Vaccines, Infrastructure, and Kids In Cages: US Politics April 2021

why imagine

lol I take it you haven't seen my Twitter feed

So Barr had previously blocked that search warrant for Rudy?

A warrant for you, Rudy

MORE - Giuliani's attorney tells @ABC federal agents seized devices including a computer belonging to Giuliani's longtime assistant Joann Zafonte. Bob Costello tells me Zafonte was served with a subpoena to appear before a federal grand jury next month. https://t.co/FLj6lQC9hu

— John Santucci (@Santucci) April 28, 2021

Think the fact that a grand jury is up and running is rather a sign

waiting for Giuliani to yell about how 'they' broke into his apartment and stole stuff

I'll bet he has some really sick downloads on there as well

Space Jam sequel sitting unwatched

idk, Rudy seems more like a guy really interested in the Lola Bunny debate

*Cary Grant Voice*
RUDY RUDY RUDY

(morbs would've appreciated that one)

(this is where a good morbs sock account would jump in with "no i wouldn't")

Many of Giuliani’s associates in Ukraine have helped investigators ahead of today’s raids on his home. One told me he spoke to FBI agents for 10 hours straight in a DC hotel. Another says he volunteered the passwords to his phone and email, then explained each message from Rudy

— Simon Shuster (@shustry) April 28, 2021

that seems like it might be a problem for him

dang, maybe being open about your criminal behavior ISN'T a great idea

Don't worry, the law offices of Four, Seasons, Total, and Landscaping will totally exonerate Giuliani.

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xp Four Seasons Total Exoneration

This is really bad news for Hunter Biden

will he get his agenda passed

I’m just gonna make this joke/comment everywhere:

I was enjoying Biden’s speech up until he started touting the success of the US interstate highway system; I now expect his infrastructure initiative to bulldoze my parents’ house

now listen jack don't be mean to my old friend Robert Moses

^ my favorite bootleg Woody Guthrie song

this machine serves brokers

Carnegie / Was a Friend to Me
Just Break That Union Line
Ol' JP/ Mister Carnegie
Says Break That Union Line

Lyrics from Woody Guthrie Songs After He Went Commercial

was only planning on listening for a little while but stayed tuned in and thought that whole speech was inspired

yeah he was in good spirits

https://i.imgur.com/SITXYqv.jpg

Trying to figure out which would be a better band name: Sex Blimps or Abolish Lasagna

hey joni put it all behind you

Awesome speech.

Who is pushing the admin toward social democracy and away from Clintonisn? Is it harris because if so I underestimated her.

I know part of this is Biden himself, witnessing the wealth transfer of the covid year and acknowledging change needs to happen just for the sake of stabilizing the system. But to come up with these plans he must have drawn in some Bernieceats.

NYT and seemingly everyone characterizing Biden's agenda as 'the biggest government expansion in decades' and 'most activist government in many people's lifetimes' - these are literally Republican talking points.

When the government ratchets up defense spending every year, is that not government expansion? When it sends ICE troops out to imprison undocumented workers on civil charges is that not activism?? Fuck's sake NY Times. Patent protections alone are hugely interventionist measures by the government.

That quite surprised me tbh - I was thinking don't you get arrested & thrown in jail for refuting trickle-down economics in the US.

It's just enraging that the Smart People who write for the NY Times are still, in 2021, characterising government assistance to normal citizens as 'activist expansion' but government assistance to corporations, the defense industry, pharma, etc as 'laissez faire' - REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IS A CHOICE, WHETHER IT'S UP OR DOWN

Marco Rubio's co-workers do not like him:

marco rubio screwed up on an amendment and tried to get a hot fix for it on the senate floor, but the dems said it was too late in the process and rejected it. and now rubio is VERY MADDDDD pic.twitter.com/cZBKCFTnVC

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 29, 2021

Rubio reaping the fruits of the McConnell Scorched Earth Years.

Water infrastructure is a tough issue for Rubio, who is known to have trouble with hydration

Sheesh, can we dispel with that notion already?

