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Dark circles under his eyes as well, although he may have allergies but he looks every bit of his 67 yrs.

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Marcy Wheeler pointed out the other day – in her usual, oblique, hide the damn point manner – that Trump’s pardon of Bannon didn’t come until after J6. Which implies that the pardon could well cover what has increasingly become clear as a criminal conspiracy to get the mob to assault Congress for the purpose of disrupting the vote count proceeding.

If so, it means Bannon has no 5th Amendment privilege to avoid testifying.

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Nothing at all to do with him being a giant tub of cirrhotic liver.

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No way. He’s definitely a golfcart guy.

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I’m not happy to have been reminded of Eric Greitens.

Every political party has its human detritus, no question . . . but today’s GOP is like a (very) slow-moving bayou filled with a thick layer of these people.

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He looks way older than I do—and I’m 72.

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Most of Trump’s pardons were very narrowly constructed—a result, I would guess, of not having them written by competent lawyers—and didn’t cover anything and everything the pardoned criminal did for Tinkles.

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Guessing she is right.

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I haven’t been able to find the specific language for Trump’s pardon of Bannon, just a list he’s on of a bunch of people commuted on Jan. 19 for (semi-quoting, not looking it up again) “the matters placed before me.” And I’m not entirely sure there actually is a separate document, although whatever he got was enough to get the We Build the Floppy Wall fraud charges dismissed.

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Can someone clear this up for me. Bannon is being charged with criminal contempt here. It is a punishment for wrongdoing. However, civil contempt is often used against recalcitrant witnesses, and it allows the court to fine or jail a person for each day they don’t cooperate. In a case like this, civil contempt can be a more persuasive tool and can even result in harsher consequences. Is it not a tool available to Congress?

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my dad’s 95 and recovering from shingles, they look like twins

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I vaguely remember that the Build-The-Wall scam was the only thing he was pardoned for doing.

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It is available to them, but they wanted to send a clear and persuasive message to other Trump co-criminals that they are risking prison time if they don’t cooperate.

They also wanted to strengthen the hand of Congressional committees by asserting the legitimacy and power of Congressional subpoenas.

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Got another bag for me?

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“We’re taking down the Biden regime,” Bannon said

The coup plotting continues.

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“We need to take on all of the RINOs who stabbed President Trump in the back,” he told Raheem Kassam, Bannon’s co-host, using an abbreviation for Republicans In Name Only.

No historical resonance there, nope, none at all.

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Are they going to de-louse and de-flea him before he goes in?

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Has anyone seen what happens when you throw water on him? Maybe he melts…which would explain why he hasn’t taken a shower in the recent past (if ever).

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I pity the poor jailer who has to search him.

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OT but a victory for the families. Trial next year to determine damage awards.

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