Politics of Petulance (title renamed to match original post)

[Ban Hammer 12,884]

8 minutes ago, Family said:

 

While performing the group’#######, “American Idiot,” Armstrong appeared to slip in, “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda.”

 

Folks noticed.

 

 

only took 2 months for it be posted here..........yeah, people noticed.

[Dashinka 23,381]

53 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

only took 2 months for it be posted here..........yeah, people noticed.

It is interesting how gaslighted Leftist fail to see they are being gaslighted.

[Family 3,555]

In leaked audio, Supreme Court Justice John Devine railed against “brainwashed” GOP colleagues

 

Speaking to a group of East Texas voters in September, state Supreme Court Justice John Devine cast himself as the antidote to his “brainwashed” colleagues on the all-Republican bench

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The next year, Devine issued a lone dissent after the court’s majority declined to hear a legal challenge to the City of Houston’s decision to extend marriage benefits to the spouses of gay and lesbian city workers.

Texas, Devine wrote in his dissent, had a long history of dictating spousal benefits in order to encourage procreation or other societal goods.

“Surely the State may limit spousal employment benefits to spouses of the opposite sex,” he wrote. “Only these spouses are capable of procreation within their marriage, and the State has an interest in encouraging such procreation.”

[Family 3,555]

 

 

[Dashinka 23,381]

[Family 3,555]

 

[Dashinka 23,381]

12 hours ago, Family said:

 

Like sands through the hour glass….

[Family 3,555]

4 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Like sands through the hour glass….

Attorney on attorney action is always interesting as they always listen carefully to each question and ask for clarification. 
Plus today small  Zoom mishap was pretty funny : one attorney appearing remotely forgot to put on his pants 😂

[Dashinka 23,381]

55 minutes ago, Family said:

Attorney on attorney action is always interesting as they always listen carefully to each question and ask for clarification. 
Plus today small  Zoom mishap was pretty funny : one attorney appearing remotely forgot to put on his pants 😂

Usually pay double for that...🤣

 

 

[Family 3,555]

Slow …

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/14/nicolas-sarkozy-jail-term-halved-ilegal-campaign-financing-case-appeal-court

The appeals court gave Sarkozy a lower sentence than the original court: a one-year year prison term, half of which was suspended. The six-month prison term can be served through means such as wearing an electronic bracelet, without going to jail.

But the sentence will be put on hold as Sarkozy’s lawyer announced he would contest the decision at France’s highest court. “Today’s ruling is highly questionable,” said Vincent Desry, adding that his client was innocent.

France’s highest court, the Cour de Cassation, typically focuses on whether the law has been applied correctly rather than on the facts of the case. Procedures before the court can take years.

The Sarkozy case has been labelled the “Bygmalion” affair after the name of the events company that organised his elaborate and artfully filmed stadium gigs in front of thousands of flag-waving fans.

Prosecutors said Sarkozy spent nearly €43m (£37m) on his 2012 campaign – almost double the permitted €22.5m.

He denied any wrongdoing or illegal overspending.

In another case in March 2021, Sarkozy became France’s first postwar president to be handed a custodial sentence when he was given a three-year jail term, two years of which were suspended, for corruption and influence peddling over attempts to secure favours from a judge. This verdict was confirmed by an appeals court last year. But Sarkozy also launched an appeal to the Cour de Cassation

The former president has faced several court cases but he is yet to serve any sentences because of appeal processes.

In 2025, Sarkozy will face trial in relation to potentially the biggest allegation against him: that he took money from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to illegally fund his victorious 2007 run for the presidency. He denies any wrongdoing and has complained of being “accused without any physical evidence”.

[Family 3,555]

Hackers threaten to release Trump documents from Georgia case if they don't get a ransom by Thursday

• Hackers set a ransom deadline of Thursday morning to release Fulton County court documents.
• They claim the documents include a cache of files related to the criminal case against Donald Trump.
• An international law enforcement raid took them down earlier this month, but they appeared to quickly recover.

  The hacking group responsible for taking down Fulton County's websites in Georgia is threatening to publish documents from the government's court system — including ones related to the criminal case against Donald Trump — unless it gets paid a ransom.

