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Smirnov, a longtime FBI informant with ties to Ukraine, had claimed to have proof of Biden and his son Hunter accepting $5 million bribes each from a Ukrainian oligarch. Republicans repeatedly touted Smirnov’s claims in their quest to impeach the president. But last week, the Justice Department announced that it was charging Smirnov with making a false statement and creating a false record related to the bribery allegation.

On Tuesday, the department revealed Smirnov actually confessed that Russian intelligence officers helped him smear Hunter Biden. In fact, department prosecutors warned that Smirnov was still “actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections after meeting with Russian intelligence officials in November.”

The memo notes that Smirnov himself reported several meetings with Russian officials as recently as December 2023.
 

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Surely, the guy named Smirnov was on the up and up. A true colleague and friend of patriots everywhere that has nothing but the best intentions and interests of America at heart.
 

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I would assume someone like Bill Maher would have at least one mirror in his home seeing has he's a millionaire.

He should consider looking into said mirror every now and again.
 

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Has this ever happened before? Looks like the Dems want to spend a shit load of money to stop Trump.

Pretty sure that's been the plan from the beginning. Mire him in litigation to suck up potential campaign funds.
 

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I get Dem voters voting Biden over Trump despite Joe’s inability to showcase consistent cognitive abilities

I get Rep voters voting for Trump over Biden despite Trump being a narcissistic fool who can’t keep his mouth shut.

But I’m also pretty confident most Dem voters & most Rep voters would vote for those two idiots regardless of who the other party trotted out there. There’s exceptions to every rule of course.
 

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I get Dem voters voting Biden over Trump despite Joe’s inability to showcase consistent cognitive abilities

I get Rep voters voting for Trump over Biden despite Trump being a narcissistic fool who can’t keep his mouth shut.

But I’m also pretty confident most Dem voters & most Rep voters would vote for those two idiots regardless of who the other party trotted out there. There’s exceptions to every rule of course.
Lot of truth to what you say. A huge part of it, though, is that probably 50-70% of voters just aren't, under any circumstances, going to vote for a candidate from the other party because they are pushing an agenda the voter abhors. It wouldn't matter if the two parties ran Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln, at least half the voters wouldn't vote for the other party's candidate due to their party's platform.
 

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Lot of truth to what you say. A huge part of it, though, is that probably 50-70% of voters just aren't, under any circumstances, going to vote for a candidate from the other party because they are pushing an agenda the voter abhors. It wouldn't matter if the two parties ran Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln, at least half the voters wouldn't vote for the other party's candidate due to their party's platform.
This is why ranked choice voting is so important.
 

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From CNN

Biden repeated his familiar misleading boast about how he had supposedly reduced the federal budget deficit, failing to explain that the decline overwhelmingly occurred because emergency pandemic spending from President Donald Trump’s tenure expired as schedule. He falsely claimed that “not anymore” would big companies be able to pay no federal income tax, overstating the impact of the 15% corporate minimum tax he signed into law.

He misleadingly cited an alternative calculation from economists in his administration as if it was an actual federal tax rate paid by billionaires. And he left out context in discussing Covid-19 deaths, suggesting that far more deaths occurred during the Trump era than actually did.

Biden criticized the fiscal management of former President Donald Trump during his State of the Union address, claiming, “They added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history. Check the numbers.”

The national debt has continued to increase under Biden. As of the day before Biden’s address, it was about $34.4 trillion, federal figures show – an increase of about 24% during his tenure.

Biden claimed that the economy has added “800,000 new manufacturing jobs” during his administration.

Biden’s figure is correct. The US economy added 791,000 manufacturing jobs from Biden’s first full month in office, February 2021, through January 2024, the last month for which Bureau of Labor Statistics data is available – though it’s worth noting that the growth largely occurred in 2021 and 2022 (with 746,000 manufacturing jobs added starting in February 2021) before a relatively flat 2023.
 

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Green is such a dipshit. Like him or not, there needs to be decorum.

A confrontation with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene​

The most regular shouter was the far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who yelled “Laken Riley!” as Biden discussed immigration.

Riley's murder has been taken up by conservatives pushing for stricter immigration policies. The 22-year-old woman was killed while jogging at the University of Georgia last month; an undocumented immigrant has been charged with her murder.

