Leslie Sharp

touché! And for the record, "mother bear" was an official title, not meant to expose me to insults but as Hank's way of identifying feminine ferocity when appropriate.

Brilliant!!! (and love the brothers, btw.) and I'll bet we share bunch of favorite Texas bands. By the time I master the Lay of the Land on this insane thread, I'll probably be long gone. Don't know how you endure.

Matthew, did you pull your female classmates' pigtails in grade school and one of them slapped you and you yelled to the teacher, "she hit me"? It's not uncommon for adolescents to dissemble when their aggression is called out, so I'm sympathetic that might be transpiring for you as we speak.

Biden Admin will make whole the customers as it should ... and someone should delve into what was going on in the lead up.

Are you an official moderator of this site, Chris, or just a self designated hall moderator?

The scrum? I challenge you to use that term in the presence of Fanon and his brothers! lololol. Or Pence for that matter. What an insult to intelligence. Eastland was a legal adviser to Trump, presumbly in his capacity as sitting president in late 2019/first weeks of 2020. Are you going to split hairs and argue he wasn't in the administration? Eastland wrote the manifesto that placed Pence in the crosshairs. Trump had told the Proud Boys to Stand Back and Stand By months prior. Proud Boys and or Oath Keepers were protecting Trump advisor Roger Stone who launched Stop the Steal. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers stormed the Capitol. Among those outside and inside were insurrectionists chanting HANG MIKE PENCE. Oh, and let's not forget McCarthy and the Beast. I know nothing about prosecuting a crime, but I'm guessing that the process includes something along these lines.

You're acting in real time, Matthew. Posobiec, and Project Veritas have been outed as disinformation "outlets" yet you persist linking to them. Why not do a bit more due diligence. What you know of my past, I've shared publicly. Hurt did an excellent job, but he did not "prove" Hunt was involved, and actually missed a number of things thru no fault of his own. We, on the other hand have tightened the net significantly. Hank's process was to focus on original source material — documents, interviews, etc.— from his own investigation, and supplement with highly credible research already in the public domain. And if that credible research didn't dovetail in some fashion with what he uncovered in the Lafitte records, we didn't use it.

Ukraine history is more complicated than a soundbite here, but suffice to say I agree that Biden should differentiate who precisely he is supporting. He should acknowledge publicly the history of the Banderites, the OUN and Stetsko, and the current familial ties to that history within the Zelensky government. Both he and George HW relied on the Ukraine diaspora voting block and by doing so, ignored N-azi criminals who had been spirited into the US through Op Paperclip. I'm fairly well informed on this topic since Stetsko surfaced in research for Coup. You're avoiding discussion of Yarvin's proposal to destroy American democracy, Thiel's [and Bannon's] apparent fascination with the idea, and Thiel's abrupt withdrawal of all funds from SVB precipitating the collapse. Much like Carlson, you seem to employ "look over there" when confronted with facts. I'm looking at Biden, and am disturbed by the dynamics of this Russia - Ukraine calamity. Might you venture toward the Thiel move and Yarvin's proposal?

More Mussolini-esque actually, Matthew. What about those Freedom Cities, huh? This likely won't resonate with you, but let's see . . . Once Fascism had gained power, the glorification of ancient Rome was rarely absent from Mussolini’s rhetoric – or from his far-reaching plans for the Fascist future. This glorification took many forms – from the declaration of Rome’s ‘birthday’ as a national holiday (replacing the socialist May Day celebrations) to the pronouncement of a resurrection of the Roman Empire on Rome’s ‘fatal hills’ following Italy’s victorious colonial exploits in Ethiopia. 28 However, as far as the Duce himself was concerned, it manifested itself most particularly in two ways. Firstly, the salvific qualities and, increasingly, the statuesque gravitas of a Roman emperor were ascribed to Mussolini; secondly, at his behest, the archaeological and architectural fabric of the city of Rome was utterly transformed – like Augustus himself, Rome’s twentieth-century ‘Dux’ wished to transfigure the city which he had triumphantly conquered from prosaic stone to magnificent marble. https://brill.com/view/journals/fasc/8/2/article-p127_127.xml?language=en PS. what was that thing about Mount Rushmore being floated a few years ago?

