It was instructive for me to put Pam Bondi in my browser and then look to Wikipedia. Having done that, I know that she both knows Latin and loves to say that donations she received as Florida Attorney General were not anything like "quid pro quo". She said it when not following up on 22 written complaints by Floridians about Trump University shortly before receiving a large campaign donation from a PAC connected to the crook she wants to have as a future boss, the Convicted Old Felon, just like she did earlier from another case she decided not to follow. Look up the hole Bio; fascinating.
There should be pressure on the House Ethics Committee - but the media sits and ignores corruption.
The country needs to get back to expecting truth, ethics and character from its politicians - accepting a criminal and rapist for president is telling the public we don't need to be concerned about laws.
I personally am encouraging everyone to include a schedule C on their tax return with a Trump deduction to bring their tax to $75
Why not? Congress stole PPP money - Trump cheats - Gaetz will escape punishment ( he did party with Epstein and contribute money to his cause).
The ethics committee has no ethics. Retired GOP cabinet member William J Bennett once spoke to ethics - wher is he now?
Why do you and other pundits keep repeating the falsehood that Trump "won big"? By what metric and in what historical context? Yes, he won the electoral college, but not decisively. Yes he is winning the popular vote, but at last count it was only by 1.9%- hardly a mandate. Democrats also won down ballot races, the Senate- while shifting right- is still nearly a toss up and the House is little changed.
I can't help thinking that this was all a setup envisioned by Gaetz that Trump went along with. He gets nominated, resigns to avoid release of the EC report, bows out of AG (which he had to know he had no chance to get), then takes his seat Jan 3 with the new Congress, because the EC investigation in the current Congress dies when Congress is adjourned. I know Gaetz has said he "doesn't intend" to be in the 119th, but there's nothing to prevent him from going back on that. Let's see what happens, but I wouldn't bet against him showing up on Jan 3.
"For my Republican colleagues. . . If we are going to release ethics reports and rip art all that Trump has appointed, let's put it ALL out there. . . .all your sexual assault and harassment claims that were secretly settled, paying off victims using tax payers money.. . . I'll make sure we do."
Well, thanks, Marge. Thanks for letting us know that there are OTHER republicans who have dirty little secrets to hide. I sure hope you follow through on your threat and let the American people have all those details. Though I strongly suspect that now your little bit of blackmail to get others whipped into line seems to have failed, we won't hear another word from you about it.
If Gaetz is seated for the next Congress, what becomes of the House Ethics Committee report? Wouldn't they be obligated to release it? What machinations would the loathsome Speaker pull to bury the report?
Trump is loving his position now. Elected again to lead this country and the free world. All of his legal problems gone. All attention on him, not Kamala and especially not on Joe Biden. He is on top of the world. Mandate to do whatever he wants, with no constraints, because rules and laws are for losers, and he is the winner. His entire psychotic life has now been validated.
"...And it signified an awareness by Trump that, though he won big, fighting such pointed battles with his own party wasn’t worth the sacrifice of time. " Everyone keeps writing about this massive win for trump. He won, and he won the popular vote, but he won less than 50% of the popular vote. Not exactly the juggernaut that the media keeps echoing.
You would think a party that can't put together a cabinet that does not include sex offenders would be a bit more careful about throwing around the term, "groomers".
To me .. I hate to be so blunt about it, but everyone in his orbit is either some kind of criminal, whore or addict. Perhaps literally. Let's talke Rfk jr who apparently was a friend of heroin. So, it may be coming down to this. You have to fight on the field given to you. If just for example a little of that juice ended up in someone's coffee at nih.. I mean... these things happen, right? Yep, to win against this lot may mean going there... I'm happy to hear otherwise. But the window of normal is closing...
> everyone in his orbit is either some kind of criminal, whore or addict.
True. Don't forget grifter, rapist or sex trafficker. That's been true of Republicans for a long time, and of politicians in general. Odd that we seem to understand that yet still vote for it too.
It’s pretty funny that the convicted philanderer and felon who incited an insurrection and then stood by and watched is telling someone that Republicans can’t support him due to the insinuations about his flawed character. As if any Republican has a single fiber of morality or cares about character. What a joke!
The sycophancy remains intact.
It was instructive for me to put Pam Bondi in my browser and then look to Wikipedia. Having done that, I know that she both knows Latin and loves to say that donations she received as Florida Attorney General were not anything like "quid pro quo". She said it when not following up on 22 written complaints by Floridians about Trump University shortly before receiving a large campaign donation from a PAC connected to the crook she wants to have as a future boss, the Convicted Old Felon, just like she did earlier from another case she decided not to follow. Look up the hole Bio; fascinating.
