The Bidens are full on MAGA now. LFG!

Wow! What a sweet FU to Obama et al.

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I believe you're wrong. Gaetz will be AG.

Gaetz was the subject of DoJ law fare and I don’t think he will keep the gloves on. I watched his questioning of Garland, when G. refused to answer a simple series of Yes or No questions. Gaetz is a bulldog; that is the reason almost all the people in DoJ are shitting bricks!


There are those decrying vindictive behavior - too bad! Should not have put Bannon in jail and tried to with Gaetz! F*ck them all!!

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
I’d be surprised if Matt “I like ‘em young” Gaetz gets confirmed by the Senate.
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Although his father has been politically connected in Florida for years, Gaetz has quite a reputation for chasing younger women. I believe an ethics investigation remains underway. There are better candidates without the baggage.

Uhhh, there was an 'investigation' by Biden's DOJ, and it amounted to shit! If there was something there, Merrick Garland most certainly would've brought it! Don't believe everything you hear in the media and/or read on the internet!

Yeah, investigated for five years and no charges, but obviously he is guilty because rumors.

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Beginning in 2019, Gaetz faced a yearslong Justice Department investigation into allegations related to sex trafficking and obstruction of justice. Gaetz has long denied any wrongdoing, and the Justice Department informed Gaetz in 2023 that it was declining to bring charges against him after its investigation.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politic...l/story?id=115835796

Precisely my attitude.

Trump was nearly murdered. His home and family violated. He still wanted this job. He won it handily. I won’t question his wishes for the team he selects. I will certainly challenge decisions I don’t like that might come from their leadership. But the actual selection of the team is his alone to make and I won’t question it.

https://x.com/ChrisStigall/status/1856831026565165312




And Gaetz is all in...

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1856851643565817889

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Originally posted by a1abdj:

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there are a lot of Republicans that dislike him intensely.

Great!

Were these "Republicans" elected to office to make decisions based on who they like or dislike? Or were they elected to represent their constituents, who just re-elected Trump and gave him the majority of both houses?

Why must Republicans step on their own dicks so much? Do your freaking job. It's not about you. It's not about what you like. It's about the people who sent you there to make the choices THEY want you to make.

In bold!

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
I’d be surprised if Matt “I like ‘em young” Gaetz gets confirmed by the Senate.
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Although his father has been politically connected in Florida for years, Gaetz has quite a reputation for chasing younger women. I believe an ethics investigation remains underway. There are better candidates without the baggage.

I think those allegation are completely basis. If the democrats could have found, or manufactured, anything, they would have done it by now. Remember what they did to Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas. Oh, and President Trump.

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Originally posted by tleddy:
There are those decrying vindictive behavior - too bad! Should not have put Bannon in jail and tried to with Gaetz! F*ck them all!!

I'm sure the Trump people know they have a small window of time to achieve what needs to be done for the country. This is Trump's last term and life after 2028 is not guaranteed. Hell, a Republican House and Senate is not guaranteed after the midterms in 2026. They have the perfect storm today, as good as it is gonna get in today's world. They need to strike while the iron is hot, and it takes an aggressive approach with the people who are willing to put it all on the line.

I think we have to have an attitude of supporting these Trump nominees and not go back to the losing compromise methods of the past.

Scorched earth on the GDC's!!

My question is why did Gaetz resign now? The new Congress takes over on 4 January 2025, and Trump won’t be sworn in until 20 January 2025, and then his Administration begins. There already is a small number for the majority, and his vote might be needed for a vote between 4 and 20 January, and/or organizing the House of Representatives.

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Originally posted by 2BobTanner:
My question is why did Gaetz resign now? The new Congress takes over on 4 January 2025, and Trump won’t be sworn in until 20 January 2025, and then his Administration begins. There already is a small number for the majority, and his vote might be needed for a vote between 4 and 20 January, and/or organizing the House of Representatives.

So there can be a special election immediately and his seat filled before the next Congress I'm guessing.

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Haha, at least Fetterman has a good sense of humor about it.

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1856847706561400910

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Originally posted by smschulz:
I think we have to have an attitude of supporting these Trump nominees and not go back to the losing compromise methods of the past.

You got that right.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by 2BobTanner:
My question is why did Gaetz resign now? The new Congress takes over on 4 January 2025, and Trump won’t be sworn in until 20 January 2025, and then his Administration begins. There already is a small number for the majority, and his vote might be needed for a vote between 4 and 20 January, and/or organizing the House of Representatives.

So there can be a special election immediately and his seat filled before the next Congress I'm guessing.

Yeah, that appears to be his thinking.

JUST IN: Matt Gaetz has resigned from Congress catching Speaker Johnson "by surprise," after Trump nominated Gaetz to be the next Attorney General.

"[Gaetz] issued his resignation letter effective immediately..."

"That caught us by surprise a little bit, but I asked him what the reasoning was and he said, 'Well, you can't have too many absences.'"

"Under Florida State law, there's about an eight-week period to select and fill in a vacant seat."

