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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Philadelphia Progressive DA Larry Krasner Previously Dropped Kidnapping Charges Against A Career Criminal With A Criminal History
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] Soros DA doing what he’s paid for.
… admitted he could’ve done more to prosecute this criminal.

No kidding.

How about not letting violent criminals go free?

Krasner’s election is this November. We don’t have to live like this!!!


Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1754 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The system is operating precisely as designed.
Posted by: Richard+Aubrey+ || 10/22/2025 6:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Heinlein's "Balancing" approach becomes more attractive.
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2025 9:07 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
House Judiciary Committee Refers John Brennan To DOJ For Criminal Prosecution
[Federalist] he House Judiciary Committee referred former CIA Director John Brennan to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution on Tuesday over allegations that he "knowingly made false statements" to Congress about his role in the Russia collusion hoax.

In the letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained by The Federalist, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, argued that "Brennan made numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact contradicted by the record established by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and the CIA."

Long, long overdue.

Posted by: Besoeker || 10/22/2025 05:22 || Comments || Link || [1754 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Now do Schiff.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/22/2025 15:08 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Former top leader of radical group tied to Mamdani has been on AOC's campaign payroll for years
[FoxNews] A former top leader and "lifetime member" of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has been on the payroll of "Squad" Rep. Alexandria Boom Boom Ocasio-Cortez
Dem Congressgirl from da Bronx in Noo Yawk and leader of the Mean Girl Caucus in Congress. One of the Great Minds of the 21st Century, she is known as much for her innaleck as for her dance moves. She is all in favor of socialism, even though she's fuzzy on the details. She was the inventor of the Green New Deal, though she doesn't talk about it much anymore
’s, D-N.Y., campaign since she first ran for Congress in 2018.

Frank Llewellyn, the former director of the largest socialist organization in America and a founding member of the socialist group that would later become DSA's sister organization, serves as the treasurer for both Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign and her political action committee, Courage to Change.

Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign has paid Llewellyn a total of over $250,000 for payroll, travel and other administrative expenses dating back to 2018, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings reviewed by Fox News Digital. Disbursements range from $77.50 for cellphone, travel and internet stipends and salary payments of $1,281 approximately every two weeks.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/22/2025 10:04 || Comments || Link || [1746 views] Top|| File under:


Rasmussen poll: 51% of voters want gov’t shutdown to continue, including 2/3rds of Democrats; Trump approval up
…and a plurality (44%) of Republicans. In the meantime, President Trump continues permanently downsizing while the Senate confirms judges. Win-win!
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CNN looks at the bigger picture:


…hasn't eaten into his support AT ALL! His net approval rating is actually UP a point!"

"This one is NOT hurting at all!" 🤯

"The question of blame? [...] Blame Trump for the shutdown, a great deal. 2018-2019? 61%! It's now a DIFFERENT WORLD - 48%!"

"It's less than HALF - a drop of 13 points. It's no real wonder Donald Trump says, 'You know what, it's not harming me politically.'"

Chuck is fuming.


Townhall adds perspective:
Left-wing radio host, Charlamagne tha God, admitted on Monday that the Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
are losing the messaging battle on the Schumer Shutdown.

"I read a poll this morning that said, you know, a lot of Americans are starting to blame Democrats for the government shutdown. And it's just simply because Republicans are better at messaging than Democrats will ever be," Charlamagne said to MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, on her podcast, The Best People. "I can't believe Democrats still haven't figured out how to message. But right now, at a time when American people are hurting, and they can point directly to the Trump administration to say, earlier in the year, it was DOGE cutting all the federal jobs. Now they are in charge of every branch of government, and it's the government shutdown and all of y'all are losing jobs,"

The Schumer Shutdown has entered its third week standing as the third longest government shutdown in U.S. history. To date, it has cost American taxpayers more than eight billion dollars. Democrats refuse to negotiate on the temporary funding bill, arguing that they need to secure expanded Obamacare
...aka the Affordable Care Act, an ineptly designed and worse executed piece of legislation designed to bring 17 percent of the U.S. economy under the direct control of the government. The previous iteration, known as Hillarycare, was laughed out of Washington. This stinker was passed on a party-line vote without being read...
benefits before moving forward. Those expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act would allow states to fund healthcare for illegal immigrants colonists.

"Republicans have beat it in people's head that it's Democrats' fault, and Democrats are taking credit for it, because they're saying, 'No, yeah, we are the reason the government is shut down, but we're doing it because we didn't want your healthcare prices to get jacked up.' So they're taking a stand, but it's hurting a whole lot of other people while this stand is being took." he continued.

The radio host also took a shot at MSNBC, who has accused him of repeating MAGA talking points, when he identified that voters nationwide are in fact concerned about an open U.S. border.

