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  1. show me kid Avatar
    show me kid

    Pelosi has signed a contract to appear as the Joker in the next Batman movie. I mean, they were talking about a female James Bond so why not a female Joker?????

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  2. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The chi town version of tamany hall goes down –
    Madigan, who represented the southwest side of Chicago for half a century, established a firm grip on power in the 1990s and used it to overwhelm governors of both parties, essentially dictating state policies from the lower house of the legislature.
    A year ago, Madigan resigned his seat in the legislature after being ousted as speaker, following allegations of bribery involving the ComEd electricity utility, for which the company was fined $200 million after a federal investigation.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/02/illinois-democrat-kingpin-michael-madigan-indicted-for-corruption/
    😉

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  3. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Wisconsin Special Counsel Finds ‘Widespread Election Fraud’ In 2020 Nursing Homes
    https://thefederalist.com/2022/03/03/wisconsin-special-counsel-finds-widespread-election-fraud-in-2020-nursing-homes/
    or
    Wisconsin special counsel bombshell: 91 nursing homes had 95-100% voter turnout in 2020
    “Election integrity watchdog Phill Kline said: “And now we have videotaped depositions and interviews with their family members saying, ‘My loved one hasn’t been able to vote for years and has been deemed to be incompetent.’”
    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/wisconsin-special-counsel-report-2020-election-91-nursing-homes-had-95
    and
    ‘Georgia elections chief vows to ‘follow the money’ in harvesting probe, prosecute if warranted’
    Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says next step is to get State Elections Board to issue subpoena targeting whistleblower who claims he was paid to illegally collect ballots.
    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/georgia-elections-chief-vows-follow-money-harvesting-probe-prosecute-if

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  4. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Wisconsin Special Counsel Finds ‘Widespread Election Fraud’ In 2020 Nursing Homes”
    Well, that’s quite a surprise.
    I think there’s a certain elegance to that. You provide a helping hand to guide the old folks in their voting, a form of elder abuse, to elect a man with obvious cognitive issues, a form of elder abuse, to be locally defended by a man who is mocked here, a form of elder abuse.
    You can’t say the Democrats don’t have a theme going on.

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  5. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Make to the War Within A War.
    DeSantis created quite the firestorm by telling kids they don’t have to wear a mask if they don’t want to. Exploding heads time. Now that the Great Mask War is winding down, the real battle begins. Now, let’s talk about what you Lefties are teaching the children. They will not go silently into the still cool night.
    ‘Protesters Crowd Florida’s Capitol Building, Chant ‘F*** DeSantis’ Over Parental Rights Bill’
    “But as pointed out by NPR, what the bill actually does is prohibit instruction on LGBTQ topics for kindergarten through third-graders, provides parents more transparency by requiring schools to notify them of any change in mental, physical, or emotional well being, and allows schools to opt-out of that if there is a “reasonable” fear that notifying a parent would result in abuse:
    The legislation prohibits any instruction about sexuality or gender between kindergarten and third grade “or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”
    ….. “Still, the far-left, including President Joe Biden, have declared the bill to be “hateful” and homophobic — and many wrongly believe that it prevents the word “gay” from even being mentioned in any public school setting.”
    “The vulgarity and the nastiness of the school protests, egged on by woke teachers and school administrators, really only proves the need for the bill,” Schweppe said
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-crowd-floridas-capitol-building-chant-f-desantis-over-parental-rights-bill
    —————————
    More from the Battlefields of The Great Cultural War
    GIRLS ONLY: Iowa Bans Biological Males From Women’s Sports
    ‘This is a victory for girls’ sports in Iowa.’
    ———
    ‘University Of North Texas Responds After Black-Clad Mob Swarms Conservative Event, Forces Police To Hide Student In Closet’
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-of-north-texas-responds-after-black-clad-mob-swarms-conservative-event-forces-police-to-hide-student-in-closet
    ————-
    The flashpoint: Loudoun County, VA.
    ‘Virginia Groups Push Ahead In Effort To Recall Soros-Backed Loudoun Attorney’
    “There’s a lot of ammo so we revised our petition,” Sean Kennedy, president and founder of Virginians for Safe Communities, told The Daily Wire. “From the sex assault stuff to the domestic murder that occurred, and a bunch of other stuff. We have energetic volunteers. We now have momentum. We’re launching this because we’re combining forces and reinvigorating it.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-groups-push-ahead-in-effort-to-recall-soros-backed-loudoun-attorney
    The fringe minority is getting uppity

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  6. fish Avatar
    fish

    ……todays winner of the Punch Emery Award for Mindless Sanctimony™……drum roll…..

