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It's probably the beginning of the end for the Trump empire. Trump's creditors (who are legion) will likely start to scramble to secure as much of their loan collaterals before everyone else does. Watch what Deutche Bank does, I would bet that right now they are quietly moving to secure their loans behind the scenes, but its all gonna break loose at some point and become public.

Trump’s Lawyer Sidney Powell Is Hardcore QAnon. Her performance at Thursday's press conference was virtually a recitation of QAnon’s greatest hits. Rudy Giuliani grabbed most of the headlines after his dangerously unhinged press conference on Thursday where he made baseless claims about rigged election results that were off the wall — even by his standards. But his performance was nothing compared to Trump’s other lawyer, Sidney Powell, whose statement was a litany of unfounded allegations that appeared to have been lifted wholesale from the QAnon fever swamp. This is how Powell began her statement at the press conference: “What we are really dealing with here, and uncovering more by the day, is the massive influence of communist money through Venezuela, Cuba, and likely China in the interference with our elections here in the United States.” What followed was virtually a recitation of QAnon’s greatest hits, and Powell ended her tirade almost in tears, essentially telling those listening to “stick to the plan,” a phrase that has become a QAnon rallying cry since Trump lost the election. “We are not going to back down,” she said. “We are going to clean this mess up now. President Trump won by a landslide. We are going to prove it, and we are going to reclaim the United States of America for the people who vote for freedom.” The comments were essentially a dog whistle to the QAnon community, which has been waging a disinformation war on social media since the election earlier this month, helping to boost conspiracy theories that have made their way to the Oval Office. Giuliani and Powell’s comments have been widely criticized. Chris Krebs, the recently fired head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), called Thursday’s press conference “the most dangerous 1hr 45 minutes of television in American history. And possibly the craziest.” Yet, for anyone who’s tracked Powell’s public pronouncements in recent years, the outlandish claims and winks toward QAnon conspiracy theories came as no surprise. Exactly a year before Thursday’s press conference, Powell appeared on a QAnon YouTube show and praised the host's support for her other client, former national security advisor Michael Flynn, as “huge and extremely helpful.” The appearance on the YouTube show was not the first time Powell had publicly backed QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that claims Donald Trump is secretly battling the deep state while trying to uncover a cannibalistic Satanic child sex-trafficking network operated by Democrats and the Hollywood elite. She has retweeted major QAnon accounts, including that of Tracey Diaz, identified by NBC as one of the three people who helped take QAnon from the obscure 4chan message board to a more mainstream audience. She has also tweeted “#TheStormIsComing” and “#TheStorm,” phrases regularly used by QAnon supporters. Prior to becoming one of Trump’s main conspiracy pushers, Powell was most famous as a lawyer for Flynn, who himself is a significant figure within the QAnon mythos. Flynn, who QAnon recently helped to get to 1 million Twitter followers, has signed copies of his book with the #WWG1WGA hashtag, has the QAnon-linked #DigitalSoldiers and #TakeTheOath hashtags in his Twitter bio, and most blatantly, he posted a video of himself and his family on Independence Day pledging allegiance to the movement by reciting the QAnon oath. But it’s not like Powell is trying to hide any of this. Just look at her Twitter account. Her profile picture shows her with Flynn while a “storm” rages in the background over the White House, a less-than-subtle hint at “the storm is coming.” Her background image says “We the people,” another QAnon phrase. Powell has also recently added the hashtag #Kraken to her bio after she kick-started a new conspiracy theory during an interview on Fox Business, where she claimed the Trump administration was going to release huge reams of “evidence” about voter fraud. The hashtag #ReleasetheKraken has since been embraced wholeheartedly by the QAnon community. Powell did not immediately return requests for comment about her links to QAnon. While the QAnon community embraced Powell’s comments on Thursday, others who had previously supported Powell’s allegations seem to have decided that she had crossed a red line. Highlighting just how deranged Powell’s conspiracy theories have become, even Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ go-to conspiracy guy, rejected them on his show on Thursday night. Unsurprisingly, the QAnon community didn’t take Carlson’s rejection of Powell very well. (It's gotta be hard for Trump's supporters to decide exactly how much crazy is enough and how much is too much)

Well, she is at liberty right now. Rather have Lionel Hutz though.

Michigan state lawmaker who met with Trump pushes ‘constitutional crisis’ to overturn election on Fox News Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R) on Sunday explained how a constitutional crisis could mean a win for President Donald Trump despite losing the popular vote in his state. In an interview with Fox News host Pete Hegseth, Chatfield defended his recent meeting with Trump. Prior to the meeting, critics warned that it gave the current president an opportunity to push Michigan lawmakers not to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory. "When the president of the United States calls, you take that meeting," Chatfield insisted.

Not as bad as before but still far from good.

