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are you really a bama fan? if so are you a spy?

i would be shocked if i ever saw a crack or methhead vote for the record.

no one here that i know of..............but i have seen news articles but it was several days ago.yahoo.com posted it.

if it is not prying how did you do as a baseball coach? if so ignore mikey.

i have been fooled many times myself..............

i got it from yahoo.com this morning in fact. there are several articles on this subject. and the insult flew over my head and never landed big shooter.

do you like the law that allows folks to be lied by slander? i miss ol walter so much!

do you think our pitching is still good after we lost Hudson?

by the way i am honestly a son of a tiger. sadly i used to be a son of a biscuit eater .........grins

Man i love this so much! he is a childhood hero who gave absolutely everything he had for Auburn. Some people even claimed he made Pat look better than he was and he was great so i am not dissing pat at all! thank you for posting!

i post a lot because i really do have OCD. when i get upset i count stuff. window panes and whatever is around me. i just like to bring stuff to the table to fuss and discuss. i do post a lot buzzed but that is nt the reason for those thinking that. hell i have to type so slow when i am buzzed i have to redo stuff all the time.

most of us hate any lies from either side. i feel like we are in a battle to save America from trump. if any on the left knowingly spread lies i have no use for them.

IAM? are you frothing at the mouth yet my friend? grins..............

