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poor ol repubs have no comebacks with trump what he is. but hey you guys were warned over and over and you made fun of us or called it fake news. now you are stuck with him. and i imagine trumps problems are just now starting. but i tell you what. depending on who she faces and IF she does it i will have to consider ms cheney because she sure put country before politics.

you are asking a man that pretends to be a bird questions?

i need to research desantos because i know little about him.

i told yall this a year or more ago. talk about false idols and all that.

Adam Kinzinger warns that some Christians now 'equate Donald Trump with the person of Jesus Christ,' calls out pastors who support Trumpism Adam Kinzinger warns that some Christians now 'equate Donald Trump with the person of Jesus Christ,' calls out pastors who support Trumpism Matthew Loh Wed, August 17, 2022 at 12:08 AM Rep. Adam Kinzinger has criticized pastors for failing to speak out against Trumpism.Alex Wong/Getty Images Rep. Adam Kinzinger said some Christians in the US are equating Donald Trump to Jesus Christ. In an interview with MSNBC, he also criticized pastors who spread Trumpism from the pulpit. The GOP congressman also warned of political tribalism that has blurred voters' moral boundaries. GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois on Tuesday said some Christian circles in the US have been equating former President Donald Trump with Jesus Christ, warning of "tribalistic" behavior that has led voters to "accept anything" to stay within their communities. During an interview with MSNBC's Alex Wagner, Kinzinger said that many pastors in America have been "failing their congregation" either by preaching Trumpism "from the pulpit" or by refusing to talk about how "corrosive" the ideology is. "And you have people today that, literally, I think in their heart — they may not say it — but they equate Donald Trump with the person of Jesus Christ," added Kinzinger, who identifies as Christian. "And to them, if you even come out against this 'amazing man Donald Trump,' which, obviously quite flawed, you are coming out against Jesus, against their Christian values." Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot, has been one of the most outspoken lawmakers against Trump and voted to impeach the former president in 2021. The Illinois congressman has, in turn, been censured by the Republican National Committee and often draws heat from Trump's supporters in and out of Congress. In February, Kinzinger received a letter from 11 members of his own family calling him a "disappointment" for advocating for Trump to be removed from office. "We were once so proud of your accomplishments. Instead, you go against your Christian principles and join the Devil's army (the Democrats and the fake news media)," the letter read. Commenting on the letter on Tuesday, Kinzinger said that Americans have become so "tribalistic" that they worry about being ostracized from their communities "more than even fearing death." "And so you accept anything because now Republicanism or conservatism or Trumpism becomes your identity," he said. "I've been kicked out of my tribe, and that's okay," he told Wagner.

