime" philosophy.

 

[crazyfingers]

That was a fucking year ago. They really do believe in the "find the person and I'll give you the crime" philosophy.

They are breast feeding sycophants doing the bidding of the corrupt, lawless, evil, fascist piece-of-shit who occupies the White House

 

[Elixir]

Blanche: "A few minutes ago, a grand jury returned an 11 count indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with 6 counts of wire fraud, 4 counts of bank fraud, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit money laundering."
Link

Justice Dept. Charges Prominent Civil Rights Group With Financial Crimes

Republicans have accused the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for investigating hate groups, of unfairly targeting conservative and Christian organizations.

www.nytimes.com

Scumbaggery.
Trump does all those things every day, so he must accuse. SPLC is a great org. that has prevented some great harms, albeit mostly years ago.