And we all thought he was being sarcastic.#MattGaetzIsInTrouble pic.twitter.com/yJt1roxt9M

— Short-N-Snarky™ (@ssnarkismygame) March 31, 2021

and technically a 17 year old would have been in 5th grade in 2014, just saying.

He what now?

Gaetz showed nude photos of women he said he'd slept with to lawmakers, sources tell CNN

I really didn't know that this could be a headline.

The Gaetz shit keeps getting worse by the hour it seems. It looks like him and his buddy were using state databases and discarded drivers licenses to facilitate their sugar daddy relationships where he'd meet women in hotel rooms, take ecstacy, and pay them for sex.

His communications director resigned today.

Gaetz looks like a punk.

The stuff with him and younger girls has been an open secret for awhile. He was flying teenagers out and taking them to public events.

I've mentioned it before but he's a rich kid who Daddy gave everything in his life to. Got him out of a DUI, got him elected, and has covered for him. He's the stereotypical trust fund baby who thinks he is above the law (and probably is).

Fixed it for you, he is the prototype of a rich, privileged brat who has used his "power card" to get away with shit his entire life.

With today's GOP, I don't know if they would demand Gaetz resignation if the allegations are true or if they would encourage him to run as Donald's VP in '24

There's absolutely no better example of what the GOP has become than this. The party that's been pushing the child trafficking and corruption issue is showing that it clearly had nothing to do with child trafficking and corruption and everything to do with trying to smear political opponents with one of the worst things you can associate a person with.

This has been met with either crickets from GOP supporters, "innocent until proven guilty", or it's more proof the FBI is corrupt and Washington is afraid of Gaetz and other Trump supporters fighting corruption.

For the record, I have no problem with innocent until proven guilty at all. But if that's your stance you should be consistent with it and not calling for Cuomo and other Dems in scandals to resign before things play out.

Uhhh...

I mean, you can't just rely on the dopes willingly giving you money on the regular, you know. You have to supplement that with auto-deduct. Besides, it's their fault for not reading the fine print.

A lot of non-profits, even just charities, do this - set the default donation to recurring. It's pretty scummy, but but it's kind of an accepted practices in the field. A lot of blogs for people running nonprofits tell you to have recurring as the default to "signal that sustained support is your priority".

If you go to say, Planned Parenthood right now, the default donation is "monthly" rather than "one time"

I’ve set up dozens of donation pages, and probably reviewed hundreds. Yes, defaulting to a monthly recurring gift is considered by many to be best practice in that arena, but it’s obvious that it’s recurring. (You pick a day of each month that you want your gift to be processed, etc.) I wouldn’t be surprised if Team Trump had it set up so it wasn’t clear. That said, I also wouldn’t be shocked if it was an oversight on the donor’s part. (Seems that if it were carefully hidden, we’d be hearing lots of these stories, no?)

But to be clear, I’ve neither seen nor heard of anyone defaulting to weekly. Apart from payroll deductions (and fewer and fewer folks are paid weekly,) and church collection plates, weekly givers are extremely rare. Monthly is the standard.

I missed the default to weekly, ya, that's much worse. Not even a chance to catch it it on a monthly statement if that's how you review things. (I've definitely paid an extra month here and there missing the default checkbox, but, that's just one extra payment.)

At its peak, the Trump campaign accounted for 1-3% of all credit card fraud claims in the US!

Apparently a lot of the "stop the steal" fundraising was being used to pay for the refunds.

Easter greetings from Obama, Trump & Biden. Yes, these are real. :lol:

Our Presidents would like to wish you a Happy Easter.

Assuming things continue down the path they appear to be, hopefully this will become reality.

Six stages of toast. pic.twitter.com/eup7xtEhV2

— Ted Dixon Jr. (@teddyD66) April 3, 2021

10 years ago? Sure.

But Trump has taught the lesson to always double down. Then double again. Never quit. Never admit wrongdoing. And it worked.

The GOP won't push Gaetz out.
GOP media will rally behind him.
His voters won't punish him.
He'll just keep playing the victim card.

