Wideleft Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 BuT wE cAn'T rEnAmE tHiNgS!!! BLACKSTONE, Va. — Pickett. For as long as anyone here can remember, that is how the sprawling military base neighboring this tidy little town in southern Virginia has been known. Named for Confederate General George Pickett, it was first established as Camp Pickett when the Army built it as a combat training ground soon after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Then, in 1974, the then nearly 45,000-acre facility was renamed Fort Pickett. But the Pickett era ends Friday when the name will come down as part of a sweeping congressional order to the Defense Department to remove Confederate names from its installations and assets. Pickett, which has been operated by the Virginia National Guard since 1997, will be renamed Fort Barfoot after Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient who lived in nearby Amelia. ...... Seidule, a Virginia native who served as vice chair on the federal Naming Commission tasked with identifying Confederate names in military locations and recommending new ones, said Pickett was thoroughly undeserving of the honor of having a base named for him. “Pickett was a war criminal who summarily executed 23 U.S. Army soldiers in 1864 and then skedaddled to Canada because he was fearful of being hanged,” Seidule said. ............... Barfoot was awarded the medal for his actions in May of 1944 with the 45th Infantry Division in Italy confronting German soldiers and tanks. In a single battle he neutralized two machine gun nests, captured 17 enemy soldiers, disabled a tank with a bazooka and led his fellow soldiers who were wounded to safety. He remained in the military for 34 years and served tours in Korea and Vietnam, according to a Virginia National Guard press release. Barfoot, whose grandmother was a member of the Choctaw Nation, will also have his Native American heritage honored at Friday’s renaming ceremony with members of the Choctaw Nation and Virginia-based tribes participating in ceremonial songs and dance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/21/confederate-name-change-army-base-virginia/ JCon 1
Mark F Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Wideleft said: The initial Bundy showdown was in many ways, even scarier. I too followed that whole thing. really frightening. have you seen "welcome to leith" ? Wideleft 1
Wideleft Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 45 minutes ago, Mark F said: I too followed that whole thing. really frightening. have you seen "welcome to leith" ? Yup! Mark F 1
Tracker Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 On 3/18/2023 at 9:27 PM, JCon said: He's not running. That's ridiculous. His ego would never allow it. He will fight this for the rest of his life. Trump is both a bully and a coward, and going to jail would be anathema to him. I foresee a possibility that he would bolt the country claiming to be a political victim. his money would but him any one of several safe havens and with internet, he can both carry on his business and wails of self-pity anywhere in the world.
Tracker Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 On 3/18/2023 at 1:57 PM, bustamente said: Even if the Manhattan DA indicts Trump it will be a slap on the wrists, Trump should be more worried if the Georgia grand jury and DA indict him and if Garland ever gets of his ass. Trump move then will be a call to arms to protect him. "Jaw-dropping": Experts stunned after report reveals new tape of Trump pressuring Georgia official A Fulton County grand jury heard a previously unreported recording of former President Donald Trump pressuring a top Georgia Republican to help overturn his election loss in the state, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The special grand jury investigated Trump's efforts to overturn his election in the state after District Attorney Fani Willis launched a probe into the former president's infamous phone call pressuring Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" enough votes to reverse his loss. But five grand jurors who spoke with AJC revealed that investigators also have an audio recording of Trump pressuring then-Georgia House Speaker David Ralston to push for a special session to reverse President Joe Biden's win. Ralston proved to be an "amazing politician" on the call, a juror told AJC. The speaker "basically cut the president off. He said, 'I will do everything in my power that I think is appropriate.' … He just basically took the wind out of the sails," the juror said. "'Well, thank you,' you know, is all the president could say." Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti called the report "jaw-dropping." The call "sounds incendiary," tweeted former U.S. Attorney Harry Litman. "How big does Willis want to go in her charges?" The special grand jury wrapped up its work and its foreperson publicly revealed that the panel recommended indictments for more than a dozen people in the case, though it's unclear if Trump was one of them. The ultimate decision on whether to bring charges will fall on Willis. https://www.salon.com/2023/03/16/jaw-dropping-experts-stunned-after-report-reveals-new-tape-of-pressuring-georgia-official/
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) Just a fun thread, some reall funny pics further into the thread: Edited March 21, 2023 by Wanna-B-Fanboy Tracker and Wideleft 2
HardCoreBlue Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 Succinctly put imho: Luke Zaleski @ZaleskiLuke Trump is a weak man’s idea of a strongman. And a strongman’s idea of a weak man. He was a literal laughing stock on the world stage. Tracker 1
Tracker Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 Uvalde Cops Delayed School Shooting Response Over Fears Of AR-15: Report A new report indicates that officers who delayed their response to last year’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, did so in part because they were scared of the gunman’s rifle. “You knew that it was definitely an AR,” Uvalde Police Department Sgt. Donald Page said in an interview with investigators after the shooting at Robb Elementary School. “There was no way of going in.” The new police interviews and body camera evidence come from a report by The Texas Tribune, which published its investigation into the poor police response on Monday. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uvalde-shooting-police-ar-15_n_6419cb79e4b0a3902d32f5a0
