Steve Thomas

- Donald Trump - Twice-indicted former President Donald Trump spent Saturday morning raging against United States Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, President Joe Biden, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. "Smith is a sick and deranged sleazebag," Trump wrote at 9:45 a.m. -Abraham Lincoln - "I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." Think I'll go with Lincoln Steve Thomas

Ron, I wouldn't doubt that the Dallas Police picked up somebody, but I've wondered where the local Dallas Police Department's arrest records are. I can see the CIA stepping in and asking a fellow federal agency to bury its records, but the idea of the CIA stepping in and quashing a local police department's records is kind of immense to me. My point was, if the DPD or INS did pick up somebody, and the guy they picked up had been sentenced to death in absentia for being a National Socialist collaborator in WWII, it couldn't have been Jean-Rene Souetre. He was only a child in the 1940's. PS: Earlier, you wrote, "(Dick) Russell continues . . . Soutre was in Dallas that day..." As I understand it, Dick Russell was relying on information obtained from Bernard Fensterwald. Fensterwald got his information from Gilbert Lecavelier, a known SAC agent. Gary Shaw/Bernard Fensterwald Litigation Against the Department of State https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=6060&search=Torjmann#relPageId=1&tab=page Fensterwald Sunnary of Paris Trip, 1982 http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/S%20Disk/Souetre%20Jean%20with%20aka%27s/Item%2011.pdf Page 3 Both ____ and Le Cavelier suggested that a current visit to see Souetre in Divonne Les Bains would be (1) dangerous; (2) unproductive (he won't talk); and (3) probably counterproductive. We did not visit Souetre Pages 4-5 Attached as Appendix C is Dr. Farrell's summary of our conversation with Perez. We had a number of long private conversations with Le Cavelier, and the investigation in France will continue full steam. Appendix C Dr. Farrell's summary of our conversation with Perez. Page 22 Q: Did you know of any O.A.S. members training Anticastro guerrillas there? A: No. Gilbert Lecalevier breaks in, tells him that, yes there were some. Lecavalier was SAC. SAC and the OAS hated each other. He wrote in his book that whereas the main effort of SAC between 1958 and 1960 was against the FLN (the pro-independence Algerian rebels), between 1961 and 1967, it was against the OAS Steve Thomas

The Huffington Post is announcing that Daniel Ellsburg has died. Steve Thomas

- Donald Trump - 'What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening' 25 July 2018 Steve Thomas

The "Beautiful Mind" material. Aides have revealed that Trump kept certain boxes of documents with him at all times. They called it the Beautiful Mind material. Now that Trump has been indicted, aides and staffers are starting to come out of the woodwork and telling investigators and journalists what they saw and heard and observed. It's going to get real ugly, real fast. Steve Thomas

The RNC has refused to amend its loyalty pledge for candidates who wish to appear on the RNC sponsored debates. A candidate must swear a pledge to support the eventual nominee, even if he is a convicted felon. To me, that sounds like quickest path to political oblivion I ever heard of. Steve Thomas

After his arraignment in Miami, Donald Trump went to a diner where he glad-handed people and slapped a lot of backs. While he was there, he loudly shouted, "Food for everyone." Then he left without paying. https://boingboing.net/2023/06/15/trump-promises-food-for-everyone-leaves-without-paying.html Steve Thomas

Donald Trump Targets the X-Men Steve Thomas

I would say no. from: Legacy of Secrecy by Lamar Waldron pp. 231-232 https://epdf.tips/legacy-of-secrecy-the-long-shadow-of-the-jfk-assassination.html “Virgil Bailey, an INS investigator in Dallas in 1963, told researcher Gary Shaw years later about “picking up a Frenchman in Dallas shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy.” The man’s description was very close to Mertz’s, and he looked just a few years older than a cover identity Mertz often used. Based on age and description, the man Investigator Bailey remembered could not have been either the real Souetre or the young French chef. Bailey also recalled that “the Frenchman . . . had been tried in absentia in France and was under a death sentence for collaboration with the National Socialists during World War II.” Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940 and France surrendered on June 25, 1940. In May and June, 1940, Jean-Rene Souetre was nine years old. Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944. In August of 1944, Souetre was thirteen years old and living in a military boarding school, where had had been since the age of eleven. Steve Thomas

