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Category Archives: Justice
The only thing we have to trump is fear itself
By ann summers Only the blind led the blind in Trump Tower, especially in June 2016. But more interesting is Barbara Res telling stories about her former boss, challenging the notion of the “adults in the room” and their agendas. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, DOJ, FBI, Government, History, Jurisprudence, Justice, Media, Political Science, Politics, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Bob Woodward, Donald Trump, John Dowd, Media, New York Times, Politics, White House
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If the Cohen allegations are true, POTUS* conspired to violate federal campaign law and to hide it from the American people
By ann summers Neal Katyal’s op-ed in the NY Times spells it out clearly. Trump has been so used to working without accountability as a private citizen especially with respect to covering up his numerous dalliances, that he … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Campaign Finance, Celebrity, Conspiracy, DOJ, FBI, Federal Courts, Government, History, Jurisprudence, Justice, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Campaign Finance, Donald Trump, Media, Politics, Rule of Law, trumprussia
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“As I have initiated the destruction of the republic…” DoJ OIG report: mistakes were made…
By ann summers The FBI wasn’t biased, but they sure were influenced by forces with complex alliances, some Russian. The DoJ Inspector General’s report seems to indicate that at the unclassified level, the FBI comes off as hamstrung by … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, DOJ, FBI, Government, History, Justice, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged comey, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, FBI, Politics, trump, trumprussia
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How Chaos Agents operate: which side(s) are you on
By ann summers Having a POTUS* whose only interests are in performative cruelty become more fascinating as those who do not share his chaotic goals trace the paths of what are now bribes rather than consulting or lobbying fees. Fascinating … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Campaign Finance, Celebrity, Corruption, DOJ, Government, History, Justice, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Biglygate, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Media, michaelcohen, Politics, trumprussia
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Charlottesville and the Crisis of Identity and Tribalism in America
I’ve given a great deal of thought to the events that went down in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12th, when the now infamous “Unite the Right” rally degenerated into a street fight as police stood by and did nothing. We … Continue reading
Posted in Genocide, Government, History, inequality, Justice, Progressives, Tribalism
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We have a new writer – Steve Searls
by Chuck Stanley Steven D. Searls, better known as ‘Steven D’ in the blogosphere, has been a prolific contributor to several prominent blogs. Steve has written close to 1,500 blog posts on a variety of topics. He has agreed to … Continue reading
Posted in Jurisprudence, Justice, Uncategorized
Tagged Blogging, Disability, Law, Lawyer, New Writer, Steve Searls, Steven D, Writing
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#TrumpRussia gets even more tangled with dark web, deep state, and dim-orange-wit
By ann summers Apparently there was an actual corporation (LLC) for a possible conspiracy- what HRC called a “factory for conspiracy-theory machines”. The late Peter W. Smith created an entity to acquire stolen emails that included: Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Sam Clovis, … Continue reading
#TrumpRussia … Flynn could be a mole but Trump wants him on his lip
By ann summers Because Trump curtsies to no one! And princeling Kushner got the Saudis a discount from Lockheed… The problem is whether any moles exist in the WH, if it’s all about the money, since in a Trumpian world, … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Government Propaganda, History, Israel, Jurisprudence, Justice, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Society, United States, War on "Terror"
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Media, Michael Flynn, Politics, Russia, trumprussia, White House
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Propaganda 200: In Summation, Gist The Whitewashing Power Of Editing
by GENE HOWINGTON “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Fascism, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, Hypocrisy, Imperialism, Justice, Oligarchy, Politics, Propaganda, United Kingdom, United States, War
Tagged Cover-up, Iraq Invasion, Sir John Chilicot, Whitewash
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Trump’s immigration policy as ethnic cleansing prescription
By ann summers So we now have heard from an orange realtor pitching the US a Southern Wall timeshare that Mexico will pay for. And being Latino is not illegal, nor is being Muslim, yet that is what is now … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Capitalism, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Democracy, History, Immigrants, Justice, Mexico, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Immigration, Racism, Republicans
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