American Politics

[PVMonger]

From Rachel Maddow's show last night or tonight:

The problem for Team Trump is not just that it lost a non-disclosure case. The problem is that it keeps losing non-disclosure cases.

April 21,2022, 5:40 AM PDT.

By Steve Benen.

When Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former aid in Donald Trump's White House, wrote a book about her experiences, the former president was more than disappointed. In fact, the Republican sued his former ally, insisting she'd signed a nondisclosure agreement during the 2016 campaign, and the book violated its terms.

Trump's lawsuit failed, and as The New York Times reported, he also lost a related case yesterday.

A court arbitrator has ordered former President Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign to pay nearly $1. 3 million in legal fees to Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former "Apprentice" star, White House aide and author of the first tell-all book about the Trump White House. The award, handed down on Tuesday, concludes a protracted legal fight..

When will Omarosa see her money? When any supporter of the one-term, twice-impeached, fake-POTUS former guy grows a brain.

[Villainy]

Euphemistically in common parlance "impeach" also means convict, and you are wrong since John Roberts was not presiding during sham #2.
There was only 1 impeachment not 2 and zero convictions!

In "common parlance" to impeach is equivalent with to indict. Conviction or acquittal occurs after a trial. I'm sure Civics classes are available in your high-school.

Yes, Marquis, he was impeached twice. The second time he was already an ex-president when the trial began.

Patrick Leahy in a statement released prior to the trial, wrote that the president pro tempore "has historically presided over Senate impeachment trials of non-presidents."

https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/01/r...achment-trial/

[MarquisdeSade1]

Nobody "tried" to Impeach Trump twice. He was well and truly Impeached twice.

Now that Repubs have proudly admitted they have absolutely no platform, ideas or plans to address inflation, jobs creation, economic expansion, the budget, debt, deficit, national security, border control, foreign policy or any other issues of importance and can only vomit up 24/7 sucker Culture War war whoops and accusations against non existent "kiddie groomers", "critical race theory taught in public schools", "Dem leadership defunding the police, which only the House Repubs voted to do, unanimously", "tranny toilets", etc, etc, etc, I am sure they'll have no problem explaining to their mouth breathing, knuckle-dragging constituency why in the world they would ever work across the aisle with their arch enemies on anything.

That perennial Repub campaign strategy is the perfect premise on which to proudly tout themselves as the Do Nothing Repub Party Of No, which they have been for decades and will continue to be in the future with no end in sight.

https://nypost.com/2022/03/15/msnbc-...maddow-report/

[EihTooms]

Euphemistically in common parlance "impeach" also means convict, and you are wrong since John Roberts was not presiding during sham #2.

There was only 1 impeachment not 2 and zero convictions!

Therefore, no USA president has ever been Impeached, is that it?

The Clinton-haters are going to be really upset about this news.

[ScatManDoo]

From Rachel Maddow's show last night or tonight:

The problem for Team Trump is not just that it lost a non-disclosure case. The problem is that it keeps losing non-disclosure cases.

April 21,2022, 5:40 AM PDT.

By Steve Benen.

When Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former aid in Donald Trump's White House, wrote a book about her experiences, the former president was more than disappointed. In fact, the Republican sued his former ally, insisting she'd signed a nondisclosure agreement during the 2016 campaign, and the book violated its terms.

Trump's lawsuit failed, and as The New York Times reported, he also lost a related case yesterday.

A court arbitrator has ordered former President Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign to pay nearly $1. 3 million in legal fees to Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former "Apprentice" star, White House aide and author of the first tell-all book about the Trump White House. The award, handed down on Tuesday, concludes a protracted legal fight.

Manigault Newman's lawyer told the newspaper that the size of the award "hopefully will send a message that weaponized litigation will not be tolerated and empower other lawyers to stand up and fight."

At face value, this is a costly setback for the former president and his political operation. But the problem for Team Trump is not just that it lost a non-disclosure case; the problem is that it keeps losing non-disclosure cases.

Consider the case of former Trump campaign worker Alva Johnson, who alleged a few years ago that in August 2016, the then-candidate grabbed her at a campaign stop and kissed her on the mouth against her will. After she sued, the Republican filed an arbitration complaint against her, claiming Johnson had violated a non-disclosure agreement by making the allegations.

