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In July of 1862, Congress established the Internal Revenue Service.  I found an article from 2017 about “quirky” facts about the agency on LISTVERSE:

10 Quirky Facts About The IRS

Another April 15 has just gone by. People who have filed their taxes can heave a sigh of relief while they await any tax refunds. People who have yet to file their taxes and haven’t requested an extension may be too late to avoid the interest and late payment penalties of the IRS.

However, there is more to the IRS than simply collecting taxes. They do some quirky things. As you’re about to find out, the agency is more interesting than it looks.

10 The IRS Uses Outdated Computers To Process Your Taxes

The IRS oversees one of the major revenue streams of the US government. So it is very surprising that the computers it uses to process our taxes are not up-to-date. They were made in the 1950s and still use magnetic tapes to store information. Decades ago, every American manually filed their taxes. It was often time-consuming for IRS staff to cross-check for fraud and errors. This changed in the 1950s when the IRS contracted with IBM to develop the Individual Master File (IMF) computer software to hasten the tax process.

The software could automatically detect the differences between the incomes reported by employers and declared by employees. It also automatically compared current and previous tax payments to detect evaders. If that was not enough, it automatically issued letters to taxpayers who were determined to be underreporting their taxable income. However, IMF is outdated. It was written in assembly programming language, which is not popular today. In fact, the IRS has more problems recruiting programmers to maintain the code with each passing year. The IRS has suggested replacing IMF with Customer Account Data Engine, but it has yet to do so.

9 The IRS Only Offers One-Year Deductions And Credits For Kidnapped Children

For the 2018 tax year, the IRS raised the standard deduction and eliminated personal exemption deductions for dependents, such as children. Before that, however, the IRS had elaborate tax exemption rules for the parents of kidnapped children. The IRS only allowed tax deductions for a child kidnapped by someone other than a family member. The child must have lived with the parent or guardian claiming the deduction for half the year during which the youngster was kidnapped. (For tax year 2018, this rule still applies if you want to claim an earned income tax credit.)

The parent or guardian was only eligible for a personal exemption deduction for the kidnapped child for the remainder of the year and not even a day after. The IRS said that it could not allow tax deductions after the year of abduction because parents could only claim personal exemption deductions for the youngster if they provided half of the child’s upkeep.

Interestingly, the kidnapper—even if he was a family member—could not legally claim a tax deduction for the upkeep of the child, either, because the kidnapper had the child illegally.

8 The IRS Made Seven Million American Children Disappear In 1987

The IRS has not always required parents to list the social security numbers of their children on tax returns. Many parents exploited the loophole and listed nonexistent children as dependents. It was almost impossible for the IRS to detect or even confirm whether the children really existed.

This changed in 1987 when the IRS demanded that parents list the social security numbers of any dependents who were at least five years old. The rule came into force in 1987 when US parents listed 70 million children as dependents. Curiously, they had declared 77 million children as dependents a year earlier. Where did the seven million children go?

7 The Church Of Scientology Allegedly Blackmailed The IRS To Become Tax-Exempt

The Church of Scientology does not pay taxes to the US government even though it has some profitable sources of income. The IRS claimed that the church made $300 million a year in the early 1990s. It probably makes much more now. Interestingly, the Church of Scientology paid taxes to the US government for 25 years until the IRS suddenly declared it a tax-free enterprise in October 1993. Before then, the IRS and the church had been engaged in a long legal battle over the church’s tax status.

The church declared that it was not a taxable entity because it was a church. The IRS insisted that it was actually a business and its income was taxable. However, the church continued to pay the taxes because every court considered it a business—until the IRS suddenly backtracked in 1993. The IRS has never revealed the reason for its surprising change of mind. It was later revealed that the Church of Scientology was granted tax-exempt status after it allegedly launched an elaborate blackmail attempt against several key IRS staff members. Supposedly, the Church of Scientology hired private investigators to gather dirt about IRS officials and their businesses. It may have also secretly funded some anti-IRS organizations.

In 1991, David Miscavige, the leader of the church, met with Fred T. Goldberg Jr., then the commissioner of the IRS, and offered to abandon several lawsuits the church was filing against the IRS in exchange for tax-exempt status. However, neither Goldberg nor Miscavige have confirmed that this is true.

The church stated that the meeting was impromptu and denied that its private investigators had something to do with it. The IRS still refused to release the information about the meeting even after The New York Times invoked the Freedom of Information Act.

6 The IRS Has An Elaborate Plan To Resume Tax Collection A Month After A Nuclear War

The IRS is so hell-bent on collecting taxes from US citizens, residents, and businesses that it has even outlined how to do so after a nuclear Armageddon. As reported in 1989, the IRS updated its employee manual with information detailing the agency’s response to a nuclear war. This was during the Cold War, so the fear of a nuclear apocalypse was somewhat understandable. According to the manual, the IRS will resume tax collection within 30 days of a nuclear attack. Considering the chaos, every staff member will focus on this important job despite their position. Tax collection efforts will be concentrated on areas that produce the most taxes. The manual also mentioned that staff will focus on collecting current taxes because the widespread destruction could make it challenging to recover previously owed taxes.

5 A Commissioner Of The IRS Was Convicted For Tax Fraud

The commissioner of the IRS is the agency’s head. He is supposed to be the most upright about tax matters, but that may not always be so. Decades ago, Joseph D. Nunan Jr., the IRS commissioner from 1944 to 1947, was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay a $15,000 fine for tax fraud.  Nunan’s problems began in March 1933 when he withdrew large sums from his bank (over concerns that the bank would collapse) and kept the money in his home. This money couldn’t be tracked. When he later deposited money in other banks, it was unclear if he was depositing new income or these previously withdrawn funds. In 1948, he also won a $1,800 bet after correctly predicting that Harry S. Truman would defeat Thomas E. Dewey in that year’s presidential election.

On tax returns from 1946 to 1950, Nunan also hid a series of fees he received for legal services he offered through his firm. He neither declared nor paid taxes on this income. The IRS believed that he dodged paying $90,000 in taxes over five years. Nunan desperately tried to avoid jail time after he was exposed. He claimed that the monies were nontaxable even though they were. He also denied that he was an expert in tax matters even though he was. He stated that he only got the IRS job because of politics.

4 The IRS Taxes Proceeds From Crime

The IRS requires US citizens, residents, and businesses to pay taxes on the proceeds of crime. Bribes, kickbacks, and other monies generated from illegal activities, including theft and illegal drug sales, are considered taxable income. The IRS also demands that thieves who steal taxable nonmonetary items pay the appropriate tax based on the “fair market value” of the stolen item. Thieves are only exempted from paying the tax if they return the snatched item to the owner in the year it was stolen. Ordinarily, a tax on illegal income would have gone afoul of the Fifth Amendment, which protects criminals from incriminating themselves. However, the IRS has this covered. Criminals are allowed to pay their taxes without listing the source of the income. An illegal drug dealer could just list himself as “self-employed.”

