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Mark Meadows unmasked in Arizona fake electors indictment, faces 9 felony charges: Report Charges have formally been made public against Mark Meadows, the onetime chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, in the expansive fake electors case now underway in Arizona. Trump is not charged in Arizona but is considered an unindicted co-conspirator. As Law&Crime recently reported, 18 fake electors in the state were indicted by a grand jury on April 24 for their alleged efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. Though several Republicans were named directly in the fraud and forgery indictment including, among others, leaders of the state’s Republican party and two incumbent state lawmakers, some of those charged had their identities redacted, including Meadows and Trump’s former attorney also facing indictment in Georgia, Rudy Giuliani. Formal charges have still not been confirmed for Giuliani in Arizona. The Associated Press reported first on Wednesday that the state’s attorney’s general office confirmed Meadows was being charged with nine felony counts and has been served. The nine felony charges Meadows faces in Arizona include conspiracy, fraudulent schemes and artifices, and fraudulent schemes and practices. The remaining charges are felony forgery allegations. An attorney for Meadows did not immediately respond to a request for comment to Law&Crime on Friday. Click on the link for the full article

A foreshadow of a reunion between JD & Aiyuk?

Henry Cuellar Indicted Over Bribery Scheme Representative Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat in a crucial swing district, and his wife were charged with participating in a yearslong $600,000 bribery scheme involving Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank, according to a federal indictment unsealed in Houston on Friday. The accusations against Mr. Cuellar, 68, and his wife Imelda, 67, center on allegations of bribery and money laundering in connection with their efforts on behalf of an oil and gas company owned by Azerbaijan’s leaders as well as an unnamed bank based in Mexico City, according to the 54-page complaint. Mr. Cuellar, a Laredo native first elected in 2004, is also accused of acting as an agent of a foreign entity while a U.S. government official — by delivering a speech favoring Azerbaijan in Congress and inserting provisions into aid bills to benefit those who were paying bribes to his family. The government claimed that Mr. Cuellar, who once served as Texas secretary of state, was paid to back legislation intended to stymie regulation of the payday loan industry, which has been accused of predatory lending practices against the poor. He also tried to weaken money laundering laws that affected Mexico’s banking sector, according to prosecutors. Mr. Cuellar “agreed to influence legislative activity and to advise and pressure high-ranking U.S. executive branch officials regarding measures beneficial to the bank,” they said. Click on the link for the full article

I don’t have an affinity for either party, but there definitely is a giant contrast in the levels of scumbaggery and sociopathy. The one that likes elephants is significantly worse.

Play this at my funeral

I think we are a good starting OT away from .500

Rales was arguably the most important part of the sale process. I have some ~sources~ connected to the Harris group. Word is - actually I believe this was public - Josh needed to find a partner with deep enough pockets that their bid would clear the NFL's regulations on debt financing for a team purchase. The problem is, what kind of ultra-high net worth deep pocketed billionaire would be content to write a large check and then not have control over the operation? Turns out it was Mark Ein who brought Rales into the fold and the rest is history. Ein is ultra-connected, dude was Joe Biden's landlord and is neighbors with Tony Blinken. He's prob the one spearheading the RFK efforts with Rales closely involved as well. But in any case, that's why Ein is so prominently featured in the HOG despite not having a large economic stake. And as far as Rales goes, it takes a truly humble guy to have that much skin in the game while relinquishing all formal control to your partner with sports experience.

I expect that I will probably spend money on team gear this season. Last thing I purchased was Sean’s #36 jersey in 2004, so it’s been 20 years. Not sure what to buy yet, but this hat looks kinda fresh.

I laughed but I don’t care what party they’re with or where they’re from. I think most of them are scumbuckets and/or sociopaths.

