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trump created a fuss. as usual he was all mouth........... The judge said if Dump wants his voice heard he can testify under oath. Guess what his response was? He declined. i hope trumps other victims hold him accountable as well.

news.yahoo.com ‘Morning Joe’ Says the ‘Bill Will Come Due’ for Evangelicals Who Support Donald Trump Sharon Knolle 3–4 minutes MSNBC host Joe Scarborough predicted on Tuesday that the “bill will come due” for Evangelical churches who support Donald Trump and Christian nationalism. “One thing we have found is the bill always comes due,” he said, mentioning Fox News having to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems over lies the network told about the company after the 2020 Presidential election, and far-right radio show host Alex Jones, who was ordered to pay $965 million for the conspiracy theories he spread about the deadly Sandy Hook shooting of 2012. “You always have to pay the bill. Dominion taught us that. Alex Jones learned that” with Sandy Hook, Scarborough said. “You look at these people that beat the hell out of cops. They learned that on January 6th, the bill always comes due. “The bill will come due for a church that embraces Christian nationalism, and embraces a guy who says it may be a good thing that stars can rape women in 2023,” Scarborough said during a panel discussion titled, “Why Do Evangelicals Continue to Stand Behind Trump?” Also Read: Rachel Maddow Chokes Up as She Breaks Down Connections Between ‘Bleeding, Ragged Right-Wing’ Politics and Mass Violence (Video) Scarborough, while recalling his own Christian upbringing in various Baptist churches in Mississippi, added, “This foray into politics has been devastating for evangelicals,” as, he said, more and more young people avoid many churches’ increasingly conservative stance. - ADVERTISEMENT - Panelist Donny Deutsch, a branding and marketing professional, was dumfounded over the Religious Right’s continued embrace of Trump. “It’s not what’s wrong with Donald Trump. What’s wrong with this country?” he asked. “Republicans follow him like lemmings off of a cliff. What’s wrong with people that they still follow the charlatan, this animal?” Rev. Al Sharpton also weighed in that, unlike in the past, when religious leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. urged John F. Kennedy to support the civil rights movement, no one in the evangelical camp is calling for Trump to “do the right thing”: “The people that ought to be putting the Donald Trumps in check, are checking off the box to vote for Donald Trump,” he said. “Where is their moral barometer?” Also Read: Chuck Todd on Trump’s Legal Woes: ‘How Much Is Too Much Even for His Supporters to Dismiss?’ (Video) Eddie Glaude Jr, a professor of African American Studies at Princeton, added that Trump brings out the “underbelly of society.” He added, “It’s a deeply existential threat that we face… We’re saying that people aren’t being moved by moral leadership and then on the other hand, we’re saying more leadership is absent because they’re afraid of [losing their congregation]. And so the question we have to ask ourselves [is], ‘What does Donald Trump stand for for all of these folks, when this man is so clearly flawed?'”