This week, former U.S. senator and “SNL” vet Al Franken is guest-hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and since his whole thing is the intersection of comedy and politics, you can guess his monologue on Tuesday’s show was mainly about politics. In particular, he had some pretty good zings about the investigation of Donald Trump concerning the disgraced former president’s potential violations of federal laws concerning top secret information. Even if one of the jokes referred to something that feels so relatively long ago it didn’t quite land with the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” audience until he reminded them. Franken also talked about how much he dislikes Texas Senator Ted Cruz, the extent to which Trump lost the 2020 election badly, and more. “While I’m here, I should talk about some of the other existential threats facing our nation. The enormous gaps in wealth and income. The threats to our democracy. But I really think that one of the most serious issues facing our country today is just how big a dick Ted Cruz is,” Franken joked at the start of the monologue. “Now, I’ve said it before, but I probably liked Ted Cruz more than most of my colleagues liked Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz,’ Franken continued. “Ted Cruz is probably one of most famous Senators – because as I mentioned, he’s a huge dick.” Later in the monologue, Franken got to the Trump stuff. By now, of course, you know the deal. Trump’s Florida residence was recently searched by the FBI, for what now appears to be potentially multiple violations of statues like the Espionage Act. Serious stuff and if Trump actually committed violations of those statues — or as it’s otherwise known, committed serious crimes — he could face real punishment. “Trump is taking it exactly, taking it exactly as what you’d expect,’ Franken said. “Last night, he wrote this: ‘There is no way to justify the unannounced RAID of Mar-a-Lago, the home of the 45th President of the United States (who got more votes, by far, than any sitting President in the history of our Country!)'” This inspired Franken to put that statement about votes in context. “Now Trump keeps saying that he ‘got more votes, by far, than any sitting President in the history of our Country!’ I know that sounds good, but it doesn’t mean much when you lose by 7,052,770 votes. You’ve heard of Ireland, right? That’s more than the entire population of Ireland. It’s the entire population of Ireland plus every single person in Nebraska combined,” Franken said. “Plus a completely sold out Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor and everyone who works at every Burger King in America, plus every person the average American will meet in their entire life, plus every Major League Baseball player and NBA player,” Franken continud. “Plus a Southwest flight at maximum capacity, throw in every person to date who’s got monkeypox in Indiana, and there’d still be six people left over… that’s the entire Allman Brothers Band. That’s how many people Donald Trump lost by. Give or take a million,” Franken added. Then he added: “As you know, Trump is under investigation for potential violations of the espionage act and obstruction. It’s not looking good. Trump has screwed himself so badly he’s gonna have to write himself a check for 130,000 thousand dollars. The audience only kind of laughed at that one, since it’s been about 5 years and, emotionally, at least 100 since that whole thing was in the news. So Franken explained it. “Okay- I didn’t think anyone would get that. That’s what he paid Stormy Daniels. Thank you. That joke was meant to die, so I could do the Carson, You know,” Franken joked. Once the audience got the joke they clapped and laughed louder of course. There’s plenty more, and you can watch the whole thing above right now. Al Franken served in the U.S. Senate from 2009-2018, when he resigned after being accused of inappropriate conduct by several women. Before his Senate career he was a best-selling author and comedian.

she is scary.......

you just read the Russian state media worried about their boy trump. dammit i wish david was here to read this.

