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Politics / Re: Virginia voters approve Democrats' redistricting plan, giving the party a midter
« Last post by ADsOutburst on April 23, 2026, 05:27:10 PM »
Quote from: enslaved1 on April 22, 2026, 10:15:44 AM
Virginia voters approve Democrats' redistricting plan, giving the party a midterm election boost

Not a fan of any of the gerrymandering wars going on right now (thanks to my own Texas government) but this being painted as a "win for democracy" is ridiculous.

And fittingly, a judge blocked it within hours.

Between that, funding for CBP passing, and ActBlue being up shit creek without a canoe, Democrats aren't having a great week.
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Politics / Re: The Noose Tightens on ActBlue, And Democrats Have a Major Problem
« Last post by ADsOutburst on April 23, 2026, 05:24:33 PM »
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Serious people could do serious prison time. And Democrats’ fundraising could drop dramatically if limited to just legitimate donors, during a time when other giant taxpayer-funded Democrat slush funds (USAID, NED, EPA, Planned Parenthood, etc.) are rapidly being cut off.

I was just going to say, Democrats were already in not so great shape in terms of money on hand.
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Politics / The Noose Tightens on ActBlue, And Democrats Have a Major Problem
« Last post by SVPete on April 23, 2026, 05:11:59 PM »
The Noose Tightens on ActBlue, And Democrats Have a Major Problem

https://www.rodmartin.org/p/the-noose-tightens-on-actblue-and

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House Republicans have spent months digging into ActBlue, the premier Democrat fundraising machine that has raised over $16 billion for Democrat candidates and causes. What they’ve found is every bit as bad as I’ve told you. And ActBlue’s leaders felt the need to invoke their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination an incredible 146 times.

The just-released interim staff report from the House Administration, Oversight, and Judiciary Committees lays out vast illegal foreign donations and money laundering — “election interference” — and illegal “straw donor” schemes, followed by a massive cover-up to prevent Congress and the DOJ from catching on.

Two ActBlue officials, including Alyssa Twomey, the former Vice President of Customer Service who oversaw the fraud-prevention team during the 2024 election cycle, along with three former company lawyers, refused to answer even a single substantive question in sworn interviews with investigators.

It gets worse. According to the interim report, every member of the legal and compliance team "appears to have left the platform after the 2024 election because of its 'knowing and willful' acceptance of illegal foreign contributions, and the subsequent cover-up." Chairmen Bryan Steil (R-WI), James Comer (R-KY), and Jim Jordan (R-OH) also allege that CEO Regina Wallace-Wells made false statements to Congress and that ActBlue withheld subpoenaed documents…some of which were later uncovered by the New York Times. Ouch.
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In addition to the DOJ and Congress, 19 state attorneys general are investigating ActBlue for allegations related to fraudulent fundraising practices, including potential money laundering and misuse of donor identities. And on Monday, Texas AG Ken Paxton filed suit.

The question is no longer whether ActBlue is corrupt. The question now is how deep the rot goes, and how far up the Democrat food chain it reaches.

Serious people could do serious prison time. And Democrats’ fundraising could drop dramatically if limited to just legitimate donors, during a time when other giant taxpayer-funded Democrat slush funds (USAID, NED, EPA, Planned Parenthood, etc.) are rapidly being cut off.
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 4/23
« Last post by SVPete on April 23, 2026, 02:52:34 PM »
Pentagon boosts medals for Marines who defended Abbey Gate in Afghanistan

https://justthenews.com/government/security/pentagon-boosts-medals-marines-who-defended-abbey-gate-afghanistan

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The Pentagon said Wednesday that it has upgraded the awards for multiple United States Marines who were stationed at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan during the 2021 withdrawal.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel to review the awards, which were given to service members who helped evacuate Americans and Afghans from the country. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive during the withdrawal, which killed 13 service members.

“After reviewing the original awards and determining that several had been inappropriately downgraded, these awards have now been upgraded to levels that more accurately reflect the extreme risk these Marines knowingly accepted and the lives they saved under direct enemy fire,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement.