That didn't work: Just last month, the former president's campaign was ordered to pay more than $300,000 in legal fees and expenses to the former employee. Victor Bianchini, the retired federal judge who adjudicated the arbitration complaint, concluded that the Trump campaign "was invested in silencing other employees that were terminated or had somehow criticized the candidate in other ways."

As we discussed soon after, the larger pattern is striking: Team Trump has also lost an effort to enforce a non-disclosure agreement against a different former campaign worker named Jessica Denson. What's more, Team Trump's non-disclosure case against Stephanie Winston-Wolkoff didn't work out well, and neither did the case against Mary Trump.

The message to others seems unmistakable: There may be others holding back because they signed an NDA and fear the consequences of breaking it. The more Team Trump's attempts to enforce these agreements fall short, the less incentive his former employees have to remain silent.

[MarquisdeSade1]

LOL, they still don't understand what impeachment is.

Euphemistically in common parlance "impeach" also means convict, and you are wrong since John Roberts was not presiding during sham #2.

There was only 1 impeachment not 2 and zero convictions!

[Xpartan]

Nobody "tried" to Impeach Trump twice. He was well and truly Impeached twice.

LOL, they still don't understand what impeachment is.

[MarquisdeSade1]

Nobody "tried" to Impeach Trump twice. He was well and truly Impeached twice.

Now that Repubs have proudly admitted they have absolutely no platform, ideas or plans to address inflation, jobs creation, economic expansion, the budget, debt, deficit, national security, border control, foreign policy or any other issues of importance and can only vomit up 24/7 sucker Culture War war whoops and accusations against non existent "kiddie groomers", "critical race theory taught in public schools", "Dem leadership defunding the police, which only the House Repubs voted to do, unanimously", "tranny toilets", etc, etc, etc, I am sure they'll have no problem explaining to their mouth breathing, knuckle-dragging constituency why in the world they would ever work across the aisle with their arch enemies on anything.

That perennial Repub campaign strategy is the perfect premise on which to proudly tout themselves as the Do Nothing Repub Party Of No, which they have been for decades and will continue to be in the future with no end in sight.

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/gop...20/id/1066553/

[EihTooms]

Those of us who routinely vote straight Democrat down the ballot by definition are supporting bipartisan cooperation and across the aisle agreement to get things done that need to get done for the betterment of America and the lives of Americans because that is what Dems do.

Like trying to sham impeach our Lord and Savior not once but twice, so bad the 2nd time the Chief Justice wouldn't even bother to show up!

Trying to start a civil war 24/7 is not working across the aisle, I have a new name for you, Pontius Pilate Bangkok Bob!

Nobody "tried" to Impeach Trump twice. He was well and truly Impeached twice.

Now that Repubs have proudly admitted they have absolutely no platform, ideas or plans to address inflation, jobs creation, economic expansion, the budget, debt, deficit, national security, border control, foreign policy or any other issues of importance and can only vomit up 24/7 sucker Culture War war whoops and accusations against non existent "kiddie groomers", "critical race theory taught in public schools", "Dem leadership defunding the police, which only the House Repubs voted to do, unanimously", "tranny toilets", etc, etc, etc, I am sure they'll have no problem explaining to their mouth breathing, knuckle-dragging constituency why in the world they would ever work across the aisle with their arch enemies on anything.

That perennial Repub campaign strategy is the perfect premise on which to proudly tout themselves as the Do Nothing Repub Party Of No, which they have been for decades and will continue to be in the future with no end in sight.

[EihTooms]

https://sputniknews.com/20220420/gue...094914083.html

My guess for #1 state was Cali of course.

But surprise its #2 state LOL.

How many Google searches for "penis size" did you have to do before you found that?

[ScatManDoo]

Among the charges Trump himself could be hit with are "criminal solicitation to commit election fraud", or.

Intentional interference with performance of election duties, or.

Conspiracy to commit election fraud, or.

Criminal solicitation, or.

State RICO violations.

And that is only concerning his actions regarding his fighting the correct election results only in the State of Georgia..

I wrote this post three months ago. Much has happened in Georgia.