A new Tank: Bigsby embarks on junior season with 'different vibe' Auburn University Athletics 6-8 minutes AUBURN, Ala. – It was week three of the shortened COVID season in 2020. Auburn was hosting Arkansas in a division clash. Early in the second quarter, freshman Tank Bigsby looked like he was stopped for a short gain. But he broke away from two tacklers, bounced it outside, shed a third tackler and picked up 17 yards. On the very next play, Bigsby – playing in his only third college game – broke two more tackles and got to the edge again where he lowered his shoulder and delivered a blow before going out of bounds. It was clear then that this wasn’t your average freshman. “When he was a freshman, the first couple times he got the ball you looked at him like, ‘Woah, this guy could be awesome,’” recalled Andy Staples of The Athletic. Bigsby finished the day with 146 yards on 20 carries and helped lead Auburn to a 30-28 victory. It was the first of four 100-yard rushing performances that season for the SEC Freshman of the Year. Last year, he hit the century mark five times and went over 1,000 yards on the season. And yet, as good as Bigsby has been his first two seasons at Auburn, the talk around the team is that he’s taken a gigantic step forward this offseason and has been one of the most improved players, if not the most improved player on the team. “The kid has always had a great attitude,” Auburn running backs’ coach Carnell Williams said. “Always worked hard. Always showed up. Always a team guy. But sometimes guys who are really talented, they neglect the small things, the details of the game. I just think the man is intentional about the small things. He just has a different vibe about him. “He’s getting older and starting to understand that if I’m going to do this for a long time and do this at a high level, there are lot of guys who are talented. What’s going to separate me? I think his understanding of that has gotten so much better.” At SEC Media Days last month, Bigsby was one of three players to represent Auburn. He went through the gauntlet, going room to room and answering question after question. One of his last stops of the day was on the set of Marty & McGee for a sit-down interview. Bigsby crushed it. He talked about the buy-in from the players. He compared each Saturday in the fall to Christmas morning. He impressed the two co-hosts when describing his leadership style and how he likes to lead. He opened up about his ‘why’ and how he wants to provide for his family. “I do what I’m doing so I can take care of my family and my mom,” Bigsby said. “That’s why I work so hard, so my future kids can grow up the way I want them to grow up and won’t have to worry about, ‘Where is the next meal coming from?’ Or ‘Where are my school shoes coming from?’ ‘Am I going to have a good Christmas?’ “That’s why I work so hard. Just so I can change the trajectory of my life and my family.” For Marty Smith and Ryan McGee, they had interviewed players and coaches all week at SEC Media Days. But after sitting down with Bigsby on the last day, they both agreed it was the best interview they had done. “My favorite part of my job is watching these guys evolve over the span of three, four, and because of COVID, five, six years,” McGee said. “Watching them evolve – not just player-wise, not just X's- and O's-wise – but literally going from being a kid to being a man. “Tank, to me, is one of the great illustrations of that. You watch, not just the way he's played football and the way that he approaches football, but just talking with him. I think about chatting with him casually now versus even when I first met him, what two years ago – it's a different person. That is what college football is supposed to be. You're supposed to come in as a kid and leave as a grown adult. It's what college is supposed to be. And for me, Tank embodies that. I'm really excited. "We all know Tank is good, but I think he's sneaky great.” Nobody knows the challenge of trying to bring down Tank Bigsby better than his Auburn teammates. They have the privilege of doing it every single day in practice. “He's a tank,” safety Donovan