utin has been clear: If Ukraine fires long-range missiles into Russia, the country will consider the missile-supplier, as well as other NATO countries, its enemies in its war against Ukraine.
"If this decision is made, it will mean nothing less than the direct participation of NATO countries, the United States, and European countries, in the war in Ukraine," he said back in September.
And now America finds herself on that precarious edge of what many are saying will be the next world war, as President Biden has authorized Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to launch ATACMS missiles deeper into Russian territory following a major shift in policy that occurred over the weekend.
The Ukrainian government has been persistent in urging Washington to approve ATACMS for a while now, but Biden has remained reluctant to greenlight the initiative to avoid more U.S. involvement in the war.
Virtually all of Trump's cabinet picks have resulted in the left throwing a fit, but no one has sparked more controversy than former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is poised to replace Merrick Garland as attorney general should the Senate confirm him.
Besides being unapologetically brash and outspoken against the establishment, Gaetz is ruffling feathers because he's had some serious allegations filed against him, the most notable being accusations of sex trafficking.
However, no indictments have followed, meaning that the scandal has either been buried intentionally or the accusations are false and this entire ordeal is a smear campaign.
It's important to establish that "people in Washington D.C. don't like Matt Gaetz," partially because "he was kind of a playboy," partially because "he's kind of obnoxious," but most importantly because he's been "a fighter for Trump" since 2016, she explains, adding that immediately following his election to Congress, Gaetz began butting heads with establishment GOPers.
n 2020, the FBI suddenly started investigating Matt Gaetz for "allegedly having a relationship with a minor — a 17-year-old girl — ... and paying for her to travel over state lines."
"If an allegation like this is true, then that's the definition of sex trafficking," says Liz. "So that's where the sex trafficking allegations come into play."
However, the person who enlightened the FBI to Gaetz' alleged crimes is a scandal in and of himself.
The accuser's name is Joel Greenberg, and he's a former Florida tax collector who was indicted on 33 criminal accounts, including sex trafficking, theft, stalking, and cryptocurrency fraud, among others. Greenberg alleged that he was friends with Matt Gaetz.
Following Greenberg's accusations, the Department of Justice began investigating Gaetz for a period of two years.
While the investigation was going on, "Gaetz said that he and his dad were the victims or were targeted for extortion."
And he was correct — a businessman named Stephen Alford indeed tried to extort Don Gaetz for $25 million in exchange for making the investigation against his son "go away."
"Gaetz and his dad instead cooperated with the local FBI office, and it resulted in Alford's arrest, and he pled guilty to extortion," says Liz.
Fast forward to later in 2022, and Biden's DOJ announced it would not bring any charges against Matt Gaetz. The investigation was closed because both Greenberg and the 17-year-old girl Gaetz allegedly trafficked were found to be "non-credible."
"In other words, they were such bad liars that even the Biden Department of Justice thought, 'There's no way that these two could be believable,"' says Liz. "This is the Biden Department of Justice — the Biden Department of Justice that invents things in order to target their political enemy. ... There was so much nothing to these allegations that even the Biden DOJ dropped them."
But there's another layer to the story.
Back in 2021, an ethics investigation was opened on Matt Gaetz but was soon paused when the DOJ began its investigation into the sex trafficking allegations.
Then, in 2022, before former speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was elected, certain GOPers demanded a "series of reforms," one of them being "that any single member of the House of Representatives could motion to vacate the chair."
"Well, that fight was led by Matt Gaetz," says Liz. Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted and replaced by Mike Johnson in 2023 as a result of the policy Gaetz championed, "hates Matt Gaetz."
Prior to his removal, "the McCarthy-led House revived the ethics investigation."
"In October 2023, Matt Gaetz motioned to vacate the chair, and McCarthy became the first speaker in U.S. history to be ousted," says Liz.
"Kevin McCarthy claims that Matt Gaetz did this to squash the ethics investigation into him. Gaetz claims it's because McCarthy was failing to uphold his promises, and now here we are in 2024. Matt Gaetz is nominated by president-elect Trump to be attorney general of the Department of Justice of the United States of America," Liz explains.
