What Shall We Make Today?

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Today’s offering is not a baked cookie at all! It does require a couple of minutes cooking on the stove, but that’s it…no baking! From the Pioneer Woman’s website…No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies.

No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar

1 stick butter

1/2 cup whole milk

2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

2 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats (quick oats works too!)

1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut, plus more for garnish*

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup chocolate-hazelnut spread (such as Nutella)**

1 tbsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. salt

*Not a fan of coconut? Stir in half a cup of chopped pecans, pistachios, or cashews for a nice nutty crunch.

**If you don’t have Nutella on hand, you can add more peanut butter.

Directions

Line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment or wax paper, and set aside.

Bring the sugar, butter, milk, and cocoa powder to a rolling boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Let boil for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring often, until mixture measures 230° on an instant read thermometer. Remove from the heat.

Stir in the oats, coconut, peanut butter, chocolate-hazelnut spread, vanilla, and salt until everything is combined.

Working quickly before the mixture sets up, drop tablespoons of the mixture onto the prepared pans, flattening slightly, if you like. Immediately sprinkle with more coconut; press gently to help the coconut stick to the cookies. Let stand at room temperature until firm, about 30 minutes. Store in an airtight container in a cool, dry place for up to 1 week—if they last that long!

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168 thoughts on “What Shall We Make Today?”

  1. Morning All!
    this recipe is on my list of things to try. I was going to make them to take to mom’s this weekend, but she asked if i could bring more zucchini bread. so that’s on my to-do list for today.
    it’s dark and gloomy out there this morning!

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    1. Morning, Pat! Yeah….still too much work for me! If I had others to feed, it would be worth it but not just for myself. Bright and sunny here and cool again – 61 when I got up but it’s up to 68 now. Tomorrow looks like it will be a rainy day but who knows around here? Wait 24 hours!!! No sign of GT this morning….

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        1. That’s how it often is with strays, which is why I don’t let myself get too attached. He will likely show up fairly soon – he’s done this before.

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      2. Ha! My BIGGEST pet peeve! See! It’s NOT just me!!! THIS is why I love my DVR…plus the fact that I can record 4 shows and watch yet another show, all at the same time. I can also rewind the current channel or put it on hold, then FF thru the commercials. For someone like me, with no life outside of my home, it truly IS a life saver!!! Imagine what a PITA I’d be w/o TV to keep me occupied at least part of the day??!!??

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          1. Oh, it sucks – I turn to news when I first get up and put it on Fox – still the best of the quasi-conservative news to get breaking news – I put it on hold immediately because they have the MOST commercials ever – up to 12 times, I have to push the CS button!!!!

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  3. DC_Draino
    @DC_Draino
    Election Fraud Action Plan:

    I just discussed this explosive Michigan election fraud scandal on Warroom with Steve Bannon and here are 2 major takeaways:

    1. We now know how Democrats rig elections from beginning to end. PACs fund leftist groups like GBI Strategies with $11M+, GBI pays foot soldiers with prepaid money cards to file fraudulent ballot registrations and use burner phones to coordinate distribution, and then they fill out those mail-in ballots and pay mules to put them in drop boxes and do 3AM vote dumps with no GOP observers

    But how do we stop it when the FBI & DOJ are corrupt?

    2. Keep the investigations and prosecutions **LOCAL**. An indictment from a local DA is just as good as an indictment from the state AG or FBI. This Michigan investigation got shut down when they brought in the FBI and Dem AG Dana Nessel. If the NYC DA can indict a former President, then local DAs can shut down these election fraud operations themselves

    We now know how Democrats rig our elections

    Time to stop them with LOCAL prosecutions

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    1. TRUMP: “Only a party that cheats in elections would make it illegal to question those elections.

      They don’t go after the people that rig the election. They only go after the people that want to find out what the hell happened.

      It’s a disgrace” pic.twitter.com/xPMS20DeeU
      — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 9, 2023

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  4. Your doctor took the bribe if he told you to get the covid19 vaccination. Here’s the schedule of the payment program. pic.twitter.com/QVVlicXjp8
    — Jack Straw (@JackStr42679640) August 9, 2023

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    1. 🔥 BREAKING: German Government confirms, there’s no data that can back up the claims that COVID-19 vaccinated people have better health outcomes!! pic.twitter.com/dm4ZKJD8uq
      — Ben M. (@USMortality) August 8, 2023

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  6. can he just fall off the planet already? the man is a MENACE

    Bill Gates Funded Research Into Genetically Engineered Cattle Ticks—Now 450,000 Americans Have Red Meat Allergies From ‘Alpha-Gal Syndrome’ Caused by Tick Bites. https://t.co/ExZM6EbOXw
    — Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) August 9, 2023

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    1. Ecuadorian right-wing Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated at a campaign rally on Wednesday.