Shaming people into action only works if those people have shame.

If criminal charges happen, that short-circuits any "business as usual" path. Of course, that pre-supposes he would plead or be found guilty. At worst, it would delay his ascension through the political process, or sidetrack him to media talking head (which is sounds like he is already contemplating).

i fear this is true.

I think the difference is that Gaetz has tried to implicate people like Tucker Carlson. Plenty of people will cut Gaetz loose if they think he's trying to use them to save his own ass.

WAIT!!!! So jbmagic was RIGHT?

I understand your general point and mostly agree with it. But it might be different in this case. From what I'm reading, a lot of his GOP peers hate his guts and will be happy to see Gaetz hang.

So someone from the Trump administration is finally being held accountable for their illegal and unethical conduct.

Who, you might ask?

Some African American woman that you've never heard of: Ex-Trump official penalized for violating Hatch Act | TheHill

Not a big surprise that the Trump admin didn't lift any fingers to help her out there.

Reports that Gaetz wanted a preemptive, blanket pardon before trump left.

Not exactly a ringing declaration of innocence.

Until and if and when he's arrested and they are all named.

Is there some reason one would need to "tacitly acknowledge" being in a normal, legal relationship?

I'll come right out and say it - when I was 22, I paid for my 22-year old GF's dinner on occasion, and we even went on a day cruise to the Bahamas that I paid for. I'll even tell you her name if you really want!

I'd be lying if I didn't admit that there are few girls from my past that I am only tacitly willing to acknowledge.

If you were facing federal charges for interstate sex trafficking, you'd probably be falling over yourself to introduce everyone to 24 year old Cinnamon.

Ditto, but I would venture a guess that they were all legal age.

Wonder when we will hear the “she told me she was 18 “ excuse.

"She told me she was 18. Look at how she was dressed. She was already drunk when I picked her up. She was asking for it."

So a few days ago Trump told everyone to boycott Coca-Cola re: the voting rights issue.

Guess what was just photographed on his desk. :lol:

https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1379175013362860042

My town major is disgusting now too. Article released this morning https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects...t-allegations/

It's almost like Gaetz was the inspiration for the guy that answers the door at 1:01 The Equalizer 2 Apartment Fight Scene - YouTube

Where is Denzel when you need him

Tucker Carlson specifically endorsed white replacement theory last night. Charlottesville is becoming mainstream GOP ideology.

I mean, I'm gonna die sometime within the next 50 years (far-end estimate). Someone's gonna replace me on this planet. I don't know that I'll really care who, at that point.

FINALLY! Fox News is being investigated!

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Investigates Fox News for Not Having Him as Guest

Michael Gerson explains the problem with Tucker Carlson's replacement theory rant.

dola

lol John Boehner admits he voted for Trump in 2020.

And the little I heard of an interview yesterday, he also sidestepped whether he would support/vote for him in 2024.

How has his act not worn thin on some of these people yet? Everyone knows who and what he is and still they kiss the ring. The only hope is that the general public who support him eventually move on so the GOP can stop pandering to him. Hopefully 3= years to the next election is enough for that to occur.

Based on the age bracket of his supporters you got to figure a significant number will move on naturally.

Plus I would imagine be replaced by people turning old enough to vote who are dems. There is also the exodus of people leaving blue areas to live in less expensive red areas. the republican party is dead, it just doesn't know it.

This is the hope i have, so that we get a shift to more moderate and more importantly sane people in the party.

I wouldn't get too confident about that.

Ditto.

I was told the Democrats were dead in 2002 and Republicans were dead and buried in 2008. A few years can make a lot of difference.

During the capitol riots, the police weren't protecting congress from the mob. They were protecting the mob from Nancy Pelosi.

She is so bad at messaging.

You can't stop her. You can only hope to contain her.

Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

Stick to insider trading Nancy.

You better watch out, Rainmaker. She might bust her special move on you.

Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

Treasury today connected the dots that were always expected. Manafort gave campaign info to Kilimnick who then passed it on to the Russian government.

You know what I like?

