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“ #Bible sales are up roughly 40% since the pandemic, but church attendance is down to 30% from 42% two decades ago and 38% ten years ago. It’s #aesthetic in a way - #aestheticspirituality, #aestheticpolitics, #Baudrillard and #Debord would have a blast.” open.substack.com/pub/kyla/p/h...
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Ok, I’m on a rip right now since I made a point of looking at some Safeway grocery store prices of products I buy occasionally. This post continues where I left off on a few previous posts and comments. This one is about condiments. I decided after all to buy fish sauce for my sweet chipotle chili I’m going to make today.
Calling attention to @MLE_online because although you said I could sub soy sauce, I remember from about 5-6 years ago there ARE ways I can use fish sauce again. I think it was in scrambled eggs, of all things! So now I’ll look into using this condiment again when I spot it in a recipe. Ideas welcome.
So there were no choices available at Safeway and I did buy the “Thai Fish Sauce” for $5.99. Bet if I’d had time to drive 9 miles to Lee Lee grocery I’d find 10 kinds and most far less. First photo has it enlarged and I made arrows to it. Second photo is the main section of Asian and other specialty sauces and marinades. Thought maybe someone would be interested in them or the pricing. Comments welcome. Bet @PhoenixSerenity has ideas 😁
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About to go to the nearest grocery, a mile away and unfortunately a bit pricy for typical grocery packaged and too processed foods. Today it’s ground dry mustard, maybe (only maybe) fish sauce if they have it, and sweet potatoes. For my sweet chipotle chili as discussed in a thread yesterday. But before I go, at least I have had a cup of rich coffee in my tank to mitigate my expected grumpiness when I must go down the “condiment” aisle or the “Asian” section.
Seriously, just LOOK at the price of mayonnaise and “salad dressing” ie. Miracle Whip. Um, 20 oz mayo is on sale for WHAT? The typical medium-large jar is HOW MUCH? Oh dear. The rising grocery prices are truly lame. I may have to finally learn the thing. The homemade mayo. I even saved about 5 linked articles and recipes months ago when I was first offended by the price increases on lowly mayo. Sigh. Off to do a quick battle in the capitalist fever dream of ordinary America.
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Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Tuesday
My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, Aug. 12 1. The July consumer price index rose 2.7% on…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Markets #AppleInc #BreakingNews:Markets #Business #businessnews #ChipotleMexicanGrillInc #CircleInternetGroupInc #Investingclubsample #Investmentstrategy #JimCramer #OnHoldingAG #PaloAlto #PaloAltoNetworksInc #SalesforceInc #StarbucksCorp
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Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Tuesday
My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, Aug. 12 1. The July consumer price index rose 2.7% on…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Markets #AppleInc #BreakingNews:Markets #Business #businessnews #ChipotleMexicanGrillInc #CircleInternetGroupInc #Investingclubsample #Investmentstrategy #JimCramer #OnHoldingAG #PaloAlto #PaloAltoNetworksInc #SalesforceInc #StarbucksCorp
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Yummy! Baked #pumpkin and #beans #spread! Excellent for breakfast or afternoon pick-me-up! Say goodbye to boring spreads, this #veganspread will spice your mornings up! 😛🥰😘#plantbased #veganlife #veganlifestyle #recipe #cookingwithmarchi #healthylifestyle #delicious #chipotlelover #bakedpumpkin #veganbreakfast #veganbreakfastideas #plantbasedfoods #plantbasedbreakfast
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I'm sitting here doing a waffle. My favourite author, Seanan McGuire, is going to be in London Friday after/evening for a signing -- aka, a time of day I'm actually functional. But like... it's London, and it's going to be hot, and bleh. I mean, having said that, I'm looking at what tickets and Undergrounds I need to do the do, while trying to make myself *not* like, give several hours on either side. Having said that, there is totally a Chipotle right there. I've not had Chipotle in over 18 years, so that would be a nice itch to scratch.
(having said that, I also have to worry about things like being alone, and the weather turning hot -- it puts me at risk of having a vertigo attack, and that's a serious thing I have to consider)
Past that, been feeling a bit antsy. Like I don't quite know what to do with myself. It's really annoying, to say the least. What I want to do on one level is just sit here and knit, while another is like, gah, that isn't enough, and the games you're trying to pair with it aren't enough. Returning to smashing ('Dysmantle') seems to soothe, so yeah.. I guess some more of that then. xD
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I'm sitting here doing a waffle. My favourite author, Seanan McGuire, is going to be in London Friday after/evening for a signing -- aka, a time of day I'm actually functional. But like... it's London, and it's going to be hot, and bleh. I mean, having said that, I'm looking at what tickets and Undergrounds I need to do the do, while trying to make myself *not* like, give several hours on either side. Having said that, there is totally a Chipotle right there. I've not had Chipotle in over 18 years, so that would be a nice itch to scratch.
(having said that, I also have to worry about things like being alone, and the weather turning hot -- it puts me at risk of having a vertigo attack, and that's a serious thing I have to consider)
Past that, been feeling a bit antsy. Like I don't quite know what to do with myself. It's really annoying, to say the least. What I want to do on one level is just sit here and knit, while another is like, gah, that isn't enough, and the games you're trying to pair with it aren't enough. Returning to smashing ('Dysmantle') seems to soothe, so yeah.. I guess some more of that then. xD
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I'm sitting here doing a waffle. My favourite author, Seanan McGuire, is going to be in London Friday after/evening for a signing -- aka, a time of day I'm actually functional. But like... it's London, and it's going to be hot, and bleh. I mean, having said that, I'm looking at what tickets and Undergrounds I need to do the do, while trying to make myself *not* like, give several hours on either side. Having said that, there is totally a Chipotle right there. I've not had Chipotle in over 18 years, so that would be a nice itch to scratch.
(having said that, I also have to worry about things like being alone, and the weather turning hot -- it puts me at risk of having a vertigo attack, and that's a serious thing I have to consider)
Past that, been feeling a bit antsy. Like I don't quite know what to do with myself. It's really annoying, to say the least. What I want to do on one level is just sit here and knit, while another is like, gah, that isn't enough, and the games you're trying to pair with it aren't enough. Returning to smashing ('Dysmantle') seems to soothe, so yeah.. I guess some more of that then. xD
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Streaming everywhere tomorrow!
Matt Rife claims late puberty led to his glow up - HWSR Ep 122
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62hivKuqNFc
Apple, Substack, Spotify, and more https://lemacks.app/hwsrlinks#AndrewLemacks #NonaPhelps #HWSR #HesWrongShesRight #VeteranPodcast #AmericasPodcast #MattRife #ScarlettJohansson #GlowUp #CyberBullyMom #SaltLakeCityHousewives #ChipotleDate
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Exploring again with things I’ve never tried to prepare. Stuffed mushrooms, baby bella. It was a hit so will try again and a different recipe. I had to click the search result for a site named fifteen spatulas because I likely have that many. The filling here is cream cheese, Parmesan, panko bread crumbs, chipotle and Italian seasoning, garlic and egg. #Mushrooms #StuffedMushrooms #Food
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A nice sight is always welcome while cooking. Next I will fold over the edges into my omelet, the eggs, cheese, bacon, onion and bacon ready now. Penzey’s Mural of Flavor and Chipotle for my only seasoning. I’m so glad I am up to cooking again. The bacon was great -used precooked bacon I tried from the store since the price dropped to $2 a package. #Omlet #Breakfast
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Stuck for lunch? On your way out to watch the rugby?🏉 🏴 🏴 Pop in to Bruhaha and take advantage of our special Saturday lunch deal. Any 2 tacos plus a drink for just £12. Why not, eh? #IScreamTaco will be with us from 12pm and they use slow cooked chicken and pork, add Mexican herbs and spices, throw in some chipotle and maybe even a splash of tequila! 😋
Vegan & gluten free options too. Sound good? See you later
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Stuck for lunch? On your way out to watch the rugby?🏉 🏴 🏴 Pop in to Bruhaha and take advantage of our special Saturday lunch deal. Any 2 tacos plus a drink for just £12. Why not, eh? #IScreamTaco will be with us from 12pm and they use slow cooked chicken and pork, add Mexican herbs and spices, throw in some chipotle and maybe even a splash of tequila! 😋
Vegan & gluten free options too. Sound good? See you later
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Stuck for lunch? On your way out to watch the rugby?🏉 🏴 🏴 Pop in to Bruhaha and take advantage of our special Saturday lunch deal. Any 2 tacos plus a drink for just £12. Why not, eh? #IScreamTaco will be with us from 12pm and they use slow cooked chicken and pork, add Mexican herbs and spices, throw in some chipotle and maybe even a splash of tequila! 😋
Vegan & gluten free options too. Sound good? See you later
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𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲
Spareribs maken klinkt misschien als een uitdaging, maar met de makkelijke ovenspareribs van Hugo is de drempel lang niet meer zo hoog als op de barbecue. Geen zorgen! De herkenbare rooksmaak proef je nog steeds terug door de licht pittige, Mexicaanse chipotlemarinade.