      Fernando Villavicencio was reportedly shot in the head three times.

      A grenade was also found at the scene.

      DEVELOPING: Ecuadorian Right-Wing Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio Assassinated at Campaign Rally (VIDEO)

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  11. Citizen 817
    August 10, 2023 12:27 am

    Donald J Trump Retruthed

    @Angela73
    2d
    Matt Whitaker was the greatest acting Attorney General ever. A great man with the highest courage, who dares to be himself in the face of adversity, choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience and truth over popularity! #Trump2024 #TCD #XTeam #DT47 #PHPnews #OnlyTrump #WWG1WGA #TRUTHS #Justice

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        1. Well, IMO, I still think that would have been Jeff Sessions but most people don’t agree with me on that. IDK what went on there but he IS an honorable man – I feel that in my bones! I sometimes wonder if he didn’t just want out of the spotlight for his family’s sake….

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  12. Citizen 817
    Citizen 817
    August 10, 2023 12:28 am

    @realDonaldTrump

    16h
    Remember, these Indictments aren’t “Legit,” they were all thrown up at me, quickly an haphazardly, including the local ones, by my political opponent, Crooked Joe Biden. It’s not like the State or Country is coming down on me. It’s a dishonest politician and his gang of Thugs breaking the law in order to get re-elected. There should be OUTRAGE at this, a new LOW in American Politics. ELECTION INTERFERENCE! The good news is that the PEOPLE “get it,” and so does the Fake News!

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  13. Citizen 817
    August 10, 2023 12:28 am

    @realDonaldTrump

    16h
    THE JANUARY 6 UNSELECT COMMITTEE EXTINGUISHED AND DESTROYED ALL “EVIDENCE” & RECORDS. CRIMINALS!

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    1. Citizen 817
      August 10, 2023 12:28 am

      @realDonaldTrump

      10h
      Just found out that Crooked Joe Biden’s DOJ secretly attacked my Twitter account, making it a point not to let me know about this major “hit” on my civil rights. My Political Opponent is going CRAZY trying to infringe on my Campaign for President. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Does the First Amendment still exist? Did Deranged Jack Smith tell the Unselects to DESTROY & DELETE all evidence? These are DARK DAYS IN AMERICA!

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  17. RELEASE ALL J6 VIDEO!!

    If Democrats destroyed all the exculpatory evidence they concealed from America during their Soviet-style persecution of Trump, they should all be prosecuted.

    Benny Thompson was Chair of the Sham-J6 Committee. He should be held in contempt of Congress. pic.twitter.com/hCGSF4JwjG

    — Rep. Clay Higgins (@RepClayHiggins) August 9, 2023

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  18. Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
    @julie_kelly2
    16h • 3 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
    OMFG – Jack Smith “errantly” claimed Trump was a flight risk to convince Judge Beryl Howell to prevent Trump from knowing about the Twitter search warrant.

    BERYL HOWELL AGREED THAT TRUMP WOULD “FLEE FROM PROSECTION” so she ordered the case sealed. Image
    It is LONG overdue for House GOP to impeach DC Judge Beryl Howell. Evil unrestrained.

    I am sure this excessive and unusual fine has NOTHING to do with Elon Musk’s free speech approach, expose of the Twitter files to show Democrats/government/Big Tech collusion, and his general embrace of conservatives once purged from the site.

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1689349373539315713.html

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    1. Good Morning ☀️
      Now that’s a good game plan. Impeach her. Even if she doesn’t get convicted in the Senate it would shine a light on her continued malfeasance.

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  19. Troublemaker10
    August 10, 2023 2:54 am

    I can’t get her substack articles to open for some reason, including the article she links in tweet???

    *******
    Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
    @julie_kelly2

    NEW: J6 surveillance video shows an FBI informant embedded in the Proud Boys entered the Capitol at least 3 times, helping protesters (or assets) push down a door. He took off with a leg of furniture.