    International Feline Federation Bans Russian Cats From All Competitions

    That’ll show em….!
    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/international-feline-federation-bans-russian-cats-all-competitions

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  7. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    This quote is directly from the court’s opinion. “The court found [Adona’s] behavior concerning, as her behavior appeared to escalate the situation and was only marginally rational.” Marginally rational. In other words, she caused the environment for this crap to happen.
    The actions at trial are within the lowest part of the threshold for behavior that would have allowed for a permanent order. It is certainly the least amount of conduct that I’ve ever seen a restraining order granted.
    As to the Mattoons, Adona and her staff misrepresented the Mattoons’ actions when the county initiated these proceedings. There was never any force at all. As to the Mattoons, the whole case was complete bullshit in order to aid in Adona’s election. Ruining people’s lives for political gain and to serve a political agenda. Adona. Sick. Unhinged. And only “marginally rational.”

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  8. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Well said, Barry.
    “I am in extreme anxiety, constantly in fear, and my safe place may never feel safe again!, cried out the marginally rational public servant from the second floor. “There is nothing wrong with MY MIND! “ “I am now suffering PTSD”.
    The punishment did not fit the crime, by any means. Justice was not served. The truth was revealed, thanks to you Barry, yet justice bugged out of the picture. There is absolutely no legal reason or evidence presented that any of the three posed the slightest of slight risk of a future violent encounter to any county employee or public servant near and abroad.

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  9. George Rebane Avatar

    The first mistake we make is to think that places like the Rood Center and the Capitol in DC are ‘people’s houses’. We get daily evidence that these are not people’s houses, they are at best government bastions where the people should enter circumspect and tread lightly.

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  10. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    To be clear Tozer, the actions at trial are within the lowest part of the threshold for behavior that would have allowed for a permanent order. I am not criticizing the court or the commissioner.

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  11. Scott O Avatar

    “…and was only marginally rational”
    In lay terms – she was irrational.
    Charles Manson was “marginally rational”.
    Gotta love it. The court just had to pull any kind of a rabbit they could find out of the hat even if it was actually a skunk.
    Meanwhile county workers have merely to “feel” threatened when citizens try to access a public govt building. They wouldn’t last an hour at the average quicky-mart.

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  12. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    I also heard through the grapevine that our old friend (the FUE) likes my haircut. So, I have that going for me.

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  13. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    I don’t buy a word of Adona’s poor poor pitiful me act, and I still think she was the slanderous sock puppet commenting at The Union/viafoura pages over two days at the start of the kerfuffle.

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  14. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Barry. You make it clear. I do not contest the lowest legal standard threshold, nor did you ever hint of any disrespect or bias allegations cast toward the court or a commissioner.
    I am echoing you that this should have never made it as far as it did. That’s the bully puckey part. File a TRO and by the time the first hearing comes up, cooler heads prevail. The matter is dropped by both parties, often by filer of the TRO not bothering to show up for the hearing. Have counsel relay a message it won’t happen again.
    You pointed us all in the right direction, Counselor. You have protected the integrity of the court and the Honorable Judge’s decision based on the law. The court ain’t the problem here. You can’t city hall.
    You gotta work with them, not me. 😉

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    edit: You can’t fight City Hall.

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  16. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    CDC stuff
    Teaser: On Friday, the CDC revised its covid risk formula.
    With this single change, the pandemic abruptly eased going from 90% of the United States in High-Risk Red to less than 30%.
    https://twitter.com/covid_clarity/status/1498360349975842821/photo/1
    ———
    The CDC Changed Its COVID Risk Formula. The Results Are Stunning
    https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/the-cdc-changed-its-covid-risk-formula–the-results-are-stunning/_1/

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  17. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    CDC stuff
    Teaser: On Friday, the CDC revised its covid risk formula.
    With this single change, the pandemic abruptly eased going from 90% of the United States in High-Risk Red to less than 30%.
    https://twitter.com/covid_clarity/status/1498360349975842821/photo/1
    ———
    The CDC Changed Its COVID Risk Formula. The Results Are Stunning
    It’s a miracle!

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  18. jamie hebert Avatar
    jamie hebert

    It seems there will be no guns for Ms. Teine Rebane for awhile. The community is certainly a bit safer. What a total MAGA style jerk she was to our election officials. Well deserved.
    Since two of the loudest and dumbest big mouths on here are now silenced and in the ground, is anyone taking bets on who might be next to go? The average IQ is certainly up in Nevada County.

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  19. Scott O Avatar

    “is anyone taking bets on who might be next to go?”
    Well – if it turned out to be jamie hebert, I’d laugh my ass off.

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  20. corniglio Avatar
    corniglio

    Since two of the loudest and dumbest big mouths on here are now silenced and in the ground, is anyone taking bets on who might be next to go?
    Gotta be jeffy……500 lbs of cholesterol laden coronary time bomb just waiting to detonate.
    Perhaps you know him jaime……?

