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Howard wrote “that every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons.” https://www.14thamendment.us/articles/anchor_babies_unconstitutionality.html
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Latest 'Bombshell' From Trump Raid Delivers Side-Splitting Hilarity
I’ve got an admission to make, and you may want to sit down for this. I’m ashamed to say that I got fooled by a headline today, not because I thought it was real when it wasn’t, but because I thought it was satire when it was real.
I know what you are thinking, but before you call me a moron, take a look for yourself and tell me this doesn’t look like something from The Babylon Bee.
F.B.I. Found 48 Empty Folders That Had Contained Classified Documents at Trump’s Home https://t.co/uJqPfBW58r
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) September 2, 2022
Yes, you read that right. The FBI supposedly found 48 folders that were empty but once held classified information while raiding Donald Trump’s Florida residence. We literally went from “he stole the nuclear codes” to “he had some empty folders” in the course of a few weeks. If that doesn’t mimic parody, nothing does.
Just as hilarious as the original story, though, is that the lunatics on the anti-Trump right are actually running with this as a major bombshell.
I think the folders had copies of the Steele dossier, the pee tape, and Alfa Bank datahttps://t.co/KsVZhgKXEE
— Julie Kelly ?? (@julie_kelly2) September 2, 2022
Yes Trump packed all the boxes dunce https://t.co/s5Q5XjrBsR
— Julie Kelly ?? (@julie_kelly2) September 2, 2022
The insinuation here is that the bad orange man sold or destroyed the documents that were once inside the folders with classified banners. Yet, there’s no evidence of that, and I’m not even sure that claim is being made by the DOJ. What we are seeing is simply an inventory from the execution of the search warrant. It’s perfectly possible that the folders ended up in the boxes after having their classified contents turned back in by White House officials. More likely is that the folders were empty and just ended up in the jumble of documents taken by Trump.
Does anything encapsulate the deranged hysteria surrounding Trump more than seeing people losing their minds over empty folders? Here we are, though, with another news cycle being driven by another government leak that ultimately adds up to nothing. It’s almost as if the DOJ is purposely trying to harm the Republicans before the mid-terms by keeping this idiocy rolling, right? Nah, couldn’t be.
But hey, maybe we really will see Trump frog-marched from Mar-a-Lago for the grand crime of having empty folders. Would you put anything past the Biden DOJ at this point? I certainly wouldn’t, and the press is going to keep losing their minds at every mention of the former president no matter what happens.
Still, in the end, my money remains right where it’s been, i.e. that this is all politics and that the DOJ doesn’t want the hassle of breaking the Hillary Clinton precedent in order to prosecute a former president over empty folders. Take these “bombshells” for what they are, which are partisan tools to distract voters from Biden’s incompetency.
(Score: 1, Informative) by janrinockerlaless on Saturday September 03 2022, @09:28AM
Runaway is one of those MAGA Republicans, too stupid to know he has be bamboozled by a New Your real estate con-man.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @01:43PM (7 children)
After viewing, you return the documents in the jacket to the clerk. Else how are they to re-file them (and the access record that you signed) correctly? Keep in mind that they don't have clearance.
The idea that no. Four Five didn't have those docs fails the "what will happens if I drop this beer glass?" test. The only reason he's not behind bars this very second is that the both the DOJ and CIA are wanting to track his movements (using methods both legal and illegal) in order to ID the location of those and other illegally possessed documents.
Insert a scathing insult to your intelligence here. You've earned it, so use your favourite.
Trump lost. You are in a cult, intent on whipping up yourself and others into a killing frenzy.
(Score: -1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @02:24PM (4 children)
That's exactly the same reason Hillary isn't in prison, right?
(Score: 5, Informative) by drussell on Saturday September 03 2022, @03:31PM (3 children)
You're attempting to compare apples to dishwashers, but here's a bit of a summary of why Clinton's potentially sloppy handling of classified material is far different from Trump's:
They investigated Clinton's sloppiness, yet found nothing sufficient to charge her with a crime. Nobody is saying that if she had actually done anything to warrant it, she shouldn't be charged. On the contrary, most sane people believe that she should have been investigated (and she was,) and charged, if such action was warranted.
Many of the seemingly crazy folks on the US "right" are demanding that Trump not even be investigated, let alone potentially charged for his criminal misdeeds. That's the insane level of hypocrisy and outright denial of reality on display right now!
Trump isn't allowed to keep ANY of the documents they requested, subpoenaed, then eventually recovered via search warrant, CLASSIFIED OR NOT.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @04:06PM
Standard political nonsense. "Our guy committed no wrong, it's YOUR GUY who is evil!"