Factbox-An overview of Donald Trump’s legal troubles 5–7 minutes (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, the latest development in a series of legal woes facing the Republican front-runner in the 2024 U.S. presidential race. Here are some others: TRUMP NEW YORK CRIMINAL CASE Trump became the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges when a New York grand jury indicted him for allegedly falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment made to a porn star before his victory in the 2016 presidential election. During the campaign, Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 for her silence about an affair she says she had with Trump in 2006. - ADVERTISEMENT - Trump denies the allegations and the affair but has admitted to reimbursing Cohen for his payment to Daniels. He has called Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's probe a politically motivated "witch hunt" and pleaded not guilty on April 4 to 34 counts of falsifying business records. Trump's reimbursement checks for the suppression payment falsely stated that the money was for a "retainer agreement," prosecutors said. The indictment accused Trump of falsifying his real estate company's books with intent to defraud. While falsifying business records in New York on its own is a misdemeanor punishable by no more than one year in prison, it is elevated to a felony punishable by up to four years when done to advance or conceal another crime, such as election law violations. Prosecutors say Trump falsified records in part to cover up the fact that the payment to Daniels exceeded federal campaign contribution limits. Last week, Justice Juan Merchan in Manhattan asked Trump's lawyers and prosecutors to see if they could agree on a trial date in February or March 2024, which would be in the thick of Trump's campaign for the November 2024 presidential election. GEORGIA ELECTION TAMPERING PROBE A prosecutor in the state of Georgia is investigating whether Trump and others acted illegally to try to overturn his defeat in that state's 2020 presidential vote. The investigation focuses in part on a phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, on Jan. 2, 2021. Trump asked Raffensperger to "find" enough votes needed to overturn Trump's loss in Georgia. Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney and a Democrat, is expected to disclose this summer whether Trump and others will be charged. Prosecutors have granted immunity to at least eight fake electors who may have offered to cast electoral college votes for Trump even though Biden won Georgia, according to a court filing last week. Legal experts said Trump may have violated at least three Georgia criminal election laws: conspiracy to commit election fraud, criminal solicitation to commit election fraud and intentional interference with performance of election duties. Trump could argue that his discussions were free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution. U.S. CAPITOL ATTACK The U.S. Justice Department has an investigation under way into Trump's actions after he lost the 2020 election. Overseeing the investigation is Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor and political independent. Trump has accused the FBI, without evidence, of launching the probes as political retribution. A special House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol urged the Justice Department to charge Trump with corruption of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and inciting or aiding an insurrection. Only the Justice Department can decide whether to charge Trump, who has called the Democratic-led panel's investigation a politically motivated sham. MISSING GOVERNMENT RECORDS U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to also investigate whether Trump improperly retained classified records at his Mar-a-Lago Florida estate after leaving the White House and then tried to obstruct a federal investigation. It is unlawful to willfully remove or retain classified material. The FBI seized 13,000 documents from Mar-a-Lago in an Aug. 8 search. About 100 documents were marked classified; some were designated top secret, the highest level of classification. Trump has accused the Justice Department of engaging in a partisan witch hunt. NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL CIVIL LAWSUIT New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Trump and his Trump Organization last September for fraud. James said that her office found more than 200 examples of misleading asset valuations between 2011 and 2021, and that Trump inflated his net worth by billions of dollars. She said the scheme was intended to help Trump obtain lower interest rates on loans and better insurance coverage. The civil lawsuit seeks to permanently bar Trump and three of his adult children from running companies in New York state, and to recoup at least $250 million obtained through fraud. Trump, a Republican, has called James' lawsuit a witch hunt, and the defendants have said the claims are without merit. James is a Democrat. A trial is scheduled for October. (Reporting by Joseph Ax, Luc Cohen, Karen Freifeld, Sarah N. Lynch, Jonathan Stempel and Jacqueline Thomsen; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Howard Goller)

he is trolling. i have zero respect for him. this is as nice as i can be...........

i can only imagine this will not over well for the donald. and yes i love it! KARMA BABY!

