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December 25, 2023

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

From the Bidens! Beautiful footage of the spectacularly decorated White House, too.

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1739084936731091183

November 1, 2023

Question about an email I got from Facebook

Relevant text from the email:

"Soon, you won’t need a login code for devices you frequently used Facebook on in the past 2 years.

If you want to keep using a login code for these devices, or if other people have access to them, you will need to opt out by November 12. "


Does anyone have any more details on this, i.e. what is replacing the login code (by this I guess FB means the code it sends you to use for two-step authorization when you log in on a device FB doesn't recognize) process?

I've Googled but can't find any info.
October 29, 2023

Judge Chutkan has denied Donald Trump's motion to stay her gag order

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1718767357420523985

Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
BREAKING: Judge Chutkan has denied Donald Trump’s motion to stay her gag order and lifted the temporary hold she placed on it. Details TK.
7:10 PM · Oct 29, 2023
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October 12, 2023

Cassidy Hutchinson -- Enough -- in conversation with Jamie Raskin

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I really enjoyed their discussion.
September 20, 2023

Read All Of Donald Trump Jr.'s Bizarre Tweets After Hack

Donald Trump Jr.'s X, formerly Twitter, account appeared to be hacked on Wednesday morning, with a string of bizarre tweets posted.

"I'm sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has passed away. I will be running for president in 2024," Trump Jr.'s account wrote in the first post following the apparent hack on Wednesday morning.

In a series of other posts, which were captured in screenshots by Newsweek, Trump Jr.'s account was seen mentioning Jeffrey Epstein and North Korea.


https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-x-twitter-hacked-tweets-read-father-dead-1828483

Screen grabs of tweets at link.
September 5, 2023

Trump has paid Fabrizio Lee nearly $600,000 THIS YEAR for polling


Mueller, She Wrote
@MuellerSheWrote
BREAKING: Trump has paid Fabrizio Lee nearly $600,000 THIS YEAR for polling and travel expenses per FEC filings. Fabrizio Lee is responsible for the WSJ poll all over the major networks today.
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[link:https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1699116331310932431|

Update to above Tweet (another graphic)
https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1698752963039404282
July 6, 2023

Australian minister calls Trump Jr. a 'big baby' over cancelled tour

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Home Minister Clare O'Neil on Thursday called Donald Trump Jr. a "big baby", after the son of the former U.S. president cancelled a planned speaking tour.

The younger Trump, who had been booked on a three-day tour of Australia that was scheduled to begin in Sydney on Sunday, cancelled the trip on Wednesday, with organisers suggesting the reason was visa issues.

"It seems America isn't the only country that makes it difficult for the Trumps," the group Turning Point Australia, that describes itself as a non-profit in favour of "free markets and limited government", said in a Facebook post.


https://www.aol.com/news/australian-minister-calls-trump-jr-063510136.html





June 29, 2023

Ranking Member Raskin Shares Key Evidence Directly Contradicting Bribery Allegations

Ranking Member Raskin Shares Key Evidence Directly Contradicting Bribery Allegations Touted by Rudy Giuliani and Oversight Chairman Comer

Jun 29, 2023
Press Release
Committee Republicans Use FBI Tipsheet to Revive Conspiracy Theories Rejected by Trump’s Justice Department Years Ago

Washington, D.C. (June 29, 2023)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, sent a letter to Chairman James Comer sharing the transcript of statements made by Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, to an associate of Rudy Giuliani’s directly contradicting allegations repeated in the FBI Form FD-1023 tipsheet, which the FBI made available to all Committee Members. Republican Committee Members identified Mr. Zlochevsky as the source of the information relayed to the FBI by a confidential human source (CHS) in the Form FD-1023. As part of the 2019 impeachment inquiry against then-President Trump, the Committee received a transcript created by associates of Mr. Giuliani recording statements by Mr. Zlochevsky that squarely rebut these allegations.

“Despite being interviewed as part of a campaign by Mr. Giuliani and his proxies in 2019 and 2020 to procure damaging information about the Biden family, Mr. Zlochevsky explicitly and unequivocally denied those allegations. Specifically, Mr. Zlochevsky denied (1) that anyone at Burisma had ‘any contacts’ with then former Vice President Biden or his representatives while Hunter Biden served on the Burisma board, and (2) that former Vice President Biden or his staff ‘in any way’ assisted Mr. Zlochevsky or Burisma,” wrote Ranking Member Jamie Raskin in the letter.

As both the FBI and Mr. Giuliani himself stated, the unverified, second-hand allegations in the June 2020 Form FD-1023 largely repeated allegations Mr. Giuliani shared previously with the FBI.

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-shares-key-evidence-directly-contradicting-bribery
June 29, 2023

Prosecutors are prepared to hit Trump and his allies with new charges, sources say

Prosecutors could bring between 30 to 45 additional criminal charges against the former president in the coming weeks, The Independent has learned

Andrew Feinberg
Washington, DC

4 minutes ago

The Department of Justice is prepared to seek indictments against multiple figures in former president Donald Trump’s orbit and may yet bring additional charges against the ex-president in the coming weeks, The Independent has learned.

According to sources familiar with the matter, the department has made preparations to bring what is known as a “superseding indictment” — a second set of charges against an already-indicted defendant that could include more serious crimes — against the ex-president in the Southern District of Florida.

But prosecutors may also choose to bring additional charges against Mr Trump in a different venue, depending on how they feel the case they have brought against him in is proceeding.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-giuliani-more-charges-b2366597.html
June 21, 2023

DeSantis donor supplied golf simulator for 'Governor's Cabana' and private flights

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wealthy donors and supporters lent a golf simulator to the Governor’s Mansion and provided private flights to fundraisers and other political events, according to records obtained by The Washington Post.

The golf simulator came from Mori Hosseini, a major home builder who chairs the University of Florida’s Board of Trustees and lent the device to the Governor’s Mansion in DeSantis’s first year in office, according to documents released to The Post in response to a public records request. DeSantis, an avid golfer, has made his “blue-collar” roots a key part of his appeal as a Republican candidate for president and has faced some criticism for his interactions with donors.

“This letter acknowledges that the Mansion Commission has received golf simulator equipment from Mori Hosseini to be possessed on loan at the Governor’s Mansion for an undisclosed term,” reads a 2019 letter to Hosseini from James Uthmeier, formerly a DeSantis lawyer and now his chief of staff. “This equipment will be stored within the Florida Governor’s Mansion gym and will be returned to you immediately upon request. I have reviewed and approved the circumstances of this loan to the Mansion Commission and verify that it is permissible in accordance with the Governor’s Ethics Code and Florida Statutory Code.”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/21/desantis-donors-golf-simulator-flights/

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