Califan007 The Constipated

VERY good thread, well worth the short read on Twitter…

The rest:

”1) The facts. NARA negotiated in 2021 for the missing records. They finally got 15 boxes. After going through them and finding all kinds of classified records (not organized at all), they raised the alarm. They wanted to make a referral to the FBI but had to first consult with Trump's team, per the PRA procedure. Trump's team delayed for weeks and weeks, and never substantively responded. Finally, NARA told Trump's team they were making the referral and rejected the "protective" assertion of Executive Privilege.

2) At no time did Trump's legal team file an action *at that point* to prevent the referral to FBI.

3) The FBI reviewed the records and the criminal inquiry was opened. A grand jury subpoena was issued to Trump's team. Again, they delayed and delayed in complying. Finally, in early June they agreed to a meeting at MAL to comply. They turned over more classified records, and swore out a statement that they had done a diligent search, they had not found any more classified records, and any records that remained were in the storage room. They refused to let the FBI agents look at the boxes in the storage room.

4) The FBI gathered new evidence that there were in fact more classified records at MAL, including in locations outside of the storage room. They got the search warrant and found approximately 100 additional classified records, some located in Trump's own office. 
 

5) That is straight up obstruction and concealment of classified records, and willfully retaining them in an unauthorized location.

6) Now come the legal arguments. First, DOJ says Trump lacks standing. The records are not his: they are the property of the US. Even if he wanted to claim them as personal records, he never did so. He did not do so in 2021, he did not do so when subpoenaed, he never did it. He has no possessory interest in the records. 

7) Second, they argue Trump is not entitled to any injunctive relief. Again, these are not his records, he waited way too long to even try to stop the FBI from getting the records, he's not entitled to relief given Executive Privilege would not apply, and even if it did the criminal investigative need outweighs it.

8. Third, the Special Master is moot. The A/C privilege records were already separated and are set to be evaluated by the magistrate. The records Trump claims are covered by EP are not his anyway, and the Nixon precedents make clear he cannot invoke it to override the need to conduct a criminal investigation. 

9) To sum it up, Trump took PLAINLY MARKED classified records to MAL, he delayed, obstructed and resisted Government efforts to recover them, he (or his staff) concealed the records from investigators, and they got caught doing so.

/end

I think the other creepy thread I started was archived...so with Halloween a few short months away, thought I'd start a new creepy thread (in reality, I just didn't know where the post these tweets lol).

Doing a NSFW if only because it's a bit...blech lol...but it's normal as well:

3 hours ago, EmirOfShmo said:

Chicken****

 

 

Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony just keeps looking better and better.

Then again, it could all backfire...huge mistake to let her give that testimony. Huge.

His nickname’s gonna be Wolverine now, isn’t it lol…

Ummm lol...

6 hours ago, Die Hard said:

I’d love to hear people’s thoughts on this. 
 

https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/nightclub-bans-staring-without-verbal-consent-in-new-woke-policy/

 

 

 

 

As someone who experienced being stared at in a harassing and creepy manner in a restaurant once, I get what they're trying to do.

**** yer bluetooths...

I pity the fool who actually believes this lol…

4 minutes ago, The Almighty Buzz said:

 

How do you know?  Isn't it possible you just interpreted it wrong?

Because I asked him, and because of his answer lol...

1 minute ago, The Almighty Buzz said:

 

I've used the "Liberal Art Degree" example multiple times and don't see the issue with it.  I generally use it to describe a degree you spent more on than it was worth or that you will get back out of it.

That's not why he used it.

2 hours ago, NoCalMike said:

I think the GOP is now just randomly going through college course program guides, picking individual elective classes and claiming that is what a student's degree is in.  I guess it must play well with their base since they aren't the majority of college degree holders and likely have no frame of reference as to what going to college is like so they are easier to manipulate with the kind of nonsense that Boebert and her party is spouting.  That's not meant as an insult, more just another example of how when people are ignorant about something, they are more easily are susceptible to nonsense filling the void.

A guy on Twitter was responding to a student loan relief post and said words to the effect of "Now truck drivers and plumbers have to pay for someone's liberal arts degree." Got a bunch of likes. Also got a lot of responses from people trying to explain why that narrative is inaccurate.

I responded by asking him "Why did you decide to write 'liberal arts' degree?"

He ended up responding to me by saying "If you actually care about this, I feel the same way towards paying for someone to get a medical degree."

I said "That still doesn't answer the question of why you chose to say 'liberal arts' degree...because if that's how you feel you didn't have to say any specific degree. But you did."

Crickets after that...probably because he could tell I already knew why he singled out having to "pay" for someone's liberal arts degree. It's "liberal arts degree," "Gender Studies degree," "Lesbian Dance Theory degree"...like you said, they just researched all the possible degrees and/or classes offered and picked the ones that they felt would trigger their base the most. Hell, liberal arts degree even has the word "liberal" in it lol...how perfect is that?

3 hours ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

I posted this as a response in a different thread, but it's really more applicable here, so I'm putting it here as well.  

 

Whatever you want to say about Dan, on the football side, the roster has been almost entirely turned over from the 3-13 debacle of 2019.   Here is the comparison.  

 

** Note, they flipped from a 3-4 to a 4-3 (actually more of a 4-2) in 2020, so there are some positions which are a bit wonky.

 

 

Pausen at TE (2022)?...Did you mean Thomas?

2 hours ago, Peregrine said:

Says who?  The 2022 team hasnt played or won a game yet, and most of the power rankings Ive seen have them in the bottom 10.  Praising Dan for the possibility that he might not have a terrible team is all kinds of desperate.

Never, EVER, use power rankings to prove any point other than power rankings are useless lol...

I apologize in advance for this lol..