3 The IRS Has An Armed Division

The IRS Criminal Investigation Division is the armed department of the agency. Workers in the department call themselves “special agents,” the same title used by FBI agents. IRS special agents use a wide array of weapons, including machine guns. As of 2017, it was reported that the IRS Criminal Investigation Division had 4,487 guns and over five million rounds of ammunition. The IRS only maintains the arsenal to provide its agents with the required weapons when executing search warrants and arresting suspected tax evaders. However, it seems that IRS special agents do not get to shoot their guns often. Between 2009 and 2011, it was determined that the IRS special agents accidentally fired their weapons a total of 11 times, which is more than the number of times they intentionally fired their weapons.

2 The IRS Maintains A List Of Violent Taxpayers

Not everyone likes paying taxes. Some citizens even oppose these payments and may become violent when the IRS comes knocking on their doors. Violence against the IRS rose sharply in the 1970s when radical citizens opposed to taxation started targeting IRS staff members and offices in what would be considered acts of terrorism. Citizens opposing taxation have attacked or kidnapped IRS agents. Some people who owe taxes have even hired assassins to get rid of IRS staff members. Others have shot at or just driven vehicles into IRS offices. There have also been a series of failed attempts to blow up or burn down IRS offices.

In 1991, the IRS submitted a list of people it considered “potentially dangerous taxpayers” to the police and other law enforcement agencies. However, attacks against the IRS continued. The attacks reached their peak in 2010 when Joe Stack flew an airplane into the IRS office in Austin, Texas. Stack and an IRS agent were killed. Thirteen other people were injured. This was the deadliest attack against the IRS.

1 The IRS Has An Entire Page Dedicated To Tax Quotes

The IRS dedicates an entire page on its website to publishing tax quotes. The quotes seem to be directed at encouraging people to pay their taxes. There are quotes like “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society” by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., “The power of taxing people and their property is essential to the very existence of government” by President James Madison, and “Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten” by Lord Bramwell.

There are also quirky tax quotes like “I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is—I could be just as proud for half the money” by Arthur Godfrey, “Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form” by Laurence J. Peter, and “Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund” by F.J. Raymond.

Other tax quotes are “People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women,” which was credited to an unknown author, “The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale” by Arthur C. Clarke, and “Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf” by Will Rogers.  However, for some reason, the IRS left out the best tax quote of all: “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” by Benjamin Franklin.

SOURCE:  LISTVERSE

by Oliver Taylor

fact checked by Jamie Frater

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  1. Morning All!
    cool (50*) and cloudy here this morning. Been praying for the safety of all patriots–but especially Dr Navarro, Bannon and President Trump. this regime is evil and determined not to relinquish power. we’ll see how soon they abandon the maggot and who they will anoint next.

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    1. Morning, Pat! Cloudy and windy again here, 66 at the moment. Looks like it’s going to start raining any minute. No Wheezer last night. Interesting stuff about the IRS. I’ll admit it….I committed tax fraud one time and one time only. And that’s all I’ll say about that! LOL

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            1. No, thank you – of course, I’m more partial to word games or pictures. Math is crucial in the mechanical engineering world and, having scored highest in Mechanical Reasoning, you would think it would come easier for me. But what I enjoy is the aspect of making it all fit together. Kind of like a redneck inventor! LOL

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              1. I remember taking the JETS test in high school. junior engineering something something. i did so well, i was offered an engineering scholarship. i declined–the guidance counselor asked me why i took the test? I said a) i wanted to see if i had an aptitude and b) i wanted to see if i had any interest. the answers? yes and NO…lol

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    1. Just The News: “The world’s largest seller of tractors and crop harvesters, John Deere, has announced more layoffs at their Midwest factory locations. The company announced on Friday that they will be laying off around 610 people on their production staff from plants in Illinois and Iowa. They said their jobs will end by the end of summer.

      While the company made a profit last year of over $10 billion, they say the layoffs are being made because there is a reduction in demand for the products made at these factories, according to Fox Business.  

      “We can confirm Deere leadership recently communicated that rising operational costs and declining market demand requires enterprise-wide changes in how work gets done to achieve our goals and best position the company for the future,” a statement from John Deere reads.

      The employees who are being let go will be offered Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) that will amount to about 95% of their weekly net pay for up to 26 weeks, depending on how long they have been employed there. They will also being given profit-sharing options and health benefits. 

      Earlier this month, the company announced it is moving some manufacturing from its Dubuque, Iowa, facility to Mexico by the end of 2026.”

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      1. so if demand is down why are they moving to Mexico? in reality, if demand decreases, companies close divisions or layoff employees till demand increases. they are moving because they got lucrative incentives which would increase profits…and $10 BILLION is nothing to sneeze at the greedy bastards.
        f it’s a product line that is being curtailed–retool the facility and produce what IS in demand. they make no sense.

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        1. That was then, this is now, after corporations like BlackRock, started consolidating their control and reach via the state-authorized gambling agency, the Stock Exchange/Market.

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  11. For those who don’t understand what Chevron Deference is, and why SCOTUS ended it, here’s the long and short of it:

    A family fishing company, Loper Bright Enterprises, was being driven out of business, because they couldn’t afford the $700 per day they were being charged by the National Marine Fisheries Service to monitor their company.

    The thing is, federal law doesn’t authorize NMFS to charge businesses for this. They just decided to start doing it in 2013.

    Why did they think they could away with just charging people without any legal authorization?

    Because in 1984, in the Chevron decision, the Supreme Court decided that regulatory agencies were the “experts” in their field, and the courts should just defer to their “interpretation” of the law.

    So for the past 40 years, federal agencies have been able to “interpret” laws to mean whatever they want, and the courts had to just go with it.

    It was called Chevron Deference, and it put bureaucrats in charge of the country.

    It’s how the OHSA was able to decide that everyone who worked for a large company had to get the jab, or be fired.

    No law gave them that authority, they just made it up.

    It’s how the ATF was able to decide a piece of plastic was a “machine gun”.

    It’s how the NCRS was able to decide that a small puddle was a “protected wetlands”.

    It’s how out-of-control agencies have been able to create rules out of thin air, and force you to comply, and the courts had to simply defer to them, because they were the “experts”.

    Imagine if your local police could just arrest you, for any reason, and no judge or jury was allowed to determine if you’d actually committed a crime or not. Just off to jail you go.

    That’s what Chevron Deference was.

    It was not only blatantly unconstitutional, it caused immeasurable harm to everyone.

    Thankfully, it’s now gone.

    We haven’t even begun to feel the effects of this decision in the courts. It will be used, for years to come, to roll back federal agencies, and we’ll all be better of for it.

    And that’s why politicians and corporate media are freaking out about it.

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  14. “The US Swine Flu Epidemic That Wasn’t — Why Did the CDC Hide the True Case Numbers?”

    SHARYL ATTKISSON, JUL 01, 2024

    EXCERPT: “In July of 2009, amid the national swine flu panic stoked by the CDC, I got two tips from insiders: the CDC had instructed hospitals and states to stop testing for swine flu! Doctors were to presume that any patients who came in with flu-like symptoms had swine flu, or H1N1, and treat them as such without testing them to confirm it.

