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Amphibious Assault On Odesa Could Be Imminent According To Satellite Imagery
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Economy
Inflation hitting nonwhite voters hardest, imperiling Democrats in 2022 midterms, new poll finds
[FOXBUSINESS] Nonwhite voters have been most impacted by inflation and their growing frustration poses a threat to Democrats ahead of the 2022 midterms, according to the findings of a recent poll.

The poll, published Monday by The Wall Street Journal, showed that around 35% of nonwhite voters — including Black, Hispanic, and Asian-American — reported inflation causing higher strain on their finances compared with less than a third of White voters.

Overall, nearly 60% of participants said inflation was causing them "major or minor financial strain." Some of them reportedly blamed President Biden’s actions to limit oil-and-gas drilling and pipelines in the U.S. for causing inflation.

Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

Waiting for it...

Trump to run his version of

"Do you miss me now?"

in a 2024 Political Ad... ☺-☻

Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/16/2022 6:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Black Ukrainian Lives Matter!

You mean... they don't Support the Current Thing?
TREASON!
Posted by: Willard Magic Panties || 03/16/2022 8:27 Comments || Top||

#3  Zombie voters are still going to pull the lever. Why do you think the party allied with the teacher's union? To educate? LOL
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/16/2022 9:24 Comments || Top||

#4  Where's the inflation in looting?
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/16/2022 9:44 Comments || Top||

#5  Inflation is looting if you have access to large purchases of debt...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/16/2022 10:05 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
State Department AGREES to hand the New York Times its emails referring to Hunter Biden and his foreign business dealings following lawsuit
[The Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • 'The State Department has started identifying records responsive to The Times's FOIA requests,' New York Times attorney David McCraw wrote in a letter

  • The first tranche of documents is expected to be released on April 28

  • The paper sued the State Department in January for allegedly dragging its feet in handing over emails connected to Hunter Biden and others

  • Vogel had also requested records related to former FBI director Louis Freeh, who gave Biden a $100,000 gift, Rudy Giuliani and Devin Archer
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  So that's what whitewash smells like.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/16/2022 0:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Never going to see the light of day.
Posted by: Woodrow || 03/16/2022 3:17 Comments || Top||

#3  National Security concerns will of course be addressed.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/16/2022 3:26 Comments || Top||

#4 

Patience NYT.
The Fed's are short-handled and it takes time to rewrite and reword such politically hot potato
State Dept. stuff?

But, rest assured, they will leave the Media and blog commenters a few minor items to point out and Rant about for bait-click Rev $$$$. While doing an excellent CYA job for themselves and other elites.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/16/2022 6:06 Comments || Top||

#5  What would NYT do with this stuff anyway?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/16/2022 12:15 Comments || Top||



#8  Send him back to Kiev
Posted by: Greang de Medici8428 || 03/16/2022 15:31 Comments || Top||


The State of ‘Justice’ in the U.S.
[RedState] Last week the case of January 6 defendant Lucas Denney gained considerable attention when the defense sought Mr. Denney’s release because of two Government violations of his pre-trial rights. Denney had been locked up for more than 80 days without having a Preliminary Hearing (to which he was entitled within 14 days) or being indicted within 30 days of his arrest, as required by the Speedy Trial Act. The defense filed separate motions for these violations.

To prevent the court from releasing Denney, the Government rushed through an indictment last Monday only hours before a magistrate judge was to consider the first defense motion. While this maneuver succeeded in keeping Denney locked up, in its hurry the Government charged Denney with only one count of assaulting a federal officer rather than the 12 offenses for which he was originally arrested on a Complaint. Doubtless, the Government intended to later obtain a superseding indictment against Denney that would include all 12 original charges.

Today, however, when Denney was brought before the court to be arraigned on that single charge, he surprised the Government and the court by seeking to plead guilty to it. This was very astute lawyering by Denney’s counsel to take advantage of the Government’s tactical misstep. By pleading to a one-count indictment, Denney obtains a better resolution than the Government would have ever offered him as a plea deal, and the constitutional protection against double jeopardy would prevent the Government from bringing the additional charges against Denney. In the chess match of criminal procedure, it was a checkmate move by the defense.

But the court temporarily halted the move by refusing to let Denney enter a plea, saying that it wanted to research the issue. Thus, after a bit of drama today, the saga isn’t finished yet. It will resume on Thursday when Denney is again brought before the court.
I have no words for this.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 03/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It all makes sense if you recall the phrase, 'It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is'.
Posted by: Cesare || 03/16/2022 14:12 Comments || Top||

#2  But the court temporarily halted the move by refusing to let Denney enter a plea, saying that it wanted to research the issue

Flynn again. Government drops the charges but the judge says wait I'll appoint my own prosecutor. Tyrants in robes. No J6 defendants can get a fair trial in a DC court.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/16/2022 14:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Rotten to the core.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 03/16/2022 22:47 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Key Biden Defense Nominee Is Adam Schiff's Aide Who Trained at Hunter Biden's Think Tank, and Fell For A Russian Prank Offering Nudes of Trump
[NationalPulse] Rheanne Wirkkala – recently tapped by President Joe Biden to advise Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin – appears to have been duped by a prank phone call offering compromising material on Donald Trump while working for her prior boss, Congressman Adam Schiff.

