Merrick Garland's DOJ leaks

Nothing leaked about the DOJ probe into Rudy Giuliani, until his home was raided. Nothing leaked about the DOJ probe
into Matt Gaetz, until Gaetz himself went public about it in order to fend off someone who was trying to extort him over
it. Nothing leaked about the DOJ targeting Roger Stone, until his driver cut a cooperating plea deal out of nowhere.
Nothing has leaked to explain why Paul Manafort was pulled off a plane. Nothing leaked in advance about the DOJ’s
arrest and indictment of the Oath Keepers leadership or the Proud Boys leadership.

If you stop listening to the pundits and look at the actual facts, it becomes very clear that this DOJ does not let anything
leak. It operates in total silence and secrecy until its probes reach a point where something like an arrest, or a raid, or a
court hearing for a cooperation deal, forces things to become public. Short of that kind of specific action, the public hasn’t
been aware of any of these DOJ probes that were chugging along in secrecy.

And this is just what we can see from the outside of the most secretive criminal probe in modern history. Are we really
supposed to believe that other people haven’t also flipped? Cooperation deals are often kept secret for as long as
realistically possible, to keep the targets from knowing that the cooperator can no longer be trusted. Every time news
has surfaced about the DOJ’s January 6th probe, it’s been clear that we’ve all been three steps behind in terms of
knowing what’s going on.“So we’re just supposed to trust that Garland knows what he’s doing?” Many of you have
decided he’s massively and depravedly incompetent, or suspiciously compromised, and you’re basing it on nothing at all
beyond hearing opportunistic pundits constantly bash him in generic fashion.

God forbid any of these pundits tried to educate you on how the process actually works. It’s easier to bash the DOJ for
how long it’s taking to indict Giuliani, for instance, than to explain that after the FBI seized all that evidence from his
home, the courts held up the DOJ’s receipt of much of that evidence for eight months for the sake of a privilege battle.
If you don’t like that it’s taking so long for Giuliani to be arrested, and you want to be factually accurate about it,
blame the courts – not the DOJ.

Entire article here, long read......

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/like-it-or-not-this-doj-doesnt-leak/44587/

After doing a google search on "Merrick Garland speeches at the Federalist Society", what I found was several
anti-Garland articles on their web site, plus he appears to have been nothing more than a moderator (or referee)
at several events, not endorsing any views.

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2016/03/judge-merrick-garland-was-a-repeat-moderator-for-federalist-society-events.html

7 hours of missing call logs, plus Trump hid his calls with Putin.

Few Trump-era mysteries are as intriguing as what the 45th president said to Vladimir Putin in at least a dozen rambling,
off-the-cuff calls and meetings over four years. Understanding what was said between the two could help illuminate
whether Trump ever revealed sensitive information or struck any deals with the Kremlin leader that could take the
new administration by surprise.

“It is a national security priority to find out what Trump said to Putin” over his four years in office, said one former
national security official who is close to the new president. “Some things, like what happened in some face-to-face
meetings where no American translator or note-taker was present, may never be fully known. But I would be very
surprised if the new national security team were not trying to access” the call records.

Trump closely guarded his private conversations with foreign leaders while in office, going as far as to have some
hidden in the NSC’s top-secret codeword system to limit staffers’ and even cabinet members’ access and prevent
leaks. Readouts of Trump's calls with Putin would often come from the Kremlin first, or through Trump’s Twitter feed.
But while the calls were not recorded, aides were typically still on the line and taking notes of what was said. The
resulting loose transcripts are known as “memcons,” or memorandums of conversation.

Trump went to particularly great lengths to keep his in-person conversations with the Russian leader private, from
confiscating his interpreter’s notes to forgoing American translators and notetakers altogether in their meetings.
That desire for secrecy has extended even past his time in office. One former Trump official argued last week that
records of Trump’s conversations with Putin, which often lasted an hour or more, should not be made available
to his successor.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/09/biden-can-access-trump-putin-calls-468100

Doonesbury

Wonder what repugs would have to say about this?

Sunday Funnies

Rs are getting ashamed/embarrassed by truthful facts about their side.

Visited my usual Friday R group at the VFW last night, when I sat down with them they were discussing the war
between Russia/Ukraine. So I asked about chemical/biological weapons being used, and before I knew it everyone
at the table was saying UKR had none and Russia was getting ready to use them or already had.

So then I asked "If all thats true......why the hell was tucker carlson saying last night that Hunter Biden was
financing some biolab in Ukraine?"

Went from lively conversation to dead silence with everyone looking down at the table, not at each other to see who
was going to rebuke me. Evidently they had all seen tucker's remarks and now just hung their heads in
shame or embarrassment.

I hadn't thought about it at the time but this was basically the same reaction I got shortly after Jan 6th when they
were talking about the insurrectionists when I said "Lock up all those #*@%#*^# Antifa people" No one came to
their defense but looked at me in silence like "you know they were republican".

So going into the midterms we need to make Rs ashamed/embarrassed of their side whenever we can for voting for Rs.
Need to convince them the only way to save their party is to vote them all out of office so they change their ways.


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When talking with Rs (I'm surrounded by them) from my experience, never say anything negative about IQ4.5,
it'll lead to an argument you don't need. Best not to even mention his name even though he deserves a lot of
criticism, now that might change after the Jan 6th Committee indicts him, until then be careful he's still their
Lord & hero.

Right now we should be attacking FQX viewers because of Fucker Carlson

With questions like "Is he a Russian agent?" "Why is he against UKR?" etc, etc

Do a site search here (top right corner) on tucker will give plenty of ammo.

Maybe just maybe we can wean some people away from watching FQX only,
or at least get them to question FQX's honesty.

Free Blue heeler puppies, Burr Oak, Kansas

POLL, Time ripe for an anti-Clarence Thomas rally around the Supreme Court building???

Russian Man Throws Molotov Cocktail at the Kremlin in Video

A video that appears to show a Russian man who threw a Molotov cocktail at the walls of the Kremlin
is circulating on social media.

The short clip appears to have initially been shared on TikTok, where it has amassed more than 250,000 views.
The caption says "Moscow, Kremlin" in Russian.

Captured by someone in a moving vehicle, it appeared to show the moment after an unidentified man tried to
launch a Molotov cocktail over the walls of the Kremlin, a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow that
serves as the official residence of President Vladimir Putin.

The weapon appeared to have hit the wall, where a small fire was can be seen burning briefly and leaving a large
scorch mark. Small blazes were also seen on the ground near the wall.

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-man-throws-molotov-cocktail-kremlin-1690946

Need more Russians turning against Putler

on edit, easier to watch here....

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-firebomb-attack-kremlin-man-26536918

Roger Marshall gives trucker protesters a Capitol tour

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) gave truckers in the so-called “People’s Convoy” a tour of the Capitol last week —
even as the building remains mostly closed to the public.

A senior congressional aide alerted the Department of Justice about the truckers’ presence out of concern that the
guided tour could help the protesters plan an entry into the building.

“Today we’re getting right next to their walls,” said Mike Landis, a People’s Convoy co-organizer, per the Washington Post.
“We’re not going to go in and throat-punch them just yet, even though I know we would all love to do that.”

Participants in the convoy have met with several members of Congress this month, including Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and threatened to keep circling the Beltway until their demands to drop Covid restrictions
are met. Johnson’s office said it did not offer tours to participants. A Cruz spokesperson did not respond to a request
for comment.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/16/marshall-trucker-protesters-capitol-tour-00017686

I do believe our new Senator will be a one term-er

on edit.... corrected title