    How strange! both of my sources told me, separately. I had to agree. Why would the CDC not want to collect the best data possible during an outbreak that the agency implied could bring America to its knees? The CDC had already green lighted emergency development and approval of what could be a very lucrative swine flu vaccine.

    The CDC’s official rationale for stopping tests was that swine flu had supposedly become so widespread, it was reasonable to save money on tests and just assume everyone who caught something that looked like any sort of flu had the H1N1 variety.

    My sources were suspicious. I remember the words of one of them—a government scientist. He told me, “CDC is either trying to inflate the number of swine flu cases or downplay the number. Your job is to figure out which it is.”

    I was stunned by what I discovered. And a CBS News manager short-circuited the resulting story to keep it off of the Evening News.

    It took a lot of time and effort to get the facts of the matter.

    The CDC made sure to obstruct my efforts. It’s a perfect example of how federal officials have perverted Freedom of Information (FOI) law into a tool to delay and obstruct the release of public information rather than facilitate it.

    I asked to see swine flu test results that all 50 states had sent in to the CDC prior to the agency calling a halt to testing. That would tell me if the tests showed a ton of swine flu, as CDC had claimed, or not.

    We own the information and CDC collects the data on our behalf. We pay the salaries of the officials and bureaucrats doing the gathering. However, instead of providing the material, which was readily at hand, the agency insisted I had to file a formal FOI request and go to the end of a loooong line to wait for an answer. I’ve waited more than 10 years to gets answers to some of my FOIs…”

    https://sharylattkisson.substack.com/p/the-us-swine-flu-epidemic-that-wasnt

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  15. Just The News: “There is a growing concern among the top leaders of the Democratic Party over what they can and should do about Joe Biden and his campaign following the widely panned debate performance on CNN Thursday.

    DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison and Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez hosted a conference call on Saturday with some of the most influential members of the party, including dozens of committee members across the country, according to The Associated Press.

    Many of the committee members, who spoke off the record to the AP, said they felt like they were being gaslighted. They said that Biden’s debate performance was largely ignored, including the predicament that created for the party. They said the call may have increased the “widespread sense of panic among elected officials, donors and other stakeholders.”

    One who spoke on the record was Joe Salazar, an elected DNC member from Colorado: “I was hoping for more of a substantive conversation instead of, ‘Hey, let’s go out there and just be cheerleaders,’ without actually addressing a very serious issue that unfolded on American television for millions of people to see,” said Salazar. “There were a number of things that could have been said in addressing the situation. But we didn’t get that. We were being gaslit.”

    DNC Chairman Harrison downplayed the significance of the conference call later on MSNBC. He said it was part of a regularly scheduled communication “to talk about the state of the race” and the upcoming convention with many of the DNC’s elected members.

    Also on Saturday, former Obama White House adviser David Axelrod said that the time had passed when it was appropriate to have this discussion, according to The Hill.  

    “Reality check: @JoeBiden is the nominee of the Democratic Party, nominated by voters in primaries across the country,” Axelrod wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Unless the @POTUS, himself, decides to quit — which he won’t — that issue is settled.”

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  16. And here comes the rain…..it’s a real downpour!!! Wheezer snuck in and ate a bit while I was posting stuff.

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      1. Altho I’m sitting less than 8 feet from the door, she is basically the same color as the door mat so her movement doesn’t catch my eye. And it is really dark with the clouds and rain, temp down to 62 now. At least the wind isn’t so bad that I have to worry about taking down the plants/feeders.

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          1. Yeah, I watch for it but she isn’t shaking her head a lot or continuously scratching so she appears to be good. Oh, I’m sure there are some, being outside, but she manages to keep it under control.

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          2. Little Man was the one who had the bad ear mites – he scratched so much, he had a bloody scratch underneath one ear.

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  17. https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-debate-post-raises-eyebrows-1919060

    Our Take: If the theories are true, then Barack Obama and his people are running things — including the campaign and debate prep. Let’s consider their strategic choices for the first debate.

    The Biden campaign spent 7+ days prepping Joe at Camp David. Based on Biden’s performance, they made an unforgivable miscalculation. Those responsible for preparing the stumbly wumbly in chief expected 2016-2020 debate Trump — a sarcastic (and hilarious) attack dog, going hard after Biden’s feebleness and myriad scandals.

    They prepped that old prop, for more than a week, to play the role of victim. They would explain away his sundowning by making him appear sympathetic when compared to a mean and nasty Trump.

    It was obvious they built their debate plan, as well as the post debate coverage and talking points, to capitalize on horrible Donald Trump, attacking grandpa Joe. Consider the post debate analysis. The planned talking points were: (1) Trump is a convicted felon, (2) Trump is mean and nasty, and (3) Trump lies.

    Biden spent 7 days prepping for the mainstream narrative version of Trump. That is why, for the non-demented people who prepped scrotus, this miscalculation is unforgivable.

    The mainstream narrative of Trump has always been a fabrication. They believed their own press and, thus, made fatal errors in preparing for a debate that was, structurally, set up for them to win. Trump obviously anticipated this, and so Team Biden prepared their fragile and feeble puppet for an event that wouldn’t be.

    President Trump was restrained and respectful. He followed the rules, which were set up to favor Biden — they were his demands. Ironically, the only candidate shouting while the mic was off was Biden. More importantly, Trump allowed Biden to speak. They didn’t expect that. They didn’t appropriately prep for that.

    The chaos and fallout have been hilarious, but more people need to be mocking the 7+ day prep team for their strategic failures, pointing out how devastatingly out-maneuvered they were on debate night.

    How embarrassing.” — Ashe in America

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  18. got the second load of laundry in the dryer, got a homemade chocolate cake in the oven, brewed a fresh batch of iced tea and cleaned up the kitchen.
    the sun is peeking out now and then, but the winds are really unusual!

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        1. I do recall you saying that! LOL – equally important in the overall scheme of things! Yeah, I was a housewife but only under duress, because it was required when you are married. And it was never enough for me.

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  19. “CANINE HERO: Delta Force Vet Dog “Conan” Laid to Rest”

    Anjeli Webb and Jeanelle Wu, November 9, 2023

    “The dog, recognized for saving the lives of American Soldiers in Syria in 2019 and being honored by the President, has passed away after a battle with cancer and injuries sustained during service. 

    “Conan” was a US Army Special Operations military working dog who had served in 50 combat missions before the siege that resulted in the death of the leader of the terrorist group ISIS. The raid—known as “Operation Kayla Mueller”—started at around 5 pm local time on October 26th, 2019, in Barisha, Idlib Governorate, Syria, intending to isolate and capture the ISIS Caliph.

    The target, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was a US State Department Specially Designated Global Terrorist with a $10 million bounty, “responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians in the Middle East, including the brutal murder of numerous civilian hostages from Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States” according to Department of State-run program Rewards for Justice.

    Baghdadi was the first caliph (a person considered a political-religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire Muslim world) of the Islamic State, with allegiances to Al-Qaeda, Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC), Islamic State of Iraq, and Islamic State (Jihadist and Islamist terror group and quasi-state, ISIS). 

