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Aug 10, 2022·edited Aug 10, 2022

Everyone backing down , even the Dems, shows what can happen when we the people speak up vs staying complicit and silent. I do not care how one feels about Trump, feelings and opinions are not what is at stake here. When lawlessness runs unchecked, when the law keepers are corrupt and violate any person's constitutional rights, all should be outraged.

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McConnell is such a snake. He calls it "the events of Monday". He can't even say what it was.

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Remember what Trump said.

-They’re not coming for me. They’re coming for you. I’m just the one standing in their way.

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Spot on, with substantiated facts, as usual! Truly, all I need to read daily to understand the circus!🤣Thanks, Jeff, for you great efforts!

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Aug 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

Here’s another anecdote. As I have said before I am a lifelong liberal NY dem who has recently broken up with the democratic party. I am not really a republican but could maybe be persuaded to vote for DeSantis. I detest trump-he has been a NYC punch line since the 80s.-and think he is an odious human being (to be fair I think biden is equally odious). Anyway, the point is that this ill conceived politically motivated raid has almost made me want to vote for trump. Good job democrats

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Aug 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

I can say that your neighbor is one of three now. My brother and SIL both said they will now vote for Trump wholeheartedly! They are from whacky CA, but seems like many in that state are waking up.

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Aug 10, 2022·edited Aug 10, 2022

Evidently we now have a new and independent 4th branch of government, called the Department of Justice.

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Aug 10, 2022·edited Aug 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

Let's get right to the point: what kind of sicko not only eats Oreos, but GOLDEN Oreos, with WHISKEY, in a friggin' PLASTIC CUP!?!?!?!?!

How an absolute loon like that is even allowed in the doors of a courtroom amazes me. Well, not really, but still, this guy clearly has a screw (or twenty) loose...

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Are you saying that magistrate can be fired? If he can be who do we need to call to get showed the door out?

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In case anyone missed it, the DOJ and FBI had been in Mar-a- Lago in June with the complete cooperation of the Trump team and unfettered access to the records that were the "alleged" focus of Monday's 10-hour raid. They even suggested putting a lock on the records storage area, which they broke off in the Monday raid. Republican leadership response and ACTIONS may well indicate some folks that need to be subject to timely recall efforts in their home states!

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“Biden and the DNC would be certifiably insane to push this any further. But crazy seems to be right where they are living these days.” .......YUP! 😵‍💫

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As shown by Jeff's conversation with the owner of a neighboring business, this latest escalation may return some fence sitters/defectors to the Trump fold. It certainly hasn't hurt President Trump's fundraising:

Trump Shatters All Fundraising Records After Biden’s FBI Raids Mar-a-Lago

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/trump-shatters-fundraising-records-bidens-fbi-raids-mar-lago/

Finally, I am concerned about Andrew Yang's Forward Party. Maybe he is sincere, but ultimately, third parties often peel away enough voters to effect the outcome of an election. I don't care if Yang peels away Democrats, but we can't afford to have him peel away any Independents. The only way we can take back the Republic is with a lot of poll watchers and massive election day turnout that puts a big dent in the Democrats ability to cheat.

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So when Dems mishandle classified documents it's an "accident" but Republicans get raided? Message received, loud and clear.

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Great update! You say “running long,” I say too short as I blew right through it. Thanks, Jeff!

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These shenanigans, the raid, Reinhart's activities, are the stuff of blockbuster movies. Even the most intellectually challenged casual observer can see that no one wants Trump to run in 2024. I wonder why that is.

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Isaiah 3 - an exact description of our beloved country

3 See now, the Lord,

the Lord Almighty,

is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah

both supply and support:

all supplies of food and all supplies of water,

2 the hero and the warrior,

the judge and the prophet,

the diviner and the elder,

3 the captain of fifty and the man of rank,

the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.

4 “I will make mere youths their officials;

children will rule over them.”

5 People will oppress each other—

man against man, neighbor against neighbor.

The young will rise up against the old,

the nobody against the honored.

6 A man will seize one of his brothers

in his father’s house, and say,

“You have a cloak, you be our leader;

take charge of this heap of ruins!”

7 But in that day he will cry out,

“I have no remedy.

I have no food or clothing in my house;

do not make me the leader of the people.”

8 Jerusalem staggers,

Judah is falling;

their words and deeds are against the Lord,

defying his glorious presence.

9 The look on their faces testifies against them;

they parade their sin like Sodom;

they do not hide it.

Woe to them!

They have brought disaster upon themselves.

10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them,

for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.

11 Woe to the wicked!

Disaster is upon them!

They will be paid back

for what their hands have done.

12 Youths oppress my people,

women rule over them.

My people, your guides lead you astray;

they turn you from the path.

13 The Lord takes his place in court;

he rises to judge the people.

14 The Lord enters into judgment

against the elders and leaders of his people:

“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;

the plunder from the poor is in your houses.

15 What do you mean by crushing my people

and grinding the faces of the poor?”

declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

16 The Lord says,

“The women of Zion are haughty,

walking along with outstretched necks,

flirting with their eyes,

strutting along with swaying hips,

with ornaments jingling on their ankles.

17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;

the Lord will make their scalps bald.”

18 In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, 19 the earrings and bracelets and veils, 20 the headdresses and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, 21 the signet rings and nose rings, 22 the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses 23 and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.

24 Instead of fragrance there will be a stench;

instead of a sash, a rope;

instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;

instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;

instead of beauty, branding.

25 Your men will fall by the sword,

your warriors in battle.

26 The gates of Zion will lament and mourn;

destitute, she will sit on the ground.

And these words of hope from Isaiah 4:

2 In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. 3 Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4 The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment and a spirit[b] of fire. 5 Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory[c] will be a canopy. 6 It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.

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