If you want to go to Miami and cause trouble, you might want to think twice. These are not polite Capitol Police you'll be looking at. These are cops who are used to dealing with Spring Breakers. Steve Thomas

Here's why America won't go to 'civil war' over Trump by Robert Reich June 12, 2023 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-civil-war-2661211016/ “Trump’s advocates are having difficulty defending the charges in the unsealed indictment — that Trump threatened America’s security by illegally holding (and in some cases sharing) documents concerning “United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack,” as well as sharing a “plan of attack” against Iran. Many Republicans consider national security the highest and most sacred goal of the Republic. A large number have served in the armed forces. None of this is cause for complacency. Trump is as dangerous as ever. He has inspired violence before, and he could do it again. But I believe that many who supported him in 2020 are catching on to his lunacy. Trump wants Americans to engage in a “final battle” over his own narcissistic cravings. Instead, he is likely to get a squalid and humiliating last act.” Steve Thomas

We can now add: The Pottery Barn Cracker Barrel Garth Brooks to the list of boycott targets Steve Thomas

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Satan hates women because he can't have babies by David Edwards June 11, 2023, https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-women-satan/ “Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told a group of women Sunday that Satan hated them because they could have babies. While appearing at Turning Point USA's Young Women's Leadership Conference, Greene told her version of the biblical creation myth.” Why is this woman allowed to hold public office? No. Scrap that. Why is this woman allowed out in public at all? Steve Thomas

If Trump is sentenced to prison for the State crime in Georgia, and he is sentenced to Federal prison in the Documents case, where will he serve his time? Steve Thomas

I want Rule 43 I want Rule 43 https://www.alternet.org/trump-rule-43/ In a column for the Daily Beast, Trump biographer David Cay Johnston explained that the former president would not have the option of skipping a federal trial brought by the Department of Justice in the same manner as he has with the E. Jean Carroll rape and defamation trial currently ongoing in Manhattan. At issue is what is known as is Rule 43 which mandates the accused in felony trials must be in attendance during their trials. "Under Lewis v. United States, an 1892 Supreme Court decision which formed the basis for Rule 43, Trump would be required to attend every minute of his trial," Johnston wrote before elaborating, "The high court held in Lewis that a 'leading principle that pervades the entire law of criminal procedure' is that once an individual is indicted 'nothing shall be done in the absence of the prisoner… in felonies it is not in the power of the prisoner, either by himself or his counsel, to waive the right to be personally present during the trial.'" Steve Thomas

Congratulations Donald. You finally made it to the top. You stole our country's Top Secret Nuclear Secrets and Military Plans. You rank right up there along side of Benedict Arnold. Way to go Big Guy. Steve Thomas

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Counsel, you have been presented with the Top Secret National Security documents that your client stole and kept for himself at his Country Club. How does your client plead, Guilty or Not Guilty?" "The Prosecutor is a Deranged Lunatic and a Deranged Psycho, Your Honor." "I see. That's a novel legal strategy. Let's bring in the jury, shall we?" Steve Thomas

And the grift goes on... The grift goes on... Drums keep poundin rhythm to the brain... Elise Stefanik Is Already Raising Money (For Herself) Off Of Trump's Indictment The House GOP conference chair is urging people to donate to the “Official Trump Defense Fund,” but virtually all of that money would go to her campaign https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elise-stefanik-fundraising-trump-indictment_n_64834821e4b06725aedf8974 “RUSH A DONATION TO OUR OFFICIAL TRUMP DEFENSE FUND TO STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP,” the email shouts. A $250 donation to the “OFFICIAL TRUMP DEFENSE FUND,” for example, breaks down to $247.50 for Stefanik and $2.50 for the Trump Save America Joint Fundraising Committee. A $500 donation translates to $495 for Stefanik and $5 for Trump. A $3,300 donation breaks down to $3,267 for Stefanik and $33 for Trump. Steve Thomas

Wasn't Donald Trump also known for flushing things down the toilet while he was President?