    Conan and the rest of the special task force “Task Force 8-14,” named after Mueller’s birthday, boarded MH-47 Chinooks and MH-60L/M Black Hawks and were dropped off at the target location. Simultaneously, Baghdadi (clad in a suicide vest and using his family as human shields) tried to escape through an underground tunnel. On the way in, Conan was exposed to an electrical trap set through the water in the tunnel and took the brunt of the shock to alert his unit of danger. This heroic action saved the lives of his handlers, but it severely injured him.

    Being cornered by Conan and the Americans, Baghdadi pulled the trigger and killed both himself and five members of his family. As a result, American Intelligence was able to obtain valuable information on ISIS and other terrorist groups in the region. Due to his heroism during the raid, Conan was awarded a special, one-of-a-kind medal akin to the human Medal of Honor by then-President Donald Trump.

    From the start, nature and nurture were factors in why Conan became the reliable, brave military dog he was. Being a Belgian Malinois, Conan was of ideal size and had unmatched athleticism. The military often seeks out Belgian Malinois for their known trainability, ability to work under stress, and past excellence as performance dogs, all traits that Conan exemplified during his training and on missions.

    After “Conan was selected as a Military Working dog, [he] made it through a very rigorous training regimen to be selected for the special operations community.” Conan’s training prepared him for this journey. While being trained, he would be “searching for explosives in different environments, searching for bad guys, jumping out of airplanes or accompanying his handler on the shooting range.” 

    During his time in training and as a military dog, Conan belonged to the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Military Working Dog program and was attached to the Delta Force (a special operations force of the US Army controlled by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) (CNBC). Although the results of Conan’s missions are strictly classified, Conan’s handler reveals that he “started working with Conan in 2015. He deployed four times with me to multiple countries in the Middle East.” Training him “every day at work for our mission overseas,” Conan and his handler formed a strong bond that extended past their military duties and continued throughout the rest of Conan’s life.

    After Conan’s injury, Conan’s handler took him in as part of his family. Their impenetrable bond allowed Conan to fit right in: “he was like a part of my family, both my military family and my family at home.” With all that Conan had gone through, it was to our source’s pleasant surprise that “there [were] no real challenges in bringing [Conan] home to retire. Conan came right into the house and settled in…as if he knew he belonged there.”

    It is with great relief to know that Conan was able to live the rest of his life after the incident in a safe, loving home with “four children, another dog, chickens, and a bunny,” and without the challenge, many working dogs, unfortunately, have of finding it difficult to adjust to new circumstances and a new lifestyle.

    Grief and despair fill many hearts after Conan’s passing, but pride and awe take over when reflecting on Conan’s bravery and the legacy he has left behind. The memory of Conan will undoubtedly be held in high regard. Conan’s handler expresses how “Conan’s passing is still very fresh in our minds. We talk about him often. We look at pictures, and I tell the kids stories about him. He was cremated with an American Flag, and his ashes will always be with us.”

    Conan’s dedication to our country and fight to the end alongside America’s bravest soldiers proves that heroes come in different forms. Every person’s and animal’s commitment to serving our country is honored and taken with gratitude.

    Let Conan be remembered as “a fearless warrior [who] loved nothing more than to serve with us. He had a great life, was cherished by my children, and we all miss him dearly.” Conan will be missed, but his actions will never be forgotten. The public should rest assured knowing that all dogs go to heaven.

    “Conan’s passing is still very fresh in our minds. We talk about him often. We look at pictures, and I tell the kids stories about him. He was cremated with an American Flag, and his ashes will always be with us.” — Conan’s Handler

    https://ylhsthewrangler.com/90079/features/canine-hero-delta-force-vet-dog-conan-laid-to-rest/

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  20. NF: This guy is sooooo long-winded and detailed….aw, hell! Who am I to talk about being detailed??? In any case, another odd series of events, don’t you agree?

    US Rapper Kanye West Visits Moscow: Russian Media

    U.S. rapper Kanye West has arrived in Moscow for the birthday celebrations of fashion designer Gosha Rubchinsky.

    The news followed rumors last month that West will perform a concert in Moscow.

    Western artists have mostly stopped performing in Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which led to massive U.S. and European sanctions on Moscow, as well as travel restrictions to the country.

    Kanye West, who has stirred controversy with his political statements in the United States and was recently accused of praising Adolf Hitler, has expressed admiration for President Vladimir Putin in the past.

    “Kanye West is already in Moscow! This is great news, he is staying in the heart of the capital,” the state TASS news agency quoted Russian television presenter Yana Rudkovskaya as saying on social media.

    But Luzhniki Stadium, where he was rumored to perform, told state media it does not have information on possible concerts by the famous rapper. — The Moscow Times

    Our Take: Okay, this one is a little bizarre, but the connections are beyond weird, so stay with me on this. Kanye has landed in Moscow to celebrate the birthday of artist Gosha Rubchinskiy. Back on December 13, Kanye announced in an X post that Gosha was the new lead designer for Ye’s brand, Yeezy.

    Two days later, December 15, a video was posted to X of Kanye speaking to a room of people, where he said he had been meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The next day, December 16, Kanye performed a surprise concert in Saudi Arabia to promote his forthcoming album, Vultures.

    The next day, December 17, Kanye reactivated his Instagram account after an 8 month hiatus and posted an apology letter to Jewish people for his rhetoric over the prior year. The letter was written in Hebrew.

    It was later revealed by DJ Camper in an interview that he had spent three months living in Saudi Arabia with Kanye and rapper Ty$—a Christian who helped Kanye make his famous Jesus is King gospel album— producing Ye’s new album, Vultures. (Likely September to December 2023.) Camper said he had no idea why they were in Saudi Arabia, but that it was very important to Kanye, and they were not allowed to drink or smoke the entire time they were there. He describes looking at the stars at night as almost a spiritual experience.

    Jon invited me to come on Liberty Den that week to explain why Kanye was in Saudi Arabia, and my research revealed that he was living in a tent at a luxury desert resort in Al Ula, that was owned and developed by MBS. In fact, MBS had been simultaneously living in Al Ula, just a few miles from the resort, at his winter camp, where he was hosting world leaders including Lindsey Graham (Lindsey looked like a fish out of water in that Bedouin tent.)

    So yes, the facts align to support Kanye’s claim that he had been hanging out with MBS. They were next door neighbors in Al Ula for months. Now, let’s look at Russian artist Gosha Rubchinskiy.

    According to Wikipedia, “referencing Ronald Reagan’s Cold War-description of the USSR, Rubchinskiy’s first collection, Empire of Evil was presented at the end of 2008 for SS/09. His second collection, Growing and Expanding, was shown in a disused Orthodox church-turned-gym in Moscow’s suburbs.”

    Dasting. Sounds similar to the musings of Putin, concerning the west’s view of Russia.

    Gosha and Kanye first met in Moscow on November 15, 2016. Two days later, during a concert in San Jose, Kanye stopped the show and broke into a rant where he called out Hillary Clinton and Obama for being corrupt, and expressed his support for Donald Trump. Ye also called out Jay-Z, and implied that he is a murderer, asking him not to “send killers at my head.” (It’s an amazing rabbit hole, which you can read here.)