Kaufman said. “That's his name. I’ll put it like that. “You have to sit up there and hit a guy every play, which I don't think a lot of people want to do,” Kaufman added. “Backs like that, you don't want to tackle him all game. So, you have to deal with that mentally and then you have to actually do it. It's definitely a task.” “Tank is a powerful back,” linebacker Cam Riley said. “I’m glad we’ve got a back like Tank. It helps me out going into each week in SEC play. To me, he’s the best back in the country right now. He's powerful, he’s got speed. He’s got all the attributes you wish a back could have.” Football vs Mercer 09/03/2022 at 6:00 PM CT CT Bigsby rushed for 834 yards in 10 games as a freshman in 2020. He rushed for 1,099 yards in 13 games last year. What’s that mean for this coming year? Could he flirt with 1,400 yards? No Auburn running back has gone over 1,400 yards in a season since Cameron Artis-Payne rushed for 1,608 yards in 2014. It would certainly be a great goal to set for himself, but Bigsby isn’t worried about the individual numbers this season as much as he is the team success. “I really don’t do goals,” he said. “I did have a goal this year. It’s to be the best version I can be for my team and be a leader for this team the best way I can. But goals like 1,000 yards? Nah. Just go out and play football and handle what happens. You put the work in, everything will handle itself.” Bigsby has put the work in. Now it’s time to reap the rewards.

Coaches say 'don't sleep' on Deal Jason Caldwell 3-4 minutes Coach Likes Contact Drills Vs. Auburn's Top D-Linemen AUBURN, Alabama—If you just look at his numbers, Auburn junior tight end Luke Deal might not seem like an important part of things for the Tigers on offense, but just ask his coaches and teammates and you’ll get a much different answer. A key component in Auburn’s run game as a blocker and also a capable receiver when given the opportunity, Deal is someone that has the respect of everyone on that side of the ball. “Luke's a tough kid, strong,” Auburn offensive line coach Will Friend said. “Football is important to him and that enables him to be able to play in that Z area (off the line of scrimmage), put his hand in the dirt and do that and, you know, don't sleep on Luke. He'll make a play down there, too.” But there’s much more to Deal than just his production on the field. It’s the work he puts in off the field, the way he goes about his business every day, and his value as a teammate that stands out to tight ends coach Brad Bedell. “You want to talk about a phenomenal human being that has worked extremely hard,” Bedell said of Deal. “He’s kind of the guy that nobody wants to talk about, and I think he likes it that way. He just puts his head down and works unbelievably hard. He’s changed his body. “He’s bigger and he’s extremely strong. He had an unbelievable catch against Mississippi State on the back end for a touchdown. He had some big catches versus Arkansas. I think he’s a great utilization to do multiple things.” Playing in 28 career games over the last three seasons, Deal has just 11 career receptions after catching nine passes for 65 yards and a touchdown last year. Those aren’t the kind of stats that will make people sit up and take notice, but Bedell said don’t sleep on the former high school quarterback. “He kind of surprises some people, he really does,” Bedell said. “I wouldn’t say he’s the fastest guy in the world, but he surprises a lot of people. I like it that way.” 9COMMENTS Part of a tight end group that put up some good numbers a season ago with Bryan Harsin wanting to get more out of the position, Deal said it’s time for him and the rest of the guys to take the next step. With teams now very familiar with what Deal, John Samuel Shenker, Tyler Fromm and others can do, the junior said it’s all about everyone pulling together to get the job done. “We're not into hiding anymore though,” Deal said. “People kind of know that we're gonna use 'em and that's kind of what we want. Just try to stop us. We're gonna keep building on top of that. We got a great room, deep room. We'll use it all.” ">247Sports

