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Trump Had Human, Signals, and FISA Intelligence in an Insecure Room at Mar-a-Lago for a Year

This is my running thread.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/08/26/trump-had-human-signals-and-fisa-intelligence-in-an-insecure-room-at-mar-a-lago-for-a-year/

Marjorie Taylor Greene says "it’s completely unfair" for the federal government to forgive loans.

This is Marjorie Taylor Greene's company.

@RepMTG had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven.

Loan forgiveness for me, not for thee.

your reminder that Reality Winner swiped one document and was quickly arrested and did four years in prison. no polite requests. no gently-worded letters. no pretty-pleases. no second chances. no months-long negotiations. one document. four years

“I am not a traitor. I am not a spy. I am somebody who only acted out of love for what this country stands for.” Reality Winner explains why she leaked to the media classified information on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. https://cbsn.ws/3B9UxQo

a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

...the unsealing of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant, we learned that the Department of Justice is investigating a possible violation of the Espionage Act, specifically 18 US Code section 793.

One of the most important reasons we prosecute people for their crimes is to deter others from committing the same or similar crimes. This video explores the reasons to prosecute Donald Trump for these newly disclosed crimes (assuming the DOJ has adequate evidence to charge him), and takes on the dangerous national consequences in the event the DOJ fails to prosecute Donald Trump for these crimes.