The nomination led to Gaetz resigning from Congress, meaning that he can no longer be investigated by the Ethics Committee. Further, any reports it may possess "cannot be released publicly" now.
Kevin McCarthy is from California and no asshole from that state should EVER hold much power! I can believe hes a fucking worm! I was very intrigued by the part of the story where the FBI found the story that Gaetz was banging a 17yo to be paper thin. None of this has been in the mainstream.
Finally, a hacker has the report now so it will be leaked for certain....or released.
Trump is going to replace Christopher Wray as head of the FBI. Let's hope Kash Patel gets the job, not Mike Rogers.
Matt Gaetz withdrew from his nomination for attorney general less than two weeks after Trump nominated him for the position.
The hottie Pam Bondi is the new pick for AG.
GIGGETY!!!
Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on November 21, 2024, 09:47:45 PMThe hottie Pam Bondi is the new pick for AG.
GIGGETY!!!
She's a gal, so the democRATs will not accuse her of sexual assault. She will be a Russian agent.
Quote from: Herman on November 21, 2024, 09:49:42 PMShe's a gal, so the democRATs will not accuse her of sexual assault. She will be a Russian agent.
You can ruin a fantasy faster than a nude Kamala. Jerk.
Excellent choice Mr. Trump! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
Quote from: Oliver the Second on November 21, 2024, 10:22:57 PMExcellent choice Mr. Trump! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
Let the libtard tear drops flow!
Quote from: Oliver the Second on November 21, 2024, 10:22:57 PMExcellent choice Mr. Trump! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
She is so smokin.
Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on November 21, 2024, 11:05:06 PMShe is so smokin.
People are saying that this was the intended pick all along
Matt Gaetz was deliberate bait to get the rotten scumbags to go down their usual bullshit narrative pathways and exhaust them
So what are they gonna do now? Try sexual smear campaigns in a row just to prevent a nomination to the same position?
Gaetz promotion comes in the form of a senate seat given to him by the great and incomparable Ron Desantis
My instinct says Gaetz isn't a good guy.
I don't believe he committed any sex crime.
It was very commendable he stepped down. That shows he is discerning.
But there is something about his look and demeanor that is repellent to me.
Am I wrong? You know him better than me so is it my imagination?
I know this is going to sound weird and completely insane but there is this serial killer look about him. I can't shake it off. A Ted Bundy look about him.
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 22, 2024, 11:20:02 AMPeople are saying that this was the intended pick all along
Matt Gaetz was deliberate bait to get the rotten scumbags to go down their usual bullshit narrative pathways and exhaust them
So what are they gonna do now? Try sexual smear campaigns in a row just to prevent a nomination to the same position?
Gaetz promotion comes in the form of a senate seat given to him by the great and incomparable Ron Desantis
Senator Gaetz. Has a very nice ring to it.
Trump taps epidemiologist targeted by Biden admin and censored online to run NIH.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is poised to take over the job of the Biden official who called him a 'fringe' epidemiologist.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, an esteemed epidemiologist and professor of health policy at Stanford University, refused to accept the premise advanced early in the pandemic by medical establishmentarians and lawmakers that lockdowns, vaccine mandates, masking for kids, and other ruinous COVID-19 policies were the best ways to prevent infection and get back to normal.
Although he and other principals behind the Great Barrington Declaration were ultimately vindicated, at the time, he faced incredible abuse. President Joe Biden's former chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci and former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins conspired to issue a "quick and devastating takedown" of Bhattacharya's criticism while many of the professor's peers personally attacked him. Adding injury to insult, Bhattacharya was censored online.
Quote from: caskur on November 22, 2024, 12:40:46 PMBut there is something about his look and demeanor that is repellent to me.
Am I wrong? You know him better than me so is it my imagination?
I know this is going to sound weird and completely insane but there is this serial killer look about him. I can't shake it off. A Ted Bundy look about him.
I got those vibes too. He looks like someone right out of The Sopranos.