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  21. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Either El Jeffe or his mini-me sidekick, Frisch.

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  22. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Barry…
    Did you see evidence that the Diaz/Adona office was slow walking the recall paperwork?

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  23. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    BT 4:14PM –
    North Texas Univ – no mention that anyone was arrested. … “A group of protestors surrounded the police vehicles containing both the student organizers and their guest and attempted to block their exit from the scene by banging on the vehicles and impeding their movement,” – must be the new found ‘restraint’ that police are practicing against folks wearing black clothing.
    Too bad the LEOs did not require ID from the protestors. I believe the police said the protestors wanted to keep their IDs, to use them when they vote in the primaries, coming up soon. Understandable.

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  24. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Greg. Yes. The clerk’s office had ten days to make very minor corrections to the petitions and Adona was more busy with mask mandates than her job. Definitely slow walked the petitions. Adona’s office even allowed one supervisor to file their answer to the notice of intent to recall a day later than the statutory equites timeline. She hates the recall people.

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  25. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Dirty little secret from the Rood Center is that nearly the entire staff at the Rood Center wants her to lose this election with the exception of Diaz and County counsel. She has been nothing but a problem for the entire building since she got here from Washington DC. Aside from Diaz, she will have little or no support.

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  26. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    I’m liking the new campaign signs already:

    Natalie Adona for Clerk-Recorder

    ‘Marginally Rational’

    BarryP: “Dirty little secret from the Rood Center is that nearly the entire staff at the Rood Center wants her to lose this election with the exception of Diaz and County counsel.”
    Dunno what the point is of putting an activist in that slot. Maybe it’s simply the famous Stalin quote. If they think she’s a pain, I guess you have two choices. (1)The Rood Center is bummed that she gets the job (2) The person who wins has a troublesome employee. It’s a win-win situation, except for the ‘winning’ part.

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  27. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    GeorgeR: “The first mistake we make is to think that places like the Rood Center and the Capitol in DC are ‘people’s houses’.”
    Good Lord George, what makes you think that?
    It was never true. People are suborned into The Machine about ten minutes after they join it. The high priests of Amun represented the gods to the people, never the other way around. Librarians own the library. Forest service employees own the forest. It’s baked deeply into the cake of humanity.
    It’s like thinking that the HR department has your interests in mind.

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  28. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Estonian Fox @ 4:29 am
    re: ‘No mention of anyone arrested.’
    A companion piece which points to that very issue.
    ‘Campus protests shut down legal scholar, candidate who wants to ban ‘sex-change surgeries’ for kids”
    One university vaguely promises to enforce student code of conduct, while another doesn’t even hint at sanctions for students.
    https://justthenews.com/accountability/cancel-culture/campus-protests-shut-down-legal-scholar-candidate-who-wants-ban-sex

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  29. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Cornigilio @ 10:48 pm
    What always has gnawed at me is the third option, not the FUE or Steven. No, not Dougie KKK. It’s the tai quon dao (tai kwon do) whatever floats your boat lubber and boycotted of certain eating establishments. Does not take being on the losing side well. I have located such a person and he is programmed to react to certain stimuli. But, that’s for another day. There has, in my humble opinion, always been the one (in former days) to watch Steven’s back, the self appointed first line of defense for Steven, aka, Steve’s butt-boy… but that too is for another day.
    Then there is…..well…..I wish jamie would have elaborated on the two loudmouths (and dumbest) here that have been ground into the dust. Pick me, pick me!
    Nevada County Right Wing Watch strikes again and I slept through it. Early to bed, early to rise…

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  30. digli Avatar
    digli

    Posted by: Bill Tozer | 04 March 2022 at 07:53 AM
    Not knowing the local cast of characters (excluding the proglodyte A Team that has graced these threads for many a year) I’ll defer to to your judgement on who the “real” culprit may be. There was a feminine bitchiness to the comment that was similar…dare I say redolent of those uttered in the past by a certain Oblate Spheroid that still fancies himself a newsman in your quaint burgh.
    PS – I did have a quibble regarding the claim; “It seems there will be no guns for Ms. Teine Rebane for awhile. The community is certainly a bit safer.” While I have no doubt that George’s daughter will scrupulously obey the terms of the restraining order, the shooting in the Arden Arcade area this past week should serve to remind a soft head like “jaime” that a restraining order has the value of used toilet paper in most instances. It’s the kind of magic thinking that I’ve come to expect from the pampered and delicate white people that inhabit your neck of the woods .