yahoo.com Eight alleged fake electors took immunity deals in Ga. probe. What does that mean for Trump? Ella Lee, USA TODAY 5–7 minutes Eight alleged fake electors who in 2020 sought to cast Georgia's electoral votes for former President Donald Trump instead of Joe Biden agreed to immunity deals with prosecutors investigating the scheme, according to a Friday court filing. The Georgia investigation development comes as local prosecutors continue to pursue a wide-ranging inquiry involving the former president and his allies, election fraud and the electors' roles in casting fake Trump ballots. Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis said possible criminal indictments from the investigation could come between July 11 and Sept. 1; whether the grand jury will decide to indict is still unknown, but she asked for “heightened security and preparedness” during that period, regardless. Here's what experts say that means for the Georgia probe and Trump. Alleged fake electors scheme What we know Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. What was the 2020 elector scheme? After the 2020 presidential election, when it became clear Trump had lost the election and Joe Biden would become president, the now-ex-president and his allies allegedly devised a plan to use slates of alleged fake electors in battleground states to overturn the 2020 election. The plan, based on a debunked legal theory, relied on key states to find Trump-supporting electors and on former Vice President Mike Pence to toss out the real electors. Pence penned a letter Jan. 6 on the debate over the objections, which said his "oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not." The failure to overturn the election was a motivator for pro-Trump rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. How does it relate to the Georgia probe? On Dec. 14, 2020, alleged fake electors met in seven states — Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Nevada and Wisconsin — and signed documents falsely claiming they were the "duly elected" electors from their state, at the Trump campaign's request, USA TODAY previously reported. "The fake electors in Georgia were supposed to throw confusion into the Electoral College vote count on January 6 by suggesting there were two competing slates of electors, with the Trump slate purporting to represent the legitimate electors," said Anthony Michael Kreis, a law professor at Georgia State University. Why did eight electors receive immunity? Kay Levine, a law professor at Emory University in Georgia, told USA TODAY that without an official indictment — and without knowledge of specific alleged crimes — the role the electors who received immunity deals are playing in the Georgia investigation is speculative. But the basics of immunity deals can offer some answers. "Without knowing the details, it suggests to me that there are eight people who the office at one point considered would be targets of this investigation and has decided that they would be more useful to this investigation as witnesses, rather than targets," she said. "That's the reason for an immunity deal." Looking at the broader context of the investigation, it's possible that conspiracy charges related to election fraud could be on the table, both Kreis and Levine said. Why have two electors not received immunity? The Friday court filing revealed that two of the alleged fake electors represented by lawyer Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow have not received immunity deals. That could be because prosecutors believe those electors were more central to the organizing and planning of the elector scheme, Kreis said. "So the DA wants to either prosecute them because of their role, or prospectuses are slowly working up the food chain and using additional information uncovered through immunity deals as leverage in future negotiations," he said. The 10 electors represented by Debrow make up just over half of the 16 people who met at Georgia's state Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020, and signed a certificate declaring falsely that Trump had won the presidential election, declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors. More: Eight alleged fake Trump electors in Georgia accept immunity deals in grand jury probe The disclosure that the eight alleged fake electors received immunity deals doesn't shed any additional light on the specific charges Trump or his allies might face as a result of the Georgia probe, Levine said. But the immunity deals may indicate that Willis' probe could lead to charges for more central players in the 2020 electors scheme, like Trump, Rudy Giuliani or lawyer John Eastman, according to Kreis. Trump and his allies could face charges for fomenting a broad conspiracy to overturn the election or having engaged in a criminal racketeering scheme, though at this point, the extent to which the former president played a role in directing the scheme is unclear, he said. "The fake electors scheme was central to that conspiracy to solicit election fraud, which is why their actions could put Trump in serious legal jeopardy," Kreis said. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: GA probe: What 8 alleged fake electors' immunity deals mean for Trump

he best be careful they are also investigating him for money laundering...........

one of the talking heads onone of the auburn pods thinks robby will be our starter when the season gets here. i did not listen long enough to hear why.