I want one of these, please. "Solar trees offer unique solution to charging electric cars https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-tree-electric-cars-solarbotanic-b2349091.html SolarBotanic Trees, which was founded last year, is developing two different sized versions of the tree, one 5.5 metres tall tree and another 3.5 metres tall, with the first installations planned for early next year in Oxford. “The idea is to put solar panels on a domed surface like the canopy of a tree, and then place a battery storage system into the trunk." "Putting solar cells and batteries into the same structure is very practical, as it allows them to store excess energy without having to solely rely on its backup grid supply.” Steve Thomas

Who was the mystery female family member who was giving Walt Nauta instructions about squirreling boxes of documents away? "Before that happened, Mr Trump allegedly asked Mr Nauta to remove 64 boxes from their storage room and bring them to his private residence, meaning they would not be present for the lawyer to search. That day, the family member allegedly texted Mr Nauta: "Good afternoon, Walt. Happy Memorial Day! I saw you put boxes to POTUS' room. "Just FYI, and I will tell him as well: not sure how many he wants to take on Friday on the plane. We will NOT have room for them. Plane will be full with luggage. Thank you!" Mr Nauta replied with a smiley face emoji, saying: "Good afternoon ma'am. Thank you so much. I think he wanted to pick from them. I don't imagine him wanting to take the boxes. "He told me to put them in the room and that he was going to talk to you about them."" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-female-classified-documents-family-b2354913.html Steve Thomas

Trump has not been indicted on 7 counts. He's been indicted on 38 counts. Read the 49 page Indictment document here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/politics/read-trump-indictment-document/index.html Including pictures of boxes sitting on a stage in the ballroom. How many wedding guests went through those, do you think? Steve Thomas

Trump aide Walt Nauta indicted in classified documents case By Evan Perez, Sara Murray, Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN Fri June 9, 2023 https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/politics/walt-nauta-trump-indicted/index.html "An aide to former President Donald Trump has been indicted in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the mishandling of classified documents from the Trump White House, two sources familiar with the indictment tell CNN. Walt Nauta’s indictment is the second in the special counsel’s investigation after Trump was indicted on seven counts on Thursday. Nauta was with Trump at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club this week. The specific charges against Nauta have not been revealed. Trump responded to Nauta’s indictment on his social media Friday, writing, “They are trying to destroy his life, like the lives of so many others, hoping that he will say bad things about ‘Trump.’ He is strong, brave, and a Great Patriot. The FBI and DOJ are CORRUPT!” Nauta’s involvement in the movement of boxes of classified material at Trump’s Florida resort had been a subject of scrutiny of investigators. Nauta, with the help of a maintenance worker at Mar-a-Lago, moved the boxes before the FBI executed a search warrant on the Palm Beach property last August.” Steve Thomas

Legal experts react after Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon assigned to Mar-a-Lago case by Matthew Chapman June 9, 2023, https://www.rawstory.com/aileen-cannon-2661172143/ “On Friday, ABC News reported that proceedings in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump for appear to have been initially assigned to Aileen Cannon — the same Trump-appointed judge who tried to block the FBI from reviewing documents seized from Mar-a-Lago, only to be smacked down by the Court of Appeals. The appointment, which may only be preliminary and a function of the fact that she previously ruled on a search warrant that was part of the same case, triggered an immediate reaction from legal experts” “.Georgia State law professor Anthony Michael Kreis wrote, "Judge Britt Grant is just waiting here in Atlanta to reverse Cannon" — a reference to an appellate judge on the 11th Circuit, herself another Trump appointee, who both joined the opinion reversing Cannon's blockade on the FBI investigation and scolded Trump's attorneys for misrepresenting facts about the case.” Cannon was also the judge who drummed up that whole Special Master business that also got thrown out of court. What a circus. Steve Thomas