TIL that Rudy Giuliani's website is rudygiulianics dot com*, as if being Rudy Giuliani is some kind of blood disorder. ("His rudygiulianics are way down - better give him another injection and get the doctor back in here.")

*The "cs" apparently stands for "common sense."

crazy shit

The statement Giuliani fed his lawyer is fucking amazing. It's barely in English, to the point that some sections say exactly the opposite of what he means to say:

The Biden department of justice has completely ignored clear evidence (which the FBI has had for over a year) in texts and emails on Hunter Biden’s hard drive of failing to register numerous times as a foreign agent, child pornography, money laundering, and 30 years of the Biden Crime family taking millions and millions in bribes to sell his public offices.

Instead, the Justice Department decided it was a higher priority to serve (at dawn) search warrants for electronics at the home and law office of former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

The search warrants involve only one indication of an alleged incident of failure to register as a foreign agent. Mayor Giuliani has not only denied this allegation, but offered twice in the past two years through his attorney Bob Costello to demonstrate that it is entirely untrue. Twice the offer was rejected by the SDNY by stating that while they were willing to listen to anything Mr. Costello had to say, they would not tell Mr. Giuliani or Mr. Costello, the subject matter they wanted him to address.

This contrasts with multiple proven incidences of failure to file as a foreign agent contained on the Biden hard drive which the FBI and the Department of Justice has ignored. You have not seen the home of Hunter Biden raided by the FBI with search warrants. This behavior of the justice department, enabled by a compliant media, running roughshod over the constitutional rights of anyone involved in, or legally defending, former President Donald J. Trump is becoming the rule, rather than the exception.

It is also a clear example of a corrupt double standard. One for high-level democrats whose blatant crimes are ignored, such as Hilary Clinton, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and Republicans who are prominent supporters and defenders of President Trump who, are subjected to false charges and procedures used in the past, if at all, in cases involving terrorists and organized criminals.

The electronics taken are, also, replete with the material covered by the attorney-client privilege and other constitutional privileges. The warrant served on Mr. Giuliani’s law office is another disturbing example of complete disregard for the attorney-client privilege protected by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution.

Remember the newspaper reports that explained that twice before, the SDNY went to Main Justice to seek permission to obtain a search warrant for Mr. Giuliani’s electronic devices and twice before the request was rejected. What changed? A new Administration – a new Attorney General. Were they ever informed of Mr. Costello’s offer? Was the Judge who signed the search warrant ever informed of Mr. Costello’s offer? We think not.

Twice, Mr. Giuliani’s counsel offered to sit with the SDNY and demonstrate that Mr. Giuliani’s conduct was lawful. It is outrageous that the Trump Derangement Syndrome has gone so far that hatred has driven this unjustified and unethical attack on the United States Attorney and Mayor who did more to reduce crime than virtually any other in American history. Mr. Giuliani respects the law, and he can demonstrate that his conduct as a lawyer and a citizen was absolutely legal and ethical.

Of course, I’m sure you will not be surprised that the FBI left behind the only electronics that contain evidence of crimes, the Hunter Biden hard drives. Mayor Giuliani offered them on several occasions, but the agents steadfastly declined. Keep in mind that the agents could not read the physical hard drives without plugging them in, but they took Mr. Giuliani’s word that the hard drives were copies of Hunter Biden’s hard drive and did not contain anything pertaining to Mr. Giuliani. Think about what that tells you. Their reliance on Mr. Giuliani’s credibility tells you everything you need to know about this case.

ok

*moves to empty bus seat, buries nose in book"

For some reason I just said in my best Vulcan voice, "That is highly illogical."

Twice the offer was rejected by the SDNY by stating that while they were willing to listen to anything Mr. Costello had to say, they would not tell Mr. Giuliani or Mr. Costello, the subject matter they wanted him to address.

Smart people at SDNY. Rudy's mad because they didn't take any of his bait.

i love the hunter biden shit, like he thinks he can distract the feds like a little kid in trouble with his mom like "but bobby hit me first!!"

At this rate I think Rudy has muddied the water enough that I doubt Hunter and Hillary have a chance of winning reelection.

Looks like they spelled Hillary's name wrong in that statement, btw.