yahoo.com Final 3 positions of need for Auburn football as summer approaches Richard Silva, Montgomery Advertiser 4–5 minutes AUBURN — Auburn football's roster overhaul is nearly complete. The latest addition to the Tigers came Monday evening, as former Tulsa offensive lineman Jaden Muskrat committed to Auburn and reunited with Philip Montgomery, who coached the Golden Hurricane for the last eight seasons before getting fired and then hired to be Freeze's first offensive coordinator at Auburn. Muskrat is the fourth transfer to commit to the Tigers in May, joining wide receiver Caleb Burton (Ohio State), pass rusher Jalen McLeod (Appalachian State) and quarterback Payton Thorne (Michigan State). Since Freeze was hired in November, Auburn has added 15 players from the transfer portal, with the majority of those newcomers poised to play significant roles in 2023. With the summer approaching and limited roster spots remaining, here are the last few positions of need Freeze should address ahead of his first season at Auburn. JOHN COHEN: Why Auburn AD hasn't made up his mind on SEC football schedule decision RECRUITING: How Auburn football's Hugh Freeze has done in building relationships with in-state coaches Wide receiver The Tigers landed a commitment from Burton on Saturday, but that doesn't mean they should be satisfied with their current crop of receivers. Burton, who was rated by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 132 player in the Class of 2022, comes to Auburn after not seeing the field in Year 1 with the Buckeyes. He still has all four years of eligibility remaining, and his addition may prove to be one that's more beneficial in the long run than in the short term. But Auburn also needs immediate impact. The Tigers lost Tar'Varish Dawson and Landen King to the portal in April, and that was after Freeze identified the position in March as one of top the groups that "just have a long way to go." Giving the starting QB − whether it be Thorne, incumbent Robby Ashford or Holden Geriner − more pieces should be Auburn's top priority. Defensive end Auburn didn't lose many impactful players to the portal after spring practices, but the biggest departure was defensive lineman Jeffrey M'ba, who joined first-year coach Ryan Walters at Purdue. M'ba, though he may not have started, was primed to be a key piece in the defensive line rotation. The Tigers have three positions on the line in defensive coordinator Ron Roberts' system: defensive end, defensive tackle and nose tackle. M'ba was practicing as a defensive end, where Marcus Harris started at A-Day. With M'ba gone, Auburn could use a serviceable backup at the position to spell Harris and provide depth in the event he goes down with an injury. Linebacker Speaking to reporters April 4, linebackers coach Josh Aldridge explained how he wants about five LBs to receive meaningful time on the field in 2023. The top two players at the position would see about 45 snaps per game, the following duo would get about 25-30 and the last piece would receive roughly 10-15 plays. Wesley Steiner and Ole Miss transfer Austin Keys left spring practice in the best position to be starters, with Cam Riley and Robert Woodyard Jr. primarily backing them up. Auburn has other linebackers on the roster, like Eugene Asante and LSU transfer DeMario Tolan, but bringing in another player to compete for that last spot in the rotation couldn't hurt. Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18. This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Auburn football still must address depth, quality at these 3 positions

I love it and this is just the beginning! does a happy dance........