  In a message posted online Saturday, in both English and Russian, the hacking group called LockBit 3.0 said the stolen documents "contain a lot of interesting things and Donald Trump's court cases that could affect the upcoming US election."

  Initially, LockBit 3.0 set a Saturday, March 2 deadline for payment, according to the cybersecurity reporter Christopher Krebs.

  It has since moved up that deadline to 8:49 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, February 29, LockBit's 3.0's restored website shows.

  It's not clear how much money the group is demanding. The hacking group's demands are often negotiated in private, according to Dan Schiappa, the chief product officer at the cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf.

  The group — led by a hacker using the pseudonym LockBitSupp — appeared to become operational again over the weekend after a February 20 law enforcement raid. A group of agencies, including the FBI and the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency, took down 34 of its servers and changed its website to a series of messages bragging about the law enforcement operation. The same day, the US Department of Justice unsealed an indictment accusing two Russian nationals of being involved in the group's hacking operations.   https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-georgia-documents-ransom-threat-fulton-county-hack-lockbit-2024-2

[Family 3,555]

The MAGA enemies list is growing, and so are the odds that you’re on it

 

As the Republican primaries slog toward the climax of a likely Trump nomination, I can’t help thinking that we as a country are still dramatically underreacting to the MAGA threat. The fact that Trump has even made it this far is proof of that. 
 

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So, I wonder, how many Americans realize they are on Trump’s enemies list? And I wonder if our collective response would be different if more people knew they could be targeted and their lives upended. 

To find out who’s targeted, all you have to do is refer to a 900-page “Mandate for Leadership” produced for Project 2025, the effort led by the right-wing Heritage Foundation and supported by almost 100 Trump-supporting groups. It’s a blueprint for the authoritarian Republican administration they hope is coming next.  
 

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4488097-trumps-enemies-list-is-growing-and-so-are-the-odds-that-youre-on-it/

[Pooky 3,367]

1 hour ago, Family said:

So, I wonder, how many Americans realize they are on Trump’s enemies list?

Nowhere near as many as know that they’re on Biden’s enemies list.

[Family 3,555]

1 hour ago, Pooky said:

Nowhere near as many as know that they’re on Biden’s enemies list.

The ‘partners’ are declared racists and anti immigrant , CIS , for example, is a designated HATE GROUP . …won’t surprise anyone that it’s folks held administration positions in the last round, heh…

The CIS was founded by Otis L. Graham and John Tanton. The organization was founded in 1985 as a spin-off from the Federation for American Immigration Reform and is one of a number of anti-immigration organizations 

Opposition to work permits for foreign university students

CIS seeks an end to "Optional Practical Training" work permits, which foreign students who attend American universities can use to obtain internships.^[41]

 

Tanton is a retired Michigan ophthalmologist who opposed immigration on racial grounds, desired a white ethnic majority in the United States and advocated for eugenics.^[46][12][47] The SPLC's 2009 report charged that "FAIR, CIS and NumbersUSA are all part of a network of restrictionist organizations conceived and created by John Tanton" who they said had "deeply racist" views, and said that the group had "frequently manipulated data" in order to promote anti-immigration goals.^[45]

 

https://www.heritage.org/press/project-2025-reaches-100-coalition-partners-continues-grow-preparation-next-president?preview_id=2848&preview_nonce=e270c3a857&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=2853

Project 2025 Reaches 100 Coalition Partners, Continues to Grow in Preparation for Next President

[Family 3,555]

 

 

Putin says West sending troops to Ukraine could lead to nuclear war

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West of the risk of nuclear war if they send their own troops to fight for Ukraine, saying Moscow had the weapons to strike Western targets.

In his annual state of the nation address on Thursday, Putin said claims that Russia intends to attack Europe are “nonsense” but warned that his country might strike Western countries with nuclear weapons.

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He confirmed Russia will bolster its military presence along its Western border to “neutralize the threats” of NATO expansion after Finland and Sweden joined the alliance following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/29/europe/putin-nuclear-war-state-of-nation-russia-ukraine-intl/index.html