That orange shit gibbon has been off the social feed and the boredom and monotony of mundane life as seeped back in. I can breathe easy and go to work, or relax at home and not get a notification on the phone from his crazy rant or his Trumpanzee followers gloat skreeing about something.

And I love it.

I was addicted - not in a good way - to his rantings. I'd have breakfast & click on Twitter to see what the lunatic was lying about that morning. My blood pressure would skyrocket.

Biden is not my perfect choice. I'll disagree & be disappointed by some of what he does. But it's nice to at least have someone in the White House who is sane and actually cares about other humans.

Hawley staying on course as heir to the pointed hood, being the only Senator to vote no against the Anti-Asian hate crime bill.

Today is the one year anniversary of the former President publicly suggesting that we should all shoot up bleach to help fight COVID. Which has distressingly got him back on my social media timelines.

Things were so bad. Much like you, I didn't realize how toxic my mental life was with him in it until he was out of it.

Do you know I have no idea what he's up to right now? Last thing I heard about him was that he refused a meeting with Matt Gatez. That was, what? Two weeks ago?

It's so much better now.

Typical leftist spin.

Today is the one year anniversary of Trump announcing the cure to COVID that the MSM hid and lied about so that the communists could control us by closing bars and restaurants forever.

Sadly some people still think that. :(

"Your life's not better. That's FAKE NEWS. Because you voted for Sleepy Joe all of you are going to die someday. He injected you all with the China Virus, all of the experts said so. If you had voted for me, you would have lived forever. I had plans -- beautiful plans, the best plans ever, believe me, everybody knows it -- to give everyone immortality. But Sleepy Joe wants you to die. It's SAD."

LOL, if I close my eyes and have someone read this to me it's like 2020 all over again.

Since this asshole is renting space in my brain again today, I'll say one more thing

It still amazes me that a racist germaphobe did so little to stop a virus from China. And actually took steps to make it worse (that are still reverberating today).

I mean, if anything would have been in his wheelhouse, it should have been this.

If there is a silver lining, had he handled the virus appropriately, he likely would have won re-election, so there is that.

Trump has many flaws, but the one that fits your question is that he is unable to give anyone else credit. He has to get full credit for everything.

For him to say that some scientists were correct early in 2020 about Covid-19 would -- in his mind -- suggest to people that he was not the smartest person in the room. That he was weak & flawed. And his brain simply could not let that happen. He had to be the genius, the perfect leader, no one else could be allowed near his pedestal. And off to fantasyland we went...

He's going to run again, be prepared.

Hopefully he doesn't live long enough.

His brains will be mush by then, we've already seen considerable decline just between his 2016 and 2020 runs. (I don't foresee Biden being the candidate in 2024 either)

A conviction would be the only thing to stop him. I also bet Trump lives close to 90, but he will have at least one bad health scare before then.

:nono: Shame! I believe in love over hate.

I've forgiven him. I want to be friends. That's why every day I ship an insulated pack to Trump with two triple bacon cheeseburgers with extra cheese and extra bacon, a Philly cheesesteak sub, and a pastrami sandwich. Oh, and a double order of fries. ;) :popcorn:

Can I be your friend too?

I would also like biscuits and gravy with my shipments. Also some milkshakes to wash it all down with would be nice.

Since we were talking about dumbass anniversaries so we don't forget. On this day in 2017:

In a potential violation of federal law, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn failed to disclose a $33,000 payment from Russia on his financial statement for his federal security clearance. [SS4] The payment, originally from 2015, came for consulting work Flynn had done for Russia Today—a Russian television network with direct ties to the Kremlin.

and

In the six months since Donald Trump’s election, the Anti-Defamation League reported anti-Semitic attacks had risen 86 percent.
These attacks included grave desecrations, bomb threats, and assaults.

and

Donald Trump ordered White House aides to draft a tax plan that slashed the corporate tax rate to 15 percent. Trump told his aides cutting taxes for businesses should take priority over decreasing the federal deficit.