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  31. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    digi.
    No doubt there is that purple pimple gang element holding out in their tree fort surrounded by hostile and alien savages. Look who are the angry old white men now. 🙂

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  32. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Now that things are settling down, here is the link I omitted from last evening’s Spoiler Alert @ 9:59 pm and 10:01 pm.
    The CDC Changed Its COVID Risk Formula. The Results Are Stunning
    https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/the-cdc-changed-its-covid-risk-formula–the-results-are-stunning/_1/

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  33. Digli Jr. Avatar
    Digli Jr.

    Posted by: Bill Tozer | 04 March 2022 at 08:49 AM
    👍

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  34. fish Avatar
    fish

    ************************************************
    * Natalie Adona for Clerk-Recorder
    *
    * ‘Marginally Rational’
    *
    ************************************************

    I could get behind this campaign!

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  35. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Adona judged “only marginally rational” on the job 3 March 2022
    … by a judge!

    This should be placed adjacent to any Adona campaign poster in a public location

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  36. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Fish. Glad to see you have a new My Gal. “Oh Natalie, my Natalie.” Indeed, you are shameless hussy. But, live and let live and who am I to judge?
    My broken picker always gravitated to the Marginally Rational boisterous high-spirited types, but with Tulsi, it’s going to be different this time!

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  37. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “My broken picker always gravitated to the Marginally Rational boisterous high-spirited types”
    Everyone I know who has gone through the marginally rational girlfriend experience seemed to vastly enjoy it at first (for reasons I won’t wander into in this family-oriented page) and then rued the day.
    There’s nothing new in the world.

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  38. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Hmmm… any Clay and Buck listeners here?
    I wasn’t listening to it this morning but was in earshot of a radio for a few moments and I thought I heard a snippet from the ‘judge’ in the Teine restraining order case…
    If it was… what was said?

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  39. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: scenes | 04 March 2022 at 10:22 AM
    Everyone I know who has gone through the marginally rational girlfriend experience seemed to vastly enjoy it at first (for reasons I won’t wander into in this family-oriented page) and then rued the day.

    Reminiscent to the thrill you feel driving an Italian sports car off the lot for the first time……then the maintenance bills start to roll in!

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  40. fish Avatar
    fish

    Reminiscent to the thrill….??
    Reminiscent of…..Reminiscent of the thrill…..! Harrumph!
    Interviews for an editor/reviewer will be conducted mid next week! Submit your resume’ to our genial host!

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  41. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Gregory. Nope.
    My transistor radio has finally given up the AM ghost. I catch Buck and Clay podcasts in my free news feeds but haven’t checked today. Usually delayed until the afternoon here, but I will keep an eye out. Buck’s stuff is free on line…but I just wait til it pops up rather than download.
    Last night, Buck was the guest of honor on Megan Kelly’s podcast and I caught most of a segment in and out of the kitchen. But, it was about his personal thoughts (analysis) to the question of why didn’t Putin win in a few days and is this the end of Putin…
    It I find it, I will post it here….might be coming via FB, so be warned. :). Haven’t spent much time on his web site or Clay’s website and that little time has
    not been in months. If I hear something that perks my ears, it’s usually live and have to wait a day or two to find a story on it. Gotta bring the receipts. Bongino always brings the receipts.

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  42. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Reminiscent of…..Reminiscent of the thrill…..!
    It’s only new once. Then you spent the rest of the time trying to recapture ‘the first time.’ Like a pair of brand new shoes, it’s only new one time…and for a brief time at that.

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  43. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Will creepy grampa joe thank vlad for all his help selling out to those mutha mullahs? –
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/iran-nuclear-deal-agreement-expected-european-diplomat
    😉

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  44. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Durham had to respond….and he did.
    ‘Durham argues Sussmann lying to FBI mattered as Clinton lawyer pushed collusion claims’
    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/durham-argues-sussmann-lie-fbi-mattered-as-he-pushed-collusion-claims

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  45. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    It has been quite apparent to me that the Woke are too far Left of the general Black community. Now, a little confirmation comes trickling in.
    ‘Black Democrats don’t like AOC’
    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/black-democrats-dont-like-aoc

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  46. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    @8:05
    “We’ve noted before the Democratic Party is run by a wealthy, mostly white elite that is far to the left of most black Democratic primary voters. Since 2016, they’ve had Trump to unite them. As Trump fades away, it will be interesting to see how the party changes.”
    They need to nominate their own man to represent white Democrats.
    I would personally suggest Sam Brinton as the man who personifies their belief systems.

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  47. fish Avatar
    fish

    I would personally suggest Sam Brinton as the man who personifies their belief systems.
    👍

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  48. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    DOJ Entices Its First Seditious-Conspiracy Plea — by Not Mentioning Trump
    https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/doj-entices-its-first-seditious-conspiracy-plea-by-not-mentioning-trump/

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