Snyder states mistakes were made in Flint regarding poisoned water.

October 11, 2022
By Alexis Ware

Genesee County Circuit Court Judge F. Kay Behm (click here) was one of two people nominated by President Joe Biden for federal judicial positions Wednesday, June 29.

Flint - Judge Elizabeth Kelly (click here) dismissed the charges for seven people accused of roles in the the Flint water crisis. Now, former Governor Rick Snyder is asking for the same to be done with his charges.

The decision by Judge Kelly was made because she said the indictments made by the one man grand jury were invalid.

Snyder was not a part of the decision last week because his case is in a different court room. However, following the dismissal, he is now urging his judge to do the same....

Snyder is trying to diminish the crimes committed by him in regard to Flint's water by stating the entire country has a problem with clean water. He says mistakes were made. Were they ever.

The fact of matter is that mistakes could have been avoided if Snyder paid attention to letters from the USA EPA when he was given directions to protect the people. Snyder ignored those letters and allowed the poisoned water to continue to flow into the homes of the people of Flint.

There may or may not be problems with water across the country, but, the Flint poisoning DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN. The people of Flint had clean and high quality water to their homes, it wasn't until Snyder demanded Flint be exposed to contaminated river water that the poisoning occurred. That is very different from water problems in other cities and towns in the USA.

October 11, 2022

Months after charges (click here) were thrown out against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder for his alleged role in the Flint Water Crisis, he says it’s time to focus on water issues not only in Flint, but across the state and country.

Snyder spoke live on WWJ Tuesday morning about his new cyber security company SensCy. WWJ’s Jonathan Carlson also asked the former governor if he had anything he wanted to say to the people of Flint to “put that issue to rest.”

“Mistakes happened, we reacted and did a lot of good things, but it’s an ongoing healing process,” Snyder said. “I appreciate the Supreme Court opinion. That was a wise opinion that was smart and let’s get this behind us in terms of the legal side and let’s focus in on water issues across, not just Flint, but across our state and across our nation.”...

October 7, 2022

By Ronnie Dahl

...Nessel said the prosecution team, (click here) which is lead by Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, is deciding next steps, including the possibility of appealing the circuit ruling and exploring other types of charges.

It will be a longer sentence next time.

October 21, 2022
By Bernd Debusmann, Jr.

Former Trump (click here) strategist Steve Bannon has railed against the "Biden regime" after being sentenced to four months in jail for contempt of Congress.

Bannon, 68, was convicted in July on two counts - for refusing to provide either testimony or documents to a committee probing the 6 January 2021 riot at the US Capitol.

In addition to the jail time, Bannon must also now pay a fine of $6,500 (£5,833).

He has denied any criminal wrongdoing.

Judge Carl Nichols said that Bannon would be released for the time being, while any appeal to the sentence is resolved.

"Today was my judgement day by the judge," Bannon told reporters immediately following the sentencing. "We will have a vigorous appeal."...

The virus is still around, as well as the variants, there are still vaccines being administered and free at home COVID tests mailed.

October 21, 2022

By Jeff Cox

The U.S. budget deficit was sliced in half for fiscal 2022, (click here) the biggest drop in history following two years of huge Covid-related spending.

Though still large in historical terms, the budget shortfall declined to $1.375 trillion, compared to the 2021 deficit of $2.776 trillion.


The decline would have been steeper had it not been for the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program. Education spending totaled $639.4 billion for the fiscal year, $408 billion higher than estimated.

The 2022 fiscal year saw $4.896 trillion in revenue against $6.272 trillion in outlays. The outlays number represented about a $550 billion decline in spending but an $850 billion increase in revenue. The revenue total is by far the highest ever for the U.S. government.

Deficits in the previous two years soared as Congress shelled out massive sums to combat the pandemic.

The shortfall hit a record $3.13 trillion in 2020 due to more than $5 trillion in CARES Act spending and other outlays. In 2019, the deficit was $983.6 billion. Prior to 2020, the highest deficit ever was $1.41 trillion in 2009 as the financial crisis came to a close. The U.S. briefly ran a surplus from 1998 to 2001....

This is authoritarian government.

DeSantis' prosecutor lied to please the governor.

The fact is the ONLY time such charges would rise above the local level is if there was more than one voting district involved in separate towns or cities. The state would then have authority to bring charges based on multiple jurisdictions involved. State charges would then carry weight as to the sentence such a voter would receive.

Whether the voter fraud charges are accurate or not is yet to be clarified, but, the local authorities will have to sort through the facts and decide if there is enough brevity for bring a case to court.

Normally, such cases are not considered that serious if in fact they are proven and the charges never rise to the point where they change the outcome of the elections. This is a huge waste of tax payer money.