Opinion Granderson: You can't compare Trump's record to Bidenomics LZ Granderson Wed, February 21, 2024 at 5:02 AM CST·4 min read 322 Donald Trump was booed Saturday when he took to the stage at a convention in Philadelphia to sell shoes. This is not what success looks like. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press) Let’s talk about political theater for a moment. Last fall a House subcommittee held a hearing to discuss the impact of one of President Biden’s key pieces of legislation: the Inflation Reduction Act. Predictably, Republicans hated it. They were particularly peeved about the clean-energy tax incentives. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) framed his criticism around a populist message. “Some of these green cars, electric cars can cost $100,000 a year, and so almost by definition the really wealthy showoffs of our society are the people building them,” he said, before asking a witness: “You mean they give special credits to the rich guy who likes to show off with his $100,000-a-year Chevy but you don’t get a credit if you’re an average guy trying to buy a car for $35,000?” Grothman’s Norma Rae impersonation was so convincing you almost forget he is the same politician who was once cornered by hundreds of pro-union protesters as they yelled, “Shame, shame, shame!” because his policies were so harmful to the “average guy.” His stunt last fall was bold political theater. Read more: Granderson: The border crisis is real. That's why Trump is blocking solutions As was the answer that came from the witness, Preston Brashers, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation. That is the same think tank that is reportedly guiding the policies that a future Trump administration would enact should the former president be reelected in November. Brashers, who once bafflingly accused the Biden administration of plundering the American people, lamented the lack of affordability of green-ticket items such as solar panels. Hold on, now. We all get that many Americans were feeling pinched financially last year. But this brain trust wants us to believe the stress at the grocery checkout line was caused by one year of Biden’s inflation policy? After Trump spent four years pillaging the economy to serve the rich? Corporate tax receipts under Trump fell to an almost 75-year low. The top 1% now has more wealth than the entire middle class. Read more: Granderson: The Senate's only Black Republican now loves Trump. It's not a good look We can have a discussion about fiscal policy without pretending our problems are all Biden’s fault. We can have a discussion about spending without vilifying Republicans. But there’s no longer room for debate about Trump’s ability to handle the economy. That’s done. Read more: Granderson: What have we done to deserve Marjorie Taylor Greene? Even before he first ran for president, Trump led businesses into bankruptcy six times. (He explained that away as shrewd business.) He has been in legal trouble with the U.S. government again and again since the 1970s. Trump ballooned the deficit by $7.8 trillion — and $3.3 trillion of that was before COVID-19 hit the U.S. and necessitated vast stimulus programs. And now he owes so much money after losing a string of court cases that he is selling gold gym shoes at campaign stops to raise money for his legal fees. Gym shoes with red bottoms — a Christian Louboutin knockoff of sorts. The exact kind of shoe associated with wealth. The kind of wealth Republicans in the House tell you they are fighting against. It’s all theater. And yet for Trump, the show is not over. In some ways it is just beginning, and the next act does not look good for him. Because as someone whose entire image has been based on wealth and power, he has to be suffering a significant blow to his already fragile ego now that so many more Americans know for certain that he inflated his wealth by billions of dollars in order to swindle money from others. We need to talk about the economy: Last June, the Congressional Budget Office estimated in its 30-year outlook that publicly held debt will be equal to a record 181% of American economic activity by 2053. But anyone who pretends Trump is a proven expert on financial matters will instantly lose as much credibility as the former president has. His record is clear: Trump’s policies wrecked the federal government’s finances much as they have run his businesses into the ground. Trump’s record as a public official: When he left office, he had grown the federal deficit by roughly $23,500 per person. Just the 2017 tax cuts for corporations and wealthy Americans dug the nation $2 trillion deeper into debt. Trump’s record as a businessman: He has now been exposed as having lied about his success. That’s not an opinion; it’s a finding proved in court despite Trump’s efforts at obfuscating. Just in the past two months, he has lost court cases with price tags adding up to nearly $600 million. He’s going to have to sell a lot of shoes to cover that. We can debate Biden’s record versus Trump’s on most anything else: public health, immigration, you name it. But pretending as if the former president should be given the keys to our economy is beyond the limits of political theater. It’s dangerous. @LZGranderson If it’s in the news right now, the L.A. Times’ Opinion section covers it. Sign up for our weekly opinion newsletter. 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Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Say Feds Mistook ‘Lines of Sawdust’ for Cocaine AJ McDougall Tue, February 20, 2024 at 7:37 PM CST·3 min read 364 Getty Images/Department of Justice Attorneys for Hunter Biden accused Special Counsel Davis Weiss’ office of mistaking lines of sawdust for cocaine in court documents alleging drug use by the first son—a blunder they argued was unbecoming of the office. “Mistaking sawdust for cocaine sounds more like a storyline from one of the 1980’s Police Academy comedies than what should be expected in a high-profile prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice,” Biden’s lawyers snarked in a new filing. While digging through his electronics, investigators executing a search warrant found photos and videos that Biden had taken of “apparent cocaine, crack cocaine, and drug paraphernalia,” as they described it in an exhibit filed last week as evidence that he had been lying about his drug usage when he bought a gun in Delaware in 2018. One of the images included in the filing showed three lines of a yellow-tinged, powdery substance on a plank. “The prosecution is flat out wrong—both that Mr. Biden ‘took’ this photograph and in claiming that it depicts ‘cocaine.’” Biden’s attorneys wrote on Tuesday. “Multiple sources have pointed out, and a review of discovery confirms, this is actually a photo of sawdust from an expert carpenter and it was sent to Mr. Biden, not vice versa.” The filing goes on to explain that the carpenter—in recovery from cocaine addiction himself—set up the gag shot and sent it to Biden’s then-psychiatrist, Dr. Keith Ablow. The doctor sent it on to Biden, telling him he’d told the carpenter he’d have to choose between his art and his drug. “He sent me the photo and a message that said, ‘Made my choice,’” Ablow wrote. “Hope you do, too.” The message was meant to inspire Biden, his lawyers wrote, letting him know that he, “too, could overcome any addiction.” Biden’s attorneys went on to excoriate the Justice Department’s prosecutors for jumping to conclusions, arguing that it had damaged the president’s son’s standing. “The prosecution was reckless in making such a hyperbolic and sensational claim in a public filing, which it surely realized would prejudice Mr. Biden in the public eye,” they said. The Biden team’s filing did not address two other images included in the Justice Department’s exhibit, one showing small tools in a Hermès box and another a scale weighing grainy white rocks. Weiss’ office did not immediately return an after-hours request for comment on Tuesday. Biden was indicted last September on three federal charges related to the 2018 gun purchase. The indictment was handed down after a plea agreement that would have resolved any charges related to the case—as well as further tax-related charges in California—fell apart at the last second. He faces up to 25 years behind bars on the gun charges alone. (In December, he was indicted for allegedly trying to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019.) He has pleaded not guilty to both indictments and, in December, asked a federal judge to dismiss the gun charges, arguing the case against him is politically motivated. Weiss has denied any right-wing bias in prosecuting Biden. “Stripped of its bluster, the defendant’s theory of vindictiveness is simply not credible,” he wrote last month. Biden’s Tuesday filing, which seeks to ensure prosecutors have fulfilled their discovery obligations, also references Alexander Smirnov, arguing that his recent indictment proves the case is tainted. A former FBI informant, Smirnov was charged last week with fabricating claims that Biden and his father took bribes from a Ukrainian company. “It now seems clear that the Smirnov allegations infected this case” as prosecutors resuscitated a “baseless investigation” based on Smirnov’s “ridiculous claims” as they chased Biden, the lawyers wrote. “The Special Counsel charged Mr. Smirnov with lying and obstruction, but the more interesting part of this story is not that Mr. Smirnov lied,” they added. “It is more remarkable that beginning in July 2023, the Special Counsel’s team would follow Mr. Smirnov down his rabbit hole of lies as long as it did.” Read more at The Daily Beast. Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals delivered right to your inbox. Sign up now. Stay informed and gain unlimited access to the Daily Beast's unmatched reporting. Subscribe now. Up next Up next Up next Up next Up next