"You know, you can't just ignore people's criticisms of the border and chalk it up to MAGA messaging. I'll never forget when MSNBC did that to me. And MSNBC did that to me based off me listening to people, me listening to people in New York City, listening to people in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
, activists in Chicago, and them telling me what their issues with the border were."
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1755 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

If only the Shutdown reduced TAXES?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/22/2025 6:56 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ you're trying to apply logic, aren't you...
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2025 9:13 Comments || Top||

#3  I didn't know that Democrats had to message. Don't they have ABC, CBS and NBC for that?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/22/2025 12:45 Comments || Top||

#4  At least keep the shutdown going until now season is over!
Posted by: Griter+Slash1619 || 10/22/2025 16:21 Comments || Top||


Schumer Brags About Court Stacking Strategy
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… the very US attorney who helped bring these charges rather than focus on the evidence against Comey.

Democrat-appointed Judge Cameron will get to choose if Lindsey Halligan is disqualified or not.

UNBELIEVABLE.

President Trump and the Mitch McConnell Senate seated an incredible number of judges. The current Senate has started that process again during the shut down — let’s challenge them to beat 45’s numbers.
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1783 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 
ANY Judge that rules based solely on POLITICS and not the US Constitution, & the Bill of Rights. Needs to be removed and criminally indicted.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/22/2025 7:00 Comments || Top||

#2  One lack is a clear-cut professional behavior enforcement mechanism. Ideally the Supreme Court could defrock judges that ignore law or SCOTUS precdent.
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2025 9:11 Comments || Top||

#3  They need to remove judges from lifetime appointment. 10 years and renew or out.
Posted by: ed in texas || 10/22/2025 19:09 Comments || Top||


Oregon Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (D) melts down because court ruled Trump can send National Guard to Portland; Seattle mayor postures pointlessly
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Except that he cannot, any more than Portland can.


Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1756 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A HISTORIC FIRST FOR FEMINISM: Louvre museum’s first female security chief, hired by first female director, become first women to lose French crown jewels.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 10/22/2025 3:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Maybe end the insurrection against federal law/authority?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/22/2025 7:02 Comments || Top||

#3 

Time has long passed, to reel in these politically selective law enforcing, Liberal Democrat, states and Metro Mini-Rebellions.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/22/2025 7:04 Comments || Top||

#4  There's something about the name "Maxine" when combined with politics that's contra-indicated.
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2025 9:09 Comments || Top||


Charlie Kirk assassination sparks Senate hearing on ''left-wing political violence'' — Schmitt vows action
[NYPOST] A Senate Republican plans to launch a hearing to put political violence from the left under the microscope.

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., plans to announce an upcoming hearing, dubbed ''Politically Violent Attacks: A Threat to Our Constitutional Order,'' to examine the origins of political violence and extremism that he argued stemmed largely from the Democratic side of the political spectrum.

Schmitt, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, plans to hold the hearing on Oct. 28 and will examine the cross section of the First Amendment and political violence, specifically in the wake of the liquidation of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

''The tragic liquidation of Charlie Kirk shook the nation to its core, and it was the latest in a long list of examples of left-wing political violence,'' Schmitt said.

''Many of these attacks come while Americans are exercising constitutionally protected core political speech.''

Kirk's death prompted a brief moment of reprieve from the typically volatile back-and-forth on Capitol Hill, with many politicians on both sides of the aisle calling for a toning down of political rhetoric.

However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
as the government shutdown has continued, politicians are once again trading barbs as frustrations mount.

Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1756 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
I am still of the mind set, based on various videos and ballistics. Maybe the real shooter and the shooter's support team need to be arrested 1st.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/22/2025 7:09 Comments || Top||


Mikie Sherrill shirks job in the House as NJ gov race tightens
[NYPOST] New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Mikie Sherrill has skipped more than half of her votes in the House of Representatives this year — far more than any other lawmaker, according to records.

The four-term House Democrat's attendance has slipped sharply since she launched her campaign to replace term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy near the end of last year, leading her GOP opponent Jack Ciattarelli to slam her for shirking her responsibilities.

While House reps running for other offices have also missed votes during their campaigns, data shows Sherrill's absence is notably higher.

Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1754 views] Top|| File under:


CBS Misrepresents Facts of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case in One-Sided ''60 Minutes'' Interview with Fired DOJ Lawyer
[TENNESSEESTAR] In its Sunday episode of ''60 Minutes,'' the broadcast television network CBS misrepresented the facts in the civil immigration lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is separately charged with human smuggling in Tennessee by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The segment featured an interview of Erez Reuveni, who was fired from the DOJ earlier this year for allegedly failing to appropriately defend the DHS from the lawsuit filed by Abrego Garcia, conducted by ''60 Minutes'' reporter Scott Pelley.

Though Pelley accurately described Reuveni's 15 years at the DOJ, which saw him earn three awards for his work defending the federal government, the reporter neglected to include the critical description of Reuveni's actions by his former DOJ supervisor, attorney August Flentje, who, in an April letter, appeared to suggest Reuveni succumbed to pressure after being promoted.

''Neither overall pressure or a misguided litigation strategy — if that is correct — excuses revealing internal disputes between DoJ and DHS relating to the litigation,'' wrote Flentje, before adding that he recommended Reuveni receive ''counseling'' over his actions.