All or most of the 30 hack pubs that refused to testify are going to be subpoenaed soon.

The Grand Jury is scheduled to be seated for four weeks in June.

Maybe we'll get to see some criminal charges before the dog days of summer.

[MarquisdeSade1]

Those of us who routinely vote straight Democrat down the ballot by definition are supporting bipartisan cooperation and across the aisle agreement to get things done that need to get done for the betterment of America and the lives of Americans because that is what Dems do.

But every vote for a Do Nothing Repub is by definition a vote to first Crash the USA economy and wipe out millions of USA jobs with their usual disastrous Supply-Side / Trickle-Down idiocy that has been accomplishing that and only that since the 1920's if they wind up with even a minimal majority and then next for nothing but unified party line obstruction to do one damn thing right to pull us out of the mess they made if they still retain a significant minority presence after they've created the disastrous mess.

Oh those self-proclaimed "fair and balanced" Repub voters are so magnanimous to graciously mention something positive every now and then about the Dems who are the only ones who recover us in historic fashion from those classic Great Repub Economic Crashes but ain't it a shame that people who vote for all those recoveries and never for the Great Repub Crashes just can't summon the same magnanimous graciousness of spirit to praise a few Repubs every now and then for the disastrous mess they made..

Those of us who routinely vote straight Democrat down the ballot by definition are supporting bipartisan cooperation and across the aisle agreement to get things done that need to get done for the betterment of America and the lives of Americans because that is what Dems do.

Like trying to sham impeach our Lord and Savior not once but twice, so bad the 2nd time the Chief Justice wouldn't even bother to show up!

Trying to start a civil war 24/7 is not working across the aisle, I have a new name for you, Pontius Pilate Bangkok Bob!

[MarquisdeSade1]

At the risk of appearing to swagger even more about when and why I chose to retire in Thailand, I should probably clarify what I meant by that well-known alpha male swaggerer's word "relative" when I described where I live as a "relative" pussy and BJ paradise and few other things.

First of all, I was merely responding to the repeated suggestions that I fled the USA for a third world "shithole" or "undeveloped" country in order to escape California's 'high crime, high taxes and the high cost of living', not really about choosing the best place in the world to retire for a multitude of other reasons. And that is where the "relative" pussy and BJ thing came in.

But maybe it is worth taking another few minutes out of my busy pussy hunting, fucking and BJ getting day to further clarify. Why not? It is only about 8 AM here now and my pussy fucking and BJ getting hours tend to happen later in the day or evening anyway.

Swagger alert! "Relatively", that is.

Thanks to my working, living and buying in California and to the remarkably healthy gains and returns I enjoyed under the USA economic stewardship of JFK / LBJ, Carter, Clinton, Obama and now Biden (and zero thanks to economic disasters like Nixon / Ford, Reagan, Bush1, Bush2 and Trump, who only delayed my retirement or diminished my retirement funds before and during retirement), I was lucky enough to retire from my regular work and career by age 55....

https://sputniknews.com/20220420/gue...094914083.html

My guess for #1 state was Cali of course.

But surprise its #2 state LOL.

[EihTooms]

No wonder you guys voted for the Orange Buffoon. You can't tell up from down, back from front or truth from fiction.

You believe that everything good is Republican and everything bad is Democratic and yet you accuse Democrats of the same type of thinking. How weird is that, eh? When Republican politicians, almost to a person, have vowed to block virtually every legislative act proposed by legislators of the Democratic persuasion. Going back to when Obama was President. To them, it doesn't make one iota of difference if the legislation would help the US or its citizens because to your pols, if it is a Democratic proposal, it is BS. Voting rights bill? Blocked. Alternative proposal? None. COVID relief? Blocked. Alternative proposal? None. Capping the price of insulin? Only 12 House Republicans voted in favor of it. Alternative proposal? None, although, to be fair, Matt "Sex before eight or else it's too late" Gaetz suggested that people could lose weight. That's why Democrats say that Republicans don't really want to govern. They want to tell people how bad something is (and you morons believe them every time) and to elect them and they'll fix it but, when the rubber meets the road, all they ever do it roll out the same tired old proposals..

