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America Shrugged : That’s Declassified. (9.23.22)

(1) A President Has Absolute Authority To Declassify Documents. Under the U.S. Constitution, the President is vested with the highest level of authority when it comes to the classification and declassification of documents.
See U.S. Const., Art. II, § 2 (The President (is] Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States[.]"), His constitutionally based authority regarding the classification and declassification of documents is unfettered.
See Navyv. Egan, 484 U.S. 518, 527 (1988) ("[The President's] authority to classify and control access to information bearing on national security .. .flows primarily from this constitutional investment of power in the President and exists quite apart from any explicit congressional grant.").
(2) Presidential Actions Involving Classified Documents Are Not Subject To Criminal Sanction. Any attempt to impose criminal liability on a President or former President that involves his actions with respect to documents marked classified would implicate grave constitutional separation-of-powers issues. Beyond that, the primary criminal statute that governs the unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material does not apply to the President. That statute provides, in pertinent part, as follows:
Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. materials at an unauthorized 18 U.S.C. § 1924(a). An element of this offense, which the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt, is that the accused is "an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States."
The President is none of these. See Free Enter. Fund v. Pub. Co. Acct. Oversight Bd., 561 U.S. 477, 497-98 (2010) (citing U.S. Const., Art. I, § 2, cl. 2) (*"The people do not vote for the Officers of the United States."); see also Melcher v. Fed. Open Mkt. Comm., 644 F. Supp. S10, 518-19 (D.D.C. 1986), affd, 836 F.2d 561 (D.C. Cir. 1987) ("[aln officer of the United States can only be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by a court of law, or the head of a department. A person who does not derive his position from one of these sources is not an officer of the United States in the sense of the Constitution."). Thus, the statute does not apply to acts by a President.”

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Mentally Incapable Democrat Senate Candidate John Fetterman: “The Eagles Are So Much Better Than the Eagles”

Politicians often pander to their local base by invoking sports teams. Whether they’re actual fans of a team or not, they’ll often mention them because they want to latch onto the goodwill from the community.

Democrat John Fetterman, who is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania despite having a stroke that has clearly diminished his ability to think and speak properly, tried to invoke the Philadelphia Eagles during a recent campaign event. He was so excited about it, he invoked them twice in the same sentence. Watch:

VIDEO AT LINK.................

There is no way this guy should get more than 30% of the vote from Democrats who know nothing but vote straight party ticket. Unfortunately, most Democrats in Pennsylvania are sticking their heads in the sand if polls are to be remotely believed.

Mentally Incapable Democrat Senate Candidate John Fetterman: "The Eagles Are So Much Better Than the Eagles" ⋆ The Liberty Daily

My comment: WOW! He clearly does not have it altogether. No way should he be a Senator.
 

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The Stock Market is going even lower. For those of you without a cushy government pension how's your 401K doing under the biden?

Much of this could have been majorly alleviated. And we would have created 10's of Thousands of good paying jobs.

Firstly, we could have ramped up Oil Production in the USA far beyond what Trumps accomplished. Finished that pipeline from Canada. And we could have been selling oil and natural gas to the nations that ally with us as to offset their pain from the bogus 99.9% survival rate virus.

Not followed the biden's "we must suffer our part" plan.

We should have had world leaders that got all people of the world through this with as little pain as possible. And the USA could have played a huge roll by producing a ton of inexpensive energy.
I'm down six figures in my 401K thanks to the ice cream man. But I'll be back up when Desantis is in office. The bigger issue is the cost of heating this winter for all the lower income people out there heating their homes. I see more houses going up in flames due to burning different items to keep warm. Like during WWII when people were burning their furniture to keep warm.
 

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I'm down six figures in my 401K thanks to the ice cream man. But I'll be back up when Desantis is in office. The bigger issue is the cost of heating this winter for all the lower income people out there heating their homes. I see more houses going up in flames due to burning different items to keep warm. Like during WWII when people were burning their furniture to keep warm.
Good thing you don't live in California where they want to outlaw natural gas heaters :facepalm:
 
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'Take your a** home!' Heavily-armed black rights groups march through Austin chanting anti-illegal migrant slogans, demands Biden 'close the border' and calls for 'reparations to be paid NOW'

Armed activists with a coalition of black self-defense groups marched in Austin, Texas over the weekend calling for an end to illegal immigration and demanding that President Biden close the borders.

Some of the activists chanted 'close the borders' and 'take your a** home' as they marched toward the Texas Capitol in the 'Second Amendment Unity Walk' on Saturday.

The march was led by The Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt Pistol & Rifle Gun Club. Their demands also included reparations for descendants of enslaved people and a hate crime bill protecting Black Americans.

