#The Espionage Act
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Most things in life, and especially a basic respect for democracy and the rule of law, have to be cultivated. What is striking about the Republican Party is the extent to which it has, for decades now, cultivated the opposite — a highly instrumental view of our political system, in which rules and laws are legitimate only insofar as they allow for the acquisition and concentration of power in Republican hands.
Most Republicans won’t condemn Trump. There are his millions of ultra-loyal voters, yes. And there are the challenges associated with breaking from the consensus of your political party, yes. But there is also the reality that Trump is the apotheosis of a propensity for lawlessness within the Republican Party. He is what the party and its most prominent figures have been building toward for nearly half a century. I think he knows it and I think they do too.
– Jamelle Bouie at the New York Times on how Donald Trump is likely the natural result of the drift to lawlessness by the GOP over the past half century.
The narcissistic infantile Trump claims that he's being persecuted and has been singled out for political reasons. But if anything, prosecutors have been exceptionally careful about this investigation because of Trump's political standing.
Jamelle Bouie's NYT colleague David Leonhardt describes what happened to three people charged with the same sort of crimes that got Trump indicted.
And of course there the still-pending case of Jack Teixeira.
Trump not only knowingly shipped loads of classified documents, including nuclear secrets, to his home but he apparently used them to show off to his buddies – like Teixeira.
All Republicans can do is prattle false equivalences about Hillary's email server or equate Joe Biden's and Mike Pence's accidental retention of a handful of papers after their vice presidential terms were over.
Many Republicans seem to feel that they should be exempt from the law for life just because they're Republicans.
The GOP cannot call itself the "party of law and order" if they themselves refuse to obey the law.
#jamelle bouie#the rule of law#donald trump#classified documents#nuclear secrets#the trump indictments#republicans#the gop#david leonhardt#jack teixeira#robert birchum#jeremy brown#nghia hoang pho#the espionage act
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You can reverse fame. J. Cole
#january 6th#alternative facts#MAGA#january 6th committee#trump#national security#the espionage act#trump investigations#georgia election investigation#classified documents#trump family business#Lincoln project
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Dang. Idk if anyone has ever laid out Donald Trump’s entanglement with Russia sO clearly.
If you’ve had enough of watching the Trump clowns defending Trump & white supremacy, the Sutori link is definitely worth reading. It is a very enlightening, detailed and comprehensive timeline that puts Trump’s very very long history with Russian mobsters into sharp perspective.
👉🏿 https://www.sutori.com/story/timeline-you-might-be-interested-in--pTTyLH39r7FsRtF51JZi4BVt
👉🏿 https://forensicnews.net/trump-deutsche-bank-loans-underwritten-by-russian-state-owned-bank-whistleblower-told-fbi/
#politics#donald trump#republicans#trump indictment#espionage act#legal#lawyers#treason#traitors#mobbed up#russian mafia#russian mob#money laundering
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shitpost dispatches from nightless city - incorrect but plausibly canon quotes edition
#yes yes yes I know meng yao isn't ACTUALLY trying to kill nmj here in any iteration of the canon#but I refuse to believe he isn't deriving some satisfaction from venting his frustration and anger on da-ge in this moment#u've heard of method acting now get ready for 'method espionage'#the best deception always stems from the truth#mdzs#cql#mdzs shitposting#the untamed#meng yao#jin guangyao#he did crimes??? good for him 😌
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Down the rabbit hole we go!
I know what I said about the rest of the Lunar chronicles art, but have you considered: I wanted to rewrite Miraculous Ladybug to my tastes instead?? so here. have bunny miraculous felix, or better known as Lapin Blanc.
#lucy doodles#my art#miraculous ladybug#miraculous fanart#miraculous au#felix graham de vanily#felix fathom#miraculous ladybug fanart#I havent watched this show in years but i love love love the fandom#and i love some of the ideas it presents#i just dont like watching the show lmao#the animation style bothers me and i cant get into the writing#or a surprising amount of the voice acting#basically the whole show#which makes me sad bc the fanbase is SO talented and i want to love what they love too#but i digress. id like to note that my rewrite/design goes much farther than felix over here. hes just who i made art for#he had hobbies other than espionage now. namely he gardens and he does pottery#hence the porcelain motif in the fit#yeah. its late and im on the verge of a breakdown so mwah i love you please be nice to my boy i worked hard on him
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Judges Schmudges, who needs any of that highly overrated “experience” when you have friends in high places to protect?