You're like a moth to a flame, Matthew. What happened to "ignore". Does that mean you ignore my posts but shadow bo in your own ring? Reading up on tactics employed by provocateurs like yourself, a favorite is inversion. I'll leave it with you to contemplate. You mentioned something about Spencer leaving N-zism behind. Can you flesh that out for me? Does that mean that if I worked for the Hunt family for five years in the '80s, you'll cut me some slack in 2023? It's obvious you never read my extensive post focused on our H. L. Hunt research

I'm not certain, but it looks like my response disappeared into the ethers. If it surfaces, this is a truncated version. What's your term for a male author who doesn't respond to subjective opinion couched as authoritative and informed - Matthew's approach to Coup and the Postscript — to your liking? Would you suggest he was "feeling" ... what? Sensitive? You obviously were never on the receiving end of Hank's responses to such shenanigans.

Who pulled out their entire deposits at SVB, precipitating the final collapse, Ben? Thiel. Who does Thiel turn to for inspiration? And what better way to topple our democracy than another 2008. N-azi indeed. Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled. He has some prominent Republican fans. The New Right blogger has been cited by Blake Masters and J.D. Vance. What exactly is he advocating? https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23373795/curtis-yarvin-neoreaction-redpill-moldbug an interesting read . . . 'Such a view of history is shared by accelerationism –– a term most commonly associated with the cultural theorist Nick Land, but also prominent in the writing of neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin and others in the radical right milieu . . . ' and, Ben, in the event you're unaware, the Rene Guenon mentioned here harkens to the ultra-traditional French Catholics identified in Coup. https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5512-julius-evola-s-reactionary-revolt-against-the-modern-world

I'll walk you through this. We'll stay with the Pence related aspect of this multi-thronged plan to disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power - an attack on the presidency parallel with Dallas 1963. John Eastman was ensconced in the Willard Hotel along with others who - as established through testimony including that of Trump administration officials — had, since days prior to the election — determined to "stop the steal" - a concept devised by dirty trickster and Kennedy assassination researcher Roger Stone. Eastman is the author of the "Eastman Memo", 6 points to persuade Mike Pence that (paraphrasing) he had the authority to refuse the electoral count seen here. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21066248-eastman-memo During his rant at the elipse (yes, it was a rant of significant magnitude for an outgoing president), Trump whose war room team including Eastman had been strategizing at the Willard referred specifically to Vice President Pence, warning him that he had better do the right thing, thus riling up those who would soon become insurrectionists — many of whom had avoided the detection system giving them the opportunity to march armed to the Capitol. Some among them erected a gallows and launched a chant "Hang Mike Pence" while approaching and subsequently entering the building unlawfully. So, I would ask you, why would an outgoing administration find it necessary, let alone appropriate, to be holed up in the Willard unless it was to attempt to overthrow our democracy. A snippet from (and you will love this) the World Socialist — but hey, equal airtime seems to be the mantra of Carlson loyalists. . . ' . . . A conservative lawyer working with then-President Donald Trump’s legal team tried to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence that he could overturn the election results on January 6 when Congress counted the Electoral College votes by throwing out electors from seven states, according to the new book “Peril” from Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. The scheme put forward by controversial lawyer John Eastman was outlined in a two-page memo obtained by the authors for “Peril,” and which was subsequently obtained by CNN. The memo, which has not previously been made public, provides new detail showing how Trump and his team tried to persuade Pence to subvert the Constitution and throw out the election results on January 6.' Biden is a seasoned politician with his finger on the pulse and I believe he is a) allowing Garland time to dot I's and cross t's, and or b) concerned enough about the possibility of a full blown deadly civil war that he would choose the lesser of two evils . . . guarantee that Trump cannot hold elected office again, and move on. A scorpion's embrace.

The "feud" was baseless from the outset, and I believe you realize that now. I also believe, if you're honest and pause to carefully review Matthew's first round of insults, you might ask why he jumped all over the Postscript in Coup. This is complicated, Chris, and maybe you're just too pure of heart to recognize bad actors when they surface in your world. Hank knew them when he met them ... not paranoia, just years of experience with them. I've been pursuing the assassination investigation since 1993, so this is not my first rodeo as they say in my neck of the woods. This is how a reasonable initial salvo from Matthew might have read ... "say, Leslie, can you confirm that Roy Cohn was Trump's business and political mentor?" "Can you confirm that Roger Stone admired and learned at the feet of Cohn?" Can you prove that Regnery Publishing published three Holocaust Denial screeds? and that Bill Regnery, initiator of the "alt-right", lauded Trump for legitimising White Nationalism?" You know, basic, legitimate challenges?