rollingstone.com Rolling Stone Ryan Bort 8–10 minutes Skip to main content Trump Finally Faces Consequences for Decades of Alleged Sexual Abuse A jury determined on Tuesday that the former president is liable for defamation and battery of E. Jean Carroll E. Jean Carroll leaves following her trial at Manhattan Federal Court on May 8, 2023 in New York City. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Donald Trump has been found liable for defamation and battery of E. Jean Carroll, a jury found after deliberating for only a few hours on Tuesday. Carroll’s civil lawsuit against the former president means Trump will not face jail time, although the jury determined he must pay his accuser a total of $5 million. The jury found that Trump sexually abused and defamed Carroll, but not that Carroll proved Trump raped her. The determination — reached by a jury of six men and three women — closes the legal saga that began with Carroll’s 2019 accusation that Trump raped her in New York nearly 30 years ago — and leaves the frontrunner to land the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination with yet another legal black mark and moral stain. It’s also the first time Trump has faced tangible consequences for his alleged sexual assaults. Carroll is one of dozens of women who have accused the president of various forms of sexual misconduct, dating back to the 1970s. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in every instance, often alleging, including in Carroll’s case, that the allegations are politically motivated. The decision comes a day after both sides delivered closing arguments on Monday, with Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina arguing that Carroll made up her allegations to raise her profile and sell books — “exploiting” and “victimizing” those who have suffered from “real rape,” Tacopina said. Carroll’s lawyers closed, in part, by playing video of Trump’s deposition, in which he both claims Carroll is not his “type” and mistakes Carroll for his second wife, Marla Maples. The arguments closed a two-week trial that featured powerful testimony from Carroll, who recounted the “extremely painful” assault she says took place in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-Nineties. Carroll first leveled the allegation in 2019, and then filed a defamation suit after Trump bashed her for it. She filed a separate battery suit late last year under New York’s new Adult Survivors Act. “As I’m sitting here today, I still feel it,” she told the court in the opening days of the trial. Carroll sparred with Tacopina during cross examination a day later, pushing back when Tacopina referenced the “supposed” assault and taking him to task when he asked why she didn’t scream. “Women don’t come forward,” Carroll said. “One of the reasons they don’t come forward is because they’re always asked, ‘Why didn’t you scream?’ I’m telling you, he raped me whether I screamed or not.” Carroll’s team also called one of the author’s friends, who testified that she called her immediately after the alleged assault, as well as two other woman who have accused Trump of sexual assault. Natasha Stoynoff testified that Trump assaulted her at Mar-a-Lago in 2005, and Jessica Leeds testified that Trump groped her on a plane in 1979. “He was trying to kiss me. He was trying to pull me towards him. He was grabbing my breasts,” Leeds said. “It was like he had 40 million hands.” Trump’s team didn’t call anyone, informing Judge Lewis Kaplan last week that they would not be presenting a defense. The former president claimed to reporters overseas last Thursday, however, that he would probably attend the trial and that he was returning to the United States early to “confront” Carroll daring to accuse he, a “rich” and “famous” person, of sexual assault. Tacopina reportedly insisted to Judge Kaplan that this would not be happening and, sure enough, Trump’s lawyers did not inform the court that he would testify by the deadline Judge Kaplan set for them to do so on Sunday. Trump has instead been presenting his case to the court of public opinion, railing against Carroll on Truth Social and to the press. “The E. Jean Carroll case, Ms. Bergdorf Goodman, is a made up SCAM,” the former president wrote in the opening days of the trial. “Her lawyer is a political operative, financed by a big political donor that they said didn’t exist, only to get caught lying about that.” Judge Kaplan warned Trump’s attorneys later that day that their client may be “tampering with a new source of potential liability” by attacking Carroll. Trump nevertheless continued to go after Carroll, telling reporters last week that she’s a “disgrace” and that she shouldn’t have been allowed to sue him, among other jabs. “I know you understand what I’m dealing with,” Tacopina reportedly told Judge Kaplan in explaining Trump’s comments. Trump addressed the case again on Truth Social on Tuesday morning, complaining, falsely, that he is “not allowed to speak or defend myself” in the trial while promising to “appeal the Unconstitutional silencing of me, as a candidate, no matter the outcome!” Get unlimited access to RollingStone.com on all of your devices.

how do i get his articles to center? i know it can still be read but it bugs me.................

Open in app or online the right-wing hate machine created a monster and handed him a weapon of mass death they taught him well and then they set him loose Jeff Tiedrich May 9 Share they taught him well. Upgrade to paid they put weapons in the hands of their own children and posed for Christmas cards. they ran campaign ads in which they “hunted” their opponents. they opened gun-themed restaurants. they fell all over themselves to see who could pose with the biggest gun. they did ridiculous gun-related political stunts. they told him to be afraid. they told him that his enemies were everywhere. they told him to be vigilant and ever-watchful. they told him that Democrats were the problem. they told him that the media was the problem. they told him that women were the problem. they told him that minorities were the problem. they told him that immigrants were the problem. they told him that gays were the problem. they that him that trans people were the problem. they told him that Jews were the problem. they told him that drag performers were the problem. they told him that teachers were the problem. they created algorithms and media outlets that fed him a steady diet of hate. they created a culture where guns meant might, right, and manliness. they repealed laws that impeded easy access to weapons of mass death. they voted down money for mental health programs. and they never stopped reminding him that guns were the answer to his problems. and now that the awful deed is done, and we’re learning more about the shooter and his beliefs, the right-wing ecosystem of hatred that created him want to pretend they had nothing to do with it. they want to pretend that their hand are clean. they want to pretend that this is just one of those random things that happened, that nobody could have predicted it, that no one could have stopped it, and that nothing can be done to prevent it from happening again. I mean, whatcha gonna do? they want to move on. **** you. the blood is all over your hands. and you’re not fooling anyone but yourselves. we see you. everyone is entitled to my own opinion is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

We are no longer Camelot.

iam can and he does not care. his right is more important than you life. and he is christain as well. bad bad bad look. he has blood on his hands as well. i do not play when it comes to murdering kids because adults want a very dangerous play toy.