    No charges:

    Video and article linked in tweet…

    Cont thread reader app…

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1689431898878017536.html

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    2. I get her e-mail update and I initially had issues with that one opening as well. The 2nd time I tried, it worked. I posted it either here or at M’s, don’t remember which.

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  25. interesting…I haven’t watched the video

    jmp2cth
    jmp2cth
    August 10, 2023 7:22 am

    “Revealed: 35 Year Old Prophecy Says Trump Will Lead America Back To God”

    This is the headline from an article which re-tells the story of The Hermit of Loreto which was originally reported by LifeSite News in June of 2020. The story appears to be true and I found it to be fascinating.

    According to that article: In 1983, a Dr. Claude Curran met with a man named Tom Zimmer in St. Peter’s Square when John Paul II was elected pope. The WWII Veteran, Tom Zimmer who was known back then as “the Hermit of Loreto” or the “Holy Man.”

    Tom Zimmer told Dr. Curran he received a premonition that a man named Donald J Trump would bring America back to God. The prophecy as told to Dr. Curran in 1983 at St. Peter’s, was that “right now, in the United States, there’s a man who has the hand of God on him.…and God is going to use him in the future…his name is Donald Trump. He has the I.Q. of a genius. And a first-class education. And everything he approaches he attacks with blinding efficiency…his name is Donald Trump. He will ‘lead America back to God,’ according to that prophecy.

    Dr. Curran informed Tom Zimmer that the man he was speaking about was known to be a high-flying, jetsetting millioniare who dated models. “No, Claude,” Zimmer said, “I’m telling you, the hand of God is on him, and God is going to use him in the future.”

    That encounter was explained in an 8 minute video made in 1997 by a Catholic priest, Fr. Giacomo Capoverde, and went viral with over a half a million views.

    In 2016, Donald Trump was elected POTUS…

    These are the links to the two articles, both of which contain a link to the video made by the priest, and a link to the YouTube video itself:

    PolitiCrossing https://politicrossing.com/revealed-35-year-old-prophecy-says-trump-will-lead-america-back-to-god/

    LifeSte News https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/president-trump-will-lead-america-back-to-god-according-to-prediction-from-1980/

    YouTube Video

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  28. I just approved 2 of Val’s comments that were in pending but I’m not sure what day they were initially posted, Pat – I’ve not checked the bin for several days….

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    1. thanks! my wp account is wonky again. i got a narrow bar running down the left side of the screen with icons but no notifications or numbers to direct my attention

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  30. “Looks like Trump is going to get indicted again today…”

    “Yep! It’s a big club, and you are happy not to be in it… Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Ghislaine Maxwell’s house…

    “At least 36 people have died in the Lahaina fire in Hawaii, Maui County wrote in a statement posted to the county website Wednesday evening. Wildfires, whipped by strong winds from Hurricane Dora passing far to the south, took the island of Maui by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking piles of rubble where historic buildings had stood. Flames roared throughout the night, forcing adults and children to dive into the ocean for safety…”

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    1. oh for sure…indictment in GA
      i didn’t realize wildfires were a major threat in hawaii…on obummer’s island???? or just the peasants’ islands?

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      1. It was the vacation island of Maui – combo of recent drought, with hurricane to the south of the big island which caused winds upwards to 70 MPF at times that spread the flames even more. Or so they say….

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  31. “2016-X files predicts a gene-altering, immune suppressing serum injected into the population via vaccine…” NF: I really used to enjoy the X Files when it first started.

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        1. oh man Filly.
          if it were Nebraska? I’d come help you kick some ass…but CA? maybe I’ll just hope harder that nature course corrects and it falls into the sea…

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          1. I wouldn’t at all put it past Omaha to have something like that secreted away somewhere. There be some REALLY bad neighborhoods there!

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              1. Well, I’ve only been to Philly once and that was very late at night in a drug-induced haze but along the lines of areas of NYC, that I can say…

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  32. 25 FREAKING BILLION MORE??????????????????????????????
    greedy sobs, aren’t they? and i ain’t just talking ukriane

    Belle
    Belle
    August 10, 2023 9:38 am

    Biden is planning to ask Congress for another $25 billion for Ukraine…..a portion of which is for weapons. So, he’s really asking for more subsidies for Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Northrup Grumman – ultimately BlackRock.