Tracker Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 Ex-Trump ethics lawyer advised Hutchinson to mislead committee. Now he “could be prosecuted”: report A Trump-allied attorney who previously represented a key January 6 witness urged her to mislead the January 6 committee about details she recalled, according to CNN. The committee did not identify the witness or the person they claimed tried to influence the testimony, but CNN reported that Stefan Passantino, the top ethics attorney in the Trump White House who represented former aide Cassidy Hutchinson, was the lawyer. Passantino advised Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, to tell the committee that she did not recall details that she did, sources told CNN. The committee suggested that people connected to the former president had attempted to influence at least one witness' testimony, promising her jobs that never materialized and coaching her to make statements in an attempt to deceive the committee. Passantino and his law firm Elections LLC were funded by Trump's Save America political action committee. The PAC also paid for the lawyer's representation of Hutchinson, which Passantino did not mention to his client, sources told CNN. Over the summer, Hutchinson emerged as a key witness for the committee, providing bombshell testimony into Trump's knowledge of the potential for violence on Jan. 6, and his outbursts of anger. Before her public testimony, she dropped Passantino and got a new lawyer. bustamente 1
Tracker Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 'Chilling': Law enforcement 'seriously' investigating threats ahead of possible Donald Trump indictment Ahead of a possible indictment of Donald Trump, law enforcement agencies are investigating "chilling" threats, including against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, according to top Washington Post investigative reporter Carol Leonnig. Leonnig was careful to say she is not aware of any of the threats being deemed credible, but also noted that "all sorts of law enforcement agencies" seem to be taking much more interest than some agencies did in the weeks before the January 6, 2021 insurrection. "I have received copies and screenshots and internal documents and emails flagging concerns about specific protests, investigations into specific online threats that have been made that are not yet determined to be 'credible and likely to occur' but have been chilling nonetheless in terms of the threats that have been made about killing certain people," Leonning, a Pulitzer-Prize winning author, said Tuesday on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House." "Claims of, you know, 'Alvin Bragg needs to needs to die,' and claims online that could just be, you know, bravado, but are being seriously investigated and checked into this time around, ones that were not checked into as clearly at all in the weeks before January 6, despite significant warnings to the FBI about what these threats meant." Mirroring Leonnig's reporting, Rolling Stone, citing law enforcement reports, on Tuesday noted: "Violent extremists are advocating lethal attacks and proclaiming their willingness to die for the cause." https://www.alternet.org/chilling-law-enforcement-seriously-investigating/
bustamente Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 Nobody takes this guys seriously, he is the Ted Cruz of the House
bustamente Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 I guess Trump telling his rubes that he was going to get arrested did what he wanted and that was fill his pockets, hey eventually this idiots will run out of money wont they?
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 how is the border open when you are "successfully" stopping people from crossing? Tracker and Wideleft 1 1
JCon Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said: how is the border open when you are "successfully" stopping people from crossing? Absolutely astounding how stupid the right is. They eat this up. Wanna-B-Fanboy, Wideleft and Tracker 3
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 1 minute ago, JCon said: Absolutely astounding how stupid the right is. They eat this up. No kidding- all it takes is one question and that entire argument completely unravels. JCon and Tracker 2
JCon Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 Just now, Wanna-B-Fanboy said: No kidding- all it takes is one question and that entire argument completely unravels. Woke! Woke! Woke! *Heavy mouth breathing* Tracker, Wanna-B-Fanboy and HardCoreBlue 1 2
HardCoreBlue Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 1 hour ago, JCon said: Absolutely astounding how stupid the right is. They eat this up. Let me play out this logic using a hockey reference. Goalie gets a shut out that tells me loads of pucks are getting thru? JCon, Tracker and Wanna-B-Fanboy 3
Tracker Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 12 hours ago, bustamente said: I guess Trump telling his rubes that he was going to get arrested did what he wanted and that was fill his pockets, hey eventually this idiots will run out of money wont they? The rubes keep funneling money to the GOP, Qanon and Trump, so that would seem to be a looong way off.
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 15 minutes ago, Tracker said: The rubes keep funneling money to the GOP, Qanon and Trump, so that would seem to be a looong way off. The right's (used to be Alt-right... wow, times have changed) political position in three gifs.
HardCoreBlue Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 52 minutes ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said: The right's (used to be Alt-right... wow, times have changed) political position in three gifs. Unlike Weird Al, mouth breathers don't question, don't care, don't understand whether they are being lied to when the lies being told hurt someone they hate. It's as simple as that.
FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 Judge allows “crime fraud” exception to attorney-client privilege in Trump classified documents case after special counsel presents evidence. https://nbcnews.to/3nfTgCk JCon 1
bustamente Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 You can't do crimes thru your attorney and then claim privilege.
Tracker Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls For Alvin Bragg To Be Arrested Before He Can Indict Trump Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) falsely claimed that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is hiding evidence that would clear Trump and called for the DA’s arrest. Greene tweeted: "it’s time to arrest Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg for prosecutorial misconduct after hiding hundreds of pages of exculpatory evidence! Bragg is on the verge of indicting an innocent former President and top Presidential candidate against the opposing ruling party. Bragg is breaking the law and trying to incite civil unrest with his Soros funded political war." The former party of law and order and the rule of law now wants to arrest prosecutors for doing their jobs. Greene’s call for Bragg to arrested echoes the behavior of anti-democratic regimes around the world. Edited March 22, 2023 by Tracker bustamente 1
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