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𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲
Spareribs maken klinkt misschien als een uitdaging, maar met de makkelijke ovenspareribs van Hugo is de drempel lang niet meer zo hoog als op de barbecue. Geen zorgen! De herkenbare rooksmaak proef je nog steeds terug door de licht pittige, Mexicaanse chipotlemarinade.
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𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲
Spareribs maken klinkt misschien als een uitdaging, maar met de makkelijke ovenspareribs van Hugo is de drempel lang niet meer zo hoog als op de barbecue. Geen zorgen! De herkenbare rooksmaak proef je nog steeds terug door de licht pittige, Mexicaanse chipotlemarinade.
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𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲
Spareribs maken klinkt misschien als een uitdaging, maar met de makkelijke ovenspareribs van Hugo is de drempel lang niet meer zo hoog als op de barbecue. Geen zorgen! De herkenbare rooksmaak proef je nog steeds terug door de licht pittige, Mexicaanse chipotlemarinade.
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𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲
Spareribs maken klinkt misschien als een uitdaging, maar met de makkelijke ovenspareribs van Hugo is de drempel lang niet meer zo hoog als op de barbecue. Geen zorgen! De herkenbare rooksmaak proef je nog steeds terug door de licht pittige, Mexicaanse chipotlemarinade.
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CW: Homemade Veggie Bouillon Powder
Just found this:
1 cup nutritional yeast
2 Tbsp garlic powder
2 Tbsp onion powder
1 Tbsp Italian seasoning
1 Tbsp poultry seasoning
1 Tbsp parsley flakes
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/4 tsp celery salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp sea saltShake to mix (1 Tbsp/ 1 cup H2O) or blend/process (1 tsp/ 1 cup H2O).
I might add a little Mexican oregano, thyme, smoked paprika, ground chipotle, turmeric, ...
#food #recipe #WFPB #vegan #vegetarian #omnivore #health #bouillon
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Another story about the approximately 10-foot deep 5-foot wide sinkhole that opened up at 27th and Girard in Uptown yesterday afternoon (Sun 7 Apr 2023) in the Lowry Hill East neighborhood of Minneapolis (near Lake of the Isles).
#sinkhole #MNastodon #Minnesota #TwinCitiesMN #TwinCities #MPS #Minneapolis #Mpls #UptownMinneapolis #LowryHillEastMpls
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This isn't good. Seems like maybe these services shouldn't exist.
"IRS-authorized tax e-file software provider, eFile.com, was found serving JavaScript malware called 'popper.js,' containing a base64-encoded code that attempts to load JavaScript from a third party website.
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The malware can allow full access to a device, providing the threat actor initial access to a corporate network for further attacks."
#malware #security #efile #irs #taxfedi #lawfedi @law
https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/thurs-46-chipotle-isnt-chipotle-efilecom
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Put little red potatoes, dry garbanzos, dry black beans, cloves of raw garlic, a seared/browned chuck steak, asparagus, baby carrots, celery, rough chopped Vidalia, beef brother, salt, pepper, olive oil, salt, pepper, and TABASCO Chipotle Pepper Hot Sauce into my crock pot, set it to low, and will have a semblance of both tonight's dinner and a (couple) weeks worth of dinners in the freezer and fridge. #notvegan
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Triangle Event Guide Monday April 20th Edition
Your go-to list of things to do across Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and beyond
Looking for things to do in the Triangle on Monday, April 20, 2026? From free community events and family-friendly activities to live entertainment, fitness classes, and food deals, the Triangle is packed with options to kick off your week. Whether you’re exploring Raleigh, Durham, Cary, or Carrboro, here’s your curated DoRaleigh guide to make the most of your Monday.
🌟 All-Day Events & Deals
Start your day with these ongoing events and promotions happening throughout the Triangle:
- Durham County Library’s Library Fest
All Day | FREE | Various locations
Celebrate literacy, community, and learning with activities across Durham County libraries. - Free Document Shredding at Office Depot / Office Max
All Day | FREE | Various locations
Safely dispose of sensitive documents during this free shredding event. - Subway Buy One Get One Free Footlong Deal
All Day | Various locations
Grab a deal on your favorite subs—perfect for lunch or dinner. - North Carolina Science Festival
All Day | FREE | Various locations
Experience STEM-focused programming, exhibits, and hands-on learning events throughout the Triangle.
👨👩👧👦 Family-Friendly & Daytime Activities
- Total Tot Time (Ages 0–5)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | FREE
📍 W.D. Hill Recreation Center, Durham
A fun and safe environment for toddlers to play, explore, and socialize. - Vinyasa Yoga Flow (All Levels)
10:00 AM | FREE (Registration Required)
📍 USA Baseball National Training Complex, Cary
Start your day with a refreshing yoga session suitable for all skill levels. - Coloring Vinyl Night
2:00 PM – 9:00 PM | FREE
📍 KōMANA Brewing Company, Cary
Get creative with music-themed art while enjoying a laid-back brewery vibe.
🍔 Food Deals & Happy Hour
- Chipotle Hockey Jersey BOGO Deal
3:00 PM | Discounted | Various locations
Wear a hockey jersey and score a buy-one-get-one free entrée deal. - Yappy Hour
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | $10
📍 Carolina Brewery, Pittsboro
Bring your pup and enjoy drinks, social time, and a pet-friendly atmosphere.
🧘♀️ Evening Wellness & Community Events
- Free Yoga at Dix Park
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | FREE (Registration Required)
📍 Harvey Hill at Dix Park, Raleigh
Relax and recharge with an outdoor yoga session in one of Raleigh’s most scenic parks. - Tap Yard Yoga (Pay What You Can)
6:30 PM
📍 Tap Yard, Raleigh
A flexible, community-driven yoga session—pay what you can and unwind.
🎤 Nightlife, Entertainment & Social Events
- Silent Reading Club
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | FREE
📍 The Glass Jug Downtown Durham Taproom
A peaceful social gathering for book lovers—bring your current read. - Early Karaoke
6:00 PM | FREE
📍 The Northside District
Warm up those vocals and hit the stage early. - Open Mic Night
6:00 PM | FREE
📍 Steel String Brewery, Carrboro
Showcase your talent or enjoy local performers in an intimate setting. - Cosmic Chuckles: Weekly Comedy Show
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | FREE
📍 Flying Saucer, Raleigh
Laugh the night away with stand-up comedy and local comedians. - Board Game Night
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM | FREE
📍 Moon Dog Meadery & Bottle Shop, Durham
Bring friends or join a group for a fun night of games and drinks. - Carrboro Open Mic
7:30 PM | FREE
📍 Speakeasy, Carrboro
A creative space for music, poetry, and live performances. - Air Hockey Tournament
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM | FREE
📍 Boxcar Bar + Arcade, Raleigh
Compete for bragging rights in this arcade classic showdown.
📍 Plan Your Monday in the Triangle
From free festivals and yoga sessions to comedy shows and nightlife, there’s no shortage of things to do across the Triangle this Monday. Whether you’re looking for family-friendly outings, social events, or a chill evening, DoRaleigh has you covered.
👉 Be sure to bookmark DoRaleigh.com and follow us for daily event guides, local news, and the best things to do in Raleigh and the Triangle.
Post your community News, Events, and you can request placing a Paid ad on our Submissions Page.
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#CarrboroEvents #CaryEvents #ComedyShowsRaleigh #DoRaleigh #DurhamEvents #events #FamilyEventsTriangle #FreeEventsRaleigh #liveMusicRaleigh #News #NorthCarolinaEvents #RaleighEvents #ThingsToDoRaleigh #TriangleEventGuide #TriangleNCEvents #weekdayEvents #yogaRaleigh - Durham County Library’s Library Fest
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Triangle Event Guide Monday April 20th Edition
Your go-to list of things to do across Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and beyond
Looking for things to do in the Triangle on Monday, April 20, 2026? From free community events and family-friendly activities to live entertainment, fitness classes, and food deals, the Triangle is packed with options to kick off your week. Whether you’re exploring Raleigh, Durham, Cary, or Carrboro, here’s your curated DoRaleigh guide to make the most of your Monday.
🌟 All-Day Events & Deals
Start your day with these ongoing events and promotions happening throughout the Triangle:
- Durham County Library’s Library Fest
All Day | FREE | Various locations
Celebrate literacy, community, and learning with activities across Durham County libraries. - Free Document Shredding at Office Depot / Office Max
All Day | FREE | Various locations
Safely dispose of sensitive documents during this free shredding event. - Subway Buy One Get One Free Footlong Deal
All Day | Various locations
Grab a deal on your favorite subs—perfect for lunch or dinner. - North Carolina Science Festival
All Day | FREE | Various locations
Experience STEM-focused programming, exhibits, and hands-on learning events throughout the Triangle.
