China Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Boeing PAC Resumes Giving to Republicans Who Opposed Certifying Election Boeing Co.’s political action committee resumed giving to federal candidates and committees in May after a three-month pause, including donations to members who opposed certifying the 2020 election results for President Joe Biden. The aerospace giant joined dozens of other companies on Jan. 13 in announcing that they would suspend and review their political action committee donations in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot by supporters of Donald Trump. But beginning on May 3, Boeing gave out nearly $900,000 to political committees and candidates, according to its latest filing with the Federal Election Commission. Among sitting lawmakers who received $5,000, the maximum amount a PAC can give per election, were House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Representative Vicky Hartzler of Missouri. Representative Jack Bergman, a Michigan Republican who also voted against certification, got $2,500. All four were among the 147 Republicans who voted against certifying Electoral College votes for Biden in alignment with Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Five people were killed as a result of the mob storming the Capitol. Click on the link for the full article -------------------------------------------- Toyota leads companies in election-objector donations Nearly three-dozen corporate PACs have donated at least $5,000 to Republicans who objected to certifying the 2020 election, yet Toyota leads by a substantial margin. Why it matters: Following Jan. 6, huge segments of corporate America rethought their political-giving programs. The new numbers suggest some large companies have decided to maintain support — even for members of Congress deeply enmeshed in the pro-Trump conspiracy theories that fueled the Capitol attack. Some prominent GOP objectors also have found they can replace any lost corporate support with small-dollar, grassroots donations driven by their reputations as pro-Trump hardliners. By the numbers: Data compiled by the left-leaning watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington show Toyota gave $55,000 to 37 GOP objectors this year. That equates to a quarter of the bloc that voted to nullify President Biden's win after the Capitol siege. Toyota gave more than twice as much — and to nearly five times as many members of Congress — as the No. 2 company on the list, Cubic Corp., a San Diego-based defense contractor. "We do not believe it is appropriate to judge members of Congress solely based on their votes on the electoral certification," a Toyota spokesperson said in a statement emailed to Axios. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Toyota. Let's Go Places. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dan T. Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 ^^^ Filthy, disease-ridden terrorists. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 How close did Trump come to attempting a military coup? Much too close At the present moment, American democracy is like a tightrope walker attempting a crossing during a howling storm, and without a net. That democracy has thus far "survived" the Age of Trump and his regime's and allies' assaults — including an all-too-real attempted coup — is something like the luck enjoyed by fools and drunks. Joe Biden may now be president, but the perilous tightrope walk continues. Safety appears to be in sight, but that is a dangerous illusion: Most lethal falls during a tightrope walk happen during the last few feet when the performer believes they are safe. The flood of "revelations" about the Trump regime's attempts to overthrow American democracy continue. Contrary to what the professional smart people with their "view from nowhere" and too many other members of the chattering classes have claimed, the dangers of a coup perpetrated by the Trump regime were not exaggerated or hysterical, and most certainly were not symptoms of "Trump derangement syndrome." The danger was clear and obvious for those who were paying attention to reality as it is, and not as others wished it to be. What do we now know? (And should have known already?) Donald Trump and members of his inner circle wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to last summer's protests that followed the police murder of George Floyd. As reported by CNN, Trump longed for the U.S. military to "crack skulls" and "handle" the protesters with great force. He reportedly wanted the United States military to "beat the **** out" of the protesters and even "shoot them." When told that such violence was illegal and inappropriate, Trump then suggested that the military could shoot protesters in the legs instead. It appears that Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper were able to stop Trump from ordering U.S. troops to act out his violent, psychopathic fantasies. ProPublica recently obtained emails revealing that the violence by Trump's followers on Jan. 6 by Trump's followers was predictable and in no sense unexpected. In their new reporting, Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien explain that they interviewed "more than 50 people involved in the events of Jan. 6" and reviewed months' worth of private correspondence: Quote Taken together, these accounts suggest that senior Trump aides had been warned the Jan. 6 events could turn chaotic, with tens of thousands of people potentially overwhelming ill-prepared law enforcement officials. Rather than trying to halt the march, Trump and his allies accommodated its leaders, according to text messages and interviews with Republican operatives and officials. In other words, nothing about the coup attempt was spontaneous or random. It was part of a much larger plot and conspiracy previewed by Trump's repeated attempts to invoke the Insurrection Act during the George Floyd protests and other moments of his presidency. Click on the link for more 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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China Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 YouTuber charged for violence at Capitol riot causing media to abandon equipment Zvonimir Jurlina, a YouTuber, appears to have been arrested and charged by the FBI in connection with an alleged assault on media workers covering the 6 January Capitol insurrection. According to a criminal complaint filed on Monday, Mr Jurlina has been charged with acts of physical violence and destruction of property at a media staging area set up as the riot unfolded. According to the complaint, which was released by the Justice Department, Mr Jurlina was identified in photos shared by the agency online in a bid to identify participants in the 6 January riot. The complaint states that the man identified as Mr Jurlina had "kicked and/or stomped on equipment that belong to media outlets" and assisted in an attempt to set fire to a pile of “destroyed and/or abandoned” media equipment. It also states that he "incited violent acts that caused members of the media to vacate the staging area and abandon their equipment”. Click on the link for the full article 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ball Security Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Cooked Crack said: Hoping to read a follow up where they go after the person on the other side of that transaction too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Maybe if we take away his video games for a few days... ~US Justice Department 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Llevron Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 If you didn’t post the tweet I would have thought it was a joke. My goodness lolol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busch1724 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 So no crisis actor defense yet from anyone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I love how he is trying to be serious, but yet consents to be interviewed shirtless, with wifebeater tan lines. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 11 hours ago, Cooked Crack said: When i read the post about McCarthy threatening to remove GOP members from committees if they join the investigation into Jan. 6th, i thought "If I were a Congressman I'd go on record and say 'Who gives a ****" directly while speaking on the floor"...then I saw the above lol... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CousinsCowgirl84 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, visionary said: Are police officers in police involved shootings not typically Identified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said: Are police officers in police involved shootings not typically Identified? Wasn’t police. Was Secret Service from what I read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llevron Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 49 minutes ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said: Are police officers in police involved shootings not typically Identified? Not by the thin blue line crowd for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Much rather follow the mystery of who shot Paul Gosar. ~Bang 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Donald Trump killed Ashli Babbitt. 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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