#politics#republicans#maga me sick#maga#trump#judge aileen cannon#indictment#re indicted and it feels so good#re-indicted#mar-a-lago#mar a lardo#espionage act
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#politics for ts#i am manifesting it i am willing it i am seeing the vision#this is the big potato#for which we have all been waiting#espionage act charges plz and thanks#gentlemen prepare your destiel memes
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working on yves timeskip and imw auegfhheegheeeeghegghh <- flabbergasted
#i think hes back with the ungratefuls again and very much cleaning up his act but#LOL sike#hes still actively working with third parties and committing espionage#he doesnt really care for the ungratefuls cause and never has#ppl pay a lot of money to know what theyre up to tho
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Unlike the complicated issues involved in the attempted coup and the insurrection, where Trump did his very best to keep his fingerprints off of the actual manipulation of the electoral slates and all the rest, here, not only his fingerprints, but his distinctive handwriting is on the top-secret documents.
Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, interviewed on CNN
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After he left the White House, former President Donald Trump allegedly shared sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines with an Australian billionaire who is a member of his Mar-a-Lago club, according to a pair of reports published on Thursday.
Trump shared the information with Anthony Pratt during an April 2021 conversation at the Palm Beach, Fla., golf club, according to ABC News, which first reported the development, citing sources familiar with the matter. The New York Times also confirmed the former president shared the information with Pratt, citing two people familiar with the matter.
The revelation was reported to special counsel Jack Smith's office, which charged Trump this year with mishandling classified documents, and prosecutors and FBI agents have twice interviewed Pratt this year about the discussion, ABC News reported.
Trump���s 2024 presidential campaign spokesman, Steven Cheung, said in response to questions about the report, “These illegal leaks are coming from sources which totally lack proper context and relevant information. The Department of Justice should investigate the criminal leaking, instead of perpetrating their baseless witch-hunts while knowing that President Trump did nothing wrong, has always insisted on truth and transparency, and acted in a proper manner, according to the law.”
NBC News has also reached out to Pratt’s company for comment.
Pratt recounted that he told Trump during their conversation that Australia should buy submarines from the U.S., and an excited Trump "leaning" toward Pratt as if to be discreet, told him two pieces of information about American submarines, ABC reported, citing the anonymous sources. Trump shared the number of warheads that U.S. submarines typically carry and how close they can get to Russian submarines without being detected, according to both ABC News and The New York Times.
Trump didn't show any government documents to him during the meeting or any other time at Mar-a-Lago, sources told ABC News.
Pratt, executive global chairman of cardboard company Pratt Industries, then shared Trump's remarks with at least 45 other people through emails and conversations, reported ABC News, including journalists, Australian officials, three former Australian prime ministers and employees at his company.
According to the Times, Pratt is among more than 80 people whom prosecutors from Smith's office have identified as potential witnesses who could testify at Trump's trial that's slated to begin in May in Fort Pierce, Fla.
The special counsel's office declined to comment on the reports.
Just so we're all clear:
You can be jailed for taking photos inside a submarine but this motherfucker tells some rando billionaire about it's armament and capabilities and gets to lounge at his golf resort...
A tale of two Justice systems, indeed.
#us politics#news#the guardian#nbc news#donald trump#classified information#classified documents#us navy#nuclear submarines#Anthony Pratt#billionaires#Pratt Industries#Kristian Saucier#unauthorized detention of defense information#2023#2016#espionage act#espionage#treason#my thoughts
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Trump's Bombshell Federal Document Indictment
No, really. It’s that bad.
#youtube#donald trump#legal eagle#law#politics#trump#indictment#america#classified documents#analysis#legaleagle#lawyer#boxes#espionage act
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Whatever Top Secret documents were at Mar-a-Lago have definitely been compromised already.
Or sold by Trump, to Putin or the highest bidder.
👉🏿 https://www.newsweek.com/spies-may-have-targeted-documents-mishandled-trump-ex-cia-official-1737645
👉🏿 https://www.salon.com/2019/08/03/trumps-white-house-issues-an-ominous-request-for-a-list-of-top-u-s-spies_partner/
👉🏿 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/08/26/classified-documents-linked-human-spies-found-donald-trumps/
👉🏿 https://www.gq.com/story/cia-pulled-russia-spy-because-trump
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Trump is under arrest (again)! This time on Federal Espionage charges! Let the party commence!
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Trump got indicted on 38 counts, and 31 of them are just violations of the Espionage Act.
One of the punishments for violating the Espionage Act (if convicted) is that you can't hold public office. 😌
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