👨👩👧👦 Family-Friendly & Daytime Activities
- Total Tot Time (Ages 0–5)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | FREE
📍 W.D. Hill Recreation Center, Durham
A fun and safe environment for toddlers to play, explore, and socialize. - Vinyasa Yoga Flow (All Levels)
10:00 AM | FREE (Registration Required)
📍 USA Baseball National Training Complex, Cary
Start your day with a refreshing yoga session suitable for all skill levels. - Coloring Vinyl Night
2:00 PM – 9:00 PM | FREE
📍 KōMANA Brewing Company, Cary
Get creative with music-themed art while enjoying a laid-back brewery vibe.
🍔 Food Deals & Happy Hour
- Chipotle Hockey Jersey BOGO Deal
3:00 PM | Discounted | Various locations
Wear a hockey jersey and score a buy-one-get-one free entrée deal. - Yappy Hour
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | $10
📍 Carolina Brewery, Pittsboro
Bring your pup and enjoy drinks, social time, and a pet-friendly atmosphere.
🧘♀️ Evening Wellness & Community Events
- Free Yoga at Dix Park
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | FREE (Registration Required)
📍 Harvey Hill at Dix Park, Raleigh
Relax and recharge with an outdoor yoga session in one of Raleigh’s most scenic parks. - Tap Yard Yoga (Pay What You Can)
6:30 PM
📍 Tap Yard, Raleigh
A flexible, community-driven yoga session—pay what you can and unwind.
🎤 Nightlife, Entertainment & Social Events
- Silent Reading Club
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | FREE
📍 The Glass Jug Downtown Durham Taproom
A peaceful social gathering for book lovers—bring your current read. - Early Karaoke
6:00 PM | FREE
📍 The Northside District
Warm up those vocals and hit the stage early. - Open Mic Night
6:00 PM | FREE
📍 Steel String Brewery, Carrboro
Showcase your talent or enjoy local performers in an intimate setting. - Cosmic Chuckles: Weekly Comedy Show
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | FREE
📍 Flying Saucer, Raleigh
Laugh the night away with stand-up comedy and local comedians. - Board Game Night
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM | FREE
📍 Moon Dog Meadery & Bottle Shop, Durham
Bring friends or join a group for a fun night of games and drinks. - Carrboro Open Mic
7:30 PM | FREE
📍 Speakeasy, Carrboro
A creative space for music, poetry, and live performances. - Air Hockey Tournament
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM | FREE
📍 Boxcar Bar + Arcade, Raleigh
Compete for bragging rights in this arcade classic showdown.
📍 Plan Your Monday in the Triangle
From free festivals and yoga sessions to comedy shows and nightlife, there’s no shortage of things to do across the Triangle this Monday. Whether you’re looking for family-friendly outings, social events, or a chill evening, DoRaleigh has you covered.
👉 Be sure to bookmark DoRaleigh.com and follow us for daily event guides, local news, and the best things to do in Raleigh and the Triangle.
Post your community News, Events, and you can request placing a Paid ad on our Submissions Page.
Follow Us: Instagram | Facebook | BSky | Linkedin
#CarrboroEvents #CaryEvents #ComedyShowsRaleigh #DoRaleigh #DurhamEvents #events #FamilyEventsTriangle #FreeEventsRaleigh #liveMusicRaleigh #News #NorthCarolinaEvents #RaleighEvents #ThingsToDoRaleigh #TriangleEventGuide #TriangleNCEvents #weekdayEvents #yogaRaleigh - Durham County Library’s Library Fest
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Local Wetherspoons announce January sales across Swansea
Pub managers at The Potters Wheel in The Kingsway, The Bank Statement in Wind Street, The Red Lion Inn in Sway Road, Morriston, and The Mardy Inn in High Street, Gorseinon are reducing the price of a range of drinks and meals from Friday, January 2, until Thursday, January 15 inclusive.
The other drinks featured in the sale are Coldwater Creek wine (250ml glass of Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Rose, Merlot at £2.99 each, Johnnie Walker Black Label (25ml including a mixer) and Tanqueray London Dry Gin (25ml including a mixer) at £2.29 each.
A full range of low and alcohol-free drinks will also be on offer, including Guinness 0.0%, Corona Cero, Brewdog Punk AF, Stella Artois Alcohol Free, Erdinger Isotonic, Thatchers zero, Koppaberg Alcohol Free, Gordons 0.0 pink gin at £1.69 each, and Beck’s Blue and Sanpellegrino Aranciata Rossa for 99p each.
Customers can also enjoy savings on food too, with an 11-inch Margherita pizza and a crunchy chicken burger, served with chips or side salad, each costing £4.99 with a soft drink and £6.52 with an alcoholic drink.
In addition, a choice of six jacket potatoes, plus three new gourmet jackets will be available in the sale.
A jacket potato with a choice of one filling (from tuna mayo, coleslaw, chilli bean non-carne, cheese, baked beans, roasted vegetables) will cost £4.99 including a soft drink and £6.52 with an alcoholic drink.
Customers can add an extra filling or side salad for 99p.
The gourmet jacket potatoes are new to the menu and will cost £6.49 with a soft drink and £8.02 with an alcoholic drink.
The loaded spud is topped with cheese, maple-cured bacon, garlic butter and sour cream.
The Mexican spud, a vegetarian option, is loaded with chilli non-carne, cheese, guacamole, crushed tortilla chips, sliced chillies and coriander.
The smoky spud is loaded with pulled BBQ beef brisket, cheese, smoky chipotle mayo and sliced chillies.
The Bank Statement manager Ben Edwards said:
“Department stores and shops hold their sales in January, so it is the perfect time to have a sale in the pub too.
“The range of drinks and food on sale in the pub is aimed at suiting a wide variety of tastes.
“We have included a large selection of low and non-alcoholic drinks.
“I believe that the January Sale will prove popular with our customers.
“As always, staff at the pub will serve customers responsibly.”
[Lead image: JD Wetherspoons]
#BankStatement #JanuarySale #MardyInn #PottersWheel #RedLion #WetherspoonS -
Opinión | ¡Quiero que me oigan! | Porque a nosotros se nos pega la regalada gana
Comunicado urgente de nuevos decretos sobre políticas y sanciones oficiales que se aplicarán por parte del gobierno mexicano, también conocido como la República de: “Porque a nosotros se nos pega la regalada gana”, al gobierno de los Estados Unidos, a sus empresas y ciudadanos.
Por Hilda Teresita Bautista Villegas
- Migración:
–Estados Unidos debe construir un muro en su frontera norte para detener la migración ilegal de canadienses, y México lo pagará… pero con fondos estadounidenses.
-Deportar a los estadounidenses que vivan en México sin visa de ‘sueño mexicano’, incluyendo a jubilados en Guanajuato y artistas en Cdmx.
-Exigimos que EU acepte 5 millones de migrantes mexicanos al año, con derecho a voto remoto, (en sucursales de Oxxo que cada Estado de aquella nación deberá construir en cada esquina) para participar en elecciones mexicanas. - Seguridad y Narcotráfico:
-Exigimos que el gobierno de EU erradique el tráfico de armas hacia México. Si no lo logra en 6 meses, impondremos sanciones económicas a empresas de Texas y Arizona.
- Exigimos que la DEA opere en Chicago y Los Ángeles para desmantelar pandillas, pero sin inmiscuirse en asuntos internos de EU.
-Exigimos que el color azul de la bandera norteamericana sea reemplazado por el verde y las estrellas por pequeños nopales, ajolotes y un Águila Real. - Exigimos extraditar a políticos estadounidenses cuyas políticas hayan fomentado la adicción a opioides, para ser juzgados en México.
- Economía y Comercio:
- Contra el monopolio abusivo, requerimos que el 50% de las empresas en Wall Street sean propiedad de accionistas mexicanos, para ‘equilibrar’ la economía continental.
- Que el T-MEC incluya una cláusula donde EU pague un impuesto del 60% por usar aguacates mexicanos y usufructuar la palabra “guacamole”, patrimonio de la cultura Náhuatl, durante el Súper Bowl.
- A continuación, se presenta el respaldo legal a la demanda anterior:
Cláusula de licencia obligatoria para uso de la palabra “guacamole” durante el Super Bowl.
I. Definiciones: - “Guacamole”: Término registrado internacionalmente bajo la marca comercial: “Super Bowl Avocado Alliance from Uruapan, Michoacán”; refiriéndose exclusivamente a cualquier preparación de aguacate machacado consumida durante, antes o después del evento deportivo conocido como Super Bowl.