    All from tax dollars or money printing to cause more inflation.
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    Reply
    The Gipper Lives
    The Gipper Lives
    August 10, 2023 10:20 am
    Reply to Belle

    Biden is planning to ask Congress for another $25 billion for Ukraine…..a tiny portion of which is for Ukraine.

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  34. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66436797
    Our Take: “I had the opportunity to listen into an X-space on Wednesday with a guest speaker @lepanafrican that claimed to be a citizen of Niger. Now, I don’t know if the guy was legit, and every communication channel is filled with disinformation, including X. But the conversation harmonized with the populist frequency of the moment.

    In an exasperated moment, he said, ‘This idea that Bazoum is a hostage … he is a puppet! … It’s not just Niger! This is everywhere in Africa! … We have to end with puppet leaders in Africa!’

    The western establishment is fully on board with the Wagner coup narrative, but the western establishment lies about everything. If the people of Africa are rising up against puppet leaders, I certainly stand with them. It’s time to end the reign of the global governors and allow the people — all the people of all the nations of all the world — to reclaim their sovereignty and their lands.

    ‘Enough is enough. We want presidents that serve the interests of the people… No more puppet in West Africa.’ Let’s go.” — Ashe in America

    Another Take: “One of my personal rules of thumb when it comes to an initial vibe check regarding alleged coups is to suss out who is backing whom.

    When looking into the Niger Coup, even the Wikipedia page makes some humorous determinations that tell us more at first blush than usual. Backing the deposed government? The European Union and the United Nations, as well as the Deep State Department. Backing the coup? Russia and the Wagner Group. Oh … and look at those very serious body counts thus far.” — Burning Bright

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  35. https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/kenya-kicks-eye-scanning-worldcoin-curb-refuses-become-data-harvesting-guinea-pigs
    Our Take: “‘… how the harvesters intend to use the data…’

    It’s all about the data. The digital revolution — the bringing online of every aspect of our existence — is about tracking. Having transactional data on humanity allows you to intimately understand the patterns of behavior — and predict the future. Data means control. It’s all about the data.

    Africa is coming into focus in a big way this month, with the Niger revolution illuminating western interests in the region, and the people of Kenya now rejecting the global surveillance state. Let’s hope the trend continues. It’s up to the people of every nation to put a stop to the globalist agenda.” — Ashe in America

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  36. NF: I’m in the third group: “it doesn’t matter if there’s a plan”

    “Tom Renz | Plan or Not Keep Fighting”
    TOM RENZ
    AUG 10, 2023
    (VIDEO)
    “The Biden Family corruption saga continues in the headlines today. Just the News published a great article, “Silk Road Paved with Cash: Court records confirm millions flowed to Biden family from China,” that ties into Hunter Biden’s plea deal, and it lays out several important facts. I want to focus on one of the paragraphs from the plea deal:

    “During calendar year 2017, Biden earned substantial income, including: just under $1 million from a company he formed with CEO of a Chinese business conglomerate; $666,666 from his domestic business interests; approximately $664,000 from a Chinese infrastructure investment company; $500,000 in director’s fees from a Ukrainian energy company; $70,000 relating to Romanian business; and $48,000 from the multi-national law firm.”

    None of this was influence peddling folks, he’s just that brilliant of an executive, because when you think of learned lawyers you think of Hunter Biden. The most learned lawyers I know frequently have pictures of themselves snorting coke off of hookers butts. Of course none of these Chinese infrastructure companies had anything to do with the CCP, they were just clean and pure as the wind driven snow. The point is the corruption from the Biden administration is mind blowing and at a level we’ve never seen in this country. Biden was selling out entirely to a foreign enemy.

    Meanwhile we have the persecution of Donald Trump. Look at Alan Dershowitz and his commentary on Jack Smith. Dershowitz is by no means a Trump fan, we are clearly on different sides of the political spectrum but I admire him for the way he looks at the law. Law is impartial, it’s blind, that’s the way it has to be. He knows these are garbage indictments and he and I agree on this. The Jack Smith indictment in my mind was both prosecutorial misconduct and illegal and I hope Trump sues him personally.