Claim: Executive Order 9066, signed by U.S. President Joe Biden, provides immigrants who enter the United States illegally a cell phone, a free plane ticket to a destination of their choosing and a $5000 Visa Gift Card. Rating: Rating: False On Dec. 5, 2023, Mark Lamb, the sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona, and a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, posted a video to his X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) account claiming that upon entering the United States, migrants who cross the border illegally are given a cell phone, a domestic plane ticket to a destination of their choosing and a $5,000 Visa gift card. "That's the truth, folks. God bless!" Lamb concluded. It was not the truth. That did not stop the video from making the rounds on social media, however. On Feb. 19, 2024, the video began circulating again, this time with an oddly phrased twist. "Evil Joe Biden's Executive Order 9066 gives illegals a $5,000 VISA card to use as they wish. Joe Biden is BUYING votes! Do you agree?" one post on X read. (X user @CryptidAnalysis) There is no truthful information contained within this caption. Furthermore, Lamb's video greatly misrepresents the truth of what's happening on the U.S.-Mexico border. Here's a breakdown of these claims. Executive Order 9066 The mention of Executive Order 9066 jumped out at us immediately for two reasons: First, it is probably the most infamous executive order signed in the history of the United States; and second, it was signed in World War II and has absolutely nothing to do with U.S. President Joe Biden. Less than three months after Japan's Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that led to America entering World War II, then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. It authorized the United States military to forcibly move anyone in the country deemed a threat to national security to inland "internment camps." Over the course of 1942, over 120,000 Japanese Americans, many of them U.S. citizens, were deprived of their civil liberties, forcibly evicted and shuttled into internment camps in remote regions of the western United States. To this day, Executive Order 9066 is considered to have been one of the grossest violations of the U.S. Constitution in the nation's history. It was signed on Feb. 19, 1942. (We postulate that the posts re-sharing Lamb's video on or around Feb. 19 may have included mention of that executive order to slip them into searches and social media feeds commemorating the anniversary of Roosevelt's signing it.) The Cell Phone As reported by reliable media outlets like the The Associated Press, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has occasionally provided cell phones to migrants who have crossed into the United States. However, Lamb's video leaves out context that is vital to understanding what is actually going on here. The phrase "cell phone" is doing some heavy lifting. An ICE program called Alternatives to Detention allows migrants waiting for deportation hearings from the United States' painfully slow immigration courts to "remain in their communities — contributing to their families and community organizations and, as appropriate, concluding their affairs in the U.S. — as they move through immigration proceedings or prepare for departure." Individuals are considered for the program on a case-by-case basis to determine their required level of supervision. As a part of the program, many migrants download an application called SmartLink onto their cell phones, which allows ICE to monitor them with less hassle. If an immigrant eligible for the program does not have access to a smartphone, however, ICE provides them with a phone that has very limited capabilities. This phone can only connect to Wi-Fi, not cellular data, has limited calling capabilities and no messaging capabilities, and can only access the SmartLink application. The phone must be returned if its use is no longer required, for example if the immigrant acquires a personal phone or is deemed to need additional supervision. Critics have pushed back on this program as it stands, claiming that it violates rights to privacy. The Plane Ticket Claiming that migrants are given a "plane ticket to wherever they want to go in this country" is also a gross misrepresentation of the truth. First, most migrants do not receive any federal assistance towards traveling in the United States. If they do, these programs are sponsored by nonprofit organizations or local governments. Or, more recently, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's "Operation Lone Star," which has bused over 50,000 migrants to sanctuary cities like New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. in about 18 months. According to a report from Nexstar released by Austin, Texas, NBC affiliate KXAN, Abbott's busing program has cost the state $124 million. Meanwhile, according to an October 2023 ABC report, the conditions on the buses are "disgusting and inhuman." In August 2023, a 3-year-old child died on an Operation Lone Star bus from Brownsville, Texas, to Chicago. In rare cases, nonprofit organizations and programs like Operation Lone Star have used plane tickets. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis famously sent a plane of migrants to the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson tightened restrictions on the rules about when buses could legally drop off migrants, Abbott's team responded by simply dropping migrants off outside the city limits or by using flights. Overall, however, we found no evidence for the claim that every migrant who entered the country was simply given a plane ticket to their final destination. The Gift Card This is just false. The Associated Press, Politifact and Verify have all cited evidence to debunk this exact claim, and Snopes has fact-checked similar claims about the federal government providing money for immigrants who enter the United States without authorization. In order to independently verify this for ourselves, we reached out to ICE and U.S. Border Patrol to ask for comment and will update this story if we hear back. Another source we used to fact-check the various parts of this claim was the work of the Gonzo journalist and documentarian Andrew Callaghan. On "Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan," his YouTube channel, Callaghan interviewed migrants who had just entered the United States, followed an Operation Lone Star bus until he was pulled over and stopped by police, and documented his illegal crossing of the Rio Grande river with two young men, called "coyotes," who guide migrants across the border for a fee. One of the X posts we noticed from Feb. 19, 2024, spreading this claim suggested that this supposed gift card was intended to be used as reimbursement for so called "coyotes" who guide migrants across the border, who reportedly charge $5,000. (X user @hshLauraJ) The coyotes Callaghan interviewed gave estimates ranging from $3,000 to $10,000 per person for a border crossing. However, none of the migrants Callaghan spoke to mentioned anything about being given money or gift cards by ICE or U.S. Border Patrol. Sources: Alternatives to Detention | ICE. 20 Feb. 2024, https://www.ice.gov/features/atd. Arizona Border Crisis. