Racmanaz wrote:
Oh so now Trump got away with an attempted c**p, so now you finally admit why you rarely ever talk about the J****** 6th r**t. Kind of like why you don't ever talk about the trump/russia collusion conspiracy, did Trump get away with that too? You are really sounding unhinged.
You should try to respond to the issues, without the personal insults.
DaveO wrote:
The pres ultimately establishes procedures according to anything I've ever read. The supposed ultimate guide is "The President Executive Order 13526" which will likely be an upcoming point of argument along with past procedures.
All I'm saying is that the pres has certain latitudes and Trump may get away with his "stupid statement" before this story ends.
He got away with an attempted c**p, he certainly might get away with this as well.
Dearie asked straightout if the documents were declassified or not. Trump’s response that his thinking declassified them will not satisfy. Trump h**es rules, and processes that don’t comport with his narcissistic approach.
Dearie or any judge won’t buy it. It is crazy, indicative of Trump destroying institutions. He is not a mafia boss.
It is a completely stupid statement, one that flies in the face of national security. Let us stop pulling punches for this guy.
Trump’s position that he could declassify documents just by thinking about them is a glaring, but sad indication of this man’s disillusioned mindset. Trump supporters belong to a cult, so they don’t understand. But any sane Republican should dismiss this man as soon as possible.
Racmanaz wrote:
I think it's erroneous and reprehensible, the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Not entirely sure how it works but in my opinion, I think it should to go through a process that involves paperwork and multiple people to verify the declassification of any materials.
You disagree with Trump. He said he could do it.
Racmanaz wrote:
You seriously need to seek medical attention for your severe case of tds.
More to the point—what do you think about Trump’s ability to declassify documents by just thinking about them?
"Secret Telepathic Unilateral Preemptive Irreversible Declassification"
STUPID!
"Wednesday was bad enough for Donald Trump. Then he dug himself deeper.
The day started off with the announcement that New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a devastating civil lawsuit against him and his company for what it alleges was massive fraud over years. Then, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit granted the government’s request for a stay of U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s outlandish ruling that had effectively paused the Justice Department’s investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.
That’s when Trump made things worse for himself. In a pre-recorded interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, he insisted: “If you’re the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying, it’s declassified. Even by thinking about it, because you’re sending it to Mar-a-Lago or to wherever you’re sending it.” This, of course, acknowledges that the documents he hoarded were highly sensitive, that Trump knew they were and that he sent them to Mar-a-Lago anyway.
Former FBI special agent Asha Rangappa called Trump’s remarks the “Secret Telepathic Unilateral Preemptive Irreversible Declassification” — or “S.T.U.P.I.D.” — defense. Others simply called it “insane.” All true, but most of all it is “typical” and “par for the course.”
This is precisely the sort of self-damaging delusion that we have come to expect from Trump. After all, he has been saying outlandish, blatantly false things for years — from his lies that President Barack Obama was not born in this country to his claims that the call in which he extorted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was “perfect.”
Unfortunately, the mainstream media has refused to come right out and say it: He’s unable to process reality. And in turn, millions of Americans have bought into his ludicrous conspiracy theories.
The media is not alone in its refusal to acknowledge the emperor has no clothes. Nearly every elected Republican leader knows it, yet they supported him for president twice, refused to convict and remove him from office, parroted the “big lie” of a s****n e******n and mouthed his contradictory excuses for absconding with top-secret materials. Cannon played along as well, disregarding basic legal principles and treating him as if he raised a legitimate defense by claiming that he declassified the documents.
Why is it that Sunday news show hosts don’t ask Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), “Why are you pretending Trump’s document excuses are real?” And why is that when they talk to Trump supporters who spout the “big lie,” the interviewers do not ask them, “You know this is a lie Trump cooked up months before the e******n, right?” The Kabuki dance in which Trump, his defenders and his supporters are treated as rational (clever even!) is what comes from a media establishment that refuses to discard its need for false balance that it has developed over the course of decades.
The free, independent media is supposed to be the tripwire between disinformation (deliberate distortion) and widespread misinformation (innocent or willfully ignorant regurgitation of lies). Instead, it has been a megaphone for disinformation, upholding the pretense that there are two political parties with equally valid takes on reality.
And so we are left with media coverage that expresses shock when Trump says something laughable, demonstrably untrue or just plain c*****rs. While mocking the “defenses” Trump and his sycophants have raised, the political media might want to consider whether this is all that surprising — and what it has collectively done to normalize Trump. It should also consider how it can reconfigure its coverage to better convey objective reality and rise to the task of sustaining our democracy."
Jennifer Rubin
WNYShooter wrote:
In a Civil Case, it's a necessity that the plaintiff prove that a victim was harmed economically or non-economically. This filing does not identify any known victims who were injured in any way.
Yeah, I”ll bet James never thought of that. Trump will be fine.
Fotoartist wrote:
Of course it is, "reasonable to believe that James would destroy her career by filing a frivolous law suit". Do you think a normal person would run for office with the sole intent of persecuting a single individual?
James is deranged at best and will go down in flames when this plays out. Just like you.
No doubt, James has done other work in her position other than investigating Trump. Not that it matters, nor do her political biases matter. If she has presented compelling unbiased evidence, as she probably has, her personal feelings will be irrelevant to the fact finders.
No doubt, she takes the case against Trump seriously, and has prepared it well, before presenting it.
On Hannity Trump said a President can de-classify documents just by thinking it so. He added there is a process, but a President isn’t bound by any process, he can just think the documents are declassified, and they are.
He then added that it is possible that the FBI agents might have been looking at His residence for Hillary’s e-mails
Yes, indeed, this guy is a nut.
Blurryeyed wrote:
Steve Friend..... Remember that name.
We will see if Friend’s allegations gain traction.
BooIsMyCat wrote:
Seems pretty clear to me:
I**********n, an organized and usually violent act of revolt or r*******n against an established government or governing authority of a nation-state or other political entity by a group of its citizens or subjects; also, any act of engaging in such a revolt.
Why he hasn't been charged is debatable. He clearly incited the crowd and it's pretty clear that he intended to do that BEFORE the rally on J** 6.
He sat and watched the violence for 187 minutes before making a p**********l move to stop it. He incited it, and he enjoyed it—it was for him, the narcissistic con-man, autocrat wannabe.