The group faced opposition from a handful of Trump supporters and other protesters gathered at the Texas State Capitol to support January 6 defendants.

Saturday's march comes after Texas Gov. Abbott and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sent thousands of migrants by bus to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago, Illinois – all three sanctuary cities that have pledged not to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

Heavily-armed black rights groups march through Austin demanding that Biden 'close the border' | Daily Mail Online
 

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'Take your a** home!' Heavily-armed black rights groups march through Austin chanting anti-illegal migrant slogans, demands Biden 'close the border' and calls for 'reparations to be paid NOW'

Armed activists with a coalition of black self-defense groups marched in Austin, Texas over the weekend calling for an end to illegal immigration and demanding that President Biden close the borders.

Some of the activists chanted 'close the borders' and 'take your a** home' as they marched toward the Texas Capitol in the 'Second Amendment Unity Walk' on Saturday.

The march was led by The Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt Pistol & Rifle Gun Club. Their demands also included reparations for descendants of enslaved people and a hate crime bill protecting Black Americans.

The group faced opposition from a handful of Trump supporters and other protesters gathered at the Texas State Capitol to support January 6 defendants.

Saturday's march comes after Texas Gov. Abbott and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sent thousands of migrants by bus to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago, Illinois – all three sanctuary cities that have pledged not to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

Heavily-armed black rights groups march through Austin demanding that Biden 'close the border' | Daily Mail Online
"TAKE YOUR ASS HOME!" :lmao:
 

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The FBI Lied to a Judge So They Could Bust Open Thousands of Safety Deposit Boxes

It looks like the FBI is in for yet another scandal.

According to a new report from the LA Times, FBI agents busted into thousands of safety deposit boxes in California. After they rummaged through the private property of innocent people, it turns out they lied to a federal judge to get access to the boxes in the first place.

"The privacy invasion was vast when FBI agents drilled and pried their way into 1,400 safe-deposit boxes at the U.S. Private Vaults store in Beverly Hills. They rummaged through personal belongings of a jazz saxophone player, an interior designer, a retired doctor, a flooring contractor, two Century City lawyers and hundreds of others," the LA Times reports. "Agents took photos and videos of pay stubs, password lists, credit cards, a prenuptial agreement, immigration and vaccination records, bank statements, heirlooms and a will, court records show. In one box, agents found cremated human remains."

"Eighteen months later, newly unsealed court documents show that the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles got their warrant for that raid by misleading the judge who approved it," the report continues. "They omitted from their warrant request a central part of the FBI’s plan: Permanent confiscation of everything inside every box containing at least $5,000 in cash or goods, a senior FBI agent recently testified."

Those who watch the FBI closely, particular the Bureau's political misconduct and persecution of conservatives, aren't surprised.

Afterall, it's the same FBI that lied to the FISA court in order to illegally surveil Trump campaign advisor Carter Page during the 2016 presidential election. Not to mention their most recent raid on Mar-a-Lago.

The FBI Lied to a Judge So They Could Bust Open Thousands of Safety Deposit Boxes (townhall.com)
 
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I don't even understand how this is legal. Yes, Embassy and Consulate land, I understand. But how ITF is our Government allowing this? I don't get it. Any land purchase by a foreign entity should be EXTREMELY SCRUTINIZED! Communist owned firms should NOT be allowed to buy our land!

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If it helps pull some votes away from democrats I guess it's better than nothing, or is it a sign of how weak republicans are gonna be?

 

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'Take your a** home!' Heavily-armed black rights groups march through Austin chanting anti-illegal migrant slogans, demands Biden 'close the border' and calls for 'reparations to be paid NOW'

Armed activists with a coalition of black self-defense groups marched in Austin, Texas over the weekend calling for an end to illegal immigration and demanding that President Biden close the borders.

Some of the activists chanted 'close the borders' and 'take your a** home' as they marched toward the Texas Capitol in the 'Second Amendment Unity Walk' on Saturday.

The march was led by The Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt Pistol & Rifle Gun Club. Their demands also included reparations for descendants of enslaved people and a hate crime bill protecting Black Americans.

The group faced opposition from a handful of Trump supporters and other protesters gathered at the Texas State Capitol to support January 6 defendants.

Saturday's march comes after Texas Gov. Abbott and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sent thousands of migrants by bus to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago, Illinois – all three sanctuary cities that have pledged not to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

Heavily-armed black rights groups march through Austin demanding that Biden 'close the border' | Daily Mail Online
This is a result of years of conditioning the minds of people that a vote for XXXX gets you free $hit
 
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