Wirkkala, who is awaiting Senate confirmation for the role of Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs at the Pentagon, currently serves as the Special Assistant for Strategy to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. “In that role, Wirkkala helps drive Secretary Austin’s national defense priorities, and is responsible for long-term strategic planning for the Secretary of Defense,” explains the White House.

Despite Wirkkala’s influential role in America’s military planning, the former top aide to Congressman Schiff appears to have fallen for a prank carried out by Russian comedians who offered to give the California congressman’s ‘compromising’ dirt on Donald Trump.

Amongst the items offered by pranksters posing as the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament were nude photos of President Trump and a Russian reality show star. Schiff appeared to be taking notes on the conversation and repeatedly inquired about spellings of names and documentation he could send to the FBI.

“I’ll be in touch with the FBI about this. And we’ll make arrangements with your staff. I think it probably would be best to provide these materials both to our committee and to the FBI,” said Schiff during the conversation.

E-mails provided to the Daily Mail show Wirkkala praising the call as “productive” as well as attempting to arrange a “pick up” of “materials.”

“I understand Mr. Schiff had a productive call with Mr. Parubiy, and that Mr. Parubiy would like to make some material available to Mr. Schiff through your embassy,” wrote Wirkkala to the pranksters, according to the April 4, 2017 email.

Wirkkala is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Truman National Security Project Security Fellow, the latter being a pro-war, left-wing foreign policy think-tank which once boasted of both Hunter Biden and Ron Klain on its board.
Posted by: Think Tanker || 03/16/2022 09:22 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Amongst the items offered by pranksters posing as the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament were nude photos of President Trump and a Russian reality show star. Schiff appeared to be taking notes on the conversation and repeatedly inquired about spellings of names and documentation he could send to the FBI.

🤣
Posted by: Galactic Coordinator the Weasel3564 || 03/16/2022 10:44 Comments || Top||

#2  "Wirkkala is a Truman National Security Project Security Fellow, a pro-war, left-wing foreign policy think-tank which once boasted of Hunter Biden and Ron Klain on its board"
True commies
Posted by: Elmusort Oppressor of the Bunions1011 || 03/16/2022 15:38 Comments || Top||

#3  The terms the Bidens, Adam Schiff, and Hunter Biden's Think Tank ought to create cognitive dissonance in most sane Americans.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/16/2022 17:41 Comments || Top||


Kamala Harris' husband tests positive for COVID after she spent day with Biden
[NY Post] Well...WTF? He's not a young teen girl so close contact was unlikely?
Posted by: Frank G || 03/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 

Maybe she wants the Biden Office more than we suspected.

But so how did she contract the C-19?
Was it in Europe being a mouthpiece for the Biden Admin?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/16/2022 6:10 Comments || Top||

#2  When it comes to Kamala "mouthpiece" has completely different meaning.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 03/16/2022 9:28 Comments || Top||



#5  Unless the guy is actually sick, a postive COVID test does not mean much nowadays.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/16/2022 11:52 Comments || Top||

#6  He should be glad that's the only thing he has.
Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh || 03/16/2022 11:57 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ How do you know it is?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/16/2022 12:20 Comments || Top||

#8  Don't care what either 1 of the has, hope it kills them.
Posted by: Chris || 03/16/2022 15:45 Comments || Top||

#9  That would mean President Pelosi.
Posted by: European Conservative || 03/16/2022 16:00 Comments || Top||

#10  Who is next in line after Pelosi ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/16/2022 16:14 Comments || Top||

#11  ...none of it good.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/16/2022 16:26 Comments || Top||

#12  Think they have a hard time keeping Brandon sober enough to look the part, image Pelosi. I mean, say what you will about Brandon during the State of the Union, Pelosi was fkn out there.
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Pro-Temp Senate President, more likely to be Charles Schumer than Bill Pullman.

Then Secretary of State Hey Blinkin, so forth.

IIUC this chain has to happen faster than replacements can be named.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/16/2022 16:27 Comments || Top||

#13  As far as I know, it's not contagious that way. In any case, scrub it well while singing the Happy Birthday song.
Posted by: KBK || 03/16/2022 19:06 Comments || Top||


Biden nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin withdraws her candidacy for Federal Reserve board
  • [CNBC] Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Joe The Big Guy Bident's e battled nominee to the Federal Reserve, withdrew her candidacy to serve at the central bank.

  • Raskin's withdrawal ends a weekslong partisan battle in the Senate over her views on climate policy.

  • The move came a day after Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat from West Virginia, said he could not support her nomination.

  • Biden had picked Raskin — a former Fed governor and deputy Treasury secretary — to be the Fed's next vice chair for supervision, one of world's most powerful banking regulators.
Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Note that last name: "Raskin"

Raskin is married to Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who led the second impeachment trial of then-President Donald Trump in the House of Representatives.

Hahahahahah fuck off, Jamie
Posted by: Frank G || 03/16/2022 7:21 Comments || Top||

#2  She is very ant-oil and pro "green energy".
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 03/16/2022 9:43 Comments || Top||

#3  This is the problem with letting communists be in charge of anything, much less being on the Federal Reserve Board. In a sane world, we wouldn't have President Vegetable, but in a half-way sane world we wouldn't have needed Joe Manchin to point out the ovbious.
Posted by: Crusader || 03/16/2022 11:26 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ Gee. You think her hubby on the J6 committee is gonna be very bitter? Vindictive?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/16/2022 11:31 Comments || Top||



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