-Usuario:
Las sanciones serán aplicadas a cualquier individuo (sin importar la edad, desde 4 meses hasta cien años), entidad o mascota que pronuncie, escriba o transmita la palabra “Guacamole” en relación con el Super Bowl sin licencia previa.
II. Impuesto por Uso: - Por cada mención audible o escrita de “Guacamole” durante el Super Bowl (incluyendo redes sociales, anuncios televisivos o conversaciones privadas captadas por asistentes virtuales), el Usuario deberá pagar a la SBAA representante de los exportadores mexicanos:
- $0.10 USD, por mención en ámbito personal (ej.: “Pásame el Guacamole”).
- $50,000 USD; por mención comercial (ej.: anuncios de Doritos con “Guacamole”).
III. Excepciones:
- Se eximen del pago las menciones en:
- Recetas ancestrales mexicanas anteriores a 1920.Protestas contra el monopolio del aguacate. Canciones de reggaetón que, utilicen la palabra “Guacamole”, como metáfora no relacionada con el dip.
IV. Multas:
- El uso no autorizado se sancionará con:
- Canto del Himno Nacional Mexicano al inicio del Super Bowl, mencionando la importancia del respeto a la propiedad intelectual.
- Abastecer de chips “sin salsa” al infractor durante un año.
- Obligación de ver en bucle el anuncio del Super Bowl más aburrido de la historia. V. Jurisdicción:
Cualquier disputa sobre el uso de la palabra “Guacamole” se resolverá en la “Corte Internacional del Chile (CICH)”, con sede en municipio Chipotle, mediante un duelo de baile de salsa (picante). - Negocios Internacionales y Nuevo Apartado para el T-Mec
- “Tesla” debe fabricar el cien por ciento de sus autos en México, pero usando solo mano de obra local y sin interferencia de Elon Musk.
- Soberanía y Cultura:
Exigimos que todo estadounidense radicado en nuestro país durante más de un mes aprenda a preparar salsa en molcajete, como prueba de adaptación y reconocimiento cultural.
- Exigimos, como compensatorio cultural al uso de simbología mexicana en producciones de Pixar, que la empresa incluya un episodio obligatorio de Coco II donde México gane la Copa Mundial contra EU, en space jam.
- Exigimos que el 4 de julio, específicamene en Washington DC, se celebre también el ‘Día de la Victoria Mexicana’, por la Batalla de Puebla, y que la celebración inicie con el “Son de la negra”, tocada con trompeta por cada miembro del gabinete de Trump perteneciente a cualquier partido, ya sea Republicano o Demócrata.
- Que el inglés sea declarado ‘lengua opcional’ en California y Texas, siendo el “Náhuatl y el Español Mexicano”, los idiomas oficiales.
- En economía:
Exigimos que EU pague derechos de autor cada vez que se pronuncien palabras en español como “fiesta”, “taco” o “burrito” en anuncios o películas. - En Defensa de la ciudadanía mexicana radicada en EU:
- Exigimos la presencia constante de soldados mexicanos patrullando Miami Beach «para proteger a nuestros migrantes del sol excesivo y de los spring breakers«.
- Medio Ambiente:
- EE.UU. debe pagar una ‘deuda climática’ a México por cada tornado en el Midwest, ya que ‘alteran los vientos que llegan a Veracruz’.
- Medio Ambiente Psicológico:
- Los Estados Unidos deberá pagar a los ciudadanos mexicanos que laboran en aquel país una multa de 2000 mil dólares mensuales por daños psicológicos debidos al asedio del que son objeto día con día por parte del gobierno del presidente Trump.
- Para resarcir los daños ocasionados a las relaciones diplomáticas y comerciales entre México y Estados Unidos por parte del gobierno del presidente Trump, el gobierno de la República: “Porque a nosotros se nos pega la regalada gana” exige que la Estatua de la Libertad sea reemplazada por una escultura del ciudadano mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
- Exigimos, tajantemente, que la Casa Blanca cambie de inmediato su nombre a “Palacio Nacional II”
- Política Exterior Absurda:
- Que EU declare a México su ‘aliado principal contra la amenaza extraterrestre’, con derecho a usar Area 51 para pruebas de tequila transdimensional.
- Que la CIA entregue todos sus archivos sobre avistamientos de chupacabras en Nuevo México… o habrá aranceles del 100 cien por ciento al peanut butter.
Definitorio juridico expresado con el texto de “decreto mexicano de dominio cultural global”
Artículo 1: Todo territorio que escuche Cielito Lindo tres veces seguidas será declarado con Mención Honorifica: “Zona de Soberanía Afectiva Mexicana”.
Artículo 2: La frase: “¿A poco no está cabrón?” se enseñará en escuelas de relaciones internacionales como diplomacia avanzada.
Artículo 3: La ONU deberá adoptar el “Día Mundial del Taco” (con veto permanente al ketchup).Ineludible: nuevo decreto a discutir:
Que los EU adopten el sistema electoral mexicano, sin patrocinio empresarial. Con participación ciudadana única y auténtica y con exigencia irrefutable de convocar a los candidatos a demostrar 50,000 horas de trabajo en campo, para conocer y desarrollar estrategias convenientes para manejar las problemáticas regionales y de las poblaciones correspondientes.
PD: Si EU se queja, les recordamos que, sin nuestro aguacate, su Super Bowl es un “funeral”.
Conclusión
Estas peticiones son una exageración cómica, pero reflejan cómo se sentiría la ciudadanía norteamericana las demandas fueran totalmente unilaterales y absurdas por parte de México. La relación real entre ambos países requiere cooperación, lealtad y honestidad.
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Today, the press and cable TV are mostly focused on tomorrow’s debate and how Biden can deal with Trump’s insanity and incoherence. I don’t find the discussions about this very interesting. I think Biden knows how to bait Trump, and no one really knows what crazy nonsense Trump will unleash. I hope Biden will mock Trump’s fear of sharks and electric boats; his claims that there’s not enough water in shower heads and dishwashers; and his claim that he got his vast knowledge about “nuclear” by osmosis from his uncle the MIT professor. Trump has absolutely no interest or knowledge about policy and Biden can demonstrate that too.
It is concerning that Trump is claiming Biden will be “jacked up” on drugs, because low information voters appear to be incredibly stupid and will likely believe it. Of course, Trump is the one who could be using drugs as a crutch.
Philip Bump at The Washington Post: No, Biden won’t be on performance-enhancing drugs for the debate.
Allies of Donald Trump have painted themselves into a cognitive corner. President Biden is unfit for office, they argue, because he is so old, and his mental abilities have deteriorated markedly. But then Biden will, say, deliver a State of the Union address in which he is energetic and pointed for more than an hour.
So they modify their claim: Biden is addled and wandering, except when he is given some sort of medication, perhaps a stimulant, that reverses that effect. And here we are, with Trump and those seeking his reelection to the White House demanding that Biden submit to some sort of drug test before this week’s first presidential debate, purportedly in effort to sniff out this theoretical drug.
Experts who spoke with The Washington Post, though, confirm that no such medicine exists.
At the outset, we should recognize that this claim is generally not offered seriously. It is, instead, an effort to escape the aforementioned contradiction, a way to hold both that Biden is incapable of serving as president and yet, unquestionably at times, not demonstrating any such impairment. What’s more, the demand that Biden undergo a drug test is itself not serious. It is, instead, meant to create a condition that allows Trump and his allies to continue to claim that any strong performance from Biden is a function of medication. The result is win-win for Trump, who can blame any loss on this wonder drug.
The wackos at Fox “News” are busy speculating about what drugs Biden could be using.
Host Maria Bartiromo — no stranger to conspiratorial argumentation — hosted Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) where she offered an observation made by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Tex.).
“Jackson says Biden will have been at Camp David for a full week before the debate,” Bartiromo said, “and that they’re probably experimenting with getting doses right. Giving him medicine ahead of the debate.”
Burlison agreed that this was possible, though he offered that it might be more innocuous than medication. Perhaps, he said, Biden’s team is “jack[ing] him up on Mountain Dew.”
“Nothing like that exists,” Thomas Wisniewski, director of the NYU Langone Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, told The Washington Post by phone. “There are no medications or stimulants that can reverse a dementing process transiently.”
but quite often that can just exacerbate their confusion, as well,” he added. “They can be more stimulated, but they are not going to be behaving in a more cogent or normal fashion as a result of being stimulated by anything. Very often it’s the reverse.”
Adam Brickman, associate professor of neuropsychology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, concurred with that assessment.
“I’m not aware of any medications that would reverse or mask cognitive decline,” Brickman said. What’s more, he noted that “the association between energy and cognition is a very weak one. In other words, someone could have low energy but totally intact cognition and vice versa.”