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buZWVQuqx0o. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. Border Patrol Arrest. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5MxAMKmXAM. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. "Deportation Agents Use Smartphone App to Monitor Immigrants." AP News, 11 Mar. 2022, https://apnews.com/article/immigration-covid-technology-business-health-2823ba115ab2c120d728881c0a7bb5e8. "Executive Order 9066: Resulting in Japanese-American Incarceration (1942)." National Archives, 22 Sept. 2021, https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/executive-order-9066. García, Uriel J. "Texas Flies over 120 Immigrants to Chicago in Expansion of Gov. Greg Abbott's Busing Plan." The Texas Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023, https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/20/texas-plane-immigrants-chicago-greg-abbott-busing/. Goodman, J. David. "Texas Has Bused 50,000 Migrants. Now It Wants to Arrest Them Instead." The New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/us/migrants-buses-texas-abbott.html. House, The White. "Statement from President Joe Biden on the Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration." The White House, 19 Feb. 2024, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/02/19/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-day-of-remembrance-of-japanese-american-incarceration/. "Https://Twitter.Com/CryptidAnalysis/Status/1759650060810191179." X (Formerly Twitter), https://twitter.com/CryptidAnalysis/status/1759650060810191179. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. "Https://Twitter.Com/hshLauraJ/Status/1759647036486656241." X (Formerly Twitter), https://twitter.com/hshLauraJ/status/1759647036486656241. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. "Https://Twitter.Com/Sherifflamb1/Status/1732180656795631689." X (Formerly Twitter), https://twitter.com/sherifflamb1/status/1732180656795631689. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. MacGuill, Dan. "Do 'Illegal' Refugees Receive $3,874 Per Month from the Government?" Snopes, 15 Nov. 2017, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/monthly-refugee-benefits/. "Migrant Child Dies on Gov. Abbott's Operation Lone Star Bus from Brownsville to Chicago." TPR, 12 Aug. 2023, https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2023-08-11/migrant-child-dies-in-gov-abbotts-operation-lone-star-bus-from-brownsville-to-chicago. Migrant Detention Camp. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQ4-VNaG3s. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. "Migrants — Adults and Children — Languish in Buses for Days at City 'Landing Zone.'" Chicago Sun-Times, 9 Jan. 2024, https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/8/24030153/migrants-languish-buses-days-city-landing-zone. News, A. B. C. "Migrant Bus Conditions 'disgusting and Inhuman,' Says Former Veteran Who Escorted Convoys." ABC News, https://abcnews.go.com/US/migrant-bus-conditions-disgusting-inhuman-former-vet-escorted/story?id=104038204. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. "No, the Government Does Not Give $5,000 Gift Cards to People Who Enter the U.S. Illegally." Verifythis.Com, 14 Dec. 2023, https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/immigration/does-government-give-5000-gift-cards-plane-tickets-cell-phones-migrants-fact-check/536-92a5ed2a-5ab7-4eb2-8190-280508ae26ee. Operation Lone Star Buses Over 50,000 Migrants To Sanctuary Cities. https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/operation-lone-star-buses-over-50000-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. "Phones given to US Immigrants Have Limited Uses." AP News, 24 May 2023, https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-immigrant-phone-internet-texting-521577996794. Puente, Michael. "Chicago Is Tightening Restrictions on Buses Dropping off Migrants from Texas." NPR, 6 Jan. 2024. NPR, https://www.npr.org/2024/01/06/1223287116/chicago-is-tightening-restrictions-on-buses-dropping-off-migrants-from-texas. "Records: Abbott's Migrant Busing Has Cost Texas $124 Million." KXAN Austin, 2 Feb. 2024, https://www.kxan.com/investigations/records-abbotts-migrant-busing-has-cost-texas-124-million/. Sandoval, Edgar, et al. "The Story Behind DeSantis's Migrant Flights to Martha's Vineyard." The New York Times, 2 Oct. 2022. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/02/us/migrants-marthas-vineyard-desantis-texas.html. "Smartphone Monitoring." BI Incorporated, https://bi.com/mobile-monitoring/. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. Staff, Snopes. "Can 'Illegal Immigrants' Claim $24,000 'Amnesty Bonuses'?" Snopes, 13 Feb. 2015, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/irs-amnesty-bonuses/. Texas Border Crisis. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akrF8X0KgGg. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. "To Trace the Origins of Busing Migrants to Chicago, Start with Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz." Chicago Sun-Times, 16 Feb. 2024, https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/02/15/busing-migrants-chicago-texas-origins-start-donald-trump-tucker-carlson-ted-cruz. Uribe, Maria Ramirez. "PolitiFact - No, the U.S. Government Is Not Giving People Who Crossed the Border Illegally $5,000 Gift Cards." @politifact, https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/mark-lamb/no-the-us-government-is-not-giving-people-who-cros/. Accessed 20 Feb. 2024. "US Senate Candidate Spreads False Claims about Migrant Aid." AP News, 13 Dec. 2023, https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-government-cell-phone-plane-gift-card-migrant-888004665809.

