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angrychair (12,918 posts)
Alright, listen Death
You got two strikes against you in the 80 yr old category.
Let's reposition our feet, choke up on that bat a little and lets get the next one right.
https://democraticunderground.com/100221467757
Democrats are surging in Texas, Iowa, and Arkansas, as well as other states.
Pentagon officials said Wednesday they had uncovered classified documents that were "stashed" and hidden in safes that may shed new light on the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan under former President Joe Biden.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, who chairs a special panel reviewing the August 2021 withdrawal, said investigators found material that should have been disclosed but was instead concealed.
"The deeper we look, the more there is to look at," Parnell said in a video posted to social media. "We are finding things that we did not expect."
Parnell said the panel had "recovered highly relevant classified documents — material that should have been disclosed — stashed and hidden away in safes where they would not be found."
"And after the team reviewed these documents, it became clear why someone tried to hide them," he added.
Parnell did not disclose what the documents contain or who allegedly hid them.
kentuck (116,960 posts)
What fresh hell do we have today?
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The CIA Chief just returned from a "secret" trip to Moscow. He wanted to keep it secret because he was going to tell Putin not to mess with NATO? Wanna buy a bridge? I wonder what they really talked about?
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow this week as the United States hopes to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine and Russia, President Donald Trump explained on Wednesday.
Ratcliffe’s visit has been the subject of intense speculation amid the conflict with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“He's there on very sort of semi-routine — I hate to disappoint people, we would like to see the war with Ukraine end,” Trump told “The Glenn Beck Program” on Wednesday, saying it would not have happened “if he were president” when it kicked off.
The president downplayed rumors that the trip was about Russian President Vladimir Putin possibly considering more serious escalations in Europe, or about the situation in Iran, especially as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced tough sanctions against countries that maintain close economic ties with the Islamic Republic.
“John Ratcliffe is fantastic guy, he’s the head of the CIA, and he’s not in there for any of the reasons you said. Now, something may come out of it. We’re working very hard to get that war ended,” he said.
Tim Walz is Minnesota’s lame duck governor. He announced to run for a third term, but the national party pulled the plug on him exactly as they did on Joe Biden, and Walz is now playing out the string amid growing unpopularity.
So what is a lame duck Democrat to do, when he has no accomplishments to boast of? Attack Donald Trump 24/7. Thus:
(From embedded Tim Walz X post, https://x.com/GovTimWalz/status/2091918367862968675QuoteWhen a group of YMCA campers needed to be rescued during the wildfires on our northern border, it was Canada who immediately helped. Not a word from Trump.
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What the YMCA campers have to do with tariffs is anyone’s guess. But what is Walz talking about? An incident last month when two groups of YMCA campers were rescued, not “on our northern border,” but in “remote” Ontario:QuoteONTARIO, Canada. (Northern News Now) – Gov. Tim Walz said two groups of YMCA campers from Minnesota are in the process of being rescued after becoming stranded in a remote area of Ontario where wildfires are burning.
kentuck (116,960 posts)
What fresh hell do we have today?
Ten weeks to go until election day.
The CIA Chief just returned from a "secret" trip to Moscow. He wanted to keep it secret because he was going to tell Putin not to mess with NATO? Wanna buy a bridge? I wonder what they really talked about?
Democrats are surging in Texas, Iowa, and Arkansas, as well as other states. Trump is telling his supporters, all 13% of them, to pretend he is on the ballot.
In related story, Steve Bannon went to the Court to get his conviction for contempt of Congress expunged from the record. The Judge refused his request.
Election security is still creating angst within the voting ranks. What will Trump do to cheat and try to steal the next election? Everybody knows he will try.
Meanwhile, Americans are waiting for bad news because nothing good will ever come from the insanity of this regime.
https://democraticunderground.com/100221469292
As power restoration efforts continue in Gary, Indiana, with some homes going nearly two weeks without electricity following a severe storm, the city’s mayor suggested during an appearance on Don Lemon’s podcast that racism is to blame for the extended outages, with the city being majority black.
Lemon said, “This is to me—It feels like neglect. Do you think that some of that neglect came from, comes from, or is happening—If you feel that way—it may be in part because Gary is a black working-class city?”
Mayor Eddie Melton said he agreed “100%.” He added, “I believe a couple things are at play here.” He said that during the restoration process, the utility company, which he said he previously worked for “so I know about the process,” Gary was not listed on the restoration timeframe list from NIPSCO, a northern Indiana utility company.
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During restoration efforts, a NIPSCO vehicle was struck by gunfire in Gary. Authorities said the incident took place on Friday, August 14, with no injuries being reported. NIPSCO said that restoration efforts were being temporarily paused at that time to ensure crew members’ safety, per NBC 5.
NIPSCO’s website stated that as of Wednesday morning, restoration efforts following the August 11 storm “are substantially complete.” 785 customers were without power across NIPSCO’s service area as of early Wednesday morning, with roughly 500 of those customers being located in Gary.
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a man they say was hauling around a guillotine in the bed of his pickup truck.
Philan-Tam-Duy Le of Julian, California, was arrested on suspicion of “carrying a dangerous weapon” and being in possession of the guillotine, Capitol Police said.
Officers noticed a pickup truck illegally parked just after 3 p.m., when they spotted the execution device in the bed of the vehicle. Investigators are going through Le's background to learn more about why he drove from California to Washington, D.C.
A judge handed down a humiliating decision for Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) over her antics at Delaney Hall in May 2025: you are not special. The location, an ICE detention facility in Newark, has been the site of numerous civil disturbances as leftists have tried to disrupt and outright storm the building. McIver tried to do that, leading to her assaulting federal immigration officers. Feelings are not evidence, facts, or legal shields, lady. McIver was slapped with a three-count indictment relating to assaulting federal agents (via Roll Call):QuoteA federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that New Jersey Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is not immune from prosecution over a tense incident that unfolded outside an immigration detention center last year.
The three-judge panel declined to toss out assault charges against her, even as McIver argued her arrest interfered with her legislative duties.