    That same day, November 15, Gosha announced that Kaliningrad would be the site of his highly anticipated Fall 2017 show.

    Kaliningrad is a Russian city built in 1946 on the ruins of Koningsberg— the capital of the Old Prussia Duchy that was established in 1255 and was the home of the Order of Teutonic Knights, which was an occult group that we have discussed on Breaking History. The city later became the seat of power for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which we also recently covered on BH as part of our discussion of the Pale of Settlement, until it was destroyed during WW2.

    Kanye’s new album, Vultures, features the black eagle from the Prussian coat of arms, as well as a landscape painting from Casper David Friedrich, one of Hitler’s favorite artist. The album’s typography appears to be inspired by Norwegian black metal band Burzum— associated with the neo-Nazi movement.

    Having attended art school, and trained to analyze these decisions, I can say with a fair degree of confidence that Kanye is trolling. None of these choices are random or a coincidence, especially when you overlay the dates. And given the obsessive nature of Kanye when it comes to his work, it’s not a coincidence that his new album is called Vultures with Prussian aristocrat iconography.

    Now we have TASS— an outlet with friendly ties to Putin, who randomly asked the Kremlin in 2022 if Putin was a fan of Kanye, when Kanye visited Moscow in the wake of the Ukraine invasion—reporting that Kanye is in Moscow? Again?

    Yevolution is real.” — GhostofBasedPatrickHenry

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      1. I think he is hinting at the higher connections of Kanye, the juxtaposition of Russia and SA…..we know he and Trump are friendly….hence, “Yevolution is real.” That’s my guess anyway.

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  23. “Entire Hells Angels chapter arrested in alleged kidnapping, robbery conspiracy scheme in California”

    JASON KANDEL, Jun 28th, 2024, 9:30 am

    One of the suspects, Joshua Vaughn, appears in court in the background photo. (Evidence photos from Kern County Sheriff’s Office; Courtroom screenshot from KGET/YouTube)

    EXCERPT: “A whole chapter of the notorious Hells Angels in California has been arrested in a crackdown on the infamous outlaw biker gang. Six members, including the president and vice president of a group based in Bakersfield, were nabbed following an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the California Highway Patrol, authorities announced on Facebook. Bakersfield is more than 100 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.

    They face a slew of charges, including kidnapping, robbery, criminal threats, false imprisonment, assault with a firearm, participation in a criminal street gang, criminal conspiracy, intimidating a witness or victim and elder abuse.

    In the sting, six suspected members were arrested, while one had already been in custody. More than 150 law enforcement personnel seized 25 firearms, ammunition, multiple high-capacity magazines, and “gang-affiliate paraphernalia” at several locations in the area, authorities said.

    NBC Bakersfield affiliate KGET reported from court on Thursday when a defense attorney entered not guilty pleas on the defendants’ behalf. The courtroom was a dramatic scene with a dozen deputies posted about the room, the station reported. Among the defendants were “active, patched members” of the Hells Angels and members of the Sons Of Hell Motorcycle Club, a “sub-affiliate” that takes orders and direction from the Hells Angels, authorities said.

    The men were barred from harassing or contacting victims, the news station reported. They remained in custody at the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Lerdo Facility with bail set at $800,000. They were set to appear for a preliminary hearing on July 11.

    Law&Crime reported on several recent cases involving the Hells Angels, including a suspected Hells Angels leader accused of cracking a Black man’s sternum with a knife, another one who organized toy runs for kids and also arranged illegal cremations to make bodies disappear, and two high-ranking members convicted in a murder conspiracy.

    The U.S. Department of Justice calls the Hells Angels an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises and engage in violent crime, weapons trafficking, and drug trafficking.

    There are more than 300 such active gangs in the country. They can be as small as single chapters with five or six members to hundreds of chapters with thousands of members worldwide, authorities said.

    The Hells Angels are among several such gangs that “pose a serious national domestic threat and conduct the majority of criminal activity linked to OMGs, especially activity relating to drug-trafficking and, more specifically, to cross-border drug smuggling,” the DOJ said. Because of their transnational scope, these OMGs are able to coordinate drug smuggling operations in partnership with major international drug-trafficking organizations (DTOs).”

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    1. my Pop had back pain and off for years and it would go away, but eventually he went to see his doc. the doc said he had had 3 heart attacks–he just never recognized them as such

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  26. Good grief!!! Massachusetts is seriously fucked up!!!

    “Rideshare drivers in Massachusetts will soon get company-provided benefits, as well as a minimum pay of $32.50 per hour, starting on August 15th. That’s thanks to a new settlement between the state and rideshare companies Uber and Lyft, four years after Attorney General Andrea Campbell sued the companies, asserting their drivers ought to be considered employees under state law.

    And before you ask, yes, of course she’s a Dem and boy, don’t she look like a real go-getter, hard-nose, takes-no-bullshit crime fighter? 

    Okay, so here’s a question. Why is the AG doing shit like this? Isn’t their job to stop crime or some shit like this? And ya know what Uber shoulda done? Said, okay – fuck you and just pulled outta the state. God, this shit makes me crazy.”

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    1. when i was an EMPLOYEE of the borough, every time i used my private vehicle for travel (to conferences, classes whatever) I could charge the borough so much a mile to be compensated. so if they are employees of the state, do they get the same? paid for mileage? and if they’re employees–do they get health benefits? retirement options? who pays their car insurance? this is ridiculous. so uber is not uber–it’s a cab company.

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  27. “Colorful plumage isn’t all this New York bird has to offer. His language is also ‘pretty colorful’ and definitely not suitable for kids, according to the animal shelter trying to find him a new home.

    Pepper, a white-fronted amazon, was picked up by the Niagara SPCA Friday from his former home in Lockport, New York, about 31 miles northeast of Buffalo. 

    The shelter that has him in custody wants to find him a forever home that can handle his…ahem…needs. Calling the bird a “potty-mouthed parrot,” the Niagara SPCA shared on Facebook Saturday morning that those seriously interested in adopting him next week must be able to handle his foul mouth. Fuck, send him down here – I’ll take him…”

    ROFL – can you imagine how Jake would react???? I’d love to have that bird!!!

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  29. “Biden DOJ Targeted January 6th Protestors —And Lost”

    MIKE DAVIS, JUL 01, 2024

    “The Biden Justice Department illegally and maliciously contorted, politicized, and weaponized a post-Enron obstruction-of-justice statute to cruelly drop the hammer on Biden’s political enemies.

    Real Americans in Real America who dared to question–and protest–the rigged and corrupt 2020 election. January 6th was a lawful protest, permitted by the National Park Service, that devolved into a riot.

    There are 3 categories of protesters, including those who:

    1. Follow the rules, even if you think their positions are wrong or even crazy = protected.

    2. Trespass = charge with trespass.

    3. Violent = treat most severely.

    But we can’t have different rules, based upon political views.