Of course the goal of these drug claims is to prepare the idiots who support Trump for the likelihood that Biden will wipe the floor with Trump during tomorrow’s debate.
Amanda Marcotte at Salon: Trump’s claim that Biden is “jacked up” on drugs is more than projection — it’s cult conditioning.
Donald Trump has been thinking a lot about cocaine lately, even though drug-running is one of the few felony charges he’s not been indicted or convicted for. He has been routinely accusing President Joe Biden of using drugs, with the usual vivid details Trump injects into all his weird fantasies. “So a little before debate time, he gets a shot in the a—,” Trump told rallygoers in Philadelphia Saturday. “I say he’ll come out all jacked up,” he added, before going off on a diatribe accusing Biden of being the owner of a bag of cocaine found in a White House visitors’ closet last year.
La Lecture, 1877, by Henri Fanton-Latour
Since there’s no flight of Trump’s fancy too bizarre for right-wing media, this obsession of Trump’s is getting echoed by Republican politicians and MAGA talking heads. Fox News hosts, Republican politicians, MAGA media influencers, and every right-wing troll on Twitter have been playing their part as well-trained parrots, repeating the lie. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is even putting the lie in paid advertising.
Everyone knows that Trump’s favorite rhetorical tactic is psychological projection. You’d think Republicans would be a little more worried this would raise questions about what Trump has been ingesting. But no: The campaign tapped disgraced former White House doctor Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Tex. to be a major Trump surrogate pushing this lie. Jackson’s been hitting both TV and podcasts to toss around drug names like “Adderall” and “Provigil.” This only reinforces suspicions that this accusation is a confession, however. When Jackson was Trump’s White House doctor, he earned the nickname “Dr. Feelgood” for relentlessly pushing these drugs on people who do not need them. Jackson’s behavior was so egregious that the Navy stripped him of his rank.
What’s telling about this lie is, as with many MAGA falsehoods, it seems few, if any, of the people repeating it actually believe it. Trump and his allies have accused Biden not just of being a little tired at times, but of having dementia. As Mona Charen pointed out on the “Daily Blast” podcast, if Adderall could restore a demented person’s brain, they’d be mass distributing it to the millions of people who are suffering from this disease. As for the cocaine accusation, even the most naive person in the country knows cocaine makes people less coherent, not sharper. It causes people to ramble on about nonsense, which is closer to describing your average Trump speech, not anything Biden has been up to.
Trump is using his second favorite trick, besides projection: Tricking his followers into believing they’re in on his con.
Trump isn’t trying to convince anyone of this lie. He’s convincing them that, by repeating the obvious lie, they can share in what they believe is his mastery over reality itself. The lie is not a thing the MAGA person sincerely believes. It’s a weapon Trump has provided them. When he loses the debate, which they clearly expect he will, the lie gives them a way to participate in the post-debate spin. But it’s also the stupidity of the lie that makes it so fun. Saying something deliberately dumb is a reliable way to drive the liberals mad. Angering liberals is the emotional core of the MAGA base….
As I’ve written about before, this strategy is the oldest technique in the con artist’s book. The best way for a grifter to gain a mark’s trust is to make him feel like he’s in on the con. Cult leaders operate the same way, by creating this sense of intimacy with their victims. Once the mark feels he’s part of the conspiracy, it’s that much easier to victimize him. The mark feels like the predator and not the prey, and so he lets his guard down around the actual villain picking his pocket. Trump does this to his followers over and over again, and they always fall for it. Even the Capitol insurrection is a good example. Trump convinced the rioters that they were his partners in the attempted coup. In reality, they were his patsies, set up to take the fall while he hid away in the White House.
Read the whole piece at Salon. It’s good.
NPR has an interesting article on the Biden and Trump “debates” in 2020: COVID tests and crosstalk: What happened the last time Trump and Biden debated.
With Trump and Biden now near even in the latest polls, and many Americans unenthused — and still undecided — about voting for either of them, Thursday’s debate offers both candidates an opportunity. But it’s not without risks.
It’s likely to be a memorable night if 2020 is any indication. Here’s a look at what happened last time Trump and Biden took the stage together….
Albert Edelfelt, Portrait of the artist’s sister Bertha Edelfelt, 1881
The first round, in September 2020, was by many accounts a disaster. NPR’s Domenico Montanaro called it “maybe the worst presidential debate in American history.”
Trump arrived on the debate stage trailing in the polls and, apparently, jonesing for drama. He interrupted Biden constantly, peppering him with questions and personal slights despite moderator Chris Wallace’s pleas for order.
At one point, while Biden was talking about his late son Beau’s military service, Trump jumped in to attack his other son, Hunter, for his drug use (which Biden managed to seize as a sympathetic moment).
Biden tried in vain to ignore Trump talking over him throughout — but called the then-president a “clown” more than once. At one point he had clearly had enough.
“Will you shut up, man?” he said exasperatedly, as Trump continued accusing him of wanting to pack the Supreme Court. “This is so unpresidential.”
Trump even bulldozed over Wallace, prompting the then-Fox News anchor to declare, “Mr. President, I am the moderator of this debate and I would like you to let me ask my question and then you can answer.”
A bit more on the first “debate”:
Still, a few substantive moments stood out amidst the chaos and crosstalk.
One was when Wallace asked if Trump was willing to condemn white supremacists and tell them to “stand down.”
Trump blamed the “left-wing” instead, but said he was prepared to do so. At that point, both Wallace and Biden urged him to go ahead. Trump asked for a name, and Biden suggested the Proud Boys.
“Proud Boys, stand back and stand by,” Trump said, in what sounded more like a call to action, and quickly became part of the far-right extremist group’s new social media logo.
Trump also repeatedly made baseless claims about the upcoming election being rigged, saying “This is going to be fraud like you’ve never heard.”
When Wallace asked if he would urge his supporters to stay calm during a potentially prolonged period of counting ballots, Trump demurred. He said instead that he was “urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully.”
“If it’s a fair election, I am 100% on board,” he said. “But if I see tens of thousands of ballots being manipulated, I can’t go along with that.”
Read the rest at NPR.
The Supreme Court is still releasing decisions. Once again, they have held back the one on Trump’s claim of “presidential immunity.” They announced two decisions today.
The Guardian: US supreme court allows government to request removal of misinformation on social media.
The US supreme court has struck down a lower court ruling in the case of Murthy v Missouri, finding that the government’s communications with social media platforms about Covid-19 misinformation did not violate the first amendment. The court’s decision permits the government to call on tech companies to remove falsehoods and establishes boundaries around free speech online.
The court ruled 6-3 that the plaintiffs had no standing to bring the case against the Biden administration, with conservative justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissenting.
The ruling is a blow to a longstanding Republican-backed effort to equate content moderation with censorship. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which included the founder of a far-right conspiracy website, argued that the government and federal agencies were coercing tech companies into silencing conservatives through demands to take down misinformation about the pandemic.
Bloomberg Law: Supreme Court Further Weakens Public Corruption Prosecutions.
The US Supreme Court again pared back a public corruption law, this time saying that state and local officials who accept “gratuities” aren’t covered by a federal bribery statute.
The 6-3 ruling by Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday was the latest in a string of cases cutting the reach of federal corruption laws and prosecutorial discretion to bring charges against government officials.
Woman reading in garden. Ignacio Díaz Olano
In the latest case, Snyder v. United States, the justices said a law which makes it a crime for certain state or local officials to “corruptly” accept anything of value over $5,000 doesn’t reach gratuities paid in recognition of past actions.
The ruling undoes the conviction of former Portage, Indiana, Mayor James Snyder for receiving $13,000 from a trucking company after it was awarded city contracts.
A contrary ruling had the potential to criminalize “commonplace gratuities” like a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card, Chipotle dinner, or tickets to a Hoosiers game, the court said.
The ruling split the justices along ideological lines. Writing for the liberal justices in dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said “Snyder’s absurd and atextual reading of the statute is one only today’s Court could love.”
The justices’ concern over prosecutorial overreach could have implications for a number of criminal cases over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The justices in Fischer v. United States are considering whether federal prosecutors went too far in charging some defendants with an Enron-era statute prohibiting obstruction of an official proceeding.
Judge Aileen Cannon held another hearing yesterday in her efforts to waste as much time as possible and prevent the stolen documents case from going to trial. Here’s some of what happened:
Adam Klasfeld at Just Security: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Search Challenge Flounders: Judge Signals Warrant Passed Muster.
Nearly two years after the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s effort to suppress the evidence that agents found inside his personal residence and social club appeared to fall flat on Tuesday.
Trump’s attorney, Emil Bove, argued that the search warrant was not detailed enough to survive Fourth Amendment scrutiny.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon pointedly disagreed: “It seems like it is, based on the caselaw that’s been submitted,” she said, minutes before court adjourned.