Biden called her “an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal” — a term generally avoided by Democrats — and told Republicans to pass the bipartisan border security bill to resolve the situation at the border. He said they’re blocking it on orders from Trump to deny him a political win.

“Unfortunately,” he said, “politics have derailed this bill so far.”

At another point, Greene yelled “liar” as Biden spoke.
 

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Green is such a dipshit. Like him or not, there needs to be decorum.

A confrontation with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene​

The most regular shouter was the far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who yelled “Laken Riley!” as Biden discussed immigration.

Riley's murder has been taken up by conservatives pushing for stricter immigration policies. The 22-year-old woman was killed while jogging at the University of Georgia last month; an undocumented immigrant has been charged with her murder.

Biden called her “an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal” — a term generally avoided by Democrats — and told Republicans to pass the bipartisan border security bill to resolve the situation at the border. He said they’re blocking it on orders from Trump to deny him a political win.

“Unfortunately,” he said, “politics have derailed this bill so far.”

At another point, Greene yelled “liar” as Biden spoke.
Myself and a coworker were talking about the SotU speech yesterday. I didn't watch it, and told him I wouldn't because of exactly this. Just shut up, listen to the speech, and then have your moment in front of the cameras to give your party's rebuttal. Instead, her and Boebert yell, and kick, and scream like 3 year olds each year.

And don't get me wrong, the Dems do dumb stuff during it too. Pelosi ripping up the papers Trump gave her, and eye rolling, and crap was so unprofessional. Just sit there and wait for your chance you morons that are all SOMEHOW running our country.
 

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So Lincoln Riley died?
Yeah, wasn't a shining moment for Biden. He was getting heckled by MTG which didn't need to happen, but then he blows it trying to say Riley's name while eulogizing her and trying to be serious about the border.
 

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Lot of truth to what you say. A huge part of it, though, is that probably 50-70% of voters just aren't, under any circumstances, going to vote for a candidate from the other party because they are pushing an agenda the voter abhors. It wouldn't matter if the two parties ran Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln, at least half the voters wouldn't vote for the other party's candidate due to their party's platform.
Right but why can’t Dems admit they don’t hold the moral high ground just b/c Biden ain’t Trump? They’re both horrible for this country. At least some Reps admit that Trump is morally bankrupt. I can’t recall a POTUS who got a full pass for his entire 50 year career in politics which was laughable from both Dems & Reps. Now he’s like Mr. Magoo & we’re just supposed to feel sorry for “good ole Joe” b/c he‘s battling dementia. Neither of these motherfuckers are going to be better physically & mentally in four years but let’s elect one of them to be the leader of the free world.
 

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Both sides are really bad, but I will focus any and all criticism on the guy I don't like. I am a grown person wondering why more people can't see a president who's trying to cancel student debt is just the same as a convicted rapist. Why can't the adults in the room see these obvious equal things!
 

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Both sides are really bad, but I will focus any and all criticism on the guy I don't like. I am a grown person wondering why more people can't see a president who's trying to cancel student debt is just the same as a convicted rapist. Why can't the adults in the room see these obvious equal things!
You truly are the beacon on the hill. You have opened my eyes to see that Biden is truly great. Only he has the passion to come up with creative "legal" ways to forgive 430 billion dollars via proclamation. Kudos to King Biden.
 

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You truly are the beacon on the hill. You have opened my eyes to see that Biden is truly great. Only he has the passion to come up with creative "legal" ways to forgive 430 billion dollars via proclamation. Kudos to King Biden.
Lmao I truly wished that the conservative wet dreams would come true and the Biden crime family would go away. Instead we get to see "Conservative but with a gay flag" round two.

Anyone remotely comparing Biden and Trump as equally bad needs to take the fork out of the outlet. The cheery on top is seeing "Well at least some Republicans say Trump is a big meanie!" the detachment from reality is incredible.
 

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Lmao I truly wished that the conservative wet dreams would come true and the Biden crime family would go away. Instead we get to see "Conservative but with a gay flag" round two.

Anyone remotely comparing Biden and Trump as equally bad needs to take the fork out of the outlet. The cheery on top is seeing "Well at least some Republicans say Trump is a big meanie!" the detachment from reality is incredible.
The fact that you can't even remotely admit that Biden is a bad President and a bad candidate is mind-boggling.

I've spent more time criticizing Trump than Biden and I'm a Republican.

You live in a dream world totally absent from reality.
 
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