Damn. I didn't know this was her cause of death. Such a beautiful, talented singer.smh said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_O%27Riordan
> Died 15 January 2018 (aged 46)
> Mayfair, London, England
> Cause of death Drowning due to alcohol intoxication
"To obtain a search warrant, investigators need to persuade a judge they have sufficient reason to believe that a crime was committed and that the search would turn up evidence of the crime." https://t.co/mJl7HeQSUL
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 28, 2021
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Trump administration staffers sought refuge on the second floor of White House as the former president never climbed stairs, a new book claims.
The former president's aides, such as Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Miller, chose to work out of a second-floor office to ensure separation from their boss, according to Michael Wolff.
Wolff writes in the forthcoming Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency that it "meant a degree of exclusion but also protection" as "Trump would never climb the stairs (and, by the end of his term, he never had)".
An excerpt of Wolff's book was published in New York Magazine on Monday.
It is not the first time that the White House stairs have been discussed as an issue for the one-term president.
In January 2017 The Washington Post predicted that it was unlikely Mr Trump would ever go to that area of the executive mansion.
"Though Conway took over the workspace previously occupied by Valerie Jarrett, who had been Obama's closest adviser, the confidant dismissively predicted that Trump would rarely climb a flight of stairs," wrote the newspaper.
Quote:
Top members of the Department of Justice last year rebuffed another DOJ official who asked them to urge officials in Georgia to investigate and perhaps overturn President Joe Biden's victory in the state -- long a bitter point of contention for former President Donald Trump and his team -- before the results were certified by Congress, emails reviewed by ABC News show.
The emails, dated Dec. 28, 2020, show the former acting head of DOJ's civil division, Jeffrey Clark, circulating a draft letter - which he wanted then-acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and acting deputy attorney general Richard Donoghue to sign off on - urging Georgia's governor and other top officials to convene the state legislature into a special session so lawmakers could investigate claims of voter fraud.
"The Department of Justice is investigating various irregularities in the 2020 election for President of the United States," the draft letter said. "The Department will update you as we are able on investigatory progress, but at this time we have identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple States, including the State of Georgia."
The draft letter states: "While the Department of Justice believes the Governor of Georgia should immediately call a special session to consider this important and urgent matter, if he declines to do so, we share with you our view that the Georgia General Assembly has implied authority under the Constitution of the United States to call itself into special session for the limited purpose of considering issues pertaining to the appointment of Presidential Electors."
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Barr told the AP that U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been working to follow up specific complaints and information they've received, but "to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election."
There is no Constitutional prohibition against writing a PowerPoint presentation about how to stage a coup. In fact, the word PowerPoint appears nowhere in the Constitution.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 10, 2021
by Jonathan Turley
Quote:
The presentation bears the title "Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 Jan". The date on the title page is 5 January the day before the insurrection.
It was not immediately clear whether the PowerPoint that was reportedly leaked online in an email exchange with the ex-chief is the same one that Mr Meadows is said to have handed to the committee.
It echoes a series of false claims based on Donald Trump's so-called Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him through fraud. The defeated president and his supporters had set out a series of allegations which were subsequently discredited.
...
By removing what they call "counterfeit" votes and counting the ballots again "by hand", they would "quickly and easily find out who the elected leaders REALLY ARE and restore confidence in the outcome!" the PowerPoint says.
So-called "foreign actors" had to "shift votes in traditionally Republican strongholds in order to deliver a Biden win because they could jam no more into the major cities (fraud votes)", the presentation says.
The PowerPoint then moves on to local examples of what the authors say is evidence of fraud and claim that if you count all paper ballots, then-President Donald Trump would "overwhelmingly" win.
...
The last page of the presentation from 5 January bears the headline "options for Jan 6" the day of the insurrection.
Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seats Republican electors over the objections of Democrats in states where fraud occurred," the presentation states. "VP Pence rejects the electors from states where fraud occurred causing the election to be decided by remaining electoral votes," and "VP Pence delays the decision in order to allow for a vetting and subsequent counting of the all the legal paper ballots".
Unit2Sucks said:There is no Constitutional prohibition against writing a PowerPoint presentation about how to stage a coup. In fact, the word PowerPoint appears nowhere in the Constitution.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 10, 2021
by Jonathan TurleySlides 8-15 pic.twitter.com/TuPHl7PxKM
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) December 9, 2021
Some discussion at the Independent:Quote:
The presentation bears the title "Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 Jan". The date on the title page is 5 January the day before the insurrection.
It was not immediately clear whether the PowerPoint that was reportedly leaked online in an email exchange with the ex-chief is the same one that Mr Meadows is said to have handed to the committee.
It echoes a series of false claims based on Donald Trump's so-called Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him through fraud. The defeated president and his supporters had set out a series of allegations which were subsequently discredited.
...
By removing what they call "counterfeit" votes and counting the ballots again "by hand", they would "quickly and easily find out who the elected leaders REALLY ARE and restore confidence in the outcome!" the PowerPoint says.
So-called "foreign actors" had to "shift votes in traditionally Republican strongholds in order to deliver a Biden win because they could jam no more into the major cities (fraud votes)", the presentation says.
The PowerPoint then moves on to local examples of what the authors say is evidence of fraud and claim that if you count all paper ballots, then-President Donald Trump would "overwhelmingly" win.
...
The last page of the presentation from 5 January bears the headline "options for Jan 6" the day of the insurrection.
Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seats Republican electors over the objections of Democrats in states where fraud occurred," the presentation states. "VP Pence rejects the electors from states where fraud occurred causing the election to be decided by remaining electoral votes," and "VP Pence delays the decision in order to allow for a vetting and subsequent counting of the all the legal paper ballots".
Yeah, this is all totally normal stuff to get ready for the super bowl party on Jan 6. Every administration does this. etc.
Fake News said:Told you so, long before the election. Now go drink your free trade coffee and feel superior.dajo9 said:Unit2Sucks said:There is no Constitutional prohibition against writing a PowerPoint presentation about how to stage a coup. In fact, the word PowerPoint appears nowhere in the Constitution.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 10, 2021
by Jonathan TurleySlides 8-15 pic.twitter.com/TuPHl7PxKM
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) December 9, 2021
Some discussion at the Independent:Yeah, this is all totally normal stuff to get ready for the super bowl party on Jan 6. Every administration does this. etc.Quote:
The presentation bears the title "Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 Jan". The date on the title page is 5 January the day before the insurrection.
It was not immediately clear whether the PowerPoint that was reportedly leaked online in an email exchange with the ex-chief is the same one that Mr Meadows is said to have handed to the committee.
It echoes a series of false claims based on Donald Trump's so-called Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him through fraud. The defeated president and his supporters had set out a series of allegations which were subsequently discredited.
...
By removing what they call "counterfeit" votes and counting the ballots again "by hand", they would "quickly and easily find out who the elected leaders REALLY ARE and restore confidence in the outcome!" the PowerPoint says.
So-called "foreign actors" had to "shift votes in traditionally Republican strongholds in order to deliver a Biden win because they could jam no more into the major cities (fraud votes)", the presentation says.
The PowerPoint then moves on to local examples of what the authors say is evidence of fraud and claim that if you count all paper ballots, then-President Donald Trump would "overwhelmingly" win.
...
The last page of the presentation from 5 January bears the headline "options for Jan 6" the day of the insurrection.
Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seats Republican electors over the objections of Democrats in states where fraud occurred," the presentation states. "VP Pence rejects the electors from states where fraud occurred causing the election to be decided by remaining electoral votes," and "VP Pence delays the decision in order to allow for a vetting and subsequent counting of the all the legal paper ballots".
Compare how little news this gets to the months of news on Her Emails.
I don't think our country is going to survive this era as a democracy (even given the current failings of our democracy).
I was hoping Biden would be more like Lincoln but he is looking more like Buchanan.
Also LOL at hoping he'd be like Lincoln. Were you hoping he'd declare war on the South?
EXCLUSIVE: Michigan’s top election official says she was told President Trump had suggested in a WH meeting that she be arrested for treason and executed after she refused to overturn 2020 presidential election results. https://t.co/fRHZ6DDx78
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) May 19, 2022
Probably very wise for any President or Presidential candidate, who is also a senior citizen, to avoid climbing stairs, especially in public. Stairs can be useful, but they are also fraught with peril. Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, at least, could tell you that. It is just not a good look.Unit2Sucks said:
For Bearister:
"Trump staffers sought refuge on second floor of White House as former president never climbed stairs"Quote:
Trump administration staffers sought refuge on the second floor of White House as the former president never climbed stairs, a new book claims.
The former president's aides, such as Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Miller, chose to work out of a second-floor office to ensure separation from their boss, according to Michael Wolff.
Wolff writes in the forthcoming Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency that it "meant a degree of exclusion but also protection" as "Trump would never climb the stairs (and, by the end of his term, he never had)".
An excerpt of Wolff's book was published in New York Magazine on Monday.
It is not the first time that the White House stairs have been discussed as an issue for the one-term president.
In January 2017 The Washington Post predicted that it was unlikely Mr Trump would ever go to that area of the executive mansion.
"Though Conway took over the workspace previously occupied by Valerie Jarrett, who had been Obama's closest adviser, the confidant dismissively predicted that Trump would rarely climb a flight of stairs," wrote the newspaper.
SFCityBear said:Probably very wise for any President or Presidential candidate, who is also a senior citizen, to avoid climbing stairs, especially in public. Stairs can be useful, but they are also fraught with peril. Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, at least, could tell you that. It is just not a good look.Unit2Sucks said:
For Bearister:
"Trump staffers sought refuge on second floor of White House as former president never climbed stairs"Quote:
Trump administration staffers sought refuge on the second floor of White House as the former president never climbed stairs, a new book claims.
The former president's aides, such as Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Miller, chose to work out of a second-floor office to ensure separation from their boss, according to Michael Wolff.
Wolff writes in the forthcoming Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency that it "meant a degree of exclusion but also protection" as "Trump would never climb the stairs (and, by the end of his term, he never had)".
An excerpt of Wolff's book was published in New York Magazine on Monday.
It is not the first time that the White House stairs have been discussed as an issue for the one-term president.
In January 2017 The Washington Post predicted that it was unlikely Mr Trump would ever go to that area of the executive mansion.
"Though Conway took over the workspace previously occupied by Valerie Jarrett, who had been Obama's closest adviser, the confidant dismissively predicted that Trump would rarely climb a flight of stairs," wrote the newspaper.
As Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin spent a lot of time in the Persian Gulf: 18 country visits compared to just 8 for Paulson, Geithner, and Lew combined. Some of those countries are now his private investors. Story w @ddknyt https://t.co/HmLWSo1XFx
— Kate Kelly (@katekelly) May 23, 2022