"Losing all credibility": Trump's hush money lawyer the latest to torch his reputation for nothing Going into Donald Trump's Manhattan criminal trial for fraud and election interference regarding "hush money" payments to an adult film actress, the world of legal experts worried that, this time, Trump might mount a strong defense. Unlike many of the lawyers he used in his civil trials, who are widely regarded as MAGA hacks, Trump hired Todd Blanche to beat the 34 felony charges brought by New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Blanche, as the Washington Post reported, "previously worked at the prestigious federal prosecutor’s office in Manhattan," even working alongside Bragg before going to a private law firm. And as Andrew Rice of New York magazine explained, Blanche has long drawn accolades from "the lawyers who know him best" in New York. They say things like, "He’s an extraordinary trial lawyer" and "very good at reading people." Before the trial started in April, Blanche had, in fact, deftly maneuvered in many ways to delay various Trump trials, a strategy likely employed out of a deep understanding that Trump is unlikely to do well once a jury sees evidence of his alleged crimes. But now that he's actually trying a case in the court of Judge Juan Merchan in Manhattan, much of Blanche's defense strategy seems puzzling at best and downright foolish in many cases. Sometimes it's hard not to wonder if he's trying to alienate the judge and jury that hold his client's fate in their hands. During opening statements, for instance, Blanche kept openly flouting the judicial restrictions. Prosecutors successfully objected more than half a dozen times, which is highly unusual during opening statements — and could turn a jury against the defendant. Meanwhile, Blanche struggles to control Trump, who doesn't just sleep through much of the trial but keeps pulling out his phone, against courtroom rules. Under Blanche's leadership, another defense lawyer, Emil Bove, pretended he had a damning document to present a witness, but it was just a bunch of words that had no bearing on the case. This is a classic Trump trick, as he often uses blank pieces of paper to pretend to have "evidence" he does not have. But in court, it backfired on Blanche's team and the judge called them out in front of the jury. But it was really the battle over Trump's refusal to obey the judge's gag order that exposed how much Blanche seems unmoored from his past as a respected, professional litigator. Rather than do the smart thing and tell his client to knock it off, Blanche beclowned himself in court, trying to argue that because Trump was quoting a Fox News video instead of using his own words, it didn't count. To compound the bad faith of the argument, it turned out that Trump made up part of the quote. "You're losing all credibility with the court," Merchan exasperatedly explained. Blanche's bad choices in trial largely seem driven by a need to placate his famously narcissistic client, who believes belligerence and lies are a superior strategy to more well-regarded tactics like being diplomatic, showing respect, and staying within the facts. Trump is even reportedly insisting that Blanche stick to the ridiculous story that a sexual encounter with Stormy Daniels never happened, a claim so preposterous it could make the jury assume everything else the defense says is a lie. Despite sacrificing so much of his reputation to defend Trump, however, Blanche is reportedly learning the same lesson everyone who backs Trump learns: He rewards loyalty by spitting in your face. As the New York Times reported Tuesday, Trump has been complaining constantly about Blanche behind closed doors. He whines that Blanche "has not been following his instructions closely, and has been insufficiently aggressive." Trump wants Blanche to "attack witnesses, attack what the former president sees as a hostile jury pool, and attack the judge." Click on the link for the full article

I love where Mitch Reales talks about building a Hall of Fame next to a new stadium or HQ. Long overdue and there is so much they can do with that. You can tell they want to engage the fans and ex-players as much as possible. It's going to be fun to be a fan again.

And he didn't even blink when I took an $8.50/hr job at a doggie daycare for a year. It was really hard work, but I liked what I was doing, cleaning kennels, etc., and came home happy every single day, earning practically nothing. It wasn't any big deal. It's a "relationship" thing, and how far you think it'll go.

The camera distorts the apparent distance, but judging by the time between when he moved over and the crash occurred, the ATVer didn't have adequat time to slow down. You can see him try and turn to avoid, but there isn't even time enough for that.

Today, one of my Spanish-speaking students tucked his arms inside of his shirt so only his hands were popping out of the sleeves and then laid on his back on the floor and voluntarily convulsed for 30 seconds. So I walked up to him and said, “Te ves como una tortuga que está muriendo” That made me feel really good because a year ago, if I would’ve told you that I was learning Spanish and you would’ve asked, “how do you say, ‘you look like a dying tortoise?’”, I would’ve said I’m not that good yet.

He’s not a scumbucket because he’s a Democrat though. It’s because he’s from Texas.

I'd ask "can you IMAGINE having to tell a former president and current candidate for president that a GAG order does not stop him from testifying? An act that requires him to put his hand on a Bible that doesn't have his ****ing name on it, and is positioned RIGHT SIDE UP so he knows what the **** it is, and SWEAR to tell the truth, the WHOLE truth, and nothing BUT the truth?" But here we are. If he does take the stand he might just explode. In a giant flash of Bullsht, he just vanishes, leaving behind nothing but a singed wing of hair and a smell of the rankest ass from the deepest pit of hell there could possibly be. ~Bang

OMG, that's exactly how we were, but in reverse. 😂

Dating, pretty much, but it was a different time, too. Married,, I don't touch the money. Put it this way. I am an artist, completely right brained in pretty much every single way imaginable. I see EVERYTHING. I look at EVERYTHING. I am the dog whose nose follows every squirrel. When i look at a person's face, my mind deconstructs it to how I would draw it, how it is shaped, why it looks like it does. If i was born 15 years later, they would have made me the ADHD poster child and likely have medicated me into being a completely boring tax assessor or something. I am SO GLAD that stuff wasn't known when i was in school. And my wife is the exact opposite. She is totally left brained, numbers and analytics and finance is her world. She is a financial adviser, after all. She tries to explain an insurance policy to me and my eyes glaze over. I take her to an art museum, and she glances at things, wondering where she'd like to go for lunch. Together we make a whole brain, and she has control of the finances. Wisest and most sound decision I've ever made. (and happiest.) ~Bang

Thanks for listening to a female's point of view. I've always been able to "carry my own", (y'all know I do the restaurant thing, which was mostly cash back in the day)...we never, ever had issues...he made plenty, I followed up. It was just kinda understood. If you care about her, have the discussion (over a nice bottle of wine wouldn't hurt). 😉 If you don't see her as a life partner, do what you're comfortable with.

@Koolblue13 really has you by not changing that doesn’t he

New Stadium adjacent to the current site then? I think this is where it will ends up but that would make for a cluster parking situation for years during the construction

As a mid forties single male this is pretty much my philosophy on the subject. Mainly cuz I hear my folks in my head saying "what are you doing making her pay for stuff dummy". 🤣 My folks have been married fifty years and have both joint and separate bank accounts. My dad has pretty much always been on top of making sure everything was paid tho.

Randal or Mantana? That's the true debate.