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LT's avatar
Dec 14Edited

The various federal and state trials against Trump is living proof that the Democratic machine will do ANYTHING to maintain power. The prosecution of Mr. Trump has been nothing less than a colluded series of embarrassing show trials, coordinated with the DoJ and AG Garland, all designed to bring Trump down.

The necessary response by the incoming Trump administration, should be to go on the offensive, directing Kash Patel to investigate a wide swath of Biden administration officials to include the Biden crime family itself and Democratic members from both houses. Only then, after the deep state is prosecuted will law fare as a political remedy be put to rest.

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Earl Brown's avatar

Right you are - " . . Kash Patel to investigate a wide swath of Biden administration officials . ."

I only hope Kash uses and ax instead of a scalpel.

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Julia Gonzales's avatar

All the nominees have been given direction already. Otherwise, they would not be an nominee. That’s why he can truthfully say I will not give them direction, because he already has. And if Patel is confirmed, the national debt will go up with all the investigations going on to get back at his opponents.

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CarsAreBasic's avatar

Bragg has been handed is virtual rear end with the same attempt to end run justice with the murder charges.

The people in NY have seen trough this overt and intentional use of the law to stop or prevent the free and open political process.

Think this is over? Not even ..... Want to bet this is an attempt to convict the President Elect on trumped up charges after four years from now?

With the (in my opinion) the obvious criminal use of Presidential Pardon by the current President, you will see intentional such actions for 4 years.

The sting of the national spanking the Dem's are experiencing and will for years, has created a knee jerk reaction of a child that cannot stand the truth.

This article points out the lack of fairness the Dem Party uses regularly.

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Bill Russell's avatar

Anything connected to the Bush family there is an ongoing reminder of how Trump reduced Jeb to twigs during the Presidential campaign years. Trump is getting the Bush payback of how he hurt poor Jebby and he wasn't able to be another Bush President. Geez, give it up, will ya ... the entire Bush family act as children, crying boo hoo. The Bush Trump Payback illustrates how corrupt the Supreme Court can be, too.

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Steve's avatar

Absolutely love your comment.

I voted for the Bushes but that was before I learned that they are part of swamp.

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Earl Brown's avatar

. . "Jebby . ." I'm stealing that :)

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Bill Russell's avatar

I was reading SB Nextdoor thread on rocket launches which are driving people nuts and I stated, "Stephen King is writing a book titled, "Santa Barbara Rocks." As a first time in history, Stephen experiments with real conditions before writing them. Stephen and Elon are working together on this project. Stephen wants to figure out how much people can take and what they'll do when they "lose it" for his novel. And Elon is trying to figure out the threshold of rocket launches before making people (a.k.a. Guinea pigs) go cuckoo. Now you know the real story ... your play actors for a book creation."

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Pat Fish's avatar

When we read the details of these show trials and persecutions it seems impossible to understand how it can be going on in America. If we were reading about some South American tin pot dictatorship it would be par for the course, but HERE? There's so much of the Established System that needs the light of disclosure and repair. And every J6 defendant pardoned immediately and if anyone ever deserved reparations it is them. Including Granny Snakebite and others who exercised their American right to protest and paid such a high price.

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J. Livingston's avatar

Merchan needed to recuse himself from the beginning. His own close family member's political activities directed against this specific defendant created the appearance of conflict of interests, if not a direct conflict of interests. That is sufficient for his required recusal. His duty was to the integrity of the court. He failed that fundamental duty. He chose to take on his current role with its incumbent duties, that exceed even his role as a parent.

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Derek Hanley's avatar

The more one sees and learns about the government, the judiciary, the bureaucrats who serve them and the massive control of information dissemination by companies on the internet, acting as government tools, the more it seems in a general sense that truth and free speech are quashed. You are right, if the president-elect of the USA can be selectively gagged by a local judge, it can be imposed on anyone else. Is this why so many people, outside of SB Current, are afraid to speak up against the political ruling class in California?

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J. Livingston's avatar

Judges are government employees too. They protect their own pensions, as much as any other government employees as one of their chosen primary obligations.

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Thomas John's avatar

Honest question. Can federal judges or other employees lose their pensions? I thought after X years they're all vested in FERS and that was that?

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J. Livingston's avatar

TJ: I highly recommend the book 'While America Aged" as primer for more in depth understandings about all pensions - private; quasi public and public. How did we get here, what has a pension guarantee done to us, and is there any way out?

What does happen when any "guaranteed pension" plan runs out of money? Political expediency in both private and public pension operations has long ignored actuarial realities, which is a crap shoot anyway at best..

Guaranteed pensions are relatively new- and have overall caused as much overall downside as upside. Never underestimate the value of maintaining your own independent retirement plans - IRA, SEP, ROTH.

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Thomas John's avatar

Thank you. Just put my current audible credit to get it. I

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Paul Aijian MD's avatar

Don’t poke the bull!

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George Russell's avatar

If President Trump has something to say about it he could figuratively whisper in his spokespersons ear and that person, who is not subject to a gag order, can say whatever they please. We can play games too.

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Julia Gonzales's avatar

It sure looks like that’s what he did. That man doesn’t follow any rules, but his own.

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Brad Scott's avatar

Trump is awesome

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Brad Scott's avatar

Democrats are terrible

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Brad Scott's avatar

Trump is God

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Nancy Crawford's avatar

Some of us proved fraud in SB Co. elections years ago but very few paid attention AND did something about it! Too Busy????

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CarsAreBasic's avatar

Ah the fingers mistake.... (handed "his" not is)

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J. Livingston's avatar

(CAB: PS. There is an edit button. In the three little dots on the upper right hand side of the post. Sloppy fingers and spell checks with their own agenda take me down a lot too. )

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