Pelley next allowed Reuveni to repeat his claim that an official appointed by President Donald Trump revealed a plan to defy a federal court order. Specifically, Reuveni restated his claim that U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who was then serving as a deputy associate attorney general for the Trump administration, revealed a plan to deport members of a Venezuelan terrorist gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), using the Alien Enemies Act, even if a court attempted to block the flights.

As Reuveni related the events to Pelley, Bove's remarks led another DOJ attorney, Drew Ensign, to claim in court that he did not know when the TdA members would be deported, which the ex-DOJ lawyer said amounted to defiance.

Bove has denied Reuveni's version of events, while Flentje did not reference the meeting with Bove in his April letter to the DOJ Human Resources Division.

''My testimony is corroborated by a written statement from Mr. Reuveni's immediate supervisor, submitted under penalty of perjury long before my nomination, in which the supervisor explained that I instructed DOJ attorneys to 'avoid' a court order and 'do whatever we could properly do' to accomplish that goal during the March 14, 2025 meeting,'' said Bove in a written response to the U.S. Senate during his judicial confirmation process.

Obama-appointed U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg issued a verbal restraining order demanding the government return the deportation flights on March 15, as the planes were already en route to El Salvador.

During the ''60 Minutes'' reporting, neither Pelley nor Reuveni acknowledged that the U.S. Supreme Court eventually vacated Boasberg's order, or that the Trump administration has followed other court orders that heavily curtailed its use of the Alien Enemies Act, in apparent contradiction to Reuveni's claim that the government is flouting court orders under Trump.

Pelley next included legal analysis from Peter Keisler, an attorney who previously worked under former President George W. Bush and former President Ronald Reagan.

Presenting him as an unbiased analyst, Pelley neglected to note that Keisler left the Republican Party over its affiliation with President Donald Trump, and in 2021 claimed in The Atlantic that Trump's defense strategy at his second impeachment trial, which leaned heavily on the First Amendment, was invalid, by asserting that a president's speech could be cause for impeachment.







Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1755 views] Top|| File under: MS13

#1  CBS gonna do what CBS does.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/22/2025 12:53 Comments || Top||

#2  "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown 60 Minutes CBS."
Posted by: magpie || 10/22/2025 13:31 Comments || Top||


BREAKING: Senators Warnock, Ossoff Implicated In Largest Straw Donor Campaign Finance Fraud Ever Documented
A project of James O’Keefe’s OMG digging into Act Blue’s shenanigans.
[GeorgiaRecord] Georgia Senators Warnock and Ossoff have been implicated in receiving large numbers of contributions from this donor. There will be more to come on this shortly.

⚠️ NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY ⚠️

101,067 fraudulent contributions. $605,431 laundered. 16 years of continuous crime.

During COVID-19, while isolated and vulnerable, this elderly woman allegedly made
78.8 political donations EVERY SINGLE DAY
One donation every 18 minutes, 24/7, for an entire year.

This is MATHEMATICAL PROOF of the largest campaign finance
fraud operation ever documented in American history.

If they did this to ONE elderly woman, how many THOUSANDS of others?

This demands IMMEDIATE federal investigation by DOJ, FBI, FEC.

IS THIS SCHEME A TAXABLE EVENT FOR SONIA?
As a 77-80-year-old retiree listed as “NOT EMPLOYED,” Sonia’s situation suggests she’s likely on a fixed income (e.g., Social Security, pensions). If contributions were made in her name without her knowledge via a fraudulently created or compromised asset account, here’s how tax implications could arise:
Details at the link, followed by details a out the tax implications for the funding source that flowed through her account
DATA CONTEXT AND SPECIFICS

The FEC data shows:

  • 2021 Peak: 28,769 contributions ($128,659) – likely required sustained funding into an account, potentially triggering 1099s or CTRs if not carefully structured.

  • Micro-Transactions: 78% ≤$5, suggesting deliberate structuring to avoid bank/IRS flags, but aggregate deposits (e.g., $108,352 in 2020) could still trigger SARs.

  • ActBlue Dominance: 82%+ to Committee C00401224 (ActBlue), processed via automated systems, implying a linked account (bank/card) in Sonia’s name.

CONCLUSION

Yes, the smurfing scheme would likely create taxable events:

  • For Sonia: Deposits into a fraudulent account in her name could be misclassified as income, leading to tax liabilities, audits, or penalties she’s ill-equipped to handle, exacerbating the elder abuse. Proving identity theft to the IRS would be her only recourse, a daunting task for a retiree.

  • For Bad Actors: Funding the account risks gift tax, tax evasion, or structuring charges, especially if illicit or unreported funds were used. The scale ($605,431) and duration (16 years) make IRS and DOJ scrutiny likely if traced.

This adds another layer of criminality, tax fraud; on top of campaign finance violations, identity theft, and elder abuse.

Watch the OMG video on Rumble here.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1787 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Chances of the big wigs going to prison, zero
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/22/2025 0:11 Comments || Top||

#2  She probably thought she was buying stuff on Amazon.
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2025 9:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Chances of the big wigs going to prison, zero

Likely, but with enough pressure could squeeze out the liaisons, who know the system administrators, who are the real goal.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/22/2025 13:30 Comments || Top||



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