    We’ve got a group of people who are Trump supporters that say “trust the plan, he’s playing 12D chess,” etc. I’ve said frequently that I don’t have any evidence of it, I’m not saying it isn’t happening, it certainly could be happening without my knowledge. Regardless, ‘we the people’ need to do everything we can to fight for our freedom. I don’t care if Trump has been playing 12D chess this entire time and he wins everything tomorrow, ‘we the people’ still need to fight. The only reason we are in this situation is because we sat on our hands too long and let our freedoms be stolen by a corrupt government.

    Within the patriot movement we have people who say, “trust the plan,” others who say, “there is no plan,” and those who say, “it doesn’t matter if there’s a plan.” I’m in the third group, I don’t think it matters if there’s a plan, either way we are responsible for fighting as hard as we can. This government is our government, and they don’t act like they are our government because we have failed to hold our government responsible. I hope Trump has a super secret plan and is going to save us all, I want to caution you against complacency. If we don’t wake up from this then it’s all for nothing.

    Sources and much more stuff:”

    https://tomrenz.substack.com/p/tom-renz-plan-or-not-keep-fighting

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  44. Wyoming’s Big Boy 4014 Locomotive Rescues Freight Train Stuck In Nebraska

    “Still Has The Muscle:

    The rescue was captured on video by YouTuber Otto the Railfan, and in just over 12 minutes you can watch Big Boy 4014 creep up behind the freight train, hook on, then power up as it begins to push.
    Gleaming black and looking sleek, Big Boy was actually working for the first time in more than six decades, and it appears the engineers were having as much fun as those looking on.

    The video then cuts to a railroad crossing, where an eclectic mix of rusted railcars, some with colorful graffiti, trundle by until Big Boy 4014 comes into view, it’s telltale 1940s steam engine chug-a-chugging unlike any that have likely crossed those tracks for decades, a strong white plume of steam spouting from the back of the locomotive.

    After about 20 minutes, the freight train was able to pull away and finish the route on its own and Big Boy 4014 resumed its trip back to its home base in Cheyenne, UP says, adding that, “Big Boy was in the right place at the right time to help keep our network open.” https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/07/10/wyomings-big-boy-4014-locomotive-rescues-freight-train-stuck-in-nebraska/

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  45. Bennie Monorail, Glasgow, Scotland.



    One of last weeks cog railways picture of a cog track maintenance cars derailing in Switzerland.

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  49. WTF??????????????????? $40,000 a year and getting everything for free from the gov’t as an illegal? and paying NO TAXES.
    FTA
    A migrant from Venezuela told The New York Post that he was enjoying his stay at a “migrant hotel” at the McCarren Play Center in New York City just days after Mayor Eric Adams called for a state of emergency over the migrant crisis.

    “They treat us very well,” 39-year-old Miguel Mujica told the Post. “There’s nothing they stop us from doing.”

    “I brought my wife and children to the pool on Sunday, and there was no problem,” Mujica said. “We all swam between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.,” Mujica said, adding, “It’s a very nice pool.”

    The Post reported that Mujica came to the U.S. with his family by crossing “the southern border into Texas.” New York City was ideal because “this is where the shelters are,” Mujica explained.

    The migrant told the Post that “he earns between $700 and 800 a week, or what would amount to a roughly $40,000 annual cash salary — untaxed” by “working under the table doing demolition and construction.”

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/migrants-tout-nice-pool-hot-food-new-york-city-park-converted-shelter-report

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    1. Meanwhile, how many American parents are just struggling to keep their heads above water??? Scumbag POS! But it must be acknowledged – they were invited! And there is a grain of truth in the statement that Americans just don’t want to work any more – why should they, when the government is all too often paying THEIR way too??? Cloward-Piven in all it’s glory!

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      1. well hell…how many would work, getting everything for free, ON TOP OF working for $40,000 with NO TAXES????????????
        no mortgage, free healthcare, free food, entrance to pool facilities for free…
        life of frickin luxury!!

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  50. techno fog does an article on dc judge’s prejudice…
    entire article
    Trump’s DC Judge – Evidence of Bias
    Judge Tanya Chutkan’s unfairly harsh treatment of Defendant Trump
    Techno Fog
    Aug 10, 2023

    This past week, the Government submitted a proposed protective order in its DC case against Donald Trump. It was broad, proposing the Court restrict Trump’s ability to communicate any exculpatory evidence to the broader public during the 2024 election: all materials provided by the Government could only be used by Trump and his attorneys “solely in connection with the defense of this case, and for no other purpose.”