    The Biden DOJ has charged no one with “insurrection”–because the evidence does not exist. How many “insurrectionists” go unarmed into a nation’s capitol, get to the senate floor, walk through velvet ropes, follow police direction, and don’t burn down the damn place?

    The Biden DOJ destroyed the lives of hundreds of Americans and their families who supported Biden’s political enemy, with these malicious prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. § 1512. All while the Biden DOJ gives amnesty to Biden’s allies, like BLM, antifa, Hamas, Planned Parenthood and other abortion-industry activists, and trans terrorists.

    I served as the Senate staff leader for the Kavanaugh confirmation, when abortion-industry paid activists and other radicals trespassed, disrupted proceedings, threatened senators and their staffs, and attempted to stop the peaceful transfer of power on the Supreme Court. Not a damn thing happened to them.

    The Supreme Court, including even Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, drove a stake through the heart of the Biden DOJ’s political persecutions with its Fischer decision. (Shame on Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a rattled law professor with her head up her ass, for her appalling dissent.)

    Now the Biden DOJ is spinning to minimize the damage it has done–and as Julie Kelly reported months ago, even plotting to do an end-run around the Court’s ruling by stacking misdemeanor sentences against Trump’s January 6th supporters.

    Most shockingly, the Biden DOJ states “only 27” are still sitting in federal prison right now following their bogus, political 1512 convictions. These 27 are political prisoners–and the courts must free them immediately.

    Starting on January 20, the Biden White House, DOJ, and outside allies who concocted and perpetuated these 1512 political persecutions must face severe legal, political, and financial consequences for their malicious prosecution of Trump and his allies.”

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/fact-sheet-fischer-v-united-states

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      1. Add in any medical expenses and the pain and suffering they endured….I mean the fricking TORTURE they endured!!!

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  31. Bessie2003
    Bessie2003
    July 1, 2024 10:15 am

    First Supreme Court ruling of the day: Corner Post Inc. v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. 6-3, Barrett wrote majority opinion.

    About a merchant that claimed the increased fees they have to pay for debit card purchases were too high based on what the regulations require so sued. The lower courts said they waited too long to sue (time barred). The Court says, the time frame to sue (in this case 6 years) does not begin until the plaintiff (merchant) is injured, so the lawsuit is not time barred.

    Link to the ruling (70 pages): https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1008_1b82.pdf

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    1. And the lower courts will find a way around it and try another avenue; and it will go to SCOTUS and back again….it’s a damned merry-go-round!!!

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  32. “Pfizer Shot ‘Ruined My Life’: Vaccine-Injured Woman Speaks Out on 7News Australia: “Within five minutes, my head nearly blew off my body.”

    THE VIGILANT FOX, JUL 01, 2024

    EXCERPT: “It seems that the tide is finally turning as a mainstream outlet from Australia is now giving a voice to the vaccine-injured. Jackie Stricker-Phelps, the partner of former Australian Medical Association President Professor Kerryn Phelps, shared her harrowing experience with 7News Australia, revealing that the Pfizer shot “ruined” her life and that she won’t be taking a vaccine again.

    In fact, she said, “I wouldn’t go near them [vaccines] with a ten-foot barge pole.” Jackie didn’t stop there. She detailed a series of devastating side effects that have left her life in shambles:

    (Video)

    • “Within five minutes, my head nearly blew off my body.”

    • “My face went bright red”

    • “My vision was impaired”

    • “I couldn’t hear”

    • “My feet went numb”

    • “My hands went numb”

    • “I had paresthesia all over my body”

    • “My hair started falling out”

    • “I could hardly walk”

    • “Neurological, rheumatological” problems

    • “I’ve had to have a chairlift put into my house because I can’t walk up and down stairs anymore.”

    Jackie’s testimony was not only powerful but also a turning point. On a mainstream media platform, public health “experts” present in the studio had to bear witness to the devastating side effects of the shots they promoted.

    Jackie, who had previously suffered from anaphylaxis to foods, was extremely cautious and went to the hospital for the vaccine, fearing a severe reaction. Unfortunately, her fears were realized in the most alarming way possible.”

    Full segment from 7News Australia: https://x.com/Crazynews4real/status/1807590954398052843

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  33. No rebate check today so I’ll wait on my plans of going tomorrow, when the weather is supposed to be nicer – it might arrive tomorrow morning – we’ll see.

    I think I mentioned the outrageous insurance bill I got for 6 mos. coverage on my truck ($189+), with the minimum coverage required by NE – I don’t have comprehensive, just liability. I do love my insurance agent, Tonia Blain in Norfolk – Mom referred me to her years ago and she’s great. She checked around and found several options from State Farm and another from Progressive for only $130 ($260/annual). Both well known names unlike “The General,” which I am not prepared to trust! I got the papers in the mail today, thankfully, so I don’t have to worry about driving tomorrow w/no coverage.

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  34. Bessie2003

    Bessie2003

    July 1, 2024 10:33 am

    Reply to  Bessie2003

    Second Supreme Court ruling. Moody, AG of Florida vs NetChoice LLC et al. Kagan wrote majority opinion in which all the other justices joined, concurred, so 9-0 but some justices wrote their own opinion. 96 pages.

    About Florida and Texas both passed laws in 2021 about social media content moderation. The States were sued by NetChoice LLC and its associated trade companies which represent Facebook and You Tube among them. One circuit, the 11th, put an injunction against the Florida law and the 5th Circuit disagreed so reversed the preliminary injunction on the Texas law.

    The Supreme Court said both judgments of the lower courts are vacated and both cases are sent back to the respective lower courts because neither courts “conducted a proper analysis of the facial First Amendment challenges to the Florida and Texas laws regulating large internet platforms.”

    Link to the ruling: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-277_d18f.pdf

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  35. Bessie2003

    July 1, 2024 10:43 am

    Reply to  Bessie2003

    Here is the third ruling, Trump vs United States. 119 pages. Roberts wrote majority opinion, 6-3.

    Pretty sure the court just punted the question back to the lower courts, remanding it back to where it came from.

    The majority opinion does say the President, for his official acts, does have absolute immunity and for the outer-perimeter acts must get granted at least a presumption of immunity, but no one is above the law so for unofficial acts a President can be sued for those acts not official or not in the outer perimeter a President can be sued.

    Link to the ruling: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf

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        1. but after the lower courts decide, (Chutkan) it will go back to SCOTUS on appeal and then they will decide what’s official and what’s not.

          key takeaway is that this will not be decided before Nov election as Smith so desperately wants.

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    2. Wethal

      July 1, 2024 10:36 am

      SCOTUS

      The court holds that a former president has absolute immunity for his core constitutional powers.

      Former presidents are also entitled to at least a presumption of immunity for their official acts.

      There is no immunity, the court holds, for unofficial acts.

      The core constitutional powers are things like appointing ambassadors and foreign governments.

      The court explains that it does not need to decide in this case whether immunity for official acts is presumptive or absolute.

      The court in Part III of its opinion indicates that in this case “no court has thus far considered how” to distinguish between official and unofficial acts.