‘Raise the age’ gun bill passes Texas committee after months of advocacy by Uvalde families Niki Griswold, USA TODAY NETWORK 3–4 minutes In a shocking and last-minute turn of events in Texas, a bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase AR-15 style semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 passed out of a House committee Monday, advancing the measure hours before a key deadline. Several Uvalde victims' relatives burst into sobs and cheers in the Capitol hearing room when two Republicans joined all the Democrats on the committee to advance the bill by an 8-5 vote. “I'm feeling very overwhelmed, very emotional,” Kimberly Garcia said through tears after the committee vote. Her 10-year-old daughter, Amerie Jo Garza, was one of the 19 fourth graders and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022. “I was super worried, but I feel like my daughter did this, and I feel like she's making a difference, and I'm proud of her. I hate that it's come down to this, but I know that she's always with me, and I know that I'm not going to let anyone ever forget her," Garcia said. Uvalde victims' relatives have been advocating for lawmakers to pass House Bill 2744 for months, coming to the Capitol nearly every week during the legislative session to demand its passage and even waiting more than 13 hours to testify in support of the bill in a committee hearing in April. Their unrelenting push for lawmakers to pass gun control legislation has been an uphill battle in a Republican-dominated Legislature that has loosened gun restrictions in recent sessions. Monday’s vote, however, was a significant victory for the families. As recently as 10 a.m. Monday, Rio Grande City Republican Rep. Ryan Guillen, who chairs the committee where the bill was pending, had said he was not planning to bring the bill up for a vote because he didn’t believe it had the votes to pass in the full House. But by 11 a.m., after an emotional protest and news conference by the Uvalde families and gun control activists Monday, Guillen changed course. The Uvalde gunman purchased his AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle legally just days after his 18th birthday, having unsuccessfully tried to acquire one before he was legally old enough to do so under state law. While Monday’s progress was a major, and unexpected, step forward, the future of the bill remains uncertain. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan previously said he would be willing to let a debate on the bill play out on the House floor but cautioned that he doesn’t believe it has the votes to pass the House. Gov. Greg Abbott has said he believes the measure to be unconstitutional. A spokesperson for the speaker’s office declined to comment on the bill’s progress Monday, and a representative for the governor did not immediately return a request for comment. Family members of Uvalde victims Julissa Rizo and Javier Cazarez hug after the House Select Committee on Community Safety votes HB2744 out of committee at the Texas Capitol Monday, May 8, 2023. HB2744 would raise the age to purchase assault weapons. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY NETWORK: Gun bill that would raise age to purchase AR-15 passes Texas committee this gives me hope and a tip of the hat to the Tejas committee.

keeping up with TJ..............

