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Just wanted to wish the newly minted Truscott's good health and much happiness.

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Tracy and I gladly accept your good wishes!

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“This is not even in the realm of possibility”. With sycophants strategically placed in the government, brute thugs on the streets and Trump’s corrupt instincts anything is possible. Beware, we have been warned…again.

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Contact anyone: Ask President to declare state of national health emergency in Sturgis SD; surround with military; quarantine; only way to leave is test Covid negative for 2 weeks. Offer vaccinations. provide temporary residence for vaccinated residents.

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You think Kristi Noem doesn't have enough fuel for her right-wing convictions? Have you worked out the logistics for keeping hundreds of thousands (literally -- maybe more than 400K) of attendees in SD for 14 days?).

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Handled annually...

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With no regard whatsoever for social distancing, never mind quarantine conditions. As I asked the OP -- have you worked that out?

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We sure need your voice....

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Blessings and love on your wedding, your newsletter is my favorite source of news!

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email today's column to your congress people.

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Does Trump pledge Allegiance to the American Flag?

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Words don't mean anything to him. He'll say whatever gets him what he wants in the (very) short term.

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Again, you so succinctly present the facts.

Thank you. And, congratulations on your marriage to such a beautiful and smart lady!

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From British Clumbia Canada.

Your Sir are absolutely right.

My question is why has the most and biggest serial killer ( Donald) not been charged for the deaths of over 600,000 thousand covid deaths?

Please, explain to me the why?

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Hello World Court...

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If this had been a script for a pre-Trump era movie Hollywood would have turned it down as too preposterous. No elected official and certainly not a president would ever behave in such a manner. Such a person with no moral structure would never get elected in the first place. And as far as a crazed mob calling themselves patriots attacking our Capitol building and carrying confederate flags and threatening the lives of legislators, forget it. It couldn't happen.

I sometimes work as an extra for something to do in my old age, and was in a White House scene recently in an upcoming TV series. We are not permitted to divulge any details in advance of a project's release which is perfectly understandable and in fact we could get in trouble if we were to do so, but if information on the project has already been officially released to the public, that is a different matter. This is a scandal too, but of a far more benign kind:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslit_(TV_series)

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Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Dan Stevens—I look forward to it.

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Yes, it should be worth seeing, Mary. The article doesn't say who plays the Nixon's. , maybe they are not even shown as apparently the story of Watergate is being told from a different angle. I can't wait to see the first Trump era movie, I'm sure scripts are already being written, although the story is still unfolding. Every day some new revelation it seems. I'm hoping the ending is not a happy one for Trump. He has caused more harm to our society in so many different ways than anyone in our history. As I basically said in my post, Hollywood couldn't have made this up. I see the lawsuit against his 3 closest supporters by Dominion is being allowed to go forward. The pillow guy just abruptly walked out of his three day symposium when he heard the news..

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Thanks Lucian. It’s all the more clear. CRIMES!! I hope to hell Trump is finally brought down!!

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Right on the money, Lucian! I anticipate that federal prosecutors are working 12 hour days to put together a set of indictments based on the facts that you laid out.

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You are good at putting smiles on solemn faces. The picture of you and your bride fostered a big and happy smile. Many thanks Ms. Tracy for opening up LKTIV's historian's mind and sanding off the jagged edges. Wish you both beaucoup generosity, tenderness, and respect.

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And yet…and yet…the Nazi traitors roam free; judges give insurrectionists a slap on the hand as Repug voters pocket Covid relief funds to buy electronics and TV’s. Meanwhile, anti -vaxers who are hospitalized with the Delta variant have no way to pay overhead hospital costs. (And they won’t take responsibility for that decision, I guarantee—but they’ll vote for Repugs who don’t want medical coverage-for-all.) The health systems in the southern states are going to suffer…”bigly.”

And which party has resisted the concept of Global Climate Change, bringing Life to the brink of existence? The party of KKKoch Libertarians, oil, gas and pollution.

Why do we put up with those m-ther-f@<%£z???

The clock is ticking and it’s almost midnight.

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This should not be so difficult for DOJ to comprehend:

"Practically every move Trump made in December and January in advance of Jan. 6 was a crime. Pressuring Jeffrey Rosen to misuse the Department of Justice to support his private lawsuits was a crime. Conspiring with Jeffrey Clark to fire Rosen so Clark could send the letter to the Georgia legislature was a crime. Calling Brad Raffensperger and Brian Kemp and pressuring them to “find” votes and use the legislature to overturn the election was a crime. Meeting with his own White House staff and outside advisers to plan the rally on the Ellipse at which he would incite the assault on the Capitol was a crime."

Congratulations you two!

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Thank you for this excellent moment-by-moment chronology, Lucian. There is so much information swirling in the news--this was very helpful.

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