      So the Supreme Court isn’t going to make that determination now. Instead, it will send the case back to the lower courts for further proceedings, although it does offer some guidance.

      Moreover, Roberts continues, “the lower courts rendered their decisions on a highly expedited basis” and “did not analyze the conduct alleged in the indictment to decide which of it should be categorized as official and which unofficial” — and it wasn’t briefed before the Supreme Court.

      “Certain allegations–such as those involving Trump’s discussions with the Acting Attorney General–are readily categorized in light of the nature of the President’s official relationship to the office held by that individual. Other allegations–such as those involving Trump’s interactions with the Vice President, state officials, and certain private parties, and his comments to the general public–present more difficult questions.”

      But later in the opinion, the court does weigh in on some aspects. “Trump is … absolutely immune from prosecution for the alleged conduct involving his discussions with Justice Department officials.”

      The court sends the case back to the district court for it to determine other things, such as “whether a prosecution involving Trump’s attempts to influence the Vice President’s oversight of the certification proceeding in his capacity as President of the Senate would pose any dangers of intrusion on the authority and functions of the Executive Branch.”

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      1. Wethal

        July 1, 2024 10:46 am

        Reply to  sync

        “As for the dissents,” Roberts writes, “they strike a tone of chilling doom that is wholly disproportionate to what the Court actually does today–conclude that immunity extends to official discussions between the President and his Attorney General, and then remand to the lower courts to determine ‘in the first instance’ whether and to what extent Trump’s remaining alleged conduct is entitled to immunity.”

        Final substantive paragraph: “The president enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official. The President is not above the law. But Congress may not criminalize the President’s conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the Executive Branch under the Constitution.”

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        1. Wethal

          July 1, 2024 10:59 am

          Reply to  WeThePeople2016

          It means the case goes back down for hearings in front of Chutkan on what is an official act and what is an unofficial act. Then there will likely be a petition for another appeal to the DC Circuit of her opinion (you know how she’ll rule), and another petition for cert.

          Result: case drags on beyond the election. Get to 1/20/25, and President Trump orders the case dismissed.

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        2. Wethal

          July 1, 2024 11:04 am

          A couple of additional points from the Roberts opinion: The court indicates that the president’s immunity for official acts “extends to the outer perimeter of the President’s official responsibilities, covering actions so long as they are not manifestly or palpably beyond his authority.”

          And in determining what is or is not official conduct, “courts may not inquire into the President’s motives.”

          An action is not unofficial, the court adds, just because “it allegedly violates a generally applicable law.”

          The court also notes in a footnote that the district court “if necessary” should consider whether two of the charges brought by Jack Smith against Trump in Washington, involving the obstruction of an official proceeding, can go forward in light of the court’s ruling last week in Fischer v. United States, narrowing the scope of that law.

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    3. I just thought of something, wondering how this might affect Bannon, Navarro and the others within the administration who were jailed. They should be presumed to be immune as well for following his presumed-immune orders.

      “….does have absolute immunity and for the outer-perimeter acts must get granted at least a presumption of immunity…”

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  36. OhNoYouDoNot

    OhNoYouDoNot

    July 1, 2024 10:49 am

    Reply to  WeThePeople2016

    Justice Thomas writes a concurring opinion in which he questions the validity of Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel. “If this unprecedented prosecution is to proceed, it must be conducted by someone authorized to do so by the American people.”

    Amy Howe scotusblog.com

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  37. Apparently, Robert’s wrote specifically that Trump’s alleged actions of pressuring Pence to change the delegate vote is presumed to be an official act and motive is irrelevant.

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    1. At least according to Jonathon Turley: “Reading thru this opinion, I don’t see how this doesn’t induce cardiac arrest in the special council.”

      He flat-out said that him interacting with Pence that way was, indeed, an official act.

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  38. Like

    1. “Whenever the President and Vice President discuss their official responsibilities, they engage in official conduct. Presiding over the January 6 certification proceeding at which Members of Congress count the electoral votes is a constitutional and statutory duty of the Vice President. Art. II, §1, cl. 3; Amdt. 12; 3 U. S. C. §15. The indictment’s allegations that Trump attempted to pressure the Vice President to take particular acts in connection with his role at the certification proceeding thus involve official conduct, and Trump is at least presumptively immune from prosecution for such conduct.”
      11:02 AM · Jul 1, 2024

      Once again, Corporate Big Media lied to the American People on a question so massive to our society, they are literally a destructive force in it.

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  39. Hurley: “Court deals w/fake electors issue: dealing with state officials not included in official act; talks about his speech and tweets – favorable to Trump since Presidents are expected to speak forcefully on issues and especially those issues that are important to citizens, puts emphasis on the fact that this is something Presidents do, a function of Presidents when there are matters that divide the citizens.”

    He’s calling it a gold star day for Trump.

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  40. Just The News: “The House Judiciary Committee on Monday sued Attorney General Merrick Garland to enforce its subpoena for the audio tapes of President Joe Biden’s interviews with Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur. 

    In June, the House voted to hold Garland in contempt for declining to turn over the subpoenaed audio tapes recorded by Hur during his investigation into Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents. But Garland’s own department declined to prosecute him. 

    This is not the committee’s first attempt to get its hands on the tape. After it pressured Garland previously, Biden exerted his executive privilege over the committee to prevent their disclosure. 

    You can read the new lawsuit below: 

    Audio subpoena as-filed complaint.pdf

    The civil suit is one avenue the House Republicans can pursue to enforce their subpoena. Other Republicans have explored using a dormant Congressional power–inherent contempt–which would allow the House to take Garland directly into their custody. This power has not been used in nearly a century, but Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is spearheading an effort to use the measure to enforce the subpoena.”

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    1. having released the transcript lessened their (maggot & Garland) grounds for claiming executive privilege, since they claim there is no substantial difference between the audio & the transcript.

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  41. Patience
    July 1, 2024 12:58 pm

    Donald J. Trump
    @realDonaldTrump

    Today’s Historic Decision by the Supreme Court should end all of Crooked Joe Biden’s Witch Hunts against me,

    including the New York Hoaxes
    – The Manhattan SCAM cooked up by Soros backed D.A., Alvin Bragg,

    Racist New York Attorney General Tish James’ shameless ATTACK
    on the amazing business that I have built,

    and the FAKE Bergdorf’s “case.”

    PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!

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  42. dscottv

    July 1, 2024 1:20 pm

    Justice Thomas:
    “Before the President or a Department Head can appoint any officer, however, the Constitution requires that the underlying office be “established by Law.”1 The Constitution itself creates some offices, most obviously that of the President and Vice President. See §1. Although the Constitution contemplates that there will be “other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for,” it clearly requires that those offices “shall be established by Law.” §2, cl. 2. And, “established by law” refers to an office that Congress creates “by statute.” Lucia v. SEC, 585 U. S. 237, 254 (2018) (THOMAS, J., concurring); see also United States v. Maurice, 26 F. Cas. 1211, 1213 (No. 15,747) (CC Va. 1823) (Marshall, C. J.).”

    I hope Judge Cannon is listening.