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 04 2022, @08:58AM
Clinton was given advance notice, requested to turn over servers and documents, deleted more than 30,000 emails and attachments before doing so, wiped the disks with Bleachbit, and only turned over 2 out of 3 servers. There were no raids by FBI agents seizing documents or disks.
(Score: -1, Troll) by HammeredGlass on Sunday September 04 2022, @04:07PM
N stage terminal TDS is a sight to behold.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @02:33PM
Empty folders. I'm not sure you understand how those empty folders work. The clerk has piles and piles of folders. Someone asks for a document, the clerk takes the document from a filing cabinet, fills out all the spaces on the folder, as well as filling out the document log, inserts documents, hands the folder to the person requesting the documents. Minutes, hours, days, even weeks later, the documents are returned, clerk removes documents from folder, files documents, and we used to draw a line through the entries on the folder. Just a single line, like strike through text on your computer. Then, the empty folder is returned to the pile of empty folders, awaiting next use. The folder, in and of itself, is meaningless. The most you can do with that folder, is to determine how many times it has been used, by whom, and get some general idea of what documents it has contained in the past. Titles of documents are not always informative, unless you know what the document is.
Furthermore, as a rule, the clerk seldom gives the original document. Whoever needs that document is likely to get a copy. Upon returning the document, the copy is likely to be destroyed, and that destruction documented in the clerk's log.
You're reading far too much into possession of classified document folders.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @03:00PM
I bet you're one of those pot-smoking drivers too. Not sure what your medicine is, but it must be nice living in your fantasy world. Fortunately for the sanctity of the US, you don't even get to introduce speculation in a court. But keep it up- you'll help the case end faster so our courts can get on with actual problems.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by drussell on Saturday September 03 2022, @01:47PM (10 children)
I find the absolutely absurd level of mental gymnastics and outright contortions you go to in order to maintain your positions and narrative fascinating, (in a flabbergasting fashion.)
Biden is certainly not a charismatic leader, he's been a lifelong centrist government official, absolutely status-quo kind of guy, but he is most certainly not incompetent.
If you want to see incomprehensible levels of incompetence in your country's leadership demonstrated repeatedly, you need look no further than the former, 45th president.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @02:36PM (9 children)
Biden not incompetent? Explain the border crisis then? Explain the withdrawal from Afghanistan? Explain inflation? I'll grant that Biden isn't incompetent enough to screw everything up all by himself. That's why he surrounds himself with incompetent idiots. How 'bout that new press secretary? How 'bout that VP? Now 'bout that idiot Supreme Court justice who doesn't know what a woman is? How 'bout just everyone associated with this administration?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @03:06PM
The only thing the Democrats need to do now is actually drink the kool-aid. Notice how so many of them are actors and actresses? Artists, musicians, etc. All very creative, all living in their own self-created fantasy world. Trouble is, they actually act on their fantasies, but they're never around to follow up and clean up their own messes. Yes, exactly, a bunch of adolescents. See the latest news about Treasury refusing to turn over Hunter Biden evidence? Saying only a Democrat can get that information? Time for a grand jury.
(Score: 5, Informative) by drussell on Saturday September 03 2022, @04:50PM (7 children)
What border crisis? Are some "bad hombres" coming for your children?!
Is Fox news telling you there are caravans of murderers, rapists, drug dealers and criminals stampeding towards you again? 🙄
You mean that withdrawal instigated and initiated by your guy, that former president, Trump?
Yeah, it was messy. It was always going to be messy. Afghanistan has always been a messy situation.
What of it?! What specifically would you have done differently, had you been in charge?
What would you have put in the agreement if it were you instead of Trump "negotiating" it?
Inflation is the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time. Inflation is typically a broad measure, such as the overall increase in prices or the increase in the cost of living in a country.
The president of the US has very little direct involvement in what the economy does from day to day, other than coercing a general course trajectory over time with general policy decisions. What do you believe should be done differently, or what could Trump have done differently, either when he was in office for four years, charting that general course, or what actions he could magically take to mitigate the effects of the current worldwide problems if he were currently president now?
LOL... You mean like Trump surrounded him with all the best people? 🤣
She's certainly no Jennifer Rene Psaki, an impressive, and honestly one of the best, (if not the best) White House press secretary I've seen in my lifetime.
Are you honestly trying to compare this administration's press secretaries to the clown show provided courtesy of the former administration? 🤣
Oh, that's RICH!
What is your precise legal definition of a woman?