what is it about some of you across the aisle loving putin and russia? i honestly do not understand. they have been our sworn enemy all my life.

Indicted ex-FBI informant told investigators he got Hunter Biden dirt from Russian intelligence officials Hannah Rabinowitz and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Tue, February 20, 2024 at 10:33 PM CST·4 min read 14.8k The former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ dealings in Ukraine told investigators after his arrest that Russian intelligence officials were involved in passing information to him about Hunter Biden, prosecutors said Tuesday in a new court filing, noting that the information was false. Prosecutors also said Alexander Smirnov has been “actively peddling new lies that could impact US elections” after meeting with Russian spies late last year and that the fallout from his previous false bribery accusations about the Bidens “continue[s] to be felt to this day.” Smirnov claims to have “extensive and extremely recent” contacts with foreign intelligence officials, prosecutors said in the filing. They said he previously told the FBI that he has longstanding and extensive contacts with Russian spies, including individuals he said were high-level intelligence officers or command Russian assassins abroad. Prosecutors with special counsel David Weiss’ team said Tuesday that Smirnov has maintained those ties and noted that, in a post-arrest interview last week, “Smirnov admitted that officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story about Businessperson 1,” referring to President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. The revelations about Smirnov’s alleged foreign contacts were disclosed as part of prosecutors’ arguments to keep him jailed ahead of trial – though a federal judge later granted Smirnov’s release with several conditions, including GPS monitoring and the surrender of his two passports. Smirnov declined to answer questions as he left the courthouse Tuesday evening. Prosecutors alleged that Smirnov “claims to have contacts with multiple foreign intelligence agencies,” including in Russia, and that he could use those contacts to flee the United States. The explosive revelation comes amid backlash over how Smirnov’s now-debunked allegations played into House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into the president. Smirnov has been charged with lying to the FBI and creating false records. He has not yet entered a formal plea, and his lawyers told CNN in a statement, “Mr. Smirnov is presumed innocent.” According to the new court filing, Smirnov told investigators he was in contact with “four different Russian officials,” all of whom are “top officials” and two of whom “are the heads of the entities they represent.” Prosecutors did not independently verify in the filing whether Smirnov’s reported contacts are legitimate, nor whether the Russians provided him with disinformation about the Bidens. The false information that Smirnov reported “was not trivial,” prosecutors wrote. “It targeted the presumptive nominee of one of the two major political parties in the United States. The effects of Smirnov’s false statements and fabricated information continue to be felt to this day,” prosecutors said, making an apparent reference to the turmoil in Congress over the discredited bribery allegations – which were a key element of the GOP impeachment probe. Of particular note is a story Smirnov allegedly told the FBI in September 2023, alleging that Hunter Biden was recorded making phone calls in a Kyiv hotel that is “wired” and “under the control of the Russians.” Federal agents said they knew Smirnov’s story was false because Hunter Biden has “never travelled to Ukraine.” Smirnov told investigators Russian intelligence officers would use the hotel to intercept cell phone calls made by “prominent US persons,” prosecutors said, which the Russian government could use as “‘kompromat’ in the 2024 election, depending on who the candidates will be.” Kompromat is a Russian term that refers to compromising information used for blackmail. The story, prosecutors noted, matches the story Smirnov told his handler about Hunter Biden being recorded in a foreign hotel. “Thus, Smirnov’s efforts to spread misinformation about a candidate of one of the two major parties in the United States continues,” prosecutors wrote. And, prosecutors wrote, Smirnov claims to have met with Russian intelligence officials as recently as November and December 2023. “What this shows is that the misinformation he is spreading is not confined to 2020,” they wrote. “He is actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections after meeting with Russian intelligence officials in November. In light of that fact there is a serious risk he will flee in order to avoid accountability for his actions.” Weiss’ team argued in court Tuesday that Smirnov could use his foreign contacts, including those in Russia, to flee the country and resettle abroad out of reach from the US government. The judge pushed back on the prosecutors’ assertion, and sternly warned Smirnov while granting his release: “Do not make a mockery of me.” This story has been updated with additional details. CNN’s Holmes Lybrand and Cheri Mossburg contributed to this report. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com