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Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is President-elect Donald Trump's revised pick to lead the U.S. Department of Justice. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Bondi will play an instrumental role in reshaping the business of sports-especially in how antitrust law governs the industry.
Bondi, who served as Florida's AG from 2011 to 2019, is no stranger to antitrust issues in sports. In 2016, she led a group of states' attorneys general in negotiating a settlement with the NFL regarding a league-wide mandatory price floor policy. The league previously required each team to impose a price floor on secondary market ticket sales. This policy, Bondi and other AGs alleged, was problematic under antitrust law and generated artificially high ticket prices. The settlement required the NFL to refrain from directing teams to use ticketing practices that made it more difficult to buy tickets on competing exchanges.
After completing her term as attorney general, Bondi joined the lobbying firm Ballard Partners to direct the firm's corporate regulatory compliance practice. Major League Baseball retained Ballard Partners, including Bondi, to lobby on unspecified issues "related to combating human trafficking," which was a league focus in conjunction with its players' union at the time.
Trump has picked Kash Patel to serve as FBI director. It's the latest bombshell Trump has thrown at the Washington establishment. He has the mandate, go for it.
Patel will make J. Edgar Hoover look like a boy scout.
Trump has picked Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce loyalist to upend America's premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived "conspirators." It's the latest bombshell Trump has thrown at the Washington establishment.
Trump's pick for Labor secretary has organized labor cheering and business groups sounding worried as the atypically labor-friendly choice could signal a new and more receptive stance toward unions from Republicans, who have long resisted labor's agenda.
Following a recent increase in popularity among unions and the precedent-breaking appearance of Teamsters President Sean O'Brien at the Republican National Convention in July, the choice of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) reflects the growing political importance of labor after an election in which working-class voters delivered a strong turnout for Trump and the GOP.
Quote from: Brent on December 02, 2024, 01:31:51 PMTrump's pick for Labor secretary has organized labor cheering and business groups sounding worried as the atypically labor-friendly choice could signal a new and more receptive stance toward unions from Republicans, who have long resisted labor's agenda.
Following a recent increase in popularity among unions and the precedent-breaking appearance of Teamsters President Sean O'Brien at the Republican National Convention in July, the choice of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) reflects the growing political importance of labor after an election in which working-class voters delivered a strong turnout for Trump and the GOP.
I think Trump tends to agree with unions in some aspects. I'm sure he had to deal with plenty of them when he was developing properties. He's not the typical anti-union Republican.
Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on December 03, 2024, 07:00:20 PMHe's not the typical anti-union Republican.
That is why I like his type of Republican.
Establishmentarians struggling with the likelihood of having little to no representation in the incoming administration have spent weeks attacking several of President-elect Donald Trump's picks to helm federal agencies of consequence.
Although Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, has taken an inordinate amount of abuse, former National Security Council official Kash Patel has similarly become a top target for champions of the status quo.
Fuck the establishment.
Quote from: Herman on December 05, 2024, 09:30:45 PMEstablishmentarians struggling with the likelihood of having little to no representation in the incoming administration have spent weeks attacking several of President-elect Donald Trump's picks to helm federal agencies of consequence.
Although Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, has taken an inordinate amount of abuse, former National Security Council official Kash Patel has similarly become a top target for champions of the status quo.
And it is exactly this type of reaction which tells any sane person looking to change a dreadfully corrupt system that these are the right guys for the job.
I don't give the slightest fuck how many drunk sluts Hegseth cheated on his wife with. I am not hiring him to be the sunday school morality deacon. I am hiring him to run the armed forces.
I don't care how many cheap sluts they pull out of the woodwork to say he's a rapist.
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on December 06, 2024, 08:37:29 PMAnd it is exactly this type of reaction which tells any sane person looking to change a dreadfully corrupt system that these are the right guys for the job.
I don't give the slightest fuck how many drunk sluts Hegseth cheated on his wife with. I am not hiring him to be the sunday school morality deacon. I am hiring him to run the armed forces.
I don't care how many cheap sluts they pull out of the woodwork to say he's a rapist.
Nobody should give a shit who he fucked.