Geeeeee, I wonder why the awards were downgraded during LIEden's MalAdministration ... OK, no, I don't wonder.
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 4/23
« Last post by SVPete on April 23, 2026, 02:39:42 PM »
Trump admin settles Carter Page lawsuit for $1.25 million

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-admin-settles-carter-page-lawsuit-125-million

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The Trump administration reached a settlement Wednesday with President Donald Trump's former campaign aide Carter Page that amounts to $1.25 million.

Page sued the FBI, Justice Department and eight people over allegations they improperly surveilled him under a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant during the FBI's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in a filing to the Supreme Court that the Trump administration and Page had "agreed to settle" his claims against the federal government. But his complaints against individual defendants remained.

While Page still needs to prove the individual defendents' participation in what happened, the DoJ's settlement makes it difficult for the defendents to claim that what was done to Page was perfectly legal.
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Breaking News / Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 4/23
« Last post by SVPete on April 23, 2026, 02:16:46 PM »
Pope condemns killing of protesters in Iran, reaffirms stance against war

https://srnnews.com/pope-condemns-killing-of-protesters-in-iran-reaffirms-stance-against-war/

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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, April 23 (Reuters) – Pope Leo on Thursday firmly condemned the killing of protesters in Iran, after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the Catholic leader last week for not doing so while speaking out against the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.

Leo, the first U.S. pope, also decried the deaths of “so many” civilians in the war and lamented the collapse of U.S.-Iran peace talks in comments aboard his return flight to Rome after a four-nation Africa tour.

“I condemn all actions that are unjust. I condemn the taking of people’s lives,” the pope said in response to a question in a press conference about reports that Iran has killed thousands of protesters.

“When a regime, when a country takes decisions which takes away the lives of other people unjustly, then obviously that is something that should be condemned,” he said.

Well, this is just 4 months overdue, if Prevost want to comment on geopolitics instead of church matters.
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The DUmpster / Re: Lest we forget, both krasnov and fleon skum boasted they were going
« Last post by DefiantSix on April 23, 2026, 01:48:17 PM »
Quote from: DUmpDiver on April 23, 2026, 11:45:31 AM
Sleepy Joe was much better at hurting the economy.

Quote from: The Magic Negro
"Never underestimate Joe's ability to **** things up."


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The DUmpster / Re: Lest we forget, both krasnov and fleon skum boasted they were going
« Last post by SVPete on April 23, 2026, 01:43:12 PM »
Quote from: ADsOutburst on April 23, 2026, 01:34:16 PM
Yeah, nothing rings a bell. Maybe when Trump talks of tax cuts, bringing new investments in, and the like, Democrats somehow hear "destroying the economy".

A possibility that just occurred to me is that if you throw away the "F" and rearrange the other letters, it's probably Elon Musk. Musk and Trump haven't worked with each other very much, the past year or so, but once a Prog Bogeyman, always a Prog Bogeyman, I guess.

When we watch Jeopardy!, I do poorly with anagram categories.
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The DUmpster / Re: Lest we forget, both krasnov and fleon skum boasted they were going
« Last post by ADsOutburst on April 23, 2026, 01:34:16 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on April 23, 2026, 12:41:56 PM
OK, it's stupid as rhetorical questions go, but does niyad have a link to a statement in which Trump or ?????? used the language (s)he claims?

Yeah, nothing rings a bell. Maybe when Trump talks of tax cuts, bringing new investments in, and the like, Democrats somehow hear "destroying the economy".
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The DUmpster / Re: For the MAGAs in your lives:
« Last post by SVPete on April 23, 2026, 12:45:32 PM »
Quote from: Tess Anderson on April 23, 2026, 12:39:12 PM
great rebuttal, Pete, but I wonder why Wendy (applegrove) doesn't worry more about her country's economy - and as old and fat as she is, she better avoid medical personnel, they'll want to MAID her.

A Canuckian, eh? She should be more worried about her national anthem's progress to becoming "Oy, Canada"! :rimshot:
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