Though Cannon did not immediately issue a ruling, Trump’s challenge hinges on the “particularity” of the warrant, and her remarks throughout the proceedings left little doubt as to her leanings.
“It’s clearly delineated there to search for documents with classification markings,” she remarked toward the start of the hearing.
Click the link to read more about the hearing.
At Public Notice, Liz Dye wrote about Trump’s claims that he should be able to attack anyone involved in the legal cases against him: Trump asserts constitutional right to harass FBI agents.
In the stolen documents case in Florida, Trump called the special counsel’s motion to stop him from spreading vicious lies about the FBI agents who searched Mar-a-Lago a “naked effort to impose totalitarian censorship of core political speech, under threat of incarceration, in a clear attempt to silence President Trump’s arguments to the American people about the outrageous nature of this investigation and prosecution.” [….]
In Florida, Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to bar Trump from accusing the FBI agents who executed the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago of trying to assassinate him.
The backstory is that on May 21, Trump claimed to have been “shown Reports” that President Biden “AUTHORIZED THE FBI TO USE DEADLY (LETHAL) FORCE” back in August 2022 when it raided the private club where he was storing stolen government documents.
Sleeping Woman with a Book, by Ferdinand Max Bredt
In fact, the “Report” was boilerplate language from the FBI’s operations order for the warrant, attached as an exhibit to his own motion to suppress the evidence kicked up on that raid. The FBI took great care to execute the warrant at a time when the club was shuttered for the season and there was no prospect that the former president and his family would be there. Nevertheless, Trump and his MAGA henchmen spent several news cycles claiming that President Biden had sent in agents “locked and loaded” ready to shoot him.
Those agents will necessarily be witnesses at the trial (should it ever happen), and yet Trump is falsely accusing them of attempted murder. Two of them were already publicly outed back in 2022 when someone gave the unredacted warrant to Breitbart and a former Trump aide, both of whom published it with the agents’ signatures visible.
After the agents were doxxed, they and their families were threatened and harassed, which influenced Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart’s decision to keep under seal parts of the affidavit in support of the warrant.
“Given the public notoriety and controversy about this search, it is likely that even witnesses who are not expressly named in the Affidavit would be quickly and broadly identified over social media and other communication channels, which could lead to them being harassed and intimidated,” he wrote.
Judge Cannon doesn’t seem to think this is a big deal.
Trump insists that his lies about the FBI are “core political speech” protected by the First Amendment. He also deliberately distorts the “heckler’s veto,” as he has done many times before, claiming that he cannot be silenced to prevent foreseeable, violent acts by his supporters. But as the DC Circuit wrote in its order upholding the gag order in the election interference case, “That doctrine prohibits restraining speech on the grounds that it ‘might offend a hostile mob’ hearing the message.” [….]
The DC Circuit judges noted that the trial judge need not find that the defendant’s statements had led to violent attacks in this case, they could infer the danger from attacks on everyone from Atlanta poll workers, to grand jurors in Fulton County, to the jury foreperson doxxed in the Roger Stone case. Applying the standard set out by the Supreme Court in Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada, the judges blessed the gag order based on a finding that Trump’s attacks on witnesses, jurors, and court staff posed a “substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing” the proceedings.
But that may not matter to Judge Aileen Cannon, who showed marked hostility to this (and every other) prosecutorial motion at a hearing Monday in Fort Pierce, where she waved away the ample record of Trump endangering witnesses and law enforcement, as well as an exhibit showing threats to FBI agents by a man who was killed in an attempted attack on an FBI building in Cincinnati just days after the warrant on Mar-a-Lago was executed.
“There still needs to be a factual connection between A and B,” the judge said, rebuffing Assistant US Attorney David Harbach’s efforts to make the government’s case.
“Mr. Harbach, I don’t appreciate your tone,” she fumed in response to the complaint that she wasn’t letting the government articulate its position, according to Just Security’s Adam Klasfeld, who was in the courtroom. “I expect decorum in this courtroom at all times. If you cannot do that, I’m sure one of your colleagues can take up this motion.” [….]
It seems highly unlikely that Cannon will do anything to curb Trump’s speech, until someone else gets hurt — and, if and when that happens, she will blame the government for failing to properly argue in favor of the gag order.
One more on the stolen documents case from Justin Rohrlich at The Daily Beast: New Pics Show Nuclear Secrets Stashed Beside the Diet Cokes at Mar-a-Lago.
On Monday night, following Trump’s latest disingenuous contention—that the FBI agents who seized and reviewed the contents of boxes upon boxes of sensitive materials stored at Mar-a-Lago “failed to maintain” the exact order of the documents within, which Trump now claims could somehow exonerate him—government lawyers filed a scathing response letting the air out of Trump’s contentions.
Nikolai Bekker Portrait of Countess Maria Hilarionovna Worontsov-Dachkova (1919).
Far from a neatly ordered system under which Trump, a notorious pack rat, maintained a precise inventory of important documents, Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, along with prosecutors Jay Bratt and David Harbach, noted the “cluttered collection of keepsakes,” which “traveled from one readily accessible location to another” around the Palm Beach, Florida club.
“[T]his is not a case where reams of identically-sized documents were stacked neatly in file folders or redwelds, arrayed perfectly within a box,” the filing states. “To anyone other than Trump, the boxes had no apparent organization whatsoever.”
Trump kept highly guarded secrets in boxes with “personally chosen keepsakes of various sizes and shapes from his presidency—newspapers, thank you notes, Christmas ornaments, magazines, clothing, and photographs of himself and others,” the government’s filing goes on.
“After they landed in stacks in the storage room, several boxes fell and splayed their contents on the floor; and boxes were moved to Trump’s residence on more than one occasion so he could review and pick through them,” the filing continues. “Against this backdrop of the haphazard manner in which Trump chose to maintain his boxes, he now claims that the precise order of the items within the boxes when they left the White House was critical to his defense, and, what’s more, that FBI agents executing the search warrant in August 2022 should have known that.”
Smith, Bratt, and Harbach included a slew of exhibits to back up their position, with numerous previously unseen pictures of Trump’s decidedly chaotic storage methods. One shows assorted wadded-up golf shirts side-by-side with a folder marked “CONFIDENTIAL.” Another shows extremely sensitive defense-related documents carelessly stacked up on the floor beside cases of Diet Coke, a Hermes tie box, and a “Save America” cap, several toppled boxes with papers, binders, and folders spilling out, and a box containing a Christmas pillow and a random length of bubble wrap, beneath which, as national security analyst and writer Marcy Wheeler pointed out, at least one document prosecutors say was related to America’s nuclear weapons program.
In one exhibit, Smith & Co. provide a new photo of a storage closet at Mar-a-Lago where the contents of at least five upturned bankers boxes can be seen spilling out onto the floor. Several suit jackets in plastic dry cleaning bags hang from a rack above them, a Gibson guitar case leans against the wall, and what appears to be a piece of rococo plaster molding teeters atop a cardboard box nearby. According to the indictment, one of the boxes seen here contained a 2019 document marked “SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY,” which denotes the Five Eyes intelligence alliance that includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.
Read more and see photos at the Daily Beast link.
This post is getting really long, so I’m going going to end there. I’ll add a few more links in the comment thread. Have a great day, everyone!!
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Today, the press and cable TV are mostly focused on tomorrow’s debate and how Biden can deal with Trump’s insanity and incoherence. I don’t find the discussions about this very interesting. I think Biden knows how to bait Trump, and no one really knows what crazy nonsense Trump will unleash. I hope Biden will mock Trump’s fear of sharks and electric boats; his claims that there’s not enough water in shower heads and dishwashers; and his claim that he got his vast knowledge about “nuclear” by osmosis from his uncle the MIT professor. Trump has absolutely no interest or knowledge about policy and Biden can demonstrate that too.
It is concerning that Trump is claiming Biden will be “jacked up” on drugs, because low information voters appear to be incredibly stupid and will likely believe it. Of course, Trump is the one who could be using drugs as a crutch.
Philip Bump at The Washington Post: No, Biden won’t be on performance-enhancing drugs for the debate.
Allies of Donald Trump have painted themselves into a cognitive corner. President Biden is unfit for office, they argue, because he is so old, and his mental abilities have deteriorated markedly. But then Biden will, say, deliver a State of the Union address in which he is energetic and pointed for more than an hour.
So they modify their claim: Biden is addled and wandering, except when he is given some sort of medication, perhaps a stimulant, that reverses that effect. And here we are, with Trump and those seeking his reelection to the White House demanding that Biden submit to some sort of drug test before this week’s first presidential debate, purportedly in effort to sniff out this theoretical drug.
Experts who spoke with The Washington Post, though, confirm that no such medicine exists.