auburnwire.usatoday.com 2022 Auburn football preview: Safety JD McCarthy 3-4 minutes Auburn will be without a former leader in Smoke Monday at safety but Zion Puckett is ready for his turn to be the leader of the group. He was Auburn’s No. 2 safety last season and is the undisputed top dog this year. While the second starting spot is up for grabs, the secondary coach Zach Etheridge has several interesting options in Cayden Bridges and newcomers Marquise Gilbert and Craig McDonald, who both have plenty of experience. Buy Tigers Tickets Another key player is Donovan Kaufman, who will spend time at both nickel and safety and is once again looking to create disruptive plays, something he excelled at doing last season. Wide Receiver Preview Tight End Preview Running Back Preview Offensive Line Preview Quarterback Preview Edge Preview Defensive Line Preview Linebacker Preview Cornerback Preview Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports Smoke Monday (graduation) Bydarrius Knighten (graduation) Ahmari Harvey (transfer) Eric Reed (transfer) Ladrius Tennison (transfer) Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports Free Safety: Zion Puckett With the departure of Monday, Puckett is the veteran of this group and the new leader. He has plenty of experience and it is his turn to be the top safety entering his senior season. Strong Safety: Cayden Bridges While Puckett has his starting spot locked down, this one is up for grabs and Craig McDonald and Bridges appear to be the top contenders. I am going with Bridges due to his experience in the system and the fact that he could be one of the best athletes on the team. That is enough for me to make him the starter here but this battle is far from settled. Nickel: Donovan Kaufman Kauffman was a productive player last year, he recorded 33 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, one interception, forced three fumbles, and broke up two passes. His time will be spent between safety and nickel but he should have an important role. John Reed-USA TODAY Sports Puckett, Bridges, and Kaufman are Auburn’s only returning players at safety. Jake Crandall / USA TODAY NETWORK Craig McDonald: A transfer from Iowa State, he played in 13 games last season and brings some experience to a room that lost a lot of depth. He has been limited due to an injury but should play a key role when he is healthy. Caleb Wooden: Just a true freshman, Wooden made waves during spring camp and is trying to earn a starting spot. I’m not sure that will happen but he looks like a diamond in the rough and should see the field this season. He will be a player to watch moving forward. Marquise Gilbert: A member of Auburn’s prized JUCO class, he brings experience and should make an immediate impact even if he does not start. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) Free Safety Zion Puckett, senior Marquise Gilbert, sophomore Strong Safety Cayden Bridges, redshirt freshman Craig McDonald, sophomore Nickel Donovan Kaufman, sophomore Keionte Scott, sophomore