247sports.com Who ya got in Auburn's QB room: Payton Thorne or Robby Ashford? Chris Hummer 73–93 minutes "I think that Robby Ashford wins the job over Thorne ultimately." Auburn has finally found its transfer quarterback. After a long offseason of searching and several misses, the Tigers on Friday afternoon landed Michigan State's Payton Thorne. He's a buzzy addition for Auburn. Thorne brings two years of starting experience and projects to aid a Tigers passing offense that ranked 119th nationally last season in yards per game. Thorne has a rating of 87 in the 247Sports Transfer Portal Rankings, making him a high-three-star prospect. But is Thorne even necessarily a lock to start? Thorne's commitment sparked a debate among 247Sports national college football analysts Chris Hummer and Clint Brewster whether or not Thorne is an upgrade given the presence of returning starting quarterback Robby Ashford, who flashed brightly at times last season after transferring in from Oregon. Below Hummer and Brewster make the case about who should start for the Tigers in 2022. THORNE MIGHT MAKE AUBURN BETTER IN 2023 "Auburn exited spring practice with a need at quarterback and filled it ably with Payton Thorne. While some probably soured a bit on Thorne during Michigan State's up and down 2022 season, there are still data points that indicate he's still an average to above average Power Five starter. Thorne had the nation's 35th-best QBR rating, took care of the football (with a 3% turnover-worthy play rate) and posted an adjusted completion percentage of 71.7%. Thorne isn't necessarily a game changer for Auburn's offense, but he's a steadying presence the Tigers lacked last year. "At worst, Thorne is an experienced arm who can push Robby Ashford. If Auburn's o-line is a disaster once again, then I say keep the mobile Ashford out there and develop him via reps. But if the o-line is better? Thorne provides a passing predictability Ashford does not and might yield a better result in 2023. Ashford had an adjusted completion percentage of just 62.2 in 2022 (worst in the SEC) and also put the ball in danger far too often with a 4.4% turnover-worthy play rate. Thorne's ceiling might be lower than Ashford, but you know what you'll get from week to week. And that's invaluable for a Tigers offense last season that was anything but consistent." — Chris Hummer NO, THE JOB IS STILL ROBBY ASHFORD'S “I think that Robby Ashford wins the job over Thorne ultimately. Ashford had moments where he showed the type of quarterback he could be last season, making some spectacular downfield throws when he escaped the pocket and also used his legs to carry the offense at times. Auburn was in all sorts of dysfunction last season and Ashford still put together some solid performances like when he completed 24 of 33 passes for 285 yards and a touchdown while also running for 87 yards on 19 carries against Arkansas. He's an elite runner with the football and also rushed for 121 yards and two scores against Alabama. Ashford is by far the superior athlete who can change the dynamic of the game with his feet and I think his arm is probably more talented, too. "The Tigers desperately need wide receivers to step up (they also added Caleb Burton over the weekend), but if that's still an issue then Ashford gives them more on offense with his ability to run the ball. If Ashford can speed up his processing and accuracy he can actually be a very good QB in the SEC. He's just a sophomore but now he gets the tutelage of Hugh Freeze, who knows exactly how to develop a dual threat quarterback with a skillset like Ashford's. Freeze knows how to marry the passing game with quarterback-run to threaten defenses and Ashford is the perfect quarterback to do this. "Auburn could surely have offensive line trouble, though it did take huge steps to upgrade via the transfer portal, and there's no question who gives them the best chance if that’s the case. Look for Ashford to hold the starting job and continue to make huge strides under Freeze's guidance." — Clint Brewster

si.com On3's JD PicKell believes Robby Ashford will continue to play for Auburn football in 2023 Lance Dawe ~3 minutes The Tigers quarterback room looks a little different after the spring transfer portal window has come and gone. The addition of Payton Thorne (Michigan State transfer) and the departure of TJ Finley has shaken up the assumed depth chart heading into the 2023 offseason. Hugh Freeze now has two quarterbacks he can work with, and barring injury Thorne should be a massive boost for the Tigers' offense. However, the Tigers still have their primary 2022 starter on roster: Robby Ashford. A dynamic playmaker who was wildly inconsistent during his first season on the Plains. On3's JD PicKell recently discussed his thoughts on Robby Ashford's role on Auburn football's 2023 team despite believing that Thorne will end up being the starter. "When he runs the football, when he tucks it off that zone read? He is one of the most dynamic players on the field,” PicKell said. “There are very few players on your roster that can do what Robby Ashford does with the football in his hands.” The Tigers relied on Ashford's mobility heavily last season due to their dreadful offensive line. Ashford ended up rushing for 710 yards and seven scores while completing 49% of his passes for 1,613 yards. PicKell went on to praise Payton Thorne's processing and decision making, but continued to harp on the fact that there are few players that can move like Ashford can. "...if you want a dynamic runner of the football, you want somebody that can take it 70 on third and two? That could be Robby Ashford for you," PicKell said. "He’s a special talent in that way. There are not many guys who can do what he does when he tucks it and runs.” It's evident at this point that Thorne will be the Tigers' starting quarterback. PicKell agrees. But Ashford will get involved. “He’s gonna have to be involved in some way, shape, or form going forward,” said PicKell. “Like he has to have some sort of package in short yardage, or a change of pace package, or when it comes to goal line. You’ve got to have Robby Ashford somehow factored in because of what he does running the football for you.”