Isn't it strange that, in effect, you choose to politicize the analysis of the parallels between the attack on Kennedy in Dallas and the attack on the presidency Jan 6 ... when the more logical discussion should be the yet resolved cold case investigation of the murder in Dallas which would, with a little work on your part, dovetail nicely with the theme of this thread, the inevitable end result of the past [60] years.

You've not stood up to Matthew's disjointed attacks on facts -- i.e. truth -- presented. You've psychoanalyzed the drama to death over the past few days, and yet, I do not have the slightest clue who you think plotted, executed, covered-up the assassination of Kennedy in Dallas, an attack on our presidency. Nor do I have any sense of your perspective - other than perhaps fence sitting - of Trump's Jan 6 attack on our presidency.

When is Tucker Carlson going to show his audience footage behind the scenes ... the office of General Charles Flynn, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Training (G3/5/7) of the Army Staff from June 2019 to May 2021. at the Pentagon?

Whataboutism is somewhat reasonable in many circumstances, but a major stretch here. Was Epps' a confidant and advisor of President Trump? Was he ensconced at the Willard with the Trump team who had initiated the Stop the Steal scheme days before the election? I kinda think Epps is the straw man the shaman wished he himself had been — a couple of notches up the food chain so his indictment might have taken a bit longer? Who is alleged to have been Epps' handler? Stone perhaps? And if I can just say again, there were thousands and thousands of people at the rally and subsequent insurrection, and you're suggesting — at the instigation of Tucker — Epps is the threat? Show me dozens of "Epps" and I'll pay a bit more attention. So far I've only heard innuendo.

Worth repeating indeed, Ron. Don't you wish you'd been a fly on the wall in that room! We've been discussing the possibility RFJ Jr. will decide to run against Trump, and wondering what stops the latter might pull out ... the Kennedy male proclivities for extramarital affairs at the risk of not simply reopening the pandora's box of his own behavior, but alienating the anti-vaccine-ers who adore Robert Jr. for his stance (which is misunderstood to be in concert with their take no prisoners position).

Matthew, this is almost as much fun as flushing out a covey of quail on a cold morning in the Texas Panhandle. Yiannopoulos? Seriously?

With an open mind, will you consider and then comment on the following? “I said xxxx the voting, get right to the violence,” Stone said in footage shot by a Danish film crew that was obtained by the committee. The committee played footage of Stone refusing answer questions about the violence on Jan. 6, including whether he believed it was justified, as well as whether he had any role in planning it. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jan-6-hearing-roger-stone-voting-violence-1234610680/

So true. If he's finally indicted, will Eastman spend four years in jail? Eastman and those he was working with remain a threat to our democracy, not a mentally disabled self-described shaman. If indicted and proven guilty, how many years will Eastman spend behind bars? Eastman Sought A Pardon Eastman emailed Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani seeking a preemptive presidential pardon for his role in masterminding the push to overturn the 2020 election. "I've decided I should be on the pardon list if that's still in the works," Eastman wrote, according to the email presented as evidence by the Jan. 6 committee. https://www.jan-6.com/john-eastman?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyvrn49bX_QIVBhKtBh2EMQEdEAMYASAAEgKAXPD_BwE

Intellectual integrity is an aspect or part of integrity proper. It requires being. willing to stand up for your best judgment of the truth, by being willing to act in accordance with that judgment when the need arises. Like other intellectual virtues, intellectual integrity is a character trait.

Why am I surprised you rely on Leonard's The Federalist to push your agenda? [for the record, Thompson said they didn't have full access, did he not?] With extraordinary financial backing Leonard has among other acts, lobbied - and I mean lobbied - our Supreme Court to overturn Roe. Of Course you would be an adherent! Democracy [while we have it] How a Secretive Billionaire Handed His Fortune to the Architect of the Right-Wing Takeover of the Courts In the largest known political advocacy donation in U.S. history, industrialist Barre Seid funded a new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo, who guided Trump’s Supreme Court picks and helped end federal abortion rights. https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-barre-seid

There ya go, Ron. Three vignettes out of 40,000 hours of footage constitutes evidence that January 6 was not a violent insurrection that included a gallows for our Vice President, catcalls of wherrrrr's Nancy?, occupying and ransack of her offices, violent attacks on police officers, and ultimately an attack on the legitimate transfer of presidential power is all we have from Carlson thus far. Three vignettes, but stand by???