The Auburn Tigers team finished their first scrimmage of the fall, and Coach Bryan Harsin seems to think it went well. There were many ups and downs from all of the position groups but according to Coach Harsin in his post-scrimmage press conference, things went well overall. There is a lot for the Tigers to build off of heading into their second scrimmage of the fall. Let's look at four players who need to step up before Auburn's scrimmage at the end of this week. Zach Calzada Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics It seemed for most of the off-season that Calzada would be Auburn's starting quarterback in 2022. That trend is starting to change the further we get into fall camp. Calzada has been inconsistent according to reports, and it seems that TJ Finley's knowledge of the offense has led to him having a slight lead in the race. Calzada has a lot of upside, but he will need to prove it this week and have a great second scrimmage if he wants to win the starting quarterback job. Shedrick Jackson © Jake Crandall / USA TODAY NETWORK According to Coach Harsin, Jackson has had a solid camp and made a great catch in the first scrimmage. Coach Harsin believes the offense needs to get Jackson some more touches. Some young receivers such as Tar'Varish Dawson and Camden Brown are also having spectacular camps. He will need to have a great end of fall camp to fend off Dawson and Brown to secure his role in the offense. Tate Johnson Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics Tate Johnson is a name that was not expected to be significantly discussed at this point of the off-season. In Auburn's first scrimmage of the fall Johnson played a lot of snaps with the ones at center. He has good measurables, standing six-foot-four and weighing 285-pounds. Having a good backup like Johnson who knows the offense well will serve the Tigers well in 2022. Wesley Steiner Alex Keller/Auburn Athletics Wesley Steiner is a player that Coach Harsin loves on and off the field. He does well in the classroom and is a leader in the locker room. But the question is, can he step up and be the Tiger's number two linebacker behind Owen Pappoe? It is a battle between Cam Riley, North Carolina transfer Eugene Asante and Steiner for the role of the second linebacker. Steiner will hope to have a great end to fall and perhaps work his way into being a starting linebacker.

i think this is a good thing. if ash gets in and the others are struggling it would give us another option.

i am pretty sure you drank the trump kool aid............admit it. you can do it big shooter!

Putin World Declares ‘Our Agent Trump’ Is Irreversibly Screwed Julia Davis Tue, August 16, 2022 at 4:12 PM In this article: Donald Trump 45th President of the United States Concerns are swirling within the Kremlin and splashing onto the screens of Russia’s tightly controlled state media. Moscow’s grueling invasion of Ukraine and Washington’s potential designation of Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism are at the top of the list—but the upcoming U.S. elections are likewise causing some heart palpitations. Having gotten over their initial shock over the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Russian experts and pundits started to dismiss it as much ado about nothing, albeit a convenient tale they could use to smear American democracy. Now they’re singing a different tune. In the most recent broadcast of the state TV show Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, host Vladimir Solovyov remarked: “I’m very worried for our agent Trump. They found everything at Mar-a-Lago, they got packages of documents. In all seriousness, they say he should be executed as a person that was ready to hand off nuclear secrets to Russia.” Appearing on Solovyov’s show, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova likewise raged against the alleged persecution of Moscow’s favorite former U.S. president. In a bizarre tirade, she attempted to tie the search of Mar-a-Lago with Trump’s earlier statement that there are only two genders, male and female. “In the West, you’re not allowed to call a man a man. You can’t call a woman a woman. You’re not allowed to call a child male or female, until it reaches the age of 2-3 years old,” she fumed. “In the run-up to the upcoming electoral battles, one of the contenders for a political role—the most important political role in the United States—Donald Trump steps up and says, ‘We’ve gone too far. There are only two genders: male and female.’” Team Putin Airs Insane Offer to ‘Help’ America and ‘Save’ Trump Zakharova then implied that the search of Trump’s property was somehow related to his stance on gender identity. “Immediately, practically momentarily, dozens of cars of U.S. intelligence agencies, dozens—approaching hundreds—of special agents, FBI and so on, searched his home, seized boxes of some papers... and started to say that he broke the law—attention—on espionage! Five minutes from now, this man could be declared an American spy.” Solovyov chimed in: “[He could be declared] a Russian spy... Will we try to exchange him to bring Trump to Russia? Will they include Trump on the prisoner exchange list?” A day before, the host had bemoaned “repressions” against Trump and complained about what a terrible mess the U.S. had become on his radio show. Nonetheless, the decorated Russian propagandist boasted about not being sanctioned by the United States, even though his visa recently expired. Waiting for a better political climate, Solovyov decided not to renew it just yet. Having initially believed that better times are ahead and that Trump’s return to the White House was imminent, prominent Russian propagandists dubbed him “the Teflon Don” and predicted that he would overcome the FBI’s investigation as merely the latest speed bump in his alleged “persecution by the deep state.” Now that more details have emerged, their views have become pessimistic. Appearing on the program Solovyov Live on Monday, Yevgeny Satanovsky, president of the Institute of the Middle East, grimly noted that—in light of the baggage carried by Trump—the Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, known in Russia as “Number Two,” may be a better bet for the Republicans. At this point, Russian talking heads aren’t quite certain whether DeSantis would be as likely as Trump to befriend Russia and dump Ukraine—but that’s where their propaganda aimed at U.S. voters would supposedly come in. Russia’s Trump Raid Tantrum Is a Spectacle You Don’t Want to Miss More than ever, Russian state media is stressing the need to influence Americans in the run-up to the midterms and the future presidential election. Kremlin-controlled talking heads are hoping out loud that Americans will see things their way, opting to concentrate on internal issues, abandoning Ukraine and letting go of the sanctions against Russia. In addition to their convenient talking points, furthered by the likes of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Russian state media has also announced that it would like to pipe news from Russia straight into the U.S. During Monday’s broadcast of The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, Americanist Dmitry Drobnitsky said: “The main point of polarization is fast approaching. In November, people in the West have to hear the Russian news, especially in light of the growing interest... We need to break through those barriers, why isn’t anyone doing that? That will be one of the most important components of our future success.” i love the daily beast.............grins