247sports.com Auburn depth chart impact OL Jaden Muskrat Nathan King 35–45 minutes Could Auburn start four transfers on the offensive line in 2023? Auburn has dipped into the transfer portal for a fourth Group of Five starting offensive lineman — and the second to play for its offensive coordinator at his previous school. Jaden Muskrat committed to Auburn on Monday, after he spent the past three years under first-year Tigers offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery when he was the head coach at Tulsa. Auburn’s likely starting left tackle, Dillon Wade, was also a transfer pickup from Tulsa in the first portal window. The Bentonville, Arkansas, native chose Auburn over the Razorbacks, along with offers from Penn State, Ole Miss, South Carolina and others. Muskrat started all 12 games opposite Wade at Tulsa last season at right tackle, though he likely joins Auburn’s offensive line equation as a guard, considering the Tigers’ relative need there. The 6-foot-3, 307-pound Muskrat was a first-time starter last season after dealing with an injury in 2021. He was signed by Montgomery in 2020 as a 2-star defensive line prospect, but he was converted to offensive tackle ahead of his freshman year at Tulsa, which he redshirted. The connection with Montgomery was obvious from the beginning of his transfer recruitment, considering after Muskrat tweeted he’d entered the portal April 15, he tweeted six minutes later that Auburn had extended an offer. “It definitely helps having Coach Monty,” Muskrat told Auburn Undercover after his visit to the Plains last month. “Learning the offense would be a lot easier for me. It definitely helps.” Muskrat joins App State pass-rusher Jalen McLeod, Michigan State quarterback Payton Thorne and Ohio State receiver Caleb Burton as the Tigers’ four portal additions in the second transfer window. Auburn is now up to 16 total transfer pickups this cycle. Assuming that Muskrat does in fact slide into the rotation as an interior player, let’s take a look at Auburn’s current personnel at guard and center, and how the Tigers’ newest transfer might fit in. Seniors: Avery Jones, Kameron Stutts, Jalil Irvin Juniors: Jeremiah Wright (RS), Tate Johnson (RS), Sophomores: N/A Freshmen: Bradyn Joiner, Clay Wedin, E.J. Harris (RS) -- Early depth chart projection LT: Dillon Wade, Garner Langlo LG: Jeremiah Wright, Kameron Stutts 😄 Avery Jones, Connor Lew RG: Jaden Muskrat, Tate Johnson RT: Gunner Britton, Izavion Miller Of course, Muskrat could still be a tackle at Auburn. But considering Wade and Western Kentucky transfer Gunner Britton appeared to have locked down their spots at left and right tackle, respectively, in spring practices — and the Tigers still have top JUCO signee Izavion Miller as backup tackle who can swing to either side — Muskrat’s experience would be much better served contributing to a guard spot. As spring practice progressed, Stutts, a returning piece who started 11 of 12 games last season, began to re-emerge as a consistent piece of the first-team offensive line at right guard. Johnson dealt with a reaggravated elbow injury for most of the spring, which occasionally allowed more opportunities for Stutts and Lew. Assuming Wright — who position coach Jake Thornton said is “somebody we’re going to build this unit around” — solidifies a starting role at left guard in fall camp, Muskrat’s primary competition at right guard should be the trio of Stutts, Johnson and Lew. Muskrat certainly isn’t as much of a no-brainer starter like some of Auburn’s other transfer addition, and his experience level doesn’t outweigh many of the Tigers’ other pieces in the room. Still, his addition is part of a continued effort by Freeze to generate a higher floor for Auburn’s offensive line, and bringing in another Group of Five starter will help to achieve Thornton’s goal of entering the 2023 season with a quality two-deep rotation at all five positions. *** Subscribe to Auburn Undercover for the latest news and intel, podcasts, recruiting coverage and more ***