al.com College Football Playoff confirms 5-7 format for 12-team CFP Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 10:25 a.m. 2–3 minutes The trophy is displays during media day ahead of the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game between Washington and Michigan Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in Houston. The game will played Monday. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez) APAP The College Football Playoff Board of Managers on Tuesday unanimously revised the qualifying criteria to the 5-7 format for the 12-team CFP. The format now include the five highest-ranked conference champions, plus the next seven highest-ranked teams as determined by the CFP selection committee. “This is a very logical adjustment for the College Football Playoff based on the evolution of our conference structures since the board first adopted this new format in September 2022,” Dr. Mark Keenum, President of Mississippi State University and Chair of the CFP Board of Managers, said in a release. “I know this change will also be well received by student-athletes, coaches and fans. We all will be pleased to see this new format come to life on the field this postseason.” The original plan called for the six highest-ranked conference champions, plus the next six highest-ranked teams. The 12-team CFP debuts this upcoming season. The four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded one through four, and each will receive a first-round bye. Teams five through 12 will play each other in the first round on the home field of the higher-ranked team. No. 5 hosts No. 12, while No. 6 will entertain No. 11. No. 7 will play team visiting No. 10, and No. 8 will host No. 9. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in the New Year’s Six bowl games. The CFP national championship game will continue to be at a neutral site. Per the CFP, no conference will qualify automatically, and there will be no limit on the number of participants from a conference. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

