Fifth Avenue Forum

I think you and I have very different definitions of "going south".

The protest was still peaceful, even if you think the words weren't.

And words do not justify the escalation of force via herding the protesters into a closed park so you can use it as a ln excuse to pepper spray them.

Oof, that's gross. It does feel a bit to me like the cops and protesters are just on this continuing path of escalation and instigation. I don't really care if this is "both sidesing" it, but it's legitimately two sides contributing to this constant stream of dumb news cycles.

Shortly after USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued a public statement saying he wanted to "avoid even the appearance" that any of his policies would slow down election mail, USPS instructed all maintenance managers around the country not to reconnect or reinstall any mail sorting machines they had already disconnected, according to emails obtained by Motherboard.

"Please message out to your respective Maintenance Managers tonight. They are not to reconnect / reinstall machines that have previously been disconnected without approval from HQ Maintenance, no matter what direction they are getting from their plant manager," wrote Kevin Couch, Director of Maintenance Operations. "Please have them flow that request through you then on to me for a direction." A subsequent email sent to individual maintenance managers across various regions forwarded that request along with a single sentence: "We are not to reconnect any machines that have previously been disconnected."

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/20/judge-t ... cords.html

President Donald Trump’s effort to fight a prosecutor’s subpoena for his tax records was rejected Thursday by a federal judge, handing another loss to the president in a high-profile case that already made its way to the Supreme Court.

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the president failed to show that the subpoena would pose an unfair burden, siding in favor of Manhattan D.A. Cy Vance, who has said his office is pursuing an investigation of potential violations of state law. Trump is likely to appeal the decision to a higher court.

The president’s attorney, Jay Sekulow, said Trump will appeal the decision.

The collected $25 million from rubes to build a **** wall.

This is a victimless crime. I could care less if he walks, just funny watching another grifter from Trump's orbit get indicted.

Shortly after USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued a public statement saying he wanted to "avoid even the appearance" that any of his policies would slow down election mail, USPS instructed all maintenance managers around the country not to reconnect or reinstall any mail sorting machines they had already disconnected, according to emails obtained by Motherboard.

"Please message out to your respective Maintenance Managers tonight. They are not to reconnect / reinstall machines that have previously been disconnected without approval from HQ Maintenance, no matter what direction they are getting from their plant manager," wrote Kevin Couch, Director of Maintenance Operations. "Please have them flow that request through you then on to me for a direction." A subsequent email sent to individual maintenance managers across various regions forwarded that request along with a single sentence: "We are not to reconnect any machines that have previously been disconnected."

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8k ... eral-dejoy

The collected $25 million from rubes to build a **** wall.

This is a victimless crime. I could care less if he walks, just funny watching another grifter from Trump's orbit get indicted.

I'm not sure how you can call fraud a victimless crime, unless you're coming at it from a plant-grow perspective.

The collected $25 million from rubes to build a **** wall.

This is a victimless crime. I could care less if he walks, just funny watching another grifter from Trump's orbit get indicted.

I'm not sure how you can call fraud a victimless crime, unless you're coming at it from a plant-grow perspective.

Legally speaking, yeah they're victims of fraud.

But do you think any of those people see themselves as victims of a crime?

Legally speaking, yeah they're victims of fraud.

But do you think any of those people see themselves as victims of a crime?

They do now that there isn't a wall.

If it's campaign donations, that's debatable.

Legally speaking, yeah they're victims of fraud.

But do you think any of those people see themselves as victims of a crime?

They do now that there isn't a wall.

If it's campaign donations, that's debatable.

It's really just the most moronic scheme imaginable. They initially stated that the funds were going to go to the government to then do the actual construction, then they changed the language to say it was going to a non-profit. At which time, the host made them refund a bunch of the money for that misstatement. That prince Jr aligned with this scheme did attach some false validity to the endeavor, I guess.

But, really just highlights another consistent theme of this era for me. The country is being run by the conservative media rubes, Trump and his namesake probably like think they are in on the scheme, but deep down, they believe the nonsense. How else can you plausibly explain a willingness to attach yourself to a blatant fraud scheme? They definitely think that this is what the Clinton foundation is and that they are entitled to grift.

Ok now do the clinton foundation...

A spokesperson for Trump Jr., whose name is listed on the organization's website as having endorsed it, said he had minimal involvement with the We Build the Wall group.

“Don gave one speech at a single We Build the Wall event over a year ago with a group of angel moms and besides that, has no involvement with their organization,” spokesperson Amanda Miller said in a statement.

"It's a very sad thing by Mr. Bannon... I didn't like that project. I thought it was a project being done for showboating reasons," Trump said "I didn't want a wall that was going to be an inferior wall."

"It was something I very much felt was inappropriate to be doing," Trump said

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Trump has long felt that a wall on the southern border should be a government project. She pointed to a tweet last month where the president wrote, "It was only done to make me look bad, and perhsps [sic] it now doesn’t even work."

"I talked with the president, and the 'We Build the Wall Effort' came up," Kobach told The New York Times, referring to Bannon's fundraising campaign. "The president said 'the project has my blessing, and you can tell the media that.'"