Trump Campaign Files For New Recount In Georgia President Donald Trump’s campaign requested a recount of votes in the Georgia presidential race on Saturday, a day after state officials certified results showing Democrat Joe Biden won the state, as his legal team presses forward with attacks alleging widespread fraud without proof. Trump Campaign Files For New Recount In Georgia | HuffPost

Judge Brutally Dismisses Rudy Giuliani's Suit To 'Disenfranchise' Pa. Voters A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s campaign’s lawsuit to overturn the election in Pennsylvania on Saturday, calling out Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to “disenfranchise almost 7 million voters” based on zero actual evidence of voter fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, who heard Giuliani’s argument on the case earlier this week, said the court “has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations” that weren’t tied to the actual complaint nor supported by evidence. “In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth-most-populous state." Judge Brutally Dismisses Rudy Giuliani's Suit To 'Disenfranchise' Pa. Voters | HuffPost Canada (huffingtonpost.ca)

Guess who is taking his bahavioural cues from Donald Trump? The company Pfizer, which recently announced the vaccine against Covid-19 soon, is the same company that created Viagra. Therefore, we can fully rely on the announced vaccine, because if Pfizer was able to raise the dead, they will much more easily cure the living.😉🤣😂.

I really, really hope that the GOP is paying for the recounts. i really, really hope

I am really hoping for 10-15 years with a possibility of parole at 10 years.

Like it or not, the health of the league depends on a full slate of competitive teams, and given the screwups that reed made in Montreal, they are going to need help. If giving them the first overall draft pick will do that, then so be it.

On 1290 radio a few weeks back, it was stated that Ambrosie had proposed that the season could go forward in a very limited fashion if each team was prepared to pony up 3.5 million, but there was no consensus.

Trump has made it clear that he will delay and obstruct right to the last possible moment. If the Democrats need any additional reasons to prosecute him and his coterie, they will have that and more.

Why can't we build cities in the country?

They will dislike her intensely and pout.

With all of the setbacks Trump has suffered and his grawing sense of inadequacy installed by his father and mutated into malignant narcissism, his blood pressure and anger can only be measured on the Richter scale and his behaviours will deteriorate even further. His staff should be issued body armour.

I am not supposed to wish ill for anyone, but in his case I am thinking of making an exception. According to ESPN, COVID is rapidly gaining ground in the NFL in spite of all the precautions. One team has had its punter, kicker and holder all down with it, and the Raiders have lost 7 defensive starters.

Very Scary News From Steinbach Today: 40% of all COVID tests in Stenbach were positive and in the RM of Hanover 31% positive. They are at the flashpoint.

YOUR DAILY WTF : Critics slam president's pal after he suggested COVID vaccine be named 'The Trump' Geraldo Rivera suggested that the coronavirus vaccine be named after President Donald Trump to make him feel better about losing the presidential election and Twitter users quickly fired back. During an appearance on Fox & Friends, Rivera proposed a wild idea of naming the coronavirus vaccine "The Trump." He even went a step further to offer dialogue examples of how that suggestion would work. According to Rivera, naming the vaccine after Trump could be a way to "honor" following his election loss.

The technology has stalled at energy storage, and there does not seem to be anything new and revolutionary on the horizon.

To minimize your risk exposure, bring your own bags, go at store opening and use the self-checkout.

I've posted this before. Trump and all his miscreants need to be investigated and vigorously prosecuted where appropriate but transparently and within the confines of the law. Engaging in specious prosecutions will destroy the credibility of the incoming Democrat administration and justify the GOP wailings of persecution. The GOP and Trump will do this regardless, but should not be given any justification. The Democrats have to show that they have the moral high ground or many of the voters who supported them in 2020 will abandon them for a very long time.

Mnuchin was a movie producer who has zero experience in managing any kind of government. He apparently loves the status but his incompetence is breathtaking.

Trump's secretary of the treasury, Steve Mnuchin announced today that he is slashing federal support programs for businesses and individuals due to "their being under-utilized". This has not been accepted as reality by anyone with intelligence higher than a house plant, but sure as spit seems to be part of Trump's campaign of scorched earth in his wake to cripple the economy for years to come.

Rudy Giuliani’s Son Tests Positive for COVID Day After Attending Dad’s Bonkers ‘Fraud’ Briefing In a Friday morning tweet, Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew said he had tested positive for COVID-19, and was experiencing mild symptoms. According to The New York Times, Andrew was at his dad’s bizarre press ‘election fraud’ conference on Thursday which featured lots of sweat and not many face masks. Rudy sweated so profusely during the cramped, indoor event that brown streaks, possibly hair dye, ran down his face. Andrew, who works in the White House Office of Public Liaison, said he was “following all appropriate protocols, including being in quarantine and conducting contact tracing.” According to CDC advice, 76-year-old Rudy, who is at higher risk of severe coronavirus symptoms due to his age, should self-isolate for 14 days due to his close contact with his son. Pence is a hypcritical toady who is complicit in the deaths of a quarter-million Americans, yet his willful blindness allows him to sleep at night.