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June 25, 2022

I have questions about the timing of the release of the overturning of Roe yesterday in light of ...

... the bombshells @ the J-6 hearings Thursday. Was the SCOTUS and the GOP trying to change the news cycle?

Trump, “Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen.”

It does not get more damning then that.

Vote Blue in Twenty Twenty Two.

June 24, 2022

Fucking gun nuts .... now in my neighborhood Columbus, OH .... Clintonville

I just got a report that somebody was seen brandishing a gun about a block from me. I decided to skip
walking the dog for now.

June 24, 2022

Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer was apparently assaulted with human feces while behind bars.

@534

Guess the bad ass heavy metal guitarist act doesn't carry any weight with "the fellas" in lock up.


Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer, who recently pleaded guilty for his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot, was apparently assaulted with human feces while behind bars. Schaffer’s lawyer recently went into detail about the alleged incident, claiming Schaffer also received death threats while locked up.

Schaffer became one of the faces of the attempted insurrection after a photo of him inside the Capitol Building began making the rounds. Schaffer turned himself in to authorities on Jan. 17 and ultimately spent 89 days in jail before being released to await sentencing.

The guitarist and Oathkeeper member pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress and Trespassing on restricted grounds of the Capitol while armed with a deadly or dangerous weapon. Though Schaffer could spend up to 30 years in prison, CNN reports that prosecutors and Schaffer’s defense team have agreed to recommend between 3.5 and 4.5 years of prison time. The sentence will ultimately be decided by Judge Amit Mehta.

Read More: Jon Schaffer Says He Was Assaulted With Feces + Urine in Jail | https://loudwire.com/iced-earth-jon-schaffer-death-threats-assaulted-feces-urine-jail/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
June 24, 2022

Mark Meadows pushed Italian satellite vote-changing theory




ASHEVILLE — White House Chief of staff Mark Meadows pushed for an investigation into the idea Italian satellites changed votes in the U.S. election — one of several new revelations from Jan. 6 select committee hearings about the former Western North Carolina congressman as well as another notable figure with ties to the mountains.

The fifth day of the public hearings held June 23 focused on Trump's attempts to get Department of Justice officials to back his false election fraud claims in hopes of overturning the election of Joe Biden. The hearing also showed more links between Meadows and the plot as well as a connection to another WNC notable, Biltmore Forest resident and Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell, whom it was shown Trump wanted to appoint to a special justice position.

Other news included that Meadows agreed to help elevate an attorney who backed false voter fraud claims to a Justice Department leadership role, despite lack of experience, and that Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz asked Meadows for a pardon.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mark-meadows-pushed-italian-satellite-090156637.html
June 23, 2022

They are closing in on TFG and his attempted coup plotters.

Raids on Jeffery Clark's home in VA.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142933712

Trump campaign official subpoenaed by FBI appears to be at meeting of fake Arizona electors

Here is Mr. Lane passing out "Alternative Electoral Ballots" to willing seditious criminals in Arizona.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2022/06/23/fbi-subpoenas-thomas-lane-trump-campaign-arizona/7708133001/



DOJ seizes Nevada GOP chairman’s phone, subpoenas Georgia GOP chairman as fake elector probe grows

The Justice Department on Wednesday served numerous subpoenas to Trump supporters involved in the fake elector scheme in a sign that its probe is expanding.

Federal agents served subpoenas to Georgia GOP Chairman David Shafer, who served as a Trump elector, according to The Washington Post. Other subpoenas were served at the homes of Brad Carver, a Georgia lawyer involved in the fake elector scheme, and Thomas Lane, who worked on the Trump campaign's efforts in Arizona and New Mexico, FBI officials told the outlet. Trump supporters involved in the Michigan fake elector scheme also received subpoenas, though it's unclear if they were related to the federal investigation or a separate state probe. The New York Times reported that Shawn Flynn, a Trump campaign aide in Michigan, was subpoenaed in the federal probe.

FBI agents also served a search warrant at the home of Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald and seized his phone as part of the fake elector probe, according to local news outlet KLAS. A second warrant was issued to state GOP secretary James DeGraffenreid but FBI agents could not track him down on Wednesday.

https://www.salon.com/2022/06/23/doj-seizes-nevada-chairmans-phone-subpoenas-georgia-chairman-as-fake-elector-probe-grows/



June 23, 2022

6 Justices who should not be on the court

6 Justices who should not be on the court

Roberts see bush v Gore
Alito see bush v Gore & OH 2004
Thomas see Anita Hill
Gorsch see Mitch McConnell and Russia 2016
Kavanaugh see Russia 2016 and the FBI not investigating the 4,000 + tips about his behavior
Amy Coney Island see Russia 2016 see 2020 election was going on at the time ... the same reason McConnell gave for
blocking Merrick Garland

The Heritage Foundation/Judicial Crisis Network have been working on packing the courts for years so the
minority can control the majority.

June 23, 2022

Want to win big in '22? Every single republican voted against trying to stop price gouging on gas.

Run ads and cover the social media with this simple message, every single republican voted against
trying to stop the oil companies from price gouging. Rinse, lather, and repeat. It is obvious that big
oil and Saudi Arabia are trying to fuck Joe Biden with high gas prices we need to stick the GOP's vote
up their asses.

House passes bill to crack down on alleged gas price gouging

The House of Representatives passed a bill along party lines Thursday that seeks to lower gas prices by cracking down on alleged price gouging by energy companies.

The House vote was 217-207: no Republican supported the bill, suggesting it's likely headed for failure in the Senate.

The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act would grant the president authority to issue emergency energy proclamations and make it illegal to increase gas and energy prices in excessive and exploitative ways. It would also expand the Federal Trade Commission's power to investigate and address possible price gouging by oil and gas companies.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-gas-price-gouging-bill/

snip

"I'm a proud capitalist, and what we're experiencing with fuel prices is the result of a broken market," (Katie) Porter said in a statement. "Big Oil executives are bragging to shareholders about price gouging families at the pump. They're purposely keeping supply low to earn record-high profits, squeezing families — and our entire economy— in the process."

KISS Keep it simple stupid.

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