Those of us who routinely vote straight Democrat down the ballot by definition are supporting bipartisan cooperation and across the aisle agreement to get things done that need to get done for the betterment of America and the lives of Americans because that is what Dems do.

But every vote for a Do Nothing Repub is by definition a vote to first Crash the USA economy and wipe out millions of USA jobs with their usual disastrous Supply-Side / Trickle-Down idiocy that has been accomplishing that and only that since the 1920's if they wind up with even a minimal majority and then next for nothing but unified party line obstruction to do one damn thing right to pull us out of the mess they made if they still retain a significant minority presence after they've created the disastrous mess.

Oh those self-proclaimed "fair and balanced" Repub voters are so magnanimous to graciously mention something positive every now and then about the Dems who are the only ones who recover us in historic fashion from those classic Great Repub Economic Crashes but ain't it a shame that people who vote for all those recoveries and never for the Great Repub Crashes just can't summon the same magnanimous graciousness of spirit to praise a few Repubs every now and then for the disastrous mess they made.

LOL. Yes, how about that. So unfair.

[PVMonger]

I have Paulie on ignore, and his comment was typical of his type, but I read his quote because someone else copied it, and that part is right. He made the point you guys are really not helping yourself. Eih, you actually said your wealth was created "solely" by your voting Democrat and not your individual actions. Those are your words.

PVMonger, I do not know a Republican here who has said there is a problem with legal immigration. Maybe there has been someone posting about LGBTQ but I do not recall it.

You are the team that is actually demonizing white men, and I would argue all men in general. Have you read about Deshaun Watson? Can you think about that from a man's POV or does it have to be from that of a Democrat?

Eih, your #1 concern living abroad is the strength of the dollar. Inflation diminishes the value of the dollar. So does sending dollars for goods like oil. And the sanctions on Russia and pushing them to create an alternative to the dollar is not good if you are abroad. I do not think it will work, but it is a risk to the dollar as reserve currency..

No wonder you guys voted for the Orange Buffoon. You can't tell up from down, back from front or truth from fiction.

You believe that everything good is Republican and everything bad is Democratic and yet you accuse Democrats of the same type of thinking. How weird is that, eh? When Republican politicians, almost to a person, have vowed to block virtually every legislative act proposed by legislators of the Democratic persuasion. Going back to when Obama was President. To them, it doesn't make one iota of difference if the legislation would help the US or its citizens because to your pols, if it is a Democratic proposal, it is BS. Voting rights bill? Blocked. Alternative proposal? None. COVID relief? Blocked. Alternative proposal? None. Capping the price of insulin? Only 12 House Republicans voted in favor of it. Alternative proposal? None, although, to be fair, Matt "Sex before eight or else it's too late" Gaetz suggested that people could lose weight. That's why Democrats say that Republicans don't really want to govern. They want to tell people how bad something is (and you morons believe them every time) and to elect them and they'll fix it but, when the rubber meets the road, all they ever do it roll out the same tired old proposals.

You realize, right, that there are at least hundreds of Ukrainians at the southern border. They don't have the paperwork required for entry. But I'll bet money that Republicans will say "let them in" but keep out all of those brown folks 'cause they're bad.

Demonizing white men? By doing what? By proposing that women should have a voice? But we know that what Republicans really want is for women to be barefoot and pregnant without the right to vote. Because a women would never vote to force another woman to have her rapist's baby. In reality, though, any Republican who does not protest legislation that demonizes someone else automatically supports it. After all, that's what you accuse Democrats of doing, right?

You yell and scream about inflation, but where are the Republican proposals? There are none. Why? Reason is that Republicans don't have a plan. But the real reason is that Republicans have no incentive to help fix inflation. Why should they? Republicans would rather see every day Americans suffer for the next 2-1/2 years. Think about that for a second, if you can. If Republicans really wanted to help Americans, they'd come up with a bunch of serious proposals and present them to President Biden. But Republicans won't do anything close to that, will they? If inflation isn't brought under control, they can tell voters that Democrats are to blame but that Republicans can fix it. Then, if Republicans are elected, they'll trot out Rick Scott's plan as well as some form of Trickle-Down. When that fails, America will elect another Democrat and the whole sorry Republican charade will start over again.