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Grab Bag: They still have nothing (Shokin), the Indictments vs Bidenomics & Dobbs [1]

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Date: 2023-09-05

Trump and his Republican Party still have absolutely nothing. They are trying to blast out corrupt Shokin's lies. However, I suspect that is almost exclusively for the benefit of the base. The vast majority of voters have no idea who he is and for most of them, they will hear how corrupt Shokin is. When they learn that he is motivated to make these false claims in order to exonerate himself, then he will have even less credibility.

The Financial Times

Envoys pushed to oust Ukraine prosecutor before Biden EU and US officials dispute Trump’s claim former vice-president acted to protect son European and US officials pressed Ukraine to sack Viktor Shokin, the country’s former prosecutor-general, months before Joe Biden, the former US vice-president, personally intervened to force his removal, people involved in the talks said. Mr Biden did not act unilaterally nor did he instigate the push against Mr Shokin, despite suggestions to the contrary by supporters of US president Donald Trump, people familiar with the matter said.

Vox found a letter from a group of US Senators including 3 Republicans pushing for Shokin to be ousted

But it turns out Republicans have failed to mention one important thing: At least three GOP senators at the time also wanted that Ukrainian prosecutor fired. CNN uncovered a letter dated February 12, 2016, in which Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Mark Kirk (R-IL), along with several Democratic senators, called for Ukraine’s then-president to “press ahead with urgent reforms to the Prosecutor General’s office and judiciary.” Four days later, Shokin resigned (although he didn’t officially leave until the following month when Ukraine’s Parliament voted him out). .

USA Today evaluates some crazy claims

Fact check: Biden leveraged $1B in aid to Ukraine to oust corrupt prosecutor, not to help his son Camille Caldera USA TODAY The claim: Joe Biden threatened to withhold $1 billion from Ukraine to assist his son, Hunter Biden While former Vice President Joe Biden oversaw foreign policy in Ukraine, his son Hunter Biden served on the board of Burisma Holdings, the largest gas company in the fledgling democracy. Despite a recently concluded investigation by Senate Republicans that found no wrongdoing by the Bidens, claims to the contrary have continued to circulate on social media.

NY TIMES

Republican Inquiry Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Biden The report delivered on Wednesday appeared to be little more than a rehashing of unproven allegations that echoed a Russian disinformation campaign. Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who led one of the committees investigating the Bidens, conceded in recent days that the report would contain no “massive smoking guns.”Credit...T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times But an 87-page report summing up the findings, released jointly on Wednesday by the Senate Homeland Security and Finance Committees, contained no evidence that the elder Mr. Biden improperly manipulated American policy toward Ukraine or committed any other misdeed. In fact, investigators heard witness testimony that rebutted those charges.

USA TODAY explains

Explainer: Biden, allies pushed out Ukrainian prosecutor because he didn't pursue corruption cases Courtney Subramanian USA TODAY But sources ranging from former Obama administration officials to an anti-corruption advocate in Ukraine say the official, Viktor Shokin, was ousted for the opposite reason Trump and his allies claim. It wasn't because Shokin was investigating a natural gas company tied to Biden's son; it was because Shokin wasn't pursuing corruption among the country's politicians, according to a Ukrainian official and four former American officials who specialized in Ukraine and Europe. Shokin's inaction prompted international calls for his ouster and ultimately resulted in his removal by Ukraine's parliament.

It's because of

Jack Smith January 6th indictment

and

DA Fani Willis and the Georgia RICO indictment

and

Jack Smith Classified documents mishandling

and

Alvin Bragg Campaign Finance Violations Indictment

For the skeptics of the Campaign Finance Violation Indictment:

The Hill: Odds are in Bragg's favor

and

LA Times: Don't underestimate the strength of Bragg's case

and

NY TIMES: We finally know the case and it is STRONG

and

USA TODAY: LEGAL EXPERTS SAY TRUMP'S LAWYERS WILL REGRET BLASTING BRAGG'S CASE

Column: Don’t underestimate the strengths of Alvin Bragg’s case against Donald Trump

Trump lawyers blast DA Alvin Bragg's case, but legal experts say they'll regret it. Here's why Josh Meyer USA TODAY

And when wages are growing faster than CPI and Donald Trump is likely to be the Republican Party's nominee for president, then they know that they are in serious trouble.

Average hourly pay has grown at an annual rate of 4.4% for the last three months, topping the Consumer Price Index, which rose at rate of 3% in June and 4% in May. Jul 18, 2023 https://www.cbsnews.com › news For the first time in 2 years, pay is growing faster than prices - CBS News

Republicans continue to try to restrict women's full bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom even as they encounter loss after loss. Women know what's on the line in this post Dobbs world and they know that President Biden and the Democratic Party stand with women and for a woman's right to choose! . . Even Roll Call is catching this .

[Rep Andrea Salinas said] 'Voters recognize that there's more on the line than ever,” the Oregon Democrat said. “I think we're starting to see the effects of the Dobbs decision and all of these states who are actually implementing bad policies that will cut off access for women, that criminalize women, that basically tell women that freedom for their own autonomy over their own body is not available to them. It's becoming a reality. So the difference is, the conversation is nonstop now.' Democrats had already signaled they would keep the focus on abortion as they seek to win back control of the House next year, but the party’s commitment to the issue was underscored when President Joe Biden made a surprise stop Tuesday night at a gala hosted by EMILY’s List, which raises money to support Democratic women candidates who back abortion rights.

The New York Times reported on Ohio 1

[Lisa Lerer writes] Ohio Vote Shows Abortion’s Potency to Reshape Elections The Dobbs ruling has turned a coalition of liberal, swing and moderate Republican voters into a political force. Even in August in Ohio. Aug. 9, 2023 Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio, a Republican, argued that Tuesday’s vote over how to amend the State Constitution was about protecting the state from a flood of special interest money. Secretary of State Frank LaRose, another Republican, urged voters to protect the “very foundational rules” of their constitution. But Ohio voters clearly didn’t buy it. About three million of them showed up for a vote dominated by the debate over abortion rights — an issue that was not technically on the ballot, but was the undeniable force that transformed what would have normally been a little-noticed election over an arcane legislative proposal into a national event. reshaping a once mostly silent coalition of liberal, swing and moderate Republican voters into a political force. .

The unemployment rate is 3.8%. This is the longest continuous period of Sub FOUR PERCENT unemployment rate in FIFTY YEARS. Politifact wanted to reduce the credit President Biden received by saying that Donald Trump had a longer 4% or below period, 24 months, and that it wasn't more than 50 years. To help Politifact out, Donald Trump inherited a good economy. He began with a 4.8% unemployment rate. President Joe Biden began with an unemployment rate of 6.3% with a pandemic which Donald Trump had badly mismanaged. See the difference, idiots? And President Biden's term isn't over. The second part is almost too stupid for words. If it was true for a longer period, then he would said so. Nevertheless, ignoring their stupidity, the economy and Bidenomics is booming! The fundamentals of the 2024 presidential election and of Congress look good for our president and our Democratic Party!

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