At the outset, we should recognize that this claim is generally not offered seriously. It is, instead, an effort to escape the aforementioned contradiction, a way to hold both that Biden is incapable of serving as president and yet, unquestionably at times, not demonstrating any such impairment. What’s more, the demand that Biden undergo a drug test is itself not serious. It is, instead, meant to create a condition that allows Trump and his allies to continue to claim that any strong performance from Biden is a function of medication. The result is win-win for Trump, who can blame any loss on this wonder drug.
The wackos at Fox “News” are busy speculating about what drugs Biden could be using.
Host Maria Bartiromo — no stranger to conspiratorial argumentation — hosted Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) where she offered an observation made by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Tex.).
“Jackson says Biden will have been at Camp David for a full week before the debate,” Bartiromo said, “and that they’re probably experimenting with getting doses right. Giving him medicine ahead of the debate.”
Burlison agreed that this was possible, though he offered that it might be more innocuous than medication. Perhaps, he said, Biden’s team is “jack[ing] him up on Mountain Dew.”
“Nothing like that exists,” Thomas Wisniewski, director of the NYU Langone Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, told The Washington Post by phone. “There are no medications or stimulants that can reverse a dementing process transiently.”
but quite often that can just exacerbate their confusion, as well,” he added. “They can be more stimulated, but they are not going to be behaving in a more cogent or normal fashion as a result of being stimulated by anything. Very often it’s the reverse.”
Adam Brickman, associate professor of neuropsychology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, concurred with that assessment.
“I’m not aware of any medications that would reverse or mask cognitive decline,” Brickman said. What’s more, he noted that “the association between energy and cognition is a very weak one. In other words, someone could have low energy but totally intact cognition and vice versa.”
Of course the goal of these drug claims is to prepare the idiots who support Trump for the likelihood that Biden will wipe the floor with Trump during tomorrow’s debate.
Amanda Marcotte at Salon: Trump’s claim that Biden is “jacked up” on drugs is more than projection — it’s cult conditioning.
Donald Trump has been thinking a lot about cocaine lately, even though drug-running is one of the few felony charges he’s not been indicted or convicted for. He has been routinely accusing President Joe Biden of using drugs, with the usual vivid details Trump injects into all his weird fantasies. “So a little before debate time, he gets a shot in the a—,” Trump told rallygoers in Philadelphia Saturday. “I say he’ll come out all jacked up,” he added, before going off on a diatribe accusing Biden of being the owner of a bag of cocaine found in a White House visitors’ closet last year.
La Lecture, 1877, by Henri Fanton-Latour
Since there’s no flight of Trump’s fancy too bizarre for right-wing media, this obsession of Trump’s is getting echoed by Republican politicians and MAGA talking heads. Fox News hosts, Republican politicians, MAGA media influencers, and every right-wing troll on Twitter have been playing their part as well-trained parrots, repeating the lie. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is even putting the lie in paid advertising.
Everyone knows that Trump’s favorite rhetorical tactic is psychological projection. You’d think Republicans would be a little more worried this would raise questions about what Trump has been ingesting. But no: The campaign tapped disgraced former White House doctor Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Tex. to be a major Trump surrogate pushing this lie. Jackson’s been hitting both TV and podcasts to toss around drug names like “Adderall” and “Provigil.” This only reinforces suspicions that this accusation is a confession, however. When Jackson was Trump’s White House doctor, he earned the nickname “Dr. Feelgood” for relentlessly pushing these drugs on people who do not need them. Jackson’s behavior was so egregious that the Navy stripped him of his rank.
What’s telling about this lie is, as with many MAGA falsehoods, it seems few, if any, of the people repeating it actually believe it. Trump and his allies have accused Biden not just of being a little tired at times, but of having dementia. As Mona Charen pointed out on the “Daily Blast” podcast, if Adderall could restore a demented person’s brain, they’d be mass distributing it to the millions of people who are suffering from this disease. As for the cocaine accusation, even the most naive person in the country knows cocaine makes people less coherent, not sharper. It causes people to ramble on about nonsense, which is closer to describing your average Trump speech, not anything Biden has been up to.
Trump is using his second favorite trick, besides projection: Tricking his followers into believing they’re in on his con.
Trump isn’t trying to convince anyone of this lie. He’s convincing them that, by repeating the obvious lie, they can share in what they believe is his mastery over reality itself. The lie is not a thing the MAGA person sincerely believes. It’s a weapon Trump has provided them. When he loses the debate, which they clearly expect he will, the lie gives them a way to participate in the post-debate spin. But it’s also the stupidity of the lie that makes it so fun. Saying something deliberately dumb is a reliable way to drive the liberals mad. Angering liberals is the emotional core of the MAGA base….
As I’ve written about before, this strategy is the oldest technique in the con artist’s book. The best way for a grifter to gain a mark’s trust is to make him feel like he’s in on the con. Cult leaders operate the same way, by creating this sense of intimacy with their victims. Once the mark feels he’s part of the conspiracy, it’s that much easier to victimize him. The mark feels like the predator and not the prey, and so he lets his guard down around the actual villain picking his pocket. Trump does this to his followers over and over again, and they always fall for it. Even the Capitol insurrection is a good example. Trump convinced the rioters that they were his partners in the attempted coup. In reality, they were his patsies, set up to take the fall while he hid away in the White House.
Read the whole piece at Salon. It’s good.
NPR has an interesting article on the Biden and Trump “debates” in 2020: COVID tests and crosstalk: What happened the last time Trump and Biden debated.
With Trump and Biden now near even in the latest polls, and many Americans unenthused — and still undecided — about voting for either of them, Thursday’s debate offers both candidates an opportunity. But it’s not without risks.
It’s likely to be a memorable night if 2020 is any indication. Here’s a look at what happened last time Trump and Biden took the stage together….
Albert Edelfelt, Portrait of the artist’s sister Bertha Edelfelt, 1881
The first round, in September 2020, was by many accounts a disaster. NPR’s Domenico Montanaro called it “maybe the worst presidential debate in American history.”
Trump arrived on the debate stage trailing in the polls and, apparently, jonesing for drama. He interrupted Biden constantly, peppering him with questions and personal slights despite moderator Chris Wallace’s pleas for order.
At one point, while Biden was talking about his late son Beau’s military service, Trump jumped in to attack his other son, Hunter, for his drug use (which Biden managed to seize as a sympathetic moment).
Biden tried in vain to ignore Trump talking over him throughout — but called the then-president a “clown” more than once. At one point he had clearly had enough.
“Will you shut up, man?” he said exasperatedly, as Trump continued accusing him of wanting to pack the Supreme Court. “This is so unpresidential.”
Trump even bulldozed over Wallace, prompting the then-Fox News anchor to declare, “Mr. President, I am the moderator of this debate and I would like you to let me ask my question and then you can answer.”
A bit more on the first “debate”:
Still, a few substantive moments stood out amidst the chaos and crosstalk.
One was when Wallace asked if Trump was willing to condemn white supremacists and tell them to “stand down.”
Trump blamed the “left-wing” instead, but said he was prepared to do so. At that point, both Wallace and Biden urged him to go ahead. Trump asked for a name, and Biden suggested the Proud Boys.
“Proud Boys, stand back and stand by,” Trump said, in what sounded more like a call to action, and quickly became part of the far-right extremist group’s new social media logo.
Trump also repeatedly made baseless claims about the upcoming election being rigged, saying “This is going to be fraud like you’ve never heard.”
When Wallace asked if he would urge his supporters to stay calm during a potentially prolonged period of counting ballots, Trump demurred. He said instead that he was “urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully.”
“If it’s a fair election, I am 100% on board,” he said. “But if I see tens of thousands of ballots being manipulated, I can’t go along with that.”
Read the rest at NPR.
The Supreme Court is still releasing decisions. Once again, they have held back the one on Trump’s claim of “presidential immunity.” They announced two decisions today.
The Guardian: US supreme court allows government to request removal of misinformation on social media.
The US supreme court has struck down a lower court ruling in the case of Murthy v Missouri, finding that the government’s communications with social media platforms about Covid-19 misinformation did not violate the first amendment. The court’s decision permits the government to call on tech companies to remove falsehoods and establishes boundaries around free speech online.
The court ruled 6-3 that the plaintiffs had no standing to bring the case against the Biden administration, with conservative justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissenting.
The ruling is a blow to a longstanding Republican-backed effort to equate content moderation with censorship. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which included the founder of a far-right conspiracy website, argued that the government and federal agencies were coercing tech companies into silencing conservatives through demands to take down misinformation about the pandemic.
Bloomberg Law: Supreme Court Further Weakens Public Corruption Prosecutions.
The US Supreme Court again pared back a public corruption law, this time saying that state and local officials who accept “gratuities” aren’t covered by a federal bribery statute.