October 21, 2022

By Miles Cohen

...When the charges (click here) were announced on Aug. 18, DeSantis said at a press conference that local prosecutors had been "loath" to take up election fraud cases.

"Now we have the ability with the attorney general and statewide prosecutor to bring those [cases] on behalf of the state of Florida," he said....

...The judge agreed with the defense's argument that the alleged violations, applying to vote and voting while ineligible, only occurred in Miami-Dade County. Thus, the statewide prosecutor was found to not have jurisdiction.

Statewide prosecutors argued that the alleged crimes were committed in Leon County in addition to Miami-Dade County, because the defendants' applications and votes were later transmitted to the Department of State in Tallahassee.

The defense argued the alleged offenses only happened in Miami-Dade.

The judge sided with the defense, even citing Shakespeare's "Henry VI" in his order granting the motion to dismiss.

"His arms spread wider than a dragon's wings," the judge wrote in his order, in reference to the statewide prosecutor.

"How much wider even than that does [the statewide prosecutor] seek to extend its reach?"

"It is an old truth that all politics is local," the judge added. "[The statewide prosecutor] seeks to stand that old truth on its head"...

The Crist Campaign did the absolutely right thing by accepting the resignation of Austin Durrer.

It is quite different than what was witnessed in the Republican White House 

October 21, 2022

By Alex Roarty

...Crist canceled a campaign appearance on Friday (click here) in Gadsden County, where he was scheduled to stump with U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, according to the campaign. His running mate, Karla Hernandez-Mats, also canceled a separate Friday afternoon campaign event in Tampa.

It is just best to resolve to get new staff when such issues come to the surface.

...Rob Porter, (click here) Hollywood handsome and popular among his colleagues, was enjoying his high-profile job as the president’s top aide. Porter was a rising star until the Trump spotlight revealed his dark side. Two of his wives went public (click here) with accusations of mental and physical abuse. There were photos. Porter took the exit....

We have a right to our documents. ALL OF THEM!

October 21, 2022

By Farnoush Amiri and Mary Clare Jalonick

Washington The House committee (click here) investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol formally issued an extraordinary subpoena to Donald Trump on Friday, demanding testimony from the former president who lawmakers say “personally orchestrated” a multi-part effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The nine-member panel issued a letter to Trump's lawyers saying he must testify, either at the Capitol or by videoconference, “beginning on or about” Nov. 14 and continuing for multiple days if necessary.

The letter also outlined a sweeping request for documents, including personal communications between Trump and members of Congress as well as extremist groups. Those are to be turned in by Nov. 4, although the committee's deadlines are generally subject to negotiation.

“We recognize that a subpoena to a former president is a significant and historic action," Chairman Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney wrote in the letter to Trump. “We do not take this action lightly.”

The panel rooted its action in history, listing past presidents from John Quincy Adams to Gerald Ford, who testified before Congress after leaving office — and noted that even sitting presidents have responded to congressional subpoenas....

The Ukraine military needs to provide an opportunity for refugees to leave to safety.

Russia has no right to be anywhere near Kherson or any other Ukrainian border including Crimea. The so called annexation is a phoney ploy to create a reason for Russia to continue to carry out it's genocide. There is no annexation including Crimea. Crimea was taken because by the Russian military after Yanukovych abandoned Ukraine. The Ukraine military was completely disarmed at the time and unable to defend it's borders. It is different now.

Russia is using this fake annexation for Putin's politics. He has to justify the enormous number of dead Russians in his genocide.

October 21, 2022

By Christine Fernando

Four people were killed and 13 others injured (click here) by a Ukrainian strike Thursday on a river crossing in southern Ukraine that was annexed by Russia last month, Russian authorities said.

The strike took place on a bridge over the Dnieper River in Kherson and claimed at least four civilians' lives, including journalists from the Russian TV channel Tamvria, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Moscow-installed regional administration in Kherson.

Ukrainian officials confirmed the attack on the bridge but denied Russia's claims that civilians were killed, saying the strike took place after a 10 p.m. curfew to avoid civilian casualties.

"We do not attack civilians and settlements," said Natalia Humeniuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s southern operational command.

The strike comes as Russian and Ukrainian troops appeared to be preparing for major battle over the industrial port city of Kherson. Ukraine has targeted resupply routes along the Dnieper River while Russia has sent as many as 2,000 draftees to the region. Kherson is the largest Ukrainian city that Russia holds and was the first it captured during the invasion....

Netanyahu on Ukraine and the principle of democracy as a standard governance to live by. It is democracy that respects life and freedom, including freedom of religion.

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