(Be careful with this one, it might be a trick question, my friend! 🙄)
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @05:54PM
The migrants were listening!
https://www.wola.org/2022/06/weekly-u-s-mexico-border-update-may-migration-data-caravan-outcome-migrant-deaths-border-patrol-troubles/ [wola.org]
The terrorists were listening!
https://cis.org/Arthur/CBP-Encounters-100-Terrorist-Watchlist-Southwest-Border-Half-After-Entering-Illegally [cis.org]
https://nypost.com/2022/06/17/border-patrol-nabs-15-people-on-terror-watch-list-in-record-breaking-may/ [nypost.com]
The body count is up!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/02/texas-migrants-drownings/ [washingtonpost.com]
https://www.wola.org/2022/06/weekly-u-s-mexico-border-update-migrant-death-toll-remain-in-mexico-paroles-and-caravan-arrivals-security-in-mexico/ [wola.org]
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-immigration-border-deaths/ [reuters.com]
The drug cartels were listening!
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/drugs-pouring-in-at-the-border-as-overdoses-hit-record-highs-said-ex-border-official-customs-border-protection-fentanyl-opioid-epidemic-mark-morgan-cartels-congress-illegal-immigrants-mexico-rio-grande [katv.com]
Let us be clear here: We only know about SOME of the people who die on the border. Many aren't found for months, or years. It is likely that some are never found.
We only know about SOME Of the terrorists who cross the border - those that we catch.
We only know about SOME OF the migrants who cross the border. We don't catch all of them.
We only know about SOME OF the drugs crossing the border. Most reach the market, and are distributed on the streets because Border Patrol can't block all routes in.
But, there's not crisis, is there? WTF man? Government is spending hundreds of billions to secure Ukraine's border, but we shouldn't seal our own border? Seriously, WTF man? You don't care one little bit about people dying in the river, or in the desert? Not enough blue eyed blondes among them? CLOSE THE BORDER!!
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @07:55PM
I didn't like Jen much. Didn't like her condescending attitude, don't like her politics. But, at least she had a measurable IQ. The woman was able to spar with the less syophantic reporters, she always had an answer ready, no matter how little or how much I liked that answer. She was capable of carrying on a conversation that remained intelligible. Again, I didn't like Jen, but she deserved a little respect for having the ability to do a difficult job.
Jean Pierre? That vacuous wench was appointed for one reason, and one reason only: She is a somewhat physically attractive black female. I think that she and Harris may have graduated from the same high schools, and the same colleges, where being physically present 20% of the time guaranteed a degree. It's an embarrassment to any English speaker to listen to the word salads spilling out of their mouths.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @07:59PM
It was patently obvious that the Afghan government couldn't stand on it's own two legs. The moment we left Afghanistan, that government was going to fall. Only idiots and dreamers thought any differently.
We should have been evacuating freindlies for at least 3 months before we actually left, preferably 6.
We should have been destroying any equipment in the field that we didn't want the Taliban to have.
We should have evacuated about 20 years ago, before it turned into a quagmire.
If you want more details, just ask.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @08:02PM
Biden and European policies and responses to the invasion of Ukraine drove energy prices up, up, up. Inflation. You need look no further than that. And, oh yeah. Winter is coming.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2022, @08:06PM (2 children)
For tens of thousands of years, mankind hasn't really needed a "legal" definition of woman. If she was born with a vagina, and/or a uterus, and/or developed mammary glands, and/or menstruated, that was all the definition needed.
The only reason anyone wants or needs a "legal" definition today is that everyone is catering to the LGBT people.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by drussell on Tuesday September 06 2022, @05:51PM (1 child)
So someone with Vaginal Agenesis, someone with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome, or perhaps someone born intersexed but mostly "female" aren't women then, in your narrow view of the world?
You're being a total schmuck.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2022, @09:12PM
Those are your words, not mine. Don't even try to put words into my mouth.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 04 2022, @07:29AM (1 child)
Runaway1956 is an undocumented Polish illegal immigrant. Time to send him back to his own country.
(Score: 1, Spam) by ToryJohn on Wednesday September 07 2022, @09:25AM
Funny, I always thought he was an Okie, not a Polkie. Learn something new about Runaway everyday. Every day.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by sjames on Sunday September 04 2022, @10:45PM (1 child)
Cop pulls someone over for failure to maintain his lane. He finds a driver with no passengers. A dozen empty beer bottles in the back seat, car smells like a brewery and so does the driver's breath. No actual beer. So, a big funny coincidence or is a DUI investigation in order?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 05 2022, @12:26AM
Around Trump there's no smell of intelligence, much less in his breath, so these papers can't possibly be classified