I like you. I want you to live a long time. You get a kale salad with some sunflower seeds and flaxseed sprinkled on top. Hold the dressing. :thumbsup:

This is going to end well. New questions surround Maricopa County election audit | Arizona's Election Authority | azfamily.com
The audit is going on right now, with only this GOP hired company with access to the ballots. The only new outlet allowed in the building is OAN that is already reporting the audit has proven widespread voter fraud.

This is such a shit show, hire a company that peddled conspiracy theories, prohibit everyone but OAN and the whack job Trump puppets in the GOP here and watch all hell break loose.

If this continues to skew like it is starting they are going to have blood on their hands from the inevitable acts of violence that follows. Arizona has a ton of good moderate people. left and right, but the far right here is not playing with a full deck and hasn't been for years.

The article also doesn't mention this company has zero experience handling these type of audits, and the founder has been promoting the big lie from the start. totally above board and non biased.

This is a good, deep post-mortem on the counties flipped in the election which proves (as if we needed proof) that Trump and his people were just making crap up about a rigged election. But this may be useful for those of us with family and friends still clinging to the lies.

Trying to clean up the mess made by Trump's lies is a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it. It's like cleaning up poo flung around at the zoo which is now stuck to a bunch of surfaces.

Let's talk election again. This time, let's look at the counties that flipped. In detail. pic.twitter.com/w57SW8eUeA

— TheValuesVoter (@TheValuesVoter) April 26, 2021

There is no reasoning with family and friends clinging to the big lie...

That is true. Speaking of which, my parents will be visiting at the end of May for the first time since last July. I'm hoping nothing major happens that brings politics to the forefront and we can peacefully get through a week visit. Then comes my wife's parents, who aren't quite as bad but are still on the Trump Train. May/June should be an interesting/precarious time for me.

It's a cult.

AP sources: Feds search Rudy Giuliani’s NYC home, office

One can only imagine what's dripping down Guliani's face right now.

Shits getting real

https://twitter.com/search?q=Rudy&sr...ertical=trends

Rudy could have retired from public life a few years after 9/11. He'd spend his days golfing and sipping tea on the porch. He'd ride in the back of a convertible on the occasional 4th of July parade and wave to people. When he needed money, he'd take six figures to give a recycled speech on "American Values" at the Goldman Sachs leadership retreat or whatever.

His approval would be >90% and we'd all agree that Rudy not running for President was the biggest missed opportunity in our lifetimes and that he clearly would have been the best President of all time.

Instead, he chose this path.

so the warrant was served between 9 and 11am?

He did try to run for President. Polled quite well until he decided to ignore the early primary states.

So for the attorneys here, will anything related to Trump that they find be protected under attorney-client privilege, or are there exceptions for certain crimes such as treason?

In general, if police are executing a search warrant, they are allowed to seize/notice anything that is in "plain view" while they are validly doing the search. So, if they have a warrant to search my house for drugs, and they find illegal guns in the closet, they can use those against me.

But, when an attorney's office/home is searched, they are very careful about sequestering materials that are attorney/client and outside of the scope of the warrant.

They have something called the Taint Team (schoolboy giggle) that is completely unrelated to the investigation and will remove the materials that are attorney/client privileged before turning it over to the case prosecutors.

Hold the phone -- FBI now at Victoria Toensing's house. Lawyer, wife and partner of Joseph DiGenova, same circles as Rudy and Trump. This has the hallmarks of a bigger day at DOJ. And she's probably not expecting it, unlike Rudy

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) April 28, 2021

and yet I predict none of these people go to jail or have anything happen to them.

on that note, are there any civil suits pending against trump and the band?
that's really the only way to hurt these guys

The Daily Beast just got the drop on some (I would guess) damaging comms regarding Gaetz, pardons and Roger Stone.

Attention Required! | Cloudflare

They're good people.

Completely on the up and up...always.

He could have even ended it at "failed Presidential run" and he would have been lionized

SI

Venmo, bitcoin? Who says that politicians are behind the time on technology?

SI

The benefits of "dating" 17 year old girls apparently

The party will just shift to pro-pedophilia.