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  43. this is great…footnote #3

    Alex1689

    July 1, 2024 1:39 pm

    Sundance,

    As you do your write up, you may wish to focus on the implications of Footnote 3.

    SCOTUS went out of its way to put that in there.

    1

    Reply

    Wethal

    Wethal

    July 1, 2024 1:44 pm

    Reply to  Alex1689

    “What the prosecutor may not do, however, is admit testimony or private records of the President or his advisers probing the official act itself. Allowing that sort of evidence would invite the jury to inspect the President’s motivations for his official actions and to second-guess their propriety. As we have explained, such inspection would be ‘highly intrusive’ and would ‘ “seriously cripple” ‘ the President’s exercise of his official duties. Fitzgerald, 457 U. S., at 745, 756 (quoting Spalding v. Vilas, 161 U. S. 483, 498 (1896)); see supra, at 18. And such second-guessing would ‘threaten the independence or effectiveness of the Executive.’ Trump v. Vance, 591 U. S. 786, 805 (2020).” 

    This part?

    ME: juries cannot inspect or question motive of President in his official acts

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  44. TheseTruths
    TheseTruths(@thesetruths)Online
    Wolf
    July 1, 2024 13:57

    “A Private Citizen Cannot Criminally Prosecute Anyone, Let Alone a Former President” – Clarence Thomas Questions Jack Smith’s Authority in Blistering Opinion on Immunity Ruling

    …Clarence Thomas went off on Jack Smith in his concurring opinion and questioned his authority as a special counsel.

    President Trump is separately arguing that Jack Smith’s appointment was unlawful in the classified documents case playing out in a Florida court.

    Clarence Thomas questioned Jack Smith’s authority because he was a private citizen when he was tapped as a special prosecutor.

    “I write separately to highlight another way in which this prosecution may violate our constitutional structure. In this case, the Attorney General purported to appoint a private citizen as Special Counsel to prosecute a former President on behalf of the United States. But, I am not sure that any office for the Special Counsel has been “established by Law,” as the Constitution requires. Art. II, §2, cl. 2. By requiring that Congress create federal offices “by Law,” the Constitution imposes an important check against the President — he cannot create offices at his pleasure. If there is no law establishing the office that the Special Counsel occupies, then he cannot proceed with this prosecution. A private citizen cannot criminally prosecute anyone, let alone a former President,” Clarence Thomas said.

    Clarence Thomas argued that no other former US President has been prosecuted for official acts despite numerous past Presidents taking actions that would argue constitutes crimes.

    “No former President has faced criminal prosecution for his acts while in office in the more than 200 years since the founding of our country. And, that is so despite numerous past Presidents taking actions that many would argue constitute crimes. If this unprecedented prosecution is to proceed, it must be conducted by someone duly authorized to do so by the American people. The lower courts should thus answer these essential questions concerning the Special Counsel’s appointment before proceeding,” Clarence Thomas wrote.

    Thomas also argued that Jack Smith is not senate confirmed (Trump’s lawyers are also using this argument before Judge Cannon).

    “The Constitution sets forth how an office may be created and how it may be filled. The Appointments Clause provides: “[The President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Department.” Art. II, §2, cl. 2. The constitutional process for filling an office is plain from this text. The default manner for appointing “Officers of the United States” is nomination by the President and confirmation by the Senate. Ibid. “But the Clause provides a limited exception for the appointment of inferior officers: Congress may ‘by Law’ authorize” one of three specified actors “to appoint inferior officers without the advice and con-sent of the Senate.” NLRB v. SW General, Inc., 580 U. S. 288, 312 (2017) (THOMAS, J., concurring). As relevant here, a “Hea[d] of Department”—such as the Attorney General—is one such actor that Congress may authorize “by Law” to appoint inferior officers without senatorial confirmation. Art. II, §2, cl. 2…

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  50. “The News is Coming in so Thick and Heavy, You could cut it with a knife”

    ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS, JUL 01, 2024

    “Wow! I can’t hardly keep up with the day’s events.

    First off, my friend and colleague, Steve Bannon, is now being processed at FCI Danbury, a low-level federal prison in Connecticut. This truly is terrible news, and it sickens me that Congress has not acted in a coordinated fashion to ensure his release.

    To be very clear, the shadow government has been taking down the “alternative” news voices and outlets leading up to the election.

    • The multiple gag orders were placed on Trump, starting in the spring of 2024.
    • Peter Navarro was thrown in jail just months before the election, silencing his voice at a critical time.
    • Steve Bannon is being jailed and will serve from July 1st to October 30th. To be released, just days before the election. Silencing his voice at a critical time.
    • The Epoch Times VP of Finance was indicted six months before the election, even though the crimes were committed years ago with MSM making false and inflammatory allegations about the newspaper itself.
    • This month, it appears that Alex Jones will have his studio shuttered by the Feds.

    The question is, who will this shadowy government and DoJ come after next? Trouble in River City.

    In the meantime, they are losing the election big time, and even worse for the democrats, the Supreme Court has now paved the way for Trump to fight the election interference case, the classified documents case, and the elections cases.

    When elected, Trump now has the tools to go after the deep state with the new Supreme Court overturning the Chevron Deference, which has determined that the administrative state can’t make up i’s own laws.

    The deep state is in deep trouble if Trump gets elected, and they know it. That is why Obama has turned on Biden and is now advocating for an open convention.

    Meanwhile, a poorly timed Vogue magazine cover has people’s eyebrows raised well above their foreheads. FYI – Below is not a meme or fake news – this is Vogue’s new cover

    The imperial “we.”

    “The only person entitled to use the imperial “we” in speaking of himself is a king, an editor, and a man with a tapeworm.”

    Biden’s family spent the day on Sunday at a Camp David gathering for an Annie Leibovitz photoshoot. Yep- more photos of President Jill to come! I wonder what the captions on those will read. “It’s time for Joe to go.”

    That’s what Chandler West, the White House’s deputy director of photography from January 2021 to May 2022, said recently. He went on to add:

    The government alleged that, as part of his alleged conspiracy to overturn the election, Trump wanted to use the Department of Justice to send letters inquiring about potential voter fraud to select states and that Trump “repeatedly threatened to replace” acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen.

    The high court found Trump “is absolutely immune from prosecution for the alleged conduct involving his discussions with Justice Department officials.”

    Regarding conversations Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence had about certifying the electoral results, the court found “Trump is at least presumptively immune from prosecution for such conduct.” The Supreme Court remanded the issue back to the district court to “assess” whether Trump’s alleged conduct “would pose any dangers of intrusion on the authority and functions of the Executive Branch.”

    The Supreme Court further remanded the question regarding the preparation of contingent electors back to the lower court to determine whether such action qualifies as “official or unofficial.” Trump argued that “the alleged conduct qualifies as official because it was undertaken to ensure the integrity and proper administration of the federal election,” the court noted.

    The lower court is also now tasked with determining whether Trump’s public statements on Jan. 6 fall into the official or unofficial category.

    (From the Federalist)

    Stay tuned; this summer’s reading is turning out to be a page-turner!”

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