    That request was made to Obama-nominated District of Columbia Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversees Trump’s DC case. For context, that case undoubtedly involves hundreds of witnesses, terabytes of information, and millions of pages of documents. Typically, Judge Chutkan would allow for at least one week for Trump’s team to file a response. (the Court’s local rules allow 14 days to respond to motions). How do we know that? Because we went through Judge Chutkan’s other cases where a protective order was disputed – more on that below.

    Curiously, however, Judge Chutkan decided to demand an expedited briefing and hearing schedule – against the reasonable requests of Trump’s attorneys, who requested just a little bit extra time. Here’s the timeline:

    August 4, 2023: Special Counsel Smith files his motion for protective order.

    August 5, 2023: Trump is ordered to file his response to the motion for protective order by 5:00 on Monday, August 7, 2023.

    August 5, 2023: Trump’s lawyers file a motion to revise the briefing schedule on the government’s motion for protective order, seeking only three extra days – a deadline of August 10. This is under the timeframe discussed in the Court’s local rules, which allow for 14 days to respond to motions.)

    August 5, 2023: Judge Chutkan denies Trump’s requested extension.

    August 7, 2023: Trump’s lawyers file their response to the government’s proposed protective order. Judge Chutkan demands dates and times for a hearing on the protective order, which she orders to take place by August 11, 2023.

    August 8, 2023: Trump and the Special Counsel file their joint notice. Special Counsel says it is available “at any time on August 9, 10, or 11.” Trump requests a setting on Monday or Tuesday (August 14 or 15) where both of Trump’s lawyers can be present. A very reasonable request.

    August 8, 2023: Judge Chutkan denies Trump’s request and sets the protective order hearing for August 11, 2023 – exactly one week after the protective order was filed by Special Counsel Smith.

    That’s a quick timeline in any case. The hearing is set a week after Special Counsel Smith filed the motion for protective order. Judge Chutkan only gave Trump’s lawyers two days to respond to that motion – with one of those days being a Sunday. But in a case where the next election might be at stake, it’s unfairly quick, a timeline that Trump’s lawyers observed were “inconsistent with his due process rights.”

    Judge Chutkan’s history suggests that she is specifically targeting Trump, treating him worse than other defendants who have faced disputes over protective orders. Let me show you.

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    Back in 2018, the US Government prosecuted Maria Butina for acting as an agent of Russia without notifying the Attorney General (and for conspiracy to act as a Russian agent). Butina had a much less complicated case as opposed to Trump’s.

    Judge Chutkan presided over Butina’s case. The protective order deadlines and hearing dates were much less abbreviated – and much more fair to the defendant. Here they are:

    August 8, 2018: Government deadline to file proposed protective order.

    August 15, 2018: Butina’s deadline to file objections to the protective order.

    September 10, 2018: Status conference to discuss the protective order.

    Then there’s the case of DC drug dealer Jeremy Lorenzo Stevenson, which Judge Chutkan also oversaw. He was charged with distributing over five grams of meth. The Government sought a protective order in his case as well – and Judge Chutkan made sure the meth dealer had plenty of time to respond.

    June 18, 2019: Government files its motion for protective order.

    June 25, 2019: Deadline for Stevenson to respond to the motion for protective order.

    July 2, 2019: Status conference to discuss the protective order.

    Finally, there’s the case of Brandon James Miller, charged with disorderly conduct and for entering restricted grounds at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Judge Chutkan ordered briefing on the government’s proposed protective order and gave the following dates:

    April 23, 2021: Government’s deadline to file its motion for protective order and brief in support.

    April 30, 2021: Defendants’ deadline to file their opposition.

    May 5, 2021: Government’s reply deadline.

    May 26, 2021: Hearing held on the protective order.

    As you can see, when the scope of a protective order is disputed, Judge Chutkan typically sets out a reasonable schedule and allows for a defendant to have one week to respond to the government’s proposed protective order. It’s also her standard practice to conduct a hearing on the protective order weeks after it is submitted.

    But in Trump’s case, Judge Chutkan trashed her standard practices were discarded. It’s unfair to any defendant – but especially unfair in a case where the terms of the Government’s protective order will prohibit both Trump’s ability to defend himself in public during a presidential campaign and his ability to file “sensitive materials” on the public docket.

    You want evidence of bias? There it is.

    https://technofog.substack.com/p/trumps-dc-judge-evidence-of-bias

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