Fox News host Laura Ingraham, usually a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, said a conflict-weary nation might be ready to move on from the former president. And she indicated it could be time to start looking for someone who has Trump’s politics, but not the baggage, should he decide to run again in 2024. “The country, I think, is so exhausted,” she told podcaster Lisa Boothe, per The Hill. “They’re exhausted by the battle, the constant battle, that they may believe that, well, maybe it’s time to turn the page if we can get someone who has all Trump’s policies, who’s not Trump.” Ingraham said Trump has been a friend for 25 years, “but, you know, we’ll see whether that’s what the country wants.” Polls so far show Trump should have a clear path to the GOP nomination should he run again in 2024. However, one poll last month found that more than half of Republicans want someone else at the top of the ticket. Another poll showed that more than half of all voters don’t want Trump to run again. Ingraham is among a number of Fox News personalities who have supported Trump publicly, and were alarmed behind the scenes on Jan. 6, 2021. In a series of text messages uncovered by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, Ingraham urged then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to have Trump make a statement about the assault on the U.S. Capitol. “Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home,” she texted. “This is hurting all of us. He is destroying his legacy.” On TV, Ingraham called the attack disgraceful. She also claimed, falsely, that left-wing elements such as “antifa sympathizers” may have been behind it.

i know many of your guys stances on hillery and those state secrets so what you got now? An Oval Office incident from 2019 perfectly illustrates Trump's approach to state secrets, say ex intel officials Ken Dilanian Tue, August 16, 2022 at 12:33 PM Senior intelligence officials realized early on that President Donald Trump wasn’t going to read even short written summaries of his regular intelligence briefings. So the CIA officers who prepared the briefings made sure they came to the Oval Office laden with striking images, pared-down charts and slick graphics designed to grab the president’s fleeting interest, several officials familiar with the briefings told NBC News. “To secure his attention, you had to use images and catchy headlines, even better if they had his name in them,” said Doug London, a former CIA officer who helped assemble the briefing material. On Aug. 30, 2019, top spies learned the dangers of that approach. What unfolded that day became an infamous moment in the Trump presidency — one that former intelligence officials say perfectly illustrated his approach to dealing with state secrets. A former senior intelligence official with firsthand knowledge told NBC News that Trump did indeed tweet a highly classified image taken by a secret spy satellite, as many experts suspected at the time. And in doing so, the official and others said, Trump gave U.S. adversaries keen insights into the U.S. capabilities to spy from above. “The president tweeted a picture of an Iranian missile launch site that showed a failed ICBM test launch that everybody acknowledged was a highly classified picture taken from space,” former national security adviser John Bolton, who was in Poland when it happened, told NBC News Monday. “He tweeted it out, and that of course declassified it by definition, but also showed what could happen when such a picture, even on a Twitter attachment, was then able to be analyzed by foreign intelligence services.” the aftermath of an explosion at Iran's Imam Khomeini Space Center (Donald J. Trump Twitter account via AP) Bolton and others familiar with it say the episode is emblematic of a mindset in which Trump or people close to him thought it was permissible to bring and store what the FBI says are highly classified documents to his compound in Mar-a-Lago. “He spent no time understanding what made something a secret and what we protected,” a second former senior intelligence official said. The former senior official directly familiar with the matter explained to NBC News that the president’s intelligence briefing that day included a photo from one of the America’s premier spy satellites — an image with resolution far superior to anything on the commercial market. The photo showed the aftermath of a catastrophic failure of an Iranian rocket launch. “We had this image of the Iranian missile blown up, and it was exquisite intelligence, and he didn’t even wait,” the former official said. “As soon as we showed him, he said, ‘Hey, I’m tweeting this.’” The official said CIA Director Gina Haspel and Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire tried to talk Trump out of doing it, noting that the U.S. spent billions of dollars developing capabilities to capture images from space, and told Trump, “You can’t do this. If you put this out, they’re going understand what our capability is.” But the former official said Trump was unmoved. “He said, 'Look, I’m the president, I can declassify anything,'” the official said. Trump was told he was correct, but the intelligence officials asked Trump to wait, so they could provide the same image with less resolution, the official said. Robert O’Brien, who was soon to replace Bolton as national security adviser, and Vice President Mike Pence were also in the briefing, the former official said. Pence, O’Brien, Haspel and Maguire all declined to comment. Former President Trump’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Presidents have declassified satellite photos in the past, as when President John Kennedy released photographs of Soviet missile sites during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. But in that and other cases, the government went through a process to make sure no sources or methods were exposed. The satellite photo wasn’t the only instance in which Trump was accused of releasing classified information. As NBC News reported at the time, Trump in May 2017 told the Russian foreign minister and the Russian ambassador in the Oval Office that the Islamic State had used stolen airport security equipment to test a bomb that could be hidden in electronic devices and slipped undetected into an airplane cabin, the officials said. And he named the city in ISIS-held Syria where the intelligence was gathered, the officials added. After the Iran photo incident, the former official said, senior intelligence officials resolved never again to bring highly classified images to the Oval Office. Bolton, the former national security adviser, and London, the former CIA officer, said Trump would ask for highly classified images, charts or other documents. “The president had a habit of asking to retain sensitive documents and from time to time, he did that and we didn’t know what happened to them,” Bolton said. “And it was always a concern, because he didn’t really fully understand the risks to sources and methods and other dangers of revealing classified information that it might get out to the wrong people.” London said, “If he decided he liked something he saw, you would have to wrestle it back.” To counter that, London said, briefers would use images blown up to the size of posters so Trump could not take them. Another former senior intelligence official said Trump “didn’t behave as if he felt an obligation to protect secrets. He didn’t seem to understand.” Mark Zaid, a lawyer who handles cases involving intelligence officers and classified information, told NBC News that Trump alone could not have been responsible for all the classified material that found its way to Mar-a-Lago. “I don’t think anyone realistically thinks that Donald Trump took the documents off of his desk, pack them in a U-Haul box, put them on the helicopter, picked it up off the helicopter, put it in Mar-a-Lago,” he said. “Others did it for him. There must be several other people at least, who are in the scope and eyes of the Justice Department for prosecution under the Espionage Act and other statutes.”

trump is not your normal crook. he has been hurting people for years. hell yes lock him up. if i did what he did i would never be released from prison. you guys act like the rule of law only exists for libs and the repukes can get away with anything. but at the end of the day i can laugh looking back when trump said his followers would believe anything he told them. and sorry folks but at this point of time do you really have to fact trump trump after all he has done? he has shown his true colors over and over again. and yes i did get excited wde! lock him up! if they do not make an example of him not far down the line some other cat is going to try what trump did.

hank from what i hear finebaum is worth a large sized chuck of chain so i doubt he has to ping anyone. i seldom listen to him anymore because i enjoyed his humor but now he has idiots like jim calling in and hollering the whole show and dozens if not more have complained about jim but they keep letting him on air. now goodman? he might need the pings but not finebaum.