There should be pressure on the House Ethics Committee - but the media sits and ignores corruption.
The country needs to get back to expecting truth, ethics and character from its politicians - accepting a criminal and rapist for president is telling the public we don't need to be concerned about laws.
I personally am encouraging everyone to include a schedule C on their tax return with a Trump deduction to bring their tax to $75
Why not? Congress stole PPP money - Trump cheats - Gaetz will escape punishment ( he did party with Epstein and contribute money to his cause).
The ethics committee has no ethics. Retired GOP cabinet member William J Bennett once spoke to ethics - wher is he now?
And Trump will pardon the1/6 criminals
Please let Gaetz get the GOP nomination for FL governor in 2026. That’s the opening democrats need in that state.
It wasn’t that long ago that we were really competitive in FL (2018)
Matt has friends? 🤣
he buys them...
Why do you and other pundits keep repeating the falsehood that Trump "won big"? By what metric and in what historical context? Yes, he won the electoral college, but not decisively. Yes he is winning the popular vote, but at last count it was only by 1.9%- hardly a mandate. Democrats also won down ballot races, the Senate- while shifting right- is still nearly a toss up and the House is little changed.
Yes, I came here to say the same thing...it still remains to be seen if he did even win the popular vote.
I can't help thinking that this was all a setup envisioned by Gaetz that Trump went along with. He gets nominated, resigns to avoid release of the EC report, bows out of AG (which he had to know he had no chance to get), then takes his seat Jan 3 with the new Congress, because the EC investigation in the current Congress dies when Congress is adjourned. I know Gaetz has said he "doesn't intend" to be in the 119th, but there's nothing to prevent him from going back on that. Let's see what happens, but I wouldn't bet against him showing up on Jan 3.
Defending Gaetz, MTG wrote:
"For my Republican colleagues. . . If we are going to release ethics reports and rip art all that Trump has appointed, let's put it ALL out there. . . .all your sexual assault and harassment claims that were secretly settled, paying off victims using tax payers money.. . . I'll make sure we do."
Well, thanks, Marge. Thanks for letting us know that there are OTHER republicans who have dirty little secrets to hide. I sure hope you follow through on your threat and let the American people have all those details. Though I strongly suspect that now your little bit of blackmail to get others whipped into line seems to have failed, we won't hear another word from you about it.
If Gaetz is seated for the next Congress, what becomes of the House Ethics Committee report? Wouldn't they be obligated to release it? What machinations would the loathsome Speaker pull to bury the report?
Trump is loving his position now. Elected again to lead this country and the free world. All of his legal problems gone. All attention on him, not Kamala and especially not on Joe Biden. He is on top of the world. Mandate to do whatever he wants, with no constraints, because rules and laws are for losers, and he is the winner. His entire psychotic life has now been validated.
actually his diminished capacity and lack of energy means he will be out of spotlight and will let his minions do the whining for him
as long as he doesn't go to jail, he's fine
Looking more and more like he lost the popular vote.
The claim is that among the 53 Republican Senators, that 4 to 6 of them had objections to his character. This is actually a pretty horrifying idea...
"...And it signified an awareness by Trump that, though he won big, fighting such pointed battles with his own party wasn’t worth the sacrifice of time. " Everyone keeps writing about this massive win for trump. He won, and he won the popular vote, but he won less than 50% of the popular vote. Not exactly the juggernaut that the media keeps echoing.
Marc has insiders in the campaign feeding him info, he has to keep up the 'won big' narrative
You would think a party that can't put together a cabinet that does not include sex offenders would be a bit more careful about throwing around the term, "groomers".
To me .. I hate to be so blunt about it, but everyone in his orbit is either some kind of criminal, whore or addict. Perhaps literally. Let's talke Rfk jr who apparently was a friend of heroin. So, it may be coming down to this. You have to fight on the field given to you. If just for example a little of that juice ended up in someone's coffee at nih.. I mean... these things happen, right? Yep, to win against this lot may mean going there... I'm happy to hear otherwise. But the window of normal is closing...
> everyone in his orbit is either some kind of criminal, whore or addict.
True. Don't forget grifter, rapist or sex trafficker. That's been true of Republicans for a long time, and of politicians in general. Odd that we seem to understand that yet still vote for it too.
It’s pretty funny that the convicted philanderer and felon who incited an insurrection and then stood by and watched is telling someone that Republicans can’t support him due to the insinuations about his flawed character. As if any Republican has a single fiber of morality or cares about character. What a joke!