al.com Auburn football commit Jakaleb Faulk named MVP of South Regional Updated: Feb. 20, 2024, 9:37 p.m.|Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 9:33 p.m. 4–5 minutes High School Sports South Regional boys: Auburn football commit Jakaleb Faulk powers Highland Home past Clarke County Highland Home junior Jakaleb Faulk is committed to play football at Auburn with older brother Keldric when he graduates. However, his first love was basketball. He showed why again Tuesday afternoon. Faulk had a double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds as the Flying Squadron whipped Clarke County 51-33 to win the Class 2A South Regional at Montgomery’s Garrett Coliseum. “I actually wanted to play basketball instead of football, but football just took over,” he said after the win. “But I still have that love for the game.” RELATED: See Tuesday’s statewide scores, highlights Faulk and the Squadron will be making their second trip in three years to Birmingham for the final four. They lost to Mars Hill 64-62 in the semifinals in 2022. This year, they will play either LaFayette or Gaston at 7:30 Monday night. Those two teams will decide the Northeast champion Wednesday. “It’s not that big (just to make it to Birmingham) honestly,” Faulk said. “We’ve been before, and we are trying to make it a step or two further and get a blue trophy.” Highland Home (20-7) had little problem punching its ticket Tuesday. The Flying Squadron led 16-7 after one quarter and 31-12 at the half. The team pushed the lead to as many as 26, 42-16, on Faulk’s putback with 4:01 left in the third quarter. “He’s a leader,” Highland Home coach Justin Cope said. “He’s one of the best. He keeps everyone in check. He plays his butt off. He does what he has to do. He’s a special kid.” Clarke County (16-14) used a 15-1 run to trim the lead to 12 on Terrance Weaver’s 3-pointer with 5:16 left in regulation. He led the Bulldogs with 13 points. The Flying Squadron took a timeout to slow the momentum. “Composure,” Cope said. “At this time of year, no team is going to give it to you. You can’t get relaxed or complacent. They had to fight back. That’s part of it this time of year. Every team is battling for the same thing. We knew they wouldn’t go down easy. From here on out, no team will go down easy. But one thing about these boys is, they are going to fight.” Following the timeout, Highland Home finished the game on a 8-2 run to close out the victory. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Faulk never doubted his team, even trying to calm his mother down in the stands at one point. “She is really into basketball because she was a very good player in her day,” he said. “She pushes me to be the best in any sport. I was just trying to tell her to calm down a little bit, that we had it.” Brice McKenzie followed Faulk with 14 points. CJ May had 10 rebounds to go along with 7 points. Faulk also was credited with three steals. His team outrebounded the smaller Bulldogs 46-33. “It’s an awesome feeling,” Cope said. “These kids definitely deserve it. They’ve worked hard since Day 1. A lot of these kids had this dream when they were in eighth grade. They had great coaches who pushed them. To see them work hard to establish that dream and get a chance to earn a state championship is a wonderful feeling.” As for football, Faulk said he facetimed Auburn defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin on Monday night. “We were just talking it up and trying to build a good relationship,” he said. “I’m excited to get there.” Ranking 7 game-changing performances from Day 7 of the AHSAA regional tournaments Alabama sophomore Riley Quick undergoes Tommy John surgery NW Regional boys: 7A No. 3 Hoover manhandles No. 8 Thompson for region title South Regional boys: Eric Winters powers Enterprise past No. 6 Baker, back to final four NW Regional girls: 7A No. 4 Hoover rallies in final period to upend No. 1 Bob Jones If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners

al.com Spring football in Auburn: Notes and quotes on the cornerback room ahead of spring camp Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 6:30 a.m. 5–6 minutes Auburn cornerback Keionte Scott (0) gestures for the crowd to be loud during the first half of an NCAA football game against Mississippi Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 in Auburn, Ala. (AL.com Photo/Stew Milne)Stew Milne The second spring camp of the Hugh Freeze era at Auburn is just around the corner as it’s set to get underway Feb. 27. The Tigers will then proceed to hold 13 spring practices in preparation of Auburn’s spring game — also known as A-Day — which is set to be played on April 6 at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Before spring practices get underway, AL.com will take a position-by-position look at the Tigers’ roster, now taking a look at Auburn’s cornerbacks. MORE: Spring football in Auburn: Notes and quotes on the safety room ahead of spring camp Who did the Tigers lose from the cornerback room? In terms of quantity, Auburn didn’t lose a ton at the cornerback spot. In terms of quality, however? That’s a different story. Come the 2024 season, the Tigers will be without DJ James and Nehemiah Pritchett ― two guys who are on their way to the NFL after leading Auburn’s room of cornerbacks last fall. Together, James and Pritchett combined for 60 total tackles, three interceptions and 13 pass breakups. Who are the Tigers returning to the cornerback room? The Tigers’ cornerback room is set to return seven familiar faces in 2024, with the biggest return coming in fifth-year senior Keionte Scott, who announced that he’d be returning for his final year of eligibility on Dec. 11. Scott’s return, however, will look a bit different in 2024 as he intends on moving from inside corner, often called the “star” or nickel back spot, to outside corner. “Looking forward to being able to be versatile and show my versatility, ultimately,” Scott said of the move. In returning Scott, Auburn brings back its leading tackler from the defensive backfield as Scott tallied 44 total tackles and five pass breakups in 2023. The Tigers also bring back one of the program’s best player-recruiters and most vocal leaders in Scott. In addition to Scott, Auburn is also set to return junior Champ Anthony, sophomore Kayin Lee, sophomore JD Rhym, redshirt freshman Colton Hood, redshirt freshman JC Hart and redshirt freshman Tyler Scott. Though just a rising sophomore, Lee is a guy who quickly turned heads in his first season on The Plains. “We kind of knew he was going to be a guy just with the way he came in and took on things and adjusted well early. We just felt like he was a guy,” Scott said of Lee after Auburn’s win over Cal on Sept. 9. “Being a freshman and Cal trying to come at him with him being able to defend very well, it just goes to show that he’s ready to go. He’s going to be a valuable player in our defense for sure.” Lee went on to appear in all 13 games in 2023, tallying 18 tackles and six pass breakups as a freshman. Anthony is another one who played in all 13 games last season, while Rhym appeared in just four games, meaning he could redshirt after missing time with “personal issues.” Hood and Hart are two guys who didn’t see a ton of action in 2023, but could contribute in 2024. Who did the Tigers add to the cornerback room? Joining Auburn’s room of returners in Auburn’s cornerback room will be sophomore Alabama transfer Antonio Kite and freshmen Jalyn Crawford and A’mon Lane-Ganus. Kite’s transfer to Auburn, which was announced shortly after the retirement of former Alabama head coach Nick Saban, comes after Kite appeared in seven games during the 2023 season — mostly as a contributor on special teams. A native of Anniston, Kite was rated a 4-star defensive back out of high school and found himself inside the top 200 players in 247Sports’ composite rankings for the 2022 recruiting cycle. Meanwhile, the additions of Crawford and Lane-Ganus means the Tigers added another pair of 4-star prospects to their cornerback room — both of which Freeze is excited to have in the fold. “I’m also excited about our DBs, with (safety Kensley) Faustin and A’mon Lane, and Jalyn Crawford and (safety) Laquon Robinson. And (safety) Kaleb Harris, who’s really physical,” Freeze said during his national signing day press conference on Dec. 20. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

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al.com Ex-Auburn HS coach sentenced for sexual contact with student in shed Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 6:42 p.m. 2–3 minutes Montgomery Real-Time News Ex-Auburn High School coach sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexual contact with student in shed By Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.com A former football and track coach at Auburn High School was sentenced to 20 years in prison following his conviction last month for having sexual contact with a student in a shed. The sentenced handed down to Willie Charles Hutchinson also included 10 years of probation, according to WSFA, which cited the Lee County District Attorney’s Office. Hutchinson’s sentence was not yet in state court records as of early Tuesday evening and efforts by AL.com to reach the DA’s office to confirm the sentence were unsuccessful. Hutchinson was an assistant football coach and track coach at Auburn High School when he was arrested in March 2021 on two counts of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the age of 19. According to Auburn police, his arrest happened after investigators received a complaint of inappropriate contact. According to the Opelika-Auburn News, a detective testified during Hutchinson’s preliminary hearing that another coach walked in on Hutchinson and the student in the school’s track shed. The victim, when interviewed by police, said there was another incident of sexual contact with Hutchinson on or around Jan. 30, and that the victim had met the coach on both occasions for a one-on-one strength and conditioning training to help improve her track performance, the O-A News reported. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.