Paul Finebaum reacts to the evolution of Bryan Harsin, and ‘vicious, unsubstantiated’ media campaign against him Keith Farner 3-4 minutes Bryan Harsin has tried to remake his image since his first season at Auburn last year, and now the Tigers are about to share whether these changes have paid off. ESPN commentator Paul Finebaum reacted to Harsin’s time at SEC Media Days, and his recent sense of humor handing out T-shirts to Auburn media members. Finebaum shared his thoughts during his regular visit with “McElroy and Cubelic In the morning” on WJOX out of Birmingham, Alabama. “I think Bryan Harsin has been a true profile in courage of what you should be as a head football coach,” Finebaum said. “Yes, ultimately he has to win, we know that. But you’re right, and Greg, I’m going to take it a step further. You mentioned AL.com, I’m going to mention the writer’s name, his name is Joseph Goodman, and he carried on a vicious, unsubstantiated campaign against Bryan Harsin over the COVID shot. I am not here to make medical decisions, or political decisions, that’s not what I do. But that was his choice, and you could choose to respect it or not. But it doesn’t cause for a one-man campaign to try to get the guy fired.” Finebaum said he likes Harsin, that he’s a thoughtful coach and can understand why Athletics Director Allen Greene bucked the system to try to hire Harsin. “But ultimately, that’s not what he’ll be judged by,” Finebaum said. “But in terms of winning people over that were on the fence with Bryan Harsin, I think he has done that, and I think he deserves tremendous praise for taking a road less traveled in taking on those who tried to fire him, and taking on those who creeped in the middle of the night like cockroaches trying to get a man fired with no justification and not one scintilla of evidence.”

i hope tj balls out. he has had a few down on him and i would love to see him take that next step or two. and this is nothing against our other QB's. i even understand fans frustration. hopefully the more he plays the more he learns and the better he gets. it is no secret cal was brought in to lead us and tj is holding his own. i realize this can change quickly.

Rep. Eric Swalwell says he received a voicemail threatening to 'cut his kids' heads off,' blames GOP for 'stoking violent rhetoric' Rep. Eric Swalwell says he received a voicemail threatening to 'cut his kids' heads off,' blames GOP for 'stoking violent rhetoric' Yelena Dzhanova Sun, August 14, 2022 at 8:06 AM In this article: Eric Swalwell American politician Rep. Eric Swalwell.Congress.gov via Getty Images Rep. Eric Swalwell shared a disturbing voice message he got at one of his California offices. In the message, the unidentified caller says his kids and wife should be decapitated. Swalwell said he believes he's being targeted by Republican politicians and voters because of the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. Rep. Eric Swalwell shared a chilling voice message he says he received in which the caller calls for the decapitation of his wife and three kids. The call, nearly two minutes in length, is laced with profanities and slurs. It was left on his machine in his district office in Castro Valley, California. Swalwell posted the call to Twitter earlier this week. "I hope someone cuts that motherf---er throat from ear to ear. Cut his f---ing head off," a man's voice is heard saying in the audio he shared. "Swalwell's a worthless piece of sh--. Cut his wife's head off, cut his kids' heads off. I don't give a f--k." The call comes amid an FBI probe into former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. The FBI on Monday conducted a raid on his Florida property, and unsealed court documents reveal that the probe was part of an investigation into whether Trump had violated three laws related to the handling of government documents. Swalwell said in his tweet that he believes he's being targeted by Republican politicians and voters because of the raid. "LISTEN to this death threat against my children. Since the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Trump, McCarthy, and MAGA Republicans are stoking violent rhetoric against lawmakers and law enforcement," he said. "Someone is going to get killed." This isn't the first time Swalwell has shared a threatening voice message he's received. Last year, he shared the audio of a disturbing voice message from a Tucker Carlson fan. The caller left racist, homophobic, and sexist language on the voicemail, which was littered with slurs. "As for these foreign invaders you're letting into this country, I hope they chop you, your family up and feed them to their dogs," an unidentified male voice said on the message. "There's your free speech for today, a**hole, from Trump Nation!"