It is absolutely essential that justice is served in all 4 cases so that we, the people, have renewed confidence in our system of justice. The other side revels in criminality-with-impunity as it causes the rest of us to become cynical & check out.
This is why you should ignore people who tell you not to celebrate indictments or arraignments. Unless you're an elected official who has to retain your professional demeanor, celebrate the shit out of justice being served. Take joy that #JusticeMatters.
Justice Department and FBI investigators have amassed fresh evidence pointing to possible obstruction by former president Donald Trump in the investigation into top-secret documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home, washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Investigators have new evidence that after the subpoena was delivered, Trump personally examined boxes of documents out of a desire to keep certain things in his possession. Evidence indicates classified material were moved after the subpoena was served.
A key element in most obstruction cases is intent, because to bring such a charge, prosecutors have to be able to show that whatever actions were taken were done to try to hinder or block an investigation.
Take a good look at this graph from AFP. The reality is that if Joe Biden were not president, this would not be happening. Trump, the Russian Agent, would be doing Putin's bidding instead. Ukraine has a fighting chance against genocidal Russia because Joe Biden is president.
Republicans have already said that if they win the midterms, funding for Ukraine will be curtailed. They do not seem to grasp that victory for Ukraine is NECESSARY for the free & democratic world. Then again, democracy isn't really their thing.
Let's take a stroll down the lane of Republicans signaling they're inclined to give assistance to Russia and fuck over Ukraine, shall we...
LOL - Tulsi going full MAGA would be the LEAST surprising development. She's belongs to a religious cult that is homophobic, she's a Russian asset & Assad apologist (which go hand-in-hand), & she's most comfortable talking to the white supremacist Tucker Carlson on Fox News.
Trump had another Nazi rally. Kanye is spewing anti--Semitic hate. Tommy Tuberville gave a racist anti-black rant. MTG is spouting replacement theory with regard to immigrants.
Look, if you're black, brown, Jewish, or, immigrant, the GOP hates you. Vote Democratic for your life
This all happened within roughly a 24 hr period. They've gone full racist fascist. I've said it before & I'll say it again: If you vote Republican, you're either a blatant racist fascist, or, you're complicit with it, which makes you an accessory.
I shouldn’t have to add that if you’re a woman, or LGBTQ, or a senior who needs SS , or Asian, or … simply a human with a moral compass: the only choice is to vote Democratic.
Today, Brazilian voters will go to the polls & hopefully liberate themselves from Trump of the Amazon, Bolsonaro, by electing Lula decisively.
Bolsonaro has already followed Trump's lead by undermining the electoral system. /1
The new playbook for autocratic right-wing leaders across the world has been to undermine confidence in their country's electoral systems in order to protest election results unfavorable to them. Bolsonaro is no different from Trump in this regard. /2
A reminder: In 1999, as a member of Congress, Bolsonaro shockingly urged civil war in Brazil, saying: “Through the vote, you will not change anything in this country, nothing, absolutely nothing! Things will only change, unfortunately, when, one day, we start a civil war..." / 3
In a formal ceremony, Russia has illegally annexed at least 40,000 sq miles of eastern & southern Ukraine, about 15% of Ukraine’s total area.
Meanwhile, on the ground, Ukrainian forces have completely encircled Russian troops around Lyman in Donetsk.
So while Putin drones on (and on) with his greatest hits narrative regarding Mother Russia, Ukraine is actually kicking their ass. According to Reuters, Ukrainian forces now have an open path to seize more territory in Luhansk & Donetsk provinces.
Putin droning on & on is super-ironic since he's blasting the West for its colonialism, while he LITERALLY grabs Ukrainian land for himself to reconstitute his Russian empire.