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1856855364526116969

Scott Jennings of cnn has previously been discussed here and held in high regard with how well he performs his job as it were, and may be in consideration for PDJT’s White House Press Secretary -

https://trendingpoliticsnews.c...utm_source=economics

He would be a great choice imho.

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Originally posted by 2BobTanner:
My question is why did Gaetz resign now?

No more congressional ethics witch hunt.

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Originally posted by 2BobTanner:
My question is why did Gaetz resign now? The new Congress takes over on 4 January 2025, and Trump won’t be sworn in until 20 January 2025, and then his Administration begins. There already is a small number for the majority, and his vote might be needed for a vote between 4 and 20 January, and/or organizing the House of Representatives.

"That caught us by surprise a little bit. But I asked him what the reasoning was, and he said, well, you can't have too many absences. So under Florida State law, there's about an eight week period to, select and fill in a vacancy. And so by doing so today, that allows me I've already placed a call to Governor DeSantis in Florida and said, let's start the clock. He's in Italy at the moment. And so we're going to talk first thing in the morning about this. And if we start the clock now, if you do the math, we may be able to fill that seat as early as January 3rd when we take the new oath of office for the new Congress."

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...etz-attorney-general

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Originally posted by tleddy:

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I believe you're wrong. Gaetz will be AG.

Gaetz was the subject of DoJ law fare and I don’t think he will keep the gloves on. I watched his questioning of Garland, when G. refused to answer a simple series of Yes or No questions. Gaetz is a bulldog; that is the reason almost all the people in DoJ are shitting bricks!


There are those decrying vindictive behavior - too bad! Should not have put Bannon in jail and tried to with Gaetz! F*ck them all!!

He graduated from William and Mary Law, One of the most difficult schools to get in to.

FBI seizes Polymarket CEO’s phone, electronics after betting platform predicts Trump win

https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/...ts-trump-win-source/

FBI agents raided the Manhattan apartment of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan early Wednesday morning — just a week after the election-betting platform successfully predicted Donald Trump’s stunning victory, The Post has learned.

The 26-year-old entrepreneur was roused from bed in his Soho pad at 6 a.m. by US law enforcement who demanded he turn over his phone and other electronic devices, a source close to the matter told The Post.

It’s “grand political theater at its worst,” the source told The Post. “They could have asked his lawyer for any of these things. Instead, they staged a so-called raid so they can leak it to the media and use it for obvious political reasons.”

Coplan was not provided with a reason for the raid, but the source suspects it was political retribution since Polymarket accurately predicted an easy Trump triumph over Vice President Kamala Harris – as opposed to traditional polls.

The source also speculated that the government is likely piggybacking off liberal media reports that accuse Polymarket of market manipulation and rigging its polls in favor of Trump.

“This is obvious political retribution by the outgoing administration against Polymarket for providing a market that correctly called the 2024 presidential election,” the source said.

Coplan was not arrested and has not been charged, a Polymarket spokesperson told The Post on Wednesday evening.

“Polymarket is a fully transparent prediction market that helps everyday people better understand the events that matter most to them, including elections,” the rep said.

“We charge no fees, take no trading positions, and allow observers from around the world to analyze all market data as a public good.”

The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Coplan posted on X after his run-in with the feds: “New phone, who dis?”

Polymarket does not allow trading in the US, though bettors can bypass the ban by accessing the site through VPN.

The FBI’s investigation comes a week after Coplan said Polymarket is planning to return to the US.

The platform – which showed Trump with a 58.6% chance of winning the morning before Election Day and Vice President Kamala Harris’ odds at 41.4% – has also been linked to Trump and his allies.

Billionaire Trump supporter Peter Thiel raised about $70 million in funding for Polymarket, according to a Forbes report earlier this year.

Coplan has also been photographed looking chummy with Donald Trump Jr.

In 2022, the online gambling platform was forced to pause its trading in the US and pay a $1.4 million penalty to settle charges with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that it had failed to register with the agency.

Since then, the platform has only been available for bettors in other countries. After the election, a mystery French trader raked in a whopping $85 million in profits on Trump bets — more than $50 million more than previously reported, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.


Polymarket ‘whale’ raked in $85M on Trump win — millions more than previously reported
One week before the election, a Fortune report said analysts at two crypto research firms found widespread evidence of wash-trading on Polymarket – an illegal form of market manipulation in which a trader buys and sells the same entity to create a false impression of market activity.

“Polymarket’s Terms of Use expressly prohibit market manipulation,” a Polymarket spokesperson told Fortune in a statement.

The betting platform is facing scrutiny from France’s gambling regulator, Autorité Nationale des Jeux, to make sure Polymarket complies with the country’s laws.

“We are aware of this site and are currently examining its operation and compliance with French gambling legislation,” a spokesperson for the regulator told Bloomberg.

The Autorité Nationale des Jeux did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Polymarket declined to comment on France’s investigation.

The so-called French whale who cashed in on Trump’s win goes by the alias Théo. He previously said his bets were simply about making money and he denied claims that he was trying to influence the election outcome.

“I have nothing more to add,” Théo told The Wall Street Journal in his last email on Monday. “To be frank, I’m a bit tired of the whole thing – I’d like to fade back into my normal daily life.”