The 6-3 ruling by Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday was the latest in a string of cases cutting the reach of federal corruption laws and prosecutorial discretion to bring charges against government officials.
Woman reading in garden. Ignacio Díaz Olano
In the latest case, Snyder v. United States, the justices said a law which makes it a crime for certain state or local officials to “corruptly” accept anything of value over $5,000 doesn’t reach gratuities paid in recognition of past actions.
The ruling undoes the conviction of former Portage, Indiana, Mayor James Snyder for receiving $13,000 from a trucking company after it was awarded city contracts.
A contrary ruling had the potential to criminalize “commonplace gratuities” like a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card, Chipotle dinner, or tickets to a Hoosiers game, the court said.
The ruling split the justices along ideological lines. Writing for the liberal justices in dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said “Snyder’s absurd and atextual reading of the statute is one only today’s Court could love.”
The justices’ concern over prosecutorial overreach could have implications for a number of criminal cases over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The justices in Fischer v. United States are considering whether federal prosecutors went too far in charging some defendants with an Enron-era statute prohibiting obstruction of an official proceeding.
Judge Aileen Cannon held another hearing yesterday in her efforts to waste as much time as possible and prevent the stolen documents case from going to trial. Here’s some of what happened:
Adam Klasfeld at Just Security: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Search Challenge Flounders: Judge Signals Warrant Passed Muster.
Nearly two years after the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s effort to suppress the evidence that agents found inside his personal residence and social club appeared to fall flat on Tuesday.
Trump’s attorney, Emil Bove, argued that the search warrant was not detailed enough to survive Fourth Amendment scrutiny.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon pointedly disagreed: “It seems like it is, based on the caselaw that’s been submitted,” she said, minutes before court adjourned.
Though Cannon did not immediately issue a ruling, Trump’s challenge hinges on the “particularity” of the warrant, and her remarks throughout the proceedings left little doubt as to her leanings.
“It’s clearly delineated there to search for documents with classification markings,” she remarked toward the start of the hearing.
Click the link to read more about the hearing.
At Public Notice, Liz Dye wrote about Trump’s claims that he should be able to attack anyone involved in the legal cases against him: Trump asserts constitutional right to harass FBI agents.
In the stolen documents case in Florida, Trump called the special counsel’s motion to stop him from spreading vicious lies about the FBI agents who searched Mar-a-Lago a “naked effort to impose totalitarian censorship of core political speech, under threat of incarceration, in a clear attempt to silence President Trump’s arguments to the American people about the outrageous nature of this investigation and prosecution.” [….]
In Florida, Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to bar Trump from accusing the FBI agents who executed the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago of trying to assassinate him.
The backstory is that on May 21, Trump claimed to have been “shown Reports” that President Biden “AUTHORIZED THE FBI TO USE DEADLY (LETHAL) FORCE” back in August 2022 when it raided the private club where he was storing stolen government documents.
Sleeping Woman with a Book, by Ferdinand Max Bredt
In fact, the “Report” was boilerplate language from the FBI’s operations order for the warrant, attached as an exhibit to his own motion to suppress the evidence kicked up on that raid. The FBI took great care to execute the warrant at a time when the club was shuttered for the season and there was no prospect that the former president and his family would be there. Nevertheless, Trump and his MAGA henchmen spent several news cycles claiming that President Biden had sent in agents “locked and loaded” ready to shoot him.
Those agents will necessarily be witnesses at the trial (should it ever happen), and yet Trump is falsely accusing them of attempted murder. Two of them were already publicly outed back in 2022 when someone gave the unredacted warrant to Breitbart and a former Trump aide, both of whom published it with the agents’ signatures visible.
After the agents were doxxed, they and their families were threatened and harassed, which influenced Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart’s decision to keep under seal parts of the affidavit in support of the warrant.
“Given the public notoriety and controversy about this search, it is likely that even witnesses who are not expressly named in the Affidavit would be quickly and broadly identified over social media and other communication channels, which could lead to them being harassed and intimidated,” he wrote.
Judge Cannon doesn’t seem to think this is a big deal.
Trump insists that his lies about the FBI are “core political speech” protected by the First Amendment. He also deliberately distorts the “heckler’s veto,” as he has done many times before, claiming that he cannot be silenced to prevent foreseeable, violent acts by his supporters. But as the DC Circuit wrote in its order upholding the gag order in the election interference case, “That doctrine prohibits restraining speech on the grounds that it ‘might offend a hostile mob’ hearing the message.” [….]
The DC Circuit judges noted that the trial judge need not find that the defendant’s statements had led to violent attacks in this case, they could infer the danger from attacks on everyone from Atlanta poll workers, to grand jurors in Fulton County, to the jury foreperson doxxed in the Roger Stone case. Applying the standard set out by the Supreme Court in Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada, the judges blessed the gag order based on a finding that Trump’s attacks on witnesses, jurors, and court staff posed a “substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing” the proceedings.
But that may not matter to Judge Aileen Cannon, who showed marked hostility to this (and every other) prosecutorial motion at a hearing Monday in Fort Pierce, where she waved away the ample record of Trump endangering witnesses and law enforcement, as well as an exhibit showing threats to FBI agents by a man who was killed in an attempted attack on an FBI building in Cincinnati just days after the warrant on Mar-a-Lago was executed.
“There still needs to be a factual connection between A and B,” the judge said, rebuffing Assistant US Attorney David Harbach’s efforts to make the government’s case.
“Mr. Harbach, I don’t appreciate your tone,” she fumed in response to the complaint that she wasn’t letting the government articulate its position, according to Just Security’s Adam Klasfeld, who was in the courtroom. “I expect decorum in this courtroom at all times. If you cannot do that, I’m sure one of your colleagues can take up this motion.” [….]
It seems highly unlikely that Cannon will do anything to curb Trump’s speech, until someone else gets hurt — and, if and when that happens, she will blame the government for failing to properly argue in favor of the gag order.
One more on the stolen documents case from Justin Rohrlich at The Daily Beast: New Pics Show Nuclear Secrets Stashed Beside the Diet Cokes at Mar-a-Lago.
On Monday night, following Trump’s latest disingenuous contention—that the FBI agents who seized and reviewed the contents of boxes upon boxes of sensitive materials stored at Mar-a-Lago “failed to maintain” the exact order of the documents within, which Trump now claims could somehow exonerate him—government lawyers filed a scathing response letting the air out of Trump’s contentions.
Nikolai Bekker Portrait of Countess Maria Hilarionovna Worontsov-Dachkova (1919).
Far from a neatly ordered system under which Trump, a notorious pack rat, maintained a precise inventory of important documents, Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, along with prosecutors Jay Bratt and David Harbach, noted the “cluttered collection of keepsakes,” which “traveled from one readily accessible location to another” around the Palm Beach, Florida club.
“[T]his is not a case where reams of identically-sized documents were stacked neatly in file folders or redwelds, arrayed perfectly within a box,” the filing states. “To anyone other than Trump, the boxes had no apparent organization whatsoever.”
Trump kept highly guarded secrets in boxes with “personally chosen keepsakes of various sizes and shapes from his presidency—newspapers, thank you notes, Christmas ornaments, magazines, clothing, and photographs of himself and others,” the government’s filing goes on.
“After they landed in stacks in the storage room, several boxes fell and splayed their contents on the floor; and boxes were moved to Trump’s residence on more than one occasion so he could review and pick through them,” the filing continues. “Against this backdrop of the haphazard manner in which Trump chose to maintain his boxes, he now claims that the precise order of the items within the boxes when they left the White House was critical to his defense, and, what’s more, that FBI agents executing the search warrant in August 2022 should have known that.”
Smith, Bratt, and Harbach included a slew of exhibits to back up their position, with numerous previously unseen pictures of Trump’s decidedly chaotic storage methods. One shows assorted wadded-up golf shirts side-by-side with a folder marked “CONFIDENTIAL.” Another shows extremely sensitive defense-related documents carelessly stacked up on the floor beside cases of Diet Coke, a Hermes tie box, and a “Save America” cap, several toppled boxes with papers, binders, and folders spilling out, and a box containing a Christmas pillow and a random length of bubble wrap, beneath which, as national security analyst and writer Marcy Wheeler pointed out, at least one document prosecutors say was related to America’s nuclear weapons program.
In one exhibit, Smith & Co. provide a new photo of a storage closet at Mar-a-Lago where the contents of at least five upturned bankers boxes can be seen spilling out onto the floor. Several suit jackets in plastic dry cleaning bags hang from a rack above them, a Gibson guitar case leans against the wall, and what appears to be a piece of rococo plaster molding teeters atop a cardboard box nearby. According to the indictment, one of the boxes seen here contained a 2019 document marked “SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY,” which denotes the Five Eyes intelligence alliance that includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.
Read more and see photos at the Daily Beast link.
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